Chapter 312： FireWire

Dunn didn't expect that Ella Fisher would be able to help Dunn Films through her personal connections. He sincerely praised: "Ella, you did a great job!"

Ella Fisher's face flushed slightly, and she was a little embarrassed, "I... I don't know if it's right or not, so I'll ask you what you mean."

"Yes, very right!" Dunn waved his hand and looked at her with satisfaction, "David Simon, right? Okay, make an appointment, let him come over, and I will meet him."

For talents, Dunn is always generous with his time.

"Now? Don't worry, "Gone Girl" has just been released." Isla Fisher's eyes widened.

Tang En was taken aback, "Huh? What does this have to do with "Gone Lover"?"

"It does matter, I have to deal with the promotion of the book, and... I want to take a break for a while, and I don't want to be in such a hurry to write a new book..."

"and many more!"

Dunn waved his hand, confused, "Ella, what are you talking about?"

Ella Fisher blinked and said unhurriedly: "'Gone Girl' is a crime novel, and I have met many crime writers now. If there is David Simon's help, definitely It can provide better ideas and real and reliable case experience for our new book!"

Tang En rolled his eyes and almost fainted!

This Isla Fisher, it turned out to be with this idea!

I can't even cry!

Tang En thought that she had a bigger structure and a higher vision, and knew that she could contribute more to the company, but I didn't expect... Her wishful thinking was her own writing career.

"What's the matter with you? Did I say something wrong?" Ella Fisher suddenly flashed big eyes, looking harmless to humans and animals.

Dunn is really speechless.

His other secretary, Reese Witherspoon, takes time out of filming and has met a lot of friends. He has spared no effort to win over to Dunn Pictures, and is still learning production skills. Obviously, the situation is higher.

Dunn even hopes that in a few years, she will be assigned a position as vice president of Rose Films.

But this Isla Fisher... well, this life is the life of the little secretary who warms the bed.

Fortunately, her writing level is enough to write part-time.

"Cough cough..." Tang En cleared his throat, "That... Ella, you never thought about taking the materials in the hands of David Simon to the screenwriting department and making film and television adaptations?"

"Huh?" Isla Fisher pursed her lips and whispered, "Is this okay?"

"why not?"

"But a lot of crime stories are too dark for a movie adaptation."

Tang En was a little helpless, "The movie is not good, it can be changed to a TV series! Haven't you seen the script of "Six Feet Under", how big is it?"

"oh, I see……"

Ella Fisher murmured to herself, suddenly, her eyes lit up, she patted her forehead, and suddenly realized, "I remembered, David... He told me that he created a script, all It's an adaptation of some of the crime stories he's experienced, called... by the way, it's called "The Wire"!"

"The Wire?"

Tang En's pupils suddenly closed, his complexion changed, and he suddenly thought of something.

David Simon…crime writer…The Wire…

No way, another future **** of hbo?

In later generations, hbo is popular all over the world. In addition to the exquisite drama production, the mainstream theme is the large-scale black crime series!

And behind these episodes, there is a crime expert, it is David Simon!

Today's hbo is far from the time when it dominates the world. Like many professional cable TV stations, it is a grass-roots team. There is no direct-governed TV production department.

Now, Dunn has dug Alan Ball, and David Simon has also jumped out...

"Dawn, did I do something wrong?" Ella Fisher was not stupid, she seemed to want to understand her too narrow and selfish pattern in the handling of this matter.

Tang En laughed, stood up, took her directly in his arms, and kissed her, "Not only is there no fault, but he has merit! David Simon... Since he is interested in the film and television industry, let him come. As long as It is a talent, I welcome it with both hands!"

...

Dunn Films invested in two TV series last year, "Under Six Feet" has been completed, and "Band of Brothers" will be completed at the end of April.

Now, Tang En has got another excellent drama project such as "The Wire" in his hands. It is time to carry out strategic reform and industrial adjustment of starz TV station.

At the beginning of 2001, the hbo TV network had not yet established a special TV production department, the overall efficiency was not high, and it was still in the exploration stage of the business model.

It was not until the joint investment in "Band of Brothers" with DreamWorks, Sky TV and other companies, and its great success, that hbo finally confirmed its development line of high-quality products.

Now that "Band of Brothers" has been shot by Tang En, it is time to give hbo a "slash" from the business model.

Dunn convened a meeting of the highest levels of the television industry.

Attendees included Bill McNick, president of Dunn Pictures, West Cotton, vice president, Moritz Eckhart, director of television production, Aaron Ball, associate director, Andrew O'Hare, market analyst, starz Tony Grammer, president of the network, Martin Tangwen, director of starz TV, and screenwriters Jonathan Nolan, David Simon, Deacon Whistler and others.

"There are 100 million households in North America, which is a very large user group! However, professional cable TV stations have never developed this market reasonably. Whether it is hbo or sho, the number of subscribers has not exceeded 10 million. Our sta TV station has only 3 million users, this number is a shame to me!"

At the beginning of the meeting, Dunn fired directly.

At the peak of hbo, half of North American households subscribed, and the annual profit exceeded 2 billion US dollars. It can be seen that this is an untapped market with broad prospects.

Tony Grammer shook his head and said, "Boss, I don't agree with this sentence. Our professional cable TV station is no better than those cheap basic cable TV stations. Fox's home channel has more than 80 million users in the United States, but we are different users. ."

Martin Tangwen also echoed: "It is true that although the sta TV network has only 3 million users, it is already the third largest professional cable TV station in the United States. Our establishment time is much shorter than that of hbo and sho."

Andrew O'Hare was very dissatisfied when he heard it, "The sta TV network was established in 1994, is this still a short time? What about your ambitions and pursuits? Dunn Films was established in 1997, but you look at Hollywood now, who dares to say Dunn Films Is the business just a new company?"

"It's different!"

"have what……"

"Enough!" Tang En snorted, his face was very heavy, his eyes were like falcons, he glanced at Tony Grammer and Martin Tangwen, and said lightly: "I know you are all old people from starz TV, and I Personal employment principles, I also like internal promotion, and maintain the stability of the management. However! If the management cannot satisfy me, I don’t mind making personnel adjustments to the starz TV network, understand what I mean?”

Tony Grammer and Martin Tangwen looked at each other and nodded helplessly.

Don't look at starz's headquarters not in Hollywood, but Dunn's domineering style has long been spread, and it is no worse than Disney's Michael Eisner!

Behind Michael Eisner there is the supervision of the Disney shareholders meeting and the board of directors, but Dunn's power is not supervised by anyone!

Cannibalism has a short mouth and a soft hand to take people. At this time, you can only rely on others and choose to surrender.

"What is the monthly subscription fee for starz TV?"

"The first month is free, if it's a half-year subscription, it costs less than $3 per month, if it's a full-year subscription..."

"Okay!" Dunn frowned, very rude, "The price is too low! What's the difference between such a charge and those cheap TV stations? We are a professional cable TV station, and we can't charge advertising fees from the B-side, nor can we If enough subscription fees are collected from the c-end, where can TV stations have income?”

Tony Grammer wondered: "This is the result of our market research. We are not driven by a large media group behind hbo and sho. If we don't make a price difference, it will be difficult for us to open up the market."

Bill McNick shook his head and sighed, "The most taboo aspect of a company's operations is price wars. What is the most fundamental competition between companies? It's not the price, but the product!"

Andrew O'Hare agreed: "Indeed, why is Dunn Pictures developing so fast? All external and objective factors can be ignored The outstanding films produced by Dunn Pictures are the real key!"

Tony Grammer smiled bitterly, "Of course I know that content helps TV stations, but... those excellent movies and TV series are the first choice for big TV stations like hbo and sho. They have high bids and large users, so we are not competitive. ."

Alan Ball smiled slightly, "If we can't buy it, we'll make it ourselves!"

Moritz Eckhart, as the director of the TV production department of Dunn Films, is far smaller than the film production department in terms of power and prestige.

Now, the big boss Tang En has finally made up his mind to reform, purge and vigorously develop the TV industry. His chance has come!

"I agree! The "Six Feet Under" produced by Allen himself has been completed in the later stage. I can say a big responsibly. The quality of this TV series with an investment of 20 million US dollars absolutely surpasses any one that has existed in the past few decades. Ministry!" Moritz Eckhart was confident.

Tony Grammer was stunned for a moment. He had already heard about it and thought it was a rumor. "Really... Really invested 20 million US dollars to shoot a TV series?"

Martin Tangwen also looked surprised.

Starz TV is headquartered in Colorado, where there are low taxes and policy support, which is suitable for the development of the emerging media industry. However, due to geographical restrictions, they do not know much about the internal affairs of Hollywood.

Moritz Eckhart laughed, "What's $20 million? You know about Band of Brothers? It was produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and our boss himself. TV series, the total investment reached 120 million US dollars!"

All the executives in Tang En Pictures couldn't help but chuckle.

Behind this laughter, there is a passionate pride!

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