Chapter 339

Friends has been with the audience for a good decade and has been praised by many as the greatest sitcom in history. In fact, in the ten years of broadcasting, it has not only occupied the first place in the ratings list for six years, but also the highest ratings Series in NBC TV network's history. The finale of such a series will undoubtedly have very high ratings The grand finale reached an appalling 52.5 million.

The second is the reality show "Borneo of survivors", 51.7 million; Then there was the TV program "your son Jon" for $40 million.

The fourth is the story of the emergency room. The story of the emergency room can be said to be one of the most successful medical dramas in history, and the play officially ended this year. Episode 14 of season 6 is the most tragic moment of the whole play. Knight and Dr. Carter were attacked by patients with schizophrenia, and the audience waited anxiously in front of the TV, hoping that they could be safe, Knight's death may be the eternal pain in the hearts of Er fans, with an audience rating of 39.8 million.

The fifth is who wants to be a millionaire. On May 3, 2000, the audience rating was 36 million.

Then came the finale of the seventh season of happy family, with 33.7 million; Then there are 32.9 million in everyone loves raymond; 32.8 million when the fourth season finale of revolving city was broadcast.

It can be said that those who have reached the level of 30 million are all super dramas. Basically, they are sitcoms and variety shows. The only feature film is "spring in the emergency room", while the current extremely popular "American Idol" has not exceeded 30 million. (when the first episode of American Idol Season 6 was broadcast, it was 38.1 million, which is next year).

The dramas with a ratings of 30 million are the cash cow and lifeblood of major TV stations. UPN has no ratings of more than 10 million. The one with the highest ratings is the all meter supermodel competition. The six seasons of popular fans have accumulated, and the current ratings are about 6 million; The highest ratings of WB are "forces of evil" and "Autobiography of Superman", with about 10 million viewers. However, mm launched "grey intern" last year, with an average audience of 15 million, which made Warner regard it as a big fat meat and ordered the next season early. However, Edgar, who had other plans, declined Warner's request. He also wanted to use it as the pillar of his TV station.

Now mark dares to shout wildly and create a drama with a ratings of more than 30 million, which is almost equivalent to shouting that I can make a beimi film with a ratings of more than 300 million at any time.

Egger said, "are you sure?"

Mark said, "of course!"

"If there is such a film in hand, I can guarantee that our TV station will not lose money," egger said

Mark raised his hand in support of egger's confidence and the consensus of others.

Larry said, "we'll visit lestone tonight, and Robert sent a goodwill purchase of WB to time Warsaw Pact."

Egger smiled, "OK!"

Lei Shidong, the head of the media empire, lives with his second wife Paula futner. After his marriage in 2004, Lei Shidong spent 15 million US dollars to buy a mansion in Beverly Hills from Stallone and settle down in Hollywood in order to ensure the time between husband and wife.

The legendary tycoon and his first wife, Phyllis, have been married for more than 50 years. They have a son and a daughter. However, for most of these 50 years, Phyllis has lived alone in Boston. Lei Shidong, who claims to be a "workaholic", is busy expanding his entertainment empire in Los Angeles. Of course, he also dates some beautiful women from time to time, However, either because they can't stand Lei Shidong's temperament like a tyrant, or because they can't move Lei Shidong's "heart of stone", Lei Shidong has never paid more attention to women.

The cleverer guy, after a divorce lawsuit with his wife for twenty years, finally reached a divorce agreement after the Internet technology bubble. It was because the company's share price dropped sharply and only paid two billion and five hundred million dollars to return to freedom.

Many friends who were familiar with media tycoon Sumner Redstone once believed that the combination of Paula Fortunato and him had made the grumpy rich man gentle, and even really looked like a husband for the first time in his 80 year life.

Larry also owns a mansion in Beverly Hills, which is not far from Leighton's mansion. He can be called a neighbor, and the two people are old acquaintances. Larry leads egger, mark, Megan and David to visit the tycoon.

According to the data released by Forbes magazine last month, Lei Shidong's personal assets are now about US $5 billion. Lei Shidong suffered heavy losses in the last Internet technology crisis and divorce. Forbes 40 rich list shows that Lei Shidong's assets have shrunk by US $3 billion this year compared with that in 2000. In order to avoid the cancellation of the bank to the national entertainment company With a $1.6 billion loan (the company controls Viacom and CBS), Redstone had to sell $300 million worth of shares in Viacom and CBS last December.

This is also one of the reasons why egger and his colleagues are sure to convince leiston. Although leiston is over 80 years old, Larry is one of the top three richest people in Forbes all year round. His personal assets and company scale are far above leiston. Although his influence in politics and society is not as strong as leiston, leiston gives Larry enough courtesy.

The two sides first made a polite conversation. Lei Shidong, who was in a good mood, also took them to see his personal collection. He was a bit strange and liked raising all kinds of tropical fish. There were more than 500 kinds in the huge three-dimensional fish tank, more than the Marine Fish Museum, and many of them were precious and rare.

Mark is carefully looking at the tycoon who he suspects is a traveller. He has the same tough life. He is the head of the media empire. He is tall and thin. At the age of 80, he doesn't have a hunchback. His eyes look cloudy and his hearing doesn't seem to be smart, but mark won't be deceived by him. He has a sharp edge in his eyes when marking people, Mark doesn't look so sharp now.

Leishidong enthusiastically introduced various kinds of fish to Larry. Larry was not interested in comparison. He turned around the topic several times. He was always talking about his collection. Mark didn't understand each other's intention until two people came. These two people were his daughter Sally and vice president of national entertainment, This national entertainment is the start-up business of leishidong family and the controlling party of Viacom and CBS. The other is Philip daoman, the chief operating officer of Viacom. Both of them are the left and right arms of leishidong and one of the designated heirs.

Leishidong should know that Larry is a night owl. He was upset and kind, so he dragged them and secretly summoned left and right assistants.

Larry laughed and said, "summer, you old man, are you afraid I'll pit you?"

The old man Lei Shidong said, "what?"

While supporting her father, Sally said with a smile: "Philip and I heard that you were visiting summer, so we came to meet these young and promising upstarts. Now the young people are getting stronger and stronger. I'm still in college at my age, but you're already in charge of 10 billion companies." she shook hands with mark and them, a strong woman.

Mark said hello to them politely. He put on his business card. Mark and Sally met at the cinema representative meeting, while daoman, vice president of Viacom, said hello to them. As the helmsman of a large enterprise, Viacom is not comparable to mm, but he is only a worker with only a small amount of equity, and the status gap between the two sides is not so big.

Larry knew that leishidong saw through their intentions and said bluntly, "we mm are very interested in your UPN and are willing to buy all your shares at a premium of 10%

Leishi said, "what? Who said we were selling UPN? " He turned to daoman and said, "my God! Are you going to sell UPN without telling the old man?"

Daoman said blankly, "how is this possible? I heard about it for the first time today. Selling UPN gray (President paramount) has to kill me."

Sally said, "why do you think we will sell Paramount's lifeblood?"

Megan smiled: "it's easy to choose between more than 3 billion in cash and a burden of hundreds of millions of losses every year."

Megan said so mercilessly that the three guys who pretended didn't look embarrassed at all. Leishi said, "it's strange. We never wanted to sell UPN. How do you want to buy it?"

Larry said, "we've made too much money and want to buy a TV network. If you don't want to sell, we can find WB."

"In fact, everything has a price. It depends on whether your quotation can impress the board of directors," Doman said

Egger said: "in the case of UPN, it is very reasonable to quote a premium of 10% for the loss of more than ten consecutive years and the huge debt of hundreds of millions of dollars."

Leishidong's face sank, yawned and said, "today is April Fool's day. You're here to make fun."

Egger said: "we pay in cash and pay in one lump sum, so this offer is very reasonable. I believe you can't find a more sincere buyer."

Daoman said: "your sincerity is too small. As the seven national public television networks, how dare you say that you are sincere when you make such an offer?"

David said, "seven TV networks? Aren't there only four?"

UPN and WB bear the name of the big seven, and the gap between them and the others is not a little. When the Americans mention them, they also ignore them and only admit the big four, but the big seven is just making up.

Sally said, "if it's as bad as you say, why should you spend the money?"

Larry said, "so you're willing to sell, but you're not satisfied with the price?"

Daoman said, "sincerity can move people. Your sincerity can't even move me, let alone the shareholders of the board of directors."