Chapter 448： Wound

Dec. 20 at the Warner Bros. Towers in Los Angeles.

Andrew Hernandez was sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigarette depressed, looking very worried.

Barry Mayer said calmly: "Lyman means that the new show is not on WB TV?"

Andrew thought about it: "He didn't directly refuse or nod to agree. We are already in a cooperative relationship, and we didn't reveal a positive response at all, so we can't explain anything."

"Then what do you mean?"

"What can I mean." Andrew smiled wryly.

"Prison Break" is still being shown on TV, and the ratings are stable at above 4.7. Even if you don't get the broadcast rights of the new drama, you can't lift your own booth.

Moreover, WB TV's position in the Warner Bros. entertainment dynasty is very embarrassing. To put it bluntly, there are so many shareholders in the board of directors, and some people have long wanted to sell this part of the business.

Even Barry Mayer's attitude towards this matter is somewhat ambiguous, but he is not involved in the struggle for personnel rights.

The two are in charge of different affairs, and their relationship is a nodding acquaintance.

Looking at the timetable, in 2000, when Barry Mayer took over as the helmsman of the big ship Warner Films, you can feel Warner's preference for big-budget movies under Mayer's leadership: "The Terminator", "The Matrix", "The Matrix" The series of blockbusters such as Harry Potter have brought tens of billions of dollars to Warner from top to bottom.

It is not difficult to see that this product is very adventurous, and what he believes most is that although the risk is great, the benefits that can be reap often mean that the base will be doubled.

Even if it fails, for Warner Bros., a well-established film company, it will be exhausting. In other words, the ratio of three to one is within the range of his support (try three, and you will earn one).

Before he served as the CEO of Warner Home Entertainment Group, Barry Mayer was already a Hollywood film tycoon, and joining Warner Bros. was just a normal personnel choice, and Andrew was only a TV station director at that time.

The status between the two was not equal at all, and after the two superiors were defeated, Andrew, with the support of some shareholders, became the leader of WB TV.

It's fortunate.

And when Barry Mayer helped pull the bridge and facilitate the cooperation of "Prison Break", the two had a little reason to get close to each other.

As for why Andrew came this time, Barry Mayer knew very well.

But he was still mainly concerned with the movie business, and he didn't want to force anything about Lehmann.

Andrew continued in a very kind tone: "Can everyone sit down and talk about the new drama? What conditions must be stated before the negotiation stage. But Leiman, I don't have a deep friendship with him, mainly I wanted to ask Mr. Mayer for help."

After Barry Mayer heard this, even though he knew it clearly, he felt a little contempt.

He knows the filth of the board of directors, but he still needs help from outsiders for such a trivial matter, which simply reduces each other's identities.

Although his inner inclination is that he is willing to have more cooperation with Lehman's Firefly Pictures, it would be better if he can invest in shares in the future, and he does not necessarily need a controlling stake.

After all, Lyman is a capable person, and he has contributed a lot to the restart of "Batman". He also found that sometimes certain things can be tactfully asked Lehmann for help.

Win-win cooperation, reduce risks, and dispel the concerns of some people who do not understand the overall situation.

Even if Barry Mayer went to talk to Lyman, he would only mess around if he had a brain.

Still the same sentence, friendship is friendship, business is business, if you don't help me once, I have to repay it once.

......

After complaining, thinking that he had found foreign aid, Andri walked out of the film studio and went directly to the TV station by car.

Passing by the office area of ​​the TV department, Andrew heard some movement inside and couldn't help walking in frowning.

"Did something happen?"

"Boss, look, this is the ratings report the day before yesterday. "Prison Break" broke through the 5.1 of "The Wire", and it was the first time that it won the first place in the same time period, and the whole episode can basically stabilize at around 5.3. After the end, the ratings are rising every day, maybe the last episode can get a rating of 6."

"Really?" Andrew was slightly surprised.

If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible to sell advertising space better when the second season is broadcast?

Generally speaking, it is normal for the cost to increase by 20% for every more viewership rating than 1%.

After all, the larger the audience, the better the advertising effect.

After carefully reading the report, Andrew's face got a little smile, and then he asked, "How about the ratings of our evening show following "Prison Break"?"

"Uh...it's about 1.9."

"Is there so little audience left? Call the production department and let them think more about how to do a good job in the show. Also, remember to send me a copy of the minutes of the meeting." Andrew's mood dropped again.

What's so special, a hit drama can't bring in the TV station's follow-up audience base, and can't retain people, so Andrew doesn't know what to say.

After returning to his office, Andrew took out a cigar and lit it in a depressed mood.

He actually doesn't like to smoke these things very much, but things have been going bad recently, the pressure on the board of directors is too great, and the people who support him have also stood in line too early, the situation is not clear, and there are quite a few complaints.

Also, the first season of Prison Break is coming to an end. If there is no new drama, and the second season of "Prison Break" will not start to be broadcast until March next year, the intervening days will have to go back to the way they used to be.

Think about it, what was the point of him fighting for this position in the first place?

It's better to be a department manager All the burdens are taken care of by others.

What reforms, what reorganizations, what selling TV stations... all of them are nothing.

FXXK!

The more Andrew thought about it, the more angry he became. Lyman's perfunctory behavior really made him feel aggrieved.

He is in charge of such a big TV station, and he has no right to negotiate a new drama anytime. There is no need to say anything about meeting.

Warner's board of directors is even more **** up, and there are many factions. Many people are eagerly waiting to watch WB TV's good show, wanting to see how WB TV will go bankrupt.

What's so special, isn't the loss of the overall interests when the TV station goes bankrupt?

A group of capital businessmen full of copper stench, without any long-term vision.

Andrew was extremely depressed. The pressure for the past few days was like a mountain, and he couldn't breathe. He didn't know how to save the TV station's business.

However, from the standpoint of a certain part of the shareholders, a TV station that is only losing money, insisting on not letting go is not like opening a hole in the body of the giant Warner, or the kind of continuous bleeding.

No matter how strong the giant is, he will eventually be dragged down.

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