American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 239 TV Live Broadcast, Gathering Five DIVAs
The next morning, in the bedroom of a top suite in a luxury hotel in Los Angeles, the curtains were drawn tightly, with only a hint of light from the outside coming in through the gaps. The bedside lamp was still on, emitting warm light, and a pile of used toilet paper, mobile phones, and medicine boxes were cluttered on the bedside table.

Four heads were seen sticking out from under the quilt. Ryan was lying between Daddario and Anne Hathaway, while Theresa was squeezed to the other side of Anne Hathaway. The four heads looked neatly arranged, but under the quilt, the four people were entangled together. Anne Hathaway had her hand on Ryan's chest, she hugged Ryan sideways, with one leg arched and pressed on Ryan. Daddario on the other side was in a similar posture.

As for Theresa, she hugged Anne Hathaway from behind, with her arms around Anne's slender waist. I don't know if she realized that she was hugging the wrong person, but she had a comfortable smile on her face.

As for Ryan, his arms went around the two women's necks, and his hands were like inverted bowls, clasping Anne and Daddario's chests.

It looked very messy, but in fact, everyone was very uncomfortable. Being too close made it too hot, and the sweat made the places where they touched become sticky.

A rapid ringing sound broke the silence. This ringing sound was specially set by Ryan and belonged to only one person.

Ryan suddenly opened his eyes, rolled out of bed, picked up his cell phone, then walked out of the bedroom before answering the call.

"The discussion with Jimmy is over... He agreed to the conditions... Is this difficult? It's okay, I just told him some of the things I had done before, and his face changed immediately... I have already told him those things... Okay, I will return to Florida this afternoon, you just wait for me at home... I have to go to the headquarters of CW TV this morning, it's already the fourth episode, and I have to discuss the renewal, that's it." Ryan hung up the phone and walked back to the room barefoot.

In the short minute that he was away, the three women hugged each other again.

If Ryan had nothing to do today, he would definitely not waste his precious morning time to have a good time, but his wife was waiting for him at home. As a good man who loved his wife, how could he let his wife wait any longer at home?
Ryan walked to the window and directly pulled open the thick curtains on the inside, while keeping the gauze curtains on the outside closed. This way, he could both block out the sunlight and let it in.

Theresa opened her eyes with difficulty, Anne Hathaway adjusted her posture to avoid direct sunlight, and Daddario raised his hands to cover his eyes.

"It's ten o'clock, ladies." Ryan began to get dressed.

Theresa was the first to get up. Based on past experience, she knew Ryan must have work arrangements, otherwise he would have turned back. Anne Hathaway was the second, and Daddario was the last. She seemed to sense something and looked reluctant: "You're leaving so soon?"

While Ryan buttoned his shirt, he gave Anne Hathaway and Daddario a long and deep kiss.

"Tyler is still waiting for me at home," Ryan reminded.

"Then you should go back soon." Daddario nodded, fulfilling his promise of healthy competition.

Anne Hathaway half-sat on the bed and straightened Ryan's collar, with a reluctant look on her face.

On the other side, Theresa was getting dressed and then taking a quick shower.

Twenty minutes later, Ryan and Theresa, fully dressed, left the room.

Daddario lay down dejectedly, ready to take a nap, while Hathaway opened her big elf-like eyes and raised her hands to touch Daddario's body. In a sense, the two of them can be considered sisters and their relationship is much closer.

The two first talked about their recent work. Anne Hathaway said that she would soon star in a romantic comedy called "Wedding Battle" with Kate Hudson. Then the two talked about Ryan's performance last night. Daddario had experienced it many times before, but Anne Hathaway was more surprised.

"I'm so thirsty. I'm almost dry." Anne Hathaway cleared her throat. She was severely dehydrated last night and now she urgently needed water.

"The cup is outside, I have to remind you..." Daddario was halfway through his words when he saw Anne get out of bed from the other side.

Before she took a step, you could see Anne Hathaway's thighs trembling and her legs shaking noticeably, and then she fell uncontrollably, accompanied by a sharp scream unique to women.

"Boom!"

"I was just about to remind you." Daddario tilted his head and smiled awkwardly.

·
The headquarters of CW TV is in Bamberg, very close to Disney's headquarters. Ryan and Teresa walked out of the elevator and were immediately led by the front desk to a small conference room.

Not long after, two middle-aged women in suits walked in. One of them was wearing a beige suit, with fine lines at the corners of her eyes and short golden hair. She immediately extended her hand to Ryan and introduced herself.

"You can call me Dewen. I'm the current CEO and executive president of CW TV." She said with a smile. It was she who sat in the center of the movie viewing party.

The woman next to him, dressed all in black and wearing black-framed glasses, then shook hands with Ryan.

"Finally meeting the real person, Ryan, I'm Guy Hirsch, in charge of program development," she smiled.

This person is also an old acquaintance of Ryan. He had spoken to Ryan on the phone before and was also responsible for the product placement business of the series.

The personal presence of the two executives was enough to prove the importance the TV station attached to the TV series. The negotiations went very smoothly, and Dewan generously stated that she would order the full season, which is a full 24 episodes.

"By the way, Ryan, your carnival has a lot of big-name stars visiting this time. Have you considered broadcasting it on TV?" Devin said with a smile.

"You came here in person, not just for this matter, right?" Ryan could hear it.

"You are right. I believe you also need a traditional media platform for display. This will bring you a lot of additional revenue." Dewen said: "Of course, it is also a rare opportunity for TV stations."

"Then CW TV station can directly free up all the time slots of the entire weekend for round-the-clock TV broadcasts," Devin continued.

Guy had previously told Ryan that CW TV had no premieres on weekends and was even considering outsourcing the weekend time slot.

Moreover, CW TV station has always adhered to the strategy of youthful operation. The average age of its audience is the lowest among the major TV networks. All the programs it launches are only aimed at the young audience market, and music festivals happen to be the live performance category that most attracts young audiences.

"Of course I'd love to." Ryan laughed. With the support of CW's national television network, it would be hard for the music festival not to be popular.

"In that case, please give us a friendly price for the TV broadcast rights. We don't have much budget left this year." Dewen said with a hint of anger.

As the director of the station, she is more than old enough to be Ryan's mother, but she even acts like a spoiled child with Ryan. If people didn't see it with their own eyes, I'm afraid few people would believe it.

In fact, after so many years of development, the American entertainment industry has become highly commercialized and very efficiency-oriented. In other words, people change their minds faster than turning the pages of a book. If an actor is very popular, then countless people will come to lick his boots and ask him to do anything. But if a movie suddenly dies, he will be abandoned by everyone overnight.

Here, the guy who was still your friend yesterday can be just a stranger to you today. Similarly, even if they just met, if Ryan made any requests outside of work, Dewen would satisfy them. Japanese TV stations can ask female employees and female anchors to provide "entertainment services", and American TV stations can do even more fancy things.

Ryan talked about the problem he is facing now: "Our cooperation has always been smooth, and I don't want to take advantage of the situation, but you know, there are many stars joining this music festival. These people don't come for free. I have to pay their appearance fees."

"Then why don't you cooperate with sponsors?" Guy, who was wearing glasses, said immediately.

"Or, you don't know who to work with? You should have called me earlier." Guy continued, implying that his advertising company could help Ryan.

Ryan looked at Dewen beside her and didn't respond immediately.

"No need to hint, I also have a stake in the advertising company." Dewen shrugged and said directly.

"We will help you attract investment, and in return, you will give CW a lower price for the TV broadcasting rights. How about this deal?"

"The prerequisite is that you can attract sponsors." Ryan folded his hands and placed them on the table.

"Don't worry about that. With so many stars supporting us, this will be easy for us." Guy nodded, looking confident.

The two of them helped Ryan solve the biggest problem - the budget. "What you need to do is to mobilize your connections in the circle to find as many stars as possible to join the music festival." Dewen added.

This made Ryan think of several new names, such as Rihanna, Katy Perry and Adele, who are vaguely as famous as Taylor and are known as the new five divas.

Add to that Lady Gaga, who has already confirmed her attendance, and Taylor Swift, who will personally support her, and the new top five divas will be complete. From the perspective of the music festival, this will be a hot selling point.

But if we consider it from Taylor's perspective, will the other people steal her limelight? Ryan must put his wife in the center position, for fear that these people will clash and end up losing more than they gain.

"I'll consider some other male singers, including bands." Ryan thought about it.

The choices in this regard are very free. For example, the popular American punk band Green Day will also release a new album this year. I believe the band will not miss such a good opportunity for exposure. There is also Coldplay, which made a big splash at this year's Grammy Awards, but I don't know if they have time.

What about the Republic era? You can also try to invite them.

Maroon 5 also made their mark last year, so I guess their appearance fee won’t be too high... Another band in a similar situation is Fall Out Boy.

As for Imagine Dragons, it was still relatively unknown this year, and Ryan had no idea there was such a band.

A series of names flashed through Ryan's mind. Although there were still nearly two months before the official opening of the carnival, from a preparation perspective, time was actually very tight.

“The only thing that’s certain now is… this can no longer be called an electronic music festival, but rather a pop music festival similar to Coachella,” Ryan said.

·
That evening, Ryan returned to his residence in Florida, where Taylor was already waiting.

Ryan told her about the progress as soon as possible.

"Do you want to invite other female singers besides Lady Gaga?" Taylor realized what Ryan wanted to say.

"I have no objection. This is my husband's music festival, this is my husband's stage, I am half the host, and they are guests. Of course I welcome them to visit." Taylor nodded immediately, and her tour is still in full swing.

Then, without waiting for Ryan to speak, he continued, "I won't let them snatch the most crucial finale position, so let them fight for it."

Taylor acted as if she didn't care and was willing to make some sacrifices for Ryan's music festival.

"How can I ask you to make sacrifices? They are the ones who should make sacrifices. Those others are supporting roles, and you are the red flower." Ryan shook his head. The finale performance of the music festival must be Taylor.

The finale performance may seem insignificant, but it is actually an important symbol. The singer who gets to perform as the finale must be the most popular opponent chosen by the organizer.

The bigger and more anticipated the performance is, the more important these details are. Not to mention the order of the performances, even the performance positions are very particular. Unless the organizer is strong enough, such as the Oscars, which allowed Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston to perform together, or the annual Grammys.

Ryan's music festival obviously cannot reach this level.

Asking other female singers to give up the finale is equivalent to asking them to admit in front of everyone that they are not as good as Taylor. You can imagine how difficult it is.

But Ryan was still ready to give it a try.

"In that case, they definitely won't agree, right?" Taylor thought about it for a moment and knew that this was unlikely.

"Lady Gaga will be the first to go on stage during prime time, she has already agreed. For the remaining three, let's start with the easiest one..." Ryan said.

"Do you have her contact information?" Taylor also realized who Ryan was going to contact first.

Ryan shook his head: "It's not important."

Ryan first contacted Marvin, and then found an agent who had business dealings with Katy Perry through William Morris.

"If you want to talk to Katy Perry in person...you'll just have to wait for her response, and if she's willing, she'll call you back." Marvin later called Ryan back.

Ryan didn't have to wait long. In less than half an hour, Katy Perry called Ryan back.

"Honey, are you looking for me?" There were a few chuckles from the other end of the phone.

Ryan put the phone away and double-checked the number to make sure it wasn't another woman he was associated with.

Do I know you? Why do you call me dear right away?

"Is there something you want to talk to me about? Or, do you need me to attend your music festival? Of course I have time!" Katy Perry said on the other end of the phone. Her voice is somewhat special, with the magnetism of a mid-range voice. In fact, among the five big divas, Katy Perry's singing skills are definitely the last, and various disaster scenes happen frequently.

Although Taylor has a hoarse voice, he never sings high notes because he knows his own strengths.

Seeing that Ryan didn't deny it, Katie immediately laughed excitedly like a bird.

"Luke, $500! I won the bet. Ryan called me personally to invite me."

Ryan faintly heard her say on the other end of the phone.

Then Katie put the phone to her ear again: "I know Taylor will definitely be the finale of your music festival, but you have to leave the spot before the finale for me."

Sure enough, requests regarding the order of performances began to be made.

Ryan began to speak in an official tone: "As you know, the final list has not been determined yet. We will be able to give you the exact number of performances later."

"You lied to me! That monster has already been confirmed to be the first to perform on stage during prime time!" Katy Perry retorted.

"Well... because she's quite popular now." Ryan had no choice but to admit it.

"You mean, I'm not as good as her? Or not as good as your country baby? If you're going to give me a marginal position, then I'd better watch your performance." Katy Perry said with a bit of coquettishness.

"Don't worry, I will definitely put you in the position that suits you best and notify you in advance." Ryan said.

"That's more like it!" Katy Perry snorted, and then said, "It seems that you still care about me."

Ryan glanced at Taylor, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa. Between her legs was an ice cream can that was almost as big as a paint bucket. He smiled and said, "Taylor is right next to me. Do you want to talk to her?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Taylor scoop a spoonful of ice cream and bring it to his mouth.

"Forget it. I won't disturb your world of two. When the performance order is confirmed, remember to call me." Katy Perry snorted again and hung up.

(End of this chapter)