Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 203 Leave it to me to enjoy

As the summer season approaches, Hollywood has released another big news:

Entertainment giant Viacom and QVC, the TV shopping network led by former Paramount CEO Barry Diller, are jointly bidding for Paramount Communications Group!

Gulf & Western Industries was recently renamed Paramount Communications, which owned Paramount Pictures, Simon & Schuster Publishing, a 50% stake in USA Cable Network, and MSG (Madison Square Garden).

MSG owns assets such as Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York, the NHL team New York Rangers, the NBA team New York Knicks, and the Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island, as well as corresponding multimedia businesses.

In the evening, at a cocktail party at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Aaron was sitting on the sofa in the lounge area with his arm around Monica Bellucci. "Dawn and Geffen Films are going to collaborate on a film called 'Interview with the Vampire,' which will be filmed in the second half of the year."

"You can go and make a cameo appearance in it. It should be filming in Paris!"

"Well, okay," Monica Bellucci had no opinion at all, she would do whatever Aaron arranged;

Besides, she had already taken off her clothes in "Dracula", so there was nothing wrong with her doing another "Interview with the Vampire".

Aaron kissed the girl on the cheek and said, "It's a serious role, not the kind that requires you to show off your figure and face!"

Monica Bellucci smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with showing it off. Beautiful things should be put out for everyone to appreciate."

Here in Hollywood, people like blondes with blue eyes and slim figures, and are somewhat resistant to plump types like Monica Bellucci;

Coupled with the language issue, this makes it difficult for Monica Bellucci to get some important roles in Hollywood!

Aaron patted the other person and said, "Just save it for me. You should also learn English as soon as possible."

Monica Bellucci is good at Italian and French, so learning English must not be difficult for her;
In fact, if possible, Aaron could also arrange for Monica Bellucci to make a cameo appearance in "Pulp Fiction", but since Christiana Yeri was already there, forget it.

"Recently, you went to shoot some underwear commercials for Victoria's Secret. I just teamed up with others to acquire Victoria's Secret underwear.

"Next, I'm going to Cannes!"

Monica Bellucci is a model, so of course she has no objection.

After a while, Aaron spotted Mr. Summer Redstone, Chairman of Viacom Group, at the banquet;
Born into a Jewish mafia family in Boston, he started out as a cinema chain and seven years ago swallowed up Viacom through his family holding company, National Amusements!

At the time, WarnerMedia was in dire need of cash due to the huge losses it suffered from its involvement in video games, so it sold its MTV music cable network, Nickelodeon children's channel, VH1 comedy channel and other subsidiaries to Viacom.
Viacom itself owns Lifetime and Showtime pay cable TV channels. Two years ago, Viacom merged the VH1 comedy channel with Time Warner's comedy channel to form Comedy Central, with each holding a half-share.

Therefore, Viacom Group now owns several cable TV networks, especially MTV Music Cable Network. This profitable TV station provides Viacom with a lot of revenue!
"Aaron, good evening," suddenly, Ted Turner, chairman of TBS Group, came to Aaron.

"Mr. Turner," Aaron raised his glass and clinked it with the other party, who owned CNN, which is currently the TV station with the highest ratings.

"TBS Group has also launched a children's cable TV, Cartoon Channel. Congratulations!"

TBS formed Cartoon Network after acquiring Hanna-Barbera Animation Company two years ago;
Hanna-Barbera was an animation production company under MGM at the time, and produced the famous "Tom and Jerry".

Ted Turner shook his head. "The current children's market is still dominated by Disney and Nickelodeon!" "By the way, what do you think of Viacom and QVC's bid for Paramount Communications?"

Aaron was stunned for a moment, and thought for a moment, "It all depends on whether Summer Redstone and Barry Diller are determined enough;"

"Barry Diller's advantage is that he previously successfully managed Paramount Pictures and helped Rupert Murdoch establish Fox, so he has extensive experience in Hollywood."

"Summer Redstone's advantage lies in the sheer size of Viacom, which is far more than QVC can match. Even an MTV network would be enough to suppress QVC."

As he spoke, Aaron deliberately glanced at Ted Turner. Could this guy also be interested in Paramount Communications?
At present, the financial situation of TBS Group should not be that good.

Ted Turner laughed. "Barry Diller is competing with Summer Redstone for Paramount this time, and he has the support of Comcast's Roberts family."

"Otherwise, Barry Diller won't be able to raise the money he needs!"

"Comcast Group, Roberts Family?"

Aaron thought about it. The current Comcast Group, managed by Ralph Roberts and Brian Roberts, is mainly engaged in telephone communications business.

“It seems that companies that were focused on telecom are also moving into the media and cable TV sectors.”

Because Aaron also knew that recently, TCI, the largest cable TV operator in the United States, was preparing to be sold to the telecommunications giant Bell Atlantic Group;

The chairman of TCI is the famous father of cable television, John Malone.

"Hollywood is a delicious cake, and everyone wants to take a bite," Ted Turner looked at Aaron and smiled.
“Moreover, the merger of film groups and TV stations is also an inevitable trend;”

"Aaron, your dawn may not escape this fate either."

"Me?" Aaron shook his head. "Dawn is just a small distributor. We can't compare to the seven major film groups in terms of scale."

Just talking about their film library and complete global distribution system, Dawn is still a little behind.

"This problem is easy to solve. In the future, film companies will become part of media groups, including cable TV stations, home entertainment, publishing and advertising companies, consumer goods markets, etc.

"The film's revenue will be diversified!"

Ted Turner knew and Aaron understood that TBS could not swallow the seven major film groups, but it could acquire Hollywood's independent film companies;
According to the current power division in Hollywood, Dawn is the most dazzling film company under the seven major film groups.

Not only other major film companies want to acquire Suzuki, but other forces outside of Hollywood are also very interested in Suzuki.

Ted Turner is no exception.

(End of this chapter)