Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 272: Want to be the only one

With the arrival of May, Hollywood ushers in the annual summer season!
In Dawn's New York office in the West Village of Lower Manhattan, Aaron leaned back in his chair as "Ace Ventura" grossed $3000 million overseas.
This brought the global box office to over $1 million, despite the production budget of Ace Ventura being only $1500 million.

"Isn't Jim Carrey still filming Dumb and Dumber on New Line?"

Iselin Beckett nodded. "It's also a low-budget comedy. Our The Mask will be released at the end of July."

"New Line's 'Dumb and Dumber' is scheduled for the Christmas season at the end of the year."

It looks like the King of Comedy is about to shine.

"By the way, Boss, William Hearst III, Chairman of the Hearst Corporation, has sent a meeting invitation!"

As she spoke, Esther Beckett handed Aaron an invitation.

"Tomorrow night's reception," Aaron smiled, "should be about the Houston Post."

Although the proportion of newspapers and magazines in today's Hearst Corporation is getting smaller and smaller, they are still important media assets;

The Houston Chronicle and the San Francisco Chronicle are the most important newspapers under Hearst, so they will naturally attract the other party's attention.

Under Hearst, what Aaron values most is actually Vogue magazine and his 20% stake in ESPN;

Aaron didn't care much about the remaining newspapers and magazines, or even the TV station assets.

Especially the sports cable TV ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network), which is currently the world's largest sports cable channel, and occupies the top of the sports, music and news sections respectively with MTV and CNN;
ESPN, MTV, and CNN are also the most valuable cable TV networks at present!

"By the way, in Los Angeles, the acquisition of the Los Angeles Daily News by United Media News has begun, right?"

"Contact has already begun. From what Mr. Tom Rothman said, there shouldn't be any major problems," Etheline Beckett responded quickly.

The West Coast has the famous Los Angeles Times, of course, and the San Francisco Chronicle also has a decent circulation;
The Los Angeles Daily News is just a regional daily newspaper, and it is not difficult to acquire it. After Media News sold the Houston Post, it also had the funds to acquire it, not to mention the cooperation of Dawn, the local boss in Los Angeles.

The next day, at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Aaron and William Hearst III had dinner at the Gramercy Terrace Restaurant on the top floor of the hotel!

"Aaron, is Shuguang also going to enter the newspaper industry?"

William Hearst III was very confused. Dawn had been developing in the film and television industry in Hollywood, so why did he suddenly enter the newspaper industry?

Aaron smiled and said, "Shuguang is now going to enter the publishing industry, so newspapers are of course indispensable;"

"The Houston Post is also a newspaper with a long history, and its future is promising!"

William Hearst frowned. "The Houston area already has the Houston Chronicle. Don't you think it's a bit excessive for one city to have two daily newspapers?"

Aaron shook his head. "The Houston area is also a famous metropolitan area in the United States. It won't be a big problem."

What's more, the focus of the Houston Post is not to make money, but to increase Aaron's control over public opinion in Texas; after George Bush Jr. is elected governor of Texas, Aaron will hold the Houston Rockets and the Houston Post, and will be able to cooperate better with the other party!
"Hearst could sell the San Jose Mercury News, the Contra Costa Times, and other Northern California newspapers to Dawn;"

"The condition is that Suguang can give up the acquisition of the Houston Post!"

Hearst had long had an idea for the Houston Post: acquire its assets and shut it down, allowing the Houston Chronicle to become the sole voice of the Houston area.

Economic and political benefits will be greatly increased due to the absence of competition.

Aaron looked at the other party and said, "If Hearst Group is willing to sell the San Francisco Chronicle in Northern California, Dawn might consider giving up the acquisition of the Houston Post!"

The San Francisco Chronicle is the second-largest newspaper on the West Coast in circulation, after the Los Angeles Times.
It is not only distributed in Northern California. Although it is not as popular as the Houston Chronicle, it is also not comparable to other tabloids under Hearst.

"Aaron, this is impossible. The San Francisco Chronicle is Hearst's most important asset!"

William Hearst III refused flatly.

It is clear that the meeting between Aaron Anderson and William Hearst III did not result in any agreement;
For Hearst, can a film company entering the newspaper industry still compare with the newspaper tycoon Hearst?
After William Hearst III left, Jennifer Connelly came over and said, "It seems that your meeting was not pleasant."

Aaron smiled, stood up from his chair and walked to the window, admiring Gramercy Park below.

"There's nothing much to say. Hearst simply wants to control the Houston newspaper industry and make the Houston Chronicle the only dominant newspaper."

"As the only daily newspaper that can compete, The Houston Post has reaped a lot of the profits!"

The Houston Post has more than 1000 employees. If William Singleton were to shut it down, all of them would lose their jobs.

Now Dawn is trying to save the Houston Post as a savior, and has won support from all sides. After all, other people don't want to see the Houston Chronicle dominate the market.

"Let's go. I heard the Jade Bar here is pretty good. Let's go for a drink," Aaron said as he put his arm around the girl's waist.

Jennifer Connelly nodded. "My Best Friend's Wedding is about to be released. There will be a premiere the day after tomorrow night. Do you want to attend?"

"Just you guys join us. As for me, I probably won't be going back to Los Angeles so soon," Aaron had to stay in New York to manage Sugon's financing business.

"All right!"

Arriving at the Emerald Bar inside the Gramercy Park Hotel, Jennifer Connelly said she had accepted a feature film from director John Singleton.

"'Campus Crash', about racial discrimination among college students, will also feature Ice Cube and other black actors who have worked with the director before!"

Aaron nodded. "John Singleton does have some talent."

Black director John Singleton first achieved success with Shuguang in "Boyz on the Hood", but later parted ways with Shuguang because of "Justins Who Writes Poems";
Because of this incident, Jack Wills specially taught the two rappers from the East and West Coast a lesson, resulting in one death and one injury!
(End of this chapter)