American Scandal King

Chapter 16 Business is business
An hour later, the interview ended.

Next is the dinner.

The dinner was held in the banquet hall behind the CBS TV station, and many important people attended.

Ichabod Harnett, the plump and white man, is the director of Channel 4, a television station under CBS. He is also the guy who was woken up by Ian in the middle of the night to sell news and the organizer of this banquet.

In addition, there are Michael Bay, Ben Affleck, and Josh Hartnett, all of whom are Hollywood stars and also starred in Pearl Harbor.

If it were someone else, facing these big stars and big figures, they might have the urge to worship them, but Ian would not.

As a former gold medal paparazzi, he has followed countless celebrities and knows that these big shots are no different from ordinary people in private...some are even stupider.

Even successful business people still have their own stupid side: everyone has their own areas of expertise. They may be very smart and capable in their own fields, but once they leave these fields, they may not be much better than a country peasant woman.

Their success is first of all the success of their environment, and only secondarily their personal success - there is only the glory of the times, but no glorious era, and this is true in most cases.

Those who can create an era are called great men!
So Ian looked at them as if they were just a group of ordinary people, without any humility in his mind.

At this moment, Director Hannett came over.

He happily put his arm around Ian and said, "Ian Carl? You're such an outstanding young man."

My predecessor had met this director with old Carl in the past, but at that time he obviously did not take young Carl seriously, and even old Carl was not worthy of his attention.

until today.

Director Hannett put his arm around Ian and said, "Come on, kid, let me introduce you to some important guests."

As he said this, he led Ian to a middle-aged white man with black hair and said, "This is Mr. Bertram Leake, the CEO of Touchstone Pictures."

Ian smiled and extended his hand: "Hello, Mr. Rick."

The other party also responded with a smile: "Well done, young man."

Film and television companies and TV stations often cooperate with each other, so they often come into contact with each other and have close relationships.

This incident brought them together even more.

Hannett went on to introduce him to the next person, a familiar face, none other than the famous director, Michael Bay.

Hannett said: "Michael Bay, you must know his name."

Ian smiled and said to Michael Bay: "The Rock, Bad Boys for Life, and Armageddon are all good works."

Hearing this, the young and handsome Ben Affleck almost laughed out loud.

Seeing his expression of unable to hold back his laughter, Ian instantly recalled an anecdote.

When Michael Bay was filming Armageddon, he directly made this movie into NASA's designated teaching materials - unfortunately, it was a negative example.

It is said that NASA requires incoming employees to watch this movie and point out hundreds of bugs in the movie. If you fail to point out the problems, you will be unqualified.

When Michael Bay invited Ben Affleck to star in Armageddon, he showed him the script, which completely stunned Ben Affleck.

Who is Ben Affleck?

Not to mention that he is an excellent actor, he is the great man who wrote the script of "Good Will Hunting" and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay!
After reading the script of Armageddon, he was stunned and asked Michael Bay: "Why train drillers to become astronauts? Shouldn't astronauts be trained to drill? Is drilling more difficult than space travel?"

Michael Bay was also stupid.

He thought for a long time, then waved his hand: "Why the hell do you care so much? Just do it this way!"

Ian boasted in public without blushing and said that "Armageddon" was a good movie. Ben Affleck's faint smile showed his good manners, and he was probably used to it.

It turns out that it’s not good to flatter someone too much!
Fortunately, Michael Bay doesn't mind this. For him, the box office is the most important thing. If you have a good box office, why do you care about other things?
There is no work in the world that sells well just by being reasonable!!!

He laughed and gave Ian a hug. "You are the most courageous reporter I have ever met. Well done, Ian."

Next, Ian greeted Ben Affleck and others. Since they were just meeting each other, they didn't say much.

The banquet hall was in buffet style, so everyone gathered together with wine glasses and cakes to talk.

After chatting for a while, Touchstone Pictures CEO Bertram Leake said to Ian: "No matter what, we have to thank you for saving Kate. You saved Pearl Harbor."

Ian laughed, "Wasn't Pearl Harbor already filmed? It's hardly a rescue movie."

Kate came over and said, "We might need to reshoot a few more shots."

Then she leaned over to Ian's ear and whispered, "They didn't plan to invite you to make a guest appearance. The prophecy failed."

She winked at Ian playfully, suggesting that even you make mistakes in judgment.

She changed into a velvet evening gown, which made her look gorgeous and noble. She also wore a precious diamond necklace around her neck, which made her look particularly charming.

Ian didn't care, he just smiled and said, "Pearl Harbor is scheduled to be online next year? We'll need to do some publicity by then, and maybe the Herald can play a role."

When it comes to promotion and marketing for films and TV series, the media is an unavoidable channel.

Promotion and marketing means publicity and distribution, among which publicity takes up the most important part!
The media mainly relies on advertising for their livelihood. As the owner of the Los Angeles Herald, Ian naturally has to attract business for himself. Among all advertisements, film and television advertisements are the most popular. After all, this part of the content is more exciting, and it is easier for the media to retain customers.

Therefore, every media outlet hopes to establish close ties with Hollywood. Only with the support of Hollywood can the media outlets grow and develop further.

In Ian's opinion, this shouldn't be a problem.

After all, he and Kate were involved in this matter, so he was helping Touchstone Pictures. It would not be excessive for Touchstone Pictures to repay him with some advertising business.

Unexpectedly, Bertram Leake shook his head. "I'm afraid that won't work. The Herald is too small. We actually have a partnership with ABC."

This made Ian a little annoyed.

He certainly knew about the relationship between Touchstone Pictures and ABC News.

They are sister companies with a common boss behind them, Disney!

Film and television entertainment and the media are closely related. Only by controlling entertainment resources can we provide the media with a steady stream of news and various hidden interests. Therefore, major corporate groups are all entering the film and television industry. Either I am your boss or you are my boss.

For example, News Corporation owns Fox Entertainment Group, which in turn owns FOX News Network and Twenty-First Century Fox. Time Warner controls HBO and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Universal Pictures belongs to Comcast, and Paramount belongs to Viacom.

It can be said that the giant companies in Hollywood will eventually be controlled by media groups. Only Disney is the most powerful and in turn controls ABC, which is why Hollywood later became one superpower and many strong companies - a bit like the world pattern.

However, in the America of this time and space, there is some deviation from Ian's understanding, that is, CBS in this time and space has not yet been acquired by Viacom.

Disney has its own media, so it is naturally impossible for it to transfer the business to Ian Carle, especially since the Pioneer Daily is so small now - to put it bluntly, Ian Carle himself may be more valuable than the Pioneer Daily.

But this also made Ian Carr a little annoyed.

I don't want all your publicity resources, I just want a share of the soup. The publicity can't be given to only one company.

I helped you so much, but you didn't even give me a sip of soup?
But this is business, the cruel and ruthless business world.

Business has nothing to do with personal relationships. Meeting you today is just for the purpose of hype.

Promotional resources?

The Los Angeles Herald is not qualified!
(End of this chapter)