mousepad-d2 Chapter 259 The Temporary Silence
Chapter 259 The Temporary Silence
After reaching a "ceasefire agreement" with Sony, Asia Television News, Asia TV Finance and AsiaNewsChannel under the Asia Broadcasting Group have all reduced their exposure to Sony Group-related scandals.Of course, the most important thing is that Jed, the big black hand behind the scenes, has stopped continuing to break the news, so even CNBC or Bloomberg TV can't dig deeper.As for how to eliminate the impact of the previous scandals, that is a matter for Sony's public relations department and marketing department, and Jed, who is Sony's sworn enemy, naturally won't worry about it.
What Jed cares about now is "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", which will be released on Thanksgiving, which is completely a transformation of the "Harry Potter series".It can be said that before "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the positioning of the "Harry Potter series" was aimed at pre-adolescent children, so the positioning of the whole film was more like a children's movie.After "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", as readers and audiences get older, the movie must be positioned as a campus movie or a regular drama movie.
At the same time, with the maturity of IMAX technology and true natural sound technology, Jed has already planned to turn the next four Harry Potter movies into real big productions.For this reason, Jed has already transferred some people from the digital field company to temporarily set up a magic visual effects technology company.Different from comprehensive special effects companies like the digital field, the field of magic vision research is very specific, that is, using computer special effects to present various magical effects.Although this will waste some manpower and material resources, it will be of greater help to the "Harry Potter series" and the future "Lord of the Rings follow-up series".Moreover, this technology is also helpful for the animation films under the Galaxy Animation Company. The most important thing is that Jed intends to sell this technology to the mainland.Future Continental loves to shoot fairy-tale themes such as "Legend of Sword and Fairy". These special effects are actually not much different from magic special effects.
In addition to setting up a special effects company dedicated to serving the Harry Potter series of movies, Jed also purchased three IMAX cameras and two portable IMAX cameras for the Harry Potter residence in one go.Because the film used by IMAX is very large and difficult to store, the supporting equipment is a big expense.In order to mend the relationship between the crew and the fans, the news of the addition of high-tech equipment to the Harry Potter crew was naturally exposed to the social network by "an insider".
Although Jed's forced change of roles offended some movie fans, but these fans saw Jed's generous purchase of equipment, and they also confirmed that Jed is the one who really loves "Harry Potter".Therefore, some fans who originally wanted to boycott Jed let go: "If "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is as good as the crew advertised, I think I will continue to support this movie."
Like previous Harry Potter films, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is still released in the UK a week in advance.The AMC Empire Theater in London is specially decorated in the style of Hogwarts this time, because it will be the place where the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" will be held.Since Jade has held AMC theaters in his own name, AMC theaters have almost become the preferred venue for the premiere of films produced by Galaxy Pictures.
In addition to retaining the style of American multi-screen theaters, AMC under Jade Holdings also retains local-style movie theaters in relatively conservative countries such as the United Kingdom and France, which can be regarded as AMC's characteristic theaters.For example, the AMC London Empire Theater is a typical Victorian building. In addition to showing movies, it is also a good place to hold operas.When the magic-style Empire Theater re-appeared, Harry Potter fans all over the UK went crazy. Of course, Harry fans all over Europe are trying to find a way to come to the UK to see it.
But narrow entertainment reporters are speculating whether Ms. Rowling, Harry's mother, will be in attendance.Because according to some rumors, Rowling and Daniel have a very good relationship in private. Although Ms. Rowling agreed to the change of roles, it is said that Ms. Rowling was very unhappy in private.As a result, there has been widespread speculation on social media that Ms. Rowling will most likely not be at the premiere.To everyone's surprise, neither Galaxy Pictures nor Ms. Rowling came forward to clarify anything, so the rumors had a basis for flooding.
The PR company in charge of the British side did not expect that the entire premiere would become the most popular social event in London at this time. Their PR manager stood in front of the French windows in disbelief and sighed: "BBC, Channel 958, Channel 100, CNN International and Sky TV, the five largest TV networks in the UK have arranged live broadcast trucks here! BBC London News and ITV London have interrupted their programs to fully broadcast the live broadcast here! Look at the interview area, almost half of the London area The radio stations of Capital 1054, Kiss 1062, Magic 1152, and Heartbeat [-] are all here! Ha, I still have a connection request for London Broadcasting Corporation News [-]! God! Even those who hold their own All the newspaper reporters with identities are here! Look, who do I see? The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times...haha, even the most shameless "Sun" is here!"
The public relations manager's amazement naturally did not interfere with Jed, because the time for the premiere was very limited, and Jed's assistant only agreed to a 10-minute interview request for two newspapers, one radio station and one TV station.The TV station naturally gave it to Sky TV under Murdoch.In terms of radio, Jade's assistant chose BBC Radio 10 instead of the more popular BBC Radio [-] because the main audience of Radio [-] is teenagers.As for newspapers, the assistants chose The Times and The Guardian.The media had already allocated relevant questions before entering the venue, so that the questions asked in [-] minutes would not be repeated.
Radio [-]'s problem is actually quite satisfactory. Although they are an entertainment media for teenagers, but adhering to the BBC's consistent serious style, Radio [-] still focuses on "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" itself.But the next Sky TV station is not so polite. After all, how can the media under Murdoch not gossip?Sky TV's problems are almost all entangled in the "change of roles". Fortunately, it has been so long, and Jed can explain it any way he wants.
But the next newspaper media is Jade's big test. The American newspaper industry has begun to enter a period of decline, but the British newspaper industry is still thriving.Even in 2013, in the face of the scandal, Murdoch had to split News Corporation into New News Corporation in charge of news publishing and Fox Entertainment Group in charge of entertainment, but the only thing Murdoch did not give up was his newspaper assets in the UK.There are only a handful of major national newspapers in the United States, except for the "New York Times" and "Washington Post". USA Today and the Los Angeles Times have large circulations, but the style of journalism is far less than their circulations, so they can hardly be considered "big papers".
According to the division of the British, newspapers aimed at news are called the first market media, or the so-called "big newspapers"; newspapers aimed at readers are the third market media, that is, "small newspapers"; Middle market newspaper of the route.Generally speaking, big newspapers pay attention to the quality of news and the credibility of veterans; small newspapers pay attention to whether it is sensational enough and whether it is enough to attract attention. "The Times" and "Guardian" are typical British newspapers, but they are outliers in the British newspapers.Because the typesetting of these two newspapers is not a typical large newspaper typesetting style, the "Guardian" chose the most traditional "Berlin format", while the "Times" actually invented the so-called "compact format" in line with the tabloids.
Funnily enough, The Times reads the kind of people who actually run Britain, while The Guardian reads the kind who think they should run Britain...same category with the Daily Mirror The readers of the Financial Times think they are running Britain; the readers of the Financial Times are those who really control Britain; Readers believe that Britain is being governed by other countries.Although the irony of these words is very heavy, it can be seen from this that the readers' positions of various newspapers can be seen.
"The Times" is naturally neutral and conservative, and every sentence must be carefully considered; "The Guardian" is the world of angry youths, who enjoy making complaints every day.Therefore, the journalists of the two newspapers have very different styles. The reporters of the "Times" always have a London accent and ask questions slowly; while the reporters of the "Guardian" seem to have taken gunpowder, making Jie At one point, De thought he was taping a British talk show.
After the interview, Jed was caught by a reporter from the Financial Times on his way back to the theater. He asked: "Mr. Sherman, I heard that Galaxy Film Group and WE Broadcasting are going private. I think Know what that means?"
Jed stopped, thought for a while and replied: "Privatization is just the company's established strategy. We will complete a very large internal adjustment within the company during the period from the end of this year to the third quarter of next year. The scale of the adjustment It should be the largest Galaxy since its inception. When we complete the final integration, we will select two or three companies to go public again. The new company will be a new giant that straddles the East and West and controls media and entertainment.”
After Jed finished speaking, he left, but this passage aroused the interest of the "Financial Times" reporter.After the Galaxy Film Group announced the successful acquisition of MGM and United Artists, the Financial Times also timely launched a special report, "A new generation of Hollywood tycoon, a new entertainment and media giant". The "Financial Times" believed that after taking stock of the entertainment and media assets under Jade's name, many people discovered at this time that the playboy who had been rumored in the past had really become a Hollywood tycoon alongside Murdoch and Redstone. And this is the end of our story... (mistake!)
After the 157-minute movie ended, the reporters couldn't wait to point their microphones or interview machines at the audience who had just left.As a result, whether it is Ms. Rowling or ordinary Harry fans, their praise for the film is almost one-sided. "This is the best Harry Potter movie I've ever seen!" "Those special effects are amazing!" "Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has been affirmed by everyone.The American Harry fans on the other side of the ocean are eagerly waiting for the release of this movie, and this movie will encounter the back and forth attacks of "Four-Eyed Chicken" and "Full House of Joy" in the United States. The head-to-head confrontation of "Walk with the Song".However, audiences who support Harry believe that no movie can beat "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" at the box office.