1novels Chapter 323 Unexpected Results
Chapter 323 Unexpected Results
It was three o'clock in the morning when I got home, and John was still quietly waiting for Jed in the living room.When he saw Jed coming back, he immediately served a cup of warm milk. "Why is it so late today? Matthew is still complaining that you didn't play video games with him? Flora is not happy that you didn't tell her stories."
"I don't want to." Jed took a sip of milk, "This is the closest we are to the seat of the American Motion Picture Association. If I miss it, I don't know when the next time will be." After speaking, Jed hugged John , said softly, "I'm sorry, I promise this is the last time. I thought about it, how about we move to the UK after finishing the work of listing the Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group? Anyway, the children are going to study in the UK , our family has a decent single-family house in Berkshire, where we usually live in. When we have holidays, we can go to a farm in Merseyside. By the way, don’t you like Liverpool? What? We can consider buying them, and then we can enjoy the best chairman's box."
"That's not bad." John nodded, "It's a pity that Britain is cold and wet. But it doesn't matter. In winter, we can go to Italy or Spain for vacation? I will take you to Sicily to see my grandpa's manor .”
"Could there be a mafia kidnapping me?" Jed laughed, "I'm a world-renowned media and entertainment tycoon."
"Haha, don't you even look at who I am!" John said seriously, "Which mafia family would have the guts to kidnap someone from the Colombo family? In fact, Sicily is not as scary as everyone imagined. It's actually a place where people from southern Italy live." The most favorite vacation spot. It’s just that the Italian government has always prioritized the north over the south. Coupled with some dirty things in history, southern Italy has never been liked by the central government and northern forces. And you know, the northern plutocrats We not only have TV stations but also newspapers in our hands, isn’t it a matter of minutes for people to discredit us?”
"Then let's go to Sicily and set up a Sicilian media company!" Jed was suddenly full of pride, "We want to be the best wireless and cable TV station in Italy, and then cover the whole of Europe with satellite signals, let's see who dares to call us Sicily Bad words! If there are still people who insist on smearing, you can take people to 'chug' them."
The two were flirting with each other while talking, and the room was full of endless thoughts for a while.
The next day, all official members and observers of the Motion Picture Association of America were present, because the eligibility of new members will be reviewed today.RKO Corporation ranked first, because the ranking is based on the length of time the company has been registered, so Sherman Film and Television Entertainment was ranked last.As a general rule, neither the top nor the last rankings are ideal.The top position will be lost because the review members deliberately raise the bar; and the last position will often be rushed and unintentionally ignored by the review members.Unexpectedly, the two prospective members who were considered the most likely to be selected this time were both ranked in the garbage position, which made the people from CBS Group and DreamWorks Films look at each other and smile.The people from Reliance Entertainment Group also relaxed a little bit. Although they mainly focus on RKO, DreamWorks Films also has its own shares after all, and no matter which company is selected, it will not lose to them.Alba looked at Jed's expression and showed a mocking smile. He had already thought about it. After the results came out, he would accept all media interviews, and then laugh at Jed Sherman in each interview.
After RKO finished answering the chairman's question, the chairman asked all members to vote with their real names.Unfortunately, RKO only received the support of Disney and Sony Pictures. On the contrary, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., and MGM voted against it one after another. Universal Pictures, which was supposed to be an ally of RKO, actually abstained.Seeing Universal's choice, Jed showed a satisfied smile on his face.Not only did Warner Bros. understand who their allies were, but Universal also discovered who their business partners could be.RKO was eliminated with a result of "2:4", which made Alba's originally confident smile a little embarrassed.
It soon came to the member review stage of CBS Films. First, the person in charge of CBS Films explained their reasons for joining the Motion Picture Association of America, and then it was time for the chairman to ask questions.After these processes are completed, it is natural to vote again.This time, apart from Paramount and MGM who voted for it, the rest of the companies voted against it one after another, so CBS Movies was out with a "2:5" result.Fortunately, CBS Films has not been reorganized for many years, so it doesn't care about such a failure.
After entering the DreamWorks session, Jade was surprised that Steven Spielberg was the one who gave the talk about DreamWorks.Jed couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart. With Spielberg's blessing, the chances of DreamWorks passing are very high.When it came to the questioning session, Alba took out the status of Reliance Group in India, clarifying that they will help the exchange of Indian films and North American films, and at the same time urge the Indian government to abandon its prejudice against Hollywood films, so that Hollywood films can be more freely. Enter the Indian market.After hearing what Alba said, Jed frowned slightly. He knew that he would have no way to prevent DreamWorks from joining.Spielberg's endorsement is a great plus, and the temptation of the Indian market made the American Film Association unable to give up its opinion.
Unsurprisingly, except Disney, which has repeatedly failed to acquire DreamWorks, abstained from the vote, the other six voted in favor, so DreamWorks became the eighth official member of the American Film Association with a result of "6:0". , Membership will come into effect at midnight tomorrow.Fortunately, the shareholding structure of DreamWorks Films at this time is relatively complicated. The three founders own 20% of the shares, the separated DreamWorks Animation owns 7% of the shares, Michael Bay owns 3% of the shares, and Paramount owns 20% of the shares. Shares, CBS Group owns 10% of the shares, and although the major shareholder Reliance Entertainment Group owns 40% of the shares, it is far from the number of holdings.
"Then the next step is Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group." Christopher Dudd, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, reminded, "Next, Mr. Jason Stein, the president of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, will explain the reasons for membership."
Jason Stein took the corresponding documents and walked to the speaking seat in front of the rostrum, and then began to talk about the advantages of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group.First of all, Stan talked about Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group's North American distribution and box office share, and reminded all regular members that they should not reject a company that ranks fifth in distribution in North America and third in total box office in North America. outside the association.Secondly, Stan also reminded the presidium of the Film Association that Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group's studios, research centers, production centers, and distribution centers are all located in California, and [-]% of them are concentrated in Los Angeles. As a social organization registered in Los Angeles, California , should face up to the contribution of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group to California (especially Los Angeles) in terms of taxation and employment.In the end, Stan also reminded the American Film Association of a fact that cannot be ignored. Media Asia Pictures Group and Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, currently the third largest distribution company in mainland China and the largest distribution company in Greater China, have the same parent company. company.At the same time, Europa Film Group, which ranks third in European distribution, is also a subsidiary of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group.If Reliance Entertainment Group can bring the Indian market, then Sherman Entertainment will bring the European and Asia-Pacific markets with more people and higher income.Jason Stein's data silenced the entire venue. What they didn't expect was that Jade had already deployed in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, and such results made Dude skip the questioning session and start voting.
First of all, the three hard-core allies of Paramount, Fox and MGM quickly voted for it, while the two deadly rivals Disney and Sony Pictures naturally voted against it without talking about showing weakness.As one of the allies of Sherman Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros. abstained after struggling for a long time.This result made Alba smile with satisfaction. Even if Universal did not vote against it, it would abstain. Then Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, which did not have four votes in support, would naturally fail.Alba deliberately posted the news that "Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group failed to apply for the American Film Association" on Twitter, which he never uses (because it was developed by Jed Sherman), and then countless media accounts and Celebrity accounts retweeted the message.But before Alba laughed for 30 seconds, the representatives of Universal cast their votes, "support".
"What!" Alba showed a look of wanting to eat Universal's representative, "There must be a behind-the-scenes transaction!"
"Silence!" Dude felt a headache for this impolite Indian.Of course, there are behind-the-scenes transactions in the voting for membership of the Film Association, otherwise, who would take you to play?But you ran to the stage so stupidly and said that, can the friends still play happily in the future?Dude ordered the security to send Mr. Alba to the lounge next door to have a good taste of the "Mountain Rose wine" produced by Rose Manor invested by Jed and John.Then he announced, "According to the result of '4:2', the Motion Picture Association of America is pleased to announce that Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group has officially become a member of the association, and the qualification will take effect at midnight tomorrow."
When the Motion Picture Association of America released the press release, many media found that they had been ostracized by Alba's Twitter.But since the fake news was published, several news agencies have retracted the news, while mainstream media have apologized.But this embarrassing account is naturally settled on the head of the Indian Alba who is planning to sue the American Film Association, but Alba's lawyer told him that the United States has freedom of association.As long as the association itself does not discriminate against anyone and does not violate any law, the U.S. government has no right to interfere with the decision of the American Film Association.Hearing this, Alba was furious, but there was nothing he could do about the U.S. Constitution.More importantly, Twitter announced that it temporarily blocked Alba's account due to hackers, so Alba's erroneous tweet was naturally reposted by interested people.For a while, news programs and talk shows on major TV stations sent invitations one after another, but Alba fled back to India on the grounds that he was slightly ill.
At the same time, Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group naturally held a grand celebration ceremony.Not only the executives were present, but also some directors and stars who had a good cooperative relationship with the company also came to join in, and the stars were shining for a while.