Chicago 1990

"Have you heard? Uma Thurman refused to be shared with Harvey by Quentin Tarantino. Quentin forced her to drive at 40 miles per hour in the forest trail of the Mexican studio during the shooting of Kill Bill 2. A classic car... it really hit a tree! Uma Thurman almost killed his car!"

　　 Charisy put her head on the man's chest, and happily opened eight Hollywood anecdotes.

　　 "Impossible, Uma Thurman killed the heroine of Bill 2. What should I do if she had an accident in the middle of the project? I understand Harvey, no matter what, he will not have trouble with money..."

Song Ya shook his head. Although all kinds of weird rumors in Hollywood are flying because of the more and more arrogant king of the prize-drawing king, as a successful film company owner, Harvey is not likely to murder a girl halfway through the shooting of his own project. Lord, "Furthermore, Uma Thurman gave birth to two children to her husband Ethan Hawke..."

　　 "It is said that her marriage to Ethan Hawke is dead in name, right? Halle..."

　　 Charis wants to get Halle’s approval, and looks to the other side of the man. Hallie is already sleeping on the man’s arm and her clothes.

　　 have just returned from the Oscar nomination dinner, and the expensive dresses and evening clothes on the three of them have not had time to change.

Halle has been very busy and tired recently. After the Oscar was closed, the starring 007 died another day and sold at the box office. A few days ago, she just took advantage of the situation and finished a marathon negotiation with Warner, and signed a contract for the superhero movie "Catwoman". , 20 million film pay, leading actress, bringing money into the group, no-name producer, Warner gave generously to what she wanted.

　　 This made her rise to the top as the undoubtedly most powerful actress in Hollywood, with only one Julia Roberts in front of her.

　　 She also holds the title of the most beautiful face in the world of Hollywood female stock goddess and People Magazine, and she has countless top endorsements.

　　 Charis and the man held their breath and listened to Hallie's even snoring for a while. Charis wrapped the man's neck and kissed each other's cheek sincerely, and then continued to be so tired.

Although the cause of Uma Thurman's injury while driving on the set is not necessarily related to Harvey, she is still very grateful that she resisted Harvey's temptation and chose to return to the man. Although it was not decent, it was at least better than being Harvey and Harvey. The bad guys around Harvey share them as items, isn’t it...

"this?"

　　 Amy Adams came out of the cloakroom in a black evening gown and turned around lightly, and Mira followed to help tidy up the corners of the skirt.

　　 "Emmm..." Charis didn't feel good.

　　 "You are not suitable for this black semi-transparent Amy..." Song Ya had something to say.

　　 "Did I say that?" Mira also chuckled.

　　 "Humph!" Amy expressed her dissatisfaction, and then went back to the cloakroom with Mira.

　　 Amy was officially nominated for the Oscar for her post-Oscar based on growth education today. She is excitedly trying on her clothes, looking for inspiration for the awards ceremony in March.

　　Halley last year and Amy this year, it was the turn of the black pharaoh to help me.

　　 With consecutive starring roles in Fifty Shades of Grey and The Wolf of Wall Street, her current ability to attract money is in the forefront of Hollywood actresses even if it is not as good as Hallie. She just used the money she earned to buy a two-story villa in Beverly Hills.

　　Although it is still not as good as Amy here...

　　 She looked at Amy's house again.

　　 No way, Amy and the others bought it early. Recently, the property value of Beverly Hills has risen sharply.

　　 "Boss, Harvey..."

　　 At this moment Hayden knocked on the door and came in, shaking his phone to signal.

　　 Song Ya carefully pulled his arm out of Hallie's head, went out to answer the phone, "Harvey, what?"

　　 Just at the dinner party, he had already communicated with Harvey, David Geffen and others for a long time to pass the Oscars. A+ Entertainment's Wall Street Wolf and Growth Education were shortlisted.

This year’s Oscar was due to the Jewish director Polanski’s pianist, a World War II film destined to take a lot of awards, and the remaining awards were placed in a row...it was more nervous. The reputable black pharaoh was at the dinner. Shang personally promised to take a step back this year, and Harvey was naturally very happy, and the relationship between the two parties became closer.

　　 chased and called again. The topic was definitely not about winning the prize. Sure enough, Harvey talked about MJ.

　　 "I can't help, because there are too many African-American employees at ACE, and I can't say hello all of them."

Although it has promised that the'Harmful Alliance' will not support MJ, in the face of the turbulent public opinion they have created, and ACE station cannot always pretend to be deaf and dumb, "The hotter you are, the less likely it is for me to refrain from responding...otherwise That's too weird."

Even if he didn’t intend to secretly help MJ, Song Ya really couldn’t do a 100% ban. Following the acquisition of ATandT’s cable TV network by Comcast last year, which has exclusive rights and ACE broadcasting rights, two TV stations There was a smooth journey ahead, and both ushered in a great opportunity to expand the number of subscribers. The following editors, directors and anchors could not turn a blind eye to MJ's case.

"I understand."

　　 Harvey can't help but be reasonable, and everyone knows that ACE, especially among the black employees of ACE station, stand firmly on the side of celebrities of the same ethnic group. "But the anchors of the station must act in unison when they arrive."

　　 "That's okay, in short, the sooner the better." Song Ya said deliberately.

　　 As Gordon left to enter politics, the two remaining white anchors on the station: McAvoy and Jones Stewart were very disgusted with R Kelly and MJ's suspected sexual assault on minors.

　　 "OK, next month."

　　 Harvey reported a rough time but did not disclose the specific content, "Around Valentine's Day..."

　　 "OK, anyway, I am waiting for news."

　　 Song Ya hangs up and returns the phone to Hayden.

　　 "Do you want Al to find a way to notify MJ?" Hayden asked.

　　 "No more."

MJ is not in Los Angeles, so I can’t find the opportunity to send Al to Elizabeth Taylor’s house to spread the word last time. The people and friends around MJ, Song Ya feels that only Elizabeth Taylor is reliable and cannot be 100% safe. He will not take risks. , "I can't be distracted anymore, I have my war to fight."

　　’The Valentine’s Day peak season is approaching, but the Beats has suddenly disappeared in supermarkets and appliance stores such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy. The former CEO of Palm and the current CEO of Beats, Donna Dubinski, accused this at the press conference because some dealers did not comply with the previous contractual agreement between the two parties in the store: strictly maintain the price and give a full line of Beats products in the store. A space for separate display...'

　　‘Donna Dubinsky said: Until some dealers solve this problem, Beats will not come back. She also assured customers that Beats can be purchased at other distributors, such as Blockbuster and other chain stores, and the supply is still sufficient. ’

　　 This is different from the last time that the six major supermarkets forced the supermarkets to maintain resale prices. Beats' separate actions are not qualified to be defined as monopolistic behavior.

　　 "They plan to take advantage of the lack of supply in the Valentine's Day cycle to take advantage of the hunger marketing. APLUS often does this in the record industry. He is a veteran and smart enough."

　　 In the Apple headquarters conference room, Ron Johnson, who is in charge of the directly-operated stores, frowned after reading the news: "If we don't do anything, then we will see long lines in front of the door..."

　　 "In March, their hard disk supply shortage will ease." Cooke, who is in charge of the supply chain, added.

　　 "Shall we do something? No."

Jobs is the only king in the conference room. He has already firmly controlled the company and the board of directors. Even the shares that he sold to become the CEO before, he also got back 7.5 million in 2011 by giving himself option rewards. The shares, which just expired earlier this year, did not exercise their rights.

He asked and answered, "Is the Beats' response method beautiful? I can barely count it, but I can accept it. When the media began to hype the data of the plunge in the sales of the Beats in February to prove that they have failed in the competition, I would like to see it. The expression when I arrive at APLUS."

　　 The attendees all chuckled, but he was still depressed like an ascetic monk, "Haven't Warner Records agreed to let their copyright library be added to the iTunes Music Store?"

　　 "Yes, Terry Messer, the former co-CEO of Warner, is now the CEO of YAHOO. He really wants to get the Goto search engine from APLUS. There are not many choices on the market now, and there is not much time left for YAHOO."

Now both Apple and Steve Jobs himself acquiesce that the recording industry has returned to the six major eras, but Polygram was replaced by Disney Records. Analysis of the staff responsible for related affairs, "It may also be that Warner Pictures has also placed a heavy bet on Hollywood A+. …"

"Tell Warner Records that we will launch iTunes on time in March. If they have not signed the contract, we will change the logo on the conference from six to five. If they will not hesitate to be discovered by fans at that time Madonna can't be bought in iTunes, and I don't hesitate to sit back and watch the other five major iTunes sales explode...then let them."

"OK."

　　 The subordinates nodded and listened. The boss is planning to compete purely with the senior managers of Warner Records. Those senior managers should not be able to withstand such a large public opinion, performance and other pressures.

　　 "Then we will launch the third-generation iPod on time in April." Jobs added.

　　 "All prices remain the same?"

　　 The relevant pricing and parameters of iTunes and the third-generation iPod are Apple’s internal top trade secrets. Even today’s attendees are not clear about it, and the relevant person in charge can only ask the boss roughly.

　　 "No change, we are destined to change the world, let the Beats eat ashes behind."

　　 Jobs paused and turned to ask Cook: "How long does it take for all of our PC product lines to clear the 3DFX chips?"

　　 "NV and ATI assure me that the production capacity can be filled at any time." Cook reported.

After years of competition, now the top three consumer display chip manufacturers are left with the Big Three. Apple's iMacs use NV chips throughout the entire line, as are high-end notebooks. Some servers and notebooks that do not require high-performance graphics cards use ATI, and only PowerMacintosh professional desktops. And the main rendering server uses 3DFX across the board.

　　 "As soon as possible." Jobs nodded in satisfaction.

"But Beats' new product release cycle happened to be staggered with us for half a year. They have plenty of time and strength to catch up with our progress when the second-generation Beats walkman is launched at the end of this year, and achieve a surpass in some indicators. "

　　 Ron Johnson expressed his concern and proposed: "Or the release date of the iPodmini should be advanced to the end of the year."

　　 "They spread rumors everywhere..." Someone took the opportunity to complain.

　　 "No, our rhythm does not need to dance with the followers, half a year is enough time for users to develop consumption habits."

　　 In February, on the eve of Valentine's Day, I returned to Chicago. Song Ya, who was exhausted from recent high-intensity work, met with Jobs's diehard fan, Roseto, founder of Wired Magazine, in the Highland Park study.

　　 "I heard that some of the 3DFX board members are very dissatisfied with the rapid deterioration of your relationship with Apple, which has caused stock prices to fluctuate?" Roseto asked.

　　 "Because I stepped on Jobs' tail?"

　　 Song Ya smiled confidently: "Hehe, things have happened, we will fight back."

　　 "You are even planning to launch your own online music store." Roseto added.

　　 "How do you know?" Song Ya asked.

　　 "Comeon, APLUS, HandSpring and Beats are digging for related programmers everywhere in Silicon Valley."

　　 "Uh... normal commercial competition, Apple can't monopolize the online sales of the six major songs."

　　 Song Ya had no choice but to answer, "The iTunes Music Store is strictly one of the channel vendors. They cannot prevent other companies from entering this industry. They have been doing this before."

　　 "But there are very few genuine songs on sale. In addition to the Disney series, have you won the other five?"

　　 "Are you a spy sent by Jobs?"

　　 "Haha, of course not."

　　 "You are suspicious..." Song Ya Cairo Seto joked.

"Ha ha!"

　　 Black Pharaoh feels very relaxed, completely self-confident, and faintly domineering as if everything is under control. He boldly joins the competition with Apple's Walkman... This is the business of Walkman! Although the threshold for players in the MP3 era is too low to be compared with the Walkman era when Sony and other electronic giants are fighting, Beats and Apple are both top players. Roseto can clearly feel that the intensity of the struggle will be very short. Time to reach the original level of Sony and Panasonic, Apple and IBM, Apple and Microsoft, Netscape and Microsoft.

Word-of-mouth wars, price wars, legal wars, patent wars, channel wars, supply chain wars, and even national industrial policy, diplomacy, and legislative wars. The impact of those battles has continued to this day and has not dissipated. Roseto doesn't feel that he likes Dongyi hammer for many years. The black pharaoh of the West is capable of the leader of this kind of hierarchical war.

　　 Of course he is not a spy, but even if the black pharaoh is not successful, he does have a talent for failing after thinking about it. Wasn't Vivendi Global, which has a market value of 100 billion yuan, been tossed by him back then? He turned to work for Jobs. In front of the world’s top richest man and Beats suddenly entered, even if Apple maintains the huge advantage in the MP3 player market, even if it can win in the end, the victory must be a tragic victory, at least in the future. Profit margins will be significantly lowered in a few years...

　　 "You are indulging in your own music websites, blogs, TV stations, stereo review magazines wanton attacks, ridicule the sound quality and various performance of the iPod... In the words of an electronic product reviewer: just a bunch of crazy dogs who don't understand anything."

　　 "Each each other, you and I know it, they are even more shameless and shameless... Don't publish this sentence!"

　　 "Haha! Of course not...you know my professional ethics very well."

　　 In terms of chatting, compared to idol Jobs, Roseto actually likes to talk to the younger, more honest, humble and more interesting black pharaoh.

　　 Song Ya turned on the TV after answering the call. As expected, after the supply was insufficient but the Beats sales outlets were compressed in time, the shots came to a long line at the door of Blockbuster.

　　 Rossetto took the opportunity to observe that the black Pharaoh's face was reflected on the small screen, and the corners of his mouth had unknowingly bent upwards slightly, showing that his heart was proud of it.

　　 He couldn't help but advise: "Apple may just reduce profit margins. If your Beats want to stick to the fierce commercial competition, they will become a gold-swallowing monster, a bottomless pit of rice knives, and a bleeding wound."

　　 "The same sentence, things are already like this..."

　　 The smile on Song Ya's face was reduced, and he sighed again, "Think about the four billion I lost in the stock market crash. This is actually not a big scene..."

　　"..."

　　 Others said that this was insane. Black Pharaoh said that he was stating the facts. Roseto was speechless for a moment, "Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day APLUS." He stood up and said goodbye.

　　 "Uh...It's weird, but...well, Happy Valentine's Day, Mr. Roseto!"

　　 "Mark..."

Song Ya didn’t tell the truth just now. After watching Roseto leave, he called Mark Anderson, the founder of Netscape Browser and his business partner in 3DFX and other businesses. “Sean Parker, and Sean Fanning promised us. Did you solicit?"

　　 The companies of the two Napster founders have been bankrupted by the NCAA under the Digital Millennium Act. Last year they sold the Napster website, which was worth some money, to BMG Records. Sean Parker and Sean Fanning took the money, rolled up and left.

　　 Compared with the original Napster user scale and popularity, that little money is almost like a beggar, but there is no way, who told them to do a piracy business.

Song Ya doesn’t know what the iTunes music store software will look like and what functions it will have, but Beats will never catch up in a short time. Even if a talented programmer leader of Mark Anderson’s level is recruited, the code may be available from scratch. It will be fine after half a year, and it will take time to fix BUG!

　　 It is doubtful whether Beats, a new company that follows the trend, can attract a genius-level software architecture and a team of programmers. After all, software engineering is not a coin-operated Coke vending machine, and a coin can drop Coke immediately.

He could not accept that Beats was like an ambitious browser version of Netscape that year, but because of its eagerness to open up its technical advantages with IE, the reputation was ruined by BUG. Jeff Hawkins also warned that half a year was enough to be used. Consumers who are accustomed to iTunes ignore it, and high-priced promotions and advertisements may not be able to make up for the gap caused by time.

　　 He used Napster's P2P downloading software, but in fact, it can't be used to sell genuine records after changing it. He plans to recruit the two founders, so that it will be the fastest.

"Hey-hey…"

　　 This Valentine's Day, Amy will be busy with the awards season in Los Angeles, and A+ Entertainment's series of the ACE TV series, Antern Grey, has already started, and a pilot episode will be broadcast on Valentine's Day.

U.S. TV dramas are always on-stream and filmed. After all, it’s too long. Screenwriters have to modify the plot at any time. On the one hand, to prepare for the hot social events that just happened, on the other hand, they must adjust the plot and the proportion of roles at any time based on the ratings data and the audience’s likes and dislikes. On the one hand, we must also guard against the actor's sudden departure from the crew...

　　 The pilot episode gets a good response, and ACE will formally order the next full season from the producer A+ Entertainment or multiple seasons if you are confident. UU Reading www. If uukanshu.com's ratings do not reach the standard halfway, you can also drop the **** without any psychological burden...

　　 Song Ya also only gave Yeremov the scripts of the first few episodes and the general outline of the plots of the first three seasons. He didn't plan to spend time and effort to do it again, and just set up a reliable team of screenwriters to continue editing.

　　 "Ellen, Laura..."

But the actors are all in place, mainly actresses. The heroine of the original Apocalypse film, Allen, sent things back to the original owner. The second female of the original soccer stunner, Laura Lemsey, also made her debut. After he found out, he gave a good idea. The character, and, there is...

　　 Anyway, the feature-length TV series is good because it can squeeze in a lot of characters.

　　 Happy Valentine's Day this year! Song Ya shouted their names and trot all the way.

　　 ‘Ring jing jing...’ The phone in his pocket rang untimely, so he had to take it out and answer it.

"boss."

It’s Taiwan Director Skinner. This old man usually doesn’t make a call easily. "I just learned the news that the mother of a child with cancer in Dreamland who was funded by MJ for a long time: Janet Avezzo, she suddenly changed her words. , Told the Santa Barbara County District Attorney Thomas Snyden that her child was molested by MJ and that she herself had been beaten by the guards of Dream Manor..."

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