America's Road to Wealth

When Li Xinyu called her second sister, Abel's sister-in-law, and second sister-in-law, they met at 138 East 65th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Abe Smith is on the 30th floor of the Smith Tower.

The Smith Tower has a total of 57 floors, but only the 42 floors below are large enough for office space.

On floors above the 43rd floor, the office area is smaller than the last.

So much so that Abel used the top 5 floors as his private residence.

The headquarters of Abel's companies with a relatively large number of employees are all below the 43rd floor.

This is because office buildings below the 43rd floor of the Smith Tower have enough area to accommodate companies with a larger number of employees.

Like the headquarters of the redeveloped AMC Television Group after restructuring.

It occupies the entire 29th and 30th floors.

There are about 400 to 500 employees working in it.

Of course, if you include the employees of the entire AMC Television Group, the number is more than that.

AMC Television Group has several other studios and divisions in Queens and Brooklyn.

Not to mention that in many areas covered by the channel, there are also corresponding maintenance managers.

After the expansion, AMC, which is determined to become a new television network group, has already done a lot of work.

The number of personnel alone has increased by at least 10 times compared to before.

What's here in Smith Tower is just the headquarters of the Television Group.

In the TV Group headquarters, the largest conference hall.

AMC Television Group CEO Michael Ovitz.

and group president and chief content officer Richard Plepler.

and other senior executives of Yiying TV Group.

They are all in the conference hall, listening to the voice from the big boss.

Abel was sitting on the main seat, talking eloquently——

"... As we all know, the rapid rise of cable TV networks is closely related to the Hollywood writers' strike in the middle of this year that lasted until September this year."

"The writers' strike has led to the suspension of many popular dramas. This has indeed dealt a heavy blow to traditional television organizations such as ABC and NBC that rely on advertising for profit."

Having said that, work strikes and taking to the streets are too common in various industries in the United States.

Guilds in various industries in Hollywood will shut down almost every few years to demand salary increases and benefits.

With so many types of workers coming every few years, the entire Hollywood has a strike organized by a certain type of worker's guild every one or two years.

Over time, Hollywood or the American entertainment industry has adapted to this tone.

This kind of shutdown and strike is not limited to Hollywood and the entertainment industry.

Other industries in the United States often do this as well, including in commercial sports leagues.

For example, the NBA has only been around for 40 years, but it has been suspended five times.

MLB, which has a longer history, has also been suspended seven times from 2001 to now.

The most serious shutdown dates back to 1994.

It was the most serious labor dispute in the history of the MLB and lasted for 232 days. The players' strike brought the season to an abrupt end, the World Series was canceled, and the 1995 season was shortened.

Hollywood screenwriters are not the only ones who do this kind of thing.

Various industries in the United States often issue this. According to some statistics, there are more than 10 large-scale industrial strikes in the United States every year on average.

The number of small ones taking to the streets and so on cannot be counted at all.

Americans are used to it anyway. After all, if you are not used to it, you have to adapt.

There is no doubt that whether it is the NBA or Major League Baseball or the Writers Guild.

All of their strikes have the presence of the (AFL-CIO), that is, the American Federation of Labor-Confederation of Industrial Unions.

This is what they do, professionally.

"...The shutdown of screenwriters has had little impact on cable TV networks that rely on audience fees to make money. It is easy to see from the 2001 Emmy Award nominations. Cable TV networks are likely to take this opportunity to share the world with mainstream TV stations. This will bring about huge changes in the future competition pattern of American TV dramas."

Abel looked at the executives of AMC Television Group.

"In the new year, new TV series must be launched as soon as possible. As long as they are approved, don't skimp on production fees. What we want are high-quality dramas, and all users must understand and get used to one thing. AMC's products, whether cable or Wireless will be high-quality products! Only in this way will they watch our TV stations."

AMC Television Group is currently in a period of brutal growth.

In just a few months, it successively acquired more than 50 independent and regional TV stations.

Among them are elite TV stations like Bloomberg TV.

Within the group, at the request of Abel and under the supervision of Smith Media executives, an internal adjustment has been made.

After the adjustment, the TV group will be divided into two major departments.

One is with several major television networks, including Wireless Public Television.

The target of this part is NBC and other giants. There is no charge for programs and channel content. It pursues coverage and ratings and mainly makes money from advertising.

The logos of these TV stations and their channels will all be blue in the future.

It's called Blue AMC.

Since ancient times, red and blue produce CP, and when there is blue, there will be red.

Blue label AMC is a wireless station, a public station, and a free station.

The red label AMC is a pay station and a cable station.

According to the internal positioning of the group, the main direction of red label AMC in the future will be high-quality drama series, which are still the kind of dramas with a bit of HBO flavor, and the pursuit of paid subscriptions.

According to Abel's requirement, it is to surpass HBO and become a big player in the paid cable station industry.

There will not be too many red-label AMC channels, and only three to four channels will be launched, each targeting different viewing groups.

For example, one channel will be more HBO than HBO, but the other channel will be a little more restrained.

In addition to red and blue, there will also be a pink label AMC.

As for this pink label, you can tell by looking at the color that it is positioned to be a bit pink. It is a TV station that specializes in broadcasting high-quality 18+ programs.

According to these standards, Pink Label will not even bear the name of AMC, but will use another name independently.

So as not to affect AMC's integrity and brand.

Then the TV series and programs of red label AMC are also time-sensitive.

A year or six months later, you can also see the abridged version on the popular blue-label AMC.

Try to make one drama multi-purpose, and pay cable and free wireless to attract each other to attract ratings.

The entire television group hopes to target viewers of all ages, young and old, and serve all Americans and some foreign publics.

As a subsidiary of Smith Media, it is a television group that is almost as important as MGM Group.

Abel has always attached great importance to AMC Television Group.

No, it hasn’t been long since I came back to New York.

Come over here for a meeting to let the senior executives of AMC Television Group know the intentions of his chairman.

"Understood, boss." Michael Ovitz nodded in response with a serious expression.

Richard Plepler also nodded.

"Are the crews of documentaries related to China prepared?"

Abel asked, looking at the Plepler executive on his right.

Plepler and Michael have a clear division of labor. One person is responsible for developing the group's business, mainly acquiring TV stations to expand its scale.

Plepler handles operations and administration, and most importantly content production, for which he is an expert.

As for what Abel is talking about now, it was at the cocktail party at the Shilla Hotel not long ago.

Abel had exchanges with envoys from many countries in Korea.

Among them, they had a good chat with the envoy Wang of China.

The king's envoy has been inviting Abel to visit China as a guest.

Abel smiled the whole time and didn't say much about the invitation.

But he promised the envoy Wang that he would appropriately increase his investment in China.

Among them are investments in the entertainment industry and the television industry.

According to Abel's words to the king's envoy, that is - "China has an ancient heritage and Eastern civilization has a long history. It is very suitable for filming documentaries. Whether it is humanistic or historical. I have a TV station that is preparing to film a series of ancient civilizations. Documentary. China is a place that cannot be missed. I hope to get your help when the time comes."

What Abel said was too high-sounding.

Naturally, the envoy Wang could not refuse and said he would definitely help.

AMC Television Group has indeed found several excellent documentary teams and is preparing to start shooting a series of documentaries.

Although TV stations do not make a lot of money when shooting documentaries, they still have a certain audience and are very stable.

As long as the photo is good, even if the photo is passable, you can usually get your money back.

Also, because broadcast rights are easy to sell, they can be sold for a long time without any timeliness.

More importantly, well-filmed documentaries and excellent documentaries will be of great help in improving the quality of television stations.

After learning about the boss's request, AMC TV station also made some preparations.

At this moment, hearing his boss's concern and inquiry, Richard Plepler quickly replied——

"It has already started. The Chinese government attaches great importance to our shooting. The liaison personnel we sent there were very welcomed by them."

Abel listened to the report, nodded with satisfaction, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said lightly:

"Remember, don't interpret it through ideologically colored glasses. What I want is a real China, and I want all Americans to know what the real China looks like."

"As for the reason..."

Abel waved to the TV group executives in the conference room:

"Just think about it. In the entire American market, everything related to China is the same. But things from AMC TV station are more unique and different from others."

"Believe me, this will also become the selling point of AMC documentaries! In any case, the market is diverse and the audience is diverse. Making television is like running a factory. If we want to sell, we must sell different products!"

From a businessman's perspective, both Richard Plepler and Michael Ovitz felt that what their boss said about the Chinese program made sense.

Coupled with Abel's request, Plepler was of course happy to carry it out.

After the meeting, the senior executives of AMC Television Group began to leave.

Ovitz and Plepler were left behind, and Abel had a few more words with them.

At this time, employees from the administrative office of the TV Group also began to come in to collect documents, slides, PTT and other materials from the meeting.

"...Go to China, eh——"

Just as he was about to explain to Plepler, Abel saw a dozen employees coming in to pack their things.

There are two people I know.

His reaction was naturally also seen by Ovitz and Plepler.

After seeing Abel's eyes, he looked at the two people.

Richard Plepler acted calmly, but Michael Ovitz quickly said:

"It's like this... Boss, I owe Mr. John Hurst a favor. He came to me a while ago and said that he wanted to arrange for two juniors to come to our university for two months to practice. I think this is a small problem. I agreed. I didn’t expect that it would be these two ladies who he arranged to come over..."

John Hearst is the chief financial officer of the Hearst Corporation and one of the current major figures in power in the Hearst family.

It's Amanda Hearst, and Lydia Hearst's uncle.

Michael Ovitz said this because Abel was among the dozen or so TV employees who came in to collect material.

He saw Lydia Hearst and Amanda Hearst.

It was not far away, and it took several minutes just to pack up a few A4 papers, which was extremely slow.

He also kept peeking at his own Amanda Hurst.

Abel smiled bitterly and waved his hand to express his understanding.

"You go out and let the two of them stay. I have something to say to them."

Michael Ovitz nodded in agreement, and Plepler stood up and left.

After leaving the house, Michael Ovitz called all the other administrative staff away.

Looking at the Hester sisters, after entering the conference room, they closed the door of the conference room.

Plepler watched him do all this and thought to himself, no wonder this guy was so trusted by his boss.

While doing your job well, you can also satisfy your boss's biggest hobby.

If such a person is not a confidant, who can be a confidant?

Thinking of this, as the current second-in-command of the TV group, Plepler smiled and stepped forward to chat with Michael Ovitz and established a good relationship.

In the conference room.

The two Hearst sisters were both wearing standard winter OL white-collar beauty suits and skirts. Even the style was the same, the only difference was the color.

Amanda's is slightly reddish, and Lydia's is slightly bluish.

But they all set off their slim bodies and beautiful figures very well.

The two of them were standing in front of Abel. Lydia Hester lowered her head slightly and was looking at her own toes.

Amanda Hurst stared straight at Abel, her eyes meeting his, showing no hint of cowardice.

"Forehead……"

Looking at the two "acquaintances" who hadn't contacted each other for a long time, Abel's meaningless opening remarks just came out.

Amanda said directly:

"Mr. Smith, we just came to your company for college practice and internship. I hope you don't think too much."

Seeing her as sharp-tongued as ever, Abel laughed and held his chest as if sad, "Ah, I thought we were already good friends. I didn't expect you to come to my place and not tell me... I don't know why. I feel a little pain here.”

Seeing him like this, Lidya, who lowered her head, had no reaction.

Amanda covered her mouth and laughed.

"It's not that I didn't tell you. It's because our purpose was simple. We just came here to practice and gain experience."

"You must know that our Hearst family also has a television group. There is a high probability that we will work in our own company in the future. It is a very good choice for us to come to you in advance to gain some experience."

Amanda has a point.

But Lidya thought to herself, why were you so slow when you were packing up the materials just now, and why were you dangling deliberately in front of Abel?

I'm afraid he won't recognize you...

Now I am still emphasizing that there is no other purpose. I am really... so envious.

Lydia envied her cousin's cheerfulness and directness.

She can't.

Lydia felt like she couldn't do it.

"Okay." Abel said with a smile: "A very reasonable explanation. It couldn't be more reasonable."

"So……"

He stood up. He was 1.95 meters tall, and with his slightly heeled leather shoes, he was almost two meters tall.

Abel looked like this, standing in front of two little girls who were born in 1984 and were less than 1.7 meters tall.

It was like two small deer with a large North American brown bear lying in front of them.

At this moment, the "Big Brown Bear" bent slightly and made an invitation to lunch to the two Hearst family deer——

"Two beautiful ladies, I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to lunch today?"

Seeing him like this, Amanda Hurst laughed directly and said softly:

"Big bosses are like this. In order to avoid being fired by the big boss, of course we dare not refuse!"

This is a promise.

Lydia Hester, who had her head lowered, raised her head slightly at this time and looked at him.

After realizing that Abel was looking at her, Lydia smiled shyly and continued to lower her head.

That shy little expression made Abel feel a little itchy.

Half an hour later.

Next to the Smith Tower, in a high-end restaurant.

In the warm box, the Hearst sisters took off their jackets and coats to keep out the cold.

Even in the winter in New York, Abel saw how women can dress contrary to the season for the sake of beauty and to show off their figures.

Lydia Hearst, who changed out of her office suit, wore a gray-green suspender floral cake gauze skirt, which highlighted her already sizable bust even better, and the outline of her career line The looming appearance adds a touch of maturity that she lacks at this age.

Compared to Amanda who is outgoing and cheerful.

Lydia, who is reserved and gentle, is even more... passionate in appearance.

Amanda wore a deep V-neck, grass green, bohemian-style suspender dress.

Her penis is not big enough, and her deep v cannot be stretched.

But with a small waist, round hips, and a slim figure, she has the delicate youthfulness of a girl, and she is still very beautiful and good-looking.

After taking off my office jacket and sitting in the box, I dressed like this.

The two beautiful girls from the Hearst family finally became normal when talking and chatting with Abel.

By the way, since that time in Hawaii.

It had been almost a year since they had been alone with Abel like this.

During this period, rumors about the marriage between Shrub and Smith had not yet come out.

Amanda was in constant contact with Abel and would make frequent phone calls.

But after June this year, she didn't make many calls.

Abel also knew the reason. After all, he was not the emperor of ancient China. If you have a queen in the palace, you can also marry a noble concubine. .

After all, they are also one of the wealthy families, and the Hearst family does not want to lose that kind of face.

They would be restricted or even banned, and Abel completely understood.

But he didn't expect that now, it was the Hearst family that sent them to the AMC TV Group? ?

Don't say they came here on their own, they don't have the ability.

Didn’t I hear Michael Ovitz say it, was it a favor from John Hearst?

John Hearst is an important member of the Hearst Group and the Hearst family.

It is definitely not something that the two little sisters can do to make him come forward to do such a thing. .

That's what John Hester did, or what the Hearst family did.

Abel is now curious about what the Hearst family wants to do. .