"In this case, we can cooperate with various fashion magazines, model companies, and various famous brands. The better the ratings, the deeper the cooperation. At the same time, we can also train our own models through this show and attract more high-quality girls to join us. As for the ratings, if there are enough gimmicks, it will not be less than those popular TV series, and ABC can continue to maintain its current momentum. " Claude answered quickly while rubbing his chin. His eyes were sparkling, and it was obvious that he was very interested in this suggestion.
It could also lay a good foundation for future talent shows and accumulate experience. Adriaan added in his heart, but he did not say it out loud. These things were not so urgent.
"I have to admit, Eide, you are a genius. You can come up with such a promising idea in such a short time," Claude said with admiration.
"Yes, gimmicks. In addition to training and practice, we can also make an issue of the judges." Adrian said matter-of-factly, "I need at least three people. One is a professional in the industry, one is a fashion magazine editor or fashion designer, and one is not a professional but has to be very interested in the industry and have a certain understanding."
"I guess you must have already decided on the judges, especially the professional." Claude smiled meaningfully. "They all miss you. Which one will you use?"
Adriaan shrugged noncommittally. "Let's discuss it again. We still need to hear more professional opinions, but I have a very good candidate for the non-professional judge who is interested in the industry."
"Oh? Who is it? "Claude asked curiously.
"A white man in his fifties, rich, likes to show off, likes to show off, likes to show off, likes to show off, is a little arrogant and likes to swagger," Adriaan said in one breath.
"I don't remember there being such a person in Los Angeles," Claude recalled carefully.
"I didn't say he lived in Los Angeles." Adriaan smiled. "Don't worry, Krau. As I said, we still need some professional opinions. Let's talk about it later."
"Okay, okay, you're always right about this." Claude shrugged. "Then let's stop here for now. Today's matter is considered perfect. By the way, there's a party at my house tonight. You won't reject it, right? "
"Party? Why do you want to hold a party at home? "Adriaan raised his eyebrows.
"Who let me be the CEO of AC Media!" Claude said snappily.
Basically, most of the company's New Year's parties were held at Claude's house. They were rarely held at Adriaan's house. Because you're the CEO. This was what he often said, as if it was only natural for Claude to take on these responsibilities. Although Claude felt a little helpless, he didn't say much. After all, they were best friends.
"Okay, I'll be there on time." Adriaan promised.
"Don't bring a female companion," Claude added.
"Oh?"
"Although I can't be sure of your current taste, I still remember your taste from before."
"Oh ~ ~"
"Of course, you can also choose to bring one. That's your business, isn't it?"
A long time ago, Claude said that if he was interested, he could pick the best one for him. However, Adriaan laughed at him, saying that his looks were not much different from some professionals. Claude "flew into a rage" and dragged him to the boxing ring for a good fight. As for the result … well, that was not within the scope of discussion.
Since he mentioned this now, plus the fact that Adriaan wasn't sure of his taste in the past, although there were a lot of photos to refer to, and they all looked good. So, with curiosity, he drove to his villa alone at night.
"How are you guys? I hope you'll be very satisfied tonight. "
"Ha, I don't think so. This matter has to be looked at from two sides."
"In the beginning, I didn't think too much about it. I just wanted to make a more shocking movie."
While greeting familiar people, Adriaan walked inside. This party was neither as festive as an ordinary party, nor as serious as a cocktail party. So, Adriaan didn't dress that formally. He wore a white shirt and a jacket over it. He didn't wear a tie or bow tie.
"Hey, Eide, I thought you were going to break your promise again." Claude greeted him from afar.
"Can you explain, Mr. Claude?" Adriaan raised his eyebrows and held his hand. "What do you mean by 'breaking my promise again'? If there's an example of me being late, can you please give me an example? "
"Come on, Eide, you know it's just an exaggeration. You don't have to be so serious, right? Besides … "Claude glanced at the two women who were talking to him.
"Okay, I'll let you go this time." Adriaan laughed and patted him on the shoulder. Their banter made the two women beside them cover their mouths and laugh.
"Okay, let me introduce you." Claude then introduced the two ladies. First was the petite woman who was about 5 feet 4 inches tall. She was wearing a beige dress. She had big wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. Her facial features were delicate and beautiful. From the moment Claude came over and held her arm, it was obvious that the relationship between the two of them was very good.
"This is Helen Darryl," Claude said. She immediately reached out and shook hands with Adriaan. There was no introduction of her profession, but one could roughly guess why. It seemed that Claude was having a good time.
"Nice to meet you." Adrian nodded politely, and when he looked at the tall woman, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
She was about six feet tall, only a little shorter than Adriaan. Among the women he had a relationship with, only Nicole and Liv were this tall, but their figures were not as well-proportioned as this woman. It was not that their figures were not good enough, but the woman in front of him had a near-perfect figure. She was wearing a one-shoulder white dress with a black belt around her slender waist. Although the high slit only reached half of her thigh, it did not diminish the allure of her slender legs.
Of course, there was no such thing as perfection in this world. Although her figure was near-perfect, her face was not very pretty. Her facial features were too stiff. Although there were tough women, they were a little too stiff. However, even so, she still gave off a feeling of being a crane among chickens. Not bad.
"This is Giselle Bundchen." Claude looked at her and smiled gently, then said the other party's name.
"Hello, Mr. Adriaan. It's my honor to be able to meet the famous and miraculous director." The girl generously extended her hand and did not hide the curiosity in her eyes.
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"Traveling is indeed a wonderful thing. It broadens one's horizons and broadens one's mind. It allows one to understand different customs and customs. No matter how good it is in books, it's not as good as seeing it with one's own eyes. Hemingway's description of the spectacular scenery of Mount Kilimanjaro in 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' is already very shocking, right? But that's far less than one-tenth of what you feel when you see it with your own eyes! " Sitting at the bar counter, Adriaan held a glass of wine and spoke with confidence and assurance while Giselle Bundchen looked at him with one hand on her cheek and listened very carefully.
After Claude introduced them, they chatted for a while before Adriaan took Giselle to the side alone. It was too easy for him to invite a girl.
"So you've been to Africa?" Giselle showed a look of interest.
"Unfortunately, not yet, although I'd like to go." Adriaan shrugged. "I'm a workaholic — but these are really words of experience. At least watching 'Notre Dame de Paris' and going to Notre Dame de Paris are two different feelings. The mountains of Montana may not be as good as Mount Kilimanjaro, but they still have a majestic aura."
The reason why they talked about traveling was that Giselle was currently traveling around. She was now a relatively famous model in Brazil. After winning fourth place in Miss World in Spain, she decided to spend a year traveling. In the past six months, she had been to all the places she wanted to go in South America and Europe, and then she received an invitation from her agent from Victoria's Secret — it had to be admitted that the group of people at Victoria's Secret did have a very keen sense of smell when it came to this.
In that case, she also wanted to come to the United States to have a look, so she came to Los Angeles. She only stayed for two days and had not yet decided when she received an invitation from Claude, so she appeared at the party.
"You are very honest, Eide." Giselle smiled.
"Thank you. I always think that in order to win a woman's favor, the first thing to do is to be honest in front of her." Adriaan smiled.
"Really? But how can you win a woman's favor without lying? "Giselle said meaningfully.
"No, no, no. Only the stupidest people will lie to win a woman's favor. Being honest doesn't mean that you don't need to use speaking skills." Adriaan raised his finger and shook it, looking at her without blinking.
"Oh?" After all, Giselle was still too inexperienced. After a few seconds, she looked down, picked up the glass, and took a sip.
"For example." Adriaan stretched out his hand and gently stroked her face with the back of his hand. "You are not beautiful, right?"
"Oh?" Giselle didn't deny it, but there was still a flash of displeasure in her eyes.
"But you are a very charming woman, and all men admire you," Adriaan said immediately.
Giselle raised her head, blinked, and looked at him in confusion.
"It's like your profession. A good model can always show their strengths and cover up their shortcomings, so that the public will cheer for their charm and ignore the unsatisfactory parts." He stared at her face. "I fully believe that you have this ability, Giselle. Besides, your charm far exceeds your shortcomings. In the future, there will be countless people cheering for you under the runway."
"… Well, I admit that you are good with words, Eide." Giselle took a deep breath, smiled, and said so. But from the way she used a nickname like Adriaan, it could be seen that she really liked the compliment.
"I'm just stating a fact." Adriaan said calmly, "With the development of the Internet, society will become more and more flat, and there will only be fewer and fewer supermodels. In the future, I'm afraid the most popular models will be those who have the temperament closest to a supermodel, not the supermodels themselves. In my opinion …"
Then, he gently held her hand. "You will be one of them."
"Is … is this a prophecy?" Giselle didn't retract her hand, and her eyes flashed.
"If you want, you can look at it that way." Adriaan smiled.
With a bang, the bedroom door of Adrian's mansion was slammed open, and two figures fiercely kissing barged in. Their hands were caressing each other's body randomly, as if they were incomparably longing for it.
The hem of her skirt was pulled up, and her underwear was quickly pulled down along her slender and strong legs. Before it was completely removed, the woman used her legs to clamp the man's waist, and her underwear was still hanging around her ankles.
The man asked the woman as he put her on the bed. After pulling down the skirt on her shoulders, he buried his head in her chest and sucked. The woman, who was already in a frenzy, moaned loudly, reached out to take off the man's clothes and untied the belt around his waist.
Soon, everything that needed to be taken off had been taken off. Although it was not a naked encounter, it was enough. The man's majestic body impatiently pressed down, and the woman, who had been longing for a long time, suddenly raised her head excitedly. The sound of ecstasy in her mouth rose a few octaves again, and her legs clamped even tighter. The fierce battle began on the bed.
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"Not appropriate?" In his office, his face frowned slightly as he flipped through the evaluation document given by ABC.
"Yes, the key is that we are a wireless television station." ABC deliberately sent the department manager of the planning department over to explain, "If it is to be broadcast on ABC, then some things must be changed."
"I was negligent." Adriaan said so after a long silence.
In fact, the problem was very simple. According to the original "America's Top Model" process, many areas were very controversial, such as nude photos or religious issues. If it was broadcast on a paid cable TV station, there would be no problem, but if it was broadcast on a wireless television station that everyone could watch, then these things must be changed.
Of course, ABC could also choose to broadcast it late at night, but for such a time-sensitive talent show, broadcasting it late at night was completely courting death. In this case, the process of America's Top Model had to be changed. It had to be changed into a healthy program that was suitable for all ages.
However, in this way, a new problem emerged. Those big areas were gimmicks for the show to attract ratings. If they were replaced with something else, Adriaan was not sure how popular it would be. Of course, he could also learn from the strengths of other shows, but what about those shows? What's more, it might cause a butterfly effect.
After TBS broadcast "Millionaire," major TV stations also launched a lot of original or imported reality shows. Although the quality of these shows varied, who knew when a hit would pop up?
"How about this." After tapping his fingers back and forth on the desk for a long time, Adriaan finally made a decision. "Let's give this show to TBS."
"Then we …" The manager of the planning department was obviously disappointed. ABC still saw the potential of this show. Although it was more suitable for a cable TV station like TBS, if it could be changed, it might not be popular if it was broadcast on ABC. They very much hoped that Adriaan would choose the latter plan, so …
"Don't worry, I know what you are thinking." Adriaan turned around and smiled. "I will find a way to find someone to design a reality show suitable for ABC in a short time."
The manager left doubtfully. Although many people understood Adriaan's ability, was it really possible to come up with a reality show suitable for ABC in a short time? Or did he design it before this?
Regardless of what ABC thought, Adriaan quickly informed Claude of this matter.
"It's not a problem to change it to TBS. They will definitely be very happy, but how are you going to design a new reality show for ABC?" Claude asked.
"I don't have a clue for the time being. Anyway, there is still time. Let's talk about it after I deal with the things at hand." This was Adriaan's answer.
He was not without a clue. He had a lot of ideas, but he didn't know how to choose. At first, he wanted to change "Millionaire" from TBS. Although this show had quite good ratings, almost everyone, including the executives inside TBS, admitted that it was a waste to put it on a cable TV station. Now it was possible to change "America's Top Model" to ABC.
But the problem was that this show had been broadcast for three seasons. Although the schedule was good and the show still had potential, the audience was somewhat tired of it. TBS was also considering new ideas and changes. If it was changed to ABC now, it was hard to say how much ratings it would get. Besides, the other three major wireless TV stations had also launched similar shows. The competition was not small at all.
Of course, Adriaan could also modify it. It wasn't that he didn't have ideas to modify it, but there were still a lot of problems. So after thinking about it, it was better to stay on TBS.
Then what should he do on ABC? Even if the broadcasting rights for "Friends" could be taken back after this year, there were still a few TV series with good ratings. "Everybody Loves Raymond" had always maintained a stable level, but how much a wooden barrel could hold depended on the shortest board. In terms of reality shows and talk shows, ABC was still far behind.
Talk shows were still alright. Although there was only one popular talk show on ABC, Jon Stewart's charisma attracted a lot of people. The ratings for "The Daily Show" were also among the top few shows of the same genre. Moreover, Adriaan had already set his sights on someone. It was just that it wasn't the right time yet. It was best to wait for a while before visiting, because it was always better to send charcoal in snowy weather than to add icing on the cake.
Therefore, talk shows weren't particularly urgent. But for reality shows, the only popular show was Survivor. Even though the viewership ratings were very stable, it wasn't particularly high. Therefore, the area that needed to be improved the most was still this.
Previously, he had planned to give "America's Top Model" to them, but it was no longer possible. So which one was better?
Adriaan knocked on the table and opened his eyes. This show should be suitable: "Big Brother"!
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