Chapter 869

Soon, it was August, and the production of "The Lord of the Rings" was still progressing in an orderly manner. After last month's concentrated coverage, coupled with the fact that AC Media continued to release the most authoritative news on a regular basis, the public's enthusiasm for the movie had waned. Although there were still reporters who came to harass them from time to time, they would leave after a few days. This was the southern hemisphere across the Pacific Ocean, and it was winter in the southern hemisphere.

However, there were slightly fewer women in New Zealand in August than before. Only Sarah and Naomi were there. Richel rejected her bluntly over the phone. However, she obviously had other ideas, and Adriaan would definitely satisfy her. Nicole rejected him as well. Although the divorce case had ended a few months ago, and there had been many rumors about her having an affair with Director Miracle in the past year or so — because of her role in "Open Eyes, Warning", the rumors about her ambiguous relationship with the young director cum playboy had always been very popular among the public — but in general, with Adrian's support, her image was much better than Cruise's. And before everything was settled, she didn't want to take any risks.

Adriaan expressed his understanding. Right now, Nicole only had her career left, and everything else had to give way to this goal. He was actually very happy to see her like this. As for why, there was no need to say more. The only pity was that he could not carry her and Naomi to bed together in New Zealand. The real intimate scene in "Mulholland Drive" and "Eyes Wide, Warning" were well preserved by him, and he would take them out from time to time to enjoy them.

"I am very satisfied, everyone, but soon we will have a new series to produce. When that time comes, I hope you can arrange your schedules just as well as you are now." As usual, Adriaan had to return to Los Angeles every month. This was a routine, and it was not just to appease the two pregnant women. There were some jobs that he had to personally attend to, such as the production of the TV series.

"Ask them to email me whatever they want. I want to finish reading it as soon as possible. Time is a little tight," Adriaan said to his female secretary after encouraging the staff to leave the conference room.

"The 'Six Feet Under' crew had computer problems yesterday, and all the documents were lost. They can only provide printed text," Charlize said as he flipped through the notebook in his hand.

"Sure, but tell them not to let this happen again. Make a backup as soon as it's done." Adriaan nodded.

"Also, the first season of 'The Interns' has been completed. Maybe you can take some time to read it," Charlize said.

"Sure, ask them to send it to me together." Adriaan nodded.

"Sure, ask them to send it to me." Seeing that the office door was just a few feet away, Charlie flipped to the last page of his notebook. "Crow wants to meet you at Fields Bar tonight."

"Did he say what it was?" asked Adrian, stopping in his tracks.

"A Victoria's Secret celebration." Charlize raised an eyebrow.

"He likes it. Adriaan sighed and looked at Charlize. "Are you willing to go with me, Charley?"

"Not at all. Someone arranged a lot of things for me. I might be busy until late tonight," Charlize said in a relaxed tone. "Besides, it's not like you can't find someone to accompany you."

"That's sad, Charley. I didn't arrange a lot of work for you, right?" Adriaan asked half-jokingly.

"Sort the documents, arrange the schedule, and call the relevant personnel. If you can't contact them, you have to go personally … If you want, I can talk here for ten minutes." Charlize shrugged.

"Okay, okay, I got it." Adriaan raised his hand and looked around. Many people were glancing at him, so he leaned in front of Charlize and kissed her on the cheek. "That's it."

Back in the office, he quickly turned on the computer to deal with work. Except for TV series like "Doomsday Black Angel" or "Band of Brothers," most of the new episodes would be broadcast in August. TV writers also began to sell their scripts or provide their scripts. At the same time, because the Emmy nominees were announced last month, there was a lot of work to do in the TV series production.

But Adriaan didn't need to ask about it one by one. The group had developed quite well. Whether it was the wireless network or the cable network, they were almost at the top of the industry.

There was no need to talk about TVB's "Friends." After it was taken over from NBC, it had already aired for four seasons, and its audience had stabilized. It might even lose some viewers, but as the most popular TV series, "Friends" completely lived up to its title. In the past, when NBC aired "Friends," other TV stations would choose to avoid "Friends." That day, NBC occupied all the primetime slots, which pulled up the ratings of other NBC series.

Now it was the same for ABC. Even NBC didn't dare to go against it. Not to mention that Adriaan specially asked the writers and producers to adjust the plot. For example, Chandler and Monica wouldn't get married so soon, or Joey would look more adorable. Unfortunately, Denis had already made a guest appearance. Otherwise, if he and his wife appeared together as enemies, they would definitely attract a lot of attention.

In addition to "Friends," there were many TV series and reality shows with good ratings. After "Survivor" corrected the mistakes of the first season, the second season's ratings reached as high as 50 million! It directly broke the record of "Friends." Although "Survivor" didn't reach such heights because of the increasing number of reality shows and other reasons, it was still a great achievement. No wonder people said that if ABC wanted to, they could surpass NBC at any time.

Yes, although NBC was glorious from the late 1980s to the mid- 1990s, with Adriaan behind the scenes, ABC was rising rapidly. As long as they worked hard, it wouldn't be difficult to surpass them. But so far, neither Adriaan nor Claude had this plan. They just wanted to keep the current situation equal to NBC.

It wasn't that they didn't want to. To put it bluntly, as long as Adriaan wanted, he could let the audience watch the AC Media channel seven days a week during the peak season. There were still many things he hadn't taken out yet. But what would the result be? All the TV networks would boycott them! Although it hadn't reached that level yet, Claude had already noticed something. And Adriaan had always listened to him on this, so there was the current situation.

In any case, ABC was only one of the five major wireless TV networks in the United States (in addition to the four major broadcasting companies, there was also the non-profit, non-commercial PBS). Nowadays, it was already very prominent and stealing the limelight. After all, ABC had been losing money most of the time in the past few years. If they did too much, they would only attract the hostility of other broadcasting companies.

Therefore, it was best to maintain this state of balance for now. Not only that, but Adriaan also planned to produce some good TV series for his allies in order to share the benefits. The "Doctors' Anatomy" was planned to be sold to CBS. Anyway, it would be produced by Universal and AC Media's TV companies, so the profits would not be reduced. Moreover, this situation wouldn't last forever. After the millennium, the number one wireless TV network would definitely be ABC!

Moreover, the wireless TV network had to restrain itself, but the cable TV network didn't have to. In the late 1990s, the cable TV industry in the United States began to develop rapidly. Now was the time of the rise of the industry, and the main way to make money for cable TV was to win more subscribers through outstanding TV series. Therefore, the more outstanding TV series there were, the better.

After the broadcast of "Band of Brothers," TNT had basically surpassed HBO as the most famous cable TV channel. Naturally, Adriaan didn't mind helping them hold this position. It was said that Warner and Disneyland were planning to cooperate with HBO and Disneyland, so he simply brought out the TV series "Six Feet Under."

This was Adriaan's way of getting involved. He didn't need to go to all the studios and ask about every detail. He only needed to participate in the writing of the script and establish a team of screenwriters with himself as the core. It was said a long time ago that the status of a TV series screenwriter was higher than that of a movie screenwriter. They were often the producer while writing the script. As long as they had the right to speak on the script, they didn't have to worry about the TV series going out of control. Of course, he also gave the screenwriters enough autonomy. Many episodes of "Old Friends" didn't match up with what he remembered, but they were still quite popular.

In fact, the screenwriting team of Miracle Director was now famous in Hollywood. Adriaan's method of guiding the direction and letting it develop had produced many outstanding screenwriters after countless screenplays had been washed. Even if they only stayed in the team for a short time, as long as they participated in the writing of a few screenplays, they would benefit a lot. Many screenwriters hoped to become a member of this team. Many screenwriters also submitted their scripts to Universal, Bosworth, Miramax, and other film companies, hoping that they would be discovered by Adriaan.

"This is my unique advantage. No one can learn from me." Adriaan, who was handling the scripts and related situations of those TV series, said proudly.

He was not late for the event at the Fields Bar in the evening. Victoria's Secret was developing very well, and with Adriaan's advice from time to time, and close cooperation with ABC, which had gotten rid of the losses and started to soar, its reputation was now much higher than its original trajectory. Therefore, after a recent runway show, Claude held such a celebration. He liked this gadget very much, but it never delayed the company's business, so Adriaan was also very supportive.

Of course, it was definitely not a good idea for him to bring his own woman to a group of models alone.

"It's really rare. You have to know that it's rare to see you come out alone." After sitting down, Claude laughed.

"Rarely seen? So you haven't cared about me for a long time, Krau. It's really sad. "Adriaan raised his eyebrows while holding a glass of wine.

"Well... I'm specifically referring to this kind of place. Besides, don't you think this sentence is a bit inappropriate?" Claude coughed lightly, and Heidi Krum, who was holding his arm next to him, covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Inappropriate? Why? Can you point it out clearly? "Adriaan shrugged his shoulders in surprise, as if he really didn't understand at all.

"Well, let's not talk about this." Claude raised his hand immediately. "Well, there are so many girls here. Pick one at random. There must be a suitable one for you."

"Oh?" Adriaan turned his head and glanced at the lively bar. The models who had a partnership with Victoria's Secret and the staff who came to participate in the event were chatting and laughing at the bar, and some were dancing to the music on the dance floor.

Looking at those curvy figures, Adriaan couldn't help but praise them in his heart. Fortunately, they were underwear models. A certain figure was necessary. Those overly thin fashion models were a little disgusting.

"That one looks good." Since Claude said so, Adriaan didn't stand on ceremony. He quickly pointed to a tall girl who was chatting and laughing with her friends in the left corner. She was about 18 to 25 years old, with long dark brown hair, good facial features, and a charming smile.

"Heidi." Claude immediately gave the woman next to him a look, and Heidi stood up. "Please wait a moment."

"You haven't slept with that girl, right?" Adriaan retracted his gaze and waited for Heidi to walk some distance away.

"No, she should have been invited to the show recently." Claude looked over there and shook his head.

"That's good." Adriaan showed a satisfied look.

"But I'm a little regretful now. That girl looks very charming," Claude suddenly said half-jokingly.

"Now she is mine." Adriaan said bluntly, and then he thought of something and laughed. "I remember you had a date with Heidi a few years ago. Why are you rekindling your old love now? You even took her to Murdoch's wedding. I remember you never touch her again after you've played with her, right? "

"People always change, Eide."

"Ha, her skills in bed must be very good?"

"What you're talking about is something that happened in university …"

"Her skills in bed must be very good!"

Claude couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Well, I admit that she is really good in bed, so it's okay to reminisce about the past. More importantly, my mother wants me to stop being like this. It would be best if I can find a suitable girl to marry immediately. It would be better if I can have a child in ten months. Oh, God, I didn't dare to go to her at that time. She turned our house into a marriage agency. "

"That's normal. A young and promising single media tycoon is a hot commodity in the upper class. What do you think, Godfather?" Adriaan held back his laughter.

"I agree." Claude spread his hands.

"Oh, that's really bad." Adriaan sighed. "So you want to avoid this problem by dating Heidi for a long time. She happens to be great in bed."

“Bingo！” Claude snapped his fingers. "We still have a long life to enjoy. Why should we be bound by marriage so early?"

"Yeah, Victoria's Secret was developed by you, right?" Adriaan smiled meaningfully. "Maybe you can try to have a child out of wedlock. I think your mother won't mind."

"Won't?" Claude twitched his mouth. "Of course she won't, because my father will skin me alive first."

Suddenly, he became serious. "Eide, I want to remind you that you can have fun, but don't go overboard. No matter how many times Cindy Krau slept with you, she is now married."

Adriaan raised his eyebrows and nodded. "I will be careful."

Cindy Krau got married last year. The man was a guy named Randy Geber, who ran a modeling company and some bars and high-end clubs. He was considered relatively wealthy, but his net worth was probably not much higher than Krau's. Because of Adriaan, Krau acted in "Sex and the City" and served as a judge for Top Model, her net worth was much higher than her original net worth.

However, it was said that the guy was very passionate about her, so they finally got married at the end of last year. Then, last month, when Adriaan came back from New Zealand, he attended a cocktail party. At the party, he saw Krau and chatted for a while before they went to the restroom. Although Geber was different from Cruise, Adriaan still didn't care about him. An hour before the wedding, he was still in a room with Krau, who was already dressed in a wedding dress. When the priest announced that the two were legally married in the church, the inside of the pair of long legs under the wedding dress was probably still wet.

Well, that was a little too much. But if Krau really had feelings for him, why would she be so indulgent? She probably wanted to play with something more exciting. However, since Claude said so, Adriaan naturally wouldn't be perfunctory. Anyway, it was just a friendly competition with this woman.

"Let me introduce you. This is Alexander Ambrosio." Heidi walked back at this time, followed by the girl who had been chosen. "Elle, I don't need to introduce this one. You've all met Mr. Claude, and this one..."

"It's an honor to meet the famous Mr. Miracle Director." She stretched out her hand generously, still wearing a charming smile, without the slightest timidity or anything else.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Ambrosio." Adriaan smiled, stood up, and shook her hand. Then, he made a gentlemanly gesture to invite her to sit. Then, he began to think quickly. Alexander Ambrosio? He seemed to have heard this name before. Was it in his previous life or this life?

"Thank you. You can call me Alexander or Elle, Eide." Alexander sat down and naturally crossed his legs. At the same time, he reached out and gently brushed the hair around his ears. It was very sexy and very tempting. Obviously, she knew why he called her over, and she didn't intend to let go of this opportunity.

Thanks to his abnormal memory, as long as there was enough stimulation, even a fleeting piece of information could be recalled, not to mention that Adriaan was still searching technically, so he quickly found the corresponding memory.

"You're really charming, Elle. It's said that Brazil is a rich source of famous models, and it really is a well-deserved reputation," he said with a smile.