Chapter 51 Integrated TV Programs

Robert Downey Jr.'s starring in "Two and Half of Heroes" is a coincidence. The main reason is that Adrian was not interested in letting Charlie Sheen star in the TV series "Two and Half of Heroes". He still had a certain understanding of this popular TV series in his previous life. Charlie Sheen's various bad things caused great trouble to the crew. Although he played that role and the producer gave him a lot of tolerance, he finally swept him out.

But that was something that happened several seasons later, and that character has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Although everyone thinks it's time to change actors, the ratings inevitably dropped a lot.

So when Adrian decided to cut this off from the source, he first removed Charlie Sheen after making this TV series.

However, you must have a suitable actor to play the lead role, right?

So Robert Downey Jr. entered his sight.

Like most young actors, Robert Downey Jr. became unfamiliar after becoming famous, especially after being nominated for the Oscar, he became arrogant and became more and more unscrupulous in doing things, such as taking drugs, speeding, privately rushing into private houses, etc. He was arrested many times in just 1996 and broke the probation bail regulations many times, and was eventually imprisoned for 16 months twice.

Even so, he was still involved in a criminal fight in the early 1998, and was released from prison for treatment due to facial injuries. He was not released from prison until the end of July this year.

Although Robert Downey, the oldest son, had always had a stumbling relationship with his son, he was still very concerned about him as a father, so he ran around and wanted to find him a chance through his connections.

Because Robert Downey Sr. had served as the screenwriter of the Mission: Impossible TV series, Adrian had some collaborations with him when he made the first Mission: Impossible movie, so he finally found him here.

Without thinking much, Adrian decided to let Robert Downey Jr. play the role that originally belonged to Charlie Sheen in "Two and Half of Heroes". Although Downey Jr. is not much different from Charlie Sheen in the past four years, many people in the circle also avoid him and think that he cannot cheer up again, don't forget that Adrian knows how it will develop in the future.

As long as Donnie Jr. gets successful in quitting drugs and his first-class acting skills, this investment is absolutely cost-effective, and the timely help is always more grateful than adding icing on the cake.Of course, proper knocking is also necessary.

I still remember the moment when you were nominated for the Oscar. Robert, I just got a little famous at that time. Time flies so fast. I really didn't expect that the talented you would have fallen to where you are today. It's such a pity.

After getting Donnie Jr. to the beach villa in Malibu, Adrian said this after greetings.

Life is always full of all kinds of temptations. When you are not clear about your mind, you are prone to make mistakes.

Little Donnie sighed. His beard was shaved and his clothes were neatly worn, but he was a little thin and his face was not very good. The prison life of more than ten months obviously made him unable to look back.

But it also made him grow a lot, so although Adrian spoke a little old-fashionedly, he always maintained this respectful look. You should know that he was two or three years older than him.

Of course, even Donnie Jr. did not dare to act rashly even though he was a few years ago. Adrian's identity was there, and just like Solomon, they were about the same age as each other. But ten years ago he was a young director and ten years later he was a media tycoon. How could he stand up straight?

It's great to hear you say this. Although we often say that God will forgive young people for making mistakes, there is a premise that they need to know where their mistakes are and are willing to correct them.

Adrian looked at him and said with a smile, "I have someone checked the Los Angeles County Prison. You performed very well after being imprisoned. The fight was involved. The reason why I decided to let you play a role in this TV series is that in addition to your father's statement, I think you have the desire to correct it is also one of the important reasons. I believe you should not disappoint your father and me, right?"

Won't.Downey Jr. replied briefly, and when Adrian mentioned his father, a complicated look appeared on his face.

Then you should accept some necessary arrangements, right?Adrian asked immediately, little Downey didn't say anything, frowned and showed a look of inquiry.

I will ask the company to supervise your behavior, urge you to cooperate with the work of the parole officer, make sure you will not get any drugs again, and supervise you to participate in drug rehabilitation activities.

Adrian spread his hands and said, then did not give Xiao Downey a chance to speak, and continued: These will be written into the contract. As long as you do things according to regulations, we will also endorse you. In addition, if you stay in a hotel, you must make arrangements.

Little Donnie, who suppressed his dissatisfaction, frowned slightly when he heard the following sentence. He was not a fool, and he would not be unable to hear what Adrian said, but who would target him?

Adrian couldn't answer this question. He would do this based on a message found in his memory, which was the incident when Donnie Jr. was again imprisoned for possessing drugs in 2000.

Downey, who was released from prison at that time, also participated in a TV series. This is one of the reasons why Adrian considered him. However, after checking in a hotel in Palm Springs one day, the police received an anonymous report call saying that Downey had a lot of cocaine and calm in his room. After the police went there, they did find a lot of them. Although Downey argued that he was only carried by the drug, he was still prosecuted.

He had a criminal record and was arrested in the current situation. Naturally, the job he had just obtained was gone. After finally being parole again, he was found wandering barefoot on the streets of Culver City, so he was invited to the police station again for suspected substance abuse.

Although he only stayed for a few hours this time, some crews who started to contact him also retreated. After that, he made up his mind to spend two years to quit drugs, and then slowly stood up again.

Let’s not talk about Downey’s problem for now. This anonymous phone call is very interesting. If it was called by a hotel, the media would not mention this, but from beginning to end, including the police, they all said anonymous phone calls, so it is hard to guarantee that someone was not deliberately targeting him. He had offended many people in the mid-1990s.

So Adrian reminded him here and urged him to quit drugs by endorsing. If Downey makes mistakes on this again, the final result will definitely be even more miserable than in his previous life.

You know, Adrian personally invited and arranged this contract. If he still got into trouble, it would be like Adrian's vision was not good, and the consequences can be imagined.

If Donnie Jr. really had a strong desire to turn around, he would agree even if he had not experienced the last two unlucky events. Of course, he could not agree. That was his freedom. However, some movies in the future had nothing to do with him. Adrian was not interested in cultivating non-historic people. In Hollywood, no one can be replaced.

In the end, Robert Downey Jr. agreed, and "Two and Half of Heroes" was also arranged in the autumn period. Adrian, who had watched the sample, was quite satisfied with his performance.

At the same time, he also reminded the crew to take Downey little, that it is one thing for him to do things by himself, and it is another thing for someone to deliberately do something. If it is the latter, Adrian will let some people know that it is amazing.

In addition, there are several TV series to be released, one of which is "Double-Faced Female Spy" starring Hu Kaili.

Although "Charlie's Angels 2" has been filmed and will be released next year, and her relationship with Drew and Cameron is pretty good, she still agreed to invite her to star in the TV series.

Hu Kaili knew her positioning very well. The innate conditions have determined that she will find it difficult to have a long-term development in the movie, so she is not resistant to the roles in the TV series, let alone.

As for whether playing the heroine in Chinese will affect the ratings, Adrian didn't take it seriously. Not to mention that Hu Kaili, who is only one-quarter of Chinese descent, is only one-quarter of the Chinese descent, "Double-Faced Female Spy" is scheduled to be broadcast on the cable channel, and the viewing method of the cable channel is after subscribing. Regardless of whether other programs on this channel are liked or not, it is also necessary to watch it.

At best, the time period is slightly worse, but you can adjust a good date. If Tuesday doesn’t work, then Wednesday will be good. These two days have always been the peak of viewership. If a TV series is moved to Friday, it generally means that it is about to be cut or finished.

In order to win a good time for "American Idol", Charlize fought for a long time at a high-level meeting.

Many people think that although this talent show has potential, it has not been tested by the audience after all, and there are enough ABC's high ratings programs, so there is no need to make so much room for this program.

But Charlize took out the audition data that was in full swing and debated several executives one by one. The realistic materials and sharp words made them almost speechless.

This is not only related to the success or failure of this show, but also our enterprising spirit!Gentlemen, ABC has been able to develop to this day, and it still stands firm even when facing losses. It is based on continuous attempts, innovations and explorations, rather than placing its hopes on several high-rated programs!

It is said that Charlize ended with this passage.

Although these were slightly exaggerated, combined with Charlize's passionate tone and the strong woman's temperament he had shown, several executives at the meeting were shocked, so they finally made a compromise and could appropriately place some of the competition on Wednesday, and then consider whether to place the final on Tuesday based on the ratings.

Your secretary assistant is an amazing woman, Ed.ABC's current CEO Paul Pollard said this to Adrian at a cocktail party.

I'm just telling the truth.Charlize said so.

How did you train her?Claude was full of curiosity.

She did a good job.Ivanka pretended to be careless.

Anyway, all ABCs now know that the new female supervisor in the planning department is a very courageous and capable woman. After she refuted the other executives, they still couldn't vent their anger. They knew who was standing behind her. It was also a reason for Charlize's refutation but did not lose their face while refuting it. In addition, his decisive style made the planning department operate very efficiently, so the title of Queen of Iceberg began to spread slowly.

Okay, let’s go back to "Double-faced Female Spy". Just arrange a suitable time period, and the TV series itself is also very attractive. The ratings may not be high at the beginning, but they should gradually become popular later.

As we all know, American TV series only has one episode per week. For many TV series, it is very necessary to set up attractive suspense enough at the end of each episode and each season.

And "Double-Faced Female Spy" does a good job at this point. Adrian still remembers that someone in his previous life commented that before a science fiction TV series, this TV series was the most brain-burning, and various big conspiracies were trapped in a series of small conspiracies, making people confused about which ones are real and which are fake.

This is actually a very good way to make up stories. Anyway, just introduce a bigger conspiracy before a conspiracy is fully exposed. As long as you grasp this degree, once the ratings drop, it will be fine to finish or cut it directly.

There is a saying that as long as you boldly underestimate the IQ of Americans, you can succeed.

Although there are many high-rated programs now, Adrian also distributed some good series to TV networks such as CBS, NBC and WB. Since in addition to "American Idol", there are also "Apprentice" and "Proud of the Skybridge" to be broadcast this fall, some adjustments have been made to reality shows, such as "Millionaire" to "The Wise" and handed over to Wireless, the more high-rated programs, the better.

With the rapid development of cable TV, a lot of them have been separated in addition to TBS's TNT and ABC's ESPN. Needless to say, CNN News, ABC Family Channel, the Women's Channel with Hurst's shares, the Youth Channel, etc., need a large number of high-quality programs to fill them.

For example, ABC Family Channel is targeting Disney Channel, so "New Growth Troubles" will be launched soon, and the starring is Hilary Duff, who once performed Shirley in the movie version of "Resident Evil"!

For example, TNT targets HBO, so after snatching away "Sex and the City", "The Soprano", "Six Foot Under" and "Brothers", Larry David was dug up to produce "Suppress the Passion".

Larry David is the screenwriter of "Seinfeld". After "Seinfeld" ended in 1998, he changed his career to become a film screenwriter. Although the power of the film screenwriter is not as powerful as that of the TV screenwriter, his influence is much greater than that of the TV screenwriter's union, and there are much more movie screenwriters than TV screenwriters.

Unfortunately, he is good at conceiving stories in small categories rather than long scripts, so he has been hitting a wall. So he has sorted out all the more well-known TV series of HBO and has made "Suppress the Passion" that should have appeared at this time.

It is similar to "Seinfested" and "Suppressing Passion" is also a comedy of the sketch mode, and it is also the semi-real actor life played by Larry David to show off. Because the investment is very small, he also took on the burden of production while working as a screenwriter and starring. As long as he can maintain his consistent level, there should be no problem in producing it in eight seasons like "Seinfested".

In last year's viewership list, ABC's programs occupied six places in the top ten, which has greatly surpassed NBC to become the first of the four major TV networks. With the rapid development of cable TV stations, they will enter a melee in a few years at most. Even without his support at that time, their TV stations can still throw others away, but they must also consider the situation of attracting wind from the big tree. Otherwise, "Internship Storm" will not be handed over to CBS and "Office Storm" to NBC.

So just push ABC to a peak at this time, first, let ABC increase cohesion by fulfilling its wishes, second, fully demonstrate its strength, and then slowly retreat and continue to maintain a certain advantage.

That's all about TV series. As for movies, the later episodes of "Bones in Winter" and "Never Compromise" are basically close to the end. They are both low-cost movies, and they do not require CG effects like "Lord of the Rings".

Especially "Bones in Winter", which only has two million investments and the plot is relatively simple. After Natalie comes to finish the sound of some of the shots, there is basically only publicity work left.

"Never Compromise" may take more time, but it's no big deal. Anyway, as long as it can be released at the end of the year, so Adrian still has the energy to do something else, such as putting the production time of the remaining two plots of "The Matrix" on the agenda.

After working overtime in an animation studio in Japan, the first animation about how robots rose was aired on TV in advance. Although there was only one episode, it was enough to cheer up the fans of the already depressed "The Matrix".

After the first movie was released in 1998, countless movie fans were looking forward to the next two movies. Even though they already knew a lot of plots through the novel, they still looked forward to it very much. What's more, Adrian said personally that some of the content of the movie version will be different from the novel version, especially the ending.

However, what movie fans did not expect was that in the next year, Adrian ran to New Zealand and spent all his time on the filming of "The Lord of the Rings". It is conceivable how disappointed they were.

Adrian also knew that this matter could not be delayed for too long, and as Monica got older, her pairing with Reeves would be a little incompatible.

However, because he made two movies this year, although the investment was small, the next two plots of "The Matrix" were to be filmed together. He didn't want to reminisce about his days in New Zealand, so he moved to next year.

Next year is just the right time. Although another movie will be filmed first, some preliminary preparations can be completed this year, such as Reeves and others' recovery training, or the layout of some props and venues is not in a hurry, and there is still time.

So when the person in charge came to ask and communicated with the Transportation Bureau which expressway is compared, Adrian waved his hand domineeringly: Find a place to spend some time before building a new section dedicated to shooting!