New York, Daenerys Entertainment West Coast Headquarters on the Upper West Side.

It is August 21st.

Thursday.

In late August, the movie summer season begins to end, and the 1997 TV autumn season is coming soon. Simon flew from Los Angeles to New York again on Tuesday. In recent days, he has been participating in the program arrangement of major TV networks under Daenerys Entertainment.

For ABC TV Network, this year's big hit is still "American Idol".

This is the third season of this singing reality show. According to the results of the contestants' tour concert in the second season of the summer and the recent promotional warm-up for the third season, unless other super dark horses appear this fall, "American Idol", which is expected to still have an average viewership of around 35 million, can basically continue to lock in the new year's ratings champion.

In addition to "American Idol", another ABC ace, "Seinfeld", is about to usher in its eighth season.

Perhaps some people later remembered that the most popular sitcom in the United States in the 1990s was "Friends", especially for foreign American drama audiences.

Actually, it's not right.

The most popular sitcom in the United States in the 1990s was "Seinfeld".

Just to say that in the seventh season last year, the average viewership of "Seinfeld" reached 33 million, second only to the second season of "American Idol", while "Friends", which was aired in 1994, was the third season last year, with an average viewership of only 24 million.

Of course, "Friends" still has a long way to go, and "Seinfeld" is expected to end in the ninth season next year.

Daenerys Entertainment has made efforts to this before, hoping that Jerry Seinfeld, the creator of "Seinfeld", can achieve the tenth season, which is a perfect match. For this reason, Daenerys Entertainment also gave a stock option as a condition based on a single-episode salary of one episode. Unfortunately, the comedy star did not agree, but only signed two contracts for the eighth and nineth seasons when renewing the contract this year.

It's not a matter of money.

Anything can be exhausted after repeated for many years. In addition, because of the popularity of "Seinfeld", this TV guy is not short of money at all. In the end, he took the initiative to give up the high rewards given by Daenerys Entertainment, hoping to have a rest.

In addition to the two main shows, "Who Will Be a Millionaire" which was launched in 1988 and continues this year.

For example, the ratings of "American Idol" by Rizhongtian, "Who Will Be a Millionaire" fell to an average viewership scale of 11 million last year. However, because the production cost of this program is very low, the ratings of tens of millions are still very profitable, so it can continue for many years.

On the other hand, it is no longer popular after all, and the schedule of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has been shifted to a Saturday night, which is relatively unpopular for TV series, and has been reduced to one episode per week.

In addition to Daenerys Entertainment's ABC platform, several other popular public TV network ratings programs, NBC's "Friends" and CBS's "The Story of the Emergency Room", are both seasons four this year and are still in the golden age of viewership.

"Survivor", which was born at the same time as "Who Will Be a Millionaire", will also continue. The average viewership of "Survivor" in the latest season is 13 million, which is a bit higher than "Who Will Be a Millionaire". However, it is someone else's program after all, and NBC has also reduced from ordering two seasons a year in the early years to one season of the current year.

In addition to public TV networks, there are cable TV networks such as USA, ESPN and Fashion TV, owned by Daenerys Entertainment.

Relying on the precise positioning of women's TV networks and a series of popular main shows, USA, as the basic cable network, has developed very rapidly in recent years. The current number of subscribers has grown from the initial 21 million to 93 million. The main reality show "The Wife" series and two TV series "Desperate Housewives" and "Sex and the City" have been hotly discussed by North American women in recent years.

USA's film list this year has not changed much.

In terms of reality shows, in addition to the long-term main features of "Beverly Wife" and "New York Wife", the earlier "Atlanta Wife" and "Miami Wife" were cut in due to the general ratings. Because last year's overseas branch "Melbourne Wife" was very popular, another "London Wife" was added this year.

In addition to several other actress reality shows involving cooking or fashion, USA can be regarded as a big reality show player.

Simon has actually been preparing for two other ace reality shows in memory for USA, "Proud of the Sky Bridge" and "American Supermodel Contest". However, since the Wife series can still support the ratings, there is no need to take them out too early.

In terms of TV series, "Desperate Housewives" has reached its sixth season this year. According to Simon's storyline based on memory planning, the eighth season is expected to end. In the previous fifth season, the average viewership of this TV series reached 15 million. Perhaps it is not a popular one on public TV networks. It is already a phenomenal level for basic cable networks.

The ratings of "Sex and the City" were slightly lower, but it also reached an average of 9.7 million viewers in the second season of last year, which is expected to exceed 10 million this year. Moreover, due to the theme and audience, the topic of "Sex and the City" is only higher than that of "Desperate Housewives". The audience of the urban elite female group makes this TV series more popular among advertisers.

For ESPN, after reaching an eight-year, $9 billion buyout contract with the National Football League last year, the agreement was officially implemented this year. If nothing unexpected happens, ESPN will officially start its own take-off path and ultimately achieve the ultimate goal of "ESPN tax" in Simon's memory.

Fashion TV has also developed quite smoothly in recent years, and there has not been much change this year. The main goal is to continue to expand overseas and increase global coverage.

Finally, there are some basic cable stations such as AE TV Network. This is the joint venture between ABC and Hurst Group. After the incident three years ago, Daenerys Entertainment acquired all its shares.

However, compared with USA, ESPN or Fashion, these TV stations can only be considered icing on the cake. Some of them have some losses, and Simon has no intention of closing them. After all, this is the achievement of public opinion. Whether it is Daenerys Entertainment itself or other industries in the Westeros system, these media platforms will be used to more or less.

After finishing today's work, Simon just walked out of the conference room with Robert Eiger, and girl A came forward and whispered to Simon: "The Devay couple happened to discuss some details of their cooperation today. They learned that you are here, and hope to say hello."

The Devay couple are the Devay of Kara Devay.

A few years ago, Simon met Dewai and his wife at a Christie's auction in London. After chatting with the name in his memory, he learned that Charles Dewai, the man in this family, was a real estate developer and real estate agent, so he hired the other party to help buy property in London. He has not had many opportunities to meet in recent years.

This time, the reason why the Devay couple appeared here is because of the "London Wife" that was just finalized this year.

Charles Dewayi's wife Pandora Dewayi was selected.

The Dewey family is also a member of the London celebrity circle and has aristocratic blood. Although it is very watery when you look deeper, the family's striking relationship with various celebrities is also full of gimmicks for the program "London Wife", which is enough to attract a large number of ordinary audiences.

Just by the way, Simon nodded and agreed, and went to a lounge on the other floor of the building with Egg.

When the Devay couple saw Simon appear, they quickly got up.

Everyone greeted him a few words, and learned that Devay's family had arrived and after the talks, they would stay in New York for a few days. It was considered a vacation, Simon casually invited the other party to attend a family party with Jerry Hall in the evening, and by the way, they were in contact with the circle here. The couple agreed with joy.

Separate temporarily.

Simon rushed to Greenwich first. It was around 6 o'clock in the evening and came to Jerry Hall's large flat apartment. As soon as he entered the door, Hall's eldest daughter Elizabeth Jagger came up, as well as Nicky Hilton of the Hilton family and Kim Kardashian, their young follower.

Simon saw the girl's enthusiasm pounced on her, and before the girl could get her tangled, she pressed her head and said with a smile: "No buy!"

"Ha, Dad, I really didn't expect that the more you are richer you are, the more stingy you are." The girl shouted sweetly, while pulling Simon's big hand off her head and holding his arm: "And I didn't say I wanted to buy something. The summer vacation is about to end. I just want to go out for a trip. Dad, can you lend me your Boeing 767?"

Simon looked at Jerry Hall who was walking over with a smile: "Your mom agrees."

Elizabeth reached out and grabbed the arm that approached her mother, clamped herself between the two adults, her big eyes flashed pitifully: "Mom, you must be fine, right?"

Jerry Hall has no objection: "Okay."

Compared to Uriyana, who secretly despises her two children, Jerry Hall is still a competent mother, but she is only fulfilling her obligations and is not so concerned about her children's education.

Elizabeth is only 13 years old this year and has a lot of academic performance. As she said she wanted to become a model in the future, Hall arranged training for her. However, the girl's biological father, Mick Jagger, had a lot of opinions about Hall's laissez-faire for her daughter. Unfortunately, she only talked about her, not to mention that she had no custody.

It's not the first time that the girl wants to go out for fun now. Jerry Hall knows that Simon will make arrangements, and she doesn't need to worry about whether it's safety or expenses, so of course she has no objection.

Seeing that both women of both ages and ages were like this, Simon agreed.

Nikki Hilton, who looked at her with bright eyes, nodded and greeted her. Everyone came to sit down on a sofa beside the window of the living room. After saying a few words, Hall got up again. The waiters here were busy arranging the evening party, and she also wanted to watch it herself, leaving only three girls with Simon.

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When Hall got up, Simon patted the woman's vacant position. Nikki Hilton immediately got up and came over. Kim Kardashian, who was very invisible, felt envious.

Skillfully bala various topics.

"Actually, we want to go to China, Dad, I recently went to watch the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with Niki and the others. It's really cool, but the bamboo sea inside is more beautiful. We want to go and see it. Last week, we specially applied for a visa. I, Niki, Kim, Ivanka... In short, about a dozen people, anyway, I need your sponsorship."

Simon hugged Niki's little waist and put the girl on her legs and said, "What if I don't sponsor it?"

Elizabeth gently pushed Nikki down on Simon's legs, looking a little jealous, and threatened: "Then I can only call you Simon in the future."

"That's it, there are many girls who are willing to call my dad," Simon looked at Niki in his arms, looking indifferent: "Come on, Niki, call one."

Nikki's face was red: "I won't shout."

However, Elizabeth immediately forgot the threat just now, and smirked and instigated: "Niki, shout, it won't delay your liking for you if you like dad, he will definitely like it more."

Nikki shyed her neck, opened Elizabeth's little paws shyly, and glanced at Simon again. In fact, if there were no one around her, she would have been willing. Now, how could she shout out?

Elizabeth didn't pursue her again. She knew that Simon had agreed just now, so she turned to her, "By the way, Dad, I saw the newspaper saying that "The Lord of the Rings" has started casting recently?"

Simon nodded and smiled, "Do you care about this too?"

"I have also read the "Lord of the Rings" novel. There is a complete set of Tol Jin in my study," Elizabeth said, and leaned against Simon again, looking expectant: "Dad, how do you think I play the Elf Princess?"

“Not very good.”

The girl immediately grabbed Simon's arm and started shaking again: "Ahhhhh--"

Simon won't let go this time: "Don't make a fuss. If you were 10 years older, it might be okay. Now you are too young and can't act. The investment of more than 200 million yuan will make you do whatever you want?"

Elizabeth suddenly widened his eyes again: "Wow, more than 200 million, it seems that the out-of-control Titanic is only 200 million US dollars, right?"

"This time, three movies are filmed together," Simon explained, and then knocked on the girl's forehead: "Titanic out of control?"

Elizabeth covered her head and said with a chuckle: "Everyone said that, 200 million investments, if you lose all your money, dad, will you feel sorry for it?"

"Won't."

Elizabeth paused and then lit his head: "Yes, in recent months, dad, your net worth has been reduced by hundreds of billions, what's the point of 200 million?"

"This is not like persuading people at all. If I have such a sarcastic tongue, I can only regret not supporting you in traveling to China. I have lost hundreds of billions of dollars and need to be frugal."

"Well, Dad, I was wrong." The girl turned around immediately, came over and kissed Simon on the face, but was still a little unwilling to accept it: "Even if you can't play the elf princess, Dad, it's okay for me to play an elf at that time. I'm 1.7 meters tall now, and I'm fine."

This is no problem.

Simon nodded with great verbal talk, "As long as you want and the time can be arranged, you can play an elf maid."

Elizabeth was dissatisfied again: "It's just a maid?"

"Yes, because there is nothing more corners than this. If you don't, you can only do some tricks behind the scenes?"

"Okay, okay, maid, maid." Elizabeth said, not forgetting Nikki on Simon's legs: "Dad, where is Nikki?"

"Niki is too short to play anything for the time being."

Elizabeth immediately gloated: "Haha."

Nikki Hilton suddenly became dissatisfied: "I am one year older than Leeds?"

Elizabeth was even more gloating: "Who made you not grow up?"

Nicki immediately looked at Simon, and saw that the man did not give up, so he could only be helpless.

Still not good enough genetics.

Jerry Hall is 183 cm tall and is a model. Elizabeth also inherits her mother's genes. She is only 13 years old and is more than 1.7 meters tall. Nikki's mother, Cathy Hilton, is barely 1.6 meters tall. This is the tallest among the three Richards sisters. Nikki's two aunts, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, Simon, had personally experienced it. They were all in just over 1.5 meters and were petite.
Chapter completed!