American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 222 Business Potential, Ending the List Early

"Of course, the program development department's year-end bonus this year depends on your show," Guy said suddenly.

Surprisingly honest.

"To be honest, I don't know much about CW TV station. All the CW executives who have contacted me are women," Ryan said.

"This is related to the current positioning of CW TV station. Our positioning is to attract young female audiences, so naturally we need management who are also female," Guy continued.

A closer look at several well-known CW shows, such as "America's Next Top Model", "Gossip Girl", "902010 (Reboot)" and this year's new "The Vampire Diaries", shows that their main audiences are women.

The only Smallville show with a majority of male viewers was a leftover project from before the merger.

The CW also wanted to attract male audiences, but it really couldn't come up with any competitive programs until... "2 Broke Girls" appeared.

"According to Nielsen data, the main audience of this drama is young male college students, and the proportion of effective audiences aged 18-49 is also high, which means that the series has excellent commercial development potential," said Guy.

There is an important data in American TV programs called "audience rating", which aims to measure the proportion of audiences aged 18-49.

For advertisers, only audiences in this age group have promotional value.

"You mean we can make money from product placement?" Ryan immediately understood what the other party meant.

"This is not an area that a CW programming executive should be involved in."

"But you have a way of doing this, right?" Ryan said with a smile.

She reminded Ryan like this because she wanted to do business.

"A friend of mine happens to be involved in a marketing company and can introduce you to a lot of similar businesses."

The friend she was talking about was, of course, herself.

"No problem. If the price is right, we can cooperate in the areas of dialogue, product placement, costumes and props."

"It depends on the advertiser's requirements. According to industry practice, the company has to charge a 15% commission."

"I can only give you 10%. You are just a middleman."

"The gap between middlemen is sometimes huge. You have to know that one more placement means one more income. This is much more than the 5% commission."

"Okay, you convinced me, 13%."

"make a deal."

Ryan put down his phone. He didn't expect that this program development director had a side job.

"I didn't realize you had a side job." Ryan couldn't help but say.

"The reason is simple. The CW TV station is a loser alliance. Excellent talents have already gone to the four traditional TV networks. We are actually not very competitive. The premiere programs are limited to Monday to Friday. The program lineups of competitors on weekends are too terrible. The station even considered outsourcing the prime time on Saturdays and Sundays. (True story)"

Ryan keenly sensed the business opportunity. After all, CW was a national television network, but it only had one series.

After finishing his conversation with Guy, Ryan took a look at the currently airing "America's Next Top Model" and found it boring, so he turned off the TV.

Ryan used to only watch late-night shows, such as various talk shows.

American TV stations divide time periods into three slots: daytime, prime time, and late night. The Emmy Awards also have three slots, corresponding to the three time periods.

Ryan looked at the time. He didn't need to go on stage tonight, so he was wondering if he should go see Theresa. Taylor called at this time.

"Is the show over?" Ryan asked when he answered the phone.

"Just finished. During the intermission today, I played your episode and the result was very ideal. Everyone praised it. Except for some of the pornographic jokes about Daddario that were a bit offensive, everything else was great."

"But her peaches are perfect material for creation, aren't they?" Ryan laughed.

"You're right." Taylor also laughed on the other end of the phone.

Ryan, the program development director, told Taylor the data.

"1970 million? What an exaggerated number. This has to be a national drama, right?"

"Yes, judging from the first episode alone, it is definitely a national drama."

The two leading actors are obviously the ones who benefited the most besides Ryan, but that does not mean that they will definitely have a bright future. There are many actors who became famous through sitcoms, but many of them quickly disappeared after the series ended. In addition to the objective reason that they have made enough money, transformation is also a chasm that these actors find difficult to cross. If a role is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it will become an obstacle to transformation. Jennifer Aniston is a rare example of a successful transformation.

"By the way, I have something to discuss with you."

"It's a guest appearance thing, right? Of course it can be arranged. There must always be customers in the restaurant." Ryan said immediately.

"Not only this, there's something more important... I want to invest, invest in movies!" Taylor said nervously on the phone.

"Uh...we need to discuss this matter carefully." Ryan immediately said with a stiff smile.

In his eyes, Taylor's investment in movies was no different from burning money.

This business is too complicated.

"Tell me first, who gave you this idea?" Ryan followed.

When necessary, he would take action to prevent anyone from poisoning Taylor's mind.

"Who else could it be? Emma Stone. Last time, they came to see my concert, and we went out together for a day afterwards. Emma Stone talked about her new film contract, a campus youth comedy called EASY A."

"It sounds like a movie about exams?" Ryan wondered.

"No, this is a movie about slut-shaming. A good girl's bragging accidentally spreads in school, so she becomes a 'slutty' girl, and the boys find her, hoping that she can admit her relationship with them. You know, people always like to brag about how good they are in this area and how many people they have slept with. This caused her some troubles. In the end, she confessed the truth and found true love. I think the angle of this movie is quite novel, but the producer is a small company. It is currently in the early preparation stage and there is a gap of 3 million in funds. What do you think?"

This movie has a translated title called "Broken CHU Queen", which is enough to summarize the plot of the movie.

"I think the story is good, but this industry is very complicated, Harry Potter, you know? Film companies have a million ways to balance their accounts, and you will never be able to get your own profits. The production company has probably noticed you and not only asked you to invest, but also brought you in to promote the movie together, including letting you make a cameo appearance in the movie. Maybe they are taking advantage of you." Ryan reminded.

"The budget is limited. This is just a low-budget campus drama, and Emma Stone has been confirmed to star in it." Taylor said slowly, feeling a little depressed.

Apparently, she thought this was a good opportunity. Ryan disagreed.

"Then there is only one solution. The two of us will go and contact the production company in person. I have to find out the details of this production company. If there is a problem, we will withdraw and not participate in this matter. If there is no problem, then you can invest." Ryan thought of a solution.

"It's decided! It just so happens that we're going to LA to make a guest appearance in a movie next month, and we can get this done at the same time." Taylor said excitedly.

The two chatted for a long time. So far, they still had a lot of topics to talk about. After all, they were both career-oriented people, and there was a lot to talk about just the business issues on their side.

"The two female singers you introduced to me...to be honest, they have a lot of ideas, but they have little commercial value. They live in their own world." Taylor gave an objective evaluation.

"Compared with others, I realized how lucky I am. I am the one favored by God." Taylor also admitted at this time that she has definitely had a "good start" since her debut, but her biggest golden finger was encountering Ryan's system bug.

"We should still encourage them more..." Ryan also talked about two new artists under his management (Ellie Goulding and Kevin Harris). They were able to appear on radio programs and were given the opportunity to show their faces, but there was no effect. Ultimately, it was because of the songs.

If the songs are not good enough, no matter how many resources are given, it will be useless. As for the two newly recruited DJs, Ryan thinks they are pretty good.

"Later they will blame us for not doing our job well." Taylor seemed to have foreseen the outcome.

"If it doesn't work, let two people stay with me for a while." Ryan remembered the rule of borrowing chickens and laying eggs, and thought it might work.

"Let the two of them transform into DJs?" Taylor certainly didn't understand.

"It's not impossible. At least they can make some money." Ryan said casually. "But then again, I can't let them follow me everywhere. Staying with you is also a solution."

"I will rent another house soon, which will be used to house female singers and DJs, and serve as a dormitory," Ryan said.

"That's great, it's decided." Taylor nodded in agreement.

The two said good night to each other and asked the other to go to bed early.

Ryan put down the phone and decided to go home directly. Before leaving, he stopped by the dormitory where the two DJs lived and was quite satisfied with the result.

The two were very surprised and happy about Ryan's arrival.

Ryan reminded the three that a third DJ would be here soon. Good news came from Joel that AVICII had already boarded a plane to Florida, and this time Ryan was not disappointed.

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The next day, Ryan finally saw Avicii, who had appeared in his vision more than once.

Joel opened the door and ushered him in. Avicii looked very awkward at the moment, wearing a baseball cap backwards, looking like a low-profile version of Leo. There was also a middle-aged woman next to him, who should be Avicii's mother.

But just like being tough, you can't judge a person by appearance. Ryan took the initiative to stand up and walked in front of Avicii.

"Welcome to the Bad Room." Ryan shook his hand.

Avicii looked a little dazed, and everything in front of him seemed like a dream to him.

Then Ryan shook hands with Avicii's mother. Her mother asked a lot of questions right from the start. It was obvious that she was not comfortable letting her child stay in an American nightclub.

"Ms. Boglin, you can ask around. The Bad Room has unique rules in the world. It strictly prohibits the entry of contraband. Every guest will undergo strict testing before entering. Only those who pass the test can enter."

"As for your son's job, he is a DJ here, producing music and then releasing it. If it becomes popular, the income will be very generous."

"I've listened to your son's music on the Internet, and I can feel his talent. I can't guarantee that he can achieve the same success as me, but I can guarantee that this industry currently has broad prospects." Ryan showed the trophy he won to Avicii and his mother.

"You don't have to worry about the living environment. My colleague will take you there. It's only a few minutes' walk away. There are two young people who just arrived yesterday. They are downstairs now. Do you two want to come together?" Ryan looked at Avicii and his mother.

The mother and son looked at each other and then nodded.

So the group came to the main hall of the Bad Room. Although it was not yet opening time, many people were surrounding the DJ table. Di Pineapple and Dead Mouse were interviewing the DJ. Ryan happened to have some time, so he came over to take a look.

Standing on the stage at the moment is a girl with flying hair. At least she looks like a girl. She has fair skin, a petite figure, and very agile movements. Her hair has been bleached and dyed in many colors, with gradients of yellow, green, blue, purple, red, pink, and orange. It looks colorful under the lights. She wears a pair of pink cat-ear headphones on her head. She sways with the rhythm, and her hair keeps fluttering due to inertia.

Under the light, she looked like a musical fairy. She was wearing dungarees, but only one shoulder strap.

As for the music played, Ryan didn't like it very much, it was too experimental and avant-garde.

"We've discussed this with her. She wants to showcase her own music. When performing, she agreed to choose some more popular electronic music." Di Pineapple came over and explained to Ryan.

"At least the appearance is eye-catching and the movements are very contagious," said Ryan.

This kind of high-tech electronic style girl is exactly what nightclubs lack.

Her performance ended quickly and she took the initiative to come over and shake Ryan's hand.

"Finally I see a living one," she said.

"Maybe you'll see it often in the future. Where did it come from?"

"I'm a student in Canada, but I've applied for a gap year, so I can work for a while."

"Did you study art in college?" Ryan looked at her appearance and she did look like an art student.

“No.” The other person shook his head: “I study neuroscience and minor in philosophy.”

"Research?"

"Yes, graduate student."

"How old are you?"

"21 is old."

"Graduate early?"

"Well, actually I skipped a few grades when I was a kid." The other person nodded.

"Have you understood everything about the treatment here?"

"Almost." She nodded. "So I passed? You can call me Claire. You will remember this name in the future."

"Next." Dead Rat waved to another female DJ in the distance.

A tall woman walked onto the DJ stage, wearing all in black, a black T-shirt and black trousers, with straight black hair. She was very thin, like a model.

"This is her current H&M model and a part-time DJ." Di Pineapple whispered her information into Ryan's ear.

The girl on the stage has already started performing. Her movements are crisp and clear. She looks very focused after putting on her headphones. Her outfit matches her expression, which makes her look naturally cool. She is almost the opposite of Claire who just came on stage.

She performed Amin's techno remix live. This style of electronic music emphasizes rhythm and movement, without any so-called chorus, and has an industrial feel. This type of music also matches her appearance very well.

"Not bad." Ryan nodded. He could see many people around him nodding to the rhythm of "dong dong dong".

When she finished her performance and walked in front of Ryan, he found that she looked pretty good.

"Amelie Lens, from Belgium." She offered her hand.

"How tall are you?"

"181."

"You passed." Ryan nodded without any extra nonsense.

"Thank you." Her expression didn't change at all. Judging from her reaction, she was probably an ice beauty who didn't talk much.

Ryan turned around and found that Claire had already started chatting with Brother 3 and Yinghao. Avicii was standing aside and looked like he wanted to join in as well.

Together with Amelie in front of him, these five new DJs are enough to fill the current gap.

"It's time to start promoting the new event." Ryan called Sean and instructed him.

"Okay, the members of the Jaguar cheerleading team have been contacted this Friday. I guarantee the quality will be very high and the dancing will be great." Sean said with a smile.

"What day is today?" Ryan asked suddenly.

"weekend."

"The day the new issue of Billboard is announced." Ryan took out his cell phone.

As expected, Taylor's song "Mean" made it into the top ten, but it only reached ninth place. Ryan originally thought it would get around fifth place.

The specific reason is that the competition is too fierce. The previous champion "Right Round" has slipped to third place, and the second place is Lady Gaga's "Poker Face".

As for the first one, it is the first unannounced single, "Boom Boom Pow" from the Black Eyed Peas. Some people may not know the name of this song, but they must know the line "Curry give give".

The Black Eyed Peas take a bold all-around turn to electronic music in their new album!
If Lady Gaga's performance before was eye-catching, then the sudden appearance of Black Smoke Beans indicated a signal that electronic music will officially become mainstream.

Ryan guessed the beginning, but not the end. At this moment, he probably hasn't realized that Billboard Hot 100's 2009 has ended, and the rest of the time will be occupied by the Black Eyed Peas!
(End of this chapter)