Chapter 264
Chapter 264 Music map and young singers
Strange ceiling.
Familiar plot.
Others.
Australian national treasure actor, Australia's last world medalist.
Mrs. Cate Blanchett was looking up at the ceiling above her head, a little dazed. Currently, Cate Blanchett is still living in the villa at 10410 Bellagio Street.
It was in the villa, the living room near the swimming pool that she loved so much, on sweet Simmons Street.
Next to Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler is sleeping soundly.
Not far from them were floor-to-ceiling windows filled with sunlight.
The hazy state of waking up from hypoglycemia had returned and it was time for Kate to wake up. Cate Blanchett felt a little regretful in her heart, regretting why she was bewildered last night.
Regretting last night, I was caught up in the battle without much resistance.
I regret that during the battle he acted too much like a married wife.
Regret She had a lot of regretful thoughts, but Kate was a little horrified to realize that her regret wasn't very strong.
"Are you awake?"
A curt and somewhat vague voice. Next to Cate Blanchett there was suddenly a noise.
Kate quickly turned her head and she saw that Liv Tyler had woken up at some point.
"Of course it's me. Could it be him?"
Liv Tyler rubbed her messy hair, which looked foggy right after waking up.
"It's not that you didn't experience his body last night. I've been with him for almost a year. I never saw him lying in bed and I never woke up with him. The same goes for you. You'll get used to it later."
I won't get used to it.
Not later, just once. Here's the deal.
It is a sacrifice and a gift.
thought Cate Blanchett.
The Australian actress spoke with a slightly hoarse voice.
"Did you do it on purpose? Have you been here for this all along? »
Just now Cate Blanchett understood cause and effect.
She found herself a long time ago, at least a few months ago.
I've fallen into Liv Tyler's trap before.
Little by little passed, until today such a thing happened.
"So what?" Liv Tyler said nonchalantly. I was successful and finished pleasing Abel.
She's not afraid of Cate Blanchett.
"You didn't resist last night. You took the initiative later."
The actor playing Princess Alwen laughed: "I didn't expect my Queen Galadriel to actively flirt like that."
Liv's direct words made Cate Blanchett's face a little hot.
The Australian actress is not to be outdone: "How can I get better?"
"Haha~" Liv Tyler continued to laugh:
"So everyone is the same. Don't make that face, Kate. Believe me, what you gain will only be more than what you lose. And it will be even more."
Liv Tyler gets up from Simmons.
The air conditioner softly fell on her body, revealing her straight and slim waist and outstanding upper body.
"Huh ~ I can eat it once in over a month. Eating it once is so refreshing ~" Liv said with a smile.
"It was quite nice. Am I right? Dear Kate, you enjoyed last night more than anyone else."
Cate Blanchett said nothing, just looked at Liv with those beautiful eyes.
"Alright." Liv Tyler patted Kate, who was much taller than her. "Clean up, take a shower, I wonder if he'll come back tonight."
"But I think, as a senior, a senior employee, in the future I need to explain to you the treatment and rules of our "company". About whether you need to participate or not. Sign a labor contract or not, it's up to you. you. judge." disappear."
Cate Blanchett did not understand what he said.
The Australian national treasure actress has chosen silence at this time. It was almost noon.
When two Hollywood beauties just woke up.
Their co-owner, Abel Smith, left Beverly Hills.
Abel arrives at MGM, a possible new headquarters in the future.
MGM's original headquarters is an older 30-story building built in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The location is great, in the middle of Hollywood.
Although the main structure of the house is relatively stable, it seems like it could be used for several more decades.
But the decoration and interior layout of the house is very old. It has been renovated many times but is still degraded.
After all, the design of the building itself is there, no matter how much it is decorated, it cannot make a flower. In addition, the building's total square footage was no longer enough for the growing MGM Entertainment Group.
MGM entertainment group today is several times larger than before.
Faced with this situation, MGM has two options.
The first is to renovate the old building and rent out some offices so that employees who are not suitable for the headquarters can be transferred to another workplace.
Another way is to buy or build a new building. The group's chairman, Robert Iger, prefers the first solution.
At a time when MGM itself was still not profitable, Robert was a little nervous about building or buying new buildings, even if MGM didn't pay.
Unfortunately, he, the general director of the media group and president of the MGM entertainment group, does not have much power in this matter.
The person who holds the real power is of course his boss.
".It is here?" Also accompanying were Bertram Hall, CEO of New Start Real Estate and Robert Iger, Chairman of MGM Group. Abel is located in the heart of Hollywood at the intersection of Highland Street and Sunset Boulevard.
This is also the intersection with the busiest traffic volume in the Los Angeles area, and even in the United States.
At least 128,000 cars are expected to pass through in 24 hours, and peak tourist season is even more exaggerated.
But that has nothing to do with Abel. Today he came here to see the new 53-story luxury office building located next to the intersection. Seeing the look on his boss's face, Bertram Hall said:
"Here it is. BOSS, this is the new office building of Taubman real estate group. It was just completed last year, and the interior decoration was also completed last year. Earlier this year, it was starting to recruit tenants. Currently." The occupancy rate is about one-third.
Taubman Real Estate Group was founded in 1950. In the United States, the company mainly develops suburban commercial real estate projects and office building projects.
In the course of further development, the scope of the business project expanded, and branches were located in many cities of the United States.
In the US real estate industry, this company can currently be ranked in the top 10.
Looking at the tall and spacious building in front of us, the shape is not elaborate but it looks very large, square and tall.
Abel nodded and asked: "How much does it cost?" Could the Taubman Company be sold as a whole? »
"Correct." Bertram Hall replied
"Taubman Real Estate Group's offer was $455 million. But I think we can talk about it under $400 million."
Hearing the price, Abel really felt a bit cheap.
This was mainly compared to the Woolworth Building which he acquired.
The Woolworth Building is an old building with a history of nearly a hundred years.
It is not as tall as this building, nor as beautiful as this building, and not as spacious as this building. But for the price of one Woolworth Building, you could buy four.
Buildings in Manhattan are difficult to access in the United States.
Abel turned his head to look at Robert next to him: "What do you think?" In the future, is this the West Coast headquarters of MGM Entertainment?
Robert certainly feels good.
It is the intersection of Highland Street and Sunset Boulevard. Except for a small traffic jam.
It can be said that this is the center of the Hollywood area.
From here it will be very close to anywhere in Hollywood.
It has its own headquarters here, which is also a symbol of strength in Hollywood.
Few Hollywood giants can afford a $400 million headquarters. This means that so far MGM has spent money but hasn't made much of it.
This makes manager Robert increasingly stressed.
Robert said flowerily: "Actually, MGM could still sneak in."
"That's it." Abel directly bypassed Robert and told Bertram Hall, general manager of New Start Real Estate:
"Let's negotiate with Taubman Estates."
"Understand." Bertram Hall responded immediately.
Abel patted Robert on the shoulder: "I know there is only 500 million US dollars left in his account at MGM, and there are still a lot of filming tasks left. Therefore, I will use the name New Start Real Estate for this headquarters building. Buy it.
"Once purchased, it will be leased to MGM and the rental price will be based on annual property taxes."
For Abel, buying this building also means investing in America's booming real estate sector.
I bought it and had it here for a few years, before the US housing bubble burst.
It can increase in price at least once or twice, even if it doesn't sell, it will only increase in value if you hold it in your hand.
So no matter how you look at it, it's not a loss.
For MGM to use it as its headquarters was just a matter of convenience. But according to Robert, this is the boss's talent, he has faith in himself and MGM.
Robert was a little nervous, afraid that he and MGM would disappoint Abel's increasingly superior investment.
After determining the tone.
Bertram Hall is in the process of contacting Taubman Real Estate Group.
Abel and Robert Iger returned to MGM's original headquarters. In the chairman's office on the top floor, Abel called David Geffen, one of DreamWorks' early giants, and Robert, the entertainment company's president.
David Geffen, the richest bastard, is now the head of MGM's DreamWorks Music.
Since Abel purchased DreamWorks, DreamWorks Music has been funded by Abel and managed by David Geffen.
In just a few months, it successively merged many American companies and music labels.
Among them are small companies such as New York Arista Records and Los Angeles Potter Tower Records. There are also Chandos Records, Round Mountain Music, Concord Music Publishing and Hipgnosis, which are influential mid-sized record labels in the industry.
In two or three months, David Geffen spent more than $200 million from Abel's funds.
In just a short time, DreamWorks Music, initially unknown, has become one of the minor giants of the American recording industry.
Before Dreamworks Music was founded, it was rumored that in the American recording industry there were three major music companies and one small company.
The so-called three majors and one minor, three refer to the three major music giants Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. The three big brothers have been at the forefront for many years. They have countless large-scale music records under their belt, and their music publishing activities are also very prosperous. Of the three, Universal has the largest market share and is a very worthy big brother.
Small refers to BMG, a small giant in the field. BMG is one of the old records. It was amazing in the last century. It merged and split with Sony Music, then refocused on publishing.
After quickly merging many medium-sized record labels and more than a dozen small record labels.
DreamWorks Music's current scale is a bit stronger than BMG.
In terms of brand power, fame accumulation, singer accumulation, it is still not as good as BMG, and of course not as good as the three giants.
Based on Abel's daily habits, he wants to directly acquire one of the three major companies. But looking at the names of the Big Three, we know that is difficult to do.
He just chose the best solution and asked David Geffen, a super music businessman, to help him get a DreamWorks soundtrack.
". In my personal opinion."
In the office sofa rest area, David Geffen said to Abel and Robert:
"It doesn't make much sense for DreamWorks Music to buy small and mid-sized labels. Unless we can merge BMG, other small and mid-sized labels won't be of much help to DreamWorks Music."
Robert agrees with David Geffen.
"I think so too. Boss, in the music business, what we need now is a big mainstay singer," Robert said.
"Our biggest singer at the moment is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. She was actually bought when we acquired Yuanshan Music. But there's some unfortunate news: her contract is only for six months." months," David also told Geffen.
"Wait a minute."
Abel suddenly raised his hand and said: "David, what is the name of the singer with the long name you just mentioned?"
"Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll." David Geffen says:
"This name is really long. Fans often call her Shakira. She is a Latin singer. Her record sales in the United States are average, but in Spanish-speaking regions, her record sales are higher than Britney Spears' record sales in the United States.
At the same time, David Geffen also briefly explained the contract status of DreamWorks Music's current main vocalist.
Shakira debuted very early. She is 23 years old and released her first album when she was 13 years old. In 1998, she ended her contract with Sony Music and became a signed artist with Yuanshan Music.
The contract has a term of 3 years and will expire at the end of this year.
David Geffen believes it is necessary to increase compensation and retain singers at DreamWorks Music.
Its sales in Latin America, especially in Spanish-speaking regions, were strong.
In Latin America, young Shakira showed off her super-queen temperament. Latin American fans are crazy in love with this Latin singer.
Listen to these words from David Geffen.