Chapter 84 Ariana, long time no see

"A talent show for singing idols?"

In the golden banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel, Murdoch chewed on the new terms uttered by Milo.

Singing idol, Murdoch understands.

Pop kings and queens like Michael and Madonna can all be considered singing idols.

Murdoch also understands talent shows.

Various beauty pageants are talent shows in themselves.

But when you put all these together, there is currently no similar program in the world.

It is difficult to understand this new word combination created by Milo only from the context of English.

"After I return, I will ask people to come up with relevant TV program ideas and specific processes."

Milo smiled: "I'll send it to you when the time comes. If you're interested, we can work together."

Milo did not reveal the specific details.

Murdoch is a media tycoon, and Gimpel is not an ordinary person either. They should not steal their "ideas".

But it is better to have less trouble than more.

So Milo temporarily evaded the question by saying that he hadn't thought about it yet.

Milo thought about getting it done when he got back, and then asking Wendy to register the global copyright first.

Then go to the Writers Guild and register. The Hollywood Writers Guild's copyright protection is available to the whole world.

It's like a double insurance.

The variety show that Milo suddenly thought of just now was the future "American Idol".

American Idol is not an American variety show. Its prototype is the British ITV TV show Pop Idol.

Parallel Time and Space was launched in the UK in 2001. It received rave reviews as soon as it was launched, and it became an idol whirlwind that swept the world.

Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting Company had a keen eye for talent and bought the program copyright for more than $70 million and made appropriate adaptations.

It has been held annually since 2002 and has always been a ratings powerhouse for Fox's spring season.

It has topped the quarterly ratings charts for eleven consecutive years and is known as the "King of American Reality Shows."

Later shows like America's Got Talent and China's Super Girl were actually copied from here.

Later, Fox sued Mango for "infringing the original creator's intellectual property rights", causing an international copyright dispute, but it was unsuccessful.

He didn't want to talk more, so the topic ended there.

After chatting for so long, of course no one chose to just stand there stupidly.

Several people found a rest area near the fireplace in the hall, and the men sat around and tasted wine.

The four female companions were led by Murdoch's wife Anna.

They left tactfully and went to meet other noble ladies not far away.

You can see that as time goes by, before the banquet officially begins.

Many people gathered in groups of three or four, forming small circles.

At this moment, Milo and Murdoch were sitting on the sofa in a comfortable posture.

As an actor, Tommy, who is much lower in status, is obviously a little reserved, while Gimp is still grinning as usual.

The men each held a crystal clear Kane Cup in their hands.

Inside was a reddish amber whisky, and on the table was a freshly opened bottle of Dalmore 62 whisky worth £30,000.

This was sent over by the evil lady Wintour after she saw Milo and Murdoch together.

The reason...is related to Murdoch. This Australian loves to drink whiskey.

In 1943, The Dalmore Distillery in the Scottish Highlands released 12 bottles of top-quality single malt whiskey, each of which was given its own unique name, and this one is one of them.

To be honest, Milo doesn't like strong alcohol because of some psychological effects.

Although the original body liked to drink, he didn't like it.

Since his rebirth, he has only drunk some red wine at most.

Holding it in his hand, Milo didn't drink much, unlike the other three men who drank with great satisfaction.

Murdoch took a sip of whiskey and began to win over Milo. "Disney used a lot of tricks. I'm sure they spent no more than 20 million on the promotion of Angels and Demons!"

"Let's work together!" The old man looked at Milo with sharp eyes, the amber wine sparkling under the light, "We worked very well together on Shakespeare in Love, and Tommy is here too. If we work with Fox on The Da Vinci Code, I guarantee that the global box office will exceed $600 million!"

"Six hundred million dollars?!" Gimp cooperated well and said in a shocked tone, "Doesn't that mean Milo can make another five or six hundred million dollars?"

Murdoch smiled and glanced at Gimp, thinking that this guy wasn't so boring after all.

At least he knows how to support the main actor and has some tact.

He looked at Milo with burning eyes, but Milo didn't seem to be listening to him.

For some reason, Milo's eyes were fixed on the front.

Murdoch was a little dissatisfied.

Over the years, few people dared not to look at him when he spoke.

But Murdoch didn't show it. As he spoke, he followed Milo's gaze and said, "Hey, Milo, are you listening? I said Disney is dishonest. If we work together, it will definitely be better than you working with Disney."

As he was speaking, Murdoch saw two people walking towards him.

One of the two men was known to Murdoch as Arthur Oz Salzberger Jr.

Arthur Jr. is the fifth generation head of The New York Times.

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Seeing little Arthur, Murdoch couldn't help but frown.

When he first came to the United States, Murdoch was very courageous.

He had contacted Arthur Oz Salzberger, Arthur Jr.'s father, and wanted to buy The New York Times from the Salzberg family.

Murdoch offered very tempting qualifications at the time.

He paid a 50% premium, so he should have been able to get some shares of The New York Times.

But he did not succeed. Instead, he was ridiculed by Salzberg, who not only refused to agree but also ridiculed him.

Murdoch was very unwilling at the time and took some measures to retaliate against the Salzberg family.

But before he could take any action, he was persuaded to stop by some of his American friends.

Because of this incident, Murdoch was secretly scared and broke out in a cold sweat afterwards.

It also let him know that there was a family behind Salzberg.

Murdoch thought of the fact that the New York Times had always been flattering when reporting on Milo.

Did Milo and Arthur Jr. collaborate? Otherwise, why would the New York Times keep praising Milo?

Thinking of this, Murdoch turned around and looked at Milo.

But he noticed that Milo's eyes were not on little Arthur at all.

The one Milo had been looking at was the one next to little Arthur... probably a little girl.

She looked about the same age as Gimp's daughter, whom Murdoch had just met.

She had blond hair with brown tints, a pair of beautiful brown eyes, and was walking towards me with a smile on her face.

No, Murdoch thought.

Maybe a daughter of Arthur Jr.? Like Gimp and Ivana.

"Good evening, Rupert, Tommy, oh, and dear Milo!"

At this time, little Arthur had come over.

Salzberg greeted the three people with a smile, but missed Kimp, who stood up first to greet him.

Well, it seems that Gimp still owes The New York Times tens of millions of dollars in advertising fees.

The two sides had a lawsuit a while ago.

Milo had never actually met young Arthur.

But the Blackburn family owns a 3% stake in The New York Times.

The New York Times has always defended him.

So he stood up with a smile and shook hands with little Arthur like everyone else.

"Good evening, Mr. Salzberg. And..."

Milo was under the curious gaze of Murdoch and others.

He looked at the little girl who was staring at him and didn't shake hands or say hello to anyone else.

"Long time no see, good evening, Ariana."

(End of this chapter)