In three days, Hardy came up with more than 20 programs and wrote a simple creative plan. Hardy was very concerned about ABC TV station and he wanted to make ABC a hit.
Call Fox, Irina and HD Films General Manager Edward over.
Hardy said to Edward: "Edward, HD Films has set up a television program production department to provide programs for ABC Broadcasting Company. I have a list of programs. It will take a lot of manpower to produce these programs."
A TV station needs a large number of programs to support it. Hardy had HD Pictures, which was an innate advantage. He planned to turn the film company into the program base for the TV station, and the major broadcasting companies did the same in later generations.
Including the eight major film studios: Paramount, Warner, Disney, and Universal.
Hardy also knew that in 1948, which was the next year, there would be a Paramount Act in Hollywood. The Supreme Court would require the separation of film companies and theaters. This bill would deal a heavy blow to major film companies.
In addition, with the rise of the television industry, the eight major Hollywood film studios no longer had their former glory. In the following years, the eight major studios also entered the television industry. RKO, one of the eight major studios, even directly became a broadcasting company.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Hardy did not allow HD Pictures to set up a cinema chain, and all distribution was handled by MGM.
"Put an ad in the newspaper saying that HD Films is recruiting a large number of producers, screenwriters, directors, planners, lighting technicians, prop masters, makeup artists, and actors."
"Okay, boss." Edward replied.
Hadi looked at Fox and Irina again, "I have some program plans, let's see what you think of them."
"News 30 Minutes" starts at 7 a.m. every day and broadcasts news from various newspapers, including domestic and international news. Each broadcast lasts 30 minutes and will be broadcast again at 12 noon every day. The content should not be repeated.
Every TV station has this kind of news. Hardy does not have a newspaper industry now. His idea is to acquire a large newspaper company in the future so that he can receive information from all over the world and transmit the news directly back to the headquarters to supply the TV stations. Only then will the news be real news.
The second project is a talk show.
"The Tonight Show."
It is a celebrity interview program with a fixed host. Each time a celebrity is invited. The guests can be Hollywood movie stars, singers, opera performers, or even sports stars, politicians, entrepreneurs, scientists, and presidents.
Hardy wrote a special sentence in the planning: "If possible, try to invite Einstein to participate in the show."
After reading this plan, Irina's eyes lit up.
"Boss, can I be the host of this show?"
Hardy looked at the French girl and said, "The host of this show needs to be proficient in interviews and language arts, sometimes deep and sometimes sharp, and also have a sense of humor. Do you think you can handle it?"
Irina bit her lip.
"Boss, I believe I can do it. Can you give me a chance?" Irina said in a pleading tone.
Hardy smiled and said, "Okay, then you will be the host of this show for now, and the name of the show will be "The Tonight Show with Elaine."
"Thank you, boss." Irina thanked excitedly.
Professor Fox also saw that this program was very good. If the host did a good job, he would not only gain a lot of popularity and become a star in the hosting industry, but more importantly, he would be able to come into contact with so many celebrities and scientist senators.
If you are a determined person, you can build a strong network of contacts.
Fox looked at Irina. He had known about Irina's situation these days. He had to say that he was a very lucky student. He met a figure like Hardy before graduation, and now he became a senior executive of ABC right after graduation.
Continue to look at the plan.
"Estee Lauder Makeup Time" finds an excellent makeup artist to teach women on TV how to put on makeup and take care of their skin so that they can be perfect women.
Fox is sure that this program will be popular with female audiences, and that Estee Lauder brand cosmetics will also receive great publicity.
"Boss, we should ask Estee Lauder for advertising fees," Fox said.
Hardy smiled.
"The majority of Estee Lauder Cosmetics shares belong to me, but I will still pay for the advertising."
Fox thought to himself that it was no wonder, it turned out to be the boss's own industry, and this was an advertisement for his own industry. However, this program would definitely be popular with women.
Irina picked up a plan called "Barbie the Fairies", the story of Barbie princesses saving the world.
Barbie princesses usually live a happy life, but when the world is in danger, they will take out their magic wands and shout "Barbie princess transformation!", and the princesses will turn into Sailor Moons and fight against the evil villains.
Hardy did not write a specific story, but just these few sentences set the tone of the whole story. All that remains is screenwriting and writing the script.
There are currently three Barbie doll princesses: Princess Ava, Princess Taylor, and Princess China.
Irina's eyes kept flashing.
Edward picked up another plan.
"Ultraman, Armor Hero, and Kamen Rider are all stories about transformed warriors fighting monsters, or warriors fighting villains who are destroying the safety of the earth. I think they are quite interesting. To transform into a superman who is several dozen meters tall, I'm afraid it will take a lot of prop masters to make the scenery, but it's not difficult."
Professor Fox looked at several plans.
"Skyline Babies, Garden Babies, running around in a garden in baby costumes, is perfect for children aged one to three.
The puppet show Sesame Street, you just need a group of puppeteers, a few characters, and a few random plots to record for a few hours. The target audience is young children, which is pretty good.”
After reading Hardy's plans, Professor Fox, Edward and Irina were extremely impressed.
"Boss, you are amazing. You can come up with so many creative ideas in such a short time." Edward praised.
"What's rare is that these plans don't cost much, but they are very attractive. I believe that these programs will attract a large number of viewers once they are produced," said Professor Fox.
"I like 'Barbie the Fairies'. Girls will definitely go crazy for the Barbie princesses. I believe Barbie will be a big seller again." Irina said.
At this time, Fox said: "Boss, these plans are very good. Let's add a few more programs to support the daily broadcast time."
Hardy smiled.
"I don't want the TV station to only broadcast four or five hours of programming a day."
After saying that, he took out another stack of plans.
"More!"
Several people were surprised.
"Economic Experts Talk", get a host and invite a guest who is similar to an expert to analyze the stock market.
There has never been a program of this kind on current TV. Once this program comes out, it is estimated that whichever stock it mentions will have an impact on that stock.
For example, when Andy talks about Playboy magazine and introduces the magazine's sales, growth, and future expectations, people who are not very familiar with Playboy magazine stocks will definitely think that Playboy magazine has such strong profitability, its monthly sales are still increasing, and its value will continue to grow in the future. It must be a good idea to invest in it, and people will flock to buy it. Playboy magazine will have no choice but to increase its value.
If applied to other stocks, the result will be the same.
And if an expert says a certain stock is not good and lists a bunch of garbage data about that stock, people will probably sell in panic and the stock price will fall. So now such programs can even manipulate the price of a certain stock.
As for the experts.
Hardy thought Andy could be hired.
He had already figured out that while doing this show, he could let Andy's economic team trade in the stock market, which should make a lot of money.
Edward saw a title read out.
"MTV time?"
“Music Television, music television, adds a video to the song and plays it on TV, allowing people to enjoy both the auditory and visual feasts.”
Edward began to understand.
"Boss, is this MTV like the one where Miss Ava Gardner appears at the end of the movie "A Fistful of Dollars" and sings a song?"
"Yes, that's the format. In the future, we can make the song into a music TV format and broadcast it on TV stations. This will have a great promotional effect for both the singer and the music." Hardy said.
Edward immediately recognized the advantages of this model.
"Then in the future, when singers from our record company release new songs, they can be played not only on radio stations but also on TV stations, which will have a better promotional effect."
"Boss, we should apply for copyright for this," said Edward.
Fox next to him also said: "Boss, I think we should apply for copyright for all our program ideas to avoid being copied by other broadcasting companies."
Hardy smiled and said, "Of course. Edward, you will apply for copyright for all these plans. If anyone dares to plagiarize our programs, sue him. The high fine will make other broadcasting companies cry."
Next on the programme list is TV series.
"The TV Program Production Department of HD Films will be creating its own TV series in the future. I have written two script outlines for you to take a look at."
Several people took it.
"I have a fairy wife at home."
"Red Dead Redemption".
My Fair Wife is not the one from Taiwan Province, but an American TV series that was broadcast in 1964. A total of more than 260 episodes were filmed. It is a comedy and was very popular in the United States at the time. It won the ratings championship in the TV series time slot for several consecutive years.
The story of a male actor who has just entered the industry meets a young female actor who has also just entered the industry. He wants to pursue this female actor to be his girlfriend, but he doesn't know that this female actor is a family magician who knows some crappy magic.
The heroine is from England and claims that her hometown is Hogwarts. She came to Los Angeles because she loves Hollywood and wants to be an actress.
There are many jokes in the whole story. Every time the hero is tricked by the witch, and the witch tricks others to protect the hero, it is a satisfying moment.
Hardy only wrote a short paragraph, for example, the hero pursued the heroine, in a very silly way. The heroine got angry and made the hero's ears bigger, turning him into Big-Eared Tutu. The hero didn't know about it and was laughed at by many people.
When the heroine gets angry, she calls the hero a Muggle. The hero never understands what she means and thinks the heroine is calling him a fool.
For example, an assistant director bullied the male lead, and the witch made the assistant director's pants disappear. The assistant director didn't know that his pants were missing, and he was still there, bossing people around and making a mess on the set in shorts, which became a modern version of the Emperor's New Clothes, and the assistant director made a big fool of himself.
After watching just this little bit of the story, the three knew that if this story was made into a TV series, it would definitely be very attractive and the ratings would definitely explode.
Moreover, the main scenes of this play are taken at home and in movie studios, where filming can be done directly, so the cost will definitely be kept to a minimum. As for the actors, Hollywood has no shortage of actors, so they can find all kinds of them.