Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 134 High-end business war
Although he had already guessed that Sif would refuse, Jamie still put a regretful expression on his face.

Even so, Jamie came up with the idea to make The Simple Life better.

"You just mentioned that the program "The Simple Life" was inspired by Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper." But now the program only plans to film the part where the prince becomes a beggar, and let Paris and Casey, the two wealthy daughters, I want to experience the life of ordinary people, but in my opinion, the most interesting part of this show is actually the beggar turning into a prince."

Sif and Serena both had thoughtful expressions on their faces.

In order to make his statement more convincing, Jamie took out his mobile phone on the spot and called his assistant Betty.

While on the phone, Jamie told Sif that Betty's family lived in Queens and were an extremely standard civilian family.

The phone only rang twice and was quickly answered.

"Hi Betty, are you home now?"

"Yes, Mr. Dutton."

"Are Hilda and your father here too?"

"Yes."

"Great, I would like to conduct a telephone questionnaire survey on you and your family. You don't have to have any worries, just answer truthfully."

"Ok, no problem."

"Well, do you remember the news you told me on the phone the night before yesterday? Just now, I learned more information about the program from Shiv, the daughter of Mr. Roy, the chairman of Weststar Group. Paris and Casey will go to a small town in Arkansas and experience the life of ordinary people. Do you think this show will be attractive to you and your family?"

"Mr. Dutton, I asked my sister and father. My sister is very interested in this program. She likes to watch all kinds of gossip about Hilton. My father is just the opposite. He thinks this kind of program is boring. It’s a complete waste of time to watch.”

"how about you?"

"Due to work requirements, I will keep an eye on this show, but based on the information currently available, I don't think it will be very interesting and engaging."

"Then if new content is added to the program now, while the two rich girls experience the life of ordinary people, two girls from two ordinary families are also selected to experience the life of wealthy girls like Paris and Casey. Would your family change your mind about this show?”

"My dad said that the idea of ​​poor people experiencing rich people is equally boring, but at least it is still very new to him. My sister said that if the show was really shot like this, she would definitely not miss every episode. As for me, I said To be honest, I’m also very curious about what it’s like for a poor girl to live the life of a rich girl.”

"alright, thank you very much!"

Jamie hung up the phone and looked up at Sif.

He had just turned on the speakerphone of his cell phone, and Sif heard the entire call.

In fact, even if Jamie didn't make this call, Sif thought it would be an interesting idea to increase the number of poor people to experience the life of the rich, and to establish a control group with Paris and Casey.

In fact, for most viewers, the story of the rich becoming poor is obviously not as attractive as the story of the poor becoming rich.

But Sif also knew very well that Jamie pointed this out to her with no good intentions.

According to the normal competitive thinking, Jamie should try every means to obstruct, disturb and attack "Simple Story".

It was in Jamie's best interest that "Simple Story" ultimately failed in the ratings.

However, just now, Jamie gave Sif a serious lesson on what a higher-end business war is.

Not only did they not suppress "Simple Story", but they also made suggestions to make the show better.

But this is definitely not to capitalize on the enemy. On the contrary, it is a more advanced way to suppress the opponent.

As Jamie said at the beginning, "Simple Story" does a better job and Paris gets more out of the show. These two things are not synonymous.

Especially after joining the control group of poor girls experiencing the rich family's daughter, Paris's limelight in the show is likely to be stolen by the poor girls.

There is no harm without comparison!
Paris herself is in a state of black and red. Just because everyone pays attention to her does not mean that everyone likes her.

Now a girl from a poor family has taken Paris' place, and if this girl performs well enough on the show, she will easily win everyone's favor.

On the contrary, Paris will become someone who is disliked by everyone on the show.

Paris's original intention of participating in this show was to become famous, but in the end she only received infamy.

The more popular the show becomes, the more people criticize her.

This will definitely make Paris more depressed and collapsed than directly disturbing the pornographic program.

Sif clearly knew that Jamie was using her, but she couldn't help but be moved by the suggestion that "Simple Stories" could become a hit show and win more points in front of her father.

As for the possibility of offending Paris by doing so, Sif didn't care at all.

And Sif also has a lot of reasons to excuse herself.

Weststar TV is only responsible for making the program good. As for Paris being scolded and criticized on the program, it is entirely Paris's own fault and has nothing to do with the program team.

Of course, there is an important prerequisite for achieving the "program effect" Jamie envisioned, and that is that the children from poor families who come to experience the life of rich daughters must be of good character and lovable enough.

The key thing is that the life experiences of the two people cannot be faked, otherwise when Paris comes to her senses, she will definitely use this matter to make a big fuss to gain public sympathy.

When it comes to the choice of two poor children, the program team actually has a lot of room for maneuver.

You can either find two poor girls with good conduct and likable people to be on the show, or you can find two poor girls with bad conduct or even criminal records to be on the show.Although the latter will lower the reputation and ratings of the show to a certain extent, if they compare poorly with each other, it may actually increase Paris' popularity and reputation in the show.

Because of this, Sif had the bargaining chip to negotiate with Jamie.

"I am responsible for persuading the program team to adopt the proposal of swapping identities between the poor and the rich. You can even provide the identity of the two poor girls, but you also have to promise me one thing."

Sif said and glanced at Serena.

It's obvious that the "you guys" in her mouth refer more to Serena than to Jamie.

"what's up?"

Serena asked.

Sif's eyes fell back on Jamie's face.

"I helped you this time. If the result is as you expected, "The Simple Life" will certainly be a great success, but it is absolutely impossible for Paris and Casey to continue to participate in the recording of the second season of the show."

Jamie had guessed Sif's plan at this time and said for her first:

"So you plan to invite Serena and the others to participate in the recording of the second season of "Simple Life"?"

Sif nodded.

If the show was only a hit in its first season, its short-lived success would obviously not win Sif too many points with her father, Logan.

Only by producing a program that reaches Changhong's audience can we prove that Sif is truly unique.

The easiest way to ensure that the second season of the show will also have good ratings is to invite Serena and the others to the show.

By the way, you can also catch up on the popularity of "Manhattan Ladies".

Serena could guess Sif's intentions without Jamie's reminder.

She directly handed her hand to Sif.

"make a deal!"

After the handshake ended, Sif looked at Jamie again.

"Do you have any ready-made suggestions for the two poor girls who are experiencing the life of a rich family's daughter?"

"The Simple Life" will start recording in December, like "Manhattan Ladies," and the first episode will be broadcast in January next year.

At most, Jamie can be left with a week to select someone.

Jamie thought about it for a moment, then told Sif that he only had one suitable candidate at the moment.

This person is Betty's neighbor Joey.

Joey not only has a sympathetic family background, but also has a strong and independent character that is very lovable.

The key is that she also has a face exactly like Jamie’s previous life, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence.

Letting Joey switch identities with Paris on the show will definitely steal most of Paris's limelight.

By the way, it can also promote "Modern Family" and subsequent TV shopping channels.

As for the poor girl who exchanged identities with Casey, Jamie had a suitable candidate in mind, but the other person was far away in Chicago, and Jamie still needed to further confirm the other person's identity.

Leaving Serena to talk to Sif, Jamie walked to the next room and dialed Betty's phone again.

In addition to telling Betty about his recommendation for Joey to participate in "The Simple Life," Jamie also asked Betty to check out a person on the South Side of Chicago.

"Her name is Fiona Gallagher. She is the eldest in the family. She has four or five younger siblings. She also has a lazy father named Frank. There is only so much specific information. You don't need to contact the other party directly. , as long as we investigate the other party’s situation clearly.”

Betty on the other end of the phone took a piece of paper and jotted down the key information Jamie provided, and after hanging up the phone she told her father and sister.

My father expressed concern about this because the South Side of Chicago is a slum and the security is very bad.

Betty said she would be more careful, but her father was still worried and offered to accompany Betty there.

Hilda also felt that this was safer, and Betty had no choice but to agree.

On Jamie's side, after making the phone call, he returned to the living room and happened to hear Sif and Serena talking about a famous movie-"Titanic"!
What a coincidence, Vestar Films happens to be the producer of "Titanic".

Since there is no Leonardo DiCaprio in this time and space, the star of "Titanic" was replaced by someone else, but the director was still truck driver James Cameron.

Fortunately, the effect of the movie was the same as Jamie's previous life, and Cameron also won a big victory at the Oscar Awards the following year with this movie, shouting the classic "I am the king of the world."

The main purpose of Sif's visit this time is related to Cameron's new movie.

　Fiona from the American TV series "Shameless"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)