Chapter 355: Times have changed!
Screenwriters Guild.
"Good God! Please open your eyes and take a look. These vampires are completely turning black and white~" Franklin, an executive of the screenwriters union, was full of anger.
Tershaun Williams, the executive secretary of the Screenwriters Guild, shook his head and said: "We are too underestimating their power in the media!"
Media?
The people around, while angry, couldn't help feeling helpless.
"Whether it was the strike in the 1970s or the strike in 1988, we were able to lead a group of screenwriters through arduous struggle and obtain more rights and interests from capitalists. Now it is 1999, the unemployed screenwriter on the west coast of the United States, As many as 48%, there are many poor people who can only receive government relief funds. However, I never imagined that our strength in the media is simply vulnerable." Teshaun sighed.
Media power, including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, Internet...
In the 1970s and 1980s, the American media was in a period of strong competition for hegemony. At that time, the screenwriters' union could use the power that was not rare.
However... times have changed!
In addition to the nascent Internet, traditional newspapers, magazines, television, radio and other media forces have indeed completed the integration, and a few behemoths have been born.
Disney Group, Time Warner Group, News Corporation, and Viacom Group are also known as the "Four Kings of American Media."
There are also media powers with multiple channels, such as Sony Columbia and Universal;
Zhu Ke’s Golden Dawn Media Group is also a leader among the media forces that have emerged in recent years;
After the integration, the power of the media is owned and controlled by a few people, and it has almost cut off the voice channels of the screenwriters’ union.
"That's right."
An executive of the screenwriters union said in a deep voice: "I had already negotiated with the editor-in-chief of the "New York Times" about the report of the general strike, but just yesterday, I received a notice and they unilaterally cancelled it. "
Another middle-aged man echoed: "NBC, CBS, ABB, TNT, and many other TV stations, there were a few reports that reflected our true situation before, but now? All are gone! Replaced by them time and time again. Attacked us, saying that we used violence for no reason!"
For a time, many people were silent!
A talented rebellion will not be achieved in ten years.
a long time.
The silence is broken~
"We don't even have a voice channel. The **** of the Producers League don't talk to us now. We are still on strike!" the director of the personnel department of the screenwriters union shouted loudly.
When the voice fell, another person continued: "In the past few days, many screenwriters have responded. Many film and television companies have directly fired many screenwriters, as many as 50 people, for various reasons."
dismiss!
There is no doubt that many of the screenwriters involved in the strike have been split!
Winning some people, weeding out some people, directly hooked many screenwriters who were in poor financial situation.
Therefore, in just a few days, many screenwriters who had participated in the strike had withdrawn from the strike team. What's more, they directly cancelled their registration information with the screenwriters’ union.
This is the rhythm of parting ways!
For a time, many people at the top of the screenwriters' union panicked.
boom! ! !
Secretary-General Te Shawn gritted his teeth: "Damn! They have tremendous abilities and resources that make our actions extremely difficult."
.......
A few days later.
With the 11,000 screenwriters participating in the strike, with the unremitting efforts of the Producers League, there are only a team of less than 5,000 left...
Somewhere in the street, two men around 30 years old had a dispute.
Skron directed at the haggard man in front of him, and asked loudly: "Barrett, you are a shameless traitor! You have said it before, join the strike together, let those ruthless capitalists see, we bottom screenwriters, too Can have the power to overthrow them, but... why are you backing down?!"
"Man, I want to eat! My whole family wants me to raise it!" Barrett gritted his teeth.
"Humph!"
Skron scolded: "You are completely corrupted by the money they throw out. You don't have any backbone, and you don't look like a fighter at all."
At this point, Barrett, who has been scolded, immediately exploded with suppressed anger.
"Yes, yes, you can endure, you are a warrior, I am a trash!"
"But, you need to know that if I continue to participate in the strike and get involved with you, then I won't have a job! Without a job, there will be no income. Would you let my whole family drink Northwestern?"
"Speaking nicely, do you have a backbone?"
"But why don't you say that you are a rich man with a net worth of millions? Man, I am a poor man, I want to eat!"
Every word of Barrett's words were shot out quickly like a machine gun.
There is no doubt that this conversation ended without a problem.
Countless scenes similar to this kind of dispute have been staged in recent days.
The splitting behavior adopted by the Producers Union severely cracked down on the screenwriters' strike.
.......
December 14.
The Hollywood Producers League held its second meeting after the strike started.
Compared with the previous time, the smiles on the faces of the participants this time were much larger, and the atmosphere was quite warm.
"make trouble?"
Harvey Weinstein, the president of Miramax Films, smiled and said, "They were beaten by them, so let's try another one?"
Xie Yi, President of New Line Pictures, nodded and said: "We should have treated them so hard. Think about the 1988 strike. There were two strikes, one for 78 days and one for 74 days, for a total of 152 days. Our loss was extremely great. At that time, it was because we were not united, indecisive, and too polite to them, which made them stand on our heads and shit. As for now, ha ha..."
In the words, Shay was full of disdain for the bottom screenwriters.
Everyone present also agreed.
The atmosphere is amazing.
After a while, Zhuke appeared on the stage.
"Don't take care of everyone. Even if the matter is solved perfectly this time, such major strikes will not be eliminated in the future." Zhu Ke reminded.
From December 2007 to 2008, the screenwriters came out to make trouble!
Not only that, the actors’ union and director’s union, and even the broadcasting association, all joined the strike, which lasted for 100 days, and the damage caused was even greater!
Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
This is the law caused by the uneven distribution of wealth.
In the last life, Zhu Ke will sympathize with those involved in the strike. But now, as a vested interest at the top of the Hollywood industry chain, Zhu Ke will naturally choose to do things without his conscience!
The meeting progressed very quickly and ended in more than three hours and reached a series of consensus.
1. Appropriately increase the price of scripts written by screenwriters.
The minimum price of a script has been increased by US$38,000 from US$27,000~www.wuxiaspot.com~.
2. For screenwriters who are not registered by the screenwriters union, the welfare benefits shall be increased, and the screenwriters who are registered by the screenwriters union shall be suppressed or dismissed.
Goal: Reduce the proportion of screenwriters owned by the Hollywood Screenwriters Guild from the current 89% to 50%, and strive to achieve the goal of drawing salaries from the bottom.
3. The Producers Alliance raises up to 32 million funds to compensate the screenwriters, so as to settle down as soon as possible and allow the Christmas schedule to unfold smoothly.
"It's ruthless!"
Turnips in one hand and sticks in the other.
Zhu Ke thought to himself: "No wonder the industry strikes around 2007 and 2008 were so fierce. It turned out that the producers' league in 1999 was too much to suppress!"
In this strike event, the Producers Union won with a very tough attitude!
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