Hollywood Starts with Animation

Screenwriters Guild.

"Benevolent God! Please open your eyes and take a look, these vampires are completely turning black and white~" Franklin, an executive of the Screenwriters Guild, was full of anger.

Teshaun Williams, executive secretary of the Writers Guild, shook his head and said, "We underestimate their power in terms of media power!"

Media?

While the people around them were angry, they couldn't help but feel helpless.

"Whether it was the general strike in the 1970s or the general strike in 1988, we were able to lead a group of screenwriters through hard work and gain more rights from the capitalists. Now in 1999, the screenwriters who lost their jobs on the west coast of America, As many as 48%, there are many poor people who can only receive government relief funds. However, I never imagined that our power in the media is simply vulnerable." Teshawn sighed.

Media power, mainly including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, the Internet...

In the 1970s and 1980s, the American media was in a period of competition for hegemony. At that time, there were many powers that the Screenwriters Guild could use.

However... times have changed!

In addition to the nascent Internet, traditional newspapers, magazines, television, radio and other media forces have been integrated, and a few behemoths have been born.

Disney Group, Time Warner Group, News Corporation, Viacom Group, is known as the "four kings of American media".

The existence of the next level, there are also media forces with multiple channels such as Sony Columbia and Universal;

Zhu Ke's Jin Shuguang Media Group is also a leader among the media forces that have emerged in recent years;

The integrated media power is owned and controlled by a few people, which has almost cut off the voice channel of the screenwriters union.

"That's right."

An executive of the Screenwriters Guild said solemnly: "I had already negotiated with the editor-in-chief of The New York Times about the interview and report on the strike, but just yesterday, I received a notice that they unilaterally canceled it. "

Another middle-aged man echoed: "NBC, CBS, ABB, TNT and other TV stations, there were a few reports that reflected our real situation before, but now? All of them are gone! Instead, they are time and time again. attack us,

Say we use violence for no reason! "

For a time, many people were silent!

It takes ten years for a scholar to rebel.

a long time.

The silence was broken~

"We don't even have a channel to speak out, and the bastards from the Producers Union don't talk to us now. We're still on strike!" the director of the personnel department of the Screenwriters Union shouted.

The voice fell, and another person continued: "In the past few days, many screenwriters have responded that many film and television companies have directly dismissed many screenwriters for various reasons, as many as 50 people."

dismiss!

There is no doubt that many of the screenwriters who participated in the strike were divided!

Attracting some people and eliminating some people directly hooked many screenwriters with poor economic conditions.

Therefore, in just a few days, many screenwriters who participated in the strike before quit the strike team, and even more, directly cancelled their registration information with the Screenwriters Guild.

This is the rhythm to part ways!

For a time, many of the upper-level figures in the Screenwriters Guild panicked.

boom! ! !

Secretary-General Teshaun gritted his teeth: "Damn it! They have enormous capabilities and resources, making our operations extremely difficult."

......

a few days later.

Of the 11,000 screenwriters who participated in the strike, under the unremitting efforts of the Producers Union, there were only less than 5,000 people left. …

Somewhere on the street, two men in their 30s had an argument.

Scrambling directed at the haggard man in front of him, he asked loudly, "Barrett, you are a shameless traitor! It was clearly agreed before that we would join the strike together, and let those ruthless capitalists see that we, the bottom-level screenwriters, are also Can have the power to overturn them, but...why are you holding back?!"

"Man, I want to eat! My whole family wants me to feed!" Barrett gritted his teeth.

"Humph!"

Skron scolded: "You are completely corrupted by the money they throw out, you have no backbone, and you don't look like a warrior at all."

Having said that, Barrett, who had been scolded all the time, burst out the pent-up anger in his heart.

"Yes, yes, you are capable, you are a warrior, I am a waste!"

"But, you have to know that if I continue to participate in the strike and mix with you, then I will not have a job! If there is no job, there will be no income. Do you want my whole family to drink the northwest wind?"

"That's nice, do you have the guts?"

"But why don't you say you're a millionaire? Dude, I'm poor and I want to eat!"

Barrett's words were fired quickly like a machine gun.

There is no doubt that the conversation ended without a trace.

Scenes similar to this kind of dispute have been staged innumerable recently.

The divisive action taken by the Producers Union has dealt a severe blow to the writers' strike.

......

December 14.

The Hollywood Producers League held its second meeting since the strike began.

Compared with the previous one, the smiles on the faces of the participants were much more this time, and the atmosphere was quite warm.

"make trouble?"

Harvey Weinstein, president of Miramax Pictures, smiled and said, "They were beaten to pieces by them. Let's try again?"

Xie Yi, president of New Line Pictures, nodded and said, "We should have treated them so hard long ago. Think of the 1988 general strike. There were two before and after, one for 78 days and one for 74 days, for a total of 152 days. Our losses were enormous. It was because we were ununited, indecisive, and too polite to them that they were shitting on our heads. As for now, hehe..."

In his words, Shay was full of disdain for the lower-level screenwriters.

The people present also agreed.

The atmosphere was amazing.

After a while, Zucker appeared.

"Don't be too careless, everyone. Even if this matter is solved perfectly, this kind of strike will never be stopped in the future." Zucker reminded.

From December 2007 to 2008, the screenwriters came out to make trouble!

Not only that, the Actors Guild, Directors Guild, and even the Broadcasting Association all joined the general strike, which lasted for 100 days before and after, causing even greater damage!

Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

This is the law of unequal distribution of wealth.

In his last life, Zucker would have sympathized with those who participated in the strike. But now, as a vested interest at the top of the Hollywood industry chain, Zucker will naturally choose to act against his conscience!

The meeting progressed very quickly and ended in more than three hours, with a series of consensus reached.

1. Appropriately increase the price of the screenwriter to write the script.

The minimum selling price for a screenplay has been raised by $38,000 from $27,000.

2. For screenwriters who are not registered in the Screenwriters Guild, improve welfare and suppress or dismiss screenwriters who are registered in the Screenwriters Guild.

Effort 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 of the pot.

3. The Producers Alliance will raise up to 32 million yuan to compensate the screenwriters, so as to calm down as soon as possible, so that the Christmas schedule can start smoothly.

"Rough enough!"

A carrot in one hand, a stick in the other.

Zu Ke thought to himself: "No wonder the industry strikes around 2007 and 2008 were so fierce. It turned out that they were suppressed by the Producers Union too hard in 1999!"

In this strike event, the Producers Union won with a very tough attitude!

" "The second is sent.