Screenwriters union.

"God of kindness! Please open your eyes and take a look. These vampires are completely turning black and white~" Franklin, the screenwriter's union executive, was full of anger.

Tseon Williams, executive secretary-general of the screenwriters union, shook his head and said: "We are too underestimating their energy in media power!"

Media?

While everyone around him was angry, they couldn't help feeling 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 arduous struggles and gain more rights from capitalists. Now it is 1999, as many screenwriters were unemployed on the West Coast of the United States, and many people were poor and could only receive government relief funds. However, I never expected that our strength in the media was simply vulnerable." Tshen sighed.

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

In the 1970s and 1980s, American media was in a period of struggle for hegemony, and at that time, there were many powers that screenwriters unions could use.

However... times have changed!

In addition to the new Internet, traditional media powers such as newspapers, magazines, television, and radio have been integrated and a few behemoths have been born.

Disney Group, Time Warner Group, News Group, and Viacom Group are known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of American Media".

The next level also has media powers with multiple channels such as Sony Colombia and Global;

Zhuke’s Jin Shuguang Media Group is also the leader among the media powers that have emerged in recent years;

The integrated media power was owned and controlled by a few people, and almost cut off the channel for the screenwriter union to speak out.

"That's right."

An executive of the screenwriter's union said in a deep voice: "I had already negotiated with the editor-in-chief of the New York Times to report the general strike, but just yesterday, I received a notice that they unilaterally cancelled it."

Another middle-aged man echoed: "Nbc, cbs, abb, tnt and other TV stations, there were a few reports that reflected our true situation before, but now? All are gone! Instead, they criticized us again and again, saying that we used violence for no reason!"

For a moment, many people were silent!

A scholar rebelled for ten years.

a long time.

Silence was broken ~

"There is no channel for speaking out. The bastards from the producers' league don't talk to us now. What a big deal we are on strike!" said the head of the personnel department of the screenwriter's union loudly.

After the words came, another person continued: "In the past few days, many screenwriters have reported that many film and television companies have directly fired many screenwriters for various reasons, with as many as 50 people."

dismiss!

There is no doubt that many of the screenwriters who participated in the strike have been split!

He attracted some people and eliminated some people, and directly hooked up many screenwriters who were not in good financial situation.

Therefore, in just a few days, many screenwriters who had previously participated in the strike incident withdrew from the strike team, and even more so, they directly canceled their registration information with the screenwriter union.

This is a rhythm of going apart!

For a moment, many people panicked at the upper class of the screenwriter union.

Bang!!!

Secretary-General Tshen gritted his teeth and said, "Damn! They have great powers and resources that make our actions extremely difficult."

.........

A few days later.

The 11,000 screenwriters who participated in the strike, with the unremitting efforts of the producers' league, were left with less than 5,000 people...

On a street somewhere, two men in their 30s had an argument.

Scroon asked loudly at the haggard man in front of him: "Barrett, you are a shameless traitor! You have clearly agreed to participate in the strike together and let those ruthless capitalists see that we, the lower-level screenwriters, can also have the power to overthrow them, but... why do you retreat?!"

"Man, I want to have a meal! My whole family wants me to raise it!" Barrett gritted his teeth.

"snort!"

Skron cursed: "You are completely corrupted by the money they throw out, without any backbone, and are completely different from a warrior."

Having said that, Barrett, who had been scolding, immediately burst out with 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 get involved with you, then I will have no job! Without work, there will be no income. Do you want my whole family to drink the northwest wind?"

"To put it nicely, do you have backbone?"

"But why don't you say you are a millionaire? Man, I'm a poor man, I want to have a meal!"

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

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

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

The differentiated behavior adopted by the producers' league severely hit the screenwriters' strike.

.........

December 14.

The Hollywood producers' league held its second meeting after the strike began.

Compared to the previous one, the participants had a lot more smiles on their faces and the atmosphere was quite warm.

"make trouble?"

Harvey Weinstein, president of Miramax Films, smiled and said, "They were defeated by them, so try another fight?"

Shea Yi, president of Xinyi Film, nodded and said, "We should have treated them so toughly. Think about the 1988 strike, which was twice, once 78 days and once 74 days, totaling 152 days, which caused us to suffer huge losses. At that time, it was because we were not united, indecisive, and were too polite to them, so they stood on our heads and shit. As for now, haha..."

With his words, Shay was full of disdain for the screenwriters at the bottom.

Everyone present also agreed.

The atmosphere is very good.

After a while, Zucker appeared.

"Don't be too careless. Even if this matter is solved perfectly, such a general strike will not be eliminated in the future." Zhuke reminded.

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

Not only that, the Actors’ Union, Directors’ Union, and even the Broadcasting Association all joined the general strike, which lasted for a full 100 days, causing even more damage!

Wherever there is oppression, there is resistance.

This is a law caused by uneven distribution of wealth.

In the last life, Zucker would sympathize with those involved in the strike. But now, Zucker, as a vested stance at the top of the Hollywood industrial chain, naturally chose to do things against his conscience!

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

1. Appropriately increase the price of screenwriters writing scripts.

The minimum selling price of a script increased by $38,000 from $27,000.

2. For screenwriters who are not registered with screenwriters, increase welfare benefits, suppress or dismiss screenwriters who are registered with screenwriters who are registered with screenwriters.

Strive to: reduce the proportion of screenwriters owned by the Hollywood screenwriters union from 89% to 50%, and strive to achieve the goal of cutting off the cause.

3. The Producers Alliance raised up to 32 million yuan in funds to compensate the screenwriters to calm down as soon as possible and allow the Christmas schedule to begin smoothly.

"It's cruel enough!"

One hand is carrot and the other hand is big stick.

Zhu Ke thought to himself: "No wonder the industry strikes around 2007 were so fierce. It turned out that they were overwhelmed by the Producers League in 1999!"

This strike incident, the producers' league won with a very tough attitude!
Chapter completed!