Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 921 The Strike Is Over
At the same time, on the other side, the Film and Television Producers Alliance, which represents film and TV producers, also hopes to resolve this matter as soon as possible, because the screenwriters resume work one day later, and they will lose one more day.

Screenwriting is not just about writing scripts for TV and movies, you need to write scripts for variety shows, right?Is script necessary for broadcasting?It can be said that there are too many places involved in the strike, and the three-month strike has left many places running out of ammunition and food.

American dramas are broadcast weekly, while filming and broadcasting.The advantage is that the script can be improved at any time according to the audience's requirements. The disadvantage is that once the screenwriters go on strike, those episodes will basically be suspended.

What if there are no episodes?It can only play some variety shows or old movies, or find some celebrities for interviews, talk shows and so on.But can those be the same as the episodes?The plummeting ratings have already explained everything.

Because there is no way to broadcast the series, the advertisers need to be compensated for the advertising fees first, and this amount alone is not a small amount, let alone those important activities.

Like the Golden Globes.Everyone knows that they are an award that is very good at publicity and knows how to package itself to attract the attention of the public.Usually relying on this program every year, they can earn a large amount of advertising fees and rebroadcasting fees.But this year, without the award show, they will have to spit out all the money they swallowed.

Knowing this, Laila's heart was immediately balanced.Although she didn't bring her "Lord of the Rings" to the door to slap her face in person, seeing them lose tens of millions of dollars was enough to refresh her for a while.

The news media helped to calculate the strike, and believed that during these three months, Hollywood and the American entertainment industry lost at least 5 million U.S. dollars.This is still most of the cases where there is "stored food", and these are "lost".If it continues, the more important Oscars or Grammys will also encounter the same situation as the Golden Globes. Calculated in a variety of ways, it will lose at least tens of billions of dollars.

Why do you lose so much?First of all, the most important one is the advertising fee, and the liquidated damages that come with it.There is no filming for TV and movies, so the actors, directors and related personnel have nothing to do.These people are also involved in part of the funds, after all, it takes money to invite them.Although I didn't do the work, but the schedule was given to you, you can't let them go out just because you can't shoot, right?
If that's the case, who will continue to make TV movies for them after the strike is over?
In the end, the two parties started a bargain on Leila's territory.One side is the screenwriter who is waiting for food, and the other side is the producer who loses money every day; on the one hand, he hopes to get a good salary, and on the other hand, he hopes to let these people speak quickly while giving as little as possible.

So the two sides began a tug-of-war that lasted for several days.

As the master, Laila witnessed this "battle" with her own eyes.In her previous life, she still knew about such a thing from the news, and it is really a novel experience for her to be able to participate in this life.

But what she didn't know was that the negotiations this time were more intense than those in her previous life, and the remuneration offered by the screenwriters' union was also much higher than in her previous life.

why?Of course it was Laila's fault.She overfed her subordinates, making those “hungry” screenwriters with yellow faces and muscles gleam with envy.

But in this way, the other party is not happy.Their money doesn't come from strong winds, and if the screenwriter gets more, it means they get less. This is a matter of profit distribution, and it must be discussed carefully.

This verbal confrontation made Laila very addicted, and she thought that if she recorded this passage, she might use it in her own movie in the future.

The Producers Union welcomes Laila to stand up. Now they are facing not only the Screenwriters Union, but also the Directors Union and the Actors Union who support them. The three companies join forces to make trouble. In the end, the producers must suffer the most.

Laila gave her company editor treatment they really couldn't give.They are not a "small company" like her, and they don't need many screenwriters every year. At most, they just write a movie script or something.

Their situation is completely different. Some even have to deal with screenwriters every day. If it is really like the standard of Leila Company, the money they make will be bitten by the screenwriters. It is also unacceptable.

Seeing that the discussions between the two sides are getting more and more intense, but the discussion has not been able to reach a result for a long time.As the Oscar date draws closer, Laila becomes furious.

Isn't it just money?
"You guys can talk about it however you like, I'll sign the contract first." She directly took out a contract, which stated the remuneration standard for the screenwriter.

Seeing the above numbers, the members of the Producers Union were all stunned.

It was a contract that even the most demanding people could not refuse. Once such a contract was exposed, would anyone else be willing to write a script for them?

Or some people want to say, you can find those rookies who are new to the society and inexperienced. They will never open their mouths and ask for so much reward, right?
The question is, can the price of a rookie be the same as that of a veteran?Can the things they create, the achievements they achieve, and the understanding of audience preferences be the same?

Even if for the same money ten rookies could be hired to write the script instead of one old hand, these people don't want to do that.Because that is tantamount to self-destruction, and it is a shortcut to throw yourself into the abyss.

"Don't! We've already negotiated!" After the producers' union stopped Lila, a group of people discussed for two hours, and finally agreed to most of the requirements of the screenwriters' union.

Just kidding, they must not let Lila reveal her contract!

Everyone in the Screenwriters Union was shocked by the other party's sudden resignation.They came out with Laila's contract, knowing that the producer union couldn't agree to it all, and their original intention was to hold "the mentality of asking for a lot of money to pay back the money".

They also knew that no matter how good the conditions offered by Laila were, it was of little use to the overall situation.How many screenwriters does she need a year?Even if her two film companies add up, the number of films produced in a year cannot be too many.So it is impossible for them to buy too many scripts, and even if the screenwriters know that they are paid well, it is impossible for them all to have the opportunity to cooperate with them.

In this case, the most important thing is to negotiate with the producer alliance. Seeing that the other party agreed to most of the conditions at once, there is no reason to hesitate!
In the next few days, members of the Producers Union re-established the contract standards, which greatly improved the treatment of screenwriters.

So the screenwriters, who have been on strike for more than three months, finally announced that the strike is over!
And the time narrowly arrived three weeks before the opening of the Oscars.It can be said that if Leila did not make a move this time, the differences between the two parties caused by her high treatment may really make the strike continue after Oscar.

In that way, the award-winning plan she had planned for several years would become a joke.

(End of this chapter)