Rebirth In Hollywood

As the most famous city in Illinois, Chicago can surpass the capital Springfield in almost every aspect. It is not only a famous heavy industry concentration in North America, but also a famous media capital in the United States except for New York and Burbank. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

A television station directly under cbs is located in Chicago, and the most famous program of this station is "Albert and Rope and the Movie".

At this time, the director of the TV station and the producer of the program are negotiating with Roger Albert's agent.

"Optimus Prime, Megatron..."

Their assistants delivered gift boxes one by one from all over the United States to Roger Albert's agent, "Bumblebee, Tin Hide, Ambulance, Starscream..."

The producer looked at the pile of Transformers toys, and his eyes almost stared, "There are also Transformers that did not appear in the film, such as Jack, Flying Over the Mountain, and Shockwave. I can open a Transformers toy exhibition hall here. already."

"Lloyd..." He looked at Roger Albert's agent and said very seriously, "Do you know what is the most mailed item in the United States except for these toys?"

Grabbing a bumblebee at random, the yellow toy had a prominent note on it, and the producer read aloud, "To the great Roger Albert, and ask him to do it before the next time he mocks a movie. Clear the character's name and origin!"

"This is only part of it," he exclaimed. "We have received more than 300,000 letters of protest like this, and more than this are protest calls and emails!"

"Hey, Kirk," the agent said. "Calm down, it's not like we haven't received mass protest letters in the past."

"If there were only letters of protest, we would not have made a statement." The producer pointed to the entrance of the TV station and said, "Since the release of "Transformers" in North America, there are at least 5,000 people protesting with movie posters outside every day. , do you know what they protested?"

"Those rich ladies from the Upper East Side of New York and their supporters. (Baidu search updates the fastest and most stable)"

Without waiting for the other person to answer, he gave the answer himself. "They're asking your client, Roger Ebert, to keep his bet. They're asking him to quit the critics."

"Roger never agreed to that bet," the agent said quickly.

"The mainstream media are hyping this topic now." The producer's eyes flickered, "CBS is under tremendous pressure, and the main station even asked us to cut the show "Ebert and Rope and the Movie"."

"You can't do that.

The agent frowned. "We have a contract!" "

"We are also trying our best." The person in charge of the TV station who had not spoken all of a sudden said, "But the main station has limited the funding for this program, and the contract between us must be revised."

"It's impossible." The agent slowly tasted something, and categorically refused, "until this contract is fulfilled. Mr. Roger Albert will not change any of the letters above."

"It won't be changed? Then it will only be cut off."

The person in charge of the TV station tensed his face, "CBS also has no shortage of programs that cannot guarantee even 500,000 viewers."

"Wake up, Lloyd."

The producer of the TV station reminded loudly, "This is not the last century. Roger Albert's influence has seriously declined since 2003, and now the ratings of the show are not even a quarter of what they were in 2003. How many people in the United States are really affected by his film reviews? One hundred thousand people? I am afraid this number is also an overestimate.”

"And without cbs, what's left of Roger Ebert?" said the station chief in a sarcastic tone, "His web column couldn't be searched on Yahoo or Google, and the Chicago Tribune refused him to reopen. Proposal to come back. It's no secret that more than 50 media outlets across the US have lifted their reprint agreements with you, all the big Hollywood studios and hair brands have cancelled their collaborations. If you don't have cbs, it won't be a few years , how many people will remember the name Roger Albert?"

"Or..." The sarcasm on his face became more and more obvious. In the past, cbs was led by the other party, but now the situation has completely reversed. If it wasn't for that film critic, there was still some hype value. He would have put this show directly. Cut it off. "Do you think abc TV will still invite Roger Albert to be the commentator of the Oscars like five years ago? Don't forget. The current owner of abc TV is Ryan Jenkins!"

"Lloyd, go back and tell Roger Albert." The producer reminded again. "This is not the time of the film critic, let him wake up from his past glory. If this self-centered world-centered attack continues, the ratings of 'Albert and Rope and the Movie' will be fast. slip."

He threw an agreement in front of the agent, "This is a new draft agreement, you can take it back."

Seeing that there was only one-fifth of the original income figure above, the agent had the urge to slap the agreement on the other side's face, but he still forcibly resisted it. Roger Albert was his biggest sponsor. Now that the private PR income from Hollywood has been lost, the online column is in trouble, and the traditional media is indifferent. If even the CBS program is cut off, how much value will Roger Albert be left?

Holding the draft agreement, the agent left the TV station directly under CBS by car, but when the car passed the entrance of the CBS TV station, he couldn't help but look out the car window again.

Thousands of Transformers fans are gathering in front of the TV station, holding up posters of Optimus Prime and Roger Albert, and shouting slogans of ridicule and protest.

Who is being mocked? He didn't need to listen carefully to know that it must be his gold master.

He even saw that on the posters held up by several young girls, the person who was beaten by Optimus Prime was not Megatron, but Roger Albert.

The agent slowly closed his eyes. The industry of professional film critics has been squeezed from one of the central points of the film industry to the most marginal position. The film has attracted more and more protests, and its influence has rapidly declined...

Especially this time, he even disregarded his own advice and published that comment on "Transformers", which directly led to an even more embarrassing situation today.

Sighing lightly, the agent understood that the world has long since changed, and so has the Hollywood film industry.

In fact, he is very clear that since Ryan Jenkins led Hollywood film companies to cancel some public relations sponsorships for film critics, Roger Albert has made many comments on the other party's big commercial productions, but he has not attracted the other party too much. fierce counterattack.

As a result, even he had to admit that professional film critics were marginalized, and those criticizing remarks did not affect too many audiences at all.

Secondly, with Ryan Jenkins' current status and status, as long as the criticism is maintained on the content of the movie, he must be too lazy to pay attention to such little people as Roger Albert.

But this time is different. Roger Albert directly called on the audience not to watch "Transformers", which has touched the interests of Ryan Jenkins and even the entire interest group he represents.

It's actually to be expected to have such a bad outcome, isn't it?

Slowly opening his eyes, the agent named Lloyd looked at the draft agreement in his hand, and suddenly moved his mind.

It's time for me to leave the circle of film critics. Roger Albert has become the public enemy of the two large groups of Hasbro and Walt Disney. The days to come will be more and more difficult, and I can't afford to be buried with him.

With your own qualifications, you can join any Hollywood brokerage company.

Yes, just do it, and let the hell out of these increasingly under-recognized film critics!

On the way back, the agent named Lloyd made the decision to abandon his current client.

Maybe it was the result of Ryan pushing behind the scenes, but he didn't know it, and even if he did, he wouldn't take it to heart. He spent most of his spare time in April with Michael Bay and the Pentagon, with José ? Whedon and Marvel continue to discuss the two scripts "Transformers 2" and "Avengers" through meetings and emails, respectively.

The latter is good to say, Joss Whedon and the surprising screenwriters have long had a general idea, and now they are more about measuring the roles of several superheroes.

And "Transformers 2" is a lot more troublesome. The Pentagon has put forward a lot of suggestions. They are a little dissatisfied that the US military did not kill any Decepticons alone in the first film. They want the crew to add more in the second film. Regarding the footage of the U.S. military, especially the final battle, I hope that the U.S. military can resist the crazy attack of the Decepticons by means of joint operations of sea, land and air.

They even proposed to use railguns that are still in the theoretical and laboratory stages to kill an important member of the Decepticon, so as to demonstrate the advanced and powerful future weapons of the US military.

As the film's largest sponsor, the Pentagon's suggestion must be considered. After discussions with Ryan and Michael Bay, they also came up with some compromises.

For example, after Starscream fled back to Cybertron, with the support of King Kong, a new batch of Decepticons members were cultivated, but these Decepticons lacked sufficient energy support, and would definitely be much weaker, and they were single The modified shape can not only save the cgi production cost of the crew, but also give it to the US military to kill...

As for the Decepticon members who are famous in toys, comics and cartoons, it is better to leave it to the Optimus Primes to cut and kill.

There's also the railgun issue, and Ryan and Michael Bay are also talking to the writers, trying to find a way that the producers and the Pentagon can agree on.

In short, the film will inevitably show the heroism and strength of the U.S. military, but there must be no plot where a small team of U.S. troops can kill the Decepticons. (To be continued) R466

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