After attending a party at the governor's mansion in Saratoga, Mark and his friends returned to Los Angeles on a private jet, and when he saw so many stars on the plane, he half-jokingly said, "If the plane crashes, Hollywood will be paralyzed." ”

Donnie and David Lee said in unison, "Shut up!"

Hollywood was quickly paralyzed, but not because of them, but by the writers' strike.

Mark is also a member of the Writers Guild, and also joins the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild, which is easy for him to do at the highest level of various associations, but Mark politely rejected the organization's kindness, saying that he only wanted to be an ordinary member.

He has heard the rumors, the screenwriters' union is dissatisfied with the current share, and is ready to raise the conditions and re-sign, Mark has been invited many times to attend internal symposiums to make suggestions for the future of the organization, but Mark did not go, and the two sides will definitely cause conflicts and disputes.

When Mark came home, it was twenty-one at night, Giselle and little Martin had not yet slept, and now Martin, who was chubby like a small lump of meat, was excited when he saw Mark, stretched out his hands to hug him, and gestured with his hands and feet, and wanted to express something.

Mark took the cute little guy in his arms, kissed and kissed, and said in surprise, "Honey, do you have anything to say to me?"

Giselle said: "He saw you on TV and was so excited that he couldn't sleep. Giselle said as she kissed Mark.

When little Martin saw that his mother didn't kiss him, he was anxious again, and he talked again until Giselle kissed him before he grinned and smirked.

Mark pinched his cheek lightly and scolded with a smile: "Learn to be jealous!"

Martin grinned, uttered a few simple syllables, and pointed to the orange juice on the stage.

Mark deliberately took the milk next to him, little Martin was in a hurry, broke free from Mark's arms, and went to get orange juice himself, Mark laughed, this little guy is so funny.

Mark poured half a bottle of orange juice into his milk, and little Martin kissed Mark and drank it as he ran.

Mark sat on the couch with Giselle in his arms and said, "Sorry for ruining a Saturday." ”

Giselle said, "I'm not surprised that you're doing the right thing. Giselle was also one of the foreigners, and of course supported Mark's actions.

"It's just the beginning, it's still a long way before we get together to a real victory," Mark said. ”

In fact, before Mark's crossing, the National Committee of Chinese only let the bill pass in the House of Representatives, but the Senate failed to pass it for various reasons.

The Chinese National Committee is powerful in California and has the support of MM, but in Washington, the highest authority of the Senate and House of Representatives, it is a bit insufficient.

In 1988, then-President Reagan signed a bill to formally apologize for putting Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II, and compensate each of them 20,000 US dollars, totaling 1.25 billion, but now the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Congress are discussing an apology bill submitted by blacks, formally apologizing to African-Americans who have been discriminated against in history.

Mark they estimate that the best outcome would be to pass the black proposal next year and the Chinese the year after.

Giselle said: "As long as you set off, there will always be a day when you reach your destination." Little Martin ran over, got into the two of them, and gave the bottle to Giselle for her to drink, but Mark didn't have it.

Mark has a lot of things, he shoots movies in Chicago on weekdays, and he comes back before Zhou Wei, a lot of things are waiting for him to decide, a lot of documents are waiting for him to sign, and he doesn't have much time to spend with his family.

Much to Mark's annoyance, he finally received an open letter from the Writers Guild threatening a strike.

According to a comprehensive report from a number of entertainment media, negotiations between the Writers Guild and the "Alliance of Film and Television Producers" on new film and television contracts are not going well, and negotiators have called on the Writers Guild of the United States to hold a strike vote.

Negotiations between the Writers Guild and the "Alliance of Film and Television Producers" began on the 13th of this month, and the reason for this negotiation is that due to the deterioration of the production environment of movies and TV dramas in recent years, this has led to a decline in the income of television and film screenwriters year after year.

Since the nationwide recession in 2007, the production of film and television writers has increased much less since 2007, according to the Writers Guild, which also said that because the increase in digital residuals has not compensated for the loss of the traditional restructuring model, the union's affiliated health program has been running in deficit for the past two years.

According to the original plan of the Writers Guild and the "Film and Television Producers Alliance", the negotiations will continue until last Saturday local time, but just last Friday morning, the negotiators of the Writers Guild of the United States have issued an open letter, calling on the union to conduct a "strike vote", they said in the open letter: "The two-week negotiation period agreed by the two sides is coming to an end, but we have not yet reached an agreement, we will still negotiate with each other with a sincere attitude, but we want everyone to know our progress and attitude at this stage." ”

In the open letter, the writers' union negotiator wrote: "There are two existing business conditions at the heart of our proposal: first, studios have been profitable over the years, earning a record $51 billion last year, and second, the economic status of screenwriters has been declining for the past five years, and the income of screenwriters has struggled for a long time, and now TV writers are not much better, with the income of TV writers falling by 23% in the last two years alone." And the decline in writers' incomes hasn't been offset by other compensations, and in cable and new media, our script costs still lag far behind public channels, even though these new platforms have the same profit model as the old ones. In light of this, we seek to address a number of issues that directly affect the livelihoods of all screenwriters. ”

The letter mentions the benefits that the Writers' Guild wants to seek for screenwriters: "We demand a modest income, especially for those screenwriters who are below the level of compensation, we demand a rational family holiday policy, we demand a solution to the problem of long-term low salaries for writers of comedy and variety shows, we demand a minimum salary increase of 3%, we propose a comprehensive proposal to deal with the short-term negative effects, and finally we try to solve the problem of script fees." ”

In response to the questions raised by the Writers Guild, negotiators said in an open letter: "What is the response of the companies to these proposals? No! Almost every proposal has been rejected! Writers will not receive any compensation, family leave will only be granted in accordance with state and federal law, and they have not provided anything about the bare minimum." They've just made a few small concessions in 'option vs. exclusivity,' a few small concessions in the comedy genre of 'pay TV,' and that's all." ”

In the open letter, the negotiator continued: "On the last day of the two-week negotiations, the company's proposal almost did not guarantee even $1 more for the writers. These companies made $51 billion in revenue last year, but they wouldn't give an extra cent to the writers who created these works, but that's not all, to our proposal to protect pensions and health plans, their answer is: no pensions! Regarding our health plans, their proposals have two big historical regressions - first they ask us to cut the plan, just the first year to cut $10 million, as ' In return, they allowed us to fund the program with their own salaries, and more importantly, they demanded the passage of a draconian measure that would automatically cut the writers' benefits if there was a shortfall in any future plan, rather than be made up by them increasing their contributions. ”

Therefore, the open letter concludes with a suggestion: "These proposals of the company are unacceptable to us, their whole package is unacceptable, and if they do, it would be a remiss of our duty." Therefore, through the unanimous vote of the negotiating committee, we recommend that the Writers Guild of the Eastern United States and the Writers Guild of the Western United States launch a strike vote for their members, and we will continue to be committed to sincere negotiations with the companies so that the writers can get the benefits they deserve, and we will keep you informed of the progress of the matter. ”

The Writers Guild negotiators responded to the call for a strike: "The Writers Guild interrupted the negotiations in the early stages of the negotiations in order to get a strike vote, rather than trying to reach an agreement at the negotiating table. In the best interest of everyone in this industry, we stand ready to get back to the table. ”

In the eyes of the media, although the Writers Guild negotiators called for a "strike vote" in the open letter, it does not mean that the Writers Guild is really going to go on a national strike, but the strike vote seems to be imperative, and a source told the box office website: "The strike vote is already the news!"

Since the controversy came out, Mark has been the object of lobbying by the Writers Guild, who hopes that Mark will come out and persuade the Producers' Guild to accept their terms, and that Mark is a powerful and Hollywood best investor, and the Producers' Guild should take his opinion seriously.

Although he is a member of the Screenwriters' Guild and was promoted to one of the high-level executive members without his knowledge, Mark declined this high position and good intentions, he is just an ordinary screenwriter, and he is also a member of the Producers' Union, so he remains neutral.