Chapter IV: Joint Live Broadcasts

CBS TV, NBC TV, FOX TV, ABC TV, the four major public television stations in the United States, these four television stations occupy almost half of the American television network.

Compared with the other three major TV stations, although ABC TV was established very early, due to various reasons, ABC TV can only be relegated to the bottom.

Even FOX TV, which was founded ten years ago in 1990, now has much more viewership than ABC.

Moreover, even CW TV, which was founded last year, that is, in the early 2000s, has developed from the fastest speed, which has also posed a huge threat to ABC TV.

Therefore, the senior management of ABC TV always wants to have a key opportunity to change the current declining ratings, and the "World Trade Center Collision Case" has been regarded by ABC as that key opportunity.

Therefore, in the first time of the collision in the World Trade Tower, ABC TV decisively stopped broadcasting all other programs and integrated all the energy of the group, which can be said to be a desperate gamble.

Standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, where the headquarters is located in the ABC TV station building in the Manhattan neighborhood, Bobs could see the smoke billowing from the World Trade Tower.

"Damn." Bobbs couldn't help but punch the tempered glass of the floor-to-ceiling window, and he had just been scolded by the bigwigs on the boardroom.

At this time, his secretary Heather burst in in and forgot to knock on the door.

"Mr. Bobbs, our camera has arrived at the designated location, and we are ready to do live reporting."

Bobbs glanced up at the precious gold Rolex watch on his wrist, and he wished that time had passed a little faster.

Seeing Bobs's face sink, Heather couldn't help but remind: "The live broadcast room is ready." โ€

"What about the other TV stations?" Bobbs asked.

Heather glanced at the document in his hand and replied, "CBS, NBC, FOX three TV stations, started live broadcasting a minute ago. โ€

Bobs's face was ugly again, and he was now eager to blow up Link's CAA TV station. Although he knew five minutes ago that there would be a big news, he was still confined to his office.

"Damn the contract." Bobbs couldn't help but curse that in the golden five minutes before the incident, due to the legal restrictions in the contract, his news department did not do any relevant reporting, but kept using CAA TV footage.

The most precious picture of the first time, except for Link, has it in his hands, and no one else has it.

Moreover, he has just been notified that the US Department of Defense has announced the closure of US airspace, that is, no plane is allowed to take off, including helicopters used for live TV broadcasts, otherwise they will be shot down without warning.

Bobbs was frantically tearing his hair and yelling in his office, "God, I knew everything five minutes ago, why did I have to report it five minutes later at the same time as the other three TV stations?" **๏ผ โ€

Bobbs was miserable, and neither was Link.

His mobile phone was being bombarded, and it seemed as if in an instant, his phone number had become a hotline for American media, and he no longer knew how many calls he had received from television stations seeking cooperation.

It seems that the person in charge of every TV station has graduated from the same kindergarten, and they will only say the same sentence: I want the first live picture!

Even, some TV stations offer $10 million!

Ten million!

As long as Link nodded, he could become a multimillionaire in an instant, but Link refused them all.

In the end, Link's phone simply ran out of power and turned off.

"It's finally quiet." Link felt a sense of relief.

At this moment, Jack ran from the other side of the square in a hurry, and his fat body was almost like a humanoid beast.

"Hi my boss, I feel like my leg is going to break."

Jack's fat face was covered with sweat, and the flushed face made him look even uglier.

"Didn't I let you stay on the TV station?" Link couldn't help but scold, "What time is it, you still have time to run around?" โ€

Jack said helplessly: "I want to too, but a large group of people came to ABC TV and directly crowded our TV station, so I had to come out to see if there was anything needed for me here." โ€

"ABC TV?" Link scratched his head in confusion.

"That's right." Jack nodded innocently: "Their people almost transformed the live broadcast room into an AA system in almost a second!" (Referring to the joint live broadcast of ABC and CAA)"

Link instantly understood, then turned his head and said, "Give me your phone." โ€

Jack stupidly took out his phone and handed it to him, and Link took it and dialed Bobs's phone number directly.

"Oh my God, I thought you had made it to the World Trade Towers." As soon as he got on the phone, Bobbs began to complain: "Your phone is off, I can't notify you in advance." You know, that's all I can do right now, Jamie has already rushed to your CAA TV, and the two of us are going to do a joint live broadcast directly on your TV. โ€

Jamie? Jamie Dorence!

Link can't help but sigh at ABC's generosity, Jamie Dorence is the most popular male anchor on ABC TV, only 29 years old this year, but he is already the leader of ABC.

"I already know about this, what are you going to do?" Link asked.

Bobbs felt like he was going crazy and yelled, "Then you still need to ask? Are you going to ask me to change the signal now? The audience would rush straight into the ABC building and kill me. So I can only make a cameo appearance in my press department as your 'subordinate' for the time being, and it's a really sad feeling. โ€

"Alright Bobs, I know you have a lot to do, and I have one too, so let's get here first."

Link hung up the phone and glanced around at the mess.

Traffic restrictions had been imposed on the Manhattan neighborhood, and all vehicles other than Zhรจngfu agency vehicles were not allowed to pass, and the two helicopters he had hired had only been flying for a few minutes before he received the news that the Department of Defense had closed its airspace.

It's only a few minutes, but all the shocking scenes he needs have been perfectly captured by two cameras from different angles, and that's enough.

After thinking for a moment, Link knew that he was no longer needed here.

He's not a journalism professional, and it's the right thing to do with Jack.

So, after giving Jack all the work he had taken over, he took one last look behind him and turned to leave.

Due to traffic restrictions, Link walked a long distance to get into a taxi and head for his own CAA television station.

In the studio of CAA TV, Link had just arrived, and through the huge TV set in front of him, he saw the shocking scene of the second plane hitting the south building of the World Trade Tower.

And countless American viewers, through the joint live broadcast of ABC TV and CAA TV, saw everything through the TV screen for the first time.

The tragic picture, accompanied by Jamie and Linda's heavy tones, reported the disaster event like a cry.

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