Chapter 611: The Screenwriters Guild Compromises
Gradually, the screenwriters of the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association did not make a noise about going on strike, but demanded to do their best to restore their work, and even some middle- and low-level screenwriters began to quietly contact their bosses, hoping to do their best to restore their work.
They don't want to go hungry, they don't want their jobs to be robbed by others, and as for the threat of the Eastern and Western Screenwriters' Association, they don't care anymore.
Being fired by the Writers Guild and losing their jobs, the latter is more important to them.
This change in wind direction made Michael Winship, president of the Eastern Screenwriters Guild, angry and scolded Shanda. Rhames is a traitor, a lackey of the capitalists, and wants to fire her.
But what made him vomit blood was that Shonda. In the blink of an eye, Rhames fanned the flames in front of the media with this sentence, saying that it was revenge from Michael Winship, president of the Eastern Writers Guild, and also called on those screenwriters who wanted to return to work to form a large coalition of screenwriters.
She didn't care about the threat of the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association.
As a well-known screenwriter, no capitalist dares to withhold her remuneration at all, so she doesn't need the Screenwriters Guild to support her in a lawsuit or anything, and according to the promises of some people, once she succeeds, then she will get the friendship of Hollywood giants.
At her call, more than 200 screenwriters gathered and registered for the Screenwriters' League, and were affiliated with the League, and since then, the newly unified Eastern and Western Screenwriters' Association has once again split.
"How so?"
Michael Winship, president of the Eastern Writers Guild, sat in front of Laura with his eyes blank, and Laura in front of him was also very uncomfortable.
The writers' strike hosted by the Eastern and Western Screenwriters' Association was allowed and planned by the AFL. The timing is very good, it is at the time of the economic crisis in the United States, and it is also the expiration of the contracts of the Writers Guild of the East and West and the Producers Guild of America, which is not a violation of the spirit of the American contract, no matter how you look at it, it is beneficial to them.
But such a favorable environment ended with another split between the newly unified Eastern and Western Screenwriters' Association, and most importantly, the Screenwriters' Alliance was not controlled by the Federation of Labor.
Behind them, there is a faint shadow of the six giants of Hollywood.
Of course, she wouldn't be clear.
In another plane. The AFL-CIO succeeded. The greedy capitalists couldn't bear the losses of the Hollywood shutdown and swayed from side to side. Cruise and his United Arts defected on a large scale, causing a mass defection of small and medium-sized Hollywood studios, and finally forcing the producers' association under the control of the Hollywood Big Six to bow its head completely. A new contract was signed. The Eastern and Western Screenwriters' Guild was a great success.
But in this plane. As one of the Big Six, the Gold Group had a very tough attitude from the start, and Tom. Although Cruise and United Arts are on the verge of defection, the Big Six target Tom. Cruise and Lianyi's harsh ban. It directly frightened the courage of those small and medium-sized Hollywood film and television companies, making them re-shrink under the camp of the Big Six and shout for the war between the Big Six and the East-West Screenwriters Association and the Federation of Labor.
"What now, Ms. Laura?" Michael Winshipe said with a bitter face: "The Screenwriters League has split from our Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association, and I don't know how long it will take to reunify." ”
Unity is the most important thing.
Why did the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Guild dare to go on strike if they were unified? It is the fear that one side of the strike and the other side will provide the capitalists with a script, in which case the strike will not be a strike, but a brain-dead.
Now the unified strike of the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association has led to the birth of the Screenwriters League, and the Screenwriters Alliance is affiliated with the banner of the League, and it is not controlled by the Federation of Labor and Industry at all, that is to say, they are on strike here, but they are providing scripts for the capitalists there, and the so-called strike has directly become a joke.
If you can't do your best work, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association will become an empty shelf.
"Stop the strike and resume work as much as possible." Laura groaned and said sternly: "The top priority now is to preserve your strength, and as for the rest of the matter, we will deal with it in the Federation of Industry and Industry." ”
The organization of the screenwriters' strike is to seek benefits for screenwriters, but also to weaken the power of the capitalists and give Wall Street a blow, you know, although Hollywood and Wall Street have no affiliation, but Hollywood and Wall Street are inextricably linked, AOL Time Warner's headquarters is located on Wall Street, News Corp., Viacom and Wall Street consortiums have very close ties, and other Disney, Sony, and Gold Medal are not closely related to Wall Street, but they also cooperate with each other.
Hitting Hollywood is hitting Wall Street, which is to clear the way for the AFL's attack on Wall Street.
The survival of the screenwriters league is like a nail, pierced into the flesh of the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association, so that they don't dare, or can't act recklessly.
It is almost impossible for them to organize such a strike until the Screenwriters League is resolved, and how difficult it is to solve the Screenwriters League, there are one and two, Hollywood has experienced two screenwriters' strikes, and it will definitely not allow the Screenwriters Guild to be unified again.
They will inevitably be like the Producers Association, firmly controlling the Screenwriters League, and will not let them have any chance.
What's more, Hollywood's six giants have teamed up to ban Tom. Cruise frightened a large number of actors, who left the Screen Actors Guild and joined the big leagues, which made the power of the big leagues increase dramatically, and the big leagues and the screen actors unions have always been hostile, and the entertainment industry except for the directors guild can also play a role, and almost everything else is sandwiched by the corresponding unions.
The power of the AFL-CIO in the entertainment industry has been weakened like never before.
On November 21, the East and West Screenwriters Association urgently requested a meeting with the Producers Association, hoping to restart negotiations, but this time, the Producers Association rejected the request of the East and West Screenwriters Association, according to the instructions from the six Hollywood giants, they dragged it as long as possible until the Screenwriters League grew stronger, at least to ensure that the Screenwriters League posed a certain threat to the East and West Screenwriters Association.
"We've won."
Inside the Hollywood Hilltop Villa, Steve. Keith, Michael. Fasuro, Robert. Egger, Murdoch, Li Lin, and Lei Shidong gathered together to celebrate the arrival of the victory.
In just one month, the Writers Guild of the East and West has been defeated by the iron and blood of the Hollywood Giants, and by now, they are begging for forgiveness from the Hollywood Giants.
"As far as I know, the old woman Laura of the AFLV has left Los Angeles." Steve. Keith sneered, "This old woman has always been dissatisfied with Wall Street, and this writers' strike of the Eastern and Western Screenwriters Association is directed by her, and I am afraid that the AFL's is behind it." ”
"The AFL's opponent is only one, and that is Wall Street, and as for us, the most they can do is manipulate their unions against us." Robert. Iger didn't care.
Although the AFLF is powerful, they will always have only one enemy, that is, Wall Street, as for the rest, even if the AFLF wants to deal with it, it can't spare its hand, the reason is very simple, almost all of those who can go to the point of Disney are the backbone of the US Chamber of Commerce, and Wall Street cannot let them suffer from the attack of the AFL, once the AFLF personally takes action against the six giants of Hollywood, what will follow is the comprehensive intervention of Wall Street.
At that time, Wall Street is afraid that there will be a big battle with the AFL, which the AFLV is not willing to do, at least not now.
They are not ready, although the economic crisis is erupting, the power of Wall Street has not yet suffered a heavy blow, the strength of the AFL-CIO has not yet reached the extreme, and countries are still bailing out the market.
Only when the bailout fails and everyone loses confidence will the power of the AFLF be the most powerful, and that is the moment when they will launch a clarion call to Wall Street.
Now, at most, they are manipulating their trade unions to launch attacks on the six giants of Hollywood, and now, the Actors' Guild is controlled by the big leagues, the East and West Screenwriters Guild is controlled by the Screenwriters Alliance, and the Producers Guild is completely in the hands of the six Hollywood giants, and the only thing they can use is the Directors Guild.
"When will the Directors Guild split." Michael. Fasuro said with a smile that once the directors' guild splits, then the AFLF will have no power in Hollywood, and at that time, the six giants of Hollywood will really sit back and relax.
"It's not that simple to split the Directors Guild." Li Lin glanced at Sony's people and sneered, "We're targeting Tom. The ban of Cruise and United Arts frightened those actors, so they turned to the big league and strengthened the power of the big league. ”
"And the reason why the screenwriters league can be established is also because many low-level screenwriters can't see the hope of victory and don't want to continue to starve, so the screenwriters league is formed."
"And the directors' union, they have never intervened, if we want to block it strongly, then the backlash caused is not ordinary."
Among the major associations in Hollywood, only the directors' union is the most powerful, they not only have their own headquarters building, but also hold their own awards, and even in terms of authority, these awards surpass the Oscars and are regarded as the highest honor by many directors.
It's not that simple to move them.
"Take it when you see it, and the top priority now is to let Kuài end this screenwriters' strike." Steve. "The Hollywood shutdown has cost us a lot, and while we've used a backlog of scripts, those scripts also need to be revised by the writers," Case said. ”
"I agree."
"Seconded."
"Hollywood needs to keep running."
"No problem."
"I promise."
Several people agreed at the same time that the Hollywood shutdown will affect not only the present, but also the future, and it is foreseeable that there will be very few blockbusters in the American market next year, and they can't wait to go back and prepare for next year's plan.
Just as Li Lin was leaving, Michael. Fasuro suddenly stopped Li Lin.
"Lee, please wait a minute." (To be continued......)