Shay did not give Lin Xiao a reply.

What he is waiting for is not only Warner's attitude, but also looking forward to a miracle and a big reversal of the golden compass.

Lin Xiao is also waiting, his pressure is also great, once Warner finds out that Daybreak is also involved, Steve Keys will immediately understand that Daybreak will never agree to his request.

Lin Xiao played a time difference, and Steve Keys probably thought that he was a Chinese who lacked experience in dealing with economic crises in the United States, and did not know how terrible the economic crisis was. But what he didn't expect was that Lin Xiao knew much better than him.

Once the economic crisis really breaks out, none of the Big Six can stay out of it, no matter how high the status is, how high the obligation will be, they are the pillars of Hollywood in the face of the economic crisis, so even if there is no blockbuster to make, they have to squeeze out the so-called blockbuster, even if it is to buy fame with money, they have to buy it.

At that time, the dawn will be put aside, and there is no hope for Steve Keys to return to the CEO throne, Lin Xiao knows very well that in 08, the years-long merger and acquisition of AOL and Time Warner was finally detonated, and the two large companies were split again. And he just needs not to cause a large-scale counterattack from Time Warner before.

Historical events come on time like a script.

Three weeks have passed since the Golden Compass, the box office is only 150 million, and there is no hope of recovering the cost, and there are already rumors that New Line and Time Warner have begun to contact.

However, Shay has been disheartened, just like the previous life, Time Warner's condition is to take back the distribution rights of more than 50 million yuan for the new line, and will send a special supervisor to "guide" the shooting of the new line.

Steve Keys kept urging Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao kept putting pressure on the new line.

Soon, Steve Keys was no longer in the mood to put pressure on Lin Xiao, as predicted by the US government, at the beginning of December, this economic crisis swept the United States!

Time Warner bore the brunt of the announcement and announced major layoffs, followed by Disney, Universal, and Sony, all announcing layoffs.

Layoffs of hundreds of people at once! Let the whole Hollywood be miserable.

Too many unemployed artists have taken to the streets, and even artists with hundreds of thousands of salaries are difficult to escape, in fact, this part of the artists is the most embarrassing, because the base is huge, and the producers are not like the big names, they have too many choices. may be really worry-free, but there are only 20 million clubs and artists like Lin Xiao with salaries.

Lin Xiao quietly filmed the advertisement, GM and Cartier were very demanding, and even Cartier took him to Greece to shoot, two commercials, filmed for almost three weeks.

By the time he returned, Hollywood had changed.

On December 10, the long-divided East and West Coast Writers Guild of America announced its reunification! Before the AFLF could rejoice, it received a piece of news that shocked them.

On the same day, thousands of screenwriters surrounded the door of the Big Six and carried out an unprecedented general strike!

"It's really idle." Chu Yiming and Qin Xin were playing chess, Lin Xiao was sitting next to him watching TV, Chu Yiming glanced at the global branch that was surrounded by black screenwriters, and said disdainfully, "When is it, who can care about them?" Now that the United States is in turmoil, the Big Six are too busy to take care of themselves, strike your work, who cares about you. Besides, the screenwriter's treatment is not bad, and the time is short, what are they making a fuss about? ”

"You're wrong." Lin Xiao smiled and said, "The Writers Guild of America, WGA, the treatment of screenwriters is really not good. According to the statistics of the two screenwriters' associations, a total of 48% of screenwriters are unemployed, and nearly half of the employees are employed. ”

"The entertainment industry is the largest pyramid, there are 12,000 people in the WGA, but the ones who can earn $50,000 a year are not much, and the ones who really make money are those big screenwriters, such as the screenwriter of 'Anatomy Grey'. Remus, with a monthly income of more than $500,000, the movie you see, the script that was selected by the Big Six is only $100,000, this is a movie. And TV, there are 20,000 episodes of primetime comedies and 31,000 episodes of dramas. You must know that the workload of a TV drama script is greater than that of a movie, and four or five episodes are equivalent to a movie ......"

"It's already very high...... Qin Xin raised his head and said suspiciously, "This is equal to hundreds of thousands of yuan......

Lin Xiao smiled and scratched her nose, and Chu Yiming sneered, "Can you not show affection in front of people who are not married?" ”

Lin Xiao ignored him, and then said, "It seems to be very high, but what is the position of the screenwriter, it is the soul of a film, they decide how to make a movie, what to embody, and how much does Hollywood film production cost?" There are more than 100 million at every turn, and now 100 million can't be called blockbusters, and more than 150 million is called, even if the top screenwriter has a cap of 4 million, but what about big-name directors? 20 million plus dividends, if there is another superstar, it will be 20 million plus dividends, in comparison, one of the three souls of screenwriters, directors, artists, and film and television, not to mention one-seventh or eighth-of-one of the big names, not even one-tenth of it, how can the Screenwriters Association bear this breath? In comparison, Chinese screenwriters are treated much better than Hollywood! ”

"So pathetic?" Qin Xin smiled: "Aren't you also a screenwriter?" Everyone knows that you are the main creator and screenwriter of Chibi, don't support it? ”

Chu Yiming seemed to think of something, frowned and didn't speak, but Lin Xiao smiled bitterly, "This is where my headache is...... The Screenwriters Guild will definitely find me, I dare say, now that my script comes out, someone will rush to ask for it, but I will definitely not take it out. But I'm still a screenwriter, and it's okay for them to look for me, but ......"

"But you're the boss of Dawn." Chu Yiming couldn't stop, Qin Xin wrinkled his nose and said, "You are cheating." ”

Lin Xiao turned over to see that Chu Yiming only had one horse left, and Qin Xin still had a cart and a horse, and he obviously won the game.

Chu Yiming took the remote control in a daze, frowned and looked at it, before he smiled and said, "I said how did they make this request, look: the Screenwriters Guild requires double payment of DVD to screenwriters, from the current 03% to 0.6%, and the Internet on-demand and downloading will increase from the current 0% to 6%. ”

"I have investigated, if Hollywood counts television, two-thirds of the profits come from DVDs, the amount is as high as more than 160 billion, which has long exceeded the box office profits, many times, film promotion is actually advertising for DVD sales, I remember this treaty, was signed after the 1988 screenwriters strike, that strike, all TV stations lost 9% of the audience, several directors went to the AFLP to go to the sit-in, and the Big Six lost more than one billion, and the five-month strike signed this contract...... However, DVDs didn't rise at that time. ”

"More than ten years ago, film and television were hot again because of DVDs, but the profits of screenwriters did not rise, how could they not ask for a more piece of the pie? And the video network is something that only appeared a few years ago, and the script works of the Screenwriters Guild were frantically on-demand and downloaded on it, but they couldn't receive a penny, and this economic crisis has caused a large number of screenwriters to lose their jobs...... Under the new hatred and old hatred, even the Federation of Labor and Industry could not hold back. ”

After Chu Yiming finished analyzing, he glanced at Lin Xiao worriedly, "They will definitely come to you...... You are the father of video sites...... As long as you nod, it will be difficult for other video sites to stand, but if you nod, other companies will definitely look at you unpleasantly...... Well, although it's not a day or two since Warner doesn't like you. ”

"How? When you're new to Hollywood, it's best not to cause a massive backlash. ”

"Push. We're not the Big Six, so what are we worried about? Lin Xiao wasn't too worried, and said with a smile, "When they came to me, I told them that if the Big Six promised to increase the profit share of the video, then we can mention it." Who wouldn't kick the ball? If they are going to be urgent, I will sue them for racial discrimination, why should they shoot me? ”

"You're cheating." Chu Yiming also smiled: "Can the Big Six agree?" I hope they don't agree, but Dawn is a big profit. ”

"Promise a fart." Lin Xiao snorted coldly: "What time is it now?" The Big Six would love to break a penny into two petals, and they might have seriously considered increasing the Internet share, but now they must be dragging their feet, and maybe the ball is kicking and kicking back to me. But what am I afraid of? The barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes. We don't have TV stations and newspapers to support, and we don't have so many reality shows, so it's not them who are in a hurry. Better than anyone's footwork. ”

What he didn't say was that he would agree in the end, the Writers Guild of America is determined to make trouble to the end this time, and the economic crisis will be a crisis, anyway, half of us are unemployed all year round, so at this time, everyone should stop playing, the film and television company has no script, see how you make film and television? Big Six Bulls, right? Are the companies affiliated with you chilling below? Maybe everyone conspired to think that the Big Six were unreliable, and a new alliance company was created after the economic crisis.

It was probably because of this consideration that the Big Six finally gritted their teeth and bowed their heads, because even the Federation of Labor and Industry couldn't see it anymore, and they were happy to roll on the slope, and both sides gave in one step.

Sure enough, on the day of the screenwriters' strike, people from the Screenwriters Guild came to the door.

The kindness of the attitude is like a fairy descending to earth.

It's a pity that even if she broke her mouth, what she got was "I can promise, the Screenwriters Guild has contributed so many scripts, and it should have gotten its fair share." But the association doesn't want me to be swept away by Hollywood right away, right? I'm jumping out here to hold a press conference, and the Big Six will soon cut off all contact with me, do I still want to get mixed up in Hollywood? As long as they say yes, I'll say yes right away. ”

The fairy glared angrily and left, what Lin Xiao said was right, but which one is not familiar with this typical kicking footwork?

The CEO of every company is a good player of a team.

After she left, Lin Xiao restrained his smile and picked up the phone.

"Mr. Shay, I think you've thought long enough." The phone was quickly connected, and he said bluntly, "Everything has been prepared, and it is almost time to turn on the phone, what are you still hesitating about?" Are Warner's terms better for you than mine? Are you really willing to hide under Warner's wing for the rest of your life? ”