Unlike the unhurried negotiations between Hollywood's major production companies, the film industry is most worried about the shutdown of the Oscars, which is Hollywood's biggest decorative façade, and no one wants to see the shutdown happen.

For this reason, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences canceled the nominee luncheon and announced the nominees in the form of a press conference.

As a popular film of this year's Oscars created by various circumstances, "Black Swan" won six nominations for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, which can be called one of the biggest winners in the nomination list, and Ryan got the news that in the nomination for Best Actress, Natalie's votes ranked first with an absolute advantage.

This Oscar-winning actress is almost in the bag.

However, Ryan did not relax, even if the strike was in a uproar, his people still did not give up their public relations efforts, and in the history of the Oscars, there are many examples of nominations dominating, but later being overturned.

After the nominees were announced, the Academy was very worried about the shutdown of the Oscars due to the writers' strike, and they were prepared for this, and if the strike continued, the Academy would launch an emergency gala.

In addition, the college also sent a special person to intervene in the negotiations, urging the two sides to reach an agreement as much as possible.

The United States is also making efforts by the Washington authorities, the fragile economy of the United States will definitely not be able to withstand the torture of a prolonged strike, Hollywood has been tied to Wall Street for several years, and an accident in Hollywood will not only cause problems in the entertainment industry, which is a pillar industry, but will even exacerbate the turmoil on Wall Street.

Ryan's worries didn't come up a long time ago, the Writers Guild never looked for him, and even a fool knew which side he would sit on in this kind of matter.

The clock dragged on into February, and there was no progress in the negotiations. The coalition of producers, backed by the big five media conglomerates, News Corp., Viacom, Time Warner and Walt Disney, has taken an unusually tough stance.

This is a necessary attitude to the outside world, even if Ryan and the others are ready to make concessions.

To crack the screenwriters' strike, the only way to do it is for the alliance to make concessions, and there is no other way out.

In order for any industry to function normally, both labor and management must abide by the "rules of the game" of mutual recognition and fairness, and it seems natural that the entire entertainment industry should share a share of the tens of billions of dollars in profits every year to screenwriters.

However, capital is born to pursue profits, and to move the cake of commercial groups is undoubtedly to dig meat from capitalists.

The main point of disagreement between the two parties is that the producers demand that they pay part of the remuneration after recovering the cost of the film and TV show; The screenwriters are demanding that the treatment of screenwriters in films, TV series and reality shows be improved. Producers must pay screenwriters up to 2 percent of the DVD share, and the revenue share of on-demand downloads will be increased from zero to 4.5 percent.

This condition is absolutely unacceptable to the production company and the production company.

"Haven't you reached an agreement yet?"

Sitting on a bench in the garden, Natalie asked with great concern, "Will the Oscars really be suspended?" ”

No one wants the first Oscar statuette in their lives to be announced at a press conference, and if there is no grand occasion, the weight of this Best Actress will definitely be underestimated by countless people.

"Don't worry, Nat."

Taking Natalie's bow and arrow, Ryan stretched out his bow and arrows. Aiming at the target in the palm tree, he released the bowstring and flew over the low wall into Scarlett's house next door.

Ryan throws away the longbow. "An agreement will be reached right away, and the Oscars will definitely go ahead on time."

"Just waiting for you to nod?" Natalie looked at Ryan.

"The screenwriter takes away all the profits that belong to us." Ryan said as a matter of course, "So, even if you give in." Also make our attitude clear. ”

There was a loud closing of the door at the wall, and when Ryan turned to look, Scarlett was holding a long, blunt-tipped arrow. Huffing and huffing, he walked this way.

"Ryan, how many times have you shot an arrow into my garden?" She shouted.

"Hey, dear." Ryan beckoned over there, "I know the crew is down and you're bored at home, so I'm calling you over to chat in this way." ”

"You shot the glass of my flower room."

Scarlett hurried over and threw the arrow at Ryan, "This is the second time!" ”

"Alright, Scarlett." Ryan shoved the arrow into a quiver hanging from the side, "I'm going to call someone to come and repair it." ”

"Nat, can you take care of your boyfriend?" She sat next to Natalie.

"It's between you." Natalie immediately pulled out of the matter, "Don't pull me. ”

Walking aside, Ryan pulls out his phone and calls John, asking him to find someone to repair the flower room in Scarlett's house.

Hearing Ryan's words, Scarlett put down her bulging face, "Ryan, I solemnly ask you, don't continue to shoot arrows, okay?" You don't even have a third of Nat's accuracy. ”

"Okay, I promise." Ryan put away his phone and walked back.

"When will the strike end?"

After Ryan sat on the other side of Natalie, Scarlett asked with concern, "My crew has been suspended for a month. ”

"It's coming, it's just a few days." Ryan made a reassuring gesture to her.

"I knew it was like this." Scarlett muttered, "I'm going to Africa with Alison, and yesterday she sent me a few photos, including a photo with Boiling in South Africa." ”

"She's not going to be robbed by the boil, is she?" Natalie was curious.

It's no longer news that some of South Africa's cities are boiling over, and these protected animals often rob restaurants and pedestrians in the open.

"It doesn't look like so." Scarlett shrugged, "I'll send you an email in the evening." ”

Discussing African flair and Hollywood's latest charity scandal, the trio leave the garden and head towards the villa, with Scarlett's complaints about the shutdown.

Her crew smelled the possibility of a strike in advance, and preemptively completed the details and lines of the script before the screenwriters went on strike, although the general structure had been formed, but the crew was still in a vague state of waiting or stopping, and Scarlett and many other selected characters had to wait for the end of the strike.

As soon as I walked into the villa, the sound of a car engine came from the vestibule, a black Bentley stopped in front of the villa, and Natalie's mother, Mrs. Shelly, pushed the door and walked down.

Seeing Mrs. Shelly, who was very unwilling to see him, in order to avoid the intensification of the conflict, Ryan made a timely farewell, and at the same time told Natalie and Scarlett to come out to send him, and prepare the dress with peace of mind, and the Oscars will definitely be held as scheduled.

In mid-February, the tug-of-war negotiations between the Producers and the Screenwriters Guild finally reached a tentative agreement, with Hollywood's major studios making certain concessions, and the Writers Guild signing a temporary three-year contract with the Producers Union.

The contract not only increases the basic salary of the screenwriter, but also earns the screenwriter 0.6 percent of the DVD and 2.3 percent of the revenue share of the online VOD, which not only includes the works from now on, but also the previous works can also take a certain percentage from them.

Subsequently, the Writers Guild held a membership vote and unanimously agreed to stop the protracted strike tug-of-war with an overwhelming 3,775 votes in favor, while only 283 votes were against.

The Writers Guild also sent an email to each member urging everyone to return to work immediately.

"The strike is over, and tomorrow, the screenwriters will return to their places."

Patrick, president of the Screenwriters Guild? Speaking at a press conference, Veron said, "The strike is not what we expect, we are just trying to get a reasonable commission from the income of new media dramas." What we have achieved is now enough to establish ourselves in this digital age. ”

The producers paid a certain benefit, and although the Screenwriters Guild did not meet the initial demand, the result of the negotiation was already satisfied by most people.

For decades, the nature of the work of screenwriters has not changed, that is, to pick up the pen and create, but the way and platform for the dissemination of their works are changing all the time, if 20 years ago, videotape was a new rising force of communication, then now it is DVD and the Internet.

It would be obviously impossible to refuse to change the way screenwriters are paid just because the way they work has not changed.

Hollywood's producers are well aware of this.

"It's the best we've gotten in 30 years." Many screenwriters said so in interviews.

While the writers got their share of the DVD and online revenues, the phrase "best treatment" was more of a breath of relief after a tug-of-war.

This temporary three-year contract is at best a psychological bottom line, and the strong position of the alliance is unlikely to change with the strike.

It is foreseeable that the strike will become a Hollywood model, with the 1988 strike and the 2008 strike at least superficially winning some of the benefits that weaker screenwriters need, and perhaps the next Hollywood-style strike is not far off.

Labor conflicts can never be completely resolved.

The writers' strike upended the viewing habits of tens of millions of American television viewers, and the strike director stopped producing a large number of dramas and comedies, and the filming of many large-scale films was interrupted, which temporarily dried up the livelihoods of 12,000 members of the Writers Guild and deprived more than 100,000 filmmakers.

With the end of the strike, in addition to the writers and producers, the most benefited is the Oscars, since the start of the strike last year, a series of awards ceremonies have been aborted due to strikes, screenwriters have begun to prepare for the Oscars, and all the nominated screenwriters who won the screenplay award will also be present.

The Oscars, originally scheduled for February 24, were finally able to take place as scheduled. (To be continued......)