Chapter 136: "Dragon Slaying Conference" (3)
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Using the position of vice president of the Screenwriters Guild for the copyright sharing of two popular plays?
This is equivalent to someone else using a vice president of the company in exchange for your wife to share the right overnight, who can be happy to exchange for whom?
Of course, this example may be a bit extreme, so let's think differently and take something practical, right?
Either give money, or take a real power president, more or less the same meaning.
But listen to what Boss Schubert means, just want to be a white woman, this is equivalent to ordering a fruit plate and telling people that there is no money, so you eat a der?
Li Yaoyang is in this mood now, a sense of grievance that he has been tricked and can't lose his temper.
There are all kinds of coaxing in the audience, anyway, it is not their interests that are lost, there are still benefits to be gained, so naturally they don't mind being generous to others and solving their own dangers.
The root of man's inferiority is thus revealed.
Seeing Sarah anxious for him from afar, she gestured to him vigorously and asked him not to agree.
But at the moment, it's not a question of agreeing or not, it's being driven to the shelves, set up and roasted, and you can't get down if you want to.
Lee Schubert was still looking at him expectantly, and he didn't know that he thought he was doing good deeds.
"It's better to do this, I have a new book here, although it hasn't been written yet, but there is already an outline.
If you don't mind, I can take out this book and open it up for the Broadway Alliance.
Of course, if you feel that you have treated me badly, then give me 30% of the income of each show of this show.
If so, I hope that the alliance will come forward to supervise it, so that no one will break the rules of the game by breaking the rules. ”
Li Yaoyang is an anti-general, don't you want me to share the script?
OK! I'll share it with you, but don't let me suffer, you should give me a lot of money.
Most crucially, what does it mean that he handed over oversight to the Alliance?
It means that the League can use this to supervise the accounts of the various theaters, and what a power this is, as long as Lee Schubert is not stupid, he will not refuse this request.
Sure enough, the other party took a deep look at Li Yaoyang, turned to the audience and said:
"What do you think? Lee took on the role of vice president of the Screenwriters Guild. ”
Sarah actually shouted:
"I think the position of vice president is condescending, and Lee has made such a big sacrifice, it is better to give him the position of president in one step."
Li Yaoyang was taken aback, this was not a line that was good in advance.
The scene was solemn, no one responded, and it was a big embarrassment.
Lee Schubert coughed twice:
"We'll talk about this later."
Li Yaoyang took the opportunity to step down and returned to Sarah, and the two began to mutter:
"It's good that you reacted quickly, otherwise..."
"It was so sudden, unprepared, but fortunately it was fooled." Li Yaoyang had palpitations.
At that moment, he felt like he was going to suffocate, but fortunately, Rush saved his life.
"But why don't you take advantage of the victory and chase after you and win the position of president of the Screenwriters Guild?" Sarah was puzzled, she thought she had just sent a god assist.
But Li Yaoyang doesn't see it that way:
"It's impossible, I'm not qualified enough, and I'm Chinese, they won't give me such an important position, and being able to give it to a vice president is already considered thin-skinned.
If you are thick-skinned, I am afraid that you will not even be given the position of vice president, and you will be sent away with some money. ”
Sarah gritted her teeth:
"These shameless guys!"
After a pause, he said with some concern:
"Is the script you just promised really eyebrow-raising?"
"Not yet, I just came up with it to get through the level."
"What then?"
"I'll go back and think about it, hopefully inspired."
Sarah looked at the impassioned guy on the stage who urged people to pee, and couldn't help but reveal a trace of anger:
"Lee Schubert, I've got you covered!"
Poor Boss Schubert, who inadvertently offended a woman, will have a good life in the future.
Lai Yaoyang was forced to contribute a new play, which was not exclusive to the Hudson Theatre, which caused great damage to her interests.
In other words, there is a source of contradiction between the two sides.
Lee Schubert spent half an hour talking about the Coalition's charter, followed by group recalls.
Lai was invited to join the Producers & Directors Guild and the Screenwriters Guild.
And the entire Broadway League is made up of various theater owners.
There are currently 61 theaters in the alliance, of which 10 are owned by the Schubert family, and two other families are also owners of several theaters.
Together with the presidents of their associations, they formed the board of directors of the Broadway Alliance, and Lee Schubert served as the first rotating president of the Alliance.
According to the regulations, the chairman of the alliance is re-elected every four years, and the members of the alliance vote to decide.
Each subordinate association also has the right to vote, and finally the votes are counted proportionally to determine the next president.
The chairman has the right to nominate the presidents of the subordinate associations.
For example, after the president is decided, he will nominate the presidents of each association, and then the alliance council will vote on the final candidate.
In this way, the entire Broadway Union is like a group of companies in the theater industry, with a board of directors and associations as subsidiaries or divisions.
In this way, it is clear to understand.
Li Yaoyang was appointed as the vice president of a subsidiary or department, with a certain amount of power, but it was far from as big as imagined, and there were too many restrictions from above.
One association president is enough to crush him, and the president can participate in the decision-making of the alliance's affairs, he is not qualified at all.
Lee Schubert is an old fox, and it is indeed a good trick to easily lock him up with such a position that is not up or down.
Sarah followed Lai's advice and wanted to fight for the status of a director, but Lee Schubert didn't give her a chance.
In this way, on January 31, 1921, the Broadway Alliance, which influenced the century-old development plan of the theater industry, was officially announced.
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On the way back, Sarah, who has always been elegant and dignified, rarely lost her temper, fell and beat in the car, and burst into foul language from time to time, which frightened the driver.
Li Yaoyang waited for her to finish venting before he spoke:
"It's too late to do anything, if we had known, we could have bought a few more theaters as a certificate to enter the council, but alas..."
"Saorui, I was negligent, I thought the Schubert family would sell me a face, but I didn't expect..."
Sarah's face was gloomy, and she could tell that she was really angry.
"Don't think about it yet, I have to save up a notebook as soon as possible and close this in front of me, otherwise Lee Schubert may come up with some tricks waiting for me."
"These damn bastards, who want to get benefits, but they don't want to put down their arrogant heads and discriminate? They deserve to be discriminated against! ”
Sarah is upset for Li Yaoyang, but unfortunately it is useless, and Lee Schubert will not give up suppressing Li Yaoyang because of a woman's complaints.
Now Li Yaoyang can be sure of one thing, the mastermind behind the scenes who has been secretly targeting him before, nine times out of ten, it is related to the Schubert family!