"Welcome to Black News Today, I'm host Ron, let's take a look at the first Black news story of the day......"

Tommy stared blankly at the screen on the television, in which a black presenter in a suit and bespectacles was speaking clearly and methodically announcing the news.

This is a video of BT TV casting for the selection of hosts for its news programs.

"Next game." Tommy didn't wait for the other party to finish reading the first news before he spoke decisively.

Martin hurriedly walked over to the TV and helped Tommy change another plate.

This time, it was a black female host, and he didn't even wait for the other party to say the name of the show, but just glanced at the black woman with fine makeup, Tommy simply waved his hand and motioned for Martin to continue changing.

"Boss, it's the last one, and all seventeen audition tapes have been broadcast." Martin pulled out the tape, shook it at Tommy, and reminded him.

Rick, who was watching all the audition videos with Tommy, only then did he let go of his hands crossed in his lower abdomen and sat up straight: "These seventeen candidates, all of them have experience hosting news programs, the worst one has also worked as a newscaster for at least five years in a small TV station, and the best one is the black woman you didn't even give her a chance to speak, she used to help CBS work as a late-night news program host and news director for a partner TV station in Ohio, you should watch her audition, she is very good." ”

"Rick, I can see your efforts, their resumes certainly meet our needs, but ......," Tommy said, putting his fist to his mouth, pausing and staring at the TV that had turned into a blue screen.

Rick understands Tommy's struggles, but he continues to work on them, hoping that Tommy will be able to choose one of the seventeen people: "They can broadcast all kinds of news according to the requirements of our TV station, maybe not so bright, but definitely not lose points in the black audience." ”

In Rick's view, BT TV's program reserves are now sufficient, and the main focus is those self-made variety shows, self-made dramas, and news programs that can attract advertisers to pay for advertising, and news programs are just a dispensable vase.

As a result, he didn't expect that although Tommy praised the self-made variety shows that were obviously more eye-catching, such as "The Strongest Pregnancy Makeup King" and "Swapping Couples", Tommy never interfered, except for the last self-made news program, Tommy actually gave his ideas seriously.

First, he asked the news program, which would seamlessly follow the gathering during prime time, to be called "Black News Today" and to broadcast only daily news related to black people.

Secondly, he asked to personally review the host's audition video and related materials, and he decided the final candidate.

Interested in news programs that were clearly trying to get advertisers to pay for them, Rick had always thought he had seen through his boss, but now he found that he still couldn't understand Tommy's behavior.

"They're professional, but they're not going to get the ratings of the black people at the bottom." Tommy was silent for a few moments before he said the second half of his sentence.

Rick looked at Tommy: "The ratings of the bottom black people should not rely on a boring news program to fight for it, Tommy, our self-made dramas, self-made variety shows are the best weapons to attract audiences." ”

"I understand, give me a few minutes, let me think about how I imagine this black news show to be presented." Tommy didn't start a discussion with Rick about ratings, but asked the other party to give himself a little time, he closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair and was silent for three or four minutes before he opened his eyes again and faced Rick:

"The problem with these black presenters is that they are too professional, that's the problem, cover their faces, just listen to their voices, can you tell the difference between them and the white elite news presenters at CBS, NBC or even CNN? It can't be, because they don't make a difference at all. ”

"What do you mean, I'm going to help you find a black man who stutters and takes out a bite of hemp grass halfway through sowing to host?" Rick frowned and asked with some confusion, "All the news anchors of the TV network have this face. ”

Tommy held out his hand to Rick: "Give me the press release for the audition." ”

Taking the press release, Tommy read it quickly, then turned around and wrote a press release with a marker on the mobile whiteboard next to him, and then he threw away the marker and looked at Martin, who was talking to Paige about which black host looked more pleasing to the eye:

"Martin, move a chair and sit in front of the TV and read the news out on the whiteboard, you can read, right?"

"Yes, sir." Martin didn't understand what Tommy was asking him to do, but he obediently moved a chair and sat down in front of the TV.

"Imagine yourself as the host of a news program and read out the news I wrote on the whiteboard." Tommy tapped his fingers on the whiteboard and said to Martin.

Martin looked at the dense text on the whiteboard where Tommy signaled that he was going to read, and said with a pained expression: "Darn it! ”

But then, he took a deep breath: "Welcome to "...... Today", no, it's "Black News Today", of course, the audience in front of the TV, if your eyes are okay, I want you to confirm that your skin tone is the same color as mine, if it is different from mine, I suggest you change the channel, because ...... Whites aren't going to be interested in black news, 3, 2, 1, well, whites or others should have switched channels to see the first news of today's. ”

"Tallahash, Florida, two years ago, Mike Barnes, the city's candidate for municipal council, had a narrow margin of one vote, narrowly defeated his white opponent Horace, becoming the city's first black councilor, when Horace slammed Mike Barnes for cheating on the ballot, because as a black man, the number of votes was much higher than the survey data given by the previous polls, Horace applied to launch an investigation, and now two years have passed, the investigation is finally over, there is a good and a bad news, the bad news is, black compatriots, I must be saddened to declare that the white man Horace did not lie, there was indeed fraud in the election two years ago, the good news is that the investigation evidence shows that the people who cheated on the ballot were Horace supporters, these bastards voted for Horace in the name of their dead relatives in a row, and the ballot cheating failed to win against the blacks, Mr. Horace, the next time you run for election, it is better to use this sentence as a campaign slogan, maybe many white people will vote for you because of your experience and mental retardation. ”

"From this news, it can be seen that it is not easy for us niggers to be the masters in the United States, if we beat the white people, the white people will fucking accuse us of cheating, in fact, they are the clowns who have not wiped their butts cleanly, this kind of cheating that only needs to count votes to get the answer, procrastination for two years to give the results of the investigation, of course, because the other party is white, if it is a nigger, I am sure, cheating in the morning, you can go to jail in the afternoon. The second piece of news that followed, from New York......"

When Martin finished reading the press release on the whiteboard, Tommy looked at Rick, "Did you notice?" For the black people at the bottom, we should be more colloquial, not elitist, they will not be interested, our host should be as close as the big-mouthed neighbors in their community, and tell them in a playful tone what black compatriots in the United States have done today that deserve their attention. ”

"......" Rick looked at Tommy with an embarrassed face, "The news should be more serious." ”

Tommy ignored Rick's face and continued: "The host should be a fat enough black man, like gags, if you can't find a suitable candidate in the news program, go to the sports program to cast the net, and then find a few editors to re-polish and write the black news that is summarized every day, not deep, not old-fashioned, and the news comment part should be plain and white, and the uneducated bottom black people can't understand the big truth." ”

"Although I haven't had much contact with news programs, as far as I have learned about news programs since I joined BT TV, news needs fairness and balance, not ratings, and news needs to be edited and written, which will make those news critics blame, and the news that is written is not news, but talk shows." Rick earnestly admonished Tommy.

If your boss likes to spoof, although he uses those variety shows to play, news programs are better to be serious, because it bears social responsibility, and if even the news style is vulgar or frivolous, it is easy for the TV station to lose the trust of the audience.

"Nobody dictates that the angle of the news broadcast must be neutral, Rick, I believe that the news critics will not bother us, because they have to stare at the TV organizations that have the right to interview the White House, and find fault with those serious news, there is not a single black person in the White House, and Black News Today may not be eligible to get the right to press the White House news for many years to come, and the news critics will not care about us who only deserve to be watched by black people at the bottom, we need ratings, the ratings of all programs." Tommy said to Rick.

Seeing that Tommy had made up his mind, Rick shrugged: "Of course, you're the boss, you have the final say." ”

"That's it, do as I say, I don't work overtime tonight, there is an important person waiting for me." With that, Tommy got up and walked outside.

……

Dorothy stood at the edge of the kitchen in a daze, watching Tommy in horror with his apron and bringing his dinner to the table with his own hands, which made her feel that her employer was not going to fire her.

"Don't worry, Dorothy, Tommy won't fire you." Susan, who had returned from Canada and had completed the broker's licensing exam, sat at the table in a dark blue ladies' suit, sensing Dorothy's nervousness, and smiled and comforted:

"He just likes to use this kind of warm means to show affection to his friends, to show intimacy, which is quite hypocritical, right, but everyone likes to eat this set, like me at the moment, knowing that he will actually arrange a lot of work to keep me busy to death, but I still feel very happy to see this bastard cook a dinner with his own hands."

Tommy brought the soup to the table, then took off his apron and sat down beside him, and while picking up the wine decanter and pouring the red wine, he said to Susan dissatisfiedly: "It's not hypocrisy, Susan, hypocrisy is to use this for everyone, but in reality only three women have enjoyed my cooking, my aunt Meloni, Otilia, and then you, of course, if my mother was still alive, she would have been willing to taste it, but unfortunately she left, so, you are the third." ”

Susan took the wine glass handed by Tommy: "CBET TV in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, I have asked people to test it many times, all the TV sets of residents in Detroit, Michigan can receive its TV signal, and the price of cooperation with CBET is 35% lower than that of American TV in Detroit, CICI TV in Sudbury, Ontario, and most of New Hampur in the United States can receive its signal, and ......"

Seeing Tommy, Susan habitually talked about the work she was in charge of before, yes, Tommy the miser has never been a big spender, and the offer of some TV stations in large cities to join the BT TV network is too high, so Susan was sent to Canada by Tommy to find some cheap but equally effective alternatives.

"You can't find a man to marry, no man will like a strong woman who faces food and wine but still talks about work, just like Otilia has a couple friend, and her husband hates his strong woman wife very much, because every time there is only one husband and wife, his wife has to talk to him about politics, business and even the international situation." Tommy prevents Susan from continuing to report on her previous work in Canada.

"Bill Clinton and his lawyer's wife? Otilia has been talking to me on the phone for more than a year, and she has brought it up quite a lot. Susan asked lightly as if she had heard it a long time ago

Tommy nodded: "His wife is the most greedy woman I have ever seen, her offer to help Walmart solve a female employee problem in Arkansas is that she pays a thousand yuan of principal, and needs to get a minimum rate of return of 100 times in the financial market, and then 1,000 yuan magically earns 120,000, in short, it is better to stay away from this kind of person." ”

"It doesn't sound like you're too far away from them."

"I don't care, on the contrary, the woman is having a little conflict with her husband recently, and I am getting closer."

"Family conflicts?"

"Sort of, Bill hopes to sign up for the party primary, and then run for president next year, because the party's support for him is very high, and some polling data also shows that he has a great chance, mainly because Gary Hart, who had the highest support rate within the Democratic Party, couldn't control his club, exposed an extramarital affair scandal, and could only be forced to withdraw from the race, which means that he has no decent opponent in the party, but his wife insists on disagreeing, so the two sides are a little conflicted." Tommy chatted about Bill's recent minor conflict with Hillary.

Hillary will tell Otilia these problems, and Otilia will tell Tommy like a story, of course, it's not that Hillary can't control her mouth and complain about her husband everywhere, and tell Tommy the news, but also try to see which side Tommy, a money owner who silently provides funds, when the conflict between their husband and wife emerges, which side is on the side.

Susan asked curiously, "Why doesn't she support her husband's candidacy?" ”

At present, the moderates, radicals, and reformists within the Democratic Party are only temporarily glued together because of the Gary Hart scandal, and they want to urgently find a replacement to meet the Republican Party's replacement for Reagan. Really glue the forces within the party, and he is still young, it is still too late to wait a little longer, and try to maximize the benefits, but Bill prefers to now portray himself as an image of the party in trouble, taking the initiative to respond to the call-up, and standing up for the Democratic Party, Otilia said, because of this problem, the two had a big fight, and Hillary was so angry with Bill that she drank a whole bottle of red wine. ”

"What was the result of the quarrel?"

"Bill will not come out to vote this term, he has no choice, the owner of the money is in the hands of his wife, for him to run for governor over the years, the attorney general has been giving advice, in addition to his wife, and her wife's younger brother, brother-in-law, let's put it this way, Bill without his wife, it is difficult for the governor to succeed, Hillary envisions the best picture is that her husband according to her instructions, postponed to 92 to run for president, and after the governor expires in 90, he will not seek re-election, and she will run for governor of Arkansas, to achieve a seamless transitionThe advantage of this is that Beal can spend the next two years devoting himself to the affairs of the Democratic Party, integrating factional forces and ensuring that he can run more calmly. ”

"It sounds like you've done a lot of homework and put a lot of thought into this couple."

"Not a lot, indeed."

"Is it the way I want it to go?"

Tommy looked at the curious Susan and smiled, "I think you want to guess what I think, at the moment, it's still very difficult." ”

Susan sniffed the aroma of the red wine wafting from the glass, and then looked at Tommy: "I signed up for a wine tasting course before, trying to learn how to taste various vintages of fine wine, but it turned out that after spending hundreds of dollars in tuition, I can only distinguish the taste of beer, and red wine is just as bad for me." ”

"Most wine drinkers are actually like you, but they don't say it as directly as you do, and Stephen gave it to me because it was made from a local California vineyard that his family owns, so ...... Dorothy, please help me get a dozen beers, and then bring the sobered red wine to Sophia, she likes to drink a glass of red wine before bed alone. Tommy pushed his glass aside and spoke to the maid.

When the beer was delivered, Susan opened it and took a sip of the cold beer, exhaling a mouthful of wine: "What did you just say?" ”

"Don't always dress up as a strong woman and scare men who want to pursue you." Tommy said.

Susan was dismissive of Tommy's words: "In the years I used to stand on the street, I lived more times than the average woman in my life, how much do you think I have any interest in sleeping with men?" ”

"Learn about Holly, find some cowherds to please you, recovery therapy, you know, Mark, Jason are all raving about recovery therapy."

Susan shook her head slightly: "Forget it, I heard Holly say that in order to vent her pressure, she ravaged the cowherd as a rag doll, and every time she had to beat them wildly with a leather whip first, and only lay on the bed when she was exhausted, so that the poor cowherd who was scarred could serve her." ”

"That's right, she's under a lot of pressure, if she keeps suppressing it, she'll go crazy sooner or later, it's normal to vent in time, if your psychological quality is not strong enough, those pressures can crush all your nerves, why do you think those agents on Wall Street are crazy enough to work while working on the grass, and they will contact a few senior girls to accompany him when they finish work?" Tommy said with a smile.

Susan obviously disagreed with Tommy's words, and asked rhetorically, "Then why haven't I seen you vent like Holly, or Jason and those agents on Wall Street?" ”

"I have enough money in those accounts that I can spend my whole life in, and the worst outcome is to be rich, so I don't have that much pressure." Tommy spread his hands and said innocently: "There is no pressure, naturally there is no need for catharsis." ”

"I'm not stressed, and no matter how bad it is, it won't be worse than my life before I met you."

Tommy nodded: "Honestly, it's really boring to talk to you, Susan, it's even more boring than me chatting with Sophia, let's continue to talk about work, those Hollywood girls, remember?" You have to save them, don't worry about spending, although I have invested a lot of money on the TV station recently, but I promise that there will be no delay in your spending, just save those girls as much as possible, the more the better, you have studied political science, after doing this job well, I will find a good position for you to use what you have learned. ”

"Start a black television station to help hurt actresses and make friends with presidential candidates...... These seem to be completely unrelated, and they are all completely unrelated. Susan whispered about what Tommy had been spending a lot of time with money lately, and she couldn't figure it out.

If Tommy had gotten around and admitted that he had guessed the right thing about approaching the couple, it would have been much clearer, but Tommy denied it, saying that he had guessed the wrong direction, which made Susan unable to find any clues to string these things together.

Tommy took a sip of cold beer and winked at Susan: "You will witness it all with your own eyes, I strung it all together, I only had 50,000 yuan in startup funds, I had my eyes on Lotus greedily, and now, I have so much money, what do you think can attract my greedy gaze?" ”

(End of chapter)