Chapter 34: Please, spare Tommy

Wolf Tucker, president of SBG's Black Channel, doesn't need to ask a doctor to measure his blood pressure, he knows that his blood pressure is definitely at an extremely high value at this moment.

His wife and daughter are sitting on the couch at the moment, watching BTTV's sitcom "How to Marry a Millionaire" on the TV, and from time to time they are giggling to be amused.

He knew the sitcom starring three young black girls was funny, but he just couldn't laugh with his wife and his daughter.

After Tommy left with his own team, he helped the makeshift team of BT TV, ruined Tommy and his hard work, and created some vulgar, black stereotypes and relying on racial antagonism to win the favor of low-class black people.

He believes that this is definitely not Tommy's idea, because the young man, who has discussed with him countless times late into the night about how BT TV can better show humanistic care for the bottom of the black, has designed a lot of great program ideas together.

But now, all of that has changed.

There is no need to look through the materials, Wolf remembers that the name of BT TV's 6.30 news program, Tommy and he once named it "Daily", positioning the image of the anchor as a vibrant, smiling black woman, used to distinguish other TV networks from the male anchor with a serious face, she can comment on the news sharply in the studio, or she can appear on the streets of Los Angeles in casual clothes to interview and interact with the audience.

Using this image to embody the passionate, optimistic racial traits of black people can also make the anchor more authentic, more vivid, and more grounded than those white anchors who are stereotypical and arrogant despite their sharp comments.

That's what Tommy told him about the original BT news program.

But what is it now? "Black News Today", a black anchor who is fat enough to die suddenly at any time, full of swearing, constantly instilling conspiracy theories to the black audience in front of the TV through all kinds of so-called bad news that all blacks should pay attention to, which is actually useless, white people are trying to persecute black people, white people are trying to re-enslave black people, all white people in the US government are Ku Klux Klan members, listen to what this bastard named Kevin Cedric said, for the sake of grandstanding, he thinks he is funny, He even went so far as to say in front of the TV that his boss Tommy was a hidden Klanchon......

BT TV originally wanted to attract black viewers, but the question is, one day, BT TV will expand its audience, and now that this kind of shit news program is here, how can there be white people willing to watch BT?

What do those white viewers watch? Watch this black man mysteriously say in front of the TV, hey,, I got a top-secret message that a white man is preparing a large-scale secret assassination of a black man?

What kind of hellish expression the white man would show, Wolf didn't know, but what Wolf was thinking at the moment was that if possible, he wanted the white man to assassinate this bastard black streamer named Kevin Cedric.

This was followed by the cartoon "Black Panther: Jungle Action", which was adapted into a cartoon for the superhero comic, which was a very tacit understanding between Wolf and Tommy when they first discussed, and the two thought of adapting the superhero comic at the same time.

Wolf hopes that black children will have a well-known superhero of the same skin color, which can increase their racial self-confidence, and Tommy's idea is more direct, he thinks that black children should like COS to be a well-known superhero of the same skin color as them, rather than having to helplessly use black skin to co-play the white hero Superman or Spider-Man, and then receive ridicule from white companions.

"Gangster: Jungle Action" comic, hand-picked by Wolfe, this comic was released in the 70s, the sales were very dismal, but the quality was far better than other white superhero comics of the same period, because Marvel arranged for three of Marvel's top editors at the time to show its support for black affirmative action.

The poor sales are due to the fact that many black children cannot afford comics, while white people are dismissive of black superhero stories.

Although this comic has won many awards and has a good reputation in the circle, it did not last long in the end and ended early, in Wolfe's view, this comic that condenses the efforts of Marvel's three top white cartoonists can even be read as a serious one, with very in-depth content, trying to explain the roots of racial antagonism, telling both sides that everyone is the same human being, there is no need to use blood and violence to hurt each other, and it is completely possible to coexist.

Black Panther, the superhero of black people, although as cool as those superheroes of white people, does not like to solve problems with simple violent killing like white people, and when Marvel designed the Black Panther of this comic, it referred to the image of a number of black social activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr., so that the gangster's conversation has more depth.

Wolf once joked to Tommy that if it was adapted into a cartoon, the cartoon would definitely be eligible to compete for the Amy Award for Best Cartoon Series that year.

As a result, he had just seen the first episode of the premiere, which he loved, this one with depth of vision, which was successfully adapted into a poop by BT TV, and when he saw the first episode, Wolf knew that this cartoon had lost its depth, and instead designed the plot focus that passed by in the comics.

One sentence sums up the adapted shit plot, that is, the story of the black people in Wakanda who fought the white Klan party under the leadership of the Black Panthers.

The core of the story has changed from the anti-war emphasized in the original comics to the black people that Black Panther told his black people: if whites can't coexist with blacks, then let whites get out of our country, and if they dare to refuse, then pick up guys and kill those whites who discriminate against us.

The bottom black people will like this black panther, and the white people will like this black panther who is liked by the bottom black people, but this black panther is definitely no longer a black superhero.

Also, Tommy once discussed with him in a serious way that they wanted to make a reality show that focused on black women and was full of humanistic care, focusing on helping women who were suffering from family crises or relationship crises and slumping, so that they could regain their confidence in life, and the show was temporarily named "Lamplighter" by them.

Of course, now BT TV has indeed made a program full of humanistic care for black women, and it has indeed helped them regain their confidence in life.

But Wolf always felt that it was a bit too far from what he had originally envisioned.

Because this show, which was supposed to be called "The Lamplighter", is now called "Looking for Daddy America......

"Looking for Daddy America", when this name appeared on the TV screen, Wolf's heart swelled with the urge to shoot and bloody BT TV headquarters!

What the is this human doing? The tragedy of a broken black family and a black child who lost their father is presented as a joke in front of the audience, and even the parties concerned can take this humiliation as a reward for good luck and give an interest-free loan at the end, which is called humanistic care.

Fuck you humanistic care.

"NiggerBoss", a very wonderful crime series, the history of black bosses, can be called the black version of the godfather, Wolf Tucker doesn't have to wait for the ratings statistics company to release data, he knows that this series will definitely gain a lot of black love, but at what cost?

Black viewers who watch this series will find it very enjoyable when they substitute for the black protagonists, those white bastards are taught a hard lesson by the black people, but in fact, they analyze the methods of the black protagonists, they are ruthless and vicious, they have no bottom line, they have no faith in the white people, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals......

Even at this moment, the sitcom "How to Marry a Millionaire" looks relaxed and witty, and invited Lisa Burnett, a young black actress from "The Cosbys", to play the starring role, but in Wolfe's view, it is actually helping white people solidify the stereotype of black people, three low-level black girls, vain and money-worshipping, the biggest dream is to find a rich man to marry each other, and then live a life of worry-free food and clothing, lazy and lazy, the story always revolves around how the three of them fish Kaizi but always fail to create laughter, is it funny, Certainly funny, if blacks don't think.

"I was supposed to stay at BT and accompany Tommy, these bastards who only care about advertising and ratings don't deserve a boss like Tommy." Seeing that the heroine changed into a sexy and fashionable dress by borrowing money from the bank, so as to tempt the audience with sexy, Wolf couldn't stand it anymore, he got up and left the sofa in the living room, took out a beer from the refrigerator, muttered in annoyance, and then poured it hard.

After he knew that he was joining SBG, a regional television network in California, Tommy immediately hurriedly rehired a group of people, and now BT TV announced that the CEO is named Earl Rush, a black lawyer, and the other leaders are all white.

So it's not unusual for BT to produce this poop now.

After all, a mercenary guy like a lawyer, of course, money is paramount, and for the sake of ratings, advertising fees can of course ignore everything.

Only white people can make this series of garbage shows that are full of stereotypes of black people.

In any case, Wolf felt that as Tommy's friend, he should call Tommy in the near future, sit down and have a serious chat, and let Tommy know that these guys who replaced him ruined Tommy's original intention of creating BT TV, and these garbage shows may make many black people look away, but they will not help change the status quo of black people.

As for Tommy wanting to make money from TV advertising dollars? Wolf had never thought of Tommy that way, and if Tommy wanted to make money, he would make more money in the software industry than he would in starting a television station, and there was no need to come to this traditional industry to grab wealth, and he had already seen Tommy's wealth before he had met him.

At that time, he had not yet joined BT, the former employer's financial personality interview show, and happened to do an interview with the wealthy upstarts in the California computer industry, Wolf remembers very well that sitting on the stage were three yellow-skinned young Asians, each no more than twenty-five years old, who started their own businesses in college, and owned a technology company called Wyse Technology, founded in 1981 in San Jose, California, which mainly sells data analysis software and terminals to financial institutions.

At the time of the interview, the company had just completed its listing, and at that time, with strong sales figures, products were spread all over Wall Street, London, Tokyo and other financial cities, and the company's market value was once close to $400 million.

When the host asked them how it felt to go public and achieve economic freedom, the answer given by the three people was that they felt like being robbed of a lot of money by a bastard investor, but they had no way to call the police, so they could only hold it in their hearts.

The three of them are referring to the EFF league led by Tommy Hawke and Jason White.

In the words of the three wealthy upstarts, if it weren't for the Asian identity, his little net worth would dare to be interviewed on TV in a serious manner, and if it was transmitted back to Silicon Valley or Stanford University, he would only be ridiculed, and a person with a net worth of up to 30 million or 50 million would dare to be called a wealthy upstart in the California computer industry? This result is not even ranked in the top ten of the year in EFF or Stanford, not to mention that no matter how it is ranked, the first place every year is either Jason White or Tommy Hawke, because the companies in the next eight must have the holdings of these two guys.

And everyone doesn't dare to refuse them at all, it's not that no company has tried to refuse, basically it ends in a split or a shutdown, in short, a small company in Silicon Valley, in the eyes of Tommy Hawke or Jason White, is like a girl with flowers, if he fancies you and you still want to continue to engage in this business, then you have to accompany EFF to bed, and after that, EFF loses an investment.

Of course, EFF will help you formulate a company strategy, but at the same time, it will gradually increase its influence in the company, and constantly look for suitable opportunities to promote the company's listing, it seems that the addition of EFF can make the company develop faster, but for the founder, basically this company is no longer his own child, he is only a fucking surrogate mother at most.

Such a spicy industry comment made Wolf feel that the current ratings of the show should be good, but unfortunately, before it was broadcast, the TV station was visited by a team of lawyers representing EFF, with a hush money in his left hand and a lawyer's letter in his right hand.

Then, the episode was temporarily replaced with an interview with EFF promoter Jason White, who told the host about his great story of sacrificing himself for the sake of entrepreneurship, turning a serious financial interview into a return visit to a Pimp Magazine client.

And the three Asian-American founders of that company, listening to Jason, seem to have been arranged to go to Japan to explore the more promising Asian market, and if they don't want to go to Asia, there is also an African market for them to choose from.

That was the first time Wolf heard Tommy's name, and when he actually saw him, he found that Tommy was more sincere than he had been rumored, and he confessed to himself that he was now rich and no longer had to run around every day to make money, so he wanted to do something that would enhance his own value, such as promoting racial equality, for example, starting a television station that really met the needs of black audiences.

When a person has money, they will start to think about the issue of values, Tommy's words made Wolf feel very logical, and Tommy took out real money, and at the same time delegated power to him, completely without interfering in any of his decisions.

In this way, he accompanied Tommy to conceive the style of the TV station and design the program, and finally because Tommy was entangled in his studies and other businesses, the work of BT TV has always been slow, and Wolf needs to be responsible for the team, in the TV industry, if you have been doing nothing, just simply receiving a salary, the team is easy to quickly degenerate into inertia, so in order to maintain the competitiveness and influence of his team in the industry, Wolf made a difficult decision to resign, and then joined SBG to start working.

And now, BT TV, which he poured so much effort into in the early stage, has finally started broadcasting, and he is invited to watch a fucking show like "Looking for Daddy America".

"Baby, I think you should go back to your room and sleep now, it's not too early." His wife suddenly opened her mouth in the living room to remind her daughter to go back to her room to sleep.

The voice interrupted Wolf's thoughts, and he came back to his senses and walked back to the living room: "Don't be so harsh, my dear, let the child sleep late once in a while...... Baby! Go back to your room right away! What the is that? ”

On the TV screen, a host is introducing something: Welcome to BT's late-night family reality show, "The Wife Swap Game," two black families will welcome ......

The daughter stood up and walked towards her bedroom with the plush doll in her arms, saying as she went, "Wife Swap Game, Dad, what kind of game is that?" It was said on TV that black families could participate, so should our family sign up? ”

Wolfe's wife also turned her head to stare at him, and Wolf struggled to control the throbbing veins on his forehead and the hideous facial expression at any time, and the voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth:

"Baby, if our family signs up for this game, I think the consequence is that it won't be long before you and your mom will be on the show "Looking for Daddy America."

When his daughter returned to the bedroom with a puzzled face, Wolf looked at the screen: "How shameless does it take for a black lawyer and a white program director to design this kind of heart-wrenching reality show." ”

"Although the scale is a bit large, it is really refreshing, the name is more like a gimmick, listening to the introduction, it feels like it is actually two women who envy each other exchanging living environments, experiencing the troubles in each other's lives that outsiders will not understand, and trying to find solutions." Wolfe's wife sat on the couch, her eyes on the screen, and her mouth introduced to her husband.

Wolf nodded slightly: "Really?" ”

"Oh my God, that woman's new husband looks so strong, it's hard not to sleep in the same bed at night with this kind of man...... the wife said happily when she saw the new family members of the female guest appear.

Hearing the words coming out of his wife's mouth, Wolf immediately changed the channel, and then grabbed his hair vigorously: "You are highly educated, dear. ”

"But it doesn't prevent me from watching this kind of show with relish, no one stipulates that a woman who has graduated from college can't like to watch this kind of reality show, but I won't watch those shows you produce." The wife gave a potato chip to her mouth and said the most threatening words to her husband with a smile:

"And, if you don't satisfy me in the evening, I'll consider signing up for this show."

"I'll see Tommy tomorrow." After listening to his wife's words, Wolf dropped a sentence with a blank face, then stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

The wife deliberately asked in a dazed voice on the sofa: "Say hello to Tommy for me, and also, do you want to see him in the hope that through him, I can participate in the show through the green channel and save the registration link?" ”

Wolfe's wife had also met Tommy many times before when he was working for BT and was familiar with Tommy.

"It's not funny, dear." Wolf stood at the door of the bathroom, turned his head and looked at his wife seriously.

"If you don't come back to my bed tonight, I'll let you know how funny the rest will be." His wife winked at him and said.

Wolf took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and lowered his head: "I always have to take a shower before I can go to bed and wait for you." ”

After saying that, he walked into the bathroom, his mouth wide open, his face was hideous, but he didn't make any sound, and after the emotions were cathartic, he took a shower, and then looked at himself in the mirror: "Earl Rush, you're a fucking one-eyed Charley, "Wife Swap Game", "Wife Swap Game", really have your ......"

He walked out of the bathroom and cursed softly in his mouth Earl Rush, the culprit who ruined BT's original intention, and then saw that the TV had changed the program, obviously he was still wrong about BT's current bottom line.

Because on the TV screen, a black host is chattering at the camera:

"This is "The Almighty Gun King", our slogan is, spend the least money, use the most ruthless goods......"

"Does anyone really like to watch this gun change show?" The wife complained with some dissatisfaction:

"Can't they do a continuous broadcast? It's a pity that I won't be able to watch the second episode of "Wife Swap Game" until next week. ”

Wolf sighed: "I don't know who likes to watch it, but I know that the police in America must not like this show, Tommy had a good idea, and now it shows how bad the results are, I feel that I resigned, and I am responsible for a large part of it, if I am still in BT, it must not be the virtue it is now." ”

"Want to hear my advice?" The wife didn't like to watch "The Almighty Gun King", so she walked towards the bathroom at this time, and said as she walked: "These shows are pretty good, better than your shows on SBG's Black Channel, so, please, let Tommy go." ”

(End of chapter)