screenwriter mystery

Chapter 67 New Script

"I fully support whatever the union decides to do, and in fact, everyone knows that this time a strike is inevitable."

Hit by the writers union strike.

All major TV dramas and talk shows have entered a state of suspension one after another.

As a well-known horror screenwriter in Hollywood, Zhao Yuan also received interviews from the media, asking him his opinion on the decision of the screenwriters union to strike this time.

During the interview, Zhao Yuan expressed his support for this strike.

After all, the reason for the screenwriters union's strike this time, in the final analysis, is to fight for more benefits for the screenwriters.

Based on the uneven distribution of Hollywood screenwriters for a long time.

The Screenwriters Guild and the Union of Film and Television Producers began contract renewal negotiations in October this year.

The union proposed that screenwriters should get more profits from the sales of digital video discs of film and television dramas.As well as requests for a share of profits from Internet download services and other digital entertainment platforms.

In the early days of video for home viewing, the Writers Guild and the Screen Actors Guild, unsure whether the new venture could make money, gave up 80.00% of the profits from sales of video and, subsequently, DVDs.It is considered that this part of the money belongs to production and distribution costs.For the remaining 20.00% profit, the Writers Guild only requires 1.2%, which means that each DVD with a retail price of $20 can earn the screenwriter 3 cents.

Now, seeing that the DVD market is getting hotter and hotter, and has even become an important part of movie revenue, many movies that do not perform well on the big screen often have a second spring in the DVD market, bringing huge profits to film production companies. In terms of income, the Screenwriters Union began to express its dissatisfaction. It not only put forward the request to change the distribution ratio, but also put forward its own request for the share of the Internet market that has now begun to flourish.

They have missed the bonus of the video tape era, ceding it to producers and distributors, and now it is naturally impossible to miss the second time.

Undoubtedly, for the new sharing request proposed by the Screenwriters Guild, it is naturally impossible for the American Film and Television Producers Union to spit out the fat that has been swallowed. After all, once the Film and Television Producers Union accepts the proposal of the Screenwriters Guild Agreement, then the actor union will follow the same pattern.

As for other requirements of the association, the alliance also put forward its own set of arguments, thinking that it is still uncertain how much money they can make from entertainment services provided for the Internet, mobile phones and other platforms.

In the videotape era, the league used this set of rhetoric to convince the screenwriters union.

Now, it is obviously not so easy.

This time, the Screenwriters Union is determined to fight against the producers.

In the middle of the month, all the screenwriters who participated in the union strike collectively sealed their pens.

Many talk shows were forced to stop broadcasting, and the prime-time hits of major TV stations were replaced by various reruns of talk shows.

"Modern Family" was also affected by this strike action, because the main creator and the writers of the various episodes went on strike.

After filming the plot of the first four episodes, the crew had to take a break, anxiously waiting for the order to re-shoot.

Although the major Hollywood production companies that got the news in advance have "hoarded" some scripts in advance, even so, they were inevitably affected by the strike. Filming was forced to stop.

On the official day of the strike, Zhao Yuan, as a member of the trade union, went to the scene of the strike in New York and left some photos.

Leave a record for your support for this strike action.

Many Hollywood stars also came to the scene to express their support for this strike.

Throughout the strike action, Zhao Yuan wore a red T-shirt provided by the union, and put up a screenwriter strike sign in Rockefeller Plaza outside the NBC headquarters building in New York.

Many people at the scene held large cards with words such as "Strike!", "Hollywood is up to the union!" to express their opinions on this strike action.

During the period, he was also discovered by the reporter, and he picked out and interviewed a few words of his opinions and views on the strike.

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"The last 'Screenwriters Guild of America' strike was in 1988, which lasted for 22 weeks and caused a loss of US$5 million to the entertainment industry. The mayor of Los Angeles said in an interview with the media that this time the loss may be doubled to one billion US dollars. The amount ... therefore calls for negotiations between the two parties on strike."

"Some analysts believe that if the strike continues, it will have a huge impact on the entire Hollywood entertainment industry. Even if the screenwriter wins in the end, it will not be worth the loss."

That night, the major news media made detailed reports on the strike of the screenwriters union.

Staying in the hotel booked by the trade union, the TV screen in the room is constantly playing various strike pictures.

However, Zhao Yuan's attention was obviously not above this.

The reason why he traveled thousands of miles was that instead of participating in the strike in Los Angeles on the West Coast, he chose to go to New York to make trouble.

The purpose is to use this massive strike to cover up the real purpose of his trip.

Although Hollywood was affected by the union strike, it could not be filmed smoothly.

But the system in Zhao Yuan's hands is not affected by this at all.

In the hotel room prepared by the trade union, Zhao Yuan sorted out his thoughts on the new script, and then turned on the [Script Evolution] function of the broken system.

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Scenario 5: "The Town That Never Sleeps"

Synopsis: Nancy is a young girl who lives on Elm Street in the town of Springwood.

One day, a strange man with a scar on his face and fingers like a razor appeared in her dream. Since then, she has been tortured by this nightmare every night.Strangely, all the children on Elm Street had the same nightmare. In the dream, they saw a dry well, and the sound of stones being thrown into the water kept ringing.

In order to find out the truth, Nancy and several teenagers who were troubled by nightmares began to explore the source of the nightmares. In the files of the police station on Elm Street, a secret incident 20 years ago was recorded. There was an unknown case that described A man called Freddy.

Everyone thought they had discovered the truth. They pursued Freddy's secrets, but found that Freddy had died 20 years ago. They came to Freddy's original residence, which had been burned into ruins.

The clues were cut off, but the image of Freddy in the dream in the nightmare became more and more clear.

A child who was tortured by nightmares finally overwhelmed and chose to commit suicide, leaving a message about the nightmares on the Internet...

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