Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 284 Superman Badge
Bang, bang!
"The trial is over, and the court is now closed!"

Inside New York Federal District Court.

With the fall of the hammer, the presiding judge officially announced the closure of the court, and struck the hammer again.

After the presiding judge announced the end of the trial, the clerk immediately stood up and organized the exit, announcing: "Everyone stand up. Please preside and judges to leave the court."

After the members of the collegial panel left the court, they announced again: "Participants and observers are invited to leave the court."

The presiding judge did not make a verdict in court. The lawyers hired by RCA were also a well-known team in the United States with professional litigation experience. Even though Thomas Dewey had prepared sufficient evidence, including the invitation of Ferro Fine Tolman, a teacher at Hemsworth Middle School, testified and drew a sketch of Farnsworth's idea in court.

However, American Radio Corporation is still clinging to an image technology patent obtained by Zorigin in 1923, and this is the prototype of their television.

In the court, the two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle. Although Thomas Dewey was only the chief assistant of George Z. Medali, he also showed pure legal skills and once took the lead in the patent litigation. The opponent's way of clenching in one direction and not letting go, can vaguely glimpse the shadow of the opponent's future "gangster nemesis".

Although the result of the lawsuit was not pronounced in court, Thomas Dewey had already clearly realized that his side should win the case. After all, they were too favorable in terms of evidence.

On the other hand, Radio Corporation of America was obviously aware of this, so after the presiding judge announced his withdrawal, they left the court without staying.

……

“…we only charge royalties, never pay royalties.”

Walking out of the court, Colin happened to hear the classic quote from the later generations thrown out by the people from the Radio Corporation of America in the media entanglement.

"Out!"

Seeing Ke Lin and others who came out later, the reporters rushed over, and the radio company took advantage of the situation and left the scene.

"Mr. Colin Luper, do you have anything to tell us about the outcome of the trial?"

【Faith (99325/100000)】

Looking at the reporters swarming in front of him, Ke Lin looked away from the content displayed in the text, and then answered calmly.

"There's nothing to say, we've won."

Colin didn't have any worries or apprehensions about the outcome of the patent litigation. After all, in the original history, Radio Corporation of America had never won a lawsuit, not to mention that he hired a more professional lawyer this time.

"Mr. Colin Looper, RCA doesn't seem to have any plans to give up its patents. It is reported that they are already preparing for a new legal lawsuit. What do you think about this?"

"Regarding this point, I also accompanied Mr. Ferro Farnsworth to the US Patent Office not long ago to file a lawsuit against the Radio Corporation of America..."

Since American Radio Corporation wants to entangle, Colin will naturally accompany him to the end.

The patent lawsuit can also increase the sales of the "Daily Courier", indirectly increase the circulation of "Superman" comics and the popularity of TV, which can barely be regarded as killing three birds with one stone.

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"Mr. Colin, the publishing house has printed [-] copies of the Superman badge according to your request, and it will be included in the latest "Superman" quarterly."

Coming out of the Federal District Court, Louise Walton immediately told Colin about the production situation of the printing factory.

"CBS Radio."

After getting into the car, the driver immediately started to shake off the reporter behind him, and drove towards the destination.

In order to be able to collect enough [faith] in a short period of time as possible, Colin used frequent means, including the Superman badge that Louise mentioned was the means he thought of to increase the sales volume of the "Superman" quarterly magazine. The badge stimulates the reader to buy and collect ideas.

Similarly, the purpose of his trip to CBS is also to promote the release of the "Superman" quarterly.

The "Superman Adventure" radio drama is ready, just waiting for him to record the latest promotional slogan.

Of course, the cooperative attitude of CBS Radio has also vaguely expressed some positions.

William Paley also expressed to Colin more than once some goodwill voices from CBS executives, saying that they are extremely optimistic about the future cooperation with Colin in more aspects.

With the addition of CBS, Ke Lin is more optimistic about the future of TV promotion, but the most important thing right now is to collect the last [belief] in the text first.

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"Sponsored by Messenger Press - The Adventures of Superman."

And that night at eight o'clock, on CBS Radio.

In the impassioned advertising words of the announcer, the radio drama "The Adventures of Superman" aired a new episode, which was dubbed by Colin for the radio drama version.

Announcer: "Has an unbelievable adventurous character, faster than a flying bullet, stronger than a locomotive, and even an exploding bomb cannot penetrate his hard skin."

Passerby A: "Look at the sky!"

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"It's Superman!"

Announcer: "Yes, Superman, an alien visitor who came to Earth with strength and abilities far beyond mortals, Superman, a defender of law and order, a guardian of equal rights, a brave fighter against hatred and prejudice. "

Announcer: "Today, we're moving away from all sorts of weird bank robberies to kick off a whole new story of Superman and Batman and Robin with another comic climax, but before we join him in his exciting adventures... Let's see what happened to Colin Looper's house this afternoon?"

The story of Superman and Batman is the most popular of the Superman radio series currently airing.

Especially with the broadcast of the second half of the previous episode "Batman Wax Figure", CBS Radio received a large number of letters from readers, expressing their love for the cooperation of these two superheroes, hoping to hear more radio drama stories between the two .

Only on the second day after the broadcast of the radio drama, CBS received tens of thousands of letters, and the listening rate of the radio drama once became the highest listening rate of the radio station that day.

For this reason, William Paley had to specifically ask Colin to ask him to create more stories about the cooperation of the two superheroes.

Advertisements were also one of the terms of exchange negotiated at that time.

You know, with the popularity of the "Superman Adventure" radio drama, the program advertising fee has become the time when CBS currently charges the highest price. All major advertisers are vying for the program's interstitial advertising space, and CBS has also spent a lot of effort. It was only then that the advertiser who had already booked was persuaded to give up the advertising time for "Superman Adventure" that day to advertise for Colin.

Colin: "Hi, Sally, come to the living room."

As the announcer's voice fell, the voice dubbed by Colin sounded in the radio.

"I remember this voice?!"

In New York, in a small apartment with only one bedroom and one living room.

Stanley, who was leaning next to the radio, heard the voice from the radio advertisement, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little surprised.

"It's the voice of the author of Superman, Mr. Colin Luper!"

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Sally: "Oh, Colin, this is the best present I've ever received!"

Colin: "What about that one?"

Sally: "Of course it's the one you sent with the comic badge on it!"

Although Colin, who was voiced in the advertisement at the time, didn't understand why the lover's gift was related to the Superman badge, but since the lines of the advertisement were written in this way, he could only cooperate with the performance.

After it was finished, Orson Welles told him that the ad was originally for the previous advertiser's cereal.

Well, it's also a strange time why cereal would be a Valentine's gift.

Or during the Great Depression, people preferred things that filled their stomachs to fancy gifts.

Colin: "... Everyone knows that this is a good way to collect a badge. I think it won't be long before many friends will like this beautifully made badge. As long as you have a quarterly "Superman" magazine, you will To have a chance to get a badge with Superman on it, you don’t have to pay a dime for it, just buy a Superman comic.”

Colin: "That's right, it's that simple. In addition, what's even better is that once you collect all eighteen Superman badges, you will have a chance to draw a lottery to get a hidden version of the Superman badge. Everyone has a chance, as long as you work hard enough You can gather up to eighteen badges, if you don’t want to miss this opportunity, please hurry up and go to the nearby newsstand to buy it.”

Colin: "Remember, every Superman book has a chance to earn a Comic Badge!"

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Announcer: "And now, The Adventures of Superman, begins."

Announcer: "Learning that a mysterious robber with superhuman powers has been impersonating himself and planning to steal $500 million, Superman and his friends Batman and Robin, found in back issues of the Daily Courier." The Metropolitan Bank Ticket Company, which prints money for the treasury, just printed $500 million and deposited it in the company's underground vault."

Announcer: "Superman took Batman and Robin, and walked carefully on the tomb-like building under the dark sky... It is about one o'clock in the morning, and he discovered the bank robber with [Super Vision] Bandit and two people are hiding in the old sewer below the vault, now we continue to move our eyes to the middle of the building, our three friends are in the basement, listening to..."

Batman: "What are they doing now, Superman?"

Superman: "Remove loose concrete."

Batman: "Where's the concrete?"

Superman: "The one below this floor."

Batman's voice actor is also from Orson Welles' Mercury Troupe. With the release of the "Superman Adventures" radio drama, Orson Welles and the members of the troupe have also received a lot of attention, especially As the head of the group, Orson Welles got some invitations, but Orson Welles rejected them all. He himself and told Colin more than once that he wanted to make a movie of his own. .

While dubbing radio dramas, he also started writing scripts.

Colin once read the script written by Orson Welles. The content is extremely critical and experimental, which is quite different from the current mainstream Hollywood movies.

For the script created by Orson Welles, Colin did not show too much enthusiasm, but in the discussion with the other party, he also expressed his support for Orson Welles' dream of directing, of course it was only support .

The genius of Orson Welles as a director is one thing, but on the other hand, once you work with him, it is definitely a painful thing.

It can be seen from the later evaluations of the actors that Orson Welles’s filming process is completely arbitrary, he shoots when he is in a good mood, and stops when he is in a bad mood. A film is often delayed again and again, causing other actors to withdraw. Therefore, the heroines in his films often disappear mysteriously in the middle of the film, which makes the audience feel both incomprehensible and terrifying.

At the same time, he is also very talented when he annoys the investors of the film companies who favor him. Some people say that once Wells loses interest in this movie, he will simply walk away, leaving the investors staring at him.

In short, this is a talented but troublesome guy.

Of course, at the moment, Orson Welles' career as a director has not yet started, and even the first short film is still in the script creation stage.

And he himself is responsible for dubbing the radio drama "Superman Adventure" created by Ke Lin on CBS radio station.

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Superman: "This fake Superman is perfecting his work with a sledgehammer, and he does look pretty strong."

Batman: "He's strong, and Robin and I tried to overpower him, only to be thrown off like towel rollers..."

Robin: "That's right, don't forget how he ripped open the iron gate of the bank."

With the broadcast of the previous episode of "Batman Wax Figure", the audience has gradually adapted to the role of Batman's assistant Robin, especially children, they especially like this role, after all, this is the closest to them in the story realistic role.

Because Mr. Robin in the story is a child who has not grown up, this makes many children in front of the radio have enough sense of substitution. They often substitute themselves into the role of Robin, fantasizing that they and Superman are already bats. Let the children go on an adventure together with Robin, and the appearance of Robin also gave the children a new view on superheroes.

That is, minors and teenagers can also be superheroes.

They don't need to grow up and become superheroes like Superman or Batman. They can become superhero assistants and also perform superhero work.

In fact, the emergence of the role of Robin has filled the market of radio dramas among minors and teenagers. Many letters from readers hope that Colin can create adventure stories about Batman and Robin. See the true colors of these two Gotham City superheroes.

　Thank you for the 500 starting point coins reward for doing your best.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)