Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 309 Promoting TV Dramas

"I'm a mutant!"

Layers of green light enveloped Colin's consciousness and kept sinking. There seemed to be countless figures changing in the light, laughing or crying, or quarreling or fighting. These pictures were faint but extremely unreal.

These flashing pictures are extremely blurry, but occasionally there will be some clear pictures that stay briefly in Colin's consciousness.

In these lingering pictures, Colin saw a huge pyramid towering like clouds, and a figure with gray skin and blue lips in gorgeous costumes raised a green gem in his hand and shouted.

Immediately after the screen turned, the scene full of pyramids turned into a modern city full of high-rise buildings, with various faces flashing in it. spread around.

With the appearance of this picture, scenes in Colin's consciousness flickered more and more frequently, and at the last moment when his consciousness was about to enter the real world, a golden glove flashed past with colorful lights.

"I'm a mutant!"

At the same time, the cry sounded again in his mind.

It's just that compared to the original unrestrained and majestic, this time's voice is particularly desperate.

"Infinite Gloves?"

Facing the world, Colin opened his eyes.

However, the images he saw when he was traveling through consciousness still remained in his mind, as well as the last glimpse of the infinite gauntlet that seemed to have infinite power.

So, this means that Thanos also got a fragment of the Time Stone?

Although the scene seen in the screen is blurry, it is not difficult to see from the context that this is one of the time gem fragments, and the Infinity Gauntlet that appeared in the last scene seems to confirm the evidence of Thanos' appearance.

Judging from the flashing light on the infinite gems at the end of the screen, Thanos has obviously collected all the infinite gems except the time gem, which also means that if the opponent wants to collect all the infinite gems and snap his fingers, then Colin The remaining two time gem fragments in his hand are destined to be the target pursued by the opponent.

Unless Colin is willing to give up the time gem fragments on his body, otherwise, the conflict between the two is bound to happen.

The message brought by the fragments of the time gem made Ke Lin's originally calm mood a little more urgent.

Although he has unlocked part of the power of Superman, he has no confidence to rely on his incomplete ability to fight against Thanos who has almost complete Infinity Gauntlet power.

However, although he felt the pressure from Thanos, Colin also did not forget that Dormammu, who had just "visited" the anti-world not long ago, also had a fragment of the time gem in the hands of the objects he knew well.

In other words, if Thanos wants to collect the complete time gem, he needs to target not only Colin alone, but also other objects who have time gem fragments.

Some of them, even Colin, did not know who they were.

In addition, after getting the fragment of the time gem in the hands of the Red Skull, Colin also clearly noticed that the flow of time between the pros and cons of the two worlds seems to have begun to change, that is to say, if Colin is willing Able to stay in the positive world for a longer period of time.

This is obviously a good thing for the collection of [Faith].

[Golden Seal (2107/10000)]

As the source of anti-world history distortion, the death of the Red Skull provided Colin with a large amount of [Time Shards], which directly filled one-fifth of the amount needed to upgrade the [Golden Seal].

Compared with the harvest of [Time Fragments], the collection of [Faith] in the real world has gradually reached a bottleneck state, although the serials on the "Daily Courier" and radio dramas on the radio still provided him with a quantitative amount of [Faith] , but compared to the millions of [faith] needed to upgrade the [Golden Seal], there is obviously still a huge gap.

On the other hand, the market for Superman peripherals and toys is gradually approaching saturation, and it is impossible to provide more [belief] in a short time.

If he doesn't want to drag down the progress of the [Golden Seal] upgrade because of the [Faith] collection in the positive world, Colin must think of some ways to promote Superman's popularity.

……

"Until the ship sinks: 72 days!"

In New York Harbor, an endless stream of people gathered on the pier to see the true face of the big ship.

The news that Howard Hughes was going to sink a cruise ship in New York had already become a household name under the promotion of the "Daily Courier".

Even, through the rendering of the radio program, not only people from New York and several nearby states spontaneously drove to the port, the purpose is to witness the sinking of this giant ship.

Because the crowds who came here were so dense that a small commercial circle was formed around the wharf unknowingly. Some residents from other states who came from afar not only saw the true face of the giant ship, but also began to stay nearby. economic consumption power.

Of course, in addition to this, some troubles have gradually arisen because of the relationship between these masses, and even some gray industries.

For example, some people are not satisfied with just seeing the outline of the cruise ship on the pier, but want to go in and see for themselves whether the scene inside is really as gorgeous as the Titanic as claimed in the "Daily Courier" .

Therefore, some people took the risk and took a small boat close to the giant ship in an attempt to climb into the cruise ship through the anchor chain.

Such a crazy move was actually done by someone.

According to Howard Hughes, he didn't discover these guys who sneaked into the ship until the filming.

Because his attire was different from the actors on the ship, and the cabin he was in did not match the costumes. Only when the actors on the ship found out did they realize that they were "smugglers" who sneaked into the filming scene.

Afterwards, Howard Hughes deliberately counted the actors on the cruise ship, and found a few New Yorkers who were pretending to be fakes.Later, in order to prevent this from happening, Hughes also specially hired security guards to patrol places where ships are easy to sneak into, so as to prevent the above-mentioned "smuggling" incidents.

"How about it, Colin, are you interested in making a cameo in the movie?"

In the coffee shop of the first-class cabin, after a period of running-in, Howard Hughes gradually entered the state.

A genuine giant ship indeed brought a near-real sense of presence to the actors of "Titanic". Many actors even gradually forgot the fact that they were filming the movie, thinking that they were really working on such a giant ship with.

"of course."

Facing Hughes' invitation, Colin had no reason to refuse.

The practice of buying a huge ship to simply shoot a movie is unique even in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps only Howard Hughes can do this. For being able to personally participate in such a movie During the process, although Ke Lin couldn't say how excited he was, he also enjoyed it.

In particular, the shooting of the "Titanic" movie was facilitated by him from the very beginning.

Without Colin's help, perhaps Howard Hughes would have already plunged into the aerospace industry.

On the [-]:[-] restoration of the Titanic ship, I participated in the filming of the banquet scene in the plot as a passenger. The relaxed shooting atmosphere eased Colin’s concentration due to frequent time loops in the anti-world. , Of course, after the movie tour, he also specially gave the factory's color TV to Hughes.

Howard Hughes was full of praise for emerging technologies such as television, and even offered to help Colin introduce clients.

I think Hollywood should accept such a new product.

Colin was noncommittal about this.

If he remembers correctly, for a long time afterwards, Hollywood actually upheld a boycott attitude towards television, just like the position of the traditional newspaper industry towards broadcasting, Hollywood also believed that the emergence of television endangered the integrity of the film industry. Benefit.

Even the emergence of TV series is largely due to the fact that filmmakers headed by Hollywood do not agree to put the film on the TV for broadcast.

It is precisely because of Hollywood's resistance that television production stations have to produce their own TV series, gradually making TV series an important pillar for the development of the TV industry.

From this point of view, Hollywood has actually made almost the same mistake as the traditional newspaper industry, because the resistance to new industries has promoted the vigorous development of both television entertainment and broadcasting.

Of course, Hollywood's opinion is not the focus of Colin's attention.

"A TV show? I'll watch it on time."

Instead, while away from the cruise ship, Colin broke the news to Howard Hughes about his plans to make a TV series.

At present, benefiting from the influence of Roosevelt's previous visit to the factory, the sales of TV sets have attracted a certain degree of audience in a small range. In New York City alone, nearly [-] TV sets have been sold. In the case of RCA stealing TV sets.

With a certain viewing base, Ke Lin naturally needs to start promoting the continued development of the TV industry.

And the way to get TV attention is nothing more than producing popular programs or TV series.

Don't forget, Colin had discussed with Walt about the "Superman" animation before, and the purpose was to wait for the TV to be broadcast in the future.

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"TV drama?"

On CBS Radio, William Paley showed obvious embarrassment in the face of Colin's proposal for a TV series.

At present, CBS has begun to focus on the TV industry in its cooperation with Ke Lin, but most of the radio stations still focus on broadcasting.

After all, radio seems to have a brighter future than the uncertain future of television.

Even throughout the Great Depression, the broadcasting industry flourished.

"what is that?"

For people in this era, TV dramas are obviously still a very new concept.

After all, even radio dramas have only been born in the past few years.

"To put it simply, it is a program that is broadcast on TV by moving radio dramas. You can think of it as a TV version of a movie."

As CBS's main communication partner with Colin, William Paley obviously has a better acceptance of TV programs, especially the concept of TV series has been briefly discussed with Colin when he was promoting TV. up.

"If radio dramas are made into TV dramas, then in terms of cost..."

However, as the person in charge of CBS Radio, although William Paley was a little moved by the TV series that Colin said, he also thought of the astonishing cost of the entire production process of the TV series.

Unlike radio dramas, TV needs pictures, so a few simple voice actors obviously cannot meet the production needs of TV dramas.

"You can start with the simplest TV series."

Colin is also aware of William Paley's concerns, as a new industry that has just been born.

At present, the programs played on the TV can only be sent in the form of live broadcast, and such a broadcast form undoubtedly limits the production of most TV dramas.

"As far as I know, the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has produced TV dramas a few years ago."

In 1930, the BBC produced the world's first TV series, The Smooth Talker, which revolved around a seriously ill man spending time in an outdoor cafe, talking to a stranger about himself and his wife, to play.

"CBS, no, the entire American TV industry, has fallen behind the BBC."

During this period, the United States had an extremely complicated relationship with Britain.

Although in essence, the United States was born out of the United Kingdom, but with the evolution of history, the United States has increasingly gotten rid of Britain's control over itself in recent years.

Especially the golden 20 years, the glorious "roaring age".

The speed of economic development in the United States made Britain fearful at the time, and the "Stevenson Act" was born, which more than doubled the price of important industrial products monopolized by the United Kingdom to the United States. This is the trade war.

In addition, the United Kingdom also restricted technology and capital exchanges, closed the colonial dominion market, established a trade protection circle within the British Empire, and dealt with aggressive Americans.

Stuck necks, technology wars, trade wars, closed markets, and anti-free trade.

Familiar formula, familiar taste.

It is precisely because of such a period of history that when Colin mentioned that the BBC was the first to produce TV series, the expression on William Paley's face changed immediately. He looked at Colin and said firmly.

"I, no, CBS will not allow such a thing to happen, I assure you Mr. Colin, CBS will soon produce a TV series that is not inferior to, no, far superior to the BBC!"

You can lose to anyone, but you can't lose to the United Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)