Chapter 491

After attending the party at the governor's residence in Saratoga, mark and his friends returned to Los Angeles by private plane. Seeing so many stars on the plane, he said half jokingly: "if the plane crashes, Hollywood will be paralyzed."

Downey and David leech shouted, "shut up!"

Hollywood was quickly paralyzed, but not because of them, but because of the writers' strike.

Mark is also a member of the writers' Union. At the same time, he also joined the directors' Union and producers' Union. In his capacity, it is easy to be the highest level of each association, but mark Hu declined the organization's good intention and said he only wanted to be an ordinary member.

He has heard the news. The writers' Union is dissatisfied with the current sharing and is ready to improve the conditions and re sign. Mark has been invited to attend internal seminars for him to make suggestions for the future of the organization. But mark didn't go. The two sides will certainly lead to conflicts and disputes.

When Mark came home, it was 21:00 p.m. and Giselle and little Martin had not slept. Now, Martin, who was fat like a small meat ball, was excited when he saw mark. He stretched out his hands to hold him and rowed with his hands and feet. He wanted to express something.

Mark held the lovely little guy in his arms, kissed and kissed, and said in surprise, "honey, do you have anything to say to me?"

Giselle said, "he was too excited to sleep when he saw you on TV." Giselle kissed mark as he said.

When little Martin saw that his mother didn't kiss him, he was anxious and babbled until Giselle kissed him.

Mark pinched his face, smiled and scolded, "learn to be jealous!"

Martin grinned, uttered a few simple syllables and pointed to the orange juice on the stage.

Mark deliberately took the milk next to him. Martin was in a hurry. He broke away from Mark's arms and went to get the orange juice himself. Mark laughed. The little guy was so funny.

Mark poured half a bottle of orange juice into his milk. Martin kissed mark and drank while running.

Mark sat on the sofa with Giselle in his arms and said, "I'm sorry to ruin a Saturday."

Giselle said, "I won't be surprised that you're doing the right thing." Giselle is also one of the foreigners and of course supports Mark's behavior.

Mark said: "now is just the beginning. It will be a long time before we get together to win the real victory."

In fact, before Mark's crossing, the national Chinese Committee only let the proposal pass in the house of Representatives, but the Senate failed to pass it for various reasons. If it was not passed in the two sessions of the Senate and the house of Representatives, it would be impossible for the president to sign and form a new bill, and then the president apologized on behalf of the country.

The Chinese National Committee is powerful in California and has the support of mm, but it is not enough in the supreme authority of the Senate and house of representatives in Washington.

In 1988, Reagan, the then president, signed a bill to formally apologize for locking Japanese Americans into concentration camps during World War II and compensate each person US $20000, with a total amount of 1.25 billion. However, now the Senate and house of representatives of the US Congress are discussing an apology by blacks to formally apologize to African Americans who have been discriminated against in history, Now, it is impossible for Congress to accept two similar proposals at the same time and rob the proposal of blacks with greater power and influence. It is even more impossible. They have organized several gatherings attended by millions of people. 100000 Chinese people are not up to the grade at all.

Mark they estimated that the best result would be to pass the black proposal next year and the Chinese proposal the following year.

Giselle said, "as long as you start, you will always reach your destination one day." little Martin ran over and gave Giselle a drink when he got into the two of them, but mark didn't have this treatment.

Mark has a lot of things to do. He makes movies in Chicago on weekdays and comes back on weekends. A lot of things are waiting for him to make decisions and a lot of documents are waiting for him to sign. He doesn't spend much time with his family. On Sundays, he often holds little Martin to read documents. There is often no distinction between the office and home.

To mark's annoyance, he finally received an open letter from the writers' Association. They were threatening to strike.

According to comprehensive reports from a number of entertainment media, the writers' Union and the "film and television producers' union" did not make smooth progress in the negotiation of a new film and television contract. The negotiators called on the American writers' Union to hold a strike vote.

The negotiation between the writers' Union and the "film and television producers' union" began on the 13th of this month. The reason for this negotiation is that the production environment of films and TV dramas has deteriorated in recent years, which has led to the decline of the income of TV and film writers year after year.

According to the writers' Union, since the national economic recession occurred in 2007, the output of American film and television writers has increased much less. The Union also said that since the growth of digital residuals did not make up for the loss of the traditional restructuring model, the affiliated health plan of the Union has been running in a deficit state in the past two years.

According to the original plan of the writers' Union and the "film and television producers' union", the negotiation will last until last Saturday local time. However, on the morning of last Friday, the negotiators of the American writers' Union have sent an open letter calling on the union to "strike and vote". In the open letter, they said: "The two-week negotiation period agreed by both parties is coming to an end, but we have not been able to reach an agreement. We will still negotiate with each other with a sincere attitude, but we want you to know our progress and attitude at this stage."

The negotiator of the writers' Union wrote in this open letter: "Two existing business conditions are the core of our proposal: first, film companies have been profitable in recent years. Last year, their income reached US $51 billion, a record high; second, the economic status of screenwriters has continued to decline in the past five years. For a long time, the income of film screenwriters has been difficult. Now TV screenwriters are not much better, just in the past five years In the past two years, the income of TV writers has decreased by 23%. Moreover, the decline in the income of writers has not been offset by other compensation. In cable TV and new media, our script expenses are still far behind those of public stations, although the profit model of these new platforms is the same as that of the old platforms. In view of this, we strive to solve some problems that directly affect all editors The question of livelihood. "

The letter mentioned the interests that the writers' Union wanted to seek for the writers: "We ask for moderate income, especially to find further guarantee for writers who are lower than the compensation level; we ask for a rational family vacation policy; we ask to solve the problem of long-term low salary for comedy variety writers; we ask for a minimum increase of 3% in wages; we put forward comprehensive suggestions to deal with the short-term malignant impact; finally, we also try to solve the problem The problem of cost. "

With regard to these issues raised by the writers' Union, the negotiators said in an open letter: "What are the companies' responses to these proposals? No! Almost every proposal has been rejected! Screenwriters will not receive any compensation. Family holidays will only be implemented in accordance with state and federal laws. They do not provide any minimum content. They just make some small concessions on 'options and exclusivity' and do it in comedy writers of 'pay TV' Some small concessions were made, and that's all. "

In the open letter, the negotiators continued: "On the last day of the two-week negotiation, the company's proposal can hardly guarantee that the screenwriters can earn even one dollar more. The revenue of these companies last year was $51 billion, but they refused to give one cent more to the screenwriters who created these works, but that's not all. Their answer to our proposal to protect pensions and health plans is: No There is a pension! There are two major historical setbacks in their proposal on our health plan - first, they asked us to cut the plan by US $10 million in the first year alone. As a 'return', they allowed us to fund the plan with our own salary; more importantly, they asked for the adoption of a severe measure, which was not stipulated In recent years, any gap in the plan will automatically reduce the writers' benefits, rather than make up for them by increasing their contributions. "

Therefore, the open letter finally recommends that: "We can't accept these proposals of the company, and their whole scheme can't be accepted. If we accept them, it will be our dereliction of duty. Therefore, through the unanimous vote of the Negotiation Committee, we suggest that the screenwriters' Union in the east of the United States and the screenwriters' Union in the west of the United States launch a strike vote to members, and we will continue to work hard to conduct sincere consultations with companies So that the writers can get the benefits they deserve, we will keep you informed of the progress of things. "

The "film and television producers' union" immediately responded to the call for a strike by the writers' Union negotiators: "the writers' Union has interrupted the negotiations in the early stage of the negotiations in order to obtain a strike vote, rather than trying to reach an agreement at the negotiating table. In order to maintain the best interests of everyone in the industry, we are ready to return to the negotiating table at any time."

In the media view, although the writers' Union negotiator called for a "strike vote" in the open letter, it does not mean that the writers' Union really wants to carry out a national general strike, but the strike vote seems to be imperative. A source told the box office website: "the strike vote is already the wind!"

Since this debate, mark has become the object of lobbying by the screenwriter's Union. They hope that mark will go out to persuade the producer's Union to accept their conditions. Mark is highly powerful and is the best investment expert in Hollywood. The producer's Union should pay attention to his opinions.

Of course, mark refused this point. He would only do it if he was out of his mind. Although he was a member of the writers' Union and promoted to one of the senior executive members without his knowledge, mark declined this high position and Meiyi. He was just an ordinary screenwriter and a member of the producers' Union, so he remained neutral.