Chapter 427

World War II uniforms and weapons, Hitler's modeling, Kodak's 35mm film, corresponding photographic equipment All these preparations are ready one by one. Helena espora also went to Paris early to set up the studio there. Murphy, with Felipe Raschel and Gail gado, flew to Paris three times to inspect the shooting site.

In the past few years, the ability of the whole team has been honed, with tacit understanding, skilled, the whole preparatory work in an orderly manner.

But some accidents, or affect the normal operation of the crew.

This month, the writers' strike in Hollywood broke out completely, and many production teams had to stop. However, Murphy's script has been finalized, and the preparation for the production of shameless bastard is still going on.

Of course, it is impossible to say that the writers strike has no influence at all. The cast is somewhat unstable.

Fortunately, the key members of all departments are old people who have been with Murphy for many years. They are not too affected by the situation in Hollywood for the time being.

However, several screenwriters employed by Stanton studio naturally joined the strike. The trade union provided protection for them. In turn, they had to fight for corresponding rights for the trade union.

There is more than one union with strike intention, but the director Union and the two actors union quickly reached an agreement with the Producers Union, but the requirements of the writers union could not be met.

In fact, this also proves one thing from the side. The status of screenwriters in the film industry is really not high. The conditions put forward by the writers' Union are far lower than those put forward by the directors' Union and the actors' Union, and they are still rejected by the producers' Union without hesitation, just like the writers are not worth the price at all

Under the industrial assembly line system of Hollywood, the importance of screenwriters has been reduced to a very low level. Looking at several strikes in Hollywood in recent 20 years, the strike of screenwriters in 1988 and this year was the most powerful.

If we want to solve this kind of problem, we can only sit at the negotiation table, but there are some big differences between us.

The strike quickly spread to the whole of Hollywood, with 12000 screenwriters taking part in it, and many others taking to the Hollywood avenue to protest.

The last collective strike of the writers' Union was in 1988, which lasted for 22 weeks and brought more than 500 million US dollars to the whole industry. This strike is bound to bring more pain, because the entertainment industry has grown into a giant now. Even if the surrounding industries are not included, it can create tens of billion US dollars of output value every year.

If peripheral industries are included, they can almost account for about 8% of the total economy of the United States. According to the latest statistics obtained by Murphy, the total salary of Hollywood film and television industry practitioners last year exceeded 100 billion US dollars!

From this we can see the huge value of this industry and the great value it can produce.

Although the writers' Union has made a big noise, considering the overall strategy of the future, Hollywood manufacturers, with the six major companies as the main body, will not easily compromise, and they are united enough in this respect.

Not to mention the big six companies, even the third tier production companies such as Stanton studio, even if the screenwriters involved in the shameless bastard project go on strike, Murphy will not easily make concessions in his interests.

It's OK to give some sweets, but you can't make a big concession. Once you do, you can't stop it.

Capital has always been born for the pursuit of interests, even if Murphy is such a tiny capitalist is no exception.

As a result, a number of films and TV plays inevitably become temporary victims.

On the day of the strike, all talk shows were shut down immediately. Then 24 hours announced that the season would be canceled, making it the first unlucky TV series. The shooting of angel and devil, a sequel to the Da Vinci Code, was delayed, making it the first unlucky movie. 007: quantum crisis was also suspended, joining in DreamWorks play Tintin Adventure is also on hold

Negotiation is a must. As the owner of Stanton studio, Murphy temporarily put aside the preparatory work and handed over the production team to Kara Firth. Together with representatives of other production companies, Murphy formed a negotiation team to negotiate with the writers' Union.

In this respect, the interests of all Hollywood production companies are the same.

Although the writers strike is in full swing, the negotiation team still shows a tough attitude. Even if they sit back at the negotiation table, they will not give in easily, and the strike continues.

Murphy spent most of his time watching. As a Stanton studio, he didn't have a lot of say, and he didn't need to come out. It was enough to go with the flow.

In 2008, there is no happy New Year atmosphere in Hollywood, and the shadow of strike covers the whole of North America.

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was cancelled and changed to a press conference.

Everyone began to worry about next month's Oscars. If the Oscars were cancelled, it would not only be a loss of money, but also the face of Hollywood

Even Wall Street issued a warning that if the strike lasted for five months, the economic losses would be as high as $30 billion.It is the consensus of all that the strike can not last. Although the $30 billion figure is pure Wall Street bullshit, if the strike lasts too long, it will definitely affect the interests of all Hollywood companies and practitioners.

The negotiations between the two sides are still going on. In addition to preparing "shameless bastard", Murphy also participated in the most important negotiation between the producers' Union and the writers' Union in late January.

Of course, Murphy, like the owners of many small Hollywood companies, spent most of his time watching the negotiation.

In terms of producers' alliance, News Corp President Peter shelney, Disney CEO Robert egger and producers' Alliance chairman Nick canter are the main players. They have a direct confrontation with the chairman of the writers' Association Veron, the executive director of the West Coast writers' Association David young and the head of the association's coordination Committee John Bowman.

The strike showed the dawn of an end.

Unlike the negotiations between Hollywood's major production companies, which are not slow and fight for every inch of land, the film industry is most worried about the suspension of the Academy Awards ceremony, which is Hollywood's biggest decorative facade. No one wants to see the suspension happen.

To this end, the Academy of film arts and Sciences canceled the lunch for nominees and directly changed it to a press conference to announce the nomination list.

Before, there were many media for "body of steel", advocating that this superhero film should be nominated for best picture or best director, but the Academy of film arts and Sciences has always been stubborn, and the discrimination against superhero films and science fiction films has not been formed in recent years.

Among the newly announced nominations for the 80th Academy Awards, "body of steel" won five nominations for best photography, best visual effects, best art direction, best sound effects and best sound editing.

There are a lot of nominations, but all the nominations are from technology awards, and none of the heavyweight awards are shortlisted.

After the announcement of the nomination list, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was very worried that the Academy Awards ceremony would be closed due to the strike of screenwriters. They made preparations for it. If the strike continues, the Academy will start an emergency party.

In addition, the college also sent a special person to participate in the negotiation, urging both sides to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

The Washington authorities are also making efforts. The fragile economic situation of the United States absolutely can't stand the torture of a long strike. Hollywood has been tied to Wall Street since a few years ago. Hollywood's accidents will not only cause problems in the entertainment industry, but also aggravate the turbulence of Wall Street.

Except for the first two times, the writers' Union did not come back to Murphy. Everyone knows that he is the boss of Stanton studio. In fact, it's very easy to judge which side of his ass will sit in such an event.

As the strike goes on longer and longer, it has more and more influence on Hollywood and its surrounding industries. Even in the previously stable cast of shameless bastards, people are in a state of panic. Murphy simply gives the cast in preparation a week's holiday, waiting for the strike to end before they start to work again.

The only way to end the strike is for both sides to make some concessions, and there is no other way.

Murphy knows that, as do the writers' Union and the producers' Union.

If any industry wants to operate normally, both employers and employees have to abide by the "rules of the game" of mutual recognition and fairness. It seems natural for the entertainment industry to share the profits of tens of billions of dollars a year with screenwriters.

However, capital naturally pursues profits. The cake of mobile business groups is undoubtedly to dig meat from capitalists.

The main difference between the two sides is that the producer demands to pay part of the remuneration after recovering the cost of movies and TV programs, while the screenwriter demands to improve the treatment of screenwriters on movies, TV dramas and reality shows, and requires the producer to pay the DVD share of screenwriters, which is up to 3%. In addition, the income share of downloading programs on demand on the Internet should also be paid by the producer Zero to 4.5 percent.

This condition is absolutely unacceptable to the production company and the producer alliance, which is tantamount to robbing investors like Murphy.

In the middle of February, a preliminary agreement was finally reached through the seesaw negotiation between the producers' Union and the writers' Association. Major Hollywood production companies made some concessions, and the writers' Association and the producers' Union signed a three-year temporary contract.

The contract not only improves the basic salary of the screenwriter, but also obtains 1.5% of the revenue share of DVD and 3% of the revenue share of VOD for the screenwriter. This not only includes the works from now on, but also can extract a certain proportion from the previous works.

The writers' strike ended temporarily. The writers' Union sent an email to each member, calling on everyone to return to work immediately.

"The strike is over. Tomorrow, the writers will be in their places and everything will be back to normal."

Murphy's crew also returned to normal. After auditioning for Michael faspinder, Christopher Waltz and Margot Robbie, he flew to Paris with the whole crew and settled in a set in the suburbs, ready to start shooting. (to be continued). )