~： Four hundred and forty-nine - keep your hands

As Roger Albert's agent, Lloyd Connor knew his clients very well, and behind his suave disc glasses was a dirty soul no different from a capitalist.

At this time, the great film critic in the hearts of fans has an extremely ugly face, and it can be seen from the buck teeth that he has exposed, how angry he is.

"Lloyd, what happened?"

Like a girl who had been smashed, Roger Albert inadvertently sorted out the newspaper he had just read while inquiring, and covered the Los Angeles Times article.

"Just now, I received two calls."

The agent didn't seem to see the other party's movements, and sat across from the table, his tone was full of helplessness. "The person in charge of cbs TV station and the producer of the show just called me..."

As the person who knows the Pulitzer Prize winner best, he is slowly narrating while constantly observing the other party's face, knowing that the news he brings may cause the other party to break out again, but he can't Do not say.

"They asked me to inform you that they don't want to see your review criticizing "The Departed" again in any public media, and they also warned us... If something like this happens again, they will consider killing you and Ji. En-Siskel's show Siske and Albert Movie Review!"

After speaking, he looked at his client nervously. What was unexpected was that the other party did not show any signs of eruption. Instead, he leaned on the back of the chair with a calm face, folded his hands on the dining table, and looked straight at him like that. .

"What's the reason?" Roger Albert's brain was spinning rapidly at this time, thinking about what cbs did behind it.

The agent shrugged and let out a deep breath. "The director and producer of cbs TV told me that they have received more than 2,000 letters of protest from major cities in North America in the past few days. Those ordinary movie fans hope you will stop those falsehoods. and a public apology to Wayne Greenberg in the newspapers!"

It can be said that this kind of bizarre thing happened for the first time to the great Roger Albert. The "leader" of the film critic group deeply felt a chilling malice.

That is to say, Wayne may not know about it himself, otherwise, he will definitely feel a bad taste, and maybe he will want to meet the Pulitzer Prize winner and ask each other personally. In the mid-to-late 1990s, the first What does it feel like to be violent by the vast number of sand sculpture netizens.

Hearing this, Roger Albert picked up the cold milk, and after drinking two sips, his lips trembled slightly and asked, "Are you sure those letters really exist?"

"It's certain."

The agent Lloyd nodded, hesitated, and then continued: "However, I suspect that the reason for the cbs to warn us should not only be those protest letters. It has not been a day or two since the TV station received the protest letters. Because of these warnings, we won't wait until now, Roger, your shows have always had very good ratings."

Chicago, the city is the most famous windy city in Illinois. Compared with Springfield, the capital of Illinois, whether it is economic or heavy industry, it is not a little bit better here.

There is also a very important point. Chicago can be said to be the third media capital in North America except for Burbank, Los Angeles and New York.

A TV station owned by cbs is located here. This TV station has an old star program called "Sisk and Albert Movie Review". The audience rating of this show is very stable, it is not a hit, but it has always had a huge fixed audience.

In Wayne's previous life, the show was more like an evergreen tree. After the death of Roger Albert's partner Gene Siskel, he joined hands with the famous columnist Richard Rope. The show was also renamed "Albert & Rope and the Movie."

"I think I can probably guess some of the main reasons for cbs." The agent's upper body suddenly relaxed, like a sudden burst of energy, and after leaning back on the chair, he continued: "Just when I hung up cbs After the call came another warning call from Time Warner's CEO's office, Kevin Tesuhara's secretary!"

Maybe cbs TV's warning, they can rely on the relationship accumulated over the years and the ratings of TV programs to ignore one or two, but Time Warner is definitely different, this is a top three media group in the world, if nothing else , after two months left in 1996, it will temporarily become the world's number one.

It stands to reason that such trivial matters are not worth the CEO of a media group to speak in person. Although it hurts to say this, the fact is that the two sides are not of the same order of magnitude.

"Ha, what did that Time Warner CEO say?"

When he heard the agent talk about the second phone call, Roger Albert's face suddenly flushed and then quickly calmed down, with a self-deprecating tone in his tone, and asked, "Speak, don't you? Is there anything worse than this?"

"Kevin Tesuhara's secretary, only said one sentence..." The agent paused for a while, and finally said, "He warned you to keep your hands under control."

Roger Albert nodded, thinking that this is right, and it is probably Time Warner, the increasingly inflated and scary media giant, who greeted cbs. Otherwise, relying on the contacts that he has operated for many years, the other party will not directly give a warning.

In fact, some words, the agent cared about the other party's only face, and did not say all of them. It's the 1990s, and although I've always been reluctant to admit it, the fact is that the influence of my customers began to slowly decline as early as the first two years. When the production companies discovered that film critics had little influence during the summer vacation, it was doomed that this group would slowly lose their right to speak in the future.

Of course he knew why his client was slamming Wayne Greenberg with his life, because Roger Albert also realized that if he lost the cbs TV station he depended on one day, he could still keep Disney's "With Albert" It's a good show to watch a movie together.

And the current head of Disney is Michael Ovitz, who is willing to give him personal affection, although the status of the head of Disney is in jeopardy, and his childhood friend, Disney Emperor Michael Eisner has been torn apart Face, but he is the nominal Disney CEO after all, and it is impossible for accidents to happen easily.

If one day, the influence of film critics is reduced to the point where they are dispensable, and the two TV programs that they depend on for survival, Roger Albert's film review column in the "Chicago Sun", I am afraid will also be a joke.

In fact, Roger Ebert and his agent have imagined that, or in the not-too-distant future, professional film critics may indeed be marginalized. Just looking at his long-winded criticism of "The Departed", it has not affected many audiences. It is the most obvious example. Such a situation was absolutely impossible five or six years ago.

"No, such a situation must never happen!"

Suddenly, the agent Lloyd heard his client, and muttered to himself in a hoarse and low-pitched voice. Before he could think about how to comfort him with his face, he saw Roger Albert sitting across from the dining table. , suddenly fell to the table below.

The accident came so suddenly that Lloyd froze in place, staring at the flushed customer like that.

"Shit! Roger, what's wrong with you? Hello, anyone? Damn, call 911 for me..."

"..."

Maybe it was too much stimulation this morning, or maybe it was Roger Albert's body, which had a hidden condition. Under the successive mental blows, he fainted without taking a breath.

An ambulance quickly arrived at the villa on the outskirts of Chicago and hurried to the hospital. Facing the busy medical staff, Lloyd felt that his spirit was tortured to the limit.

But this is far from the worst. He sits in the hospital rest area and waits for the results, considering whether to call Warner Bros. to find a way to ease the relationship between the two sides, while having a headache on how to convince his client to do so.

Everyone in this circle understands a rule, that is, there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. The seemingly simple truth is put on the hypocritical customer who values ​​face more than life, but it is very Impossible.

Even a fool knows, don't fight against the capital group if you have nothing to do Otherwise, the ending will usually be unbearable. After years of struggle, Roger Albert sucked blood from the film company. In the eyes of ordinary people, you are a rich man, but it depends on who you are comparing with. When those big capitals feel that you have touched their interests and choose to turn your face, you will instantly feel that you are a pauper.

However, all his worries disappeared after the doctor notified the test results. Thyroid cancer, this is a terrible term, although it is not as fast as cell cancer and blood cancer, but as long as you get cancer, even if you have cancer again "Cash Capability", life has inevitably entered the countdown.

Broker Lloyd understands that his client may let go of all concerns now, and no one can tell what will happen in the future. Who knows what crazy ideas his client will have after the countdown of his life?

Different from the gloomy clouds in the Chicago Medical Center, Burbank, another media capital, was dispatched early in the morning, as if attracted by an invisible magnet, the bustling began to pour into the Warner Bros. building.

The crowd continued to enter the building from eight in the morning. To the disappointment of some reporters, because there were too many media reporters present, Warner Bros. staff strictly controlled the number of people who could enter the conference venue. The company is really small, and it may even be blocked from the door.

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