The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 35 Midnight Entertainment

Fox Building, Fox TV Center.

On the floor of Channel 11, assistant producer Claire hurriedly walked through the office area, opened the door to a director's room, and said, "Megan, there is a big news that is enough to reach the headlines of "Midnight Entertainment" at 11 o'clock. , the other party offers a high price, do you want to take a look? ”

"Take me over." As the producer and anchor of "Midnight Entertainment", Megan took off the leather ring on her wrist and tied her waterfall-like blonde hair behind her head, and changed from a sweet-looking female host to a smart and capable person. producer.

Claire walked through the hall, pushed open the reception room door, and followed Megan into the room.

There was only one person in the room. Megan looked at it slightly. The man with short black hair looked ordinary and had a calm expression, and didn't find anything special.

Claire introduced: "This is Megan, the producer of Channel 11's "Midnight Entertainment."

"It's great to know you." Hawke stood up and shook hands, and found Megan wearing high heels, about the same height as him.

He presented himself with a business card and introduced himself: “Haoke Osmon, founder of West Coast Media Entertainment Studio.”

Megan nodded slightly, took the business card, handed it to Claire, and went straight to the topic: "Let's read the news first."

Hawke didn't say anything, pressed the play button, turned the notebook screen and placed it in front of Meghan.

Megan stared at the screen with her eyes and watched the video carefully.

The video is very clear, and the only disadvantage is that the speech sound is not clear. This kind of outdoor shooting does not have a professional microphone to use, which is normal.

After watching it once, she played it again, and several key points pressed the pause button.

The chaser is Gandalf's actor Ian McLean, who was chased and beaten is a black man with a camera around his neck, and he is obviously a paparazzi.

The five people who appeared behind were the popular Orlando Bloom at a glance, and she knew Sean Austin and John Davis, and there were two men who she thought were familiar but could not call her name.

Megan ordered Claire: "Check who these two are."

"I know Dominic Monaghan and Greg Parker, all actors on the Lord of the Rings crew," Claire said.

Megan turned her laptop, pushed it back in front of Hawk, and asked, "How much do you plan to sell?"

Hawke smiled and said, "Let's talk about your offer, this is the news that can be used as entertainment headlines."

Meghan could see its value and tentatively offered: "$4,000."

Hawke didn't even say anything, closed his laptop and put it in his bag.

Megan didn't speak, but just looked at Hawke quietly.

Hawke's laptop was put into his bag, and he walked out on his back without looking back.

When someone walked to the door, Megan said, "Wait!"

Hawke stopped and turned to look at her.

Megan said: "$6,000, the most."

Hawke couldn't help but shake his head: "Oscar Night, the crew of "Lord of the Rings" collectively chased and beat reporters, hindering the freedom of the press. Isn't it worth $20,000?"

Obstructing press freedom? The hat is similar to what Meghan thought.

This news is indeed very valuable. After Fox's acquisition, Channel 11 became rich, but Meghan could not spend all of his nearly a week's budget on one news.

The show will start soon, and Megan didn't have time to wait and said directly: "$10,000, I don't agree to leave. I can tell you responsibly that there will be no higher TV stations in Los Angeles than Channel 11. Quotation. ”

Hawke remembered what Frank mentioned and replied, "Yes."

He put forward another condition: "But I have a requirement."

Megan glanced at the watch and said, "Don't go too far."

Hawke said, "I want two Channel 11 special correspondent certificates."

Megan doesn't have that much power: "I can only give you the "Midnight Entertainment" program team." Hawk responded: "Yes."

Megan ordered Claire: "Snap time to go through the procedures." She looked at Hawke again: "The crew of "The Lord of the Rings" collectively attacked reporters to hinder the freedom of the press. I like it very much. There will be big news next time, remember to come over."

Hawke said no problem.

The program goes very fast, signing an exclusive authorization agreement on both sides, getting the check and the video on the other side.

An assistant in the program team was waiting and took the video away as soon as possible.

After Claire accompanied Hawke and asked someone to apply for a special press card, she asked, "I haven't seen you before, are you a newcomer?"

Hawke said without comment, "I've made headlines several times."

"Have strength." Claire's words are tempting: "Do you have more big news, especially those of superstars. If you are very excited, we can produce six-digit or even seven-digit numbers."

The value of entertainment news is often several times higher than that of social news. Hawke knew this well and said, "If there is news, I will contact you."

Claire took out his business card and gave Hawke: "Just call me directly."

The ID was sent over, Hawke put it away and quickly left the TV station.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Claire returned to the program director's room and the videos he bought had been processed in the simplest way, all of which were aimed at the picture.

Megan adjusts the program: "Put this news on the headlines and push the Oscar results back."

"That's an Oscar!" the director raised objection.

Meghan glanced at the watch: "Now that the awards ceremony has ended for nearly two hours, the results of the Oscars are well known and lacking enough appeal. In contrast, the gossip around the Oscars is more attractive."

She asked, "How much is the global box office of "The Ring Guardian"?"

Claire immediately replied: "More than $825 million."

Megan spread her hands: "Look at how popular this movie is, with Orlando Bloom, the actor who is very popular Gandalf and Legolas, who openly chased and beat journalists on the road, hindering press freedom. Full of points!”

"No, no..." She raised a finger and directed the audio-visual master: "Pick out the picture of the person being chased."

On the player, Edward's figure paused and fixed.

He is not a public figure, he is involved in portrait rights, he has coded on his face, but he can still tell that he is a black man.

As an anchor and producer, Meghan's ratings are hard indicators, saying, "The sound in the video cannot be heard clearly. Do you look at Ian McClain's lip shape in the close-up? Do you think it's a nigger?"

As soon as these words came out, the studio was silent in an instant.

The director swallowed and said, "It will be troublesome in this way and you will receive a letter from a lawyer."

Megan had already thought of a solution: "The video is very clear, and I also took a close-up of Ian McLean. I found a spoken language expert and connected on the spot. I asked the spoken language expert on the grounds that someone suspected Ian McLean racist discrimination. ! Where is the legal consultant? Assess the risk.”

"It's still guiding and risky," said a man wearing glasses.

"But the risk will be much lower, right?" Megan nodded when he saw the legal consultant and said, "Very good, the plan is confirmed! Editor, write the article immediately!"

She cried again, "Claire, find a spoken expert in five minutes."

In a word from the leader, his subordinates ran away and Claire went to search for the contact information of the oral expert.

Megan untied her hair and went to the dressing room to change her skirt and put on makeup.

According to the regulations of Fox News CEO Roger Ayers, regardless of whether the news or the program is serious, all female anchors must wear short skirts and stockings. A special camera is set up in the studio to shoot female anchors from bottom to top.

Nearly 11 o'clock, Megan entered the studio, sat in front of the main camera, looked at the telescope slightly, and started today's "Midnight Entertainment".

(End of this chapter)