hollywood draw

As Roger Albert's agent, Royd Connor knows his clients very well. Behind his seemingly gentle film glasses is a dirty soul that is no different from a capitalist.

At this time, the great critic in the heart of this movie fan had an extremely ugly face. It could be seen from the buck teeth he had already exposed, how angry he was.

"Royd, what happened?"

It was like a girl who was broken through privacy. When Roger Albert asked, he accidentally sorted out the newspaper he had just read, covering the Los Angeles Times.

"Just just now, I received two calls."

The agent seemed to have not seen the other party's movements, and sat opposite the dining table, his tone was full of helplessness. "The person in charge of cbs TV and the producer of the program just called me..."

As the person who knows the Pulitzer Prize winner best, he slowly narrated and was constantly observing the other person's face. He knew that the news he brought might cause the other person to explode again, but he had to say it.

"They asked me to notify you that I do not want to see you criticized "The Walker" again in any public media, and warn us... If something similar happens again, they will consider cutting off your and Gene Siskel's program "Sisk and Albert Movie Review"!"

After saying that, I looked at my client nervously. What was unexpected was that the other party did not show any sign of an outbreak. Instead, he leaned calmly behind the chair, crossed his hands on the dining table, and looked at him straight at him.

"What's the reason?" Roger Albert's brain was rotating rapidly at this time, thinking about what the CBS did so, which meant behind it.

The agent shrugged and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. "The person in charge of cbs TV and the producer told me that in the past few days, they have received more than 2,000 letters of protest from major cities in North America. Those ordinary movie fans hope that you will stop those false remarks and publicly apologize to Wayne Greenberg in the newspaper!"

It can be said that this strange thing happened to the great Roger Albert, the "leader" of the film critics, deeply felt a chilling malice.

In other words, Wayne may not know about this, otherwise he would have felt a bad taste. Maybe he would want to meet the Pulitzer Prize winner and ask the other party in person what it felt like to be the first to be attacked by a large number of sculptural netizens in the mid-to-late 1990s.

Hearing this, Roger Albert picked up the already cold milk, took two sips, and asked with his lips trembling slightly: "Can you be sure that those letters really exist?"

“It can be confirmed.”

Agent Royd nodded, hesitated for a moment before continuing to speak: "However, I suspect that the reason for asking CBS to warn us is not just those protest letters. The TV station has received the protest letters for a day or two. If they would warn us because of these warnings, they would not wait until now, Roger, your show, ratings have always been very good."

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

Another very important point is that Chicago can be said to be the third largest media capital in North America in addition to Los Angeles Burbank and New York.

A TV station under CBS is located here. This TV station has a veteran celebrity program called "Sisk and Albert Movie Review". The ratings of this program are very stable and not a hit, but it has always had a large fixed viewership group.

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

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

Perhaps CBS TV warns that they can also ignore the relationship accumulated over the years and the viewership of TV programs, but Time Warner is definitely different. It is a top three media group in the world. If nothing unexpected happens, after two months left in 1996, it will temporarily become the world's number one.

Logically speaking, such trivial matters are not worth mentioning by a media group's CEO. Although it is a bit hurtful to say this, the fact is that both sides are not of the same magnitude at all.

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

When he heard the agent talk about the second call, Roger Albert's face turned red first, then quickly calmed down, with a self-deprecating tone, and asked, "Say it, is there anything worse than this?"

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

Roger Albert nodded, thinking that this was right. It is likely that Time Warner, the increasingly inflamed media giant, greeted CBS. Otherwise, with his many years of connections, the other party would not give a warning directly.

In fact, some of the words that the agent takes care of the other party’s only face and does not say them in full. It is now the 1990s, and although he has never been willing to admit it, the fact is that the influence of his own clients has begun to slowly decline two years ago.

When production companies find that film critics have little influence in the summer season, this group is destined to gradually lose their voice in the future.

Of course, he knew why his clients were slamming Wayne Greenberg because Roger Albert also realized that if he lost the CBS TV station on which he relied on one day, he could still retain the good program of Disney's "Watching Movies with Albert".

The current leader of Disney is Michael Orwitz, who is willing to give him personal favors. Although the position of this leader of Disney is in jeopardy and his childhood friend, Disney Emperor Michael Eisner, has already broken his face, but he is the nominal Disney CEO after all, and it is impossible for him to have an accident easily.

If one day, the influence of film critics is reduced to the point of being dispensable and they lose two TV programs that depend on for survival, Roger Albert's film review column in the Chicago Sun will probably become a joke.

In fact, Roger Albert and his agent imagined that, in the near future, professional film critics could really be marginalized. Just look at his long criticism of "The Walker of the Skies" has not affected many audiences. This is the most obvious example. Such a situation was absolutely impossible to happen five or six years ago.

"No, this situation must not happen!"

Suddenly, the agent Royd heard his client and muttered to himself with a hoarse and low roar. Before he could think about how to comfort him with his face, Roger Albert, who was sitting opposite the dining table, suddenly fell to the bottom of the dining table.

The accident was so sudden that Royd was stunned and stared at the client with a flushed face.

"Shit! Roger, what's wrong with you? Hello, is anyone? Damn it, please call 911..."

“…”

Perhaps it was because I was too stimulating this morning, or perhaps it was because Roger Albert's body had a hidden condition, and under the repeated mental blows, he fainted without getting up.

An ambulance quickly arrived at a villa outside Chicago and hurried to the hospital. Facing the busy medical staff, Royd felt that his spirit was tortured to the limit.

But this is far from the worst case. He sat in the hospital rest area and waited for the result, considering whether to call Warner Bros. and find ways to ease the relationship between the two parties, while having a headache about how to convince his customers to do so.

Everyone in this circle understands a rule, that is, there are no eternal enemies, but there will only be eternal interests. The seemingly simple truth is very difficult to implement when it comes to his hypocritical customer who regards face as heavier than life.

Even fools know that don’t fight against capital groups if you have nothing to do, otherwise the ending will usually be unbearable. After years of hard work, Roger Albert has been sucking blood from film companies. He may be a rich man in the eyes of ordinary people. But it depends on whom. When those big capitals feel that you have touched their interests and choose to turn against each other, you will instantly feel like a pauper.

However, all his worries disappeared after the doctor notified the examination results. Thyroid cancer is a terrible term. Although it is far less fast than cell carcinoma and blood cancer, as long as you get cancer, even if you have the ability to "money", life will inevitably enter the countdown.

Agent Royd understands that his client may put down all his concerns now, and no one can tell what happens in the future. Who knows what crazy ideas his client will have after his life enters the countdown?

Unlike the gloomy clouds at Chicago Medical Center, Burbank, another media capital, was launched early in the morning, and as if attracted by an invisible magnet, the bustling bustling into the Warner Bros. Building.

The crowd continued to walk into the building from 8 a.m. What disappointed some reporters was that because there were too many media reporters present, Warner Bros. staff strictly controlled the number of people who could enter the press conference venue. If the company behind it was really small, they might even be blocked outside the door.

The second part of Batman touched the nerves of countless people. No media would want to miss this news that was destined to be popular. Fans from all over North America and even the world are looking forward to it, hoping to get more news about the film. No media would like to miss this grand event.