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Military uniforms and weapons during World War II, Hitler's modeling, Kodak's 35mm film, corresponding photography equipment... These preparations were all ready one by one. Helena Espora also rushed to Paris early to set up the studio there. Murphy took Filey Raschel and Gal Gadot and flew to Paris three times to inspect the shooting site.

In the past few years, the abilities of the entire team have been honed. They have cooperated with each other and have skilled skills. The entire preparation work has been carried out in an orderly manner.

But some surprises still affected the normal operation of the crew.

This month, Hollywood screenwriter strike broke out completely, and many crews had to stop. However, Murphy's script has been finalized, and the preparations for the crew of "Inglorious Bastard" are still ongoing.

Of course, it is impossible to say that the screenwriter strike has no impact at all, and some of the crew are unstable.

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

However, several screenwriters hired by Stanton Studio naturally joined the strike, and the union provided them with guarantees, and in turn, they also had to fight for the union to obtain corresponding power for themselves.

There was more than one union with the intention to strike, but the director union and the two major actor unions quickly reached an agreement with the producer alliance, but the requirements of the screenwriter union could not be met.

In fact, this also indirectly confirms one thing. Screenwriters’ status in the film industry is really not high. The conditions proposed by the screenwriters’ union are far lower than those of the director’s union and the actors’ union. They are still rejected by the producers’ union without hesitation, just like the screenwriters’ union is not worth the price at all...

Under Hollywood's industrial assembly line system, the importance of screenwriters has been compressed to an extremely low. Looking at the several strikes in Hollywood in the past twenty years, the screenwriters' strikes in 1988 and this year are the biggest hit.

If you want to resolve this kind of thing, both sides can only sit at the negotiating table, but there is a big difference between them.

The strike quickly spread throughout Hollywood, with 12,000 screenwriters participating one after another, and many others walked on Hollywood Avenue to protest.

The last collective strike of the screenwriter union was in 1988, lasting 22 weeks, causing more than $500 million in losses to the entire industry. This strike will inevitably bring greater pain, because the entertainment industry has grown into a giant beast, and even if it is not included in the surrounding industries, it can create tens of billions of dollars in output every year.

If the surrounding industries are included, they can account for almost 8% of the total American economy. The latest statistics obtained by Murphy show that the total salary of Hollywood film and television industry practitioners exceeded 100 billion US dollars last year!

This shows the tremendous value of this industry and the great value it can generate.

Although the screenwriter union is very popular, from the overall strategic considerations of the future, Hollywood manufacturers with the six major companies as the main body will not easily compromise, and they seem to be united enough in this regard.

Not to mention the six major companies, even a third-tier production company like Stanton Studio, even if the screenwriters who participated in the "Inglorious Bastard" project went on strike, Murphy would not easily make concessions in interests.

It is OK to give some sweetness, but the head that makes huge concessions cannot be opened. Once it is opened, it will not be able to stop it.

Capital has always been born to pursue profits, even a very small capitalist like Murphy is no exception.

As a result, a group of film and television dramas inevitably became temporary victims.

On the day of the strike, all talk shows were immediately suspended. Then "24 Hours" announced the cancellation of the season, becoming the first unlucky TV series. The sequel to "Da Vinci Code" "Angels and the Devil" was postponed to become the first unlucky movie. "007: Quantum Crisis" was temporarily suspended. Joining this ranks, DreamWorks' highlight "The Adventures of Tintin" was also temporarily shelved...

Negotiation is necessary. As the boss of Stanton Studio, Murphy temporarily put down the preparations and handed over the crew to Cara Fais to take charge. Together with representatives from other production companies, he formed a negotiation team to negotiate with the screenwriter's union.

In this regard, the interests of all production companies in Hollywood are consistent.

Although the screenwriter's strike was in full swing, the negotiating team still showed a tough attitude. Even if they sat back at the negotiating table, they would not easily make concessions, and the strike continued.

Murphy spent most of his time watching. With Stanton Studio's weight, he didn't have much say, and he didn't need to stand up. Such things were enough to follow the crowd.

Entering 2008, Hollywood has no joy in the New Year atmosphere, and the shadow of the strike has shrouded the entire North America.

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was forced to be cancelled and changed to the form of a press conference.

Everyone is starting to worry about the Oscars next month. If the Oscars are cancelled, it will not only be a loss in terms of money, but also the face of Hollywood...

Wall Street even issued an early warning that if the strike lasts for five months, the economic losses will be as high as $30 billion.

The strike cannot continue, which is everyone's consensus. Although the $30 billion figure is purely nonsense on Wall Street, the strike lasts too long and will definitely affect the interests of all Hollywood companies and practitioners.

The negotiations between the two sides are still continuing. While preparing for "Inglorious Bastard", Murphy also participated in the most important negotiations between the producers' league and the screenwriters' union in late January.

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

The Producers League mainly consists of News Group President Peter Sherney, Disney CEO Robert Iger and Producers League Chairman Nick Cont, and directly confronts the Screenwriters Association Chairman Veron, West Coast Screenwriters Association Executive Director David Young, and John Bowman, head of the Association Coordination Committee.

The strike revealed the dawn of ending.

Different from the negotiations between major Hollywood production companies and the necessities of land must be fought for. The film industry is most worried about the Oscars, which is the largest decoration facade in Hollywood, and no one wants to see the shutdown happen.

To this end, the School of Film Arts and Sciences canceled the nominee luncheon and directly announced the nomination list in the press conference.

Previously, many media have built hype for "Man of Steel" and advocated that this superhero movie should be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture or Best Director, but the School of Film Arts and Sciences has always been stubborn, and discrimination against superhero movies and science fiction has not only been formed in recent years.

In the latest 80th Oscar nomination, "Man of Steel" won five nominations, including Best Photography, Best Visual Effect, Best Art Direction, Best Acoustic Effect and Best Sound Editing.

There are quite a lot of nominations, but all nominations come from technical awards, and none of the heavyweight awards were shortlisted.

After the nomination list was announced, the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences was very worried that the Oscars were suspended due to the screenwriter's strike, so they were prepared for it. If the strike continued then, the Academy would launch an emergency party.

In addition, the college also sent a special person to intervene in the negotiations and urged the two sides to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

The Washington authorities are also making efforts. The fragile economic situation in the United States will definitely not withstand the torture of a long strike. Hollywood has been tied to Wall Street several years ago. An accident in Hollywood will not only have problems with the entertainment industry, but will even exacerbate the turmoil on Wall Street.

Except for the first two times, the screenwriter union never came to see Murphy again. Everyone knows that he is the boss of Stanton Studio. It is actually very easy to judge which side of his butt would sit in such an incident.

As the strike went on longer and longer, the impact on Hollywood and its surrounding industries became increasingly greater. Even in the crew of "Inglorious Bastard", which had been relatively stable, there was panic. Murphy simply gave the crew a week's holiday to wait for the strike to end before working again.

To end this strike, both sides can only make some concessions, and there is no other way to go.

Murphy knew this, and the screenwriters’ union and producers’ union also knew this.

If any industry wants to operate normally, both labor and capital must abide by the "rules of the game" of mutual recognition and fairness. It seems natural that the entire entertainment industry has tens of billions of dollars in profits every year to give the screenwriter a piece of the pie.

But capital is born to pursue profits, and the cake of commercial groups is undoubtedly digging out meat from capitalists.

The main difference between the two sides is that the producers require that the cost of movies and TV programs be paid part of the compensation; while the screenwriter requires that the screenwriter improve the treatment of screenwriters in movies, TV series and reality shows, and the producers must pay the screenwriter's DVD share, with a share ratio of up to 3%. In addition, the income share of downloading programs on the Internet must also increase from zero to 4.5%.

The conditions for this work are absolutely unacceptable to the production company and the producers' alliance, and it is equivalent to robbing the interests of investors like Murphy.

In mid-February, the tug-of-war negotiations between the Producers Alliance and the Screenwriters Association finally reached a preliminary agreement. The major production companies in Hollywood made certain concessions. The Screenwriters Association and the Producers Association signed a three-year temporary contract.

The contract not only increased the basic salary of the screenwriter, but also won a profit share of 1.5% for the screenwriter and 3% for the online on-demand broadcast. This not only includes works starting from now, but also previous works can also be drawn from them.

The screenwriter strike has temporarily ended, and the screenwriter union sent an email to each member, calling on everyone to resume work immediately.

"The strike is over, tomorrow, the screenwriters will be in their own positions and everything will return to normal."
Chapter completed!