Copyright is eligible for dividends and is subject to renegotiation.

Ronald is a senior member of the Directors Guild and is also the chairman of a member company of the Producers Guild. According to the regulations of the Directors Guild, he must appear at the six o'clock strike site to participate in union activities. The Producers Guild has dedicated personnel

Come forward to negotiate with the Directors Guild. As a member unit, he does not need to attend.

This strike is mainly aimed at the remaining dividends.

The so-called surplus means that after the box office dividends are over, if the movie is broadcast on a national syndicated television network, the profits generated will also be distributed to the main creative staff in accordance with the labor agreement. Directors are the group of people who receive the largest share of the profits.

In the original agreement, the formula for calculating the residual had very high standards. For example, the syndicated TV network must account for a minimum proportion of the entire American TV viewing share in order to participate in the residual dividend.

In addition, only those movies that are shown in theaters and have a running time of more than 80 minutes can collect dividends after being sold to TV networks.

During this strike, one of the main demands of the Directors Union is to modify the calculation standards. As long as the program exceeds one hour, even if it is not a theatrical movie, it can participate in the residual dividend. Instead of counting the minimum viewership share occupied by the syndicated TV network that broadcasts it, as long as it is in

Any TV station broadcasting in a city can be included in the residual dividend system.

The other main demand is, of course, a constant minimum wage for each strike. The conditions proposed by the Directors' Union are an immediate increase of 5% in the basic salary and a further increase of 5% within 18 months.

For example, currently, a television director is guaranteed a minimum wage of at least $17,935 for 15 days of preparing and shooting a one-hour television show.

"Why hasn't anyone come yet?" Ronald looked at the strike place reserved opposite with his binoculars. Only a few young people gathered there.

"Bang..." Little Bud turned on the car radio, where you can listen to entertainment radio stations in Los Angeles and New York radio stations broadcast via satellite.

"Joan Rivers, as a supervising striker, has gone to the NBC building. On behalf of the Screen Actors Guild, she expressed that she will stand firmly with the Directors Guild and resist any scabs who try to break the strike. She also brought a message that the Television Actors Guild has already

Provide hot drinks to the directors who have been on strike for more than two hours."

"Shxt!" Ronald cursed. Hollywood directors still lack discipline. The TV directors and advertising directors in New York had already gone on strike for more than two hours in front of the NBC building in New York early in the morning.

"Producers Guild President Nicholas Conte III, and Directors Guild leader Gilbert Gates said the negotiations are progressing smoothly and they are confident that a new three-year agreement can be reached in a short period of time to prevent TV viewers from being without new content in the New Year.

Watch movies and TV shows.”

"I don't understand," Little Bud turned around from the driver's seat and asked Ronald, "Why does the Directors Guild seem to be so easy to talk about this strike? The last writers' strike almost shut down Hollywood? Are you directors not very united?

"

"Hahaha", Ronald laughed when he heard Little Bud ask this, "No, no, it's because we directors are so united."

"Ah? Too united?"

"Yes, our Directors Guild and Producers Guild are too united."

Ronald was still looking at the opposite team while explaining to Little Bud.

In fact, among the more than 200 member companies of the Producers Guild, there are a large number of companies, which are actually production companies established by the directors themselves. And among the 8,500-member Directors Guild, those who have the ability to receive the remaining dividends from the TV broadcasts, in fact

They are also the backbone of those movies, TV series, and talk show directors.

So in these two groups, there are many people like Ronald who straddle both sides.

As for the so-called re-signing of the dividend agreement, the biggest resistance does not come from the producers' union, but from public television stations such as NBC and ABC. This is why the main force of the strike is not in Los Angeles, but at the entrance of the television station headquarters in New York.

The biggest effect of those clauses that lower the threshold for residual dividends is to cut off the TV stations. Movies that did not participate in dividends will now have to pay for them if they are broadcast on local TV stations.

However, TV programs that could be broadcast at will in the past are now required to be paid to the director as long as they exceed one hour.

Time passed slowly, and the sky gradually became brighter. After talking all night long, the union and alliance representatives finally reached a preliminary agreement at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and 6 a.m. Western Time.

Gilbert Gates, interim president of the Directors Guild, and Nicholas Conte III of the Producers Union jointly walked from the NBC building where the negotiations were held to the strike site, where they were about to hold a joint press conference.

"Beep beep..." The car phone started to ring.

"Hello?" Ronald pressed the red call button.

"The deal is done, let's hold a live press conference immediately." Richard's voice floated through the loudspeaker in the car.

"Shxt! So fast, damn, hurry up..." Ronald quickly threw away the sandwich he was eating, opened the car door and ran out.

Several cars nearby saw Ronald running out first and turned on their car lights. The directors inside, some fat, some thin, some old, some young, all followed Ronald.

Behind him, he rushed toward the large iron gate of Columbia Studios across the street.

"We want dividends!"

"We want fairness!"

In an instant, there were dozens of Hollywood directors, and the strike team expanded to the point where it looked like a large number of people when it was scanned by TV cameras.

The staff of the live radio and television stations also lazily turned on their equipment and started broadcasting.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the news from New York is that the two sides have reached an agreement. We can only capture a few minutes of the strike here." The host on the TV station heard the shocking news from the earphones and quickly urged the cameraman.

Power on.

"Viewers, viewers, this is live reporting from New York. Ken Orsati, national executive secretary of the Television Screen Actors Guild, said she has yet to learn about the terms of both parties. She hopes directors will act like her union

Just like supporting a director's strike, I am willing to support the next strike action of his union.

A spokeswoman for the Writers Guild told CNN her union declined to comment on the newly struck contract until it is more familiar with the details."

The Directors Guild and Producers Alliance held a short joint press conference to announce a deal and then persuade NBC to agree to a new deal, leaving ABC to negotiate further.

The host at the scene had to interview other union leaders who came to help.

"Okay, thank you to the host for the instant interview."

The host of the NBC studio was unwilling to give the camera to the female comedian Joan Rivers, who had been banned by them. When she saw her coming forward to speak, he cut her off.

"Okay, let's take a look at the strike in Los Angeles."

"Ah, hello, this is the strike site in Burbank, Los Angeles. The news that the two parties in New York have reached an agreement has reached here. The directors have stopped the demonstration. They said they are very happy that the two parties have reached an agreement..."

The camera turned around and Ronald and some other well-established directors had put away their signs and ran away. Only some new directors were left on the scene to comment on the TV station.

"Okay, that's it, thank you Los Angeles..."

"Huh..." The staff working on location in Los Angeles all let out a sigh of relief. They finally got the location fooled. These directors were too uncooperative. They just ran out and shouted twice, and they cooperated to shoot some long shots, and then

He refused to accept the interview and went to enjoy himself in the luxury car across the street.
Chapter completed!