American Entertainment 1982

  Chapter 65 teaches us to maximize profits

   "This country is well managed by us."

It was rare for Tommy to change his T-shirt and beach shorts, and put on a formal suit. The golden hair he inherited from his father was specially styled with hairspray. At this time, he was standing solemnly outside the government building. Variety show producer Elton Byrne and his small camera crew introduce the state of the country.

  Although I thought this country would be small, Elton and the accompanying small film crew were a little surprised when they saw that the capital Kingston was not as big as some bustling towns in the United States.

  And there are constantly local black people who suddenly appear near these people as if admiring animals in the zoo, staring at the group of people with big ignorant, fearless and curious eyes.

   "Didn't they see white people?" A film crew member asked Tommy, sizing up the black people watching from a distance.

  Tommy shook his head: "No, it's not that they haven't seen white people, but they are curious about your machine. This country does not have its own TV station, only a few radio stations to convey news."

   "Mr. Chief, the sugar cane fields in St. George Parish were destroyed by wild boars! A large number of wild boars are destroying at the moment! The parish police station asked us to rush to support!" A black policeman's voice came from the balcony on the second floor of the police station.

Elton and the others looked up and saw that Dennis was wearing a decent black British police uniform, with a wide-brimmed police cap on his head, and his left chest was almost covered with medals and ribbons. Looking deeply into the distance.

  The most exaggerated thing is that this guy wore an Italian-style police cape in the summer.

  Looking at the shape alone, it is really cool, especially Dennis's tense face, leaning on the railing to overlook the shape, which is a bit like the German Gestapo.

But the adults like Elton looked a little dazed. After a few seconds, a film crew member turned his head and asked his companions uncertainly: "Are those medals bought in American souvenir shops? I recognize most of them are Medal of America, Medal of America for Commonwealth police officers, how much whiskey does the Queen of England have to drink to do something like that?"

   "Don't worry, everything is going according to the procedure." Dennis turned around and looked at the black policeman who delivered the letter in front of him: "I have already suggested that the country legislate for this as soon as possible."

The black policeman was stunned, and looked nervously at his familiar chief. According to the plan, Dennis only needed to tell his previous plan to drive the wild boars to the American embassy, ​​but now, the chief Get excited and change the lines yourself?

  The black man stared, shook his thick lips, and repeated uncertainly: "Legislation?"

   "Yes, legislation." Dennis patted the other party's shoulder, satisfied with the surprise in his eyes: "Legislation prohibits wild boars from trespassing on the sugarcane fields. After the legislation, we will be able to arrest those wild boars that destroy the sugarcane fields."

The black policeman didn't react, and the film crew who heard this conversation on the street couldn't help laughing. They understood the joke Dennis said, and it was a joke about a strange law in Georgia, the United States that forbids chickens from driving on roads. walk up.

   "Did your machine turn on just now? That's a good joke." The director of the film crew asked the cameraman.

  The photographer carrying the machine nodded: "Of course, it's great as a funny news joke."

   "But Mr. Chief, don't bother, just..." The black policeman was sweating from his head, and he almost uttered the line that belonged to Dennis, this part of beating gongs and drums to chase wild boars, in order to get the plot back on track.

   "This is the method of the United States, and it must not be wrong, trust me." Dennis interrupted the other party and continued.

The subordinates tried their best to cooperate with Dennis's performance, but finally determined that they could not keep up with Dennis's thinking, so they could only honestly ask normal people's questions: "Mr. Director, I want to say that wild boars can't understand English laws. How do you want to catch it, maybe you can just grab it the same way now?"

   "It makes sense, American chickens don't seem to understand English laws." Dennis said with a smile: "So what good ideas do you have, Cora?"

The black man stared at a pair of blank eyes, and tentatively said: "I don't know, Mr. Director, I have only been working for half a month, and I have never encountered such a situation. Maybe we can drive wild boars to the US embassy, ​​so that the US The embassy thought there was an invasion and sent their marines to deal with the invading enemy?"

  After saying Dennis's lines, the black policeman lowered his head in shame and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great method, Cora! You are such a genius!" Dennis laughed happily, but then suddenly changed his face: "This country does not need to rely on other forces! Let me tell you, how to deal with wild boars! Get rid of all the wild boars in the town The hounds and men gather together! Come with me! Use the hounds to fight head-on, and we will attack and kill the wild boar!"

  The black man stood up subconsciously: "Yes, Mr. Director!"

"Drive the wild boar to the American embassy. Which organ did you use to come up with this answer? You might as well drive the wild boar to the Falklands. At that time, it not only solved the problem of the wild boar in the country, but the Queen of England thought you brought the wild boar to replace her. Participating in the war might even award you and the wild boar a bunch of medals." Dennis flicked his cloak and disappeared on the balcony.

  The black policeman lowered his head, as if he was involved in an issue that could appear on the TV. This Chief Dennis seemed to have changed.

   "The temperature is 28 degrees today. Are you sure the child won't suffer from heat stroke?" The photographer asked in a low voice after Dennis disappeared, "The moment the cloak was shaken, I felt that the material was very heavy."

Elton withdrew his gaze and said, "Although the uniform made me feel like a crossbreed product of the peace between Britain and Italy, in the end his method was very correct. My hometown is in Missouri, where farmers drive or kill wild boars. , They are indeed used to confronting each other head-on with hounds and aiming guns at the side."

   "As I said, this country is well-governed by us." Tommy said next to him: "Next, everyone can visit the government building."

During the whole morning, Elton and the film crew stayed in the government building, watching a group of high school students deal with various daily affairs in a serious manner. In the afternoon, they went to the beach to visit Prime Minister Madouf who was on vacation, and asked carefully After that, I completely believed that the old man in front of me really handed over this town... no, this country to a group of high school students to experience life, and these high school students did better than the previous officials.

   When he returned to the meeting room, Elton said seriously to Tommy, who had called Steve, the Minister of Finance and Trade, to accompany him to the meeting:

"Tommy, or Mr. Hawke, first of all, I think your summer camp idea is very good, and it is more interesting and in-depth than most summer camps. Secondly, I am also willing to help you promote it, but if it is specially made for your summer camp For a stand-alone program, the cost would be very, very high."

   "Do you think we can't pay the fee?" Tommy stared at Elton and asked with a slight frown.

  Beside Steve laughed, and said to Elton through the interface: "I also want to know what kind of price will be described by Mr. Bourne as very, very high."

"I know two people, one founded this summer camp, it is likely to earn more than 100,000 or more in one summer, which is more than many people earn in ten years, and the other is about to inherit an astronomical inheritance, But I always regard the two of you as adults, you are more mature than your peers, there is no doubt that when I was your age, I only knew how to write love letters to girls and ask them to go to the movies." Elton said with a gentle smile:

   "I believe that the two mature and smart people will not waste money, right? After all, adults are particular about maximizing their interests."

  Tommy nodded approvingly: "Of course, I've always done that."

   Then he glanced at Steve next to him, and added: "We."

"If you want to promote the summer camp, I hope that our Nickelodeon Channel will help to produce a special program to record everything that happened here. No matter how good your summer camp is, it can only be paid to the TV station, and it will be promoted as a commodity, just like helping your own. The product is advertised on the TV station. I think it is better to change the way. It is not a product and advertising promotion, but a cooperation. I will persuade the channel to make a brand new summer program, and record the story of this summer camp. Maybe three, six or Nine episodes, and even next year, we can continue to cooperate, so that both parties spend money to produce programs, instead of you paying advertising fees unilaterally."

  After Elton finished speaking, Tommy and Stephen looked at each other, and then the two whispered a few words, and finally Stephen shrugged uninterestedly:

"It sounds like you're going to take our money and make your show, and how do I know if the show you're making is to our liking? I still think CSLS pays for it and you do it, so that the show doesn't get lost There were disagreements during the production, and both parties were unwilling to back down, but now it is much simpler, we pay and listen to us.”

"If the two of you can represent CSLS to authorize the exclusive TV production copyright of the summer camp program to me, you don't need to pay the production fee, but after all, it is a summer camp to promote CSLS, so you don't have to think about us paying you, we bear the production risk At the same time, you can help the two of you get the title of co-producer and producer of Nickelodeon in this program. You two, you should understand that this is an honor that many high school students can't win. In the future, no matter whether you are going to university or graduate work, it will be a resume of Jin Jinxian. It is no exaggeration to say that with this resume, you can study a film and television major in college, and after you come out, you can go to major TV stations to start as an assistant producer. Start a career."

"You don't need to care about your career, Mr. Byrne, I am more concerned about how to resolve differences." Tommy tried hard to keep his face tight and keep the emotion and anger that the prime minister should have, but he still couldn't control the corners of his mouth. Upturned subtle movements.

Elton said with confidence: "As for the issue of disagreement, we are just recording and filming how this country is managed by you. We do not participate in your actions, but I hope you will think about it and make the show more exciting, such as arranging your students. , do something that attracts viewers to watch, I mean, instead of looking at documents at your desk all the time, it's better to do something real for the country like that Mr. Police Chief, so that the show also looks like It is more vivid and makes the summer camp more convincing."

   This time, Tommy and Stephen looked at each other, and they both laughed. Tommy said, "If this is the case, of course we can cooperate. It is of course a good thing to save a lot of publicity expenses."

   "I asked the legal counsel to draw up a contract, and it will be sent to the offices of the two of you shortly." Elton also laughed, then got up, and shook hands with the two of them: "Have a nice cooperation, Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Treasurer."

   Waiting for Elton's people to leave, Tommy heaved a sigh of relief, unbuttoned his suit jacket, exposed the Walkman on his waist, pressed the play button, and Elton's voice sounded inside:

"However, I hope you will think about it and make the show look more exciting, such as arranging your students to do some work that attracts the audience to watch. I mean, don't always look at the documents at the desk, it's better to be like that Mr Police Chief, do something real for this country..."

  Stephen handed Tommy a cigarette and asked with a smile, "We're simple and innocent, aren't we?"

"Mr. Elton can tell everyone the answer, Yes." Tommy took the cigarette: "I can't believe that a man in his forties who is still just a producer of children's programs is trying to teach us what maximization of profit is. "

   Although it's a bit late, but I didn't miss the appointment...

  (end of this chapter)