As the most famous city in Illinois, Chicago can surpass Springfield, the capital in almost all aspects. It is not only a famous concentrated area of ​​heavy industry in North America, but also a famous media capital in the United States except New York and Burbank.

A TV station directly affiliated with CBS is located in Chicago, and the most famous TV station's program is "Albert and Ropey and the Movie".

At this time, the TV station's head and the program's producer were negotiating with Roger Albert's agent.

"Optimus Prime, Megatron..."

Their assistants delivered gift boxes mailed from all over the United States to Roger Albert's agent, "Bumblebee, Iron, Ambulance, Red Spider..."

The producer looked at the pile of Transformers toys and his eyes almost glared out, "There are jacks, flying over the mountains, shock waves and other Transformers that did not appear in the film. I can open a Transformers toy exhibition hall here."

"Royd..." He looked at Roger Albert's agent and said very seriously, "Do you know what is the most mailed in the United States except these toys?"

He grabbed a bumblebee, and a prominent note was posted on the yellow toy. The producer said loudly, "Give it to the great Roger Albert, and ask him to find out the name and origin of the character before he mocks a movie next time!"

"This is just a part," he whispered. "We have received more than 300,000 letters of protest, more than this one are protest calls and emails!"

"Hey, Cork." said the agent. "Calm down, we haven't received large letters of protest in the past."

"If there is only a letter of protest, we can make a statement." The producer pointed to the direction of the TV station's door. "Since Transformers were removed from North America, at least 5,000 people outside protested with movie posters every day. Do you know what they protested?"

“The rich ladies and their supporters from New York’s Upper East Side.”

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he himself gave the answer, "They asked your patron to ask Roger Albert to fulfill his bet and ask him to withdraw from the critical community."

"Roger has never agreed to that bet." The agent said quickly.

"Now the mainstream media are hyping this topic." The producer's eyes flashed, "CBS has been under tremendous pressure, and the station even asked us to cut off the program "Ebert and Ropey and the Movie."

"You can't do this." The agent frowned, "We have a contract!"

"We are also trying our best to get it." The TV station manager who had not spoken suddenly spoke, "But the station has limited the funding for this program, and the contract between us must be modified."

"This is impossible." The agent slowly gave something and flatly refused. "Mr. Roger Albert will not change any of the letters above until the contract is fulfilled."

"It won't change? Then it's all cut."

The TV station head stinged, "CBS is not short of programs that cannot be guaranteed by 500,000 viewers."

"Wake up, Royd."

The TV producer shouted, "This is not the last century. Roger Albert's influence has declined severely since 2003. Now the ratings of the show are not even a quarter of that in 2003. How many people in the United States are really affected by his film reviews? One hundred thousand people? I'm afraid this number is also overestimated."

"And without CBS, what is Roger Albert left?" said the TV station chief in a sarcastic tone. "Yahoo and Google can't search his online column. The Chicago Tribune rejected his proposal to return. More than 50 media outlets across the United States terminated their reprint agreements with you, and all major studios and hairstyle brands in Hollywood have cancelled their cooperation with you. These are no secrets. If you don't have CBS, it won't take a few years to use it, how many people will remember the name Roger Albert?"

"Or..." The sarcasm on his face became more and more obvious. In the past, CBS was led by the other party, but the situation has been completely reversed. If it weren't for the critic, he would have cut the show directly. "Do you think ABC TV would still invite Roger Albert to be the commentator of the Oscars like he did five years ago? Don't forget that the current owner of ABC TV is Ryan Jenkins!"

"Royd, go back and tell Roger Albert." The producer reminded again, "It is not the time for film critics. Let him wake up from the glory of the past. If this self-centered criticism continues, the ratings of "Albert and Ropey and the Movie" will decline rapidly."

He threw an agreement in front of the agent, "This is a new agreement herb that you can take back."

Seeing that the original income figure was only one-fifth, the agent had the urge to smash the agreement on the other party's face, but he forced himself to hold it back. Roger Albert is his biggest funder, and now he has lost his private public relations income from Hollywood. The online column is in trouble, and the traditional media is indifferent. If even the CBS program is cut off, how much value is Roger Albert?

Holding the herb of the agreement, the agent took a car and left the TV station directly under CBS. However, when the car passed by the door of the TV station, he couldn't help but look out the window again.

Thousands of Transformers fans were gathering in front of the TV station, holding posters of Optimus Prime and Roger Albert in their hands, shouting various sarcasm and protest slogans.

Who is the person who was ridiculed? He didn't need to listen carefully to know that it must be his financial backer.

He even saw several young girls holding up posters, saying that the person beaten by Optimus Prime was not Megatron, but Roger Albert.

The agent slowly closed his eyes. The professional film critic industry has been squeezed out from one of the center points of the film industry before to the edge. The person he is in charge has been constantly mocking the popular films in the past few years, attracting more and more protests, and his influence has declined rapidly...

Especially this time, he actually published the comment on "Transformers" regardless of his advice, which directly led to his more embarrassing situation today.

Sighing softly, the agent understood that the world had changed long ago and the Hollywood film industry had also changed.

In fact, he knew very well that since Ryan Jenkins led Hollywood film companies to cancel some public relations sponsorships for film critics, Roger Albert has made many comments on the other party's commercial production, but has not attracted too fierce counterattacks from the other party.

First of all, even he had to admit that professional film critics were marginalized and that those criticisms did not affect too many viewers at all.

Secondly, with Ryan Jenkins' current identity and status, as long as the criticism is maintained in the content of the movie, I will probably not bother to pay attention to small characters like Roger Albert.

But this time it was different. Roger Albert directly called on the audience not to watch "Transformers", which had touched the interests of Ryan Jenkins and the entire interest group he represented.

Such a bad consequence is actually expected, isn’t it?

Slowly opening his eyes, the agent named Royd looked at the draft agreement in his hand and suddenly became thoughtful.

It's time for me to leave the film critic circle. Roger Albert has become the public enemy of the two large groups, Hasbro and Walt Disney. His life will be harder and harder in the future. He doesn't have to worry about burying him with him.

With your own qualifications, you can join any agency in Hollywood.

Yes, just do this and let these film critics who are increasingly lacking in attention go to the hell!

On the way back, the agent named Royd made the decision to abandon his current customer.

Perhaps this was the result of Ryan's push behind the scenes, but he didn't know that even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously. He spent most of his spare time in April discussing the scripts "Transformers 2" and "Avengers" with Michael Bay and the Pentagon, Joss Whedon and Marvel, through meetings and emails.

It's okay for the latter to say that Jos Whedon and the Surprised Screenwriter have long had a general idea, and now they are more measuring the roles of several superheroes.

"Transformers 2" is much trouble. The Pentagon has put forward many suggestions. They are a little dissatisfied with the fact that the Chinese and US troops did not kill any Decepticons alone in the first part. They want the crew to add more shots about the US military in the second part, especially the final battle. They hope that the US military will resist the crazy attack of the Decepticons through joint combat between sea, land and air.

They even proposed to use rail guns that are still in the theoretical and laboratory stages to kill an important member of the Decepticon to demonstrate the advanced and powerful future weapons of the US military.

As the biggest sponsor of the film, the Pentagon's suggestions must be considered. After discussion, Ryan and Michael Bay also came up with some compromises.

For example, after Red Spider fled back to Cybertron, he cultivated a new group of Decepticon members with the support of Fallen King Kong. However, if these Decepticons lack sufficient energy support, they will inevitably be much weaker. Moreover, their single-styling can not only save the crew's CG production costs, but also be handed over to the US military to kill...

As for those Decepticon members with names in toys, comics and cartoons, it is better to continue to be handed over to Optimus Prime to kill.

There is also the issue of rail guns. Ryan and Michael Bay are also communicating with the screenwriters, trying to find ways to reach a consensus between the producer and the Pentagon.
Chapter completed!