Chương 6: Chapter 6: 1st income
As a local television station, Fox Channel 6 Los Angeles focuses first and foremost on the latest happenings in the greater Los Angeles area, and a serious car accident that takes place in the big-name Hollywood area will undoubtedly catch the eye of many viewers.
For a commercial television station, ratings were their first concern.
"Carla, are you sure?"
Another person next to her asked the woman with long blonde-brown hair, who pointed at the bloody images on the screen and said, "Viewers usually eat breakfast when the morning news is broadcasting, this is excessive gore."
The woman, called Carla, was full of disinterest, "We should have this kind of coverage every day, the viewers will talk about it in company, they will talk about it all day long and continue to follow our program."
Standing at the side and back of these people, Murphy had been carefully observing and hearing these words, immediately captured some useful information, in addition to having an initial impression of this woman called Carla.
Seemingly completely forgetting Murphy, Carla didn't even care about her subordinate's objections, and instructed in a commanding tone, "This serves as the morning headline, and I'm requesting to break down the footage, do a live surround, and use large letters for the title ..."
After a moment's pause, she added, "Be forewarned viewers to watch with caution."
Murphy glanced at her again; from a psychological standpoint, so-called caution was often more likely to spark curiosity.
This was undoubtedly a very thoughtful woman, "Also, add in the other car accidents that have occurred on Sunset Boulevard this year, and say that it's a life-threatening thoroughfare."
Hearing this, Murphy couldn't help but roll his eyes slightly, these newscasters were really trying hard to attract attention.
The woman continued, "Find out the identity of the person who was involved in the car accident, call her relatives and record an interview."
She looked around at her subordinates, "You guys know what to do, go."
Several other people stood up and walked out of this office one after another.
It was only then that the woman's eyes returned to Murphy's, and without getting up, she sat down and extended her right hand, "Hello, I'm Carla Faith, head of Channel 6's evening and early morning news department."
"Hello, Murphy Stanton." Murphy took two steps forward and shook the woman's hand lightly, "I'm a freelance journalist."
As he spoke, he also sized up the other party without a trace.
This woman had a head of long curly golden brown hair, light blue eyes shaded under long eyelashes, flashing with a luster that represented shrewdness, and above the typical Western-style hard face, professional makeup popular in this era was painted, further enhancing the temperament of a woman in the workplace.
Murphy could sense that this tall and beautiful woman must be shrewd and strong, otherwise she wouldn't have become the head of a department when she looked to be only twenty-five or twenty-six years old.
Carla withdrew her own hand and asked very directly, "How much do you want to sell it for?"
After thinking about it for a little while, Murphy said tentatively, "I think I can sell this video video for a thousand dollars."
There was no doubt that he was asking for a lion's share of the money, but his tone also left room for bargaining.
"NO!" the woman across from him shook her head and said nonchalantly, "The price you're asking for is outrageous."
She turned her head and pointed to the paused image on the screen, "This isn't worth a thousand dollars, I'll give you three hundred dollars, that's the highest price."
The other party returned a very low price, Murphy stood there and only considered for a second before nodding his head and agreeing.
This was his first time coming to this TV station, and the other party couldn't possibly give a high price, and it was just a car accident video.
The woman called Carla turned back around, her eyes on the screen's image again, and waved her hand casually to this side, "Go wait in the lounge in the lobby for a while, and I'll have someone bring you the money."
Murphy looked at her back that was facing him, didn't say anything, turned around and walked out of the office, quickly came to the resting place at the entrance of the hall, leaned back and sat on top of the bench and waited patiently, the other party didn't let him wait for too long, in about less than half an hour's time, the three hundred dollars was sent over.
What Murphy didn't expect was that it was the woman who came.
"Here."
Seeing the bills handed over by Carla, Murphy stood up and took them, saying rather politely, "Thank you, it was a pleasant cooperation."
Murphy's polite attitude, at least it will not cause offense, the blonde woman on the opposite side was obviously in a good mood, holding the backrest of the bench, and added, "Your vision is very good, the angle chosen to shoot the video is also good, if you can interview the ambulance staff on the scene the effect will be better."
"I did overlook those." Murphy gently patted his head, "Thanks for the reminder."
Not only did the freelance reporters need the TV station, the TV station also similarly needed the freelance reporters to provide a large amount of material for themselves, Carla's attitude now was obviously a bit more enthusiastic than just now, "Murphy right? The video you shot was very professional."
"I'm just starting out in the industry, it's nice to get compliments from someone like you ..."
Murphy never minded lowering his stance when needed, "It means a lot to me."
Carla gave an involuntary smile and reminded, "If there's another one next time, come by earlier, it's best to call ahead."
She pulled out a business card and handed it over, "It's a favor to me to be able to bring something of value over, so contact me if you shoot anything."
Seeing Murphy put away the business card, she turned and walked towards the outside of the lounge, Murphy immediately followed, "A video like this?"
"Yes." Carla nodded as she walked.
Murphy immediately thought of the other party's excited demeanor when she saw the gory footage earlier, and pursued, "Gory?"
Probably not expecting Murphy to ask so directly, Carla turned around and gave him a slightly surprised look and said, "That's just part of it, we like crime news, not all crimes."
Following closely behind Carla, Murphy didn't even have the heart to appreciate her tall and delicate back, and asked again, "Can you elaborate?"
The blonde woman paused, glanced at her wristwatch, and said as succinctly as she could, "For example, no one's interested in crimes that take place in the city center; it's the norm, not the news, anymore; what viewers want to see is crime spilling over into the suburbs."
Murphy realized immediately, "Which means the victims are preferably rich white people, and preferably still victimized by poor people or minorities?"
Instead of answering, Carla just shrugged and saw Murphy's realization before saying, "For you to get the essence of what we need, you can visualize our story as a woman who cries out, running naked down the street with her throat slit ..."
"I see." Murphy nodded vigorously, "We'll meet again."
With three hundred dollars and the dawning realization of being awakened, Murphy left the TV station but didn't go home, instead, he first drove to find a twenty-four hour restaurant and ordered a macaroni and grilled steak, he hadn't eaten anything since noon yesterday, and felt that he could eat a whole cow if he was hungry now.
Sitting on the card seat, Murphy one hand is always placed in the left pocket, gently stroking the three hundred dollar bills, people who have not been hungry and have had his experience, will not know the difficulty of earning money, not to mention the complex feelings at this moment.
From the other side of the Pacific Ocean to this world for more than a year, this is the first time Murphy earned money, although only three hundred dollars, but on behalf of him to find a way to establish a foothold in this country, in the future, at least with their own hands to fill their stomachs.
Only after filling his stomach and standing firmly on his feet can he talk about his dreams and hope to enter Hollywood.
Fingers from the unique texture of the banknotes, Murphy long exhaled, as if his life has become a little brighter.
Macaroni and grilled steak was sent to the table, Murphy has not been able to say how long he has not eaten such food, the food inside the prison needless to say, after his release from prison, he has always lived below the poverty line, only more than $ 200 or from the sponsorship of the Ross, coupled with the search for a job is very unsuccessful, the past period of time would like to be a cent broken into two petals to spend, eat the cheapest fast food, where to enjoy the taste of steak! Food, where to enjoy the flavor of steak.
Pick up the knife and fork, cut off a small piece of steak, put into the mouth slowly chewing, Murphy enjoyed closed his eyes, this is simply ever eaten the most delicious food, not only is the relationship between living in straitened circumstances and hunger, because there is also a kind of flavor called success.
After going through numerous difficulties, Murphy finally earned the first money after coming over here, the pain and suffering of which were all mixed in this steak, rich in flavor, there was a moment when the eyes almost wet.
Murphy knows that what he should do now, UU look book www. uukanshu.net is to continue to breathe, because no matter what, the sun will still rise tomorrow, they have to continue to face the reality of the world.
But he still wanted to enjoy this moment, this moment of tasting the fruit of success after countless trials and tribulations!
After eliminating the steak and macaroni with a very slow speed and without the slightest waste, Murphy asked for another cup of coffee, treating these as a treat for himself, because from tomorrow onwards, one must once again fight for the future.
In the course of the meal, Murphy gradually had a preliminary plan, especially the words spoken by the woman called Carla, which undoubtedly pointed out a path on which he could make a living.
Murphy will not easily give up Hollywood, but also understand the need to wait for the right time, he can continue to engage in the former career, shooting news footage in exchange for the money necessary for life, and then write scripts or apply for related jobs, looking for opportunities to really enter Hollywood.
Getting a foothold in Hollywood wasn't easy, and Murphy was well aware of that nowadays, with his thoughts focused more on a career where he could make a living.
The woman called Carla, although she did not admit it, but also gave enough hints, coupled with the once seen a variety of hype, Murphy knows that if you want to get a news video that can be sold for a large sum of money, the first thing to consider is whether the public is interested in it.
For example, the bloody car crashes on Sunset Boulevard and in Hollywood and other busy areas.
And then there's what Carla was talking about - crime spreading from the city centers to the suburbs.
It's not the toiling masses that live in the suburbs, it's the really rich people of this country.
Ordinary people just love to see the elite and the rich down on their luck don't they?
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