Chapter Fourteen Seeking Fame and Pursuing Profit
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"Bang! Bang..."
Gunshots continued to sound, and dazzling flowers jumped out of the bloody man who had just struggled to get up, and finally fell to the ground. Several policemen carefully surrounded him.
The video played on the screen ended here. In the editorial room of Channel 6, Kara took a deep breath, and her excited eyes had already turned into incredible, as if Columbus had discovered a new world.
"You can all leave." Kara said to the others nearby, "You guys go out first."
She turned her head and looked at Murphy sitting next to her, "I was totally shocked! The shot was great! I couldn't find the right words to describe this video."
Murphy also turned his head to look at her, "Thank you."
"It's really great." Kara seemed to be immersed in the shock brought by the video, "This is exactly the news effect I've been pursuing!"
"Thank you." Murphy made a polite statement.
"No, Murphy, don't say thank you." Carla shook her head, "I'm the one who should say thank you, I want to thank you for bringing it to me."
"You're so polite." Murphy reached out and patted Kara on the arm, "Are we friends?"
Cara held Murphy's hand in her backhand, not hiding the slightest in her eyes, "This video must be mine, it must be!"
Since he came here first, Cara was of course Murphy's first choice, and he asked, "Dear, how much money are you willing to pay?"
The previous words were just to say. If the price was not appropriate, Murphy would definitely not sell them to Cara and Channel 6.
The last news video has greatly boosted the ratings of the show. Kara knew what kind of sensational effect this section in front of her could cause and said, "Tell me what the price should be."
Murphy is not polite, "100,000 dollars."
A video of such a real gunfight between police and gangsters, as well as shooting death, blood flying, and serial car chases and crashes, can be said to be rare in several years. Kara just pondered for a few seconds and said, "I can give you this price, but my superiors have to watch the video, as long as he has no objection."
What do commercial TV stations need?
Therefore, the result was not surprising. After watching the video, Kara's boss not only agreed to the price of 100,000 US dollars, but also promised Murphy that Fox Los Angeles Local Station would assist him in solving some police and legal issues and avoid court injunctions as much as possible, so that both parties can continue to dig deeper into the story behind the case.
To put it bluntly, the TV station can agree to the subsequent conditions and understand that once the news video of this case is played, it will inevitably attract widespread attention, and the investigation of subsequent events can bring more viewers to the TV station.
Like Murphy, there is no benefit to the TV station will not do anything.
“Give the video and my text plan to the production room.”
After an editor left with the video material, Cara and Murphy were left in the editorial room. She came to Murphy's side, "The check of 100,000 US dollars will be exchanged tomorrow morning."
Murphy looked through the cash check in his hand and said with emotion, "This is the most money I have earned."
"Just one hundred thousand dollars!" Carrara came a chair and sat next to Murphy, "save some money."
"This is a huge sum of money for me and it will be of great use." Murphy put away the check and turned to look at Kara. "People from a background like you won't understand the difficulty of making money for people like us."
The other party has a good background, graduated from a prestigious university, and became the head of the TV station's news department at the age of 26. How could he understand the difficulties of life for a person of his background?
Kara was silent for a moment. She had seen many people coming out of the slums, but she was the first to work hard like Murphy.
She appreciates such people who work hard and keep moving forward for the future.
"You should hire a lawyer for yourself."
No matter what the purpose is, the other party can send the video here first, which is a great benefit. Kara rarely said with a conscience, "The police will cause you a lot of trouble later."
Although Murphy said before that he had not photographed two murderers, Kara can guess a lot now.
"I already have a lawyer." Murphy laughed, "and I am doing what a good citizen deserves."
Kara rolled her eyes directly. If the people on the other side were good citizens of Los Angeles, the two dead murderers could be rated as honorary citizens of Los Angeles.
The door of the editorial room was knocked on, and a middle-aged man pushed the door and walked in, "Kara, do you really want to play these videos on the show? Still the way you made it?"
"Yes." Kara put away her smile and turned to look over, "Is there any problem?"
"You are doing this to provoke racial confrontation!" the middle-aged man approached here and emphasized, "This may cause a series of social problems."
Kara didn't even think about it, "This is the effect I want."
"What?" The middle-aged man seemed unable to believe his ears, "You are creating chaos through the news."
"Make it? Is it not true that the white policeman shot a black man without any ability to resist!" Kara emphasized again, "This is something that no one can deny."
Hearing this, even Murphy had to look at Kara with admiration. He didn't think of this. The black man who died in the end seemed to be in danger at all. The white policeman still shot him...
Compared to Kara, she is really far behind in terms of news touch! Murphy also completely understands why Kara and the TV station are willing to accept a price of 100,000 US dollars and provide assistance when necessary. Compared with the efforts, this video can bring them too much.
As for whether this will trigger racial confrontation, who will care? They hope this situation will happen, so that there will be enough news that will attract attention.
"We are engaged in journalism." Kara stared at the editor and said in a serious tone, "We must have higher pursuits!"
The editor was silent, opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing. Under the pressure of the sharp gaze as sharp as a Kara sword, he slowly withdrew from the editorial room.
“That’s great.”
After the editorial room door closed, Murphy stood up and said, "We cannot be restrained in front of us. We should have a further and higher pursuit."
Kara caught something and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
"Yeah, this video can bring us more." Murphy took a few steps back and forth, "We can make a series of specials that specifically emphasize black suspects and white policemen..."
Murphy is very clear about what kind of contradictions these two can inspire. "Start the reports in this direction, and then find and play the past news in this aspect to enhance the news effect, and then make a documentary when the timeliness of the news is weakened."
"Good idea!" Kara's eyes brightened.
Murphy reminded, “If you want to do this, you must first avoid the court’s press ban.”
"This kind of news ban will not appear." Kara seemed very confident, "Don't forget that Channel 6 belongs to Fox TV!"
Murphy is not very clear about how powerful Rupert Murdoch’s Fox TV has, but he knows it’s very big.
These two people seemed to have met their life-long confidants, stayed in the first editorial room and discussed various subsequent possibilities in a lively manner.
Cara and Murphy, one seeking fame and the other seeking profit, hit it off.
As time approaches six in the morning, morning news is about to be broadcast. Murphy follows Cara and walks into the editorial hall behind the scenes. Now he can be regarded as a regular customer of this TV station, and under normal circumstances no one will come to stop it.
When the news was about to be aired, without Murphy and Kara's expectations, the police followed the clues and chased them all the way here.
"Who is the person in charge here?"
The middle-aged male detective who led the team here was the last time he asked Murphy, "We are from the Los Angeles Police Department's serious crime team."
He pointed to the gunfight video displayed on the screen and said, "Nothing is allowed to be played, and all of them are handed over to the police, including all replicas."
The middle-aged detective was majestic, as if he had the final say here.
Murphy and Kara looked at each other and made a gesture of asking for help.
"What are you going to do?" Kara walked over quickly, "I am the director of the news department. If you have any questions, you can find me."
"I ask you to take these gun battles and chase cars..." The middle-aged detective pointed to the screen again, "Colle them all, no longer allowed to play them, these are..."
"Sorry," he was interrupted by Kara before he finished speaking, "this is the property of Channel 6."
"This is evidence of a crime!" The middle-aged detective glared at Kara, and Kara was unmoved, "What evidence? This is our news!"
Kara's attitude was very tough. The female detective next to the middle-aged detective spoke in time, "Now there are two policemen in the hospital who are dying, four people died, eleven people were injured, and a large number of violent and vicious crimes are extremely important evidence."
However, Kara was unmoved and put her arms around her chest, "This is news that the TV station must play."
"You are strictly forbidden to play!" the middle-aged detective roared.
"Do you want to interfere with the freedom of the press?" Kara said calmly at the middle-aged police detective, "I want to take these away and ban TV broadcasting, it's okay."
She said word by word, "Please show the court's injunction!"
"You..." The middle-aged detective didn't seem to know what to say.
Kara said to the security officer who followed the police, "The show is about to begin, please go out with no relevant personnel."
After saying that, she said to the two detectives, "If you have any questions, our legal department will contact you. That's it. I still have work to be busy, thank you."
After all, this is the media department, and the police dare not do anything more, so they had to leave temporarily and watch the video taken by Murphy appearing on the morning news of Channel 6, becoming the focus of public discussion in Los Angeles.
After the news broadcast, Murphy asked the security staff at the door and walked to Kara, "There are still police outside, it seems that I'm going to go to the police station."
"Don't forget to contact your lawyer." Kara reminded.
Chapter completed!