Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 221 Philosophers
BT TV Network's program production center. Yes, since many of its programs became popular, BT has a separate program production center on Sunset Boulevard. The person in charge here is Rick Luther, a top producer who worked at San Fernando Living Color for many years and is now the vice president of BT TV Network.
When Paige and Martin helped Tommy push open the door of the conference room, Rick was already sitting in the conference room with his team of producers.
Seeing Tommy walk in from outside, the previous whispered conversations suddenly disappeared, leaving only silence, and all eyes turned to Tommy Hawke.
Tommy smiled and nodded slightly to everyone, but did not rush to say hello. Instead, he walked to the wall of the conference room where a dozen televisions were stacked, picked up the remote control and fiddled with it for a long time until all the screens began to play a brand new homemade reality show that had been launched by BT TV for less than two months.
"The Fake Daughter".
Tommy sat back in the main seat and looked at everyone. "Rick asked me to chat with you. Some of you are not in a good mood recently. Do you want to hear my personal advice? When I am in a bad mood, I turn on the TV and watch this show, and then my mood will immediately improve."
No one responded to Tommy, so he asked Rick next to him in a confused voice, "Are you damn sure you called me here to talk about emotions, not a pay raise? Why do they all look like they're waiting for me to talk about a pay raise so they can use the money to buy some hemp to boost their energy?"
"It has nothing to do with salary increase." Rick was also in a strange mood: "You haven't paid much attention to BT TV recently?"
"I've been busy with work lately. I went to New York for a week not long ago. After I came back, I met with the president of the agency to discuss business. Even when you called, I was still discussing business with the Koreans." Tommy introduced his previous schedule to Rick without changing his expression, saying that he had a good reason for not paying enough attention to BT TV Network:
"Of course, even if I'm busy, I still watch "The Fake Daughter", it's great, compared to the shitty producers on other TV networks, you top talents coming out of San Fernando are like fucking kids meeting Michael Jackson, you can bully them as you please and you don't have to pay. "
A white man from Rick's production team stood up, took out the videotapes of "The Fake Heiress" that were playing on more than a dozen TV sets, replaced them with new ones, and the screen randomly changed to the VOX news channel. After doing all this, the white man stood next to the TV sets and looked at Tommy in silence.
Tommy looked at the TV. On the screen, the white host of VOX was reporting the news with a worried expression. Judging from the date, it should be an old news:
"On the second day of the premiere of "The Pretender," small-scale boycotts broke out in 37 cities across the United States, calling on viewers to boycott the reality show on BT TV. In addition, according to the latest news obtained by VOX, the number of FCC complaints about the reality show in a single day has exceeded 1,000, breaking the record of the American television industry."
"Okay, I admit that I don't watch BT TV programs very often. Apart from the first night of the show, I basically haven't watched it again. But I will carefully read the income report every week. From the advertising revenue, I know that you are doing very well." After reading this social news of no more than two minutes, Tommy said, "And you have gone down in history. You have broken the record! This is something worth congratulating~"
Tommy's words made everyone present look up and glare at Tommy. Their boss ran a TV network, but never watched the programs that they paid for?
"You never watch BT TV's own programs?" Rick also looked up in surprise and asked Tommy.
Tommy asked calmly, "Of course, do I look black?"
Rick shook his head and lowered it dejectedly. He now regretted his decision to ask his boss to help him appease these capable subordinates.
Although Tommy has never watched "The Fake Heiress", he knows that it is a very positive American reality show.
After all, if they want him to pay the money, they have to show him the most basic plan, and Earl also told him about the ratings of the show. This reality show is now one of BT's signature programs.
The hit reality show "The Fake Heiress" has pushed BT TV's advertising costs to a new high. Advertisers are more enthusiastic about queuing up at BT TV headquarters to sign contracts than they are about queuing up to buy crack.
Most importantly, the two reality shows it designed, "The Pretender" and "Big Brother", defeated FOX TV Network in the front battlefield of prime-time ratings.
The Fake Daughter is a very positive female reality show on BT TV that calls on Americans to pay attention to sensitive issues such as racial culture, social levels, and women's influence. At least that's what Earl Rush said at a television industry conference and interview in Washington.
It is indeed very positive. The entire reality show has two female protagonists, one black and one white, two young and beautiful girls. The black one is a gang daughter from the bottom of the street, and the white one is a rich daughter from the upper class. During the recording, they will exchange identities. The white girl will go to the street gang to enjoy the attention of the black gang members, and the black girl will be sent to the swimming pool mansion to let her enjoy the attention of gentlemen and celebrities.
Then, both black and white audiences saw what they wanted to see.
Black people like to see white people make fools of themselves, so this show lets them see that if white people have the same bad living conditions as them, their fate will only be worse than that of black people with excellent endurance.
Even if she is a billionaire socialite, when she is on the street, she will follow the gang to the streets to sell goods because she has no other choice. After the gang boss who nominally protected her and her father were arrested by the police and their cash was confiscated by the police, she asked her family what to do. Her family just handed her a gun and told her that she would be kicked out of the gang if she did not take revenge. If she did not have the courage to take revenge and kill, but wanted to fill her stomach, she could only accept the advice of the black men and let them have sex in exchange for the pitiful money. Because she had attended college and knew Russian, she was used as a gang translator and cooperated with the Russian gang.
White people prefer to see black people make fools of themselves, so the show lets them see that even if they have a comfortable life, black people are still trash. For example, a black girl with an American Express black card, when introduced to other high-end people of the same class by her nominally white father, her first reaction is to get some crack and sell it at a high price to these guys who tip the waiters with ten-dollar bills. In order to continue this kind of life after the show, she wants to hook up with a rich man, so she takes the initiative to chat up a promising white young man on the show, and the two of them have sex. As a result, the unlucky white guy was diagnosed by his private doctor the next day because of this sex with the black girl, he contracted four diseases and almost his entire golf cue rotted.
There is no nudity or borderline shots in the entire show from beginning to end, but it allows you to imagine all the obscene scenes that you haven't seen.
For example, when you see a white girl sitting in a fast food restaurant eating cheap steak, and then think about the offer made by the black man to her before, you will know what level of transaction she has just completed, and understand whether she used her mouth, the front or the back, to exchange for this steak.
For example, when the private doctor said that the unlucky white handsome guy had four diseases, including erosion of the tip of the tongue, he knew what .
There are no pornographic scenes, no images or lines that are inappropriate for children, so it can be broadcast openly during prime time and the whole family can sit in front of the sofa and enjoy it together.
A very positive, family-friendly reality show.
It is said that when the reality show reached the third episode and a white guy was diagnosed with four diseases at once, the number of appointments at private clinics skyrocketed, and many white men who had slept with black girls went to get their bodies checked.
There are also more teenage shootings than usual because many white or black people, angered by the ridicule of those around them, choose to rent a few videos of "The Almighty Gun Modifier" and simply upgrade the weapons at home, representing God to save the souls of those guys who really deserve to have their tongues rotted.
Both black people and white people like to watch it, and then after watching it they make a lot of complaints, demanding that the FCC force BT TV to delete the shots of women with the same skin color as themselves, and change the dual female protagonists to a single female protagonist.
"This program and all the staff involved in its production have been blacklisted by the Emmy Awards because of its vulgar tone. As long as we continue to produce this program, it will blacklist us forever, Boss." The white man who had just switched the screen to the news said to Tommy, "All TV program critics are blaming us. Countless viewers have written to scold us for producing such a vulgar and obscene program. We even got feedback from the FCC. Congress may consider having the Television Program Review Committee hold a separate meeting to discuss whether to ban it on the grounds that it is too obscene to be broadcast during prime time."
Tommy took out two gums from Rick's suit pocket, put them in his mouth, and then looked at the man who was at least fifteen years older than him. "Whether it should be banned or not is not your fucking concern. Boy, you just used the word obscene three times to describe this program. You are fucking insulting me, BT, and all black people in America. I'm going to arrange a special appearance for you and make you say what you just said again in front of the camera."
"I didn't insult black people, boss, I just..."
"Of course you fucking do!" Tommy slammed his hands on the table, staring sharply at the other person who was nervous because of an insult to black people.
The others were also a little nervous because of Tommy's words, except for the real black people.
"But insulting me, insulting BT, insulting black people, these are not important. Do you know what makes me most angry about you?" Tommy slowly stood up from his seat, walked in front of the other party, carefully helped him adjust his tie, looked at the tie clip inlaid with broken diamonds, and said softly:
"You are insulting your colleagues who have made such a great show with you, and you are insulting yourself. This makes me angry. What makes you think you are obscene? Those TV program critics whose mouths stink worse than rat-skin swallows in the sewer? Or those black people who only like to see white people make fools of themselves, white people who only like to see black people make fools of themselves, and even those congressmen who sit in the Capitol and say they are speaking for the American people, but in fact they only let their secretaries call high-class girls for them in the office and let taxpayers pay for them? In front of those people, what fucking qualifications do you have to say that you are obscene? Do you deserve it?"
After helping the other person to tidy up, Tommy turned around and walked behind the others, brushing his hand across everyone's shoulders, gently and powerfully, just like his words:
"You are making a great, impeccable program. Believe me, if it violated American law, it would have been banned long ago, instead of those experts and congressmen who could only talk about it incompetently. The fact that it can be broadcast during prime time shows that it is not obscene. It is a standard family show. Admittedly, it has some illusions that make people feel uncomfortable in terms of style, but so what? That is what we must do in order to spread virtue. Obscenity also has its meaning of existence."
"What's the meaning of existence? Just like a porn movie?" A woman whose shoulders were held by Tommy spoke with her back to Tommy.
Tommy put his hands gently on the other's shoulders: "No, ma'am, with all due respect, you must have seldom watched porn movies, right?"
"Of course, I have a husband and a regular life." The woman did not deny: "So I don't need to watch that kind of porn."
"But you need to watch The Fake Heiress, because it is completely different from porn. No one understands porn better than me. It is so holy that I cannot have the heart to blaspheme. I would rather shoot at a poster of Nancy Reagan canvassing for her husband than do anything disrespectful to these two heroines. Those who question the obscenity of the show are because they are obscene in their hearts, not the show itself. What's more, obscenity is also a skill that we need to borrow." Tommy looked at everyone:
"If you tell any American about the policies that President Kennedy implemented during his tenure that affected them, they may just throw their hands up in confusion and treat you as a boring idiot. But if you tell them, hey, man, did you hear that President Kennedy and his brother had sex with Marilyn Monroe at the White House last night! They will immediately show a shocked expression, and then treat it as major news that affects the United States and spread it to everyone around them. This is the power of obscenity. We just use obscenity as a technique to convey various virtues to the American people."
The employee whose tie Tommy had adjusted earlier said, "Boss, why don't we just put a woman with her legs closed in front of the BT TV camera? After she finishes reading the various virtue messages you want to convey on the top of the screen, she will open her legs and show them the obscene scenes they want to see?"
"Open your legs, are you being obscene?" Tommy walked back to the other person with an unhappy look on his face.
"So, you were the one who gave the word obscene to your mom when she spread her legs and pulled you out? Are you sure?"
"That's different..."
"Of course it's the same!" Tommy glared at him. "This show is like your mother! Do you understand? Spreading a woman's legs is a very holy and great thing. It is for conception and rebirth, just like the Bible records that Moses parted the Red Sea to bring hope and rebirth to the Hebrews! If someone thinks it's obscene, it's because it's a heretical word spoken by the fucking Egyptians who were about to be swallowed by the sea! It's the cry of a tadpole of poor quality when a woman opens her thighs to give birth to a new life! Answer me, are you the worst quality tadpole among the countless tadpoles that your father gave to your mother in his life?"
"No, sir." The white man lowered his head and whispered.
Tommy stared at the other person fiercely for a few seconds before turning around: "It better not be."
"Does anyone have any impression of the name Vermont?" Tommy asked with a smile and open arms as he returned to the conference table.
Everyone shook their heads.
Tommy continued with satisfaction: "Very good, have you heard of the name Quincy Berdych?"
Everyone nodded frantically.
"I guess now you have remembered the name Vermont. Yes, the spread of news is always tied to obscenity. The poor Secretary of State had no choice but to arrange a gigolo for his wife because his golf club was withering. Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that the lumberjack who had fucked him countless times was actually a damn bisexual. He thought he and the lumberjack but he didn't expect that anyone could just pay and his strong homosexual would provide high-quality door-to-door service." Tommy spit out the gum, took out a cigarette and lit it:
"The whole of America now knows that the Secretary of State of Vermont had his golf club broken by a gigolo, and he could only lie on the bed with his wife to be fucked by the gigolo. Do you think this obscene news has no benefits? Wrong. In the second week after the news was made public, the number of tourists flying to Vermont increased by 32%, most of whom were couples. The income of gigolos from local entertainment companies increased by 27% compared to before. Many customers required the gigolos to come to their homes in lumberjack clothes. Does anyone still think that the Secretary of State who was forced to resign is obscene? In today's economic downturn in the United States, how many lumberjacks in Vermont have found new jobs with this news! He is a great and respectable man! He sacrificed himself and made a huge contribution to the economic recovery of Vermont! If I were a Vermonter, I would not be able to resist the urge to erect a statue for him! Remember him forever!"
Rick couldn't help but start to recall whether there were any problems with the style of this program when it was originally planned. It seemed that there were no problems. He was indeed trying to design a family-friendly reality show that the whole family could watch while sitting on the sofa. It was definitely a malicious slander by those TV program critics.
Tommy continued, "People with dirty hearts find everything obscene. I have a friend named Dennis who is like that. Let's put it this way. One time he forgot to bring his poster of "Penthouse" with him, so he shot directly at the exposed chest of Jesus on the cross in the church. Does anyone think that the naked chest of Jesus is obscene? Of course not. It was Dennis who was obscene."
"If we want to change our country, we must use a more understandable way, that is, let people learn to think through watching easy-to-understand programs, why a white girl from a prestigious school went to the black streets and ended up selling goods and selling her body for a living, and she didn't even have the money to buy Torjan, why a black man from the lower class became rich overnight and entered the upper class, and the first thing he thought of was to buy a bunch of shiny jewelry and pile it on his body, and then sell crack to billionaires?"
"What exactly is wrong with this country? How long will it take to achieve racial equality? When will the issue of employment discrimination against women in the United States be taken seriously? This is the true depth of our reality show. Every question is worth pondering. It is very worthwhile. Who raised these profound questions? It was not Socrates, but you."
"Don't think of yourselves as disseminators of vulgar culture. You are greater philosophers than Socrates. Socrates can only talk nonsense, but what about you? You have wisdom, depth, greatness, holiness, kindness and all other virtues. You would rather bear the stigma, but never forget to try to change America."
“You are true philosophers, doers, and social activists.”
"I'm proud of you."
"BT is proud of you."
"America is proud of you. Your names will be forever remembered in the history of television development and praised by future generations."
Several young attendees clapped excitedly, and then everyone else hesitantly began to applaud as well. Tommy was escorted out of the conference hall by Rick amid the applause.
In the corridor where no one else could hear, Tommy said to Rick, "Give the young people who take the lead in applauding a 15% salary increase. Then have Mark's headhunting company send a few invitations to the three old guys with experience in social abuse who refuse to applaud, tricking them into voluntarily resigning and getting out of BT. Also, tell the rest of the people not to worry about the Emmy Awards and Congress, because they will be shortlisted."
"Okay, Boss." Rick said convinced.
Who the hell could elevate a filthy show to the level of Jesus and Moses opening the sea? Who the hell could elevate the producers of this filthy show to the level that philosophers like Socrates can only look up to?
His own boss, Tommy Hawke.
Before, Rick was curious about why Tommy could become a billionaire at such a young age. Now he knows that not only can he become a rich man, but if this boss wants, he can even become the leader of a cult with the most followers.
When Rick turned and walked towards the conference room, Tommy adjusted his tie and strode forward, saying to Martin and Paige who were following him:
"Martin, go talk to Earl and ask his grassroots black organization Rainbow to resolve those false accusations. Oh, and you can also tell Big Jack and the others to take the folks of Compton to teach those California newspapers a lesson. In short, whoever dares to insult this program that helps me make money is insulting all the obscene black people in America. Let Sophia arrange the funds for you. Tell her that I allow you to take an extra 5,000 dollars to buy yourself a custom-made suit from Bijian."
"I'm ready to blow up the newspaper office right now. I, a lowly black man, have been insulted!" Martin heard that his boss had already rewarded him with a custom suit worth five thousand dollars before he had even done anything. He immediately excitedly pumped his fist and said, "It would be great if more insults to black people happened. I also have my eyes on a pair of Italian handmade leather shoes worth fifteen hundred dollars."
Tommy ignored Martin's excitement and said to Paige:
"Page, call Sean who is in charge of BT's public relations and ask him to think about it and see if it is possible to convey a message to the American audience, that is, the experts who insulted and slandered "The Pretender" were paid by Fox TV. Also remember to remind him that this was all Earl's decision. I know nothing about all this. Apart from chatting about philosophy with everyone, I mainly discuss business with the Koreans in Newport Beach."
