In the United States, everything is inseparable from money, and it is impossible not to collect money. The Screen Actors Guild is supposed to collect money in the first place, but the slave owners are just respecting history.

Sheffield cannot open its own film company to grab food. The only way to deal with these film companies is to do these two things well through the offline theater system and the most basic actors union. Hollywood has grown

It will be difficult to compete for film companies that have risen.

From the perspective of a pyramid, Sheffield himself is the tip of the pyramid, and Hollywood actors are the foundation of the pyramid. A stable pyramid structure should win over the middle and squeeze the bottom. But actors are a special group and cannot be treated like other groups.

Treat it that way.

Actors like Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford were already able to earn extremely high salaries for the civil class at this time. The actor group was destined not to be as suppressed as the working class, so it was better to relax restrictions.

Things like unions will eventually be surrendered. Sheffield knows that all unions in the United States will eventually turn into interest groups, so he has never been too afraid. His tough attitude towards unions is entirely due to the limitations of the times!

In the era when the United States was not yet a world hegemon, domestic companies had only two options. One was to agree to the establishment of a union and agree to the union's conditions. The second was to mobilize private companies to suppress it. Usually everyone would choose the second option.

The reason why I choose the second option is because I have no choice. Agreeing to the conditions proposed by the union is never considered. This option is only in theory. In theory, it can be done, but in fact there is no such option.

Then suppressing workers' resistance is a conventional choice. Only in the era of globalization will a third option appear, which is that in the face of greedy workers, we can close the factory and place the industry in countries without trade unions.

In this era, Sheffield can only hope that there will be as few incidents as possible, and if something does happen, it will be severely deterred. Until the day of globalization comes, there will be no need to waste time with these ungrateful workers.

Hollywood actors are different. Compared with industrial workers, most actors live a less miserable life. The Soviets have said that these little bourgeoisie are weak and as long as they are given a little sweetness, they will not cause big trouble.

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After explaining the relationship, David Griffith finally understood that Sheffield felt that the major Hollywood film companies, which were being flooded with hot money from all parties, might unite to resist in the future.

Although David Griffith feels that Sheffield is making a fuss out of a molehill, these film companies should not dare. But he also knows in his heart that once the slave owners feel this way, they will definitely not make changes.

"I'm afraid they won't give in easily!" David Griffith thought for a moment and said, "No one wants to see their own interests damaged."

"Just them? They haven't made many good movies every day. They are very skilled at unbuckling their belts. It's best not to cause trouble for me on this matter. My patience has limits, especially recently. If they are willing to block the Italians

I have no problem with bullets. United Company has this industry, and bullets are not very expensive."

Sheffield snorted coldly, "I won't object to making movies honestly, but don't think too much other than that. The movie industry is mine. If anyone is dissatisfied with this, let him come and talk to me in person.

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Slave owners feel that they have this strength and their opponents are not that strong, so they should be more sensible, show some weakness of the bourgeoisie, and ask themselves, the monopoly capitalists, to give them some scraps. This will be beneficial to everyone.

"Boss, I have some ideas about the second part of The Birth of a Nation." David Griffith is definitely a supporter of handsome men and beauties. He expressed his hope that in the next movie based on the Civil War, he can use what he can now.

A full cast of stars, including sisters Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford.

"There's no problem with this, what's wrong?" Sheffield put his hands in his pockets and didn't think there was anything wrong with what David Griffiths said.

"The boss is like this. If you want to be close to the times, you can show the characteristics of the southern states. You may want to borrow some of your properties, and there is no better one than the estates including Oak Manor." David Griffith said.

He hesitated and said, "If the perspective is in the south, boss, can you make a cameo?"

"Why do you want me to make a cameo?" Sheffield looked at David Griffiths with a sullen face and said for a moment, "But I must admit that you really know how to find someone, and I am the only one who is most suitable for this kind of role. I can definitely play my true self. Yes.

To be a slave owner or to be a regiment commander, but now that I have said this, don’t be too stingy about the war scenes. You need to use a large number of actors. I can help you with this problem. Not only can I make a guest appearance, I can even find a group of people to make a guest appearance. War

You don't have to worry about it, just leave it to me. Although many of the people I have have gone to North Africa."

After expressing his opinion that no one knows the Civil War better than me, Sheffield ended his long speech. He said that he could even replicate several battles in the Civil War one-to-one.

David Griffiths was shocked, as it seemed that this was bigger than he had imagined. Sheffield reassured him not to worry, the extra costs were all on him. The key was to capture the authenticity.

"The Union Army actually had black battalions. If this movie is going to be made, they must appear in the movie. Of course, you don't have to worry, the descendants of these soldiers are still in Texas." Sheffield narrated with gestures.

, made David Griffith's heart surge with excitement, as if an epic movie was about to come out.

The slave owner was very enthusiastic about this movie, which went beyond the scope of a movie. He even said that he would make a phone call to ask his wife if she wanted to make a guest appearance.

"Oh, David, what are you and William talking about?" Edith Rockefeller walked in calmly and asked curiously after seeing such a scene. After asking for more information, she said, "It's nothing more than what happened decades ago.

, I suggest you include the scene where old Morgan is a coffee bean merchant."

"Would you like to film your father's hoarding of materials to make a fortune through the civil war?" Louisa Morgan's malicious voice came from behind Edith Rockefeller. Compared with ordinary pregnant women, the women of the Morgan family seemed less cautious.

It wasn't affected. It wasn't like Evelin ran to the hospital early to wait for fear that something unexpected might happen and she wouldn't be able to do it in time.

"Don't listen to them. The main angle of view must be on the Alliance side." Sheffield glanced at the two of them and said in a neutral tone, "Just feel free to film. No matter what you film, I will find a way to get it released."

.But it will be interesting to see what Republican supporters will think after this movie appears."

In Hollywood under the control of Sheffield, it is impossible to make a living based on skin color. Once the Screen Actors Guild is established, the influence of the United Company will grow with Hollywood, and there is no solution. Just like you can point it at your own head

Kill the host with one shot and eliminate the disease along with it. As long as you are brave enough, there is of course a way.

Evelyn finally got her wish and gave birth to a boy for her man. For Louisa Morgan, the Sheffield family had another competitor, leaving her staring at the child of love under her belly, not knowing whether it was a boy or a girl.

I felt an invisible pressure.

However, Sheffield has no time to care about other things. He is currently having a heated debate with major Hollywood companies about the establishment of the Screen Actors Guild. In fact, fierce accusations are more appropriately described.

It was the slave owners who fiercely accused these companies of not treating actors as human beings and called for the protection of actors' rights.

Sheffield, who calls for respect for the rights of actors, heard that a human zoo was opening in Los Angeles and went directly to see the exhibition. This time the human zoo exhibition lasted for one month and attracted a large number of people in Los Angeles to visit.

"The French are really good at making money. After driving in New York, they came to Los Angeles." Sheffield only brought some bodyguards to take advantage of the lack of people and watched these ethnic groups captured from nowhere being put on display.

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Looking away from the sign indicating that feeding was not allowed, Sheffield looked at a black woman holding a monkey and muttering to herself with a cold face. The person inside was of course not wearing anything and was naked in a primitive style.

"I have never seen such a sight!" Jesra said in shock, "It shouldn't be like this."

"If you don't say that Europeans are civilized people, they are indeed civilized enough." Sheffield snorted coldly, "Who are we? How can anyone be so powerful that they just arrest people and put them on display? Hey, Jesra, do you know why this black man is doing this?

Holding a monkey?"

Jesla shook her head and waited for the answer. Sheffield did not disappoint the bodyguard leader, explaining, "Because in the eyes of Europeans, black people live with wild animals and can understand the language of wild animals, so the zoo manager deliberately let

These black men are holding monkeys and muttering to themselves, satisfying their savage fantasies."

Sheffield even knows how long the human zoo has been open. In 1958, when the Cold War was intensifying, Belgium still had a human zoo. At the World Exposition, the Belgian Colonial Ministry organized an exhibition about the indigenous people of the Congolese colony, which was intended to

Justifying their claim to have civilized primitive Africans.

But in fact, Congolese people have already been wearing suits, but when they arrived in Belgium, they were put into primitive clothes. What white people wanted to see was backward, not modern black people.

"The more primitive the more correct, the more ignorant the more noble. We don't care how people live, but we must live according to the route we have planned, otherwise no matter how good our life is, it will not be correct." Sheffield said proudly, showing his white teeth.
Chapter completed!