America 1982

Tommy waited until Rick Luthor opposite had finished saying everything he wanted to say, and he himself carefully read the documents Rick handed him, then he clapped his hands vigorously, and then stood up excitedly, using his fingers to Pointing to himself, the vice president of programming and production who previously worked at Live Color Film Company, he happily shouted to this guy with curly red hair:

"Rick, I knew you were a genius producer and you knew what we needed! This episode is proof of that!"

The sound was so loud that even Paige and Sophia outside the conference room heard Tommy's happy voice. They were both a little shocked and didn't understand what Rick said to Tommy to make him so happy.

Sophia knew that Tommy hadn't really laughed happily for a long time. This guy was getting richer and richer, but at the same time, he was getting more and more silent.

Most of the time, after he has finished his work in the company and attended some unavoidable board meetings, Tommy will silently read newspapers and periodicals in the office. When he needs to relax, he will stare at the map of the United States in the office in trance. No one knows his soul anyway. Which state drifted to that moment.

Even when she returned to her residence, Sophia knew what Tommy would do. He would swim three miles as usual, do some aerobic exercise accompanied by a fitness instructor, and then go to his study, which was larger than the living room of many families. TV, reading, and staring at the wall.

Except for myself, Otilia and Dorothy who was responsible for cleaning, no one could enter the study and see that spectacular wall.

That wall was covered with a large and detailed map of the United States. The map was so precise that even small cities like Warwick were marked on the map.

Of course, in addition to the map, there are more than a hundred magnetic stickers that Tommy has affixed to it. There are more than a hundred magnetic stickers all over the United States. The magnetic stickers that are supposed to mark text are all blank.

So even though Sophia often visits Tommy's study, she doesn't know what the magnetic stickers that Tommy placed on the map represent, and how charming that map is, allowing Tommy to appreciate at least half of it before going to bed every night. hour, it's possible that Otilia didn't even have the map to attract Tommy.

After following Tommy for so long, she was sure that the happiness Tommy showed towards Rick at this moment was from the bottom of his heart, pure happiness.

This also made Sophia more and more curious about what Rick said to Tommy to make this bastard, who was always so mature that people couldn't help but ignore his true age, smile like a happy child.

"Mr. Page, go ask them what they are doing. They are too noisy. Please be quiet." Sophia looked at Page, who frowned slightly and was also curious about why her boss was happy, and said.

Page looked at Sophia with his eyes that were slightly turbid on the surface but could see through everything: "Miss O'Connor, if you are curious, go find out the truth yourself. The boss can tolerate everything about you, but he will never be lenient in deducting my salary. .”

"If Martin is here, he will definitely help me..." Sophia rolled her eyes cutely when Page saw through the little trick. Then she walked to the conference room, knocked on the door lightly, then pushed it open and faced the two people inside. He asked with a smile:

"Do you need the girls in the administration office to refill your coffee? I heard you guys chatting happily outside."

"Rick can't just get a cup of coffee, I said, he is a genius." Tommy happily picked up the information and smiled proudly at Sophia: "Look, he and his team designed it for BT TV station episode, I knew he knew how to figure out what his boss really wanted.”

"'How to Marry a Millionaire'?" Sophia picked up the information and looked through it. She couldn't find anything that made Tommy so happy. She looked at the two of them doubtfully: "I know that BT TV station is planning a sitcom, but I Didn't expect it to be "How to Marry a Millionaire"? If I remember correctly, Marilyn Monroe made a comedy movie of the same name, so you need to buy the film rights and adapt it? That's a lot of money."

"The movie was released in 1953, but I actually checked it carefully. The original novel was published in 1930, and the author passed away shortly after the movie was released. The copyright has entered the public copyright pool, and we can use it as we like." Rick was excited at this moment. Introduced to Sophia.

Sophia, who graduated from law school, immediately pointed out the problem in Rick's words: "But the U.S. Copyright Act stipulates that works cannot enter the public copyright pool fifty years after the author's death."

"That is for a U.S. citizen, Miss O'Connor. The author is a Greek living in the United States and has never become a U.S. citizen. Therefore, the author should rely on the International Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works to safeguard his copyright. Unfortunately, that international convention was introduced In 1886, the United States has not ratified the Bourne Convention to take effect in the United States. This is also the loophole I found." Rick looked at Sophia:

"I consulted a lawyer privately and got a positive answer. Yes, we don't need to pay the original author's family. We can directly adapt the love deception and adventure of three white girls in this novel into three black people. It’s a romantic comedy story about a poor girl who borrowed money from the bank and pretended to be a famous lady, helped each other, and finally succeeded in marrying a rich man and changing her destiny.”

"Are you happy because someone at the TV station finally knows what program to use to please you and the bottom black viewers at the same time?" Sophia sighed. After listening to Rick's words, she immediately understood why Tommy was happy.

Whether it's "NiggerBoss" or "Searching America," or even other self-produced shows that are still in production, they are either gimmicks proposed by Tommy himself, or they are shows that Tommy is completely uninterested in and will never watch. At this moment, this The idea of ​​a sitcom made Tommy happy because Rick found a loophole to save a lot of royalties, and it was also able to use Marilyn Monroe's gimmick. Finally, this program sounded really suitable for those at the bottom. Black Appreciation, through the gimmick of romantic comedies, actually wants to brainwash those viewers and change their destiny. You can also borrow a large sum of money from the bank to package yourself like the three heroines, and maybe you can meet them tomorrow A rich man.

But whether they met rich people, Sophia didn't know, but if they wanted to borrow money, they would definitely meet Tommy's KeyBank.

Rick thought so comprehensively about this project, which should be why Tommy is happy.

"No!" Tommy gave a negative answer to Sophia's judgment.

Sophia looked at Tommy suspiciously: "No?"

"I'm happy because we can praise a beautiful black woman and claim that she is the black Marilyn Monroe." Tommy said freely and hypocritically:

"My black brothers need a goddess of their own skin color."