[Chapter 578: The Significance of Live War Broadcasting]
A bunch of old-tirs believed that William White truly had the ability to undermine their foundation. The box office numbers were clear: Universal and Columbia together weren't even a match for him. If this guy planned to make so offbeat films, you really couldn't complain about it.
Then there's NBC. The old-tirs were really feeling the pressure there. As the situation in the desert deteriorated, NBC's ratings skyrocketed once again.
One thing was certain: after this war concluded, NBC would find itself as the biggest television network in the world. During the war, it would broadcast its news globally, and audiences around the world would abandon their favorite entertainnt programs to lock onto their channel.
You have to understand, the power of habit is imnse. As long as their news maintained its quality, no other network could catch up. This war would be a popular topic for years to co. The value of that news was clear.
In its usual anti-war stance, NBC's sudden shift in perspective left the Arican public shocked. In their eyes, William White, the bad boy, was the vanguard of anti-mainstream culture, and now his dia was suddenly promoting Arica's mainstream narrative. It made people think NBC had changed owners.
Of course, this abrupt shift in style caused many viewers to tune out.
But William White didn't care. Once the war broke out, everyone who had left would co back, and he believed he could even gain many new viewers. He was utterly convinced of that.
However, the current climate was still anti-war, so promoting war at this mont was clearly out of step. Other networks, aside from NBC, chose to keep a low profile.
NBC's stance, of course, catered to the needs of many powerful entities. This was a business worth hundreds of billions, and who would want to be at odds with money?
Offend the audience?
Once the war starts, everyone would be tuning into NBC. That kind of heat could last at least six months. What business value does a news channel generating buzz for six months hold?
Many dia outlets would have to begrudgingly use NBC's footage.
You dare to cover up their logo?
Just ask yourself, are you afraid of going bankrupt?
Arican dia really is lucky; except for so sensitive areas, they can film just about anywhere.
NBC was currently recording the daily activities of the aircraft carrier, planning to turn it into a docuntary later.
William White was treating this war like it was a movie; it was downright insane!
How could he not know what others didn't?
This war could be edited into several docuntaries -- one about aircraft carriers, one about missiles, and of course, the main focus would be the war itself. Given how bloody content is generally unsuitable for broadcast, footage might be just fine.
Knowing his boss's plans, Barry Diller was quite taken aback. How shaless does one have to be to think of such a way to make money? But honestly, this idea didn't seem half bad!
In fact, this wasn't even the most shaless part. William White would wrap it up with a healthy dose of inspirational speaking, constantly reflecting on the horrors of war. He would make himself out to be an anti-war vanguard and a ssenger of peace and even start a fund to help won and children affected by war.
Shaless people are invincible.
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"Mr. White, are you saying that fighting will start after the New Year?" Barry Diller was a bit displeased with his boss's recent arrangents. He believed profiting from war was sowhat disgraceful, and if it was up to him, he would prefer not to go through with it.
"Barry, you can't just look at surface issues. I know you think this segnt is too extensive and leans toward promoting war. But do you understand? We are on the side of justice. After so many years, we finally have a chance to be just this once. If we miss out on this opportunity, who knows when it will co again."
Barry Diller just had a bit of a liberal mindset; he didn't an to oppose his boss. He simply hoped not to destroy the structure of the news. What the boss said was harsh but rely stated a fact.
No matter how much Washington spins the story, going after the Koreans and the Vietnase obviously isn't just. To be blunt, whatever lifestyle they choose is none of Arica's business.
If you want to interfere, that's not impossible; key is you still lost the fight, which would be utterly embarrassing.
"Mr. White, so changes are likely coming soon?"
"Ha! Naturally. With logistics involving nearly a million people, my goodness, if we don't get started, our economy will collapse. Truthfully, you can start adjusting now; once the war begins, the news cycles will have to double."
"I know what to do. In that case, we need follow-up special programs as well."
"Right, get more military comntators. If you can get so active-duty generals, that would be even better. Oh, and if we could do so war ga simulations, that would be ideal. Once the public understands the brutality of war, they'll certainly cherish peaceful living. From this perspective, we are indeed against war."
Barry Diller gained a new understanding of his boss's shalessness. Washington's spokesperson absolutely couldn't compare with this guy, who could so fiercely claim righteousness while profiting from war.
...
William White had no ti to play gas; he dismissed Barry and wanted to test out the latest ga instead.
Indeed, Command & Conquer had been successfully completed. Today, in the world of Legendary World, it was without a doubt the most popular ga; no question about it, Command & Conquer ranked first.
William White was quite familiar with this ga. The later Age of Empires and StarCraft were essentially continuations of Command & Conquer.
Well, perhaps so might disagree; after all, the graphics and playability of the latter two far surpassed those of Command & Conquer. They were simply from different eras. You can't lump all real-ti strategy gas under the label of Command & Conquer.
This wasn't an argunt worth pursuing; the quality of the follow-up versions of Command & Conquer was generally disappointing, which indeed caused so letdown. If only they could have done better, other gas wouldn't have had an easy ti at all.
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