mousepad-d2 Chapter 254 The most concerned baby
Chapter 254 The most concerned baby
The day Jed announced that he had adopted his child was Sunday. According to the habits of American TV arrangements, the morning of Sunday is a weekly news summary, the afternoon is a sports program, and in the evening it is a so-called entertainment gossip weekly program.After all, Americans who have been tired all weekend and will be tormented by the news that they will go to work tomorrow can't accept any programs except light-hearted gossip programs. "Outside the Number" is such a syndicated program that focuses on gossip and gossip about celebrities.
What is a Syndicate Show?According to the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, in order to prevent TV networks from forming a monopoly on franchised stations and undermining freedom of speech, TV networks generally can only broadcast programs for a certain number of hours on member stations.In addition to producing local news programs, member stations generally do not produce other programs, so what to do with the spare broadcast time?Although shopping programs and advertisements are good choices, the Federal Communications Commission also controls the broadcast time of shopping programs and advertisements, so third-party TV production and distribution companies are required to produce programs to fill the broadcast time of local stations. Such programs are called syndicated programs.
Although syndicated programs are used to backlog TV network programming time, most syndicated program production companies are generally inextricably linked with large broadcasters.Therefore, in fact, except for the noon news at noon and the shopping program in the early morning, the local stations are in charge, and the rest of the time is still controlled by the TV network.However, how long the TV network can control is related to the production capacity of the TV network. Among them, CBS has the strongest production capacity among the US wireless TV networks.
CBS has always maintained the two titles of "the only TV network in the United States that still produces game shows" and "the TV network with the longest daily broadcast of soap operas in the United States", which also makes CBS firmly in the middle-aged and elderly (especially mothers) The group's ratings are the first, and it has also won the reputation of "Old People's TV" for CBS.Soap operas can be regarded as a very special category of TV dramas in the United States. They are very similar to Chinese prime-time dramas, and basically focus on "family ethics" and "dog-blood love".Basically, except for housewives who have nothing to do every day, they will watch this to pass the time, and no one will watch it.
Interestingly, daytime soaps in the U.S. tend to run for more than a dozen seasons.We must know that a prime-time drama in the United States is generally regarded as a success if it lasts for four seasons, it is considered a hit for six seasons, and it is considered a national drama if it lasts for more than nine seasons.Compared with the production length of soap operas that are broadcast from your elementary school to college graduation, there are not enough prime-time American dramas to watch.
Today's "Extraordinary" headline is "Sherman becomes a father", and two hot and beautiful anchors reported that everyone already knew the news when they listened to the radio today.After the two beautiful anchors were surprised, a bunch of experts came out to comment.There are experts in sociology, experts in child psychology, and professors of finance and economics...why are there experts in finance and economics present?The reason is simple. As the most famous baby in the United States, what this little baby eats and wears will become a popular indicator in the United States in the future.
In particular, Jed and John are both handsome men, and the styling team around them is also very professional and successful. Could it be that they can't find a fashion baby who is on the cutting edge of fashion in the United States?In particular, top brands like Burberry and Armani, which have children's clothing brands under their banners, have begun to ask through public relations companies whether they can let Jed's son wear their clothes?In fact, as long as Jed is willing, his little baby, born less than two months old, can become the youngest spokesperson on earth, representing all the brands he can endorse.
But Jed didn't have time to think about it right now, he was still thinking about how to name his son.He plans to give his son an English name and a Chinese name.In fact, Jade himself has his own Chinese name, but it is rarely used.
"Are you still thinking of a name?" John saw Jed flipping through various classical novels and knew that his son's name hadn't been decided yet.
In fact, Jed and John had discussed this issue, but Jed thought about it almost every day. After accumulating hundreds of names, he suddenly felt that it was not good, so he decided to overturn it and start over.The child's name is indeed a very troublesome problem. A name that is too common seems to make the child disappear from everyone, but a name that is too special will make the child isolated.After much deliberation, Jed simply recalled the so-called popular trend of American male names according to the statistics of later generations.
The three overly popular names Jacob, Mike, and Joshua were naturally excluded from memory, and the four names with too obvious national symbols, Andrew, William, Christopher, and Joseph, were also excluded. As a result, the only one left in front of me was Matthew, Ethan and Daniel are gone.Daniel is a very typical American name, and it has a good meaning, but Jed doesn't know why when he thinks of Daniel, he always has the appearance of a creamy boy in his mind.Jed didn't want his son to become a small boy, so he decided to choose one of Ethan and Matthew.
Just when Jed was about to choose, John suddenly sighed: "I didn't expect the bill to be rejected by the negotiation committee."
"What bill?" Jed knew that John rarely cared about American politics, and there were not many topics that he could care about.
"Amendments to the Hate Crimes Act." John replied seriously, "You know, after that tragedy, Clinton has always wanted to do something for comrades in his later days in office. So he intends to prolong or expand the hatred crimes bill, including homosexuals, women, and people with disabilities. But as you know, that legislation was blocked by the Republican Party and failed. Last year, new amendments were sent to the Senate and House of Representatives for reading , As a result, the two houses passed bills with inconsistent scope, so they had to be sent to the Consultative Committee for final draft and then submitted for a vote. But this bill was rejected by the Consultative Committee, I really don’t know what the group of Republican congressmen are eating!”
The U.S. Congress adopts a bicameral system, which can be regarded as representing the two trends of thought of the "Republic" and "Democracy" in the early days of the founding of the United States.The founding fathers of American democrats believed that democracy should be applied in the United States. Therefore, the power of each state in the federation must be consistent with the population of the state in order to realize the so-called "one person, one vote".But such an idea has been opposed by smaller states such as Rhodeland Island, which believe they should be treated like larger states.So there is a republican trend of thought, they believe that states, regardless of size, are equal.Under the wrestling between the two factions, the United States almost declared bankruptcy. Fortunately, with the compromise of Connecticut, otherwise the United States would really not be a country.
Under the Connecticut Compromise, Congress, the highest body and judiciary of the United States, is divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives.The House of Representatives implements "democracy", and the number of members of the House of Representatives is allocated according to the number of people in each state; while the Senate implements "republic", and each state regardless of size has two members.Generally speaking, the Senate is only superior to the House of Representatives in name and qualifications, but in fact the power is basically equal.The legislative power enjoyed by the Congress is shared by the two houses, and a law must be read by the two houses separately and finally submitted to the president for signature.But sometimes, the version passed by the Senate and the version passed by the House of Representatives will be inconsistent, and at this time it will be handed over to the Consultative Committee for processing.The Consultative Committee is a bicameral body, with the same number of people in both houses, and then distributes the heads according to the seats occupied by the parties.Negotiating committees are there to bridge the gap between the two chambers and allow bills to pass through debate and compromise.
"Okay, there's nothing to be angry about." In fact, Jed was also very angry inside.
Although the United States claims to be democratic and free, discrimination in its bones has never disappeared.Americans discriminate against women, discriminate against homosexuals forget it, they even discriminate against people with disabilities.In the eyes of some extremists, the survival of disabled people is a waste of food and money.This kind of thought, which is obviously extremely anti-human, has a great market in the United States, and even members of Congress have to compromise.Fortunately, with the awakening of most people in the United States, the new hate crime bill was finally passed in 2009.
Among them, I have to mention the big boy who kicked Matthew Shepard. Because of his homosexuality, he was beaten by two young people and tied up on the side of the road. Although he was found in time and sent to the hospital, he was still seriously injured. die.Shepard's death completely ignited the anger of gay Americans, and gay celebrities, including the famous host Ellen DeGeneres and musician Elton John, all stood up to protest at the time.One of the two young men who committed the crime at the time was sentenced to two life sentences (meaning that he may receive a commutation or parole) for turning into a tainted witness, while the other perpetrator was sentenced to death.But Shepard's mother pleaded with a grand jury on the grounds that another young man's life should not have been taken, and the assailant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
After comforting John, Jed wrote a diary on his blog, "Because of today's news, I decided to name my son Matthew to remind him and me, and everyone else, to remember a The lives of young people are innocently sacrificed because of the hatred of others. I once asked myself, have I ever feared my gay identity? Thanks to the efforts of the pioneers, gays in this era have more sense of security than gays in history, but this Is it enough? Not enough! Regardless of the fact that gays are denied the basic rights of marriage and adoption by the government, the most basic thing is that our safety is not enough. I will continue to appeal until I can be sure that my Matthew Sherman is not There will be a tragedy like that of Matthew Shepard."
Jed's diary has once again aroused the attention of American society on hate crimes and homosexual discrimination. Matthew Shepard's mother said in an interview with reporters, "I am very happy to hear that Mr. Sherman gave his son a Such a commemorative name! We will work together with Mr. Sherman so that every Matthew and every child can grow up in a society without discrimination. What we want to do is actually very simple, give them enough security Let them grow up safely and happily.”
As the summer wore on, Americans seemed to sense that the economy was a little bit in trouble.By the time careless Americans realize something is wrong, things have often gotten out of hand.But Jed was looking at many reports calmly. Gusta's bank in Canada was the first group of people to feel the subprime mortgage crisis.With the spread of the subprime mortgage crisis, the global economy has problems, and for multinational companies like Sony, the feeling is the most profound.
After reading these reports coldly, Jed said to his investment elites, "Guys, it's time for a feast! Don't forget what we are going to do. Now, it's time for us to perform!"