"Good Morning America" is a morning news program on the ABC Television Network. As a commercial TV station with the purpose of profit, in order to pursue ratings, the content of "Good Morning America" is not entirely boring news broadcasts, but is very flexible.
In addition to the hot news that attracts public attention, the program also contains many anecdotes, celebrity interviews and even variety games. Occasionally, big-name singers will be invited to perform live street performances.
The weekend version of "Good Morning America" is only one hour long and broadcasts live at 7 a.m. in each time zone.
Inside an apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Near seven o'clock, Jennifer Raybould tiptoed out of her room and cautiously came downstairs, only to find that her father, James Raybould, was already sitting in the living room reading the newspaper.
Shrinking her neck, Jennifer wanted to retreat quietly, but James Raybould had already noticed his daughter and pointed directly to the sofa opposite without raising his head: "Jenny, come here."
"Good morning, Dad."
I had no choice but to give up the idea of running away, say hello, and obediently walked over and sat down opposite my father. After hesitating for a moment, Jennifer picked up the remote control on the coffee table, turned on the TV in the living room, and tuned to the ABC channel.
James Raybould looked at his daughter's movements and raised his eyebrows slightly.
However, something suddenly occurred to him. James looked at his already slim daughter opposite him, but he didn't scold him. He just asked, "Why did you come back so late yesterday?"
Jennifer glanced at the TV screen, then turned to her father and said, "I have something to do temporarily. I will be in New York at 5:30 and will not come back until I finish it."
James Raybould waited for a moment and saw that his daughter did not continue to explain, so he stopped asking.
The little girl has grown up after all.
From the moment Jennifer insisted on working in Los Angeles instead of staying at the couple's New York firm, James Raybould realized that he had been a little too strict with his daughter over the years. Although they do not regret doing this, their daughter has grown up, and the Rayboulds also understand that it is time to let their children go on their own.
Thinking of this, James Raybould changed the topic and asked in a gentle tone: "I had a phone call with Professor Robertson last week. He thought your paper was very good. Tell me about it."
Jennifer's attention turned to the TV screen again, and she was a little distracted when she heard this: "Dad, today is Saturday, can we not talk about these things?"
James Raybould looked at his daughter, suddenly feeling a little more understanding, as well as some discomfort stemming from his father's instinct, and asked tentatively: "Jenny, are you in love?"
Jennifer was stunned for a moment, her face was slightly red for no reason, but she shook her head, not looking at her father's eyes, and said: "Dad, no. I'm just, um, a little tired, shall we watch TV?"
James Raybould smiled, simply put the newspaper aside and said, "Okay, let's watch TV."
On the TV screen, "Good Morning America" had already started. After a few mainstream news, the screen moved to a studio.
Jennifer looked at the large poster of "Run Lola Run" in the studio and immediately became energetic.
This is the result of her repeated insistence yesterday, and she even officially signed a contract for this purpose.
Although the content of that videotape belongs to that guy, the copyright belongs to her. If it were anyone else, owning such a videotape, asking a TV network for $100,000 would definitely not be too much. Therefore, the only condition she made to Robert Iger and ABC was that it must be aired on "Good Morning America" this morning, otherwise she would contact other networks.
James Raybould noticed what was on the TV screen and his daughter's reaction, and his mood suddenly improved a lot.
It turns out that I am not in love, but chasing stars.
However, James still said: "Is this the work of Simon Westeros? The recent controversy is quite a lot."
Jennifer couldn't help but retorted: "Dad, can't you see that those news are manipulated? They just don't want "Lola Run" to be too high at the box office."
James Raybould smiled and did not argue with his daughter, but also focused on the TV screen.
In the studio, "Good Morning America" host Charles Gibson sat on a sofa on one side, smiled and gestured behind him, and said to the audience: "Seeing this poster, everyone must have guessed our topic today. . However, I still have to say that you all guessed wrong."
Amid everyone's doubts, Charles Gibson briefly introduced: "As we all know, "Run Lola Run" directed by young Hollywood director Simon Westeros has recently caused a series of controversies and questions. Many people doubted that such an 18-year-old It is impossible for a young man to have the ability to complete such an excellent movie. We will not comment on this for the time being. Yesterday, our program team suddenly received a video tape. After seeing the video tape, we were surprised and started to work crazily. Called many singers: Hey, friend, do you need a guitar player? Finally, one singer replied and said: OK, let me see how he plays first. Then, she came to our studio today. "
After Charles Gibson said this, which aroused the audience's curiosity even more, he stood up and said: "Welcome, Madonna."
Amidst the applause of the scene, Madonna, wearing a jacket, tight leather pants and high heels, walked out from the backstage, hugged Charles Gibson gently, then sat down on the sofa on the other side, and couldn't help but look at several pictures of "Run Lola Run" behind her "Poster, looking very curious.
In front of the TV, Jennifer frowned slightly when she saw Madonna appear. She didn't like this singer who always had a prominent public image, and she was also a little dissatisfied with ABC's arrangement.
However, Jennifer also knew that she could not ask for too much.
On the TV screen, after a brief exchange of greetings, Charles Gibson asked Madonna: "Maggie, before recommending our guitarist to you, I would like to ask first, have you seen "Run Lola Run"? "
Madonna nodded decisively and said: "Of course, this movie is really cool. Unfortunately, I have been too busy recently and haven't met the little guy who is said to have directed this movie himself."
Charles Gibson listened to Madonna's answer and smiled and said: "So, Maggie, you also have some doubts that Simon Westeros did not film "Lola Run"?"
"I just think this is incredible. He is only eighteen years old after all," Madonna said, finally realizing something. "Charles, the guitarist you want to recommend to me is not Simon Westeros, right?" ?”
Charles Gibson smiled and said nothing. He just raised his hand and gestured behind him, saying, "Well, let's watch a video first."
Most of the lights in the studio were dimmed, and a beam of projector light from the ceiling was projected on the big screen behind the studio. It still started with a casual shot in front of a craft stall, but ABC temporarily subtitled several voice-overs. The audience could clearly distinguish dialogues such as "Little boy..." and "Flight of the Bumblebee, for Jenny".
Immediately, the sound of guitar pouring out made everyone feel as if they were like a wasp swooping down.
Immediately afterwards, the lens turned, and due to the enlargement of the picture, the clarity was inevitably affected. However, under the foreshadowing of the topic just now, everyone immediately recognized the identity of the guitarist: Simon Westeros.
In the studio speakers, increasingly crazy and urgent notes continued. Even people who didn't understand music at all could definitely feel the master-level guitar skills of a certain guy at this time.
At the same time, the camera panned across the studio audience. Almost everyone had their mouths slightly open, with a look of surprise on their faces.
Madonna, who originally just turned her head to watch the screen, unknowingly turned around and knelt down on the sofa. She put a small hand on her chin, obviously trying not to put it into her mouth. As Simon played on the screen, she became more and more Crazy, Madonna's mouth shape is also clearly repeating silently 'It's incredible, it's incredible'.
Five minutes later, when the video ended, the studio scene almost immediately gave rise to uniform applause. Madonna clapped her hands and shouted, "What-a-crazy-boy!!!" regardless of her image.
at the same time.
In front of countless TV sets, many people couldn't help but express various admirations when they saw Simon's astonishing guitar solo on the screen.
"It's so cool."
"Is this really something a human can do?"
"I didn't expect this young man to be so powerful. The media has been talking nonsense again recently."
"Mom, I also want to learn guitar."
"I have known for a long time that those who recently attacked Simon are maliciously smearing him. I must watch "Lola Run" again today."
"Maybe it would be good to go and watch the movie "Run Lola Run" today."
"Oh my God."
"He is indeed a madman, a cool madman."
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Although it is a rest day when people generally don’t get up early. However, as a national television network, ABC still has a very large audience base. In addition, there have been too many news related to "Lola Run" recently, and the video about Simon on "Good Morning America" is still very fast. It caused a huge response. .
seeing is believing.
Seeing Simon Westeros' crazy guitar playing in the video, many people immediately questioned the media's views during this period: You said that this boy lacked musical skills and could not complete "Lola Quick" by himself. The soundtrack of "Run". Now, who else dares to say this? If you have the ability, you can play "Flight of the Bumblebee" again.
Since the accusations against Simon Westeros are false. So, what about other aspects
Although this is an era without the Internet, relatively speaking, interpersonal communication has become more frequent. However, in just a few hours, many people completely fell to Simon's side because of this video.
Los Angeles.
ABC did not inform Simon of the content of today's program in advance. However, with the broadcast of "Good Morning America", Simon and many people around him still got the news as soon as possible.
Before seven o'clock in the morning on the West Coast, everyone gathered again at the mansion in Palisades.
However, what made Simon dumbfounded the most was the fax of a handwritten note from New York handed to him by Jonathan Friedman who came over. There was only one sentence on it: Little boy, you owe me once.
Signed Madonna.
This is so good at exploiting loopholes. Your Majesty, have we met