Authors: Antara Mann
Back To The Viper (14 page)
“I’m not sure if it’s going nuts or if we’re just addicted to negative news. Hey, how about having lunch with me at David Burke at Bloomingdale’s? In a few hours I’m having a meeting with an entrepreneur in front of the Sony Tower.”
“Fine, but you’re paying. Isn’t that some negative news?” I winked at him.
***
“So what, you couldn’t make it as a host of The Screw?” Taylor asked me while he was having tomatoes with mozzarella.
“Yeah, life sucks.” I took a sip of wine resignedly.
“Did Carter at least tell you why he didn’t choose you?”
“That new one, umm, Jennifer Bailey, you must know her, from Jimmy Kimmel Live? Her stories apparently generate much more response and have won the affection of the mass viewer.”
“Was she the one who interviewed Dannie Ashville and that boxer Dexter Bake?”
“Yeah, that’s her.”
“Well, her stories were a bang up job. You can do nothing but start learning from her.”
I put my glass on the table and eyed Taylor spitefully.
“Are you picking on me?”
Taylor grinned.
“No, I’m damn serious. Go and show some more mainstream stories and you’ll become the new host of AEC News in no time.”
“Do you think I don’t realize this? It just…” I stared at the little bubbles in my wine. “It just wouldn’t be me and the spirit of my stories – the way I planned them to be eight years ago – would be lost.”
“Yes, but if you don’t change them, you’ll risk losing your screen presence.”
“Is it really that bad?” I asked worriedly. “I remember that this month I had two stories which gathered some very favorable feedback, not only among our viewers but in the social networks, too. Even Georgepolous congratulated me.”
“Julia, I don’t mean they’ll kick you out, just… make those stories more – What’s the word? – more appealing to the mainstream viewer.”
“You mean I should lower the quality?”
“Why, for example, don’t you interview that rapper who had the video with two million views as part of your next story? It will be a killer!”
“That guy? But he’s horrible. Do you really think it will make the grade?”
“Do I think? I’m a hundred percent sure.”
I gave him a skeptical stare.
“Is he really such a gold mine?”
“Let’s bet, if you don’t believe me! Feature that white rapper in Good Morning USA and your rating will double! Fifty dollars and a free drink at the Dead Poet for the winner. Do we have a deal?”
I laughed. “Okay, if you don’t mind wasting your money so easily, then let’s bet.”
At the same moment my iPhone vibrated. Mike Greenberg’s name was written on the display. I wondered what he wanted. I dismissed the call.
“Do you have an admirer?” Taylor winked at me.
“Oh, shut up and eat your salad!”
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