Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1097 Ovitz wants to sum up
"How can you be anti-Semitic? You are the most non-discriminatory person of all colors and ethnicities in Hollywood I have ever met. Not the kind of non-discrimination because it sounds good, you really don't Discrimination, you see in your works, actors of any skin color can be the protagonists..."

Helen Slater temporarily took a break from the preparations for the new film and became Ronald's "neighbor". When she came to visit, she found that Ronald was busy calling many people to explain, She asked Richard about Ovitz's anti-Semitic accusations against him.

"That is to say, I am so wronged. I think Ovitz is crazy. He is very unstable now, biting people everywhere. He also told me that your current girlfriend was chosen by him and is pious. Jewish. It seems that the job of leading the CAA is too stressful, and I suspect that he is temporarily insane."

When Ronald saw Helen coming, he could only nod and say hello to her. Like Ovitz, he called all the Jewish friends in the circle one by one to explain the situation.By the way, in front of them, say something bad about Ovitz.

"It's ridiculous, Kate isn't even a Jew." Spielberg felt that these agents wanted to take advantage of everything, and Ovitz had been tempting himself to sign for a long time.Now he actually wants to influence himself through Kate Capshaw, but fortunately, he and Kate are in love with each other.

"Huh?" Spielberg remembered something again. Kate Capshaw did ask herself how a Jewish wedding should be held.

"What are you going to do, I will testify for you in front of others, but you still have to sit down with Ovitz and talk about it in the end." Spielberg said one last sentence.

"Yeah, but it's impossible to end it now, before Ovitz pays the price of talking nonsense about me..." Ronald put down the phone and drank his lipstick tea. He still had a lot of calls to make.

The Grand Commander himself was once the head of the CIA, and the current head of the CIA, Webster, followed his baton very closely.The selected candidates left the current FBI Director Sessions speechless, but also shrewd and capable.Great psychological pressure was placed on the captured suspect Craig Stevens.

According to lawyer Mitch Kanter, who is keeping an eye on the progress in Beverly, in a day or two, it is expected that this corrupt policeman will be overwhelmed and give his family a complete account.

Ovitz must have been under a lot of psychological pressure to muddy the waters and package this from a simple case of a broker wiretapping a client to a story of Hollywood Jews uniting against white Anglo-German bullying.

Ronald's reputation was not particularly damaged by Ovitz's rumors, but also benefited from the fact that Jewish people who had worked with him took the initiative to clarify for him.For example, Eleanor Bergstein, the screenwriter of "Dirty Dancing", was the most aggrieved. She joined forces with Jennifer Gray, the heroine of the movie, and started calling every Jewish person in the circle she knew to defend Ronald.

The movie "Dirty Dancing" is a classic story about a Jewish woman finding herself in the early 60s. How could it be made by an anti-Semitic director?If he was anti-Semitic, how could he make the heroine baby, a Jewish girl, so beautiful?You must have changed your ethnicity to another race long ago, and you should also find a more beautiful actress to play it, right?Besides, it was impossible for him to sell the script to him.

Eleanor Bergstein is very influential in the Jewish circle. She has almost given up her career as a screenwriter now, and has become a famous party in the circle by relying on the annual seven-figure videotape sales of the movie "Dirty Dancing". queen.

To strike at Ronald is to strike at the source of money for her happy and luxurious life.In addition, Jennifer Gray's stardom is not smooth, and she especially wants to find a role like Baby that will make her popular. The two of them have become Ronald's most ardent supporters.

But, though in artist circles, no one really believed that Ronald was an anti-Semite.But at the level of the studio's executive producer, Ovitz was somewhat disruptive.

On the one hand, these people are relatively older, have experienced the years when Jews were discriminated against in Hollywood, and still have fresh memories of this kind of indifference from the main ethnic group.It is not an unimaginable story that a popular director looks down on them in his heart.

On the other hand, it is also related to Ronald's unwillingness to package the project as a whole to CAA. In his film projects, the proportion of Jews is not too high.Take Dirty Dancing as an example, except that Baby is played by a Jewish girl Jennifer Gray, other characters, such as her sister, are actors of other ethnicities playing Jews.

Moreover, the plot of letting a Jewish girl fall in love with a low-level Irish young man and poor ghost is not something that pleases the Jews too much.

In this way, this rumor still had some influence on Ronald, and it also created obstacles for him to cooperate with some big studios out of thin air.

However, this does not include Disney's Eisner and Katzenberg, two Jewish executives.

"This is simply nonsense. It is very unfair for Ovitz to treat you like this. I can assure you that all of our production and distribution businesses under Disney will continue to cooperate with you without losing any points."

Eisner's voice was extraordinarily loud on the phone.Ovitz, an old friend, did not know why he had conflicts with the star director under his banner. Now is a critical period, and he gave full support at this time, and the results obtained were not comparable to those of usual wooing.

As for which side to choose?Do you still need to think about it?After Ovitz dominated the last Oscar, he has become more and more bossy, and he can be described as bossy to the studio.

A group of young agents called "Young Turks" under him used Ovitz's name to squeeze Disney every time they talked about a project, hoping to get a share of the box office and video tapes. They took advantage of Ovitz's embarrassing reputation , As long as you say "If you don't agree to our conditions, the next person who will come to you to discuss the share ratio will be Ovitz himself." Many studios are afraid that Ovitz will ask for a higher price, so they can only submit.

The top executives of several major studios in the industry, the CEOs and chairman of the board, have begun to communicate in private, wanting to unite against Ovitz's bone-sucking squeeze. The male stars under CAA have made all the money. How will the CEOs of the studio make the report look good and satisfy Wall Street in the future?
In addition to them, Twentieth Century Fox's Barry Diller also called to express support.They also have many collaboration projects with Ronald.And to be honest, Barry Diller didn't care about this kind of thing, and the big boss Rupert's ambiguous attitude towards Jews didn't hinder his cooperation.

Only those high-level Jewish people with moderate responsibilities and positions, who are not responsible for company operations and have a lot of free time, will regard this kind of thing as their main concern.

After all, the average career life expectancy at the executive producer level is only three to five years, and they can build a reputation for vigorously maintaining the reputation of Jewish people, and they can also get the care of their own people after retirement.Jewish people are known to care so much about maintaining their ethnic reputation that they will indiscriminately reward those who contribute.

"Why are these people still clinging to these things? The Jews in Hollywood now, just don't bully others..." Helen looked at Ronald who was busy at night, and was very dissatisfied with Ovitz in her heart.

After Ronald got married, he finally spent a few days with himself, and was destroyed by this bastard again.

"It won't affect you too much, right?" Helen was still a little worried. As a Jew, she knew the influence of unity in the industry.

"Don't worry, I'm not that vulnerable yet." Ronald smiled, and he was still waiting for the FBI's investigation results. When Craig Stevens confessed who was behind it, Ovitz might also be arrested by the FBI. Summon, go inside the Beverly Police Station.

"Well, he is indeed the man I like." Helen entangled him obsessively.

Ronald clearly felt that after he got married, Helen became more dependent on him and flattered him.

……

Meanwhile, inside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, two middle-aged men in shoulder-padded suits were talking quietly in an unnoticed conference room.

"There is going to be a problem with the Mossad. The wiretapping equipment they obtained through Pollard somehow flowed back to Los Angeles and was used to wiretap a Hollywood star."

"I know about this. Some analysts discovered it on the back page of an obscure tabloid. Our CIA's anti-espionage work in the country must be reported to the FBI and they will be responsible. Don't worry about this matter to our country impact on national security."

The two spoke very slowly and used words carefully. In the process of looking at each other, they both understood the true meaning behind the superficial dialogue. Inside the CIA, apart from Pollard, there are actually deep-seated Israeli double agents.Otherwise, as a young intelligence officer, it would be impossible for him to have access to highly classified material so easily, and it is so comprehensive.

"Whether we want to activate the action team and strengthen the FBI's power in Los Angeles, after all, this has a lot to do with our CIA."

"The operation team spent a lot of effort on training, or was seconded from the Navy and other departments, and every move had to be approved by the 'company (CIA employees' name for the organization)', and the new boss Webster was originally from the FBI. Don't waste 'official power' on such trivial matters."

The speaker, with a typically big nose, put the emphasis on the words "official power". The CIA is prohibited by law from acting alone within the country.

If this matter continues to be pursued, more people will undoubtedly be involved. The official power is too sensitive. It is impossible for Webster not to keep an eye on the "company" and wait for someone to jump out.At this time, it is necessary to use some civil forces, people who do not exist in the CIA files.

"Okay, then we'll wait for the good news." The other CIA nodded and stopped chatting with his companion.

After he left the office, he drove his Toyota home. When he got home, he went for a walk with his dog. He ran to a phone booth on the road a mile away from home and made a call.

"Let the Los Angeles cleaners go to the Beverly Police Station to settle the matter..." After finishing speaking, he quickly left the phone booth and ran back with the dog.Then have dinner with my wife and daughter.

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In the Beverly Police Department at night, the suspect, Craig Stevens, who had been interrogated by the internal investigation and the FBI for a day, was sitting in the detention room feeling uneasy. FBI Inspector Claire's psychological tactics are very effective, and his own boss, the famous Hollywood private detective Anthony Pelicano, has no way to contact him.

Craig Stevens hadn't known what was going on outside.Claire told him that the source of his eavesdropping equipment involves spies from other countries lurking within the CIA, and this matter cannot be let go.

In order to convince him, the FBI people also showed him a news program. At the White House press conference, a reporter from the Washington Post really asked the spokesperson Marin Fitzwater about the wiretapping equipment in this case.

The chubby, senior former reporter who had been the spokesperson since the last Grand Commander, smiled and confirmed that it was a wiretapping case in Hollywood that was involved in the Pollard case.He also added that the White House will follow up on this case, and determine the White House's position on this matter on whether the material evidence in this case is related to Pollard's leak.

Craig Stevens has been extremely shaken mentally, and Claire gave him one night to think about it. Tomorrow he will decide whether to sell Pellicano in exchange for a light sentence of his own.

"Craig Stevens?" The guard outside seemed to be a tall man, and said to Craig inside through the window.

"Yes, are you?"

The new guard doesn't appear to be an officer from the Beverly Police Department, something Craig hasn't seen before.

But the new guard was obviously on his side. He saw no one around, opened the door and walked in, then closed the door, and asked him in a low voice, "Antonio asked me to ask you, did you say anything?" ?”

"No, not at all." Craig's voice trembled.

"It's fine if you don't have it. The big shots behind Pelicano have invited the famous barrister Cochrane, and you can be released on bail tomorrow. Here is a pen and paper. You write a note and I will bring it to your wife. Reassure her..."

Craig Stevens was relieved to see that the other party was so thoughtful. This big client was really powerful. He turned around and wrote a message to his wife on the paper, "Dear Laura, I'm sorry... ..."

"Oh... uh... uh uh uh..."

As soon as he lowered his head to give the note a head, Craig Stevens' neck was wrapped around a white cloth strip and quickly tightened.

When he could no longer make a sound from his throat, the "new guard" quickly touched the other party's carotid artery to confirm that it had stopped beating.Then quickly used cloth strips with the same texture as bed sheets to hang them on the bed beams in the guard room, and then hung Craig Stevens' body on it.

In the end, he carefully wiped away all possible traces, put the half-written note under the body of the corpse, and walked away.

……

"According to our newspaper, there was a homicide at the Beverly Hills Police Department last night. It is reported that the deceased was the former detective Craig Stevens who was implicated in the Pollard leak case. He died in the detention room.

The spokesperson of the LAPD refused to make a formal comment on the matter immediately. According to the high-level police who did not want to be named, they said that they are conducting an internal investigation. The most likely thing is that the former policeman lost a lot of money in Las Vegas. , Facing felony investigation again, hanged himself.

It is reported that he also left a short suicide note to his wife. "

"God bless!"

When Ovitz heard the news, the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.The Anthony Pellicano he hired is the one who hired a lot of bad cops like Craig Stevens to help him do the wiretapping work, and now the stupid guy who might turn Pellicano and him out The police actually committed suicide, God help me too.

Ovitz couldn't help thanking his God that the big scandal that might break out was actually solved like this.Luck is still on his side.

He picked up the phone and called Kirk Douglas, the spiritual leader of Jewish conservatives, and asked his son to turn Ronald around, offering him a truce and clearing him of anti-Semitic rumors, at least temporarily.

……

Ronald was also shocked when he heard the news.Did Ovitz already have the ability to kill tainted witnesses who might convict him?

No matter how powerful the Jews are in Hollywood, it is impossible to command such power.

Claire, the FBI detective, was also reprimanded by FBI Director Sessions because of this incident.However, she asked someone to bring a message to Ronald, explaining that this matter should be related to the Pollard case, and some people wanted the witness to be unable to speak.It should have little to do with Ovitz.

Ronald, who was discussing the matter with Lindsay Dole, Michael Gray and several core helpers, received a call from Michael Douglas.

"Ovitz found me through my dad and wanted me to send you a message. He wants a truce. As long as you stop saying that he is mentally ill, he will help you eliminate the influence of rumors within the Jewish community."

"You think so too?" Ronald asked.

"It's none of my business, I'm just passing on a message. These gangs are pretty tough when they play scoundrels. If you want to reconcile, I'll be the sounding board. After all, you are my friend, not Ovitz. "Michael Douglas quickly cleared up.

"It's not the time yet. Ovitz's thinking is too simple. The matter is not something he wants to stir up, so he provokes it, and he calms it down if he wants to. He can start a war against my reputation, but it's not up to him when it ends. gone."

"OK, I'll pass it on..." Michael Douglas put down the microphone.Ronald sounds very tough, does he still have a backup, or is he just talking harshly because he can't let go of face?

"What should we do next?" Michael Gray, a media consultant, asked Ronald. The witness died suddenly. Without testimony and evidence, Ovitz could not be implicated. Will the supporting counterattack plan be carried out?
"The counterattack proceeded as planned...", Ronald wanted to honor what he said to Michael Douglas.Although Ovitz temporarily escaped from the wiretapping case, the reputation war will continue to be fought.Ronald picked up the phone and dialed a transoceanic number, "This is Ronald, and I want to speak to Princess Diana."

It was the secretary of Princess Diana of Buckingham Palace who answered the phone, "The princess is expecting your call, and I will transfer it to her."

(End of this chapter)