Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1375 An eye for an eye
After learning about what happened to Einon Milchan, right-wing hardliners in Israeli politics began to speak out in some media, saying that he was slandered for anti-Semitism. An honest multinational businessman who achieved success through hard work and luck was slandered as a spy. Apart from being a member of Mossad, can't an Israeli achieve success on his own?

"Hahaha, let me show you how it feels to be called a spy..."

Ronald laughed as he looked at the newspaper. Unlike himself, who was slandered, this Einon Milchan did have clear targets and suspicions. He had previously promoted public protests in Hollywood to release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.

Jews in America are not monolithic. Some are quite secular, celebrating Christmas and not forcing their partners to follow their religion. Some insist on inheriting traditional culture and celebrating Hanukkah. But they are not used to the Jews from Israel.

Because of the need to establish the nation, Israel has many immigrants from Eastern Europe, the Union, and the Middle East. In fact, their race and customs are very different from those of Jews in European and American countries. In addition, due to the long-term estrangement, except for some die-hard Zionists who sent their children back to Israel, many American Jews look at them as if they were poor and arrogant relatives from the countryside.

As a spy for Israel, selling out America's interests to serve them would cause great harm to the Jewish people in America. Anti-Semitism has not disappeared among the American people, but it has not become a trend of thought due to the control of the media by Jews and the constraints of political correctness.

If the news of espionage is hyped up, it may become a national event, which will make the perception of Israel very bad. Although the media is an important channel for elections, it is not impossible that there will be ambitious people who will come out to raise their voices when the public generally has a bad impression.

Of course, Ronald had no intention of doing so. He just wanted to take advantage of the conflicts and gaps between Jews of different backgrounds to ensure that he would not be attacked when he retaliated.

"Mr. David Geffen has asked you to meet him at his house again..." Richard came in and gave Ronald a message.

"It's not me who wants to sell it now, it's him who wants to buy it... If he has something to discuss, just come to my house to discuss it. I'm busy editing a movie recently and don't have time to go anywhere."

"I'll go reply to him..." Richard smiled and ran to make a phone call.

David Geffen is also Jewish, but he is more of a businessman. Ronald's attack on Ion Milchan unexpectedly made him very happy, and he took the initiative to come up and ask for a chat.

The news came that David Geffen was interested in buying back the two Andy Warhol quadruplets that Ronald had bought from him a few years ago.

Ronald didn't expect that he would feel cheated after buying those so-called collectible paintings (which were actually screen-printed industrial products) and just threw them into his home warehouse. He thought that there would be a day when he could make a comeback. Just when he was about to agree, he became more cautious.

He contacted Sotheby's auction house in New York to find out the situation. Andy Warhol's paintings are ready to be auctioned in the spring of this year, and are expected to fetch tens of millions of yuan. He has two sets of four-panel eight-sheet paintings. If calculated by the price, these may be his investment with the highest return rate besides making movies.

So Ronald immediately changed from being active to being passive, and ignored David Geffen's invitation. This is a basic attitude in doing business. You are begging for a buyback now, so you should come to me and talk.

"Mr. Geffen, it's a pleasure to meet you at home. I've been very busy lately. You know that editing is a job that takes a lot of time..."

"Call me David, Ronald. I have always enjoyed dealing with artists. You have a quality that I don't have, which is the ability to arouse empathy among people..." David Geffen was in high spirits, his cheeks flushed, and he had a festive feeling.

"What can I say? Hollywood and the record industry need people like you who respect artists. There are too few people like you in Hollywood, so some bad guys have sneaked in..."

"Hahahaha, I can imagine the expression on Einon's face when you said your visa has expired. Just for this reason, I have to come and thank you specially."

Although David Geffen and Ion Milchan are both Jewish, they are real enemies. On the surface, both are entrepreneurs in Hollywood and the record industry, and have participated in the filming of many Hollywood blockbusters.

But as long as you can obtain the public business information of the two, you will find that their most profitable industry is neither movies nor records, but "art collection."

These two are among the top ten art collectors in the United States, and have participated in the reselling of many artists' works. In the final analysis, they collect a large number of artists before they become famous, and then hype up the works through exhibitions or when the artists pass away, and sell them at a high price.

Since last year, both of their businesses have begun to expand significantly. This is largely due to the economic shock therapy implemented after the disintegration of the alliance. For a time, many "entrepreneurs" appeared in the land of the northern great country, and they became super-rich overnight from "starting from scratch".

Besides pretending to be cultured, these people do not know what they should do to preserve their wealth. In addition, some of them are far-sighted and know that only by moving to America and Britain can their property be better protected. Therefore, the prices of art auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York have been rising continuously, quite like the way Japanese entrepreneurs bought paintings in the past five years.

However, there is a big difference between their collections. The most expensive collection of Einon Milchan is the paintings of Gauguin, Renoir, Degas, Matisse, Picasso and other artists. It happened that the Japanese entrepreneur bought the Impressionists at all costs and made a lot of money.

David Geffen focused on modern art. His acquisition cost was much lower than that of Ion Milchan, and his profits were about to surpass those of Ion Milchan.

At this time, Ronald relied on his relationship with the former president to lock Ion Milchan out of America, which was equivalent to giving himself the market of those newly rich people to monopolize. How could he not be happy?
So, no matter what rude behavior Ronald had towards him, he didn't care, this was a huge favor. In addition, the other party also had the most complete Monroe quadruple painting by Andy Warhol on the market, which was expected to fetch a new high this year...

"Tell me, how much are you willing to pay to buy it back?" Ronald didn't waste any words. He had asked David Geffen to buy it back in the past. Fortunately, he didn't buy it back when it was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Otherwise, how could he have achieved the current rate of return? He was really happy.

"I'll buy back your Monroe quadruple painting for this amount, and you can keep the other set for yourself. If you want to sell it, just put it up for auction. If you don't want to sell it, you can keep it as you like. But I advise you to sell it as soon as possible, as there are not many good opportunities like this..."

David Geffen still needed Ronald's help, so he didn't want to bother too much about the price and just started by comparing a number.

"A painting?" Ronald was a little surprised, but he decided to trick him first.

"What are you thinking? Isn't $60 million enough for a four-panel pop painting by Monroe? I also need a high price to set a benchmark..."

"OK, OK..." Ronald grabbed David Geffen who was pretending to be angry. He didn't expect that this thing could sell so many. He couldn't let the big customer go.

"Okay, let's make money together..." David Geffen immediately changed his expression and shook hands with Ronald, finalizing the price. Ronald immediately felt like he had been fooled by an old fox and that he could still sell a little more.

"We have finished discussing the art business, now it's time to talk about something else..."

David Geffen picked up the brandy opened by Ronald, clinked glasses with him, and immediately changed his expression and talked to him about serious matters.

"I'm very unhappy. William didn't do anything he promised us. I'm sure you're as unhappy as I am, right?"

"Ah? Ah, right, right..." Ronald didn't expect David Geffen to suddenly change the subject and talk about the merits and demerits of the current president. He was unsure of what he was talking about, so he had to agree with him, "What did he do to make you so angry?"

David Geffen's cheekbones seem a little crooked due to anger. Recently, his minority features have become more and more obvious. He must be good at art collection business and has been fooling around with many celebrity male models and young handsome guys.

"The most important thing for a person in the world is to keep his promises..."

Sure enough, when Ronald said something that made him angry, Geffen really couldn't stand it. David Geffen supported William in a big way. In addition to money, he also mobilized his own connections and mobilized minority groups to vote for him, saying that if William was elected, he would definitely relax policies and call for equality.

Who would have thought that William, who had already taken office, would not say a word on the most important issue, whether the benchmark army would publicly recognize it. The people he sent to communicate with him only received ambiguous evasions.

"You want to put pressure on him?" Ronald felt that Geffen really spared no effort for this group of people, even going so far as to confront the current commander-in-chief?

"I know that you are very concerned about the federal funding for the development of new...drugs. I also have many friends who have died from this or are living in pain. We can unite and organize some activities..."

Ronald still felt it was inappropriate. He was well aware of the power the President could mobilize. He could protest or something, but if he confronted you directly, you had to be careful that he might use you as a target.

"William is the weakest president in history. We don't need to be afraid of him. How many donors are complaining that he didn't deliver on his promises? There's no need to worry about what he can do. This guy is just a lucky person who got the job."

"I've been accused of being a spy. You know that. I can only provide some financial support now. It's not convenient for me to take the lead..."

"It doesn't matter. What I need is your influence among the crowd..."

David Geffen left with satisfaction. Ronald agreed to unite many Hollywood stars including Elizabeth Taylor, and the two major William support groups jointly issued a statement with the theme of "We can't wait any longer..."

Whether it is discrimination against minority groups or federal investment in drug research and development and lowering the prices of special medicines, it is urgent.

President William is now facing many demands. In addition to the demands of these two groups, there are also black people demanding community development, Korean Americans demanding more compensation for the Los Angeles riots, women's groups demanding more equal bills, and calls for a tough stance toward Japan and China.

In order to become the president, this guy wrote political checks to various groups. As long as you donate to the campaign committee managed by his wife, he and his wife will agree to it.

Compared to old George, who only dared to speak out on matters supported by mainstream public opinion, he is much more "bolder".

……

Soon, in the next few days, several major groups united to launch an event on Martin Luther King Day, and various slogans appeared on television news.

President William was given a taste of power, and it is not easy to be a president. He had no choice but to make a speech on some issues, delaying the time, so that he could see which persimmon was the softest and squeeze some to satisfy some supporters.

Of course, the military defense community and the minority groups have opposite demands and are equally powerful, so they are not very good targets. But the fatal one... verbally promising some federal advancement seems easier...

Ronald didn't really care about it. He just received thank-you calls from Elizabeth Taylor and others. They all knew that they were the ones who funded those activities, and getting feedback from the President was of course a very good sign.

"Don't worry, we, your old friends, are very grateful to you and will take good care of your film in the Oscar nominations." Elizabeth Taylor had no way to repay you, so she made a promise during the Oscar voting.

"Okay, I will continue to support your foundation..." After hanging up the phone, Ronald asked Richard how his banning operation was going.

"Hey, Steve Siegel's new film, the sequel to Hitman has been rejected by many producers. It turns out that Warner Bros., the distributor of the first film, has also officially notified him that they have rejected the sequel script... I would like to say that your voice in Hollywood can be said to have reached the status of a big shot."

"That can't be entirely attributed to me..." Ronald knew that the sequel of this movie was rejected mainly because of the lawsuit filed by the former president. It was not a good deal to offend the former president who still controlled the powerful department for a B-level movie.

Besides, the forces represented by the military and defense enterprises have already achieved their wish to get old George out of office, so it is impossible for them to hunt him down now. If they get angry and throw out a scandal, it will not be easy for the defense system to deal with it.

"Regent Pictures' new projects with Warner Bros. have also been completely stopped. They are now turning to cooperation with the British channel producer (Le Studio Canal+)."

"very good……"

Ronald was very happy. He could not do the ban by himself. This time he borrowed the power of old George.

After Einon Milchan was widely reported to be a possible Israeli Mossad spy and was banned from entering the country, another incident involving him was also widely publicized as a scandal.

That was the campaign he was planning to overturn the case of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.

The first CIA spy captured, Jonathan Pollard, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Mossad and the Israeli government have been trying to get him back. On the one hand, they are applying for Israeli citizenship for this American Jewish who has never been to Israel, and on the other hand, they are trying to overturn his conviction through judicial procedures.

One of the main purposes of Einon Milchan's entry into the country this time was to gather a group of Jewish lawyers to find ways to find some procedural flaws in the trial at that time, and try to promote the retrial of Jonathan Pollard's spy case by denying the legitimacy of obtaining some evidence.

The CIA was already very annoyed about the existence of such a spy within its ranks, and now people are criticizing the flaws in their handling of the case, which is making them look bad in front of the public again.

Therefore, the action against Einon Milchan was very swift and decisive. Not only was he prevented from entering the country, but through other means, all the lawyers he had summoned were found to have all the flaws in their previous defenses and were sent to the FBI to drink coffee and sober up.

All the lawyers expressed their remorse at once, saying that the handling procedures of the Pollard case were completely just and that such a spy who seriously harmed American interests should be imprisoned until death.

However, most people in Hollywood don’t know such in-depth details. They only know that it was Ronald’s thunderous counterattack.

In addition, Jewish people such as David Geffen, Michael Douglas, and Spielberg have endorsed Ronald. This attack is not directed at Jewish people at all, but is a personal grudge between him and Ion Milchan and Steve Siegel.

So this time, Hollywood Jewish executives collectively avoided the spotlight, and no one came out to speak well of these two unlucky guys.

(End of this chapter)