Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Inspector Claire..."

This female FBI inspector has been promoted to the inspector of the FBI New York Office, presided over the behavioral psychology laboratory, and became an authority in the industry on serial killer research. However, she still wore an FBI vest and maintained her simple nature.

"Hello, Ronald, we meet again. I watched your new film Working Girl and really liked it." The inspector also believed that women and men have the same opportunities in career development, and he praised Ronald's film right away.

"Do you remember her?" Ronald let Diane out from behind.

"Oh, you are Diane who Ronald rescued..." Inspector Claire has a good memory and hugged Diane. She observes people very carefully and immediately knows what the relationship between the two is. She talked to her for a long time.

"This is Mr. Jonathan Demme, the director of the new movie with an FBI agent as the heroine. We are visiting this time and would like to ask you to be a consultant for the movie and provide some details of the FBI's work to make the movie more realistic." Ronald introduced Demme again and quickly talked about the details of FBI training and promotion, especially how women can stand out in this male-dominated work environment.

"I think you are right..." After chatting with this real FBI elite for a while, Demme agreed with Ronald's opinion. Jodie Foster's temperament is more like a daughter educated by a father who died in a disciplinary unit than Michelle Pfeiffer.

"Very good, Judy has heard the news that Michelle Pfeiffer has withdrawn, and she has called me several times to recommend herself... It would be great if you can agree to her audition."

After winning the Best Actress Award, Jodie Foster's life changed a lot. First, she moved out of McGillis's house and ended the years of cohabitation. This little actress who had experienced the assassination case and the years without filming after graduating from college was extremely determined.

She turned down four or five scripts that her agent had found for her, refused to play roles that were easy to make money, and had to decide what role to take on. She had liked the script of "The Silence of the Lambs" in the first place, and when she heard that there was a change in the casting, she used all her connections to do public relations with Ronald in order to get the role.

"Have you finished talking to Inspector Claire?" Ronald looked at Diane who was saying goodbye to the inspector and held her hand, "Jonathan, Diane and I have something else to do. We have to go to Staten Island. I asked Richard to book a commercial flight for you, so I won't send you back this time."

"What are you going to do? Do you mind if I ask? I've always wanted to see the filming location of The Godfather. I know it's on Staten Island."

"My aunt is getting married..." Ronald didn't mind Jonathan Demme wanting to attend. Although Demme has achieved success, he still lives the same way as before. He sympathizes with the poor, and is sure to work hard. He will definitely get along well with Aunt Karen.

"Of course you are welcome, come anytime..." Demi's home is in Manhattan, and she will be happy to have more private friends to attend her aunt's wedding.

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"Oh, Ronald, you are finally here. I was afraid that you would be late and miss the speech of the former president..." Aunt Karen was chatting with Donna at home. Her wedding will be a small private wedding. For her who is middle-aged, the wedding is a ceremony. She actually pays more attention to the speech that the former president, Ronald and his wife, promised to give in Totville.

"I won't miss it..." Ronald replied with a smile, "I am very happy that you can marry Eric. He is a good uncle."

"I am very happy to get your and Donna's blessings..." Aunt Karen showed Diane the diamond ring on her hand. It was put on her by her boyfriend when he proposed to her that day. Although it was not big, it made her feel very happy.

"Oh, it's so beautiful..." Diane exclaimed, and she and Donna kept talking around Aunt Karen.

After the family dressed up, they took the van driven by Little Bud to the auditorium of Hansen's house in Totville. The entrepreneurs, engineers, sales managers, and worker representatives in the town were all sitting in a neat row to welcome the former president's speech tour after retirement.

"This is a photo of me and Nancy visiting China after taking office. Hi, there are so many people there..." The former president's energy has visibly declined, and his humorous eloquence has disappeared. He just looks at the photos on Microsoft's PowerPot software to recall, and sometimes he needs Nancy to remind him.

"Thank you so much... We all hope to see you speak on TV again, and today we finally got our wish." After the half-hour speech, the former president and his wife had to catch a flight. Aunt Karen hurriedly went up on behalf of the residents of Totville to thank them and present gifts.

"Ronald, it's great to see you..." Mrs. Nancy shook Ronald's hand to express her gratitude. Such a speech can earn the couple $100,000. They don't have much savings and don't have many positions. While people haven't completely forgotten them, they save some money for their retirement.

"Yes, I will always remember that Mr. President spoke up for me, which enabled me to get the director position for Top Gun." Ronald is still very grateful to the couple.

"I would like to thank you on behalf of Ronald Sr. about his memorial library." Nancy was very grateful to this young director whose horoscope matched her husband very well, and always wanted to say a few more words to him. Ronald not only organized this speech, but also donated a large sum of money to the Memorial Library.

Stanford University, which originally promised to build a named library for her husband on campus, canceled the construction plan last year due to protests from teachers and students. Party politics has a profound impact on universities. Today's university teachers and students are increasingly leaning towards the Donkey Party, and they can't really compare with Stanford.

Fortunately, the beneficiaries of the Elephant Party’s old Ronald Economics quickly found a new location in Simi Valley, 40 miles away from Los Angeles, and used the donated money to start the construction of the new museum. However, in this way, the old The opening of the library, which could be built after Ronald leaves office, has been delayed again.

Moreover, the federal government did not allocate funds for the T\u0026T Memorial Library, nor did the previous construction costs come from Stanford’s Hoover Institution. The new library relied entirely on donations. Fortunately, among old Ronald's old friends, there is also Hollywood tycoon Lew Wasserman. He has come forward to raise funds from many old friends and has raised 30 million US dollars.

But among the new generation in Hollywood, many people have not donated. Ronald also quietly made a donation in Douglas Jr.'s name. Nancy understood that the new Hollywood did not like their couple, and it felt good to meet the new Hollywood people who were very friendly to their couple.

During Ronald Sr.'s two terms in office, the economy developed rapidly. However, the intellectual community had a poor impression of him. Still in Toteville, a new production base for the film and television industry, he received loud cheers and thanks from workers and white-collar workers who made money.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." Old Ronald was surrounded by everyone, shaking hands with them one by one, and regained some feeling, "Nancy, Nancy..." Feeling tired, he turned around and called out wife.

"Sorry, he tires easily now"

"I asked them to drive you..." The retired commander-in-chief still had the protection of the guards, but it had been reduced to a minimum. Ronald specially rented a long luxury car to make the retired commander-in-chief more comfortable.

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"Karen Parker, will you accept... as your husband?"

"I would like to..."

"Now the groom can kiss the bride." The newly built Quaker church is a very traditional Pennsylvania traditional Quaker church. Unlike the evangelical Quakers to whom Richard, another former general, belonged, the Quakers in New England actually have no pastors. Every Sunday, members spontaneously come to church to pray silently, and no one talks. remain silent.

But the wedding would be too monotonous without a priest presiding over it. Anyway, everyone is not that devout Quaker believer, so Donna specially invited a priest from Manhattan to preside over the wedding. This pastor named Robert Castle is very open-minded and doesn’t mind coming over to officiate the wedding for Aunt Karen. In fact, on the east and west coasts, this kind of wedding ceremony has gradually become a commercial operation rather than a traditional religious ceremony. .

Aunt Karen and her new husband kissed passionately, and everyone lit up the fireworks nearby. The couple happily thanked everyone, ran outside the church, got into their aunt's old SUV, and went on their honeymoon.

Empty cans clinked in the back of the SUV, with the words "Just Married" written on the back. Ronald and Donna couldn't help but hug. It was this car that my aunt drove as a waitress in a restaurant to support two young people.

"Oh, they are so happy. Have you seen the proposal video? It's so romantic." Diane shouted beside her, and Donna hugged her and went to the side to mutter something shared by her best friend. .

Ronald and Little Doug looked at each other, both of them thinking about their own thoughts.

Little Doug was thinking about when to propose to Donna. His grandfather found out about Donna using his own money to invest in funds. He looked at her highly and urged his grandson several times. Ronald, on the other hand, didn't know how to answer Diane's endless hints, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"Bobby, is that you?" Jonathan Demme looked at the priest who presided over the wedding. He looked more and more familiar and couldn't help shouting.

"Cousin Jonathan?" The pastor was stunned for a moment and recognized his cousin Demi, who was very close to him back then.

Unexpectedly, the two were still related, but they lost contact when they grew up. Ronald was amused and quickly arranged for the two of them to find a place to reminisce.

"Ronald, Donna told me that little Doug might propose to him..." Diane ran over again and whispered in Ronald's ear.

"Ah...um...oh..." Ronald really didn't know what to say. The divorce experiences of Spielberg, Lucas, Cameron and others came to mind again.

In the evening, my aunt and her new husband returned home again. Their driving trip was just a formality. The two of them had already booked tickets for a round-the-world trip, and their first stop was Japan.

"Aunt, what should I do?" Ronald went to Aunt Karen privately and told her his troubles. It's not that he didn't love Diane and Helen. It's just that after people achieve great success, they will always be a little suspicious. You can't talk about this kind of thing with others, you can only talk to your aunt.

"Ronnie, I remember you were not like this before. When Antonia came to the island, you really wanted to marry her."

"Hey, maybe I've changed, I've become complicated and sophisticated."

"Don't be like this, Ronald, you are still that good boy. God will give you revelation when you should do some things. I didn't want to get married again, but he came to my house to bring me food that day. I sat on a chair knitting a sweater with him, and suddenly a strange feeling came over me, as if my ex-husband had come back. He told me that you had raised Donna and Ronald very well, and he was very grateful for the memory of being with me and giving birth to Donna, but now it was time to move on..."

"Really?" Ronald got a typical Aunt Karen-style answer.

"Yes, God will give you revelation to do the right thing at the right time, and then you just need to follow your heart..." Aunt touched Ronald's hair gently.

However, the revelation has not come yet. Ronald watched his aunt go to the airport the next day, and returned to Manhattan with Diane.

"I hope your newspaper will stand by me during the election..."

In an Italian restaurant in Manhattan, prosecutor Rudy, the mayoral candidate, met with Ronald and Doug again.

"Of course, the Staten Island Advance will support you." Doug replied.

"No, I'm talking about the New York Daily News. Don't tell me you're not their anonymous sponsor." Rudy certainly didn't care much about the newspaper on Staten Island. Not many people read it in Manhattan.

"It seems that we have no secrets in front of you?" Ronald muttered.

'Don't worry about it. I'm very busy with my election schedule now and don't have time to beat around the bush. "Okay, but we are not the real owners of the newspaper and have no influence on the editorial team. The most I can do is to connect you and the editorial team... You know those reporters..." "I know, the uncrowned king, freedom... bullshit..." Rudy cursed. The New York Times supported his opponent, the black candidate Dinkins of the Donkey Party, because of their advertising sponsors and readers' preferences, which has nothing to do with freedom. Another newspaper with a large circulation, the New York Post, supported Rudy. His base is the NYPD and other disciplined forces, firefighters, and correctional officers, who are all readers of the Post. This year's mayoral election showed a different scene from previous years. Rudy, who participated in the Elephant Party primary, unexpectedly did not embrace the right wing as traditionally, but chose the middle route. In order to win over the middle voters, Rudy abandoned the extreme claims of conservatives and evangelicals, opposed any abortion, opposed affirmative action, and opposed gay rights. , oppose gun control, support prayer in public schools, etc.

The election in New York is similar to the presidential election. Embracing the conservative extreme right may make you easily nominated, but in the mayoral election, if you lose the support of the middle voters, you will definitely lose.

Ronald is reluctant to interfere too much with the editorial team of the Daily News, at least not now. He now wants to try his best to show that he is a kind-hearted person who respects the newspaper tradition and only wants the Daily News to overcome difficulties. He does not want to expose his ambitions too early.

The circulation of the Daily News continues to lose money. Although the circulation is large, the more it is published, the more it loses. It is estimated that by the time of the New York mayoral election, if there is no improvement in advertising, it will really declare bankruptcy. At that time, Ronald can use this good reputation to enter the Daily News.

After arranging various matters, when Ronald was about to return to Los Angeles, he received a call from Norio Ohga of Sony.

"Ronald, I'm in New York. Can we have a face-to-face meeting? We found the person who secretly contacted the small shareholders of Columbia who we gave up and wanted to intervene to acquire their shares..."

"I asked Doug to come along. The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall." Ronald understood that Ohga wanted to continue to contact George. Sony, a Japanese company, was in a suspicious place, so it was safer to contact them through his own contacts.

"Who is bidding against you for Columbia?" Ronald asked.

"Australian, Christopher Scars, president of Qtex Group."