Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"How can you be anti-Semitic? You are the most non-discriminatory person of all skin colors and ethnicities that I have ever met in Hollywood. It's not the kind of non-discrimination because it sounds good, you really don't Discrimination, look at your works, actors of any skin color can play the leading role..."

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

"That's it, I feel so wronged. I think Ovitz is crazy. He is very emotionally unstable now and bites people everywhere. He also told me that your current girlfriend was chosen by him and she is pious. Jewish. It seems that the job of leading CAA is too stressful, and I suspect that he has temporarily lost his mind."

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

"This is really ridiculous. Kate is not even a Jew." Spielberg felt that these agents wanted to use everything to gain profits. Ovitz and the others had been tempting him to sign for a long time. Now he actually wants to influence himself through Kate Capshaw. Fortunately, he and Kate are in love with each other.

"Huh?" Spielberg remembered something again. Kate Capshaw had indeed asked herself how a Jewish wedding should be held.

"What are you going to do? I will testify for you in front of others, but in the end you still have to sit down and talk with Ovitz and settle this matter." Spielberg finally said.

"Yeah, but it's impossible to end it now. Before Ovitz pays the price for his nonsense and rumors about me..." Ronald put down the phone and drank some black tea. He still had many calls to make.

The commander himself was once the head of the CIA, and the current head of the CIA, Webster, follows his baton very closely. The selected candidate not only leaves current FBI Director Sessions speechless, but is also shrewd and capable. It put great psychological pressure on the captured suspect Craig Stevens.

According to attorney Mitch Kanter, who is watching the progress in Beverly, in a day or two, it is expected that the corrupt policeman will be unable to resist and fully explain his former family.

Ovitz must have been under great psychological pressure and wanted to muddy the waters and package the matter from a simple case of agents eavesdropping on clients into a story about Hollywood Jews uniting against bullying by Anglo-German whites.

Ronald's reputation was not particularly damaged by Ovitz's rumors, and it also benefited from the fact that Jewish people who had worked with him took the initiative to help him clarify. For example, Eleanor Bergstein, the screenwriter of "Dirty Dancing", was the most aggrieved. She teamed up with the film's heroine Jennifer Gray and began to call every Jewish insider she knew to defend Ronald.

"Dirty Dancing" is a classic story about a Jewish woman finding herself in the early 1960s. How could it be made by an anti-Semitic director? If he was anti-Semitic, how could he make the heroine, a Jewish girl, look so beautiful? I must have changed my ethnicity to another race a long time ago, and found a more beautiful actress to play the role, right? Besides, it was impossible for me to sell this script to him.

Eleanor Bergstein is very influential in the Jewish circle. She has almost given up her screenwriting career and has become a well-known party party in the circle by relying on her annual seven-figure profit from the video sales of the movie "Dirty Dancing". Queen.

To attack Ronald is to attack the source of money for her happy and luxurious life. Coupled with the fact that Jennifer Gray's stardom was not smooth, and she especially wanted to find a role like Baby that would make her popular, the two of them became Ronald's strongest supporters.

However, although within the artist's circle, no one really believed that Ronald was an anti-Semite. But at the studio executive producer level, Ovitz still had a disruptive effect.

On the one hand, these people are relatively old. They have experienced the years when Jews were discriminated against in Hollywood, and they still have fresh memories of this cold look from the dominant 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 entire project to CAA. The proportion of Jews in his film projects is not too high. Take Dirty Dancing as an example. Except for Baby, who is played by a Jewish girl, Jennifer Gray, other characters, such as her sisters, are played by Jewish actors of other ethnic groups.

Moreover, the plot of having a Jewish girl fall in love with a poor young Irish man from the bottom is not something that makes the Jews very happy.

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

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

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

Eisner spoke loudly on the phone. Ovitz, an old friend, had conflicts with his star directors for some unknown reason. Now is a critical period. Giving full support at this time will achieve an effect that cannot be compared with ordinary wooing.

As for choosing which side to stand on? Is there any need to consider it? After Ovitz dominated the last Oscars, he became more and more domineering, and he could be described as bossing the studios around.

His group of young agents, called "Young Turks", used Ovitz's name to squeeze Disney every time they discussed projects, hoping to get a share of the box office and videotapes. They took advantage of Ovitz's embarrassing reputation and just said, "If you don't agree to our conditions, the next person to come to you to discuss the share ratio will be Ovitz himself." Many studios were afraid that Ovitz would ask for a higher price, so they had to give in.

The top executives of several major studios in the industry, CEOs and chairmen, have begun to communicate privately, wanting to unite against Ovitz's bone-sucking exploitation. The male stars under CAA have made all the money. How can the CEOs of studios make the financial statements look good and satisfy Wall Street in the future?

In addition to them, Barry Diller of 20th Century Fox also called to express his support. They have many cooperative projects with Ronald. And to be honest, Barry Diller doesn't care about this kind of thing, and the big boss Rupert's ambiguous attitude towards Jews does not hinder his cooperation.

Only those Jewish senior executives who have neither big nor small responsibilities, neither high nor low positions, who are not responsible for the company's operations and have a lot of free time, will regard this kind of thing as their main concern.

After all, the average career life of the executive producer level is only three to five years. If you can make a reputation for maintaining the reputation of Jews, you can also be taken care of by your own people after retirement. Jews are famous for caring about maintaining the reputation of their ethnic group, so they will reward those who work hard indiscriminately.

"Why are these people still holding on to these things? Now the Jews in Hollywood, just don't bully others..." Helen watched Ronald busy until the evening, and she was very dissatisfied with Ovitz.

After Ronald got married, he finally had a few days of reunion with her, but it was ruined by this bastard.

"Won't this affect you too much?" 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 fragile yet." Ronald smiled. He was still waiting for the results of the FBI investigation. When Craig Stevens confessed who was behind it, Ovitz might also be summoned by the FBI to go to the Beverly Police Department.

"Well, you are indeed the man I like." Helen pestered him.

Ronald clearly felt that after he got married, Helen felt more dependent on him and was obviously flattering him.

...

At the same time, in Langley, Virginia, at the CIA headquarters, two middle-aged men in padded suits were talking in a low voice in a conference room where no one was paying attention.

"There's going to be a problem with Mossad. The eavesdropping equipment they got through Pollard somehow made its way back to Los Angeles and was used to eavesdrop on a Hollywood star."

"I know about this. An analyst found it on the back page of an inconspicuous tabloid. All our CIA counterintelligence work in the country must be reported to the FBI, who will be responsible for it. Don't worry about the impact of this on our national security."

The two spoke slowly and carefully. As they looked at each other, they understood the double agent lurking deep inside the superficial dialogue. Otherwise, as a young intelligence officer, it would be impossible for him to have such easy access to highly classified materials, and so complete.

"Should we start the action group and strengthen the FBI's power in Los Angeles? After all, this has a lot to do with our CIA."

"The action group has spent a lot of effort to train, or is seconded from the Navy and other departments. Every move must be approved by the "company (CIA employees' name for the organization)", and the new boss Webster originally came from the FBI. We should not waste the "official power" on such trivial matters."

The person who spoke had a typical big nose, and he put the emphasis on the words "official power". The CIA is prohibited by law from taking action alone within the country.

If this matter is pursued further, it will undoubtedly implicate more people. The official power is too sensitive. Webster cannot help but keep a close eye on the "company" and wait for someone to jump out. At this time, some civilian forces must be mobilized, people who do not exist in the CIA's documents.

"Okay, then we will wait for good news." Another CIA nodded and stopped chatting with his companion.

After leaving the office, he drove his Toyota home. When he got home, he first went out to walk the dog, then ran to a phone booth on the road a mile away from home and made a call.

"Let the Los Angeles street cleaner go to the Beverly Police Department to settle the matter..." After saying that, he quickly left the phone booth and ran back with the dog. Then he had dinner with his wife and daughter.

...

At night, at the Beverly Police Department, Craig Stevens, who was guarding the suspect and was interrogated by the internal investigation and the FBI for a day, was sitting in the detention room, feeling uneasy. The psychological tactics of FBI Detective Claire were very effective, and his own boss, Anthony Pellicano, a famous Hollywood private investigator who settled things for people, could not contact him.

Craig Stevens had never known what the situation was like outside. Claire told him that the source of his eavesdropping equipment involved spies from other countries lurking in the CIA, and this matter could not be let go.

In order to convince him, the FBI showed him a news program. At the White House press conference, there was indeed a Washington Post reporter who asked spokesman Marlin Fitzwater about the wiretapping equipment in this case.

The fat, senior former reporter who had been the spokesman since he took office as the president, smiled and confirmed that it was a wiretapping case in Hollywood that involved the Pollard case. He also added that the White House would follow up on the case and decide its position on the matter based on whether the physical evidence in the case was related to Pollard's leak.

Craig Stevens was already extremely shaken. Claire gave him a night to think about it. Tomorrow he would decide whether to sell Pellicano in exchange for a lighter sentence for himself.

"Craig Stevens?" The guard outside seemed to have been replaced by a tall man, and he said to Craig inside through the window.

"Yes, who are you?"

The new guard did not seem to be a police officer from the Beverly Police Department. Craig had never seen him before.

However, the new guard was obviously on his side. Seeing that there was no one around, he 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, absolutely nothing." Craig's voice trembled.

"No, that's good. The big man behind Pelicano has invited the famous lawyer Cochran. You can be released on bail tomorrow. Here is a pen and paper. Write a note and I'll give it to your wife to 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..."

He lowered his head and just wrote the beginning of the note, Craig Stevens' neck was covered with a white cloth and quickly tightened.

When he could no longer make any sound in his throat, the "new guard" quickly touched the other party's carotid artery and confirmed that it had stopped beating. Then he quickly hung a cloth strip of the same texture as a bed sheet on the beam of the guard room, and then hung Craig Stevens' body on it.

Finally, he carefully wiped off all possible traces, put the half-written note under the body, and walked away.

…

"According to our newspaper, a murder occurred at the Beverly Hills Police Department last night. It is reported that the deceased was killed in the detention room because of Craig Stevens, a former detective involved in the Pollard leak case.

A spokesman for the LAPD refused to make an official comment on the matter immediately. According to a senior police officer who did not want to be named, they said that they are conducting an internal investigation. The most likely possibility is that the former policeman committed suicide because he lost a lot of money in Las Vegas and faced a felony investigation.

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

"God bless!"

Ovitz heard the news and felt relieved. Anthony Pellicano, whom he hired, hired many bad policemen like Craig Stevens to help him with wiretapping. Now the stupid policeman who might have betrayed Pellicano and him actually committed suicide. God really helped me.

The big scandal that might have erupted was actually solved just like that. Ovitz couldn't help but thank his God again. Luck was still on his side.

He picked up the phone and called Kirk Douglas, the spiritual leader of the Jewish conservatives, and asked his son to turn things around with Ronald. He was willing to make a truce with him and clear his anti-Semitic rumors, at least for the time being.

…

Ronald was also shocked when he heard the news. Could it be that Ovitz already had the ability to kill the tainted witness who might betray him?

No matter how powerful the Jews are in Hollywood, they can't command such a force.

FBI detective Claire was also reprimanded by FBI Director Sessions for this matter. However, she asked someone to bring a message to Ronald, explaining that this matter should be related to the Pollard case, and someone wanted the witness to be unable to speak. Ovitz should not be involved much.

Ronald, who was discussing this matter with Lindsay Doll, Michael Gray and other core helpers, received a call from Michael Douglas.

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

"Do you think so too?" Ronald asked.

"It's none of my business. I'm just passing a message. These people are quite difficult to deal with when they play rogue. If you are willing to reconcile, I will be a mouthpiece. After all, you are my friend, not Ovitz." Michael Douglas quickly clarified.

"It's not the time yet. Ovitz thinks too simply. Things are not something he can stir up or calm down as he wants. He can start a war against my reputation, but he has no say on when it ends."

"OK, I will tell you..." Michael Douglas put down the phone. Ronald sounds very tough. Does he have a backup plan, or is he just saying something tough because he can't let go of his face?

"What should we do next?" Media consultant Michael Gray asked Ronald. The witness suddenly died. Without testimony and evidence, Ovitz can't be implicated. Should the counterattack plan be carried out?

"The counterattack will proceed as planned..." Ronald wanted to fulfill what he said to Michael Douglas. Although Ovitz has temporarily escaped from the wiretapping case, the war of reputation must continue. Ronald picked up the phone and dialed a transatlantic number, "This is Ronald, I want to talk to Princess Diana."

The person on the phone was Princess Diana's secretary at Buckingham Palace, "The princess is expecting your call, I'll transfer it to her right away."