Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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"Mr. Garfield, welcome to the New England Cable Company," the actress who plays Mrs. Sullivan, Jorgensen's secretary and lover, greets Garfield, played by Tom Hanks, on the stairs outside the cable factory.

At this point in the plot, Garfield came to Rhode Island from Wall Street and wanted to personally convince Jorgensen to cut up the cable production part and sell it, so that everyone can make money together.

"Thank you..." Tom Hanks breathed heavily as he walked, as if he had the physical strength a banker with a strong mind and simple limbs should have.

"Would you like your driver to come in and warm himself up?" It was already November when we were filming, and the temperature outside was already quite low, and the actor's breath was filled with white mist.

"No, he is the driver of my rental car. If you let him in, you will be too nice to him and spoil him."

Mrs. Sullivan is played by Hollywood veteran Piper Lowry. She has played in many famous works, opposite Paul Newman, Jack Lemmon, Mel Gibson, and other old, middle-aged and young male stars. She is also currently playing a supporting role in the popular TV series "Twin Peaks".

Of course, her most famous thing is that she had many scandals with the former commander-in-chief Ronald Sr. There are rumors in Hollywood that she was in the relationship between Ronald Sr. and Ronald Sr.

What Piper Laurie is best at is playing opposite star actors. Her three Oscar nominations were obtained when she collaborated with big stars. When she heard Tom Hanks's very typical Jewish tone, she immediately had a reaction and rolled her eyes involuntarily. Then, the character's unique small-town politeness made her retract her expression halfway. For a moment, the whole person was in a very uncoordinated situation, and the rhythm of walking was obviously out of order.

Just such a lack of synchronization between the left and right feet and the guests vividly expresses the conflict and contradiction between the two different American values ​​of Wall Street and the small town of Rhode Island. Any audience who sees it will realize that the show is about to begin.

"cut!"

Ronald took the lead in applauding her, and Piper Laurie was very proud. She felt that she could still steal the show, and even curtsied to thank everyone.

"Take a rest..." Ronald waved Sandra Bullock to move the chair. After all, she is nearly sixty years old, and such high-intensity shooting is very energy-consuming.

"Piper, let's have a cup of coffee." Diane plays her daughter in the movie, and the relationship between the two is very good. Having been in Hollywood for so long, Piper Laurie has never seen anything like this.

"Oh, thank you." Piper Laurie took it and poured it into her mouth, asking the heroine whom the director loved deeply to pour herself coffee. This just showed that her ability to socialize and observe people's emotions was first-rate, which was in line with the role. Very sweet.

"Hey..." Ronald opened his mouth to scream. He just wanted to drink it himself, but you also gave it to the important actors. But I was too embarrassed to reveal my wife's shortcomings... I put down my hand halfway through the scream.

"I asked Sandra to make the coffee..." Diane gave her a wink. Gregory Peck told me last time. It was a reflection of brother Ronnie's love. Now of course it's for Piper Laurie. I can’t soak it myself.

"Hey..." The mature Piper Laurie smiled, and the couple were flirting, which was considered unusually affectionate in Hollywood, and then took a big sip.

"puff……"

"Sandra!"

I never thought that Sandra Bullock, who had worked as a hotel waiter, could be so bad at making coffee. It made everyone very embarrassed for a while.

"Oh my God, my wife Veronica always said that on the set, just drink instant drink." Gregory Peck was truly a gentleman and took the initiative to come over to soothe his cheeks. He personally soaked a pack of Nestlé in a paper cup and handed it to him. To Piper Lowry.

"Oh, dear, thank you." Piper Laurie happened to swap her and Parker's identity lines in the script. She enjoyed the coffee made by Parker and also gave him a wink. Everyone laughed for a while. Resolved the embarrassment.

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"Doug, how's it going?

After finishing the filming, Ronald received a call from Douglas Jr. in the hotel.

"It's done, Rudy agreed to come forward and force the old Molinari to retire and let his daughter Susan take over."

"call……"

Ronald let out a sigh of relief.

This year marks another decades-long anniversary, and the American Population Bureau has begun a new round of national census. Every ten years, the House of Representatives in Congress reallocates seats based on new population numbers.

This year's results are very unexpected. California's population has grown significantly and it has added seven more seats to the House of Representatives, ranking first in the country.

This result immediately caused an uproar in the state parliament. There are three missing constituencies, which means that new constituency divisions are about to begin.

Redistricting means a transfer of power, and this division must be approved by the mayor, governor, and both houses of the New York State Assembly. The current situation is a bit critical. The mayor is Dinkins of the Donkey Party, the governor is also Cuomo of the Donkey Party, the state House of Representatives is also controlled by the Donkey Party, and only the State Senate has a majority of the Elephant Party.

The previous mayoral and gubernatorial elections were unexpectedly endowed with significance that could change New York's political landscape for the next decade and beyond.

Now Dinkins has begun calling on the governor and the state Legislature to pass the redrawing of congressional districts as soon as possible, vowing to pass the newt district redrawing method to "reasonably" arrange the proportion of voters in each district so that as many donkeys as possible can be represented in the public It has become an advantage in the re-election of members.

Douglas Jr. knew that the situation was not good. In the last general election and mayoral election, Ronald and the Staten Island forces he represented voted for the Elephant Party and were also important financial backers of the Elephant Party. This time, their Staten Island is located in

When the time comes, Dinkins and his allies will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack the most solid Elephant Party stronghold in New York City, Staten Island and Lower Manhattan are located

For his own interests, Douglas Jr. plans to let Congressman Guy Molinari of this district prepare for the next re-election in 1992, and rely on the Senate of the Elephant Party to try to keep the Staten Island constituency from being crossed out.

But there are unexpected events, and old Molinari himself is not self-disciplined. This Italian who is the current mayor of Staten Island. He made a mistake that most men would make, and got together with a married woman in the New York Municipal Office, and was photographed.

Old Molinari has the characteristics of all Italian politicians, likes to fight bad battles, and he also wants to gather supporters in Staten Island, fight hard, win the media war and possible public prosecution cases after the revelation, and defend his position as a congressman.

But the financiers of Staten Island and Lower Manhattan were all discouraged. This old pervert actually had an affair with a government employee. In addition to being immoral, he was also suspected of using his affair to seek improper assistance and funding for the cultural protection landscape of Staten Island in New York.

This matter particularly annoyed Ronald. When he was shooting the film, he had a "history" with people from the cultural protection department and the environmental protection department. In addition, the mansion he bought for the filming of "The Godfather" and the pond green space around it that had been built with gardens also had some flaws in the procedures.

If this scandal was revealed, Dinkins, who had a conflict with Rudy, whom he supported, might even use himself as a scapegoat in the mayoral election.

In an emergency, Douglas Jr. thought of a way to contact Rudy, who had great power in the prosecutor system, and asked him to come forward to deal with the people in the inspection system. In addition, he tried his best to preserve the image of his daughter, Susan, the current city council member, who made him look fresh. If that didn't work, he would cut ties with his father and then run as a candidate in the new election.

After paying some commitments and financial support to support Rudy's challenge to Dinkins, Rudy, who is also of Italian descent, agreed to do an "internal investigation" for the social elites of Staten Island.

After talking about these messy troubles, Ronald breathed a sigh of relief and ran to the hotel to take a hot shower. This shabby place didn't even have a better bathtub.

After he finished his shower, he found that Diane had slipped into her room and was watching TV.

"The Japanese multinational enterprise group Panasonic announced that it would acquire 65a Group. The acquisition is subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment and the Federal Communications Commission. The industry generally believes that there is a great hope for this acquisition and there are no obstacles.

This acquisition will surpass the total price of Sony's acquisition of Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures, and will become the largest acquisition of American Media Group by Japanese companies."

"Hey, you are the heroine of the movie. You sneaked into the director's room. Do you want to..." Ronald hugged Diane's shoulders from behind and joked with her.

"Well... Director Ronnie, can you give me a few more close-ups?" Diane stretched her long legs in black stockings out of her skirt, made a seductive gesture, and then flirted with Ronald in a coquettish voice.

"That depends on whether you satisfy me..." Ronald patted the sofa, looked at the narrow bed in the hotel, and decisively chose the sofa.

"I will satisfy you very much..." Diane came up and hugged Ronald's neck, making him deeply intoxicated by her fragrance.

...

The subsequent filming went more and more smoothly, and Ronald was obviously very satisfied. Close-ups were given to many scenes of Diane, Tom Hanks, and Gregory Peck. Every morning when watching the sample film, Tom Hanks would turn around to look at Ronald.

In the "Growing Up" he had worked with Diane before, the female director Penny Marshall could not shoot such a sexy Diane. Under Ronald's dispatch, even the close-up of Diane's back made the male audience breathe fast.

"Hehehe..." Diane was obviously very satisfied. Ronald has a reputation for being good at photographing actresses. Under his lens, ordinary women will have a different kind of sexiness. Kelly McGillis, Melanie Griffith, these actresses were not famous for playing sexy girls before, but under Ronald's training, their stills have become frequent posters in the bedrooms of young men.

"You remind me of Hitch..." Gregory also sighed that only Hitchcock had the ability to present the beauty of sexy female stars to the audience to the greatest extent.

Soon it was the weekend again. Ronald was going to New York for vacation this time. The bed in the small town of Connecticut was too small. He contacted the hotel and came with Diane to rest for two days.

However, the matter did not let him go. Ronald arrived at the St. Regis Hotel

"This is the latest Wall Street Journal. Someone has linked you to the Panasonic acquisition."

"Huh?"

Ronald, who had just picked up a knife to spread butter on the bread and was about to drink the coffee brewed by the hotel, was choked by the news.

"What's wrong with you, dear?" Diane ran over and gave him a glass of milk.

"No problem, how could I be linked to this?" Ronald looked puzzled. He hadn't even shown up in this matter. The one who actually did the work was Douglas's lobbying company, and George's income was very secretive. How could anyone know about it?

"Who got what from Panasonic's acquisition of CA?"

That's the headline from an in-depth report in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Unlike Hollywood newspapers, which are speculating endlessly on who will become the new CEO of the new Panasonic CA, the Wall Street Journal is entirely written from the perspective of reporting on mergers and acquisitions.

"Ahem..." Ronald put down the coffee cup. It would be troublesome if little George was involved in this matter. He immediately picked up the newspaper and read it.

"Lazard Brothers will receive $16.75 million, while Allen \u0026 Co. will receive $8 million, as the investment banks behind Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s acquisition of CA, documents made public yesterday show. income.

Lazard represents CA and Allen represents Panasonic. In each case, the banker will pay the fee after 50% of the shares are tendered. If Panasonic fails to acquire CA and another bidder purchases more than 50% of the company at a higher price, Allen will still receive a $2 million fee. "

Next, the law firm responsible for the merger will receive $8 million. These are required disclosures in mergers and acquisitions.

In blood. President Sidney Sheinberg received a five-year contract extension with a total price of US$21 million. In addition, the CA stock he was temporarily distributed will be worth nearly US$90 million.

Another ten senior managers received a total of more than 20 million US dollars in bonuses, and the president of Serial Ball Pictures, Tom Pollack, received a stock option buyout fee of 27 million US dollars.

It is still a normal report up to this point. Apart from listing the income of the executives who made huge fortunes through this merger and acquisition, there is nothing outrageous.

But in the next section, it seemed very unprofessional and started to make false claims.

"The merger filing did not disclose the consulting fees that CAA earned. Chairman Michael Ovitz linked the two companies together, possibly because the company was not a formal financial advisor in the deal.

We reached out to Ovitz, but he declined to comment on the salary figure, other than to say, "Ask Ronald Lee."

We have not contacted the famous director Ronald who is currently filming his new movie. However, according to anonymous Wall Street sources, Ronald Lee most likely stole Ovitz's film. Part (or all?) of the cake also provided informal consulting services to Panasonic, so that Ovitz's gaffe during the interview broke the rules that CAA has always adhered to and openly discussed the privacy of its customers..."

"fxck... Is Ovitz mentally ill? Put him on the phone for me. I want to ask him in person if he ate too much and had no place to vomit?"

Seeing that Ronald was so angry, Richard didn't dare to stop him. He and Niceta had urgently approached Ovitz to negotiate, but his secretary excused them because Ovitz couldn't answer the phone on the plane. .

"Tell him that I am very angry. If he does not contact me within an hour to explain clearly, the consequences will be very serious." Ronald calmed down after making the call. He did not get angry at the secretary, but calmly stated his request. , and then hung up the phone.

He waved Richard out, called Little George, and after reaching a consensus with him, he asked bodyguard Dan to set up an anti-eavesdropping line and dialed the White House phone, "I'm Ronald.

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"Oh, that's what he said? Hahaha, Ronald is very angry, and the consequences will be serious? If I hadn't taken him in, this guy would still be a screenwriter earning the minimum wage!"

Michael Ovitz had landed and laughed when he received a call from his secretary. People like Ronald just show off on Hollywood sets, but they don't know how the real world works.

The weather in Seattle was terrible, rainy. Ovitz wore an expensive handmade suit, handmade tie, and handmade shoes. The assistant next to him quickly opened a huge umbrella to cover him tightly.

The luxury car was already waiting outside the airport. The assistant opened the back door and let Ovitz get in the car first. Then he turned to the passenger seat and told the driver, "Go to Ivar Seafood Restaurant..."