Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Three days later, Ronald received a check for $10,000 from Roger Coleman, which was the largest single check he had ever received.

Ronald expected to receive many more checks from the advertising project, and he went to see his personal lawyer Lindsay Doll again.

Lindsay called to tell him that he needed to sign the company registration, and the newly hired accountant also had to talk to him to see if his tax return information for this year was complete.

"This is your company registration document, the name is Ronald Lee Film and Television Production Company. This is the document for applying for a taxpayer identification number, and this is the application for an employer identification number, which is convenient for your employees to file taxes, including yourself. This is the document for applying for a business license from the New York City government..."

Ronald signed on a large stack of documents one by one according to the instructions of the lawyer.

"Then my paperwork will be done. Lawrence will take you to the bank to open an account, and then help you organize last year's tax documents."

"Okay, thank you, Lindsay. You are getting busier and busier now. I have to make an appointment in advance to see you."

"Yes, I am too busy. My skin has become rough. I have to go to the maintenance with my friends later." Lindsay Doll began to complain about having too many things to do.

"Well, women's beauty is the overriding need. I will call you if there are other things." Ronald said goodbye to the lawyer.

"Which bank do you like?" The question was asked by Ronald's newly hired accountant Lawrence Wang.

After meeting several accountant candidates introduced by Lindsay Doll, Ronald chose a Chinese. His father came to New York after World War II and has been an accountant for several wealthy Chinese families. Lawrence, who inherited his father's business, is in his 30s. Since marrying a white woman, he has been independent from the family business of several brothers and is no longer limited to Chinese customers.

Because of his ethnicity, he cannot receive many clients of other races, and he is still representing tax matters for many small businesses.

After talking to several candidates, Ronald still found Lawrence to have the most professional knowledge, speak simply and directly, and be very efficient. If it weren't for his ethnicity, he would be in a difficult position in both the Chinese and white worlds, and his business would be better.

In addition to his ethnicity in his previous life, Ronald decided to hire him to handle the tax issues for himself and his company.

"My personal account has always been at Wells Fargo."

"Then let's open an account at Wells Fargo."

Lawrence accompanied Ronald to open a business account, and then returned to Ronald's apartment to start sorting out his accounts for the past year to facilitate the tax season in April next year.

"You have kept all your information and all the checks you issued are copied. This is a good habit. You should handle the company's accounts in this way in the future. There will be less trouble in the future. Many small business owners are reluctant to spend money on copies, which will cause some problems when filing taxes. It is more difficult for the IRS to distinguish them, but it is easy to handle the checks with a copy."

"You have pasted all the receipts in different categories, which is also a good habit. If I hadn't seen your camera, I would have thought I had met a colleague."

Lawrence praised Ronald's good habits.

"This... is just my habit." Ronald didn't know where this habit came from. Maybe I often had to reimburse in my previous life?"

"You handled the income from your photography business in Los Angeles very well. I will help you file taxes in New York next year. The IRS is unlikely to investigate you because of this. However, starting next year, it is best not to handle the operating income in New York State in this way. Cash is the biggest tax loophole. The IRS hires undercover agents and accepts reports from company employees every year. We can have other legal methods to deal with it."

"I don't know what you mean by Los Angeles business."

"You are very cautious, Ronald. But my father, two brothers, and a sister are all accountants. After dinner, the family discussed tax laws and company accounting. You can trust my professional ability, and I hope that I can use time to prove that I am worthy of your trust in the future. "

"Okay, let's do as you say, Lawrence."

Ronald likes Lawrence's style of doing things. Whether it is trustworthy can also be tested by time. Let's wait and see.

Ronald gave Lawrence a cup of coffee, turned on the TV to watch a show, and waited for Lawrence to deal with receipts and accounts.

"I have seen them all, there are no other questions. Remember to collect the documents for the remaining two months, and I can help you file taxes next year." Lawrence took a sip of coffee.

"At 6 a.m. local time on the 4th in Tehran, hundreds of radical militants supported by the Grand Ayatollah stormed the U.S. Embassy and took staff hostage. It is reported that a total of 66 U.S. citizens were detained in this incident..."

"Oh my God, are the Persians crazy? They actually attacked the embassy protected by international treaties. "Lawrence said.

"The Grand Ayatollah gave a speech praising the action as a courageous act against the 'Great Satan' (referring to the United States). The Grand Ayatollah also called on America to extradite the exiled former king Pahlavi back to Persia for trial. He also promised that as long as Pahlavi returned to Persia, all hostages would be released. "

The live photo appeared on TV, a hostage was blindfolded, and next to him was a bearded Persian holding his briefcase.

"According to a Persian TV station, shredded documents were found in the US Embassy. After careful puzzle-solving, the Persian side pointed out that these documents belonged to the US State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, trying to conspire with the opposition inside Persia to overthrow the new Persian coalition government headed by the Grand Ayatollah."

Ronald was also shocked. These Persians are so brave that they are not afraid of America.

...

"Ronald, will you sign it?"

A few days later, Spike Lee came to him.

"What are you signing?"

"A statement calling on New York University and Columbia University not to succumb to the pressure of white supremacists and expel Persian students from the film department. Amir, who came with Kathryn Bigelow at the last party, is Persian and was beaten up by students from their school the day before yesterday."

"Uh, this is something the President should handle, right? Why should Persian students be deported? They have nothing to do with the Grand Ayatollah and those who hold hostages, right?"

"That's right, you're absolutely right." Spike said to the classmates who came with him, "I said you would definitely sign it. His fraternity does not discriminate against blacks, Latinos, and other minorities."

Ronald signed the petition hastily, "It's useless for us to sign this. We have little influence. You have to find someone with a good reputation to sign."

"Yes, let's go find Martin Scorsese. He happens to be in New York editing a new film."

"Yes, let's go find Scorsese to sign."

A group of people impulsively ran onto a minibus, and the car turned around and drove out of the campus.

"Who are they? Why are they so impulsive?"

"A group of equal rights organizations, they grabbed me and wouldn't let me go. Fortunately, you were smart and coaxed them away. Let's go see Amir, he's at Catherine's."

...

"Where's your beard, Amir?" Spike shouted when he saw Amir, who was studying in Persia, at Catherine's house.

Ronald also found that Amir shaved his beard, which is common among Persians, cleanly.

"It's so unlucky. I got beaten up because of this beard." Amir said with some bruises on his face.

"According to an unnamed source, the president is considering signing an executive order to stop importing oil from Persia, freeze the Persian government's $8 billion in assets in US banks, and expel all Persian college students staying in the United States back to their country."

"Oh, my God." Amir covered his face, "I don't want to go back."

"Don't worry, Amir, the equal rights organization has spoken for you today." Someone was comforting him.

However, everyone knows that the pressure from some racists is one thing, but this is the president of one of the two major hegemonies in the world today. If he speaks, the school that allows Amir to stay will be under great pressure.

"What should I do? My uncle worked for the Shah and was beaten up by them in Persia and put in prison. Now America is going to expel me again. What did I do wrong? Both Persia and the United States think I am an enemy."

Amir's voice was filled with fear. It turned out that a son of an official came to the United States to learn how to make movies, but suddenly became the enemy of the whole world.

"You can consider finding a lawyer and sue the US government." Someone gave Amir an idea to fight against the executive order that the president was about to issue.

"This won't work. The executive order can be challenged, but before it goes to court, Amir has been deported."

Some college students were still discussing ways to help Amir. Amir was even more scared when he heard about his various endings.

"If the order is really issued, you might as well run away." Ronald whispered to Amir.

"Run?"

"America is so big, there are so many illegal immigrants, who can find you if you leave Columbia University?"

Amir calmed down miraculously after hearing this, "Yes, my ancestors fled from Armenia to Persia, and they started from scratch, it's nothing."

"Persia has released all women and African Americans, and six diplomats from the embassy are missing. Persia denies that it has detained or executed these six diplomats. The White House and the State Department are expected to issue a statement on this."

CBS is still broadcasting the latest developments of the hostage incident. Ronald is no longer interested in these things, and pulls Spike Lee back to Tisch College. Spike heard the news that all the black hostages were released, and he didn't have much intention to continue to participate in this matter.

"Did you see it, Spike?" Ronald pointed to the windows on both sides of the road.

"Yes, many store windows have large American flags."

"The world is starting to mess up..."