Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald came to the St. Regis Hotel in New York. The Elephant Party's fundraising gala was once again held in the most exclusive and oldest hotel in Manhattan.

Little Douglas and Little George were waiting for him at the door of the party, fearing that Ronald would not be able to find his way among a group of politicians.

"Donna is on vacation, so I'll bring her to see the world." Ronald was holding his cousin in his arms. Young people, especially young girls, need to see more big scenes, so that they won't be ignored. People deceive.

"Your cousin wants to talk to the deputy commander's wife about something, let me show you around." Little Douglas noticed that Donna was a little embarrassed in this kind of situation, so he took the initiative to take her to meet some rich second-generation locals in New York who worked in investment companies. Donna, happens to be popular in that circle.

"Okay, thank you." Donna let go of Ronald's arm holding little Douglas, and went to expand her network of contacts.

"This is the famous Hollywood director, Ronald Lee. This is the Louisiana Senator, Mr. Dan Quayle." Little George introduced several people to Ronald who he thought he could get to know each other. Politician, Mr. Quayle is very handsome, a bit like a movie star.

"This is also one of the candidates for deputy commander. They all came to see the current deputy commander, Old George, for an 'interview.'" Little George said something in Ronald's ear.

George Sr. has been leading the primary since Super Tuesday, and today there is no doubt that he is the candidate representing the Elephant Party in this year's general election.

As long as he passes a technical procedure next month, he will be able to sprint for the general election with all his strength. To this day, George Sr. has not announced his running mate. All the outstanding people in the party who have further ideas come to visit him, hoping to be chosen by him.

Serve as running mate in the general election. Just like when George Sr. served as deputy to the current Commander-in-Chief Ronald Sr.

"I'm going to find my mother. She's meeting some people's representatives in the inner room. Wait a minute. Your idea is very good, but my mother still needs to come forward for this matter." Little George thought he was talking to several politicians who introduced Ronald They all were introduced, and then went to find mother Barbara to meet Ronald.

The former and current two ministers of labor and transportation need the deputy chief’s wife to coordinate.

"Little George doesn't seem happy?" Ronald asked quietly to Douglas, who had stayed in New York during the election season and was well-informed.

Over there, Donna was surrounded by a group of rich second generation IT graduates who could make money and were beautiful. The group of people were shocked and formed a circle to listen to Donna talk about his company's magical investment formula.

"His younger brother has stolen a lot of his limelight, and the old lady now prefers her younger son Jeb. And little George's wife Laura doesn't get along well with Jeb's Mexican wife. You've seen it, it's like a TV series It's like a feud between rich families." Douglas gave Donna the opportunity to enjoy the limelight alone, and came back to help his partner Ronald deal with it.

"Hey..." Ronald smiled. No wonder little George was nervous and only introduced some familiar politicians to himself. Is this because he was afraid that the politicians helped by Jeb would pry him away as the financial backer? "

"Why does the deputy commander have to hold so many fund-raising meetings when he has already won the primary election?" Ronald also asked quietly in the ear of little Douglas,

"Didn't you say that primaries are the most expensive?" In America's electoral system, both parties provide very high campaign subsidies to candidates.

During the primary election, the quota was not high and was dispersed among various candidates. At the election stage, there is only one person to bet on, and the personal financial pressure is actually relatively small.

"Have you heard that the two candidates in this year's election may be the most boring election since Harry?" Douglas Jr. asked Ronald a question.

Ronald shook his head. He actually didn't pay much attention.

"Old George has no charm at all. He was able to win the primary election only by relying on his fundraising ability. He used TV ads several times the amount of others to defeat several competitors in the Elephant Party. His campaign consultant, Lee A. Tewatt is accustomed to using large advertisements to amplify the dark spots of his competitors.”

"Oh," Ronald understood. This meant that the deputy commander won the primary election solely because of his wealth of money and hard knocks. Then wouldn't the situation be worrying if he ran into a charismatic candidate in the general election?

Seeing what Ronald was thinking, Douglas Jr. smiled and said,

"It's similar to the one opposite. The Greeks are also a very boring and rigid group of people. This year's general battle will be the boring Yankees vs. Dixie." When Ronald heard that it was Greek, he understood that Olympia Dukakis His cousin, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukaski, qualified for the Donkey Party primary.

"Has he announced it yet?" Ronald remembered that the Donkey Party's primaries were much more intense than those of the Elephant Party.

"The Donkey Party's national convention will be held tonight in Atlanta, Georgia, and an official announcement will be made. Dukakis is not much better than Old George. He also used TV ads to slander his competitors to win." The Donkey Party's In Iowa, candidate Dick Gephardt is leading, running as a populist and soaring in the polls.

Illinois Senator Paul Simon unexpectedly finished second, while Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis finished third.

But by New Hampshire, Dukakis was in first place, Gephardt dropped to second, and Simon was third.

That's because both Dukakis and Simon ran negative television ads targeting Gephart. That he is a candidate who supports policies that eliminate union monopolies.

The workers did not know whether it was true or false, so they read too many smear advertisements and wrote many letters to the United Auto Workers, which supports Gephardt.

The unions had no choice but to withdraw their support for Gephardt. Ronald had seen this person's appearance in the newspaper, and it was really worse than old George. He looked like a monkey, and his speech was so boring that it was a disaster.

"Mom Barbara, Mama Barbara." I saw Barbara, the wife of the deputy commander, walking over. She was stopped by a group of black children, who were vying to get close to Barbara.

This was also arranged by Roger Ailes, another campaign consultant, in response to the recent dark advertising attack by Duka Keith attacking the elder George and his wife for discriminating against black people.

"I'm not your mom, kids," Barbara said, pulling away from a teenage black girl she was calling mom, something that reminded her of a Mark Twain episode.

"My children are there, George and Jeb, and I'm their mother. You'd better go back to your mothers."

"Hey..." Roger Ailes, who was watching the photojournalist snapping photos beside Ronald, also covered his face when he saw this scene.

This couple is the same, they come from a wealthy family and have little understanding of the lower class.

"Ronald, Doug, hello. Little George said you are here, and I must come to meet you. The action committee you led has done a lot for my husband." Barbara was very happy when she saw the two of them. Giving a big effort means donating a lot of money.

In addition to the donations from Ronald and Douglas Jr., there were also people with the same ideas, such as the group of people surrounding Donna, who also donated a lot of money.

"Hello Mrs. Barbara, this is my cousin Donna", Ronald introduced his cousin to Barbara.

"Ha, your cousin praised you to the sky. How is your mother?" Barbara's compliment made the rich second generation around her jealous.

Being able to chat like this with the wife of a candidate for the Grand Commandery, Donna might be descended from the earliest New England immigrants and had been friends with the George family for generations, and she didn't know which famous lady her mother was.

Ronald watched with great joy. He and his aunt's family were both from low-income families, and his uncle was just a classmate of his father who played in the mud since childhood.

It's no wonder that a large number of old George's supporters are from such wealthy families. They support old George because they want the current leader's preferential tax policies to continue.

The rich are mainly concerned about two types of taxes, the deferral of personal income tax and the continued deferral of capital gains payments.

As the race to succeed Ronald Sr. began to emerge last year, it became clear that taxes would be a central issue.

Grover Norquist, the director of Americans for Tax Reform, laid out a pledge to impose no new taxes and encouraged Republican candidates to sign it.

Many congressional candidates signed, as did George Sr.'s chief rivals, Jack Kemp and Pete Dupont.

George Sr. initially refused to sign the pledge, but at the beginning of this year, finally acquiesced. George Sr. doesn't like to take sides clearly. He likes to keep a hand in order to see whether the situation can be favorable in the future.

When the campaign consultant met his biggest intra-party rival, Bob Dole, he used this promise not to raise taxes to attack Dole, because Dole supports tax increases to ensure fiscal balance.

"I came mainly to ask for your help..." Ronald told Barbara that he wanted to invite two female ministers to attend.

The marketing of “working girls.” Ask Barbara to help pull the strings.

"It's no problem," Barbara agreed happily. This was a piece of cake for her now, and she was respected wherever she went.

Nancy can no longer bully her. Why did this superficial Hollywood actress take the limelight during the eight years of the leadership? It's her turn... ahem, it's her turn for a real professional woman to step up.

Ronald was very happy. This kind of marketing strategy can only be implemented by someone with a wide range of friends like himself.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t even know which way to open the door to the minister’s office.

"By the way, my movie will be released at the end of the year. When the deputy president wins the election, it will be just in time..."

"Hahaha, Ronald, you always make me happy." Barbara laughed, and she used

"Wait until" the deputy commander wins the election, rather than

This wording is very satisfying "if" you win the election.

"I'm not familiar with the deputy commander-in-chief's staff. Does he have a secretary? Before the movie is released, I also want to ask his secretary to help promote our movie in Washington, D.C. The secretary of the deputy commander-in-chief must be Will it be very popular?" Ronald struck while the iron was hot. Ordinary people don't know so many political things. Wouldn't it be interesting for the secretary of the commander-in-chief to recommend a movie in which the secretary is the protagonist?

"Ahem..." Barbara's face quickly turned from cloudy to cloudy. She was noncommittal and lightly hit Ronald.

"When you come to Washington, D.C., I will give you tickets to the inauguration ceremony."

"Thank you, Mrs. Barbara." Ronald didn't know what he said wrongly. Anyway, he offended Barbara a little. Fortunately, he had a good relationship with him and was not a stranger. Barbara gave After spending a few minutes with Ronald, he went elsewhere to accept the loss of others.

"You shouldn't mention George Sr.'s secretary." Roger Ailes likes Ronald, a young man who came up with several ideas and played a big role in politics, and he has a close relationship with George Jr. , gave him a lot of grades and money, which won Barbara's favor.

So I had to explain things clearly to Ronald to avoid causing bigger misunderstandings. The youngest son, Jeb, had a close relationship with another candidate, Lee Atwater, and he was forced to form a vague alliance with George Jr. in the Bush family. He could not let his biggest outside ally fall into the trap.

"Jennifer Fitzpatrick, in front of Barbara, is a name that cannot be mentioned..."

"Who?" Ronald was confused.

"Ask your friends, little Doug knows more about politics than you do." Roger Ailes said and left. Ronald turned to young Douglas.

"Jennifer Fitzpatrick was George Sr.'s secretary and his lover. Barbara wanted to threaten divorce but did not break off the relationship. In the end, it was because Roger Ailes warned George Sr. that the election would be inevitable. Someone will take advantage of this and make a big fuss in the media. This is how old George broke off his relationship with Jennifer Fitzpatrick and sent her away from Barbara. Everyone around me knew it, and many media also knew it, but they suppressed it without reporting it.

Douglas, who was living in New York, was much more familiar with this kind of political gossip than Ronald. Ronald saw that Donna was also there, holding Little Doug's arm and listening, and said to her,

"Why don't you socialize with those potential clients? Is little Douglas so attractive?"

"Those people don't have high IQs and their brains are not flexible. In comparison, Doug is pretty smart."

"Hahaha..." Ronald and Douglas Jr. both laughed. Donna still has sharp words and is quite smart, which is already a high praise.

…

"What we are showing you now is the video of the National Donkey Party Convention held in Atlanta today. The convention officially elected the Governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, as the next candidate for the office of Governor. His running mate was also announced. , U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentson of Texas. "This is what happened at night. Ronald went back to his house on Fifth Avenue, and Donna didn't bother to go back to her apartment on Long Island. De found a bedroom here to sleep.

After the two had dinner, they were watching TV.

"Heh, it seems that this year's election will be a complete Yankee vs. Dixie race," Donna said to Ronald while drinking coffee and pointing at the TV.

"How to say?"

"You see, although the deputy commander is from New England, he made his fortune in Texas and entered the political arena. Now he is generally regarded as the representative of Texans. So Dukakis wants to find a Texas senator. To offset the influence of George Sr. in the South. I think Sr. George will eventually find a politician from Massachusetts as his running partner.”

"That's not necessarily true, right?" Ronald thought of Dan Quayle he saw today. In short, this year's election has clear barriers. On one side are urban elites, on the other side are country cowboys, on the other side are liberals, the innovation base of the electronics industry, and on the other side are conservatives, who want to preserve the tradition of America.

The conference opened with a female singer singing.

"Let the rivers run and all the dreamers awaken the nation to come, the New Jerusalem..."

"Pfft..." Ronald spit out a sip of coffee. This was not composed and sung by Carly Simon

The theme song of "Working Girl"

"letheriverrun"? How did it become the theme song for the Donkey Party National Conference?

"What's wrong with you?" Donna handed the tissue to Ronald.

"Hey, I'm going to make a call." Now that this song has a national exposure opportunity, it can't be missed. It must continue to stay popular, which will be of great benefit to the movie box office.

"Who is this person?" Ronald told Michael Gray about the new development and asked him to consider this factor in his marketing plan.

After chatting for more than 20 minutes, he came back and found that the handsome guy on the TV who had just started giving a speech when he went to make a phone call.

"This is the governor of Arkansas. He is very handsome." Donna pointed at the person on the TV and said,

"Just now, someone was signaling to him to come down, but what he said was very good. Why should he be asked to come down? This man speaks more charmingly than Dukakis, is more organized, and has a higher IQ among politicians, and There is affinity.”

"We want Michael, we want Michael" the audience's cry came out through the television broadcast.

"I know you want Michael to be the commander-in-chief. I have tried to tell the audience across the country your reasons for supporting Michael..." The speaker stopped helplessly and faced the die-hard Donkey Party members in the audience who wanted him to go. Voters explain.

These people are all loyal supporters of Dukakis, but the general election is decided by those middle voters. Isn't this a good opportunity to promote political opinions to the people across the country through television broadcasts?

"Shh..." the police officer tried to shout to him to ask him to end it early. After that had no effect, he walked next to the governor of Arkansas who was speaking and made a throat-slitting gesture to him.

"Let me list some of Governor Dukakis' achievements such as balancing the budget and welfare reform. Ronald Economics is just a scam. It is impossible to balance a finance that cannot make ends meet..."

"This person can be the president in the future," Donna drank the last sip of coffee. She admired this kind of politician with financial knowledge, which was much better than the current president who only knew how to spend money and ignored the skyrocketing deficit.

With a snap, abc also saw the throat-cutting gesture. In addition, booing a speaker at the Donkey Party Convention was too outrageous and showed serious internal strife, so he simply cut off the speech.

"It seems that abc doesn't think so..." Ronald said with a smile in response to Donna's evaluation.