Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

"Why is there no news?"

Ronald stayed in the old Wilshire Hotel, which was double-checked by a makeshift team that Daniel had brought in to make sure there were no security breaches.He woke up in the morning and looked at the newly delivered newspaper, but he didn't see a single report he had arranged.

Diane glanced at him. Brother Ronnie looked irritable and nervous. I had been with him for so long, and I had rarely seen such a situation before.

"Ronald, there is only one article in the newspaper..." Michael Gray, a media PR consultant, knocked on the door and came in. He was holding a "Hollywood Report" in his hand, and turned to page No. 13, which was on the back half of the stack of newspapers. In the second half of the page, I found a very small report:

"The Beverly Police Department arrests employees, which is expected to be related to leaking the whereabouts of celebrities to tabloid reporters..."

"This is not the news I want!" Ronald threw the newspaper away...

"The media in Los Angeles received rumors last night not to publish our news. Only the editor-in-chief of the Hollywood Reporter called me because they took over the advertisements for our two films, so they only published them on the least important pages. ...but their editor-in-chief told me that if you want to accept their exclusive interview, you can ignore the request of some powerful people."

"I won't accept an exclusive interview now, but I can communicate with them. If I have a chance in the future, I can...Why did you reject our PR draft? Where is the freedom of the press?" Ronald was still irritated by the countermeasure of the other party.

"Strictly speaking, we are not an exclusive interview with the editorial department, but a public relations draft that depends on the advertising budget and negotiated with the newspaper..." Michael Gray is very confident in the wisdom of Ronald, the client, so what? Things can be said directly, and there is no need to worry about the other party complaining about their lack of ability.

In fact, the report that Ronald wants to publish is not a product of press freedom, but also relies on money to influence public opinion.

"Then who held down our PR release, what are they relying on? All the media didn't respond?" Ronald didn't feel good about this kind of all-round noise reduction ability. The enemy's ability seemed to be stronger than he thought. Be strong.

"It's the same, how we make the newspaper office more flexible, they will suppress it."

"Hmm..." Ronald was no longer anxious. The other party was also relying on the pressure of advertisements to force the media to silence, which showed that the opponent was not the kind of person with all-hands-eyes and the endorsement of a powerful department.

"Then why is The Hollywood Reporter willing to accommodate?"

Michael Gray saw that there was only Ronald's wife Diane nearby, so he came up and whispered in Ronald's ear, "Their boss is not Jewish..."

The news publishing industry is similar to the film and television industry, in which Jewish people occupy many positions of executives and bosses. Last year, The Hollywood Reporter's founder's widow sold the paper to Robert Dowling, a non-Jewish media publisher.

This is because the style of "Hollywood Report" is relatively low, and it is not as good as "Variety Show", which is a more serious media that caters to high-income readers. There are a lot of gossip and advertising pages, which is not valued by Jews.

Ronald was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to have such a relationship, he crossed his hands on his stomach, and fell into deep thought.If someone is against you, then at most you can influence one or two advertising media just like yourself. Such a large-scale silencer action can only be done by people who advertise on all media on a large scale every year.

Ronald had more evidence for his opponent's guess.He asked Gray to call Robert Dowling, the publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, to thank him personally and promise more ads to promote the film.

Dorian happily agreed that he would facilitate Ronald's follow-up reports.With this result as a basis, Ronald is more sure that the other party is only relying on money to obtain certain influence in certain fields.

As long as it does not involve powerful people within the government, the so-called "power" is a laughing stock if it goes out of the circle.Since it is difficult to open up the situation here in Los Angeles, Ronald is ready to let the media in New York start breaking the news about his being bugged.

Ronald and Michael Gray also agreed to launch an attack on the New York Daily News, which has a strong influence, and try to attract the attention of influential media such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

"People from the FBI have gone to the Beverly Police Station today, and Craig Stevens is not so free." Lindsay Dole came over to inform Ronald of the latest progress.Mitch Kanter is staring at the interrogation of the suspect every day. After all, he is an old police detective in the police station. Without the exposure of the news media, the internal investigation will not be too strict. With the intervention of the FBI Los Angeles branch, The pressure will increase a lot.

"Very good..." Ronald became happy. Some content can be checked here, but it is not so easy to suppress the media there.

……

"Why did the FBI intervene in this case? Is the suspect suspected of committing a crime across state lines?" Sheriff John of the Beverly Police Department looked at the two FBI detectives opposite him very unhappy.

"The wiretapping equipment suspected of being used by the suspect Craig Stevens is suspected to be intelligence equipment. We have reason to believe that this is a case related to national security," the younger detective in the two FBI replied.

Contrary to what many people think, the FBI is still America's internal counterintelligence department, and they also have jurisdiction over such cases.

"Do you have any concrete evidence?"

"We have enough reasons to be suspicious, so we have to intervene in the investigation..."

"That's right? This case is still led by the LAPD's Internal Investigation Department. When we have definite evidence, we will notify the FBI branch..." Sergeant John was very upset, and the FBI wanted this kind of scandal Put your nose in?

"We will report to the chief..." The slightly older FBI agent stopped the excited companion. This matter was assigned by the higher-ups, but it did cross the line a little bit. Facing the resistance of the police station, one more thing is worse than one less thing. Young people have to learn a lot, and don't just focus on advocating justice.

"However, we hope to conduct an interview with the suspect to confirm this allegation involving national security." The older detective hinted at the sheriff, giving them something to deal with.

"Okay, but our Internal Investigation Department needs to be there..."

"Please understand, we are the FBI, don't use the experience of dealing with your colleagues to set us on us?" The young agent, facing Craig Stevens in a small closed room, was very nervous. tough attitude.

He is an elite graduate of the FBI Academy. He deliberately increased the temperature of the air conditioner, and coupled with the coffee he gave Craig Stevens, made the suspect very uncomfortable, and the well-built psychological defense was slowly collapsing.

"I..." Craig Stevens opened his mouth, he wanted a glass of water, beads of sweat trickling down his back. Why was the FBI provoked? Is the boss also being targeted?

"Who gave you the bugging device you placed? We are investigating this black market transaction, as long as you can accuse your previous family..."

"I..." Craig Stevens hesitated to speak.

"You want the judge to give you a promise, right? Your pension is finished, Craig, is it necessary to go to jail again? For crimes related to national security, you can't be excited when you see beautiful women after you come out, right?
I'll intercede with the judge, and he'll most likely let you go, Craig. "

"boom……"

Just as Craig Stevens loosened a bit, the door opened and a lawyer with a humped nose walked in.

"Mr. Craig Stevens is my client. The FBI has no reason to interrogate me in my absence. From now on, I must be present in all interviews."

As he spoke, the lawyer glanced at Craig Stevens.The other party responded with an expression that I didn't show, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"If there is no evidence that my client is involved in the FBI's business scope, will you continue?" The lawyer glanced at his watch and signaled for further interrogation. With him present, it is even more impossible for the FBI to ask anything.

"Let's go..." The old FBI agent pulled his young companion, who stood up reluctantly and left.

Craig Stevens was led by lawyers to an interview room without recording equipment, where lawyers and clients enjoy privileged confidentiality.Craig immediately said, "I have everything..."

"Of course you didn't..." the lawyer interrupted him, "Antonio asked me to tell you, as long as you insist that this is a civilian product imported from Israel, the FBI will have no excuse to intervene, and you will be fine. LAPD pension , the big boss behind Antonio will compensate you, as long as you continue to be as smart as you are now, everything will be arranged."

……

"What? The FBI just gave up?" Ronald was furious when he heard the news.

"The FBI is also a group of bureaucrats. They don't work as hard as they do in Hollywood movies." Mitch Kanter, the lawyer who came here specially tried to calm Ronald down. "Now it's best to have news media exposure to further increase their pressure... How are you doing there?"

"I'm in the process, you wait for two days..." Ronald arranged for New York to take time.

"Ronald, Ovitz invites you over, he wants to talk to you face to face", just as he was speaking, Richard walked in and brought a message from Ovitz.

"What does he mean?" Ronald was already [-]% certain in his heart that Ovitz was the mastermind behind this matter against him.Now suddenly he wants to meet himself face to face, and he doesn't know what it means.

"He said that he learned from the Hollywood Reporter that he may have misunderstood you, and would like to invite you to talk to CAA. He will explain the matter clearly and clear up the misunderstanding."

"Then go..." Ronald wanted to hear what Ovitz thought.

……

"Ronald..." Michael Ovitz stood at the door of the office to greet Ronald with the same smirk.

"Michael...", Ronald shook hands with him, and smiled perfunctorily.

"Do you still remember the first time we met? You showed me the script for 10 minutes, and I concluded that you were a screenwriting genius. Look, it turns out that my vision is still wrong. Your achievements are better than mine. Ten times bigger than the wildest imaginations of the time."

Ovitz didn't take it seriously, he asked Ronald to sit down, and then sat on the sofa next to him, showing socks of different colors on his feet, recalling the past to Ronald like an old friend.

"I heard that you have something to tell me?" Ronald didn't want to hear such a long time ago.

"Hi, I do have something to do. There are many media outlets who have obtained the press release you want to publish. I have a bit of a disagreement on this matter."

Ovitz saw that it didn't make sense to talk about feelings, so he got back to business.

His meaning is very clear, if this matter is exposed in the media, then Hollywood stars will be in danger, and many stars who have signed an agent contract with CAA may panic and switch to other agents. The company's turmoil.After all, Ronald himself is a client of CAA, and there was a leak in CAA's office, so he admitted to suppressing the news, hoping that Ronald would agree to solve the problem internally and not make it public.

"I just want the truth, to see who is behind the scenes who wants me to have an accident, or Michael, you already know who it is in your heart?"

"This kind of thing is not the first time in Hollywood, nor is it the last time, Ronald, considering the entire industry, you don't want Hollywood's scandals to be known to the world, do you?"

"Also, if you can find out who is behind the scenes internally, let him quit Hollywood forever."

"Ronald, don't be so extreme, this industry is like this... It's not that I don't stand on your side, it's just that this kind of wiretapping is too common, and we usually solve it internally...We have to maintain the industry as a whole Benefit."

"I am also your client, how does CAA protect my interests?"

Seeing the difficulty of talking, Ovitz had to soften slowly. He assured Ronald that he would definitely find out who was behind Ronald's embarrassment this time. As long as Ronald can not make the scandal in the industry public this time, he will In future Oscar selections, more resources will be given to Ronald.

It’s okay not to talk about it, but when he talked about it, Ronald became even angrier, “Could it be that only your people can enjoy the default resource support of CAA?”

"What do you mean by our people?" Ovitz was also a little uneasy, because he felt uncomfortable when he heard this name.

Ronald didn't speak, just smiled and looked at the most powerful agent in Hollywood.What's the point, of course you Jews.

"I think you may be referring to our ethnicity. You may have misunderstood us. We are good enough to stand out in the performance industry. It is the joint result of history and the efforts of people of our ethnicity..."

"We are in Europe, and we are restricted to engage in certain industries. The church does not allow lending, and the lords and kings let us come. Ordinary citizens don't want to engage in entertainment work, and our ethnic group just makes this kind of funny buffoon... "

Ovitz talked about a lot of history about how Jews were bullied. The reputation of Jews in history was deliberately created by European lords and kings, together with the church.On the one hand, they let the Jews do these cheap jobs, and on the other hand, when the people are dissatisfied because of social injustice, the Jews are thrown out as scapegoats.

For thousands of years, Jews have not been able to buy property in European cities and villages. Without land, they can only wander with the wind, and are thrown out every few decades as a punching bag for the anger of the people.Then the survivors were taken back by the kings to continue making dirty gloves.

The descendants of the Jews cannot accumulate wealth. They can only work hard on education so that the children can have a skill. Whether it is being a banker or being a clown, it is always a skill that allows the ethnic group to reproduce.

In short, Ovitz wanted to show Ronald that the dominant position of the Jews in these industries was obtained through their own efforts.

"But the American government doesn't restrict you from buying real estate..." Ronald didn't believe this kind of excuse at all. Perhaps they were indeed treated unfairly back then, but now this kind of grouping in the film and television industry has nothing to do with being persecuted Nothing to do with it.

They are nothing more than trying to monopolize the talent output of this industry through some soft means.For those ugly young Jewish actors, the difficulty of entering the industry is not comparable to that of people of other ethnicities. As a result, there are almost no young handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry. If it goes on for a long time, it is no wonder who is the sinner of the entertainment industry.

"America is a relatively fair place. People don't judge you because of your ethnicity, it still depends on your talent and hard work."

"Don't be funny, look at the history, when was the Chinese Exclusion Act abolished, and when did the equal status of black people come?" Ovitz sneered.

"Let's not talk about these too big issues. I want to ask you, how do you plan to deal with this wiretapping?" Ronald was speechless for a while. The discrimination in America is actually no worse than that in Europe.

Ovitz laughed. He took a bottle of brandy from the drawer, poured Ronald a glass, and said slowly, "Of course I hope, you can enter this system. We are very open, as long as you want, You can do whatever you want, there is still a lot to learn in this industry, and you will benefit from it over time."

Ronald rolled his eyes. He didn't want to join Judaism.Besides, Diane and himself are not Jewish, how to join?

"It's not difficult. For example, Spielberg's new girlfriend, Kate Capshaw, the actress is not Jewish, as long as she is willing to respect Jewish customs. She proposed that she and Spielberg should follow the Jewish wedding ceremony."

Ovitz is very satisfied with the actress of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Her appearance is the type that Spielberg likes, and she takes the initiative to move closer to the ethnicity, which is enough to transform Spielberg, who did not take Judaism seriously. Ronald could do the same. "

"But whether I want to change my family or not, you may not know that my grandfather's lineage was the first to come on the Mayflower (of course, I have the bloodline of children studying in the United States, but I won't tell Ovitz about this. "

"It doesn't matter. Our ethnicity doesn't actually value the paternal line that much. As long as your maternal line has Jewish blood, is your grandmother, mother, or maternal grandmother suitable?" Ovitz didn't care.

"It's impossible. My grandmother is a British nobleman, and my mother is a Quaker. You should know who they are, and they have nothing to do with Jews." Ronald's mentality towards Jews really do not understand.

"Why do I have to join you? Can't people of other ethnicities succeed in the entertainment industry?"

"Unfortunately, you got married too soon. I have already found a good Jewish girl for you, who suits your preferences. She was born as a child star, with a plump body and a rounder face than traditional Hollywood actresses. In fact, you only need to Just promise, the biggest advantage of our ethnic group is patience."

As Ovitz spoke, he began to deviate from the direction of the conversation.He's talking about the girl who played the childhood heroine in "Once Upon a Time in America," Just Turned, like a younger version of Diane Lane.These Hollywood directors, although they don't say anything, actually have a relatively fixed aesthetic, and they often like one type of girl from beginning to end.

For example, Ronald, the two regular girlfriends who have been together for a long time, both have round faces, explosive figures, and dark hair...

But female stars are such creatures, who doesn't like younger ones?

"I don't want to discuss this disgusting topic with you anymore..." Ronald stood up, and Ovitz's words implied that Ronald divorced and then married a Jewish girl, and he just took the opportunity to get angry.

"You should think about it, Ronald." Ovitz shook the brandy steadily. These young people just don't understand the essence of the industry-you have to listen to the Jews... But young people only learn when they hit a wall. The strength of the jews is patience, it took them 60 years to turn Hollywood into what it is now...

"Ronald..."

Ronald, who was walking out, saw another founding shareholder of CAA, Ron Meyer, in the aisle.

Meyer wore a Hawaiian shirt and casual attire, next to the movie star Allie McGraw, the heroine of the tearjerker "Love Story", who still has a charm, and Meyer had a hot fight.

"Mr. Meyer, Miss McGraw." Ronald greeted them.

"Nisita told me about you, if you need me to come forward, you can call me at any time." Ron Meyer whispered in Ronald's ear while hugging Ronald .

It seems that there is something in the words. Mayer is either cooperating with Ovitz, or he and Ovitz are not always standing together.

"thanks, I will."

Ronald didn't even think about knowing Meyer's true attitude now. He has other more important things to do now.

After rushing back to the hotel, he held a simple meeting with several key personnel, and Ronald decided not to compromise.This matter has reached such a point, it is meaningless to back down, after all, it is impossible for him to join them...

"Doug, I have encountered a lot of resistance in my matter. I want to ask the first family for help. You can find little George and see if he can arrange a meeting?" After everyone left, Ronald called to find Douglas Jr.

"Is it time to use this relationship?"

"Yes, I need some support from the top."

"Okay, wait for my reply and get ready for the plane."