Exploiting Hollywood 1980

By noon, Ronald's personal attorney, Lindsay Doerr, and their law firm partner, Bobby Donnell, were rushing along with Ronald's aunt, Karen, and her boyfriend, his little boy, Doug. Arrive at CAA's office.

After everyone exchanged greetings, Ronald asked lawyer Lindsay strangely, "Didn't I ask you to invite prosecutor Helen and FBI Detective Claire too? Only if they come forward to clarify together will the media be more likely to believe it. "

"Ahem..." Lindsay lowered her voice, "FBI Detective Claire has urgent business. As for Helen..."

"Helen has a more important task, stay in New York and keep an eye on it." Bobby Donnell interjected.

"what happened?"

This time Ronald's legal team brought some bad news. The file Ronald left in the NYPD, the original arrest warrant issued by the mad police officer who framed him, and the subsequent high-level investigation into the madman's misdeeds and framed Ronald. Report, all disappeared together.

Facing the prosecutor of the Southern District of New York Rudy Gao's adjustment and purge of the top management of the NYPD system, he feels like he is facing a formidable enemy. In particular, the Southern District Police Department, which received the report at the time, was probably one of the safest places in New York. An accident occurred where documents disappeared for no reason, and everyone at the top and bottom faced an internal investigation.

Southern District Prosecutor Rudy is fulfilling the promise he made when he took office. He has launched an attack on the five major Italian families in the jurisdiction. He is also prosecuting some abuses of the deregulation after the commander-in-chief took office. He has begun to collude with internal and external parties to make a lot of money on Wall Street using inside information. A very profitable financial tycoon.

Recently, he even invoked a bill specifically to combat organized crime (the full name is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, but the public is better known by his other spelling, the Organized Crime Control Act), bringing together the five major families in New York. The perpetrators of the four families were prosecuted, and only the Gambino family, the most cunning and ruthless family, was not caught.

Just before the important moment of the trial, a fire suddenly broke out in the backyard. The prosecutor's main source of evidence investigation, the NYPD Southern District, the disappearance of Ronald's arrest information that attracted nationwide attention, made Rudy furious.

This kind of suggestion is obviously a trick Gambino often plays, using a seemingly unrelated incident to shock the real key people. Rudy is also worried about the personal safety of himself and his family, and whether key witnesses will retract their confessions in court. The family from Sicily was very good at this trick.

District Attorney Rudy issued an order to the NYPD Southern District to find the missing documents within 24 hours, otherwise they would launch an internal corruption investigation into the NYPD.

Prosecutor Helen, one of Rudy's favorites, stayed at the Southern District Police Station to supervise the investigation of Rich's missing documents and see if there was any chance to dig out the mole planted by the Gambino family in the Southern District.

"I also left Frank McPike, the former detective in the NYPD who was responsible for contacting the golden undercover agents who infiltrated the five major families, in New York. He is using his contacts to find your files and will let you know as soon as there is news.

It turns out that McPike turned out to be a detective, no wonder the background check was very efficient. Ronald understood the background of the private detective, "Then shall we postpone the press conference until the documents that prove my innocence are found? This will have a better clarification effect."

"Notify Ms. Michelle Pfeiffer and Ms. Brooke Shields and ask them to postpone their appearance on the show and interviews with reporters."

Public relations consultant Eva assessed the situation, everyone made a decision and waited for news from New York.

"It will be fine. My Ronnie has never done anything bad. God will not wrong a good man like this." Aunt Karen held Ronald's hand and gently comforted her anxious nephew.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

The phone rings.

"It's Ms. Pfeiffer." Richard guest-operated.

"Hello, Michelle", Ronald took the receiver.

"What's going on, Ronald? My home is surrounded by many reporters now. Have you changed your plan? I originally agreed with Limato that I would only go on the show in the evening."

"Don't move yet, let's figure out where the reporter is coming from." Ronald's face turned aside, and the opponent's combination of punches was very fast.

"Pfeiffer said there were a lot of unscheduled reporters visiting her home, and they weren't all familiar faces."

"Hey, Limato," Niceta went over to communicate with her old friend.

"According to him, some small newspapers with an Italian background, which originally didn't care much about entertainment news, gathered in front of her house. I have asked Limato to handle it and not let reporters interview Pfeiffer before we publish it."

Ronald stood up suddenly. Was this premeditated?

He walked quickly in the office and turned around twice. Why did the other party do this to him? I couldn't figure it out even if I thought about it. Even if the documents are temporarily lost, there are other ways to prove your innocence.

"By the way, hang up the phone with Poji." Ronald suddenly remembered that there was another ex-girlfriend who was going to be interviewed. "

"Ronald, why are there so many reporters coming to interview me? The last time I saw so many reporters was before I went to college." Brooke's mansion is in New Jersey, and the security measures in the community are better. Entertainment reporters can't Rush in.

But she also received a lot of calls asking for interviews, and many reporters hadn't called for a long time.

"Someone wants to ask you for some tabloid gossip. I'll call my public relations consultant Eva and ask her to discuss it with you."

Ronald knew that Brooke Shields had no public relations consultant and that her mother, Terry, who was supposed to fill that role, was drunk and unconscious.

In the CAA office, two phones were occupied separately, and they were discussing how to unify their voices and face interviews with reporters.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone that had been specially vacated rang again.

Richard answered the phone and his expression changed, "This is Dino De Laurentiis, the producer of Year of the Dragon. He wants to talk to you."

"Hey, it's me." Ronald suppressed the anger of wanting to greet the other female elder, "What do you want? Dino?"

"I should ask you this, doesn't it feel good to be caught?" Dino De Laurentiis on the other side of the phone chuckled.

"I don't understand what you are talking about?"

The call was put on speaker and Richard quietly pressed the record button.

Ronald's legal team is giving him signs not to talk about anything involved in the case on the phone. You don't know if the other party will record it and then edit it for you.

"On, we all know what you did in New York, Pfeiffer, Brooke, and Diane. Although the final investigation report refuted the detective's suspicion of you, we all know what happened. "

"There is something wrong with your mind, Dino. I am innocent. The NYPD investigation report is very clear. Even if you stole the archive, I can ask the detective of the investigation team at the time to come out and clarify the facts."

"Tsk, don't say it so harshly. By chance, an insider with a sense of justice sent me a copy.

So, I have a proposal for you. There is no need to hold on to the Year of the Dragon. As long as you clarify on TV that the Year of the Dragon does not discriminate against Chinese Americans, and that you and Cimino are still good friends who appreciate each other, I will hand over this document to you. It is reasonable, right? "

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Ronald.

What the other party wants is a reconciliation. All Ronald had to do was change the subject a little, and the Neapolitan would hand back the documents. In this way, in the eyes of the media and the public, Ronald is still the hero who saved the female star from fire and water, and there are no contrary rumors to bother him.

Ronald frowned, he was unwilling to do this.

On the one hand, I was clearly of Chinese descent in my previous life, and in this life in America, I was also of Chinese descent. Regarding this kind of movie that clearly discriminates against Chinese Americans, he dared to say without conscience that there was no discrimination and he would not be able to pass the test of blood.

And the feeling of being threatened is very uncomfortable.

However, the look in the eyes of the agent team and the legal team showed Ronald that they all believed this was an option that could be discussed. How can I convince them?

"My opinion is just from the perspective of art appreciation. However, there is a strong racial discrimination in the Year of the Dragon. I don't need to say this, the public can naturally see it clearly."

"Don't be like this, Ronald. You have no Chinese background. You just donated money to Chinatown's campaign against my movie. I don't care what grudges you have with Cimino. This is not a friendly move and affects my income." .

The so-called discrimination is just a subjective artistic opinion. As long as you can clarify it in front of the media, it will be good for everyone. "

"Ronnie, don't give in to evil people. You must not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Aunt Karen was very angry when she saw Ronald being threatened with things he had never done. He came up, held Ronald's hand, and recited a passage from the Bible.

Yes, you cannot bow to evil. Ronald shook his aunt's hand firmly. This reason was very convincing. He answered into the phone, "I haven't done anything bad, and I don't need to make a deal with you for this."

"Well, since you are so stubborn, let us see whose story the people will believe. You know, the goodwill of the people is like a gilded statue of a god, which will be blown away by a gust of wind..."

"Click", Ronald made up his mind and simply hung up the phone.

"That's fine. We'll go find the detective in charge of internal investigations at the Southern District Police Department to clarify. Then you contact the FBI as soon as possible and ask Detective Claire if he can accept an interview." Eva and Niceta watched. Ronald's decision had been made and work began to be assigned immediately.

"Don't worry. After all, the FBI has a better reputation than the NYPD. We also have the help of prosecutor Helen." Lawyer Lindsay came over to comfort herself.

But this is just a consolation. The FBI's reputation has not been very good since Hoover's death. It can be said that it is as bad as the reputation of those in the South Side of Manhattan.

Without words in black and white, the press conference's empty clarification of Ronald's involvement in the case may not be very effective in completely dispelling the public's doubts.

At most, when I am talked about in the future, someone will always mention this rumor.

A director used scandal to coerce an actress into becoming his girlfriend. This kind of rumor will always be a popular story. They were unlikely to investigate when Ronald was just a poor kid who had just joined the Writers Guild and had an agent.

"Ring ring ring ring..." The phone rang again.

"It's me, Mike Pike. Find a number that can receive faxes. I have obtained the NYPD arrest warrant and the original investigation document. I will send it to you."

"Great, where did you find it? There is no news from the NYPD yet."

"I got it directly from within the Gambino family, don't ask. They originally wanted to take the opportunity to scare Rudy and the witnesses who appeared in court, but unexpectedly it aroused their anger. You didn't compromise with that Naples guy, did you? "

"No"

"Very good. These immigrants from southern Italy often play some tricks and lure you into the trap with seemingly harmless conditions. I will bring the original documents immediately and we will discuss it again."

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