Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Inspector Claire..."

This female FBI detective has been promoted to become the detective of the FBI's New York office, presided over the behavioral psychology laboratory, and became an authority in the industry on the study of serial killers. However, she still wore an FBI vest and maintained her simple character.

"Ha, Ronald, we meet again. I watched your new movie Working Girl and I really liked it." The detective also recognized that women and men have the same opportunities for career development, so he said to Ronald Germany's film was highly praised.

"Do you remember her?" Ronald let Diane out from behind.

"Oh, you must be Diane who was rescued by Ronald..." Detective Claire had a good memory and hugged Diane. She observed people very carefully and immediately knew what the relationship between the two was, so she pulled her and talked for a long time.

"This is Mr. Jonathan Demme, the director of the new movie with an FBI agent as the heroine. We are here to visit this time, and we would like to ask you to serve as a consultant for the movie and provide some details of the FBI's work to make the movie more realistic. ." Ronald introduced Demi again, and quickly chatted about FBI training, promotions and other details, especially how women can stand out in this male-dominated work atmosphere.

"I think you're right..." After chatting with this real FBI elite, Demi agreed with Ronald's opinion. Jodie Foster's temperament is better than Michelle Pfeiffer's. She is more like a daughter educated by a father who died in the line of duty in a disciplinary unit.

"Very good. Judy has heard the news about Michelle Pfeiffer's withdrawal. She called me several times and recommended herself... It would be great if you can agree to her audition."

After Jodie Foster won the Oscar, her life changed a lot. The first was that she moved out of McGillis' home, ending the years they had lived together. The diminutive actress, who has lived through an assassination attempt and the years without acting after college, is extremely determined.

She rejected four or five scripts that her agent found for her, and refused to take roles that offered easy money. She had to decide by herself what roles to take. She originally liked the script of "Silence of the Lambs". When she heard that there had been a change in the casting, she used all her connections and went to Ronald for public relations to win the role.

"Have you finished talking to Detective Claire?" Ronald looked at Diane who was saying goodbye to the detective and took her hand. "Jonathan, Diane and I have something else to do. We are going to Staten Island. I asked Richard to book a commercial flight for you, so I won’t take you back this time.”

"What are you going to do? If you don't mind asking, I've always wanted to see the filming location of The Godfather. I know it's on Staten Island."

"My aunt is getting married..." Ronald was not at all disgusted with the fact that Jonathan Demme also wanted to attend. Although Demme had become famous, his life still remained the same as before. He sympathized with the poor and also You must work hard on yourself, and you must be able to talk to Aunt Karen.

"Of course you are welcome, come over anytime..." Demi's home is in Manhattan, and she will be happy to have more personal friends attend her aunt's wedding.

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"Oh, Ronald, you are finally here. I was worried that you would be late and not be able to catch up with the speech of the former commander..." Aunt Karen was chatting with Donna at home. Her wedding would be a small private one. Wedding, for her in middle age, is a ceremony. In fact, she values ​​​​more the speeches that the former commander-in-chief Ronald and his wife promised to come to Toteville.

"I won't miss it..." Ronald replied with a smile, "I'm very happy that you can marry Eric. He is a good uncle."

"I'm very happy to have your and Donna's blessings..." Aunt Karen showed Diane the diamond ring on her hand. It was given to her by her boyfriend when he proposed that day. Although it was not big, it made her feel very happy.

"Oh, it's so beautiful..." Diane exclaimed loudly, and she and Donna talked around Aunt Karen.

The family got dressed up and took the van driven by Little Bud to the auditorium of Hanson's house in Toteville. The town's entrepreneurs, engineers, sales executives, and worker representatives all sat neatly to greet their predecessors. The Grand Commander’s lecture tour after his retirement.

"This is a photo of Nancy and I visiting China after taking office. Hey, there are so many people there..." The energy of the former commander-in-chief has declined to the naked eye, and the humorous eloquence of the past is gone. He just looks at Microsoft PowerPoint software. I use the photos to remember, and sometimes I have to be reminded by Nancy around me.

"Thank you so much... We all really hope to see you speaking on TV again, and today we finally got our wish." After the half-hour speech, the former commander-in-chief and his wife had to catch a flight. Aunt Karen quickly went up to thank them on behalf of the residents of Totville Town and gave them gifts. The photographers below were busy taking photos as souvenirs.

"Ronald, it's so nice to meet you...", Mrs. Nancy shook Ronald's hand in thanks. Such a speech can earn the couple $100,000. They don't have much savings, and they don't have many positions. They can save a little money for their retirement before the people completely forget about them.

"Yes, I will always remember that the students at T\u0026T helped me speak up, and I won the title of director of Top Gun." Ronald was still very grateful to the couple.

"I would like to thank you on behalf of Ronald Sr. about his memorial library." Nancy was very grateful to this young director whose horoscope matched her husband very well, and always wanted to say a few more words to him. Ronald not only organized this speech, but also donated a large sum of money to the Memorial Library.

Stanford University, which originally promised to build a named library for her husband on campus, canceled the construction plan last year due to protests from teachers and students. Party politics has a profound impact on universities. Today's university teachers and students are increasingly leaning towards the Donkey Party, and they can't really compare with Stanford.

Fortunately, the beneficiaries of the Elephant Party’s old Ronald Economics quickly found a new location in Simi Valley, 40 miles away from Los Angeles, and used the donated money to start the construction of the new museum. However, in this way, the old The opening of the library, which could be built after Ronald leaves office, has been delayed again.

Moreover, the federal government did not allocate funds for the T\u0026T Memorial Library, nor did the previous construction costs come from Stanford’s Hoover Institution. The new library relied entirely on donations. Fortunately, among old Ronald's old friends, there is also Hollywood tycoon Lew Wasserman. He has come forward to raise funds from many old friends and has raised 30 million US dollars.

But among the new generation in Hollywood, many people have not donated. Ronald also quietly made a donation in Douglas Jr.'s name. Nancy understood that the new Hollywood did not like their couple, and it felt good to meet the new Hollywood people who were very friendly to their couple.

During Ronald Sr.'s two terms in office, the economy developed rapidly. However, the intellectual community had a poor impression of him. Still in Toteville, a new production base for the film and television industry, he received loud cheers and thanks from workers and white-collar workers who made money.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." Old Ronald was surrounded by everyone, shaking hands with them one by one, and regained some feeling, "Nancy, Nancy..." Feeling tired, he turned around and called out wife.

"Sorry, he tires easily now"

"I asked them to drive you..." The retired commander-in-chief still had the protection of the guards, but it had been reduced to a minimum. Ronald specially rented a long luxury car to make the retired commander-in-chief more comfortable.

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"Karen Parker, will you accept... as your husband?"

"I would like to..."

"Now the groom can kiss the bride." The newly built Quaker church is a very traditional Pennsylvania traditional Quaker church. Unlike the evangelical Quakers to whom Richard, another former general, belonged, the Quakers in New England actually have no pastors. Every Sunday, believers spontaneously come to church to pray silently, and no one talks. remain silent.

But the wedding would be too monotonous without a priest presiding over it. Anyway, everyone is not that devout Quaker believer, so Donna specially invited a priest from Manhattan to preside over the wedding. This pastor named Robert Castle is very open-minded and doesn’t mind coming over to officiate the wedding for Aunt Karen. In fact, on the east and west coasts, this kind of wedding ceremony has gradually become a commercial operation rather than a traditional religious ceremony. .

Aunt Karen and her new husband kissed passionately, and everyone lit up the fireworks nearby. The couple happily thanked everyone, ran outside the church, got into their aunt's old SUV, and went on their honeymoon.

Empty cans clinked in the back of the SUV, with the words "Just Married" written on the back. Ronald and Donna couldn't help but hug. It was this car that my aunt drove as a waitress in a restaurant to support two young people.

"Oh, they are so happy. Have you seen the proposal video? It's so romantic." Diane yelled next to her. Donna hugged her and went to the side to mutter something shared by her best friend. .

Ronald and Little Doug looked at each other, both of them thinking about their own thoughts.

Little Doug was thinking about when to propose to Donna. His grandfather found out about Donna using his own money to invest in funds. He looked highly at her and urged his grandson several times. Ronald, on the other hand, didn't know how to answer Diane's endless hints, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"Bobby, is that you?" Jonathan Demme looked at the priest who presided over the wedding. He looked more and more familiar and couldn't help shouting.

"Cousin Jonathan?" The pastor was stunned for a moment and recognized his cousin Demi, who was very close to him back then.

Unexpectedly, the two were still related, but they lost contact when they grew up. Ronald was amused and quickly arranged for the two of them to find a place to reminisce.

"Ronald, Donna told me that little Doug might propose to him..." Diane ran over again and whispered in Ronald's ear.

"Ah...um...oh..." Ronald really didn't know what to say. The divorce experiences of Spielberg, Lucas, Cameron and others came to mind again.

In the evening, my aunt and her new husband returned home again. Their driving trip was just a formality. The two of them had already booked tickets for a round-the-world trip, and their first stop was Japan.

"Aunt, what should I do?" Ronald went to Aunt Karen privately and told her his troubles. It's not that he didn't love Diane and Helen. It's just that after people achieve great success, they will always be a little suspicious. You can't talk about this kind of thing with others, you can only talk to your aunt.

"Ronnie, I remember you were not like this before. When Antonia came to the island, you really wanted to marry her."

"Hey, maybe I've changed, I've become complicated and sophisticated."

"Don't be like this, Ronald, you are still the good boy. God will enlighten you when you should do some things. Originally, I didn't want to get married again, but that day he came to my house to bring me food, and I sat down with him. Knitting a sweater on the chair, suddenly a strange feeling came to me, as if my ex-husband was back. He said to me that you raised Donna and Ronald well, and he was very grateful for the memory and life with me. Exit Donna, it’s just that it’s time to move forward..."

"Really?", Ronald got a typical Aunt Karen answer.

"Yes, God will give you the inspiration to do the right thing at the right time. At that time, you just need to follow your heart..." Auntie touched Ronald's hair tenderly.

But the revelation hadn't come yet. Ronald watched his aunt go to the airport the next day, and returned to Manhattan with Diane.

"I hope your newspaper will stand by me during the election..."

In an Italian restaurant in Manhattan, prosecutor Rudy, a candidate for mayor, met Ronald and Little Doug again.

"Of course, the Staten Island Advance will support you," little Doug replied.

"No, I'm talking about the New York Daily News. Don't tell me you're not their anonymous sponsor." Of course Rudy didn't care much about the Staten Island newspaper. No one in Manhattan read it.

"It seems that we don't have any secrets in front of you?" Ronald muttered.

‘Don’t worry, I have a busy electoral schedule right now and I don’t have time to beat around the bush. "

"Okay, but we are not the real owners of the newspaper and have no influence on the editorial team. The most I can do is pull the strings and let you talk to the editorial team...you know those reporters..."

"I know, the uncrowned king, freedom...fuck..." Rudy cursed. The New York Times supported his opponent, the black candidate Dinkins of the Donkey Party, for the sake of their advertising sponsors and readers. preferences have little to do with freedom.

The New York Post, another widely circulated newspaper, endorsed Rudy. His base is the NYPD and other disciplinary forces, firefighters, and correctional officers, who are all readers of the Post.

This year’s mayoral election was different from previous years. Rudy, who participated in the Elephant Party primary election, unexpectedly did not embrace the right wing according to tradition, but chose the center path.

In order to win over middle-of-the-road voters, Rudy abandoned the extreme ideas of conservatives and evangelicals, opposed to any abortion, opposed to affirmative action, opposed to gay rights, opposed to gun control, supported prayer in public schools, etc...

The elections in New York are similar to the presidential elections. Embracing the conservative far-right may allow you to easily win the nomination, but in the mayoral election, if you lose the support of the middle voters, you will definitely lose.

Ronald is reluctant to interfere too much with the Daily News' editorial team, at least not right now. He now wants to show himself as a well-meaning person who respects the tradition of the newspaper and only wants the Daily News to tide over the difficulties, and does not want to expose his ambitions too early.

The circulation of the Daily News continues to suffer losses. Although the circulation is large, the more it is circulated, the more it loses. It is estimated that by the time of the New York mayoral election, if there is no improvement in advertising, it will really declare bankruptcy. By then, Ronald will be able to use this good reputation to take over the Daily News.

After arranging all matters and preparing to return to Los Angeles, Ronald received another call from Sony's Norio Ohga.

"Ronald, I'm in New York. Can you have an interview? We found the person who secretly contacted the Colombian minority shareholders we gave up and wanted to step in to acquire their shares..."

"I asked little Doug to come with me. The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra has a performance at Carnegie Hall." Ronald understood that this was Dahe who wanted to continue to contact little George. Their Sony and Japanese companies were in suspicion, so they should go through themselves. Insurance from the connector.

"Who is bidding against you for Colombia?" Ronald asked.

"Australian guy, Christopher Scars, president of Qintex Group."