Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Hello, Mr. Wells, how can I help you?"

At the headquarters of MGM, a man named Wells suddenly came to visit.

It stands to reason that generally visitors who come to visit will be received by the public relations department.

If he wasn't a big shot, Richardson would basically not show up.

But after Wells revealed his identity, the public relations department immediately made an internal call to Richardson, telling him that a special person was visiting.

After learning the identity of the other party, Richardson had to frown.

"Under normal circumstances, I would not come to disturb your work, but this matter is a bit special, so I have to come."

Wells said so.

"Although I don't know what happened, MGM is the most prestigious film company in Hollywood and pays taxes very promptly every year. I really can't think of any reason for you to come here."

Wells smiled and nodded, seemingly agreeing with what Richardson said.

If he hadn't been entrusted by his superiors to talk to the top management of MGM, Welles would really be reluctant to deal with these people.

Because once his coming to MGM is leaked, there will be some unfavorable voices in public opinion, which is obviously not a good thing for their work.

"Actually, I came here today for the drama "007:M". Let me tell you the truth. It is said that there are some scenes that reflect the friendship, so I came to verify it."

"Verify? The movie hasn't even been released yet. I don't know where Mr. Welles got the news, and what if he got it? Are there few Hollywood movies that mirror those from other countries? What do you want to do?"

Richardson's attitude is very tough, because Hollywood has always produced movies based on freedom, and the people above cannot interfere.

As long as it's not extremely excessive, even films that reflect the people above can be released.

But now Welles suddenly came over and said he wanted to verify the "007:M" drama. This suddenly touched Richardson's bottom line.

"Mr. Richardson, please don't be too sensitive. This matter is not as serious as you think. I was just ordered to come over to verify, that's all."

"What if I refuse? Or you can verify it if you want, but I will truthfully announce it to the media and reporters. After all, this is not a glorious thing."

Although Wells didn't want this matter to be revealed, because it would bring them some unnecessary trouble.

"I hope you can cooperate with me. This is an order from above. I hope you can understand."

"Mr. Wells, please take back these words. According to my many years of experience in Hollywood, I have never encountered such a situation. You have exceeded your authority."

Richardson is not a fool, and he knows very well that censoring movies is impossible to do in Hollywood, especially for big movie companies like them.

If he shows cowardice at this time or cooperates with the other party's work, troubles like this will follow in the future, so he will never back down.

"I don't care what you think this time, but I will immediately break the news to newspapers, magazines and TV talk shows to see what everyone thinks of this matter."

"No, no, no... you must not do this. I have no other intentions. If it is inconvenient for you, then let's leave this matter for now. I will leave first and we will talk to you later when we have the opportunity."

If Richardson really does what he said, then this matter will probably arouse a huge amount of public opinion soon, and the impact will not be a trivial matter.

Wells was scared. He knew from the look on Richardson's face that the other party was not joking with him.

After all, Richardson is considered a member of the upper class in Hollywood and knows many big names.

Once he really makes this matter public, then the trouble will be caused to the higher-ups, and he, the little guy, will naturally be regarded as a victim.

So Wells quickly stopped there and did not dare to continue.

After he left the MGM building, Welles called his boss in the car.

"Boss... the president of MGM has a very tough attitude. He said that if I want to investigate, he will immediately break the news to newspapers, magazines and TV stations..."

Wells's boss on the other end of the phone was also shocked when he heard what he said.

"Have you finished your investigation?"

"No, I feel that if I continue, it may cause some unnecessary trouble, so I immediately terminated the investigation."

"Huh... you are right. If the other party really announces this matter, we will face huge pressure from public opinion. You should come back first."

After hanging up the phone, Wells's boss breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the other party did not continue the investigation, otherwise he might have become an ant on the hot pot now.

At this moment, he picked up the phone and dialed an overseas number.

At this time, the person on the other end of the phone was sleeping soundly.

Wang Daonan looked unhappy when he was woken up by the phone, but he still got up quickly and picked up the phone.

"I have some bad news for you. MGM is unwilling to cooperate. If we insist on investigating, we will be in trouble. So I can't help you with this matter."

Hearing what the other party said, Wang Daonan immediately woke up.

"Is there no other way to put pressure on them? You don't need to worry about the cost, we will be responsible for it."

"Hey...it's not that I don't want to help you. This matter is already very difficult. Even if you spend money, it's useless. I advise you to find other ways. For example, it would be better to go directly to the person named Lin to communicate.

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Wang Daonan was speechless when he heard this.

If things really turned out that way, he wouldn't have tried to take such a big detour and ask for help from the other party to put pressure on MGM.

As a result, the other party was now unable to help, which made Wang Daonan not know what to say for a moment.

After hanging up the phone, he looked bored.

What Li Zhengnan told me was not completed. I believe he will be very unhappy when I report this matter to him tomorrow.

But in Wang Daonan's view, Li Zhengnan's decision was a mistake from the beginning, and it was so wrong that it was almost irreversible.

If he insists on having a tough fight with Lin Daoqiu, Wang Daonan is worried that Li Zhengnan will make a very immature decision, which may even cause him to get burned.