The two directors, headed by Coppola and Scorsese, are both signed by CAA under a small group of agents headed by Nicita. Neither of them will refuse the task of this Coca-Cola commercial. The shooting is simple and the pay is very high.

, and shooting an advertisement for such a well-known product will not appear to be cheap, but will help the manufacturer and the director to lift each other up. The job Ronald found for them is obviously a great job.

The same thing happened to British directors Alan Parker, Adrian Lyne and others. They either had a good relationship with Ronald, or they had a deep hatred for Ovitz (they did not help him canvass votes for the Oscars).

), for a time many agent factions within CAA began to gather together to invite the most famous directors to participate in this advertising project.

Not mentioning this little thing, Ronald returned to the shooting scene. Everyone had finished resting, and Gregory Peck stood on the podium again.

"Action!"

"I'm very happy to see so many familiar faces and so many old friends today..." Gregory Peck's voice was full of passion, but also had the nostalgia and lack of energy unique to the elderly, "Ah, some of them I have already

We haven’t seen each other for several years.”

He pointed to the workers' representatives in the back half of the auditorium. These people are all his supporters today, although they went on strike every year in the past few years and argued with him for a raise. Because this year's shareholders' meeting is very different. If Jorgensen

If it fails, the new boss will definitely declare the factory bankrupt and they will all lose their jobs.

Most of those sitting in the front half are shareholders who came from all over New York and Boston. They are also very old. Their fathers are old partners who started the business with the Jorgensen family.

"My general manager, Bill, has already informed you through the annual report of the company's operating conditions, what we have done well and poorly, as well as our plans for next year and many years from now." Gregory Peck said from the stand

Taking off the microphone and holding it in his hand, he had already withdrawn his gaze from the workers in the back and began to express his emotions to the shareholders in the front row... After all, their votes were the most important ones.

"I want to talk to you about something else. I want to talk to you about the vote that is about to take place, the vote that will determine the fate of the company you own." The excitement on Gregory Pike's face was visible.

It was he and the old shareholder family who funded his father's business. The shareholders who had gone through ups and downs over the past eighty years frankly appealed for their help, just like their fathers helped his father back then.

"This is a successful company with a proud history that has survived the tragic death of its founder, multiple recessions, a Great Depression, and two world wars. This company has weathered many ups and downs and is now

Facing the machine that destroyed him..."

As he spoke, Gregory Peck pointed his finger at Tom Hanks, who was sitting opposite, and issued the soul-felt accusation of a veteran American industrialist...

"I want you to take a look at him. This is the man called Larry the Liquidator, the Wall Street capitalist who plays God in the post-industrial era!"

The so-called "pointing by thousands of people" ends in vain. Gregory Peck's outstretched finger seemed to carry the discomfort of dozens of shareholders in the front row below, and the anger of hundreds of workers behind him. His finger pointed at the past, even Tom Hanks

Even a good actor like Si automatically licked his lips and swallowed a sip of saliva.

Ronald could clearly see Hanks' body muscles tightening for a moment, and then he pretended to be relaxed and changed his posture, sitting up carelessly, stretching out his hand with an expensive Swiss watch, and placing it on the table to maintain his composure.

of calmness.

These reaction shots were all captured by well-hidden cameras. Ronald didn't know whether this reaction was more of a performance or more of a natural human reaction. In short, he was very happy. Such expressions and movements were...

The naturalness only seen in the first one shows that the two leading actors are in good condition, and I hope they will continue to do well.

Gregory Peck continued to preach to the people in the audience, "Those old-money entrepreneurs, even if they are very stingy, will leave something tangible behind them. A bank, a railway, a coal mine..."

Another camera is facing the audience to capture the expressions of the audience. Not to mention, Gregory Peck's skills are still so profound. This kind of speech scene is what he is best at, and the extras all have something to say about him.

Positive reaction.

"But this man...he can't leave anything behind..." Gregory Peck looked disdainfully at Tom Hanks, who played Garfield.

"This man can leave nothing behind...

He creates nothing...

Build nothing…

No business...

Behind him, he can only leave tons of waste paper..."

Hanks's face in the camera is completely speechless, because Jorgensen's lines are all true. As a liquidator who made a fortune through acquisitions and splits, he does not run any real economy, only

For financial operations, he also employs accountants and lawyers...

"Ha, if he said, I know how to run your business better, that would be worth talking about (referring to continuing the business after the acquisition), but he didn't say that, what he said was..."

Gregory Peck's eyes became sharp, and he said to those shareholders who had supported the cable factory for many years and received a lot of dividends, "What he said is, because at this specific moment, you make more money dead than alive, so

I'm going to kill your factory..."

The expressions of the shareholders below really began to change. People all have feelings. Why would they kill a hen that lays golden eggs to eat meat in difficult times?

"Huh, maybe he's right, but he's also right that business will get better after its ups and downs." Gregory Peck's speech skills were top-notch, and he began to follow the audience's thoughts, "One day, business will get better."

It will get better, the yen will weaken, the dollar will strengthen...or, when we finally start rebuilding our infrastructure one day, we will rebuild bridges, roads, railways, and the demand for infrastructure will skyrocket, to that point

time, we are still here...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! By that time, our stock price will skyrocket, making his bid look like a joke..." Gregory Pike said to Tom.

Hanks waved his hand as if he were a fly being shooed away.

"God forbid, if we inject some small funds now, we will wait until this day. If the future is like what people like him say, then we Americans will become a nation and know nothing.

Manufacturing, only hamburgers; creating nothing, only lawyers; selling nothing, only tax avoidance services..."

This parallelism was very powerful. Several actors present, including Jones, who played General Manager Bill, also showed thoughtful expressions, and Piper Lowry, who played Mrs. Sullivan, had eyes full of admiration.

"If at a certain time we are worth more dead than or, kill us... Look around you, people! Would you kill the people around you? That's murder! Now he wants to

What he did was also a murder, mass murder, and it was legal.

Only those on Wall Street would call murder ‘maximizing shareholder value’.”

Gregory Peck became more and more excited as he spoke. The audience was moved by his words and kept nodding in agreement. Tom Hanks's expression over there was even more depressed. What the other party said was true, but he used an inciting way.

The sexual rhetoric turned him into a bad person. Now all the people at the scene, as well as the people outside listening to the loudspeakers of the live broadcast, will think that Garfield is a person without conscience and only cares about money.

"Now, let's say this to every man like Garfield in this country: We build, we don't destroy; we care about things far beyond the price of a stock; we care about people..."

After Gregory Peck finished speaking, the scene was eerily silent for a while. Everyone was still recalling and chewing on this speech. If Jorgensen were younger and had such a speaking ability, it would be very suitable for him to run for public office.

"Yeah..." The two bald workers couldn't help it. They broke the silence, stood up and applauded Jorgensen loudly... It seemed like their jobs would be saved.

The workers sitting at the back of the scene were all led to stand up. A wave of enthusiasm swept across the scene like a whirlwind. The shareholders in front also stood up, even those wearing New England classical-style fur coats and fur scarves.

The old lady shareholder also stood up and applauded.

Who says what Jorgensen said is unreasonable? Didn't this company survive all the tribulations in the past, including the Great Depression and World War? Who can say that the company cannot survive this much smaller storm?

"Now, let us welcome Mr. Lawrence Garfield to the stage," general manager Bill announced on stage. As soon as Garfield's name was heard, there was a burst of boos, and only a few shareholders applauded.

"Please don't do this... Mr. Garfield is a guest, please let us show some courtesy..."

Tom Hanks stood up with difficulty. Under the huge pressure of being called an unscrupulous murderous banker, anyone may get stage fright. If he cannot turn the tide and restore the feelings of those shareholders, he may really fail.

Hanks took off the microphone and held it in his hand, while the workers on site continued to make noises and boos for him. He tried to speak several times, but was choked back by hisses.

The subordinates he brought, as well as Kate Sullivan, played by Diane over there, all cast concerned glances.

Suddenly, the corners of Tom Hanks' mouth twitched and he gave a playful smile.

"Amen!"

"Amen! Amen!"

The audience, who were confused by Garfield's sudden mention of Amen, finally stopped and looked at him with suspicion. What was he trying to say?

"Sorry, I'm not familiar with local customs. But where I come from, people there will say Amen after listening to prayers."

The audience was immediately stopped and stopped making noises. This very weird opening not only dampened the excitement of the crowd just now, but also made these people curious and wanted to hear what this strange banker wanted to say.

"Yes, what you just heard is a prayer. Where I come from, there is a special term for that kind of prayer, which is called a prayer for the deceased. My fellow shareholders, you just heard a prayer for the deceased. You

Didn’t say amen!”

Gregory Peck and a group of his subordinates sat on the other side and stared at Garfield. This guy turned the wind direction for a few moments, but their expressions then twisted tightly. Garfield said next

The words are even more inflammatory.

"This company is dead... I didn't kill him, don't blame me. He was dead long before I came here."

Tom Hanks was very careful. When he was speaking, his eyes were fixed on the shareholders in the front row, especially the old lady shareholders who were so excited about the handsome old man just now.

"It's too late to pray now..." Tom Hanks said to Gregory Peck over there, dispelling the effect of his charismatic speech just now, "But even if your prayers are effective and God has answered, you

The miracles we expected have all happened. The Japanese yen is like this, the U.S. dollar is like that, and large-scale infrastructure reconstruction has begun, but we are still dead..."

"Do you know why?" Tom Hanks looked straight at the old lady in furs, like a grandchild reporting his findings to his grandmother:

"optical fiber!"

"New technology is coming, and old technology will be eliminated and become obsolete..." Hanks walked from one end of the stage to the other, making sure that every shareholder saw his sincere eyes.

"We are dead, but it doesn't matter, we are not bankrupt yet! Do you know which road definitely leads to bankruptcy? In a dying industry, continue to increase your market share! All the way to the grave..."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The scene was completely silent, and the word "optical fiber" clearly explained the future of the New England Cable Factory. Yes, even America, again

When carrying out large-scale infrastructure projects like those under Roosevelt's New Deal, it is the new optical fiber technology that wins business, not outdated copper cables.

"You know what? I bet that there must have been many companies here that made riding whips used by coachmen." Hanks gave the audience a confirming look, and they understood his logic. "I also bet that the last company

The company that makes carriage whips must have the highest quality, lowest cost, and the best fucking riding whip you have ever seen!

Now tell me, do you want to be a shareholder of that horsewhip company?"

A series of combination punches made the shareholders in the audience begin to whisper.
To be continued...