Ronald came to Shirley Lansing's office at Paramount. Lansing was wearing a white suit and trousers and looked a little unnatural. When she saw Ronald coming in, she asked her secretary to bring two cups of coffee.
From now on, he asked no one to disturb him or the phone. Then Lansing took out a letter and a video tape from the drawer and put them on the desk.
Ronald looked at the videotape. It was a commercially available blank version with the words "Confidential for viewing only by relevant personnel" handwritten on it. The names of Ronald and Shirley Lansing were also added below.
Then Ronald raised his head and glanced at Lansing:
"Is this from the White House?"
"Yes, name two of us to watch..." Lan Xing's expression couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing, it was very strange anyway.
Ronald pretended to look casually at her eyebrows and her hairline. Sure enough, there were two small unnatural spots on the left and right sides of her forehead. This was the latest plastic surgery, and it was cut from an invisible place inside the hairline.
Open it, then cut off a section of the skin, pull it up and suture it. It is very effective for wrinkles, eye bags and sagging skin of female celebrities.
However, the side effects of this surgery are quite serious, and it takes about three months to recover, and there are also side effects such as headaches. Being a star is a necessary means for a movie project, and she, a studio executive, has to do the same.
I am very concerned about my image.
Lansing didn't pay attention to Ronald's gaze, turned on the small TV in the office, put the video tape in, and pressed the play button on the remote control.
First a black screen appeared on the TV, then blue sky and white clouds, and a piece of white feathers appeared in the sky, floating continuously.
The familiar theme song of Forrest Gump is a scene taken from the beginning of Forrest Gump.
"This is?" Ronald looked at Shirley Lansing, what kind of inexplicable thing is this? Why did the White House send his own movie tape and let him watch it.
Shirley Lansing seemed to be trying very hard to hold back her laughter. She extended her hand to Ronald and made a gesture to continue reading.
Ronald withdrew his suspicious gaze. Anyway, Lan Xing's expression was very stiff now. He couldn't tell whether it was a suppressed smile or a forced smile.
The white feathers passed through the white clouds and landed on a bench, but this bench was not the one at the bus stop in southern America at the beginning of Forrest Gump. In the background, there were the columns of the White House and the top of it.
The tall flagpole flying the Stars and Stripes.
This is definitely correct. Ronald rubbed his eyes. There were soldiers wearing Marine Corps uniforms standing guard in front of the gate in the background.
The feather fell to the bottom of the bench, between a pair of purple and white sneakers, and a well-maintained hand picked up the feather...
As the camera moved up, this was not Forrest Gump played by Tom Hanks, but a woman, wearing an off-white office suit and a strong uniform of a working girl.
The camera moved up to the fake Forrest Gump's face. Underneath her beige suit was a red and white plaid shirt with southern characteristics. Her blond hair was shawl-length, and she had a very large and exaggerated red bow tied on top of her head.
Ronald's eyes widened. Isn't this the current First Lady and the hostess of the White House, Mrs. Rodham? What does this mean? Do you want to cosplay Forrest Gump? Why are you sending it to me? You are here for Halloween.
Dress up?
Before Ronald could blink, another man came over and sat down. He wore a baseball cap and glasses and read the Washington Post.
"Hi...my name is Rodham Gump, you can be called Rodham William Gump." First Lady Rodham began to imitate Forrest Gump, but the man didn't care at all.
It imitates the scene at the beginning of Forrest Gump talking to a passenger waiting for the bus.
Obviously, Mrs. Rodham also wants to use the popularity of Forrest Gump to promote her Rodham health insurance bill, gain public support, and then pass it in Congress.
This trick is a method she learned from the leadership of Ronald Sr. When Ronald Sr. wanted to pass a bill that was difficult to pass in Congress, he would often speak on TV and then call on people to write letters to their congressmen.
, requiring him to respond to the voice of the people and vote in favor of the bill sponsored by the President in Congress.
It's just that Ronald Sr. is a former Hollywood star with a very high personal charisma. Mrs. Rodham does not have that kind of charisma, so she needs to use Forrest Gump's charm to appeal to voters who like him. These people also happen to be Kim Lee.
Those supporters of the Xiang Party led by Qi.
"Look, the white house in the back is where I live..."
The female Forrest Gump, wearing a big red bow, pointed at the White House behind and said to the uninterested man.
"My mother always said that the White House is like a box of chocolates. It looks nice on the outside, but there are a lot of Nuts on the inside."
"puff……"
Ronald couldn't help but sprayed the coffee all over the floor. It almost splashed on Shirley Lansing.
"Sorry, sorry..."
Ronald immediately apologized. Is Mrs. Rodham talking about stand-up comedy? Nuts means nuts. Chocolate sold in America usually contains various nuts, but Nuts also means stupid. During World War II, Nuts means nuts.
Here, facing the German attack in the Ardennes Forest, the commander of the Airborne Division used this word to reply to the Germans' persuasion to surrender.
But is this really a good idea? Of course Ronald understands this joke, but many people in America may not understand it. Mrs. Rodham’s lines also make people extremely uncomfortable. Many times, her voice is always very
Tall and tall, she has the habit of ending a statement with a rising tone like a Los Angeles Valley girl. Many ordinary people actually don't like this tone.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Besides, let the representatives of the House of Representatives put pressure on the voters you want to win over now. What’s the use of saying that there are many idiots in the White House? Isn’t your husband William also the biggest one among them?
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"My mom always gave me great advice. She told me that life is like a health insurance plan. If you sign up, everyone in the community can help each other, and you can get better medical coverage, and all the costs will be covered.
Covered in community mutual aid projects”
"That's very good advice."
Mrs. Rodham turned around again, faced the camera, and spoke directly to the audience to promote the health insurance plan.
"Christ Jesus..."
Ronald couldn't help but frown. It was impossible for such a cosplay to achieve the effect. The audience would only feel ridiculous when faced with such a poor imitation, without any idea that what this female Forrest Gump said made sense.
Forrest Gump's greatest charm is that he can understand the world with very simple common sense and principles that a person with an IQ of 75 can understand, and at the same time obtain very good results.
When Rodham sells a medical insurance plan, he has to use a long list of proper nouns, and no audience can understand what this means.
"What she means is that if Rodham Medicare is passed, you can get better disease coverage at a lower cost, and then when you buy insurance, the insurance company will not reject you based on pre-existing conditions.
of insurance.”
"How is this possible? There is no free lunch in the sky." Ronald shook his head. The people of America are not stupid. How can something like this, which has only benefits and no disadvantages, not increase its own costs? Besides, Rodham
Medical insurance must also cover all people. For those poor people, immigrants, homeless people, etc. who cannot afford commercial medical insurance, where will their medical insurance come from? It must not be paid by the rich, right?
In the end, these increased costs will still have to fall on the middle class who silently pay taxes.
"I also gave advice to others, like McGovern, the anti-progressive, counter-culture candidate in 1972."
On the camera, Mrs. Rodham put on the hippie headband again and shook her head happily, adding to the historical scene of Senator McGovern accepting the election of the Elephant Party as a candidate at the convention.
"What happened to McGovern?"
Ronald has no memory of this person. Presumably there is some extreme right-wing candidate who is more in line with Gingrich's recent political views?
This kind of scene is actually contrary to the consensus account of Forrest Gump's audience. Although Ronald does not admit it, most of those audiences still don't like the hippie movement from big cities. They are smoking some psychedelic things.
In terms of sexual indiscretion, plus he doesn't seem very smart, he may not be much better than Forrest Gump.
The camera turned and another bus passed by.
Then the next scene shows Mrs. Rodham wearing a typical hairstyle from the 1970s. Her hair is tied up, but permed on top to create various styles.
"Oh, I remember that hairstyle..." Shirley Lansing laughed. She seemed to like Mrs. Rodham's imitation show.
"Mom always said that life is like a hairstyle, you keep changing it until your hairstyle works... Anyway, I came to Washington in 1974 and participated in the investigation of the commander-in-chief named Richard.
case, at that time, people called me Deep Throat..."
"puff……"
Ronald almost spurted out again, and he quickly raised his hand to cover the spray of coffee.
It was during the Watergate scandal, and the Washington Post revealed that White House staff were involved in eavesdropping on the Donkey Party National Convention. At that time, the whistleblower to the Washington Post had a code name called Deep Throat.
The reason for this nickname was because there was an X-rated movie at the time, telling a very... curious story. So the informer would use this nickname to remain anonymous.
But times have changed. Now when people talk about Deep Throat, not many people will think of the informant who forced the commander-in-chief to resign under the risk of impeachment. First Lady Rodham uses this as a code name. If this paragraph
If the short film is really shown nationwide, it will not be well-received, and it might become a laughing stock across the country.
At this time, the short film cut to a scene from another movie, "All the President's Men" starring Robert Redford, which is an adaptation of the Watergate scandal.
Robert Redford, a handsome guy, had a conversation with First Lady Rodham on the screen. It seemed like the female Forrest Gump was exchanging information with the Post reporter back then.
As the camera turned, Mrs. Rodham changed her hairstyle to a Marilyn Monroe hairstyle. She then said to the poor passerby, "In the late 1970s, I met our Commander Jimmy again, and I gave him
A little suggestion, I told him, now people like mayonnaise, you should talk more about mayonnaise."
Ronald covered his face and asked A-Gump to meet and shake hands with all the great commanders. He used a humorous touch to let the audience discover here and there that A-Gump had experienced many historical events, allowing them to find a way.
Sense of identity. Forrest Gump is more of a witness to history, rather than a changer and master of history.
Mrs. Rodham seems to want to remind voters across the country that she also led various election activities of the Donkey Party. This will give the audience a completely different view. If Forrest Gump does not take credit, the audience will still feel that
It was revealed that the Watergate incident was caused by him being unable to sleep and calling the maintenance man.
And Rodham kept asking for credit, and the audience would only regard her as a clown. Although in history, Rodham did participate in some Watergate investigations as a law student. But who else
, will you regard her as the final word in history like "Deep Throat"?
"In 1984, I met another small candidate, Dukaski. I suggested that there was a way to make him look taller on television..."
The camera turned to another scene of Dukakis sitting in a main battle tank, wearing a tank hat, waving to the camera in an effort to win votes from the military industry.
"Dukakis also lost. I once wondered if there would be no more donkeys who could be elected as the commander-in-chief in the future..." Mrs. Rodham continued to speak in that unpleasant schoolgirl tone.
"Woo..."
The engine sounded, another bus drove past, and Mrs. Rodham's hairstyle returned to the way she looked like the first lady in reality.
The man wearing a baseball cap upside down left, and at this time, a tall man wearing a red T-shirt sat down.
Rod handed over Mrs. Mu's box of chocolates, then said, "Would you like a chocolate?", then took a piece and handed it to the other party.
The man in the red T-shirt was the current commander-in-chief, William. He took the chocolate, put it in Rodham's hand, and took all the remaining chocolates with his backhand.
"Well..." Mrs. Rodham made a delicious expression, "My mother always said that White House reporters are like a box of chocolates. Too many will make you look good, but the right one is very sweet.
of……"
"Oh my God, God, please save me." Ronald couldn't stand it anymore. What the hell is this? Everyone knows that reporters nowadays are not very friendly to the First Lady. They always say that Ronald
Tom wasted too much money on redecorating the interior and purchasing new curtains.
"Do you have some chips that can be paired with chocolate?"
The commander did not express his opinion on medical insurance, but concentrated on eating and drinking. He took the chips from Rodham and started eating them with chocolate.
"Well, handsome people are more handsome..." Rodham finally imitated the famous saying of Forrest Gump's mother and ended the short video.
"How is it? What do you think? She also invited you to give your opinion in the letter..." Shirley Lansing asked Ronald and handed him the letter.
"I don't want to have anything to do with this short film. I'll just say that I haven't seen it, but I don't mind others borrowing it."