At the meeting held to raise money for George Sr., George Jr. and his wife Laura were present. This fundraiser was a special event for supporters of Staten Island and Lower Manhattan except for Wall Street.
's special show.
All participants must donate at least several thousand dollars. Those who sit in the front row and have the opportunity to chat and take photos with the deputy commander's family need to donate more money, or be someone from the grassroots of the Elephant Party who can act in concert to vote for Old George's group.
Organization leader.
Of course, in the end, I was able to sit down at the same table with old George and Barbara for dinner, chat about home affairs, and have the deputy commander personally greet his family. It had to be Ronald, Douglas Jr., and the overseas Chinese leaders in Manhattan's Chinatown.
, a representative of a small group in Little Italy, and some old money from the old Jewish ghetto.
"Mom, look who's here." Little George welcomed Ronald with great enthusiasm. Ronald asked his assistant director Emil to shoot the commercial for him, which made Little George and his wife stand out among several children.
He became the most popular child of the deputy commander among the voters.
Unlike his younger brother who started his career in Florida and spoke in an official manner, George Jr. speaks like an uncle in every family, and voters have the best impression of him. He has given his father many middle- and lower-class supporters.
His mother, Barbara, was not expecting George to be the most popular in the polls. She gave her eldest son more trust, and now George has a greater say in the campaign team.
Not to mention Ronald’s donation…
"Ah ha, Ronald. Come and give me a hug... ah..." Barbara, with white hair and simple clothes, hugged Ronald and kissed him. In order to get the nomination from the party,
Barbara has been traveling around the country meeting with different supporters during this time, seeking more donations.
New York has always been an important town for soliciting donations. This time, she has had secret conversations with many party heavyweights and Wall Street tycoons, and participated in many such fundraising meetings.
What she didn't expect was that New York's 14th District, where Staten Island and lower Manhattan's minority areas are located, could also raise so much money in the primary stage, which was more than some Wall Street private fundraisers.
.
Especially the "Committee to Continue Action to Promote Jobs and Prosperity" established by Ronald and Douglas Jr., the numbers on the check are impressive.
"I saw your name on the list among the sponsors and organizers of this PAC. I thought they had the same name. You are so surprising." Barbara also didn't expect that Ronald, a film director, would now
The amount of donations has reached the level of multi-millionaires, and they have to be die-hard supporters.
"This is not my fault alone. This is my friend Douglas Hansen Jr., who is the most promising young man of the Hansen family in Staten Island." Ronald first introduced Fa Xiao to the old lady, and then
Then he said:
"This is all due to George Jr., who explained the political views of the deputy president very clearly. We the people of Staten Island hope that such a candidate will continue to be tough in diplomacy and inherit the old economic policies economically.
president."
Ronald's emphasis was on "old economic policies," and Barbara certainly understood. "George's idea is to continue free economic development and limit federal power. If the 'old' system works well, we don't have to
Go fix it."
"Hahaha, Ronald has already said it, I just can say it more simply..." Little George was even more happy when he heard that Ronald gave himself the credit for the fundraising.
"Easier...not easier...", his wife Laura reminded quietly from behind.
"It's almost the same..." Little George waved his hand and continued chatting with Ronald and his mother.
"Honorable Vice President of the United States of America..." The waiter who announced his name at the door loudly said Old George's title. Although in the hands of ordinary people, this position is just a useless spare tire, but in the hands of Old George
Here, he is the most powerful one in history.
In the previous Persian Gate scandal, George Sr., as the former CIA director, was inevitably involved. There are rumors that the spokesperson of the Israeli government, anti-terrorism expert Amiram Neal, finalized an agreement with George Sr. when he visited Jerusalem.
This is more than a deal, using money from the sale of F-14 fighter spare parts to enemy Persia to bypass the Congress controlled by the Donkey Party and privately fund opposition forces in Central America.
However, George Sr. is the candidate of the Elephant Party Committee, that is, the next presidential candidate that the establishment faction is trying to support. Therefore, in the face of conclusive evidence, the senior officials involved, such as Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberg, Assistant Secretary of State E.G.
Leot Abrams, National Security Advisor Robert C. McFarland and others all kept their mouths shut, and no one said George's name.
George Sr., who was already involved in a major scandal even before he won the party's primary election, was flying around the country to raise funds while also devoting his energy to dealing with the inquiries of the Congressional Special Investigative Committee and the constant provocative questions from the news media.
.
"Thank you, thank you all, like all Americans, I love New York..."
Ronald noticed that the person who walked in with George Sr. was his electoral registration address, Congressman Guy Molinari of Staten Island. He and George Sr. had just been talking secretly inside for a long time, and they were all present at the dinner.
A few minutes late. Ronald couldn't help but turn to look at little Douglas.
"Molinari and New Jersey Congressman Peter Rodino, who is also of Italian descent and is also a member of the Congressional Special Investigative Committee on Persia Gate, have been friends for many years..."
"Aha..." Ronald understood, just as old George's speech ended, he and others clapped together.
…
After taking photos with Mr. and Mrs. George Sr., Mr. and Mrs. George Jr., Congressman Guy Molinari and others, Ronald got in the car and went to attend Julia Taylor's party.
Julia is a senior employee of the casting studio and has done casting for many major New York-based directors. She helped select many of the directors' famous films.
However, Woody Allen, who has collaborated with her most, did not come this time. Julia Taylor seems to have some opinions about him and has stopped casting the director since last year. Many directors and directors in New York were invited to this party.
It is also a kind of nostalgia to gather together with the casting director in the office of the casting studio back then.
"Marty... it's nice to see you. Did you come back from Morocco before Christmas?"
"Ah, yes, I've just been back for three days, Ah Hee... Ah Hee... there are cats here, and I'm allergic to cat hair."
This party was attended by many directors, such as Ronald's teacher in college, Martin Scorsese. One of the conditions in exchange for him and Tom Cruise to shoot "The Color of Money" was to sign with CAA, and then Ovitz promised that he would film his lifelong dream, the story of the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
This year, thanks to Ovitz's unremitting promotion, Universal finally agreed to shoot the film and gave it a shooting budget of seven million US dollars. The happy Scorsese chose Ronald's old acquaintance Willem Dafoe as the director. As the male lead, he found Barbara Hershey, who he had worked with before, as the female lead. He flew to Morocco and completed the filming of "The Last Temptation of Christ" in three months. After completion, he returned to New York to rest, and he and his wife spend Christmas.
"Sneeze...sneeze", Scorsese continued to sneeze, Ronald picked up the cat, got up and put it into another room.
When Ronald came back, he found that Scorsese's symptoms had immediately eased and he was chatting with a very elegant man.
"Ronald, come and meet Peter, the three of us all made our debuts with Roger Corman, hahaha."
"Hello, Peter", Ronald recognized the person who was coming was Peter Bogdanovich. He had dined at the hotel with himself, the late Orson Welles.
He was the girlfriend Stratten who was killed by her husband. In order to commemorate his girlfriend, he spent five million US dollars to buy back the distribution rights of the movie "Laugh-In" in which Stratten starred as the heroine, and then invested huge sums of money himself. It was released, but it failed at the box office and led to personal bankruptcy.
"Hi, Ronald, I watched your latest movie, 'Moonlight,' and it's very poetic. Is Cher difficult to work with?" Peter Bogdanovich is an arrogant man, and he doesn't want to He flatters his juniors just to get closer. He still likes the movie, so he said so.
"Hey, you can't imagine it," Ronald sighed. Cher caused him a lot of difficulties at the time, but luckily, the dinner scene was shot like a miracle.
"Oh no, you have directed Cher, so you understand my troubles better." Ronald remembered that Bogdanovich had directed Cher and Eric Stoltz in 1985. "Mask", when he said this, director Cher must have suffered a lot at that time.
"I directed Cher in many scenes very closely, but she later denied it in interviews. She is a difficult person..."
When it comes to filming scenes with celebrities, Ronald, Bogdanovich and Scorsese are all in the same boat and often have to compete with them in a battle of wits and courage.
"What movies are you filming recently?" Ronald and Bogdanovich had a very good chat this time. Maybe it's because he has lost all his wealth and is now starting to make money as a director again, and his mentality is more normal. .
"I'm going to join the group after Christmas, 'Illegally Yours'. Now I'm back to comedy, with a budget of 13 million, and I'm also trying to make money..." Peter Bogdanovich laughed at himself .
"When you make farces, you always get a lot of hits and misses. Who is your star this time?" Ronald had watched Bogdanovich's "What's Up, Doc?" and it was very funny.
.The second highest-grossing film of the year.
"I asked Rob Lowe, he's a kid from the Blood Gang."
"Humph..." Ronald stopped talking. The development of the teenage stars of Brad's gang was not very good. Emilio Estevez was almost disappeared from the scene due to his manipulation. Andrew McCarthy also had poor acting skills.
Stagnation, no development.
"I found a lot of stars to play. In addition to him and Louise, I also chose David Bowie to play a supporting role..."
Bogdanovich seems to be a bit out of touch with the audience's taste. A handsome niche like Rob Lowe cannot be compared to the solid acting skills of Ryan O'Neal, Bogdanovich's early collaborator. As for Louise
, that is the sister of the Playboy cover girl who unfortunately passed away, Bogdanovich’s ex-girlfriend Stratten.
"Where's your next movie?" Bogdanovich talked a lot about his thoughts about his movie. Seeing that both Scorsese and Ronald were a little perfunctory, he had to change the topic.
"Working girl, you know..." Ronald smiled, "Julia still has a script..."
"Well, I don't like this script very much. It's a serious drama, but it doesn't reveal too much social reality. It wraps the reality in a layer of sugar-coating." Bogdanovich brought the script of "Working Girl"
, and commented again.
"Hahaha, you might as well say that I only make movies that cater to the audience..." Ronald and Scorsese looked at each other and smiled. This man is really as arrogant as the rumors say.
"No, this is just my personal preference. I'm looking forward to the release of your new movie. I will definitely go back and watch it. Let me tell you, this movie has to premiere in a cinema that accommodates thousands of people. When the time comes, wear sunglasses.
Sneak in after the opening to watch, and the audience will definitely stand up and applaud at the final climax. The sight of thousands of people cheering for you. Enjoy it a few more times, which is very good for your physical and mental health and confidence..."
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When "Break Dance", "Top Gun", "Dirty Dancing" and other particularly popular movies premiered, the audience went crazy, which really gave Ronald a lot of confidence, as if he could do any movie.
shoot.
After a person has experienced this kind of peak experience, he will not be deterred by any serious difficulties.
"Maybe after I finish shooting this movie, I can have the capital to try to shoot something with content I like and a more personal style." Ronald said with a smile.
"Don't think so..." Scorsese and Bogdanovich said to Ronald in unison.
"Why?" Ronald wondered. Didn't these two directors make a few commercial films and then exchange films they wanted to make?
"Times have changed, and there are too few movies being shot now. I started shooting 'The Last Temptation of Christ' because I was optimistic about the box office potential." Scorsese has had the experience of being too personal and stylized, and it failed at the box office. So I quickly advised Ronald to give up this idea.
"Yes, yes, you'd better keep making movies and keep hitting the box office. You know I've interviewed many famous directors from the golden age of Hollywood, including Frank Capra (the first major Oscar winner for 'It Happened One Night'), and The director of 'It's a Wonderful Life', which is shown on TV every Christmas, has a record of 13 consecutive hits.
He told me that the biggest secret of a director is to make money at the box office!" Bogdanovich suffered even more at the box office than Scorsese, and he quickly tried to persuade Ronald of this terrible idea.
"Okay, I understand. I wish our new films will be successful..."
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After attending the party here, Ronald ran to attend the third party. Now that he was famous, he would send invitations to many celebrity parties. Ronald declined all the ones he could shirk, except those who were good friends or special people. Only go to important gatherings.
Today is the Christmas holiday. Since it is out, I will participate in one more, which will be more efficient.
"Ronald..." The host of the banquet, record company owner, David Geffen came up to greet Ronald.
"Hello David..." Ronald hugged him and said hello.
Geffen wore a white turtleneck sweater, CK jeans and sneakers. This party was neither a formal party like George's nor a relaxed private party for the director, but another party full of artistic flavor.
The big house is filled with all kinds of art. In front of one wall, there are many paintings with strange colors, which are the modern art works that David Geffen wants to promote.
"Look at how infinitely creative this modern artist is, you know? This was made by the painter using silk screen printing. He broke the traditional rules of the game, incorporated pop culture and created the ambiguity of art to form waves. The ironic meaning of pop art.”
Geffen enthusiastically introduced his collection to Ronald. He now has an extensive collection of works by many modern artists. The recently deceased Andy Warhol is an artist that his art business will focus on in the next step.
"Printed?" Ronald looked at the strange paintings, many of which were quadruple works. Many of Warhol's works were based on Hollywood female stars. A sickly pink like calamine lotion, or a sickly pale green, were made into four versions, and then put together as a group of works.
The so-called pop art is so simple that a high school student can create it after knowing the method.
"He broke the tradition that artists need a pair of highly skilled hands. His works are anti-traditional. Art is not monopolized by a few people, but belongs to the masses." David Geffen continued to introduce Ronald to modern art. The truth is, recently there have been many rumors about Ronald making money in the securities market. This new money class is exactly the target of his art business.
"He created this all by himself?" Ronald looked at two rows of Marilyn Monroe portrait headbands. They obviously made a mold, then used different paints, and asked someone to screen-print them.
And the mold is also drawn based on Monroe's famous head photo. Isn't it artistically difficult? Put this thing in the frame on the screen printing machine, roll it back and forth with a roller, and you can create it in three seconds.
One piece."
"Whether an artist actually uses his own hands to create a work, the act itself is no longer a key factor in determining the authenticity of a work; and this conceptual revolution in artistic execution is what made the art of the twentieth century
The fundamental reason why it is no longer the same as all art before it.”
David Geffen knew that Ronald had seen through the trick behind the work, so he quickly remedied it and taught Ronald the difference between the so-called modern art and traditional classical art. Then he whispered in Ronald's ear: "Wo
The auction of Hall's works will be held in New York next week, and now is a good time to collect, as his works have great potential for appreciation."
Then Geffen patted Ronald on the back and went to greet other guests.
"It's obviously just a printed matter," Ronald couldn't understand and complained to a set of portraits of Monroe.
"These are prints. I bought several of them. They are cheap anyway, who knows if they will appreciate in value?" A man next to him dressed like a rock star answered Ronald's words.
"Ah, Mr. Bowie." Ronald took a look. Isn't this the actor in Bogdanovich's new film, rock star David Bowie?
"Call me David, you're Ronald, I heard Geffen said you're coming back." As he spoke, David Bowie patted his leather jacket around and looked for cigarettes in his pockets.
"I have Lasker here, do you smoke it?" Ronald handed over the Lasker cigarette that the prop master of "Working Girl" gave him.
"Ah, thank you, I feel bad without anything." Bowie opened the package happily, got one for himself and Ronald, and lit it with a lighter.
"Well...it feels good." Ronald was puffing away smoke with David Bowie in the corner.
"I heard that you are going to star in Bogdanovich's new film?" Ronald asked.
"Ah, yes, they filmed in Florida. The sunshine there is suitable for me." Bowie's teeth and fingers were all yellow from cigarette smoke, and he looked like an old smoker. Ronald and he were smoking.