Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 990 Yankees vs. Dixie

   Ronald came to the St. Regis Hotel in New York, like a party fundraising party, once again held in the most exclusive and oldest hotel in Manhattan. Both Douglas Jr. and George Jr. were waiting for him at the door of the party, for fear that Ronald would lose his way among a group of politicians.

"Donna just happened to be on vacation. I'll take her to see the world." Ronald was holding his cousin in his arms. Young people, especially young girls, need to see more big scenes so that they won't be caught People flicker.

"Your cousin wants to chat with the deputy commander's wife, so let me show you around." Young Douglas saw that Donna was a little embarrassed in this situation, so he took the initiative to take her to meet some rich second-generation locals in New York who work in investment companies. Donna, just happens to be popular in that circle.

   "Okay, thank you." Donna let go of Ronald's arm holding Douglas Jr., and went to expand her network.

"This is the famous Hollywood director, Ronald Lee. This is the Senator from Louisiana, Mr. Dan Quayle." George Jr. introduced several politicians who he thought he could know each other to Ronald. This Mr. Quayle was handsome, with the look of a movie star.

   "This is also one of the candidates for the deputy commander. They all came to see the current deputy commander, Old George, for an 'interview'." George Jr. whispered in Ronald's ear. After Super Tuesday in the primaries, George Sr. has been leading the way, and today there is no suspense. He is the candidate to represent the Elephant Party in this year's general election.

   As long as he goes through a technical procedure next month, he will be able to sprint for the general election with all his strength.

  To this day, George Sr. has not announced his running mate, and all the outstanding figures in the party who have further ideas can come to visit him, hoping to be selected by him. Running mate for the general election. Just like the old George was the deputy of the current old Ronald Grand Commander.

"I'm going to find my mother. She's meeting with some representatives of the people inside. Wait a minute. Your idea is very good, but my mother has to come forward for this matter." Little George thought it was the same as the few politicians introduced to Ronald. After introducing them all, I went to my mother, Barbara, to meet Ronald. The former and current ministers of labor and the minister of transportation need the deputy leader's wife to come forward to coordinate.

   "Little George doesn't seem very happy?" Ronald quietly asked Douglas Jr., who had been in New York during the election season and was well informed. Donna was surrounded by a group of rich second generations. This kind of MIT graduate who can earn money and look beautiful shocked the group of people. They gathered in a circle to listen to Donna talk about his company's magical investment formula.

"His younger brother stole a lot of the limelight from him, and the old lady now prefers the younger son Jeb. And George's wife, Laura, doesn't get along well with Jeb's Mexican wife. Have you seen it, like a TV series It’s like a rich family’s grievances.” Douglas gave Donna the opportunity to enjoy the limelight alone, and came back to help his partner Ronald deal with it.

   "Hey...", Ronald smiled, no wonder little George was so nervous and only introduced some familiar politicians to himself, was it because he was afraid that the politicians of Jeb's gang would pry him over as a benefactor? "

   "Why does the deputy commander have to hold so many fundraising meetings after winning the primary election?" Ronald also whispered into Douglas Jr.'s ear, "Didn't you say that the primary election is the most expensive?"

  America’s electoral system, both parties will give candidates high campaign subsidies. During the primary election, the quota was not high, and it was scattered among the candidates. When it comes to the general election stage, there is only one person to bet on, and the personal financial pressure is actually relatively small.

   "Have you heard that the two candidates in this year's general election may be the most boring one since Harry?" Douglas Jr. asked Ronald a question. Ronald shook his head, he didn't pay much attention.

"Old George has no charm. He was able to win the primary election only because of his fundraising ability. He used several times the amount of TV advertisements placed by others to defeat several competitors in the elephant party. His campaign consultant Lee A. Twat is used to amplifying the dark spots of competitors with big advertisements."

   "Oh", Ronald understands, this means that the deputy commander won the primary election only because of a lot of money, so if he meets a charismatic candidate in the general election, isn't the situation worrying?

   Seeing what Ronald was thinking, Douglas Jr. smiled, "The one on the other side is similar, and the Greeks are also a very boring and rigid group of people. This year's grand commander-in-chief confrontation is the boring Yankees vs. Dixie."

  When Ronald heard that he was of Greek origin, he understood that Olympia Dukakis’ cousin, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, had qualified for the primary election of the Donkey Party. "Has he announced it?" Ronald remembered that the primary election of the Donkey Party was much more intense than that of the Elephant Party.

   "The National Convention of the Donkey Party will be held in Atlanta, Georgia tonight, and it will be officially announced. Dukakis is not much better than Old George, and he also won by using TV commercials to slander his competitors."

  In Iowa, the Donkey Party, candidate Dick Gephardt, who is running as a populist, has soared. Sen. Paul M. Simon of Illinois came in a surprise second, and Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts finished third.

   But in New Hampshire, Dukakis was first, Gephardt dropped to second and Simon was third. That's because Dukakis and Simon both ran negative TV ads against Gephardt. Said he was a candidate for the policy of abolishing union monopolies.

  The workers didn't know whether it was true or not. They watched too many smear ads and wrote many letters to the United Auto Workers (one of the most powerful unions in America) that supported Gephardt. The unions had no choice but to withdraw their support for Gephardt.

  Ronald had seen this man's face in the newspaper, and it was even worse than Old George. He looked like a monkey, and his boring speech was a disaster.

  "Mother Barbara, mother Barbara." I saw Barbara, the wife of the deputy commander, approaching, and was stopped by a group of black children, scrambling to get close to Barbara. It was also arranged by another campaign adviser, Roger Ailes, in response to a recent smeared ad attack by Dukakis attacking the old Georges for being discriminatory against blacks.

"I'm not your mother, children," Barbara said, pulling away a teenage black girl who was holding her and calling her mother. This kind of thing reminded her of the plot of Mark Twain's novel, "My child There, George and Jeb, I'm their mother. You better go back to your mother."

   "Hey..." Looking at Roger Ailes, who was captured by the photographer beside Ronald, he also covered his face when he saw this scene. The couple are all the same, born rich and noble, and have little understanding of the bottom.

   "Ronald, Doug, hello, little George said you are here, I must come to see you. The action committee you lead has made great efforts for my husband."

  Barbara was very happy when she saw the two of them, and she made a great effort to donate a lot of money. In addition to the donations from Ronald and Douglas Jr., there are also some people with the same philosophy, such as the group of people surrounding Donna, who have also contributed a lot of money.

   "Hi Mrs. Barbara, this is my cousin Donna", Ronald introduced his cousin to Barbara.

   "Ha, your cousin praised you to the sky. How is your mother?" Barbara's compliment made the rich second generation around her extremely envious. Being able to chat about family affairs with the wife of the candidate for the leadership, Donna might be one of the earliest New England immigrants and had good friends with the George family for generations. I don't know which famous wife her mother is.

  Ronald watched happily from the side. He and his aunt's family were from the bottom class, and his uncle was just a classmate with his father who played with mud since childhood.

   It’s no wonder that a large number of Old George’s supporters are such wealthy families. They support Old George for the continuation of the current President’s preferential tax policy.

  The rich are mainly concerned about two types of taxes, the deferral of personal income tax, and the continued deferment of payment of capital gains.

   Since last year, when the competition to succeed Ronald Sr. began to emerge, it was clear that taxation would become a core issue. Grover Norquist, the head of American tax reform, laid out a pledge to impose no new taxes and encouraged Republican candidates to sign it.

   Many congressional candidates signed, as did George Sr.’s main rivals, Jack Kemp and Pete DuPont. George Sr. initially refused to sign the pledge, but at the beginning of the year, eventually acquiesced.

  Old George doesn't like to take a clear line. He likes to keep a hand so that in the future, the situation can be both ways. When the campaign consultant met the biggest rival in the party, Bob Dole, he also used this promise of no tax increase to attack Dole, because Dole supported tax increases to ensure fiscal balance.

   "I came mainly to ask for your help..." Ronald said to Barbara, and he wanted to invite two female ministers (secretaries) to participate in the marketing of "Working Girl". Ask Barbara for help.

   "It's no problem", Barbara agreed very happily. This is a piece of cake for her now, and she is respected wherever she goes. Nancy can no longer bully her now, why should this superficial Hollywood actress stand out in the eight-year term of the Grand Commander, it should be the turn of... ahem, it's the turn of real professional women to come forward.

  Ronald is very happy. This kind of marketing strategy can only be implemented by someone like himself who has a lot of friends. Otherwise you don't even know which way the minister's office door opens.

   "By the way, my movie will be released at the end of the year, and it will be just in time for Mr. Vice President to win the general election..."

"Ha ha ha, Ronald, you always make me happy." Barbara laughed, and she was very pleased with Ronald's use of the phrase "until" the deputy commander won the election instead of "if" .

"I'm not familiar with Mr. Vice Commander's staff team. Does he have a secretary? Before the film is released, I also want to ask his secretary to help us do some publicity for our film in Washington, D.C. Will it be very popular?"

  Ronald strikes while the iron is hot. Ordinary people don’t know so many political things. Wouldn’t it be interesting for the secretary of the general to recommend a movie with the secretary as the protagonist.

   "Cough...", Barbara's face quickly turned from cloudy to cloudy. She gave Ronald a light slap without comment, "When you come to Washington, D.C., I will give you the tickets for the inauguration ceremony."

"Thank you, Mrs. Barbara." Ronald didn't know where he said the wrong thing. In short, he offended Barbara a little. Fortunately, he had a good relationship with him and was not a stranger. Barbara gave After seeing Ronald for a few minutes, he went elsewhere to accept input from other people.

"You shouldn't mention old George's secretary." Roger Ailes liked Ronald, a young man. He had a few ideas and played a big role in politics, and he had a close relationship with George Jr. , sent him a lot of grades and money, which won Barbara's favorite. So I have to clarify the matter with Ronald, so as not to cause more misunderstandings.

  The youngest son, Jeb, had a close relationship with another candidate, Lee Atwater. He was forced to form an alliance with the Bush family with George Jr., and he couldn't see his biggest ally outside the circle fell into the trap.

   "Jennifer Fitzpatrick, in front of Barbara, is a name that cannot be mentioned..."

   "Who?" Ronald was at a loss.

   "Ask your friends, Little Doug knows more about politics than you." Roger Ailes left after speaking.

   Ronald turned to Douglas Jr.

"Jennifer Fitzpatrick was George Sr.'s secretary and his lover. Barbara threatened to divorce and did not break off the relationship. In the end, it was because Roger Ailes warned Sr. George that the general election would definitely Someone's going to make a big deal out of it in the press. That's how old George broke up with Jennifer Fitzpatrick and sent her away from Barbara."

  Old George’s family and people around him knew about this matter, and many media also knew about it, so they suppressed it and didn’t report it. Douglas Jr., who was in New York, was much more familiar with this kind of political gossip than Ronald.

   Seeing that Donna was also nearby, Ronald was listening with his arm around Doug Jr., and said to her, "Why don't you socialize with those potential customers? Is Douglas Jr. so attractive?"

   "That group of people don't have high IQs, and their brains are not flexible. In comparison, Doug is pretty smart."

   "Hahaha...", both Ronald and Douglas Jr. laughed. Donna was still sharp in words, and being considered smart was already a high praise.

  …

   "What we are showing you now is the video of the Donkey Party National Convention held in Atlanta today. The conference officially elected the governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, as the next presidential candidate.

   Also announced his running mate, U.S. Senator Lloyd Bengtsen of Texas.

  The following is the situation at the scene. "

  In the evening, Ronald went back to his house on Fifth Avenue, and Donna didn't bother to go back to her apartment on Long Island, so she found a bedroom to sleep in Ronald's place.

  The two of them were watching TV after dinner.

   "Oh, it seems that this year's general election is a complete Yankee vs. Dixie," Donna said to Ronald while drinking coffee, pointing to the TV.

"How to say?"

"You see, although the deputy commander is from New England, he made his fortune in Texas and entered the political arena. Now he is generally regarded as a representative of Texans. So Dukakis is looking for a senator from Texas, just to Offset George Sr.'s influence in the South.

  I think that in the end, George Sr. may have to find a political figure from Massachusetts to be his running mate. "

   "It's not necessarily true, is it?" Ronald thought of Dan Quayle he saw today. In short, there are clear barriers in this year's general election, with urban elites on one side, country cowboys on the other, liberals, the innovation base of the electronics industry on the other, and conservatives on the other. It is necessary to preserve traditions for America.

  The opening of the meeting, first sang by a female singer.

   "Let the river run

  Let all dreamers wake up the nation

   Come, New Jerusalem..."

   "Puff...", Ronald spit out a mouthful of coffee, isn't this the theme song "Lettheriverrun" of "Working Girl" composed and sung by Carly Simon?

  How did it become the theme song of the Donkey Party National Convention?

   "What's wrong with you?" Donna handed the tissue to Ronald.

   "Hey, I'm going to make a phone call", since this song has a national exposure opportunity, it can't be missed, and it must continue to be popular, which will be of great benefit to the movie box office.

   "Who is this person?" Ronald and Michael Gray explained the new development and asked him to consider this factor in the marketing plan. After chatting for more than 20 minutes, I found that the handsome guy who started to give a speech when he went to make a phone call was still on TV.

"This is the governor of Arkansas, very handsome." Donna pointed to the people on the TV and said, "Just now someone beckoned him to come down, but what he said was very good, why did you ask him to come down. People speak more attractively than Dukakis, organized, have a high IQ among politicians, and are friendly."

   "We want Michael, we want Michael" The voice of the audience in the audience was transmitted through the TV broadcast.

   "I know you want Michael (Dukakis) to be the commander in chief. I was trying to tell audiences across the country why you support Michael..."

  The speaker stopped helplessly, and explained to the loyal voters of the Donkey Party who asked him to go down. These people are all loyal supporters of Dukakis, but the general election is decided by those voters in the middle. Isn't this a good opportunity to promote political opinions to the people of the whole country through TV broadcast?

   "Hush..." The donkey loyalists below were even more reluctant to listen, and began to boo him.

  A senator from the donkey party tried to shout at him, please end it early, but after no effect, he walked up to the governor of Arkansas who was speaking, and made a throat-cut gesture to him.

   "Let me list the achievements of Governor Dukakis in balancing the budget and welfare reform. Ronald economics is just a scam. A fiscal system that cannot make ends meet cannot be balanced..."

   "This person can be the great commander in the future," Donna drank the last sip of coffee. She appreciates this kind of politician with financial knowledge, which is much better than the current general who only knows how to spend money, regardless of the skyrocketing deficit.

   With a snap, ABC also saw the gesture of cutting the throat, plus booing a speaker at the donkey party meeting, it was too shameful, it seemed serious internal strife, and simply cut off the speech screen.

   "It seems that ABC doesn't think so...", Ronald said with a smile in response to Donna's evaluation.

  (end of this chapter)