Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2239 put pressure on MGM
"Hello, Mr. Wells, how can I help you?"

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

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

If it weren't for some incredible 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 also had to frown.

"Under normal circumstances, I won't 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 famous film company in Hollywood, and it pays taxes very timely every year. I really can't think of any reason why you want to come to me."

Wells nodded with a smile, and seemed to agree with Richardson.

If he hadn't been entrusted by his superiors to come and talk to MGM executives, Wells would really be reluctant to deal with these people.

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

"Actually, I'm here today for the drama "007:M". Let me tell you the truth. It is said that there are some scenes in it that mirror Youbang, so I'm here to check."

"Verification? The movie hasn't been released yet. I don't know where Mr. Wells got the news, and what if there is any? Are there few Hollywood movies that mirror other countries? What do you want to do?"

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

As long as it is not too excessive, even films that reflect the above people can be released.

But now Wells suddenly ran over and said that he needed to verify the movie "007: M", which immediately 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 check it out, that's all."

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

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

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

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

Richardson is not a stunned young man, he knows very well that checking movies is impossible to happen in Hollywood, especially their big film companies.

If he shows timidity at this time or cooperates with the other party's work, then such troubles will follow one after another 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 about this matter."

"No, no, don't do this. I don't mean anything else. If it's inconvenient for you, let's leave this matter for now. I'll leave first, and we'll talk about it later."

If Richardson really does what he said, then I am afraid that this matter will soon cause a huge amount of public opinion, and the impact by then will not be a trivial matter.

Wells was scared, he knew Richardson was not joking with him when he saw Richardson's appearance.

After all, Richardson is considered an upper-class person in Hollywood and knows many big names.

Once he really made this matter public, then the troubles at that time would be brought to the higher-ups, and he, this little guy, would naturally be regarded as the target of sacrifice.

So Wells quickly stopped there, not daring to continue.

After he left the MGM mansion, Wells called his boss from the car.

"Head... The president of MGM is very tough. He said that once I want to investigate, he will immediately report this matter to newspapers, magazines and TV stations..."

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

"Have you finished your investigation?"

"No, I think it may cause unnecessary trouble if I continue, 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' boss was relieved.

Fortunately, the other party did not continue to investigate, otherwise he would probably become an ant on the hot pot now.

At this moment, he picked up the phone and made an overseas call.

At this time, the person on the other end of the phone was fast asleep.

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

"I'm going to tell you some bad news. MGM is unwilling to cooperate. If we insist on investigating, we will get burned by then, 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 inherently difficult, even if you spend money, it's useless, I advise you to think of other ways, for example, it would be better to go directly to the person surnamed Lin to communicate. "

Wang Daonan was speechless when he heard it.

If things really happened that way, he would not try to find such a big detour and ask the other party for help to put pressure on MGM.

As a result, the other party couldn't help now, which made Wang Daonan not know what to say for a while.

After hanging up the phone, he looked bored.

What Li Zhengnan explained was not done, I believe he will be very unhappy when he reports this matter to him tomorrow.

But in Wang Daonan's view, Li Zhengnan's decision at that time was a mistake from the very beginning, and the mistakes along the way have reached the point where there is almost no way to recover.

If he insists on fighting Lin Daoqiu again, Wang Daonan is worried that Li Zhengnan will make a very immature decision, which may even set him on fire.

(End of this chapter)