Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 272 In the pocket
The next day, when Tang De woke up from bed, it was already ten o'clock.

The sky was bright at this time, and everything was white. Apart from white, the room was only decorated with wood tones.

But before Tang De fully woke up, the little angel Elena climbed to her father's neck, pinched his face and said, "It's time to get up!"

"Oh, baby, you woke up so early." Tang De hugged the child affectionately and kissed him a few times, then sat up from the bed.

Looking at the fragrant garden maintained by Jessica outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Tang De's mood suddenly improved.

After having dinner with his family, Tang De drove back to the company.

As soon as he entered the office, he saw Tom sitting outside the office waiting for him.

"Come in." Tang De knew what he wanted to report, and without any hesitation, he let Youfei leave the office.

After the door was closed, Tom took out a memory card and handed it to Tang De: "I followed them to the port last night and took pictures of them leaving the port."

Tang De inserted the memory card into the computer and looked at the photos.

The photo clearly captured Epstein and Bob Weinstein walking onto the cruise ship, and later also captured the young girls who greeted them, all of whom were dressed coolly and had sexy figures.

"Well, is there anything else?" Tang De put his hand on his chin and raised his eyebrows.

"No, because their security is very thorough and I can't get close to them." Tom answered truthfully.

"Okay, do you have a backup?"

"No."

"Well... no need to track him next." Tang De thought for a moment and said, "We can't intervene in this matter for the time being. If the tracking is discovered, it will be a big deal, so I will let the detective handle this matter through the Internet."

This is no small matter. When the Loli Island incident was exposed, it attracted the attention of the entire United States and even the world. Everyone was staring at the list in Epstein's hand, trying to find out who had been to this island.

However, it was not until 2024 that the list was gradually made public under court order. It involved top people from all walks of life, even several presidents.

If Tang De wanted to uncover this matter by his own strength without leaving any traces, it would undoubtedly be a fantasy.

Once discovered by Ebostein and others, Tang De’s personal safety and even his family members will face a catastrophic disaster.

So Tang De gave up the idea of ​​tracking and instead planned to use hacking methods to achieve his goal.

"Hello, detective."

"Tang, go ahead."

Soon after Tom left, the detective called.

Tang De said, "I need you to post some information on the dark web."

Yes, he didn't even plan to use his own hackers, but instead planned to turn the information about Ebostan's island into rumors and pass it to those hackers through the dark web.

There are always curious people in this world. Whether it is for money or a sense of justice, they will definitely take action after hearing such rumors and try to find out the truth of the matter.

Tang De did not ask to rescue those innocent children immediately, but at least he could not let Ebostan and others' evil deeds continue for as long as they did in his previous life.

After confirming the implementation of the plan with the detective, Tang De finally put his worries to rest. He opened YouTube and planned to watch the promotional videos of other recent movies to draw some inspiration from them.

I didn’t expect that the first video that caught my eye was a cover.

Looking at the girl on the screen, Tang De inexplicably felt familiar.

So he clicked in and found that it was a brown-haired girl, thin, with a confident expression.

She was singing Mariah Carey's Vision Of Love. Tang De put on headphones and listened carefully. He found that the girl's singing skills were very good and her voice was relaxed. Although it was a little immature, her personal style was already evident.

Tang De listened halfway and searched for the girl's name in his memory.

In fact, this name is on the same level as Taylor Swift in a sense.

Ariana Grande is the global pop singer affectionately called A妹 by her fans.

Born in Florida, the girl has performed in children's theaters since she was a child and sang the American national anthem for the Florida Panthers ice hockey team. According to her own account, she wanted to release an album at the age of 14, but her agent vetoed her plan, which led to her musical dream not being realized until she was discovered by Republic Records under Universal.

Yes, Republic Records again.

When Tang De thought of this, he realized that the label he was interested in actually coincided with Republic Records, just like Taylor Swift back then.

It's really the blessing of the goddess of fate.

Tang De sighed secretly.

Fortunately, Ariana Grande has not yet been discovered by Republic Records and is still a music amateur.

So he immediately called Angel Manifesto's agent and asked him to find Ariana Grande and sign her as a singer.

In fact, this period of time was not far from the time when Ariana Grande became a singer. In the original history, she was noticed for singing songs on YouTube.

Tang De opened her personal homepage and found that there were not many videos and the number of views was not high.

It is definitely the most appropriate time to take action now.

"I'm sorry, Giorgio." Tang De muttered to himself, then raised his glass and clinked it against the decoration next to him. The sound seemed to be apologizing to Giorgio from a distance.

If Giorgio knew that his company's two future trump cards were signed by Tang De, he would definitely be so angry that he would have a heart attack.

After confirming the Ariana Grande incident, Tang De followed up on Harvey Weinstein's incident.

These days, Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault case is still the hottest topic among the American people. Various media outlets are desperately digging up those who have been assaulted by Harvey. Coupled with various anonymous revelations from detectives, they have sufficient firepower in their hands, which has directly made Harvey's legal team overwhelmed.

Not to mention the audio evidence of Liz and Ambora. If there was only one copy, there would still be room for rebuttal.

But the fact that the two documents can still corroborate each other after so many years is simply a sure win.

And because the evidence was conclusive, those female stars who had been hurt finally spoke up. Ashley Judd and Uma Thurman said in front of many reporters that Harvey had done some inappropriate things to them.

The news spread across the United States immediately, so much so that the surprised Don called Uma Thurman and talked to her about her recent situation.

But this is not the end. It is better to say that Harvey's crimes have only revealed the tip of the iceberg. Because more female stars have come forward, such as Lauren Young, who told reporters that Weinstein had sexually assaulted her and masturbated in front of her in the name of discussing a script.

And that thing of his looked like it had been cut off and sewn back together, which was disgusting.

As soon as this sentence was uttered, it was widely quoted by major media outlets and used as article titles.

For a time, people all over the United States knew that Harvey's thing seemed to have been cut off.

After so many sexual crimes were made public, Los Angeles prosecutors announced that they would conduct a thorough investigation into the Harvey Weinstein case and immediately began preparing evidence and materials to be handed over to the court jury.

People across the United States and around the world are also watching to see how far this big melon will develop.

Every day everyone is looking forward to new testimonies and new stars coming forward, so much so that those unknown little stars seem to have found a way to attract attention. Regardless of whether they have any relationship with Harvey or not, they all claim that Harvey has behaved improperly towards them.

Of course, there are some real accusations in it.

Dan Dunning claimed that she met Harvey Weinstein while working as a waitress in a New York nightclub in 2004. The latter promised to help her realize her dream of becoming an actress. He touched her all over during a private meeting and promised that if she was willing to have a "threesome" with his assistant, he would immediately give her three film contracts.

The story of another witness, model Talalay Wolfe, is similar. She said she met Weinstein when she was working as a waitress at a bar in 2005, and a week later, when they were discussing a script, Weinstein raped her.

They have all expressed their willingness to testify in court, but whether they can testify in court depends on the prosecutor's opinion.

The whole thing has come to this point, and Tang De no longer needs any form of participation.

The court and the journalists will not let Harvey Weinstein off, and neither will the female stars who testified against him.

As the man behind the scenes, he can retire with his success as long as the curtain is lifted to reveal his ugly and despicable face.

What he didn't expect was that Tom actually got a girlfriend after this incident.

Liz, this girl actually fell in love with Tom. She didn't mind Tom's somewhat hurtful behavior at all, but instead enjoyed it.

This made Tang De sigh at the wonder of fate.

At the same time, Ariana Grande also officially signed a contract with Angel Declaration.

When the girl heard Tang De's name, she signed the contract without saying a word.

After she signed the contract and met Tang De at the company, Tang De curiously asked her why she didn't think about it more.

As a result, Ariana Grande shrugged and said excitedly: "I love your Saw, Don. I especially like horror movies. I must watch every horror movie from Norton Eye!"

This answer really surprised Tang De. He didn't expect that Ariana Grande was actually an avid horror movie fan.

"Then you should like The Conjuring, right?" Tang De talked to her about the movie his company had released before.

"Of course!" Ariana Grande nodded repeatedly: "I like it very much. Director James Wan shot it so scary. I still remember the goose bumps clearly."

"Haha, then you can communicate more with James Wan in the future. He usually likes to stay in the library to look up information."

"That's great!" Ariana Grande cheered, almost jumping for joy.

"By the way, do you have any ideas about the music album now?" After the casual chat, Tang De started talking about business again.

"To be honest..." Ariana Grande sat up straight: "Not yet."

"No rush, you don't have to think about the whole album, just think about the single first." Tang De knew very well that now was not her prime time, or in other words, it was not her most productive period.

It was not until two years later that she was able to find what she wanted and come up with her own answer based on the market.

For now, there's nothing wrong with working out some details with the producers within the company first.

After seeing off Ariana Grande, Tang De got busy with the next thing.

Preparations for "007" are about to begin. As the director, Tang De must stay with the crew members to set the tone for the film.

However, this was not a difficult task. Tang De did not plan to change the original version too much, so all work progressed quickly. By the end of the year, the "007" crew had officially started filming in the UK.

While the crew was working in full swing, Vincenzo, a freelance blogger far away in America, bought a new issue of the "Lucy" comic, and after reading it, he was deeply shocked.

"Oh my god, that's how it is!"

He never thought that a comic book would bring him such a shocking change in his worldview.

Although with the successive releases of the Earth chapter of "Lucy" in the past few months, he has been experiencing shocks and ups and downs in the plot during this period.

But after reading the truth chapter, he still couldn't ease his surprise.

Even when he was sleeping at night, his mind was extremely active in thinking about the plot of this comic.

In the updates of the past few months, after Lucy learned the truth about the Earth, she began to look for suitable heroes in different timelines.

Among them are the medieval royal knight Liz, the beautiful Egyptian princess Cleopatra, Adonijah, the heir of ancient King Solomon, David, a soldier in World War II, and Pierre, a police officer in the cyber age.

These people formed a special team to collect secrets about the birth of superpowers on Earth from various eras.

Lucy is their contact person and the central figure of the entire team.

Thanks to their efforts, the truth about the earth was finally revealed bit by bit.

The first person to be born with super powers, from the perspective of the continuity of time and space, is undoubtedly Lucy, because her consciousness traveled back to the earliest days of the earth. But if we start from the level of the physical world, who is the first person to gain super powers?
Why did he gain super powers?
Is it my own awakening, or is it because of His gift?
Secondly, what exactly is that huge figure that Lucy saw? That species is completely different from that of the Earth.
Is it a god? Or an alien? Or even the God worshipped by the earth?

And if He is hostile or friendly to the Earth, why would He swallow up the surrounding planets and create a vacuum around the Earth? If He is friendly, why would He swallow up the surrounding planets and create a vacuum around the Earth?

If it has malicious intentions, then why doesn't it swallow up the earth? Is there anything on earth that can compete with it?

These questions are raised one after another in the comics and are revealed little by little as the plot progresses.

This issue of "Lucy" has the words "The Truth About Earth" written on the cover, and the official also announced that the plot of this comic will explain all previous doubts.

So this issue of the comic has sold out, and there was a long queue outside the comic shop. Vincenzo wanted to grab two copies for his collection but he didn’t even have the chance.

After he finished reading the entire book, he decided to grab a few more copies because he believed that this comic would become a masterpiece in the eyes of comic fans!
(End of this chapter)