Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 308

The 2015 Oscars were pretty mediocre. Apart from being criticized again for having too few black actor nominations, there wasn't much else going on.

Tang De was also in charge of supervising various works this year, and it had been a long time since he had assigned himself too much work.

Even the filming of the "Lucy" series has been temporarily stopped, and only the preparatory work is still going on.

Movie fans rarely saw any works directed by Tang De this year. Instead, there were only various films produced by Tang De.

But movie fans were not disappointed. The movies produced by Tang De still maintained a good standard and the money spent on going to the cinema was not wasted.

It was also during this gap that Marvel and other film companies launched their own masterpieces to compete for the box office.

"Fast & Furious 7" is a work directed by James Wan and also a challenge for himself. Unexpectedly, it achieved great success in both word-of-mouth and box office, making it a classic in the series.

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" achieved horrific results, earning 2 million yuan in global box office on the first day. In the North American market, it earned 2 million US dollars in the first weekend and eventually won 1.7 billion US dollars.

Of course, perhaps because of the absence of Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow, its box office revenue is more than 200 million less than historical records.

In addition, although its box office was high, it still did not surpass "Lucy".

"Lucy: Veil" grossed 2.9 million US dollars worldwide on its first day and 2.4 million US dollars in the North American market during its first weekend, for a total box office of 18 billion US dollars.

"Lucy" is also ranked third in the global box office rankings to date, with the top two being "Avatar" and "Titanic".

But Cameron is not as young as Todd, so the whole world currently recognizes that Todd is the first of the new generation of Hollywood directors, more dazzling than Nolan.

With this halo, Tang De gradually became detached in the Hollywood circle.

Even those capitalists began to maintain a humble attitude in front of Tang De. Even Apple's Cook invited Tang De to the company to experience their products, hoping to have more cooperation in the future.

At the same time, Epstein's crimes were exposed by accident.

The incident started when a young man in a certain intelligence team of the CIA of the United States wanted to show off that he had access to various state secrets, so he shared the intelligence he had seen with his friends online.

Although he asked his friends not to spread the information, netizens are more difficult to control than the plague. After the information was released, it immediately spread on the Internet, allowing many people to learn about America's confidential documents.

Including but not limited to aid to Ukraine, aid to Israel, intelligence from the Five Eyes Alliance, and various sanctions against Russia.

The leak of this intelligence soon attracted the attention of the US government, so the CIA's intelligence team was investigated shortly afterwards and the young intelligence officer was arrested by the FBI.

However, the leak of information sparked discussions among netizens, and even major newspapers were discussing related events. Countless people rushed to collect this information and shared it everywhere.

To this end, the CIA had to conduct large-scale sweeps to block information leaks, but some fish still slipped through the net.

For example, Epstein.

Or it may not be a fish that slipped through the net, but it may be the CIA's decision to abandon the small and save the big.

In any case, Epstein's evidence of guilt was exposed, including a lot of evidence from previous hacker investigations, and part of Epstein's guest list was also leaked.

The leak of this information immediately aroused public outrage. Amid the outcry, the FBI immediately arrested Epstein and closed down his island. This speed was much faster than their later investigation into the shooting of Trump, and it was simply lightning fast.

After investigating the situation on the island and obtaining confessions from the girls about providing underage sexual services, Epstein was quickly put in jail.

Just like history, Epstein died in prison. After a rigorous "autopsy" by the police department, it was finally determined that he committed suicide.

When Tang De got the newspaper, he couldn't help but laugh, "What a ridiculous suicide, just as ridiculous as being shot in the back and ruled as suicide."

But no matter what, this scum is dead, and his sins are finally over.

As for how those names that have been exposed deal with the situation, that depends on their respective backgrounds and strengths.

Of course, those who were exposed basically chose to keep a low profile, and even when asked by reporters they denied it outright.

Tang De was also questioned by reporters when he attended an exhibition.

"Hello, Tang, there are reports that you once participated in Epstein's party with Kevin Spacey, is that right?" The reporter put the microphone to Tang De's mouth with a very confident attitude.

Tang De raised his eyebrows: "When is it?"

"Don't you remember?" the reporter continued.

"You ask questions and provide evidence, don't you? You have to at least tell us a date and a place, don't you?" Tang De seemed to be completely unconcerned about the reporter's aggressiveness and was very calm instead.

"Well, it was at a manor near New York, at three o'clock in the afternoon." The reporter thought for a moment and gave the place and time.

“Oh, I remember now.” Tang De said seriously, “At that time, I received an invitation from Bob Weinstein and attended a cocktail party. In the middle of the cocktail party, I met Epstein. But I didn’t go to his island. In fact, I didn’t say a few words to him that day. We were not familiar with each other.”

"How are you going to prove that you didn't go? The version I saw was that you had a lot of fun with Epstein, and accepted his invitation. You took his private yacht to the island and didn't leave until the next day." The reporter spared no effort to throw dirty water on Tang De.

When the other reporters heard this, they quickly gathered their microphones and their camera flashes went off, as if they were all waiting for Tang De to show his hand.

But Tang De was very careful: "This is completely wrong, because I remember the situation clearly. My daughter was sick that day, and my wife and I accompanied her to see a doctor. We were even photographed by a tabloid reporter. Both the doctor and the newspaper can prove this."

"Well, maybe I remembered the time wrong..." The reporter tried to blur the facts again.

But Tang De didn't give him a chance: "Sir, you are slandering and guiding public opinion. What is your name?"

"Baker." The reporter was a little puzzled and answered truthfully.

"Okay, a lawyer's letter will be sent to you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and we'll see you in court then." Tang De was even very polite when he said this.

"What?" The reporter was stunned. How could he be sued for asking two questions? He hadn't even succeeded in throwing dirty water on the man yet.

However, he no longer had a chance, because Tang De said to everyone very solemnly: "As a father, I cannot accept a little girl of my daughter's age being forced to do something she doesn't want to do. At the same time, I also don't accept anyone's behavior of confusing the public. I don't mind going to court, the truth will become clearer the more we argue. So I will take up the weapon of law to defend myself, and I will also support the police in investigating the real demon who stretched out his claws to the little girl."

"I will provide all the evidence to prove my innocence, so Mr. Baker, I hope you are ready."

(End of this chapter)