The Wolf of Los Angeles.

"Compared to the Los Angeles fire, these are minor issues," Hawke said lightly, "not a big deal."

Tom Cruise nodded slowly.

Hawke thought the film was useful, and said to Eric, "You should work on the script first. I have the information here, all first-hand on-site information. I'll have someone send it to the studio later. It should be helpful for you to adapt the script."

Eric didn't have as many concerns as Tom Cruise, and said, "Sure, now that the Nightcrawler project is over, I'm also going to prepare a new movie. The Los Angeles fire is a great subject."

Tom Cruise glanced at Hawke. Although Scientology was not directly involved in the election, it was well-informed and knew that George Walker would win the election. Hawke and Brian played an important role in California.

He thought about it and said, "Let my film company produce the film."

Eric worked with Tom Cruise once and said, “No problem on my end.”

"As long as this movie can be filmed and produced and a certain quality is guaranteed, it will get enough support." Hawke can be sure of this.

American politics and public opinion are divided into two parts. When one part criticizes, the other part will support it.

Tom Cruise understood and didn't say much.

Eric, being a purer film director, didn't understand, but didn't respond either.

An artist's inspiration always bursts out suddenly, and the moment of inspiration is also when he has the most ideas, and he falls into self-contemplation.

It would take a long time to plan this project. Tom Cruise thought about the main purpose of coming here today, handed Hawke a briefcase he brought with him, and said, "All the information you asked me to collect is in it."

From photos to text materials, there are too many of them. Hawke needs to take the time to read them carefully: "You talk first."

Tom Cruise was obsessed with the Oscar for Best Actor. For the award, he fell out with Pat Kingsley, with whom he had worked for more than ten years, causing the latter to constantly discredit him and eventually be put into jail by Hawke.

He has considerable trust in Hawke and said, "The Sentinel Awards have already started, and the most acclaimed films so far are Million Dollar Baby directed by Clete Eastwood, The Aviator by Martin Scorsese, and our Nightcrawler."

Hawke asked, "What about Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain?"

"Compared to winning the Golden Lion in Europe, it is more controversial in North America." Tom Cruise said: "This film, like Nightcrawler, participated in the Toronto Film Festival. Nightcrawler received good media and professional reputation, while Brokeback Mountain caused quite a bit of controversy."

"Homosexual?" Hawke was quite familiar with social dynamics. Even in Los Angeles these days, homosexuals were still a marginal group.

Tom Cruise said: "Yeah, homophobia, Europe is way ahead of us in this regard."

Hawke nodded slightly, found the information about "Million Dollar Baby" from the pile of documents, and read it carefully.

If I remember correctly, this film starring the old cowboy is the biggest winner at next year's Oscars.

The macho Hilary Swank won the Best Actress award, and Eastwood won the Best Director award.

A die-hard old rightist won a big award for a feminist film?
Hawke had seen the film, so of course he knew that this description was not quite right, because the heroine was a female boxer, but she was a real feminist, not a boxing feminist.

Tom Cruise also talked about the award he really wants to compete for: "For Best Actor, the one who intends to apply and is really competitive is Eastwood, but I got the news that he prefers Best Director. Leonardo DiCaprio, the lead actor of The Aviator, made a biopic with Martin Scorsese just for the Oscar. And Johnny Depp starred in Finding Neverland. He cooperated with the Weinstein brothers for the award."

Hawke recalled the information from his previous life: "Like you said, Eastwood's focus is not on the Best Actor award. As for Leonardo, I think he will continue to be a runner-up. Johnny Depp? Did he sell his ass to the Weinstein brothers?"

Tom Cruise understood what the last sentence meant: "Harvey Weinstein prefers to flatter actresses."

Eric snapped out of his self-absorbed world and chimed in, "Because he's sexually normal."

This makes so much sense. Apart from Best Picture, the two awards that Harvey Weinstein was best at in public relations at the Oscars were Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

Eric was a little envious.

Tom Cruise returned to his own question: "There are also black actors, Jamie Foxx, who starred in a biographical film about a black singer, and then there is the male lead in Brokeback Mountain."

He forgot the name and glanced at it in the information before saying, "Heath Ledger."

"Jamie Foxx?" Hawke remembered this guy, the leading actor in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and an Oscar winner.

Tom Cruise said: "Denzel Washington just won the Oscar for Best Actor two years ago. It won't fall on a black person so soon, right?"

Hawke found Jamie Foxx's information because he remembered that he was an Oscar winner because of Quentin Tarantino's movie, but he was not sure when or for which movie he won the award.

But Jamie Foxx has become the number one threat in his mind.

Hawke thought about it and found that among the top candidates this year, Eric had no chance of winning the Best Director award, and "Nightcrawler" would also have a hard time winning the Best Picture award. Tom Cruise could try for the Best Actor award.

It doesn’t matter if we fail, but the movie that wins the award cannot be Brokeback Mountain.

BlackRock has come up with a marginalized personnel plan, and as an opponent, Hawke will not let them succeed.

Those monsters and ghosts... Eric next to him wanted to speak, but Hawk raised his hand to stop him.

Standing in the current position, with the resources at hand and the power that can be influenced, these demons and monsters, like the female boxers, can all be used as tools.

Their internal struggles were also very fierce.

Hawke's psychological changes and improved vision made him feel as if he had suddenly become enlightened.

Even if you are standing at the table without a seat, your perspective on the problem is very different from that of being at the table.

Not to mention Northern California, which is still an area controlled by the Donald Trump Party.

These groups in Southern California can all become pawns.

Eric and Tom Cruise waited for a while, and the latter asked, "Do you have a plan?"

Hawke nodded slightly: "The chances of winning Best Picture are slim."

Tom Cruise agreed: "The old cowboy's new film received rave reviews in the previews, as did old Martin's new film, the Howard Hughes biopic..."

"I suggest focusing on two awards." Hawke said directly: "Eric will strive for a Best Director nomination and try to win one nomination."

Eric's artistic face blossomed into a chrysanthemum-like smile: "I just want a nomination."

Hawke added: "We put our best resources on the Best Actor category."

These are consistent with the plans made by Tom Cruise's regular award-winning team. He said: "If I follow the PR routine, I will repeat the failure of the last time."

Hawke said: "Formal publicity and public relations should be done by your team."

He received $500 million from Tom Cruise last year, and naturally he had to do something after receiving the money: "My side is mainly divided into two parts. The first is to get the wonderful performance clips of your character and promote them precisely to the judges who have Twitter accounts through Twitter."

It has never been easy to get the judges to remember movies and names. It is a record if 30% of Oscar judges have watched film clips when voting.

Tom Cruise asked, "What about the other part?"

Hawke laughed and said, "It's not my specialty to praise a person's acting skills. I can only help you belittle your main competitor."

Tom Cruise responded: "The Harvey Weinstein way?"

"No, no." Hawke shook his finger: "Harvey's methods are still at the elementary stage. The methods he uses are not suitable for you."

He analyzed the situation: "You can't stand out like Harvey and directly attack your competitors, Tommy. You are the object of envy and hatred of those old white men. Just keep your normal pace of winning awards. We can think of a way to make the competitors fight, and then let social groups and public opinion attack them."

Eric followed Hawke and worked for free, saying, "Hawk is the best at this."

Hawke said to Tom Cruise: "Try to collect information about Jamie Foxx, Heath Ledger and Johnny Depp, mainly the first two. Jamie Foxx is black and has the advantage of skin color. The film starring Heath Ledger has a strong social team behind it."

He paused for a moment. "Johnny Depp? Even if he really sold his ass to Harvey, there's a high chance that Harvey wouldn't help him."

Tom Cruise responded: "I'll have someone do it right away."

Hawke gave a few more specific instructions.

Tom Cruise was the first to say goodbye and leave.

Eric stayed.

Hawke asked Edward to get all the paper, photo and video materials about the Los Angeles fire from Twitter and make a copy for Eric to help him adapt the script.

Of course, these all have their own positions. The information may seem insignificant, but in fact, they all stand on the opposite side of Antonio and the Donkey Party.

The material is very detailed, starting with Antonio's plan for gender equality among firefighters all the way to the fires that burned more than 300 square kilometers.

Eric watched part of it and realized, "If I adapt it into a movie, will it reveal America's scars in a bloody way?"

"Don't worry, it won't. A movie like this can serve as a warning to America." Hawke is not worried about this, because in the future there will be as many people who support it as there are people who oppose it.

There was so much information that it filled two boxes. Eric couldn't carry it all by himself, so Edward helped him carry it downstairs.

Hawke carefully looked through the information brought by Tom Cruise to find the best entry point.

Although demons and monsters are now chess pieces in his eyes, the chess pieces must be controlled by himself, not by the opponent. (End of this chapter)