The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 376 A great victory
It’s just after eight in the morning and the media capital of Burbank is already busy.

The business car driven by Edward gradually approached Warner Studios.

Tom Cruise, who was in the car, looked at where the crowd was gathered and said, "These people are more active than going to work."

Hawke was also looking in the same direction, his eyes sweeping across the nameplate of Million Dollar Baby, and he said, "You go to work to make a living and have to accept the oppression of capitalists. Coming here to protest is to fight for your own privileges. It's too normal to be different."

Tom Cruise saw that the other group of protagonists had not yet appeared, so he said, "How much did it cost this time? Give me a number when it's over."

"Okay." Hawke saw a few buses and reminded them, "The feminists are coming."

The homosexuals of the Matthews Association had just put up their posters and banners when the buses screeched to a halt on the side of the road.

Hundreds of women got off the bus.

These women were aggressive and also held up posters and banners, but their materials were full of images and texts denouncing homosexuality and supporting "Million Dollar Baby."

When two groups that both want privileges collide head-on, they never sympathize with each other, but instead are hostile to each other and can be called mortal enemies.

The two sides were mainly composed of women, and the initial confrontation turned into mutual verbal abuse. I don't know who was the first to throw the bottle in his hand, hitting a woman on the opposite side on the head, as if lighting the fuse.

The verbal assault immediately turned into physical violence, with spitting, hair pulling, and bra pulling being used in every way.

These people are much crazier than ordinary people and they can't wait to kill their opponents.

Among the four women, two had their tops torn off, and two had their pants torn off, but they did not bother to cover themselves up. They grabbed each other's long hair, bent over and stood on the road with their heads down, like four praying mantises, none of them able to stand up straight.

At this point, Jenna, the leader, had no choice but to fight.

Once a woman gets carried away, nothing can stop her.

The essence of feminism is privilege. Everyone thinks they are superior to others, and once their tempers flare up, they don’t care about the leaders of the association.

The homosexuals on the other side are no better. They have been despised for a long time and have become sensitive psychologically. They are all like firecrackers that can be ignited at any time.

There are already a lot of media reporters in Burbank.

More than a dozen reporters soon gathered here to film the exciting battle.

A female boxer was strangled by a gay man. She was so anxious that she shouted, "Let me go, you bastard! You are sexually harassing me!"

Gay man said sissy: "Hey, how can you say that? I'm your sister!"

At this time, the sound of sirens came from a distance, and two LAPD patrol cars came closer and stopped on the side of the road.

The four LAPD officers who came down saw the scene and called for help immediately.

A few months ago, a similar fight took place in the City Plaza in Los Angeles, except that it was a group of black women beating up white women.

Now the two sides are fighting on equal terms.

A few dozen meters away, Edward patted the steering wheel and said, "Excellent, absolutely wonderful!"

Tom Cruise watched a woman in an aircraft factory pounding the woman opposite him with a big hammer, and exclaimed: "Women are much more beautiful when they fight than men."

Hawke created the scene by saying, "Gays and feminists are enemies."

"Even if it wasn't before, it will be like this in the future." Tom Cruise said: "This is the first time I've seen them attack each other like this."

Hawke laughed, "They will become mortal enemies in the future."

Although two police cars arrived, the fight became more intense. A gust of wind blew over, and some of the long hair that was torn off flew all over the sky with the wind, colorful like chicken feathers.

More police cars rushed over, but were unable to disperse the agitated women for a while.

As the Special Operations Bureau's riot vehicle drove over, the LAPD had to use tear gas to disperse the crazy women.

Hawke saw the crowd gradually dispersing and said to Edward, "Let's go."

Edward started the car, turned around and drove back to downtown Los Angeles.

On the way, they had to pass by Universal Studios, so Hawke specifically asked Edward to drive from there.

Near the studio office area, Hawke saw a group of women blocking the door of Focus Features, which was established only last year, to protest against the discrimination against women by the "Brokeback Mountain" crew.

Excuses and reasons are so easy to find, after all, they have been laid out before.

Edward drove a little closer.

Hawke had very good eyesight and could see clearly from a distance that Michelle, the leader of the Sisters' Parade, was giving an impassioned interview to reporters.

The car didn't stop and quickly drove past this side.

Tom Cruise praised: "Hollywood homosexuals dare not speak out, but feminists are open about it. They will definitely support the sister parade. This is a force that cannot be ignored." Hawke was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Don't forget the old white men. They always reject this type of film."

Tom Cruise said: "The connections that Clint Eastwood has accumulated over decades are not comparable to those of James Schamus and Ang Lee."

He thought of another competitor: "There is also Jamie Foxx. Two women are now suing him for seduction. Given society's inherent impression of black people, it will be difficult for him to even get a nomination, let alone win the award."

Hawke got rid of the two biggest potential competitors, but he was still not reassured, so he warned: "You have to be careful of Leonardo Dicaprio."

"I understand that Leonardo originally didn't have much hope and might not have invested much, but given the current situation, it's hard to say." Tom Cruise asked sincerely, "How should I deal with this?"

Hawke thought for a moment and said, "You have a professional publicity and public relations team under you. Ask them to help Leonardo create an atmosphere of rushing for awards, just for the sake of rushing for awards."

Tom Cruise understood immediately: "Just saying we want to win an award, was The Aviator made just to win an Oscar?"

"Yes, that's right." Hawke said, "I have analyzed previous cases, and the core judges are very disgusted with this attitude."

Tom Cruise has been competing for an Oscar for many years and knows this: "You are right, those people do want to be prostitutes and claim to be chaste."

Hawke remembered that the past two years were relatively good. In a few years, Oscar would show what twistedness was all about.

Black people are also very difficult to deal with, especially in recent years. Perhaps due to social and political needs, black people have won awards frequently in the recent Oscars.

In addition to Alice, another victim popped up. According to Hawke's inference, it should be the work of the other two crews.

Hollywood stars don't pay much attention to this aspect, and there must be many similar situations.

Hawke then instructed Tom Cruise: "Go to the media to release news about Alice Carson, let people know that her civil lawsuit compensation is as high as 500 million US dollars, and then find a few so-called legal experts to analyze that she can get a minimum of 200 million US dollars in compensation."

Tom Cruise was a little stunned at first, but he soon figured out the key point: "Jamie Foxx must have approached many women in this way, most of whom are low-income actors. When these people see Alice as an example and are tempted by a million dollars, some will definitely stand up and accuse Jamie Foxx."

Hawke said: "That's right, there's no chance he'll make a comeback during awards season."

"It goes against the Hollywood way of doing things." Tom Cruise had some concerns, but not much, saying, "It's just a minor issue for me."

Hawke dropped Tom Cruise off in downtown Los Angeles and then had Edward head to Twitter.

Around the New Year of 2005, Los Angeles, which had just returned from its peace, was rocked by a huge public opinion storm and street protests.

As the contents of Alice's civil lawsuit were exposed, coupled with the analysis of so-called legal experts in many media outlets, seven more actresses took the initiative to step forward and report to the LAPD, saying that they had been raped by Jamie Foxx, tempted by the million-dollar compensation.

Jamie Foxx was overwhelmed and was eliminated first.

On the other hand, the gay community and feminist organizations engaged in a fierce confrontation over the two films "Brokeback Mountain" and "Million Dollar Baby".

There were six tit-for-tat protests between the two sides.

In all six confrontations, physical conflicts broke out between the two sides, resulting in multiple arrests.

Because she was able to get through the LAPD connections, Fiona was able to quickly bail out the sisters, join the sisters' parade, and soon become one of the backbones of the association.

Another pair of Mexican sisters also joined the Matthewsin Association and became middle and senior managers thanks to their good performance and sponsorship funds.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Hawke successfully infiltrated these two organizations.

Later, with his financial advantage, he was able to gradually turn feminism and homosexuality into biting vicious dogs.

Of course, now the two sides are biting each other, and the biting is particularly exciting.

But these days, feminism can be considered the mainstream of social movements, while homosexuality is just a marginal group, and the latter inevitably falls behind.

As public opinion was getting out of control and the Oscars were about to change, the Academy announced the list of nominees for the 2005th Academy Awards in advance in late January 1.

Hawke and Bryan traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the inauguration of George Walker's second term, paying little attention to the nominees luncheon.

But then Tom Cruise called Hawke.

On the nomination list released by the Academy, "Soul" was nominated for Best Director, but did not appear on the nomination lists for Best Picture and Best Actor.

In other words, Jamie Foxx was not nominated for this year's Best Actor Oscar and has no chance of winning the award.

Compared to "Soul Singer", "Brokeback Mountain" is even more tragic.

Brokeback Mountain was not included in any of the nominations for Best Actor, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, or Best Picture.

"Million Dollar Baby" was not greatly affected because its feminism was in line with the mainstream of Hollywood, and feminism defeated homosexuality in both public opinion and on-site battles, and received seven nominations including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture.

"Nightcrawler", starring Tom Cruise and directed by Eric Eason, achieved its planned goals and won four nominations for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.

(End of this chapter)