America: Child stars start with The Shining

A few days later.

As expected, Charles received a call from the Broadway production team of "Oliver Twist," informing him that he could come to rehearse in a few days.

Charles was not much surprised by this result.

After all, he already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on before he even left the theater that day.

The director had already hinted at it to that extent, so who else could be cast as the male lead besides him?

For this reason, he had to deal with some miscellaneous matters as soon as possible during this period.

Otherwise, once he officially joins the group, rehearsals, performances, and promotions will come one after another, and he will probably find it difficult to spare any other energy.

Moreover, if he goes on tour, he will most likely be unable to continue handling some of the trivial matters in Los Angeles.

At that time, many things will have to be left to Ovitz to handle.

So, Charles glanced at some documents laid out on the table.

The first piece of good news came from Reagan's campaign team.

Riding the wave of the custody battle involving Charles, Reagan successfully turned the tide.

During his subsequent national speaking tour, he won over many voters with his discussions on relevant topics and his superb oratory skills.

Before this, he was seen by many as just a retired actor from Hollywood and the chairman of the film association.

Ordinary voters will find these things very unfamiliar, which may even reinforce their stereotypes about Reagan.

However, after this incident, his image underwent a crucial transformation.

He transformed from a third-tier celebrity on the silver screen into a politician who cares about welfare policies and is willing to speak out for the underprivileged.

This is undoubtedly a big plus among the Elephant Party's voter base.

Therefore, by July, Reagan had officially secured the Republican Party's presidential nomination, a result widely expected.

Of course, things are not over yet, and he will be even busier in the coming months.

The reason is simple: Reagan still needs to keep appearing, giving speeches, and campaigning in various places to win as many votes as possible for that ultimate goal.

This long contest will not truly come to an end until the results of the presidential election are announced in November.

As for Reagan's opponent, it was the current president, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic Party's spokesperson.

In fact, influenced by recent changes in the global situation and social trends, Carter's approval rating among the public has declined considerably.

Therefore, while many media outlets maintained a restrained tone on the surface when reporting on the election, their words subtly revealed a bias towards Reagan.

the reason is simple.

The United States today needs a stronger and more charismatic president to lead the nation out of the shadow cast by the global situation.

They need a president who can handle the crisis, revitalize the economy, and lead America back to prosperity.

This is what the people want.

Whoever can grasp this point better will be the one to achieve final victory.

Of course, it was difficult for Charles to get involved in what happened next.

He doesn't have that much power right now to get involved in this political situation.

Let alone influencing the course of the election, he didn't even have the capital to provide a large amount of campaign funds, let alone personally help Reagan expand his electoral advantage.

However, Charles was not worried about this.

After all, the final outcome is unlikely to be fundamentally changed by the small butterfly effect he caused.

Moreover, he had great faith in the abilities of the Liben family.

Therefore, what he really needs to do now is to discuss with Ovitz how to secure the greatest benefit for himself in this matter.

There are actually many methods to choose from.

All Charles needs to do is choose the safest and most reliable option and then steadily earn the money.

Besides that, there was another matter that Ciel was even more concerned about.

Charles looked at Ovitz sitting opposite him and asked:

"What's going on at the record company? I just got back and haven't had a chance to ask yet..."

Earlier, Ovitz suddenly told him that the record company he was originally planning to work with seemed to have run into some problems, and that they would have to wait until he returned to discuss and resolve the issue.

Ovitz paused for a moment, then began to speak:

"It seems there are some internal problems. Andrei called to explain the situation, but you might need to talk to him in person to find out the specifics."

Charles didn't ask any more questions. He simply stood up, walked to the phone, and dialed.

"Hey, Andrei?"

"Yeah, Ciel, it's me."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Charles skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point, explaining the purpose of his call.

On the other end of the phone, Andrei hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Uh...you know, after we met with the big boss, he asked me to contact Eric, right? You should remember, that guy started his own label."

"As a result, well... this guy is very stubborn. He refused to partner with someone outside the gang to open a record company. So, we had a fight and parted on bad terms."

"So, things have become very awkward. The boss doesn't want internal conflicts within the gang over this kind of thing, and if Eric doesn't give the green light, it will be difficult for us to secretly open another record label."

At this point, Andrei's tone became somewhat helpless.

"Cial, as you know, the internal distribution of interests is extremely complicated. I'm sorry..."

Charles remained silent for a moment.

Fuck, it's all that bastard Easy-E's fault.

He finally understood that the reason this guy was unwilling to cooperate with others was because he was afraid that others would take away the benefits that belonged to him.

Ciel knew very well what kind of person Easy-E was; he was extremely petty and valued profit above all else.

Fortunately, he never intended to bring Easy-E into the record company anyway.

Who knows when this guy might suddenly cause some trouble and kick them all out?

However, Charles still wanted to try his best to gain the support of the Crippled Gang.

So he asked a few more questions over the phone to get a feel for Andrei's tone, and quickly figured out the current situation.

The crippled gang will not openly invest in the company.

But if the record company on Ciel's side can really achieve some success, then they can help open up some promotional channels for the gang.

For Charles, that was enough.

He breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.

Andrei's attitude is still supportive of him for now. The rest depends on whether he can make some noise as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, he turned to Ovitz and asked:

"Ovitz, how's that band I asked you to contact going?"