America: Child stars start with The Shining

Chapter 92 Layout and Dinner

On the other end of the telephone receiver, Ovitz's voice quickly reached Charles's ears.

Charles told the other party about his encounter with the Donkey Party members.

"Understood... In that case, I'll let Reagan's campaign team know right away."

"Don't worry, this kind of thing happens frequently. Didn't we already expect this?"

"Charles, now that things have come to this point, we must trust your previous judgment. Reagan might just be your ticket to the upper class."

"Um, um... I'll explain it to them."

Charles exchanged a few more pleasantries with Ovitz before hanging up the phone.

Just as they discussed on the phone, it was actually within their expectations that people from the Donald Party would come knocking on their door today.

After all, the Charles's "liberation of minors" bill had already caused a great uproar and spread widely.

California politicians are eager to publicize this as one of their most outstanding achievements during this period.

Even some national media outlets have begun to package this incident as a story that fits the American narrative.

A child from a less privileged background made a name for himself in Hollywood through his own abilities and obtained independent status through legal procedures.

This is practically natural news material!

From a politician's perspective, they could easily use the Shire as proof of the perfection of California's legal system.

Look, this is California.

This is an enlightened, free, and respectful place for individual choices!

Even a minor, as long as they possess sufficiently mature judgment, can become an independent individual under the protection of the law.

The problem is that the same thing can be told in a completely different way depending on the perspective.

Therefore, the Donald Party also wanted to take this opportunity to get involved.

So, in a sense, Ciel has now become a cake that everyone wants a bite of.

Matthew Grant's meaning was very clear: he wanted him to publicly support the Democrats and betray Reagan.

This move will inevitably have a huge impact on the momentum Reagan has built up through his speeches over this period.

If it were someone else, they might actually have agreed.

Because, no matter how you look at it, even though the media is currently touting Reagan's situation as very promising, this is only the beginning of the campaign.

After all, while Carter wasn't exactly a revivalist, he could be considered to have done well but not badly, as he didn't have any particularly egregious achievements or misconduct during his tenure.

If you were to randomly pick a passerby on the street, they would almost certainly support the current president, Carter, more.

Anyone with common sense can see that.

But Ciel wasn't that stupid.

Since he already knew the outcome of this presidential election in advance, would he really switch his support to Carter?

That's something even a fool wouldn't do.

Therefore, he had to stand firmly on Reagan's side while making it clear to him that he was now firmly in support.

If Charles wants to go further and truly enter that circle, he must find a sufficiently significant entry point.

And now, Reagan's campaign team may be the entry point.

not to mention....

Charles suddenly smiled.

At this point in time, the incident that had a huge impact on Carter's reputation had not yet occurred.

When that time comes, anyone with eyes will know who to support.

Therefore, Charles must hurry and show Reagan his sincerity.

That's why he just had Ovitz contact Reagan's campaign team to inform them of this.

The rest depends on how they react.

"Ciel, it's time to change your clothes!"

At that moment, a staff member from the backstage came out of the next room and called out to Charles.

He then realized that he was still wearing his performance costume and hadn't had time to change it after all that work.

"OK!"

Charles quickly responded, then followed the staff toward the changing room.

As night fell, the premiere of the new version of "Oliver Twist" musical came to a successful close, and everyone gathered at the celebratory banquet.

Before tonight's performance, everyone was a little nervous, after all, this is a remake of a classic play, and the pressure is immense.

They rehearsed non-stop for several days, and until today, they dared not slack off at all.

Fortunately, the final result was good, and the response was very positive.

Many people felt relieved and were immersed in the lively atmosphere of the banquet.

The banquet hall was brightly lit, and the clinking of champagne glasses filled the air.

The cast, director, producer, investor representatives, and several invited media personnel all gathered in small groups to chat.

Charles sat in the middle of a group of child actors, while the adults around him clinked glasses and chatted, leaving those of them who couldn't drink out of the way.

There's nothing we can do; they're all minors.

American law is also quite bizarre.

Sixteen years old is considered an adult in the legal sense, as one can drive and get married.

The problem is that the United States has very strict age controls on drinking.

They must wait until they are 21 years old to be allowed to drink alcohol.

Do you think this law is just for show?

Of course not. Even Bush's two daughters were charged for secretly drinking in public.

Therefore, Shire certainly didn't have the power to change this rule.

He could only sit in his seat, holding a juice, just like the group of child actors around him.

Yes, those are the kids' desks I'm talking about.

Ciel bit the straw in his cup and looked around.

The young actors around them, who had looked disheveled and wearing tattered costumes on stage just moments before, immediately regained the liveliness that comes with their age after changing into clean clothes.

They sat in a corner of the banquet hall, sipping their juices and chatting quietly. Occasionally, someone would secretly imitate an actor's exaggerated performance on stage, eliciting laughter from those around them.

Leonardo DiCaprio was naturally among them.

Although he was only a supporting actor today, he performed quite well throughout the entire show.

At least in Charles's opinion, he was in much better shape than when he auditioned for movies before, and his progress was very obvious.

Of course, what this guy is most proud of right now is obviously not how smoothly his performance went, but bragging to those around him about Charles's acting resume.

Look at his beaming face; the admiring glances of the young actors around him kept drifting toward Charles.

Charles could only sit quietly in his seat and drink his juice.

"Hey, why are you sitting here all alone?"

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