Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 451 Shooting Every Day

That evening, Aaron and Yang Gongru left the bar and returned to their residence. The streets were still bustling with people. "Hong Kong is indeed a famous city that never sleeps. Its nightlife is incredibly vibrant!"

Yang Gongru put her arm around Aaron's waist and asked, "Aaron, how much effort do Hollywood put into combating movie piracy?"

"Of course we played. Otherwise, with all the money we spend every year, the MPAA would have to do something."

As he spoke, Aaron looked at the other person and said, "Piracy in Hong Kong seems to be very serious. Celebrities often call for a crackdown on piracy in the newspapers."

"Yes, there are many pirated copies of videotapes, LDs, VCDs, etc."

"I heard from my colleagues that the Hong Kong Performing Arts Association is planning a march to support the fight against piracy!"

Aaron smiled. "A march to crack down on piracy is indeed a viable approach."

DVDs have been on the market for several months now. DVDs are developing very quickly in Hong Kong. Originally, they were an effective way to increase revenue for film companies.
Unfortunately, rampant piracy is tantamount to robbing film companies of their money!

After returning to the mansion, Yang Gongru went into the bathroom to take a shower, while Aaron sat on the sofa and started reading the newspaper.

The Oscar nominations have been announced, with Crescent Moon's "The English Patient," Sony Pictures' "Jerry Maguire" and "The Sex Book Tycoon," PolyGram's "Fargo," Warner Bros.' French film "Secrets and Lies," and Disney's Australian film "Shine" nominated for Best Picture!
"The English Patient" led the Oscar race with 12 nominations, and at the recently held 47th Berlin International Film Festival, actress Juliette Binoche won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Young actor Leonardo DiCaprio won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his role in Romeo and Juliet.

To Aaron's surprise, "Sex Book Tycoon" was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. It seems that the appeals from feminist and religious forces have had little effect!

Furthermore, "Sex Book Tycoon" also won the Golden Bear Award in the main competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival.

The jury at the Berlin Film Festival gave "Sex Book Tycoon" very high praise:
"Miloš Forman, the director of *Sex Books*, not only vividly portrays some of the most extreme rebellious figures of the 20th century, but also reflects the values, morals, views on marriage, and religion of contemporary Americans through his portrayal of personal lives struggling amidst social upheaval and upheaval over the past two decades."

"The story of the protagonist, Larry Flint, includes love, the cost of reputation, and the fighting spirit to uphold freedom of speech. It should be said that this film is both a comedy and a tragedy, and its greatest value is that it makes the audience rethink the meaning of freedom."

"Larry Flint's life was filled with numerous lawsuits and complex, thrilling events, but thanks to the director's skillful arrangement, the film's narrative remains clear, and the plot unfolds in an orderly manner."

"At the same time, the director also drew on Hollywood's secular narrative strategies in the film, dramatizing and refining the raw material;"

In pursuit of narrative balance and objectivity, the director abandoned the depiction of Larry Flint's love story with his wife, instead focusing the camera on the courtroom and Hustler magazine.

"This unified structure effectively compensates for the inconsistencies in the story itself. In the film, pornography tycoon Larry Flint uses publishing pornographic magazines as a tool for 'freedom of speech,' which is his harmfulness. But on the other hand, this tycoon, who claims to be a 'defender of freedom,' is also constantly exposing the dirty dealings of the American judicial system and authorities, which is the radical aspect of the film!" From certain perspectives, "The Sex Book Tycoon" also has a strong sense of social critique.

Larry Flint is frequently involved in lawsuits concerning pornography publications that violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution!

Larry Flint of Husband magazine is far inferior to Hugh Hefner, another founder of Playboy.

Both were sex industry tycoons residing in California, but in Aaron's eyes, they were nothing.

After Yang Gongru finished showering, she came to Aaron wearing a sexy silk nightgown. Aaron immediately put down his newspaper, pulled the woman into his lap, and sat her down!
“No wonder you made a name for yourself in the Miss Asia pageant,” Aaron said, reaching out to stroke the woman’s face and body.

"Do you like it?" Yang Gongru wrapped her arms around the man's neck and kissed him. "Can we go out and play for a few days during the spring break?"

Aaron stroked the woman's softness, a smile playing on his lips. "Of course, where would you like to go?"

"Mmm," Yang Gongru closed her eyes, letting the man soothe her, "Let's go to Japan, I want to soak in the hot springs there;"

"This year, I have several more TV series to film!"

“Okay, let’s go to Japan,” Aaron nodded, then carried Yang Gongru into the bedroom.

Besides, if Aaron goes to Japan, he can also see Norika Fujiwara. Norika Fujiwara, with her 34E figure, is still very attractive to him!

"Mmm," Aaron ripped off Yang Gongru's pajamas and then pressed himself against her, kissing her passionately.

Yang Gongru hugged the man tightly, responding to Aaron's domineering kiss...

While Aaron took Yang Gongru to Japan to enjoy hot springs, a vicious gunfight broke out in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, 9 a.m. Two robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Dekbal Matasalinu, robbed a Bank of America branch in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California!
Bank of America, North Hollywood branch, had 10 employees and 32 customers. Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Dekbal Matasalino stole $303305. During the robbery, one customer was struck in the head with the butt of an AKM by the robbers. A passerby witnessed the robbery and called a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car.
After the gunfight broke out, approximately 370 Los Angeles Police Department officers were called to the scene!
The shootout resulted in 14 people being injured (12 police officers and 2 civilians) and 2 robbers being killed. In reality, one robber shot himself, while the other was shot 27 times in the lower leg and foot, but the police did not take him to the hospital. He died 70 minutes later from excessive bleeding.

Although two bank robbers were killed in the shootout, the total number of casualties still makes this incident one of the bloodiest violent crimes of the 2s, and one of the worst bank robberies of the 20th century.

While soaking in a hot spring in Japan, Aaron learned about the bank robbery and shooting and was speechless at the rampant gun violence in the United States, thinking it was really unsafe...

(End of this chapter)