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The remaining two brothers worked in naval intelligence and entered politics after the war, quickly becoming members of parliament.

How can Josie, who was born with a gold mine, compare to this guy who has only been around for a short time?

Of course, in the long run, these two pose no threat to Josie; they're both bound to have wild ideas sooner or later anyway... Yes, many people only know that the president's brother, John Kenneth, died from a gunshot wound, but many don't know that his younger brother, Robert Kennedy, also died from a gunshot wound five years later while running for president.

That's pretty tragic.

However, if Josie remembers correctly, it seems that Kennedy's death in the Marvel Universe was also related to Hydra.

Okay, I've gone off on a tangent. What happens to Kennedy in the future has nothing to do with Josh.

Now he's thinking, now that he has Angela, the "Marilyn Monroe," can he also bring Sabrina, the "Audrey Hepburn," to his film company?

And then there's his wealthy older sister, Margot... well, let's just forget about that, it's unnecessary.

By the way, are there any other relatively famous but not yet established actresses in this era?

Elizabeth Taylor?

In Josh's original timeline, this little girl would already be a famous child star, but in this world, Josh has never heard of such a person, and probably doesn't.

But it's alright, getting the "Marilyn Monroe" and "Audrey Hepburn" cards is already a pretty good start.

Chapter 62 Los Angeles

The DC-3 slowly landed at Los Angeles Airport.

Los Angeles Airport, which will become Los Angeles International Airport, was already in operation in the 30s.

However, there are no international flights now, so the word "international" doesn't exist. Of course, the airport's scale is incomparable to that of the future one. After all, flying is still a relatively luxurious mode of travel these days, and most DC-3 passenger planes are equipped with berths, not seats.

For example, the DC-3 that Josie bought has twelve beds.

This time, Josie and her group of twelve came to Los Angeles together.

Josie, Margot, Lyndon Schneider and his little lovers Angela, Sabrina, and Francesca.

The other six were bodyguards, including Vito and Brooke.

Francesca's reason for being here is simple: as a maid, she is naturally there to serve Josie and Margot, but to be honest, it's not hard work at all.

Since Josie and Margot were never the type to cause trouble, traveling with this family was definitely a sweet deal.

If it weren't for Vito, she might not have gotten this opportunity.

As for Sabrina, she was lured here by Josie.

Despite the fact that Sabrina appeared to be a maid in the Leibler family when we met last time, there was actually no direct employment relationship between them. She was there only because her father was John Leibler's driver, so she was helping out at the Leibler's house to earn some pocket money.

Besides, this little girl is only 15 years old.

Josie simply described to her and her driver father the potential for upward mobility after achieving fame, and with John Leibler's help, she easily obtained the young girl's "indenture."

Of course, Josie didn't hide this from Margot. Instead, she told Margot directly that the girl had the makings of a star, so they planned to promote her as a star.

Margot was very understanding and didn't try to stop him... because she knew very well that if Josie really had any improper thoughts about this girl, he could have done it secretly and there was no need to tell her.

So she chose to trust Josie without reservation, and took great care of the little girl who was traveling alone for the first time. When they got off the plane, the little girl was practically hugging Margot and calling her "sister"... Well, it has to be said that this is also Margot's shrewdness. By building a good relationship with this little girl, it's hard to say whether the little girl will side with Josie or her when something happens in the future.

Compared to Sabrina, Angela seemed somewhat out of place with Margot and the others.

The two sides had very limited communication throughout the process. Although there was nothing unusual in their words, the sense of rejection and aloofness was palpable.

It wasn't that Margot thought the girl was any threat; she simply felt that the girl was too low-class and looked down on her.

This differential treatment clearly did not stem from a difference in status; otherwise, Margot would not have been so gentle with Sabrina and Francesca.

Angela clearly understood this as well, and stayed close to Lyndon Schneider the whole time, like a frightened little quail... Margot's powerful aura was too oppressive for her.

Josie and Lyndon Schneider remained silent throughout this silent war between women.

Just kidding. Both of them are shrewd. Josie would have to be crazy to care about a woman who has nothing to do with him. Angela's position in his eyes is very clear: she is his subordinate's lover, plus a money-making tool.

Lyndon Snyder would never offend his boss's wife for the sake of a mere mistress.

When they got off the plane, Vito and Brooke led the way, Josh and Margot were the first to disembark, Francesca and Sabrina followed behind, and Lyndon Schneider tactfully brought Angela to the very back.

"Welcome to Los Angeles, Mr. Kahn!" As Kahn stepped off the plane, two shrewd men in suits who were waiting not far from the runway stepped forward to greet Josh. Behind them was a row of cars.

These two individuals are the general managers of two film companies.

The two film companies were called Sylgor Films, with Peter as the general manager, and Rose Films, with Brad as the general manager.

By the 40s, the landscape of the eight major Hollywood studios had already taken shape.

But just like the future, Hollywood is filled with countless small studios in addition to the eight major studios.

These two companies are the latter.

Moreover, despite being called a film company, both were actually tools used by gangsters to cultivate relationships with local celebrities, and their nature was more similar to those companies in later generations that specialized in training amateur models.

They first tricked young women who were trying to find opportunities in Hollywood into signing a series of unequal contracts at extremely low prices.

Then they use contracts to force these girls to comply.

Don't be surprised, because even in the 21st century, many entertainment and film companies do the same thing, only they do it more discreetly, unlike in this era where it's almost openly done.

However, of the two companies, Seagal Films is in a better position than Rose Films.

This property belonged to Benjamin Siegel, a former Jewish mob boss.

Siegel himself is a show-off, and has therefore acted in several movies.

However, I didn't make much money; I mostly lost money.

But for this reason, at least Seagal Pictures has all sorts of equipment and things, making it look like a proper film company.

In contrast, Rose Pictures was nothing more than a shell company.

Of course, after Josie arrived, these two companies certainly couldn't continue doing those dirty things they used to do; there was absolutely no need for them to.

He even plans to merge the two companies into one... Keeping both companies is pointless except for wasting money and resources.

However, Josie had no intention of firing either of these managers.

Because when he looked at the information before coming to Los Angeles, he found that these two were actually quite talented.

Based on the original status of these two companies in the hands of the gangsters, it was actually unlikely that they could make money from movies.

But the truth is, these two actually managed to make several movies with extremely limited resources, and they even made a profit... Of course, the ones starring Siegel were an exception.

In particular, the manager of Rose Pictures managed to make a profitable film with very little funding by renting equipment and venues.

It's just magical.

Even if the money earned is not much, it can still be said to be a demonstration of ability.

So Josie was also prepared to give these two a chance.

Of course, we'll have to wait until Josh visits both companies in person to get more specific details.

Chapter 63 Aetheran Energy

Because of its lower latitude and coastal location, Los Angeles has a much warmer climate than Chicago.

With the gentle sea breeze blowing, the convoy soon arrived in Hollywood.

Although Pete and Brad had already arranged a hotel in advance, it was still early and not mealtime, so Josie and the others decided to visit the two companies first.

Although Hollywood was already famous at that time, it was still far behind the future. The famous Walk of Fame had not yet appeared—it was only established in 1958. This was an opportunity for Josh. As long as he proposed it, the Hollywood city government would have no reason to refuse such an idea that could obviously increase his fame.

The group went to Rose Pictures, but came out shortly afterward, because as mentioned before, it was just a shell company with nothing but an office space.

Brad, as the landlord, was also somewhat embarrassed, but this was something that his former puppet manager could not change.

However, there are a lot of agency contracts for girls... and I must say, they're all pretty high quality, and those photos... are truly artistic!

"It looks great, doesn't it?" In the car, Margot couldn't help but pinch Josie a few times as he was carefully looking through a pile of photos and documents.

"Hehe, I'm just picking and choosing, seeing if there are any promising talents worth nurturing!" Josie quickly said with a smile.

Margot rolled her eyes, indicating that she hadn't believed her. If she hadn't read the two scripts Margot had written, which were indeed quite insightful, no one would have believed that a kid who had never been involved in the film industry could come up with anything.

Indeed, the main reason Margot trusted Josie so much was because Josie had prepared several scripts in advance for Margot to read, and she found them very interesting.

Of course, while it's called a script, it's actually more like a plot outline.

After all, Josie isn't really involved in filmmaking and can't write screenplays.

But he can write novels!

In my past life, during my spare time from work, I also followed the trend and wrote some online novels. Although they weren't necessarily very good, I was still able to tell the specific plot clearly.

And although there are no computers these days, there are typewriters, so it doesn't take much time to make a story outline.

We can just hand it over to a professional screenwriter to revise it, and that should be about right.

Anyway, movies from that era were relatively rough in many ways, with thin dialogue. As long as the actors performed well and the story was appealing, the movies made could basically make money.

Soon, they arrived at Seagal Pictures.

Compared to Rose Films, Seagal Films is in a much better position. Although it is not large in scale, it is small but complete in every aspect.

However, on their way to the general manager's office, the group heard a quarrel.