novelraw Chapter 629: Divided
Chapter 629: Divided
[Chapter 629: Divided]
Seeing Linton come down from the second floor alone in less than half an hour, Harvey's heart sank. 'It's over, the talk must have failed.'
However, he didn't dare show the slightest expression of dissatisfaction and could only quickly accompany Linton back to the car for the return trip.
It wasn't until the car drove out of the manor that Harvey cautiously asked, "Boss, how did the talk go just now?"
"It failed. Their demands were too ridiculous."
"Boss, do we still need to continue the Oscar PR?"
"Of course. Everything will proceed according to the original plan."
"Boss, I'm worried they will launch a counter-attack. If that happens, our PR efforts will be in vain, wasting your time, energy, and funds."
"Don't worry, they won't dare."
"Alright." Although Harvey had many questions, since the boss didn't say anything, he didn't dare ask more.
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Meanwhile, in the round table meeting room on the second floor of the Kabbalah Council.
Half an hour after Linton left, everyone finally recovered from their shivering fear. More than half of them went to the restroom to compose themselves.
Once everyone regained their composure and sat back in the meeting room, they had to accept the failure of recruiting Linton. The question now was what attitude to take toward Linton next.
Should they act as if today's events never happened and continue to maintain a peaceful situation with Linton?
Or should they restart the war, especially with the upcoming Oscar awards season, and fully sabotage Linton and his company's works?
According to the original plan, if the recruitment failed, they would naturally go all out to sabotage him. At the very least, they couldn't let Linton gain anything during this awards season.
However, the Aura Linton emitted at the end had left too great a shadow on everyone. Their hearts still trembled at the memory. Combined with his highly threatening words, many began to feel like backing down.
Of course, some people refused to believe in such things and hated Linton even more. They felt Linton had offended the noble jewish people and must be severely punished to let him know the consequences of offending the jewish people.
If possible, it would be best to drive him out of Hollywood. Of course, that goal was a bit distant. At the very least, they had to humiliate him severely regarding the Oscar awards he cared about most, ensuring he and his company came away empty-handed, not even getting a nomination.
CAA President Martin's attitude was the most intense. "Everyone, you all saw Linton's arrogance just now. He simply doesn't respect our Kabbalah Council at all. This is an insult to us noble jewish people. I absolutely cannot tolerate it. I suggest we unify our opinions and list him as our greatest enemy. We must suppress him at all costs until he surrenders to us or gets out of Hollywood."
Frank Baker, the rotating chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, also spoke up in support. "I agree with Martin's view. For any enemy who dares to challenge our Kabbalah Council, we must make them pay a heavy price. The Oscar awards season is about to begin. I suggest using all our resources to sabotage Linton and all his company's entries. Let the entire entertainment industry know that Hollywood belongs to us jewish people."
However, after the two of them finished speaking, they did not receive a positive response from the others.
Only Jason Morima, chairman of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild, gave a dry response, "I agree."
Everyone else remained silent with shifting gazes, clearly having reservations.
Seeing this, Martin grew anxious and went straight to Sumner Redstone. "Sumner, you initiated this recruitment action for Linton. Now that it has failed, you should have a stance on how to deal with him next, right?"
To his surprise, Sumner Redstone took a slow sip of coffee and said tremulously, "Forgive me, everyone. I'm old and in poor health. I can't handle shocks and turmoil. I won't participate in the matter of dealing with Linton."
Redstone's words filled him with shock and anger. Was he retreating at the last moment? Bah, for someone who was the big boss of the second-largest media group in the United States, worth billions of dollars, and usually acted like a leader of the Kabbalah Council, he actually wanted to be a deserter at the critical moment.
Just as he was about to express his dissatisfaction, Rupert Murdoch, the owner of News Corporation, also spoke up. "I'm sorry, I'm also old, and my heart isn't doing too well. I just received a bit of a shock. I expect I'll need to go to the hospital to rest for a while, so I won't be able to participate in dealing with Linton."
Immediately after, Michael Eisner, the chairman of Disney, spoke as well. "Everyone, as you know, I had a brush with death due to a heart attack last year and have barely recovered. Regarding the matter of Linton, I am truly powerless. Please forgive me."
Although those present were all top figures who dominated Hollywood, they were actually divided into different levels in terms of personal wealth and actual resources controlled.
No matter how they were ranked, Sumner Redstone and Rupert Murdoch were at the highest Rank. Michael Eisner was undisputed in third place. Everyone else had a huge class difference compared to the three of them.
Given the status of those three, they naturally knew how terrifying Linton was and how severe the consequences of offending him would be.
Previously, they saw an opportunity and thought there was hope to successfully recruit Linton and turn him into one of their own. Everyone was naturally more enthusiastic than the next for such a good thing.
But now that the recruitment had failed, it was naturally impossible for them to continue taking huge risks to offend Linton.
The Douglas Family, the five major gangs of Los Angeles, the three pharmaceutical giants, and the high-ranking officials in Washington who had opposed Linton before... they had all lost their lives or even had their families destroyed because they opposed Linton.
Others might not know the truth behind this and thought the reports about Linton being the mastermind were just rumors.
But the channels and information they controlled were extraordinary, so they naturally had their own judgment.
Even if the mastermind behind these murder cases wasn't Linton, he definitely had something to do with them.
Such a terrifying person who killed without blinking and frequently wiped out entire families...
How could they personally take the field and put themselves in danger?
Especially Redstone and Murdoch, who were already super-rich with over ten billion dollars and each controlled a massive media Empire; they were absolute winners in life.
While Michael Eisner's wealth was not as great as theirs, it still exceeded two billion dollars. Moreover, he held the Disney Group firmly in his hands and was currently planning to change the regime of the Disney Group to completely turn it into his own Family business.
As the saying goes, a man of wealth does not sit under the eaves of a crumbling house. As winners in life like them, they naturally stayed far away when facing this level of risk.
However, they didn't warn the others. Although everyone was jewish and members of the Kabbalah's Council of Elders, everyone had their own selfish interests. How could they truly share joys and sorrows, life and death?
In their view, it was fine to let others sabotage Linton during the Oscar awards season. If they succeeded, that would be good, as it would mean Linton wasn't to be feared, and they could naturally increase their stakes to deal with him together later.
Even if they didn't succeed, it didn't matter. It would just happen to test Linton's true strength, thereby determining whether Linton was truly a murderous Devil.
As for how many people would be killed in the process, what did it have to do with them? Anyway, it wasn't their people dying.
Because of the hidden motives of Redstone, Murdoch, and Michael, they did not tell the others about the risks Linton posed.
With Redstone, Murdoch, Michael, and WMA President Hristo Jiz explicitly stating they would not participate, in the end, under the persistence of Martin and Frank, the others still passed the resolution to fully sabotage Linton and all his company's works from participating in the Oscar awards and decided to take immediate action.
Of course, the reason these people agreed to sabotage Linton, besides the high-sounding maintenance of the jewish people's absolute control over Hollywood, was that they each had their own interest calculations.
CAA and ICM agencies naturally went without saying. If Linton and his Beautiful Angels were blocked from the Oscars, the chances of their own artists winning would naturally increase greatly.
Warner Bros., Sony Columbia, and MGM's thoughts were the same. If all the works of Universal Pictures and Linton Film Company were rejected from the Oscars, they would naturally be the beneficiaries, and the winning probability of their own Oscar-contending films would increase significantly.
As for the Los Angeles Times and Variety, they misjudged the situation because the Wall Street Journal had extensively reported negative news about Linton early last year, and nothing happened afterward, leading them to believe Linton wouldn't dare do anything to the media.
Since there was no danger, it could increase popularity, and there was the righteousness of protecting the jewish people, they were naturally happy to participate.
Jason Morima, chairman of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild, harbored a grudge because after his employees were found to have framed Step Up 2 in '93, Linton had demanded high compensation, causing the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild to lose both respect and money and significantly damaging its prestige. Now that he had a chance for revenge, he naturally wanted to participate.
Only Frank, the rotating chairman of the Academy, was wholeheartedly dedicated to maintaining the jewish people's rule over Hollywood.
But what they didn't know was that it was precisely because of their arrogance that they would bring death to themselves and many people influenced by them.
From the moment they decided to sabotage Linton, they were already dancing on the edge of death.
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