Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1527 Henry Lee's Discovery

Harvey Weinstein accompanied the president throughout his trip to the West, constantly asking about Ronald's relationship with him. In the end, President William got fed up. Although this kind of villain was very comfortable in his flattery arrangements, a normal American president also has some deep pursuits.

He has a mutual understanding with a mainstream Hollywood director, and the other party also recognizes some of his acting talents, which is a very important psychological affirmation for him.

Many times, the president will encounter a crisis of confidence. Leading a big country is not an easy job. In the farewell letter that George Sr. left to William in the White House, he also specifically mentioned that he could call him anytime when he was under pressure.

Being recognized for one's talent, and being recognized sincerely, is a good psychological massage. So William specifically warned Weinstein not to do anything to Ronald, and emphasized that he was his friend.

Harvey Weinstein's guess was confirmed. He was very worried after sending the president away. He contacted Ronald's assistant several times and wanted to apologize in person, but was refused a meeting.

He had no other choice but to express his feelings through action. He instructed Quentin Tarantino to accept a media interview and said that his role in the film was a mockery of the audience's over-interpretation of the film.

He was playing a stupid white man who had nothing to do every day but watch videotapes. He was surprised and proud that the audience recognized his role. However, he did not expect that the character would be confused with himself. Quentin admitted that he had no such idea at all. He has always been a fan of Ronald and Tom Cruise and hopes to work with them one day.

In addition, Harvey Weinstein also took the initiative to send a fax to Tom Cruise, which contained a list of European media that reprinted rumors about Cruise, to facilitate his company's negotiations and prosecution.

Tom Cruise was very happy and personally took the fax to discuss with Ronald. The sexual messages surrounding Cruise for several weeks were finally clarified.

"It seems that there are some media in this list that we haven't seen reprinted..." Ronald was a little scared when he looked at the list that included many media outlets from Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe and Northern Europe.

"Maybe Paula has already asked her lawyer to contact them right away before the report was published..."

Tom Cruise's main value is that his box office appeal is even better internationally than in China. After all, China is very close to those scandals, including sexual orientation, Scientology, and the use of expensive equipment on the set. Most audiences have heard some of these rumors.

Tom Cruise has always had some bad rumors outside of a certain group of people, and his domestic box office appeal is mainly supported by female audiences.

But internationally, those audiences have no way to learn about the scandals about him in America. Most of the media in those countries can only carry the PR articles that America published a few years ago. In the eyes of those audiences except Britain, Tom Cruise is simply a role model of an idol star, and men, women, young and old all like him.

If Harvey succeeds in his plot this time, it will be very difficult for the audiences in those countries to correct the situation after they accidentally see Cruise's scandal. They usually see very little news about Tom Cruise, whether it is positive or negative.

Harvey's betrayal gave Tom Cruise a chance to make amends. Some media that have not yet published the article can be stopped in advance. And those that have already published the article, no matter how much negative content they have carried, can be forced to focus on reporting positive stories about Cruise through prosecution and cooperation...

"Anyway, I still have to thank you this time. Without you, Harvey wouldn't have given up so readily..." Tom Cruise understood even more clearly that he and Ronald had a relationship of mutual success. If Ronald was good, he would be good, and if Ronald was bad, he would not be good either. Of course, the reverse was not necessarily true, and he had to hold on to this big guy tightly.

"How do you know it was Harvey who gave it to you?" Ronald took a look at the fax. There was no signature or recipient on it, only lines of media and contact information.

"The fax number is his office..." Tom Cruise stroked his hair.

"Oh..." Ronald thought for a moment, and then asked, "Can I keep a copy?"

"If you want, I can give you the original. Paula has copied it."

Ronald remembered what Master Henry Lee had told him: any physical evidence related to this case, no matter how unrelated it seemed, could be the key to solving the case. He then put the fax in a plastic file bag and had someone personally deliver it to Henry Lee, who was preparing the OJ Simpson case in Los Angeles.

Tom Cruise took the opportunity to have dinner at Ronald's house. His wife Nicole Kidman and partner Paula Wagner also came. Their adopted daughter and Paula and Niceta's son were also brought along, creating an atmosphere of a family gathering.

On TV, the new episode of the Rosie O'Donnell Show was airing. It was the episode Tom Cruise specially went to record yesterday. In this episode, after interviewing Cruise's screen partner Diane Kidman, his wife in real life, Rosie O'Donnell finally met the real person, her dream lover Tom Cruise.

Cruise also performed very well on the show. He took the initiative to hug Rosie and spoke very appropriately, allowing the female audience members who looked similar to Rosie, who are also his core fan base, to appreciate the thoughtfulness and good looks of this dream lover.

Tom Cruise's acting skills have improved. When he talked about his love and marriage with Nicole, he gave the audience a feeling of a reliable good man. When he hugged Rosie and was a little obsessed with her, he responded appropriately, saying that there is still a difference between his screen image and his real life.

Rosie O'Donnell, who is so strong that she can be like Madonna's sister, actually blushed in embarrassment on the show. When she hugged Tom Cruise, it was obvious from the camera that she seemed to be really emotional.

Ronald, Diane, and Kidman were all watching this interview for the first time. They all looked at each other, and finally turned their attention to Tom Cruise...

"Oh, Rosie is very good to me, she is very sweet... I have to thank her for helping me..." Tom Cruise was still praising the host Rosie seriously. Her program made those viewers who would buy tickets for Tom Cruise draw a dream. Although our lovely Tommy married Kidman (this bitch), it does not prevent us from liking his gentlemanly gentleness. Besides, we are not without opportunities...

"Puchi..." Ronald was the first to laugh out loud. Then everyone started laughing.

Although the interview was a good thing and helped Tom Cruise's image, it was really weird to be interviewed by this fat fan girl on TV.

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After sending the fax to Henry Lee, the forensic expert did a lot of testing. He needed time to study the brand of the other party's fax machine, its age, and the printer that printed out this unsigned and unwritten document.

"Ronald, I can't get too much information from the fax machine, because like I said, if there is contact, there must be an exchange of matter, but fax relies on the signal strength of the circuit to transmit information, and there is no real exchange of matter between the two fax machines..."

Henry Lee called after two days of research...

"Okay, Dr. Lee, I think this is normal. Please continue to do relevant research for me..." Ronald was a little disappointed. The top three experts in domestic criminal investigation evidence research could not find any clues...

"I haven't finished yet. Although the fax machine has no information, the printer can provide some useful information because the printer does exchange something with the paper."

"Oh, please go on..." Ronald perked up. It turned out that there was some breakthrough. Henry Lee was indeed a Chinese, and his speaking habits were different from those of ordinary white people. He always liked to put the important things at the end.

"Although I didn't find anything worth exploring in the new fax you sent me. And your fax machine, or the sender's fax machine, is not very good. There is a line on the screen that runs vertically through the page. But this also gave me new inspiration.

I put the document I received from McCall's magazine back under strong light, and using a special lighting fixture to shine it at an angle, I saw two small details that I had previously overlooked.

There are also multiple horizontal lines in your document that are thinner than a hair and are barely visible. And I measured it with a vernier caliper and found that the distance between each line is exactly 11.2 cm. "

"What does this mean?" Ronald felt like he was reading a detective novel.

"Do you know how laser printers work? The toner cartridge contains toner, which is printed on paper under the action of static electricity. In order to prevent the accumulation of toner, a cleaning blade is installed in a specific part of the printer, which automatically removes some accumulated toner every time it rotates.

But if there is toner attached to the cleaning blade, it will leave periodic marks on the paper, many straight lines with a diameter less than 0.1 mm, and the distance between each line is exactly equal to the circumference of the toner drum..."

"11.2 centimeters?" Ronald asked excitedly, "Isn't this different from the rifling in every gun, like a fingerprint?" If we can really find this printer, can we find the person who spread the Cruise rumor?

After all, Harvey Weinstein doesn't seem like a person who could have access to Tom Cruise's deepest secrets, and there's no way to confirm that the fax sent to his office was from him.

"No, to be precise, any printer of the same model can produce such a thin line. 11.2 cm is exactly the circumference of the HP LaserJet 4 toner cartridge."

"Oh..." Ronald was a little disappointed. This printer was launched by HP in the millennium and is very popular in large companies or companies that need to print a lot of materials, such as law firms, accounting firms, and brokerage firms.

"I was as disappointed as you, so I put the document under the microscope again. I found that there was a special set of dots 2.3 cm from the upper right corner of each sheet of the document - four slightly coarse dots that were always slightly tilted to the left, as if the photosensitive layer of the imaging drum at that position had been gently scratched by something."

"What does this mean?"

"This is the fingerprint of each toner cartridge. When each toner cartridge is manufactured, a coating is added to the surface for smoothness, but the coating is not perfect and there will be defects in some places. The toner cartridge may also be scratched during installation. Considering that we are very rough when installing toner cartridges, this is almost unavoidable.

But after each new toner cartridge is installed, it will not be taken out again until it is used up and replaced. So during this period of time, when the printer is measuring the position of the paper, it will leave a special mark somewhere on the top of the paper..."

"This mark is like the mark left by the rifling of a gun barrel on a bullet. It is different for each printer?" Ronald, who has read many suspense scripts, automatically completed Dr. Henry Lee's idea in his mind. Isn't this a fingerprint-like evidence? Can it identify a person...

"That's not entirely true. It takes about three weeks for the toner cartridge to form a stable trace, and when you replace the new toner cartridge, a new trace will be regenerated. So, I will give you the pattern I drew under the microscope, and you need to find a..."

"Find a document printed with a cartridge that is more than three weeks old and has the same pattern as the one you have here, the one used by our anonymous sender?"

"Yes, and I helped you narrow down some of the reasons. This document is printed on both sides. I analyzed the scratches on the page and found that it was a high-end version of HP LaserJet 4, the 4Si version that was just launched earlier this year..."

"Thank you, Doctor..."

Ronald happily wrote a check to support the federal and PhD research at the Center for Criminal Forensics at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

However, Henry Lee was about to return to New Haven, so he would not be able to do the subsequent comparison. Ronald needed to find someone else...

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"Congratulations, congratulations, I didn't expect you to win the governorship in your first run, that campaign ad is really great."

A few days later, Ronald flew to Houston to attend George Jr.'s gubernatorial celebration party. He had won the election two days earlier, defeating the incumbent female governor.

What made him even happier was that his younger brother Jeb, whom his mother Barbara favored, lost the election in Florida, which embarrassed the old couple who went there. This incident seemed to bring him more happiness than winning the governorship.

"Ahahaha, Ronald, I was also imitating my father's election campaign strategy back then...or was it you who gave me the inspiration?"

Little George was so happy that he and his wife Laura were grinning from ear to ear.

Back then, George Sr. attacked Dukakis for releasing a black murderer from prison, who then committed crimes again and built up his own people-friendly image.

George's strategy this time was similar, attacking the incumbent governor as a lesbian, ignoring the fact that the governor was married to his high school sweetheart and had four children. Texas voters are like this, they like irresponsible rumors...

"They should change their minds. You are the most capable one among the new generation of the George family..." Ronald quickly agreed. George Jr. did not have the connections and financial support like his younger brother. His victory was entirely due to his own hard work and the goodwill he had accumulated as the general manager of the baseball team in previous years.

"I hope my mother hears this..." Little George was very proud. He finally became the governor before his good brother. Now the family's resources will be focused on him.

"Cheers to your success..." Ronald raised his glass and congratulated George Jr. and his wife. There were many guests at the ceremony of conferring titles and making wishes after this great victory. George Jr., a political outsider, had spent more time chatting with himself than many of his staff.

"Cheers, to the success of the Elephant Party..."

George Jr. was in high spirits. In this midterm election, not only did the Governor's Party win a great success, but in addition to his Texas, even New York Governor Cuomo was defeated, which was really surprising.

In addition, the party won a majority in the important elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives, winning a net eight seats in the Senate and taking a majority.

Even more shocking was the House of Representatives, where the Elephant Party won a landslide victory of 54 seats, finally regaining its dominant position in the House of Representatives after forty years since 1954.

Newt Gingrich, who used Forrest Gump to give a speech, was also elected Speaker of the House of Representatives...