The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Disney's actions are not limited to Robert Iger's words; there are also more concrete steps involved.

Robert Iger said with a smile, "Disney's Touchstone Pictures got a stage play script about multiculturalism."

He gave Hawke a rather detailed introduction: "Black playwright Tarell McLaney was moved by the booming development of the LGBTQ movement, which allows minority groups to finally stand at the center of the social stage. He combined his own experience to create a stage play called 'The Melancholy Black Boy Under the Moonlight,' but it was rejected by several Broadway theater companies and he had to take it to Hollywood to seek opportunities."

Upon hearing the name, Hawke couldn't help but immediately think of "Moonlight," and sighed inwardly: indeed, social circumstances directly influence film and television art creation; this thing has even popped up.

He asked, "Did the screenwriter create based on their own experiences?"

Iger described the story: "It's roughly a love story between a gay black boy and a black drug dealer. The black boy is also involved in drug addiction, AIDS, transvestism, hip-hop culture, and racial discrimination, among other things."

Hawke said, "This Black screenwriter is a real talent."

For a Black film to have so many layers of armor, whether intentional or unintentional, is something that most screenwriters couldn't do at this stage.

Iger also thought of this, saying, "Tarrell certainly has a lot of ideas about diversity."

Despite the fame of "Moonlight," Hawke never actually watched the film. He only saw the dark poster and gave up on the idea of ​​watching it, finding it simply uninteresting.

Just like his previous attitude towards LGBTQ, there was a kind of heartfelt rejection and disgust. But different positions will change one's thoughts. As long as it can bring benefits to oneself, these things are all the best tools.

Even though he couldn't determine whether "The Dark Boy Under the Moonlight" was the same film as "Moonlight," Hawke still felt the film had great potential at the Oscars, saying, "This kind of content will definitely be popular, and the themes of future Oscars will likely be related to diversity."

Iger also disliked those monsters and demons, but as the president of a large entertainment group, he couldn't act based on his own likes and dislikes, but rather on whether it would be profitable. He immediately said, "That's my opinion too."

He had his reasons for approaching Hawke: "How about we collaborate? This kind of subject matter is perfect for director Eric Ethan to explore."

The important part was what followed, which Hawke understood, and he smiled: "Bob, you should talk to Eric about this. He's going on vacation and probably won't be directing a film anytime soon."

Seeing Hawke's reluctance, Egger didn't press the matter and said, "I'll go talk to him."

The result was not ideal, and Eric declined Disney's invitation, citing the need for rest.

Tom Cruise then found Hawke: "There's been a little trouble at the Oscars party."

Hawke asked, "What happened?"

Tom Cruise was somewhat embarrassed: "Nicole Kidman came to me, publicly apologized, and wanted to get back together with me."

Hawke's expression was rather interesting as he asked, "Hasn't she found another boyfriend?"

“Nothing publicly known.” Tom Cruise understands how this industry works: “But she won the Oscar for Best Actress thanks to Harvey Weinstein; a lot must have happened in between…”

Given Harvey's character, how could he possibly help someone else vie for the Oscar for Best Actress for nothing? He added, "The places I haven't explored before have probably already been explored by others."

Hawke could easily guess: "Her career isn't going very well."

Tom Cruise agreed: "The Golden Compass completely shattered the Oscar-winning actress's aura."

Hawke didn't say anything more about it.

Tom Cruise said, "This woman is too shrewd. Seeing that I, her ex-husband, still have value, she immediately sidled up to me. There were so many people at the Oscars party, and so many media people. Whether I accept or refuse, she will be the center of attention tomorrow."

Hawke said, "She won."

“I really want to send her to Africa, to the most backward place.” Tom Cruise was quite annoyed because he, as her ex-husband, was being taken advantage of in various ways by his ex-wife, and nobody likes that feeling.

He said bitterly, "Send her to a black man as a concubine."

Hawke offered a random suggestion: "Find a temporary girlfriend, and use magic to defeat magic."

“That’s the only way.” Tom Cruise knew that there would be no result if the discussion continued and that his status as Nicole Kidman’s ex-husband could not be changed, so he simply changed the subject: “As for the Scientology, I’ve discussed this year’s election with the higher-ups, and they all said they would support Tom Emmer.”

Scientology has a terrible reputation, having been exposed by the media more than once for various cases of causing death, yet it continues to develop steadily, which naturally suggests that it has political backing.

Aside from Tom Cruise, Hawke had limited contact with other high-ranking Scientologists, saying, "You can directly contact Tom Emer for this."

The two chatted about this topic for a while, and then some people came to say goodbye.

Hawke didn't stay too late and left soon after.

After the guests had all left, one of Tom Cruise's friends came over and suggested, "Can I get a few men to teach Nicole Kidman a lesson, and make her..."

“No need.” Tom Cruise glanced at him and warned, “Joseph, don’t do anything rash, understand?”

The man named Joseph quickly replied, "I won't do anything reckless without your instructions."

Tom Cruise went upstairs to the second floor, and when the butler caught up, he asked, "What's wrong, Joseph?"

The butler said, "I don't know much about it."

Normally, Joseph wouldn't speak carelessly about such matters. Tom Cruise, remembering Hawke's warning, instructed, "Find a few reliable people in the church and investigate."

It can be very troublesome if someone close to you has a problem.

…………

The next morning, Hawke went to the Coast Building and first looked at the news about the Oscars.

While there have been some dissenting voices regarding the big winner, Philippe, mainstream media generally agree that it deserved the title.

The Vanity Fair Oscar special featured Eric on the cover and included an interview with him.

Another major entertainment newspaper, The Hollywood Reporter, featured Tom Cruise on its front page, reporting on his "superb eye" for producing films in recent years, in addition to his acting career.

In the past four or five years, Tom Cruise's company has invested in and he has produced films for which, in addition to "Nightcrawler" for which he won Best Actor, "Los Angeles Fire" and "Philip" also won him an Oscar for Best Director and two Oscars for Best Picture, respectively.

After partnering with Hawke, Tom Cruise's reputation improved rapidly.

The media hailed Tom Cruise as the biggest winner at the Oscars after Harvey Weinstein.

Another piece of gossip that has been widely circulated and reported by many entertainment media outlets is that Nicole Kidman wants to get back together with Tom Cruise.

Nicole Kidman tweeted her love early in the morning.

Tweet title: The love of my life!

Then, add a picture:

This attracted the attention of many movie fans.

Many people left comments below, asking if they would really get back together?
Some fans even went to Tom Cruise's Twitter account to ask for related information.

Without a doubt, Nicole Kidman easily grabbed the gossip headlines. Her popularity, which had plummeted due to the box office failure of "The Golden Compass," was easily revived by the hot topic of Tom Cruise.

The office door opened, and Edward came in from outside, accompanied by Campos.

The latter reported to Hawke, "Hurricane Corporation's Damagin branch just reported that Andrei has completed training for his new drone squadron and is ready to launch an attack at any time." Hawke asked, "Is there any unusual activity from the Indians at Valley Corporation in Berbera, Somalia?"

Hurricane Company has been monitoring the situation there with elite personnel and has also sent over relevant information. Campos explained in detail: "We bribed a small boss of a local gang that River Valley Company is cooperating with in Berbera. According to the information he provided, River Valley Company seems to have received a new mission and is looking for connections in Djibouti through local gang organizations, which seems to be related to rockets and missiles."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Hawke immediately became interested and asked, "Do you know the specifics?"

Campos shook his head: "These gangs are at best peripheral organizations of the Indians. They know only limited things. The small leader we bribed has some talent for languages. After spending a lot of time with Indians, he knows some English and Hindi. He just happened to overhear some Indian security guards discussing this matter in Hindi."

“Rockets and missiles? Djibouti?” Hawke tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said, “It seems the Indians are not giving up and want to continue making a fuss about this.”

As is well known, launch vehicles are technically directly related to ballistic missiles.

Campos added, "Djibouti City has military bases of several countries, and once the Indians enter there, Hurricane Company's room for maneuver will be limited."

Hawke knew very well that Hurricane Corporation's armed security forces were no match for a well-organized military force.

Although we don't know how far the Indians have progressed, and it's not clear for the time being, as long as they get rid of everyone, this matter will at least be delayed for a while.

Given the efficiency and organizational skills of Indians, if something goes wrong here, it might take a year to regroup and get things moving again.

Things like this are worth it even if it takes several months, let alone a year.

Seize the day!

Without hesitation, Hawke confirmed the status of Hurricane Corporation's Damagin branch: "Are all the drones in place? Is all training complete?"

Campos replied, "All 1560 drones of various types from Asia were in place before the New Year, including several large drones."

He then described Andrei's training situation: "Currently, Andrei has led his drone team through three months of simulated maritime takeoff and attack training, and they are ready to launch an attack on the Indian Valley Company base at any time according to plan."

Hawke decisively issued the order: "Inform Andrei that I have approved his attack plan. At the right time, launch an attack on the Indians' Valley Company and completely destroy their base in Berbera."

Campos replied, "Yes."

Hawke said, "Go."

Campos left quickly to contact the people in Africa.

Edward went to escort him back and asked, "Since the Indians were attacked, will they be replaced by a different group?"

Hawke waved his hand: "These technologies are sensitive anywhere in the world. We don't know exactly what the Indians want to do or how they want to get these technologies, but as long as the Valley Company, which is involved, is attacked on a large scale, even if the Indians are slow and unreliable, they will temporarily back down."

…………

In the middle of the Gulf of Aden, a 10,000-ton cargo ship flying the Japanese flag cuts through the waves, temporarily sailing along a commercial route towards Berbera.

In the captain's cabin, Andrei stood by the lookout window, raised his binoculars, and looked into the distance.

All that could be seen was the sea with its rolling waves.

He lowered his binoculars and looked toward the ship's foredeck, where González was leading a group in launching drones.

The enormous quadcopter drone took to the sky, its course unaffected by the sea breeze, and flew off into the distance.

Captain Navas said, "My cargo ship has become your drone carrier."

Andrei patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's a Japanese cargo ship." He added, "You just need to take care of the ship; leave the rest to me."

Navas, who had previously worked with Hurricane Corporation in Latin America, also complained from time to time: "I'm worried that your enemies will retaliate and sink us."

Andrei laughed heartily: "You can rest assured about that; they lack long-range attack weapons."

Navas said, "That had to be the case, or I'll drag you down with me."

Andrei dared not underestimate the enemy in this matter, and said, "We have people watching them all along. At most they have some armed off-road vehicles, but they don't even have helicopters."

There was a knock on the door, and Navas went to open it.

Drogba then came in and said to Andrei, "Boss, the wireless signal booster is set up."

Andrei gestured to Navas, "Let's go, let's go take a look."

At the top of the island superstructure, several long antennas stand upright, connecting to electronic equipment in the compartments below.

Gonzalez and others have arrived and are working on debugging the new equipment.

The group tested numerous technical parameters here, including flight range in strong winds, equipment overheating, and signal transmission.

Although the order was to launch the attack at an opportune time, the weather in the Gulf of Aden has been turbulent recently, and Andrei could not afford to delay the attack for too long. Unless the weather conditions were particularly bad, he would definitely launch the attack as soon as possible.

As night fell, the cargo ship began to turn, and apart from a few personnel on duty, all of Andrei's crew went to their sleeping quarters to rest.

Good news came from Navas: the winds did not pick up, and according to the weather forecast, the weather will not get worse in the next few days.

…………

Pereira, Valley Security Company.

Three SUVs drove through the dirty city streets, kicking up clouds of dust, and turned into the company gate.

The car stopped in front of the brick and wood building, and several Indians got out of the car one after another.

Salman, the head of the security company, stepped forward and saluted: "Colonel."

Colonel Narendra pointed to the door: "Let's go inside and talk."

Salman led the way, guiding the group into a conference room.

Narendra pulled out a chair and sat down, asking Salman directly, "How are the preparations going in Djibouti?"

Salman replied, "We've used our connections with local Black gangs to get in touch with a Black organization in Djibouti, and we're working on facilitating communication between the two sides. We expect it to be completed within a week at most."

“Too slow.” Narendra expressed his dissatisfaction: “Djibouti has troops from multiple countries stationed there. We must speed things up and complete this deal before anyone notices.”

Salman stood at attention: "I will urge them to speed up."

Narendra took this very seriously: "If anything goes wrong, these are all private company actions, and we will be classified as terrorists."

Salman, who is a believer, said, "For India."

Narendra slowly stood up and said in the same way, "For India."

Everything these Indians did was similar to Wenna's situation; their initial intention was entirely for the benefit of India. (End of Chapter)