November, 18.

  He y in the hospital, battered and hooked up to a mae with tubes. Though stable, his breathing eriodiot very good, about every five minutes. He had been ill for a long time, but life was slipping away with each breath.

  Billy was scheduled to make a film the day, ae his plete displeasure, he couldn’t break his itment. He had numerous es for the st days of November. He took o look before b the flight back to Los Angeles.

  -I ’t believe it! - came the cries from the stairs. Family troubles were starting to simmer in a pot called succession. Is focused on what you believe you deserve versus what you are entitled to be a problem of tradition, , and legality. Richard Carson was uo make a will. There was no will, and he had a 35-acre family estate and a hardware store at a gas station.

  -Nonsense, you’ve caused me... - the versation became tentious. The force to stay, the force of family, and the oute was that Thomas was advog for the care of Helen and his favorite child. He had left Helen for the st years; it roblem. Richard had leased the nd to Jeffrey Carson but stopped paying a year ago.

  Thomas didn’t want to leave it to Jeffrey because of his attitude towards abandoning Helen.

  The refle is that Billy’s work es first, and even people around him know this. It’s a problem that causes displeasure. His first instinct is to leave, but Richard is his grandfather.

  -You should fet about the film! Prandpa, it might be the st time you see him, and that would be terrible, - Monica said.

  -It’s family! - Billy thought. How could it be? The young Italian woman found it logical to feel some distent.

  -I’d like to, but it’s not good. I steal a few hours between itments and e here. My grandfather is a different man, - Billy said. Monica made a face, clearly displeased.

  -Do it; you’ve already decided! - she murmured.

  Billy approached her and buried his head in her chest. She was very indulgent and didn’t fight back, gently stroking his head. Without saying more, she simply held him, sharing a long, deep silence of trust. It was a simple moment of a couple needing to vent.

  -e with me, - Billy said, giving her a gentle kiss on the lips.

  Goodbyes in such circumstances must be viewed at a different pace. It’s an awkward farewell, made for diplomacy.

  ***

  L.A. is a cult film, but its unventional theme causes many tet it. It is one of the great films of the 90s that needed something more to succeed. However, Regency couldn’t afford su expense.

  The film is about three police officers from the 1950s who, due to various circumstances, end up iigating a case that turns out to be more dangerous and mysterious than initially thought.

  Three actors were quietly debating at a bar in Los Ahough some people came over to watch, they had a private space to voice all their s. The bar’s calm atmosphere artly due to the owner being a friend of the film’s ematographer, who had kindly cleared out anyone who looked like paparazzi.

  -Thank you for having me, director, producers, - Billy said during the script reading rehearsal. Acc to the shooting schedule, filming would start in January, meaning two months to duct multiple interviews with former police officers, current police, other actors, critics, and people with extensive knowledge of the inal novel, dialect coaches of the era, and numerous rehearsals.

  -The success is clear, - Billy thought. This was the first time he had done such thh rehearsals. Even in Sev7n and Jerry Maguire, despite the iy to develop a proper role, they didn’t do as many rehearsals with the cast. From discussing scripts to versations, this could only be seen as growth.

  -Well, I hope you address what we call the debacle of demands, - Curtis Hanson, a key member of the produ team and director, remarked.

  The inclusion of Kevin Spacey was just anhlight. He was an excellent actor, with scripts filled with thousands of notes on grammar, expression, ideas, and experiences—a chaotiraveling of the script along with the fidential book. It was evident he had put in a tremendous amount of work.

  -Well, I’ll tih my rehearsal, - Billy said.

  Taking a seat, he went over some calcutions but never expected there would be good readers o. From a ercial standpoint, one could say that Billy was the pretty face of the film. Was there anything else to justify Billy’s participation? Perhaps his performance was just good enough.

  Your character is rough and brutal, wanting to break some rules. The first ge is that he was ordered to get a military-style haircut. Everyone says that how the script ends doesn't matter, what's important is how it turns out in the end.

  They all discussed their notes. First, Kevin, who has ahetic side to his corrupt-to-good ge, in low news, is the turning point of his character, as the main plot.

  -I think the first thing is to uand the characters' retionships with each other. Bud and Guy be friends, but those friends have a differen questioning their ways of doing things. The only difference is that Bud approves of Edmund, and Edmund approves of Bud, even though there are key differences.- ented Billy.

  -You're right, but I highly doubt they're just disagreements.- responded Guy Pearce.

  -Correct, but the bond is plicated. However, the tacit acceptance even in dislike is made through the reasoning that their perspectives on how justice operates are different. Virtually, it's a cssisideration of justice, or rather of legal operation, official procedures.- ented Billy.

  -I think personal dislike should also be taken into at. Some gestures simply make a perso with dislike, and at other times, it's also from the spoken word and the way of interpreting things that it bees a nuisance.- ented Guy Pearce.

  -We just have to ask the experts. We have to take every iota in a o give us the right ideas.- ented Kevin Spacey.

  They would have a small meeting with some police officers, discussing their training habits, how they started, the enviro in the police station, and personal development. After all, the 1950s in the Uates was not free from its annoyances. After World War II, popution growth was signifit, partly due to internal migration, as Los Angeles was full of opportunities. It was not unon for there to be anized crime, illegal gambling, prostitution, and drug traffig. It was on to tact police from that era, which is different from those of that time.

  Corruption was key, even if it is now denied. Several implicated cases came to light.

  ***

  Stan Lee was standing with his arms crossed, receiving plete disappoi from Ronald Perelman. The matter is the following from a hat has not ceased to cause a sensation in the industry. Ronald Perelman, a billionaire known for his corporate acquisitions through his firm Madre; Forbes, bought Marvel Eai Group in 1989 for about 82.5 million, which was a ic book pany at the time, and did not exploit its derivatives in lises and other elements.

  Perelman decided to take Marvel publi 1991, selling shares to iors and thus obtaining siderable capital flow. He also began issuing rge amounts of debt in the hope that iments in new acquisitions and the expansion of product lines would trao huge profits. These issues should have been paid for with the ret purchase of Panini, but the fact is the opposite.

  But these as elevated Marvel during 1991, 1992, and 1993. At the beginning of the year, a collectibles boom awakehe desire of collectors. It's just that for something to be valuable, it must meet a principle: it must be scarce, desirable, and difficult to obtain. Ronald gave the idea that something was valuable. In 1992, he acquired Fleer and Skybox Iional to make collectible cards, and both panies merged into ooday, in 1995, the debt begins to accumute, and no one knows it. Ronald is making money.

  -He's doing it. It's no longer enough to just get into debt with the bank. He's ming the shares in bonds with Bank of America.- ean Lee on the phone.

  It was her than Raimon!

  -Oh my God!- whispered Raimon, pletely surprised.

  Billy predicted it. He predicted that Ronald would do something stupid.

  -No problem, we'll arrange everything to plete the procedures and close Ronald's paperwork.- ented Raimon.

  -He's issuing a lot of debt, that's why he wao buy the pertage. Fortunately, he was informed in time.- ean Lee.

  -The main thing is that Ronald accepted the sale of Skybox, but then made a purchase of aoy pany and expahe animation team.- ean Lee.

  -We have 4% of the pany, and we're iating with Carl Ikham, who has 15% of the shares, but we hope to make this purchase immediately.- ented Raimon.

  -Good, just don't fet the tract.- ean Lee.

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