The neighbors of this family are of Arab descent. The male head of the household is not very friendly toward his neighbors, but when this family was on the verge of ruin during the Purge Night, it was the Arab neighbor who saved the Americans.

The Arab saved the Americans.

Ronald has determined the basic setting for the Arab character, but the specifics will be developed further during the scriptwriting process.

In his previous life, he had worked as a producer on some small projects, so he was no stranger to scriptwriting, while Young Anderson was particularly talented in this area, though what he lacked most was experience.

At first, Ronald wrote very slowly. After finishing the outline and establishing the framework, it became much faster to add content into the template.

This film has very few characters and limited scenes, making it a relatively simple type of script to write.

However, even though he only slept six hours a day, it still took him a week to finish the first draft, which was only eighty pages long.

The first draft was a bit rough. After a simple revision by Ronald, he didn’t plan to do any more detailed polishing.

He didn’t have time to drag it out.

The latest bank loan was about to mature, and if he couldn’t repay it on time, he would face huge trouble. The bank’s Judith called every week, which was extremely annoying.

The bank might even withdraw the funds early, which would be even more troublesome.

Although the distributor of “Desperate Survival,” New Line Cinema, wasn’t pushing for the copyright share, it couldn’t be delayed for too long.

The Nasdaq stock market was still climbing.

He had to get some money as soon as possible.

As the new week arrived, Ronald signed a copyright transfer agreement with Blockbuster and received $150,000. He then called another all-staff meeting in the office.

“First, some good news.”

Ronald reassured everyone, “You may have already heard, the $150,000 transfer fee for ‘Desperate Survival’ arrived in the account this morning. Before the bank loan matures, there will be no issues with salaries.”

Upon hearing this, George Clinton immediately said, “We’ll get through this together—we can make it!”

Mary and Robert Lee didn’t say anything, but both looked much more relaxed.

At their age, salary means a lot—like paying off loans, supporting a family, and so on.

Just giving pep talks doesn’t really work for people their age.

Ronald got to the main point and asked, “George, have you contacted your friends in the media industry?”

“I have.” George’s face was full of wrinkles. “I met with more than ten friends this week, including three entertainment reporters from ‘Variety,’ the ‘Los Angeles Times,’ and ‘The Hollywood Reporter.’ As long as we can afford the page fees, most of them are willing to help us publish related news. But the page…”

“The page doesn’t matter, even the third or fourth page is fine.” Ronald just wanted media coverage for the new project.

The “Los Angeles Times” is one of the top three newspapers in the U.S., and “Variety” and “The Hollywood Reporter” are the two major entertainment publications. For small film projects, it’s hard to get coverage even if you pay for it.

After a brief pause, Ronald said to George, “Keep in touch with them, especially ‘Variety,’ the ‘Los Angeles Times,’ and ‘The Hollywood Reporter.’ I’ll be holding a press conference for the new project soon.”

“The new project…” George was about to ask, but Ronald raised his hand to interrupt, “We’ll talk about the new project in a moment.”

He looked at Robert Lee: “Have you made contact with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority?”

Robert Lee placed a file folder on Ronald’s desk and said, “My friend has been in touch with a director at the office. He’s mainly responsible for assessing the investment feasibility of the cultural and entertainment industry… Well, how should I put it, he has a very poor impression of Hollywood, almost hates it, and says Hollywood is an accomplice of the Jews in smearing the Arab world.”

“Assessing the cultural and entertainment industry?” Ronald caught the key point.

“Yes, including film,” said Robert. “But things haven’t gone smoothly for him. You know, people in the industry have always looked down on Arabs.”

Ronald nodded slightly. This wasn’t surprising. Saying Hollywood is controlled by Jews is an exaggeration, but Jewish influence in Hollywood is indeed significant.

The image of Arabs in Hollywood films is easy to imagine.

For example, James Cameron’s “True Lies” once triggered collective protests in the Arab world, and almost no Arab country imported the film.

But what about Hollywood and the American media? No one cared; they kept smearing as they pleased.

Of course, there’s also plenty of negative material about Arabs.

Ronald quickly flipped through the information on Abu Dhabi that Robert Lee had collected through various channels. Compared to Saudi Arabia, the UAE is more open. Saudi Arabia bans public film screenings, so ordinary Saudis who want to watch movies in theaters have to fly to the UAE.

This ensures that people in the UAE have some awareness of film.

But due to distance and limited information flow, people in the UAE are relatively familiar with Hollywood movies, but very unfamiliar with how Hollywood operates.

Not just the UAE—Hollywood in the 1990s was shrouded in mystery for most countries.

Ronald put down the materials and said, “Robert, can your friend arrange a meeting with that director?”

Robert Lee thought for a moment and said, “He mentioned that the guy will be attending a 20th Century Fox appreciation banquet this weekend.”

“Is it easy to get an invitation?” Ronald asked.

“Leave it to me,” said Robert.

Ronald took out three copies of the script titled “The Purge” and pushed them to the front of the desk, saying, “This is the script for the new project. Take a look.”