Hollywood starts with a broker

During the summer, besides the various blockbuster movies being released, there was also no shortage of scandalous news hitting the newspapers;

And in Britain, the public's favorite pastime was naturally Royal Family scandals!

The *Daily Mirror*, a tabloid on par with *The Sun*, published a juicy scandal that sent shockwaves through the Royal Family:

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Prince Andrew, the Queen's youngest son, and his wife, Sarah Ferguson, were vacationing with an American bald-headed businessman, being very intimate. She was topless, and the businessman was kissing her toes.

Riverside villa in Hammersmith, London.

On the sofa in the living room, Catherine Zeta-Jones looked at the photos in the *Daily Mirror* with an expression of disbelief.

"It seems they only separated this year. The Queen is probably going to throw a fit again!"

Aaron shook his head, "I can't understand why you guys don't overthrow the Royal Family?"

"Keeping them around specifically to create scandals. It's obvious Prince Andrew has been wearing a green hat for a long time. And look at his father and his brother, each one is more messed up than the last;"

"The Royal Family's relationships are so chaotic, and you can still tolerate it."

Didn't Prince Charles also have a scandalous audio recording exposed before? And Princess Diana too;

The chaos of the British Royal Family's private lives is no less than that of the entertainment industry.

Catherine Zeta-Jones was stunned, then sat directly on Aaron's lap, smiling, "You're actually thinking of overthrowing the British Royal Family?"

"That's our Queen!"

"Hmm," Aaron kissed the woman in his arms directly on the lips, "Yes, overthrow them. Britain doesn't need a Queen or a King."

"That's not for sure, the public is still very supportive of the Royal Family!"

Catherine Zeta-Jones hugged the man's neck and rubbed against him affectionately, "Besides, everyone enjoys reading all sorts of Royal scandals after dinner."

"True, that makes sense," Americans are also very interested in scandals involving government officials!

"Okay, Aaron, I'm going to prepare something to eat."

Catherine Zeta-Jones kissed Aaron on the cheek, then got up and went to the kitchen.

Aaron picked up a copy of the *Financial Times* and started reading articles about the British economy and the European Monetary Exchange Rate Mechanism;

When Britain initially joined the European Union's predecessor—the European Economic Community—it also joined the European Monetary Exchange Rate Mechanism.

The European Monetary Exchange Rate Mechanism meant that the currencies of Western European countries would no longer fluctuate against gold or the US dollar as they had before;

Instead, they would be pegged to each other, with each currency only allowed to fluctuate within a specified range. Once the exchange rate exceeded the limit, each country's central bank would be responsible for stabilizing its currency's exchange rate by buying or selling its own currency.

Currently, Germany's economy was developing rapidly, while the UK's economy was sluggish. The exchange rate between the pound and the mark had to be maintained above 1:2.778;

However, Britain's national strength was declining, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to support the pound's fixed exchange rate against the mark. Maintaining the pound's high interest rate was too strenuous.

Britain hoped to devalue the pound to increase exports, which would alleviate economic pressure. This required Germany to lower the mark's interest rate to cooperate, in order to comply with the European Monetary Exchange Rate Mechanism;

But Germany's economic development was booming, especially with the reconstruction of East Germany, which was overheating the economy. Its economic strength was also constantly growing, and it would not risk increasing its own inflation to lower the mark's interest rate!

"The pound's exchange rate is indeed high right now, exchanging at 2.82 against the German mark and close to 1.9 against the US dollar."

Aaron leaned back on the sofa, knowing about the 1992 pound crisis, the devaluation of the pound;

He just didn't know exactly when it would happen?

However, Aaron planned to have someone keep an eye on the pound. When the exchange rate of the pound against the dollar rose to 2, he could initiate a wave of short selling the pound;

The famous Quantum Fund was the main force and leader in this attack on the pound!

As Catherine Zeta-Jones went to participate in the promotional activities for *Christopher Columbus: The Discovery*,

Aaron also had to prepare to return to the United States, as *The Mask of Zorro* was about to start filming.

Buckingham, on the set of *Four Weddings and a Funeral*, they were filming a wedding scene;

Aaron looked at Hugh Grant. It seemed that the movie he was most remembered for would be the romantic comedy *Notting Hill*, which he would collaborate on with Julia Roberts in the future!

In Sophie Marceau's room that night, Aaron rolled off the woman's body, "Darling, I'm going back to the United States first. After you finish filming *Four Weddings and a Funeral*, come over directly."

Sophie Marceau smiled, leaned into Aaron's arms, and kissed him, "That might not work. I received a good French script in Paris before!"

"A French film?"

Aaron reached out and stroked her chestnut-colored hair, "It wouldn't be another one of those erotic films directed by your ex-boyfriend, would it?"

"You're developing in Hollywood now, so you need to pay attention to this. You can't let people treat you like a porn star;"

"In Hollywood, if you become a typecast actor, it will be difficult to transform. Look at Sharon Stone, who became a huge hit this year because of *Basic Instinct*, she is now defined as a sex symbol!"

*Basic Instinct* did very well at the box office, making Sharon Stone a star. This year, she's filming Paramount's erotic film *Sliver*, and her salary has risen to $2.5 million.

You should know that after Nicole Kidman's big hit with *Ghost*, her salary was only $2 million, which was the price for a romantic love movie;

Without a single error, the first release is all content and one look!

If it were a drama or art film, Nicole Kidman's salary would be even lower, but this year she also has the hit *Sleepless in Seattle*, and her salary will also increase afterward.

"Don't worry, it's just a French romance film, not the kind with a large scale from before. The script was adapted by a new director;"

"I think it's pretty good, so I agreed to play the lead role!"

Sophie Marceau propped up her head. She had been in the United States for more than half a year and was familiar with some of the situations in Hollywood;

Compared to violence, Hollywood's attitude toward pornography is more conservative.

Aaron patted the woman, "That's good…"

On the plane from London to New York, because Aaron's flight was at night, it was a red-eye flight.

In first class, Aaron was casually flipping through a magazine with news about the marriage of superstar Whitney Houston and unknown black singer Bobby Brown;

Aaron didn't care about Whitney Houston, but he thought of the action film *The Bodyguard*, which she collaborated on with Kevin Costner, which was set to be released this Thanksgiving.

Currently, Kevin Costner's salary for starring in *The Mask of Zorro* is $12 million;

Fortunately, *The Bodyguard* hasn't been released yet, otherwise his salary would have to be $15 million.

"Aaron, what a coincidence!"

Aaron looked up and found a tall, sexy beauty standing in front of him.

"Lizzy!"

It was Elizabeth Hurley.