Chapter 430 Anti-Corruption Bureau
After telling him about the security issues, Mr. Ye asked the head of the secret service, Baskov, to bring him information about John, John is about to visit Russia, he has to do some homework in advance, and only when he knows himself and the other side can he win all battles.
On the other hand, after dealing with the overseas distribution of "Forrest Gump", John called Sophia and Zack Schneider to Crown Studios, and he was ready to hand over the script to the two and let the two start making films independently.
"This is the script, you take it to study it, and after you have studied it, you can organize the crew to start filming at any time, and as for the funds, the new line will be given to you at that time. John said as he handed Sophia a thick script.
"Okay!"
Sophia took the script, opened it, and saw that the name of the movie was written on the first page of the script - "Chicago"
"Chicago" is a musical revue film based on the Broadway play of the same name, the film tells the story of two cases that happened in Chicago, satirizing the impetuous mentality represented by Chicago in the 20th century.
One of John's most vivid classic lyrics is "Killing can be an art." ”
Of course, the reason why John chose this movie, in addition to its artistry, also has box office ability, 450 million investment, 170 million box office, such results are absolutely outstanding in song and dance films.
And handing over this movie to Sophia also shows how much John values Sophia.
As for whether Sophia can control it, John is not worried, Sophia's father is the famous Coppola, and with this great god, there will be no problem with the quality of the film.
After arranging Sophia, John then called Zack Schneider into the office.
Zack Schneider's path is different from Sophia's, one is art, the other is business, so John's script for Zack Schneider is a commercial film - "Peerless Tribulation"
"Peerless Tribulation" is a science fiction disaster film, which tells the story of a huge meteorite coming in the direction of the earth and hitting the earth within 18 days, in order to prevent the meteorite from causing human destruction, the space administration sent people to land on the surface of the meteorite, drill holes to the center of the meteorite, and put a nuclear bomb to detonate the meteorite.
Anyway, the Americans have once again saved the whole world.
To be honest, John didn't like the film too much, the story was uninspiring, lackluster, but as a commercial film it was a success, and the box office of $553 million was enough for John to put aside any likes and dislikes and invest in filming.
As a studio owner, John was concerned with making a profit, not liking it.
And John handed over "Peerless Tribulation" to Zack Schneider for filming, because Zack Schneider had just made a sci-fi film with him, so he had experience in making "Peerless Tribulation", which was also a sci-fi film, so it was easier.
After finishing the script, John then went to the cutting room, where the Super Bowl was just a few days away, and John wanted to see how Lee Smith's trailer was cut.
In the cutting room, John looked intently at the picture in the player, and the trailer was not long, only 120 seconds, so John quickly watched the entire trailer.
"Well, yes, let's send this trailer to the Super Bowl!" John nodded with satisfaction after watching the trailer.
After Lee Smith followed him to edit "Forrest Gump", his skills improved a lot, and he was very satisfied with the edited film.
"Okay, boss!" Lee Smith breathed a sigh of relief when he heard John say this, John was notoriously picky, and he was stressed to cut John's film alone.
After dealing with the affairs in Los Angeles, John flew back to Morgan Manor in New York, where he dealt with corruption in the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice before leaving for Russia.
After a three-month investigation, it was found that there was indeed corruption between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice, and the amount of money involved was very huge, with the Ministry of Defense involving as much as $55.23 million and the Ministry of Justice $12.43 million, with a total of $67.66 million for the two departments.
John was furious when he learned of such a huge amount of corruption, and immediately made a decision to deal with it.
The Ministry of National Defense is involved in a huge amount of money, and the punishment is the most severe; all the first- and second-in-command leaders in the department are dismissed from public office and handed over to the judicial organs for investigation of criminal responsibility, and the former and second-in-command of the former departments who have already left office are also handed over to the judicial organs for investigation of criminal responsibility as long as they are still gasping for breath.
The rest of the crimes were minor, and some of the participants who did not reach the sentence were all dismissed from their posts and blacklisted, and all government agencies, Morgan Union, and Rockefeller League agencies would never hire these people, and in order to deter those who came after him, John had the media hype these people and spread the story of these people throughout the United States, believing that it might be difficult for these people to find decent jobs in the future.
The Ministry of Justice has less money for corruption, and John's punishment is relatively light, but more than 100 people have been handed over to the judiciary for criminal responsibility, and more than 300 have been dismissed from public office.
For those who were transferred to the judicial organs, John has also given instructions to deal with them strictly, severely, and quickly, and high-ranking officials such as the Minister of National Defense, the Deputy Minister, and the Minister of Justice will at least face life imprisonment, and it is impossible for them to leave the prison alive in this life.
And in order to avoid favoritism by the Justice Department, these corrupt officials are handed over to the state supreme courts for trials in different places.
Another department that was punished, the Federal Audit Office, as the government's financial audit department, has long been bought off by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Justice, so it is also involved in large-scale corruption, and the corrupt officials John have all been handed over to the judicial authorities for criminal responsibility, and other personnel have also resigned from public office, and none of them have been retained.
In this comprehensive review, a total of more than 500 people were held criminally responsible, and more than 1,700 people were dismissed from public office.
In order to avoid a similar incident, John consulted with the Rockefeller family and decided to re-recruit new personnel for the Federal Audit Office and set up the Federal Anti-Corruption Bureau to investigate corruption cases involving federal government and officials.
The FBI, which was in charge of this matter, will not be dealing with this matter, and the fact that the FBI is not aware of such a major corruption makes people really suspicious.
Moreover, after deliberation, the John and Rockefeller families also decided that in order to combat corruption, a joint review team would be formed every year to select personnel from various departments or third-party agencies to conduct financial reviews of various federal departments, which is also called annual review.
With these three lines of defense, coupled with the supervision of financial institutions and the media, John believes that corrupt people will definitely be much more honest, and corruption incidents will definitely drop a lot.
John had no way to keep the government free of corrupt officials, and corruption could not be banned since ancient times, and all he could do was minimize it.