Shooting the movie was a lot harder than I thought it would be. The fight scenes are hard work and very odd doing it all in front of a green screen for CGI to add background after the fact. I have spent entire days in a harness attached to guide wires for all the stunts and fights.
I got into a habit with Ezzie on set. Whenever we met someone on set. Whether it was an actor, producer, director or studio people. I used Ezzie to make them all think favorably and want to work with The Goldstar Talent Agency or want Goldstar to represent them.
The filming finished up in early April. I took a few days off and I have been at Goldstar for a week now. After the first two days just trying to figure out how it all works, I finally thought to use Ezzie.
It didn't matter if I was strolling through the office, in a meeting or eating lunch. I had Ezzie look at people and tell which people were more like Tom, and which people would be receptive to running things without being an asshole.
So far Ezzie has named about 10% of the staff that will never be happy with the way I want to run things. I ask her to have them all decide to look for new jobs, and quit by the end of the month.
One day while getting some coffee I hear two employees talking about needing to get the company box seats for an upcoming game. What other perks does the company have? I stop at Pat's office after I get my coffee. She is the head of HR. If she doesn't know, she should be able to point me to someone who does.
I tell her I would like a list of all perks and benefits like the box seats. She promises to get someone to put it together for me. I have liked her since I met her. She is a very average looking, mild mannered woman in her early forties, but she has been very sweet and kind to me. I haven't looked too closely but I have noticed a Master's Degree on her office wall so she knows her stuff.
Later that day I receive an email from her. It's a long list, but I smile as I read through it. Christmas for Kids. Tom made the minimum donation for a table. I am so excited seeing they have a Christmas for Kids Gala out here. Then I think of Tilly. She reached out to me after my announcement to donate 25% of Goldstar's profits, but I was too busy filming and promised to call her back.
I pick up my phone and call her. The moment I say "Hello." I can hear the smile in her voice.
"Hi Movie Star slash Hollywood Mogul." Tilly says.
"Stop!" I laugh.
"No I will not." She says.
We talk for about 15 minutes. She asks me about filming the movie, then she asks the question I am sure she has been dying to ask. "Mary, I have had people look at the numbers the new Goldstar Talent Agency should generate. 1% of that would be amazing, are you sure?" She asks.
"Tilly, my Dad left me enough money for me and his grandchildren to live off. I never expected to be making this kind of money. I want to do something good with it." I say.
Tilly pauses for a moment. "I wish there were more people like you in the world. Mary, if there is ever anything I can do for you just ask." She says.
"Actually there is." I say as an idea dawns on me. "I want to buy three tables at the Gala out here in LA next Christmas. I was thinking two for the Talent Agency and one for the family." I say thinking it would be nice to fly them out and celebrate out here.
"Done." She says quickly. "And no, you are never buying a table again. I don't care if you want three at every gala across the country. They are yours."
"Thank you, Tilly." I say feeling slightly embarrassed as we hang up.
A couple of weeks later, I have lost almost 20% of the workforce with the agency. About 10% I had Ezzie make leave. The others for one reason or another left after I took over. I guess they didn't like my no asshole approach.
I need to buy June's agency. I have looked at some of the recordings she made. I thought she was aggressive with me, but she was absolutely brutal with some other people. She used the strapon on a guy she had tied down. He was almost screaming in pain and she just kept fucking him. She had one young star I recognize strapped to that machine, the Sybian. She left her there so long on such a high level she passed out, and June was laughing.
I feel like I should do something. These predators can't keep getting away with this. I just don't know what I can possibly do. I let out a big sigh and get up. I head into my room to try and organize a pile of stuff that has been collecting on my closet floor.
Auntie shipped me out some extra clothes and stuff from my room. I had Anna grab my goodie bag from my closet and put it in the box for me without Auntie opening in and seeing some of my sex stuff. I laugh as I imagine Auntie seeing the lingerie made of straps, or the restraints that go with it. Never mind the big supply of V&E.
Anna texted me after she had put the bag in the box. "My handling fee was 6 of each of the V&E pills." I laughed and texted her back. "Enjoy yourself."
I grab the bag from the store that has the bed restraints I got the day Nicole and then Jim found me tied to the bed. I dump it out, thinking I will put it in my goodie bag, when a couple of flyers fall out with it.
One is from a sex club in a seedier part of LA. "Come Enjoy Amateur Night! Come Get Restrained and Live Out Your Deepest Fantasy." There is a picture of a woman restrained with metal clamps on her hands and knees to a bunch of metal pipes. It looks like monkey bars from hell. There is a man in front of her and a man behind her obviously fucking her from both ends. Suddenly I see June restrained like that in my head, and I smile.
I am remembering the cheap video cameras I used to record the bullies in high school. I think I would like to see June's face when someone blackmails her. "Ezzie, I think I have a plan." I say.
I grab my iPad and look up their website. This flier is from a few months ago. I hope they still do Amateur Night. I smile as I pull it up and they do. It's tomorrow night.
I grab my keys and head out. I have a few cameras to buy. My first stop is outside June's house. "Ezzie is she home?" I ask.
"She is, Mary." Says Ezzie.
"Ezzie, I want her to go to the club at 8pm tomorrow. I want her to tell everyone there her fantasy is to be tied down and gang banged." I think of the guy yelling out in pain. "She will let anyone fuck her until she just can't physically take it anymore." I say.
"Of course, Mary. She will be there." Ezzie says.
I then head to a store to buy a three pack of cheap 4K cams. I go home and set up a totally random email to set up the cloud access for the cams.
The next night I arrive at the club at 7:45p. I need Ezzie's help from the start. The door man stops me. "No cameras or cell phones allowed inside." He says.
"Ezzie, please have him stand aside, let me in and forget he ever saw me." I say, as he steps aside I hear Ezzie.
"Of course, Mary." Says Ezzie.
"In fact Ezzie, everyone here forgets I was ever here, and won't touch the cameras." I say.
