America 1982-Chapter 351 - 31: They Have the Right to Know the Truth_3

The key point that caused a sensation was that a group of white people had killed a black man.

Afterwards, New York erupted in black protests, and countless civil rights activists popped up like mushrooms after the rain, traveling long distances to demonstrate at the scene, hoping to increase their influence and get the white murderers sentenced to the death penalty.

The white people were not to be outdone, with many also flocking to New York to support the killers, holding signs with slogans like "Niggers go home," "White supremacy," and "Bring slavery back to America." They confronted the protesting black people.

Clashes between the two sides had erupted several times.

Even New York’s white and black gangs had exchanged gunfire after the incident, leaving several dead. The police investigations suggested that it was unrelated to this case, trying to downplay the racial conflict and prevent the incident from fermenting further around racial discrimination.

Tommy was aware of this news happening in New York not because he cared about black people, but because his old man Colin had mentioned it in a phone call.

During the call, his old man had mentioned that his favorite excellent employee, Wilson, had gone to New York to join the protests, and that’s how Tommy found out about it.

Mr. Wilson had a relative who owned a convenience store locally. That relative had been calling friends and family from all over, inviting them to New York to show support, advocating that the white people were innocent and that killing the black man was just self-defense.

As a model of Rhode Island’s lower-class whites, Mr. Wilson naturally wouldn’t refuse such a matter, thinking, "What kind of world is this? Since when is it illegal to kill a nigger? Back in the day, my ancestors nearly made Rhode Island’s niggers go extinct, like endangered animals, and never spent a day in jail."

Although the old man and other coworkers had no plans to go to New York, they all agreed with Wilson’s view, and so decided to voluntarily pay for Wilson’s travel expenses to show their support for the white people in New York.

The incident hadn’t reached a conclusion yet, but currently, some of the white murderers had altered their ages to be released as minors, some were diagnosed with mental illnesses, and even because witnesses refused to cooperate, the prosecution was rejected by the court.

The black victim’s family was still struggling to appeal.

Now, whether it’s the Federal Government or the New York government, they’re all frantic to downplay the impact of this incident, but this black director in front of me wants to turn it into a movie, no wonder those movie companies are beating a retreat.

The government wouldn’t bother a black director, but wouldn’t they bother those movie companies?

"Mr. Hawk, I’ve looked into your past, and you’ve always advocated for female employment, equal rights in technology, and even now, you’re still focusing on the black community, wanting to provide them with the programs they love. You even helped Miss Vanessa Williams—you’re a true friend, I mean it," Spike Lee said after Tommy had finished flipping through the script and was silent for a long time, thinking he might have reservations like those movie companies, so he spoke reassuringly:

"If you refuse me, it’s okay, I can understand your predicament because we all know that many people wish this tragedy and the deceased would be completely forgotten."

He and Tommy had met once before when BT Television had wanted him to help direct the pilot episode of "NiggerBoss," and they had even sat down together to discuss the script and character roles. However, because he was more interested in making movies, he declined the opportunity.

Although they didn’t end up working together, Tommy had left a deep impression on him as an amiable young white man, and from Vanessa, Spike Lee knew that Tommy had given her another chance.

"Why would I refuse you, Spike? I was just still savoring the story," Tommy came back to his senses and said to the director in front of him:

"You know, I’ve told people before about my original intention for getting into television, which was to let the American public see the truth, not to let the truth be buried under countless lies."

After saying that, he handed the script back to Spike Lee with both hands.

Spike Lee, somewhat excited, said, "Sir, with the earnings from my previous movie plus some investments from small investors, I currently have only three million one hundred thousand, which is still short of the six million total budget for the movie by..."

"What’s called a budget?" Tommy took out a cigar from the rosewood cigar box on the table and handed it to Spike. "I don’t understand movies, nor am I looking for a return. I only have two small requests."

"Of course, sir," Spike took the cigar with excitement and stared at Tommy in disbelief.

"First, my TV station wants its broadcasting rights, and second, make it realistic enough to show what black people in America went through on that day," Tommy said with a serious look on his face:

"We can’t let the American public live in lies forever. They have the right to know the truth."