Dan Wasserman

Hong Kong Hollywood Dan Wasserman

Hong Kong Hollywood is the inaugural novel by Dan Wasserman. It chronicles the dramatically intertwined lives of Paul Chen and Jon Davidson. Chen?s story harks back to his first year in college where as a stellar student he is unfairly charged as part of a cheating ring and expelled. Since his immigrant parents had mortgaged their lives to the local tong his only real option becomes a life of crime. But, with his extraordinary talents he establishes business opportunities in the entertainment industry that over time eclipse his other illegitimate interests. Davidson, an entrepreneur, is aggressively building the first truly effective anti-piracy tool designed to protect movies, television, music, and video as the industry transitions from analog to digital. Considering this pre-dates the World Wide Web, file sharing and even DVDs, his company secures venture financing from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley. The story is fast-paced with action occurring in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the Bay Area, Hong Kong, Miami Beach, Toronto, Montreal, Cannes, and the Cinque Terre (Italy). It engages the reader with a tale that has far-reaching consequences pitting an angry, yet extremely successful man, against an unassuming hero. When faced with the risk of technology causing the loss of billions of dollars invested by the Hong Kong crime bosses, Chen fights back using every resource at his disposal including his teenage son. The outcome has far-reaching consequences, which can still be seen to this day.