You tell Charelle to leave it in your hands, and you pull aside one of the Getty Center employees. “We have to fly in a VIP. Where can we land a helicopter?”
The employee scrunches her nose. “There’s a helipad at the north end of the compound, but in anything but an emergency, there’s paperwork…”
“I don’t think we’re going to have an emergency in the next ten minutes,” you say. “And it would really help us get this gala rolling. It’s to make the world a better place.”
She hesitates.
“All the money that is raised at tonight’s event goes to establishing clean water infrastructure in the developing world,” you say. “Wells that will continue to operate for years to come, preventing diseases and allowing children to grow up with more time for schoolwork. It’ll also allow women to spend less of their day carrying water, leaving them more time to operate home-based businesses and care for their families…”
“Okay, okay!” She holds up a hand. “So what you need from me is—”
“Clear us to land on the helipad,” you say. “As immediately as possible.”
Next, a Machine
Now that’s done, you need to find a provider that can deliver on short notice. Fortunately, Los Angeles is a relatively easy place to find copters; it’s not like the time you had to source rapid transport for a remote island off the Scottish coast. Here, the best strategy will be…
