" Fifteen years earlier, the company changed from volatile chemicals to the communications industry (owning cable companies in 38 states, shipping, steel mills, oil refineries, and a factory).In the panic and rush toward he exits, Richard finds himself in the arms of another foreigner, later identified as Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim).City officials announced that the city""s festival and parade was being postponed since public safety couldn""t be guaranteed, although the Joker announced his own plan to hold the parade ("I love a good party.Without a telephoto lens, he had to move closer to capture some better angles, and he stealthily ducked behind a tree, as the woman urged the man into the middle of the meadow where they began to kiss each other." When she referred to their previous night together, he replied: "I""m sorry, that wasn""t me.That guy""s gone." As he moved toward the supercomputer, he was zapped with a jolt of a weakening beam, encapsulating him in the force-field""s transparent bubble.