Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Julia Roberts knows how to use her charm. She is lobbying the director Garry Marshall, hoping to change the script to a better ending, not to let the actor Lewis go bankrupt, so that Vivienne can be like a princess in a fairy tale , Live happily with the prince forever.

In order to achieve his goal, Julia Roberts and his agent worked together. On the one hand, he accompanied director Garry Marshall every day to discuss his views on the character and script.On the other hand, her agent began to invite Hollywood male stars, but the effect was not particularly good.

This made Diane feel very angry, because she hired Julia Roberts to replace her as the heroine.If the script is changed like this, she also wants to act.Such an ending and role will not affect my image at all, and will not embarrass my future children watching the movies my mother has acted in.

Even if you are pregnant now and cannot act for the time being, you can still act after you have recovered for a while after giving birth.

"Hmm... um..., I knew I could do this..."

Diane felt a little remorseful and hit herself on the head. She was not very used to the role of the wife of a Hollywood star director.

"If you really like this character so much, I can make other arrangements..." Ronald couldn't see that Diane was in a bad mood, so he made her happy.

"Hey, is this really okay? But if you have to wait for me, will the crew have to stop, Disney's investment?" Hearing Ronald's words, Dane felt the grievance and depression in his heart all of a sudden. Come out.She thought of Ronald in turn...

"The loss won't exceed 1000 million. It's not that I can't afford it now... It's just that this movie must have a good box office before I can explain to Disney's Katzenberg and Mr. Eisner..."

"Well, let's forget it. This movie is just a low-cost romantic movie..." Upon hearing this, Diane realized that if she had to be in the role, her husband would have to lose so much and take a lot of risks. , immediately shook her head and quit... In fact, what she was most unhappy about was that Julia Roberts was actually smarter than herself and knew how to use her influence to achieve the goals she wanted.

"Don't worry, I'm going to find people from Disney, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox right now, and take out all the scripts in stock in their warehouses. Whichever one you like, we will prepare it and wait for you..." Luo Nader touched Diane's stomach. It is still relatively flat. When she gives birth to their child next spring, and after a period of recovery, she will be able to make movies again...

"Really? Ronnie, I'm so happy..." Diane is actually a relatively pure actor, and she is not the best at these intrigues in Hollywood.This is one of the reasons why Ronald likes Diane.

If an actress really wants to get ahead, she still has to be like Julia Roberts and use every possibility to exploit and achieve what she wants.But now with Ronald's help, Diane no longer has to practice those tricks.

"I will star in the next movie and you will direct it, okay?" Diane began to dream about the scene of the husband and wife cooperating again, how happy it would be for the husband to sing and the wife to follow.

"That can't be done, Diane, if you are the leading role, I don't want to be the director..." When Ronald heard this, the hairs all over his body stood up in fright, and he quickly refused.

"Why? Aren't there many husband-and-wife teams of directors and actors in Hollywood?" Diane asked doubtfully.

"I don't want to get angry at you on the set, honey." Ronald said his thoughts to Diane.

After seeing and hearing a lot in this industry, he has great psychological barriers to directing movies in which his girlfriend or wife is the heroine.

The relationship between directors and actors is naturally conflicted, and it is inevitable that there will be various opinions on performance effects.If it is his wife, it will interfere with this relationship.Many couples of directors and actors broke up because of a movie.

Often in the end director-actor, or husband-wife relationships are compromised.

And with Dane's beauty and age, there will always be some romantic scenes in her movies.To direct Diane on the set, to kiss another actor, or to look at each other affectionately, Ronald felt uncomfortable all over when he thought of such things.I am not as magnanimous as Bogdanovich, and I can tolerate Sybill Shepard making out with the leading actor on the set...

"You're really cute, Ronnie...um..." On the one hand, Dai Ran felt regretful, but on the other hand, he felt that Ronald cherished their relationship very much, so he was still very happy in his heart.

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Having reassured Diane, Ronald called Daydream's Michelle Cannold again and told him about the progress of "Seinfeld Chronicles" and the meeting tomorrow morning with all the execs to discuss "Working Girl" "Preparation for the TV series version.

"That's really good news, we should also have our own TV series production department..." Michelle Cannold smiled the happiest.From a manager who was nearly fired a few years ago at a small video studio, he has become an executive at a studio capable of producing three mid-sized productions in parallel, and is now able to open a new TV line.

"That's really very, very good news..." Bannon, who was present at the meeting, also smiled.Those dozen or so Wall Street investors were about to start questioning his vision and ability in Hollywood.

Once Ronald is released, not only will the old drama have the opportunity to do a trial broadcast again, but there will also be a new drama that can fool those investors into investing a large amount of money.

"In terms of financing, what do you say?" Ronald looked at Bannon.He doesn't want to pay for the TV series production money himself. There is a lot of money on Wall Street that has nowhere to go.

"As long as you and the working girl's names are publicized, those people can just put it together," Bannon said with a smile. One million is not a big sum of money to those investors, but a dozen people can put it together. , which is enough for the filming of this episode.

"We will talk about this alone later..." Ronald nodded. He also wanted to talk to Bannon about recruiting Douglas Jr. to join the team. The production of the first TV series cannot be completely controlled by Bannon. constitute.

"How about the script?" Ronald looked at David Simkins, the director in charge of the script. "Dances with Wolves" failed in its first attempt to groom him as a filmmaker, but Simkins is still very capable at his old job of picking and crafting scripts.

"I plan to find an experienced TV screenwriter with three to five people as the core, and then hire a group of full-time screenwriters who are dedicated to writing the main storyline, dialogue, atmosphere rendering, and industry details to form a screenwriting room..."

TV screenwriting and film screenwriting are two completely different professions.Generally speaking, film screenwriters can do it alone.Or let the producer come up with the idea of ​​the story, and then find a screenwriter to write the script, no more than 3 people.

But TV screenwriters need an office of screenwriters to do it simultaneously.In the public television market in America, TV dramas are filmed and broadcast at the same time.

Moreover, after the broadcast, the subsequent plot must be adjusted based on the audience's feedback. Which characters are more popular with the audience, and the actors must be given more roles.Which characters are hated by the audience should be written to death.

Under this situation, the screenwriting of TV series is more like an assembly line operation. Some people write the backbone and key plots of an entire season, while others fill in the flesh and blood.

"Do you have a suitable candidate?" When Ronald was planning the pilot episode, he would first find one to three screenwriters to write it, and then find actors to play it.If we can sign a broadcast contract with NBC in the future, we will use these people as the backbone to form an entire writers room.

"Lawrence Connor", Simkins threw out a resume, this is a high-quality screenwriter that he wanted to win over Daydream several times.It's just that because Daydream didn't have a TV drama business, the screenwriter was reluctant to join Daydream and become a long-term employee.

"Ha..." Ronald saw a long list of familiar names from this Lawrence Connor's resume.

Not only did he co-write a screenplay for Helen Slater's theatrical film "The Legend of Billie King," he also wrote a bunch of scripts for bad sequels, such as "Superman IV," Michael · The sequel to Douglas' blockbuster adventure, "Jewels of the Nile," and the recent box-office flop "Star Trek V."

In the field of TV series, he also wrote a TV series called "The Legend of Remington Steele", which is the famous work of Pierce Brosnan, the leading actor in the Coke commercial directed by Ronald.

"Would he like to come and daydream?"

"Before, he was always overwhelmed by his partner. He also wanted to lead a team and make a series under his own name."

"That's very good. Of course we can give him this opportunity in our daydream..." Ronald knew the ambition of Lawrence Connor, and he definitely wanted to be a producer of TV series in the future.Anyway, it happened that Daydream also needed such a talent to take charge of the production of his first TV series.This is definitely a win-win thing.

Everyone finished discussing the production of the "Working Girl" TV series.The top executives of Daydream took their leave tacitly.Leaving Bannon in Ronald's office, knowing that the two of them still have some private matters to discuss about investing.

"NBC has a lot of complaints about Seinfeld Chronicles, mainly because the pilot they found had very low ratings from viewers. I read the original questionnaire, and most of the people in the responses found the heroine's personality unlikable. ..." Ronald started with the Seinfeld incident...

"I can replace it. Is there any suitable candidate on your side?" Bannon reluctantly fired the heroine who had a close relationship with him. He knew that in order to get Ronald's help, the price It is what he has to pay.

"No, you misunderstood me, I don't have any female leads to recommend. I'm just telling you one way to potentially reverse NBC's perception of your series... We can make another pilot episode as soon as possible and then go NBC and other TV stations pitched..."

"I feel like it's best to start with other TV stations this time. There are some senior executives at NBC who don't like me..." Bannon finally told the crux of the matter. He got into trouble because he defended some of Seinfeld's remarks at the procurement meeting. angered an executive in NBC's TV drama buying department.

"We can go to [-]th Century Fox to try it out first. Barry Diller is very familiar with me. He has told me several times. If there are any new projects, we should check it out with him first."

"Ronald, what can I say? You are my angel!" Bannon stood up and hugged Ronald hard.

"I'm leaving you here alone, and I want to discuss the financing structure of the TV series Working Girl..."

"Do you want to invest yourself? If you want to, this is great news for Wall Street. They have always admired those producers who dare to invest in their own film and television projects..." Bannon was very happy, a good thing One piece after another.

"No, Daydream will make some investments, I don't personally invest. But I have a good friend, you met, Douglas Hanson Jr. He needs to take more than 15% of the investment share in this show. , and 7% of them have the highest priority dividend right..."

"I remember when I was in New York last time, he seemed to..." Bannon knew that such conditions were a bit harsh for him as a broker, and he was a little puzzled...

"Yes, he's dating my sister..."

"That is family members? There is no problem. We must take care of the family first... But to be honest, the share and priority you want seems to be too favorable for a relative... They may not I take your favor..." Bannon said, if Douglas Jr. got such favorable conditions, it would be more difficult for him to raise money on Wall Street.

"I didn't make it clear. Little Douglas's money is not entirely his own. There are other people behind him..."

"Is it the first family? I asked you last time. Many people on Wall Street are rumoring that you have a good relationship with the first family..." Bannon's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's not the case, but this investor does have a good relationship with the first family... He is someone who can freely enter and leave the White House without notification..."

"Who is it?" Bannon's interest remained undiminished. For a broker, knowing these powerful people can greatly expand their business scope.

"It's Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia...the current Saudi ambassador to the United States..."

"Daxmn, I don't have any problem with this preferential terms. I only have one request for Ronald, you have to introduce him for me..." Bannon was overjoyed, the pocket of the Saudi oil tycoon was very deep.If I can get on the line, the consulting fees from their investment in Wall Street alone will be enough for me to eat.

"Yes, Douglas Jr. will arrange it in New York, but his investment is made through the cross-holding of several funds...so there will be no trace of him or Saudi Arabia on the documents."

"I understand, I understand, the identities of these people are sensitive... In fact, some of my clients are also like this..."

Bannon understood the cautiousness of these people, and left with a slightly harsh investment agreement with great satisfaction.

Ronald called Douglas Jr. and explained the details of the matter.

"I will do a good job with Little George, and I will give Bannon a little sweetness at that time, let him meet Prince Bandar and eat camel meat together..."

Of course, Ronald did not fully explain the truth to Bannon. Among the 15%, he also left George a share with the highest priority dividend rights.

In order to collect some money, George Jr. went to take a ride on the billionaire's acquisition of the Texas Rangers.Almost sold, his early failed investments in oil companies.

He instead used the dividends from the movie box office that Ronald's Daydream paid him to buy shares in the Rangers baseball team.

This year, his investment in the oil company continued to shrink, and he also sold off his shares.Although there was a loss of approximately $10,000+, this also exempted him from the SEC investigation.The Donkey Party always pays close attention to party politicians. A Texas politician who sold shares of the same oil company has now been reported to the SEC and an investigation has been initiated.

Without Ronald's help, little George and his mother, Barbara, would be in trouble by now.

Similarly, in order to prevent his investment in TV dramas, he was exposed by the donkey party news media with many good deeds.Douglas Jr. hired professional teams and did multiple layers of cover.

On the surface, George Jr. just purchased an investment from a Wall Street private equity fund.However, this private equity fund purchased the anonymous negative shares of a limited liability company registered in Delaware, and this company purchased shares of other film and television funds on Wall Street through several changes of hands and isolation.In fact, the money was invested in the production of Ronald Daydream's TV series.

If it weren't for the intervention of powerful departments, it would be impossible for ordinary people to penetrate through these layers of equity structure to find George Jr.'s investment route.Even if they found it, it would be difficult for them to connect the two things.