Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

"Ronald, I hope our investment will yield a good harvest."

"Don't worry, George. The revenue cycle of TV series may be longer than that of movies. You can see from the revenue of love is not for sale movies..."

Ronald let Douglas Jr. do everything to pave the way for Jr. George.He only needs to use the profits extracted from the oil company to buy a few shares of the Wall Street investment company's fund, and then he can enjoy the benefits of the daydream TV series project.

"But do you think I can put all my investment in the working girl movie you produced? Laura also loves to watch that movie. She said that if it was made into a TV series, he would watch it every day at home."

"Well... this is stipulated in the investment contract. Through such a relatively complicated investment agreement, we can only invest in the overall project of our TV series, not a specific TV series. Otherwise, the name of the investor must be disclosed. Besides, TV series do not Like a movie, no one is sure that it will be renewed by the TV station. Maybe it is a better strategy not to put all the eggs in one basket?"

"Ha, what you said makes sense. Let me help you screen it and see which TV series will stand out..."

"Then I can't wait to ask for it..." Ronald smiled wryly and perfunctorily, but he didn't expect Little George to take it seriously.

"I said, the military shipbuilding industry will get a big order recently. I don't have the capital to participate. Are you interested in making a quick buck?" Xiao Qiao was very satisfied with Ronald's arrangement. He thought of the recent What the brokers surrounding my father hope to accomplish these days.

"I don't know anything about that, I'd better invest in my film and television entertainment industry..."

Ronald hung up the phone and shook his head. People like the commander-in-chief really lacked understanding of the real business society. He thought he was looking for him because he really needed his hundreds of thousands of dollars?Or do we need to borrow his extraordinary ability to appreciate TV dramas?

But it's no wonder, America has always been a society where power and money are traded, and the rich have to coax these people in exchange for other protections.The big boss who acquired the Rangers, the Wall Street fund boss Roland Bates, also had to coax George into participating in various management tasks of the team, and even let him play and kick off in various events.

"Come on, the outside is ready, there are no paparazzi..." The bodyguard Dan came in to inform Ronald that he had already gone out to check, and no one came to spy on and follow the itinerary on purpose.

Ronald nodded, quickly got off the elevator, quickly walked down the steps from the exit of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a low-key manner, opened the door and got into Little Bard's car.Go to Disney.

"Ronald, my sister praised you very much and said good things about you from beginning to end. It's not easy for her to say good things about someone with a personality like hers."

Disney's location is far away from the other major studios.In an empty office here, Garry Marshall is waiting for him in the office of the movie Diane gave up on.

"It's a pity that she didn't stay and continue to be a director. Diane got along very happily with her."

"I heard about your wife's pregnancy, congratulations."

Garry Marshall looks like an old man, but he has a very friendly feeling, like the uncle next door.Coupled with the fact that Ronald is acquainted with Castle Rock's partner--Bob Reiner is his ex-brother-in-law, and Dane is on good terms with his sister Penny Marshall. Ronald and him communicate completely in the same way. The attitude of an acquaintance.

"I heard that the heroine is still making a lot of noise?" Ronald Dele is trying to solve the script problem of the movie. If an actress wants to change the script, it is not a good thing for the producer and director. .

"Ah, yes, if you have met Julia Roberts, you will know that she is in love now, and she exudes a special charm when she meets all men." Garry Marshall smiled, but he was very fond of Roberts. I'm not completely opposed to the idea.

"Oh, do you also agree to change it to a happy fairy tale ending? The prince and the princess live happily ever after?"

"Yeah. It was inspired by you in a way. The happy ending you did in When Harry Met Sully, I think the audience loved it. Audiences seem to like that now. Kind of sweet ending.

I've been in this business long enough that audience preferences come and go like tides.I feel that now their expectations for romantic movies are gradually returning to the happy ending.I no longer like the story of men and women whose reason overcomes emotion since the 80s. "

"Really?" Ronald didn't expect Garry Marshall to use his own film to testify, which greatly strengthened the credibility of his reasoning.

"It's true, look at this..." Garry Marshall is not a pure director. He took out a table listing the endings of the blockbuster romantic movies in the past five years.

The numbers do seem to be trending towards that kind of classic Hollywood romance — no matter how illogical and improbable that ending might be in real life...”

"Are you serious? Who would believe that a ruthless Wall Street banker who bankrupted his father could fall in love with a street girl from the South who didn't even graduate high school?"

"This is the main purpose of my request to meet with you today. You are a great expert, Ronald. I want to invite you to come and discuss how to make this ending at least logically possible, so that the audience will cherish beautiful dreams can come true…”

"Oh, Gary..." If Ronald hadn't known that Garry Marshall had a happy family and a loving wife, he would have wondered if Julia Roberts had seduced the steady romantic director.

"It's for the box office..." Garry Marshall knows a lot of people.Of course he knew that Rood was most concerned about box office numbers.

"Okay, okay, let me think about it..."

Ronald looked carefully at the life background of the leading actor Edward Lewis in the script.His mother was hated by his father since childhood.His own background is very similar to those experts on Wall Street who used junk bonds to acquire good companies (such as Milken, who was hunted down by prosecutor Rudy).

Taking advantage of the long-term low interest rates during the previous leadership period, these people used the corporate junk bond market to issue bonds on Wall Street, used this high-yield bond financing, and then went to acquire companies with good fundamentals.

After buying those companies, they didn't use them for operation, but took advantage of the low valuation of these local manufacturing industries, split them up, and then sold them to foreign manufacturing capital (such as Dongying people).

Under certain market conditions, the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.These people made a lot of money by dismantling old American industries.

But in [-], the last year of the previous president's term, the Federal Reserve began to raise the base interest rate multiple times. Companies including Milken that issued junk bonds encountered great difficulties.For example, Minahan's Cannon Pictures was dragged down by such rising interest rates.

Edward Lewis in the script cannot be exempted either. How many bad things he did in the early stage, and how much retribution he has suffered now.

"Okay, let's do this, let's let him stop at the right time before the stock market crash, no longer dismantle the industrial manufacturing industry in America, but keep them to operate as a whole. I think a Wall Street banker wants to escape this This is probably the only way to deal with a disaster."

Ronald scratched his head while looking at the script and said that the leading actor couldn't be an outstanding person like Milken, the political and business collusion, and the number of internal relationships are outrageous, which attracted the prosecutor's prosecution.He is not a business wizard, and it is impossible for him to take a fancy to a certain industry.Then rely on your own ability to increase the stock price of the business operation.

It happened that little George told him about the recent news that the government would increase investment in military industrial enterprises.Then let this person who plays with political and business relationships rely on inside information and then invest in the military and shipbuilding industry to build big ships for the country.

"dxmn, you are really a genius Ronald. My sister and ex-brother-in-law were right about you. Because of his father's ruthlessness towards his mother, Lewis gradually turned into a person who only cares about making money and has no feelings.

Only when Vivian brings him family warmth, can he restore the emotional world of a normal person.Only in this way can we be unwilling to split such a good shipyard because of emotional fetters, and if it continues to operate, good people will be rewarded. "

Garry Marshall instantly thought of the point where the two main lines meet.The ups and downs in the relationship between Edward Lewis and Vivian Ward happened to be the main point of the ups and downs in the actor's career.

Marshall quickly thought of many plots, such as making Vivian like the father and son of the shipyard owner, which aroused Lewis' jealousy.

It was also because of this that Edward Lewis was able to face up to his feelings for Vivian.This kind of jealousy has been missing in him for a long time.Several of his ex-girlfriends married other people because they couldn't wait for his proposal.

Sometimes the script is like this, and often only one inspiration is missing, and a great breakthrough can be achieved.

"But I'm afraid you will face great difficulties..." Ronald saw that Garry Marshall was very emotional, and he had no choice but to pour cold water on him.

"What difficulty?" Marshall is an expert, and he knew that the difficulty Ronald mentioned must not be groundless.

"The problem is casting," Ronald spread his hands, "No self-respecting male star would accept such a role.

Because the role of the male star in this play is even more outrageous than the role of Harrison Ford in Working Girl.

Harrison Ford at least plays a role in actively pushing the plot forward.But in this movie, the male protagonist Lewis is only pushed forward by the female protagonist from beginning to end.All the active scenes are on the heroine Vivian.

I'm afraid the audience will only remember the wonderful performance of the heroine, not the hero.Then which star is willing to condescend to play it? "

"That's up to Julia Roberts..."

Garry Marshall smiled and said that he had already seen Julia Roberts' "ability" during the audition process in the past few days, so he was not really worried about this matter.

"You seem very confident..."

……

A few days later, Ronald discovered that Garry Marshall's confidence was justified.He participated in several auditions for Julia Roberts and male actors.

This woman didn't know if it was because she had recently found a new boyfriend and was in love with her, but the charm she exuded was completely different from when she was filming "Steel Mulan".

Ronald strongly felt that Julia Roberts was not actually acting, but expressing the mood in love naturally.To some extent, this is also a true character.Or the emotional memory in Methodism, whatever you call it.

Many men can't stand her feeling of being in love from the inside out.

"Who's her boyfriend?" Ronald asked Garry Marshall quietly.He's also curious about the boyfriend who sparked such a huge reaction from Julia Roberts.

"Donald Sutherland's son Kiefer, he and his father presented the award to the Canadian Film and Television Association at the Oscars the year before last. He is also a person with very strong emotions."

"Oh?" Ronald remembered the actor, who was also a man with a wide jaw and over-secretion of hormones.

……

"Thank you for coming. We will notify your agent if there is any news."

Just finished auditioning with Julia Roberts, John Travolta, whom I haven't seen in years.He is also fascinated by Julia.

Since finishing the dance movie directed by Stallone, Travolta has fallen into a low ebb in her career and has not gotten any good roles.Now it's time to come to Disney to audition for such a mid-level production.

"Well... thank you. And thank you, Julia, it was a pleasure to perform with you..."

"Hehehe, thank you..." Julia Roberts' electric eyes fired at Travolta... After all, he was the idol in the hearts of thousands of girls back then. If she could cooperate with him, she would probably be able to praise herself as a hero. Big star... right?

John Travolta was shocked by Julia Roberts and walked away happy.

Ronald and Garry Marshall were left with wry smiles at each other. There was no chemical reaction between these two handsome men and beautiful women.

……

"Oh, God, it's so hot in here...Can I have a cappuccino?" Another actor who came to audition was Al Pacino, who played the godfather.

"Oh, give Julia a cup..." After Ronald motioned his assistant to bring the coffee, Pacino refused to drink it himself and handed it to Julia Roberts instead.

"Hehehe, thank you..."

Roberts was very satisfied with Al Pacino's profound drama skills. The two of them enjoyed reading the lines in the script, but the height of this dwarf...

"Thank you for coming. We will notify your agent if there is any news." Ronald was also disappointed with the height difference between the two.How much work did Coppola do to make the second-generation Godfather Michael so tall?
"Julia, I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future..." Al Pacino probably also saw that his height did not match his, but this did not prevent him from asking Julia out.

"Ahem, we still need Julia to continue auditioning..."

Ronald coughed twice and drove the dwarf away.Al Pacino lost his underwear when he was planning to film "Revolution".

After Al Pacino walked out of the audition room, Julia Roberts came over with coffee, pressed it against Ronald's ear, and said softly, "Hee hee hee, thank you..."

Ronald felt an itchy ear, scratched a little by her hair.Immediately afterwards, when her hand became hot, Julia Roberts held his hand with the other hand, and felt a note quickly passed into his palm.

After he walked away, Ronald took the opportunity to pick it up and read it. It said, "Thank you for writing the story of Vivian Ward so well. I am very grateful to you..." There is a series of numbers below, exactly. It's Julia Roberts.

Ronald flicked his hand quickly and put the note in his pocket, which would not be good if Garry Marshall saw it.

"Feel her charm?" Garry Marshall also tilted his head and said to Ronald.

"Ahem, yes..." Ronald concealed.

"Only such a person can be convincing in playing the role of Vivian, otherwise a banker like Edward Lewis would not be tempted..."

"Hmm..." Ronald felt relieved when he heard that they were discussing the plot.

But what the director said makes sense. There is a kind of actor who has a very unique charm in front of the camera. It seems that the audience wants to fall in love with them. No matter how ignorant the actors themselves are or how bad their acting skills are, the camera The preference for them makes the audience ignore all their shortcomings and just want to replace the person who plays opposite him on the screen and have sex with him.

Just like Julia Roberts, no matter how bad her acting skills are, she can't explain the logic behind the character at all.But after the film of the audition was developed and shown on the screen, Ronald saw it and thought it was so convincing.

"I'm afraid it's hard to find this actor, and we have to be on equal footing with her..."

Ronald's worries did not last long, as another actor auditioned.Like Julia Roberts, he is also an actor who can win the recognition of the audience based on his appearance alone, regardless of his lack of acting skills and his stupidity.

"I don't know, the audition was very enjoyable, but I always felt like this movie wasn't for me..."

The speaker was Richard Gere, who had worked with Diane on Coppola's film "The Cotton Club."So in a private setting after the audition, when Ronald asked him what he thought, Richard Gere was willing to tell the truth.

"Okay, I'll keep in touch with your agent."

This time it's Roard and director Marshall, hoping that Richard Gere will take over the role.For no other reason, it was because his audition with Julia Roberts was full of chemical reactions visible to the naked eye as soon as it came up.

When a romantic movie meets such an opponent, Ronald and Garry Marshall both know that this pairing is the best candidate.

"Thanks, bye……"

After finishing the private conversation, when Richard Gere and Ronald returned to the audition room, Julia Roberts was still waiting for him, and specially came up to hug and kiss Richard.

Ronald, who was talking to the director, looked back and confirmed that the chemical reaction between the two people also existed outside the camera.

"Huh?" Ronald accidentally saw Julia Roberts' hand, struggling to take it out of Richard Gere's hand, and seemed to have left a note in the opponent's palm.

"Hey...", Ronald said to Garry Marshall in the ensuing discussion, "I'm going to try to push these two love bombs to work together..."

After a day's work, Ronald got into Bud's car.After sitting down, he reached into his pocket and took out the contact information Julia Roberts gave him, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it out of the car window.