Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 136 Upgraded

"The general election has started, and the Elephant Party primary debate has escalated - the former California governor showed his cowboy qualities. In the local debate three days before the New Hampshire primary election, Mr. Governor's masculine refutation of the moderator attracted the audience Cheers don't stop."

Ronald was listening to the CBS TV program while opening the letter.In this period, I auditioned for the heroine of "Endless Love", I was busy looking at the audition photos sent by my agent every day, and I went home at night to sort out letters and bills.

Peter Guber gave an order that several candidates must be found in March, and he and the director jointly decided on the candidates.As the first major production of Polygram Films, he should not be missed as CEO.

Gubel still remembered Ronald, and he was specially assigned to participate in the audition work on the phone. The boss gave the order, but did not give any subsidies, so that Ronald would work for nothing.In order to look familiar in front of the boss, he had to work hard as a last resort.

CBS is showing the debate scene of the elephant party primary election. It is noisy and the quality is not very good. It is a typical hand of a local TV cameraman.The screen is not aimed at Mr. Governor, it is always shaking.

"This debate will be conducted by Mr. Ronald and Mr. George, who are leading in the polls. The other four candidates will be waiting by the side. At the end of the debate, they will have the opportunity to come up and summarize their statements." The host, Green, is the editor-in-chief of the Nashua Telegraph.

"That's not right, the premise of my participation in this debate ... is that all six candidates for the Elephant Party's primary election must be on stage to participate in the debate, not me and George one-on-one ..."

"Sound engineer, is the sound engineer here? Please cut off the microphone of Mr. Governor." The host shouted.

The audience booed. Everyone knew that George was the default candidate put forward by the so-called Xiang Party establishment.They want to see something new, not the same old one.

If there are multiple candidates debating together, then there may be free issues raised, if one-on-one, plus the moderator's bias, then the debate will be limited to some pre-designed scope inside.

The old Ronald on TV was very angry, but the good demeanor he developed as an actor prevented him from getting angry on the spot and angrily scolding the host.

Old Ronald picked up the microphone, "Hey...can the sound engineer give me back the sound? Very good. I think the meaning of the debate is to listen to different points of view, and these candidates..."

"Please stop, Mr. Governor, I have to interrupt you, if you don't follow the rules, we will only cut off your microphone..."

"I'm the one who paid for this microphone!" Old Ronald was furious and said a golden sentence.The audience below applauded loudly.

"Okay, well said..."

Ronald looked at the TV screen and liked the former governor of California.He is afraid of comparison in everything. Commander Jimmy looks forward and backward, and he does not have the mentality of a superpower leader at all. It makes people feel that he is very afraid of offending other countries.

Forget about the Suvir Alliance, even Persia is very afraid, and they want to support America's face, and they are afraid that the Great Ayatollah of Persia will be unhappy when doing things. .

Mr. Governor is very stylish. Although he is 69 years old, he still looks like a hero in a Hollywood movie. The sentence just now is very popular with the American people.Whoever pays to listen to whom, the people will obey this simple truth.

The planes, tanks, and advanced weapons of the armed forces in Persia were all given by America, and most of the oil was sold to America. It was so disobedient. The people actually felt resentful. With so much aid and low-priced weapons, Is it not good to use it in domestic people's livelihood?Many Vietnam War veterans have no jobs, and I don't see how Commander Jimmy cares.

Ronald shook his head. Even if so many people applauded, Mr. Governor is 69 years old after all, and there is no precedent for such an old age to be a grand commander.Whether you can win the primary election is not certain.

Open the letters one by one, put the advertisements on one side, and the bills on the other.The mail-order business in America is booming. If you don’t open your mailbox for a few days, you will see a bunch of mail-order advertisements, each of which is a thick stack of promotional materials in a large envelope.

Ronald opened a letter signed by the director union, which was also a thick stack of paper.It turns out that Director Ronald's advertising production list has been sent to the directors' union. After the directors' union evaluated it, Ronald's union level was raised by one level.

Promoted from assistant/second group director/on-site director to commercial/short film director.

The trade union will provide some advertising-related job opportunities to share, as well as experience sharing sessions for senior directors.Open more resources to Ronald.

Of course, the more important thing is to let Ronald pay the dues.In addition to paying membership dues at the standard of commercial directors in the future, you must also pay the difference in membership dues between the two directors during the time you were a member of the union as a director of the second group.

In order not to let dear members go bankrupt, the Directors Union considerately set the payment deadline within 12 months, and can also pay in installments, really thinking about the members.

After Ronald bought a house, his savings dropped a lot. Fortunately, he had a long-term income as a photographer. According to the number in the upgrade notice, he wrote a check and mailed it to the directors' union to pay the dues.The money in the checking account is low again, and I have to find a way to make money.

"CBS Evening News is broadcast here. Today is the 87th day that our hostages were trapped in the Persian Embassy." Since Christmas last year, the host of the CBS news program will broadcast the time when the hostages were trapped every day when they bid farewell. Patriotic enthusiasm in America is running high.

During Christmas and New Years, the Stars and Stripes are the best sellers, and every household buys them and sticks them on their windows to support the hostages.Donna's school even organized them to send greeting cards to the hostages, with blessings written on them. It is not known where these greeting cards ended up, anyway, they could not be sent to the American embassy in Persia.

After processing the letters, Ronald started a new round of mailing script outlines, sending a copy to every screenwriter agent with an office address in Los Angeles.The last time I saw the scene of the coexistence of various races at the junction of the Italian Quarter and Chinatown, Ronald had some ideas for writing, and wanted to write a script on the integration of multiple races.

However, after consulting with Spike Lee and Catherine Bigelow, Ronald changed his mind. Instead of starting to write, he wrote a hook and sent it to various agents, asking them about the subject matter. interest.

"Dear Mr Nisita,
I just finished polishing the script for 'Intersection', a rom-com about an Italian woman assistant district attorney who falls in love with a Chinese man in Chinatown and finds out he's a heir to a Chinatown gangster s story.

I would like you to let me know if you would like to read this script and be my writing agent.I was also a credited screenwriter for MGM's new film 'Fame', which was praised by Mr. Woody Allen.

Thank you.

You faithful,

Ronald Lee. "

Ronald himself has also worked as a script reviewer. He knows that in Hollywood, before a script can be read by the producer, it must go through several stages. First, the agent must be interested in your script before he will sign you. , and then marketed to major studios.

Then came layers of bureaucracy, starting with Ronald, who had been a script reviewer, graduated from high school or college, read a script, wrote a five-page report, and earned $10.The scripts selected by them are sent to the script editor.

Script editors are screenwriters who are on the street. They will find faults in your writing instead of picking the advantages of the script.They have to read it to their satisfaction before the script can pass their level, and then pass it up to the development supervisor.

Development executives tend to be women who have worked at the studio for years, have kids and husbands to take care of, and often go to bed in the middle of the night before they have time to read your script.If you fall asleep while watching it, with a bang, your script will be banned.

After passing these hurdles, the script will finally reach the producer, but there are already mountains of scripts piled up on the producer's desk.Often those scripts are endorsed by famous directors, star actors, or high-level company executives, skipping the first few steps and directly placing them on the producer's desk.

For your script to compete with their scripts that have already attracted the attention of stars and directors, and are likely to get investment, waiting five years is short.

Spike Lee and Catherine Bigelow have both suffered from this kind of loss, and they strongly persuaded Ronald to get investment first, make a student film under one hour, and make himself famous as a director, and then there will be Studios value their directorial abilities.

However, Ronald felt that their ideas were not very reliable.Hollywood is very fond of famous directors. Once you have made a blockbuster movie, you will have several scripts for you to choose from for the next one.

But this kind of student film is just an award. Is there really a studio willing to try its luck?

I still start from screenwriting, anyway, I have the relationship with Roger Coleman, if the script is OK, it is not a problem to mix a low-budget movie.Before that, it is better to cast a wide net to the major screenwriting agencies.

Ronald had a story in mind, but he hadn't written it yet.First send the hook of the script to the agent, if someone is interested, write it out, if not, try another idea.

Both Spike and Catherine have told the story of Stallone. His "Rocky" was sent to the eight major production companies one by one, and countless independent producers. After his success, he won multiple Oscars in one fell swoop, and is now a popular action star.

When Rocky was not filmed back then, who would have guessed that a third-rate actor who filmed a Roger Corman exploitation film would become a first-line star of his own writing and acting?In Hollywood, anything is possible.

In the film industry, I have already climbed several steps. As long as I keep going firmly, I will succeed.Ronald sealed a few envelopes and prepared to deliver them again.

"It will definitely succeed." Ronald encouraged himself.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The ringing of the phone interrupted Ronald's daydream, and when he answered the phone, it was Julia from the casting studio.

"Auditions are set for Friday, and Guber will be there, this round with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Griffiths, Bo Derek, and Kelly Preston"

The casting of the heroine of "Endless Love" has also been upgraded, and those who come are all related people in the circle.

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