Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 148 Arrest
Ronald let go of the male agent. The man was a little scared, and immediately jumped a few feet away to discuss in a low voice with the female agent who looked like his wife.

"What's going on? Why are they forcing you to be vegetarian?" Ronald asked Pfeiffer.

"Michelle, you finally got rid of your addiction to smoking, alcohol, and drugs. Eating animal products will make you fall into it again." The female manager said to Pfeiffer in a persuasive tone.

Ronald looked at both sides. He couldn't figure out whether the relationship between Michelle Pfeiffer and these two people was compulsive behavior, or if she was stricter with her in order to quit the bad habit, it was actually for her own good.

"Are you willing to go with them? If not, you can stay. I will arrange a place for you to live in. Don't worry. They are just your manager, not your guardian..."

"No, Ronald, they are not registered brokers. I don't have a broker. They force me to be vegetarian, and I have to buy the high-priced vegetables they provide. That can of vegetable juice costs 50 dollars." Michelle Pfeiffer suddenly Clutching Ronald's arm tightly, he loudly revealed the true colors of the two so-called "brokers".

"I am very grateful to them for helping me get rid of my alcohol and smoking addictions, but they have taken away all the money I made from filming TV dramas." Pfeiffer said this in a low voice, and the beauties waiting for the audition next to her were all listening to gossip .

"I think I have to ask you to leave, both of you." Ronald stepped forward and said to the two liars selling vegetable juice.

"Do I need to work for the New York police?"

"Is it Ronald? We will meet again, Michelle, that's all for today, we will come to you later, don't forget that God taught us to be vegetarian." The man said something strangely, turned his head and The women go together.

"It's not over yet, but if it's true that they help you quit your addiction, it's a bit troublesome to get the money back. I can ask my lawyer for you." This kind of thing is actually quite difficult to define clearly. Fo was wandering in Los Angeles alone, so he pretended to be her at the beginning, and it was difficult to distinguish clearly even in court.

Michelle Pfeiffer seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, grabbing Ronald's arm and not wanting to let go.

"I still have work to do, you can go there to rest for a while and have something to eat, I will come to you later." Ronald pointed to the secretary at the front desk, and the secretary came over to take Pfeiffer to rest.

Ronald resumed his professional smile, "I'm sorry to have delayed your time, Miss Brooke Shields, we can go in for the audition."

"Oh, your skill is very powerful, is it the kind in the TV series 'Kung Fu'?"

Brooke Shields looked at Ronald with a smile on her face. Ronald just subdued the man neatly, which made her feel very cool.

"Ahem," Terry reminded from the side.

Brooke Shields' smile immediately turned into a wry smile, the smile in her eyes faded quickly, and her nose began to wrinkle, as if to say, "Look, my mother doesn't even care what I say."

"This way, Brooke, please."

The two agents of CAA, Paula and Richard, who were just waiting at the front desk, saw a scene of realistic drama just now.

"Well, our Ronald is still a sentimental man," Paula said to Richard.

"He just has a sense of justice." Richard felt that Ronald was very angry with him.

……

After finishing the audition for the heroine in the morning, several people who have the power to decide the candidate are silent.

Regardless of Brooke Shields' fame, just judging from her audition results, she looks a little better than other candidates.

"After all, I was born as a model, and the camera sense is unique." Director Zeffirelli said.

"Don't you think about the Pfeiffer recommended by Ronald? Although he is a little older, he looks very young." Gubel mentioned Michelle Pfeiffer's name, "What do you think, Ronald?"

"The director is right." Ronald has become more tactful after the famous audition, "Considering the commercial value, Brooke Shields will undoubtedly bring a lot of box office."

"I'll go first. I'll have a meeting with PolyGram's colleagues in the afternoon to discuss this matter. Okay, let's have some lunch. In the afternoon, you can continue with the actor's audition."

Ronald took a corner of the Domino's pizza delivery, went to the desk behind the front desk, and handed it to Michelle Pfeiffer.She rested here for a long time.

"I'm going to take pictures for the actor's audition in the afternoon, and I'll prepare a place for you when I'm done. Don't worry. You've been a vegetarian for a long time, so you can't eat too much meat at the beginning. I brought you a piece of pizza."

"Thank you, Ronald."

Paula winked at Richard at the word of accommodation.

"My aunt has a place in Manhattan, and she lives with Donna, my cousin. You can live with them, no problem in the short term."

Richard smiled at Paula.

"Hello, Ronald. We are Paula and Richard from CAA Economic Company." The two introduced themselves to Ronald.

"Hi, I'm sorry I'm busy here, I didn't notice you just now." Ronald shook hands with the two and greeted them warmly.

"Mr. Nisita asked us to come this time. It is a tradition of CAA to value customers. We have to interview with each contracted customer many times to let them understand CAA's corporate culture and strive for maximum benefits for customers. .”

Paula began to recite the words of the CAA.

"Mr. Li, do you have any new scripts these days?" Richard asked Ronald's screenwriting works.

"The 'Intersection' I sent the outline to Mr. Nisita has been completed, and I can ask you to bring it back to Los Angeles."

"Also, my aunt watched the Korean war drama 'MASH' on CBS every week, and she asked me to write a Vietnam version of MASH."

"I'm currently thinking about writing a script that reflects the Vietnam War. You know my uncle is a veteran who died in Vietnam. There are many Vietnam veterans around me, and their relatives can be interviewed. I have accumulated a lot of interview materials. Getting ready to write."

"That's good. This is the agency contract we brought. According to industry rules, a 10% commission is charged." Paula was actually a little impatient to hear Ronald talk about his new script.

"Okay, I'll have to show it to my lawyer. If it's all right, it will be signed soon."

"No problem, we will stay in New York for another day, if you can sign today, it would be great." Paula said.

"I have to call my lawyer, there should be no problem." Ronald frowned, but agreed.

Ronald contacted Miss Lindsay Dole.Lindsay is very busy now, but he still attaches great importance to his first client, and promised to work overtime at night to show him the contract.

"Ronald, can I call you Ronald?" Richard still has a lot of interest in the script, "Hollywood has been chasing Vietnam War-themed screenplays since Honorable Mention and The Deer Hunter the year before, if you have the time If so, I would like to have an in-depth discussion with you.”

Raising his wrist and looking at his watch, Ronald said, "No problem, my lawyer won't be free until evening, why don't we all go to my apartment, I can chat together."

After speaking, Ronald wrote down his apartment address and phone number, and handed it to Paula.How about our appointment at six o'clock in the evening?Great food in the East Village, right across from my apartment.

"I know, Ukrainian restaurant. See you then." Paula, Richard said goodbye to him.

After handing Michelle Pfeiffer to the care of the receptionist, Ronald went back to the waiting area and called the actors one by one to audition.

"Where's your agent? Why didn't he come this time?" Ronald saw the handsome boy who participated in the famous audition last time, and this time he was the last one again.

His teeth have been corrected, and his whole person is more sunny, but the dentures are obviously inferior products, and the color is plastic-colored. At first glance, it looks like the kind of crowns bought in the supermarket, and the color of the surrounding teeth is not consistent.

"Yeah, he just gave me the number of a contact in New York, and told me to call this contact when I got the role, and he would come and sign the contract."

Sunshine Boy is very motivated, "I have asked my family to read the novel to me. I recorded it with a tape recorder and listened to it repeatedly. I think I have captured the characteristics of the hero."

Why is it such an irresponsible agent, Ronald feels that he is still lucky, whether it is Eddie or the few members of CAA, at least they are very professional.

"Okay, you come with me."

After the audition was over, Ronald sent Sunshine Boy out again, "You won't be informed of the result at the scene. If there is news, we will notify your agent."

"You can find me by calling this number. I'm staying with my relatives in New York. Just ask them to ask Tom to answer the phone."

"Okay," Ronald understood Tom's situation. Maybe his agent didn't like him at all, and he might be on the verge of giving up on him. "Keep working hard. With your appearance and effort, you will definitely succeed."

God is not fair sometimes. For such a motivated young man, it can be seen from the audition just now that he has prepared a lot and is very photogenic.But the crew has basically decided on the heroine of Brooke Shields, and Michelle Pfeiffer is also the candidate.It was difficult for the boy's height to match with them.

With anticipation, Tom turned and walked out the door.

It happened that Paula and Richard walked in again, "Why are you so careless? You can even forget the briefcase. The secrets in the broker's briefcase can be worth millions of dollars. Don't forget it .”

"I'm sorry, Paula, I won't." Richard was a little depressed, and asked the secretary at the front desk about the whereabouts of his briefcase.

"Hallelujah! God, what did I see?" Paula looked up and saw the silhouette of the sunny boy Tom, and quickly chased him out.

Tom was quite satisfied with his audition, and ran excitedly after leaving the studio door, all the way to the subway station.

"Wait, wait, don't run." Paula kicked on her high-heeled shoes and chased for a while. Seeing that she couldn't catch up, she turned over and entered the studio.

"Richard, go find Ronald, I want to know who that sunny boy is?"

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Ronald has asked Julia and director Zeffirelli for leave, and left with Michelle Pfeiffer first.

"I'm not a nutritionist, but I was a wrestler for a while. Being a vegetarian for a long time may cause women's amenorrhea and infertility." Ronald was talking to Pfeiffer in the co-pilot on the Honda Accord.

"Sports athletes must have balanced nutrition. Don't believe that vegetarian food can help you lose weight or make your skin better. Only by exercising enough can you maintain your figure and improve your skin, and drink plenty of water."

Michelle Pfeiffer looked at Ronald with eyes that seemed reluctant to leave his face.The boy saved himself today from the clutches of two vegetarian extremists.

"Human evolution is not suitable for vegetarian food. After millions of years of evolution in the Paleolithic Age, human beings are suitable for eating meat, grain, and fruit. All kinds of food are balanced, as long as they eat less industrialized food made of corn syrup."

The car arrived at Aunt Karen's house.Ronald told his aunt a story about Michelle Pfeiffer.The aunt was very righteous and let Pfeiffer rest assured until she could contact her family in Orange County.

Aunt Karen prepared some light food to let Pfeiffer's stomach get used to it.At the dinner table, my aunt asked her the ins and outs of everything.

It turned out that after Michelle Pfeiffer participated in the beauty pageant, she wanted to enter the entertainment circle.He fell out with his father, who was in the air-conditioning installation business, and wandered in Hollywood by himself, and got into a lot of bad habits.

The couple approached Pfeiffer in the name of helping her quit her addiction.They belong to a religious organization, the so-called Children of God Movement, which presents itself as devout religious people, advocating vegetarianism and meditation to quit bad habits.To be honest, it helped Michelle Pfeiffer a lot when she was addicted to alcohol, alcohol and drugs.

But slowly, they began to control Pfeiffer's life, forcing her to be a vegetarian every day, not to eat artificially grown grains and vegetables that use pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and to eat only the expensive green food they provide.

Because of his unsocial behavior and God-speaking words, Pfeiffer gradually became estranged from the production team of the TV series, and did not receive a contract for a new season.The agent also terminated the contract with her.At this time, the two couples pretended to be agents and took over her acting career. In fact, they were gradually draining her savings from years of hard work in filming.

After eating, Michelle felt better and cried while holding Aunt Karen.Ronald arranged for her to rest at his aunt's house, and he made an appointment with lawyer Lindsay Dole to meet at the apartment for a contract, and drove back to the apartment.

"Ring, ring, ring..." Someone rang the doorbell of the apartment, "Here it is, who is it?" Ronald didn't know whether it was the lawyer or the manager who arrived first.

No one answered, Ronald opened the door, and saw a leather-cased ID.

"Ronald Lee?" There were several New York police officers in uniform, and Ronald nodded.

"You have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and imprisoning Miss Michelle Pfeiffer's personal liberty. Here is a search warrant."

"You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to speak to a lawyer before interrogation. You also have the right to have a lawyer present during interrogation. If You can't afford a lawyer, the court can appoint one for you..."

"I'm going to call my lawyer." Ronald only said a word, and then fell silent.

"You will have a chance, wait until you arrive at the police station." A plainclothes police detective behind said.

"Oh, our new client is really hot." Paula and Richard just arrived and saw this scene.

"Tell my lawyer," Ronald mouthed to Richard, hoping he would understand what he meant.

"Pfeiffer doesn't seem to be here...we have to keep looking." The two believers of God's Child said after seeing Ronald in handcuffs being escorted into the police car in the shadows.

(End of this chapter)