Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 169

"Of course." Michelle Pfeiffer put her hand on Ronald, the two smiled at each other, and walked into the party crowd.

"Michel," followed Limato, the agent, "you can't do this."

"Ronald, I appreciate you too, but you have to understand that what Miss Pfeiffer needs now is exposure."

Ronald stopped, "Ed, remember? I persuaded Michelle to sign with you. If you don't want her to have an intersection with me, maybe I can let her chat with CAA Michael Ovitz chat."

"What? How did you know Ovitz?" Limato stopped trying to persuade Pfeffer, but followed the two closely to protect his precious assets from being pried away.

Ronald found Diane Lane, said that he was going to retreat first, and asked Diane if he would go with them.

"Michelle, you're here too. It's nice to see you here." Diane was very happy to see that Pfeiffer was there, "Mr. Robert Redford is leaving too. There is no interesting conversation here. Come on, too. I left my luggage with the waiter."

Ronald found Ovitz and expressed his intention to send Michelle Pfeiffer and Diane Lane back to the hotel first.

Ovitz glanced at Limato, who was following Pfeiffer, and whispered to Ronald: "Before signing the contract, don't tell anyone about the script, especially those who have relationships with other agents. Don't know what's going to happen."

Ronald nodded in agreement. He also remembered what happened to Kinneman just now, and was also a little worried that Kinneman would say bad things in front of Disney President Ron Miller.

"I asked Richard to drive you. It's hard to get a taxi here. I'll pick you up at the hotel tomorrow. Through my relationship, I made an appointment with the president of Disney, Mr. Miller. We have to hurry up."

"Thank you, Mr. Ovitz."

"You're welcome, this will be CAA's first successful package promotion project, let's work together."

At this time, Diane Lane dragged the suitcase over, followed by the hostess Jane Fonda.

"I heard Diane say you're leaving first? Have you found the right girl?" Jane Fonda glanced at Michelle Pfeiffer who was standing with Ronald.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Miss Michelle Pfeiffer, she..."

"She's my client, and she's about to appear on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. I arranged for her to play a supporting role in the movie Charlie Chan." Ed Limato took the conversation and introduced it to Jane Fonda.

"Ed", Jane Fonda and Limato are old acquaintances.Before signing with CAA, she was also a client of WMA.

"Ed is a very good agent, he always thinks about the interests of his clients.", Jane Fonda said a good word for Limato, "Girl, you are lucky."

Ronald and Jane Fonda hugged goodbye, took the two girls to find their agent Richard Lovett, and prepared to leave.

"Oh, oh... Ronald, you really surprised me." Matt Dillon abducted a beautiful woman from nowhere, and couldn't help exclaiming when he saw the two beauties beside Ronald.

"Matt, I'll get back to you when I get back to New York."

"Okay buddy. If you don't come to me, I will come to you. I want to see the endless love filming."

After bidding farewell to everyone, the three of Ronald waited for Richard to pick up the big car driven by Nisita and Paula at the door, first sent them back to the hotel, and then drove back here to exchange for his own car.

Limato pulled Michelle Pfeiffer and spoke in a low voice, "I will inquire about Ronald's relationship. Are his parents some big shots?"

"As far as I know, he is an orphan, with only one aunt in his family, who runs a small shop in Manhattan, New York."

"It's impossible. This is Hollywood. How would Jane Fonda treat a fledgling screenwriter so seriously? Maybe it's a friend of his parents... You should also ask carefully. Having such a network will do you a lot of good."

Richard drove Nisita's BMW, Ronald helped carry Diane's luggage, and let the two women sit in the back row.He opened the co-pilot's door by himself, got in the car and left the luxurious Hollywood party.

"Tim, do you think our movie Ordinary People will be a hit?" asks a chubby Elizabeth McGovern, hugging Timothy Hutton, who plays his boyfriend in the movie.

"Of course, dear. Just now Jane also said that the test screening was very well received by the film critics." McGovern in his arms was a fat girl. Hutton looked at the BMW speeding away and was a little envious. Whose son is that screenwriter?His two slender babes were more to his liking.

"Bye, good night." With a smirk on her face, Diane Lane pulled up the suitcase and went to her room.

After helping Diane check in, Ronald and Michelle returned to their room.The reunion after a long absence is naturally another dessert on page 73 of the script.

After a long time, Pfeiffer hugged Ronald's shoulders, and told about his signing of the Lux commercial under Limato's attack, and the opportunity to act in the latest Charlie Chan movie.Ronald was very happy, feeling that Pfeiffer had finally made it through.

"Are you going to stay in Hollywood forever?"

"Not yet, I'm going to San Francisco to study editing next. If this script is accepted by the studio, I will have the opportunity to support myself as a screenwriter. Then suspend my studies at New York University, and I will come to Hollywood Looking for a chance."

Ronald said his plan.What is more disturbing is that Aunt Karen is very opposed to his suspension of studies, and she has to persuade her.

"I'm lonely in Los Angeles. There's nothing to do in the apartment with the girl I live with. I just take acting classes, talk to each other, and wait for Limato's call." Pfeiffer began to complain, "By the way, why are you Don't call me too much, sometimes I can't find you when I call New York."

"It's time to find a way to solve the communication problem." Ronald hurriedly comforted Michelle Pfeiffer and massaged her shoulders fawningly.

"AT&T's answering machine now costs $1000. I'll install one when I go back. In the future, screenwriters will be busy and will need one. In addition, I will buy a machine that can beep. You can call me Paging, that one is only $400."

After Ronald massaged for a long time, his hands began to become dishonest, and gradually moved towards the front of Pfeiffer's shoulders. He could feel the breathing of the girl in his arms getting thicker again.

Looking to the side, I saw that Pfeiffer's face had begun to turn slightly red, and there was also some blush on her fair neck.Pfeiffer has some slight freckles, but they look even more lovely against the white skin.

Ronald stared at Pfeiffer's face for a long time, feeling that the baby fat on her face had faded a little bit, her slightly thin face matched her slender figure better, her blond hair fell on her shoulders, and her closed eyes , The eyelashes are trembling slightly.

Maybe he felt Ronald's hands on his waist, and the heat was transmitted to his body through the palms and the material of the clothes. Pfeiffer remembered that Limato had repeatedly hinted that he wanted to get rid of the boy and met the real powerful people in Hollywood. He couldn't help feeling to a little embarrassing.

Ronald discovered this embarrassing expression on Michelle Pfeiffer's face again. Usually people don't look good when they are embarrassed.But even if Pfeiffer is a little embarrassed, his face is very beautiful, and it will be a very delicate expression when presented on the big screen.

"What's wrong?" Pfeiffer's long-awaited kiss did not come, "opened his eyes and kissed the boy proactively, and asked, "What are you thinking?Ronald. "

"I'm thinking, maybe you should act in a drama. Your face is a little thinner. From the professional perspective of a photographer, your face is more suitable for a drama with strong drama conflicts. It can convey the emotional level and richness of the heroine Feeling very good.”

"Maybe Limato shouldn't let you take on this vase role in Charlie Chan." Ronald concluded.

"I also want to act in a drama, but you know the audition candidates for roles in a drama, and you can shoot from here to the entrance of the studio." Pfeiffer chuckled.

"Am I really thin? I exercise a lot."

"Yes, you will not go back to vegetarianism."

"No, I just eat very little."

The two chatted for a long time and fell asleep together.

……

"Very well, you still got up early." Ovitz said to Ronald, the co-pilot, in the Jaguar sports car, "Hollywood luxury and money are only for the successful."

"And we're on our way to success?" Ronald continued.The benefits of gradually recovering from wrestling and physical training are reflected. After the party last night, there is no problem in getting up early in the morning.

Ovitz came to pick up Ronald, and the two first went to Disney's headquarters in Burbank to talk to president Ron W. Miller about the script.

Disney is not with several other major studios, but in Burbank, just north of Hollywood.When the founder Walt Disney was in power, because the business was animation, and Walt himself was anti-Semitic, he had little contact with Hollywood, which has a huge Jewish influence.

Simply build a factory that accommodates hundreds of painters in Burbank, far away from Hollywood.

After waiting for a long time in the reception area of ​​the president's office, Ovitz even looked at his watch impatiently a few times.

A thin man in a suit and leather shoes appeared in front of them.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ron Miller is temporarily busy and cannot come to see you."

"Thomas, it's the same with you. I'm glad to see you." Ovitz smiled professionally and hugged the man.

Thomas L. Wilhite (Thomas L. Wilhite) is the vice president of Disney's live-action film production department. This time, he will discuss cooperation on behalf of the company.

"I have read the script that was sent in advance," Wilcht said unhurriedly after the greetings, "I personally like this script very much, but under the leadership of Ron Miller, Disney's main energy , is entering the youth live-action film market, and has no plans to start shooting this kind of adult drama in the near future.”

"So this time, Disney won't make an offer for 'My Brother's Protector.' Even if you talk Jane Fonda."

Ovitz knew that Wilcht's meeting with them meant that there was little hope for this cooperation, so he put aside the script and chatted with him about the status quo of the industry and Disney's plans for live-action movies. "

When the 15-minute meeting time comes, take your leave on time.

The two drove out of the gate, and Ronald looked back to see the wrought-iron signboard directly above the gate of the Disney Burbank headquarters, and two small round Mickey Mouse logos on top of an abstract large circle.

"So it's because I offended Kinneman?" Seeing that he had left Disney's territory, Ronald finally couldn't help asking Ovitz the reason for being rejected.

"It's hard to say, it could be. But it's probably also true that Disney is focusing on live-action teen movies."

"This momentum started at least before Ron Miller took over as president. I should have thought of it." Ovitz patted the horn on the steering wheel and said to Ronald.

"In 1976, when Ron Miller was producing, he did 'Freaky Friday,' with Jodie Foster playing a 15-year-old girl who swaps bodies with her mother, and I had just Establishing CAA, their box office for that movie was close to 4000 million.

Ron Miller won power from his wife's cousin, Roy Disney Jr., with a string of live-action hits. "

"Jodie Foster, is she also your client? I love her performance."

"She was at ICM, but it doesn't matter anymore. She decided to quit the industry and go to Yale University next month. Hollywood is cruel. After four years, no one knows this talented girl."

……

In the afternoon, Ovitz and Ronald went on to Paramount Pictures.

As the former boss of the eight major studios, Paramount is located on Melrose Avenue in the heart of Hollywood, which is the heart of Hollywood.

This time they made an appointment to meet with Jeffrey Katzenberg (Jeffrey Katzenberg), who successfully resurrected the sci-fi classic in the minds of Americans last year, shooting "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" )".

Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, returned to the Enterprise and achieved good results at the box office of 8000 million.Especially the opening weekend, which broke the box office record for the opening weekend of the 1978 "Superman" movie.

But Starship fans criticized, thinking that the movie destroyed the classic image of Captain Kirk.

However, now that the classic series of Star Trek has been revived, Paramount is already preparing for a sequel, and Katzenberg has therefore been promoted to the production president of Paramount, only under the president Michael Eisner.

"We will bid. Jane is hot right now. Paramount is willing to participate in the bidding for any project she participates in." Katzenberg also read the script in advance and learned that Jane Fonda was willing to star, I am very happy to have the opportunity to take over this project.

"Young man, your script is very structured. Is this your first script?"

Katzenberg wears glasses and looks like a typical executive. The tailor's handmade suit fits well and looks good standing or sitting.The hair is slightly thinner, and the hairline is very far back, and it also has the demeanor of an executive.After talking about the business, there was still some time, so I asked Ronald a few words.

"No, it's the second one. The first one I wrote about a multicultural New York romance."

"This is very interesting. The themes of your two scripts are different. Michael, ask your subordinates to send me that script as well."

He was a little interested in Ronald, so he chatted a little more with him.

"So, what kind of person do you want to be in this industry?"

"I want to be a director and make a movie that people will remember decades later."

(End of this chapter)