Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 171 Orders from San Francisco
"Are you going back to New York, or will you stay in Los Angeles?" Amid the roar of the Jaguar sports car, Ovitz asked Ronald what his next plan was.

"I will first go to Diorama Company in San Francisco to study editing for a period of time, and I made an agreement with the editor there last year."

"Very well, give Richard your San Francisco number. You'll get your check after we hold the script auction."

"Okay, I'll let Richard know as soon as I get to San Francisco."

Ronald likes the topic of checks very much. The total package price includes his script remuneration. Ovitz said that it will not be less than 5% of the total production investment. As for the specific amount, it depends on the bid at the script auction. Certainly.

Jane Fonda's salary is only 100 million US dollars in Hollywood. Ronald feels that he has the hope of getting a script sale price of more than 10 US dollars. After excluding 10% of the agent's remuneration, it can be regarded as since he entered the showbiz. The most money earned from a single business.

"Before the script auction, don't tell anyone about it. Confidentiality is the most important thing in the film industry. Otherwise, our project may be disturbed, and we won't be able to sell at the highest price, or even fail to make a deal."

After sending Ronald back to the gate of the Holiday Inn, Ovitz gave another instruction in the car.Seeing him make a gesture of zipping his mouth shut, he drove away satisfied.

After all, it was $10, and Ronald felt he could keep it a secret, even from Aunt Karen.

"Ronnie, did you sell your script?"

"It's very promising, it depends on Mr. Ovitz's ability, but the next thing is beyond my control."

Michelle Pfeiffer came to the hotel again to help Ronald pack his bags.

"I see that you are smiling very happily today, don't you have great hopes?"

"I can't say that. It's just that Mr. Price, the president of Columbia Pictures, talked to me a lot about script writing. He also gave me a business card, saying that if I have important questions, I can go to His secretary made appointments and he was more than willing to take the time to answer my concerns."

Ronald took a Frank Price card from his pocket and handed it to Pfeiffer.This business card is different from the business cards usually distributed by executives. There is a direct phone number of the president's office on it, which represents a certain affirmation of the recipients-you can directly talk to my secretary.

And Katzenberg also gave him a business card, which was more generic, with only Paramount's switchboard phone number.

"Oh, so Mr. Price appreciates you?" Pfeiffer played with the business card for a while and returned it to Ronald.

"I can't talk about it. It should be that he pays more attention to screenwriting. I even think that he may have been a screenwriter before, and he is very insightful when talking about it. And he is also the only one among all the studio executives I have met from the beginning to the end. Read my script at the end."

"It seems he's not very busy." Pfeiffer helped Ronald organize his clothes and put them neatly into Ronald's old-fashioned suitcase, the one without wheels.

After seeing Diane Lane's rolling suitcase, Ronald thought it was very convenient, and even went to the hotel store to check it out.

But the salesman there showed a surprised expression when he asked if it was Ronald who wanted to buy it.Suitcases with rollers are the patent of women and children. Of course, men have to carry their own suitcases, otherwise how can they show their masculine charm.

"So, is there a character suitable for me in this script? For example, the fool's sister?" Pfeiffer closed the box, hesitated, and asked this question.

Ronald took her hand, got on the stool, brought her a glass of water, sat down and said, "If you don't ask this question, I plan to talk to you."

Pfeiffer took a sip of water, moved his body forward, straightened his back, and waited for Ronald's next words.

"I will try my best to get this role for you, but I have no power in the crew. Several major studios are interested in buying this project, first of all because of Jane Fonda. She is the guarantee of the box office, so she has The greatest right to speak."

"Then there's the director. I heard that director James Bridges is interested in working with Jane Fonda again. He's definitely the main casting candidate."

"CAA's goal is to recommend as many of its clients as possible through this project, so Ovitz will take good care of his clients in casting."

Pfeiffer gulped down a sip of water, looking disappointed, "I just heard from you that I'm suitable for drama, so I think..."

"This is a normal idea," Ronald continued, "so I mentioned you to Mr. Ovitz. And I recommended you to CAA, but they are not interested, so you have the opportunity to sign Limato Mr. Ovitz promised to give priority to you under the same conditions."

Michelle Pfeiffer's eyes glowed again, and she gave Ronald a quick kiss.

"Of course, the premise of all this is that the movie can be sold." Ronald added.

"Giggle..." Pfeiffer laughed, "Ronnie, your smile betrays you."

"Really?" Ronald touched his face, "But you still have to let your agent try your best to fight for you. The moment the screenwriter sold the script, he fell from the power rankings. I don't have anything to do after that." Influence."

"I will, I will go to acting training class later, you come back to Los Angeles quickly, Ronnie." Saying goodbye to Ronald, Michelle Pfeiffer drove her own car to class.

Ronald turned around, picked up his suitcase and went out. He went to the front desk and dialed Diane Lane's room number. After chatting for a few words, he waited in the lobby for a taxi to go to the airport with the little girl.

Diane and Bert had resumed talking, but not much.This time Diane returns to New York, maybe she will really move out and rent a house by herself.

"Hi, Ronald." Diane dragged her suitcase and approached Ronald who was thinking about something on the sofa.

"You're here." Ronald helped her carry the suitcase, "The taxi won't arrive in a while."

"I have something to ask you, Ronald." Diane fell heavily on the sofa like a free fall, lying down with her legs on the armrest of the sofa. "Where is the cheapest place to rent in New York?"

Sure enough, Ronald thought, poor old Bert still couldn't escape the end of sweetheart's daughter living alone.

"Renting an apartment in New York can't just be based on the price, nor the convenience of transportation. You have to find a safer neighborhood, preferably not too far from Bert.

And if you are an actor, it would be more suitable to live in Manhattan. In that case, you can choose between midtown and downtown. The apartment in the uptown is not only expensive, but also requires the landlord committee to review the qualifications of the tenants. I am afraid that you will not be able to pass at the age of 15. "

"Single women are best to choose the kind of shared ownership apartment. There is a guard on the first floor, and the water and electricity bills of each house are also paid separately. If you think the price is too expensive, you can find a girl to share the rent."

Ronald took on the role of brother and felt as if he was giving orders to his cousin Donna.I hope there will never be a day when I have a similar conversation with Donna.

Diane Lane was engrossed in listening, sat up, and began to think about who she knew who could rent together. Suddenly, her eyes rolled, as if thinking of something, she continued to listen to Ronald's chatter with a smile on her face.

White girls develop very quickly, and as soon as the hormones start pumping into the body, they start to grow like crazy.When Ronald first met Diane in real life at the casting studio, she was a skinny little girl who now had some baby fat on her face.

The taxi came, and the two got into the car, all the way to the airport.Diane boarded an American Airlines flight back to New York.Ronald still bought a ticket from Pan Am to San Francisco. Now that Pan Am is doing a promotional plan, there are often very cheap tickets on sale. This time Ronald’s ticket to San Francisco is only a few tens of dollars. It is not as expensive as the taxi connecting both sides.

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The plane landed in San Francisco, and Ronald connected with Diorama's Walter Murch at the airport.Walter was glad he came, and asked him to come directly to the diorama company tomorrow, and he would arrange everything.

After getting in a taxi, the driver drove towards the hotel that Ronald had booked by phone.

"Oh, oh..." Ronald felt like he was riding a roller coaster. There are many steep slopes in the urban area of ​​San Francisco, and the car goes up and down. rear car.

"Is this your first time in San Francisco?" The driver saw too many tourists like this.

"Yes", Ronald began to look at the street scene of San Francisco through the window.

It is a city where the modern and the old, the orthodox and the alternative mix.

On one side is the skyscraper Transamerica Pyramid, which is the headquarters of Transamerica, the parent company of United Artists, a multinational life insurance giant.

On the other side are all kinds of bungalows in alleys, and there are many homeless people, or strange people wearing strange leather clothes and waving banners in six colors on the street.

"If you had come a month earlier, you could still see them forming a phalanx and parading on the main road." The driver saw that Ronald was interested in weirdos, and said proactively.

"Really? Who are they? What country's flag is that flag?"

"No, they're a bunch of gays and lesbians that parade in San Francisco every year at the end of June for three years. They call themselves the Pride parade."

"Um..." Ronald didn't expect San Francisco to be so open and avant-garde.

"San Francisco is a strange city. Many people who cannot be tolerated in other places live well here." The driver said as he turned on the tape recorder in the car, and a burst of singing came.

If you're going to San Francisco,

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

If you're going to San Francisco,

You'll meet some gentle people there.

"Hey, this song represents the "Summer of Love" party 14 years ago, when I came to San Francisco. A lot of hippies gathered here, and some people called them flower girls back then.

Make Love, Not War.

That's a good time, as long as you wear a flower on your head, there will be countless girls..."

While listening to the driver reviewing the glorious history, Ronald looked at these colorfully dressed street runners.Suddenly, he saw a few men walking around wearing the leg warmers he produced.

There are men wearing leg warmers on the street, isn't it hot in summer?

"What's that?" Ronald asked the driver, pointing to the leg warmers.

"Oh, it's only recently become popular, it seems to be called leg warmers. Many gays like to wear them to show off."

"Um..." Ronald didn't expect gays to like to wear clothes, so he stopped talking.

After arriving at the hotel, settled down.Ronald first notified the relevant people in Los Angeles of his hotel room number and phone number, and then called Aunt Karen.

"Auntie? This is Ronald, have we had any recent order for leg warmers from San Francisco, CA?"

"How do you know? It is true that some dealers in San Francisco asked us to buy goods. I plan to wait for you to come back and discuss this matter with you. Theresa always said that she would open a factory by herself and expand production capacity. Her husband David and I were afraid The order is a fad, so there is no promise for the time being."

"Really, I'm in San Francisco now, and I'll be doing an internship in Director Coppola's company for a while. If you want to open a factory, you can ask my high school classmate Douglas Jr. Anyway, the vacant land suitable for opening a factory in Tottville is They belong to the Hansen family."

(End of this chapter)