Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 324 Sahara

"Hi, Brooke!"

"Hey Ronald, does NYU really have no walls?"

Brooke Shields found Ronald in front of the cafe opposite the teaching building of New York University.She wore a pair of big sunglasses, her long blond hair was tied up, and she was dressed very simply, so she hadn't been recognized yet.

It was approaching noon, and there weren't too many people here, so Ronald chose to meet Brooke and his mother here.They have also lived in Manhattan for a long time, and they know the address when they talk about it.

"Yes, I'm not kidding you. You want to find a school with walls covered in ivy. Go to Columbia University."

"Well, I didn't expect New York University to be like this. It's far from what I imagined. This time I visited Brown University, and Kennedy Jr. was my tour guide. There is an old charm there. I saw JFK Jr. I was too nervous to speak, he was my childhood idol."

"How does it compare to Princeton? Which is better?" Ronald asked.

"Princeton is better. The admissions office of Brown University wanted me to go there and said that SAT scores don't matter. It made me feel like they needed me more, and Princeton treats everyone equally. I think it is the real academic hall."

Brooke Shields is about to graduate from high school and is about to start choosing a university.She participated in the early admission registration of many universities in the early stage, but after listening to Ronald's words about pursuing dreams in Los Angeles last time, she added a few Ivy League universities to the registration schools. campus of a university.

"Then New York University must have disappointed you. This is a relatively new university, unlike those with hundreds of years of tradition. New York University is known for having no walls..." Ronald also said that New York University was dismissed because of lack of money. I talked about the forced sale of the campus.

"Right, Brooke, as I said, you should still go to Brown University, where your idol JFK is still there. Princeton's admissions office only said comprehensive consideration, and didn't give you a promise."

Brooke's mother, Terry, is still relatively sober in the morning, and will be drunk after noon.

"Well, I'm not going to visit NYU. Thank you, Ronald. I listened to your advice before applying for Princeton. Whether I can be admitted or not, I won't regret it."

"You can't say this on Johnny Carson's show, or the boys at New York University will kill me and destroy their dreams of being in the same school as you."

"Hahaha..." Brooke Xiaosi smiled happily, which attracted the attention of many customers. Several people looked over, seemed to recognize her, and were wondering if they should come over and ask for an autograph.

"Let's go and change places."

Brooke Shields called Ronald yesterday, hoping that he could show her around New York University, and she was about to start her school-choice application.

Ronald thought that he still owed the favor of being a guest star and a talk show to promote "fast pace", and said that he would be a tour guide for Brooke and answer all related questions.

"Let's take your mother back to the hotel first."

Terry took the whiskey out of his bag and drank it again, feeling drunk again.

"Dick, help my mother." Brooke Shields asked the driver to help Terry into the car, and she sat next to her.As the car started, she chatted with Ronald, who was sitting in the co-pilot.

"It would be great to be admitted to Princeton. I'm so nervous."

"They will take it all into consideration, don't worry."

"Well, going to Princeton is my dream. After you said it last time, I seem to have a goal. I must try it."

"Did you stop acting in Hollywood after college, like Jodie Foster?" Ronald asked.

Jodie Foster, who was involved in the assassination of the Grand Commander, went straight to Yale to go to school, and had little contact with the media.All the reporters who approached her to interview Hinckley, the suspect in the assassination case, turned around and left.

This has become an anecdote in Hollywood. The actress has completely cut off her connection with the public. Apart from making some European movies during the summer vacation, she really does not accept scripts.

"My biggest dream in life now is to go to Princeton. Let's talk about the future. My mother is talking about a big production. Maybe after the filming is over, I will temporarily take a break from filming and suspend my modeling career."

"Why?" Ronald was a little surprised to hear that Brooke wanted to emulate Jodie Foster, too.

Judy was probably implicated by Hinckley. The rich oil businessman hired several barristers to defend his son, and he actually used the reason of insanity to get away with the charge of assassinating the Grand Commander.However, after he was acquitted in court, he was immediately sent to the Elizabeth Mental Hospital, where he seemed to spend the rest of his life.

After all, he is the supreme leader of America, so it is too uncomfortable for ordinary people to walk out of the court without guilt.The assassination of John F. Kennedy more than ten years ago has become a thorn in the hearts of the American people, and the case has not yet been solved.

If there is another result of fooling the people this time, I am afraid that the prestige of the federal government will also be greatly affected.

"Well, Ronald. Don't you think, actresses, female models, when people talk about these professions, they all have a condescending taste?

Although they like me very much now, I know that in their hearts they don't see being an actress as a real profession.Even Kennedy, ordinary people feel that Jacqueline should be chosen instead of Marilyn. "

Brooke hesitated for a moment, and said what was in her heart.

"Ok?"

Ronald didn't expect Brooke Shields to say such a thing.Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline, was well-born and well-educated.And his lover Marilyn Monroe didn't even finish high school.

It seems that Brooke wanted to go to Princeton because it refused to give her special treatment and treated her as an ordinary high school student.

She wants to prove that she is not the kind of actress who only depends on her appearance and knows nothing.It's a smart girl who can go to a prestigious school on her own ability.

The American people, in fact, have a special contempt for the knowledge of actresses.In particular, talk show hosts like Johnny Carson will deliberately use questions to guide the actresses on the show, so that their answers will give the audience the impression that they can do nothing but look beautiful.

On the one hand, people adore them, ask for their autographs, and want to take photos with them;

"It makes sense for you to think so. I support you to try Princeton." When they arrived at the hotel, Terry sat on the sofa to rest, and Ronald and Brooke continued to chat about her future plans in the hotel room.

"But you don't have to give up your acting career for your studies at all, this line of work..."

Ronald remembered what his agent had said to him, "This business is very good at forgetting."

"No, my fans won't forget me so easily, you don't know how crazy they are."

Brooke laughed, "My mother has already made some plans for me. She said that I will take one or two more scenes with little girls, and then I can receive a good education in college, which is more suitable for playing mature and grown-up female characters. .”

"That's good, the audience in America will miss you."

"Actually, seeing you today, Ronald, my mother and I still want to ask your opinion. She wants to accept a script for me, but she doesn't know if this script can be made into a box office hit like Blue Coral Reef."

Brooke turned around and took out a script and handed it to Ronald.

Her mother Terry also woke up from a half-drunk, sat and looked at Ronald, "Ronald, I want you to read this script, whether it is suitable for Brooke."

The box office results of "fast-paced Richmond High School" shocked not only the insiders, but also the studio executives and people around Ronald began to change their views on him.Brooke's mother, Terry, also wanted to hear his opinion when she received the script.

Ronald took over the entire script, which was thicker than usual and seemed like a 120-minute blockbuster.

Brooke Shields' appeal and status in the circle put her in a relatively detached position.Unlike ordinary actors who cannot see the entire script when auditioning, Brooke can see the complete script during the negotiation stage before deciding whether to participate.

"Sahara?" Ronald was a little confused when he saw the name of the script. Is this about a story in the desert?
Screenplay by James R. Silk, story by Minahan Golan.

"Huh?" Ronald opened the script and read on.

The story is about a girl Dale in [-], who took the place of her sick father in an African car rally and was captured by a Bedouin chief in the middle.Another contestant, the villainous Germans, supplies rival tribes with weapons to fight.

In the end Dale was rescued by the good chiefs, and they defeated the bad chiefs backed by the Germans and won the rally.Dale saw the good chief on the podium, bid farewell to the team members, rode on the horse and returned to the tribe with the chief.

What kind of shit story is this?

Ronald's instincts were wrong.

An American girl was rescued by an Arab sheik, and finally she gave up the civilized world and lived with the sheik in a backward tribe.

It is certainly impossible for American audiences to accept this ending.It's that kind of whimsical plot again, like an American movie in the eyes of foreigners.At first glance, it was Minahan's handwriting.

This signature is probably true, not falsely claiming credit.

"Why did you pick up their trash?" Ronald quickly flipped through the script and asked Brooke and Terry, "Those two Israelis don't know how to make Hollywood movies, and the script of this movie has serious problems."

"Don't say that, Ronald. They are very sincere, and I read the story well." Terry was a little annoyed. Ronald belittled Minahan Golan as soon as he read the script. Does he have any ideas? ?

"Hey", Ronald sighed secretly, Terry's vision for picking scripts is not very good.Although the script does not represent the standard of the movie, there are many good scripts produced in Hollywood, but the quality of the films is not so good, and there are also many classic scripts produced by mediocre scripts.

But if the script has some basic problems, such as split characters and weird plots, it can't be saved.

In the past two years, Ronald has read a lot of scripts of classic movies, and his taste has been spoiled by good scripts. When he saw this "Sahara", he knew that there was a misalignment with the basic values ​​​​of American audiences, and it was a difficult project to save.

"If Brooke was my cousin, I would have made her drop this movie because it would be detrimental to Brooke's screen image and would not bring much room for improvement in her acting skills."

"But there are many popular elements here, racing cars, youth, love, exotic scenery..." Terry defended his vision.

"Mom, let me talk to Ronald." Brooke interrupted her mother quietly, and then leaned over and said to Ronald, "My mother is a little drunk, so don't argue with her."

"When she was sober, she told me the reason for taking this film. She didn't want me to talk too much about filming before college. This film will be directed by Andrew McLaglan, who used to direct Jimmy. Stewart's movie."

"No wonder the script smells like the 60s and [-]s." Ronald complained secretly.

"Yes, he is like Brooke's grandfather. He will love Brooke like his granddaughter. I think after Brooke enters college, she will find ways to improve her acting skills. At that time, she will transform into a mature woman. role."

Terry seemed to be fully awake, and explained to Ronald.

"Ronald, you made a blockbuster movie, but don't look down on Mr. Golan, they are willing to invest more than 2000 million to shoot this movie, and it will be shot in Israel and Egypt, a real big production.

And they will give Brooke a remuneration in line with her worth, $200 million. "

"I see, I wish you all good luck." Ronald figured it out.

Now that the President's tax cut bill has been passed, the tax burden of the entertainment industry has been reduced a lot.With so much money to spend, Brooke, if invested wisely, can do anything, even if she's on her way out.

"If there is any problem, I mean if... call me or my agent, I know Minahan, and he still owes me one more time." Ronald said goodbye to Brooke at the door.

"Thank you, Ronald."

(End of this chapter)