Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 363 The Third Party

"Hey PJ, what a surprise it's you here."

Ronald arrives at Mary Voronoff's home in Los Angeles and is surprised to find PJ Souls, the heroine of "High School of Rock," also there.

"What movie are you making now? Are you interested in playing a cameo role in my movie?" Ronald was very happy to see his old friend. It had been several months since he last saw PJ and his wife at the New York Open. up.

"Ronald, it's time for the truth. Did you make it easier for Dennis during the last tennis tournament?" Mary Voronov asked Ronald to sit down, and then stared into Ronald's eyes , waiting for an answer.

"What's convenient? You confuse me, Mary." Ronald was puzzled, "Where's Dennis? Why didn't you see him?"

"He's divorcing PJ for the hamburger girl."

"Huh? Divorced? Who's the hamburger girl?"

Ronald looked at PJ Sauls. When she entered the door, she looked very calm, but after listening to the news and observing carefully, it seemed that there was something strange in her eyes.

"PJ, you and Dennis?"

Seeing the other party nodded in distress, Ronald stepped forward and hugged PJ Sauls.

"Tell me what happened?" Ronald looked at Mary Voronov who had calmed down.

Mary Voronoff briefly touches on why Dennis and PJ broke up.

Dennis Quaid's acting career has never been as good as PJ Souls. PJ also recommended her husband to join the big crew in many ways.

Finally, this year, the two starred together in Philip Kaufman's "Space Pioneers," telling the story of America's first astronauts.

Dennis played the second male lead for the first time and was well received.Afterwards, various movie appointments began to increase. A few months ago, he also accepted the leading role in "Jaws 3D".

At the party after the last New York tennis match, Dennis Quaid met Lee Thompson, the girl who played in the Burger King commercial.Introduced by Dennis, Lea Thompson also starred as a water skiing girl in "Jaws 3D".

Then there's the corny story where the husband gets the leading man, falls in love with a young and beautiful actress, and in turn files for divorce from the wife who has been supporting her husband's acting career and is willing to use her connections to find roles for him.

"I really didn't know, PJ. I'm sorry. I didn't know that Lea Thompson was a marriage breaker, as a third party... eh."

PJ wiped his eyes with his hands, lowered his head and said, "Ronald, she is not the one who destroys the marriage. I had a hunch that Dennis would leave me one day, but I didn't expect it to come...

I don't know what happened between Dennis and Li. In short, Dennis filed for divorce, or our marriage itself. "

"Ronald!" Mary Voronov was always quick to say, "don't say that about PJ, she's sad enough."

"What did I say?" Ronald didn't know what he did wrong.

"Why do you say that PJ is the third party? She just wants a child. PJ is 32 years old. She always wanted her own child, and then quit the showbiz to rest. Dennis was unwilling."

"No...why do you guys think I'm talking about PJ? I'm talking about Lea Thompson."

"Um... hey..." PJ finally couldn't stand the two friends discussing her marital misfortune in front of her, and started to cry softly.

"Oh, PJ." Mary Voronov stepped forward and hugged PJ, comforting her gently.

"PJ, I mean, no matter what, you shouldn't destroy other people's marriages. Both Dennis and Lee Thompson should be morally condemned in this matter." Ronald said.

Voronov glanced at him, as if to say, "That's about it."

After comforting PJ, Ronald didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, so he had to listen to Mary comforting PJ, and PJ sobbed softly from time to time.

In the communication with them, Ronald knew that he had made an oolong.It turns out that in America, people do not call women who break their marriages a third party, but generally use the term "marriage breaker".

And between two couples or boyfriends and girlfriends who do not have true love, if one of them finds true love, the original partner will sometimes be called a "third party" or "superfluous person".

Praising true love is of course a very good value.But Ronald is less convinced that Dennis Quaid is PJ who was dumped for true love.

The actor who had just starred in a big-budget movie immediately filed for divorce from his original partner.Ronald doesn't quite believe the talk of finding true love.Otherwise, the timing would be too coincidental.

He felt that in fact, PJ may also know what Dennis Quaid is like, and he should also know the real reason for the divorce.

Hey, marriage in the entertainment industry, finding true love, may be a little harder than other professions?
Afterwards, Ronald also hung up a call to his agent Eddie, who was also Leigh Thompson's agent.

Eddie told Ronald Lee Thompson about the economic contract that he had already sold it to a major brokerage company, and now Thompson has entered the show business circle, and he still has someone to support him.

Her contract sold for a high price.As for Thompson's personal privacy, he had no interest in managing it, and advised Ronald not to.

"By the way, Burger King was very satisfied with your last commercial, and now they are going to shoot a Christmas version, are you interested?"

"If it's in Los Angeles, I can arrange it. You know I'm short on money, Eddie."

"Okay, let me chat with them. I heard that Burger King's revenue has risen pretty well after the ad was broadcast. In addition, the last time you made a placement ad that sold 100 million pairs of Vans shoes, they are a little superstitious about your ad. Director level, hahaha."

"Then why are they still refusing to place advertisements in my new film?"

"Business is business. When they heard that your new film only has a budget of more than 100 million yuan, they are not willing. For Burger King, at least the average level of the top seven is required, and they will only consider movies with a budget of about 800 million yuan.

Otherwise, the audience is too narrow, and the fast pace is a miracle. Burger King's decision is not wrong from this point of view. "

"Hey, Vans shoes said the same. It seems that it is not so easy for low-budget movies to get product placement. They don't believe that I can create another box office miracle."

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Ronald, who returned to the CAA office again, saw the company's partner, Ron Meyer, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and rushing into the office with luggage.

"Hi, Ronald." Meyer suddenly turned to greet him.

"Hello, Mr. Meyer."

"Your script is very good, Sly has decided to direct." Then Meyer raised her straw hat as a compliment, and walked quickly to her office to change.

Ronald looked back and saw a lot of employees coming out, as if they were about to welcome some important person, including his manager Nisita, so he approached Nisita and asked, "What's going on? Rick?"

"Stallone didn't like the script 'Beverly Hills Cop' recommended to him by CAA, and he was not interested in other scripts we recommended. It is said that Ovitz threatened to fire CAA and return to WMA.

Your script has helped CAA a lot, no matter he is starring or directing, finally there is a project that he likes.Of course, thanks to the help of Mr. Eisner from Paramount, he personally called him to invite him. "Nisita whispered in Ronald's ear.

"But Rocky's director is not Stallone, I remember." Ronald rubbed his head, and he said something casually at that time.

According to the experience and rules of film shooting, Patricia Birch, the director of "Grease II", is actually a good candidate.

Ronald went to the theater to watch "Grease II". In fact, the director's singing and dancing scenes are not bad. After all, Burch is a Broadway choreographer.

It's just that the actor's performance was a disaster, but the heroine Michelle Pfeiffer played very well. The old and awkward traits in her are more similar to the heroine.

Thinking of his ex-girlfriend, Ronald began to think about it again. Could it be that Pfeiffer broke up with him because he didn't feel the so-called "true love" between him and him?
"Ronald, Ronald..." Nisita's cry brought Ronald back from his memories.

"It's Mr. Stallone. He knows that you are the script editor who is flying around." Nisita reminded in a low voice.

Only then did Ronald realize that behind the two tall and mighty bodyguards in front was the most popular male star in Hollywood, Sylvester Stallone.

"Hello, Mr. Stallone, I like your Rocky very much." Ronald quickly greeted the super star.This person can't be offended, even Eisner, the president of Paramount, had to do it himself when he was invited.

"Boy, for 'Rocky,' I was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actor, and John took Best Director, and he thanked me for the script and the performance, you know?"

"Rocky's never-say-die spirit is the common wealth of our America." Ronald looked at Stallone, wondering if he heard what he said just now that he was not the director of Rocky.

In fact, Rocky's second and third films were both directed and acted by Stallone, and they were both very impressive at the box office.

But none of them repeated the grand occasion of winning awards and nominations for the first film. The director of the first film, John G. Everson, won the Oscar for Best Director with him.

"You know? I like the story of the script you revised, but you don't know how to highlight the protagonist. Let me teach you how to write the hero."

As Stallone put his sunglasses back on, two tall bodyguards, one white and one black, rushed forward, trying to knock Ronald away and make way for Stallone.

Ronald dodged backwards, dodging the charge of the white bodyguard, and attracted the gaze of the ponytailed bodyguard.

Ronald nodded, and stretched out his hand towards the door, motioning for them to go in first.

"Huh..." The bodyguard let out a word of unknown meaning, and escorted Stallone into the CAA office.

All the offices over there opened their doors, and several partners took the lead, leading the staff to stand on both sides of the aisle behind the front desk, applauding.Welcome Stallone like an emperor to CAA.

His new film "First Blood" has already exceeded 500 million at the domestic box office, and its overseas distribution has also been a great success.

(End of this chapter)