Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 367 Disco Party

"Goodbye!" Ronald and Helen's mother, Alice Jean, stood outside the Pan Am airline's boarding gate and waved goodbye to Helen Slater.

"Bye, Mom. Bye, Ronnie!" Helen gave them a final wave and entered the cabin.

"Oh, I'm really glad. But will she do well in London? Is there anyone on the set to take care of her? Ronald, you've been a director. How's life for an actress on set?" Alice Joan She was a mother who cared about her daughter very much. After Helen's plane took off, she slowly began to worry again.

"Don't worry, Helen will have four months of physical training time, and someone will prepare muscle-building food for her. After the filming starts, most of the time is actually waiting for the lights. I believe it will not be too busy. Helen will definitely be healthier when she comes back. gone."

"Oh, poor Helen, I should have gone with her." Alice Joan regretted not putting down her anti-nuclear career in New York and accompanying her daughter to London.

"Why didn't Gerald come?" Ronald sent Helen's mother back to his home in Long Island, and asked about Gerald's movements on the way.

"His new family also has children, so it's time for an admission interview."

"Helen is also a poor child." Ronald thought to himself. Both parents reorganized their new family. Although they still love her very much, after all, neither side belongs to their own home.It's a bit inappropriate to go anywhere for the holidays.

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"Ronnie, there's a guy with a heavy accent who told you to call him back. He's taking you to some launch party."

Back home, sitting on the sofa, Donna, who was on vacation, put down the "Scientific American" magazine and said to Ronald.

"Oh, let me see whose call it is."

Ronald saw a series of phone numbers written on the sticky note next to the phone, and dialed it.

"Mr. Golan, your phone number is a man named Ronald." The driver of a luxury car answered the phone. He pressed the button and announced the phone number.

"I'll pick it up." Minahan in the back seat of the car picked up the car phone.

"Ronald, it's me, Minahan. I heard your agent say you're in New York, come on, we're having a 'Sahara' launch party at Club 54 tonight, Brooke and her mom are there, and a lot of Hollywood Big star, remember to report my name when you get to the door, otherwise the guard will not let you in."

"Okay, I'll be there, Club 54, seven o'clock, right?"

Ronald put down the phone and muttered a few words.Why is the boot ceremony held in a disco club?This Minahan does things really weirdly.

"Club 54, Ronnie, can I go with you?" Donna jumped up from the sofa, her eyes sparkling.

"The 54 Club is a place for adults to play, you are not old enough. But there is a smoky atmosphere, and many people abuse drugs. I don't want you to go to that kind of place alone. When you become an adult, I will take you to experience it. .”

"Okay, it's done, you can't forget it. Diane has been there several times." Donna was a little disappointed that she didn't get to see the fun place that her good friend said was full of stars and celebrities.

"Remind me when the time comes." Ronald nodded. In fact, it's okay to go to Club 54 with someone accompanying him. If a girl goes in, it's a bit dangerous.

"By the way, is Diane in New York recently? Has she picked up any new films?" Ronald knew that Diane had already finished filming her second film "Betta Fish" with Coppola. After the two films are released next year , she may be red.

Burt and his agent have made a good plan, and next year they will play the lead actress in two consecutive Coppola films, which is Diane Lane's "Catapult" project.I hope that Diane can take this opportunity to go one step further and break into the ranks of Hollywood's first-line adult actresses.

"I don't know. When I called last time, she said that she was still hesitating. It seemed that several movies had found her to star in. She was discussing with Bert."

Ronald smiled knowingly. Since the kidnapping of Diane's mother, the relationship between Bert and Diane has recovered well, and now the father and daughter are discussing things.

"I'm leaving. Tell Aunt Karen." Ronald put on his leather jacket, sunglasses, and leather boots.To go to Club 54, you have to dress cool.

"Line up here..."

It was the same gatekeeper named Howe Montorgue last time, who stood tall at the door of Club 54, blocking Ronald's way.He pointed to the queuing area surrounded by two red tapes.

Ronald remembered that when he came with Madonna last time, he was the one who blocked the door. This time he had the opportunity to meet Helen Slater who was also blocked from entering.

Being stopped this time, I don't blame Howe for not recognizing him.Originally, the director was not as well-known as the actor.

Ronald took off his sunglasses, "My name is Ronald, and Minahan Golan asked me to come."

"Who? Minahan, I don't know you. You'd better queue up at the back." Howe pointed at the crowd behind.

"You have to choose to go there." Ronald had no choice but to introduce himself, "I am a film director, and I have filmed 'Fast-paced Richmond High School', you may have seen it."

"Hi, I've seen that movie, but I don't know you. The new boss's selection of guests is stricter than in the past. If you can prove that you are the director, then I can let you in." Howe said to Ronald powerless.

Ronald shrugged, this Minahan, and he said that you can get in just by declaring his name, "Does the club have a phone number? I'll call in and look for Minahan, he should be inside."

"There's a phone booth there." The janitor Howe pointed to the opposite side, and then handed Ronald a promotional card with the phone number of Club 54 on it.

Looking down, there is only the switchboard phone on it, and it is estimated that there are so many people inside that they can't find it.With a tut, Ronald was a little disappointed, he might as well go back and forget it.If you go to line up, it will no longer be a joke to be seen by others.

"Ronald, Ronald. Why are you leaving?" A small voice stopped Ronald.

"Mr. Allen, why is it you?" Ronald was overjoyed when he recognized the New York director Woody Allen who had helped him a lot.

Ever since he endorsed his screenwriting ability and obtained the screenwriting rights of "Famous Around the World", Ronald has spent most of his time in Hollywood, and he hasn't seen the New York director for a long time.

"Ronald, Ronald, I didn't expect you to be a director. I watched 'Fast Pace', and I liked it very much. It has a deep discussion on the impulsiveness and confusion of teenagers..."

"Thank you, are you busy with any movie recently?"

"Yes, I'm preparing to shoot a new movie 'The Legend of Xili', and this is the heroine."

Woody Allen still wore black-rimmed eyes, and introduced to Ronald that standing next to him was a beautiful woman in a black short woolen coat, breeches, and curly hair blowing in the wind.

"Let me introduce to you, this is my girlfriend..."

"Miss Farrow needs no introduction." Ronald recognized Hollywood actress Mia Farrow.Hug and say hello to them.

"Mr. Allen, Miss Farrow, Ronald, you go in." The doorman Howe saw that Ronald knew the great director, and let him in from the side of the queue.

"Mr. Allen, do you come to Club 54 too? I thought you only liked jazz." Ronald chatted with Woody Allen on the way in.

"Oh, yes, it's very nice here, with many old friends and a lot of comedy inspiration." Woody Allen took Ronald up the elevator, "There's a quieter club up there, regulars Usually here."

"Ronald, you are here." As soon as he got out of the VIP elevator, he saw Minahan Golan in a sweater welcoming the guests.

"Oh, Mr. Woody Allen, I admire your name. If there is a chance, can you cooperate with us in a movie with Cannon Pictures?" Seeing Woody Allen, Minahan's interest immediately shifted.

"My films generally have fixed investors. But maybe..." Woody Allen walked sideways, why didn't you invite Ronald to direct you?He's a very good director of teen films, perhaps a better match for your company's films. "

"Ah, sure, I'm investing in one of his films."

Ronald followed into the inner room on the second floor. It was relatively quiet without the very loud disco music on the first floor.There are many celebrities and stars here, no wonder Woody Allen likes to play here, and it is not much different from his favorite jazz bar.

"Is Brooke coming too?" Ronald asked Minahan, who was so focused on wooing Woody Allen.

"She's in the inner room with her mother Terry."

Ronald nodded and walked inside.

The lights here are a little darker than outside, and many people are drinking beer and smoking cigars, one light and one dark.

"Boji", Ronald recognized Boji Shields from afar.She's wearing a turtleneck today and she's dancing on the dance floor with a young man.

Just as the song ended, Brooke Shields was also very happy to see Ronald.

"Ronald, it's been a long time. I'm going to Israel to shoot a desert scene in the new year. Will you come to my performance?"

"I'm making my own film for New Years, but I'll check it out if I get the chance. Minahan loves 'Sahara'. Where's your mother?"

"She's drinking over there." Brooke pointed to the sofa next to her, and sure enough Terry was half lying on the sofa, drinking a bottle of beer.Seeing Ronald coming, she even raised the beer bottle to salute him. It seems that she has achieved some success in quitting alcohol, and Brooke is no longer worried.

"Ahem..." The young man who was dancing with Brooke turned around, saw that Brooke and Ronald were chatting happily, and coughed to remind her of her existence.

"John, let me introduce you. This is the director who filmed the jeans commercial for me, Ronald Lee."

Ronald looked over. This young man had curly hair, a gray T-shirt, and a suit jacket. He was dressed very casually, but he showed an outstanding temperament.

Ronald thought he looked familiar, and noticed that the young man's suit fit very well, and it stuck to his body when he was dancing. It looked like it was handmade by a tailor.

"Why, seeing the real person, I'm speechless?" Brooke poked Ronald, "Does Juior look like his father?"

Ronald felt the cue from Brooke, and he recognized it. This was the son of the late General John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr.

"It's an honor to meet you," Ronald reached out to shake his hand, showing respect just for his father's sake.

Little Kennedy shook Ronald's hand in a friendly manner with aristocratic reserve, then walked to the sofa with Brooke and sat with Terry.

Terry looked very happy, probably because she didn't drink too much, and sat beside Brooke, talking and laughing with Little Kennedy on the other side of Brooke.

Ronald found a round stool near the sofa by the bar, asked the bartender for a glass of pina colada, and began to look around.

His eyes gradually adapted to the dim light, and he glanced left and right, and saw many celebrities in New York.

There were supermodels, actors, rock stars, and a skinny man with messy hair holding a camera and pressing the shutter on the sofa.

"Paparazzi?" Ronald wanted to step forward to stop him, but seeing Terry turning a blind eye to him, it wasn't the paparazzi.Could it be the photographer that Terry invited?

"Crack, click, click..." The thin man kept pressing the shutter.

"Huh?" Ronald saw the problem. This person didn't pull the door handle to pass the film before pressing the shutter, and this camera didn't have an automatic film winding mechanism, and he didn't hear the sound of the electric motor winding the film.

"No film, is it a fake photographer who poses?"

Ronald felt relieved and continued watching the play.Gradually, he discovered that in this inner room, the core of the crowd was Brooke Shields and Kennedy Jr., two public figures.Most people were listening to what the two of them were saying, and echoed some laughter from time to time.

Jr. Kennedy was talking about his Brown University classmates, who were very disappointed that Brooke Shields chose Princeton, and they all blamed him for not trying hard to persuade Brooke to come to Brown University.

Ronald heard what they said, and it seemed that Brooke Shields got her wish and was admitted to Princeton.

He couldn't help but look over, Brooke's wish has been fulfilled, she doesn't want to be a vase, she wants to enter one of the best universities in America for further studies, which is not easy for her as a model and a star with a busy career of.

Brooke Shields seemed to feel Ronald's gaze, and looked over, as if she had returned to the time when Ronald encouraged her to apply for Princeton.

The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly. Ronald raised his glass and mouthed "Congratulations".

Brooke also mouthed "thank you", and they both laughed.

"Why don't we go to the Ritz Club? I heard from my friend that there are many rock bands there, which are more fun than here." Little Kennedy seemed to see Ronald and Brooke's eyes, and proposed to change the venue to continue.

"Ronald, are you going?" Brooke turned around and asked Ronald.She herself seemed to want to go.

"I still have something to talk about with Minahan," Ronald replied.He basically understood that this was not a "Sahara" opening party at all, but a normal continuous party for welcoming the New Year at the 54 Club, and Minahan started to play this kind of chicken-and-egg trick again.

"How about we stay here for a while?" Brooke said to Kennedy.

"Boji, let's go to Liz. The place John introduced can't be wrong." Terry continued on the sofa.

"Well, that's fine." Brooke picked up her bag and stood up with little Kennedy.

"Ronald, remember to come to Israel to watch me film." Brooke and Ronald hugged and said goodbye.She's been a socialite for a long time and knows how to keep everyone happy.

"I'll go back if I have a chance." Ronald patted Brooke on the back. "Don't worry, Minahan will take care of it. The Negev Desert is not the real Sahara, not a barren land."

"Um……"

In a flurry, Ronald sent Brooke and Kennedy away.Some of the remaining guests were invited to go to new places together, while others took the opportunity to change rooms.

"Uh, uh..." A beautiful woman dressed as a model suddenly stood up, then squatted on the ground, and began to vomit.Finally sat back, as if passed out.

Ronald hurried forward to hold her head, feeling that her whole body was shaking.

"Who came with her?" Ronald looked over his shoulder, but there was no answer, so he called out, "Waiter, waiter?"

Soon two waiters came in and carried the beauty out.

"Is she all right?" Ronald asked the thin man who was still in the room pretending to take pictures.

"Gia Caranji," the man answered irrelevantly. "A year ago she was the darling of thousands of fashion magazines. Now she can only shoot advertisements for supermarkets and mail-order magazines."

"Oh? It's her?" Ronald was also surprised. In the first two years, Kalanji was so famous that she was directly hailed as a super model by Vogue.Why has it become like this now?
The man gave an injection to his arm, then shook his head, "It's been stained with such a potent thing..."

"Andy, Andy Warhol. I'm a photographer, and the editor of 'Interview' magazine." The man offered to shake Ronald's hand.

"Hello, my name is Ronald. Film director." Ronald also shook hands, feeling that the other party's hands were weak.

"I was shot by someone before, so I'm not in good health. Can you accept my interview?" Andy Warhol said, "Maybe young people have forgotten me, I once gave Marilyn · Monroe has painted."

"Oh, then you must be familiar with movie stars." Ronald chatted with Andy, "I have to confirm with my agent about the interview."

"It's okay, I'm actually here to interview other people today."

"Is Brooke Shields?"

"Her mother is very difficult to deal with. I have to pay a high price to interview her. You know 'Interview' magazine is my little magazine. Are you familiar with Brooke?"

"I can't talk about it, I have shot commercials for her." Ronald chatted with Andy Warhol for a while, and wanted to get up and leave.This man can't even afford film, and it seems that the magazine is not profitable.

"My interviewee is here, let's talk later." Andy Warhol also saw that Ronald didn't want to talk deeply, and got up to leave.

"Okay, bye."

Ronald also stood up and went outside to find Minahan.

"Miss Diane Lane, I'm Andy Warhol, the editor-in-chief of 'Interview' magazine, can I interview you?" Andy Warhol's eyes lit up, seeing another girl star walk in, Hurry up and talk to him.

"Can I take a picture of you, Diane?" He picked up the camera without film and pressed it a few times.

"Oh, what magazine?" Diane was also wearing a black leather jacket, red pants underneath, and a domineering highlighter hairstyle.Like that look in the movie "The Amazing Stains".

"Interview Magazine. His name is Andy, Andy Warhol." Ronald didn't expect Diane to come to Club 54 today, so he hurried forward to say hello.

"Ronnie." Diane came over happily, wrapped his arms around Ronald's neck, jumped up, and kicked his feet off the ground a few times.

"Why are you dressed like a rock star? Donna told me before that you often come to Club 54." Ronald put her down. She's a little chubby, and her figure has grown, but she's quite heavy to hold, a little heavier than Helen.

"I'm looking for an audition feeling. Donna said that you have thought of a way for your girlfriend Helen. Dress up as a character to audition. The chances are much higher. So I will try it too." Diane looked at Luo with two big glasses flickering. Nader.

"What movie are you auditioning for?"

"I'm talking about rock stars. I still have an invitation to audition for a fairy tale. Why don't you help me think about which one is suitable." Diane happily took Ronald's arm.

"Bert is better at picking roles, and I shouldn't have commented on your role." Ronald remembered how Bert blocked Diane Tom Cruise's invitation.

"Don't worry about those things, let's have fun today." Diane was very happy, and pulled Ronald to watch the dancing crowd downstairs.

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Ronald couldn't resist Diane, and went with him to the balcony on the second floor. Below was the crazy crowd on the first floor, dancing disco.

"Deep love is a burning flame
Stay 'cause the flames will grow higher

Baby don't let him steal your heart

it's easy, it's easy
Girl, this game can't go on forever

Why can't we live together?
Try it, don't let him take your love away from me"

Downstairs is playing Modern Talking's hit, "Brother Louie"

Diane Lane began to dance to the pounding drums and invited Ronald to join her.

Seeing the crowds on the first floor dancing wildly to the rhythm, Ronald couldn't help but jump up too.This rhythm is very suitable, Ronald showed his breakdancing Cabo and Moonwalk.

"You're not a good person, can't you see that?
Brother Louie, Brother Louie, Brother Louie
I'm in love, set her free

Oh she's just looking for me"

"Hahaha..." Seeing Ronald's funny moonwalk, Diane laughed happily and began to applaud him.

"Man, that dance move is very interesting." A black singer walked into the hall, just in time to see Ronald's steps backwards while running forward on the second floor.

"It's a lot more interesting than those guys on the Soul Train, they all go backwards at a 45-degree angle, and he jumps straight backwards."

"Mr. Geffen, can you tell me who that is? Ask him to talk."

"Who?" David Geffen turned back from talking to others, "Who are you talking about, MJ?"

"Look at the man on the second floor. I didn't expect to come to the 54 Club in New York today to see such a wonderful dance. I want to chat with him."

"Isn't that Ronald?" Calvin Klein, the designer and owner of CK, recognized Ronald.

"Oh, the girl next to her is also very beautifully dressed, with a black leather jacket and red pants. This combination is very outstanding."

(End of this chapter)