Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 442

"Britain's parliamentary election. Lady Margaret's Conservatives scored their most decisive electoral victory since Labour's victory in 390, securing a seven-seat majority of 140 ahead of the opposition Labor and Liberal Coalition [-] four seats..."

The specially turned up TV sound overwhelmed the other sounds in the hotel room.Helen's face and neck were pink, her shortness of breath reached its peak, and she finally lay down on the bed exhausted.

Ronald handed him a glass of water, then turned down the volume on the TV.The walls of the hotel in the Pinewood studio are not well insulated from sound. If the noise continues, Maureen Tiffy, who lives next door, will protest.

"Thank you." Helen took the water and drank it. She raised her head slightly, leaned against the pillow, and touched her face vigorously, "Has my face gained a lot of weight?"

"No? I think it's just right." Ronald also squeezed his hands.

"I think I'm too fat. After filming Supergirl, I have to work hard to lose weight."

"No need, you signed a contract for two sequels." Ronald comforted.Helen is indeed a lot fatter than before. American white girls generally have a period of rapid weight gain before the age of 20.

And in order to play Superwoman, she also worked out intensively for four months.The weight has reached 120 pounds, and Ronald can feel that he is heavier than before.

"Oh, Ronnie. You're really being dishonest. The third Superman flopped at the box office. I know it all."

Helen Slater scowled, pushed Ronald away, and turned to sleep on the other side.

"Is it that bad? I thought that even if the Superman series was hated by the audience, it wouldn't stop them from watching Supergirl, right?"

"Well, but the shooting was really bad. Faye Dunaway was often late and out of shape. Christopher Reeve refused to make a cameo, so we had to put up a poster of him in Supergirl's bedroom."

Helen turned around and came back, "I haven't stayed in other crews, but this crew doesn't give me a good feeling. Many people want to escape from the crew as soon as possible."

"Don't worry." Ronald didn't speak, and gently stroked Helen's arm to calm her down.

"You never seem to be very fat." Helen discovered a new blind spot, "Did you also like this when you were a child?"

"Uh...Actually, I don't remember much about my childhood, you know, the car accident..."

"Really? I can't imagine what you were like when you were a child. I was always very thin when I was a child, like a tomboy, running wildly in the yard with my brother every day."

"You? A tomboy?" Ronald didn't quite believe it. He looked at Helen's long hair dyed blond, round wrists, fair skin, and a pair of blue eyes with double eyelids, very feminine.

"You don't know, do you? Before I was ten years old, I always had boys' short hair. It was very wild."

"Why? Your parents want you to have short hair? If we have a beautiful daughter like you in the future, I will definitely dress her up very beautifully."

"Well, my parents hadn't divorced at that time. They didn't let my brother and I cry, and didn't let us get angry or unhappy. Anyway, such emotions are not allowed to appear at home."

Ronald was amazed at Gerald's way of educating children. His aunt Karen was very indulgent to Donna. She would cry and laugh when she was unhappy, especially girls, wasn't it like this?
"I don't know. They think that only being happy is good. Girls who love to cry are forbidden. They don't let me cry at home. Maybe that's why I become a more tomboy."

"Then what do you do when you get angry?" Ronald felt that in his interactions with Helen, she was very graceful, as if she had never really gotten angry.

"I have my way." Helen smiled.

"What way? Sandbagging?"

"Do you think I'm the same as you? Stupid." Helen became happy again.

"It seems that your parents' divorce has had a great impact on you." Seeing that Helen's mood improved, Ronald asked her a question.

"Yeah, they had a really good relationship when I was a kid... until I was eight or nine years old. They loved each other very much. But after I went to middle school, Gerald gradually became busy. I just remember him because he televised the Nixon hearings, so All of a sudden got the attention, very little time to go home.

Then there are quarrels, quarrels, and finally divorces.I'm still trying to get them together again, but they quarrel when they meet..."

Ronald hugged Helen tighter.

"I don't expect anything from marriage. Anyway, people who love each other will hate each other and separate after being together for a long time."

"Of course we won't do that." Ronald kissed Helen's lips.

It turned out that Helen had always avoided intimacy, no wonder when she and she were separated, Helen was not very clingy, nor did she have a strong desire to control.

"Did you say that last time because of this incident?" Ronald finally thought of what Helen said to him when he came to London to visit the class last time. If he fell in love with someone else, he must To tell her so honestly.

Helen nodded.

"Of course it won't happen, sweetheart. I'm thinking of you all the time." Ronald then stroked Helen's arm.

"That's good." Helen also moved closer.

"So how are you doing here? Is there... um... anything good to eat?... Um... I mean there's nothing good to eat in Britain."

Helen turned her head and looked at Ronald, "Are you jealous? Hmm... Ronnie?" She giggled, "Is there anyone in the crew who doesn't know you send flowers here every week?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Ronald bowed his head and kissed Helen.

After a long kiss, Helen was short of breath. She raised her hand to block Ronald, expressing that she wanted to enjoy the feeling of cuddling with Ronald and just chatting.

"Then you don't have any memories of when you were a child?"

"There are only some fragments and some photos." Ronald replied, "Yes, and this watch, which is the only relic left by my father."

Ronald raised his wrist and showed Helen his watch.A large dial with large numbers and luminous light.The leather strap is old and the metal dial has quite a few scratches.

"Hey, this looks like a pilot's watch." Helen called out, "Is your father a pilot?"

"No, he is a retired soldier of the Marine Corps. He is in the same army as my uncle. He married my mother and her sister, Aunt Karen."

"It looks like this watch has a lot of history. You should change it to a daily wear. This watch may have some history."

"That's what you said."

"Hey, I'm still too fat." Helen started worrying about her figure again, touching her thighs and waist.

"It's okay, I think your figure is the healthiest. And your acting skills are good, no one will notice your figure." Ronald also touched her and comforted her.

"Do you know what kind of acting skills?" Helen is in London, and the supporting roles are Peter O'Toole, Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow and other famous acting schools, and the acting skills of the exploitation films made by Ronald It's becoming less and less attractive.

"Why do people keep saying that I don't know how to act?" Ronald thought to himself.

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After reuniting with Helen for a day, Faye Dunaway finally got her husband Terry, her mental state was finally under control, and the shooting resumed normal speed.

Ronald also bid farewell to Helen and flew back to Los Angeles.

"Ronald!"

When he arrived at the arrival area of ​​Los Angeles Airport, Ronald saw a familiar figure picking him up. It was Eddie, his manager in New York.

"Eddie," Ronald hugged him happily, "what are you doing in Los Angeles?"

"I'll take a look at my client. I remember your advertising contract was signed with me." Eddie said with a straight face.

Ronald knew that he was filming a Saab commercial, and Eddie found out about it, so he took him to the coffee shop.

"This advertising business was found by Richard personally, and it is a foreign manufacturer..."

Eddie laughed, "I'm not here to ask questions, Ronald. On the contrary, I'm very happy to know that you've started filming commercials again. I've found you a job this time, and you can't refuse."

"Oh? Who asked me to shoot an advertisement?" Ronald asked.

"Still your old buddy, Burger King."

"Eddie, I can promise you anything else, but this is not allowed. I heard that the little girl who played in the Burger King commercial, Sarah Michelle Gellar, was sued by McDonald's and banned from eating at McDonald's for life. When I get busy, I point to McDonald's hamburgers."

Ronald half-jokingly said that when he first struggled in Los Angeles, he survived on McDonald's coupons and Big Macs.

"That's impossible. I won't introduce you to a controversial business. Burger King has already achieved its goal. They don't need to touch McDonald's anymore. This time it is a new advertising idea. In fact, Burger King only released Half of the advertising fee?"

"Then how?"

"It's an ad jointly shot by Pepsi and Burger King."

(End of this chapter)