Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 564 Tiffany's Glass
Although the deputy commander of America is high, the power is not heavy.To be precise, apart from serving as the president of the Senate and voting only when the votes for and against are the same, only the power of automatic succession in case of the death of the grand commander is left.

But the majesty of the deputy commander is not the same.

When necessary, the deputy commander's special plane, Air Force No. [-], can be used.In normal times, the Secret Service protects itself and its family members in the same way as the commander in chief.

After all, when there is a need to attend state affairs activities, this is where the two empires are arranged.

Barbara's son does not live in the White House, but when he travels, there is still a Secret Service agent who personally guards his safety.

"Just pretend you didn't see him," George Jr. saw that Ronald was a little restrained when he saw the agent with the gun, and said to the big-waisted Secret Service staff, "Hey, give me and my friends some space."

It's not easy to directly mention the matter Eisner asked Barbara's son to Barbara's son, so after thinking about it, Ronald used the excuse of looking for his own relatives in the Jerome family to call him and ask him about the same Jerome in the Yale fraternity. Contact details of people in the Roma family.

Sure enough, he was having a cold war with his wife Laura because of his alcoholism. When he heard about such a funny thing, he flew to New York immediately and asked Ronald to go to New Haven to play together.

Roland Bates, the manager of the Screen Fund, also came to New York to meet him.It happened that Michael Eisner came over to "meet by chance", and the two understood each other's intentions, and they quickly chatted together under the lead of Ronald and Barbara's son.

Michael Eisner has teamed up with Jeff Katzenberg, and the two have made roughly half of Hollywood's top-grossing films in the past decade.Roland Bates just needed this kind of strong producer and manager, and they quickly reached a deal. Eisner can only use this fund for the shooting of live-action movies, not for traditional Disney cartoons. But the bottomless pit of cost.

Roland Bates endorsed Eisner and added the most important weight to his negotiations with the previous Disney president.

Ronald took George Jr. to New Haven, where he was studying at Yale University, to find clues.

"Let me tell you, Laura was a beauty when I was young. I fell in love with her at a barbecue party. It took me three weeks before she agreed to go out with me. After three months, she said yes. Agree to my marriage proposal."

Ronald was in the town of New Haven, walking to the home of George Jr.'s classmate Jerome. On the way, he showed Ronald many photos of his wife and a pair of beautiful twin daughters.

"But now she's a nagging housewife who has to..."

Ronald shook his head. Marriage didn't look all good either.

He complained for a while, then became happy again. He saw the old Yale Skull and Bones guy, "Roger, Roger."

Roger Jerome is a local and now works on Wall Street. He came back this time and made a special trip to meet George Jr. to get in touch.

"You must be Ronald. George told me about you. My father knew about your great-grand-aunt, Jeanne Jerome, sister of your great-grandfather Gilbert. She died in [-]. After she passed away, she was buried with her younger brother and mother in the Evergreen Cemetery."

"Oh", Ronald thought, if he knew this in the first year, he might be able to meet this old aunt.

In the Jerome family cemetery in New England, Jenny Jerome's tombstone is the newest, with a picture of her when she was young, and it is very beautiful.She lived to be 91 years old and never married in her life.He also has no heirs.

The will she left stated that the ancestral home and some modest properties behind her were donated to the church.Only one letter was left for the descendants of his younger brother Gilbert, hoping that they could come to find the glory of their ancestors.

"It seems that there are no immediate relatives." Ronald did not want to have a relationship with those Jeromes. Their watch factory has long since disappeared, and most of the remaining clansmen are engaged in education and financial industries.

"The old aunt said that the glass made by Tiffany donated by her mother in memory of her younger brother is still in the original church?"

"Yes, but it's already dilapidated, I can accompany you to see it, it's not far away." Roger pointed to the road, and they came to an ancient building on foot.

"It doesn't seem like a church here, but a Jewish synagogue?"

"Yes, the Quakers have declined very badly in New England. Here in the 50s, the newly immigrated Jews bought it and turned it into a synagogue after they got rich."

Roger found the entrance and went in.

"Then they moved to a building with better conditions, and it fell into disrepair. Real estate developers have taken a fancy to this land, and it is said that it will be demolished soon."

Ronald walked in, and the ground was covered with dust.The tables and chairs in the church were also taken away, and it was actually just an empty hall.

"Cough cough..."

Ronald was choked by the dust stirred up inside and coughed.He looked at the window that the old aunt had described.All the high wooden windows have been knocked out, and it seems that some belongings inside have also been taken away.

"look……"

Just when Ronald was disappointed, George Jr. patted him on the shoulder.

Looking through his fingers, the sun shines in from the pried-off window above. In the dusty old church, a clear path of light shines on a piece of broken-off window wood on the ground.

Ronald stepped forward to see that miraculously, the window glass donated in the name of his great-grandfather was still lying there quietly.

Perhaps when the Jewish people converted into a synagogue, they didn't bother to reinstall the new glass and kept the old one.

Ronald carefully wiped off the dust with a handkerchief, and the donor's name was still visible on the wood below the back of the glass.

Seeing all this, little George quickly crossed himself, "Oh my God, this is simply a miracle."

Little George was very satisfied with this trip to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.Especially when he found that piece of window glass in the church, he felt that it was a manifestation of God.

On the way back, he also took a Bible to read, "Maybe what Laura said is right, I will start reading the Bible every day, and maybe I can quit alcohol."

……

Ask the artisan to clean the glass carefully, and then make it into an ornament. Ronald put the only connection between himself and the world in his aunt's home in Staten Island.

Ronald himself, returned to Los Angeles again.

Eisner left Disney, they have fully negotiated the terms, and it will take some time to announce to the outside world.The pilot movie that was originally promised can only be temporarily shelved.

Nisita contacted Dino De Laurentiis, the owner of the novel adaptation rights of "Year of the Dragon" for him.

"You want to direct this movie? Laurentiis looks very Neapolitan. After listening to Ronald's thoughts on Chinese-American movies, he offered a condition.

"Okay, but you have to sign two film contracts with me."

"Why?" Ronald was puzzled.

"This is how I make movies. When I meet a director I like, I want to cooperate with him for a few more. For example, I found Oliver Stone as the screenwriter of this 'Year of the Dragon'. I like his creation very much. Well, he wrote Conan the Barbarian for me too. If he wants, I'll pitch the Vietnam War movie he's always wanted."

"Is that so, has he already written the script?" Ronald didn't expect the movie to progress so quickly.

"Yeah, you have to hurry up, if you don't come, I'll hand it over to Michael Cimino." Dino Laurentiis mentioned a familiar name.

"If you are willing to take over, I will let you come. But the time cannot be delayed any longer. It must be started next month."

"His adaptation rights are about to expire," Nisita, the agent who accompanied Ronald, reminded in his ear.

"I'd like to read the script if I can."

"Here, give me an answer as soon as possible."

Ronald went home and looked through the "Year of the Dragon" script rewritten by Oliver Stone, and the more he read it, the more wrong it became.What a good Chinese story, it involves the Vietnam War.

"Mr. Laurentiis, there is something wrong with this adaptation. It turns out that the novel revolves around the two generations of leaders in Chinatown, hoping to maintain the original order of Chinese Americans, and the conflict between the mainstream order dominated by whites, to reflect the unique culture and culture of Chinese Americans. idea.

Now that it has been changed, most of the pages are related to the Vietnam War.Are Chinese and Vietnamese not the same country?Are they still fighting? "

"As long as they have the same face in the eyes of American audiences, they don't know the difference between Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese anyway."

"This?" Ronald was rather disappointed. Originally, this was the Chinese story he wanted to shoot.Time is running out now, and it’s almost too late to remake it. According to Stone’s script, the shooting must have a Vietnam War flavor. He doesn’t want to film Chinese as a race that has emotional entanglements with whites because of the Vietnam War. It’s not very close.

"If it doesn't work, just give up." Manager Nisita advised him, this Dino is used to taking advantage of the director, seeing that Ronald has a strong motivation to shoot "Year of the Dragon", the lion opened his mouth to bind He made two film appointments.If he agrees, kicking away Michael Cimino, who is already preparing, will not be a burden for him at all.

In fact, he disapproved of Ronald's filming.Now his two films are still making great strides in the theaters, and it seems that he has been withdrawn from the screening for a long time.According to Ronald's historical achievements, he should take advantage of the victory and make some blockbuster films in order to consolidate his position as a successful director of commercial films.

"Forget it", Ronald is not like making this kind of twisted Chinese movie, let Michael Cimino go, I don't know what he will make this movie?It is estimated that it is the old deer hunter's routine again, the distortion of the human mind by war.

"Then you can help me find a script." Ronald agreed to give up and find a commercial production that he likes and knows how to shoot.

(End of this chapter)