Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 565 Contract Issues
"All projects are suspended, and all the projects that Eisner greenlighted are going to be reviewed, even our projects are no exception. Is Frank Mancuso crazy?"

In the office of the president of Guber-Petersen Pictures, Guber's partner, Jon Peterson, watched as his old partner Guber angrily slapped the script.

Jon Peterson and Gubel are perfect partners. Gubel is known for his sharp words. He once went to Cuba to shoot a beach nature documentary. After being caught by the police, he used his mouth to convince the other party that he was only here to promote the beauty of Cuba. scenery.In the end, the superiors were alarmed all the way, and finally they talked and laughed happily with Fidel, and successfully completed the production.

Peterson, the relationship guru, doesn't know much about movies, and his first job was in a hair salon, coloring hair in areas other than women's hair.He soon became Barbra Streisand's personal hairdresser and entered the film industry by overseeing Streisand's remake of "A Star Is Born".

"I thought you didn't like the movie?" Peterson asked.

"Yeah, it's not about what I think, it's about how Paramount sees us." Guber was furious that the new president had disrespected him so much.

"Mancuso is an amateur. He will not dare to re-evaluate these scripts until he recruits a suitable production director. We should focus on those films that have already been filmed and are about to start filming."

Knowing that Guber's dignity was being challenged, Peterson offered comfort.

"Steven (Spielberg)'s 'Purple' is about to be finished, but he is in a hurry to hold a wedding ceremony. Didn't that Mancuso claim to be good at marketing in an interview after he took office? We have to let him Get some resources."

"And that 'Billy King Legend' adaptation of the MJ song, urging them to start casting as soon as possible."

"The story of this fighter?"

"Forget it, let's release it, and put the script back into the revolving library. I don't want to be reviewed by a layman like Mancuso. Anyway, after the 50s, audiences don't like watching fighter movies..."

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"Ronald, you have to help Helen again. No one thought that the Mexican father and son producer would not let Helen's contract go. I don't have as many contacts in Hollywood as you do. I'm afraid she will be disappointed again this time."

After Ronald arrived in Los Angeles, he received a call from PBS' Gerald Slater.The acting career of the baby girl suffered another misfortune. The producers of the Superman series, Salkind and his son, used the excuse that Helen signed a three-film contract to prevent her from filming "The Baseball Player's Wife". It's going to be yellow.

Fearing that his daughter would be stimulated and depressed again, Gerald hurriedly called Ronald, who had a wide network in the film industry, and asked him to help find another movie for emergency.

"Why? There's no reason why Salkind didn't let Helen go? Didn't they stop filming the second part of Supergirl? Did they find new investment?"

"It is said that Supergirl's test response in Samsung is not bad, and they are interested in continuing to shoot the Superman series. They hope that Superman and Supergirl will co-star in the 'Superman IV'."

"But it doesn't interfere with Helen's role in 'The Baseball Player's Wife'?" Ronald was still unclear.

"I heard that it was the role in the baseball player's wife. Some performances hindered the image of the superwoman, so Salkind Jr. ordered Helen to quit the film crew on the grounds of the film's regulations. Ronald, can you go and see Her? I'm worried."

"Well, remembering that he still owed Gerald a favor, Ronald had no choice but to ask Richard, the agent, to find out about the situation."

"Are you going out, Ronnie?" Little Bud lived in a corner of Ronald's newly rented large apartment, a single room, which belonged to the attached driver's room.

It was the first time for him to live in this kind of high-end apartment with a monthly rent of [-] US dollars. After Ronald took him to familiarize himself with the facilities around, now Little Bard is very dedicated. Whenever he sees Ronald coming out with a coat, he will go forward. drive.

"Drive the Mercedes, let's pick up Richard first, and then go to Helen's apartment."

A gray-green Mercedes-Benz, the cheapest new S-Class, is assembled in Malaysia and exported to America.After the dealership added the in-car phone, it was sold to Ronald.

The new electric heated seat function is basically not used in Los Angeles, where the temperature is pleasant in all seasons.Instead, it was a small table that could be pulled out and overturned like the one behind the airplane seat, which Ronald used a lot.

He took out his notebook and began to record his inspirations on it.

The "Breakfast Club," which John Hughes had filmed in Chicago, was packed, and Hughes, back in Los Angeles, privately asked Ronald to see the dailies.

Surprised by the large number of lines in each shot and the free improvisation of the actors, Ronald feels that there are many experiences and inspirations that can be absorbed.

Especially the "crazy" played by Ali Sheedy, who had messy hair, dark circles under his eyes, and shrank into a ball without communicating with others.After the five high school students became acquainted, Molly Ringwald's "princess" suddenly transformed into a very beautiful young girl after re-makeup, which caused Emilio Estevez's "Athlete" goodwill.

This kind of ugly girl suddenly becomes beautiful after being made up by a friend, which made Ronald feel a little bit.Isn't this the dream of thousands of teenagers in America?Ugly men and ugly women, through a miracle, suddenly become more handsome than a quarterback and more beautiful than a cheerleader.

Isn't this a good movie story theme?
"Such a good subject matter, you have to think about it. Although I didn't dream of a movie, but I created it myself, I don't believe that I can't make a blockbuster movie."

"Ronald", when we arrived at CAA, Little Bud went to the front desk to call for someone, Richard came down and knocked on Ronald's car window.

Ronald woke up from his contemplation, quickly opened the car door, and let Richard in.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something. What happened to Helen's script?"

Richard got into the car carefully. Ever since he knew that Ronald had influenced the fate of a heavyweight like Eisner, Richard felt that Ronald was a bit mysterious.Be more careful when dealing with him.

"I read the script, and there are indeed some inappropriate plots in the middle. And this character named Debbie is a blonde rock singer, and has a very outrageous bed scene with the male lead."

Richard handed over the script.

"Extraordinary sex scene?" Ronald suddenly felt depressed.Although he didn't know what the play was, but when he thought of Helen actually wanting to act in this kind of play, he began to feel suffocated in his heart.

Turned to the third page of No.70, there is no sex scene on it?Ronald turned to look at Richard.

Richard smiled and pointed to a page in the first half of the script, which he had marked with tape.

"Hmm..." Ronald felt even more uncomfortable.

Although this scene was written by the famous screenwriter Neil Simon, there is no plot that is too revealing.But the plot itself is more than exposed.

Rock star Debbie and baseball slugger Darryl fall in love at first sight, and in bed Daryl tries to explain to Debbie what she doesn't understand about baseball's scoring rules.

Darryl used the metaphor of first base, second base, third base to make it clear to Debbie.Speaking of third base, he got under the quilt and said, "This is third base."

"Indeed, this scene is too damaging to the image of Supergirl." Ronald closed the script and said sternly, "Producer Salkind's idea is correct. If Supergirl appears on the screen, the audience will be happy." Thinking about third base, isn't that too spoiling?"

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"Why do you have such a weird idea? This is a very well-handled scene. Debbie is a rock star and Daryl is a major league baseball star. We got to know each other better.”

Helen was preparing to participate in the second round of auditions for "The Legend of Billy King" in the apartment. Hearing Ronald's nonsense, she felt very disgusted, so from the perspective of drama analysis, she wanted to give Ronald a test. class.

"Okay, okay, now you can't participate in the show because of the contract anyway. Why don't you put the manager on the 'Billy King' first." Ronald glanced at Helen, who was just around the corner I was sweating profusely at aerobics, and a youthful smell came to my face.

"Actually, it's a very good opportunity to be in a Neil Simon play. His previous 'Goodbye Girl', and 'California Suite' have earned the actor nominations and awards.

Helen was wearing a hair band on her head, high-cut exercise clothes on her lower body, and a pair of leg warmers on her ankles. She was practicing exercises with Jane Fonda's video tape.

"Billy King Legend" needs a female lead with blonde hair, and she hasn't cut her hair short in the opening episode.

So Helen's long hair was tied into a braid and coiled around her head.Sweat wet her neck, oozing out, and wet the gym clothes on the upper body, the chest in the front, and the back in the back were all wet, and the colors were obviously different.

Ronald turned his eyes back, and quickly flipped through the script of "The Legend of Billy King", focusing on the three pages of No.70.Fortunately, there are no exposed plots and shots.

"But the script is also very good. I always wanted to play Joan of Arc like Ingrid Bergman. This movie is the modern American version of Joan of Arc."

Helen finally stopped exercising out of breath, and came over to look at Ronald who was flipping through the script.The sunlight outside the window shone through the window and shone on his golden hair, which was very beautiful.Ever since Supergirl, Helen has been seen as blonde.

"What, this script...?" Seeing Ronald staring at her still, Helen stroked her hair. With two big blue eyes, she looked at Ronald silently.

"It doesn't matter. I called the executive producer Mr. Guber. He is very optimistic about your acting skills. I think as long as your second round of recall audition is okay, then most of the roles will be yours. Your wish to play Joan of Arc It can be achieved."

"Thank you." Helen kissed Ronald on the cheek, then felt embarrassed, and reached out to wipe the sweat that accidentally stuck to his face.

Ronald also raised his hand to wipe, and the two hands met in the middle.

"You do it yourself..." Helen's face turned red, "I'm going to take a shower."

"Sarkind is Mexican. If he was American, he would always be approached by Gerald. You can't miss Neil Simon's play."

Gu Beier, the executive producer of "The Legend of Billy King", received a phone call from Ronald, and came to watch the audition in person. After watching the audition, he chatted with Helen.

He gestured to director Matthew Robbins.

"How was Helen's audition performance?" Gubel asked the director's impression in front of Helen and Ronald.

"I'll go out first." Helen felt that it was inappropriate to be there, so she took the initiative to go out first.

"It's nice, he has a great chemistry with Christian."

Director Matthew Robbins is also a member of the new Hollywood generation. When he was at the University of Southern California, he was a classmate with Walter Murch. He also worked as a screenwriter for Spielberg's Jaws and Contacts of the Third Kind for many years. Since then, I finally got the chance to direct alone.

"This Christian is also surnamed Slater. Are he and Gerald related?" Ronald discovered that the actor who played the role of Helen's younger brother in the movie was also surnamed Slater.

"Actually, it doesn't matter. Skillful coincidence."

Seeing that Guber appeared in person, Ronald was no problem compared to the heroine.

"Mr. Guber, that fighter movie you told me about last time?"

"I've already released the script. Let's wait for the other production teams of Paramount to pick it up. The new CEO has to re-examine the film that has not yet entered the preparatory shooting stage. My main focus now can only be on this comparison. Likin, and Steven's purple top."

Ronald heard that the other party didn't like the movie very much, so he stopped talking.

"You go back and wait for the notification. You are basically booked." Ronald went out and said to Helen.

"Really? I felt good when I auditioned, too."

For the audition, Helen changed the issue, tied her back into a big ponytail, and braided a small braid on her forehead, which looked very playful.

"That's good. I'll take you back to the apartment first. I have something to do later."

Little Bud drove the car over, got out of the car and opened the door.

"Thank you, Ronald." Helen brushed her braids towards her ears, and gave Ronald a firm hug. "If it wasn't for you, I'd probably say goodbye to the movie. I didn't expect to be able to play the heroine."

"You deserve it," Ronald took the car door and asked Helen to go up.

(End of this chapter)