Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 579 Chapter 2 A Hurry Wedding

"Okay, so many revisions?" Ronald was in the Mercedes car, answering the call from Matthew, the Navy's liaison officer, "Okay, I'm attending my agent's wedding now, when it's over Shall I discuss it with you in detail?"

"Are you ready? We're going in to pick up Paula." Rick Nisita, wearing a gown and holding flowers, came outside Paula Wagner's apartment and stared anxiously at Ronald.

The embarrassed Ronald quickly hung up the phone, "Okay, let's go"

"Let's go in." Nisita tidied up her clothes and the bouquet in her hand.

Ronald and Richard, as Nisita's best man, accompanied him to knock on Paula's door.

"Come on," Paula's girlfriends opened the door and surrounded Paula in a bridal gown.

Nisita and her looked at each other and smiled, and walked down the stairs hand in hand amidst the rice scattered by everyone.

Nisita divorced his first wife last year, and Paula has also returned to being single, so this Italian customary wedding was held in the form of "elopement".The groom comes directly to pick up the bride, and the two head to church together.

The two paid a huge price for their love.Not only saying goodbye to the past marriage, but also making the relationship public at CAA means that Nisita is not trusted by Ovitz, and it is difficult to reach the level of the final partner.Paula also had trouble recruiting new stars.

However, several of their most important clients were present to congratulate them.

In the church, Tom Cruise, director Francis Coppola, and others all came to watch the ceremony.Even if they don't continue to upgrade, the two brokers can live comfortably with their current clients.

"Amen, you can kiss the bride now."

Catholic priests picked up some of the customs in America, and Nisita and Paula put rings on each other and kissed.

"Bravo!" Coppola took the lead in cheering, and the wedding of the two adopted the Italian style according to Nisita's ethnicity.Coppola handed over the scissors, cut Nisita's tie into pieces, and distributed them to the unmarried male guests as a token of blessing.

The two broker couples got into the convertible car, dragged the cans hanging on the back of the car, and drove away with a clang, leaving behind a group of guests to start the banquet.

"Your Cotton Club's marketing is great, Francis." Ronald pulled Coppola and chatted about his upcoming new movie.

The newspapers were full of reports that director Coppola encouraged actors to improvise, and that Richard Gere and Diane Lane didn't know what to shoot in the morning and what to shoot in the afternoon.

Some tabloids also said that Richard Gere was extremely difficult to deal with on the set. Not only did he not get along with the heroine Diane, but even the supporting actor and the supporting actress had difficulty getting along. Coppola tried to replace him several times.

So Ronald didn't know if it was a deliberate hype, or a conflict broke out between the actors.

"Oh, the movie critics have done really well, and they all say it's my best performance since 'Apocalypse Now.' We're also going to Europe, mainly in China to promote the film. You know, the people in China are very interested in My films are always well-received."

"Yes, yes," Ronald agreed, feeling a little bad in his heart.Coppola didn't talk about the prospect of release in America, but he wanted to go to China to sell copies. It seems that the domestic box office prospect of the "Cotton Club", which cost more than 5000 million, is worrying.

"If the box office really hits the street, Diane will be involved in three big productions in a row. The future in Hollywood is worrisome." Ronald thought of Diane Lane again.

The human heart always thinks of a specific person at a specific moment.

Helen seems to have gotten out of the psychological shadow caused by "Supergirl" not being able to be released. She is quite happy in the crew and does not put a lot of pressure on Ronald.

Brooke Shields is concentrating on being a college student in Princeton, Ronald is busy in Hollywood, and has less and less intersection with her.But Brooke is very open to her decline in fame, and maybe being forgotten by the public is what she wants now.

Only Diane, who had no help in her acting career, experienced three strikes and was out. It is estimated that the future will be miserable. Ronald felt that there was a chance to pull this girl.

"Isn't it too selfish to think so? After all, as a director, it's hard to enjoy an ordinary love life like ordinary people. I have no choice but to rush around for the art of film." Ronald comforted himself.

Agents couldn't enjoy a real honeymoon, and Nisita and Paula enjoyed a day of leisure at Avila Springs outside Los Angeles before heading back to the Hollywood fray the next day.

Paula accompanies Tom Cruise as he continues to learn to fly while taking acting lessons.

Nisita accompanied Ronald, met with the two producers, and met with Matthew, the Navy's liaison officer, to discuss the Navy's revision of the "Top Gun (Top Gun)" script.

The navy gave a lot of suggestions for revision of the script, and wrote more than ten pages densely.Comments fall into two main categories.

The first category is related to naval military secrets and sensitive plots.

Military secrets are such as the early models of the F-14A. When attacking at a high angle of attack, the engine is prone to problems. There have been several accidents where the aircraft crashed after entering the horizontal spiral.The script wanted to include this, and the navy was worried that the Sowell Alliance would use this weakness to formulate targeted tactics, and strongly asked Ronald to revise it.

The part of the sensitive plot, such as fighting with the Cuban MiG-21 who came to monitor the US aircraft carrier in the Caribbean Sea.This kind of plot is not good for stimulating the Eastern camp. The Navy dare not provoke the Soviet Union and its closest ally Cuba in this matter too much.

The second category is about character traits.

The Navy does not allow pilots to disobey the law, drive over the speed limit, and escape with a Navy ID after being caught by the patrol.This is not in line with the good social image of the Navy.

The Navy also does not allow pilots to fall in love with active female officers.Although love is not prohibited in the army, active soldiers are never encouraged to fall in love with each other. Such a scene where two people fall in love in a movie is not conducive to the morale of the majority of male soldiers.

Ronald found both types of opinion absurd.

First of all, the F-14A's engine defects only appear under very specific circumstances.The chances of this kind of problem being caught by an alliance pilot are extremely slim.Moreover, the previous related accidents have been disclosed in the news, and I am afraid that the other party has already caught the weakness.

And the sensitive plot is even more ridiculous. This is an exaggerated hero movie. There is no specific enemy. How can it show the greatness of the hero?What's more, this movie will not be released in the Eastern camp. Why is the navy afraid that the other party will fail?
As for the second type of opinion, it is even more ridiculous.It's the idiosyncrasies of the characters and the plot of the character development, and the Navy discourages romance, but Ronald isn't making things up about the pilot's Wednesday and Saturday night off nights in the bar at the flight base.

Could it be that those ladies are all wandering warblers from outside?

As for speeding, this is the operation of young people in America. How can it affect the image of a navy pilot?
Don Simpson and Ronald had similar perceptions, and quarreled with liaison officer Matthew.

"I'm just passing on the message. You can summarize your defenses and I'll take them back to the Pentagon for another review." Matthew didn't rush and didn't argue with the other party.

"I..." Ronald felt his head hit an invisible wall.

"But the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. John Lehman, promised..."

"If I were you, I wouldn't handle this matter through Mr. Minister's relationship." Matthew looked at Ronald and said sincerely.

"why?"

"Hey," Matthew sighed, "You guys don't understand the navy as an institution. I won't admit what I'm going to tell you next, except for this door. Because I like your scripts and stories very much, I personally will Say something."

Ronald made a please gesture.

"The navy is a huge machine, and it does not depend on the will of a certain officer. A civilian secretary of the navy may not be able to command a group of generals to do things they don't like, especially making movies that are not compatible with the navy's budget. Related things."

Matthew paused, and Ronald and the two producers nodded in understanding.

"The problem is, we don't know what the movie you're going to make is going to look like. We don't trust Hollywood right now. So, to solve the problem, you need someone who both parties can trust to act as a middleman."

"I think you are very suitable." Ronald immediately felt that Matthew was a good middleman candidate.

"I can't. I'm still in active service in the navy. I have to obey orders. It's best to be someone who has a deep relationship with the navy and is now retired from active service."

After understanding Matthew's hint, Ronald discussed with Don Simpson and proposed the candidate proposed by the engineer of Grumman Company.

“What about Mr. Pete Pettigrew, retired Navy Captain and former Top Gun flight school instructor? We felt he was a good fit for the role.”

Matthew smiled, "I think you can apply according to the procedures, and I will pass it on to the Pentagon. They also hope that there will be a trustworthy expert in charge of filming without obvious technical errors."

Let Matthew submit the defense of the script together with the application for the intermediary liaison expert.Ronald looked back at Nisita, and suddenly felt embarrassed to pull him out on the second day of the wedding.

"It's okay, you don't need to feel embarrassed. Paula and I got married just for the sake of the same status. We just moved our family to live together, and everything else is as usual."

"It seems that you really love each other." Ronald admired the love between the two, which can break through all kinds of secular obstacles.In addition to the original marriage of the two, the combination of an Italian and a Jewish would have had an impact on the original family.Neither of Paula's parents attended the wedding.

"However, you are registered to get married in California." Ronald didn't know whether to bring it up.

"Is it the law of equal property? We're both married people, there's nothing taboo about it. Paula and I have a prenuptial agreement where we both keep the income from our respective businesses."

"Oh," Ronald thought Paula agreed to such an agreement.

"Hahaha", Nisita seemed to have seen through Ronald's mind, "Paula has great confidence in Tom, and she thinks that she may not make less money than me."

"It's you, when you get married, you must not forget to sign a prenuptial agreement. Don't forget about George Lucas, the director's divorce can bring about a very large financial loss."

(End of this chapter)