Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 599 Undercurrents surging
"Why did you let Kimball, the director of photography, tamper with the negatives? Although it protects Tom's interests, it is very disrespectful to Ronald." Nisita smoked a cigar and said to his wife Paula who was sitting opposite.

Ronald called himself before, and the words were very serious, and the implication was to let him take care of his wife.This kind of tactic is beyond the norm, and it greatly damages the atmosphere of the crew.Next, Fang Kimmer will not continue to abide by the unspoken rules, and the competition will expand to those areas that Ronald does not want to go.

"I know, I know, I wanted to keep things between me and Kimball, so that Ronald might not find out, so it wouldn't affect our relationship. Who knows he guessed it soon, I He cheated out of the truth."

Paula smiled wryly.Ronald actually didn't know who did it, so he tricked her to see the reaction.I was captured by his aura, and accidentally let the response reveal that it was she who planned the overexposure event.

"I'm going to apologize to him in person, Paula. I don't understand, Ronald is one of his own, and he will appropriately reduce Val Kilmer's role. We have this tacit agreement.

What is your reason for doing this?I know you're a smart guy, and it's not good for Tom, because Kimmer's side will also resort to out-of-the-box tricks, and it's not good for Ronald, and it's not good for us. "

Paula sat in Nisita's arms and put her arms around her husband's neck. The two had gone through hardships and paid a great price to be married. They were true love for each other.

"Of course I wouldn't be so stupid. You expect Ronald to favor Tom in the editing. Of course it's good, if Ronald can really get the right to edit."

"What do you mean?"

Paula felt her husband's body stiffen, and now Ronald is the most profitable director under his banner, driving the future of many actors.Does that mean that Ronald is not optimistic about being able to direct the editing?

"I have my news channel, Rick. Val Kilmer is loved by Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso. He personally praised Kilmer at the high-level meeting and suggested signing him with multiple film contracts."

Nisita remembered his wife's Jewish identity, and the reliability of this news should be very high.

"And he didn't mention Tom at the high-level meeting. Most importantly, he praised Kimmer's height and praised that it was in line with the appearance tradition of male stars since the golden age of Hollywood. He also said that he would use the old praise of Gary Grant to support him."

Nisita put down the cigar and remained silent for a long time.It seems that Mancuso really wanted to get involved in the shooting and editing of the crew.

Frank Mancuso is an idiot. The idiot became a CEO without knowing it. He is very confident in his judgment on Hollywood. If he wants to intervene in the production business, it will inevitably bring a series of disasters.

There are news from various channels that Mancuso wants to restore the old practice at Paramount, sign male stars to lead large-scale productions, create scripts around them, and then from the director to the scene director, all are workers on the assembly line.

Of course, this method of going against the historical trend will not succeed. Now is not the era when the studio shoots [-] films a year. The technicians can schedule the production like an assembly line. If the director is not obedient, the editor will be re-cut and replaced.

Today's Hollywood studios are more like a venture capital fund, taking a fancy to a producer, director, or star-led project that can bring in box office, and then place a bet.What everyone is competing for is vision and the ability to control key people, not bypassing them and ending up on their own.

Paula's approach did protect Tom Cruise's interests to the greatest extent, but Ronald's interests were damaged.If Ronald and Tom hadn't been friends since childhood, they might have fallen out at this moment.

But Paula is one with her husband and wife after all. Nisita thought for a while, then slowly raised her head, and said to Paula in her arms:

"You withdraw from the contract renewal negotiation with Ronald, and you don't want to be his agent for the next contract."

……

Ronald did not continue to work as a director on Sunday, but took a rare day off during filming.Together with Bruckheimer, he came to the rehabilitation center to meet Don Simpson.

"You're in good spirits," Ronald saw Tang wearing sunglasses, lying comfortably on the edge of the swimming pool basking in the sun.

"There are a lot of actresses here, and I know quite a few, hahaha."

"Don, we didn't come to chat with you..." Bruckheimer explained to Simpson in detail what happened to the crew.

Don Simpson heard them finish Val Kilmer's scene-stealing problem, "It's all done by that old Frank Mancuso brain. You continue to shoot, I guess after you finish shooting the scenes that don't involve fighter jets, you don't want to do it." It's Kimmer's time to fire. Then I'll be able to get healthy and go out and reprise my role as the bad cop."

"Why? There is still a month to finish filming the scene at the base and the studio."

Don Simpson shook his head. He had seen scenes where the leading actors in the crew attacked each other by all means, and it would be very ugly at that time.

"Val Kilmer doesn't have any hard evidence that someone is doing it, he's not clean, and he doesn't have a lot going on. I think he'll only grab those after the non-fighter scenes are over. Especially brilliant, the time in the cockpit of a fighter jet."

Seeing Don Simpson say this, Ronald felt relieved.When this "bad policeman" comes forward, the relationship between all aspects of the crew can be straightened out.It's the first time I'm looking for a star to act in a play. It's really uncomfortable that they can join the crew to create at any time.

"Your girl named Demi is good, she has guts, she sees the situation correctly, and dares to bet. To be honest, she is very suitable to be in Hollywood..."

"Oh, Shxt," Ronald remembered that he had forgotten Demi Moore at the motel for days.He hurriedly bid farewell to the two producers and went to release her.

"Do you think Ronald can withstand Mancuso's pressure when the crew shifts to shooting fighter jet shots? Will Mancuso intervene forcibly in the subsequent shooting of fighter jet scenes? He is not professionally capable, but power Struggle is so good that even Eisner was pushed to Disney by him."

After Ronald left, Bruckheimer expressed concern to his partner, "The main reason we asked Ronald to come is his aesthetic ability to shoot fighters. We have to protect Ronald."

"Don't worry, I don't need to show up." Don Simpson looked very good. He has been recuperating in the rehabilitation center until now, and he seems to have really got rid of his addiction.

"The cooperation of the navy is due to Ronald's very strong relationship. Mancuso wants to join the crew. If Ronald is fired and replaced, he will encounter a big problem. Do you think the navy will give convenience to the crew then? "

"Demi, are you okay?" Ronald rushed to the hotel that Little Bud had booked, where Demi had been waiting for him for three days.

Little Bud followed Ronald's instructions very strictly, booked a cheap hotel for Demi, gave her another two hundred dollars in cash, and watched her in the hotel.

Demi has been very good these days, she didn't go home to reunite with Emilio, but waited for Ronald in the hotel.

"Don't worry, I won't touch that thing anymore. I want to be a star. I saw the big star Farrah Fassett in it. She has become...there may be very few actors." Demi took the cash Come out and return the remaining $100 to Ronald.

"You take it, I owe you a favor this time." Ronald pushed her hand back, "I think you are not very short of money now, I will remember it, and recommend you when there is a suitable opportunity."

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Demi Moore picked up the small bag she had prepared earlier from the bed, "Thank you, Ronald, but you still have to lend me some money. I'm coming out this time without any clothes. Lied to Emilio that I went on a trip to Europe and had to buy some clothes to go back."

Ronald took out his credit card and handed it to little Bud, "Take Demi to a clothing store in West Hollywood, five thousand, no, don't call me if it's less than ten thousand dollars."

"Thank you," Demi rushed up, hugged Ronald happily and kissed him.

……

Sure enough, as Don Simpson and Nisita expected, Val Kilmer did not make a big fuss during the rest of the filming time, except for the daily tricks of stealing the scene, and changing ways to avoid Tom Cruise. Except for a banquet for the actors, the performance is quite cooperative.

Tom Cruise deliberately found Ronald with Paula and apologized to him in person.Cruise repeatedly assured that he didn't know about Paula's little tricks, and he was confident that he could beat Val Kilmer without these off-the-box tricks, after all, Ronald was his buddy.

Paula apologized generously and said that she would focus on being Tom's agent and then fade out of Ronald's brokerage business.

Ronald, who had interviewed Nisita in advance, also forgave Paula.He was asked not to make any external moves until the filming of "Top Gun" was completed.

Tom Cruise's self-confidence is not without reason. His handsomeness and ability to mobilize the audience's emotions are slightly stronger than Fang Kilmer.Had Ronald been in charge through filming and the final cut, Tom would have had more fans than Kimmer.

The filming at the Miramar base quickly came to an end, and the crew here, there is only one shot of the fighter jet passing the tower that needs to be shot.

This was the only shot of a fighter jet shot in advance before the crew focused on shooting the air combat shots, because the control tower at Miramar Airport was required to appear.

Ronald brought in consultant Pete Pettigrew to discuss it.Before he entered the conference room, he was arguing outside the door with a few real old colleagues from Top Gun flight school.

"You don't know the style of these Hollywood people. If I hadn't stopped them, they would have turned the movie into a musical or a fighting movie."

Pete excitedly said to his old colleague, the voice was so loud that it was transmitted inside.

"Pete was a bit of a double-headed guy. Those instructors had a lot of opinions on him. They thought the shots we took were too nonsense, and it was impossible for a real fighter pilot to fly like this."

Speaking to Ronald was F-14A pilot Lloyd Abel, call sign "Bozo."He will also serve as the flight consultant of the crew in the subsequent air battle shooting, and design the air battle scenes together.

"What? Why?"

"Your shot today, let the F-14 Tomcat pass by the tower at high speed. If it is really shot at high speed, the tower will be up and down, and all the glass will be shattered. And any fighter pilot who dares to do this will He was punished and ordered to retire dishonorably."

Stupid Bozo laughed.

"We are making a movie, we need some gimmicks."

"Actually, I really want to come here for a while. In the second half of the year, I will retire from active duty and fly a commercial airliner." Bozo said his whereabouts with a little melancholy.

"When you come to Civil Aviation, don't pull it up with a high G, otherwise the passengers will be vomited by you." Ronald remembered his glorious deeds of vomiting Tom Cruise.

"Hahaha, I'm not really an idiot."

"I never asked you. You really want to be fearless. As a naval pilot, is there nothing that scares you?" Ronald asked.

"There are still," the idiot blurted out without hesitation, "We are most afraid of landing on an aircraft carrier at night, every time my heart beats like it's about to explode."

"Oh?" Ronald was about to ask, but Pett Pettigrew persuaded his old colleague to leave, opened the door and walked in.

"You're here, great, let's talk about this maneuver. Low altitude, low speed, let the wings be forced to retract, don't really break the glass of the tower."

"I think so too," the idiot answered, "The speed is low when leaping, which is also convenient for you to shoot."

Ronald nodded, he had to listen to the consensus reached by the experts.

"Okay, I'll go find the pilots at the base and see who is willing to fly." Pete turned back to find the pilots.

"Um..." The idiot raised his hand and put it down again, "Forget it, I won't fight with young people anymore, I'm going to retire soon anyway."

(End of this chapter)