Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

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The old lady who suffers from heatstroke this time is playing a thief who steals things on vacation, and her name is Mrs. Schumacher.She dresses up like a rich man, but together with her husband, she steals valuables and clothes from tourists.

This also caused Johnny to be framed as a thief, lose his job at the resort hotel, and be kicked out of Baby's life.

Originally, the screenwriter Eleanor approached Dr. Ruth, a well-known late-night radio host in New York, to play the role.

Ruth Westheimer is a German Jewish psychologist who escaped the Holocaust and came to America during World War II. In the early 80s, when she was 55 years old, she opened a late-night sex talk on a New York radio station. On the show, answer female and male audiences on the show, all kinds of private questions that I am embarrassed to ask my friends.

She was well known on the East Coast and throughout America, and people loved her stance on speaking up for women.Safety measures should be used, the girl's body should be her own decision, not one-night stands, but to have sex with the one she loves, etc... Her views are very popular among girls who work in big cities.

Of course, in the conservative south, she was seen as a joke.She was also nicknamed Female Freud.

But when she learned that Ronald asked her to play a thief, Dr. Ruth withdrew.Ronald had no choice but to find the old lady who had been acting on Broadway all her life.

After learning that she was fine, Ronald resumed filming.

Jennifer Gray is still the same, giving Switz the back of the head before the shoot, and the back of the head after the shoot.

Ronald thought of many ways, including private conversations with Gray and Switz, and asking Cynthia Rhodes and screenwriter Eleanor to persuade them privately, but none of them worked.

Ronald, at a loss, even thought of changing roles.Swap the lead actress, Jennifer Gray, for Sarah Jessica Parker, who was eliminated in the final round of auditions.

It didn't take long for this idea to be extinguished by the bill he received from the Mountain Lake Resort Hotel.

In order to prevent heatstroke, Ronald ordered some extra ice cubes and iced drinks, and the Mountain Lake Hotel offered the retail price of the peak season hotel.

Looking at the numbers at the end, Ronald crumpled up the bill and threw it viciously on the ground.

"This is robbery, robbery!" Ronald looked at the severely overrun cost. The first 50 reserve fund had been spent, and the second 50 reserve fund had already been used.

A total of 150 million reserve funds must be held until the filming is completed, which is very dangerous.Maybe you have to use the funds that were originally used for issuance.

"Come on", Nisita picked up the bill on the ground, opened it slowly, and smoothed it on the table.

"You're past the last possible moment. Shooting has been close to a week, and you've shot a ton of Gray and Thwaites footage, and if you do it all over again, add the cost of relocating, and all the actors and jobs When the staff follow you to reshoot the scene, your filming cost may have to double."

"Damn it, I knew Jennifer Gray was unreliable, why is she like this."

Ronald was so angry that he took the iced Coke from Nisita and drank it with a straight neck.

"You have only two choices now, either bite the bullet and finish the filming, or simply stop, stop the project, and admit the loss."

"I..." Ronald was aroused again after letting go of his anger, "No, never!"

"Well, you have to find a way to get Gray to cooperate."

Nisita put the flattened bill on the table again, "I'm here this time to bring you good news."

"Oh? What good news?" Ronald squished the Coke bottle, then snapped it into a flat piece of aluminum, and threw it into the trash can.

"I found you a corporate sponsorship, and they can give you $100 million in advertising fees if they have a product placement in the movie."

"what!"

Ronald smiled all over his face. This is great news, and he has solved his big problem.

"Who likes me so much? I put a big close-up on their product."

"It's Procter & Gamble's Clarion Acne Cream." Nisita visited many companies in Hollywood, and finally found a suitable sponsor for Ronald's project.

They heard about Ronald's new movie and were surprised that he didn't have any commercials.However, after learning that the film was invested and released by Ronald himself, he understood the problem.

However, after discussions within the company, their marketing director decided to invest in Ronald's new film despite all the arguments.

This is because the marketing director is a fan of Ronald. He also asked Ronald’s old friend, creative director Maguire of the advertising company. He knew that the return on investment of Ronald’s previous placement ads was very high. I have also directed a series of advertisements for Burger King, so I agreed to write a check.

"They hope to have a close-up shot of the main character or the main supporting role, using Keliying acne cream in front of the mirror. The close-up of the trademark should not be less than two seconds."

"No problem, I'll write a new paragraph for them right now, add drama, add drama."

With money as a backer, Ronald's brain returned to normal operation.

"Well, you call Jennifer's father, Joel Gray. Ask him to come and play that liar Mr. Schumacher. Jennifer was clearly a father's daughter during the audition. We asked Joel to put some pressure on her. , let her act more professionally."

Ronald immediately hit upon the idea of ​​making Jennifer Gray appear professional.

Nisita nodded in satisfaction, "This is the Ronald I know. You can do it well here, and I have to rush back to Los Angeles to find new sponsors for you."

Joel Gray is an Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning three-time star, and he is only one Emmy away from the Grand Slam.

His arrival really put a lot of pressure on Jennifer.On the set, she no longer dared to play petty temper and give the director and actors the back of their heads.It's just that there's still no eye contact with Patrick Switz.

After Joel finished filming the cameo scene, he specifically found Ronald to apologize for his daughter.

"I'm sorry, after I divorced her mother, I spoiled Jennifer by saying yes to everything. She is 26 years old, but she is still a child at heart. We all hope that she will marry a Jewish boyfriend soon, That way she'll mature a little bit."

"Uh, okay." Ronald thought, these are some old-fashioned ideas, no wonder Jennifer Gray is a bit like the protagonist Baby, it seems that her family background also wants her to marry a man of the same ethnicity.She and Baby are empathetic.

"Jennifer sometimes needs someone to guide her, and I have already shared with her my views on the professionalism of acting. Thank you for handling the script so that she does not have to play a Jewish girl who is dating an Irish. Was criticized by the circle."

"Goodbye, Mr. Gray."

"Goodbye, director. Emile, can you take me to the airport?" Joel Gray had to rush back to New York.

……

"How am I doing? Director?" Screenwriter Eleanor, at her own strong request, finally played a guest role and danced in the hall with Patrick Switz.

At this time, Baby, played by Jennifer Gray, came to find them, because she found Penny played by Cynthia Rhodes, crying silently in the kitchen.

In the darkness, a ray of light hit the foot of the opposite wall, and a close-up of Cynthia appeared in the frame.Even when she was in tears, she looked very beautiful.

Penny was crying here because she was friends with a guy who worked as a pilot in the hotel and funded his college education.But the young man was unwilling to use safety measures, causing Penny to become pregnant.In the conservative [-], this was undoubtedly a big scandal.

At the time, Roe v. Wade had not yet been decided in the Supreme Court, so it was illegal.

Penny went to ask her boyfriend for money for surgery, but was ruthlessly rejected by her boyfriend, who even took the opportunity to break up with her.

As a backup dancer and dance coach, all the money she saved was given to her ex-boyfriend, and Penny had no savings at all.Even that kind of private doctor can't afford it.I had to cry secretly in the kitchen.

"Cut!" Ronald nodded in satisfaction.That's good acting, good actors.

"You acted very well, go and wipe it."

Ronald passed a hot towel.

When Cynthia acted in the crying scene, she didn't use eye drops, but acted out of real feelings and powerful imagination.

"Thank you", Cynthia glanced at Ronald. When she acted just now, she was actually borrowing the state of mind when Ronald intervened and rescued herself when she was harassed by Stallone's brother Frank when she was filming Flying Phoenix. .

As long as that memory is mobilized, tears can flow immediately.

"Okay, let's take a vacation and start shooting next Monday." After six days of filming, Ronald finally ushered in the first weekend.

"Don't forget the ban, it will remain in effect on weekends."

Ronald remembered the ban on contact between men and women, and emphasized it.In fact, if they find a hotel to open a room by themselves, they can't control it, but most actors are still reluctant to open another room in this hotel that charges peak season prices.

After tidying up, Ronald picked up the folding chair with his name on it and went back to the room.In the evening, I will continue to watch the samples, prepare for next week's shooting, and arrange the transition.

Also, Helen will also come to visit the class during weekend breaks.

Now I can relax my tense nerves a little bit.

(End of this chapter)