Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

"Don't be depressed, Ronald." Cameron patted Ronald on the shoulder. Catherine Bigelow thought he was more interesting between the two directors, which made Cameron very proud.

"Ah? No, it's just that the casting of my new movie didn't go well." Ronald replied.He talked about the situation that he couldn't find a suitable female second villain for his new film "Working Girl".

"What kind of actor do you need?" Cameron and Bigelow both felt interesting.Ronald's films are known for using unknown actors, and there is no miscasting of a major role in each film.Can't find the right actor now?

"I need someone who the audience will think of as the kind of tough and sophisticated woman when they see her. It's best to be a famous female star." Ronald explained, and now the two people on the opposite side understood.

Whether the actor fits the role in the casting has a lot to do with the actor's reputation.Use unknown actors, try to find the most similar temperament.But this time Ronald needs a star that audiences are familiar with, so there's much less room to look.

"You might as well try Sigourney Weaver." After hearing Ronald's request for the role of Catherine, Cameron recommended to Ronald the heroine of "Alien 2" directed by him.

"Huh? Sigourney Weaver?" Ronald didn't expect that Cameron would recommend a female officer of the Space Force to play the role. Do you think she can play the superficial and superficial rich girl temperament?
"Sigourney is a very malleable actor, you might as well look at her old works." Cameron smiled without saying a word. This actor has acted in comedy (Ghostbusters) and serious themes (Dangerous Age) , the New York middle-class romantic comedy (Annie Hall) also starred.

"Then I'll ask my agent to find a copy to take a look." Ronald couldn't imagine that an actress who prefers action movies can make Cameron think that she can play a Wall Street elite. Sigourney must be an unusual one. actor.

"Aha, she really is the director's favorite actress." Ronald finally finished watching the few masterpieces played by Signey in the small screening room of the Fox Building.She played the role of an official in the British Embassy and a New York chick. She is the kind of actor who is particularly good at capturing the outstanding characteristics of different characters.

And she has a special quality, the camera loves her more, and the expressions and movements in the camera can make the audience enter the story from her perspective.This kind of actor is the favorite of directors of low-concept literary films. The plot is not intense, and they can also use subtle expressions to attract the audience's attention.

Ronald immediately called the casting director, Julia Taylor, and asked her to contact the other party's agent to see if she was interested in auditioning.

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"Hi, hello, Ronald. I received a call from Jim (Cameron), and I didn't expect you to invite me." Sigourney Weaver came to the audition room with a smile on her face and greeted Ronald .

"I didn't expect that the female officers of the Space Force could grasp Wall Street's yuppie temperament so well. Please sit down."

Ronald looked at the bright red coat and black trousers that the other party specially wore, and knew that Sigourney Weaver was very interested in her movie.The whole set of clothes seemed to be not cheap and high-quality goods, and the other party wore trousers on purpose. The whole person showed a kind of charm that was different from that of a female officer, but it all represented the charm of a professional woman in a certain profession.

"Please read this line to the camera." Ronald took out the script and handed it to Sigourney.

Sigourney Weaver looked at it for a while, then built up her emotions and read her lines:
"A few ground rules. In my mind, you are my connection to the outside world. People start with you. Be tough when you have to; be considerate with clients and VIPs; take notes Be accurate, do things on time; don't make promises you can't keep."

Ronald and Julia Taylor looked at each other and nodded.This is the scene where Catherine meets Tess for the first time and sets the rules for her in the office, and Sigourney Weaver reads this boss's slightly mean emphasis very well.

"I drink black coffee and my lunch is at one o'clock. Keep a pack of Lax (premium cigarettes) in your desk. I'm never on another call, I'm always in a meeting (when Catherine is inconvenient to answer the call excuse).

I think we are a team.Therefore, we have to wear the same style of clothing.Be simple, elegant, and impeccable.Wear tasteless clothes and they will notice the clothes themselves.Dress impeccably and they will notice the woman in the dress.For example: Coco Chanel? "

Sigourney Weaver continued to read the next paragraph, hiding the rich girl's contempt for Tess from a poor family well in the lecture.Tess's family background makes it impossible to afford Coco Chanel clothes.To say this is undoubtedly a bigger stab.

"How do I look?" Julia Taylor, acting as an audition stand-in, read a line from Tess.She found that her boss Catherine was dissatisfied with her clothes, so she had to carefully ask the other party what she didn't like.

"Get rid of the bling," Sigourney Weaver continues...  

"I want your advice too, and welcome your thoughts. I love seeing subordinates who work hard get rewarded. In my team, we have a two-way communication path. Am I clear?" Sigourney Way Foo entered the state, and the look of looking down was very realistic.

"Yes, Catherine." Julia Taylor was brought into the scene by her. At this moment, Tess was in a heavy heart. This new boss was not easy to serve.

"Also," Sigourney Weaver put on an understatement and deliberately put away her dissatisfied expression, "You can call me Catherine."

Ronald couldn't help but stood up and applauded. This kind of contempt for secretaries, which was hidden in his bones, was a common problem among certain classes of people on Wall Street.Sigourney Weaver did not ask Ronald to direct, and she acted out this subtle feeling naturally, which is exactly the performance of a very powerful actor.

"How did she do it?" Ronald was very satisfied with the performance of the actress who had a relationship with him once, and called Cameron, saying that he would probably choose Weaver as the second female lead.He recounted Sigourney Weaver's line performance in the audition, and couldn't help admiring Cameron's knowledge of people.

"She comes from an acting family, her husband is a Broadway director, and she lives in Manhattan, New York..." Cameron reported several background keywords of Sigourney Weaver.

"Stop talking, I understand, thank you, Jim." Ronald thought to himself, presumably in addition to the actor's own ability, he must have gained from living in Manhattan, New York and observing those company executives.

I took the audition video to Goldberg of Twentieth Century Fox, who also recognized Sigourney Weaver's acting skills and was very satisfied with Ronald's choice.

Sigourney Weaver's "Ghostbusters" and "Alien 2" performed well at the box office. American audiences are very familiar with her. The joining of this kind of star is very good for the promotion of "Working Girl".

"Sigourney, did my audition director call your agent?" Ronald called Weaver afterwards.

"Yes, Ronald, I am very happy to have the opportunity to work with you." Ronald's previous movie "Top Gun" and the heroine of "Dirty Dancing" have star status after working with him A leap forward.This is why Weaver would like to cooperate with Ronald.

"I called you to ask about your schedule. I found two real female executives on Wall Street for you and the heroine Demi Moore. After Christmas, you will train with them for a period of time and observe how they usually behave. How to speak, how to arrange work, how to attend meetings, how to communicate with customers”

"That's great, I have no problem with my time, I just finished 'Gorillas in the Mist', a film that responds to naturalist Dian Fossey (an expert on gorillas in Rwanda who was murdered by poachers in 1985) ) life movie, Jim (Simpson, her husband) would be delighted to be back in Manhattan for Christmas.

"Then it's settled." Ronald is also very happy, the main roles have been settled, and then he can move to New York and start the preliminary preparations.

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"Ronnie, it's been a while since you've spent Christmas with your aunt." Ronald was busy auditioning for other roles in New York, as well as a crash course in secretaryship with Trisha Kate and Demi Moore.In addition, I met with two senior female executives from Wall Street investment banks recommended by Steve Bannon.

Both of them speak and act like the female bankers that Ronald imagined. The biggest difference between them and the actors who play them is that they are not as beautiful as the actors.Of course, choosing beautiful women to star in commercial movies is a very necessary kind of beautification.

Another difference is that these two female executives are both smokers one after another, which Ronald does not want to reproduce in the movie.Recently, big cities like New York and Los Angeles have begun to divide smoking areas and non-smoking areas in public places under the appeal of many Hollywood stars and the promotion of anti-smoking advertisements. The enforcement has also begun to increase under public pressure.

Therefore, in the movie, Ronald also has to follow the trend of public opinion, and his smoking is limited to a few scenes where the characters have undergone major changes and are depressed.

"Fortunately, this new film of mine is filming in New York." Ronald chuckled, and brought gifts for his aunt and her boyfriend, and Donna just took them out.

"Thank you, thank you." My aunt received embroidery ornaments from Huaguo, her boyfriend got a set of high-end kitchen utensils, and Donna got an authentic cashmere scarf, light and warm.

"Is that all the gifts?" Donna looked at the scarves this year compared to the gifts she received from her cousin's car and jewelry.Her own salary is quite high, so saying this is completely an act of acting like a baby to her cousin.

"You can tell me what you wish." Ronald rubbed his nose and made a Santa Claus look.

"Hahaha... I am very happy with whatever you give me." Donna smiled at Ronald, then took out a small box from her bag and handed it to Ronald, "Your gift."

"Oh, I didn't expect to receive a gift from you." Ronald opened it and saw that there was a Montblanc signature pen inside, with a white logo in the shape of Mont Blanc and a thick black pen. Body, and gold nib, feel good.

"This is a gift from my aunt." Aunt Karen also took out a small box. Ronald opened it and saw that it was the same European pilot's watch as the one passed down from his ancestors.The scale under the large dial also has luminous light, which is very suitable for Ronald's identity as a director, and it is also very practical.

After the family happily finished their Christmas dinner, Little Douglas ran over and chatted with Ronald.

Donna greeted him and went to her room. Douglas Jr. shrugged and told Ronald about the election of the deputy commander.

"I've been with little George all this time, they are leading the party's primary election now, they are likely to be nominated at next year's Mood Party convention, and his brother Jeb also resigned from public office in Florida and came back Join Dad's campaign."

"Huh...our friend George..." Ronald knew that his friend was not as favored by his mother Barbara as his younger brother. It seemed that his influence in the campaign team would decline.

"Now is a critical moment. George Jr. and his younger brother Jeb are both in charge of fundraising. If George Sr. is elected, both sons have political ambitions."

"Little George wants to go into politics?" Ronald was a little surprised. This man has always been like a Texas cowboy with no big ambitions, like the uncle that no one has in his family.

"Participating in the campaign team, he must have seen all the benefits of being in politics." In fact, Douglas Jr. and George Jr. worked together for the campaign, and he also learned a lot of internal secrets.

"Okay, how much do you want to donate to him? How much do I want to donate?" Ronald understood what Douglas Jr. said, and the meaning was very clear. They were in George's family, and they were already bound to the son George Jr. If they could participate in fundraising activities In the middle, let little George behave better than his younger brother...

And Barbara has always taken care of her family. If George Sr. is elected, then these sons may hold important positions.

"Personal donations should not be too much. Except for the legal provisions, in New York State, all elephant party figures must respect seniority and donate an appropriate amount." Douglas Jr. gave Ronald Science the rules of political donations.

Ronald knew the amount that Douglas Jr. donated, and he also took out his checkbook, wrote a check with a similar amount and handed it to him.

"However, although we don't need to donate too much personally, we can still donate to the political action committee that supports Old George." Douglas Jr. took Ronald's check and took out another promotional material and handed it to Ronald.

"Continue to promote employment and prosperity." Ronald looked at the name on it. "What does this mean?"

"The new election law stipulates that the people of America can organize various action committees voluntarily. There is no legal restriction on the money here, and it cannot be used for the election of a specific candidate.

These political action committees (PACs) were established to achieve certain goals.Support the election of any candidate who will swear to advance these ends..."

Douglas Jr. explained that this kind of PAC is not regulated by election laws, and there are no donation caps for various organizations.But in fact, in order to support a certain candidate, it is used in TV and newspaper advertisements, or on the ground.

As long as you don't directly support a candidate in the ad, you can make a big ad.For example, the "Continue to Promote Employment and Prosperity Action" action committee can advertise that we support the continued prosperity and employment for America, and we think George Sr. is the perfect person for this purpose.

This method of deception is legal and has been adopted by candidates at all levels of elections on a large scale.

"OK", Ronald frowned looking at the figure that was many times larger than the donation just now, and took out the checkbook to sign another one.This money can be used for several new luxury cars imported from Germany for myself and my family.

"Don't be like this. If old George is elected, the money will be well spent." Knowing that Ronald is not familiar with these political operations, Douglas Jr. opened the promotional materials of "Continue to Promote Employment and Prosperity Action", pointing to Show Ronald one of the inconspicuous items in the action plan.

"Supports continued reform of the federal tax system that is more rational..." What does that mean?Ronald didn't quite understand the words.

"Hey, it means suspending investment income and imposing personal tax reform." Douglas Jr. laughed.

"Aha?" Ronald became interested, that's why.

The current Grand Commander has carried out drastic reforms to the personal income tax.While the overall tax rate has fallen, the regulation of collection has also become stricter.One of the biggest reforms is that there will no longer be any preferential tax rates or delayed collection of income from securities, real estate, and other investments.

After the stock market crash, the stocks that Ronald bought would have to pay nearly 20% of the federal personal income tax after the tax reform.This kind of tax reform is obviously a reform trend to reduce the burden on the middle class and strictly levy on the wealthy class to expand the tax base.

But on Wall Street in New York, there are rich people who are many times richer than Ronald, and they don't want to pay so much income tax for nothing.Therefore, many PACs aimed at suspending the collection of personal income tax on investment income have been established one after another. They are all waiting to see who can become the candidate for the general leadership of the Elephant Party, and then give huge subsidies to ensure that the new general can continue the golden age policy of the past seven years. .

"Is it enough? Not enough, I'll add more." The PAC, led by Ronald and the Douglas Jr. family, of course made a bet in advance, and began to transfuse old George's campaign team in the primary election stage.

"Don't worry, there are still many rounds of fundraising. If you donate a lot, you can have dinner with Barbara and take a photo with old George."

"Hey, I have all of these." Ronald smiled and put away the checkbook. Although the temporary donation is a bit painful, the benefits that Old George can bring after being elected are huge. A tax exemption policy can save himself... ...well, at least a multi-million dollar payout.

"Don't worry, here's another..." Little Douglas smiled and took out the third donation document and handed it to Ronald.

"what is this?"

"The two-year election of the Federal House of Representatives will also be held at the same time. This year, we support the candidate for the No.14 constituency in New York State."

Ronald looked at a white man in the promotional materials, about 60 years old, with gray hair.His eyes are firm, and he looks very imposing with glasses.

"Guy Molinari, his father, Robert Sr., was my grandfather's comrade-in-arms in World War II. He was the first Italian congressman in New York. Guy himself is also a veteran of the Marine Corps. He is a hardcore elephant party."

"I donate the same amount as old George, right?" Ronald took out the checkbook again.

"You've already started, hahaha." Little Douglas picked up the check and put it away.

Ronald looked at the promotional materials, the list of the last New York State House of Representatives, and found that there were all kinds of skin colors in it. In the districts north of Manhattan and in Brooklyn, many congressmen were black or people of color .

Like the No.14 constituency, which represents the Wall Street area of ​​lower Manhattan, and the entire Staten Island, the skin color of the congressmen is also similar to the race of the voters.

"It's good for you to support him. Guy Molinari will help you clear up your piece of land that is going to be a Huaguo-style garden. The Staten Island government and the New York City Hall's approval procedures for land use changes will also Faster."

"Of course, I'll call his office." Ronald thought to himself, the top leader would give him the benefits of tax cuts, and the House of Representatives could be regarded as a tyrant. For various administrative problems in my hometown, I can find him to open the door of convenience.