Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 896

On Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, there is a restaurant with a view that specializes in Russian cuisine.Ronald set a corner location, where there is a large table that can accommodate 12 people, and he will meet the leading actors here today.

"Look, I'm really sorry, Alec. But there are a lot of things in Hollywood that a director can't change. That being the case, would you accept playing another character?"

Ronald, Julia Taylor and others sat on the side, opposite the original actor Alec Baldwin and his agent.

"Mick Dugan is also a good role, I accept." Alec Baldwin did not complain, and accepted the condition of changing roles very calmly.

Baldwin was so reasonable that Ronald was not used to it.Alec Baldwin's approach is very rare in Hollywood, a place where competition is so fierce that it cuts throats.Most people will protest excitedly, and then pretend to accept reluctantly after getting some benefits.

"It's nothing more than a boring bargain. I understand my own situation. Harrison Ford's joining is something that no producer can refuse." Alec Baldwin knows the rules of Hollywood very well, and he himself has done a lot on Broadway. For a long time, I have long since become calm about the accidents that often occur in the entertainment industry.

Although it was an embarrassing temporary replacement, Baldwin wasn't disappointed.If you want to become a star, the first step is to show your face in big productions of big-name directors and play impressive roles.

This movie is not only directed by Ronald, but also the dramatic conflict is very enjoyable, playing the ex-boyfriend Mick Dugan also has a lot of roles.He is confident that the audience will remember him as a vulgar man who does not see Tess as an independent professional woman.

This kind of person is very typical in America. As long as he can perform well, he will have the capital to enter Hollywood.Instead of waiting for the leading role in a small production, it is better to join a supporting role in a big production first.

"I'm glad it can be resolved like this, you can start preparing..." Ronald felt a little sorry for this man, but the industry is like this, and he can't fight against everyone, so he must go his own way and use him.

Julia Taylor and Baldwin explained how to prepare for the role. She directed Baldwin to go to the pier in Lower Manhattan, New York, to see how those blue-collar workers talk.Then go to Staten Island to see the restaurant chef there, to understand why Duggan and Tess can't communicate and live together.

After seeing off Alec Baldwin, Ronald talked to Julia Taylor and waited for the arrival of the big star Harrison Ford.

"I asked the screenwriter Kevin Wade to come over. Harrison must make some changes to the script and let him participate in today's meeting." Ronald put the script that had been read many times and made many marks on the screen. On the table.After reading it many times, every sheet of the script was unfolded, and it has expanded a lot compared to when it was first bound.

"Kevin!" Just as he was speaking, Ronald saw the screenwriter of "Working Girl". Kevin Wade walked over and quickly raised his hand to greet him.

"Isn't this Kevin?"

Kevin Wade was walking towards Ronald's table when he was interrupted by a typical Jewish-looking guy who stood up in the way and tried to talk to him.

"Please get out of the way. I want to discuss the script with the director. Today is the first meeting of the actors in our crew." Kevin Wade showed a look of disgust on his face, and looked at him coldly.This person was his former agent, and he was also working in Hollywood.

The agent looked down on Kevin Wade, thinking that this "working girl" movie would never have a chance to be made into a movie.After Kevin Wade agreed to direct Ronald, he fired him immediately and completed the current agent.

"This is the director of your script?" The man showed his clothes in disbelief.

"Kevin, are you an acquaintance? Harrison is coming soon, we need to talk first." Ronald waved him to hurry over.

"Harrison? Which Harrison? Harrison Ford?"

"Exactly," Kevin Wade showed a smiling face, pushed away the hand of the short-sighted former manager, and walked over quickly.

"Bang!" The manager stood up in shock, put on the ornaments on the table, covered his head, and fled the restaurant quickly.

"Satisfied?" Ronald, who saw everything in his eyes, asked Kevin Wade to sit down, and then chatted with him about the new changes.

"Everyone at CAA told me that a big star like Harrison would ask for a lot of revisions to the script. I hope you can take note of all his requests, but don't argue with him. What we are going to do today is to make Harrison figured out all the ideas for the script."

"No problem..." Kevin Wade took out his notebook and tape recorder. Before coming, his rookie agent also explained to him a lot of points about how to cooperate with stars.

The two were on the big table, each picked up their own scripts, and opened to prepare for Harrison Ford's performance.The sun was shining through the window and onto the table, making it very warm.

"Ah... it's Harrison Ford!"

After a while, there was a sudden commotion at the entrance of the restaurant.The sudden exclamation of the welcome guests aroused everyone's curiosity.The waiters in many restaurants, as well as the customers seated at the door, began to whisper to each other. Some of the more daring ones had already started to try to stand up and get closer to see if the person who came was Han Solo from Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark Professor Indiana Jones.

"Ah, my child, are you bored here to welcome guests?"

It was Harrison Ford who came, and he stepped forward, put his hand on the shoulder of the overly excited and screaming welcome guest, and comforted him with his unique charm.

"Mr. Ford, I'm sorry, I'm just too excited...I'm your fan." Seeing the idol talking to himself, Yingbin stammered and didn't know what to answer.

"I think you must be serious and responsible in your work. Let's not get stuck at the entrance. Someone is waiting for me... It's a Mr. Ronald Lee."

"Okay, okay," the welcomer turned out Ronald's reservation and welcomed Harrison in.

"Harrison...can..." Some of the onlookers were more daring, and they had already taken out pens and paper for him to sign.

"Oh...I don't want to sign...thank you." Harrison Ford showed his trademark smirk and stopped the people who came up to sign.However, those people were able to talk to Harrison, and they felt that the trip was worthwhile, and no one came up to sign forcibly.

Seeing this, the owner of the restaurant took a screen over to cover the corner where Ronald was, so as to prevent customers from randomly taking photos and violating the star's privacy.Upon seeing this, Harrison Ford had a chat with him to thank him for his thoughtfulness.

"Hi, Harrison," Ronald stood up and hugged the big star, "This is the screenwriter of the movie, Kevin Wade."

"Nice to meet you, thank you for your script. I like it very much," Harrison Ford also introduced a woman behind, "This is Patricia McQueen, my manager."

"Hi Patricia..." Ronald shook hands with her. The manager has worked for Ford since "American Graffiti", first as a broker and then as a manager, taking care of Ford's business. all things.

After a few pleasantries, they sat down and began to discuss some of Harrison Ford's performances in the script.

Harrison Ford asked, Kevin Wade answered, and the two went through all the scenes of Jack Trainor in the script back and forth.

Ford is more concerned about the character of Jack Trainor, the lines in each scene, and the logic of the plot.He spoke softly and slowly, but pleasantly.

Ronald watched from the sidelines for a long time. Unexpectedly, Harrison Ford was not much different from his screen image in real life.Masculine and charismatic, with a strong confidence in his words.

If anything, unlike Han Solo and Indiana Jones, it's that Harrison Ford himself is slightly shy when it comes to being around people he doesn't know well.

Yes, shyness.Ronald did not expect that a person who always played a tough leader role on the screen would laugh as if he was caught by a teacher in a high school class when he was communicating with Kevin Wade. It's like a boy who doesn't do his homework.

Maybe he's not that smart?So some places did not understand?Ronald thought to himself.Harrison Ford actually worked as a carpenter before becoming famous, and it is said that he has good skills.

"Hahaha..., that's it, Jack Trainor is such a Wall Street elite, and the most prominent feature of Wall Street elites is that they are very confident..." Kevin Wade was fascinated by Harrison's demeanor Live, and answer any questions very carefully.

Since Harrison Ford had no experience in the financial industry, Kevin Wade also told him some of his ideas for creating the character of Treiner.

"Very good..." Harrison Ford smiled at Kevin Wade.Whenever this happens, Wade will feel the satisfaction of being recognized by a superstar, and then patiently and carefully talk about his thoughts.

After more than an hour, Kevin Wade's mouth was dry, and he finally finished discussing Jack Trainor's last scene.Jack Trainor did not support Tess, but in the end the client believed that Tess was the one who came up with this brilliant business idea.

The two broke up, and then Tess and Jack ran into each other on Wall Street. Jack Trainor said he would go back to his hometown for a while, figure out what he needed in life, and finally came back to find Tess.The camera freezes on the scene where the two are about to talk.

Harrison Ford asked the manager, Patricia, to order some drinks and some snacks. Overall, he was satisfied with the script.

The waiters brought trays of food and drink, and Harrison thanked each of them personally.

Everyone picked up the cups and ate and drank, and they were very relaxed. The biggest star was basically satisfied with the script, and Ronald also felt that Ford was not as scary as CAA's agent described.

Harrison Ford took a bite of the sausage, wiped his fingers nonchalantly with a napkin, and said to Ronald, "Listen... about that ending, I have a question..."

"Question? I thought you liked the scene at the end," Kevin Wade rushed to answer before recovering from the excitement just now.

"Hey Kevin, I love your script, why do you think I agreed to play Ronald as Jack Trainor?"

"That's right, that's right..." Kevin Wade was still nodding desperately, immersed in cheerful emotions.

"Harrison, let's be direct. What do you think is the problem at the end?" Ronald almost watched the entire discussion process, and he had a premonition of what Harrison Ford would say next. "

"Ronald, I have no problem, but if you asked me to be direct, I will speak out directly. Do you remember the last scene, Jack Trainor clearly knew that it was Tess who first got along with the brilliant idea of ​​preventing Dongying from being acquired, and then Catherine wanted to claim it for herself, but he didn't fight on Tess' side."

"Of course I remember..." Ronald glanced at Kevin Wade, who was still in a daze, and signaled him with his eyes to calm down and stop rushing to answer.

"I don't quite agree with Jack Trainor's reaction. I don't think it's like Jack Trainor." Harrison Ford said what he thought was problematic in his Han Solo-style leisurely tone. place.

The premonition in Ronald's mind seemed to slowly become clear in the fog. It seemed that there was a big lamp shining on that premonition, and the headlight offset a lot of the fog.

"Not like Jack Trainor?"

"You see, my character, at least as I understand it, and what Kevin explained to me so well (thank you, Kevin), is an American tough guy hero. He's a born leader, leadership It needs fairness and justice, and it can be realized without wronging anyone.

He hated people who took credit for someone else's work, like Catherine.And he really admires and likes Tess, a beautiful woman with a business mind and a criminal figure... I don't think he will let Tess suffer a second disappointment. "

Kevin Wade's mouth is wide open, that's not Jack Trainor at all, it's Han Solo and Indiana Jones.

"I think what you describe is the character image that our lovely screenwriter Kevin is trying to create." The headlight in Ronald's mind has completely illuminated the road in the fog, and at the end of the road is a Harrison Ford The villain shouted at Ronald:

"I'm a star, and a star can't do this kind of disrespectful behavior. Change Trainer for me, maybe we can call him Jack Solo, or Indiana Trainor."

"Very well, um. I like Jack Trainor, and the reason I agreed to do it, is also because of his natural leadership qualities. He is a pure American leader, someone we can rely on, and the country can rely on to compete The man who won. He was not at all impressed by those odious office politics, became cowardly, and sacrificed the opportunity of his good partner Tess for his own future."

"Pure leader, that's right, when you say that, it reminds me of the President's speech in the Oval Office of the White House."Ronald figured out what Harrison Ford needed.

After all, a star is a star, although when he first came, Harrison also said a lot of things that he didn't think he was restricted by Han Solo and Dr. Indiana Jones in Star Wars.He doesn't want to be like this forever and can only play a tough guy role. He hopes to broaden his acting path and try some roles that rely on brains instead of movements.

But in the final analysis, stars are not actors, they need one blockbuster movie to maintain their existing star image.

"Maybe I'm too dull. The inner world of Jack Trainor that Kevin just explained to me is a successful person who came from a small town to Wall Street, a place with fierce competition on this earth. If he betrayed his friends like this character, that is not going to achieve the success it has had on Wall Street."

Harrison Ford is still as humble as ever and speaks nicely, but he will never stop until he achieves the purpose of modifying the character to suit himself.

Kevin Wade's mouth opened even wider. This scene really broke through his psychological defense.Just now I said that my script was a work of genius, why has the setting of the male lead been changed now?
"Even though you say that, I still don't want to change the ending of the story..." Ronald said with a smile. If it is in place, Ronald has to act according to the script.

As soon as the words came out, Kevin Wade nodded happily to Ronald. This is the style of a great director. The ending of his own script is logical and reasonable, and it is the inevitable ending of the plot. The character split front and back?

Patricia, Harrison Ford's manager, frowned, and was about to say something that was inconvenient for her client.

"But, Harrison, the last thing I want to do is disrupt an actor's thinking and thinking about a character..." Ronald continued.

"I just feel that it is necessary to speak out what I feel is not going well, and the actor must be honest with the director and the screenwriter... After all, we..." Harrison said and glanced at the screenwriter Kevin whose mouth was about to dislocate.

"Wait." Suddenly, Ronald's tone became higher, as if an actor was inspired by the genius performance of the opponent's actor, and was also excited and eager to perform.

"What?" Harrison Ford turned to Ronald, his eyes bright, as if Han Solo was listening to Luke Skywalker's wonderful "new idea" inspired by the Force.

"I have an inspiration, what if Jack Trainor finally sided with Tess? His support made the client waver in the end, and he gave Tess a chance to explain? In this way, the two of them can finally be big A happy ending, moving together and becoming a couple?"

"What do you think? Harrison?" Ronald also looked at Harrison Ford with a piercing look.

Harrison turned his head, thought for a while, then turned and said:

"It's an unexpected idea... I like it, but I still need to try the results of this play."

"Kevin..." Ronald turned his head to look at screenwriter Kevin Wade, "Can you follow this direction and rewrite the ending of Jack Trainor?"

"I...I...Of course I can..." Kevin Wade's voice fell, and his dream of directing a star and a great director burst like a soap bubble.

(End of this chapter)