Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Why don't we find a quiet place to talk?" Ronald didn't want to see Meg Tilly. This was a particularly uncomfortable experience when he was young.

"A quiet place, how about going to my trailer?" Annette Bening said with a shy expression, "You are really a brave person, but I just don't have any scenes all morning. You can try the hot dog buns I made. There is an electric stove in my trailer to heat it up, and you can put fresh grilled sausages in it."

"Uh..." Ronald remembered that Bening boasted about being a chef on a yacht, which was actually putting grilled sausages in bread to make hot dogs. The taste was not as good as the sandwiches he made himself. Wait, what Annette said...

Annette Bening pulled Ronald's arm and pressed her whole body against him. Her clothes were very thin, and her eyes were full of spring colors.

"Ah this..." Ronald thought this was too bold. He wanted to pull his arm out, but he didn't pull it out after two attempts. He only felt that Bening was getting closer and closer.

Ronald barely struggled twice, all because the costumes chosen by director Milos Forman were too realistic. Bening's swan-like elegant neck kept shaking in front of his eyes, and a pleasant perfume smelled straight into his nose. Ronald felt that his willpower was getting weaker and weaker...

Just then, there was a noise from the direction where director Milos Forman left. He seemed to hear his shouting, mixed with the screams of several young men and women.

Ronald glanced at Bening. Milos Forman was nearly sixty years old. Would there be any accidents?

The two ran quickly towards a long corridor in the Palace of Versailles. Just after turning the corner, they heard a man's roar. The sound was miserable and sharp, like a beast being hit by a hunter and making a desperate roar before death.

"You two adulterers... I'm going to kill you..." Then there was a plop, as if someone fell to the ground.

"Ah..." The two men and women screamed loudly, as if the voice of Milos Forman was mixed in.

Ronald was startled and hurriedly sped up. Bening seemed to recognize the owner of the male and female voices, and also lifted up the skirt of the costume and chased after them quickly.

Going around the corner, I saw Meg Tilly in ancient costume, still screaming loudly, "Ah...Ah...", hiding to the side while screaming.

Next to her was a curly-haired man, handsome, with the temperament of a classic British gentleman. He was also hiding behind, and stretched out his hand to protect Meg Tilly.

Milos Forman stood in front of them, as if to separate them from the man who was shouting to catch the adulterer. "Tim, don't get excited..."

Ronald approached and saw that the person lying on the ground was a middle-aged man, about forty years old, with very sparse hair, and the hairline retreated behind the line connecting the two ears. A few steps away, there was a wig, lying crookedly on the ground.

"Yo... Isn't this Meg Tilly's husband, producer Tim Zinnemann?" Ronald thought to himself, and he recognized the embarrassed little Zinnemann lying on the ground.

If Ronald still had some complicated feelings towards Meg Tilly, after all, he borrowed her life experience to write the script, and he had no good feelings towards the son of the Hollywood director Fred Zinnemann.

He had once set his sights on the young Diane Lane, and the two had a head-on conflict at Jane Fonda's house.

"Don't worry, I'll help you up..." Ronald stepped forward and pretended to help Zinnemann.

"You? Ronald, do you have a share?" Zinnemann didn't want to be helped up by Ronald, he supported himself with his hands and slowly stood up. He was too excited just now, staggered, and fell to the ground in anger at the adulterous couple, with his hands and knees broken.

"What do you mean my share? Are you crazy?" Ronald jumped away immediately when he saw this, and then said with an attitude of "don't talk nonsense".

"Tim..." Milos Forman stepped forward and scolded the young Zinnemann, "Your father and I are old acquaintances. Don't make a fuss here."

Fred Zinnemann, the former great director, has been retired for five years. Zinnemann's films had a few impressive ones in the early 1980s, but they lost more and more money after that, and now no one cares about them.

But he keeps a close eye on his wife Meg Tilly, a typical control freak.

The last time Meg Tilly was chosen by Milos Forman to play the leading role in "Amadeus", he had been closely monitoring her. The actor who played the supporting actor spread rumors in front of him, saying that Meg Tilly had an affair with the actor who played Mozart.

In the end, he believed the rumors and went to the set to beat the actor. Milos Forman was very unhappy at that time. If Meg Tilly had not been accidentally injured later, this conflict would have broken out four years ago.

After that, Meg Tilly had bad luck and didn't have any good roles. Zinnemann asked her for a child, hoping to tie his wife down with the child.

But this girl with strong ambitions could not be restrained by these things. Meg Tilly returned to filming and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in a movie about a pregnant nun.

After that, the two had a second child, and Meg Tilly proposed to come back. Zinnemann seemed to think that the two children did not need to supervise his wife too much, so he let her film with the familiar director Milos Forman, which could be regarded as compensation for her regret of missing the blockbuster "Amadeus".

Who knew that once she relaxed, she would have problems...

"You..." Little Zinnemann is essentially a person who likes the new and dislikes the old, and is very controlling. His first two wives, plus Tilly, were each ten years younger. He suffocates his wife every time. But when he gets old and loses sex, he divorces and abandons her without hesitation.

He did a good job with his finances, hiding his property as much as the prenuptial agreement.

But what he miscalculated this time was that his third wife, Meg Tilly, who was twenty years his junior, actually took the lead and hooked up with the leading actor in the movie, Colin Firth, who played Count Valmont. .

Little Zinnemann, who had just come to the Palace of Versailles to secretly spy on his wife, actually saw Meg Tilly and Colin Firth talking to each other about their life plans, how they wanted to divorce him and take him with them. Two kids go and stuff like that. They hugged and kissed each other while talking. It was definitely not a rehearsal for the art of film.

This made him very surprised and very angry. The female star he had always dumped was actually kept in the dark this time and really cheated on her. I really can't believe any of these actresses.

In public, he failed to catch the adulterer, but instead suffered humiliation. Little Zinnemann's face turned red and he said through gritted teeth to Meg Tilly, "Prepare for divorce proceedings."

Then little Zinnemann looked at everyone present with a rather vicious look, then turned around and left. It seems that he has already made Milos Forman and Ronald jealous.

"Don't forget your wig..."

Ronald shouted.

Little Zinnemann suffered another heavy blow, staggered, and almost fell again.

"Pfft..." Annette Bening, who was next to her, saw a live drama and couldn't help it anymore, covering her mouth and laughing secretly.

This laugh was very insulting. Meg Tilly competed with Bening for the actress' seat on the set, and they had many overt and covert fights. Now her unbearable past was revealed to her again. And opposite Bening, there was Ronald, whom he least wanted to see.

Back then, I was fighting for the chance to be an actor, and now he saw such an uncomfortable scene. So he covered his face in shame and anger and ran quickly in the other direction.

"Sorry, Director Li, it's nice to meet you. I mean, I'm sorry to meet you under such circumstances... I'll go see Meg first..."

The young British actor who played Valmont said a few words to Ronald in a typical British accent, then turned back and hurried after Meg Tilly.

"This woman still hasn't figured out what she wants..." Ronald shook his head.

Back then, Meg Tilly left Ronald to pursue better opportunities in Los Angeles for the sake of her future as an actress. Then marrying little Zinnemann, who is twenty years older than herself, it is difficult to say whether there is any intention to take shortcuts.

But it is impossible to get the best of both worlds with one's choice. She chose little Zinnemann who coveted her beauty. With career benefits, Meg Tilly began to look forward to pure love again. She was on the set, flirting with Colin Firth, and they had great chemistry.

After entering the drama, both parties discovered that this good feeling actually extended to real life. The two of them were looking forward to love, but they naively believed that true love could conquer everything, and secretly fell in love on the set.

Today, they couldn't bear their temper, so they found a quiet place and began to talk to each other. Who would have thought that...

"Richard..." Ronald turned back to his agent. He always knew where he should be at the right time.

"I need you to arrange it, little Zinnemann. I understand that this is a pure villain. He is definitely going to cause trouble in Hollywood, and I don't want my name to appear in any reports about this scandal."

Ronald whispered in his ear.

As soon as I turned around, I found that Annette Bening was stretching her ears hard, trying to eavesdrop. Bening, who only heard the words gossip and scandal, suddenly thought of something and his face turned pale.

If the gossip media exposes this matter, I won't be able to escape it. If someone adds fuel to the fire, then I will... American audiences are not very tolerant of rumors that interfere with other couples' marriages.

"Don't let Ms. Bening be implicated innocently," Ronald saw her expression and turned around to give Richard more instructions.

"Oh..." The expression on Annette Bening's face suddenly improved a lot.

Milos Forman shrugged. He didn't care. This kind of thing has never been seen on the set, and I have seen it eighty times. Moreover, he is a two-time Oscar winner for Best Director, and his age and the person involved are not of the same generation. It can be said that even if he is reported by the gossip media, he will not be involved.

Besides, when the movie was being filmed, such a high-profile scandal broke out, which was a good thing for the marketing of the movie. "The two protagonists are too deeply involved in the drama, and they are pretending to be real..."

Ronald understood the meaning and nodded. He couldn't control this kind of thing. He turned to Richard and said, "Please help me do this. If necessary, I can call Mr. Ovitz." , in short, be more cautious.”

"No need, Niceta and I can handle this matter very safely..." Richard knew that he could provide more value, which was the basis for securing this meal ticket. If the two of them couldn't handle this kind of thing and had to ask Ovitz for help, then Ronald, the client, wouldn't be theirs for long.

Annette Bening pulled Ronald into her trailer and was about to satisfy Ronald. It was all thanks to Ronald's kindness that he was able to hitchhike and avoid a disaster. As for how much he still has for himself, no one knows, so he might as well take the opportunity to top up some.

"Annette, it doesn't have to be like this. I can make you a promise. You and I have the greatest protection in this matter." After this farce, Ronald felt a little tired mentally and lost interest.

"Don't you like my outfit? I also have modern outfits here." Bening was frightened, thinking that Ronald was going to throw himself out as a scapegoat, so he immediately opened the small clothes box in the trailer, Taking out a set of sexy underwear and professional women's clothing, he had to go the extra mile to please Ronald.

"No, no, I didn't mean that..." Ronald thought to himself, why wouldn't it be wrong not to eat?

"Do you think I am a very opportunistic woman who likes to manipulate men?" Annette Bening covered her face and began to sob softly.

"I wasted too much time with my ex-husband and Broadway. I am already twenty-nine this year..."

"Hey..." Ronald understood Bening a little more. Usually Hollywood actresses debut in their teens, so there are various obstacles. When I reached Bening's age, I realized that I had been entrusted to someone else. If I wanted to start working hard in Hollywood again, there would be many difficulties to overcome. So she wants to seize every opportunity.

Annette Bening thought Ronald had agreed, and immediately put her hands around Ronald's waist to prevent him from leaving. Then she stretched out a hand to fumble in front of her, "My dear, it's not convenient for me to be on the set right now. Wait for me." After the filming, I can do whatever you want with me when I go back to Los Angeles.”

…

"Do you think this script is poisonous?" Ronald felt very funny as he held Bening in his arms.

In two film adaptations of the play "Dangerous Liaisons", the two pairs of actors who played the dandy Valmont and the virginal Madame de Tourville both had affairs.

And one is a beautiful Hollywood beauty who falls in love with an average-looking male protagonist, and the other is a handsome and handsome boy who falls in love with the mother of two children who are still married. Under normal circumstances, this is an incredible combination, and it is basically impossible to happen.

Could it be that this script was really written by the devil and is it poisonous from the wisdom fruit?

"No, I think they were too involved. This play is originally an extremely emotional scene about a prodigal son returning home and a virgin going to sea. Director Forman also attaches great importance to the performance quality of the play. We often rehearse and experience it over and over again." Bening The fear in my heart was reduced a lot by Ronald's behavioral commitment.

She has been acting on Broadway all year round and is well aware of the drama of this kind of abnormal love. If she could not go home and spend time with her lover every day, it would be easy to be drawn into the situation and not be able to distinguish between drama and reality. Filming in Los Angeles, where you go home to reunite with your family every day; and filming in a foreign country, where there are not many people speaking English in sight. The impact of the two environments on people is very different.

"That's right..." Ronald thought, it was better to stay away from this kind of drama.

…

"Quickly, tell me more about your trip to Paris and that lady. How is she now? Do you remember you?"

A few days later, Ronald, who returned to London to rest, was invited to his home by Elton John. He invited Ronald to dinner, eager to know how this romantic act would end.

Although the home-cooked food in London is not delicious, the level of chefs in Britain is still very high. Elton John's chef can cook Chinese and Latin dishes.

Ronald tasted it very happily, and he briefly said what he could, which actually caused Elton John to sigh.

"Hey, two people who love each other must make sacrifices for the relationship, otherwise they will have no choice but to part ways..."

He sat down in front of the piano, started playing, and then started singing in his thick singing voice:

"...

And this is not a sacrifice,

Just simple words,

Two hearts living in their own worlds,

…

This is not a sacrifice at all

mutual misunderstanding afterwards

The more sensitive the feelings, eventually

only in the last scene

build a prison

…”

"What do you think?" Elton John was very satisfied with his outpouring of inspiration. He wrote down the lyrics and melody he just heard from Ronald's story on a white paper.

"It sounds nice. What's the name of this song?" Ronald heard that there were no sentences in the lyrics that could be associated with him. They were all about two young lovers who need to make sacrifices for their relationship.

"How about calling it a sacrifice?" Elton asked, emerging from behind the piano.

"Sounds good to me..."