Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"These are the most popular freshmen. We need to invite them to the Kappa Siga fraternity for a test party. Find a few more hot blondes. We will borrow some from the sororities. When they hear about the blonde handsome guy, they will come over on their own."

Ronald had instructed the suitors of the red-haired female classmate who was doing the photo assignment, and the Hollywood second-generation star was also among them. He was able to become a senior member of the Kappa Siga fraternity because his father knew some actors. People in the fraternity had the opportunity to attend star parties and get autographs.

"Why is Ronald Lee here?" The second-generation star pointed at Ronald's photo and asked. It is a tradition of Tisch College that freshmen will take portraits when they enter the school. During the four years of college, the portraits of each freshman are hung in the teaching building.

Ronald's photo is a one-time snapshot taken by someone with a Polaroid camera. In low light, it looks like dark brown, but it is actually dirty blonde hair. With the facial features like ancient Greek sculptures, it is still very similar.

"He is a famous freshman in Tisch. He has participated in the filming of MGM's new movie and is one of the screenwriters." The deacons of Kappa Siga fraternity have already done background checks on the freshmen. Anyone who can increase the attractiveness of this fraternity must not be let go.

...

Ronald returned to Tisch College. The image and sound editing courses were boring for him. After all, he had been trained intensively in the crew. In addition, the knowledge taught by the professor was relatively old, so Ronald would escape whenever he could.

Except for his favorite Martin Scorsese's classic film appreciation class, Ronald rarely returned to the college during the time of filming commercials.

There were a lot of party invitations in the mailbox. Ronald put them aside one by one and prepared to throw them into the trash can later.

"Oh, how many fraternity trial party invitations did you get, brother?" Spike Lee came over and asked after seeing the stack of invitations.

"Six or seven," Ronald picked it up and roughly counted, "I'm not interested in these."

"In fact, there are some professional fraternities that you can join, or like me, joining the black fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, there are still many benefits. The film funding I got from the equal rights organization was an opportunity introduced to me by the fraternity."

"That's great, I thought fraternities were all about drinking, partying, and picking up girls..."

"The kind you are talking about is a social fraternity, but there are also fraternities for professional communication or ethnic ties." Spike Lee knows more about black fraternities, "It's a pity that you are not African American, otherwise you can also join Alpha Phi Alpha."

"But it's a waste of time to attend all the parties like this." Ronald threw the invitation aside, "I'll just pick two to attend."

...

The uniformly dyed blonde hair, uniformly made jackets, leather shoes, and pants with fraternity logos, made Ronald feel that this Kappa Siga fraternity for social purposes was a bit pretentious.

In addition, the girls from the sorority who were invited also dyed their hair blonde and wore pink T-shirts, which made people feel that Barbie and her boyfriend Ken had become living people.

The "hot stuff" disco music that was everywhere made Ronald want to vomit his lunch. After several months of fermentation since the disco destruction night in the Chicago Stadium, the top 100 disco songs were cleared one by one.

"Traditional" music styles such as pop and rock began to occupy the charts and record sales charts again. But these living Barbie and Ken still have a special liking for the rhythm of bouncing, and the speakers are turned up to the maximum, shaking the floor of the room.

The Kappa Siga fraternity has a two-story house that is specially used as a party venue. The room is filled with the smell of whiskey, and there is a stinky smell in the bathroom upstairs, which is suspicious.

Ronald regretted coming to the party here. These fraternities named after the arrangement and combination of Greek letters may have played a role in promoting social interaction among college elites in the conservative social atmosphere of Puritans when they were founded.

But now it has become a stage for brainless rich white kids to show off their wealth, pick up girls, and have wild parties.

Shaking his head, Ronald opened the door and went to the balcony to breathe some fresh air.

"Hey, we were here first." A pair of wild blonde mandarin ducks hid in the shadow of the curtains on the balcony and were chewing each other.

"Sorry," Ronald didn't expect there were still people here, and hurriedly left the balcony.

"You have to integrate into this group, Ronald. Find a blonde beauty from the fraternity, talk to her, drink whiskey, you will like it here." The speaker was a deacon of the New York branch of the Kappa Siga fraternity.

"I don't like this kind of noisy party. I would rather have a quiet discussion with thoughtful people." Ronald stabbed him.

"You can't do this. You have to practice your communication skills. We have two meetings every week to discuss various matters of the fraternity. Ronald, don't learn from those nerdy Alpha Siga Tau in the engineering school. Some people actually discuss academic issues in the fraternity."

The deacon of the Kappa Siga fraternity is the son of a New York City Councilman. He wears a pink T-shirt, light blue pants, fluffy white socks, and boat shoes. It is the most popular preparatory college style in the Northeastern New England region of the United States ( Preppy).

Unlike the special high schools that Ronald tried to send his cousin Donna to, which focused on students' IQ, prep schools were a fast track for the children of old money and powerful people to enter college.

Preparatory schools are all private, with high tuition fees, and many have the qualifications to be admitted to prestigious Ivy League schools. In addition, most of their parents are Ivy League alumni. It is not difficult for these children to enter Harvard and Yale.

Ronald was a little tired of them, and he played the simulation games in the fraternity as if they were real games, as if by meeting with a group of people to discuss what snacks to eat and what cocktails to drink at the party tomorrow, he would be able to join his father's company when he graduates in a few years. business meeting discussion.

This idea is as ridiculous as those young people who desperately join the United Nations simulation in middle schools and think that they will be able to represent the five permanent members in the closed-door meetings of the United Nations Security Council in the future.

"They are a fraternity that focuses on professional fields. If I hadn't majored in film and television, I would have really wanted to make friends with them."

"Hey, I told you, Ronald is not the same kind of person as us. He doesn't understand the importance of connections in American society." The second generation of Hollywood stars appeared again, complaining to the butler that they shouldn't Invite Ronald, who is from a poor background, to the party.

"Our membership fee is quite high. If you want to join, do you need me to introduce you to a bank loan manager?" After the second generation Xing finished speaking, he laughed first, expressing that he was very satisfied with his joke.

"Seriously, Ronald, I don't mind your family background. Aren't the resources of the fraternity a fast lane for you to realize your ideals? Look, the girls in our sorority all like you."

Ronald looked back at several blonde girls whose faces were swollen from drinking. Their bodies had been destroyed by alcohol, food and partying, and they had begun to gain weight. This deacon just wants to use himself as a cover to attract some beautiful beauties for himself and his members to have fun.

"But I mind." Nodding to the blonde girls in the sorority, Ronald walked towards the door. He wanted to leave this big time-wasting party as soon as possible.

“You will regret it, there is no better fraternity at NYU than our Kappa Siga fraternity. If you walk out the door now, we will not give you a bid to join.

Think about it, you can't even get a fraternity invitation in college, or you can only go to those crap fraternities and hang out with poor and nerdy people. If you don’t hang out with us winners, you will become a habitual loser.”

Many of the terms used in the fraternity are very secondary. The invitation is not called an invitation, but a bid, as if the new students are pieces of goods waiting for the big brothers of the fraternity to bid on them.

Old members who help newcomers are not called study partners, but senior dads.

"Really? What's the least popular fraternity at NYU?"

The deacon and the second generation star looked at each other, and then said, "You still want to join the least popular fraternity? Is there something wrong with your brain? The worst fraternity in the New York area is of course the Delta Oga Epsilon fraternity founded on Staten Island. It’s just right for you, they don’t even have a house to hold the party, they have to rent a classroom in the school, hahaha..."

Founded at the University of Staten Island? That really suits him. Ronald smiled and waved to Barbie and Ken, "We'll see."

…

"Welcome, which college are you a student at? Tisch College of the Arts? Oh, I didn't expect that we could also attract students from the College of Art. You can fill out the form here. We, Delta Oga Epsilon, were founded at Staten Island Community College. Um, now it’s called Stanton University’s fraternity.”

\u0026a Oga Epsilon Brotherhood, there are only two or three kittens. In addition to the Chinese student who came up to say hello, the other two were Latinos and an international student from China. He has very mixed tastes, which is different from those predominantly white fraternities who all have blond hair.

"Our membership here is very simple. There are no bullying initiation ceremonies like other fraternities, and there are no high membership fees. We are truly a social stage for minorities, international students, and non-Christians. Although We also use Greek letters for names, but we are not inheriting the Christian tradition. Anyone with any faith can join, including atheists..."

"How many members do you have now?" Ronald interrupted the introduction.

"Well, the NYU chapter is all here."

"Listen, my name is Ronald Lee, and if you let me be the president, I will make Delta Oga Epsilon the most popular fraternity in New York."

Several kittens looked at Ronald, suspecting that they heard what he said wrongly.

"Seriously, the development of your brotherhood is not going well anyway, why don't you let me try? I am an official film director and screenwriter. Believe me, I have a way. All I have to do is throw a party..."

Several members decided that they would not lose anything anyway and could have a party, so Ronald became the interim president.

After signing the membership formalities, Ronald went to make a call to his agent Eddie:

"Eddie, it's me, Ronald. What are the cover girls of your adult magazines busy with these days?"