Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"What, you have something to do and can't come?"

"I'm sorry, Ronald, my health has not been very good recently. The doctor told me to rest..."

"Oh, okay, then, you can rest more, I'll find someone else, don't be too tired..."

Ronald called a few familiar stars. Neither Crazy Nun nor Buffy the Vampire Slayer were big productions with big stars, so the stars they invited were all relatively ordinary, and the audience would remember them but not them. It would be too difficult to invite.

But these celebrities who usually come whenever they call, this time they all seemed to have made an agreement and used various excuses to turn down Ronald's invitation.

An angry Ronald came to Richard to ask about the situation. The two of them carefully checked the list and found that these were all stars under CAA, and most of them were Jewish.

"It's impossible for everyone to like me, right? Are you jealous that I won an Oscar?" Ronald felt that it was unlikely to be an emotional problem caused by the Oscar statuette.

"It's not right to say that there are also stars signed by our agent here, so neatly..." Richard also shook his head. Ovitz's influence now is not as good as when he won the Oscars two years ago. There is no such power internally.

"I don't believe it anymore..."

Ronald contacted several more high-ranking stars, all of whom he had single-handedly made famous, so he couldn't help but give them face.

"I don't know, Ronald. I've been having health problems recently. I've been infected with the Epstein-Barr virus, I've got chronic fatigue syndrome, and my concerts have been suspended. I don't know..."

"Oh, okay, I understand..."

The first person Ronald contacted was Cher, the heroine of "Moonlight". After winning the statuette for Best Actress with this film, Cher began to become a leading star in the film industry, using herself as the top star to save a project.

But after all, she is not Ronald, and the scripts she picked have big problems. After her recent movie "Mommy's Pretty Daughter" suffered a disastrous box office failure, she couldn't find a heroine in a good script, so she simply left Hollywood temporarily and returned to the record industry to release a hit record.

"No, no, no, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't want to go. I mean, I may be in bad shape by then and I won't look good when I appear on camera, so you can't count on me..."

"Okay, you'd better rest more..." When Ronald heard this, he seemed to be really sick, which was different from the celebrities who had treated him badly before.

"Count me in, but if you're not in good condition that day, you have to let the reporters review all the photos they publish..."

"That can……"

Ronald managed one, and he found that it wasn't that big stars didn't buy into his account, but that the big stars had no conflicts with him. To put it bluntly, they were looking forward to working with him again.

"What is chronic fatigue syndrome?" Ronald asked Richard.

"It's just that people get tired easily and have low energy..."

"Is this really a disease?" Ronald thought to himself. Is it just because he was too tired?

"You can't say that. She must have a professional conclusion that has been tested by a doctor..."

"Okay, I don't understand."

Ronald was still happy in his heart. No matter what the illness was, whether it was serious or not, if he could say he was coming, he had not forgotten him. Ronald, whether he was coming or not was secondary. Next he called another popular female star of his own, Jennifer Gray, the heroine of "Dirty Dancing."

"Jennifer..." Ronald mentioned the invitation to the premiere.

"Okay, Ronald, you finally remembered me. I will definitely go, but about the time?... No, of course I will go, but I have another guest movie to premiere, okay... I'll let you go The agent helped me set a time..."

"Finally done..." Ronald thought to himself, it would be okay if two female celebrities who were popular in the past few years came.

However, before the premiere of his own film, another famous director Robert Altman also invited him to attend the premiere of his new film "The Players."

"Why did you find me?" Ronald thought to himself that I am not familiar with this "author" director who is good at shooting group scenes and is most admired by Europeans in Hollywood.

"His new film encountered financial difficulties..." Richard reminded.

"Oh, go check it out." Ronald also has an investment mentality towards this kind of film that has the potential to win awards. I have made a lot of money from commercial films, and what I can give back to the film industry is to support some directors who are good writers but whose commercial prospects are not particularly strong, or to support some new directors.

"This is the movie where Jennifer Gray guest stars... maybe you can still meet her..." Richard explained that this "Big Player" is actually a movie telling a Hollywood story, and many stars are in it. Play yourself.

"Hi, Ronald. I loved your acceptance speech at the Oscars." Robert Altman had a bit of a hippie demeanor, and he came up and hugged Ronald like an old friend.

"I also love your Army Field Corps, my aunt is the widow of a Vietnam veteran."

"Oh, then why don't you make a Vietnam War movie? Tell me, is the legendary secret of your Oscar win true?" Altman winked at him.

"Sending videotapes? I've done it before. For movies released at the beginning of the year, those judges who didn't do this have forgotten it. I guess everyone will do it this year, and it's not a secret weapon. We all know that it still depends on the director and the starring role. Excellent..."

"Yeah, I think so. Those Hollywood rumors are exaggerated..." Altman, with his unkempt gray beard, bald head, and casually wrinkled jacket, looks much better than Ronald, the "author" in a suit.

"What rumors?"

"Don't you know? Those Jews are saying that you stole Barbra Streisand's nomination with tricks and snatched the trophy from Warren Beatty and Oliver Stone." Altman is a descendant of the Mayflower, born in Kansas City, Missouri. He is also one of the few Hollywood directors who doesn't like Jews, which is why many of his works are funded by Europe.

"Ward..." Ronald cursed. These people are just jealous, right? Did I break your invisible monopoly on the Oscars? The Silence of the Lambs has no Jewish director or starring role, and it is not produced by a Jewish-dominated studio. It is a project that "relies solely on" the descendants of early white immigrants.

"You see, these people are getting more and more excessive. If you don't follow their rules, you can't make a movie. I think we should cooperate..." Altman took the opportunity to instill some ideas about the alliance of filmmakers in Hollywood that reflects the real America.

"Huh, you still want me to invest money..." Ronald knew in his heart that this was also a routine. However, the rumors spread by those people just took advantage of the fact that he was not in Los Angeles for more than a week and fermented secretly. He had to think of a way to deal with it.

"It's settled, will you also play a cameo role? In this movie, I asked Sidney Pollack to play a lawyer..."

"I will ask my agent to find your agent..." Ronald did not comment, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. He was already very familiar with this set of Hollywood language system.

"Ronnie..." Just as he was saying goodbye to Altman, Cher saw Ronald and ran over. She hugged Ronald and kissed him twice on the face.

"Cher, how are you?" Ronald saw that she was indeed a little haggard, which was indeed unusual for Hollywood stars who valued appearance.

"Don't worry, it's not contagious. I've already passed that stage, and now I'm just particularly prone to fatigue."

"That's not what I meant. Forget it. There are a lot of stars here today?" Ronald saw Andie MacDowell, Whoopi Goldberg and other familiar faces over there.

"This is a Hollywood story. It's always interesting for a director to make such a movie..."

"Oh, so that's it. Did you also make a cameo?" Ronald asked Cher.

"Several scenes. Look, Julia is here too. She filmed a scene within a scene with Bruce Willis at the end..."

Ronald looked over and saw that Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis were indeed at the premiere. This kind of movie that tells Hollywood's own story is indeed easy to be popular. Looking at the concentration of stars at the scene, it is almost the same as the Golden Globe Awards.

After greeting the stars, Ronald saw a little bit of the problem. Ronald can give big stars like Roberts and Willis a lot of good scripts, potential cooperation opportunities, and invitations to future projects led by Ronald, so they are very enthusiastic about Ronald regardless of any rumors.

Especially those actors who are not famous but have good conditions, when they see Ronald, they also want to meet him very much. They are still on the road to success, and having Ronald's support is better than struggling for three years. So Ronald's rumors have little to do with them.

Those who are cold to him are those middle-level stars who have made one or two box office hits or praised by film critics.

Most of these people's career paths are tied to the favor of agents and big studios. So they are obviously more affected by such rumors about Ronald.

Especially many so-called acting schools, they rely more on awards and film critics to get better status and income. Ronald's so-called "Oscar thief" behavior has a very direct impact on them.

For example, actresses like Diane Ladd finally got a nomination for Best Supporting Actress by co-starring in a movie with her daughter Laura Dern, but Ronald used the inferior tactic of videotapes to help his wife snatch the little golden man. How can these actors who are neither particularly beautiful nor good at acting feel unfair?

Not to mention that they are the largest group of Oscar judges, actors who have made one or two good works but have not become popular.

"Ward..." Ronald cursed again, this rumor is quite vicious. I did use the unprecedented effective videotape tactics, this cannot be denied, but I did not target you actor judges.

The most wonderful rumor is this kind of half-truth, half-false, a combination of facts and groundless accusations.

"If it doesn't work, I won't play with you, damn it." Ronald thought for a long time, but there was no good way. If I no longer expect the Oscar for Best Director, I will only cooperate with big stars, or invest in some small productions and use newcomers, and I don't need to deal with these outdated actor groups.

But, after all, it is the highest praise Hollywood gives to directors... I deserve it.

When Ronald was sulking, a beautiful actress with golden curly hair waved at him...

"Ronald..."

"Hello, nice to meet you, but I'm about to go in to watch a movie. If you have anything to say, please talk to my agent." Ronald pointed at Richard.

"Miss, is there anything I can do for you?" Richard went up to help Ronald get rid of him.

This actress is pretty good-looking, with harmonious facial features, a straight nose and curved eyebrows, and looks like a girl next door. In the Hollywood circle, she is considered to be 70 or 80 points.

But his client Ronald is not a fledgling director. What kind of top beauties have he not worked with? Such appearance, figure, and style are still different from his several "girlfriends".

Since Ronald is not interested, the task of getting rid of such an actress is the daily routine of the agent.

"Ronald, it's me, it's me, Jennifer..." The beauty was anxious and waved to him desperately.

"Jennifer, do you have an agent? If you do, you can ask him to call this number. We will invite you to audition if we have a suitable opportunity."

"Daxnit, it's me, Jennifer. Don't you recognize me? Didn't you come to see Ronald when we were filming Dirty Dancing? We met on the set. I'm Jennifer, Jennifer..."

"Jennifer Gray!"

Richard seemed to be very frightened and suddenly said the other person's name loudly.

The voice of this sentence was so loud that Ronald in front of him also heard it. He turned around and asked Richard, "Where is Gray? Didn't she also make a cameo in this movie?"

Richard said nothing and silently pointed to the curly-haired beauty.

"Holy Shxt!" Ronald was also frightened. Is this still the heroine in his "Dirty Dancing" movie, the Jewish girl Jennifer Gray?

"Where's your nose?"

"My nose? I've had it done. Does it look good? I can never play the leading role in Hollywood because this Jewish nose is too conspicuous. Now I can finally show my true strength..."

"..."

"..."

Ronald and Richard looked at each other.

If Jennifer Grey had not acted in a youth musical like "Dirty Dancing" that sells countless videos every year, plastic surgery would indeed be a good choice. She would be able to choose many more roles now than before with a big Jewish nose.

But...

Not to mention ordinary audiences, even people like Ronald and Richard who have worked with her in movies can't recognize her. And because of the change in her nose, even her voice has changed a lot. If someone hadn't reminded him, Ronald wouldn't have recognized her at all.

This means that no audience knows her as Baby in Dirty Dancing, and Jennifer Grey has become a completely new person again...

"Who asked you to have plastic surgery?"

"Who else, isn't it my boyfriend, and the directors and producers who rejected my audition?"

"My dear Jennifer..." Ronald was speechless. A good acting career was ruined.

…

Sure enough, it was not only Ronald’s own feeling, Robert Altman also found something wrong, and deleted all the scenes of Jennifer Grey in the movie “The Player”. Anyway, the audience would not recognize her as Baby in “Dirty Dancing”, and the effect of using a star to play herself could not be achieved at all. Only a few seconds of the image of Jennifer’s father Joel Grey were cut in it, and Jennifer was mentioned verbally.

“Will you invite her to the new film?” Richard looked at the production plan of Daydream, which contained many musicals and action films. Jennifer Grey could have been one of them.

“Forget it, we can’t pay to invite a star that the audience can’t recognize, and she can’t accept the minimum wage.”

Ronald and Richard and others held a meeting to discuss how to deal with the rumors about him in the circle. After thinking about it, there was no better way. They could only attract some actors and dispel the rumors through Daydream and Ronald’s project.

It is estimated that by the end of the year when the new Oscars come, everyone will forget Ronald’s methods. At that time, there should be no one who would not send videotapes...

Ovitz really has means, but he was still careless. This Jew is like a poisonous snake, silent, and when you are careless, he will catch the gap and take advantage of your absence for more than a week to spread rumors to a scale that you can't refute in time.

Fortunately, Ronald is no longer the target of being slaughtered. He has accumulated wealth and connections with non-Jewish stars in the circle. It is impossible to completely hit him.

There is a long time to go, just keep looking for opportunities to hit this poisonous snake.

"Governor Brown, do you think he has the problem of election qualifications?"

The voice from the TV interrupted Ronald's meditation. This is the primary debate for the election of the Democratic Party's president.

"Sorry, most Hollywood stars are Democratic Party. If you don't want to watch it, I can go back and watch the video." Richard took the remote control and turned down the volume. He had to pay attention to some election news and have topics to talk about with those stars.

"No, no, I want to see it too..." Ronald took the remote control and turned up the volume again.

"He has serious voting eligibility issues. On the cover of this issue of the Washington Post, I tell you that he sent state government money to his wife's law firm. This is the first thing..."

The former governor of California challenged the former governor of Arkansas. This is a very serious accusation. He was accused of not only outsourcing all the state's business to his wife when he was governor, but also helping her law firm's big client, the breeding company, to commit fraud. Let's look at another report from the Chicago Tribune. It says that 270 miles of river water are contaminated by feed and bacteria, and are no longer suitable for human drinking and fish survival..."

Now the governor of Arkansas is leading in the southern states. Although Brown has come from behind in terms of campaign funds, the Democratic Party has adopted a new primary election rule this year. Candidates who win the following states cannot get all the votes. So Brown wants to find out his big scandal to attack him and make him have problems with his integrity.

"Huh?" Ronald saw the governor of Arkansas on the right side of Governor Brown, his face flushed. People who understand some performances know that he was poked in the sore spot by Brown, but he still tried his best to maintain a smile on his face, although his body language was already very tense.

"This situation is a bit like mine..." Ronald became interested and wanted to see how he would perform in a crisis.

"How do you respond to Brown? "The host asked.

"I am disappointed with Governor Brown. He came to me in the 1970s and hoped that I would endorse him for the presidential election."

"Did you agree?"

"Of course not. Brown is a man who does not practice what he preaches. Within a year or two, he would say something completely opposite. In 1990, he promoted a bill in California, hoping to eliminate the cap on political donations. His law firm received 175,000 taxpayers' money. I remind you that this is taxpayers' money to promote this bill..."

"Well..." Ronald touched his chin. This trick works well. If someone accuses you, are their butts clean? What I have to do is to point the finger back. Ovitz, didn't you use package contracts to rape the studios and actors? Isn't it unfair for those actors who lost their audition opportunities because they were not CAA clients?

Those directors who did not cooperate with you and did not get full support even if they signed with CAA, didn't you steal their little golden men?

"But just now Brown accused you of assigning the state government's business to your wife. Do you plan to respond to this? "The host was not so easily fooled by him and brought up what he had just said again.

"To be honest, Jerry. I don't care what you say. You are such a chameleon, reinventing your position every year.

But you should be ashamed of your own behavior, especially you actually jumped on my wife's back and spread rumors about her! You don't deserve to stand with me at all."

"This is all said in the Washington Post." Brown was anxious...

"Does this prove that this is the truth? Let me tell you, Brown, my wife became governor for me, which sacrificed her business interests. She did a lot of three-dollar public interest lawyers and gave up a lot of lucrative business?"

"This is a good trick, I have to learn it too. Why do you say Diane doesn't deserve the little golden man? Did you know that she learned acting from her father since she was a child? Did you know that she played opposite Meryl Streep at the age of six? Did you know that Laurence Olivier said she was the new Grace Kelly?"

"Look at you, Jerry, you only care about this kind of blatant rumor. I am the one who cares about ordinary people. Millions of ordinary people, such as those who suffered losses in the Los Angeles riots, need changes in action, not incompetent promises.

I tell you, Jerry Brown just attacked my wife and her character. Every time I challenge these old politicians and seek real change, they will jump out to make rumors about me and my wife. It's like this every time. Let me tell you what happened later... I won, every time! Because I have the support of the people..."

"Fuxk... This guy is really good...", Ronald asked Richard, "Do you have a video? Okay, give me a copy when the time comes..."

Ronald felt that he had found the direction to fight back. I am the reformer of Hollywood...