Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald called the number and it turned out to be PJ Soules, who played the heroine in "Private Benja". She and her husband Dennis Quaid came to New York to attend the premiere of their new film "Private Benja" and invited him to the hotel to chat.

Ronald was very happy to see his old friend again. The working time of actors is limited to the shooting stage, while the post-production personnel such as directors and editors have to work longer to complete the film. During this time, the actors have invested in new projects. In fact, the cast and crew of the same crew don't have many opportunities to get together again after shutting down.

Just like Jane Fonda's new film Golden Pond. Although they are all stars of Hollywood in the golden age, her father Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn have never worked together before. They didn't know each other and met for the first time on the set.

After the filming of Rock High School was completed, PJ Soules joined the crew of "Private Benja" and played a supporting role for the popular movie star Goldie Hawn. Goldie Hawn is not only the heroine of "Private Benja", but also one of the producers of the film.

On the day of the film's New York premiere, Goldie Hawn was the natural choice and accepted a joint interview from multiple media in the executive suite on the best executive floor of the hotel.

Ronald squeezed into the elevator with a bunch of media reporters and heard them chatting.

The New Yorker, Newsweek, Life Magazine, and the New York Times Film Review Column. New York is the media base of America. These media are all major newspapers distributed nationwide. Goldie Hawn will give each of them 20 minutes to interview.

The three major TV stations' exclusive interview programs each have 30 minutes, because they brought their own filming teams and had to prepare for filming.

Reporters from other tabloids have 10 minutes.

The schedule was very full. Ronald was at the innermost part of the elevator and was taken to the executive floor first. Outside Goldie Hawn's room, there were media reporters queuing up everywhere waiting for interviews. Ronald looked at the people and estimated that he would have to interview until the evening before the New York premiere.

The supporting actor PJ Soules actually lived on the ordinary floor below, and Ronald took the elevator down again. Compared with the main character, she only had an old friend, Ronald, come to visit her, except for a small media interview.

PJ's husband, Dennis Quaid, also took the opportunity to come to New York to meet his wife, and the two of them brought Ronald in.

"Dennis and I heard about you, Ronald. We are so happy for you." PJ Soules was talking about Ronald writing a script for Jane Fonda.

"It's a pity that director Bridges didn't let me continue to participate in the follow-up of the movie, and let me buy out. You know I am interested in everything about the filming of the movie." Ronald replied.

PJ Soules looked at her husband and said, "Yes, at that time in "Rock High School", you were also the director of the second group and our still photographer. We still have the photo you took of me and Dennis at home..."

The old friends got together and talked about the situation of the old people in the "Rock High School" crew.

Another female lead, Dai Yang, who played the good girl, went to film a TV series.

Vincent Van Patten, who plays the male lead Tom, has temporarily retired from the entertainment industry to concentrate on his ATP professional tennis career. He also came to Flushing, New York to compete in this US Open, but was eliminated in the first round.

Director Alan Ekush began a long period of recuperation and struggled with drug addiction. It is said that his family gave him a lot of support.

Another unsigned director Joe Dante officially directed his first medium-sized production film, the horror film "The Howlg".

PJ Soules' career is going well and he has several film contracts in hand. However, his husband Dennis Quaid has not made any progress and is still tossing around in different crews, acting as an extra and supporting role.

Ronald felt that PJ also had the idea of ​​finding an opportunity for her husband, but when he learned that Ronald did not get real power in Jane Fonda's crew, the two did not mention it.

PJ looked very happy. She said that she might retire from the film industry and focus on filming some TV series close to home in Los Angeles. PJ, who is nearly 30 years old, wants to have her own baby with Dennis.

After returning from the hotel, I sent the revised script to CAA, as well as Aunt Karen's gift to Jane Fonda. Ronald began to read Cameron Crowe's "The Silence of the Lambs" carefully again.

Reading this book slowly, Ronald found that there were too many characters and plots in the more than 200 pages. If he wanted to adapt it into a 90-minute movie script, he didn't know how to start.

So he wrote the name of each character on a 3X5 classification card, and then arranged and combined them in order to find a story combination that could fit into 90 minutes.

Group portraits have this problem. If each character is given less time, the audience will not remember it, and if it is given more time, it will exceed the time limit. After trying many times, I still couldn't arrange a reasonable story, so I simply put the classification cards away and put them in a shoe box, waiting for inspiration in the future.

Time passed quickly, and it was the 22nd, the second live debate between the president and the president on TV.

Ronald promised Aunt Karen to go to her place to watch the TV debate. Then choose a candidate based on his feelings about the debate. Aunt Karen has promised not to inquire about his voting preferences, but Ronald must go to vote at that time.

Auntie was very enthusiastic. It was only a week before the presidential election. The current president refused in every possible way, but he still couldn't resist the pressure of public opinion that he was afraid of debates and agreed to participate in this TV debate with only him and the former governor of California.

After dinner, after waiting for the long prelude, at nine o'clock in the evening, ABC TV finally began to cut the signal to the music hall in Cleveland, Ohio. The host began to introduce the rules of the debate. Both sides will be asked 12 identical questions...

"Hey, Ronnie, you have to concentrate on the rules of the debate. What are the 12 questions? Otherwise, you won't be able to understand the content of the debate at that time." Auntie reminded Ronald who was sitting on the sofa in a daze.

"Okay, auntie, I will pay attention to these questions about inflation and social security." The TV was introducing 12 questioners. They were enthusiastic audiences who were selected by the organizers for mailing debate questions and rushed to the scene.

Ronald was a little absent-minded. He hadn't received a response to the "Grease" script he sent. His agent Niceta had already gone to Universal Pictures several times and negotiated with the president Tom Mount together with the producer Robert Stewart.

The pace of the project began to slow down again. Nicita said it was not a good sign, indicating that Universal did not seem to be so eager to push forward the entire sequel shooting plan.

Ronald, who was thinking, was interrupted by a phone ring. Under the gaze of Aunt Karen, he walked into the room to answer the phone.

"Ronald? This is Hinton. How did you offend Zinnemann? I asked him to invite you to participate in the script writing this afternoon, and he rejected it unhappily."

Ronald's mind appeared Hinton, the author of "The Texas Man", whose chubby face was full of concern. This small town writer in Oklahoma was straightforward, sincere to people, and had a chivalrous style. No wonder he could write a best-selling gang when he graduated from high school.

"There are some personal grudges in this matter. My girlfriend and I had some conflicts in the crew of "Famous"..."

"Meg Tilly? Zinnemann brought her here, hoping that she would play the leading role of Jamie. What? Zinnemann stole your girlfriend?"

"Uh, no. It was because of other things. She was not chosen as the leading role at that time." Ronald admired Hinton's rich imagination.

"Hahaha, I knew there was something wrong with you." Hinton obviously understood "because of other things" as breaking up because of other things.

"Okay, since it is a personal grudge, I won't force it. We will have a chance to work together in the future, Ronald. I like the movie "Famous".

Now I want an honest answer, Ronald."

"What is it?"

"You have participated in the casting, so you must have some understanding. Friends privately said, do you think Meg Tilly is suitable for the heroine of "The Texan"? Disney is urging me to sign a contract to transfer the adaptation rights, and I proposed to have the power to make suggestions and veto the casting."

It seems that Hinton is very nervous about his first film adaptation, and he wants all the castings to be perfect. And she is a popular best-selling author, so the studio can tolerate her interference.

"I don't know, Hinton. ... This is the truth. Casting involves a lot, not only the script, but also the director's consideration of the whole movie... She is qualified in acting and can enter the audition for the heroine, but another girl is more suitable for that role. ... Do you think her temperament is suitable? That is the most important thing..."

After sending Hinton away, Ronald went back to the living room to continue watching the TV debate. The first question about the Suwei Union has ended, and now it is the turn of the second questioner.

"Excuse me, two candidates, when the president came to power four years ago, our inflation rate was 4%, and now our inflation rate is 12%. How do you plan to solve this problem after you are elected?"

The former governor answered first, "I appeal to all voters, ask yourself a question before you vote, is your life better than four years ago? Is your income higher than four years ago? Do you have more security than four years ago?..."

Ronald was thoughtful and wanted to ask himself this question.

From a high school student from a poor family, he started to make money as a portrait photographer, joined New World Productions to participate in film shooting, and got the qualification of the Directors Guild. Then he applied to New York University, participated in the shooting of "Famous", and left his name as a screenwriter through struggle.

He learned to do some small business to make his family and friends live a better life. He signed a contract with the formal agency CAA, sold a script to Jane Fonda at a high price, and then got a script customization job to write a sequel to a hit movie. He also dated several lovely girlfriends.

From a secular point of view, he has undoubtedly been successful in the past three years. To achieve these achievements at this age is more successful than most of his peers.

But the dream in his heart is still not completed. He has not yet got the opportunity to direct a movie, and the shooting of selling scripts has nothing to do with him.

The two movies he participated in were signed as technical jobs such as second-group director, screenwriter, and lyricist. When people talked about it, they all said that the actors performed well or the director was superb, and no one ever mentioned how wonderful the screenwriter or lyricist was.

Hinton's strength made him envious and inspired him. Now in the film industry, what he needs to pursue is an opportunity to participate in production. As for his income, it is not that helpful to realize his dream.

He wants to make a movie that people will still remember decades later. Ronald encouraged himself again.

“Since I took office four years ago, I have been committed to implementing universal health insurance in America so that elderly retirees can enjoy efficient and cheap medical services, and social security income should not be taxed.

However, since he entered politics, Mr. Governor has always opposed the establishment of a universal coverage social security system, which is very important for elderly retirees and those who are unfortunate enough to be sick. Mr. Governor recently called for opposition to this proposal in Congress. "

The president suddenly attacked his opponent, the former California governor, while answering a question.

"What would you like to add to this, Mr. Governor?" the host asked.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang again, and Aunt Karen picked up the phone in the living room, "It's you, Ronald..."

"I'll go inside and listen..." Ronald couldn't face Aunt Karen's accusing eyes and ran in.

"It's me, Niceta from CAA.

You were targeted by Timothy Hutton. After reading the script, he raised many issues with the Grease sequel script and made a request to Universal President Tom Mount to find another experienced screenwriter to take over the script revision. "

"What?!"

Ronald roared, "This is a fucking personal grudge. Timothy Hutton wanted to pick up Michelle Pfeiffer at a party, and I happened to show up at the time to ruin his idea. Isn't he the future golden boy of Hollywood?" You want me to get out of here just because of this nonsense?”

"Ronald is like this precisely because he is the future golden boy. He is spoiled. All setbacks are considered to be other people's fault. They can get all the girls they want and photograph them. The movie is about to be made.

We didn't have as much power on the set as he did, and Universal wouldn't have agreed to take on the sequel project if Timothy Hutton hadn't been interested in starring. "

"What the hell is going on with you? You are my agent, why the hell are you talking to Hutton? If you want to be his agent, we can terminate the contract... You just know how to lick the vaginas of these garbage actors, He's a lucky kid who became famous after starring in a movie directed by Robert Redford, and he knows shit about scripts..."

One night, Ronald heard two bad news that he could not participate in the project because of his ex-girlfriend. He was so angry that he kept spraying dirty words at his agent Niceta.

Aunt Karen heard Ronald swearing, frowned, stood up and turned up the volume on the TV to drown out Ronald's voice.

"There you go aga, T\u0026T students and some in the media, always take my words out of context... When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation in Congress that had the same problem. I happened to be in favor of it. Another piece of legislation and thought it would be better for seniors and provide better care than the legislation that ultimately passed..."

The Governor's rebuttal to the Commander-in-Chief on TV reached Ronald's ears as the volume was turned up.

"Ronald...Ronald, calm down...Please calm down first and listen to me finish explaining Universal's conditions..." Niceta advised him on the other end of the phone to calm down first and then discuss it later. After all, he is a 20-year-old young man. Niceta took the microphone away from his ear and shook his head helplessly.

"There you go aga, Fubsp;You, calm down. They all told me to calm down, why didn't you tell them to calm down? I don't want anyone to change my script.

In the future, if you want me to write a script or buy my script, I must have a say in the crew. Either let me be the director or the production director. I must ensure that my script is not spoiled by others.

Otherwise, I won’t accompany you! "

Ronald hung up the phone angrily.

"Ring ring ring ring..." The phone rang again immediately.

"Hello!"

"It's me, Niceta. Don't hang up, Universal has made a deal. It will grant you your wish."