Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Bang!"

"Very good, your hitting power is very good, pay attention to the force position. Ronald."

"Bang!"

"Just like this, a good serve, your waist strength is better than some professional tennis players."

Ronald found an indoor tennis club in Manhattan, and Van Patten recommended a retired ATP professional player as a tennis coach.

"Hu...Hu..." Ronald relied on his height and strength to play a few rounds with the coach. Every time he was mobilized by the opponent's rotation and landing point to run around, and could only barely hit the ball back.

"Here, wipe your sweat."

The tennis coach was very satisfied with him, "In fact, your hitting power and awareness are good. If you receive tennis training when you are young and practice your touch, you will have a good chance to participate in the college league. If you are lucky, it is not impossible to play professionally."

"I just want to exercise." Ronald wiped his sweat and drank a sip of the "arrow" mineral water handed by the coach.

In fact, Ronald was not for exercise, but after listening to Van Patten's story of hitting the ball in the field and defeating McEnroe, he wanted to try playing tennis to see if it could trigger a dream.

However, after playing a few times, there was no movement in the dream. Moreover, he was not familiar with the nature of tennis balls at all. He could only hit the ball hard, and his level was not as good as his table tennis. It was a bit uncomfortable to be beaten by others all the time as a training program.

"Financial management advertisements, luxury car advertisements, luxury two-person tour in Hawaii..." Ronald, who had returned home, read the mails sent to him one by one. After becoming famous, there were more and more advertisements of various kinds, and he threw them all into the trash can.

"Directors Guild", among the many advertisements, there was a letter from the Directors Guild.

Ronald opened it and saw that it was a check with a "residual dividend from TV broadcast" of two hundred dollars.

After reading the attached letter carefully, this residual dividend was not from "Fast Pace", but from the ending part of Diane Lane's movie "The Magic Stains" that he helped to reshoot, which was broadcast as an MV on MTV.

According to the labor-management agreement between the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild, residual dividends must be paid to directors and actors for movies or clips that have been broadcast more than 10 times.

MTV also has to pay a portion of the revenue generated by this MV to the director. Ronald did not sign his name in the movie, but the MV was considered his work, and he received dividends from the Directors Guild.

This MV was popular on MTV for a while, but the subsequent movie was very bad and was immediately taken offline after one weekend. Ronald estimated that this check was all the remaining dividends, and no TV station would be willing to show this movie in the future.

"Oh, God." Donna screamed in the back room.

"What happened?" Ronald asked.

"Someone in Europe saw the trace of Halley's Comet, and my first chance to see Halley's Comet in these 76 years is gone. The next time I see it return, I will be 90 years old." Donna said to Ronald, holding the latest "Scientific American" magazine.

"Don't lose heart, there are still many comets to discover."

Ronald changed into new clothes and went to the movies with Helen in the evening.

"Your girlfriend just called and said she has an audition opportunity and will come later tonight." Donna remembered Helen's call and said to Ronald.

…

The movie I watched was the new work of "Alien" director Ridley Scott, "Blade Runner". This sci-fi movie is adapted from Philip K. Dick's sci-fi "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Helen thought it was very good. The movie has a philosophical thinking about who people know themselves. Harrison Ford and Sean Young are handsome and beautiful, and the aesthetic style of the Asian cities Hong Kong and Tokyo in the future world is very exotic.

Ronald, from the director's perspective, the story of this movie is actually a very old-fashioned black detective drama.

A ruthless detective encounters a strange case and wanders between law enforcers and criminals. If it were a movie starring Humphrey Bogart thirty years ago, it would just be a sci-fi movie.

However, the actor who played the leader of the clones said a very impressive line before his death.

"You humans can never believe what I have seen. I witnessed the battleships on fire at the edge of the Orion constellation. I watched the C-rays shining in the darkness near the Tannhauser Gate. All these moments will eventually disappear with time, just like tears disappearing in the rain."

This shot will definitely be remembered by the audience, Ronald thought to himself.

"By the way, what movie are you auditioning for? You didn't want to tell me just now."

Ronald remembered the smile that Helen couldn't hide when she came to him in the afternoon, and then she said she would tell him in the evening when they watched the movie.

"I'll tell you when I get back." Helen pulled Ronald, and the two ran in downtown Manhattan, "Hahaha..." The dark brown long hair was blown by the wind, bringing a pleasant smell. Ronald smelled this smell and felt happy.

Arriving at the comic book store near the apartment, Helen stopped and walked in.

"I want all the issues of Super Girl this year. Please pack them for me." Helen pointed to the comics of "Super Girl" in DC Comics and said to the clerk.

"And the Super Girl uniform."

Super Girl is a spin-off comic of Super Man. The protagonist Kara Zor-El has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is the cousin of Clark Kent, Superman. She also has an Earthling identity, high school student Linda Lee.

Like Superman, her hair color will also turn dark brown when she becomes an ordinary person.

"Why, are you auditioning for Super Girl?"

Ronald, who returned to the apartment, saw Helen reading the comics intently and guessed a little.

"No, my dad's agent introduced me to the audition for the supporting role of 'Super Girl'. Lucy Lane, Super Girl's best friend. You know, she is the sister of Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane. She is a high school classmate of Linda Lee, Super Girl's usual identity."

"Then why did you buy Super Girl's uniform? You still want to play the heroine." Ronald pointed to the uniform Helen bought and asked her with a smile.

"All actors want to be the protagonist, but unfortunately the producers didn't like me. They plan to select actors for Supergirl nationwide, just like they selected Christopher Reeve to play Superman. I heard they wanted Brooke Shields."

Ronald felt that there was some truth in his heart. Brooke Shields was six feet tall, a natural blonde beauty, and had enough topicality. If the budget was right, she would be the natural choice for Supergirl.

"I think you are also very beautiful. Except for the hair color, you are no different from Supergirl."

Of course, Ronald still had to praise his girlfriend. Helen had a good figure. Her height of 5 feet 8 inches (172 cm) was considered tall on the screen. Her appearance would not be a problem for her to play Supergirl. It may be because of her popularity that her agent recommended the role of Supergirl's bestie.

"Actually, Lucy Lane's role is not bad." Helen took out a script from her bag and handed it to Ronald.

The audition script is generally not a complete script, only the part of the character. Some directors will deliberately only give a part or use the wrong script to prevent leaks.

This audition script is Lucy Lane's story line, and there are many scenes in which she helps Linda Lee, the incarnation of Superman, to integrate into the high school life on Earth.

"There are also scenes for Superman Christopher Reeve here?" Ronald saw the second page, where Lucy Lane met her sister Superman's girlfriend, reporter Lois, who came to interview the female version of Superman who appeared recently after Superman disappeared.

In the end, the two sisters discovered that Superman and Superwoman were related.

"Yes, Superman 3 and Superwoman, I heard that they will be filmed together, and then released next year and the year after respectively." Helen shared some inside information.

"Originally, Superwoman was supposed to appear in Superman 3, but I heard that Warner Bros. was not satisfied with the plot design of the producers, the Salkind father and son, and rewrote the script for Superman 3."

The Salkind father and son are legends in the Mexican film and television industry. They bought the rights to Superman's live-action film adaptation from Warner Bros., the parent company of DC Comics, for three million US dollars.

Unexpectedly, the comic book adaptation movies that could only be made into low-cost exploitation films like Roger Corman, the father and son of Salkind actually raised 50 million yuan to invest in the filming of the "Superman" movie.

In 1978, this movie achieved a national box office of more than 100 million, and the total box office in the world reached more than 300 million.

The slogan "Superman flies" made children, teenagers, and comic fans all over the world flock to the cinema to see the real actors take off on the screen.

"Ronald, can you practice the dialogue for me?" Helen asked Ronald to practice the dialogue of Lucy Lane in the audition script with him.

"Okay, but..." Ronald saw the Supergirl uniform that Helen bought, "Wait a minute, put on this uniform and let me see it."

...

After practicing, Helen took a shower, then put on the Supergirl uniform and walked out of the bathroom. She turned to Ronald, made Superman's iconic flying posture, and then asked.

"Do I look good?"

Helen was wearing a blue uniform, with a big red "S" on her chest, just like Superman. Unlike Superman, she wore a short skirt instead of tight pants.

"You look beautiful, Helen."

Helen Slater put her hands down with satisfaction, "There is another accessory."

Helen picked up a red headband that came with the uniform, lifted her hair, and asked Ronald to tie it on her forehead.

"This headband doesn't suit your style," Ronald said after looking around.

"I think so too." Helen put down the headband and opened her arms to hug Ronald's neck.

The thin blue Supergirl uniform didn't fit well, and it was loose on Helen's body.

Ronald hugged Helen in his arms, and her body stretched the uniform to the point where it should be stretched, even a little tight. But the waist was a little too fat, with an extra section.

Ronald was behind Helen, tightening her uniform to reveal her figure. He saw her blue eyes slightly closed and a healthy blush on her face, and he kissed her hard.

"Well, well..." Helen uttered a few syllables, then jumped up and hung on Ronald's body so that her head was at the same height as Ronald's, so that they could kiss each other better.

Helen, who was only one hundred pounds, was very light. Ronald held her easily and began to caress Helen's smooth calves with his hands.

"Oh, Ronnie, kiss me." Helen had just stopped a long kiss, and Ronald made her cheeks heat up again.

"As commanded."

Ronald began to kiss Helen's neck and shoulder blades, and then carried her towards the bedroom.

…

After a long time, Ronald stood up with satisfaction, went to the kitchen to get two glasses of water, and handed one glass to Helen.

"Thank you." Helen had already put on a T-shirt and boy's shorts at the speed of light, lay on the bed, took the water, and drank half a glass in one breath.

After taking the water glass and putting it on the cabinet, Ronald lay down next to Helen and hugged Helen with one arm. The two looked into each other's eyes on the bed and felt quiet and comfortable for a while.

"Ronnie", Helen rested her head on Ronald's warm arm, narrowed her eyes comfortably, and rubbed her toes on Ronald's calf, feeling the warmth of her lover.

"Helen."

Ronald also began to feel sleepy, and his eyelids opened occasionally, as if he was reluctant to close them and not see this beautiful girl.

"Ronnie..."

"Helen..."

Finally, the two young men couldn't resist the Sandman, and fell asleep hugging each other.

"call……"

A burst of intense music played, and Ronald opened his eyes with force and saw a burst of glowing subtitles flashing on the TV screen.

The beginning is very similar to a Superman movie, with a very sci-fi feel. Some subtitles come and go, and it’s not clear who is starring.

"No, this subtitle has a bit of red light. Superman's subtitle has a blue light. Could it be Superman Part 3?"

After a while, Ronald saw a thin old actor talking to a girl wearing silk clothes in a very sci-fi scene.

Hey, this seems to be the British actor Peter O'Toole who played "Lawrence of Arabia". The mother next to me seems to be Mia Farrow, who played "The Great Gatsby" with Robert Redford.

Is this a remake? Ronald knew that in the 1978 version of Superman, Marlon Brando played Superman's father.

The girl in the silk robe had her back to him. She was a blonde girl who looked a bit like Helen Slater, but she was much stronger than Helen.

The camera continued forward, and a girl wearing a uniform similar to Superman was flying in the sky.

"It's the Supergirl movie." Ronald saw clearly that the girl's hair was shiny gold and she was wearing a short skirt. Her whole body was very dazzling under the sunlight.

The camera switched to Supergirl's usual identity, Linda Lee, a girl wearing a New England private high school-style uniform consisting of a green top, a white shirt, and a gray skirt.

She was facing away from the audience and talking to her classmates in the dormitory.

"Lucy, take the new Linda to visit the dormitory and get familiar with the environment." The principal who brought Linda Li to the dormitory said to Lucy Lane.

"Hey, I know him." Ronald was surprised to find that he knew the actor who played Supergirl's best friend Lucy. It’s Maureen Teefy, who plays the Jewish student Doris in “Famous.”

Looks like Helen's audition failed, Ronald thought. I'll find another chance for her in the future.

The camera continued to switch, and the female students began to play hockey in the physical education class. A witch-like person was peeping outside the campus, "That's her, Superwoman."

"This is the actress Faye Dunaway. She has played roles in "The Big Bad" and "Chinatown." She won an Oscar in 1977 for her role in "Work".

Supergirl's best friend Lucy Lane's team won the competition. In order to retaliate, an ugly female student deliberately aimed the hockey ball at her.

The ball was about to hit Lucy Lane in the face. A player wearing No. 2 rushed over, blocked Lucy, and used his back to catch the hockey ball.

"Bang!" The ball smashed into her body.

"This is Supergirl's normal identity, Linda Lee." Ronald confirmed his judgment by watching the slow motion of the hockey ball being blocked by his back and exploding. Supergirl and Superman are both men of steel. Normal objects cannot hurt them.

To see who is acting, a close-up of the face will definitely be added here. Ronald thought.

The girl turned her head, and the camera cut to a close-up of her face. A beautiful girl with a round face came into view.

"Helen!"

Ronald yelled, is this Helen Slater? Why do you seem to have grown so much? Did you dye your hair blonde before?

"Ronnie, Ronnie, are you having a nightmare?" Helen heard Ronald yelling and shook him awake.

"Ah, it seems, it's okay, it's okay." Ronald hugged Helen tightly again, "I really wanted to dream that I fell under the bed."

Fortunately, there was someone holding me this time, so I didn't fall under the bed. Ronald thought he was lucky.

"Hehe, go to sleep." Helen lay in his arms again.

"This dream movie has a lot of special effects, and it obviously cost a lot of money. And Helen's co-stars are all veteran actors and actresses at the level of movie stars."

Ronald glanced at Helen in his arms, "Obviously she plays Supergirl, why did she say she was auditioning for the role of Lucy?"

“So many movie stars are supporting the new protagonist. This is obviously a traditional routine of Superman movies. This girl might become famous overnight like Christopher Reeve.”