Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"A huge fireball appeared in the sky. People on the ground had no warning, and half of the buildings were destroyed. A group of valley girls who were doing nuclear war education survived by hiding in a nuclear shelter.

After the catastrophe, the Valley Girl got on her motorcycle and came to Los Angeles with the base's scientific researchers. There were not many survivors in the city, so they found a ham radio station and contacted survivors in the vast countryside of California.

The Valley Girls used the knowledge they learned from the TV series to restore civilization. They began to use radio stations to play popular music from the past to let other survivors know that America still existed, and to actively contact their own survivor group..."

After typing the last word of the plot summary, Ronald took the manuscript, went to the copy shop to make a few copies, and sent it to his agent, asking them to help contact the studio to see if any producers were interested in further discussions.

Then Ronald took the remaining script outline and put it in his pocket. When he meets young people of high school age, he will tell them stories and collect their reactions. See that they are interested in those plots and want to know more. And those who are not interested in those plots are distracted.

But today he didn't have time to find anyone to tell stories. Ronald was invited by Minahan Golan to attend the reception of the "Sahara" movie in New York. Brooke's mother Terry also called and specially invited him to come.

Helen was busy taking acting classes, and Ronald decided to go to the reception, maybe he could meet some producers in the industry and expand his network.

The movie was held in a Holiday Inn in New York. Ronald came to the hotel and searched for a long time before he found the fat Minahan in a remote business hall.

"Aha, Ronald. I'm so glad you're here. My movie is going to be a hit in America. It's a remake of the movie of the same name forty years ago, starring Humphrey Bogart. And it's going to happen again this time. Plus a lot of new popular elements.”

Minahan pulled Ronald in and introduced his idea to him.

"Of course, I believe it will be a masterpiece."

Ronald hesitated for a moment, why would the wine for the project be placed in such a place? I guess there isn't much to eat, so I should eat something to fill my stomach before coming here.

Ronald glanced around and saw that there were some unknown media reporters and a few guests dressed suspiciously. They did not look like practitioners in the acting circle who must maintain a glamorous appearance no matter what.

He began to regret coming to the cocktail party today.

Ronald looked around but did not see Brooke and her daughter. If I had known it was such a low-end cocktail party, I might as well have enriched the details of the script at home.

"Ronald, please help me. Terry is not satisfied with the script. We need a mature screenwriter to revise the script."

Minahan invited Ronald into the back room of the press conference. There was a small lounge with several sofas. His cousin Yoram was also there. After closing the door, Minahan invited Ronald to join the "Sahara" crew. .

"She's dissatisfied with the script?" Ronald asked casually. Terry had never expressed any opinions on the script before?

"Yes, Terry made a lot of good suggestions. For example, she said that the script was not in line with the values ​​of mainstream American audiences. The heroine played by Brooke should not end up with an Arab sheikh."

"Um..." Ronald took a sip of champagne, which tasted ordinary. "Isn't this what I said at the time?"

"What do you think?" Ronald asked.

"I think what she said makes sense, but part of the money for this movie came from pre-sales in the Middle East market. And movies with the Sahara theme had been made as early as the silent film era, and the Arab sheikhs were very popular as positive characters at that time. subject matter.”

Yoram rarely intervened to express his opinion.

"I'd love to work with you, Minahan, but right now I have another script in the works."

"What theme is it? Is it also a youth film?"

"No, I want to try a new field." Ronald shook his head in denial.

"Let me tell you, Ronald. It would be a mistake for you not to be a part of this movie. This movie is equal to 'Lawrence of Arabia' plus 'The Blue Lagoon.' I got big money, and there's another wave. With Ji Xiaosi participating, we will succeed.

When I met you in Montreal, I told you that my dream is to win an Oscar. We'll have a chance this time. You, Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, me, Oscar for Best Picture, Brooke Shields, Oscar winner, hahaha..."

"I already have an idea for a script, and I can't participate in the project this time." When Ronald heard about Lawrence of Arabia and the addition of Blue Coral, he immediately hid away.

What kind of terrible idea is this? A desert war epic film and a Fijian scenery romance film, who knows what weird results will come out of it.

"Well, I can't say that your idea is wrong, Ronald. We will definitely have the opportunity to cooperate in the future." Minahan and Ronald hugged each other and turned to chat with other guests.

Ronald turned around again, and all those who came were unknown cats and dogs, and he was about to run away.

A young woman came over and greeted him, "Hi, are you Ronald, the fast-paced director? I heard Minahan said you were coming."

"It's me." Ronald turned to the beauty, but he didn't expect anyone to recognize him at the reception.

"Aren't you that?" Ronald looked familiar to this pretty girl with a long face. Wasn't she the heroine of the movie "Apple" that was trashed by the audience at the Montreal Film Festival? She also auditioned for the female lead in Coppola's "The Wanderer."

"Catherine Mary Stewart, you can call me Catherine." The beauty took the initiative to introduce her name.

"Hello, I just came to meet Minahan, are you here?"

"Like you, I was tricked into attending this boring drinking party by him."

"Hahaha……"

Ronald was told something important by a beautiful woman, so he just chatted with her for a few words.

Katherine Mary Stewart has bounced back from the disastrous box office failure of Minahan's film "Apple" and is now starring in a TV series in New York.

"So you're acting in a TV series now?"

“I also recently acted in the film based on the murder of Dorothy Stratten, Death of the Girl in the Seam .”

Unexpectedly, the story of this Playboy model would be made into a movie by Hollywood so quickly. Ronald had a deeper understanding of the industry spirit of Hollywood.

"Are you playing Stratten?"

"No, I play her sister. Stratten is played by Jaie Lee Curtis."

Katherine Mary Stewart seems to be quite talkative, and the way she talks is still the childish girl who impressed Ronald deeply in the movie "Apple".

"Ronald?" Brooke's mother Terry appeared, and she came over and asked Ronald to come over and talk.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Stewart." Ronald took the opportunity to escape.

"Isn't Brooke here today?"

"She is currently busy preparing for the Princeton admission interview. This time I want to ask you to be the screenwriter of this movie."

Ronald already knew that this so-called project establishment cocktail party was probably an opportunity for Minahan to use Brooke's name to continue financing. But if even the real owner wasn't present, wouldn't it matter to Minahan and Yoram?

Anyway, the two fat men were very eloquent, and he was no longer shocked by the series of messy operations of the two Israeli brothers.

"I have turned down Minahan and my new script has begun."

"Oh, Ronald. Can you help Brooke? After listening to you, I also feel that something is wrong with those plots. You are the best person to modify the script."

"I'm sorry, Terry."

Ronald took out the plot summary he wrote from his pocket, "I have started writing a new script. I have to concentrate. This is a science fiction movie and it is my new attempt. I have to go all out."

"Oh, okay. I still want to thank you, and I will let Minahan continue to revise the script." Seeing Ronald's firmness, Terry reluctantly got up and left.

Brooke Shields still wants to maintain her screen image, so she will continue to find new screenwriters to adapt it until she is satisfied.

"Do you mind if I take a look?" Catherine Mary Stewart came over again and pointed at the outline of Ronald's new script.

"Of course." Ronald handed over the summary of the script, "This is just a summary."

Anyway, his agent has registered the synopsis of the script for him and sent it to contact several major studios. The synopsis will soon spread in the circle, and he is not afraid of others piracy.

"Haha...a very interesting story." Catherine Mary Stewart laughed when she saw it. Some of the things the Valley Girls did in the end of the world were very interesting. In the surviving department stores in Los Angeles, Valley girls try on expensive clothes casually as a fashion show.

"Do you think it's interesting?" Ronald looked at Katherine Mary Stewart, who was barely a few years older than a high school student, and asked her what she thought.

"I think it's very fun. It would be interesting if I could play a role in it."

"If everything goes well, I will contact your agent and invite you to audition." Ronald thought this beauty was a bit interesting. She didn't speak as directly as the girls in Los Angeles or New York. She had ideas about finding roles, but she couldn't express them clearly. Offensive.

"You're not from New York or Los Angeles, are you?"

"No, I was born in Canada and later went to London to study. I was selected by Minahan to play 'Apple' there. I actually went there with a friend..."

Ronald took Catherine Mary Stewart's contact information and left the boring reception. I finally got something out of it, and I found an actor to talk about her views on the plot in the new script.

…

Ronald returned home and started stretching while watching the news on TV.

Playing tennis has no effect again, and the dream is still so elusive. So he kept rotating his sports, hoping to achieve his favorite dream again.

"Spielberg denied plagiarism in his ET. He said that he was still in high school when Rey's script was circulated in Hollywood. If there are similar plots, they can be attributed to coincidence."

It seems that Spielberg still did not plagiarize. He actually does not need to plagiarize. If he likes a Hollywood script now, it is not a problem to buy the adaptation rights. Maybe the problem lies with his screenwriter?

After stretching, Ronald took a hot shower, jotted down some ideas for a new script, and went to bed early.