Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Hi, Brooke, this is Ronald." Ronald calculated the time and called Brooke Shields' home in New Jersey. He had not talked to Brooke about the kissing incident again.

"Hi, Ronnie." Brooke's voice on the other end of the phone seemed a little shy.

"Baby dear, come and see Brooke's hairdresser. What kind of hairstyle should I do today? Who are you talking to?" Brooke's mother Terry brought out a plastic model that was strictly customized according to Brooke's head shape.

Terry always puts various wigs on this model to confirm today's hairstyle with Brooke, so she named it Brooke's hairdresser.

"It's Ronald," Brooke said to her mother, covering the microphone.

"Is it Terry? I'm calling to ask if you have received an invitation from "The Karate Kid". I am now directing this movie." Ronald heard Terry talking on the other end of the phone.

When Terry heard that it was Ronald, she had to thank him for rushing to save her daughter from the car accident, so she just pouted her lips and made a "no" shape to her daughter.

"Well, Ronnie. I received the invitation, but you know, I was admitted to Princeton, which is my dream, so I will not participate in such a long-term film project for the time being. If your film can be postponed to the holiday... Oh, okay." Brooke also made a "I rejected him" shape to Terry.

"Well, I know you will go to college, I just called to try my luck."

"I'm going to Princeton soon, and I'm packing my luggage now. Princeton promised to give me an ordinary dormitory. I'm excited to think about living in a dormitory with hundreds of years of history."

"Will you come when I start school? There was a party in my old house in New York before... Oh, I see, you still have to work on the movie, so... that's it?"

Brooke hung up the phone, touched her lips, and fell into memories for a while.

Ronald also hung up the phone and felt relieved. Weintraub suddenly had the idea to ask Brooke to play the role. If Brooke agreed, it would be his life to train her acting skills. But on the other hand... he also thought of the kiss that Brooke ran away from.

"Honey, who are you talking to on the phone?" Helen recovered from the blow. She went out to relax with friends in the morning and came back to see Ronald holding the phone in a daze.

"Oh, it's Brooke. Brooke Shields, she rejected me."

"She rejected you?" Helen was also stunned when she heard Ronald say that.

"She's going to Princeton, so she can't play the leading role in The Karate Kid. The other actress I'm looking for is also going to Harvard. I hate Ivy League schools."

"Well, you'll have to choose someone else, Ronnie." Helen said to Ronald, "Is your cousin Donna's flight coming soon? I have to attend a press interview for Supergirl this afternoon. Let's meet and talk when I get back."

Then Helen gestured at her trophy in the dressing mirror, "What do you think of me wearing this? My friends and I went to a lot of second-hand dress stores." Helen took out the second-hand dress she found in the morning.

The pink dress set off Helen's complexion. Ronald nodded. "Very nice, but why do you always wear second-hand clothes? I have also made an appointment with fashion designer Mr. Giorgio Armani to provide you with a dress..."

"Why? Doesn't it look good on me? Americans today are too wasteful. If we can save some, children in third world countries can get food and medical care."

"Oh..." Ronald remembered that Helen's mother was an environmentalist and anti-nuclear activist. She also voluntarily provided legal defense to many environmental groups.

"But I have promised Mr. Armani, I thought you would like a custom dress."

"Honey, I think these are all overconsumption. I can buy suitable clothes at a very cheap price, right?" Helen picked up the clothes and compared them.

"Okay", Ronald thought, he can only explain to Mr. Armani at that time.

"Ding Dong", the door opened, and it was Ronald's cousin Donna standing in front of the door.

"Hello, Ronnie, your place is spacious," Donna said, pulling a br /\u003e

"Donna, why did you come here by yourself? Didn't I tell you to call me and I'd ask Richard to pick you up?"

"No, I went to visit several universities in New England by myself."

"Hello, Helen," Donna also said hello to Helen who was dressed.

"You accompany Donna, my friend will drive to pick me up." Helen hugged Donna, put on her light pink clothes, opened the door and walked out.

"Which schools are you going to visit? I'll ask Richard to drive you there. I'm busy with the movie recently and can't get away."

"No, I've already passed the driver's license test, you can just lend me the car." Donna reached out for the car keys.

"Can you do it? Does Aunt Karen agree?"

"Of course, she also said I drive well."

"Okay," Ronald reached out and handed the keys of the Saab 900 to Donna.

"Where are you going this afternoon?" Donna got the keys, went to test drive, and then came back home to pack.

"I'm going to visit Diane on set. Producer Mr. Weintraub wants to try her out to see if she's interested in starring in my new movie. I contacted her agent yesterday and will be going to the studio this afternoon."

"Oh, sure, I'll go too. I haven't seen her for a long time." Donna flashed the car keys, just in time to drive Ronald.

Donna drove carefully and slowly came to the largest studio in Universal Studios.

The two registered with the studio assistant and got the reserved visit pass.

As soon as Ronald entered the door, he saw the music director Jim Steinman, the long-haired songwriter, directing his band to take positions on the stage, and the harmony team composed of four female singers also stood in the back row.

Today is another concert scene. Diane Lane played the rock singer Allen Ann. After being rescued from the bad guys by Cody, she resumed the concert in her hometown to make up for the audience's regret.

This time she sang Bruce Springsteen's single, "Raging Fire", which has the same name as the movie. Diane wore a backless red performance dress and began to move on the stage.

"Water?", the backup dancer Marin Jahan, who has become Diane's follower, holds a bottle of water, shows a straw, and gives it to Diane.

"Energy bar?" Marin breaks off a small piece of chocolate energy bar and hands it to Diane to replenish her energy.

"Diane!" Donna on the stage

"Hmm..." Diane eats a few bites of chocolate, waves to the people around her, and asks them to let Donna and Ronald in.

Ronald walks into the stage. Diane's new performance costume is also carefully made by Giorgio Armani. The whole body is red dress, with stars and diamonds inlaid on it, and the back is a big V opening directly to the waist and hips.

Diane puts on heavy performance makeup, and her face is very suitable for this kind of heavy makeup. Under the light, her tall nose leaves a shadow on her face. The high-combed hair, long eyelashes, and dark eyeshadow make her look like a real rock star.

Ronald didn't recognize Diane anymore, not only because of her makeup and dress, but also because Diane's temperament had changed completely in the weeks of filming. Just from the few times she asked Marin to be her assistant, she already had the aura of a star.

Donna climbed onto the stage with her hands and feet and went up to hug her friend.

"Oh... Be careful, don't mess up your makeup." Donna was also very surprised by Diane's change and was a little afraid to recognize her.

"It doesn't matter. If it gets messed up, I'll ask them to do it again." Diane pulled her good friend to sit on the chair with her name on it, leaving Ronald aside, and the two besties started talking.

Ronald saw that the two of them were chatting enthusiastically, so he walked aside and greeted the producer Joel Silver.

"So is this almost finished?" Ronald asked Joel about the progress of the filming.

"There are only a few more shots left. Today is our last scene in this studio. After we finish shooting Diane's concert, the stage and concert scenery here will be dismantled."

"When is it going to be released?"

"Around next summer, how come you have time to visit today?" Joel asked Ronald why he came.

"My sister," Ronald pointed at Donna, "is Diane's good friend. I brought her here today and asked Diane if she has any work arrangements next. I want to invite her to appear in my movie."

"Oh, she is a popular teenage star now. Her agent came several times last week."

On the other side, Diane and Donna also began to chat quietly.

"You've changed a lot, Diane. I think you're so beautiful now, you look like a movie star. When I was with you before, I didn't feel you were a female star."

"How is it? Not bad, right?" Diane proudly showed off to her bestie, "My two sets of performance clothes are both custom-made by Giorgio Armani."

"I see you're like a queen in the crew, many people are very polite to you. Some people even gave you flowers." Donna pointed to the roses next to her, with a card on it.

"That was sent by the male lead Michael Pare. I don't like this shaggy-haired guy, but he often gives me flowers, so I just leave it."

"You're the boss in the crew now, aren't you?" Donna quietly observed the eyes of the people around her towards Diane. Many people were envious, and some women looked at her with jealousy.

"Of course, you don't know. The interpersonal relationships in the crew are too complicated. Look at the woman who plays a supporting role. She wanted to secretly wear my costume last time. And Rick Moranis, the one with glasses, who plays my character's boyfriend, always chats with me and tells me his boring jokes."

"Which one? The short guy? He looks a bit wretched."

"Yeah, he thinks his jokes are funny. He had a quarrel with Michael Pare a few days ago and almost got into a fight."

"Did you instigate them?" Donna laughed.

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Diane also laughed. At this moment, she realized that she looked like a high school girl.

Donna touched Diane with her elbow, "Hey, Diane. Do you still like my brother now? He seems to have some problems with that Helen. I came here this morning and saw that she and Ronnie didn't talk much and went out shopping by themselves."

"Huh!" Diane sniffed, "Every girl has had this dream of having a crush on her best friend's brother. It will be fine when she grows up. I used to have a little obsession with him, but now..."

"Diane, do you have time to chat?" Ronald heard Joel Silver say that Diane's agent had arranged several auditions for her. He couldn't sit still and hurried over to ask. If Diane also has other film appointments, Ronald can only count on "Red Dawn" and Harvard University to release her, which would be a bit like giving the initiative to others.

"Hey, I should have asked Diane earlier." Ronald saw Diane today and found that she was more than enough to play a beautiful high school student. A dream girl like Ali was not a big problem.

"What's the matter?" Diane turned her head and looked at Ronald with bright red lips and wavy hair. Ronald was obviously startled. During the few months of filming, Diane seemed to have developed a charming and star-like temperament. His movements are no longer youthful.

"How can such a big change happen in just a few months?" Ronald stopped thinking, "Let me ask, do you have any film appointments next? My new film 'Longwei Boy' just needs a heroine. "

Diane raised her head slightly, looked at Ronald with a charming look in her eyes, and slowly stroked her hair, "You're late, Ronald. I have promised Director Coppola to star in his new work, Playing a singer in the 1920s and 1930s, I thought it was somewhat similar to this role, so I agreed.”

"Diane? Can we start moving?" the director asked from the side using a microphone.

"Come on." Diane flipped her hair, stood up, walked to the center of the stage, and took a ready posture.

"Turn on all the lights and let's see the effect."

With a few clicks of a switch, the million-dollar lighting engineer turned on the overhead lights. A few beams of sunlight came in from the small window in the ceiling. Under the diffuse reflection of the smoke, several light paths appeared, shining on Diane's body, making the diamonds as beautiful as the starry sky.

From the speakers came the voice of Jim Steinman's singer Sargent, who had a metallic voice.

"In the dead of night, you no longer care about me,

Your eyes are tired, there's someone at your door,

you realize you want to let go

The loser lies in the cold wall, hugged by you

Deep down in your heart, baby, I'm not a liar, I just have to go"

This lyric seems to hint at the situation between him and Diane. "Hey, I'm late." Ronald was so angry that he hammered the railing with his hand.

In this way, I can only hope that Leigh Thompson will not be selected for "Red Dawn", or that Elizabeth Shue's Harvard teacher will be reasonable and let her film the movie.