Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald and Diane's agent confirmed that Diane Lane had indeed signed with Coppola. His new work "The Cotton Club" was written by the author of "The Godfather" and Mario Puzo, the screenwriter of "The Godfather" movies.

Coppola hopes to take this opportunity to cooperate with his old partner and make a comeback. His zoetrope company and vineyards were mortgaged to the bank and he needed to make a comeback.

This movie has been rolling in Hollywood for a long time, and many veteran movie stars have been rumored to cooperate with the movie. Including Al Pacino, Stallone and others, but in the end, none of the projects were established.

Just when Ronald went to consult Coppola last time, he had been selected by independent producer Robert Evans to shoot this blockbuster with a budget of 20 million US dollars. Evans promised to pay Coppola 3 million US dollars for him to rewrite the script. When the filming of "Rage Streets" was completed here, Diane could almost enter "The Cotton Club" to prepare for rehearsal.

Ronald, who knew he could not compete with him, waited for Donna to go back together. But Donna decided to go back to the hotel with Diane to sleep. The two besties hadn't talked to each other for a long time.

Donna was left on the set to wait for Diane to leave. She was also very curious to see how the crew operated on a daily basis. Ronald called a taxi to go home alone.

As soon as he entered the house, Ronald seemed to hear Helen's sobbing coming from the room. .

"Helen? What's wrong?" Ronald asked loudly, walking towards the bedroom.

"I'm here, oh, Ronald, your girlfriend had a bad experience today."

Another blonde girl came out of the bedroom.

Ronald was surprised to find that this was another Helen, Helen Hunt, who auditioned for the female lead of "The Karate Kid", Ali.

"I am a good friend of Helen. Our parents knew each other when we were young, and we also participated in the drama club together at that time." Helen Hunt also grew up in New York. Her mother is a drama director. She and Slater went to the same school in Long Island when they were young.

"Okay, thank you. I just came back from the set. What happened to Slater?"

"She... Hey, her 'Supergirl' movie was cancelled by Warner Bros."

"Ah?" Ronald was also shocked when he heard the news. How could such a big production be cancelled?

He hurried into the bedroom. In the bedroom without turning on the light, Helen was sitting on a chair, sobbing softly and slowly wiping her tears with her hands.

"Helen, I'm Ronnie. Are you okay?" Ronald followed the light from the living room, walked into Helen, and slowly hugged her.

"No, I'm okay." Helen pushed Ronald away and became even more sad, "Let me be alone."

Helen Hunt sighed, walked into the bathroom, took a towel, washed it with hot water, and handed it to Slater.

Then she pulled Ronald out of the room and said to him, "Helen is in a bad mood. Please let her calm down first. I called Gerald. His secretary said that he would notify him as soon as possible and would call back later."

"Do you know what happened?" Ronald remembered that Slater went downstairs to accept an interview arranged by "Superwoman" and said that she went with a friend. It seems that it was this other Helen.

"I went to the press conference with her, but the press conference there was temporarily cancelled. I heard that the producers, the Salkind father and son, wanted to release it during the Christmas season next year to avoid the Los Angeles Olympics in the summer.

The distributor, Warner Brothers, was still not satisfied with the version that was shortened to 120 minutes. They believed that only in the summer season could they win back some box office. The two sides had a dispute. In the end, Warner would rather lose money and canceled the distribution contract."

The Salkind father and son informed Helen's agent that the movie might be aborted. And the tragic Slater, not only did her debut as the heroine be stopped from being released, but she also signed a three-film contract with the Salkind father and son. Now it is unknown when the last two films can be filmed.

"Beep, this is Ronald's home. I'm not home now. Please leave a message after the beep." The answering machine started playing the recording.

"Ronald, it's me, Gerald, answer the phone."

"Hello, Gerald, this is Ronald."

"My secretary said a girl named Helen came to me and said something was wrong with my daughter. What happened to her? Why didn't you call?"

"Oh, that's Helen's childhood friend Helen Hunt. You should remember her. I went out to prepare for the project in the afternoon, and it was Hunter who sent her back. The movie "Supergirl" was cancelled by Warner Bros., and Helen was very sad."

"Hunter is also at your place? Can I talk to her?" Gerald was silent for a while, and then went to Helen Hunt to find out the situation.

"Well, that's it, it's almost the same as when she was a child, just a little autistic and depressed. I don't think there's any problem, she just can't accept it all at once... Well, okay." Helen Hunt told Slater's situation on the phone, and then handed the phone to Ronald.

"Ronald, I agreed to let Helen date you, not to make her sad like this."

"Mr. Slater, I..."

"Well, let my daughter answer the phone, and I will arrange for her to go back to New York to recuperate for a while. She needs a professional psychologist."

"That's... that's fine." Ronald remembered that he would be busy with the "Kung Fu Boy" project next, and he really didn't have the time and energy to take care of Helen.

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"Helen... Helen, it's your father Gerald calling."

Ronald picked up the telephone receiver in the bedroom, then stretched the cord and handed it to Helen Slater, who was still sitting in the darkness.

"dad……"

Helen heard her father Gerald's voice and her mood began to stabilize.

"I will arrange for my assistant to go to Los Angeles overnight to pick you up. You can recuperate at home for a while. I have made an appointment with the psychiatrist who has helped you. Then I will go and talk to the Salkinds. Well…hum, those Mexican tricks can’t be used in America.”

"Okay." Helen felt that she finally felt safe and no longer panicked.

The father and daughter chatted for more than half an hour, and Helen finally gradually returned to normal. Gerald hung up the phone with concern, and then started calling his assistant.

"Who is it? Are you still calling me back so late?" Gerald's new wife asked, turning over on the bed.

"It's Helen. I want her to come back and live at home for a while. She's a little depressed. This time her movie was canceled by Warner Bros. She can't accept it at once."

"Okay, I will sort out the guest room tomorrow." The new wife is much younger than Gerald. She is a housewife and thinks about her family.

"Let her live here for a while, and I will also inform her mother that she will go to Long Island to recuperate for a while." Gerald looked at his new wife and a pair of young children, and he became even more dissatisfied with Ronald. If it weren't for This little bastard doesn’t care enough about Helen, huh!

Helen Hunter then stayed with Slater for a while. Seeing that she gradually calmed down, she picked up her bag and was about to leave. Ronald walked her to the door.

Before leaving, Helen Hunt still said to Ronald, "Stay with her. Slater had a similar experience when she was a child. At that time, her parents divorced and she was depressed for a long time."

"Thank you, I will discuss it with Gerald."

"By the way, my audition?" Helen Hunt couldn't help but ask about the result of her audition.

"Sorry, I don't actually have the power to decide who to use, so if your agent doesn't receive a call to recall the second round of auditions..."

"I understand, thank you..." Helen Hunt left first.

"Helen?" Ronald entered the dark room and saw Helen already sleeping on the bed. He quickly put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, then sat on the chair and let out a long sigh.

Early the next morning, Gerrard's assistant knocked on the door. Ronald opened the door. Helen had already gotten up, said hello to the assistant, and started packing without saying a word.

Putting the clothes and her belongings into the box, Helen Slater fastened the buckles. The assistant took the suitcase and the two of them were about to walk out of the apartment.

"Ronnie", Helen turned around and hugged Ronald before going out, "I think we also need to take a break."

"No, what are you talking about? Pause?" Ronald's heart tightened.

"Me, you, between us, I have to go back to New York first... um... find a psychiatrist for treatment and figure out my own affairs."

Helen turned around and got into the car that the assistant ordered to park at the door, and then closed the back. A burst of exhaust gas was released, and I got on the driveway and drove out of the apartment.

"Let each other think carefully." Helen sat in the back seat of the limousine, thinking of the sense of security she felt when she was on the phone with her father last night.

…

"Pah, pah, pah..." There was a sound of kicking, and Daryl Vidal, who was holding a hand target, was almost done venting when he saw his friend Ronald.

"You are very angry today. This is both a good thing in fighting and can increase your strength and speed, but it is also a bad thing and can make you lose your cool."

"Pa", Ronald gave him another hard kick and then collapsed on the ground.

"Stop talking about this, are you interested in participating in the filming of the movie? I need an action assistant. Although Mr. Weintraub has his own ideas about action direction, it is very convenient for me to add an assistant.

I will also give you a position as a resident actor and let you play a small supporting role, so that you can enjoy the minimum wage of three hundred and twenty-eight dollars a day. With this, you can join the Screen Actors Guild in the future and play a karate master or something. not a problem.

If you don’t want to be an actor, if you have this money, you can find a job in a martial arts gym again in Los Angeles. After the movie is released and it becomes popular, you can realize your dream of opening a martial arts gym. "

Vidal stood up and bowed to him in a standard Japanese style, "Thank you, Ronald."

"Then you have to help me think about how to make the last trick of the crane kick beautiful and powerful."

Ronald quickly vented his dissatisfaction. He still had his own career to fight for.

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