Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Wow..." The curtains were gently pulled open. Diane was still sleeping in bed. She had a smile on her face. She dreamed that when she was a child, she came back from a Broadway performance, sat in the back seat of a taxi driven by her father Bert, and curled up to sleep.

"Diane, Diane..."

Bert in the dream called her softly, and the car seemed to be parked at the door of the low-rent apartment in downtown.

"Hmm..." Bert's face and voice in Diane's dream gradually turned into Ronald's.

Diane hadn't slept so sweetly for a long time. The pressure was gone, and the morning sun seemed to find her body, warm.

She opened her eyes. Ronald was wearing pajamas, pushing a breakfast cart full of various foods, and gently calling her name.

"I don't know what you want to eat, so I ordered a little bit of everything."

"Hmm..." Diane finally hugged the warm quilt, which still had the madness of last night. Next to it was the expensive Armani performance costume, neatly placed on the sofa.

She sat up, casually put on Ronald's big shirt, put the pillow behind her, picked up a glass of milk and took a sip, looked into Ronald's eyes, and said innocently: "When did you tell Bert about us? He has already prepared the wedding expenses for me, but he doesn't have much money, so don't make the wedding too grand." Ronald was stunned... How could Diane be such a girl? "Are you sure?" Diane nodded with a smile, "Bert always said that it's okay to experience love as an actor, but if you have a boyfriend in life, you must bring him home. He will screen him for me..." "I'm filming "The Karate Kid" now, and I will go back to New York for vacation before Christmas. When will your new film start? Let's find a time." Ronald thought about his schedule and didn't expect that his marriage would be decided like this. Diane, as he had always known her, really got married... There's nothing wrong with it... right. . No, Diane was lying to herself. Ronald saw the smile on Diane's face that he couldn't hold back. "Hahaha..." Diane burst into laughter and wrapped the quilt tightly, "Donna is right, if I say that, you will definitely propose on the spot."

Ronald realized that Diane was joking with him, and laughed too, stretching his hand to tickle Diane's armpit.

"Hahaha..." Diane's breathing became heavier, and she begged for mercy, "Donna and I just want to try it."

"Girls just want to have fun (Girls Jt ;to Have Fun)?" Ronald remembered what Donna said to him for no reason that day.

"Yeah, I don't want you to be too restrained. I'm going back to New York to join the crew soon, so I have to eat more. Director Coppola just returned to the crew, and he asked me to eat more." Diane began to choose breakfast.

"What's the name of your new film?"

"The Cotton Club."

Diane began to grab the bread on the table and ate it with bacon, sausage, and baked beans.

"Not being picky is good", Ronald thought Diane looked cute when eating.

The two chatted while eating. Coppola had a falling out with producer Robert Evans during the filming of "The Cotton Club". Coppola was angry and quit the crew, asking investors to choose between him and Evans.

In the end, the studio chose to believe Coppola. They persuaded Orion to add an additional $20 million budget to this masterpiece that Coppola had high hopes for.

Ronald frowned. Coppola had not yet repaid the bank loan he owed. His house and vineyard were still mortgaged.

Shaking his head, Ronald also began to eat. The physical exertion last night was really a bit great.

The two fed each other and laughed for a long time.

"Where are you going today?"

"I have nowhere to go, what about you?" Diane wore Ronald's big shirt and went to take a shower with bare legs.

"The crew is temporarily suspended. Producer Weintraub and Columbia's senior executives are watching the sample film. I will probably go back to work on Monday."

"Then you can accompany me for a day." Diane stuck her head out of the bathroom and said.

"Of course." Ronald put together a pair of red diamond high heels that were far away on the floor.

"Dangdang..." Diane quickly finished washing and came out wrapped in a big bath towel. She hummed the lyrics of "Girls just want to have some fun" and walked out on tiptoe like a fashion model.

Ronald knew that Diane was imitating the plot of him changing clothes in "Night of the Comet" and whistled to encourage him.

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"Girls just want to have some fun, just want to have some fun." Diane threw the bath towel aside like a fashion, walked closer to Ronald, and then sat on Ronald's legs.

Ronald looked at Diane's smiling face, gently touched the small scar beside her right eye with his hand, and then hugged her tightly. The smooth back and the scent of shampoo on her hair intoxicated Ronald.

At the same time, Weintraub was watching Ronald's first week of sample filming in the screening room with Columbia executives.

"Trust my judgment. Ronald is definitely efficient in making successful exploitation films. He can also make very artistic clips where necessary."

Weintraub was speaking well of Ronald.

"Let's take a look." This senior executive of Columbia was not originally in the film and television industry. He was parachuted in from Coca-Cola and is considered a direct descendant of the current president David Putnam.

The screening room began to play the sample film without synchronous recording.

First there were two encounters between Daniel and Ali. Daniel fell in love with Ali at first sight and was as fascinated by Ali as if he was struck by lightning. Ali gradually got to know more about Daniel's personality. The second time the two met in the cafeteria, the poor Daniel took out a few one-dollar bills and paid for lunch with Ali.

The senior management of Columbia was particularly satisfied with this shot. He couldn't help but think of the past when he found his first job at Coca-Cola and met the wife of a city girl. The money was not much, but every encounter was always warm.

Then there are the two encounters between Daniel and Master Miyagi. The first time Daniel went to the repair shop to ask Miyagi to repair the faucet, Miyagi was obsessed with catching flies with chopsticks and ignored Daniel's repair report.

The second time he came to the apartment for repairs, he happened to see Daniel being punched in the panda eye and practicing karate against the book, hoping for revenge.

The Columbia executive turned to Weintraub and said, "Who is this? He seems to be an ordinary repairman. The director Ronald gave him a lot of shots."

"This is Master Miyagi who later taught Daniel karate. His apparent occupation is an apartment repairman, but he is actually a karate master."

"Hmm..." The executive nodded, this setting is quite interesting.

Daniel later went to where his mother worked and found a karate club across the street. He went in and saw a life-size playing card of Chris, and couldn't help but want to go in and see if he could sign up.

Unexpectedly, when he got inside, he saw Johnny and his friends who had beaten him up. He was so frightened that he ran away from the gym quickly.

"How is it? Am I right?" Weintraub was actually watching these samples for the first time, and he was very satisfied with Ronald's handling.

"The filming was good, but the president, Mr. Punante, didn't like his willful character. The director is not qualified to fire the producer. This is the same everywhere."

"This is my problem. During the days when I was not on the set, Charles Okun has been challenging the director's authority in person." Weintraub did not hesitate to excuse Ronald, "I promise, as long as my The influence is back on the crew and this won’t happen again.”

"Are you willing to guarantee it?" the executive wiped his glasses and asked.

"I'm willing to endorse him," Weintraub said of Ronald, who had helped him a lot. "And he has recently been rumored to be having an affair with Brooke Shields. When the movie is released, he can also get a wave of free media. focus on."

"Okay, I will report to Mr. Punant. After the filming is completed, I will come and watch the finished film together."

Ronald, who spent a day in the hotel with Diane, returned home.

The answering machine's red light flashed and Ronald pressed play.

"Ronald, this is Weintraub. Come to the set on time on Monday. The matter has been resolved. We can continue filming."

On Monday morning, Ronald arrived at the filming location wearing sunglasses.

Diane had already boarded a flight back to New York last night. The Cotton Club was a black jazz dance hall in the Bronx, New York. Coppola restored the appearance of the entire 1920s and waited for her to go there to shoot the scene.

Ronald also set up the scenery here, and the props team and scenery team decorated the apartment downstairs from the original apartment into Master Miyagi's office.

Noriyuki Morita is wearing glasses and holding a pair of scissors, preparing to prune the pine trees in the bonsai.

Ronald's mental and physical strength has returned to its peak. He looked at Morita and started filming on Monday.

"Cut!" Ronald saw Morita himself failing to cut the bonsai when pruning it, and quickly stopped.

"Master Miyagi is a horticulturist and artist, so it's impossible for him to not cut it off all at once."

"Cut!" After Morita finished pruning the pine branches, he made two more empty cuts.

"The artist will keep his movements to a minimum. He will not cut without thinking carefully."

"Cut!" Ronald also laughed. Noriyuki Morita had already cut the bonsai to nothing.

"That way, you make a look like you're thinking about pruning, and then you look back and see Daniel walking in."

"Diane is like a ball of fire. He seems to be a little too excited." Ronald poured a cup of black tea from the thermos cup to steady his rhythm.

"Very good, this shot passed."