Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The music gradually came to an end. Madonna stared at Ronald in the back row and made various provocative gestures. She stretched out her finger and hooked it in Ronald's direction a few times.

"Bitch, this bitch..." Cyndi Lauper next to her thought that Madonna was openly provoking her and cursed out loud.

"This bitch is very scheming. She knows that the TV camera lens will not take a full shot of her provocation, so she deliberately made this gesture to the camera behind us... Actually, she was coming to me."

Cyndi Lauper saw Madonna's scheming. They are both young singers and happened to be in a competitive category. Although she won the award today, it is still unclear who will be more popular with Madonna as a guest performer.

"Hey, hey..." Ronald coughed. Madonna on the stage was lying on the ground, flirting with him.

Maybe seeing Ronald reminded her of the spring breeze in the past, or maybe the atmosphere of the performance made Madonna excited. She suddenly lifted her skirt and turned over on the ground.

The white garter belt and lace stockings were exposed to the eyes of all the teenagers watching the TV broadcast.

"Wow..."

Ronald recalled the time when he sent her back to his apartment after she failed to win the role of "Famous", and banged the wooden wall.

"This bitch," Cyndi Lauper started to scold again. Such an outrageous shot will be all over the newspapers, TV, and all media tomorrow. When he just received the award, he deliberately banged the table, and the limelight he had stolen by his bad girl declaration was going to be stolen by her again.

Ronald raised his hand and applauded like everyone else, taking the opportunity to cover up Cindy's attention and cross his legs.

"Ronald?" After the show, one of Madonna's assistants ran over and handed Ronald a note. He was stopped by his agent Richard, who checked it and handed it to Ronald.

"Ms. Madonna asked Ronald to go to her dressing room to have a chat," the assistant added.

Richard looked over and Ronald nodded. It had been a long time since they last met. Now Madonna could be a guest at the TV awards ceremony, and he wanted to talk to her.

"Ronald," Madonna came out to greet him and warmly hugged Ronald, whom she hadn't seen for a few years. When she hugged him, she pinched Ronald's waist with her hand, "Hehehe, you are still so energetic."

Entering the dressing room, to Ronald's surprise, there was already a lady waiting for Madonna.

"Maripol, my hairstylist, I have to go to a party soon, so I came here to get my hair done again." Madonna pointed to the lady, "I met her at Club 54."

Ronald suddenly remembered that Madonna had thrown herself at the door of Club 54 in order to get into Club 54 and get close to the big guys in the industry. It was only after that that he met Helen Slater.

"Hello," Ronald smiled at Maripol.

Maripol untied Madonna's messy hair that she had deliberately messed up on the stage and restyled it.

"I want you to direct my video. My new album 'LikeAvirg' will be released at the end of the year. There is a single 'Material Girl', which needs to be filmed for the video. I need you."

"You should talk to my agent about this kind of thing." Ronald said to Madonna's assistant and his agent Richard who followed him up.

"You won't disagree, right? Cyndi Lauper won the award this year because of your video. Her acceptance speech was so long. If it weren't for you, she wouldn't have had the chance to say it."

"I still say the same thing. Talk to my agent. I'm busy with a new movie recently."

"Well, it seems that we haven't seen each other for a long time. You have forgotten me. Let me help you review it."

Madonna is bold and unrestrained. She hugged Ronald and gave him a passionate kiss. One hand went straight to

"Okay, okay," Ronald begged hurriedly, "I'm serious, let your agent contact my agent, I'll see when the time is convenient..."

"Ronald, aren't you going to the party with us? There are many girls there waiting to meet you, a big Hollywood director."

"Let the agent make an appointment," Ronald gestured and escaped from Madonna's clutches.

Little Bud was already waiting outside the door, driving Ronald home to rest.

"You are still so majestic, I still remember the time you came to my house the most after all these years."

"You once smashed the walls of my house, what, don't you like my dress?"

"Bang bang bang bang..." The walls of Ronald's house began to shake.

"Ring ring ring..." It turned out to be a dream, Ronald was awakened by the ringing of the phone.

In his sleep, Ronald was somehow blocked by Madonna at home, and she must relive the old dream with him. Fortunately, he received a call from Niceta, who had just returned to Los Angeles and called from the office.

"Hello... I'm Ronald, ah... hey," Ronald yawned.

"Are you awake? Did you sleep very late last night?" Niceta asked Ronald.

"Yes, what's up?" Ronald looked at the clock. It was almost ten in the morning in New York.

"I've asked Richard to go to your place. You'll know when you see the New York Times. Two of the seven Hollywood companies have had major personnel changes."

"Ding Dong..."

Richard came in with the New York Times.

Ronald took it and saw that it was still the front page headline of the business news section.

"Frank Mancuso is appointed as the chairman of Paramount, and Michael Eisner resigns."

Ronald suddenly woke up and continued to read.

"Frank Mancuso has been appointed as the chairman and CEO of Paramount, replacing Barry Diller who resigned last week. He will report directly to Gulf Western.

In a game of music grabbing seats, Paramount shocked Hollywood. The original most popular successor, Michael Eisner, was eliminated and submitted his resignation to the board of directors today."

In the past decade, Eisner has been responsible for the production and distribution of more than half of Hollywood's most popular movies. After being unexpectedly eliminated in the competition for Paramount's top position, Gulf Western originally planned to offer Eisner generous treatment, allowing him to establish his own independent production company and continue to cooperate with Paramount.

But in the power game circle of Hollywood, Eisner rejected this symbolic generous treatment and resigned from the board of directors. After being approved, he said that he would continue to explore the possibility of cooperation with other companies in the industry. "

"Where is he going? "Ronald asked Niceta who was waiting on the other end of the phone.

"It's probably Disney."

"Oh?" Ronald continued to read the Times report.

"These are several major changes that continue in the industry. Hollywood has ushered in the biggest reshuffle in a decade. Disney's president and CEO, founder Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller, was also asked to resign by the board of directors yesterday."

"It's not such a coincidence, right?" Ronald said.

"Yes, Eisner must have a backup plan." Richard said beside him.

"Lee Isger, an entertainment industry analyst in New York, said that Paramount's new management team faces a "no one wins" situation. Isger said: No company can succeed forever. Under Diller's leadership, Paramount has a long history of success. As long as success continues, people will believe in his legacy. When it fails, the new people will be blamed. "

"Did you find Eisner? ”

“He’s not answering the phone right now. I guess he’s negotiating with Roy Disney Jr., who successfully drove Ron Miller out of Disney.”

“What’s up with Ron Miller? How did he get driven out?”

“His live-action film plan was quite a failure. The few movies he directed that targeted the youth market barely made it at the box office and didn’t get good reviews from critics. In addition, Roy Jr. is Walt Disney’s nephew. He gathered Walt’s old subordinates and forced him to resign together with the directors.

Now Ron Miller and his wife Diane Disney have gone to Napa Valley to be neighbors with Coppola and run his winery. ”

“Will Eisner get the CEO position at Disney?”

“I hope so. He and Katzenberg are a team. Disney’s poor performance should require them to have a keen eye for selecting movies.”

“I guess he’ll call me. You guys can keep the phone lines open too.” "Ronald had a feeling that Eisner still needed the "Screen Fund" card very much.

"I think so too. Then you and Richard wait for the call at home."

Nicita discussed the strategy to deal with Eisner with Ronald and others on the phone, and then hung up.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Eisner called Ronald's home.

"Ronald, I think I can still get that guarantee." Eisner got straight to the point. His time was precious now.

"I'm not a member of the board of directors of the Screen Fund. Why don't you ask the fund manager, Mr. Roland Bates, for his opinion directly?"

"Shxt! I need a promise now. Roy Disney Jr. needs not only the vision to select movies, but also money."

"Then I can't help you, Mr. Eisner."

"No, you can, as long as you let your friends in Texas announce their support for me to manage the fund."

"I don't have that much power."

"You don't need to convince me alone, as long as we can arrange a meeting. ”

“What good will this do me, Mr. Eisner?”

“The conditions I promised you last time remain unchanged.”

“Mr. Eisner, Paramount, the most successful of the seven, and Disney, which is only slightly higher than MGM, are not the same company.”

“I can slowly figure it out, but it takes time. Disney is a mess, and everyone has their own plans. I need at least half a year to sort it out. At Paramount, Frank Mancuso is a fool, and Martin Davis of Gulf West just thinks he is obedient and will not threaten his position.

Before they find a real expert manager, I can still exert some influence and help you one last time.”

“I'll see what I can do.” Ronald hung up the phone.