Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Where's your Aunt Karen?"

"She went to Yosemite with her new boyfriend."

Ronald picked up his childhood friend, Douglas Hansen Jr., at the airport. He made a special trip to join Ronald in investing in the "Evil Husband" project.

The two of them had made a verbal agreement back then, and he had the right to invest the same share of the movies that Ronald participated in.

The Jerry Zucker trio carefully calculated each scene and gave it a budget of nine million dollars.

Ronald asked his accountant Lawrence to take a look at it. Except for some Hollywood's usual inflated costs, the Zach trio did not deceive Ronald too much.

Ronald spent a whole year shooting commercials, V, and dividends, plus selling some stocks, and collected US$750,000. Adding in Douglas Jr.'s US$750,000, the two of them made a total of US$100. Half a million dollars, plus $1.5 million from Zacks Trio Productions and $6 million from the Screen Fund allocated by Touchstone, rounded out the budget.

Douglas Jr. also promised that if the crew exceeds the quota, he can make up the investment.

"cheers!"

Jerry Zach looked at Ronald, very satisfied. He did not compete with himself for the priority investment rights, but instead attracted this rich fool. He would rather guarantee all the risks and take the final dividend rights.

"cheers!"

Little Douglas looked at Little Ronald and was very satisfied. He was actually willing to let himself participate in Touchstone, no, it was actually a Disney project. The well-known comedy director Zach was also hired to direct. Who can seize this opportunity? Not only did he facilitate the filming of the movie, but he could also be named as a co-producer. From now on, he would be a true Hollywood insider.

"Who will we invite to play the leading role in our movie?" Douglas Jr. was extremely happy and immediately began to play the role of producer.

"If the budget is sufficient, we plan to try to invite Jack Nicholson for the male lead. The female lead also hopes to find someone who is topical and popular, and it doesn't matter if she is an outsider." Jerry Zucker's eyes flashed A hint of joy.

Unexpectedly, not only is he a rich fool, this fool is also a movie enthusiast. Anyway, if he could get it right, he would go to a big-name actor.

"Jack Nicholson is great! How much does he want to be paid?" Douglas Jr. was delighted. There is a topic when there is a well-known actor, and the media can promote it for free.

"For a mere four million dollars, we can ask him to be the protagonist. We can revise the script for him." When Jerry Zucker saw that the other party was really interested, he immediately started lobbying.

Ronald lightly stepped on little Doug.

"Four million is too expensive, and it doesn't match the temperament of the male protagonist in the original script. If the heroine can be an outsider, why not try Madonna? She is very famous now, especially after Ronnie filmed her v. She As a newcomer in the film industry, the salary should not be high.”

"This is a good candidate. Let's find her agent." Jerry Zucker saw that the other party quickly calmed down after hearing the pay, and stopped thinking about cheating.

"How was my performance?" Douglas Jr., a high school classmate and good friend of the wrestling club, still had a tacit understanding with Ronald. He felt that Zach was trying to deceive him, so he immediately changed the subject.

The next few people went to a joint interview meeting for the film project.

"Very good, your suggestion is actually good. Madonna has an annoying temperament. If she can bring out this temperament, I think she can act well." Ronald also thinks this choice is okay, although his acting skills are not good. , but she is very popular now.

"This is the main creator of this film, Ronald Lee, Jerry Zucker... This is Mr. Douglas Hansen Jr., the investor and co-producer of this film." The executive producer sent by Touchstone , began to introduce the reporters participating in the interview.

"Mr. Hansen, according to my information, this is your first time participating in Hollywood investment. Why did you participate in this film?"

"It's because of the great script and because I particularly like the movies directed by Zack. I'm sure they'll be successful again."

"Jerry, will this film still be a comedy that is mainly parody and contains lots of laughs?"

"This time it will be different. We will not shoot it in the traditional farce way. Ronald and I discussed it for a long time and we decided to make it a different comedy."

"Excuse me, Ronald. What do you think of the coverage of the Hollywood Brats?"

"This is not within the scope of this film. Please ask questions related to this film." Touchstone's executive producer immediately interrupted.

"Excuse me, will Touchstone Pictures serve as a distribution and production entity independent of Disney?"

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"Why are you still asking the boy gang?" Touchstone's executive producer was very dissatisfied with the reporter and drew a thick line on his name.

"Now everyone is on guard, trying to avoid getting involved with the Brat Gang. Reporters must ask questions that have been communicated in advance. He also saw that the hot news was there and no one answered it." Ronald said a good word for the reporter.

"There's nothing you can do about it. That big piece of shit Emilio has messed up everything in Hollywood. No one is willing to accept in-depth interviews anymore. That piece of shit reporter has also completely destroyed the mutual trust between the media and Hollywood.

Not only does he no longer expect anyone to agree to an interview with him, but now all entertainment reporters, including people from studios like me, feel that in future interviews in Hollywood, they can only ask irrelevant questions. "

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"You idiot. Now everyone wants to cut off ties with you, and you actually want to find Tom Cruise, Sean Penn and others to whitewash your relationship?"

Martin Sheen saw that his eldest son actually found a public relations company, hoping to find a few good people named in the "Boy Gang" to clear his name and attack the reporter David Bloom who wrote the report.

"Don't you know that reporters like you to quarrel with them the most? Didn't your public relations manager remind you?"

"Tom and Sean, they both stood on my side on the phone. That reporter David Bloom talked nonsense and distorted our image. Why can't I fight back?" Emilio was still stubborn.

As an old man, Martin Sheen was of course very clear about the sinister consequences of doing so. The eldest son Emilio was very stupid. He made two hit movies and thought he was a star.

Those actors who were more popular than him were all his competitors. He had not yet seen who was the real friend and who was the real enemy in this game.

"If you want to do it, use your own money. I won't sign a check for your special PR campaign." Emilio made a lot of money, but his expenses were also high. If Martin Sheen didn't pay him, he couldn't afford the PR fee.

"Emilio, if you want to show off, you have to rely on yourself." His younger brother Charlie Sheen added the knife beside him.

"Humph!"

Emilio was in a mess. His future was bright, but now many of the movie invitations he had sent were withdrawn. If he couldn't get a new role, his expenses would far exceed his income.

Restaurants and hotels that used to be free of charge by relying on the names of celebrities now have to pay in cash. In order to maintain a decent life as a star, his savings are being consumed rapidly, and he also has a fixed monthly expenditure of two thousand dollars for that woman... If it is cut off, that woman will come out to make trouble again.

"You can take care of yourself." Martin Sheen left with a grudge. His eldest son is the best among his children, and he has to save his face and ask for a role for Emilio among his old friends.

"If you ask me, you should either come out and admit your mistake now..." Charlie Sheen gave his brother bad advice.

"Hmm..." Emilio was angry. Why did he become the biggest target and was criticized? The private lives of other people in the gang may not be more decent than his own. It is normal to take advantage of the stars. Everyone in Hollywood does this. As for acting, you don't need to study acting so much when making a movie. It's not like the live performance in the theater in the past.

It's impossible to admit your mistakes. Once you admit your mistakes, you can't become the leader of the new generation of stars.

"Or?" Emilio heard that his brother Charlie had something to say.

"Or, you can find a bigger target for the media."

"Bigger target..."

"Demi, you told me Emilio's movements this time, you did a good job. If he is confused like this again in the future, you must notify me as soon as possible." Martin Sheen found Emilio's girlfriend outside the door. If Demi hadn't secretly tipped off Emilio, it would have been a big joke again.

"I love him, I just hope he doesn't do stupid things." Demi behaved very gracefully in front of her future father-in-law.

After sending Martin Sheen out, Demi sneaked back and eavesdropped on the brothers' conversation through the door.

"Who should we find to divert the media's attention?" Emilio knew this younger brother. Although he was not as good as himself in acting, he had some tricks.

"Who do you think is the most popular among people of your age and can help you share the media's firepower?"

Charlie Sheen gave some hints and went out.

"Demi," Charlie Sheen nodded to Demi.

"Charlie," Demi heard the noise just now and jumped several meters away from the door, pretending to have just returned.

"Fuck," Emilio cursed, tore off a piece of note paper, picked up his wallet and was about to go out, "I'm going to discuss with Rob Lowe about how to deal with it."

"Come back early."

Demi cursed in her heart, saying that she was discussing with Rob Lowe, but she didn't know that she was going to date that female fan again.

Seeing Emilio walking away, she checked the desk repeatedly, trying to find out who the target of attracting firepower was.

"Huh?" Demi found a trace of the torn paper on the top of the note.

She quickly picked up the notepad and carefully changed the angle towards the light, trying to find the trace.

"r...o...n...lee"

"Is it Ronald?" Demi found it funny. This Emilio's brain was not clear. Ronald was the director. What competition was there with him? Choosing him to attract firepower was just out of jealousy.

"But his stupidity is just an opportunity for me, isn't it?" She rolled her eyes, picked up her bag, and hurried to the telephone booth two blocks away and dialed the number.

"Hello... Ronnie. This is Demi. Emilio seems to be dragging you into the water..."