Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Sitta is a British singer, actress, and television presenter born in America in 1963. Her 1985 single "So Macho" reached number one in the UK.

She signed an American singer management contract with CAA and a host financial contract. She is one of the many female stars under Jack Lapke. "

A few days later, Niceta was in the office again to discuss matters with Ronald and Richard. He took out a resume of a female star under Lapke and showed it to Ronald.

"Does this have something to do with Rapke's leak?" Ronald picked up the resume and looked at the photo of a black woman on it, a little confused about Niceta's train of thought.

This black singer has black hair, black eyes, high cheekbones, and a pointed chin. His appearance is very characteristic of the working people at the bottom. But her figure is like that of a high school girl without long hair. It may be more reasonable to say that she is a track and field athlete than a singer.

This kind of appearance and figure is neither beauty in the mainstream white aesthetics nor beauty in the eyes of black people that often appears on black TV shows.

"I didn't expect it to be her, so I couldn't get on the line for a long time, until the private detective you recommended took photos of her and that Brad Pitt guy."

Niceta handed over a stack of street photos taken by Frank McPike. The top picture shows Brad Pitt with his long hair shawl and his arms around Sineda. The two of them seemed to have just come out of a cafe. The focus of the telephoto camera was a little blurry, but the intimate posture of the two and their faces together were perfectly captured.

"Isn't this possible?" Ronald took out a bunch of gossip photos, not many of his friends, and cut them out with scissors. These two are truly a couple.

"Uh..." Ronald was speechless. Although America has been calling for racial equality for many years, and there have been interracial celebrity couples, this combination of obviously talented women and handsome men still made Ronald feel very fresh.

"This kind of thing is very common. Your 'bodyguard', Dolph Lundgren, was also brought to New York from Sweden by the famous black model Gracie Jones."

"Oh..." Ronald remembered the black female model with more African features and curled his lips. He did not expect that Lundgren also came to the position through his girlfriend.

"But there are no main black characters in the movie?" Ronald thought to himself that Brad Pitt and Jack Rapke had connected, but Jack Rapke was a white female star who deliberately leaked secrets to win over her. Audition opportunities, that makes sense.

For a black man like Sinnida? There is not a single black female character in "Working Girl", and Ronald is just a bitch because of the black quota.

"Yes, I suspected that too, until the new photos taken by Frank McPike arrived." Niceta handed over another photo, which was from "Dals", America's most-watched TV series to date. Child star Sharan McCall.

"Oh?" Ronald took over. Shalane McCall is not only a child star, but also the winner of multiple beauty pageants. After her debut in "The Big Show", she didn't have many film and television works, but she has always been on Q\u0026A TV. Popular characters of the show.

The photo shows Brad Pitt and Shalane McCall getting intimate while shopping in New York. He specifically looked at the time of the photo. It was only a few days apart from the photo with the black singer Sinida.

Ronald felt disgusted for a while. If such a person really became an official boyfriend and girlfriend with his cousin Donna, wouldn't it be disgusting? If he got some gossip and blackmailed himself into giving him a role, Ronald wouldn't want to continue thinking about it.

"We will join forces to protest against Mr. Ovitz. What conditions do you want?" Niceta got some evidence and prepared to join forces with her wife Paula and Richard to file a complaint against Ovitz and let Jack... Lapke was stunned.

"First of all, I don't want this guy to appear in my sight again." Ronald pointed at Brad Pitt and said.

"It's easy, isn't it?"

"For the movie Working Girl, CAA must fully support me and base my casting decision on it. Agents other than you, especially Lapke's clients, cannot be included in the audition. In the 20th Century All negotiations with Fox must be based on my position.”

"A very reasonable request," Niceta said with joy. Not only do the actors under his small group of agents have opportunities, but they can also take the opportunity to sign supporting roles such as Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack, which Ronald is interested in.

"Are there any other requirements?" Richard noted down what Ronald meant and then asked him about his other demands.

"There's nothing else. After all, we didn't get the exact evidence that Lapke leaked the secret. The secretary who was undercover at your place disappeared in the end and was not found." Ronald weighed it up and realized that what he could exchange for was about the same. That's all.

"Bah, we are not defense lawyers, and Mr. Ovitz is not a federal judge. These are enough reasons to point our fingers at the bastard Lapke. What more evidence does he need? The secretary went to Ovitz to give Smith Steve Segel ran the film crew, and he was at a loss."

Nicita has long been dissatisfied with the practice of these Eastern European Jews taking advantage of the fact that several partners of CAA are of the same ethnicity. He has joined forces with some non-Jews and Jewish agents who are not so outrageous to attack Ovitz. This time, the possibility of success is very high. He wants to fight for more benefits for Ronald.

"For this Oscar nomination for Best Director, I put forward a condition for Ovitz to fight for you. What do you think of this condition?"

Nicita knows that this client of his is now very appealing in business, but lacks a nomination in art to overwhelm his peers and many stars. If it succeeds, at least stars of Cher's status will not have the face to question Ronald's directing work in the future.

"Are you sure?" Ronald was excited. He said that he did not rely on Oscar nominations, but on the recognition of the audience to prove himself. This is what he really said. But if he can get an Oscar nomination, it will still be... How does that Chinese idiom say it? Well-deserved...

"No one can be 100% sure of an Oscar, but with the nominations you received from several major domestic film critics awards and your public relations for the Directors Guild Awards, you are 70% to 80% sure." Nicita looked at Ronald. If he could get an Oscar nomination for Best Director at such a young age, the media would mention it repeatedly.

"Ahem..." Ronald coughed excitedly. He took the cup of black tea brought by Richard and took a sip. "Well, that's it. I'm very satisfied with this condition."

"Very good, I look forward to the day when the nomination is announced." Nicita smiled happily.

...

At about the same time, the fax from Hong Kong arrived at the office of Daydream.

Ronald received Jackie's comments on the script of the movie "Boxing King".

When Ronald received the fax, it was already evening in Los Angeles time. He carefully looked at some of Jackie's handwritten comments and some fighting action scene designs.

The main revisions were concentrated in two places.

First, Jackie thought that the World Martial Arts Conference should be held in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a place where various martial arts meet. It is very convenient to find experts in Muay Thai, Southern martial arts, karate, boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Japanese sumo.

Second, Jackie recommended the introduction of more Chinese actors. He said that Chinese have been shooting real fighting action movies for a long time. Starting from Bruce Lee, a group of experienced fighting action film shooting experts and stunt experts have gathered. This will make the filming more realistic and close to the kind of action movies that American audiences like Bruce Lee.

In addition, Corey Yuen, who came to Hollywood to help Ronald with advertising action design, also did a lot of work. Those scene designs and action design storyboards were all drawn by Corey Yuen.

He also recommended himself to do the action design of the movie and tried his best to persuade Ronald to shoot the movie in Hong Kong. He knew that Ronald's company did not invest much and was also troubled by the restrictions of the union. He especially pointed out that the cost of shooting movies in Hong Kong is low, the location is convenient, and there is no union to limit the legal shooting time every day.

Ronald was very happy to see it. He wrote back to Jackie to thank him for his advice and invited Corey Yuen to Hollywood to participate in the casting and preparatory work.

In addition to shooting action movies, Corey Yuen is also very familiar with directing work. He has been a director in Hong Kong. If he can get along well with the work team here, Ronald plans to let him be the director.

As for the position of action director, Ronald does not necessarily want Corey Yuen to take it. The action team in Hong Kong is the old-fashioned drama troupe model, without any commercial guarantee. It all depends on Jackie's big brother temperament to gather a group of fearless martial artists.

Asking for help once or twice is no problem, but over time, if Ronald shoots multiple action movies every year, he will need a stunt team that meets Hollywood standards.

Therefore, in the first cooperative movie, it is most important to cultivate your own team and build your own action actor team.

For this reason, Ronald has another idea. He called his old friend, Chinese actor Zhao Li.

"Chao Li, this is Ronald."

"Hi, Ronald, why did you think of calling me today?" Chao Li was very happy to hear Ronald's call.

"I never come to see you for no reason." Ronald used an idiom, "My company is going to invest in a Bruce Lee-style action movie recently. You have been in Hollywood for a long time. Do you know the action team that worked with Bruce Lee back then?"

"Oh? You want to find a Chinese protagonist?" Chao Li asked. Recently, the relationship between America and China is very good. Hollywood has gradually added some supporting roles to the scripts, and many Chinese actors have also got the opportunity to play Chinese roles in film and television dramas.

However, there are not many opportunities for Chinese to play the leading role. In the past two years, only John Long got the leading role in "Year of the Dragon" and "The Last Emperor" because of his excellent language and drama skills.

"Hey, I also have to consider the box office issue, you know," Ronald said truthfully. This kind of low-cost action movie, although the martial arts and core are borrowed from Chinese-language movies and stereotyped by Bruce Lee, Hollywood has never found a Chinese star with personal charm like Bruce Lee.

So starting from the TV series "Kung Fu" in the 1970s, this kind of film and television dramas all look for a white actor as the protagonist, and many Chinese and Japanese actors as the main supporting roles.

"Well, Bruce Lee's son also likes to be an actor. He has a better figure than his father, and his action and appearance are also in line with the American aesthetic. You can try it."

"Well... I wrote it down... But I can only give it to supporting roles..." Ronald wrote down the name of Bruce Lee's eldest son Brandon Lee.

"The most famous actor who worked with Bruce Lee and is still in America is Yang Si. He is still the vice chairman of the Chinese Bodybuilding Federation. He has a very good figure. We all call him the Chinese Schwarzenegger."

"Oh, is that so? That's very suitable for being a villain. What roles has he played?"

"In Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", a thug of the villain, the very strong one."

"Well, it's him." Ronald had an impression of this muscular man. He really looked like he was from bodybuilding.

"Yes, he is a good friend of Bruce Lee. Many of the actions in the movie were discussed by him and Bruce. If this person is white, he may be an action star now."

"Okay, okay... Chao Li, please help me make an appointment with him. I need to... the three visits to the thatched cottage for such talents."

"Haha, he came as soon as he heard that you wanted to invite him to film."

"Apart from him, is there anyone else you can recommend?"

"In fact, many of Bruce Lee's companions in those days were found by him from Hong Kong. You can go there to ask."

"Really? They didn't develop in Hollywood?"

"It's not easy for Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in Hollywood. They don't speak English. Kung Fu action movies declined again after Bruce Lee's unfortunate death."

"I understand. I will go and find out."

"The one who played Yang Si's boss in "Enter the Dragon" is called Shi Jian, who is also an actor who often works with Bruce. There is also an actor who plays Yang Si's companion thug. I remember there is a man called Qiao Hong..."

Ronald wrote down the names of the action movie actors that Chao Li mentioned in those days, and prepared to find someone to go to Hong Kong to find them.

"Are there any other Chinese actors you can recommend?"

"There are many stars in action movies in the mainland. Do you want a champion of a martial arts competition to act in the movie? Their fighting ability in the ring may not be the strongest, but they look good when they fight."

"Of course, do you have any recommendations?" Ronald thought to himself that I want to make movies with good fighting.

"You need to contact the relevant departments in China and ask them to issue a certificate. You can contact the martial arts team. The martial arts team in Shichahai is good and has produced many talents."

"Okay, I'll write it down. Are there any more?"

"That's about it. In the Chinese circle, either they come from Peking Opera or martial arts teams."

"Okay, thank you. I have a role in Tai Chi here. Can you come and play a guest role?"

"I can't get on the ring..." Chao Li laughed.

"You can play the master..."