Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald asked Gene carefully before he knew what his plan was.

It turns out that Jean's neighbors are actually very unfriendly to him. His mother was a trafficker, and as a dancing B-boy, many neighbors knew that he was gay.

During this period, Gene only appeared at home on weekends. Many people called him a fag. On weekdays, he worked as a midnight cowherd and earned money to buy new clothes.

Gene tried his best to confess, saying that he was on a film crew filming a movie and would soon be a movie star, and Lucy testified for him.

But none of the neighbor's black boys believed him. They would rather believe in their own imaginary story about Midnight Cowherd than believe that the boy they laughed at would become a black-skinned John Travolta.

Driven by his pride, Gene invited everyone to his home for his birthday, hoping that his colleagues would testify for him. But I didn't expect that everyone's fear of various legends in Harlem would lead to today's embarrassing scene.

Ronald said he would go back with him and identify himself to his neighbors.

"It's useless, Ronnie. It's not that I don't believe in your kindness to me. It's just that these "brothers" only believe in their own ideas. Unless I can invite a few white girls to the party, they will think that I am Really stood out.”

Ronald patted him on the shoulder, comforted Gene, and the two walked out of the shooting scene together.

Allen Parker saw the crowd's indifference to Gene and Ronald's comfort to him. "Where's the shooting list for tomorrow?" He turned back to the assistant director and shouted.

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"Our movie will start shooting in Europe next month. If you are willing, you can audition for the heroine with me. I feel you are very talented."

"Antonia!" Ronald called to Antonia who was avoiding harassment by a man on the road, "Want to help?"

The man, who was obviously of Italian origin, took out a business card and handed it to Ronald: "Don't get me wrong, I'm a director and I just want to find your friends to make movies. I don't mean any harm."

"If you are a film director, you should know not to contact actors directly, but to contact their agents." Ronald smiled coldly, tore the business card into pieces and threw it on the ground.

Gene caught up from behind, surrounded the man's back, and made a muscle-flexing movement.

Seeing that he might be outmatched, the man began to back away: "No, I don't mean any harm, I just want to invite your friends to make a movie." Then he turned around and walked away quickly.

"Fuxk you" Gene gestured to him.

"Antonia, are you okay? How could this happen? Isn't this the plot of a movie? Does this person want to find you to make that kind of movie?" Ronald was a little dumbfounded. Who knew that the plot of the movie could actually happen in reality? In life.

"This has been our daily life. This place is very close to Times Square. I used to meet them often when I was studying at the Performing Arts College next door.

They will follow you all the way home, but they won't use force. They just keep tempting you. If you want to be famous and fall into their trap, it will be similar to CoCo in the movie. "

"Why, did you also go to a performing arts college? Why didn't I know that?"

"Remember when I told you that I was in 'Grease'? I was one of 10 dancers in New York who were selected. I was only 16 years old and I had a friend create a fake birth certificate for the movie. …”

Antonia was particularly talkative when she saw Ronald, and the two of them and Jean walked along the road to the parking lot.

“...I danced very well, and they added a role for me, and I danced behind them during the prom scene of the male and female protagonists.

...Then "Grease" came out, and the performing arts college found out that I was secretly working on a film crew while I was studying, so they fired me. I got a scholarship to an American ballet school and used the film's salary to pay for my living expenses. "

When they reached the spot where Ronald parked his car, the three of them spotted Lucy again. It turns out that she also came out to find Jean. The four looked at each other and laughed, and Ronald proposed to have dinner together again to celebrate Gene's birthday.

"You will succeed, Gene. I feel like this movie will be a big hit." Antonia comforted him after knowing that Gene was being treated coldly.

"Why do you think this movie will be a hit?" Ronald asked.

"I can feel the real power of others. Director Allen is very good at distinguishing what plots are real and what plots are fake. I feel that the movie will be popular."

"Cheers!" Gene was very happy, picked up the Coke and clinked glasses with everyone. Now that's what he loves to hear.

"What do you think? Ronnie? Can our movie be a hit?" Gene was still the most convinced of Ronald.

"I don't know if the movie will be a hit, but most of the people who come to see this kind of movie come for the hot dance songs. The dance we shot today was very exciting, so the box office should be good." Rona De picked up a piece of food and put it in his mouth.

"In the movie 'Rock of Ages' I participated in, every time the Ramones started playing, the audience started clapping and stamping their feet." Ronald took another sip of Coke.

"Many viewers still come to see exciting things. For example, powerful songs they have never heard of, and hot dances they have never seen. This way they can tell which song and which dance are good when they go back and recommend it to their friends."

"For example, I can tell you right now which theme song sung by the Ramones in 'Rock High School' is good, and the female students' dance in the gym is also good and worth watching. Then they will also say that the dance in the famous cafeteria is good."

"Then let's go and watch it. We didn't see it last time we wanted to watch it." Antonia said.

"Four tickets for 'Rock High School'."

"Here you go," the ticket seller handed out four tickets from the window.

"Are there many people watching?" Ronald wanted to inquire about the box office situation.

"Listen for yourself." The ticket seller pointed to the hall.

A rumbling stomping sound came, and then there was a cheer.

Is it so popular? So exciting. Ronald thought to himself that his share seemed promising.

When the four-person show started, they took Coke and popcorn and sat in the screening room.

The sign of "Vince Lombardy High School" at the beginning was taken by Ronald and Cameron together. The sun shines on the teaching building. Director Alan Ekush dubbed the bird's cry in a funny way, as if saying "Cheap!", satirizing Roger Corman's stinginess.

Ronald laughed out loud, which attracted the glares of the audience around him. This guy must be mentally retarded, grinning at the beginning.

"Ah, this is so beautiful." Antonia couldn't help but say it when Ronald's rebellious girl Liv and the top student Kate walked together in the sunset.

"Hahaha... Is this little mustache you? It's so funny, Ronald, you're not my type." Gene shouted exaggeratedly.

"Boom, the roof was blown off in the end, and the principal was fainted." The three of them shouted and cheered with the audience.

Ronald, who had seen it countless times, didn't feel anything, but seeing everyone's love for some of the scenes, Ronald was still very happy.

"Ronald, it's your name, look." Antonia shook his arm and pointed to the special thanks on the screen.

"I also want to leave my name on the screen." This is Gene talking.