Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Diane told him a lot of interesting stories about the filming of "Big". The male lead Tom Hanks has excellent comedy talent and often inspires her acting skills. Director Penny Marshall understands the mentality of actresses and can improve her performance with just one look.

Ronald had just been flying and participating in various activities in the past two days. Gradually, he could no longer keep up with Diane and could not respond to her excited narration immediately. Soon, his eyes became harder and harder to open, and Ronald's breathing gradually became heavier, and he fell asleep...

"Ronnie, Ronnie..." Diane noticed Ronald's abnormality and pushed him but couldn't wake him up. Diane covered her forehead and said, "I forgot that you just finished filming a movie and you are just tired." She straightened Ronald with force and then picked up the quilt to cover him.

Ronald, who was very tired from many things, slept until ten o'clock the next morning.

"Well, are you awake? Do you want to go downstairs with me for brunch?" Diane put on casual clothes and looked at Ronald at the head of the bed. He was sleeping so soundly.

"Well, why did I fall asleep? Sorry, I might be too tired last night. I didn't sleep well on the plane." Ronald rubbed his eyes and stretched his body. The adequate sleep made his whole body seem to be automatically repaired.

"You are just too tired. You work more than ten hours a day to shoot a movie, and you have to attend the promotion afterwards..." Diane pressed his nose with her fingers. The intensity of the director's work is actually much stronger than that of the actor.

"Let's go, I'll take you to a mixed dish of Japanese and Japanese..." Ronald quickly washed up, came out to change into a polo shirt, put on a navy jacket, and took Diane's hand to go out for dinner. While waiting for the elevator, he kissed Diane on the mouth.

He had dated many beautiful women, but there were not many who could sleep so late like this and then go out to eat hand in hand. Ronald enjoyed this feeling very much.

Diane wore light makeup, a simple white shirt and jeans, and a white sailor's hat on her head, which just met the requirements for ladies to go to high-end restaurants.

High-end restaurants have relatively rigid and simple dress requirements for men. T-shirts can only be worn with polo shirts, and round-necked pullovers are not allowed. Leather shoes are relaxed to boat shoes at most, and open-toed sandals are not allowed.

The requirements for women are more casual. Jeans are not allowed, but Diane's white shirt has a wide collar with hand-embroidered embroidery, and the very elegant sailor hat, which meets the requirement of "having taste".

"Ronald, please try this Chinese chicken salad appetizer."

This restaurant is called A. The founder and chef is a Japanese chef from Hawaii, Royin Yamaguchi. Ronald's "Kung Fu Kid" series has made more people know the history and culture of Japanese Hawaiians. Chef Yamaguchi respects Ronald very much and personally introduces each dish.

"Thank you, it tastes great," Ronald tasted a bite. The sauce made of sesame paste, oyster sauce, and vinegar, paired with chopped chicken and lettuce, tasted surprisingly good.

"Please enjoy..." Royin Yamaguchi smiled and retreated. There is a small circle of Japanese chefs in America, and everyone shares what they have. Ronald-san and Sony's president Norio Ohga can eat alone at the most upscale sushi restaurant in New York. The most important thing today is to satisfy him and the lady.

"Spicy shrimp and tuna tartare, using French cooking methods, mixed with ingredients from southeast China and the west coast of California..."

"Grilled lamb chops with coriander mint vinaigrette..."

"Yellow cod marinated in miso sauce..."

For each dish, Chef Yamaguchi personally introduced the ingredients and methods. Ronald and Diane were very satisfied with the meal. The last main course was scallion and ginger egg fried rice, served with Thai hot and sour sauce. The various dishes in this restaurant are made with ingredients and seasonings from all over the Pacific Rim, combined with European cooking methods, and they taste good.

"I wish you great success in the Oscars", Chef Yamaguchi knew what to say at this time.

After dinner, Ronald and Diane went to the boutique shopping street at the foot of Beverly Hills.

"Ronald, this is the dress you ordered for the awards ceremony." Armani's custom shop is also here, and they took out the dress that had been prepared long ago.

Diane smoothed out the wrinkles on Ronald's back like a clothing assistant, and looked at Ronald in the mirror, "He looks like an Oscar-winning director..."

"Hahaha, I'm just a runner-up." Ronald smiled and looked at the mirror. Although the possibility was not great, he still wore the award ceremony dress. He would be photographed in close-up by the camera, and tens of millions of viewers would see him. Besides, what if?

"What color is your female companion wearing?" Diane asked.

"Black..." Ronald signaled to the staff, and he took out a black V-neck sleeveless dress in a while...

"Oh, it matches your dress very well." Diane happily went forward to take a look. There were many hand-made embroidery on the low-key clothes, which could not be seen unless you were close up. She learned from her good friend that Ronald had invested in Helen Slater's filming. Compared with her recommendation to other people's projects, the status of the two in his heart seemed to have been divided.

"Why, don't you want to try it?" Ronald said with a smile as he saw Diane stepping back.

A look of surprise, sweetness, and jealousy stared at him, "For me?" Diane hesitated and went to the fitting room.

Ronald touched his head. He had saved Diane's measurements here. This dress had been made for a while, and it was just right to give it to Diane now.

Helen has strange ideas and doesn't want to wear custom-made dresses. If she comes, she will wear second-hand or ordinary clothes. To be honest, she doesn't match Ronald's nomination this time. Fortunately, she was disgusted by the marriage proposal from the Jews, and she didn't come to Ronald much recently.

So he asked Diane to be his female companion temporarily, which seemed to be a bit despised. Diane also noticed it a little just now.

"Fortunately, I have a secret weapon," Ronald took a jewelry box from the assistant in the store.

"Oh, you are so beautiful," Ronald exclaimed as he looked at Diane who came out of the dress. The cut of this dress can really show Diane's typical curves of American women...

"Does it look good?" Diane turned around happily and looked at herself in the dressing mirror.

"Very beautiful, a bit like the school beauty in the urchin you took before, but she has grown up..." Ronald found some faults with Diane in his heart. The good thing about the figure of American women is that they are round, but the bad thing is that they have a housewife temperament, unlike British women, who are just the opposite, with temperament better than figure.

"It will be even more perfect with this." Ronald took out the jewelry, which was a pair of large earrings inlaid with broken diamonds.

Diane happily took it and put it on. The exaggerated earrings just balanced her temperament and embellished the aristocratic temperament of the skirt. Ronald's eyes kept lingering on her.

"Thank you..." Diane gently hit Ronald, which was considered thoughtful.

"Donna will come tomorrow, and she has also prepared her clothes here." Ronald told Diane that his family came to cheer him up. Diane looked at him with half surprise and half complaint. It seems that she thought of herself because of Donna's coming. Humph.

She changed out of the dress and put on another skirt suitable for ordinary occasions. Diane did not take off the earrings. It seems that she likes it very much.

Ronald took her arm and they went to the dinner together.

Before the Oscars, it is customary to entertain those who are nominated in the crew. Ronald had two movies selected, so he invited the old crew of "Dirty Dancing" and "Moonlight" to the high-end spago restaurant in Los Angeles.

This is the restaurant of the famous chef Wolfgang Puck. It has become more and more upscale in recent years. Many celebrities will choose it for high-end banquets.

The male and female protagonists of Dirty Dancing, Patrick Schweitzer, and Jennifer Grey all attended with their families. They will be the award presenters at the Oscars and have already arrived in Los Angeles.

"This girl is also a movie actor. She is not the one who came to visit us when we filmed Dirty Dancing..."

Schweitzer and Jennifer Grey were gossiping about Ronald.

"Diane Lane was Coppola's favorite a few years ago. At that time, I could only audition for the supporting role of a female student in Red Dawn. She has played the leading role in three consecutive Coppola movies."

Jennifer Grey is now proud of herself. The situation has changed. Now it is her turn to be the leading actress in a big production, while Diane can only audition for some supporting roles.

"Is Michael Dukakis really your cousin? Will he be elected president?" Diane was talking to the moonlit Olympia Dukakis. She was visiting the set of that movie, so the actors were familiar with her.

"Of course, he is doing well in the primaries now. A few days after the awards ceremony, it will be Super Tuesday of the primaries. By then, we will know whether he can make it."

"Remember to ask MGM for the documentary filmed at that time." Ronald was talking to his agent Niceta, and the Oscar organizing committee called him. This year's best directors are not very famous. The chief planner of the awards ceremony, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., wanted to do something new.

He wanted to give each nominated director a video of fiddling with the camera, which would be played during the awards ceremony. In the name of letting the audience understand the director's working status.

Ronald knew that this was more for finding something to do, to make the planning work stand out and come up with innovative ideas.

During the filming of "Moonlight Temptation", MGM sent people to shoot some footage with the crew, hoping to make it into a behind-the-scenes feature and documentary, but later, due to personnel changes at MGM's top management, the matter was left unresolved.

During the award-winning stage, Ronald mainly relied on his agent and public relations company. MGM's big boss, casino tycoon Kerkorian, did not deceive Ronald into going to China to be the general manager of a joint venture to expand the market, and was not very enthusiastic about the award-winning matter. Thank God it didn't have a counterproductive effect.

Ronald didn't have many working videos, and didn't want to shoot a fake one, so he asked them to go to MGM to get some video clips to fix it.

"By the way, now everyone says that there is something wrong with the crew of The Last Emperor. What's going on?" Ronald remembered that several people had reminded him.

"They are crazy now. Producer Jeremy Thomas borrowed and raised money for filming. Now the box office of The Last Emperor is not good, and he is under great pressure. He wants to sell investment shares to everyone he meets. He is very creative to sell investment shares for a movie that has already been released."

"Really? Are they really not doing well at the box office?" Ronald remembered Spielberg's smile and understood a little. Being nominated for an Oscar is one thing, and the box office is another.

"It's terrible. The Last Emperor is the second movie that has never entered the top five of the weekend box office rankings. The first is Amadeus."

"You should stay away from him when you see him in the future. Now everyone in Hollywood knows that their financial situation is in big trouble. Coupled with the heat of the media pursuit, it will be very troublesome. It will be even more annoying if you are touched by a reporter. Then you Don’t comment on others, just talk about your own movies.”

Niceta also has a headache. There has been a lot of quarrel in Hollywood recently due to the unusual nomination situation. Several promising and seeded contestants have exposed and attacked each other in the media, which makes them a little careless.

Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" received six nominations, but was missing out on best director. "The Last Emperor" won all the heavyweight awards, but none of the Chinese actors who played the male and female protagonists in the epic film were nominated.

"Fatal Attraction" is a thriller and erotic film in the eyes of the public, but the leading actor and actress, supporting actress were nominated, and Adrian Lane was also nominated for best director, making it a big hit.

There is also James Brooks, the director of "Broadcast News", who was nominated for the best picture, but was not nominated for the best director. Like Spielberg, he is considered a runner-up. It is rare that a movie can be absent from the best director. The director won the best picture. His leading actors and actresses were all nominated for acting awards.

Some people are making irresponsible remarks about Ronald's selection, because the famous British director Kubrick, whose "Full Metal Jacket" was not nominated for the best director, if he were replaced by Ronald, it would be the best director this year. The nominees for Best Director are all foreigners.

Sighing, Ronald didn't want to get involved in a verbal spat. He asked the waiter to pay, filled in a high number in the tip column, and handed it back to him.

Although the food here is not as delicious as lunch, they are all high-end places. If Ronald is stingy with tips, word will soon spread throughout Hollywood.

Everyone got in their cars in the front hall and left, with Ronald and Diane staying at the end.

"Ronald, Ronald...you are here too..."

A voice with an Italian accent came from behind.

"Roberto?" Ronald turned around and saw that it was Italian actor Roberto Benigni talking to him. Dancing happily, "Let me introduce to you, this is our Italian left-wing national treasure director..."

"Mr. Bertolucci, I saw you filming in the Forbidden City..." Ronald smiled with the director of The Last Emperor who chose this expensive restaurant together.

"Ah, they are really very good people. I am very grateful to the Chinese for letting me go shooting..." When Bertolucci saw Ronald, he talked a lot about how good the Chinese were, john lone , how dedicated the two actors are to Joan and so on.

Ronald waved to the two Chinese actors behind him. The Film Academy also came under great pressure. Many people openly or covertly accused the Academy of racial discrimination. As a last resort, the organizing committee of the awards ceremony invited John Lone and Joan to serve as award guests. This was not done before. This is a very unusual move among actors who won awards this year. It is a gesture.

"Director Ronald..." Joan came over to say hello to Ronald. She was not very proficient in English, but this Oriental accent was perfect for playing a Chinese female character.

"It's a pity that you didn't get the nomination. Logically speaking, epic films use the protagonist to present the world in his eyes and depict the scene at that time. It seems unreasonable not to nominate the protagonist." Ronald looked at John Lone. It's even more unfair that he didn't get a nomination. The Golden Globe award was given to him.

"Ronald, can we chat for a few words?" Producer Jeremy Thomas came over and interrupted, asking to chat with Ronald privately.

"Well, actually I'm going back soon." Ronald didn't want to be taken advantage of.

"It won't take long. You can see that our momentum is very good..."

Producer Thomas, who was about to give a long speech, suddenly saw two people in suits and sunglasses running over from a distance.

"Well, I'll leave first. We'll talk later." He hurriedly turned back to the restaurant and disappeared into the kitchen.

"God..." After seeing this scene, Bertolucci took out a small bottle from his pocket, poured out two small pills, and swallowed them into his mouth.

"Are you okay?" Ronald asked in surprise and concern.

"It's okay, the medicine I usually take is just like high blood pressure..." Bertolucci changed the topic with a wry smile. Why does he have high blood pressure? It's because the box office was really not good, and there was some controversy at the Oscars where the leading actor was not nominated. If he can't win a few heavyweight Oscars, it will be difficult for anyone to trust him in big productions in the future.

Bertolucci was already depressed, and the doctor prescribed him antidepressants. He took them for several weeks and finally got better recently.

"Bernardo, Ronald, look here, look here, take a picture of us."

The photojournalist was waiting outside the restaurant. There has been a lot of news about "The Last Emperor" recently, and as expected, they stayed there...

"Moonlight and the Last Emperor formed a private alliance, how many prizes will be divided among the others?" The reporter clicked the shutter and calculated in his mind that with such a sensational title, he could buy hundreds of dollars.

"Hey, don't take pictures. Bernardo and I met by chance in a restaurant. We just chatted about our experiences filming together in China."

"Stop peddling, just make a price." Niceta went up. He understood the process of these gossip reporters. He took the photos and sold them to the media, and then asked the celebrities who were photographed if they needed to take them back.

However, the film director who usually has no news value has become a favorite photo subject for the media under the background of the recent calls for unfair Oscars.

Nicita negotiated the price and asked them to take out the negatives and expose them. After finally finishing, they got into Ronald's car.

"How much is it in total?" Ronald asked the price and asked Nicita to put it in his expense account.

"It seems that no matter who wins the Oscars this time, there will be a lot of controversy..."