Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Beverly Hills Police announced that after careful comparison, they have identified the deceased as Miss Dorothy Stratten, a Canadian citizen. Her husband, Paul Schneider, shot Stratten with a pump-action shotgun. head, causing the latter to die on the spot. Schneider then committed suicide with the same gun..."

"I can't believe that such a beauty would just disappear." Douglas Hansen Jr., Ronald's high school wrestling teammate and a large landowner on Staten Island, watched the NBC evening news and sighed.

"Yeah, it's such a shame. She's starring in the movie 'They All Laughed' (I heard it's already been filmed), directed by Peter Bogdanovich. She almost became famous, just a little bit .”

Ronald went to the house rented by a friend to chat, mainly wanting to ask about the business experience of leg warmers. However, Douglas Jr. was more interested in the entertainment industry and asked Ronald to talk about his Hollywood experience.

"And this movie stars Audrey Hepburn, so it should have a certain box office guarantee. Bogdanovich's comedies have always been a hit, even better than his art films. As long as Dorothy Stratten escapes this With just one hit, you can become famous very quickly, and there is a lack of Monroe-type blond bombs on the market right now." Douglas Jr. commented.

"How come you are more familiar with it than me?" Ronald asked curiously.

"To tell you the truth, Patty Hanson, who plays the main supporting role in this movie, is my cousin." Little Doug smiled and said,

"My cousin is very powerful. She was my idol when I was a child. When our brothers were still playing in the mud, she was on the cover of the American version of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar magazine. I am interested in the entertainment industry, too. Influenced by her.”

"Do you still remember the Volkswagen Hare I sold you when I graduated? It was when she came to the graduation ceremony that she laughed at me for driving a car that a girl could drive. She was so angry that I asked my mother for money to buy a Ford Mustang. "Little Douglas elbowed Ronald.

"I see, I asked you why you are willing to sell it to me cheaply for such a great car with very little mileage."

"Not long after she became a professional model, she moved to Manhattan. To the country kids in Stanton, she was a powerful figure from the big city, and our brothers all admired her. Recently, she also had a relationship with Keith, the guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Si Richards is together, and we are preparing to tour the United States with their band next year.”

The Rolling Stones were so popular in America and Britain that every high school girl wanted to be close to the band members.

"Is a rock band so attractive? Even a model and actress like your cousin wants to pursue one of their guitarists?"

"You don't know their momentum,

The concert can fill up the venue with thousands of people. There was one top five single after another on both sides of the Atlantic. And Keith is not only a guitarist, he and Mick Jagger both serve as lead singers. "

It seems that these singers are the celebrities with the largest fan base now. Singers are more influential than movie stars. It's a pity that I don't have any talent in this area and can only play acoustic guitar. Ronald felt a bit like he had chosen the wrong career.

"Let's get down to business, do you really think we can't open a factory in the leg warmer business?" Ronald changed the topic back to business.

"Yes, the significance of the factory is to reduce the cost of your single product. Machines are always cheaper than those made by hand." When talking about business experience, Douglas Jr. became shrewd again, "But your market is so big, and the output You can’t sell more if you increase it, so what’s the point of lowering costs?”

“But I feel like there’s a movement going on in San Francisco.”

"Many businesses fail like this. If the machine doesn't sit there, it's depreciation and maintenance costs. You see the trend rise, and you run production at full capacity, but in the end the trend goes away? What do you do with the goods you piled in the warehouse?

Sell ​​at a reduced price? In the future, brands will no longer be able to sell at high prices. How long will you be able to sell them if you don’t lower the price? Although leg warmers do not have a shelf life, they are not a product that can be left there forever without problems. "

Ronald nodded. For now, it is better to maintain the workmanship and let the veterans' wives knit it and send it to the warehouse. When receiving the goods, he can control the quality.

"So did you hire Brooke Shields for the last jeans ad you accepted? Can I go there and have a look?" Douglas Jr. turned the topic back to the entertainment industry.

"It doesn't matter if you look at it, but you can't harass Brooke Shields, especially don't talk to her. Her mother will be unhappy. I will ask you for an autographed photo."

"Forget it, can you bring me an autographed photo? It would be even more disappointing to just look at her without being able to chat with her. Why is her mother looking at her chicks like a hen?"

…

"It's like a hen guarding her chicks." Agent Eddie whispered quietly next to Ronald.

The strike between Hollywood's two major actors' unions shows no sign of ending. Brooke Shields' mother and manager, Terry, did not want her daughter's exposure to the public to decline because she had no film and television works. After much consideration, she agreed to Calvin Klein's offer to shoot an advertisement for CK Skinny Jeans.

"It's normal," Ronald responded quietly, "America's most popular sweet girl can't take advantage of any fool. I heard that her mother was drunk on the Fiji Island where the 'Blue Lagoon' was filmed. He can also fall down at the door of his daughter’s room to prevent the hero Atkins from sneaking in.”

Ronald told a piece of gossip that Diane Lane had heard from the actor of The Blue Lagoon, Christopher Atkins, and relayed it to him.

Terry Shields took out a bottle of liquor from his bag, opened the bottle and took a sip while his daughter was doing her makeup, then picked up a bottle of mineral water and drank it hard to eliminate the smell of alcohol.

Seeing Ronald looking over, he greeted him sheepishly, "I need a drink to cheer me up. Don't tell my daughter, she will cry again when she sees me drinking."

"No, Ms. Shields." Ronald agreed. The first item is biology class. I'm afraid it will be a bigger challenge for Brooke, so why don't we discuss how to get her into the role first.

"It's okay. My daughter has been filming commercials in front of the camera since she was a few months old. This is a small case for her. She will handle it."

"Our commercial was shot on film. I wanted to do two rehearsals before starting the filming to make Brooke more familiar with her performance. You may not have read the script, but this biology class commercial is a one-minute long shot."

"Oh yeah, okay. I'll read it now." Terry took the script and read it carefully, "Sorry, I usually read Brooke's script in advance, but this strike, you know, I drank a little too much."

Ronald felt that she seemed to have some signs of alcoholism recently, and she looked completely different from the shrewd woman he saw at the premiere of Famous.

"This one minute is mainly Brooke's monologue, telling everyone about some of her views on Darwin's theory of evolution in biology class." Ronald explained to Terry, pointing to the script drawn up by Calvin Klein himself.

"Then the next line is Brooke talking about her understanding of history class, then social studies, politics, and finally her social life at school. We want these ads to be inserted in the cinema before the main film, so they are all based on movies. Shot on film.”

"Okay, okay, this won't be too much of a challenge for Brooke. We recently moved to a new house in New Jersey, and she went to the prestigious Englewood High School in New Jersey. She got top marks in biology and wrote His understanding of Darwin's theory of evolution was also used as a model essay by the teacher.

Her French is also very good... Do you speak French? Then you can say a few words to Bo Ji, and the teacher praises her uvular pronunciation as being very standard. "

It seems that Terry didn't just take a sip. This woman also became more talkative after drinking too much.

Ronald saw that Brooke Shields had changed her clothes and came out, and quickly gave Eddie instructions to deal with this drunk star mother.

Today Brooke Shields put on CK tight jeans, a pair of high-top leather shoes, and a dark brown shirt. The whole outfit looked very girl-next-door. But Brooke's appearance and figure make her not as mediocre as the girl next door, and she is still an American sweetheart.

This kind of dress just makes the teenagers who are the audience of the advertisement feel that as long as I wear CK jeans, I can be as sexy as Brooke Shields.

"Hello, Brooke. I'm Ronald, the director of this shoot. Let me introduce you to the members of the crew." Ronald said hello to Brooke Shields, and then introduced her one by one.

"This is Spike Lee, the first assistant director on a small crew like ours. I assume you're already familiar with what this character does on set."

"Hello, Spike" Brooke Shields greeted Spike, and then glanced at her mother a little worriedly.

"This is Kathryn Bigelow. She will serve as the second assistant director and also serve as the scene recorder." Ronald continued to introduce... This is an opportunity to show his face, and he will use a movie camera and film stock.

With a greeting, several friends who have worked together came to help. There were not many opportunities for them to practice with enough film, so Spike and Bigelow were very proactive and helped think through all the storyboarding and lighting.

"Mr. Calvin Klein was watching the production process from above. Pointing to the aisle on the second floor of Ronald Studio, a man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans stood by the railing and looked down.

"Hello, Calvin." Brooke Shields greeted him.

"This is the line for our first shot. Tell us about your understanding of Darwin's theory of evolution. This is a long shot. We need you to finish it in one breath. There will be no camera changes in the middle." Ronald handed over two sheets filled with The lines of paper were given to Brooke Shields to memorize.

"Where's my mother?" Brooke Shields looked a little more sad compared to the last time they met. She didn't see her mother for a while, so she asked Ronald.

"She's there with your..." Ronald pointed to a middle-aged woman and a girl who came with Brooke Shields' mother.

"It's my godmother." Brooke breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is that your godmother's daughter? You can talk about this line with her." Ronald thought Brooke Shields was worried that she wouldn't be able to memorize her lines, so she was anxious.

"It doesn't matter, I can memorize it, director." Brooke Shields was actually worried that her mother's alcoholism would happen again. She often got drunk on Fiji Island. After returning to New York, Brooke and her godmother took her I was sent to an alcohol treatment hospital and underwent alcohol treatment for a month before I recovered.

But recently, because of the actors' strike, my mother became anxious again and secretly started drinking again.

"Okay, take your time here, don't worry. We will rehearse twice before the official shooting. There is plenty of time today."

Ronald thumped up the stairs and went to report the situation to Calvin Klein.

"There seems to be something wrong with Terry. I'll let Eddie keep an eye on her."

"You did a great job, I'm right here watching your shooting."

"Okay, if you have any questions, just call me. Just don't interrupt during the shooting, otherwise the film will be wasted." Ronald said about Calvin Klein's habit of standing on a high place and looking down. It was also a bit strange, he ran down thumping again.

"Spike, Catherine, is the lighting okay?" Ronald confirmed to the two assistants.

"Everything is OK, we checked it out," Kathryn Bigelow replied. Unlike Spike Lee, who has already shot his own short film, she is quite excited that her storyboards can be shot on location.

"Okay, let's wait for Bo Ji to memorize the lines and then rehearse them again."

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