Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"I've been called the worst actress, and I'm so pissed off," Brooke Shields complained to Ronald on the phone.

A few days had passed since the awards night, and Ronald was back home in New York.

Everything in life is back to normal. I have classes during the week, eat at my aunt's house on the weekends, watch pirated club movies in my spare time, and wait for Universal's decision on the director.

But some things just can't seem to go back to the way they were. For example, people in the entertainment industry who I know, don't know, are familiar with, or are not familiar with will all call to "say hello" intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, Po Ji now calls to chat with herself. Maybe her mother, Terry, has put herself on her daughter's "allowed calls" list? But Ronald wasn't quite sure which of Terry's lists he was on, the "just friends" list or the "potential boyfriends" list.

On the other hand, Diane was more free and easy-going. After moving back to her home, she had more contact with Donna and would not call her when nothing happened.

"Wait a minute, what is Worst Actress? There is no such award in the Oscars, right?" Ronald answered while putting on his suit and holding the receiver around his neck.

"There was a guy named John Wilson who gave it out in his living room. The media is all hyping it up now, and I don't know why."

"Never mind that. Who cares who has the worst movie and worst director? I have to get out and die first."

Brooke said on the phone, "The hairstylist is about to do my hair, so I hung up. You can read the newspaper yourself. They were so disgraced. They named Laurence Olivier the worst supporting actor. Said his acting skills were declining rapidly."

Ronald put on his suit and set off with Donna and Aunt Karen to Staten Island to see the leg warmer factory in action. Today is Ronald's first time there.

"Ronnie, I think your ego has grown a lot since you won the Oscar." Cousin Donna looked at Ronald and said, "You wouldn't hang up Brooke Shields's phone before."

"What is ego? Is getting bigger good or bad for me."

"It's the ego in Freud's psychological theory. If the ego is bigger, it's more confident and more likely to succeed. But it's not good if it's too big." Donna explained.

"She talks to me about all these gossips. I'm busy with something. It has nothing to do with ego." Ronald replied.

Ronald has certainly become more confident. The biggest benefit Oscar has brought to him is

He was not the original song songwriter who won the award, because he had his agent turn down all the lyricist offers, but was nominated for best screenwriter.

Many people began to believe that the $350,000 selling price of his script was not a fluke.

Of course Ronald is really in trouble this time. After getting the order from Jane Fonda, he discussed with his high school friend Douglas Hansen Jr. for a long time and decided to rent an old factory building in Douglas Hansen's house and open a small factory.

The factory is small, employing about ten workers. Aunt Karen personally selected the Japanese Brother brand sweater knitting machine instead of the better quality Swiss brand. Although the functions of the Brother brand are not as good as those from Switzerland, they are much more cost-effective and the price of maintenance parts is also cheaper.

Ronald invested more money to buy machinery and equipment and rented the old factory building of Douglas Jr.'s house. Theresa Kate and her husband David did not have as much money to invest proportionately, and their shares dropped to 20%, as did Aunt Karen and his comrade's widow.

Ronald tried to get Douglas Jr. to become a shareholder, but he refused. This kind of small business is not interesting to him, but he used his influence to give the leg warmer factory a slightly preferential rental price. Because Douglas Sr.’s granddaughter is studying ballet and likes leg warmers very much.

"Hi, Ronnie. Thank you for everything you have done for us. Little Bud sent me a letter in Hawaii." Little Bud's mother, Mrs. Davis, also moved with several families of black military widows who worked hard and conscientiously. When I arrived in the black area in northern Staten Island, I came to work in a factory every day.

It turns out that among the military widows who worked in rtkd to do job settlements, some were not so serious, but this time none of them were hired. Those who are willing to come to the factory and pay a little settling-in allowance can be regarded as giving a chance to the families of their uncle's comrades.

The factory is running well and the efficiency is more than 10 times higher than the original manual production. What is even more satisfying is that the quality is more stable now, unlike the original products made by different people that fluctuated greatly in quality and had to be selected one by one by Aunt Karen.

"Jane Fonda's order volume is very large. We are now working at full capacity to meet the needs there first and put the excess in the warehouse. Gradually, on the West Coast, distributors from cities outside Los Angeles and San Francisco are calling to place orders... …”

Theresa Kate, the partner he met by chance on the ferry, is now in high spirits and looks completely different from the way he looked when he saw her in desolation. Teresa is pregnant, and her husband David is now focusing on factory production, persuading her to go back and rest.

Of course, Ronald came to the factory for the first time today, but Teresa still insisted on coming.

"Thanks, Theresa, David, you've done a great job with your business."

"This is also our common cause, Ronald." Theresa talked to Ronald in the office. "The order volume on the East Coast has also increased. In short, with the factory, we can not only guarantee shipments, but also ensure quality. Stability is also guaranteed.”

"There are a lot of counterfeits now. Can we talk to Mr. da Silva about the rights to use the famous brand?" Her husband David usually doesn't talk much, but when he does say it, he always means something.

"I was careless. Attorney Lindsay Dole did not remind me. Now that Fame's songs have become hot singles on the charts, Mr. da Silva is not willing to license them cheaply. Of course, we may not have paid at that time. Afford the licensing fee.”

After all, Ronald is not a businessman. It would be nice to have someone to help manage and share these things.

"Beep...beep..." the pager rang.

Ronald called and asked the paging desk. It was Paula Wagner from CAA who was looking for him.

"Hi, Paula. Long time no see. Do you have a question for me?" Ronald dialed from the office phone.

"It's Tom Cruise who's looking for you. He has something to tell you."

"Hi, Ronald. I'm Tom. I auditioned for a supporting role in a movie starring Timothy Hutton. I just heard from Paula about your conflict and I asked her not to sign. It was you who gave Only when I have the opportunity can I enter the industry.”

"Ronald, this is a great opportunity for Tom. Hutton is just acting with him, and the project is being hosted by Shirley Lansing at 20th Century Fox. She's only 35 and she's on Fox The production president of the factory, his background is self-evident." Paula interjected.

"Don't worry, Paula. Tom is a good friend of mine and I don't mind him being in 'Lights Out,' but you're my agent too, remember?" Ronald didn't have any beef with Tom Cruise, but Paula Wagner always puts Cruise's interests first, which makes him a little uncomfortable.

"I..." Paula was also a little unaccustomed to the tough Ronald.

"Tom, don't worry. Hutton's acting skills are nothing special. You take every role so seriously and act well, stealing his scene." Ronald didn't care much about these, and it was not a project invested by Hutton. .

"No problem, Ronald."

"List of the First Golden Raspberry Awards." Ronald put down the phone and saw a newspaper in the office, which published the so-called list of the worst acting awards. I couldn't help but pick up the newspaper and read it.

"Worst heroine, Brooke Shields. The Blue Lagoon." This is far from the worst performance, right? Ronald was puzzled. Maybe he deliberately chose a well-known person for the sake of sensational effect?

Looking down, it is true.

"The worst supporting actor is Laurence Olivier, the worst director is Olivia Newton-John's 'Cinderella', and the worst actor nominees are Kirk Douglas and Richard De Dreyfus, these are all Oscar-winning actors.

The most outrageous thing is that among the nominees for Worst Actor is former decathlon Olympic champion Bruce Jenner. Anyway, whoever is more famous will be nominated.

"Beep...beep..." The pager rang again. This time it's Matt Dillon.

Matt Dillon specially came to inform that he has officially signed with Disney to star in the film adaptation of SE Hinton's "DZ Man". Disney spent a lot of money and finally beat Warner Bros. to buy Hinton's adaptation rights.

"The heroine is Meg Tilly."

From his side of the receiver, Ronald could picture Dillon's evil smile.

"Axxhole" cursed with a smile and hung up the phone.

Meg Tilly finally got her wish and became the heroine of the movie. The great director's son Zinnemann also spared no effort to praise her.

However, after experiencing so many things since joining the industry, Ronald can deal with this kind of thing calmly. It's not easy for an actress to get to the top. It's her own choice to exchange for an opportunity.

After visiting the factory, Ronald returned to his apartment and started practicing every day again. Today CBS is showing the classic romance film "The Golden Marriage". A classic romance film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

"A famous playboy met a beautiful woman on an oil tanker. Both of them had an engagement and were about to get married when they got off the ship. But love happened on the oil tanker..."

Ronald began to write a story outline. This is a very effective training. Being able to write an attractive outline may also be helpful when looking for investment for his own script.

At the same time, it is a good way to sort out my own understanding of the original screenwriter's ideas. The screenwriters of classic and old films are all very good, and it’s good to learn from them.

"Before they separated, the two people agreed that if both parties could successfully end their engagements and start a new career, they would reunite on the top floor of the Empire State Building in New York in six months.

But when that day came, Huahua went to the top floor of the Empire State Building with her salary and waited for a day, but the beauty did not appear..."

"Ring ring ring ring..."

"Hey, who is it?" Ronald was still watching an old movie and didn't want to be disturbed, so he spoke a little more fiercely.

"It's me, Poji...oooooooooo..."

"Poor Ji, what's wrong?" Ronald was still looking at the TV and said perfunctorily. Is this some high school girl gossip?

"Ronald, this is Terry." Brooke's mother took the receiver, "Boogie is in big trouble this time. She is being investigated by Congress. You must help her."

"Oh, Congressional investigation... that's great." Ronald's attention was still on the TV.

"Wait, what? Congressional investigation? Why?"

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