Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"boom!"

"Very good. Your hitting power is very good. Pay attention to where you hit the ball. Ronald."

"boom!"

"Just like this, a good serve. Your waist strength is better than that of some professional tennis players."

Ronald found an indoor tennis club in Manhattan, and Van Patten recommended a retired ATP professional player as a tennis coach.

"Huh...huh..." Ronald relied on his height and strength to fight back and forth with the coach several times. Every time, he was moved around by the opponent's rotation and placement, and could only barely hit the ball back.

"Here, wipe your sweat."

The tennis coach was very satisfied with him, "Actually, your hitting power and awareness are both good. If you had received tennis training when you were young and developed your hand, you would have a good chance of participating in the college league. If you are lucky, you would be able to play professionally." impossible."

"I just want to exercise." Ronald wiped his sweat and took a sip of the "Arrow" mineral water handed over by the coach.

In fact, Ronald was not doing it for exercise, but after listening to Van Patten's story about hitting the ball in the field and defeating McEnroe, he wanted to try whether playing tennis could trigger a dream.

However, after several attempts, there was no movement in the dream. Moreover, I am not familiar with the nature of tennis balls at all. I can only hit the ball hard, which is not as high as my table tennis skills. Being beaten by others all the time is a bit uncomfortable as an exercise program.

"Financial management ads, luxury car ads, a luxury trip for two to Hawaii..." Ronald returned home and read the mails sent to him one by one. After becoming famous, there began to be more and more advertisements of all kinds, and he threw them all into garbage can.

"Directors Guild", among many advertisements, there is a letter from the Directors Guild.

Ronald opened it and saw that it was a check with "television broadcast residual dividends" for two hundred dollars.

After reading the attached letter carefully, I found out that the remaining dividend was not from "fast-paced", but from the ending of Diane Lane's movie "The Amazing Dirt Band" that he helped reshoot and was used as the music video in Taiwan. Play, resulting in residual dividends.

According to the collective bargaining agreement between the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild, any movie or clip played more than 10 times must pay residual dividends to the director and actors.

The station will also share a portion of the revenue generated from this music video to the director. Ronald was not credited in the film;

But the MV is considered his handiwork, and he received current dividends from the Directors Guild.

The music video was a hit in Taiwan for a while, but the subsequent movie was very poorly released and was immediately taken offline after a weekend. Ronald estimated that this check would be all the remaining dividends, and no TV station would be willing to show this movie in the future.

"Oh, my God." Donna screamed from the back room.

"What's wrong?" Ronald asked.

"Someone in Europe saw traces of Halley's Comet. My chance to see Halley's Comet for the first time in seventy-six years is gone. The next time I see it return, I will be ninety years old." Donna held it A copy of the latest Scientific American magazine, said to Ronald.

"Don't be discouraged, there are still many comets to discover."

Ronald put on new clothes and went to the movies with Helen in the evening.

"Your girlfriend just called and said she has an audition opportunity and will come later tonight." Donna remembered Helen's call and said to Ronald.

…

The movie I watched was "Blade Runner (runner)", the new work of "Alien" director Ridley Scott. This sci-fi film is based on Philip K. Dick's sci-fi "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Helen thought it was very good to watch. The movie has a philosophical thinking about people knowing who they are. The male and female protagonists, Harrison Ford and Sean Young, are handsome and beautiful. In addition, the aesthetic style of the Asian cities of Hong Kong and Tokyo in the future world, Very exotic beauty.

From a director's perspective, Ronald said the story of this movie is actually a very old-fashioned noir detective drama.

A ruthless detective encounters strange cases and walks between law enforcement and criminals. If it had been a movie starring Humphrey Bogart thirty years ago, it was just covered in a science fiction skin.

But the lines the actor who played the clone leader said before he died were impressive.

"I have seen things that you humans would never believe. I have watched battleships burst into flames at the edge of the constellation Orion. I have watched C-rays shine in the darkness near the Tannhäuser Gate. All of these moments will eventually change over time. Gone, like tears disappearing in the rain.”

This shot will be remembered by the audience, Ronald thought to himself.

"By the way, what movie are you auditioning for? Just now you refused to tell me."

Ronald remembered Helen's uncontrollable smile when she came to see him in the afternoon, and later while watching a movie she said she would tell him in the evening.

"I'll tell you when I get back." Helen pulled Ronald and the two of them ran in the lower part of Manhattan, "Hahaha..." The long dark brown hair was blown by the wind, bringing with it a good smell, Ronald When I smell this smell, I feel happy.

Arriving at the comic shop near the apartment, Helen stopped and walked in.

"I want all the issues of Supergirl this year, wrap them up for me." Helen pointed to the "Supergirl" comics in DC Comics and said to the store clerk.

"And that Supergirl uniform."

Supergirl is a derivative comic of Superman. The protagonist Kara Zor-el has blond hair and blue eyes. She is the cousin of Superman Clark Kent. She also has the identity of an Earthling and a high school student. linda lee.

Like Superman, her hair color will also change to dark brown when she becomes an ordinary person.

"What, you want to audition for Supergirl?"

Ronald, who returned to the apartment, watched Helen read the comics intently, and he guessed a little bit.

"No, my dad's agent introduced me to an audition for a supporting role in 'Supergirl'. Lucy Lane, Supergirl's best friend. Did you know, he is the girlfriend of Superman's girlfriend, Lois Lane? Sister. She is a high school classmate of Supergirl’s usual identity, Linda Lee.”

"Then why did you buy a Supergirl uniform? You still want to play the heroine." Ronald pointed to the uniform Helen bought and asked her with a smile.

"Actors all want to be the protagonist, but it's a pity that the producers didn't like me. They plan to select actors from across the country to play Supergirl, just like Christopher Reeve was selected to play Superman. I heard that they are interested in Brooke Shields."

Ronald thought it made sense. Brooke Shields was six feet tall and a natural blonde, so she was topical enough. If the budget is right, she is indeed the obvious choice for Supergirl.

"I think you are also very beautiful. Except for the color of your hair, you are just like Supergirl."

Of course, Ronald still has to praise his girlfriend. Helen has a good figure. Her height of 5 feet 8 inches (172 centimeters) is considered tall on the screen. There is no problem if she really looks like a superwoman. Perhaps it was because of her popularity that her agent recommended the role of Supergirl's best friend.

"Actually, Lucy Lane's role isn't bad either." Helen took out a script from her bag and handed it to Ronald.

The scripts for auditions are usually not complete, only part of the character. Some directors will deliberately give only part of the script, or use the wrong script to prevent leaks.

This audition script is Lucy Lane's story line. It contains many scenes in high school where she helps Linda Lee, the incarnation of Supergirl, integrate into high school life on Earth.

"Is there a role for Superman Christopher Reeve here?" Ronald saw the second page, which showed Lucy Lane meeting her sister Superman's girlfriend, reporter Lois. She came to interview Superman after his disappearance. The female version of Superman.

In the end, the two sisters discovered that Superman and Supergirl were related.

"Yes, I heard that Superman 3 and Supergirl will be filmed together and released next year and the year after respectively." Helen gave some inside information.

"Originally, Supergirl actually appeared in Superman 3, but I heard that Warner Bros. was dissatisfied with the plot design of producers Serkind and his sons and rewrote the script for Superman 3."

The Serkinds, father and son, are legends in the Mexican film and television industry. They bought the rights to adapt Superman's live-action movie from Warner Bros., the parent company of DC Comics, for US$3 million.

Unexpectedly, the Serkinds and their son actually raised 50 million yuan to invest in the filming of the "Superman" movie, which has historically only been able to be made into a low-cost Roger Corman-style exploitation film based on comics.

In 1978, this movie achieved an unprecedented national box office of more than 100 million, and the total box office worldwide was more than 300 million.

The slogan "Superman flies" made children, teenagers, and comic book fans all over the world flock to movie theaters to see real actors taking off on the screen.

"Ronald, can you help me practice my dialogue?" Helen asked Ronald to practice Lucy Lane's dialogue in the audition script with him.

"Okay, but..." Ronald saw the Supergirl uniform Helen bought, "Let me see you put on this uniform later."

…

After practice, Helen went to take a shower, then put on the Supergirl uniform and walked out of the bathroom. She turned towards Ronald, struck Superman's signature flying pose, and asked.

"do I look good?"

Helen wears a blue uniform with a big red "s" on her chest like Superman. Unlike Superman, the lower body is not tights, but a short skirt.

"You look stunning, Helen."

Helen Slater put down her hands with satisfaction, "There is also an accessory."

As she spoke, Helen picked up a red headband that came with the uniform, lifted her hair, and asked Ronald to tie it on her forehead.

"This headband doesn't fit your style a bit," Ronald commented after looking left and right for a while.

"I think so too." Helen put down her headband and put her arms around Ronald's neck.

The thin blue Supergirl uniform didn't fit very well and hung loosely around Helen's body.

Ronald hugged Helen into his arms. Her body fully stretched the areas where the uniform should be stretched, even a little tight. But the waist is a bit too fat, with an extra length sticking out.

Ronald was behind Helen and tightened his uniform to reveal her figure. When he saw her blue eyes closing slightly and a healthy blush appearing on her face, he kissed her hard.

"Well, um..." Helen uttered some syllables, then jumped up and hung on Ronald's body so that her head was as high as Ronald's and she could kiss him better.

Helen, who was only one hundred pounds, was very light. Ronald held her easily and began to caress Helen's smooth calves with his hands.

"Oh, Ronnie, kiss me." Helen had just stopped a long kiss, and Ronald made her cheeks heat up again.

"As commanded."

Ronald began to kiss Helen's neck and shoulder blades, and then carried her towards the bedroom.

…

After a long time, Ronald stood up with satisfaction, went to the kitchen to get two glasses of water, and handed one glass to Helen.

"Thank you." Helen had already put on a T-shirt and boy's shorts at the speed of light, lay on the bed, took the water, and drank half a glass in one breath.

After taking the water glass and putting it on the cabinet, Ronald lay down next to Helen and hugged Helen with one arm. The two of them looked into each other's eyes on the bed and felt quiet and comfortable for a while.

"Ronnie", Helen rested her head on Ronald's warm arm, narrowed her eyes comfortably, and rubbed her toes on Ronald's calf, feeling the warmth of her lover.

"Helen."

Ronald also began to feel sleepy, and his eyelids opened occasionally, as if he was reluctant to close them and not see this beautiful girl.

"Ronnie..."

"Helen..."

Finally, the two young men couldn't resist the Sandman, and fell asleep hugging each other.

"call……"

A burst of intense music played, and Ronald opened his eyes with force and saw a burst of glowing subtitles flashing on the TV screen.

The beginning is very similar to a Superman movie, with a very sci-fi feel. Some subtitles come and go, and it’s not clear who is starring.

"No, this subtitle has a bit of red light. Superman's subtitle has a blue light. Could it be Superman Part 3?"

After a while, Ronald saw a thin old actor talking to a girl wearing silk clothes in a very sci-fi scene.

Hey, this seems to be the British actor Peter O'Toole who played "Lawrence of Arabia". The one next to him who plays the mother image seems to be Mia Farrow, and Robert Redford played "The Great Gatsby."

Is this a remake? Ronald knew that in the 1978 version of Superman, Marlon Brando played Superman's father.

The girl in the silk robe had her back to him. She was a blonde girl who looked a bit like Helen Slater, but she was much stronger than Helen.

The camera continued forward, and a girl wearing a uniform similar to Superman was flying in the sky. On the prairie below, countless horses galloped.

"It's the Supergirl movie." Ronald saw clearly that the girl's hair was shiny gold and she was wearing a short skirt. Her whole body was very dazzling under the sunlight.

The camera switched to Supergirl's usual identity, Linda Lee, a girl wearing a New England private high school-style uniform consisting of a green top, a white shirt, and a gray skirt.

She was facing away from the audience and talking to her classmates in the dormitory.

"Lucy, take the new Linda to visit the dormitory and get familiar with the environment." The principal who brought Linda Li to the dormitory said to Lucy Lane.

"Hey, I know him." Ronald was surprised to find that he knew the actor who played Supergirl's best friend Lucy. It’s Maureen Teefy, who plays the Jewish student Doris in “Famous.”

Looks like Helen's audition failed, Ronald thought. I'll give her another chance in the future.

The camera continued to switch, and the female students began to play hockey in the physical education class. A witch-like person was peeping outside the campus, "That's her, Superwoman."

"This is the actress Faye Dunaway. She has played roles in "The Big Bad" and "Chinatown." She won the Oscar in 1977 for her role in "Work".

Supergirl's best friend Lucy Lane's team won the competition. In order to retaliate, an ugly female student deliberately aimed the hockey ball at her.

The ball was about to hit Lucy Lane in the face. A player wearing No. 2 rushed over, blocked Lucy, and used his back to catch the hockey ball.

"Bang!" The ball smashed into her body.

"This is Supergirl's normal identity, Linda Lee." Ronald confirmed his judgment by watching the slow motion of the hockey ball being blocked by his back and exploding. Supergirl and Superman are both men of steel. Normal objects cannot hurt them.

To see who is acting, a close-up of the face will definitely be added here. Ronald thought.

The girl turned her head, and the camera cut to a close-up of her face. A beautiful girl with a round face came into view.

"Helen!"

Ronald yelled, is this Helen Slater? Why do you seem to have grown so much? Did you dye your hair blonde before?

"Ronnie, Ronnie, are you having a nightmare?" Helen heard Ronald yelling and shook him awake.

"Ah, it seems, it's okay, it's okay." Ronald hugged Helen tightly again, "I really wanted to dream that I fell under the bed."

Fortunately, there was someone holding me this time, so I didn't fall under the bed. Ronald secretly thought he was lucky.

"Hehe, go to sleep." Helen lay in his arms again.

"This dream movie has a lot of special effects, and it obviously cost a lot of money. And Helen's co-stars are all veteran actors and actresses at the level of movie stars."

Ronald glanced at Helen in his arms, "She is obviously playing Supergirl, so why did she say she was auditioning for the role of Lucy?"

"With so many actors and actresses supporting newcomers as protagonists, this is obviously a traditional formula for Superman movies. This girl might become famous in one fell swoop like Christopher Reeve."

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