Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Where's your Aunt Karen?"

"She went to Yosemite with her new boyfriend."

Ronald picked up his childhood friend, Douglas Hansen Jr., at the airport. He made a special trip to join Ronald in investing in the "Evil Husband" project.

The two of them had made a verbal agreement back then, and he had the right to invest the same share of the movies that Ronald participated in.

The Jerry Zucker trio carefully calculated each scene and gave it a budget of nine million dollars.

Ronald asked his accountant Lawrence to take a look at it. Except for some Hollywood's usual inflated costs, the Zach trio did not deceive Ronald too much.

Ronald spent a whole year shooting commercials, music videos, and dividends, plus selling some stocks, and collected US$750,000. Adding in Douglas Jr.'s US$750,000, the two of them made a total of US$100. Half a million dollars, plus $1.5 million from Zacks Trio Productions and $6 million from the Screen Fund allocated by Touchstone, rounded out the budget.

Douglas Jr. also promised that if the crew exceeds the quota, he can make up the investment.

"cheers!"

Jerry Zach looked at Ronald, very satisfied. He did not compete with himself for the priority investment rights, but instead attracted this rich fool. He would rather guarantee all the risks and take the final dividend rights.

"cheers!"

Little Douglas looked at Little Ronald and was very satisfied. He was actually willing to let himself participate in Touchstone, no, it was actually a Disney project. The well-known comedy director Zach was also hired to direct. Who can seize this opportunity? Not only did he facilitate the filming of the movie, but he could also be named as a co-producer. From now on, he would be a true Hollywood insider.

"Who will we invite to play the leading role in our movie?" Douglas Jr. was extremely happy and immediately began to play the role of producer.

"If the budget is sufficient, we plan to try to invite Jack Nicholson for the male lead. The female lead also hopes to find someone who is topical and popular, and it doesn't matter if she is an outsider." Jerry Zucker's eyes flashed A hint of joy.

Unexpectedly, not only is he a rich fool, this fool is also a movie enthusiast. Anyway, if he could get it right, he would go to a big-name actor.

"Jack Nicholson is great! How much does he want to be paid?" Douglas Jr. was beaming with joy. As long as there is a well-known actor, there will be a topic, and the media can promote it for free.

"For a mere four million dollars,

You can ask him to be the protagonist. We can modify the script for him. "When Jerry Zucker saw that the other party was really interested, he immediately started lobbying.

Ronald lightly stepped on little Doug.

"Four million is too expensive, and it doesn't match the temperament of the male protagonist in the original script. If the heroine can be an outsider, why not try Madonna? She is very famous now, especially after Ronnie filmed her MV. She As a newcomer in the film industry, the salary should not be high."

"This is a good candidate. Let's find her agent." Jerry Zucker saw that the other party quickly calmed down after hearing the salary, and stopped thinking about cheating.

"How was my performance?" Douglas Jr., a high school classmate and good friend of the wrestling club, still had a tacit understanding with Ronald. He felt that Zach was trying to deceive him, so he immediately changed the subject.

The next few people went to a joint interview meeting for the film project.

"Very good, your suggestion is actually good. Madonna has an annoying temperament. If she can bring out this temperament, I think she can act well." Ronald also thinks this choice is okay, although his acting skills are not good. , but she is very popular now.

"This is the main creator of this film, Ronald Lee, Jerry Zucker... This is Mr. Douglas Hansen Jr., the investor and co-producer of this film." The executive producer sent by Touchstone , began to introduce the reporters participating in the interview.

"Mr. Hansen, according to my information, this is your first time participating in Hollywood investment. Why did you participate in this film?"

"It's because of the great script and because I particularly like the movies directed by Zack. I'm sure they'll be successful again."

"Jerry, will this film still be a comedy that is mainly parody and contains lots of laughs?"

"This time it will be different. We will not shoot it in the traditional farce way. Ronald and I discussed it for a long time and we decided to make it a different comedy."

"Excuse me, Ronald. What do you think of the coverage of the Hollywood Brats?"

"This is not within the scope of this film. Please ask questions related to this film." Touchstone's executive producer immediately interrupted.

"Excuse me, will Touchstone Pictures serve as a distribution and production entity independent of Disney?"

…

"Why are you still asking the boy gang?" Touchstone's executive producer was very dissatisfied with the reporter and drew a thick line on his name.

"Now everyone is on guard, trying to avoid getting involved with the Brat Gang. Reporters must ask questions that have been communicated in advance. He also saw that the hot news was there and no one answered it." Ronald put in a good word for the reporter.

"There's no way, Emilio is a big piece of shit. Now Hollywood is all messed up by him. No one is willing to accept in-depth interviews anymore. That piece of shit reporter has also completely destroyed the mutual trust between the media and Hollywood.

Not only does he no longer expect anyone to agree to an interview with him, but now all entertainment reporters, including people from studios like me, feel that in future interviews in Hollywood, they can only ask irrelevant questions. "

…

"You idiot. Now everyone is eager to cut ties with you, but you actually want to find Tom Cruise and Sean Penn to clean up your relationship?"

When Martin Sheen saw his eldest son, he actually found a public relations company, hoping to find a few good people named in the "Kid Gang" to clear his name and attack the reporter David Bloom who wrote the report.

"Don't you know that reporters love it when you quarrel with them? Didn't your public relations manager remind you?"

"Tom and Sean, they both stood by me on the phone. That reporter David Bloom is talking nonsense and distorting our image. Why can't I fight back?" Emilio was still stubborn.

Martin Sheen, as a veteran, is certainly aware of the sinister consequences of doing so. The eldest son Emilio is so stupid that he thought he was a star after making two blockbuster movies.

Those actors who are more popular than him are all his competitors. He has not yet seen clearly who is the real friend and who is the real enemy in this game.

"If you want to do it, use your own money. I won't write a check for your special public relations operation." Emilio made a lot of money, but his expenses were also very high. If Martin Sheen didn't give him the money, , he couldn’t afford public relations fees.

"Emilio, if you want to succeed, you have to rely on yourself." His younger brother Charlie Sheen was nearby to make up for the damage.

"snort!"

Emilio was in confusion. He had a bright future, but now many of the movie invitations he had originally sent have been withdrawn. If he can't get new roles, his expenses will far exceed his income.

Restaurants and hotels that used to offer free orders just by relying on celebrities' names now have to pay on the spot. If you want to maintain a decent life as a star, your savings are being depleted quickly, and you still have a fixed expenditure of two thousand dollars a month for that woman... If it stops, the woman will come out to make trouble again.

"You can take care of yourself." Martin Xin left in despair. His eldest son was the most developed among his children, and he had to go out of his way to find a role for Emilio in Old Friends.

"If you ask me, you have to come out and admit your mistake now..." Charlie Sheen gave his brother a bad idea.

"Well..." Emilio was angry, wondering why he had become the biggest target and was being sprayed. Other people in the Kid's Gang may not be as disciplined in their private lives as I am, and it's normal to take advantage of being a celebrity. Everyone in Hollywood does this. As for acting, you don’t need to study acting so much when making a movie, and it’s not like live theater performances in the past.

It is impossible to admit a mistake. Once you admit a mistake, it will be impossible to become a leading star of the new generation.

"What else?" Emilio heard something in his brother Charlie's words.

"Either you find a bigger target for the media."

"A bigger target..."

"Demi, you did a good job telling me Emilio's movements this time. When he is this confused again in the future, you must inform me as soon as possible." Martin Sheen found Emilio's phone outside the door. girlfriend. If Demi hadn't secretly tipped off the news and Emilio secretly hired a public relations operation, it would have been a big joke again.

"I love him, I just hope he doesn't do stupid things." Demi behaved very gracefully in front of her future father-in-law.

After sending Martin Sheen out, Demi tiptoed back and eavesdropped on the two brothers' chat through the door.

"Who should I look for to divert the attention of the media?" Emilio knew this brother well. Although he was not as good as him in acting, he had some clever ideas.

"Who do you think is the most popular among people of similar age to you and can best help you share the media's firepower?"

Charlie Sheen gave some hints and went out.

"Demi," Charlie Sheen nodded to Demi.

"Charlie", Demi heard the noise just now and jumped several meters away from the door, pretending to have just come back.

"Damn it," Emilio cursed, tore off a piece of note paper, picked up his wallet and headed out, "I'm going to discuss how to deal with it with Rob Lowe."

"You come back soon."

Demi cursed in her mind, saying that she had discussed it with Rob Lowe and didn't know she was dating that female fan again.

Seeing Emilio walking away, she checked repeatedly on the desk, trying to find out who the target that attracted the firepower was discussed was.

"Huh?" Demi found that on the note, there was a trace of the paper that had just been torn off.

She quickly picked up the note pad and carefully changed the angle towards the light, trying to find traces.

"r...o...n...lee"

"Is it Ronald?" Demi thought it was funny. This Emilio's mind was not very clear. Ronald is the director, so what's the competition with him? Choosing him to attract fire was just out of jealousy.

"But isn't his stupidity just an opportunity for me?" She rolled her eyes, picked up her bag, hurried to the phone booth two streets away, and dialed the number.

"Hey...Ronnie. I'm Demi, Emilio seems to want to drag you into the water..."

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