Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald let go of the male agent. The man was a little scared, and immediately jumped a few feet away to discuss in a low voice with the female agent who looked like his wife.

"What's going on? Why are they forcing you to be a vegetarian?" Ronald asked Pfeiffer.

"Michelle, you finally got rid of the addiction to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. Eating animal products will make you fall into it again." The female agent said to Pfeiffer in a persuasive tone.

Ronald looked at both sides, and he couldn't figure out whether Michelle Pfeiffer's relationship with these two people was compulsive, or if he was strict with her in order to quit bad habits, it was actually for her good.

"Are you willing to go with them? If you don't want to, you can stay, and I will arrange a place for you, don't worry. They are just your agent, not your guardian..."

"No, Ronald, they're not a registered broker, I don't have one, they force me to be a vegetarian, and I have to buy the high-priced vegetables they offer, $50 for a can of vegetable juice." Michelle Pfeiffer suddenly Holding Ronald's arm tightly, he loudly revealed the true colors of the two so-called "brokers".

"I'm very grateful for the alcohol and tobacco addiction they helped me get rid of, but they took all the money I made from filming TV shows." .

"I think I have to ask you to leave, you two." Ronald stepped forward and said to the two charlatans selling vegetable juice.

"Need me to labor the NYPD?"

"Is that Ronald? We'll meet again, Michelle, that's all for today, we'll come back to you later, don't forget that God taught us to be vegetarian." The man said something yin and yang, turning his head and saying The women left together.

"It's not over yet, but if it's true that they help you get rid of the addiction, it's a little troublesome to get the money back. I can ask my lawyer for you." This kind of thing is actually quite difficult to define clearly. The liar couple took advantage of the Philippines Buddha was alone in Los Angeles, and at first he pretended to be her, and even if he went to court, it would be difficult to tell clearly.

Michelle Pfeiffer seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, clutching Ronald's arm and reluctant to let go.

"I still have work to do. You can go there to rest for a while and have something to eat. I'll come to you later." Ronald pointed to the secretary at the front desk, who would come over and take Pfeiffer over to rest.

Ronald resumed his professional smile, "I'm sorry for delaying your time, Miss Brooke Shields, we can go in for the audition."

"Oh,

Your skill is very good, is it the kind in the TV series "Kung Fu"? "

Brooke Xiaosi looked at Ronald with a beaming smile. Ronald simply subdued the man just now, which made her feel very cool.

"Cough cough," Terry reminded beside him.

Brooke Xiaosi's smile immediately converged into a wry smile, the smile in her eyes quickly faded, and her nose began to wrinkle, as if saying, "Look, my mother doesn't even care what I say."

"Come this way, Brooke."

The two CAA agents, Paula and Richard, who were just waiting at the front desk, saw the reality drama just now.

"Ha, our Ronald is still an amorous man," Paula said to Richard.

"He's just got a sense of justice." Richard felt that Ronald was very angry with him.

...

After busy with the heroine audition in the morning, several people who have the power to decide the candidates stopped talking.

Regardless of Brooke Xiaosi's reputation, just from her audition results, she looks a little better than other candidates.

"After all, I am a model, and the camera sense is unique." Director Zeffirelli said.

"Don't think about the Pfeiffer recommended by Ronald? Although he is a little older, he looks very small." Guber mentioned Michelle Pfeiffer's name. "What do you think, Ronald?"

"The director is right." Ronald has become a lot smoother after his famous audition. "Considering the commercial value, Brooke Shields will undoubtedly bring a lot of box office."

"I'll go first, and I'll have a meeting with my colleagues at Polygram to discuss this in the afternoon. Well, let's have some lunch. You guys will continue to audition for the male lead in the afternoon."

Ronald took a dime of Domino's pizza from takeout, walked over to the desk behind the front desk, and handed it to Michelle Pfeiffer. She rested here for a long time.

"I'm also going to take pictures of the actor's audition in the afternoon. When I'm done, I'll prepare a place for you. Don't worry. You've been a vegetarian for a long time, and you can't eat too much meat at the beginning. I brought you a piece of pizza."

"Thank you, Ronald."

Paula winked at Richard when she heard the housing arrangement.

"My aunt has a place in Manhattan, and she lives with Donna, my cousin. You can live with them, no problem in the short term."

Richard smiled at Paula.

"Hello, Ronald. We are Paula and Richard from CAA Economics." The two introduced themselves to Ronald.

"Hello. I'm sorry I'm busy here, I didn't notice you just now." Ronald shook hands with the two of them and greeted them warmly.

"Mr. Nisita asked us to come this time. It is a tradition of CAA to attach importance to customers. We have to interview each of the contracted customers many times, so that they can understand CAA's corporate culture and strive for maximum benefits for customers. ."

Paula begins to recite the words of CAA.

"Mr. Li, do you have any new scripts during this time?" Richard asked Ronald's screenwriting works.

"The 'intersection' that I sent the outline to Mr. Nisita has been completed, and I can ask you to bring it back to Los Angeles."

"Besides, my aunt watched CBS's 'Army Field Hospital (MASH)' every week, and she asked me to write a Vietnam War version of the Army Field Hospital."

"I'm currently thinking about writing a script that reflects the Vietnam War. You know my uncle is a veteran who died in Vietnam. I have a lot of Vietnam veterans around me, and their relatives can be interviewed. I have accumulated a lot of interview material, Getting ready to write."

"That's good. This is the agency contract we brought. According to the industry rules, a 10% commission is charged." Paula was actually a little impatient to listen to Ronald talking about his new script.

"Okay, I'll have to show my lawyer. If it's all right, it'll be signed soon."

"No problem, we'll be in New York for another day, and it would be great if you could sign today," Paula said.

"I have to call my lawyer, there should be no problem." Ronald frowned, but agreed.

Ronald contacted Miss Attorney Lindsay Dole. Lindsay is very busy now, but he still attaches great importance to his first client, and promised to work overtime at night to show him the contract.

"Ronald, can I call you Ronald?" Richard still has a lot of interest in the script, "Since The Return of the Year and The Deer Hunter the year before, Hollywood has been chasing the Vietnam War-themed movie script, if you have time If so, I would like to have an in-depth discussion with you."

Raising his wrist and looking at his watch, Ronald said, "No problem, my lawyer is not available until the evening, why don't we all go to my apartment and I can talk together."

After speaking, Ronald wrote down his apartment address and phone number and handed it to Paula. How about we make an appointment at six o'clock in the evening? Good food in the East Village, right across from my apartment.

"I know, Ukrainian restaurant. Then we'll see you there." Paula and Richard said goodbye.

After Michelle Pfeiffer was taken care of by the front desk lady, Ronald went back to the waiting area and called the actors one by one to audition.

"Where's your agent? Why didn't he come again this time?" Ronald saw the handsome boy who auditioned for the famous audition last time, and this time he was the last in line.

His teeth have been corrected, and the whole person is more sunny, but the dentures are obviously inferior, and the color is plastic. At first glance, they are the kind of crowns bought in the supermarket, which are inconsistent with the color of the surrounding teeth.

"Yes, he only gave me a contact number in New York, and asked me to call this contact when I got the role, and he will be responsible for signing the contract."

Sunshine Boy is very motivated. "I have asked my family to read the novel to me once. I recorded it with a tape recorder and listened to it repeatedly. I think I have caught the characteristics of the male protagonist."

No matter how they are such irresponsible agents, Ronald feels that he is quite lucky. Whether it is Eddie or a few of CAA, at least they are very professional.

"Okay, you come with me."

After the audition, Ronald sent Sunshine Boy out again, "The result will not be told to you at the scene. If there is news, we will notify your agent."

"You can find me on this number. I'm staying with relatives in New York. You can just ask them to call Tom."

"Okay," Ronald understood Tom's situation. Maybe his agent didn't like him at all, maybe he was on the verge of giving up on him. "Continue to work hard, your physical condition and level of effort, you will definitely succeed."

God is sometimes not fair. Such a motivated young man can be seen from the audition just now that he has prepared a lot and is very photogenic. But the crew has basically decided on the heroine of Brooke Xiaosi, and the candidate is also Michelle Pfeiffer. The boy's height and their matchmaking make it difficult.

With anticipation, Tom turned and walked out the door.

Paula and Richard just came in again, "Why are you so careless? You can forget your briefcase. The secret in an agent's briefcase can be worth millions of dollars, so don't forget it. ."

"I'm sorry, Paula, I won't." Richard was a little depressed, and asked the secretary at the front desk about the whereabouts of his briefcase.

"Hallelujah! God, what did I see?" Paula looked up and saw the silhouette of the sunny boy Tom, and quickly chased out.

Tom was quite satisfied with his audition, he ran excitedly out of the studio door, and ran all the way to the subway station.

"Wait, wait, don't run." Paula chased out for a while with her high heels on. Seeing that she couldn't catch up, she turned over and entered the studio.

"Richard, go to Ronald, I want to know who that sunshine boy is?"

...

Ronald has asked Julia and director Zeffirelli to take time off, taking Michelle Pfeiffer first.

"I'm not a nutritionist, but I was a wrestler for a while. A long-term vegetarian diet may cause women to amenorrhea and infertility." Ronald spoke to Pfeiffer in the co-pilot on the Honda Accord.

"Sports athletes must be nutritionally balanced. Don't believe that vegetarian food can help you lose weight or make your skin better. Only enough exercise can keep you in shape and make your skin better, and you need to drink more water."

Michelle Pfeiffer looked at Ronald with a pair of eyes that seemed reluctant to leave his face. This boy saved himself today, out of the control of two vegetarian extremists.

"The evolution of human beings is not suitable for vegetarianism. The evolution of the Paleolithic era for millions of years has allowed humans to eat meat, grains, and fruits. All kinds of food are balanced, as long as they eat less industrialized food made of corn syrup."

The car arrived at Aunt Karen's house. Ronald tells his aunt about Michelle Pfeiffer's condition. The aunt was very righteous and reassured Pfeiffer to stay until her family in Orange County could be contacted.

Aunt Karen prepared some bland food for Pfeiffer's stomach to adjust. At the dinner table, my aunt asked her about the ins and outs of everything.

It turns out that after Michelle Pfeiffer participated in the beauty pageant, she wanted to enter the entertainment industry. He fell out with his father, who was in the air-conditioning installation business, and was alone in Hollywood, picking up a lot of bad habits.

The couple approached Pfeiffer in the name of helping Pfeiffer quit his addiction. They belong to a religious group, the so-called God's Children Movement, that presents themselves as devoutly religious, and promotes vegetarianism and meditation to kick bad habits. To be honest, it helped Michelle Pfeiffer a lot when she was addicted to alcohol and drugs.

But slowly, they began to control Pfeiffer's life, forcing him to be a vegetarian every day, not to eat artificially grown grains and vegetables that use pesticides and fertilizers, and only eat the expensive green food they provided.

Because of his misfit and full of God, Pfeiffer gradually became estranged from the TV series production team and did not receive a contract for a new season. The agent also terminated her contract. At this time, the two couples took over her acting career by pretending to be agents, in fact, they were gradually draining her savings from years of hard filming.

After eating, Michelle felt better and cried with Aunt Karen in her arms. Ronald wanted to arrange for her to rest at his aunt's house. He made an appointment with lawyer Lindsay Dole to meet at the apartment and drove back to the apartment.

"Ring bell bell..." Someone was ringing the doorbell of the apartment, "Come on, who is it?" Ronald didn't know whether it was the lawyer lady or the agent who arrived first.

When no one answered, Ronald opened the door and saw a leather-covered document.

"Ronald Lee?" Several uniformed New York police officers, Ronald nodded.

"You have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and imprisoning Miss Michelle Pfeiffer for her personal liberty. This is a search warrant."

"You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say can be used as evidence against you in court. You have the right to speak to a lawyer before your interrogation. You also have the right to have a lawyer present during your interrogation. If You can't afford a lawyer, the court can appoint a lawyer for you..."

"I'm going to call my lawyer." Ronald said only one sentence, then kept his mouth shut.

"You will have a chance, wait until the police station." said a plainclothes detective behind.

"Oh, our new client is really hot." Paula and Richard just arrived and saw this scene.

"Tell my lawyer," Ronald lip-synced to Richard, hoping he would understand what he meant.

"Pfeiffer doesn't seem to be here... We have to keep looking." The two followers of God's Children said after watching Ronald being escorted into the police car.