Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"If Spielberg comes to see you, call his agent."

Niceta called from her office to give Ronald a message.

"I'm going to call him, and I'll leave it to you on the 'Arrogant' side. Many senior executives and producers on the crew want to divide the power. Richard and Simkins are inexperienced. Only you can handle it. Anyway, as long as Just set the rules when filming starts so that others don’t interfere with my choice of the heroine.”

Niceta made an OK gesture. The production department of Twentieth Century Fox is in a state of chaos. Ronald has been assigned the position of the heroine. He needs to be watched by someone and not to be bullied. Now only Niceta can do it.

"Hello? I'm Ronald. I want to speak to Mr. Spielberg." Although Ronald doesn't have the same status as Spielberg now, there are many people who want him to read their scripts every day.

In order to stop these harassments, they would find someone to call them, and then ask them to call them back. When you meet a director like Spielberg who is bigger than Ronald, you have to call my agent first, then I will call your agent, and you will call my agent. Drama.

"Ronald? I'm Steven."

Spielberg finally got on the phone with Ronald, "I want to thank you for giving Chris Columbus a chance to direct. Originally, I planned to let Amblin choose a script for him to try directing, but I didn't expect you. We also found him directly with Disney, and he was able to get the director's job on his own, and I'm very pleased with his progress."

"Don't mention that, we are old friends." Ronald chuckled. Spielberg used Columbus as a screenwriter and used it for many years without giving him any further opportunities. Now that he has become a director through his own path, Spielberg is here to talk easier.

This is the habit of these Jews. As soon as you are frightened by them for the first time, you will be exploited continuously after that. As long as you hold back the first time you interact with someone, they will be more abiding by the rules.

"I didn't know that you were also interested in helping Chris. I took the lead. Columbus is very good. Even without me, he would have gotten the touchstone opportunity on his own. Now he has started to make a lot of preparations, and it's only a few days since he got the script. , and drew the split shots of the main scenes..."

"Haha... yes, Chris is an excellent person," Spielberg said haha. "And also about my going there to shoot. Is there any response there?"

"I have already received a long-distance call from my partner in Xujiahui. It is not easy to make a transoceanic call from his place. We have to queue for two hours. I called back. The call quality was also very poor. We yelled. It took half an hour to decide what to say.

It's not as convenient as sending a telegram. "

Ronald complained a little about the work he did for Spielberg and Xujiahui Studios.

The studios in the north are mainly focusing on filming "The Last Emperor" by Italian director Bertolucci this year. It is said that even a deputy minister (who is also an actor) who is of the same race as the emperor has played a major supporting role. ——A teacher who was in charge of the last emperor at the war criminals management center.

The studio in Xujiahui also wanted to improve its status by inviting Spielberg to shoot movies.

After negotiations with relevant institutions, the Bund, Xujiahui, and several garden houses designed by the famous architect Hudec can all be opened to Spielberg. The filming locations in Chedun and Songjiang can also be opened to him unconditionally.

All kinds of vintage cars are still in stock in the movie studio's warehouse. Just ask a Hollywood prop master to check out the modifications in advance.

"Remember the names of two people." Ronald gave Spielberg the contact information of Xiao Yan, the son of his de facto partner in the lightning lamp business, Yan Zhongfang. Another one is Assistant Director Huang who really wants to direct independently.

"When you get there, you can go find them. Xiaoyan speaks good English and can serve as a translator. Assistant Director Huang is familiar with things on the set. If you have any technical problems, you can ask her to solve them."

"huang, yan, ok", Spielberg wrote down the names of the two people.

"When you arrive at Xujiahui Studio, just mention their names, and they will help you recruit them. It is a rare opportunity to learn from your crew."

After chatting with Spielberg, Ronald came out to continue the meeting with several people.

"The Touchstone side is more rigorous. The filming schedule for 'The Babysitter' was very long, and they had to assess every aspect of Chris Columbus' work.

The heroine is the key to the success or failure of this film, and the touchstone of the two female producers means that the wide-ranging casting process will begin now. "

Of the two agents, Richard was thrown to the set of "The Nanny Adventures" by Ronald. There were two former Paramount golden partners, Eisner and Katzenberg, sitting there, and the subordinates did not dare to make any mistakes.

All kinds of production work are gradually progressing according to the schedule they should be.

"Have you mentioned the candidate for Elizabeth Sue?"

"I mentioned it. They also think Su is suitable, but they still have to go through the standard audition process. They also want to find famous child stars such as Tatum O'Neal, Jodie Foster, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It’s also a potential option.”

"I know, but you have to insist. In the final round of interviews, you have to audition for the opening dance scene."

Here at Touchstone, all kinds of work are very formal and rigorous. If Ronald wants Elizabeth Su to be elected, he can't do it directly in the dark like "showing off his air".

And this movie is obviously a movie with a heroine as the main character. In this era when female protagonists are scarce, many child stars and young actresses are bound to be coveted.

During the audition, there is supervision by the Screen Actors Guild, so the risk of operating behind the scenes is actually much greater than the "showing off" that no one is optimistic about.

But Ronald also has a way.

Ronald specially designated the opening scene of the dream, in which Elizabeth Sue is full of fire, enthusiasm and charm. Anyway, she is a gymnast, so in this kind of dance that requires strong coordination, she must be the most likely to perform well and impress the judges.

As long as appropriate evaluation criteria are chosen, the final result can basically be predicted.

Having said that, the choice of Elizabeth Shue for this movie is obviously the most suitable. Screenwriter David Simkins said that when he wrote the script, he was influenced by Ronald "The Dragon King".

The heroine is obviously a beautiful girl with tomboy characteristics. She often dares to resist the injustice of boys. Simkins intentionally or unintentionally used Elizabeth Shue as a template for many of the heroine's traits, incorporating many of her previous performances.

When Ronald was meeting with Chris Columbus and David Simkins, he was also guiding his thoughts and ideas to them. It seems that Chris Columbus's ideas have been subtly closer to his own. The possibility of choosing Su is still very high.

Niceta, Richard, and David Simkins coordinated work on both films. Niceta sent the two of them out of the office, turned around and closed the door, then came back to talk to Ronald about other things.

"I've arranged it all. I've made a deal with Kim Cattrall's agent that you'll give her the leading lady position of 'swaggering'. She spent two months before filming, and two months after filming, I'll be with you all the time. I'll be there when you call me. When the movie starts marketing next year, your relationship will be over.

During this period, she cannot announce your relationship with her to the public, nor can she deliberately allow anyone to take any shots of you and her together. If she wants to take the opportunity to let the public know that she is your girlfriend or lover, she will face huge liquidated damages.

Her agent knows the rules. If she violates the rules, not to mention liquidated damages, she will not be able to get any roles that last more than 10 seconds in Hollywood. "

"Wait, wait... I didn't mean to ask her to be my underground lover, right? Why did you come up with a contract?" Ronald was confused, and Niceta was too considerate.

"Didn't you propose to Fox that the heroine is your sphere of influence? This is how things like this are done.

What, you think she's not good enough? Is it because you are older? I've seen Cattrall in person and she looks just like her audition photos, a hot British beauty. "

"Well, I'm just not used to such clear-cut arrangements..."

"It doesn't matter, this is your right. If you don't like it, you don't have to perform it. The contract does not stipulate that you must call her."

Niceta knew that with Ronald's appearance, wealth, and power in Hollywood, there would be no need for such an exchange, and there would be actresses who would come to him. But how many of those actresses are sincere? A middle-aged man like him knows the benefits of making clear terms.

"How's your own 'Dirty Dancing' going?" Niceta didn't dwell on the matter too much and asked about the progress of the movie Ronald invested and distributed himself.

"Art director Stephen Lineweaver found an exclusive Jewish resort, Mountain Lake Villa, in Virginia. It is far away from New York, there are not many tourists, and the business is not good. So we can afford the rent, short-term rental Come down and shoot.

But the Jews hated it. They saw that we needed this location, so they refused to lower the price. No matter how much we say that this movie will be their best advertisement after it is released, it is useless.

The production budget I had set aside was that I could only rent it for two weeks at most, which was actually not enough time for shooting. "

"Have you ever thought about what to do?" Niceta asked.

"I have thought about diverting part of the budget reserved for distribution and shooting the movie first. But reason tells me that after making a plan, I must follow it, rather than just ignore it when the artist's enthusiasm rises..."

"How many days will you be filming there?"

"Fifteen working days, it takes three weeks."

"Haha..." Niceta smiled, "Actually, as long as you don't announce to the media that it is your movie, there will be no union people to supervise it in a place like Virginia. After all, it is not Hollywood or New York, where the concentration of union personnel is the highest. place."

"What do you mean?" Ronald became interested.

Niceta's lips made a gesture, but she didn't say anything. But Ronald had seen what he meant.

"work overtime……!"

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