Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Sinitta is a British singer, actress, and television presenter born in America in 1963. Her 1985 single "So Macho" reached number one in the UK.

She signed an American singer management contract with CAA and a host economic contract. She is one of the many female stars under Jack Rapke. "

A few days later, Niceta was in the office again to discuss matters with Ronald and Richard. He took out a resume of a female star under Lapke and showed it to Ronald.

"Does this have something to do with Rapke's leak?" Ronald picked up the resume and looked at the photo of a black woman on it, a little confused about Niceta's train of thought.

This black singer has black hair, black eyes, high cheekbones, and a pointed chin. His appearance is very characteristic of the working people at the bottom. But her figure is like that of a high school girl without long hair. It may be more reasonable to say that she is a track and field athlete than a singer.

This kind of appearance and figure is neither beauty in the mainstream white aesthetics nor beauty in the eyes of black people that often appears in black TV shows.

"I didn't expect it to be her, so I couldn't get on the line for a long time, until the private detective you recommended took photos of her and that Brad Pitt guy."

Niceta handed over a stack of street photos taken by Frank McPike. The top picture shows Brad Pitt with his long hair shawl, hugging Sineda, the two of them seem to have just come out of a cafe. The focus of the telephoto camera was a little blurry, but the intimate posture of the two and their faces together were perfectly captured.

"Isn't this possible?" Ronald took out the following photos and looked at them. There were medium shots and long shots. It was indeed just these two people together, not many friends, and then they were cropped with scissors. These two are truly a couple.

"Uh..." Ronald was speechless. Although America has been calling for racial equality for many years, and there are also interracial celebrity couples, this combination of obviously talented women and handsome men still makes Ronald feel very fresh.

"This kind of thing is very common. Your 'bodyguard', Dolph Lundgren, was also brought to New York from Sweden by the famous black model Gracie Jones."

"Oh..." Ronald remembered the black female model with more African features and curled his lips. He did not expect that Lundgren also came to the position through his girlfriend.

"But there are no major black characters in the movie?" Ronald thought to himself. Brad Pitt and Jack Rapke have connected, but when it comes to Jack Rapke being a white female star,

Deliberately leaking secrets to get an audition, that's perfectly reasonable.

For a black man like Sinnida? There is not a single black female character in "Working Girl", and Ronald is just a supporting role because of the black quota.

"Yes, I suspected that too, until the new photos taken by Frank McPike arrived." Niceta handed over another photo, which was from the most-watched TV series in America so far, "The Family". Child actor Sharan McCall.

"Oh?" Ronald took over. Shalane McCall is not only a child star, but also the winner of multiple beauty pageants. After her debut in "The Big Show", she didn't have many film and television works, but she has always been on Q\u0026A TV. Popular characters of the show.

The photo shows Brad Pitt and Shalane McCall getting intimate while shopping in New York. He specifically looked at the time of the photo, and it was only a few days apart from the photo he had just taken with the black singer Sinida.

Ronald felt disgusted for a while. If such a person really became an official boyfriend and girlfriend with his cousin Donna, wouldn't it be disgusting? If he got some gossip and blackmailed himself into giving him a role, Ronald wouldn't want to continue thinking about it.

"We will join together to protest to Mr. Ovitz. What conditions do you want?" Niceta got some evidence and prepared to join forces with her wife Paula and Richard to file a complaint against Ovitz and let Jack... Lapke was stunned.

"First of all, I don't want this guy in my sight anymore." Ronald pointed at Brad Pitt and said.

"It's easy, isn't it?"

"For the movie Working Girl, CAA must fully support me and base my casting decision on it. No agents other than you, especially Lapke's clients, can be included in the audition. In the twentieth century All negotiations with Fox must be based on my position."

"A very reasonable request," Niceta said with joy. Not only do the actors under his small group of agents have opportunities, but they can also take the opportunity to sign supporting roles such as Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack, which Ronald is interested in.

"Are there any other requirements?" Richard noted down what Ronald meant and then asked him about his other demands.

"There's nothing else. After all, we didn't get the exact evidence that Lapke leaked the secret. The secretary who was undercover with you disappeared in the end and was not found." Ronald weighed it up, and the things he could exchange for were about the same. That's all.

"Bah, we are not defense lawyers, and Mr. Ovitz is not a federal judge. These are enough reasons to point fingers at this bastard Lapke. What more evidence does he need? The secretary went to Ovitz to give Smith Steve Segel ran the movie crew, and he was in the wrong."

Niceta had long been dissatisfied with the practice of Eastern European Jews taking advantage of the company's co-ethnic partners, so he united with some non-Jewish people and Jewish brokers who were not so outrageous to file a lawsuit against Ovitz. Attack, the probability of success this time is very high. He wants to fight for more benefits for Ronald.

"This time, I have made a condition for Ovitz to fight for the Oscar for Best Director nomination. What do you think of this condition?"

Niceta knew that her client had strong commercial appeal, but he still lacked an artistic nomination to convince his peers and many stars. If it succeeds, at least a star of Cher's stature will not have the face to question Ronald's directorial work in the future.

"Are you sure?" Ronald became excited. I say that I don't rely on Oscar nominations, but rely on the audience's recognition to prove myself. This is true from the bottom of my heart. But if you can get an Oscar nomination, then...how do you say that Chinese idiom? Well deserved...

"No one can be 100% sure about the Oscars, but combined with your nominations at several major domestic film critics awards and your public relations at the Directors Guild Awards, you have a 70% to 80% certainty." Niceta read. With Ronald, if he can win an Oscar nomination for Best Director at such a young age, he will be mentioned repeatedly by the media.

"Ahem..." Ronald coughed excitedly. He took a cup of black tea brought by Richard and took a sip, "Well, that's it. I'm very satisfied with this condition."

"Very good, I'm looking forward to the day when the nominations are announced." Niceta also smiled happily.

…

At about the same time, the fax from Xiangjiang arrived at Daydream's office.

Ronald received Jackie Chan's comments on the script of the movie "Fighting World".

By the time Ronald got the fax, it was already evening in Los Angeles time. He carefully looked at some of Jackie Chan's handwritten opinions and some fighting action scene designs.

The main modifications are concentrated in two places.

First, Jackie Chan believes that the best place to hold the World Martial Arts Conference is in Hong Kong. Xiangjiang is originally a place where various fighting arts meet, such as Muay Thai, Southern Martial Arts, Karate, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Japanese Sumo Wrestling. Experts are very convenient.

Second, Jackie Chan recommended the introduction of more Chinese actors. He said that Chinese people have been filming real fighting action films for a long time. Starting from Bruce Lee, they have gathered a group of experienced fighting action film shooting experts and stunt experts. This way the film will be more realistic and closer to the kind of Bruce Lee action movies that American audiences like.

In addition, corey yuen, who came to Hollywood to help Ronald with advertising action design, also did a lot of work. The scene design and action design were all drawn by Corey Yuen.

He also recommended himself to be the action designer of the film, and strongly persuaded Ronald to shoot the film in Hong Kong. He knew that Ronald's company had little investment and was troubled by union restrictions. He specifically pointed out that the cost of filming in Hong Kong was low, the location was convenient, and there was no union to limit the legal shooting hours every day.

Ronald was very happy. He wrote back to Jackie Chan to thank him for his suggestion, and invited Corey Yuen to come to Hollywood to participate in the casting and preparatory work.

In addition to filming action scenes, corey yuen is also very familiar with directing work. He has been a director in Hong Kong. If he gets along well with the working team here, Ronald plans to let him be the director.

As for the position of action director, Ronald doesn't necessarily want Corey Yuen to take over. Xiangjiang's action team is an old-fashioned theater troupe model with no guarantee of commercialization. It relies entirely on Jackie Chan's big brother demeanor to gather a group of dragon and tiger martial arts masters who are not afraid of death.

There is no problem in asking for help once or twice, but over time, if Ronald shoots multiple action movies every year, he will need a stunt team that meets Hollywood standards.

Therefore, the most important thing is to train your own team and build your own team of action actors for the first movie you collaborate with.

For this reason, Ronald had other ideas. He called his old friend, Chinese actor Chaoli.

"Chaoli, I am Ronald."

"Hi, Ronald, why did you think of calling me today?" Chaoli was very happy to hear Ronald's call.

"I don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything." Ronald used an idiom, "My company is going to invest in a Bruce Lee style action movie recently. You have been in Hollywood for a long time. Have you ever met Bruce Lee back then?" The action crew that Li is working with?"

"Oh? You want to find a Chinese protagonist?" Chaoli asked. Recently, the relationship between America and China is very good. Hollywood has gradually added some supporting roles in scripts, and many Chinese actors have also been given the opportunity to play Chinese characters in film and television dramas.

However, there are not many opportunities for Chinese Americans to play leading roles. In the past two years, John Long, because of his excellent language and drama skills, won the leading actor role in "Year of the Dragon" and "The Last Emperor".

"Hey, I also have to consider the box office issue, you know," Ronald told the truth. Although the martial arts and core of this kind of low-cost action movie are borrowed from Chinese movies and stereotyped by Bruce Lee, no matter how Hollywood There is no Chinese star with such charisma as Bruce Lee.

So starting from the TV series "Kung Fu" in the 1970s, this kind of film and television dramas always find a white actor as the protagonist, and many Chinese and Japanese actors as the main supporting roles.

"Well, Bruce Lee's son also likes to be an actor. He has a better figure than his father, and his actions and appearance are also in line with America's aesthetics. You can try it."

"Well...I've written it down...but I can only give supporting roles..." Ronald wrote down the name of Bruce Lee's eldest son, Brandon Lee.

"The most famous actor who worked with Bruce Lee back then and is still in America now is Yang Si. He is now the vice chairman of the Chinese American Bodybuilding Federation. He has a very good figure. We all call him Chinese Schwarzenegger."

"Oh, is that so? That's very suitable for being a villain. What roles has he played?"

"In Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon," one of the villain's thugs, a very strong one."

"Well, it's him." Ronald had an impression of this muscular man. He indeed looked like he had a background in bodybuilding.

"Yes, he is a good friend of Bruce Lee. Many of the actions in the movie were discussed by him and Bruce. If this man were white, he might be an action star by now."

"Okay, okay...Chaoli, please help me make an appointment with him. I want someone like this...the one who visits the thatched cottage three times."

"Haha, when he heard that you wanted to invite him to film a movie, he came right away."

"Is there anyone else you would recommend besides him?"

"Actually, many of Bruce Lee's companions back then were found by him from Xiangjiang. You can go there and ask."

"Really? They're not in Hollywood?"

"It's not easy for Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in Hollywood. They don't know English. Kung fu action movies declined after the unfortunate death of Bruce Lee."

"I understand, I'll go find out."

"The person who played Yang Si's boss in Enter the Dragon was named Shi Jian, who was also an actor who often collaborated with Bruce. There was also someone who played Yang Si's fellow thug. I remember there was one named Qiao Hong..."

Ronald wrote down the names of all the action movie actors Chaoli mentioned and prepared to go to Xiangjiang to look for them.

"Are there any other Chinese actors you can recommend?"

"Here in the mainland, there are also many stars in action movies. Do you want martial arts competition champions to film? Their fighting ability in the ring may not be the best, but they are very good to watch."

"Of course, do you have any recommendations?" Ronald thought to himself, I just want to make movies that look good.

"You have to contact the relevant domestic departments and ask them to issue a certificate. You contact the martial arts team. The martial arts team in Shichahai is pretty good and has produced a lot of talents."

"Okay, I've written it down. Is there anything else?"

"That's pretty much all these people. In the Chinese-American circle, they are either from Peking Opera or martial arts teams."

"Okay, thank you. I still have the role of Tai Chi here. Will you also come to play a guest role when the time comes?"

"I can't get into the ring..." Chaoli laughed.

"Can I play the role of master..."