Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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Ronald sat in the living room of his hotel room, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and his manager Ed Limato.

Limato insists on coming to see him with Pfeiffer this time, and Ronald changes to a larger room. With a huge amount of royalties to cover, Ronald opened an executive suite, which has a living room more than ordinary rooms, as a place to talk about business.

"So, in general, you lost the power struggle on the set?" Limato pointed out bluntly about Ronald's situation.

"I can't say that. I'm not a failure. At my age, if I can sell a script for a big production with Jane Fonda, I can be considered a success." Too in-ear.

"It's not a failure at all, I'm sloppy, Ronald. As an ordinary person, anyone who can rely on your ability to achieve what you are now can proudly say success.

But Hollywood is not like this. I have been in this industry long enough. There are many examples of screenwriters becoming famous overnight. Most of them won an award, and after they wrote a big production, they went silent. "

After Limato apologized for his remarks, he made some sense to Ronald.

In Hollywood, screenwriting is at the bottom of all creative careers. Not to mention the one who sold a screenplay like him, even the screenwriter who won the Oscar for best original/adapted screenplay disappeared immediately.

This is because the output of Hollywood's real big productions is limited. At the level of the eight major studios, a family can only open about 10 large productions a year, with a production budget of more than 8 million US dollars. For small-production films, the requirements for screenwriters are not so high. An exploitative film like Roger Coleman can't pay much screenwriter salary.

Famous screenwriters either continue to produce high-quality scripts and become the top existences that big studios compete for. Or just switch to the TV industry, where screenwriters are staged. Every year there are countless new TV series, old TV series that continue to be filmed, and different episodes of each TV series. The screenwriters there have initially had a team division of work.

"You're a grown man, Ronald. And you helped me in the process of signing Michelle, and I treat you like family. So I'll be straight and honest with my family. Treat each other," Limato said to Ronald.

"My plan for Michelle is to first play important supporting roles in various mid-production theatrical films and TV movies, give up TV dramas completely, and then look for opportunities to play major roles in small and medium productions."

"This would have been a great opportunity to play a supporting role in a Jane Fonda film, to make audiences remember Michelle Pfeiffer, and to be very helpful in her 'critical leap' from supporting role to leading role , you should insist, screenwriters have a lot of say in many film productions."

"But this is not", Ronald interrupted him, "you don't know, this is Jane's crew, she is the most valuable asset in this film, and I even became the president of Columbia for the power of adaptation. In front of Mr. Price, I stressed the importance of the main line I designed, but..." Ronald was at a loss for words.

"Well, Hollywood is a place that only sees the results, without this key role, I can only continue to run for her, there is a TV movie 'Cowley and Her Son' looking for an important supporting role, I will contact Casting director."

"This failure will at least delay Pfeiffer's 'critical leap' for more than half a year." Limato gave Pfeiffer a wink and motioned her to go together.

"Miss Pfeiffer will be very busy next time. The acting class is very helpful to her. Charlie Chen's director praised her acting very well. She doesn't have much time to waste on you..."

Michelle Pfeiffer, who was sitting, suddenly stood up. "I don't allow you to talk to Ronald like this, Ed."

"Please give me and Ronnie some alone time," Pfeiffer told his agent, Limato.

"Michelle, in fact, this matter is not completely hopeless,

Mr. Ovitz promised..."

"Ronnie, is that what you're going to tell me?" Michelle Pfeiffer approached, leaning against Ronald and raising his head to look him in the eyes.

"I'm not going to end here, Michelle. Trust me, I'll write a script that will impress the producers, and I'll direct it myself. Then you'll be the heroine." Ronald opened his arms and hugged Michelle Pfeiffer said.

Pfeiffer in his arms moved and pushed Ronald away gently.

"Ronnie, you still don't understand a woman's heart."

"I'm not asking you to get me more roles, that's Limato's job."

"What I want is the company of a man."

Pfeiffer continued in Ronald's arms, "I don't really have to be a big star. Now there are dramas, advertising jobs, rented apartments and beautiful clothes. I have nothing dissatisfied with this life. .

I just want to be like a normal lover, to eat together, to walk together, to travel together, and I will get you dry cleaning and you will dry my hair. "

"But you were born to be a star, Michelle."

"I don't know, Limato said the same, but what I need is your company. And you are always busy with your career, and your studies are in New York..."

"I can accompany you..."

"Really? Can you move to Los Angeles then?" Michelle Pfeiffer asked, looking up.

"I……"

"Or do you live here six months a year?"

Ronald was silent.

"Ronnie, you are my savior, and I will always love you. But I am a fragile person, afraid of a lonely life..." said Michelle Pfeiffer in Ronald's arms. cried.

Ronald patted Pfeiffer gently on the back. "Stop crying, Michelle. You'll make it, and your fans will make you want to be alone."

Michelle Pfeiffer burst into tears in her arms and slapped him lightly. "You always make me laugh. We'll always be friends, Ronnie."

Limato walked into the room just right, saw Michelle Pfeiffer's red eyes, and smiled imperceptibly.

An actress and a screenwriter fall in love, which is the worst choice in terms of commercial value.

But Michelle Pfeiffer is a rising star, and she should find a star actor, a producer, and preferably a director who suits her acting path, and make a movie for her.

Like the legendary actress Ingrid Bergman, to Roberto Rossellini. Or the hot sexy actress Bo Derek, to her husband John Derek.

It is best to let her and this screenwriter break up naturally without damaging her relationship with Michelle.

...

A few days later, while visiting an Italian restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, Ronald invited New Century's assistant to the president, Gail Hurd, to have dinner with his old friend Cameron.

"Ronald, I hope your story is true," Gale said after listening to Ronald, "but as a friend, I want to say, do you find it difficult as an actress to act out that emotion? "

"I don't know, but people's intuition for lies is actually very powerful, and I do think that Michelle really said that."

"Ha, you're a hopelessly romantic boy." Gal picked up a bottle of beer and drank it.

"I think this is a normal thing. Artists are always full of emotions. If Ronald considered emotional issues very rationally, he would not be able to write such a good script." Came, who just returned from the New York studio to Los Angeles Long has a different opinion.

"Many famous great artists in history have their muse. The period with the goddess in their hearts is their most creative stage. Some lucky masters have different outstanding women as them at different stages. The muse appears."

"I can't see Jim you're a romantic too. Who is your muse? Is your wife Sharon?" Gale glanced at Cameron.

"No, I'm just a stunt engineer and haven't met the muse in my artistic life." Cameron shook his head. The Great Escape from New York crew returned to Los Angeles, and the studio, Embassy Pictures, rented a Universal studio for them to shoot indoor scenes. Stunt engineer Cameron is on vacation to meet old friends.

"So how did you sell your script?" Gale was very interested in the news that has been flooding the entertainment headlines in the past two days. After all, it is a big production. Just the transfer fee of the script can be shot at New Century Productions. movie too.

"Honestly I don't know either. In hindsight, it's more luck." Ronald also took a sip of beer. "The biggest determinant of this matter is Jane Fonda. Ovitz found Jane Fonda. Looking for yet another Vietnam War movie, Columbia needed the news of a big-name movie star to fight a hostile bidder, and I was the one who wrote the right subject at the right time."

"How was the New York Escape?" Ronald asked Cameron's progress.

"It's very hard, the whole film is a night scene. We shoot every day until 7:00 in the morning, then go to bed, and continue to shoot at 7:00 in the evening. As the main creative team, we have to get up an hour earlier to watch the daily sample, and we haven't seen it all month. Sunlight."

"Does the film work?" Gale was also interested in the film, which had a similar theme to Roger Coleman's exploitative film, but with a bigger budget, in the millions.

"Very good, John Carpenter is good at making low-budget, studio-meaning low-budget movies of course. It's going to be a hit."

"What about you? Ronald, when are you going to Canada?"

"I'll go as soon as I get my passport. It will take a few working days to apply." Ronald snapped his fingers and called the waiter to check out.

The waiter brought a bill on the plate, and Ronald took out his wallet from his hip pocket, took out a brand new Wells Fargo credit card, and gave the waiter two bills as a tip.

The waiter used a machine at the front desk, put the card on the carbon paper, and quickly swiped the credit card with the black slider above. The prominent numbers on the plastic card were printed on the carbon paper, and he was taking it to the credit card company to ask for money.

"A new toy given to me by a bank is said to be usable in Canada. I have to familiarize myself with it, otherwise it will be troublesome if I can't get it in Montreal." Ronald explained to two friends.

Click, the cashier swiped again, but the numbers on the copy paper are still not clear. "Sir, we still have to call the credit card company to confirm."

"Um," Ronald didn't expect that there would be a problem with the new credit card given by the bank, "Let's just use cash."

Gail next to him burst out laughing, "Let Ronald handle it here, Jim, where's your Harley? Take me home."

"Okay, looks like I'll have to exchange some traveler's checks," Ronald thought.