Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald called over the phone, and sure enough, it was PJ Sowers, who played the heroine in "High School of Rock." She traveled to New York with her husband Dennis Quaid for the premiere of her new film "Private Benjamin" and invited him to a hotel for a chat.

Ronald is happy to see old friends again. Actors' work time is limited to the filming session, while post-production staff such as director's cuts have to work longer hours to complete the film, during which time the actors are devoted to new projects. In fact, there are not many opportunities for the cast and crew of the same crew to meet again after the shutdown.

Like Jane Fonda's new film Golden Pond. Although both are Hollywood stars of the golden age, her father, Henry Fonda, and Katharine Hepburn, who had never worked together before, actually didn't know each other, and it was the first time they met on the set.

After filming at Rock High School, PJ Sowers joined the cast of "Silly Girls Join the Army" as a supporting role for popular movie star Goldie Hawn. Goldie Hawn is not only the heroine of "Silly Girl Joins the Army", but also one of the film's producers.

On the day of the film's New York premiere, Goldie Hahn, as a natural candidate, accepted a joint visit from multiple media in the executive suite on the hotel's best executive floor.

Ronald squeezed into the elevator with a large group of media reporters and overheard them gossiping.

The New Yorker, Newsweek, Life Magazine, the New York Times film review column, New York was originally America's media base, and these media are all major newspapers distributed nationwide. Goldie Hawn will give each of them 20 minutes of interview time.

The interview programs of the three major TV stations each have 30 minutes, because they brought their own filming team to prepare for the shooting.

For other tabloid reporters, it's 10 minutes.

The schedule was very full. Ronald was taken to the executive floor in the farthest part of the elevator. Outside Goldie Han's room, there were media reporters queuing for interviews everywhere. Ronald looked at the head and estimated that the interview would last until the New York premiere in the evening.

And the supporting character PJ Sols actually lived on the lower common floor, and Ronald took the elevator down again. Compared with the protagonist Men Ting Ruo Shi, apart from a small media interview, only Ronald, an old friend, came to her door.

PJ's husband, Dennis Quaid, also took the opportunity to come to New York to meet with his wife, and the two introduced Ronald to the door.

"Both Dennis and I heard from you, Ronald. So happy for you." PJ Sowers said of Ronald's script for Jane Fonda.

"It's a pity that the director Bridges didn't let me continue to participate in the film follow-up, so I was bought out. You know I'm interested in everything about filming." Ronald replied.

PJ Sowers and her husband looked at each other,

Said: "Yeah, at 'Rock High School' you were also the director of the second group and our stills photographer. The photo you took of me and Dennis and we still keep it at home..."

Old friends got together and chatted about the situation of the elderly in the "Rock High School" crew.

Another heroine, Dai Yang, who played the good girl, went to film a TV series.

Vincent van Patten, who played the leading actor Tom, temporarily withdrew from the entertainment industry to focus on his ATP professional tennis career. This time he came to Flushing, New York to participate in the US Open, but was eliminated in the first round .

Director Alan Akush began a long period of cultivation, battling drug addiction, and heard that his family gave him a lot of support.

Another unsigned director, Joe Dante, officially directed his first mid-production film, the horror flick "The Howling."

PJ Sowers has a successful career and has several film appointments in hand. However, his husband Dennis Quaid did not make progress, and he was still in different crews, doing group performances and supporting roles.

Ronald felt that PJ also had the idea of ​​giving her husband a chance, but they didn't mention it when they learned that Ronald didn't get real power in Jane Fonda's crew.

PJ looks very happy. She said that she may retire from the film industry and focus on filming some TV series in Los Angeles close to home. PJ, who is almost 30 years old, wants to have her own baby with Dennis.

Came back from the hotel and sent CAA a revised script and a gift from Aunt Karen to Jane Fonda. Ronald began to peruse Cameron Crowe's novel again.

Reading the novel slowly, Ronald found that there are many characters and plots in the more than 200 pages of the novel. If he wanted to adapt it into a 90-minute movie script, he didn't know how to start.

So he wrote the names of each character on a 3X5 classification card, and then added the stories and plots that happened to them below, and then spread them out on the table, constantly arranging and combining, trying to find one that could Put in a 90-minute story mix.

There is such a problem in group portraits. If each character is given too little time, the audience can't remember it, and if they give too much, it will time out. After trying many times, I couldn't make a reasonable story, so I just put away the classification cards and put them in a shoebox, and I'll talk about it later when I have inspiration.

Time passed quickly, and it came to the 22nd, the second time when the great leader of the debate was broadcast live on TV.

Ronald promised Aunt Karen to go to her place to watch the debate on TV. Then choose a candidate based on how the debate feels. Aunt had promised not to ask about his voting preferences, but Ronald would have to vote then.

My aunt is very enthusiastic. It is only a week away from the election of the chief commander. Even though the current chief shirks in every possible way, he has not resisted the pressure of public opinion that he is afraid of the debate, and agrees to participate in this televised debate that only he and the former governor of California will participate in.

After dinner and waiting for a lengthy prologue, at nine o'clock in the evening, ABC finally began switching to the music hall in Cleveland, Ohio. The moderator begins to introduce the rules of the debate, and both sides will be asked the same 12 questions...

"Hey, Ronnie, you have to concentrate on listening to this debate rule. What 12 questions are there? Otherwise, you won't be able to understand the content of the debate." Aunt reminded Ronald, who was sitting on the sofa in a daze.

"Okay, Auntie, I will pay attention to these issues related to inflation and social security." 12 questioners are being introduced on the TV. They are the enthusiastic audience who have been selected by the organizers for the debate questions by mail and specially rushed to the scene.

Ronald was a little absent-minded, and the "Grease" script he sent has not yet received a response, and agent Nisita has made several trips to Universal to negotiate with president Tom Mount, along with producer Robert Sterwood.

The pace of the project started to slow down again, which Nisita said was not a good sign, suggesting that Universal didn't seem to be pushing the entire sequel project so urgently.

Ronald, who was thinking, was interrupted by a ringing phone. Under the watchful eyes of Aunt Karen, he walked into the room to answer.

"Is it Ronald? I'm Hinton. How did you offend Kinneman? I asked him to invite you to participate in the writing of the script one afternoon, but he was very unhappy and rejected."

Hinton, the author of "Texas", appeared in Ronald's mind. His chubby face was full of concern. This small-town writer in Oklahoma was straightforward, sincere, and chivalrous. wind. No wonder you can write best-selling gang novels right out of high school.

"There are some personal grudges about this matter. My girlfriend and I have some conflicts in the 'Famous in the World' crew..."

"Meg Tilly? Kinneman brought her here and wants her to play the heroine Jamie. What? Kinneman stole your girlfriend?"

"Uh, no. It's because of other things. She wasn't chosen as the protagonist at that time." Ronald admired Hinton's rich imagination.

"Hahaha, I knew there was something wrong with you." Hinton apparently understood that it was because of other things that they broke up because of other things.

"Well, since it's a personal grievance, I won't force it. We will still have the opportunity to work together in the future, Ronald. I really like this movie that is famous all over the world.

Now I want an honest answer, Ronald. "

"What is it?"

"You have participated in the casting, so you must have some understanding. Friends said privately, do you think Meg Tilly is suitable for the heroine of 'Texas'? Disney is urging me to sign a contract to transfer the adaptation rights. The power to recommend and veto."

It seems Hinton is nervous about his first novel to be turned into a film, and all the casting wants to be perfect. And she's a best-selling novelist in Zhenghong, so the studio can tolerate her meddling like this.

"I don't know, Hinton. ... This is the truth. There is a lot involved in casting, not only the script, but also the director's consideration of the entire movie... She is qualified in terms of acting skills and can enter the audition for the heroine. , it's just that another girl is more suitable for that role. . . . you think she has the right temperament? That's the most important..."

After dismissing Hinton, Ronald went back to the living room to watch the debate on TV. The first question about the Souvelle Union has been closed, and now it is the turn of the second questioner.

"Excuse me to the two candidates. When the President came to power four years ago, our inflation rate was 4%, and now our inflation rate is 12%. How do you plan to solve this problem after you are elected?"

The former governor answered first, "I appeal to all voters, you ask yourself a question before voting, is your life better than it was four years ago? Is your income higher than it was four years ago? Your security More than four years ago?…”

Ronald thought about it and wanted to ask himself this question.

From a high school student from a poor family, he started working as a portrait photographer to make money, to entering the New World Producer to participate in film shooting, to getting a director's union qualification. Then applied to New York University, participated in the filming of "Famous in the World", and made a name for the screenwriter through struggle.

Learn to start a small business to give family and friends a better life. Signed with the official agency CAA, sold a script to Jane Fonda at a high price, and then received a script customization job to write a sequel to a big-selling movie. Also met some lovely girlfriends.

From a worldly point of view, I have undoubtedly been successful in the past three years. To achieve these achievements at this age, I am more successful than most of my peers.

But the dream in his heart was still not fulfilled. I haven't gotten the chance to direct a movie yet, and I have nothing to do with me selling the script.

The two films I participated in were both signed by the second group of directors, screenwriters, and lyricists. When people talked about it, they said that the actors performed brilliantly or that the director was high-level. No one mentioned the screenwriter or the director. How wonderful the lyrics are.

Hinton's strength made him envious and inspired him. Now in the film industry, what he needs to pursue is an opportunity to participate in production. As for his own income, it is not so helpful to realize his dream.

To make a movie that will be remembered decades later. Ronald cheered himself up again.

"Since I took office for four years, I have been committed to implementing universal health care in America, so that senior retirees can enjoy efficient and cheap medical services, and social security income should not be taxed.

But Mr. Governor has been against the establishment of a universal social security system since he entered politics, which is very important for the elderly retirees and the unfortunate people who are unfortunately ill, and Mr. Governor recently called for opposition to this proposal in Congress. "

The commander-in-chief suddenly attacked his rival, the former governor of California, in response to a question.

"Anything to add to this, Mr. Governor?" the host asked.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang again, and Aunt Karen picked up the phone in the living room. "It's for you, Ronald..."

"I'll go inside and listen..." Ronald couldn't face Aunt Karen's reproachful eyes and ran in.

"It's me, Nisita of CAA.

You were targeted by Timothy Hutton. After reading the script, he raised many questions about the script of the sequel to Grease, and asked Universal President Tom Mount to find another experienced screenwriter to take over the script revision. "

"What?!"

Ronald roared, "It's a fucking personal feud, Timothy Hutton was trying to get Michelle Pfeiffer at a party, and I happened to spoil his idea. Isn't he the future golden boy of Hollywood?" You want me out of here just because of this shit?"

"Ronald, it's just because he's the future golden boy. He's spoiled, all setbacks are someone else's fault in their eyes, and all the girls who want to get involved will get it The movie is about to be made.

We don't have as much power on the set as him, and Universal wouldn't have agreed to take on the sequel project if Timothy Hutton hadn't wanted to play it. "

"What the fuck is going on with you? You're my manager, why the fuck are you talking to Hutton? If you want to be his manager, we can cancel the contract... You know how to lick the XX of these trash actors, He's a lucky kid, famous for being in a Robert Redford movie, and he knows shit about scripts..."

Ronald heard two bad news that he couldn't participate in the project because of his ex-girlfriend in one night.

Aunt Karen frowned when she heard Ronald swearing, and got up to turn up the volume on the TV to drown out Ronald's voice.

"There you go again, the presidency students and some of the media, always take my words out of context... When I was against Medicare, there was another piece of legislation in Congress that had the same problem. I happen to be in favor of it. Another piece of legislation and thought it would be better for older people and provide better care than the one that finally passed…”

The governor's rebuttal of the commander-in-chief's words on TV reached Ronald's ears as the volume was turned up.

"Ronald...Ronald, calm down...Please calm down first, and let me finish with Universal's conditions..." Nisita persuaded him to calm down on the other end of the phone before discussing. After all, a 20-year-old young man, Nisita took the microphone away from her ears and shook her head helplessly.

"There you go again, Fucxk You calm down. Everyone advised me to calm down, why didn't they persuade them to calm down, I don't want anyone to change my script.

In the future, if you want me to write the script or buy my script, I must have the right to speak in the crew, either let me be the director or the production director, and I must ensure that my script will not be badly shot.

Otherwise I will not accompany you! "

Ronald hung up the phone angrily.

"Ring, ringing, ringing..." The phone rang again.

"Hey!"

"It's me, Nisita. Don't hang up, Universal has made a quid pro quo. Your wish will be granted."