Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Hi, Brooke!"

"Hey Ronald, does NYU really have no walls?"

Brooke Shields found Ronald in front of the cafe across from the NYU academic building. She wears a pair of large sunglasses, her long blond hair is tied up, and she is dressed very simply, so she has not been recognized yet.

Near noon, there were not too many people here, and Ronald chose to meet Brooke and his mother here. They also lived in Manhattan for a long time and knew the address as soon as they spoke.

"Yeah, I'm not kidding you. You're looking for that ivy walled school, and you're going to Columbia University."

"Well, I didn't expect New York University to be like this. It's far from what I imagined. This time I also visited Brown University, and JFK Jr. was my tour guide. There is a very old charm there. I saw JFK Jr. I was so nervous that I didn't dare to speak, he was my childhood idol."

"How does it compare to Princeton? Which one is better?" Ronald asked.

"It's still better at Princeton. The admissions office at Brown University wanted me to go there and said that SAT scores didn't matter. It made me feel as if they needed me more, and Princeton treated them equally. I think that's the real academic palace."

Brooke Shields is graduating from high school soon and is about to start choosing a university. She participated in the early admissions of many universities in the early stage, but after hearing Ronald's words about chasing her dreams last time in Los Angeles, she added a few Ivy League universities to the schools she signed up for. This time she came to the eastern region to visit a few University campus.

"Then NYU must have disappointed you. This is a relatively new university, not like those centuries-old traditions. NYU is known for having no walls..." Ronald also dismissed NYU as having no money. I told you about the forced sale of the campus.

"Right, Brooke, as I said, you should still go to Brown University, where your idol, JFK Jr. is still there. The admissions office at Princeton only says it's a comprehensive consideration and doesn't make any promises to you."

Brooke's mother, Terry, is still relatively awake in the morning, and will be drunk after noon.

"Okay, I'm not going to visit NYU. Thank you, Ronald, I listened to your words before going to apply for Princeton. Whether I get accepted or not, I won't regret it."

"You can't say that on the Johnny Carson show, or the boys at NYU will kill me and ruin their dream of being at your school."

"Hahaha..." Bo Ji Xiaosi laughed happily, which attracted the attention of many customers. Several people looked over and seemed to recognize her, and were wondering whether to come over and ask for an autograph.

"Let's go and change place."

Brooke Shields called Ronald yesterday and hoped that he could show her a tour of New York University. She was about to start her application.

Ronald thought that he still owed the "fast-paced" promotion on cameos and talk shows, and said that he would be Brooke as a tour guide and answer all relevant questions.

"Let's take your mother back to the hotel first."

Terry took the whisky out of his bag and started drinking again, looking like he was going to be drunk again.

"Dick, help my mom." Brooke Shields asked the driver to help Terry into the car, and she sat next to her. The car started, and she chatted with Ronald in the co-pilot.

"It would be great to be admitted to Princeton, I'm so nervous."

"They will consider it comprehensively, don't worry."

"Well, it's my dream to go to Princeton. After you said it last time, I seem to have a goal and I must try it."

"After you went to college, like Jodie Foster, didn't you do Hollywood movies?" Ronald asked.

Jodie Foster, who was involved in the assassination of the chief commander, plunged into Yale to go to school and didn't have much contact with the media. Every reporter who came to her to interview Hinckley, the suspect in the assassination case, was scorned by her and turned around and left.

This has become an anecdote in Hollywood. The actress has been completely cut off from the public. Except for some European movies during the summer vacation, she really stopped taking scripts.

"My biggest dream in life now is to go to Princeton. Let's talk about the future. My mother will talk about a big production. Maybe after the filming, I will temporarily suspend filming and suspend my modeling career."

"Why?" Ronald was a little surprised to hear that Brooke wanted to follow Jodie Foster's example.

Judy is likely to be implicated by Hinckley. The rich oil businessman hired several barristers to defend his son, and actually used the reason of insanity to get out of the charge of assassinating the chief commander. However, after he was acquitted in court, he was immediately sent to the Elizabeth Mental Asylum, where he appeared to spend the rest of his life.

After all, it is the supreme commander of America, so walking out of the court without guilt is too uncomfortable for ordinary people. The assassination of John F. Kennedy more than ten years ago has become a thorn in the hearts of the American people, and the case has not yet been solved.

If there is another result of fooling the people this time, I am afraid that the prestige of the federal government will also be greatly affected.

"Well, Ronald. Don't you think that actresses, female models, when people talk about these professions, they all have a condescending flavor?

Although they like me very much now, but I know that in their hearts they don't actually see actresses as a real profession. Even Kennedy and ordinary people felt that they should choose Jacqueline instead of Marilyn. "

Brooke hesitated for a moment, and then said what was in her heart.

"Um?"

Ronald didn't expect Brooke Shields to say such a thing. Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline, was from a prestigious family and had a good college education. And his lover, Marilyn Monroe, didn't even finish high school.

It seems that Brooke wanted to go to Princeton because they refused to give her special treatment and regarded her as an ordinary high school student.

She wanted to prove that she was not the kind of actress who knew nothing based on her looks. It is a smart girl who can also go to a prestigious school by her own ability.

In fact, the American people have a special contempt for the knowledge of actresses. In particular, talk show hosts like Johnny Carson will deliberately guide actresses with questions on the show, so that their answers will give the audience the impression that they can do nothing but good looks.

On the one hand, people adore them, ask for their autographs, and want to take pictures with them, on the other hand, there is a widespread belief that "she doesn't just rely on a face".

"It makes sense for you to think so, and I support you to try it in Princeton." When they arrived at the hotel and let Terry sit on the sofa to rest, Ronald and Brooke continued to chat about her future plans in the hotel room.

"But you don't have to give up your acting career for your studies at all, this line of business..."

Ronald remembered what his agent had said to him, "This business is very good at forgetting."

"No, my fans won't forget me so easily, you don't know how crazy they are."

Brooke laughed, "My mother has already made some plans for me, she said that I will do one or two more little girl plays, and then I can get a good education in college, which is more suitable for playing mature female roles. ."

"That's good, America's audience will miss you."

"Actually, seeing you today, Ronald, my mom and I would like to ask your opinion. She wants to get me a script, but I don't know if it will be a box office hit like Blue Coral Reef."

Brooke turned around and took out a script and handed it to Ronald.

Her mother Terry also woke up from half-drunk, sat and looked at Ronald, "Ronald, I want you to see if this script is suitable for Brooke."

The box office results of "Fast-Paced Richmond High School" shocked not only those inside the circle, but also the executives of the studio and those around Ronald to change their opinion of him. Brooke's mother, Terry, also wanted to hear his opinion after receiving the script.

Ronald took the entire script, which was thicker than usual and seemed to be a one hundred and twenty minute blockbuster.

Bo Ji Xiaosi's appeal and status in the circle put her in a relatively detached position. Unlike ordinary actors who cannot see the entire script when they audition, Bo Ji can see the complete script during the negotiation stage, and then decide whether to participate in the role or not.

"Sahara?" Ronald was a little puzzled when he saw the name of the script. Is this a story in the desert?

Screenwriter James R. Silk, Story by Minahan Golan.

"Huh?" Ronald opened the script and read it.

The story is about a 1927 girl, Dale, who takes the place of her sick father in an African rally, and is captured by a Bedouin chief in the middle. Another contestant, the wicked Germans, provided rival tribes with weapons of war.

In the end Dale was rescued by the good chiefs, who defeated the bad chiefs supported by the Germans and won the rally. On the podium, Dale saw the good chief, said goodbye to the team members, and rode back to the tribe with the chief.

What kind of shit story is this?

Ronald's intuition was wrong.

An American girl, rescued by an Arab chief, finally abandoned the civilized world and lived with the chief in a backward tribe.

American audiences are certainly unlikely to accept this ending. It's that kind of whimsical plot again, like an American movie in the eyes of foreigners. At first glance, it is Minahan's handwriting.

This signature is probably true, not falsely claiming credit.

"Why are you picking up their trash?" Ronald quickly flipped through the script and asked Brooke and Terry, "Those two Israelis can't make Hollywood movies, so there are serious problems with the script of this movie."

"Don't say that, Ronald. They are very sincere, and I read the story well." Terry was a little annoyed, Ronald belittled Minahan Golan as soon as he read the script, did he have any ideas? ?

"Hey," Ronald sighed to himself, Terry's eye for picking scripts was not very good. Although the script does not represent the standard of the movie, many good scripts in Hollywood have been made, but the quality of the film is not very good, and there are also many ordinary scripts that have made classic masterpieces.

But if the script has some basic problems, such as split characters and weird plots, it can't be saved.

In the past two years, Ronald has watched a lot of classic movie scripts, and his taste has been cultivated by good scripts. When he saw this "Sahara", he knew that there was a misalignment with the basic values ​​of American audiences, and it was a project that was difficult to save.

"If Brooke were my cousin, I would let her give up the movie, because it would damage Brooke's screen image and would not bring much room for improvement in her acting."

"But there are a lot of popular elements here, racing, youth, love, exotic scenery..." Terry defended his vision.

"Mom, let me talk to Ronald." Brooke quietly interrupted her mother, then leaned over and said to Ronald, "My mother is a little drunk, don't argue with her."

"When she was sober, she told me the reason for taking the film, she didn't want me to talk too much before college and focus on the film, which will be directed by Andrew McLaglan, who used to direct Jimmy Stewart movies."

"No wonder the script has a taste of the 1950s and 1960s." Ronald complained to himself.

"Yes, he is like Bo Ji's grandfather, he will love Bo Ji as much as his granddaughter. I think after Bo Ji enters college, and then think of a way to improve her acting skills, that's when she transforms into a mature woman. when. "

Terry, who seemed to be fully awake, explained to Ronald.

"Ronald, you made a blockbuster movie, but don't look down on Mr. Golan, they are willing to invest more than 20 million yuan to make this movie, which will be shot in Israel and Egypt, a real big production.

And they'll give Brooke what she's worth, $2 million. "

"I see, good luck to you." Ronald wanted to understand.

Now, after the passing of the tax cut bill by the commander-in-chief, the tax burden of the entertainment industry has been reduced a lot. With so much remuneration, if you invest wisely, Brooke can do anything even if she quits filming right away.

"If there is any problem, I mean if...call me, or my agent, I know Minahan, and he still owes me one more time." Ronald said to Brooke quietly at the door.

"Thank you, Ronald."

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