Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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Ronald knew that he was wrong and did not dare to avoid it, and was beaten dozens of times by Diane to vent his anger.

Then Diane ignored Ronald and sat down on the folding chair with his name written next to it, sulking.

Ronald walked over to sit next to him with a smile, "Diane, you already have your own chair in the crew."

"Humph!" Diane pulled the black skirt, raised Erlang's legs, turned his head and ignored him.

"Diane, look at those black dancers," Ronald pointed to a black tap dancer in the Cotton Club. "You know why they dance so well?"

"Why?" Diane was a little curious and turned to ask him.

"Because God screwed up their hair, so compensated for their sense of rhythm."

"Pfft..." Diane couldn't help laughing, "Ahahaha...don't be like that. That's Gregory Hines, the second male lead on the set."

Ronald shrugged and took Diane into his arms.

Black hair is always involuntarily fluffy, and if left untreated, their hair will explode. Gregory Hines' hair stylist is putting a lot of oil on him and getting his hair done.

"The character he played was in love with the second female Lila in the movie." Diane whispered in Ronald's ear.

This is very strange, in America in the 1920s, how could a black dancer openly cohabit with another white dancer?

At that time there were still laws against intermarriage between different races.

Ronald couldn't figure out what Coppola was thinking. If he wanted to say that the movie was a "joke", he demanded that the costumes and figure be restored very well.

"Why do you dress so hard... no, retro? I mean your lipstick, and hair and dress..." Ronald asked in her ear, putting an arm around Diane's shoulder.

Diane Lane is very strange, "It was like this in the 1920s. At that time, waterproof cosmetics did not appear, and lipsticks were very bright. This kind of hat, and a slightly plump figure and exaggerated clothing styles were also at that time. fashion."

"But it's not popular anymore. Even if it does restore the style at the time, your audience may not be able to appreciate it, right? They still like the looks and dress of the 1980s..."

"Oh, oh... what's the matter?"

Halfway through speaking, Diane started hitting Ronald on the arm again, "The look of the 80s... the look of the 80s..."

Ronald saw Diane's angry eyes, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"The 80's look, hehe. Don't think I haven't read Vogue." Diane twisted Ronald's waist hard.

"Ow..."

Ronald reacted, and Brooke Shields was on the cover of "Fashion" with the title "Looks in the 80s".

"That photo was taken before with you... Besides, she said it was a misunderstanding, and I happened to be shooting the scene there." Ronald reassured her while pinching the flesh on Diane's shoulder.

"Hey, I've really gained a lot of weight." Ronald complained to himself, and the feeling of feedback made him feel the truth.

"Humph!" Diane stopped caring, she put one leg on Ronald's thigh and started rubbing back and forth.

"I think this is my seat."

A magnetic voice came, and Ronald looked back, and it was starring Richard Gere.

"Sorry", Ronald stood up, the number one seat on the set with the name written on the back of the chair is a sort of power order. Ronald, in name, did violate Richard Gere's "sovereignty".

Diane also stood up and gave Richard Gere a sideways glance. Holding Ronald's arm, the two walked to the side together.

"Don't pay attention to him, he is the most difficult to deal with on the crew." Diane quietly complained to Ronald.

"Hi, Ronnie." Francis Coppola greeted him when he saw him.

"Francis", the two embraced warmly, "The trick you taught me last time worked very well, and the casting producer really chose it as I wanted.

"

"Hahaha..." Coppola laughed.

"When are you shooting the full movie? I see all the costumes, the sets, are all finely crafted?" Ronald pointed to the surrounding sets, many of which looked like real 1920s furniture.

"Of course, there are a lot of them here, and I borrowed them from Lianyi's warehouse." Coppola showed him the whole scene.

"We're still waiting, we're running out of money, we can only support it until Christmas. After the Christmas and New Year holidays, I'm going to make an additional 16 million investment from Orion Pictures. About a third of the content has not been filmed. Finish."

"Oh," Ronald exclaimed in admiration. The movie cost almost thirty million before and after, and should we add more?

"Does Diane have any other roles today?" Ronald saw that the Swiss band hadn't come yet, so he wanted to take a leave of absence with Diane to hang out.

"That's not good, she has to film an important opposite scene with Richard. Diane's Vera Cicero will be separated from Richard's Dixie, and they are ready to leave each other in case Vera The boyfriend of the gang boss discovered their romance."

Ronald wanted to tear up those pages so Diane could go with him. Besides, Roger Coleman has always said that if the budget can't finish the scenes, then tear up the unimportant scenes.

"When the filming is over in the past few days, it's not too late for you to go on vacation when you are on vacation." Coppola's directing style has never liked actors taking leave in the middle.

Ronald had no choice but to say goodbye to Diane.

"I'll accompany you when I finish filming." Diane kissed him on the cheek, "Oh, lipstick."

She forgot that old-fashioned lipstick would fade, and quickly wiped Ronald's cheek with her hand.

"Well, it doesn't prevent you from playing opposite roles with Richard."

"Well, he's so hard to deal with. I'm tired of improvising every time." Diane complained to Ronald.

Richard Gere and Diane Lane didn't follow the script at all, they just started improvising on set over and over again. Coppola did not stop Richard Gere from wasting film and time like this,

Anyway, the filming continues, there is a lot of money in it that can be subcontracted to his related accounts, and his bank account is still in an alarm state.

Ronald was enlightened. These expensive clothes, furniture, musical instruments, trying to perfectly restore the style of the 1920s, are actually to use art as an excuse to increase the overall budget.

He looked around. After all, Coppola had a lot of debt to pay.

"The band is coming," an assistant on the crew opened the door, and finally a pair of jazz musicians filed in. Ronald watched them enter the dressing room, expecting to start filming soon.

Diane is also going over to touch up her makeup.

"Bye!" Ronald gave Diane a kiss.

"Bye!" Di An also smiled sweetly and returned a kiss.

When Ronald returned home, he saw the red light on the phone recording flashing, and he pressed the play button.

"Ronald, I'm Minahan, can you come out and talk, I heard from Joram that you're also in New York, and I'm staying at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan..."

It was Minahan's hoarse voice, sounding tired.

Ronald found Minahan, who was wearing pajamas and disheveled hair in his room, the first time Ronald had seen the Israeli madman so decadent.

"I'm cornered, you have to help me, Ronald."

"Hey?"

As soon as Ronald learned, it turned out that Meinahan's masterpiece, "Sahara", which was used for the Oscars, was rejected by the distributor MGM.

This will not only fail to achieve the goal of being released in America this year and running for the Oscars next year, but also Brooke Shields refused to participate in the marketing activities of "Sahara" for this reason.

"Why is that? Didn't you sign a distribution agreement with Columbia?" Ronald thought to himself, the new president of MGM, wouldn't be so exclusive.

"They, they said the quality of the films was too bad, and turned down three of Cannonball's 'Sahara' for distribution."

"Isn't it?" Ronald felt that although Minahan's talent as a director was limited, he wouldn't be so bad at filming... um...

Ronald remembered the time when he was smashed with garbage by the audience at the Montreal Film Festival in Canada, maybe.

"But I can't help you much?"

"No, you can help me," Minahan quickly regained his vitality, "you and Brooke Shields are old, can you persuade her to come to the movie's marketing activities, so that MGM will definitely resume distribution. Her charm No one can be the look of the 1980s!"

"That won't work, how can I persuade her?" Ronald refused flatly.

"No, no, you don't need to persuade, just talk to her and I'll do the rest. Her mother said Brooke was going to Princeton, so she couldn't participate in the marketing of a movie without a distributor, but it was a first Chicken, it's still the egg problem..."

Afraid that Ronald would leave, Minahan jumped up and called Brooke Shields' home in New Jersey, "Hello, Terry? I'm Minahan. Don't hang up, Ronald is here for him and you. Will your daughter say a word?"

Reluctantly, I took the call from the sleazy Meinahan, "Hello, Terry? I'm Ronald. No, I don't know anything about this movie, I don't have any inclinations, I just came to chat with Meinahan. , right here with him."

"Do you think his movie can really be released? Brooke went to participate in the marketing, will it..." Terry was relieved when he heard Ronald say this. In turn, she felt that Ronald was professional. Neutral and want to hear his opinion.

"I have no position, you can do whatever you want. Box office? Sorry Terry, I haven't seen the whole movie and can't make any judgments."

"Who is it? Ronald?" Brooke just finished taking a shower, wrapped the towel on her head, and hurried over, "Ronnie, have you finished filming? I haven't picked up for so long. When it came to your call, did you return to New York?"

That's not right, Ronald thought, don't you like men who make you feel romantic? "I just finished my work. It's Minahan who is looking for you to market the new movie. You give Terry the call."

"Oh..." Brooke handed the phone back to her mother, she didn't think it was right, why was Ronald so indifferent on the phone, was it because the public denial of the scandal made him unhappy?

But he is a Catholic and a jade girl idol. His mother, Terry, has publicly stated in an interview that she should keep her innocence until the wedding night. Does Ronald have any fear of marriage? In fact, the two of them can quietly advance... ummm.

Brooke hugged her knees and thought about things on the sofa. Thinking that she had just taken a shower, a flush of blush crept up her cheeks.

"Okay Ronald, I'll wait and see, Minahan is very nice to Brooke, and I don't want to see his movie not come out in America. Well, can you help me see this movie, Then tell me what you think?"

Terry, who took the call, asked Ronald for an opinion on whether Brooke needed to participate in the movie's marketing.

"Please...I know you're interested in movies..."

With a snap, Brooke grabbed the phone and said, "Ronald, do me a favor, I'm very busy with my studies at Princeton, I hope you can give me an opinion. I'll go to New York for an interview after Christmas, then That's it, um, thank you."

"You still know how to get Ronald to help," Terry hung up the phone happily, "I'll accompany you then."

Ronald also hung up the phone. After all, Bo Ji helped him a lot, even if he couldn't be a lover, he didn't want to be a friend.

He saw Minahan who was looking at him eagerly, "Okay, you find a place and show me the 'Sahara'."

Minahan chuckled. "Thanks, Ronald, I won't forget all this."

"By the way, show me your other movie that was rejected by MGM."