Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Okay, so many revisions?" Ronald was in the Mercedes car, answering a call from Navy Liaison Officer Matthew, "Okay, I'm attending my agent's wedding now, wait until it's over. Can I discuss it with you in more detail?"

"Alright? We're going in to pick up Paula." Rick Nisita, wearing a dress and holding flowers, came outside Paula Wagner's apartment, staring anxiously at Ronald.

The embarrassed Ronald quickly hung up the phone, "Okay, let's go"

"Let's go in." Nisita sorted out her clothes and the bouquet in her hands.

Ronald and Richard, Nisita's best man, accompany him to knock on Paula's door.

"Come on," Paula's girlfriends opened the door and surrounded Paula wearing a bridal gown.

Nisita and her looked at each other and smiled, holding hands and walking down the stairs amid the rice that was spread by the crowd.

Nisita and his wife divorced last year, and Paula also resumed being single, so this Italian custom wedding was held in the way of "elopement". The groom came directly to pick up the bride, and the two went to the church together.

The two of them paid a great price for their love. Not only saying goodbye to past marriages, but also opening up their relationship in caa means that Nisita is not trusted by Ovitz, and it is difficult to reach the level of the ultimate partner. And Paula has difficulty recruiting new stars.

However, the most important clients of the two were present to congratulate them.

In the church, Tom Cruise, director Francis Coppola, and others came to watch the ceremony. Even if they don't continue to upgrade, the two brokers can still live happily with their current clients.

"Amen, you can kiss the bride now."

Catholic priests also got some customs in America. Nisita and Paula put rings on each other and kissed each other.

"bravo!" Coppola took the lead in cheering, and their wedding was Italian-style according to Nisita's ethnicity. Coppola handed over the scissors, cut Nisita's tie into pieces, and distributed them to the unmarried male guests as a blessing.

The two brokers and their husbands got into the convertible car, dragged the cans hanging on the back of the car, and drove away clangingly, leaving behind a group of guests to start the banquet.

"You've got a lot of marketing for the Cotton Club, Francis." Ronald pulled Coppola and chatted about his upcoming film.

The newspapers are full of stories that Director Coppola encouraged the actors to improvise.

Richard Gere and Diane Lane don't know what to do in the afternoon in the morning.

There are also some tabloids that Richard Gere is extremely difficult to deal with on the set. Not only is he at odds with the heroine Diane, but even the supporting actresses are difficult to get along with. Coppola tried to change him several times.

So Ronald didn't know if it was a deliberate hype, or if there was a real conflict between the actors.

"Oh, the film critics gave very good reviews of the film, they all said it was my best performance since 'Apocalypse Now'. We will also go to Europe, mainly to promote the film in the country. You know, the people in the country are very fond of My films have always had good reviews."

"Yes, yes," Ronald agreed, feeling a little bad in his heart. Coppola didn't talk about the prospect of the release in America, but wanted to sell copies in the hair country. It seems that this "Cotton Club", which cost more than 50 million yuan, has a worrying domestic box office prospect.

"If it really sucks at the box office, Diane is going to make three big productions in a row. The future in Hollywood is bleak." Ronald thought of Diane Lane again.

The human heart always thinks of a certain person at a certain moment.

Helen seems to have come out of the shadow of "Supergirl" not being able to be released. She is still happy in the crew and does not put a lot of pressure on Ronald.

Brooke Shields is devoted to being a college student at Princeton, while Ronald is busy in Hollywood and has less and less interaction with her. However, Brooke is so open about her own reputation that she may be forgotten by the public, which is what she wants now.

Only Diane, who had no help in her acting career, experienced three strikes out, and it was estimated that it would be worse in the future. Ronald felt that he had a chance to pull this girl.

"Is it too selfish to think so? After all, as a director, it's hard to enjoy an ordinary love life like ordinary people. I can't do anything about it. I'm all running around for film art." Ronald comforted himself.

Brokers can't enjoy a real honeymoon, and Nisita and Paula enjoy a day of leisure at Avila Springs outside Los Angeles, before heading back to Hollywood the next day.

Paula accompanies Tom Cruise to continue learning to fly while taking acting lessons.

Nisita accompanied Ronald, Hui = joined the two producers, and met with the Navy's liaison officer Matthew, to discuss the Navy's response to "Top Gun (top Gun)"

gun)" script revisions.

The Navy gave a lot of suggestions for revision of the script, and densely wrote more than ten pages of paper. Opinions fall into two main categories.

The first category is related to the Navy's military secrets, and sensitive plots.

Military secrets, such as the early models of the f-14a, are prone to engine problems during high angle of attack attacks, and there have been several crashes of the plane after entering a horizontal spiral. The script wanted to include this, and the Navy was worried that the Solvay Alliance would take advantage of this weakness to develop targeted tactics, and strongly urged Ronald to revise it.

Sensitive parts of the plot, such as fighting in the Caribbean Sea with Cuban MiG-21s who came to monitor US aircraft carriers. This kind of plot is not good for stimulating the eastern camp, and the navy dare not provoke the Soviet Union and his closest ally, Cuba, too much on this kind of thing.

The second category is about character.

The Navy does not allow pilots to disobey the law, speeding while driving, and then escape with a Navy ID after being caught by patrol officers. This is not in keeping with the good social image of the Navy.

The Navy also does not approve of relationships between pilots and female officers on active duty. Although love is not forbidden in the military, active servicemen are never encouraged to fall in love with each other. Such a plot of two people falling in love in the movie is not conducive to the morale of the majority of male soldiers.

Ronald finds both types of opinions ridiculous.

First of all, the engine defects of the f-14a only appear under very specific circumstances. The chances of such a problem being caught by an Alliance pilot are extremely small. Moreover, the previous related accidents have been disclosed in the news, I am afraid that the other party has caught the weakness long ago.

And the sensitive plot is even more ridiculous. This is an exaggerated hero film. There is no specific enemy. How to show the greatness of the hero? What's more, this movie will not be released in the Eastern camp, why is the Navy afraid that the other party will fail?

As for the second opinion, it is even more ridiculous. It's character traits and character development plots, the Navy discourages romance, but Ronald isn't making up what happens to pilots on Wednesday and Saturday nights at rest nights in the airbase's bar.

Could it be that those ladies are all foreign warblers?

As for speeding, this is the operation of young American people. How can it affect the image of a naval pilot?

Don Simpson and Ronald had a similar look and feel, and they quarreled with liaison officer Matthew.

"I just sent a message. You can summarize your defense opinions and I will take them back to the Pentagon to review them again." Matthew was not in a hurry, nor did he argue with the other party.

"I..." Ronald felt his head hit an invisible wall.

"But the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. John Lyman, promised..."

"If I were you, I would not handle this matter through Mr. Minister's relationship." Matthew looked at Ronald and said sincerely.

"why?"

"Hey," Matthew sighed, "you guys don't know much about the Navy, and what I'm going to say to you next, I won't admit it except for this door. Because I like your script stories a lot, I personally will Say something."

Ronald made a please gesture.

"The navy is a huge machine, and it doesn't depend on the will of a certain officer. A civilian secretary of the navy may not necessarily be able to direct a group of generals to do things they don't like, especially making movies that don't match the Navy's budget. related things."

Matthew paused, and Ronald and both producers nodded in understanding.

"The problem is, we don't know what your movie will look like. We don't trust Hollywood right now. So, to solve the problem, we need someone who can be trusted on both sides to act as a middleman."

"I think you're a good fit." Ronald immediately thought Matthew was a good middleman.

"I can't. I'm still on active duty in the Navy. I have to obey orders. It's better to be someone who has deep ties to the Navy and is now retired from active duty."

After understanding Matthew's suggestion, Ronald and Don Simpson discussed it and proposed the candidate proposed by the Grumman engineer.

"Top

Gun flight school instructor, retired Navy Captain Pete Pettigrew

pettigrew) how about mr? We felt he was a good fit for the role. "

Matthew smiled, "I think you can apply according to the procedure, and I will transfer it to the Pentagon. They also hope that a trusted expert will be responsible for the filming without obvious technical errors."

Let Matthew submit the defense comments of the script together with the application for the intermediary liaison expert. Ronald looked back at Nisita, and suddenly felt really embarrassed for pulling him out on the second day of the wedding.

"It's okay, you don't need to feel embarrassed. Paula and I are married just to have a name for the two of us. We just moved the family to live together, and the rest is business as usual."

"It seems that you really love each other", Ronald admires the love between the two, which can break through all kinds of secular obstacles. In addition to the original marriage of the two, the union of an Italian with a Jewish would have an impact on the original family. Neither Paula's parents attended the wedding.

"However, you are married in California," Ronald didn't know whether to bring this up.

"Is it a law of equal division of property? We are both married people, there is nothing taboo about it. Paula and I signed a prenuptial agreement and we will both keep the income from our respective businesses."

"Oh," Ronald thought Paula would agree to such an agreement.

"Hahaha," Nisita seemed to have read Ronald's mind. "Paula is very confident in Tom. She thinks that she may not make less money than me."

"It's you, when you get married, don't forget to sign the prenuptial agreement. Don't forget about George Lucas. The director's divorce can bring great economic losses."