Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is not far from the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street. Ronald's aunt Karen received an invitation from Ronald and came to watch the premiere of "Moonlight" with her boyfriend Eric.

It was her first time to come to this cinema that can accommodate nearly 1,800 spectators. Seeing that her nephew Ronald's name was written at the top of the poster, she was very happy and wanted to take a photo with Eric under the poster with Ronald's name.

"Thank you," Aunt Karen took back her point-and-shoot camera from a reporter who was helping her, "Do you like this kind of occasion?"

"This is my first time to come to this kind of premiere, I'm a little uncomfortable. Your nephew is a film director, I always feel a little unreal." Aunt's boyfriend Eric looked at the big poster and felt a little unreal.

"Let's go in," Aunt hugged her boyfriend, and just as she walked to the door, she saw Cher and her boyfriend wearing strange clothes, being photographed by photographers there.

Cher wore a white sweater with black patterns, black fishnet stockings and a see-through outfit. Her boyfriend Rob Camillati was wearing a black top inlaid with white pearls and fake diamonds, also in black and white, which was just right for Cher.

"Oh, hello, Cher. I'm Karen, Ronald's aunt. I'm really happy to meet you. Your clothes... um... are very eye-catching." Aunt Karen couldn't help but feel overwhelmed when she saw this outfit. She used to be a fan of Cher, and Cher was still very pure at that time.

"You are Ronald's aunt Karen? Ronald told me." Cher just saw Ronald hugging her intimately at the door. Everyone in the industry knows that Ronald's closest relatives are his aunt and cousin. "I felt familiar with you when I saw you, which shows that he inherited a lot from you... um... um..."

Halfway through, Cher also stuttered, and she found that her ex-husband Sonny Bono was also there. There was also a fat girl next to him, who was the daughter of Cher and Sonny, Chastity.

Cher suddenly felt that her outfit was a bit awkward, so she took the mink coat from her boyfriend and put it on, "Chas..." She held her daughter's hand who was dressed very formally and asked the reporter to take pictures.

The wild rock star mother, the conservative daughter, the young current boyfriend, and the ex-husband who participated in politics, all of them were photographed in a row, and they all felt a bit awkward. After the photo session, they went into the theater and sat down separately.

"Don't look at Cher's clothes, Ronald said that this is to get media coverage." Aunt Karen turned around and explained to her boyfriend who didn't watch much entertainment news.

"Oh, it's really embarrassing." Cher tucked her clothes and turned to her boyfriend in her seat, "Ronald also said that his aunt is my fan... Remember to remind me to send her a signed album of mine."

Ronald was still at the door, waiting for the arrival of various guests.

New York is a place where masters of various art categories gather, not like Hollywood where only big names in the film and television industry gather. So many people who came today are not from the film and television industry.

"Hi, Ronald." Another couple wearing mink coats. The man's hair was so high that it looked like a chicken coop, and he seemed to be shirtless under his coat.

"Thank you for coming," Ronald recognized Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of the popular Bon Jovi band. Next to him was his high school girlfriend Dorothea.

According to media reports, Jon Bon Jovi turned over a new leaf after the tour ended last year, found his high school sweetheart again, and returned to traditional values, no longer messing around like the other members of the band.

"I say, why didn't your girlfriend, Diane, come?" Jon Bon Jovi whispered to Ronald while his girlfriend Dorothea was greeting her friends.

Ronald stared at him and said nothing. This guy is not in a clear mind. Does he treat Diane as a member of the rock band?

"Jon, let's go in." Seeing this, Dorothea came over immediately and pulled her boyfriend away from Ronald. The use of drugs and alcohol often puts rock stars in a state of being over the top at any time.

Jon didn't know if he had forgotten where he was, and thought he was in the Bon Jovi band, openly provoking his bandmate Richie Sambora. If he had provoked the guitarist, the two would have fought long ago. The relationship between the two main members of the band was not as harmonious as the outside world knew through the media.

Ronald wiped his mouth and didn't bother with these people.

This episode reminded him of the past when he danced with Diane in the 54 Club in New York. At that time, there were also supermodel Gia Carangi, photographer and director, and painter Andy Warhol who used computers to assist in painting, and the former president's son Kennedy Jr. in the club.

However, Andy Warhol died in February this year due to complications from a common gallbladder surgery. His paintings that could not be sold at high prices during his lifetime began to be sought after by collectors. And Gia Carangi disappeared from the fashion circle due to drug abuse. She died quietly in the hospital last year, and was only remembered again in the newspaper after her death.

Retracting his sigh of things changing and people changing, Ronald continued to greet guests at the entrance of the cinema of the Museum of Modern Art.

Some free film critics from the New York Film Critics Association also came to show their support. They had already given Ronald's films high praise, and this was part of Ronald's reward.

"Don't forget the New York Film Critics Association's awards party." Janet Maslin, a film critic for the New York Times, reminded Ronald of the awards ceremony to be held next year.

"I've arranged it." Ronald smiled and hugged her. This time, his sponsorship of the New York Film Critics Association was even greater than that of the more influential Chicago Film Critics Association. The owner of the Catskill Resort, whom Ronald met during the filming of "Dirty Dancing", has given Ronald a group discount, and all New York film critics and their families will go to the resort to play together.

Of course, the most people who come are actors from the Broadway circle.

Ronald and Vincent Gardenia and his wife, who play the parents of Cher's character Lolita, hugged Olympia Dukakis and her husband, and then called the photographers to come and take pictures.

The two supporting actors were dressed very ordinary. They were poor actors on Broadway. Unlike Cher, they could not wear expensive fashions. They were all clothes that ordinary people wore for formal occasions.

"Ronald, you are now the most wanted person among all Broadway actresses." Vincent Gardenia joked with him.

"Hahaha, I have a lot of notes from young actresses here, they really want to meet you." Olympia Dukakis also said so.

"Oh, I didn't know there would be such a reaction. In the past movie casting, there were not so many self-recommendations. Are you on Broadway and you are saying good things about me?" Ronald covered his head with his hands. In the past two days, he received a lot of actor audition photos sent through various channels.

"Hollywood is not Broadway. Your script is said to be centered on a heroine. There are not many such roles. The young girls in the troupe are all red-eyed." Dukakis saw that Ronald didn't know much about the ecology of Broadway actresses, so he explained to him.

"If you have a young Broadway actress you like, you must tell me quietly, and I will introduce her to you." Dukakis also began to tease the young director.

"Hahaha, but Louis, Vincent..." Ronald turned to Dukakis' husband Louis and Vincent Gardenia who played her husband in the movie and said, "I tell you, Olympia will always be my favorite Broadway actress."

"Hahaha..." The scene of everyone laughing was quickly recorded by the photographers on the scene and used as promotional materials for the movie when it is released on a large scale next year.

"Ronnie", a beautiful girl, wearing a yellow coat, a red scarf, and a Saint Laurent fashion, her high heels clacking came to hug Ronald.

"Donna", Ronald smiled, it was Ronald's cousin Donna who came. She was already working and did not come with her aunt.

"Ronald, hello", a square-chinned, handsome man came to greet him.

"Brad, right?" Ronald recognized that it was the actor who came to audition last time and made Donna feel very handsome.

"Brad Pitt", the handsome guy came up and shook hands with Ronald. He wore a pair of plain glasses to cover up the excessive hormones in his body. A white wool sweater, a leather jacket with some traces of wear, a shirt that was slightly exposed at the bottom, and a bottle of mineral water in the other hand.

This kind of dress well modified his hard-to-disguise gangster temperament, making him look a little elegant and elegant.

"Um, Mr. Li, I'm an actor, and I've been on Broadway... I know you have a new film in preparation, I wonder if you have one..." Brad Pitt held Ronald's hand and began to talk to himself.

This handsome actor, like Cher's boyfriend, didn't know his position in the industry. Regardless of whether the occasion was appropriate, he recommended himself.

But Ronald also understood them. These people had no capital except for their faces, and they had few opportunities to meet directors like him, so they must seize the opportunity.

Donna was the last few guests here, and Ronald walked a few steps inside with them.

"Mr. Lee, I studied acting with Catrin Adams, who graduated from the Actors Studio..." Brad Pitt took the time to introduce himself. He was afraid that Ronald would be busy and forget who he was.

Ronald ignored him and turned to Donna's ear and asked softly, "Boyfriend?"

"It's just a date. This is the first time you invited me to the premiere, so I found a male companion in the entertainment industry to go with me."

Donna is now the assistant manager of the largest hedge fund on Wall Street that manages university assets. For her, Brad Pitt, an actor without successful works, is just a date.

"Be careful..." Ronald was about to say a few words to his cousin, don't be used by these actors who are obsessed with making money.

"Mr. Lee, I know your new film is about Wall Street, so I dressed up as a character in the play..." Brad Pitt continued to promote himself.

"Huh?" Ronald turned his head and looked at him with a sharp look.

"How much do you know about my new film?"

"I know it's based on one of Donna's elders, a partner in her leg warmer company. She used to be a secretary in the financial industry on Wall Street..."

"You know a lot, and it's correct." Ronald said perfunctorily, turning back to look at Donna.

Donna's eyes showed surprise, and she shook her head slightly, indicating that she was not asking for a role to date a male companion. Then she nodded again, and indeed she and Pete had told her about such a play. She held Ronald's arm with more force.

"What else do you know? Which male role do you want to play?" Ronald continued to ask Brad Pitt.

"I only know that this play is dominated by female characters, and there is a boyfriend of the heroine in it." Brad Pitt smiled. He finally got a lot of information. He didn't tell anyone the most critical part about the male role, and kept it all to himself. Otherwise, how can this deliberately created opportunity create the greatest value for himself?

"If you are interested, let your agent submit your resume." Ronald said a few words, got rid of his entanglement, and then stroked Donna's back a few times to comfort her.

"Donna, our seats are in the front row..." Brad Pitt was happy and stretched out his hand for Donna to come over.

"Eat x, you shameless bastard. You dare to use me." Donna opened his hand and went to the back to find her mother's seat.

"Well?" Brad Pitt shrugged his shoulders, and said to the eyes of the people next to him that he was innocent and that he and Donna were just having a quarrel. He sat down at the seat that Donna had invited him to, and then began to look around for his target...

"Hmm..." He saw Cher and began to imagine whether he could replace the baker who was about the same age.

"Richard, remember a name, Brad Pitt... two Ts, a young actor who seems to know a lot of the outlines of the script. You call Niceta and ask him at CAA if there is a line to connect with him."

Ronald saw a clue of a leak and called his agent Richard to deal with it.

"Brad... Pitt... two Ts", Richard wrote down the name and said he would follow up immediately.

"Why hasn't Nick come yet?" Ronald turned his head and saw that only Nicolas Cage was missing from the starring role.

"He called me to confirm. He made a lot of preparations this time. Limato found him the best hairstylist in New York and the Italian costume designer to do the styling. You will be satisfied."

"Stars should pay attention to their image. Did you find a female companion this time?" Ronald was very satisfied that this little brother listened to him so much.

"He said that he would find the most beautiful girl in New York as a female companion." Richard said in the tone of Cage.

"Hahaha..." Ronald looked at his watch. Cage, don't miss the time, otherwise all the photographers will be gone.

He shook his hands and walked to the door. Cage was the male lead, and he also needed some photos of himself and him for future public relations.

"Nick... Nick..."

Before he reached the door, Ronald heard a group of reporters shouting Nicolas Cage's name.

The flashes kept clicking, as if a great star had come.

The photographers were taking pictures desperately. Ronald, who had just walked out of the door, was dazzled by a white light in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly what was outside.

"The most beautiful girl in New York, who is that? It seems to attract the attention of reporters." Ronald covered his eyes with his hands and looked across the door.

"Are you dating Nick?"

"Why did you come to the set of 'Moonlight Temptation'? Are you still friends with director Ronald?"

"Will you make a comeback after you graduate from Princeton?"

...

The reporters didn't expect to catch a big fish right before the premiere. They all stepped forward and put the recorders and microphones to the mouth of the "most beautiful girl in New York" in Cage's mouth.

"I just graduated not long ago. I don't have any plans to make a comeback now, but I may have one in the future. Today I came here to accept the invitation of my friend Nick to see his new work. I like his performance in 'Peggy Sue Goes to Get Married' very much."

A six-foot-tall beauty with big wavy blonde hair, wearing a professional woman's black jacket, a one-step skirt and black stockings, and black high heels.

The white shirt sleeves protruded from the black fashion jacket to an inappropriate length, but the beauty rolled up the sleeves skillfully, and a Wall Street practical and working girl temperament came to her face.

However, her delicate face, heroic eyebrows, and the body and posture of a professional model betrayed her. This is not a beautiful body that an ordinary working girl on Wall Street can have.

She is not the most beautiful girl in New York, but the girl that the media has touted as the most beautiful girl in America before, with a face of the 1980s, the eighth wonder of the world, both wisdom and beauty, and a graduate of the Ivy League school Princeton... Brooke Shields.

"Brookie..." Ronald couldn't help but call out.

"Ronald..."

Brooke Shields saw Ronald coming out and turned around to say hello. Under the flash of the flash, the two were speechless.

"Ronald", Nicolas Cage broke the awkward silence and saw Ronald coming over, "I didn't break my promise. This time I brought the most beautiful girl in New York to attend the premiere together." Cage was very satisfied that he could attract the attention of the media.

"Hahaha, of course", Ronald reacted, stepped forward and stood between the two of them, put his arm around one of them's waist, and arranged a group photo pose for the photographer.

"Nick is my friend. I need these opportunities to be exposed after graduation." Brooke Shields put on a professional smile for the reporter to take pictures, and then explained softly in Ronald's ear.

"I know," Ronald put a little more force on Brooke Shields' waist.