Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Of course" Michelle Pfeiffer put her hand on Ronald, the two smiled at each other and walked into the party crowd.

"Michelle," agent Limato followed, "you can't do this."

"Ronald, I admire you very much, but you have to understand that what Miss Pfeiffer needs now is exposure."

Ronald stopped and said, "Ed, remember? I persuaded Michelle to sign a contract with you. If you don't want her to interact with me, maybe I can let her talk to caa Michael Ovitz chat."

"What? How do you know Ovitz?" Limato no longer tried to persuade Pfeiffer, but followed the two closely, making sure that his valuable assets would not be pried away.

Ronald found Diane Lane and said that he was going to withdraw first, and asked Diane if she would go with them.

"Michelle, you are here too. Nice to see you here." Diane was very happy to see Pfeiffer here, "Mr. Robert Redford is leaving too. There is no interesting conversation here. I Let's go too. I left my luggage with the waiter."

Ronald found Ovitz and expressed his intention to send Michelle Pfeiffer and Diane Lane back to the hotel first.

Ovitz glanced at Limato, who was following Pfeiffer, and whispered to Ronald quietly: "Before signing the contract, don't tell anyone about the script, especially people who have relationships with other agents. You Don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Ronald nodded in agreement. He also remembered what happened to Zinneman just now, and was a little worried that Zinneman would say bad things in front of Disney President Ron Miller.

"I'll ask Richard to drive you. It's hard to get a taxi here. I'll pick you up at the hotel tomorrow. Through connections, I've made an appointment with Mr. Miller, the president of Disney. We have to hurry up."

"Thank you, Mr. Ovitz."

"You're welcome, this will be our CAA's first successful package promotion project, let's work together."

At this time Diane Lane dragged her suitcase over, followed by the hostess Jane Fonda.

"I heard Diane say you want to leave first? Have you found the right girl?" Jane Fonda glanced at Michelle Pfeiffer who was standing with Ronald.

"I would like to introduce to you that this is Miss Michelle Pfeiffer. She..."

"She's a client of mine and she's going to be on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.

I gave her a supporting role in the movie Charlie Chan. "Ed Limato took over the conversation and took the initiative to introduce Jane Fonda.

"Ed," Jane Fonda and Limato were old acquaintances. Before signing with CAA, she was also a client of WMA.

"Ed is a good agent, he always looks out for the interests of his clients." Jane Fonda said a good word for Limato, "Girl, you are lucky."

Ronald and Jane Fonda hugged each other goodbye, and took the two girls to find their main agent, Richard Lovett, and prepared to leave.

"Oh, oh...Ronald, you really surprise me." Matt Dillon abducted a beautiful woman from somewhere, and couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw two beauties, big and small, beside Ronald.

"Matt, I'll contact you when I get back to New York."

"Okay, man. If you don't come to me, I will come to you. I want to go see the filming of Endless Love."

After bidding farewell to everyone, the three Ronalds waited at the door for Richard to pick up the big car that Niceta and Paula had brought. They would first send them back to the hotel, and then drive back here to exchange for their own cars.

Limato pulled Michelle Pfeiffer aside and whispered, "I will inquire about Ronald's relationship. Who are his parents?"

"As far as I know, he is an orphan, with only one aunt in his family, and he runs a small shop in Manhattan, New York."

"This is impossible. This is Hollywood. Would Jane Fonda treat a fledgling screenwriter so seriously? Maybe he is a friend of his parents... You should also inquire carefully. Having such a network will be of great benefit to you."

Richard drove Niceta's BMW, and Ronald helped load Diane's luggage and let the two women sit in the back seat. He opened the passenger door, got in the car and left the lavish Hollywood party.

"Tim, do you think our movie Ordinary People will be a hit?" Elizabeth McGovern, who was a bit fat as a baby, asked while holding Timothy Hutton, who plays her boyfriend in the movie.

"Of course, dear. Jane also said just now that the test screening was well received by film critics." McGovern in his arms was a fat girl. Hutton looked at the BMW speeding away with a little envy. Whose son is that screenwriter? His two slender girls were more suitable to his taste.

"Bye, good night." Diane Lane had a bad smile on her face, pulled up the box and went to her room.

After helping Diane check in, Ronald and Michelle returned to their room. Reunion after a long absence is naturally the dessert on page 73 of Ichiban's script.

After a long time, Pfeiffer hugged Ronald's shoulders and told him that due to Limato's attack, he signed a contract with Lux and got a chance to star in the latest Charlie Chan movie. Ronald was happy, feeling that Pfeiffer was finally coming through.

"Are you going to stay in Hollywood?"

"Not yet, I will go to San Francisco to study editing. If this script is favored by the studio, I will have the opportunity to support myself as a screenwriter. Then I will stop studying at New York University and come to Hollywood. Looking for an opportunity.”

Ronald said his plan. What was more troubling was that Aunt Karen was very opposed to him suspending his studies, and he had to convince her.

"I'm very lonely in Los Angeles. I don't have much to do in the apartment I share with the girl. Every day I just take acting classes, read each other's lines, and then wait for Limato's call." Pfeiffer began to complain, "By the way, why are you If you don’t call me more, sometimes I can’t find you even if I call New York.”

"It's time to find a way to solve the communication problem." Ronald quickly comforted Michelle Pfeiffer and massaged her shoulders flatteringly.

"AT\u0026T's answering machine now costs $1,000. I'll install one when I go back. In the future, if my screenwriting business is busy, I will need one. In addition, I will buy a machine that beeps. You can call me." Paging.”

After Ronald massaged for a long time, his hands began to become less trustworthy and gradually moved towards the front of Pfeiffer's shoulders. He could feel the girl's breathing gradually getting heavier in his arms.

Looking over his shoulder, he saw that Pfeiffer's face had begun to turn slightly red, and there was also some redness on her fair neck. Pfeiffer has some slight freckles, but they look even cuter against her snow-white skin.

Ronald stared at Pfeiffer's face for a long time, feeling that the baby fat on her face had faded a little, and her slightly thin face was more in line with her slender figure. Her blond hair was scattered on her shoulders and her closed eyes. , the eyelashes are trembling slightly.

Perhaps he felt Ronald's hands on his waist, and the heat was transmitted to his body through his palms and clothing. Pfeiffer recalled that Limato had repeatedly hinted that he wanted to get rid of the boy and get to know the real powerful people in Hollywood. He couldn't help but feel It's a bit embarrassing.

Ronald discovered this embarrassing expression on Michelle Pfeiffer's face again. Usually people's facial expressions don't look good when they are embarrassed. But even if Pfeiffer is a little embarrassed, her face is very beautiful, and when shown on the big screen, it will be a very delicate expression.

"What's wrong?" Pfeiffer's long-awaited kiss didn't come. "He opened his eyes and took the initiative to kiss the boy and asked, "What are you thinking about? Ronald. "

"I'm thinking that maybe you should act in a drama. Your face is a little thinner. From a professional perspective as a photographer, your face is more suitable for dramas with strong dramatic conflicts. It can bring out the emotional level and richness of the heroine. The performance was outstanding.”

"Maybe Limato shouldn't have let you take on a role like this in Charlie Chan," Ronald concluded.

"I also want to act in a drama, but you know the audition candidates for drama roles, you can shoot from here to the entrance of the studio." Pfeiffer chuckled.

"Have I really lost weight? I exercise a lot."

"Yes, you won't go back to being vegetarian, will you?"

"No, I just ate very little."

The two chatted for a long time and fell asleep together.

…

"Very good, you'd better get up early." Ovitz said to Ronald, the co-pilot, in the Jaguar sports car. "Hollywood's life of luxury only belongs to the successful."

"And we're on the road to success?" Ronald asked. The benefits of gradually returning to wrestling and physical training are reflected. After last night's party, I have no problem with energy when I get up early.

Ovitz came to pick up Ronald, and the two first went to Disney's headquarters in Burbank to talk to President Ron W. Miller about the script.

Disney is not located together with several other major studios, but in Burbank, just north of Hollywood. When founder Walt Disney was in power, because his business was animation and Walt himself was anti-Semitic, he had little contact with Hollywood, which had a strong Jewish influence.

Simply build a factory with hundreds of painters in Burbank, far away from Hollywood.

After waiting in the reception area of ​​the president's office for a long time, Ovitz even looked at his watch impatiently several times.

A thin man in a suit and tie appeared in front of them.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ron Miller is temporarily busy and can't come to see you."

"Thomas, it's the same thing when I see you. I'm glad to see you." Ovitz showed a professional smile and hugged the man.

Thomas L. Wilhite is the vice president of production of Disney's live-action film department. This time he represents the company to discuss cooperation.

"I read the script that was sent to me in advance," Wilhite said calmly after the greetings. "I personally like the script very much, but under the leadership of Ron Miller, Disney's main focus is , is entering the youth live-action film market, and there are no plans to start shooting such adult dramas in the near future.”

"So this time, Disney won't bid for My Brother's Keeper. Even if you convince Jane Fonda."

Ovitz knew that Wilhite's appearance to meet them meant that there was little hope for this collaboration, so he put aside the script and chatted with him about the current situation in the industry and Disney's plans for live-action movies. "

When the 15-minute meeting time came, I said goodbye and left on time.

The two drove out of the gate. Ronald looked back and saw the iron sign directly above the gate of Disney's Burbank headquarters, and the Mickey Mouse logo with two small circles on top of a large abstract circle.

"So is it because I offended Zinnemann?" After leaving the Disneyland, Ronald finally couldn't help but ask Ovitz in the car why he was rejected.

"It's hard to say, but it's possible. But it's probably true that Disney is focusing on live-action movies for teenagers."

"This momentum started at least before Ron Miller took over as president. I should have thought of it," Ovitz said to Ronald, tapping the horn on the steering wheel.

"In 1976, when Ron Miller was the producer, we filmed 'Freaky Friday,' in which Jodie Foster played a story about swapping bodies with her mother. I had just established CAA at that time, and they The box office is close to 40 million.

Ron Miller relied on the success of a series of live-action movies to seize power from his wife's cousin Roy Disney Jr. "

"Jodie Foster, is she a client of yours too? I love her performance."

"She was originally in ICM, but it is no longer important. She decided to quit the industry and go to Yale University next month. Hollywood is cruel. After four years, no one knows this talented girl."

…

In the afternoon, Ovitz and Ronald went to Paramount Pictures.

As the former leader of the eight major studios, Paramount is located on Melrose Avenue in the core area of ​​Hollywood, which is the heart of Hollywood.

This time they made an appointment to meet with Jeffrey Katzenberg. He successfully resurrected the science fiction classic in the hearts of Americans last year and filmed the Star Trek movie (star trek: the ; picture). .

Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, returned to the USS Enterprise and made 80 million at the box office, especially breaking the first weekend box office record of 1978 Superman in its first weekend. However, Starship fans criticized it, believing that it destroyed the classic image of Captain Kirk.

However, now that the classic Star Trek series has been resurrected, Paramount is already preparing a sequel, and Katzenberg has been promoted to Paramount's President of Production, under only President Michael Eisner.

"We will bid. Jane is very hot right now. Paramount is willing to bid for any project she participates in." Katzenberg also read the script in advance and learned that Jane Fonda was willing to star. I'm delighted to have the opportunity to take on this project.

"Young man, your script is very structured. Is this your first script?"

Katzenberg wears glasses and looks like a typical executive. The tailor's handmade suit fits well and looks stylish when standing or sitting. Her hair is slightly thinner, her hairline is very far back, and she has a very executive look. After talking about the main business, I still had some time, so I asked Ronald a few questions.

"No, this is the second one. The first one I wrote was about a multicultural romance in New York."

"This is very interesting. The themes of your two scripts are different. Michael, ask your subordinate to send me that script as well."

He was somewhat interested in Ronald, so he chatted with him a little more.

"So, what kind of person do you want to be in this industry?"

"I want to be a director and make a movie that people will remember decades from now."

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