Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 112 You Can Play Ingrid Bergman's Daughter

   The brown-haired girl is tall, about 5'7 (1.70m).

   She glanced at Ronald and turned to the parking place. Just as she was about to go with Ronald, she took her steps back, looking a little hesitant about getting into a stranger's car.

   Ronald knew that this girl was more cautious, so he said:

   "I'm a student at New York University. If you think I'm reliable, I can take you for a ride and drop you off at a convenient place."

  The girl saw that he didn't have to send herself home, so she let go of her guard, "Are you really a student of New York University?"

   Ronald smiled, the girl spoke a bit like her cousin Donna. So he took out his library card and handed it to the girl:

   "This is my library card from the NYU library. I go to NYU.

   I came with my friend, she came up with a record and went in to meet the stars. I don't need to know any stars, so I'm going back to NYU. It's really not suitable to take the subway at night here. I can give you a ride and get off at a place convenient for you. "

The    girl took the card, looked at it, and gave it to Ronald, a little embarrassed, "I was dizzy by Howard, the classmate who came with me just now. I shouldn't doubt you for no reason. My name is Helen."

   "My name is Ronald. Where do you want to get off, I can drop you off"

Helen looked at Ronald with wide eyes, "Well, actually I was going to another party, but Howard didn't want to go with me, so we came to Club 54. Would you like to go with me? ?"

   Ronald glanced up and down at Helen. Helen, dressed as a high school student, is estimated to have a good family background. Although she dresses like a normal high school student, her clothes are more sophisticated and fashionable. I thought he was a child of a wealthy family, and after knowing that he was a college student, he didn't have much intention of being on guard.

   Ronald opened the car door with a smile and got into the driver's seat.

  Helen was very educated, opened the co-pilot's door, sat in, and then automatically pulled the seat belt.

  Ronald lowered the car window with the central control and let fresh air blow in from the outside. "Is it your classmate's party?"

   "No, it was an invitation from my father. It was a news host's party in New York. Many people in the industry would attend." Helen handed over an invitation.

   Ronald took a look at a welcome party celebrating the return of the famous movie star, Ingrid Bergman, to New York. He glanced at Helen in surprise. This kind of party is not something that ordinary high school students can get invitations to.

Helen showed such a smile as she expected, "My father is a friend of Ms. Bergman's daughter, and her daughter is a news host on CBS, so I took two invitations. But Howard, the coward, didn't dare to meet my father's friend. "

   "Is Howard your high school classmate?" Ronald pulled his car out of the parking lot and headed for the address on the invitation, which was on the Upper West Side next to Central Park.

"Yes, he is my former classmate at the Southern Public High School in the Great Neck District. I recently transferred to the Performing Arts High School." Helen spoke softly, with a standard eastern upper-class accent, a bit like English English.

  Great Neck is a district on Long Island, New York. Ronald has a bottom line in his heart. This is the daughter of a wealthy family.

   "A high school in acting? We just made a movie about that high school."

   "Really? Is it famous? It's a pity that I was too young to pass the audition."

"Yes, I do errands on the set. In fact, I have a director's union card. I am an assistant director. I helped with some casting work in the famous crew." Ronald pulled out his director's union card and showed Helen. .

   Helen heard that Ronald was well-known in the world for casting roles, and even said it was a pity, "If I had known you earlier, I might have been able to show up in the crew."

   Ronald turned his head to take a closer look at Helen while he stopped at the red light. He has dark brown hair naturally draped, two big blue eyes, and a pale red face that resembles a red apple.

   "Of course, your appearance can definitely be selected, and your height is not short. It is no problem to play a student in the graduating class of high school."

   Ronald praised her. In fact, Helen's appearance condition is not a problem to play a main supporting role, but it is a pity that her hair is not blond. American audiences still prefer blondes.

   "But my father may not agree with me playing the role now, but my mother certainly agrees." Helen likes acting very much, and after knowing that Ronald worked in the film industry, he became very talkative. He shared a lot of his thoughts and asked Ronald a lot of questions about filmmaking.

   "Does your father work in a TV station? Then you won't be short of performance opportunities in the future," Ronald said.

   "But he is on the PBS Education Channel, so he can only introduce me to some people in the circle who don't make TV dramas very much."

   said that the two of them reached their destination.

   The small party took place at the home of hostess Pia Linstrom, on the top two floors of an Upper West Side apartment. Ronald came to the Upper West Side between Central Park and the Hudson River for the first time, and it was the first time he entered the house of a wealthy family.

  After Helen used the pager to talk to the hostess, the two took a special elevator to the door of the hostess' house, which made Ronald a little novel.

The hostess, Pia Linstrom, personally greeted Helen at the elevator door, "Welcome, Helen. Is this your male companion? Your father said you would bring a male classmate. I didn't expect him to be so tall. "

   "Oh, it's you, lad. We meet again. Last time I was in a hurry to show up and I didn't have time to thank you. It's great that you came this time. Come in with Helen. What's your name?"

   Ronald also recognized Pia, the news anchor he had met in the lobby the last time Roger Coleman and Roger Coleman were at CBS headquarters. Ronald also found her notebook.

   "My name is Ronald, Ronald Lee. Nice to meet you, I see you a lot on TV."

   Helen was also a little surprised that Ronald knew Pia.

  The two walked into the apartment. It was a lively party scene. Some men and women dressed in formal clothes were holding cocktails served by the waiter and chatting. There is old-fashioned jazz on the record, and there's an air of ecstasy to the accompaniment.

   "My mother is resting upstairs after a tired trip. Now this is a stage for young people. Let me introduce them to you. Are you also studying at the Academy of Performing Arts? Ronald?"

  Pia asked about Ronald's origins. Seeing that Helen's father was the founder of PBS, and that Ronald had done her a favor, Pia decided to introduce him to the young people in her social circle as an official guest.

   "No, Aunt Pia, Ronald is a director. He used to be in charge of casting roles in the famous cast." Helen impatiently helped to publicize Ronald's identity.

   "Really? You work with Alan Parker?" Pia looked at Ronald with admiration.

   "No, I'm just helping out on the set. I did some casting work before. I'm currently studying film and television production at the Imperial College of New York University." Ronald took out his director's union certificate and handed it to Pia.

  Pia was surprised again, "Then you've come to the right place today. There are a lot of big names in the film and television industries, so you might as well get to know them."

   "Then I'm really lucky." Ronald smiled, in fact, he knew that his qualifications, really big people had no interest in talking to him. Unless he has a family background like the girl next to him, Helen, that is another matter.

   "Sit down first, I'll introduce you to someone later." Pia saw Ronald's thoughts, smiled and greeted the other guests.

   "Is she the daughter of Ms. Ingrid Bergman?" Ronald took two cocktails from the tray in the waiter's hand, sat down and handed one to Helen.

   "Yes, she is the daughter of the two-star queen." Helen picked up a cup of Pina Colada, a slightly alcoholic drink that her father did not forbid her to drink, especially at Aunt Pia's place, not to worry.

   Compared with the middle-aged men at the party, Helen was obviously more interested in her peer Ronald. She asked some questions about the filming, and learned that Ronald also directed a few episodes in "High School of Rock", which made her even more interested.

   "Really, all my classmates went to see the midnight show. I haven't found anyone to go with me yet." After saying that, his big eyes looked at Ronald with a smile.

  Ronald didn't want to accept the offer. Helen was still very young and underage. Now, to go to a midnight movie with her, at least she had to ask her father's permission.

   "You can take the ferry to Staten Island, where the movie theaters also have daytime shows, and the High School of Rock copy is cheaper. Good for a movie theater in Staten Island."

   changed the subject, and the two continued to talk about some anecdotes about making movies. After a while Helen was recognized by acquaintances and began to discuss the subject of her father with them.

   Ronald finished drinking Pina Colada by himself, and was about to get another glass when a young black-haired beauty hurried over.

   "Are you Ronald? Pia asked me to meet you, and he said you were studying at NYU Tess?"

  Beauty has short hair that matches her ears, a small nose, and very beautiful eyes. She speaks with a foreign flavor, very much like a European beauty. Her facial features may not be as good as that of another European beauty, Natasha Kinski, but her overall temperament is still better.

  Ronald was in a trance for a moment and blurted out:

   "If you make a movie, you can play Ingrid Bergman's daughter."

   "Hahahaha..." Pia, who happened to arrive, also heard these words, and fell on the sofa with the black-haired European beauty laughing.

   A voice came from the stairs "What are you laughing at? Pia, Isabella? Who can play my daughter?"

  A very attractive, aged beauty came down the stairs. It was the Oscar double-winner that this party was going to welcome, Ms. Ingrid Bergman.

   (end of this chapter)