Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 229 Opportunity to appear on camera

   The caller was someone Ronald didn't expect: Maureen Tiffey, who played Doris in "The Famous."

  Ronald was deeply impressed by Maureen, remembering that she was the director's "connector" and was the direct choice for the casting. Director Alan Parker slapped another actor, Barry Miller, when he was courting her.

   Maureen has implicitly talked about being excluded from the shooting of the new film "Shooting the Moon" by Ellen Parker, expressing her desire to sit next to Ronald for the awards party. Ronald was decisively rejected.

  Hollywood actresses may not act, but they are absolutely sensitive to the position of the camera.

   Ronald shook his head and hung up the phone. It is conceivable that someone will be aiming at this possible position in the future. If Ronald wins, stand up and give him a face-to-face salute to be seen by tens of millions of viewers.

   During the conversation, Ronald also learned some new news about director Alan Parker. He feels that the main reason for his fame and recognition by the film critics is to expose the dark side of America's reality. The new film "Shooting the Moon", in collaboration with Bo Goldman, who was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay at this year's Oscars, tells the story of a father who cheated and abused his family and the psychological trauma to his four children.

Is    famous all over the world because of this success? Isn't it a song and dance scene and a true portrayal of young people's art school life?

  It is hard to say, the former may be the reason why film critics say good things, and the latter is the reason why it can still earn nearly 20 million US dollars at the local box office without marketing resources. Although relative to the production cost of more than 8 million, this box office figure at most makes MGM not lose money.

   The second caller was Demi Moore. She wanted to be Ronald's girlfriend and enter the Oscars scene as she did at the last Golden Globes. However, she has already inquired clearly that a person like Ronald who is jointly signed by the best screenplay and nominated for a music award usually only has one ticket, and there will be no extra tickets allocated.

  Although the seats in the Oscar's award hall are much larger than the hall of the Hilton Hotel where the Golden Globe Awards are presented, there are also many more awards and nominees than the Golden Globe Awards, and there is no seat for the camera in the back row. Every spare spot was put up for sale by the Oscars gala.

  So Demi Moore took the next step and wanted to go with Ronald to the Governors Ball after the Oscars, where there are many big-name movie stars and producers and other powerful people, as long as they can get a ticket...

   "Demi, I heard from the agent Eddie that you rejected the advertisement for a plastic wrap he found for you?" She passed the job opportunity that Ronald contacted Demi, and Eddie was not very happy.

   "You know, Ronald. Freddy didn't like me doing commercials, he contacted me to audition for the heroine of the 3D movie 'Parasite'..."

   "Wait, are you and Freddie Moore reconciled again?"

   "He saw me on TV at the Golden Globe Awards dinner, so he came back to me and he said he was going to make up his mind to divorce his wife...Ronnie, I still can't make up my mind...but I really want to be in a movie"

   "Congratulations, Demi. I won't necessarily win or go to the Governor's Ball."

   This woman is very good at taking advantage of her own advantages. She and herself are nothing more than a dewy marriage of your own will, and the exchange gave her a little chance. Unexpectedly, she took advantage of the Golden Globe Awards to appear, and made her ex-boyfriend jealous, so she came back obediently and agreed to her entry into the showbiz.

   It seems that Demi will definitely succeed in Hollywood. But he didn't have time to accompany her to play this kind of game for sale. Ronald hung up the phone.

   "Dududu..."

Hearing the busy tone coming from the microphone, Demi Moore hung up the phone angrily, "I shouldn't have promised Freddie in such a hurry, I underestimated Ronald's ability. You don't mean that you won't get famous in the world. Oscar nomination?"

   "I'm talking about performance awards, best picture, best director, and I don't care about awards such as best original song." Natasha Kinski answered innocently on the opposite side.

  Demi moved back to the high-end apartment and chatted with Natasha, who came back from the crew to rest.

"Why don't you go with me, and I'll take you to the Governor's Ball." Kinsky was adding lipstick to his lips. Coppola's new film "Old Love, New Love" went wrong and was withdrawn from Canadian funds invested for tax cuts. .

  As a last resort, he suspended the filming and then went to find financing. It is said that he would mortgage his real estate and vineyard once again like "Apocalypse Now".

   "Thank you, Natasha." Demi Moore hurriedly thanked her, although she couldn't surpass her in dress and make-up if she went with Kinsky, but if she went with Ronald, she could compete as much as she liked.

   Meanwhile, in another Los Angeles apartment, Michelle Pfeiffer was having a heated argument with her agent, Limato.

"What do you think of me, Limato?" Michelle looked embarrassed. "I broke up with Ronald because he couldn't be with me, not for a show opportunity. Now you want me for an Oscar. Going back to him after the Governor's Ball? Peter and I have been dating for months, what does he think?"

"Don't be childish, Michelle. Who would remember these gossips before they became famous? Which female Hollywood star is not for the top, and does everything? Peter Horton is still a struggling actor, and his greatest achievement is Played a supporting role in two episodes in the grievances of Jumen.

   Besides, I'm not asking you to seduce Ronald, old friends as dinner parties are a normal thing in Hollywood, Peter will understand. Besides, I got the news that Ronald is also one of the film buyers nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, and he probably has two tickets in his hand, if you can sit next to him..."

   Agent Limato showed his trump card, picked up the phone and said to Pfeiffer, "Call him, boy. This is a rare opportunity."

"No, I'm not going to play. Peter is already using all his connections to give me a chance to get a big production in Hollywood, he has a good relationship with ABC's top management, and may switch careers as a director. I'm very likely in She's the heroine in several ABC TV movies."

  Michelle Pfeiffer's expression froze for a while, but she still refused.

   "If you have this opportunity, you should tell me as soon as possible. Let's see what we can do together." Limato said.

   In the following time, Ronald received more requests from actresses conveyed by CAA. After the man who was nominated for a performance award in the front row of PR failed, Ronald, a dark horse in the back row, has also become a good resource for appearances.

   This shows that they are optimistic about me winning the award. Ronald evaluated his possibility of winning from a different angle.

  Richard of CAA, began to urge Ronald to make a decision. If there is no female companion to attend, you should exchange your admission ticket for resources as soon as possible. After time, its value will decrease rapidly as the number of buyers decreases.

   Ronald began to think that those people could join him at Hollywood's annual festivities.

   Aunt Karen made it clear that she didn't like this kind of occasion, just watch TV in her own home.

  Or just find Diane Lane? She said that the agent had arranged for her the female partner of the male star, but she was the winner of the double nomination, and she should be willing to have a better position.

  Called Aunt, Karen said Diane had gone to school for rehearsal for a play extravaganza and was going to come home in the evening for a family dinner to celebrate Ronald's nomination.

  Ronald thought, Diane and Burt's relationship has eased, taking her a little girl less than 16 years old to the Oscars, and having to ask her father's advice, so he hung up the phone to Burt.

"Oscar? She said that the agent has arranged for her a big-name male partner. She won't let me take care of her acting career now, or she will have a fight with me. I only talk about school fun when I meet her now, I Don't want to lose another daughter. Ask her yourself, Ronald."

  Bert also doesn't know who Diane's male partner is.

  Ronald thought that he should go to his aunt's house and ask him in person at night. If Diane's seat is better than his, don't bring it up, it's embarrassing.

   "Hi, Auntie. Hi, Donna. Where's Diane?" Ronald arrived at his aunt's house on time in the evening. Auntie prepared a box of baked cookies for him to eat first.

   "Diane hasn't come back yet. I called the school. The teacher said she left after rehearsal. Donna said she went to buy you a present."

   "Here's my present, Ronnie." Donna gave him a large box, wrapped in gift paper and ribbon. "Diane and I are going to give you a big present. This is my part."

  Ronald took it apart and found a long cardboard box inside.

  Take open the cardboard box, it is something like a typewriter keyboard with CommodoreVIC-20 written in English on it.

   "What is this?" Ronald asked.

"This is Commoda's eight-digit home computer. You can use it instead of a typewriter." Donna took out another small box that looked like a Walkman, with a cassette door that opened and closed, and a wire on it that could be connected to the keyboard.

"You hook him up to the TV and you can type. If you have a spelling error, you don't have to type it like a typewriter, you just make corrections on the screen. Then you store the document in this tape machine. Take it to the print shop and you can type it out."

   "Then what did Diane go to buy?"

   "Of course it's software, Wordstar from MicroPro. This Commoda is called hardware, and you need to install the software before you can type."

   Ronald looked at the keyboard, and a familiar feeling emerged in his heart. Put it on the table and start crackling with your hands trying to type. The keyboard required much less force than a typewriter, and Ronald's keystrokes were much faster.

   "Here is Shift, where is Control?"

   "Hey, how do you know Control? It's on the left."

   Ronald looked for it, just to the left of the letter A, and wondered, "Why put it here, shouldn't Control be under Shift?"

   "Okay, thank you Donna." Ronald really likes this gift, and he will not need a typewriter in the future. This thing is more convenient, and he seems to be more used to it.

   "Wait until Diane buys the software, and I'll teach you how to use it. Our high school has it all."

   But after waiting for a long time, Diane did not come back, Aunt Karen had already started to worry and called Diane's father Bert. Diane wasn't with him either.

   "Do you need to call the police?" Auntie was a little flustered, and Burt said that she would come over immediately and look for it together.

   "I'll call the lawyer first. She has a relationship with NYPD, but don't really have anything to do with it." Ronald was also a little flustered, Diane was lost, and the responsibility was huge. There's something about kidnapping in the news lately.

   (end of this chapter)