Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 232 Moscow does not believe, tears

  At night, agent Rick Nisita was lying on the bed with Paula Wagner in his arms. Their office romance could not be exposed. Paula secretly drove to date Nisita every day.

   "You didn't sign David Lynch, does it have an impact on your status in the company. The new generation of art directors." Paula lit a cigarette and asked the quilt tightly.

"He has offended a lot of power people, and now is not a good time to sign him. Universal's 'fast-paced Richmond High School' will also say goodbye to him, if he doesn't fire Universal first." Nisita laughs With a bang, he took the cigarette Paula handed over with his mouth and took a deep breath.

   "Tom Cruise got a role in 'Lights Out,' and he got a supporting role with room to play. That movie was guaranteed by Timothy Hutton getting it.

  You are going for the directorship for Ronald Lee. Hutton is a golden boy. If he knew that Tom and Ronald were on good terms, would he? Paula took the cigarette from his mouth again and took a puff on her own.

   "Business is business. You can give up Ronald's manager position if you're worried," Nisita replied.

   "Do you have any key information that I don't know?" Paula rolled over and rode on Nisita and asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"Spielberg's new Alien movie was let go by Tom Mount, the president of Universal Pictures, to give Columbia a chance. Simberg, CEO of Universal Pictures' parent company MCA, didn't expect this to happen. Back then It was he who discovered Spielberg and gave him, then unknown, the chance to direct Jaws.

  Mount, the 33-year-old president of Universal Pictures, who relies on women to take the top position, bypassed Simberg and made a private decision. He really thought he was the "little tycoon" in the interview with Time magazine.

  The money-making director he trained himself went to Columbia's Frank Price to collaborate on a new film. Simberg was furious.

  Simberg may personally fight for the project with Spielberg, who is rapidly growing in importance at this time. He told CAA that he wanted to meet Ronald during awards season. If I can go through the relationship that Ronald is appreciated by Spielberg, I'll take the relationship with Simberg..."

   "Well, Rick, you're amazing." Paula kissed Nisita's lips.

  …

   "Oh, this is too bad." Ronald was visiting Roger Coleman's office in the office of the former boss, Gale's new secretary to the president after his promotion, and came in with a piece of paper. Coleman let out a sigh after seeing it.

   "What's the matter?" Ronald asked.

   Coleman took a small piece of paper from the drawer and handed it to Ronald along with the new document.

   Ronald took it and saw that the small piece of paper was a telegram. The words "Moscow does not believe, tears." (MoscowDoesn'tBelieve, inTears).

  Seeing Ronald Unknown, Roger Coleman explains:

"We invited Mensov and his wife to attend the Oscars. This is from Moscow, the director of the film, Mensov, who was banned from attending the Oscars because his superiors suspected him of defecting. It was sent to me a few days ago. Seal the telegram."

"We protested, and today the cultural counselor of the embassy sent an official document to represent the Moscow State Film Studio at the awards gala. I had arranged for a reporter to interview Mensov and his wife, the heroine of the film Vera Alian. Tova, it's good for our box office."

   "If 'Moscow Don't Believe in Tears' wins, it will also boost the box office, right?" Ronald said.

"Don't you watch the news? This year's selection is Kurosawa Akira's new movie 'Shadow Warrior', and George Lucas personally persuaded 20th Century Fox to vouch for him. He, Coppola, and Spielberg all went to Dongying. Visited classes on set. There will be a lot of people voting for them this year.”

  Roger Coleman shook his head. "Fortunately, when you buy a copy at a low price, we earn it anyway."

   "Shadow Warrior?" Ronald asked, the name a bit odd.

   "I heard that he was the king of Dongying, and he found a similar-looking substitute to take his place in dangerous situations.

  Don't think about it, I've already inquired. Although I introduced Kurosawa Akira's last film Desu Uzara, but now his son has opened a company in New York, and now Kurosawa's films are negotiated by his son for overseas distribution. This time, 20th Century Fox is in charge of the distribution outside of Eastern Ying. "

   Ronald smiled. In fact, he didn't have this idea, but he was interested in Kurosawa Akira's new film.

   "Then we'll see you tomorrow at the awards ceremony? Mr. Coleman." Ronald got up and left.

   "See you tomorrow, this is the luck you brought me, Ronald." Coleman stood up to shake his hand and patted Ronald on the shoulder:

"Hollywood doesn't really like those of us who make low-budget exploits, like we don't exist. I rarely get to go to Oscar dinners, and Julie asked me to thank you for her beautiful dresses. "

   After saying goodbye, Ronald returned to the hotel. The service department delivered the ironed dress. Ronald changed his bow tie and vest to a different color. This and the last Golden Globes feel like two dresses, save money.

   Ronald asked for the phone and called Scorsese, the teacher who nominated the best director tomorrow.

   "Hi, is that Isabella? I'm Ronald. Is Marty here?"

  The microphone was handed to Martin Scorsese, "Ronald?"

   "It's me, I'm calling to wish you good luck tomorrow."

   "Haha, boy, good luck too. I do need some luck."

   This nomination is important to Scorsese. Whether he can continue to get the budget for commercial big productions in Hollywood in the future, tomorrow's awards are very important. It's been a hard night for him to sleep.

   Ronald was about to go to bed when there was another knock on the door.

   Ronald opened the door and saw Bert and Diane Lane.

   hurriedly greeted their father and daughter, "How do you know that I live here?"

   "I called Donna and she told me your agent's phone number." Diane said, rubbing her hands together, seeming a little disturbed.

   "When did you arrive? Diane is going to the Oscars dinner tomorrow, right?" Ronald took out two bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator and gave them to them.

   "This is the purpose of our visit, Ronald. There is one important thing, Diane asks for your forgiveness." Bert said seriously.

   "What's the matter?" Ronald looked blank.

   "I didn't know in advance, and I didn't refuse when the agent contacted me, but yesterday Donna told me that you..." Diane continued to hesitate.

   "What the hell? Did you crash my Honda Accord?" Ronald joked.

   "It's more serious than that, my Oscar-winning partner is Timothy Hutton." Diane finally said what he wanted Ronald to forgive.

   "What?" Ronald suddenly felt very unhappy. "Why? Can't you push it off?"

  Diane saw Ronald's frown, and she asked Donna to inquire about Ronald and Hutton's grievance. It seems to involve a woman or something.

"Ronald," Burt came over to make peace, "the TV broadcaster has already determined the entry line, and it would be very troublesome to ask for it to be changed now. Diane's agent was contacting this opportunity very early, and she was I didn't know you had a conflict with Hutton."

   "Ronald, I talked to Donna and she asked me to come and speak to you directly. I didn't mean to."

  Diane didn't want to lose the friendship of the Ronald family, so she went to the door with her father to intercede in person. If this matter is not dealt with and Ronald himself finds out at the awards ceremony the next day, it will be out of control.

   Ronald took a small bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet and brought a glass to himself and Burt. Then drank his cup.

  The spicy liquor left his throat, Ronald calmed down a little. The conflict between himself and Hutton has not been made public. To be honest, he didn't know that Hutton would hate himself so much and hold revenge until now.

   In fact, his anger was directed at Timothy Hutton, relying on his star status, forcing Universal to choose between him and him. This nasty **** was a good boy in the movie "Ordinary Man", but he didn't expect to be an **** in reality.

  I will beat him one day, and see who Hollywood remembers ten years from now.

   Ronald said to Diane, "It's none of your business, Diane. But Hutton is likely to slander me on various occasions, so don't go along with him, haha."

   Secretly saved the idea of ​​defeating Hutton in the competition, but Ronald felt relieved. This line of business relies on winning the audience's love with his works. How can he engage in these crooked ways like Hutton for long.

   Diane breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes lit up, she came over and hugged Ronald and thanked him. "Oh, thank you, Ronald. No, I'll kick him if he dares to talk."

  The little girl wasn't fully grown yet, Ronald patted her head, "Karen, Donna and I will always welcome you as a guest."

   "Don't worry, Bert," Ronald said to Bert. "Hutton is nominated for Best Supporting Actor. My nomination is in the music category, in the back row. There will be no direct conflict."

  Bert hugged Diane, and the relationship between the two is at a very good stage now. "That's it, good luck tomorrow."

   "Thanks, I do need a little luck." Ronald bid them farewell.

   The next day, March 30, the day of the awards show. Ronald finished his lunch early, and the award gown needed to be carefully dressed and kept shaved. Eating less and better will help keep your energy up, and you'll need to dress up for an awards dinner tonight, plus the Governor's Ball afterwards.

  After dinner, Ronald went to bed and took a nap, so that it was not easy to get sleepy at the crowded awards ceremony at night.

   "Ring Ling Ling Ling ..." Ronald was awakened by the ringing of the phone, and he picked up his manager Nisita.

   "Watching TV, something big happened."

  Ronald's sleepiness disappeared all of a sudden, he looked at the clock on the wall, it was just past 12:30. He got up and turned on the TV, and said to Nisita on the other end of the receiver, "What's the matter?"

   "The three major wireless stations are all broadcasting live..."

   Ronald looked at the TV, which was a very dark and messy live broadcast background, completely different from the usual clean and bright TV shows, and there were people walking around and passing notes.

  The screen suddenly switched to the host, "I'm sorry to interrupt the live broadcast ahead. In front of me is the latest news from the Associated Press and United Press that I just received."

   His voice was a little choked up, "Audience friends, we just got the latest news from two news agencies, the above news is wrong..."

   (end of this chapter)