Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 813 New York Party

   "Well, do you care so much about the box office of a movie?"

  Helen put one arm around Ronald, huddled up in a ball, and snuggled into Ronald's arms. She found this position very comfortable.

  Ronald's excitement just now made Helen very happy. She also likes the movie "Dancing Hot", but Ronald is always talking about how good the box office is, how much the box office multiplier is multiplied by the first weekend is the total box office, and what is the CinemaScore rating.

   This made Helen a little disinterested. She felt that a good movie would definitely be loved by the audience. Ronald's film is so good, the Jewish girl culture is conservative, but the mentality of pursuing progress is very real.

  Baby pursues true love, regardless of Johnny's social background and poverty, the love between two people is completely instinctual attraction, and a place where they share the same goal in their hearts. Helen appreciates this view of love very much.

   And Baby's father, Dr. Hausman, has money, social status, integrity and grace, and gets along with his daughter as an equal. This is the collection of all Helen's beautiful imagination of her father Gerald. If only the father could be like Dr. Hausman, and the daughter would still love his wife so much when she was older.

  The Dr. Hausman in this movie is representing the protection of her father that Helen can enjoy, and the complete, loving family of childhood that she did not get. This made her really appreciate the role of Dr. Hausman in the movie, Jerome Aubach's acting.

   As for the box office, such a good movie actually doesn’t need to pay attention to these things, how come the audience doesn’t watch it? How pretty! Helen couldn't imagine that there would be women in America who didn't like to watch this kind of movie.

   "No, I just had an unexpected surprise." Ronald touched his nose, did he show too much emphasis on money?

   But in the world of Hollywood, no movie can be made without money. If you want to achieve an ideal, you can promote your own idea, or be more vulgar, and you want to win an award to prove your status. You have to spend a lot of money.

   "What's the surprise? This movie is very good, I think as long as New Yorkers will like it." Helen really liked this movie in her heart, thinking that Ronald was just a fan of the authorities.

   "Of course I thought the movie would have a good box office, but I didn't expect it to be so good." Ronald explained to Helen.

   The box office of the movie on the first day gave the box office prospects of Hot Body Dance a good starting foundation.

   But American movies have always been a two-point market. New York, Los Angeles, these big cities on the east and west coasts, the audience's preference for some episodes has always been different from the preference of audiences in the Midwest, the Deep South, and the vast rural small-town areas.

   Take musicals as an example. Before Herbert Ross directed "Footloose", the performance in big cities was mediocre. The film is a bit slow-paced and has an old-fashioned plot, but with the help of the audience in the central and southern regions, it finally got a high box office.

   And Ronald's "Break Dance," the highest-grossing area, was a cult hit on the east and west coasts, led by Los Angeles and New York. Such deviant dances, graffiti and stories of the urban poor have such high recognition in big cities. In the vast area in the middle, the contribution to the box office is relatively limited.

   "Dancing Hot", the story takes place when a Jewish family in New York goes on vacation to the nearby Catskills. This kind of movie, logically speaking, should be more popular on the east and west coasts. Ronald deduced based on previous experience that the box office for the three-day weekend will probably be around 5 million.

   But suddenly "Dancing Hot" became the No. 1 box office. It seems that women from both coasts love this movie very much. The enthusiasm of the women, especially those who have come of age, caught Ronald by surprise.

  It feels good to make money, of course, but earning more than expected is the reason why Ronald feels happy.

   In general, films have the highest opening weekend at the box office, then drop week by week, all the way down to less than $1 million, and cinemas will slowly start replacing them with new films. Therefore, the higher the box office opening of the painting, the longer the "spicy body dance" stays in the movie theater.

The longer you   , of course, the more money you make. The reason why "Top Gun" was able to take the first place at the annual box office last year is also for this reason.

   "Stop talking, what are we going to do today?" Helen and Ronald talked for a while about her favorite acting analysis, and stopped.

   "I've been invited to a lot of parties, and I'll be attending a few. Do you have any shows?" Ronald put his arms around Helen and asked her where she wanted him to go.

   "I wanted you to meet and chat with the actor community that I and Helen (Hunter) worked on together. But since you have so many invitations, of course I'll accompany you."

"Let's all go, let's pick those invitations together, I'm not familiar with New York's circles yet. You help me see which ones are worth going. We'll go down to your actor community, and pick two parties at night to meet. almost."

   "Um...um..." Helen twisted and turned in Ronald's arms. This arrangement made her feel very appropriate.

   "It's Princess Lee Radziwill's party. She's a socialite who goes to boring people, and maybe JFK Jr. is going too."

  Helen flipped through the invitation cards inviting Ronald one by one, she took out one and held it up in front of Ronald.

"Which country's princess is she? Why is little JFK going? Is he dating this princess?" Ronald had no interest in little Kennedy. This kind of person is completely two extremes of America. See you before Not too happy.

   "Hahaha, don't you know who Princess Lee Radziwill is?" Helen laughed wildly when she heard about the date.

   "Tell me, don't make fun of me, this countryman from Staten Island." Ronald realized that he might not know enough about these high circles in New York and said something ridiculous.

   "No, you're not from the country... You're one of the best directors in New York..." Helen turned around and held Ronald's face, said solemnly.

   "Then who is she?"

   "Carolyn Lee Larzewell, New York social circles often call her a princess, she is the former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy's younger sister, also known as JFK's..."

   "It was his aunt." Ronald understood. The family is a "noble" of America. Even the nickname is "Princess".

   "Then do you want to go?" Ronald asked Helen.

"Actually I don't really like these people, they're always on the top, they like to talk about boring topics at parties, who bought new jewelry, who married who. They are the greatest big boys in American history. The descendants of Kennedy, one of the leaders, turned a blind eye to the most important issues in the world today, nuclear disarmament and environmental protection."

   "Ah, that's it... Let's take a look." Ronald remembered Helen's mother, a progressive person who likes to do free defense work and is dedicated to anti-nuclear, disarmament, and environmental protection.

"But..." Helen held the invitation card in her hand and was reluctant to let it go. "Princess Lee Radziwill's party often has some very interesting guests. She especially likes to interact with people in the entertainment industry, singers, writers, etc. I think Go and see if there are any artists."

"Okay, listen to you, go to see your partner Helen (Hunter) in the afternoon, and go to Princess Lee Radziwill's party in the evening." Ronald moved the other plots aside and put his arms around Helen. forward.

  …

   "You look so beautiful, what foundation and blush did you use?" Helen Hunt, holding Slater's hand, asked her friend in surprise.

   Helen Slater this afternoon, her skin is surprisingly good. There was a hint of blush on the white cheeks. There seemed to be a glow in the skin, as if someone had taken a film close-up with stockings on Helen Slater.

   Ronald and Helen Slater went to an abandoned factory on West Seventeenth Street in Manhattan. This is where two actors named Helen, along with some other actors and directors, formed the actor club "Naked Angels".

   "That's not all." Slater smiled and hugged his good friend, and then introduced Ronald to some of the young actors present.

   Everyone was very excited that Ronald could come to this small place, so they gathered around him and asked him to talk about some of the requirements for actors in filming.

  Usually here, the biggest names come here, that is, Helen Slater, the heroine who has made two blockbuster movies. A blockbuster director like Ronald was something they never dared to imagine.

   "I'm not an actor like some directors. It can be said that your acting skills are better than mine." Ronald came up and made a joke.

   Everyone laughed and laughed. Helen Slater looked at her lover, and her eyes almost lit up.

   Helen Hunt next to her saw the doorway, it turned out that it was not the credit of foundation and blush.

"I can only say from a director's point of view what I want the actors in the film to be like. I hope that the actors in my films don't over-rehearse and leave the most emotional and enthusiastic moments for camera.

  I know that you are all used to theatrical stage, and this reduction in rehearsal is not in line with your experience. But a movie doesn't need every performance to be of a certain level, and I may end up just needing one shot that works best... well, maybe two or three cuts. "

   "Hahaha..." The actors present no longer laughed politely after hearing it. They found that Ronald not only had a great sense of humor, but also that the plain words he said were summaries of very important experience, without a single word of nonsense or clichés.

   Who doesn't like a speaker like this?

   "Grab him, Helen, and wrap him in a small circle." Helen Hunter secretly said to her good friend and best friend Slater after hearing this.

   "Ah, that's too far away, I haven't thought about it yet. Besides, I'm not suitable to live with people for a long time, quarrel after a long time, or get together for a short time, we both love each other more."

   "Oh, Helen, hold on tight," Hunter said to himself, while he still had a crush on you.

   After the lecture, the actors frantically surrounded Ronald, asking questions and asking him to leave his contact information.

The name   The Naked Angel comes from the book of the same name by author John Teitel, who first told the "Beat Generation". These actors all believe in freedom, professionalism, and rock music. They don't have much respect for authority, but it's still crazy for a director like Ronald who is capable and talkative.

"Helen and I are going to another party. Let's be here today." Ronald answered a few questions, turned down their invitation to stay for a beer, and went to Manhattan with Helen Slater. An upscale venue at the Princess Lee Radziwill party.

   "Cynthia?"

   Surprisingly, Ronald also met Cynthia Rhodes, the film's second female actor, and her boyfriend, rock singer Richard Marks, at the venue of Princess Lee Radziwill.

   "Ronald", Cynthia was also a little surprised, and then introduced Ronald and his girlfriend Helen to Richard.

   "It's really pleasant to meet acquaintances here. I don't know these New York celebrities very well." Ronald is very happy to have a few more friends together, so that he doesn't know how to talk to the long-running society.

"Ha...Princess Lee Radziwill often invites people from our rock circle, and I'll introduce you. This is Ronald, the director of Hot Dance. This is Carly Simon, the best singer in New York. "

   "Hahaha, you didn't write songs for Barbra Streisand, she is the best singer in your mind, right?"

  Carly Simon is very good-looking, but unfortunately her teeth are a bit stubby, so she is not a big beauty. Her father was one of the founders of the Simon & Schuster publishing company, Richard Simon. Inspired by her part-time pianist father since she was a child, Carly Simon has gone very smoothly in the field of music.

   In the early 1980s, Carly also had several top 10 albums that were popular with white audiences.

   However, when people mention her now, what they think of is not her singing, but the endless rumors of drug abuse, alcohol abuse and so on.

   "Ah, hello, I seem to see your name at this year's Golden Globes, are you composing for a movie now?"

Ronald has heard the name Carly, and she recently made a comeback, writing an episode for director Michael Nichols' film "Heartfire" (starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep), Perform well on the leaderboards.

   "Yeah, we can also collaborate on your movies in the future." Carly Simon had a difficult comeback, but after a successful comeback, she was much more cheerful than before.

   "There must be a chance."

   Ronald fell into a state of speechlessness after chatting with them. Those celebrities were polite on the surface, but before they could say a word, they said goodbye and said there were other things to do.

After   , they'd sneak around Princess Lee Radziwill, chatting nicely with the powerbrokers from DC.

  Especially after JFK Jr. appeared at the party, they swarmed away.

   "Junior, let your aunt come to see you." Princess Lee Radziwill went up to greet her nephew Kennedy Jr., with Daryl Hannah beside him.

   "When are you taking the New York State bar exam? Don't say I didn't warn you, but it's hard."

   "You don't have to worry about it, our law firm will give all interns the opportunity to take the exam in their second year of employment."

   Little JFK and his aunt are not so harmonious, and they will ridicule each other when they are together.

   "Are you still sticking with that little mermaid?" Princess Lee Radziwill pouted at her nephew when she was empty. "My sister will never promise you to marry an actress."

   "It's none of your business, you're not fighting that movie director Herbert Ross too."

   "Ha, they all call me a princess, and you are a prince, how can this be the same."

   In the corner on the other side, Ronald could only chat with Helen, Cynthia Rhodes, and Richard Marks, and they also felt a strong integration into it.

   None of these were Jewish like Barbra Streisand, nor of the Irish ancestry of the Kennedys, and were marginal figures at Princess Lee Larzewell's party.

   Of course, if Lee Radziwill's boyfriend, the famous director Herbert Ross, came along, Ronald could have a word with him.

   "Ronald, the box office results seem to be good?"

   These people have no other people to talk to, Richard Marks took the initiative to mention the box office of "Dancing Hot".

"Yeah, great, unexpected. I got a small call this afternoon from a colleague in the distribution department. In Cynthia's home state of Tennessee, the box office was surprisingly strong. Even some of the seven studio distribution managers, called Asked if we bought the box office in favor of the southern states.

   This is far from their perception, and no one can understand why this film about freedom and liberation is so popular in the conservative Deep South. "

   "Then it's up to you and Cynthia to find out the reason. You're going to her hometown of Nashville the day after tomorrow."

   "Aren't you coming with us? I'll let the distribution department arrange it," Ronald said to Richard Marks.

   This singer with Indian hairstyle looks cool, but he is actually a good person.

   "No, Barbra Streisand wants to discuss the style of her new song with me, and I can't go away. Sorry, Cynthia."

   "My dear, it's nothing. Daydream colleague, take good care of me."

   "What about you, Helen, did you go to Tennessee and Alabama for the publicity?" Cynthia turned to ask Helen Slater.

   "I can't go, I still have to discuss the plot of the new movie with many people here."

"Oh, it's your own movie, that's a really troublesome thing. I did a hot dance, and the rehearsal dancing made me a little bit unbearable, dancing the same dance every day, six days a week, eight hours a day, it's too boring Yes. While it looks good on screen, I doubt it's worth it.

   Maybe I should try being a singer. "

  Cynthia Rhodes heard that Helen was working on a movie herself. She didn’t know whether she was envious or distressed. She said that she was afraid of all kinds of trivial work in filming.

   "Honey, you finally figured it out. You grew up in Nashville and you were born to sing. I called that band in New York and said you'd like to be the lead singer?"

   "Well, try it." Cynthia Rhodes replied.

   "Yeah, I know, you're definitely better as a singer than an actor." Richard Marks is very happy that if Cynthia Rhodes promises to develop in the music world, then he can have more time with her.

   "Hey, it's rude to say that. I'm still here, and I think Cynthia is talented as an actress."

  Ronald joked and added fuel to the side.

   "No, it's definitely more talented to be a singer."

   "It's a good actress, she can use her talent. Have you seen her performance in the hot dance? How talented? And being a movie star, the income is definitely not low."

   "The income of being a singer is also very high. Like Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand, their income as a singer is higher than that of an actor."

   Watching Ronald pretend to argue with Richard Marks, Helen Slater and Cynthia Rhodes, laughing happily beside him.

   "Oh, you're Ronald Lee."

  The host of the party, Princess Lee Radziwill, was attracted by natural laughter and came over to say hello to Ronald.

   "Yes, I hope you enjoy my movie."

   "I like it very much. I can tell that it was a Jewish film. Your technique is very clever, and the average audience may not realize it."

   "Oh, you are a connoisseur." Ronald didn't dare to underestimate Lee Radziwill, a high-class socialite must have something special.

"Haha, that's not difficult for me. My second husband, a Polish nobleman, knows the details of these Azkenal Jews best, but they trouble you, right?" Lee Radziwill At a glance, I can see that Ronald secretly teases the mentality of some Jews in the movie.

   "Your wisdom impresses me." Ronald admitted in disguise, and was blocked by the Jews.

   "They are always sensitive and eventful, and they always feel that someone is suppressing them, as if they are suffering from persecution paranoia."

   "Pfft..." Ronald laughed. But she stopped immediately, it was inconvenient for Helen, who was a Jew, to know.

   "Is that your female companion?" Lee Radziwill was very old, and at a glance he understood what was going on.

   "He's the daughter of the vice president of PBS, I've met her. Their family is actually pretty good. They belong to the Jewish liberals, and it's Christmas. If they're conservatives, then you'll have to suffer."

   "Is Director Ross also a liberal?" Ronald asked about Lee Larzewell's rumored boyfriend, Herbert Ross.

   "So was he, and he and his tragically deceased wife, Nora, the former ballerina, or I couldn't stand him either."

   "Aunt Li?" Little Kennedy was calling his aunt's name over there.

   "Ronald, it was a pleasure talking to you. My lovely nephew called me again, I'm afraid he wanted to meet someone."

   "Then I won't bother you." Ronald said tactfully.

   "You're an interesting person, and I think we'll meet again." Lee Radziwill smiled and patted Ronald before turning back to the direction of JFK Jr.

   "I'll introduce to you, this is the newly appointed New York City Hall Real Estate Development Agency... This is..."

   "Ha, Junior, no introduction needed."

   (end of this chapter)