Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 928 The ending of multiple satisfactions with two reversals

   "This is the boat of the Hudson River Yacht Charter Company. We asked the captain to drive it out. We can chat slowly without being disturbed at sea."

  In order to avoid the shadowy supervision of the Screenwriters Union, Ronald found a medium-sized yacht, brought some food on board, and drove out of the World Trade Center pier first.

After throwing the supervising screenwriter on the pier, he turned the boat to the Brookfield Plaza pier, picked up Cameron Crowe who was waiting there, and the boat passed the small island where the Statue of Liberty was located. hang out.

"Why is the screenwriters union starting to intensify the strike again now? I was in my apartment on Fifth Avenue and saw that the gate of the NBC building was blocked by screenwriters again." Cameron Crowe picked up Ronald's The takeaway of the famous Swedish restaurant Aquavit, which is full of unattractive but delicious food.

   "A few days ago, the Producers Union invited the official mediator of the federal government to participate in the negotiations. The lawyers and clowns in charge of the negotiations of the Screenwriters Union started their performances again, trying to increase the pressure on us on TV."

  Ronald shook his head. The negotiations between the two parties have been deadlocked for several weeks. According to federal law, the threshold for any party to apply for a federal special mediator has been reached. With an official mediator, both employers and employees must sit down and negotiate under his auspices, and they are not allowed to leave without reason.

Ronald took out rye bread from the box, salad made of tuna and salmon, hash browns, ham, and candied butter, set the table, opened two bottles of light beer, and his old friend Ke Luo eats.

   "Now the three major TV stations have run out of TV drama scripts, and all evening TV dramas have been changed to reruns..." Crowe also felt a bit outrageous. He was about to return to Hollywood, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

  “The film industry is also in a bad situation. The modification and creation of scripts are prohibited. I think if this continues, there will be a large number of imported films next year.”

   After eating and making a brunch, the two began to discuss the ending of the movie.

"Billy Wilder-style multiple **** must have a false ending, making the audience mistakenly think that this is the expected end, and then turn it over again, there is a warm ending, just when they think the movie should end here When the time comes, the real ending will be revealed again, so that the audience can get multiple satisfactions.”

   Cameron Crowe drew a wavy line on the cladding board, combined with several of Billy Wilder's most famous movies, and told Ronald the way he came up with.

"You mean, in the original ending, Tess proved that she was the original author of the proposal to acquire the radio station, defeated Catherine, repaid her innocence, and was hired by Mr. Start-up job in the company as a false ending?" Ronald asked, taking a bite of hash browns.

   "Yes, this is the natural ending of the storyline. The audience will not be on guard. When they watch it, they don't know that this is a false ending." Crowe said the key to the false ending, which is to let the audience invest. If they see that this isn't the real ending, they'll be much less invested and the false ending will be useless.

  This is why everyone can see Billy Wilder's tricks on the screen, but few can imitate them.

"Tess, this false ending is the ending of the workplace story, but Tess also has an emotional story, whether she and Jack Trainor can become a couple, we have to make Tess and Jack fall in love as a false aftertaste after the false ending .”

Ronald felt that what Cameron Crowe said made sense. In this script, Tess actually had two main story lines, one was the career line, which was closed in the fake ending, and the other was the love line, which was written with a fake aftertaste. The key is how to make the audience feel satisfied.

   "What do you think women of Tess' class are most afraid of?" Ronald asked Crowe after taking a sip of his light beer.

"I think it's because I'm afraid of running into an unreliable man." Crowe touched a beer with him, "So we're here to reassure the audience that Jack is the most suitable partner for Tess, and they really love each other of."

   "Married women, what is the most romantic thing in their minds?" Ronald asked the married Cameron Crowe. That being the case, then this plot cannot end with Tess and Jack kissing according to the original arrangement, but needs a kind of romance that makes female audiences with stable emotions feel real romance.

   "Probably I prepared her breakfast and helped her pack the clothes and snacks she needed for the tour..." Cameron Crowe's wife is a rock singer, and he had a sweet face when he said it.

"Tess went to work in the new company on the first day. We asked Jack to prepare everything for her..." Ronald looked at Crowe. Marrying him, this kind of small romantic tenderness must be very important in the eyes of women who need stability.

  …

  Cameron Crowe quickly wrote the revised version of the ending. Ronald and him watched the scenery on the deck for a rest, and then went back to continue the revision.

   "We have tried a lot of methods for the final true ending, but I always feel that it is still not enough impact. What kind of plot do you think after Tess goes to work can make the audience feel unfinished and meaningful?"

  The so-called Billy Wilder-style ending has this kind of charm. It is not long, but it allows the audience to completely release the emotions accumulated in the false ending and aftertaste through the true ending.

  Watching the end of Billy Wilder's play, there is always an idea of ​​wanting to watch the sequel immediately.

   "What do you think is the most uncomfortable and wronged episode for a woman who is a secretary after watching the previous episode?" Crowe asked Ronald his thoughts in turn.

"Hmph... You're asking the right person. I found a former Wall Street secretary, Theresa, to teach Melanie Griffiths how to behave as a secretary. Instead of guessing here, why don't we find She came over and asked her if she was okay."

  The yacht sailed to Chelsea Pier, where there are sailing and water skiing for tourists and enthusiasts. Theresa played with her son here, and Ronald found Theresa through her husband.

   When the yacht arrived, Trisha's family was already waiting at the pier.

  Teresa's son was very cute, and he was not afraid at all when he got on the boat. He ran back and forth, and soon got his hair wet.

   "What a healthy boy!" Ronald grabbed him, touched the back of his head, and quickly calmed down.

   "Thank you, Ronald, I like boats very much. David and I are considering letting him take sailing as a hobby." Trisha Kate is now living a happy life, and she no longer sees the distress of the secretary on her face. "I think he likes you very much. You must be a good father when you have children."

"I'm here to catch up with you, and I want to hear your opinion on one more thing," Ronald explained his purpose of coming to her, "Think about it, which plots of Tess make you most aggrieved? "

   "Ha... don't think about it, Tess is the epitome of us secretaries. What we hate the most is that managers don't treat us as equals.

  They always feel that our secretary is ignorant, inferior, and everything is graded. The secretary can only call them Mr. and Ms., but they can call us by our first name.

   As for asking us to do chores that are not part of the job, like making coffee, picking up the kids, and queuing for popular items for them, it seems like a given. "

   Ronald's eyes lit up, and it was an "open" moment for him.

Tess, who was originally a "working girl", is a typical working woman who strives for herself. If she relied on her unremitting efforts and the adventurous spirit of seizing the opportunity, she was favored by God once, promoted to the position of manager, and then immediately faded into What's the point of this story without someone like Catherine?

   What the audience wants to see is not only Tess replacing Catherine, successfully ascending to the managerial class. It also depends on her traditional American hardworking, adventurous, and kind-hearted character, which is better than that selfish, annoying workplace character.

  …

  The filming has entered the last week, and Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford have completed their roles successively.

Tess was fired by Catherine, and Xin told all the secretaries in the office about the injustice Tess had encountered. Together, they donated some money to Tess, allowing her to eat something good to adjust her mood and tide over the difficulties before finding a job .

   Tess is going to change cities and continue her life. Find a new place, learn your lesson, don't take everything too seriously, and with a little sense of humor, Tess is convinced she's on the right track and doesn't need a man to save her.

Holding a cardboard box, packed her belongings, and finally put the plush rabbit in, Tess got off the elevator. Together with Rainer, they just walked into the gate of the World Trade Center, and they wanted to complete the finishing work of the entire acquisition transaction.

  Tess was hit by someone, and things were scattered all over the floor. Jack came over to help him tidy up, and blamed Tess for not answering the phone. He wanted to find her to find out the whole thing.

   Tess talked about her difficulties. A secretary was discriminated against everywhere. If she came to Jack to discuss the merger plan as a secretary, she would not be treated seriously.

  At this time, Catherine came over to laugh at Tess again, and insinuated that she stole other people's things again in her cardboard box.

   Tess, who was very angry, made a final struggle for the counterattack, for herself, and for the merger and acquisition case.

  After Tusk got into the elevator, she mentioned a key flaw in the merger and acquisition case. If it is not handled properly, the merger and acquisition case will not achieve the expected results.

  Tesker has no prejudice against Tess, ignores Catherine's nonsense, jumps out of the elevator, and Jack, who is on Tess' side, goes to another movie and carefully asks where the flaws are.

   It turned out that Metro Broadcasting mainly relied on a funny host, and he got married recently. If the contract is not handled properly, Metro Broadcasting will definitely not pay more than 60 million US dollars.

  Mr. Teske, who believed what Tess said, also asked what was going on between her and Catherine. He didn't believe that Tess, who knew more about the merger than Catherine, was a plagiarist.

  With the encouragement of Jack, Tess finally took out the newspaper clipping with the photo of Olympia Dukakis that she had collected, and told Mr. Tusk about her inspiration for acquiring radio rather than television networks.

  It turns out that the above personal page contains the engagement announcement of Tesk's daughter and reports on her charity activities. On the top of the entertainment section is the report by the funny radio host.

"I was thinking, Tusk, radio, radio, Tusk, the inspiration came, and if they were together, it would be a good M&A deal. Then I found Jack, and Jack found Metro Radio, and then we found you."

  After getting out of the elevator, Tesk found Catherine and asked him to talk about the inspiration for the M&A transaction. Not many people would think of asking Tesk to acquire a radio station instead of a TV station.

  Catherine hesitated and couldn't speak, and asked Jack for help but was refused. Everyone saw that she was the one who plagiarized the idea, and was fired by Tusk on the spot, and Tess was asked to consider whether she could accept a junior position and work for herself.

  The filming of the two main actors was packed, and Ronald asked them to go to the "Lutes" French restaurant, which is the most acclaimed Chinese hair restaurant on the Upper East Side. Everyone enjoyed an expensive dinner of US$200 per person, and Harrison Ford expressed his gratitude to Ronald for cooperating with the filming process. Compared with going to high-end restaurants every now and then, he was very satisfied.

   "I'm looking forward to the finale," Melanie Griffiths had one last scene, she came out and said to Ronald. Melanie was breaking up with the Wall Street banker. She tried her best to control herself and stop indulging in alcohol and drugs.

   "This is the script, you prepare it."

  Melanie Griffiths took two pages of the script, read it quickly, and then opened her mouth in surprise.

  …

   "This is Amy Aquino, she came to play your opponent in the last scene." Ronald introduced to Griffiths the actor who played her opponent in the final true ending scene.

   "Hello, Melanie", Amy Aquino is a Broadway theater actress who was improvised to play Tess's new colleague.

   After everyone has been filming for several weeks and everyone has achieved a rare tacit understanding, it is very difficult for any actor to be recruited to play the last scene. So Ronald turned to a veteran of the theater stage.

   "I brought some salads from Lutes Restaurant, we can eat together during the break." Melanie Griffiths has a very good attitude towards the rival actors.

   "Thank you, I have never made a movie, this is the first time for me." Amy Aquino looks average, with long curly black hair, she looks quite confident.

   "Get ready, we'll start in half an hour," Ronald sent someone to tell them to get ready.

   "Action!"

   Tess came in from the outside, and the receptionist at the door told her that, as before, her location was at the innermost corner.

  Amy Aquino was sitting on a chair in the office, with her feet on the window sill, and her back to the camera, talking on the phone, "You know, those terrorists don't look like people, they're like half-human creatures..."

   "Cut!"

   Ronald called a stop to the shoot, and Amy Aquino stood up, looking very nervous, she knew she screwed up her first take.

"Your show was great. Now here's something you should know though: We have a mic, a small mic that goes over your head, so you don't have to worry about us hearing you. Talk like you're on the phone .”

  Aquino looked puzzled, she had no film acting experience, and one of her microphones was at the camera outside the door, so she spoke very loudly, fearing that she might not be heard.

   "You know what? You don't have to worry about it. Here's a guy with a microphone on a boom, and you're just like in real life, you just make a phone call, aren't we making movies better than theater?"

  The employees who were adjusting the recording rods also smiled. Ronald treated these young actors very gently, so that Aquino quickly understood how he should perform.

   "Action!"

   Tess saw a woman on the phone inside, she found the secretary outside the door to make a call, and she already had experience working for women.

  Alice, played by Aquino, noticed the movement, came out to greet Tess, and said, "I was just calling inside, and I didn't hear you coming in."

   "It's fine." Tess felt that the new boss was not bad.

   "Coffee?" Alice said to Tess.

   "Tell me where to get it", Tess immediately took over, it seems that the new job still cannot escape making coffee for people.

   "I'll fix it, what do you want?" Aquino's Alice seems to be very talkative.

   "Eh... add sugar, add milk, please... thank you." Tess felt that the new boss Alice had at least made a gesture, which was much better than Catherine. She put down her coat, took the stuffed bunny out of her bag, and sat down to organize her desk.

Aquino took the coffee with sugar and milk, walked back and saw Tess sitting in the secretary's seat outside the office, she asked incomprehensibly, "Miss McGill, that's where you are" talking to her Point to the inner room of the separate office with your hand, "inside".

   "I don't think..." Tess looked confused.

   "Yes, your office is inside, here is my seat."

   "Here is the secretary's seat...the secretary is sitting outside the office" Tess replied.

   "Yes, I am the secretary... If I can, I would prefer to be called an assistant." Aquino said to Tess, after she got used to the filming, she performed very well.

  The two walked into the office, followed by the camera and recording pole.

  Assistant Alice told Tess about her schedule for today, then pointed to the computer in the corner and said, "Your schedule is all in the computer, you can see it by pressing Shift and S keys."

"When I first came here, I saw you knocking your feet on the phone inside. I thought this was your office." Tess felt that today was an adventure. a big deviation.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss McGill, it won't happen again in the future." Alice, played by Aquino, is obviously a more experienced secretary. She thought Tess would use this to give her a blow and set the rules .

   "Maybe now is a good time to tell me what you expect from me." Alice took the initiative to ask Tess to talk about her own rules.

"It's okay." Tess didn't mind her borrowing her phone. She remembered the rules Catherine set up for her when she saw her for the first time. Prepare.

   Now she's a manager, facing her own secretary...

"Well, cough..." Melanie Griffiths lipped and cleared her throat, her first time as a leader, "I expect you to call me Tess, and I don't expect you to make me coffee unless you I also want to have a drink, um, for the rest, let's work together as we go...OK?"

   "OK", Alice has been working as a secretary longer than Tess, and this is the first time she has encountered a boss who treats her with equal eyes. In terms of work, the two are in a supportive position, but in terms of personality, the two are truly equal.

  She showed a sincere smile for the first time, and Alice could tell that Tess was not pretending to be equal, but was expressing equality with actions in terms of address and coffee.

   "I'm right outside, if you need anything, just call me..." She closed the door and went out.

  Melanie Griffith saw that the secretary had left, leaving her alone in the office. She picked up the phone and called her good sister...

   "Sin, guess where I am now? Haha..."

   "Cut!"

   Ronald was particularly satisfied with Melanie's smile of achieving her goal after she answered the phone.

   After calling a stop, it also said that all the shots of the film crew have been completed.

   "Thank you, thank you all. The party is in the evening, I found the best club..."

  …

  Everyone applauds and cheers for the filming of "Working Girl"...

  Ronald found Melanie Griffith alone, "You go to the trailer and wait for me, and ask your manager to go too, I have something to tell you."

  (end of this chapter)