Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 948 Introduce Ronald to a new girlfriend

   "How is your relationship with Ronald? Isn't he going to propose to you?" Helen Slater's mother, Alice, came to inquire about the news.

  "Why do you have such an idea?" Helen Slater felt very sudden, "We just feel good together, so...we have no idea of ​​getting married."

   "Your relationship is unstable, he invested so much money in your movie?" Alice was a little puzzled.

   "No, he treats talented people well. You can see the directors of the few films he invested in, which have nothing to do with him before. He is such a person. When he sees a good film, it is like contributing to its production.

  Besides, even if he proposed, I would not agree. "Helen Slater clarified to her mother that Ronald's investment in the film does not mean that he will propose marriage.

"Why?"

   "It's hard for me to live with him every day. I will quarrel every day when I look at him. I see him every once in a while until I can tolerate each other."

   "Oh... my poor daughter..." Alice found that Helen Slater may have been influenced too deeply by her own free thoughts.

  …

"He's not going to trade for Helen Slater. I checked with someone. He did donate money to build a small church on Staten Island. It's not very expensive." Michael Ovitz, visiting in New York Kirk Douglas on sabbatical. The most authoritative old man in Hollywood Jewish circles.

"Do we still have girls like Helen? Those who conform to Ronald's aesthetics, men will long for the warmth of a family when they reach an age. As long as they conform to his aesthetics, they have a gentle personality and a firm identification with Jewish traditions. We can all find a way to introduce Ronald to him."

"He has cooperated with many Jewish girls, such as Jennifer Gray, Jennifer Jason Lee, but he has a taste for women..." Ovitz has also done some research on Ronald's love history, all of which are models and movies The top beauties in the circle did not show any special interest in Jews.

   "Hey, it's a pity that the biggest problem with our ethnic group is that there are not many beautiful girls. Helen is already the top Jewish group in Hollywood."

   "I'm afraid he doesn't like ordinary girls. Jennifer Gray is already the most popular actress in our ethnic group. It's a pity that Debra Winger is married and has children..."

"Damn Tim (Timothy Hutton), not only ruined his own career, but also dragged Deborah. Try to make opportunities for Ronald, and all the beautiful girls in the industry, try to arrange him to meet... "

  "The current beautiful actors all have boyfriends, and they are also our important assets..."

"I don't care about that, Ovitz. Ronald, I've heard Michael say, is a rare genius, the kind of guy who knows what to do in this business. Those male actors are all self-destructive now, and all Beauty resources are all going to Ronald, just like we are going to Steven (Spielberg).

  By the way, Steven, how is the one you are looking for? Steven just likes beautiful women who look like foxes. "

   "I've got a couple of good candidates to audition for his new Dr. Indiana Jones movie."

   "Be more careful this time, and agree with the tradition of Judaism." The old Kirk Douglas combed his meticulous hair with his hands, and then nodded to Ovitz. This is an effective method for decades in which the Jews have been trying to monopolize the entertainment industry.

Give more opportunities when entering the industry, hold key positions in large companies, and win over young artistic talents, and then a virtuous circle will allow young people in the ethnic group to step into this industry from generation to generation. Advantage.

   "The old bastard..." Ovitz leaves Kirk Douglas' retreat. This former representative of the Jewish gangsters in Hollywood, who was able to withstand the pressure of McCarthy's blacklist and fish out good leftist screenwriters to work for him, is by no means comparable to a fake gangster like Frank Sinatra.

  Marriage is no longer recognized as a contract that must be obeyed by the public as it used to be. Hollywood stars, not to mention divorce, even if they cheated in marriage, they will not be cast aside by the audience like before. Everyone is used to celebrities being such emotional playboys.

   Only those who respect marriage themselves will be bound by this form. Judging from his communication with himself, Ronald is not a person who wants to get married so quickly.

   But love is hard to say, what if he fell in love with a Jewish girl at first sight? Becoming one of our own will be of great benefit to CAA's business. No harm in trying.

  For example, Spielberg, after marriage, his Jewish wife Amy Irwin doesn’t respect Jewish traditions very much, so now that the relationship between the two has a gap, everyone is trying to find him a girlfriend who respects traditions more.

  …

   "Ronald, what did I tell you?"

   Helen's father, Gerald Slater, the president of PBS, also saw Ronald again in the office.

   "This is a misunderstanding..." Ronald is no longer the fledgling screenwriter.

   "Misunderstanding? I thought you and Helen...I have already prepared all the money for the wedding." Seeing that Ronald was not overwhelmed by himself, Gerald sat down angrily. I'm too busy, why is Ronald not as intimidating as before?

   "I remember when you wanted to start a family? You and Helen have been very close since then, and I thought, can you tell me what is stopping you?"

   "It's really that I have seen too many marriage breakdowns in the past two years..." Ronald replied.

In the past few years, I have seen many marriages of Hollywood directors. Because of the busy filming, George Lucas is far away, and my good friend Cameron is close. The celebrity couple Madonna and Sean Penn even had a domestic violence scandal. .

  He still yearns for the warmth of his family in his heart, but in this Vanity Fair, he can't tell who can live with him for a long time. Instead of getting married and divorced and causing a lot of trouble, it's better to take it slowly. Anyway, it's good to be free now.

   "Hey..." Gerald threw a cigar to Ronald, and then took out the brandy. He had nothing to say on this point. He also divorced Helen's mother and started separate families.

   "I can't ask for more from you, or what I told you back then, don't make Helen sad."

   "I won't..." Ronald raised his glass and drank with him.

   "Is your PBS affected by the strike?" Ronald changed the subject.

"It's huge, our business has increased by more than 200 percent," Gerald said with a smile, "PBS is one of the few TV stations that have cooperative projects in Britain and Europe, we introduced BBC documentaries, and several political satires , 'Yes, Minister', and the sequel 'Yes, Prime Minister' both broke TV station records.

  …

   "The current TV programs are really boring. All the TV stations are showing animal documentaries." When he returned to Staten Island to watch his aunt, and by the way to see the progress of the garden, Ronald heard Aunt Karen complaining that there was no TV to watch.

"There are only reruns of old movies during the TV series, and you can even find out the ones I had when I was a child." Aunt Karen was very dissatisfied with the screenwriters' strike, depriving her of "Growing Pains" and "Family Bonds" that she liked to watch. Family dramas are her favorite, and there are no new movies to watch now.

  The remote control is tuned to ABC, and a very old TV series appears on the TV. Ronald felt that the first few edits were not bad. One person selected the photos of the team members one by one with his hands, and put them on the table when he picked them.

   That hand put away the photos of the selected members, and began to explain the details of the task. This is a 007-style spy TV series.

   Immediately afterwards, a match was struck, and a white line on the screen was shortened by the match, accompanied by nice music.

TV dramas in the 1960s and 1970s all have theme songs. The music is exciting from the beginning, as if some mysterious and dangerous action is about to be carried out. The jazz style, the theme is spread out layer by layer, all of which are 007-style gambling, shooting, unlocking, and masking The screen of the other elements was edited quickly, and finally stopped on the red title.

   "Mission Impossible (also called Mission Impossible.

   "The level of TV dramas at that time was not low..." Ronald watched the beginning with relish. In fact, except for the small TV screen at that time, which caused too many close-up shots, the plot and performance editing were very good.

   "I liked watching it very much at that time. Before Steve went to Vietnam, he often watched it with me." The aunt thought of her husband who died in Vietnam.

   "Oh, now I can watch it with you." Ronald hugged his aunt and watched an episode with her.

   "Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Ronald hummed the theme song of the bold and clever plan. This song is very magical, and it is unforgettable once you hear it.

   "Someone found me and invited me to make a small-budget film," Dirty Dancing's assistant, Emile Adolino, told Ronald the good news in Daydream's New York office.

   "Oh, congratulations. It's not easy to have a legal script these days. I'm so happy for you."

   "But they haven't figured out the distribution channels for the movie, and they came to me to see if Daydream has the ability to distribute it." Emile Adolino was still so reserved, and he would get nervous when he talked about his own affairs.

"This is a good thing. The strike of the screenwriters' union has left all distributors with no films to distribute. I think that any distributor you send to will evaluate your film with several times the enthusiasm they used to." Ronald chuckled. It's not like before, when publishers had to beg for old scripted projects with shooting licenses.

   "But I still want to find a daydream, and I feel very at ease here." Emile Adolino smiled shyly. This person is the quiet type and speaks softly.

   "Of course, it's my honor. You invite him over and I'll let Michelle look at the script and make an assessment of whether we can release it independently or find another company to syndicate it."

   "Okay, I'll let him come over." Emil Adorino's happy mustache seemed to be upturned.

   "What's the subject matter?" Ronald watched Emile Adolino, who was overjoyed, so he had to ask him the content of the movie.

"Look, I almost forgot. It's called LifeAfterLife. It's a romantic love affair. The man who just proposed to marry him died in a car accident. After reincarnation, he fell in love with the daughter of his original fiancée. Suddenly he remembered the memory of his previous life. ...It's a bit complicated anyway, but many female audiences like this kind of plot." Adolino briefly introduced the plot.

   "It's complicated enough..." Ronald touched his chin. This kind of movie actually requires acting skills, but if it is made as a low-budget movie, those female audiences who go to the video rental store should also be able to accept it.

  Anyway, if it is controlled below 3 million, it is worth trying. Adolino's directorial level has been verified in commercials and MVs, and it's time for him to try feature films. And now the script is very scarce, this is a very good project.

  The screenwriter who came with Adorino, Perry Howze (Perry Howze) also came under the name of Muronard. After chatting about the intention of creation, Ronald felt pretty good.

   This person is not a novice either. He has written several scripts and polished them carefully. The first movie to become film was the modern Cinderella (MysticPizza) that AngLee modified for him. Seems like a pro at writing romantic dramas.

  Called AngLee to confirm the level of the script.

  Ang Lee said that the structure of his script is very good in general. He has seen the finished film of modern Cinderella, and the filming is very smooth.

  However, the box office of the screenwriter's debut work "Mail Order Maid" was mediocre, and it also shattered the star dream of the female star Allie Sheedy of the Boy Gang. So whether it is suitable or not, Ronald has to evaluate it himself.

   "So it's a test of the actor's acting skills?" Ronald put down the phone to discuss with Michelle Cannold.

   "We are small productions, in fact, the requirements for acting skills are not so strict, and the audience will generally forgive the performance flaws in small productions."

   "I think so too. Anyway, Adolino's debut work can also be practiced. It is really impossible to rely on the video tape market. This kind of plot is very similar to old TV dramas. I watched some of them recently, and they are actually very popular among housewives."

   "Then we will confirm the investment?" Michelle Cannold asked Ronald if he gave the green light.

   "Look for other distributors to see if they can be released jointly, so we can save a little money. New films are scarce during this period, and films like ours with legal scripts will be very popular." Ronald mentioned.

   "Okay, I'm going to make a round of calls with the big seven and mid-sized Hollywood companies."

   "Do you trust Emil that much? You haven't worked with this screenwriter either?" General Manager Eddie closed the door to discuss with Ronald after Cannold left. In this way, we met, chatted, and then gave the green light. Isn't it too risky and a bit sloppy? The production departments of the Seventh National Congress need at least three or four rounds of evaluation before shooting, before making a final decision.

"We are a small company, and we don't have the conditions to do scientific evaluations. Besides, those evaluations don't really understand. When I went to the door by myself, I saw a lot of unprofessional people wasting good scripts." Rona De Xiaoxiao, the hardships he had suffered back then were of no use, so there was no need for newcomers to taste them again.

"As for Adolino, he has been with us for a long time. The series of advertisements for Vice Commander, the response is very good. I have enough time to determine his shooting ability, ability to coordinate people and resources, and work under pressure. Ability.

   Adolino gave very high marks on the answer sheet. I think the next step is to trust them and treat them as nicely as possible, so that they can take care of us in turn and make our business good. "

  (end of this chapter)