Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 629 It's just that it was already at that time

   "Well, this is more comfortable". After chatting with Aunt Karen, Ronald went back to the bedroom with the Bible she gave him, and he put the cloth book on the bookshelf. Then I picked up the first draft of the script for "Longwei Kid 2" and read it while lying on the bed.

  The story follows the end of the first part. Master Miyagi and Daniel came to the parking lot with the trophy, and prepared to go home with his girlfriend Ali and mother. Chris, the coach of the "Cobra" gym opposite, had a conflict with his apprentices.

  Chris believes that he lost to Daniel in the end because the apprentices did not follow their own teachings and did not use the attitude of "no prisoners", and beat Daniel's leg so that he could not continue the game. Several apprentices turned against him.

  Master Miyagi stepped forward to stop Chris who wanted to hit his apprentice, subdued him a few times, and then pretended to hit Chris on the nose. In the end, Master Miyagi, who insisted that karate is not for bullying others, just gave Chris a hard twist on the nose.

  Everyone laughed, Chris was even more ashamed than being beaten, and his character was destroyed all at once. Had to go away in despair.

  Ronald yawned. This was the unfilmed end of the first part and moved flexibly to the beginning of the second part. This move is very good, in line with Miyagi's oriental philosophy of defeating opponents, starting from defeating the opponent's heart.

  The increasingly sleepy Ronald, his eyes began to close involuntarily. Today was a busy day, and I had a long chat with my aunt and her new boyfriend in the evening.

   "Master Miyagi, look what Ali did to my car."

   A sound came, and Ronald felt that he had dreamed of the "Longwei Kid 2" again.

  Daniel's convertible car was damaged, he came to the master Miyagi's house to complain, his girlfriend Ali switched to the arms of the star quarterback of the football team, and also broke his car.

   "It has to be revised here, otherwise the turning point is too abrupt." Ronald had a more lucid dream this time. He saw that Elizabeth Su did not appear in the final film of "Longwei Kid 2".

   At this time, Miyagi received a letter from Ryukyu. His father was seriously ill, and his childhood lover, Yuuki, asked him to go back to see his father for the last time. Daniel bought a plane ticket for the prepared college tuition and went to Ryukyu with Master Miyagi.

   "Kumiko, where is Yuuki?" Miyagi-sensei returned to Ryukyu's house and asked a little beauty who opened the paper sliding door.

   "You must be Mr. Miyagi, Aunt Yuuki is taking care of your father."

  In the dim night scene, only the door has a yellow light. Against the background of the light, this Ryukyu beauty looks very beautiful. Daniel looked a little silly at her.

   "Well, this romantic encounter (MeetCutes) is really good." Ronald saw that the shooting of "Longwei Kid 2" was not difficult, and he still had time to comment.

  The romantic love line needs a romantic encounter that makes the audience feel that the hero and heroine are very well matched. Well done here, if only there was a little more shy eye contact between Kumiko and Daniel.

   Ronald thought, maybe the original director didn't have a deep understanding of Eastern thinking.

  Miyagi-sensei's father dies, and he reconnects with his old lover, Yuuki. Then, Miyagi, who put down his mind, took Daniel to introduce the situation in the village on Ryukyu Island. The two visited the ancestral hall of Miyagi Shinbo, the founder of Ryukyu Karate and the ancestor of Miyagi Master.

Miyagi decided to teach Daniel more profound karate skills. The two came to the ancient wharf of the fishing village and untied the anchor. Miyagi stood on the place where the anchor must pass, and turned around by himself, letting the giant pass. Anchor.

   Miyagi also took out a rattle to teach Daniel this advanced technique. Instead of stepping forward and retreating to avoid the opponent, he only used the rotation of the waist, which could counterattack while avoiding the opponent's attack.

   "It seems that this is the final trick of the second part." Ronald thought to himself, how should this technique be shown in the shooting?

   Then Daniel and the little beauty Kumiko became friends, and the two went shopping together.

  Kumiko was asked about her dream by Daniel, and she took Daniel to an electrical store.

   "This is your dream, to sell TVs?" Daniel asked the new little beauty, not knowing why.

   "No, I'll show it to you."

  Kumiko said a word in Japanese to the salesperson in the window. It seems that she comes here often and is familiar with the salesperson.

  The salesperson put a cassette into the VCR.

   "This...this is my dream, I want to be a dancer", Kumiko pointed to the TV screen

   A ballerina jumped out on the screen, dancing solo in the dim light.

   "Oh...it's you."

  Ronald felt a warm current in his heart, his whole body felt very warm, but his nose was a little sour.

On the TV, the movie "Fame", which he participated in shooting in New York in 1979, happened to be placed on Hilary, played by Antonia Francesky, in the dance classroom. Dancing shots.

   Under the dim light, the dance classroom was filled with smoke formed by incense. Ronald seemed to be going back to that shoot six years ago, picking up ice cubes and stuffing them in a bag, wrapping the back of his neck for Antonia when the shoot was done.

  Antonia's skin is very white, and the tiny blond hair around her neck is all seen by Ronald, and she looks very cute.

   "Ronnie, should we continue our careers separately, or get married and live together?" Antonia turned her head and asked Ronald how to choose.

   "I...I want to be with you. Have a few children, I go to work every day, and you go to the laundry to get me clothes."

   "But you still want to be a film director, and I want to be the principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, so let's separate."

  Antonia pushed him away, and went to the carpet in the middle of the dance room, and then danced a ballet solo, an Arabesque, spreading its wings in the wind, like a swan.

"Antonia!...Listen to me, I'm not a director anymore, I can do the leg warmer business, and I can make more than two hundred thousand dollars a year. I can also sell it to Jane Fonda, we don't worry about money and Career, you can continue to be a ballet dancer, and I'll be a businessman in Manhattan, a donor to your ballet company."

   "Antonia...Antonia..." Ronald saw Antonia continuing to go away, and hurried to keep up, "Ah..."

   "Ronald, Ronnie, what's wrong with you?"

   Aunt Karen and her boyfriend Eric, both in their pajamas, came in to check on the screaming Ronald.

   I saw my nephew lying on the ground, rubbing his head desperately. It appears that Ronald fell from the bed and hit his head on the corner of the script that had fallen to the ground.

   "Ronnie" Aunt Karen rubbed his head distressedly, "Are you all right?"

   "I'm fine, I'm fine, it looks like I'm going to change to a big bed." Ronald still hurt a little this time, and his tears came out.

   "Hey," my aunt sighed, pretending she didn't hear Ronald calling Antonia. What this nephew wants is not a big bed, but a girlfriend. If only Antonia was still in charge of this stinky boy.

"It's still the best Antonia... Well, Helen is actually a little more beautiful, and the family background is good... Donna's good friend Diane is actually good, and she knows the bottom line." Aunt remembered Ronald's previous girlfriends, in fact, they were all good , It's all to blame for this **** director and actor profession, there will always be problems if you live in two places for a long time.

  If Ronald could find an ordinary girl to marry sooner, maybe he would have children now.

   "Go to sleep." Aunt suddenly felt that Ronald in her arms was a little annoying and pulled Eric away.

   "Hey", Ronald had to rub his head and then went to sleep.

   The interrupted dream was not picked up. The next morning, Ronald got up and ran as usual.

   "Ronnie, your phone."

Aunt    prepared breakfast at home and handed the telephone receiver to Ronald who had just returned.

   "Hello? I'm Ronald."

   Ronald took the receiver to the table and ate the baguette made by his aunt's new boyfriend, served with freshly fried bacon, a vegetable and fruit salad, and a portion of milk.

  He was a chef, and he cooked a simple breakfast deliciously.

   "Ronnie, it's me, Helen."

   Helen Slater was on the phone.

  Jerry Zucker kept his promise and sent Helen Slater an audition invitation. And it was specifically stated on the phone that it was producer Ronald who insisted that she play the role of the female kidnapper.

   "Thank you, thank you, Ronald. Didn't expect you to recommend me, I..."

  Helen Slater has been in the industry for a long time, and she has begun to gradually understand the value of opportunities. Especially second chances for losers.

   His own Supergirl box office failed miserably, and he also caused the Superman series to be cut in half by the producer.

  My second movie "The Legend of Billy King" will be released next month, and the results of the test screening are not very good. Gerald has no additional contacts, so he can give her a third chance.

  Helen, who was about to go back to New York to look for a TV drama opportunity, suddenly received an audition invitation from Jerry Zucker. The two consecutive starring films have not been very good at the box office. She now has the opportunity to perform in the comedy directed by the Zack trio, which is countless times more fortunate than all Hollywood actresses of the same age.

   "Don't thank me, this is what you deserve... No, it's the role that suits you." Ronald almost missed.

"No, you don't owe me anything, I will remember your help this time, Ronald." Helen didn't know how to express her gratitude for a while, "Give me a chance, when we meet, I will thank you very well ."

   After Helen finished speaking, she hung up the phone quickly, she felt as if she was making a deal for the role. "No, it doesn't count with Ronald. We used to have a good relationship. He still thought of me and created opportunities for me."

   "This silly girl, I forgot to mention when and where." Ronald hung up the phone and took a bite of the baguette. The newly baked baguette was very crunchy, and it was really good for breakfast.

   "Bell bell bell..."

   Ronald picked up the phone, and Helen finally remembered.

   "Have you figured out when to thank me?"

"Ah, Ronald, thank you. When you are free, I will fly to Los Angeles to find you. My agent said that this opportunity is very important. Although it is only a cameo role, it will make the audience not forget my role. All right."

"Ah, Elizabeth." Ronald took a mouthful of milk. "Cough, it doesn't matter, we have known each other for a long time. This time it is also for the sake of the plot. Maybe you will be the protagonist in the third film." It turned out to be Confirm the cameo of "Longwei Kid 2" Elizabeth Shue.

   "Thank you, thank you!" Elizabeth Su thanked very happily over the phone. This time she got Ronald's new phone number because she received an invitation from Weintraub.

  Su will graduate from Harvard next year. The closer to graduation, the more she feels that her career as an actress is precious. The career of an actress is not as long as that of an actor, and now is the most critical time.

  Su saw the busy scene of the last class of graduates starting the school job fair, all wearing suits and leather shoes, holding resumes and going around for interviews, only to realize that she made a mistake in her choice. It would be nice to continue to pursue new role invitations while "Longwei Kid" became famous.

  Actresses can not only get high salaries that are unattainable in ordinary occupations, but also have many opportunities to meet high-level people in various industries.

Producer Weintraub was very unhappy that he didn't do a roadshow with the crew when "Longwei Kid" was released last time. If Ronald didn't support him this time, he wouldn't even get the chance to make a cameo. .

   "I'm not kidding, are you all in Los Angeles? When the press conference was launched, I flew over to find you, and I will thank you face to face."

Elizabeth Su hung up the phone and pondered, "If only I had this vision at the time, if I had the support of a boyfriend like Ronald, a Harvard graduate, a billion-dollar box office heroine, are all unimportant titles. .

   Just one word from Ronald can change the producer's opinion, but he really feels what is the power of Hollywood.

   "Thank you, Eric. I have to say, your cooking skills are the best I've ever encountered."

   Seeing Aunt Karen looking at him, her face is not a face, and her nose is not a nose, how could Ronald still not know that his ambiguous phone calls with several actresses made her unhappy. I had no choice but to move forward in a roundabout way and patted my aunt's new boyfriend's ass.

   "Eric is self-taught. After he retired from Ma Run, he went to a restaurant and started as the lowest cook."

   Sure enough, my aunt's attention was diverted.

   "Your craftsmanship can be established in New York and Los Angeles." Ronald really thinks Eric's level is good.

   "I just want to travel around the country with Karen right now." Eric laughed silly and kept looking at Aunt Karen.

   "I'll go first, and let Little Bud accompany you to where you want to go."

   Ronald quickly left while his aunt was immersed in love.

   Now he is a powerful young director with a certain influence. Some things are really not like the past. How many of these actresses in disguise to please themselves are sincere?

   Ronald himself didn't know how to tell the difference, maybe he couldn't tell the difference. He's a successful film director, and that's part of his charisma as well as giving him an edge. Identity and original quality are sometimes inseparable.

   If you were a little more impulsive when you were young, you might have already married an ex-girlfriend. At that time, the love I was very sure came from my heart.

   But who can say? Maybe by now, divorce may also be possible. There are too many things going on and on in the entertainment industry.

   Ronald drove his beloved Ferrari and opened the door. When the sun came down, he took out his sunglasses and put them on. It was a new day.

   (end of this chapter)