Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 631 I say something, you repeat it

   "Why?" Ronald complained inexplicably to his agents, Nisita and Richard.

"I didn't mess with him, he messed with me over and over by himself. At best I was on the set of 'Out of the World' and beat him at ping pong. He always wanted to be the head of the young man, but he really Not that piece.

   Even without me, he would never have competed with actors like Tom Cruise and Sean Penn. These actors have star quality, and they are the center of the crowd wherever they go. Can Emilio do it? He doesn't have this ability. "

   "Is the news reliable?" Nisita frowned. This eldest son of Martin Sheen wanted to drag his biggest customer into the water. What information did he have to explode?

   "Very reliable, I can't tell you the specific informer, but her information is first-hand."

  Nisita nodded, Ronald used her, the hint was already obvious.

"I went to the PR agency to inquire about the news, then made a plan, and then contacted his father, Martin Sheen, through Coppola. You know, Latinos are usually big families, and fathers discipline their children. Be more accountable. If Martin would discipline his son, it would be resolved before the revelations."

"However, I have a question for you. You have always been the best kind of customer, and there is no negative news, so I will only ask once." Nisita approached and looked Ronald in the eye, "If, That is, if Emilio is still going to reveal your privacy, is there anything you can't say to the American public?"

   "Uh... no." Ronald thought for a few seconds. In addition to the secret of his life experience, it seemed that he only had contacts with the popular idol Brooke Xiaosi, which would make the public a little disgusted.

"Very good", Nisita didn't believe Ronald's words very much, he still made up his mind and asked public relations expert Eva to make a plan just in case, "Martin Sheen and Coppola have been friends for many years, I will Give Coppola a call and let him have a message to talk first."

   "That's it?" Ronald felt that the agent was very calm, and he shouldn't have to make a big deal with an actor like Emilio, and he should take care of it within Hollywood.

"That's it, Emilio is just a stupid kid, he won't act so fast." Nisita closed the notebook, "Richard will send you to Messner's acting training class, I will take care of it. ."

   "Messner is one of the top three acting coaches in America. Like Stella Adler, he is a young man who learned experience-style techniques when the Russian dramatist Stanislavsky visited the United States.

Later, after Stella Adler challenged Lee Strasburg's emotional memory method, the manager of the actor's studio, Meissner also left the actor's studio and opened his own 'Neighborhood Theater Acting School', Teaching performance techniques. "

  Richard began to popularize the resume of the CAA who found him an acting coach to Ronald.

"Unlike Stella Adler, who has nothing to teach, Messner's fees are not cheap. It turns out that his training classes are all held on the Caribbean island of the Bahamas, and this year he also started new classes in North Hollywood. Serving people like you who have money but don't have the time to go overseas."

   "Someone like me?" Ronald thought Richard was funny.

"Yes, many of Stella Adler's students are talented young theater actors who have no money. And many of Messner's students are already successful in other industries and want to change careers or learn acting skills. people."

  Richard parked in North Hollywood.

   "Who are those people?"

   "There are models who want to become actors, and there are directors like you, or screenwriters. You know, many people come to learn acting, not to perform in theaters, but to better understand actors."

  Richard led Ronald through a red door in the middle of a black wall, where Messner's acting school was located.

"Like famous Hollywood directors like 'My Fair Lady,' and Sidney Pollack in 'Seventy-two Hours of the Condor.' Or Sidney, who directed '12 Angry Men', and 'Hot Afternoon' Nee Lumet, all of Messner's students."

   "Well..." Ronald was very satisfied when he heard the names of the two great directors. Since they both studied under Messner, it seems that the master is something of a real thing.

"And Arthur Miller, the playwright who wrote 'Death of a Salesman', and David Mamey, who wrote 'The Tycoon Game', are also his students. There are more famous actors, such as Grace Kelly, Gregory Peck, and Robert Duvall. Tom also came to study."

   "Mr. Messner, this is my client, Director Ronald Lee."

   "Hello, Mr. Messner, I have long admired my name. Thank you for accepting my application. Due to time constraints, I may not be able to come to class on time every week."

Messner is already an old man, wearing tortoiseshell glasses and leaning on crutches, "I don't care why you came to the training class, I will teach you what an actor requires, and you get here, too. Not a director or a screenwriter, now you are an actor like all students.

  Acting is not a mind game, but a skill that requires constant practice. Can you complete classroom exercises as seriously as an actor? "

   "Of course, Mr. Messner." Ronald had a good impression of this old man. He was serious and responsible at such an old age. If he just learned about acting skills instead of learning like an actor, it would have an impact on other students. "

   "Very good," Meissner smiled. "You're welcome, Ronald, my daughter loves your 'breakdance,' even though there's nothing to praise there."

  Messner had surgery on his throat, and now he speaks in a low, hoarse voice. Listen carefully to understand what he is saying.

   "Yes, that's exactly what I'm here for." Ronald was engrossed, he came to study.

   "Come on, we are about to introduce ourselves to the new class." Messner put his arms around Ronald warmly and entered a classroom with a stage.

   "Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce our trainee, you may already know him, Ronald Lee."

  Messner's daughter, also his classroom assistant, came over to help introduce Ronald, the new student.

  Messner sat down and put on a microphone so his voice could be heard better.

   Everyone applauded and welcomed. Some beauties were very excited. I didn’t expect a famous Hollywood director to be a classmate.

   Ronald and his classmates got to know each other, and he found that there was a familiar actress in the class.

   "Hi, Michelle." Ronald recognized Michelle Pfeiffer, and he went up to hug her.

   "What a coincidence, I didn't expect you to attend this Meisner's first acting training class in Hollywood."

   Pfeiffer is still the same, thin and full of energy.

   "Okay...Since it's all here, I can't waste your tuition fees. Now let's start the first exercise."

  Messner's voice came through the loudspeaker.

   Ronald didn't have time to catch up with Pfeiffer, and the two sat together and listened to Messner's lecture.

   "We're going to do an exercise now, I say one sentence, you repeat one sentence."

"We need two actors to perform, and the others below to watch. Are there any volunteers?" Messner looked at Ronald and Michelle Pfeiffer. "Come on, I just need a man and a woman, You've known each other before, that's right."

   Ronald and Pfeiffer walked on stage side by side, standing face to face.

   "Now Michelle, you can say a word to Ronald, anything will do. Then Ronald you repeat it."

  Michelle Pfeiffer pushed her blond hair behind her ear, she thought about it, and then said, "You are handsome."

   Ronald thought to himself, I know this game, and said to Pfeiffer with a smile, "You are handsome."

"No, no, no, Ronald, when you repeat, change your title. Pfeiffer praised you for being handsome, so repeat what she said, watch it carefully, and repeat it. She Said Ronald was handsome, so you should answer?"

   "I'm handsome?" Ronald secretly said, it's really not that simple.

   "What do you say, Michelle?"

   "You are handsome?" Michelle Pfeiffer had heard of Meissner's unique teaching technique before, and it was also used by Hollywood as the method of Meissner's technique.

   She caught the uncertain tone of Ronald's words, so she repeated it in a questioning tone.

   "Then it's you, Ronald." Messner guided below.

   "I'm very handsome..." Ronald could also be savvy. He could hear a hint of nostalgia in his old lover's tone, so he also said something with fond memories of the past.

"you are handsome!"

   "I'm handsome!"

   The repetition of the two of them was heard by all the students, and the tone of the two became sweeter and sweeter. Messner grinned from below and laughed silently, which was a good choice for the students...

  …

   "Mr. Laurentiis, I would love to work with you, but Mr. Stephen King is a successful novelist, he is not a successful director."

  Emilio Estevez chats with indie producer Dino de Laurentiis.

   "Call me Dino. Everyone has a first time, right? And with your current situation, isn't my chance very good?"

   "My situation? My situation will soon improve." Emilio was agitated by Dino de Laurentiis, and the idea of ​​his brother's provocation began to fill his mind.

   "Oh? As far as I know, your schedule is not full." Dino de Laurentiis looks like a typical Neapolitan, and what he is best at is taking advantage of danger.

   "You see, within a week, the media won't be chasing me anymore. Hollywood has more morally corrupt people than me. They'll go after the real playboy."

   "Who are you talking about?" Dino de Laurentiis looked at Emilio with admiration. This kind of revenge character is very similar to the Neapolitans.

"Hmph, you'll soon know that he's not an actor, he's a young director. Let me give you a hint. He's about the same age as me. Recently, he was lucky and made two low-budget movies with a box office of over 100 million." Emily Ao proudly showed off his plan.

   This Neapolitan is not stingy about the projects he likes. Although he really doesn't want to play Stephen King's play, Dino may be a potential investor in the script he wrote and directed.

   "Well, you have the right to keep a secret until you make a big move." Dino de Laurentiis shrugged, already guessing it was against Ronald. But I don't seem to have heard of Ronald's scandal?

   "However, please think about it carefully. We have more opportunities for cooperation."

  Dino started to laugh badly. To deal with such stupid people, you have to make them feel like they are taking advantage of them all the time. And to deal with the newly emerging director Ronald in Hollywood, we have to use another way to deal with smart people, and everyone will share their interests.

  Unfortunately, I still underestimated the speed of Ronald's rise at that time. The "Year of the Dragon" may be better than Michael Cimino in his hands.

   At least you won't be billing yourself so much for a "relaxation massage".

   "Where's Emilio?"

   "He's in there, discussing with Mr. Dino de Laurentiis."

   Laurentis' assistant, outside the office door, was surprised to see Emilio's father and a middle-aged woman, and ran over angrily.

   "Take me to meet this little bastard."

  "I'll take you in", the assistant was frightened by Martin Sheen's anger, he pressed the call button, "Mr. Laurentiis, Mr. Martin Sheen wants to see you, he seems to be very angry with Emilio."

"boom!"

  The door of the office was pushed open by Martin Sheen.

   He walked quickly to the eldest son and lifted him up from his seat.

   (end of this chapter)