Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Nora Ephron happened to have strong ideas about being a director.After her "When Harry Met Sally", another screenwriter's film "Cookie" was also put into filming.Watching this female director Susan Seidelman's guidance to the actors on the set compared with Ronald, it is almost like a directing student who has not graduated.

This gave her the idea of ​​"I can also be a director".After meeting Ronald and Helen Slater, she expressed a strong interest in directing "Happy Together," but one of the prerequisites was that she had to rework the script, which was terrible.

Helen felt okay about the script at first, but when she heard Ephron's professional comment, she immediately supported her.

"I'm actually a little worried about my directing ability. Can you come to the crew to guide me for a few days?" Nora Ephron immediately revealed her heart to Ronald while Helen was going to the bathroom.

"You have actually done a very good job. The most important thing about being a director is to show the actors and the crew that everything is under control when you don't know what to do. When you were not with Helen just now, Asking this question, I see you are a director's genius."

Ephron was relieved when Ronald promised to hold her back for a day when it was turned on.This threshold is always to be crossed. With the help of people like Ronald, when interviewed by reporters, it can be said that I was taught by Ronald Lee.

"Why? Nora, you seem very happy." Helen who came back asked curiously when she saw Ephron smiling so happily.

"Because Ronald promised me a big thing." Nora Ephron said happily.

"Ahem...I promise her that she will be mainly responsible for the casting..." Ronald coughed quickly, why did he forget it just after boasting, and he couldn't show timidity in front of the actors.

"Really? What do you think of me?" Helen was also very happy, posed a pose, and said to Ephron half-jokingly.Helen is the default heroine, but the director can approve of her, and the filming can save troubles.

"Of course, I always thought that you are another version of Sally in When Harry Met Sally, prettier and more considerate..." Ephron understood what Ronald meant and praised the actor , This is also one of the basic skills of a director.

"Hee hee hee..." Helen was very proud of being praised. If Sally's character was not too different from her personality, Ronald would definitely choose her.Thinking of it, she looked happy, and looked at Ronald with spring in her almond eyes.

Yeah, he is much more handsome than Harry, and he is also an upgraded version.

"Then it's settled. I'll start looking for a leading actor. When the time comes, you'll have to cooperate with the audition to see the chemistry... Don't be annoyed..."

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First determine the heroine, and then go to the male lead to audition for this abnormal behavior. Generally speaking, the director or producer specifies that the heroine is necessary, unless you encounter a rare script with the heroine as the center.

In addition to Helen's audition, Ronald's other girlfriend, Diane, also started discussing with the director about the actor's audition.

"The lead actor in this play, Edward Lewis, is one of those Gekko-like characters who are charismatic and disdain to hide their extreme selfishness, even proud of it."

Ronald, who had just flown into Los Angeles, went to Diane's to discuss it with "3000" director Penny Marshall.This is a project led by Ronald, the appointed heroine, and even the director is his point of view, so any important decision must be approved by him before it can be advanced.

"I don't think Michael will agree to repeat Gekko's character, but I will give him a call." Ronald knew that Penny Marshall meant to invite himself to invite Michael Douglas, who best fits the image of the role .

"In fact, you can tell him that the audience has two sides to his performance on Wall Street. On the one hand, they are satisfied with his portrayal, and on the other hand, they are dissatisfied that he has not been really punished. He put on an ending that the audience really liked." Penny Marshall really liked Douglas and tried to work with him.

"I'll convey it..." Ronald thought to himself that you really don't understand the mind of a star. How can a star want his character to go bankrupt and lose everything in the end.

"Then I'll just wait for the good news. The revision of the script has already taken shape. I'll discuss it with Lawton." Penny Marshall got up and said goodbye.

"Diane..." Ronald sent the director away, and as soon as he closed the door, he hugged Diane.

"Hmph..." Diane ignored him uncharacteristically, dodged, pushed Ronald's hand away, went to the refrigerator to get a can of Coke and drank it, and rolled his eyes at Ronald by the way.

"What's the matter, I have a smell?" Ronald pulled up his clothes and smelled it, didn't he?My genes are also very good, and I don't have that unpleasant body odor when I sweat.

"Hmph..." Diane threw the latest issue of "Hollywood Report" on the table, turned around and entered the room.

"What's the matter?" Ronald picked it up and looked. In a small column at the bottom of the seventh page, there was a photo of him, side by side with Helen and Nora Ephron's headshots.

This is a little news that every crew has when they set up a project, and it is used to pave the way for future marketing.

"It is reported that the heroine of Happy Together is determined to be Helen Slater. She performed well in the just-released 'Into the Deep'. That film is also produced by Ronald Lee's company and is directed by Cameron Crowe's debut novel.

And this movie repeats all the successful codes of that one, produced by Ronald, starring Helen, and is the debut of a director who was originally a screenwriter.The reporter learned that Ronald had been investing in Helen Slater's films.Including blockbuster comedies at the time, The Secret to Success, and Sticky Fingers—another female-directed, daydream-financed film.

It seems that Ronald Lee admires Helen Slater very much, and people are looking forward to what kind of surprises they will bring to the audience when their real cooperation as director and heroine. "

"Shxt!", Ronald cursed, what is Daydream's marketing department doing?Hype the scandal of the boss?what happened?Who pays them?Looks like it needs to be sorted out.

Diane was indeed jealous.Ronald also invested in several of her films, and also found Diane a role that could shine in a big production.But speaking of Helen, every movie is a heroine, although most of them are vase-style roles.

But a heroine is a heroine after all.

"Diane,...", Ronald walked in, turned Diane to carry his body on his back, "I..."

"I really don't know what's wrong, I can't control myself. I..." Diane hugged Ronald, and Ronald had been very kind to him for so many years.The two have not officially announced that they are boyfriend and girlfriend, but this emotion is difficult to control, even she who has been acting since she was a child can't hide it.

"I'm sorry, Diane..." Ronald hugged her, kissed her face gently, and sucked up all the tears that flowed silently.Although Diane was not the most beautiful woman he had ever met, she was the easiest to get along with.Ronald is also reflecting on whether he owes Diane something?In the future, I have to find a good script and give her a lot of praise.

Diane's body was trembling, but the memories of the two people's beautiful relationship still prevailed.She hugged Ronald's waist... tighter and tighter.

"Honey, Please..." Diane made a request.

"Hey..." Ronald kissed Diane while reaching out to touch the drawer of the bedside table.

Hey... why not, this is not the Four Seasons Hotel in Hollywood, why is there nothing there?Ronald slowly crawled over Diane's top, reaching out to touch another cabinet.

"Wait a minute, I'll call..." Ronald apologized, and went to touch the phone by the bed.

"What are you doing?" Diane hugged him and refused to let him go. What is the interruption at this time?
"I'm going to call room service...then what..." Ronald whispered in Diane's ear.

"Fuxk... what do you think of me? A street girl in 3000 miles? Do you want me to take out a row and let you choose the color you like?" Diane became angry and pushed Rona away. De, hit him hard a few times.

"I'm doing it for you too..." Ronald said for a moment.

"You bastard, bastard..." Diane increased her strength, pounding Ronald's chest with her fist.

"Are you serious?" Ronald was hurt by the beating. He took out wrestling and judo techniques, locked Diane's wrist with his hand, and stopped her from beating her. What's the matter? .

"Hmph... um... let go..." Diane tried to break free, but failed after several attempts.Such a struggle made her sweat all over her body and her face flushed.

"What do you want?" Diane glared into Ronald's eyes, but those sweet memories came back. "Who do you take me for? Do you still have to worry about me having STD? I'm not Madonna..."

At the beginning of the year, Madonna still didn't hold back and filed divorce proceedings to the court again to end her marriage with Sean Penn.By Hollywood standards, this is a declaration that the two are single again.

In the months that followed, Madonna kept changing male partners, and famous people like JFK Jr. and Warren Beatty.I also get in and out with choreographers, hair stylists, fitness instructors and other ordinary people.The gossip magazine also photographed her visiting famous STD doctors in Hollywood several times, and everyone admired her boldness for a while.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that at all," Ronald was taken aback, and although the thing had an STD prevention effect, he meant another major effect.

"Humph..." Diane was a little funny, he put his arms around Ronald's neck and hooked him down, "Don't worry, I've counted the days."

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More than half an hour later, the two lay contentedly together and chatted.

"I don't care, you are mine, Ronnie, don't leave me." Diane rubbed her toes against Ronald's.

"I won't..." Ronald felt itchy. After Diane got angry with him just now, it seemed that the experience between the two of them was extremely sweet, and the whole person was in a kind of warm happiness.

"I don't care what happens to you and her, you are not allowed in front of me, let me see you and her..."

"Ahem...I won't..." Ronald thought to himself that this request is actually not that high.

"Don't let the gossip magazine spread this kind of scandal..."

"I won't. There must be a mistake this time. I will explain to them when I get back."

"Hmph, anyway, don't let me see these again..." Diane buried her head next to Ronald, and moved closer to him.

"Isn't this the same as Jane Morgan did to Weintraub? Could this kind of good thing happen to me too?" Ronald began to wonder.

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At night, Ronald returned from his daydreams.He lost his temper.But colleagues are very innocent and said that they did not disclose it by themselves.And they have yet to send "Happy Together" to the Producers Union and the MPAA for record.The Hollywood Reporter's project news is not a daydream that took the initiative to contact and report.

Ronald, who was still angry, immediately called private detective Frank McPeak to investigate who leaked the secret.

His anger hadn't subsided yet, so he had to coax Diane again.Therefore, the "Street Kombat" production team headed by Kenzo Tsujimoto, who arrived by plane, was taken to the Hilton Hotel just after getting off the plane, Ronald's new hotel that changed overnight.

"Miss Diane Lane, please accept our face-to-face apology..."

Below Kenzo Tsujimoto, several game designers, men and women, all knelt on the ground, bowing their heads seriously to make amends to Diane.

"Then what, you don't have to do this, we are all a community of interests now." Diane was taken aback. She had filmed commercials in Dongying, and she had never seen such polite Dongying people apologizing to others like this.

"Thank you Miss Diane for your generosity," Kenzo Tsujimoto got up and introduced the team to Diane and Ronald, "This is Yoshiki Okamoto, the producer of the game, Ryo Nishiya, the programmer, and Ryo Nishiya, the music designer. Yoko Shimomura..."

Ronald hurriedly seated them all and asked the hotel to bring some coffee and snacks.This apology is too grand.But Diane seemed to be in a better mood, well, the etiquette of the Dongying people still has its merits.

"We all admire Di Ansang. All the scenes and plots in this game were designed after watching Di Ansang's 'Street of Rage'." Nishi Guliang has a big mouth and missed the bottom of the game design .

At that time, Kenzo Tsujimoto really had no creativity. Seeing that Double Dragon was selling well, he could only imitate it to develop his own game.Because the concept design time was very tight, he found several films with urban youth themes directed by Walter Hill, and asked the production team to watch more and refer to them.

There was not enough time, several key members of the production team, who also liked Diane's starring role in "Streets of Rage" deployed three video recorders in the office, and used Polaroid cameras to take pictures of their favorite scenes, and then draw according to them Blueprints for levels and characters.

Such an urgent game, but because of the charm of the movie itself, it has become Capcom's best-selling work.Now the copyright issue has been resolved, and the sales in America are also very good.

Diane laughed out loud at the exaggerated tone of the Dongying people.It seems that it is really because of the movie she participated in that this game masterpiece was created.

Ronald felt that their apology was just the right time, as long as it made Diane happy... Ronald announced on the spot with satisfaction that he would ask their production team to spend a few more days in Los Angeles, and he would entertain all the expenses.

Richard then came over and, as a tour guide, took several talents to visit the film crew and location in Hollywood.Those people also made special requests to go to the air force base of "Top Gun" (they didn't know much English and thought it was the Air Force), and to watch "Hand Man" on the beach where Ronald's other movie "Breakdance" was filmed. Performance.It is said to accumulate material for the next game development.

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"What are Nisita and Richard doing?" In the largest office in the new CAA building, Ovitz was asking the secretary about the movements of several of Ronald's agents.

"Mr. Nisita is preparing candidates for Ronald's new project. Richard seems to be helping Ronald with some personal affairs..."

"He might as well be Ronald's little follower...huh," Ovitz said, and the current matter should avoid Ronald's eyes and ears.

"Help me book a seat at Chasen's restaurant." Ovitz chose a restaurant that Hollywood stars like to hang out. He knew that the VIP from Australia liked to check in at this kind of luxurious restaurant that shows his status.

"Okay", the secretary didn't hesitate. Although it was a temporary decision, which famous restaurant in Hollywood couldn't immediately allocate a table under the name of his boss?

"Mr. Skas's private flight has arrived. We have picked him up and his wife and are heading to the Beverly Hilton Hotel." Another secretary came in to report.

Ovitz adjusted his tie and was ready to go.

The chairman of Sony informed himself a few days ago that he would give up the plan to buy shares by agreement with minority shareholders, and replace the plan of buying shares from the major shareholder Coca-Cola in the open market.

This made Ovitz, who had already negotiated the terms of the deal very dissatisfied. After all, in addition to the consulting fee from the acquirer, he also charged consulting fees from those small shareholders. Those people were tired of Columbia Pictures. The stock price is weak, and the cost of selling it is no less than Sony.

He decided to secretly introduce a new bidder, an Australian media tycoon who had just negotiated with MGM's shareholders, the president of Qintex Group, Christopher Scars, who had just turned 40.This guy is still dissatisfied with MGM, the seven major studios that have been decadent. He wants to try Columbia Pictures, which has been making various classic movies in the past ten years.