Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 354 Chapter 3 Helen is Coming
Ronald went back to the apartment and looked at Orson Welles' manuscript.This is not a complete manuscript, it looks like it was part of what he had drafted.Some content Ronald can understand, for example, Wells also wants to remove the opening subtitles.

Others just don't understand. Wells said that a close-up of a villain uses the wrong focus, making his face distorted, but isn't this what a villain should look like?
Ronald put the manuscript away in a drawer, and there was little hope of re-editing "Beautiful Woman", a film from the 50s that Universal didn't necessarily keep the original negatives.

He gave up the old gossip and went to bed early.Because girlfriend Helen Slater is coming to Los Angeles tomorrow.

"Helen!" Ronald shouted at the boarding gate.

Helen Slater, who was wearing a white wool cap and ordinary jeans, just came out of the cabin with a handbag.

"Ronnie." The two hugged each other.

"Your accent has changed, and now you speak like an old Hollywood diva." Ronald helped Helen with her luggage, and walked to the car Nisita lent him to drive.

"Really? It seems that my special training in Shakespeare plays is still effective. My line teacher said that my accent is very similar to Katharine Hepburn." Helen was very proud.

"Um, I think you are more like another Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn." Ronald remembered the gossip about Katharine Hepburn that Orson Welles said, and he didn't want Helen to be said to be like her.

"It's not like it now, look... Dangdang..." She took off her hat suddenly, and her long golden hair fell down.

"You have become a superwoman." Ronald hugged Helen and circled for a while.It was a sudden surprise.

Helen's eyeballs are generally blue, and her dark brown hair was not very conspicuous at first, but now she has dyed her hair golden, which matches with the blue eyeballs, making one look deeply intoxicated.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Ronald couldn't wait to drive back to the apartment, closed the door, and began to kiss.

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"I had a long chat with Christopher Reeve, who played Superman, about his experience playing comic book superheroes. He didn't make a guest appearance in Supergirl, so he specifically called through the same agent to say sorry, and then asked me to chat in person."

After a long time, Helen gently touched Ronald's calf with her toes.The two are chatting on the bed.

"Really, what did he say?" Ronald's hand also slowly slid on Helen's smooth arm.

"Ahem..." Helen cleared her throat, pretending to be a typical superman and said, "Superheroes are the dreams of all Americans, so the importance of the characters is more important than the plot..."

"What was it like meeting Supergirl and Superman?" Ronald asked.

"Well, it's good. Reeve is a very nice person, and he told me a lot of acting tricks. But he doesn't seem very happy. The script for the third part of Superman has changed a lot, and he doesn't want to act."

"Is he as handsome as he is on the screen?"

"Almost, you are actually a bit like him in height and appearance. Why do you ask? Are you jealous?"

"Hahaha..." Ronald kissed Helen's lips.

After a while, Helen turned her body over and leaned against Ronald's chest:

"Ronnie, he said that there's something very scary about being a superhero. If your movie is successful, it's hard for the audience to accept you as another character. This kind of success is a good thing for actors, but it's also a huge constraint."

"Ha, I don't think it would be cool to be Supergirl, the first female superhero in Hollywood history?"

"You really think so? This time I'm going to sign a contract with Warner Bros. for three films..."

"You are so beautiful, Helen..." Ronald looked at the blond beauty who was very different from the past, his spirit was attracted by her blue eyes, he didn't pay attention to what Helen was saying, and hugged her tightly again.

"Uh-huh……"

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"I'm feeling hungry." Helen took a shower, came out with a towel and said to Ronald.

"Then let's go out to eat, and take a look at the night view of Los Angeles. What do you want to do?" Ronald jumped off the bed and went to take a shower. In the bathroom, Ronald called out, "How about we Go to the movies?"

"Okay, Stallone's new movie 'First Blood', I haven't seen it yet."

The two ate some Perry's Pizza in LA, then went to the first episode of the evening's "First Blood."

This time Stallone did not play the inspirational counterattack hero in "Rocky", but played a down-and-out Vietnam War veteran "Rambo (Rambo)".

He was a member of America's Special Forces, the Green Berets.After returning to my hometown for many years, I still wear a green M65 windbreaker, jeans and sneakers.

Rambo went to his comrade-in-arms' hometown to find him, but unexpectedly, his comrade-in-arms had contracted cancer and died of cancer because of the Agent Orange pollution used in the Vietnam battlefield.Frustrated, he eats in town, but the sheriff who sees the Vietnam veteran thinks he's a potential problem and throws him out of town in a police car.

Rambo felt insulted and went back to the town to protest, but the sheriff seized the police station for interrogation.The police questioned him insultingly. Rambo had a PTSD attack on the Vietnam War battlefield, knocked down the policeman and robbed the policeman's motorcycle to escape.

The sheriff mobilizes all the police forces to arrest Rambo and drive him into the abandoned mine to starve Rambo to death.They didn't know that Rambo was an elite special force in the Vietnam War jungle, and Rambo's old superior, the colonel, also came to persuade Rambo to surrender.

The mine was blown up, the sheriff thought Rambo was dead, only the colonel had doubts.Sure enough, Rambo escaped from the mine, took the snatched M60 machine gun, went back to the town single-handedly to take revenge, and severely wounded the sheriff.

The film ends with a freeze-frame shot of Rambo surrendering to his old boss, the Colonel.

"What's the matter with you, Ronnie? You don't talk much after the movie."

Ronald and Helen ordered a cup of Pepsi and French fries together at the Burger King fast food restaurant, and the two ate in silence.Helen couldn't take it any longer, and asked.

"I just think the ending of the movie is too heavy. Rambo played for the country, returned to the motherland, and his comrades died. He was treated wrongly, and he didn't end well in the end."

"However, this is the purpose of the movie." Helen began to analyze the value orientation of the movie to Ronald, "If there is no such original novel and movie to expose the country's unfair treatment of veterans, they will continue to be ignored by society of."

"You may be right, but my uncle died in the Vietnam War, and I hope they all have a better life in my heart. That line made me sad, and reminded me of the difficult life of Aunt Karen."

"Which part?" Helen looked at Ronald with wide eyes, and held his hand.

""During the war, I could fly an attack helicopter, I could drive a tank, I used weapons that cost millions of dollars, and when I came back to my hometown, I couldn't even find a job as a valet parker. "Remembering Rambo's words, Ronald felt a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, poor Ronnie." Helen came and hugged Ronald tightly and patted him on the head.

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At the same time, in the annexe of the Paramount office, two middle-aged men, a man and a woman, were discussing filming.

The man's name is Daniel Melnick, who was originally an executive of MGM. After the financial scandal broke out, he resigned and started his own production company "IndiePro".

Melnick passed a script across the table, and said to the former studio partner across the table, "This is the modified version that the script doctor hired by Paramount. What do you think?"

Sitting opposite him was a beautiful middle-aged woman with a golden bracelet on her right hand, a white suit and white trousers.

The shoulder pads of the suit are very high, the long hair in the shawl, and the facial features on the face seem to have undergone some fine-tuning, very beautiful.However, his gestures showed the air of a professional manager, and his speech was as aggressive as a man's.

"Let me see", the middle-aged woman took the script, and the words "Footloose" were written on it.

While reading the script, the middle-aged woman frowned from time to time.In the end, she read Ronald's modified version at a glance.

"Daniel, I don't think this is the right way to modify. The essence of this film is dramatic conflict, not that kind of high-concept film. We should find a theater veteran to adapt, and then find a director who is used to making dramatic films. shoot."

"Whatever," Melnik said, a little annoyed.

"The original director, Herbert Ross, fit your requirements. He has always been a Broadway and Hollywood director. But now that he has resigned as a director, you have to find a new one, Shirley. Also, Paramount What do you think about the invitation to your vice president?"

Shirley Lansing, former partner of IndiePro and former president of [-]th Century Fox, frowned.

"I'm still thinking about it. After two years at Fox, I think I still like to be physically involved in the production of movies. Sitting in an office and dealing with people's politics is not my favorite thing to do."

"No matter what your final decision is, I will support you, just like I supported you to become the president of Twentieth Century Fox." Melnick said to Lansing.

Melnik has complaints about Shirley Lansing, "This bitch left IndiePro behind for the position of president of [-]th Century Fox, and recently finally tasted the feeling of being fired by an oil tycoon.

Although there was a six-month buffer period, everyone in the industry knew that she was going to die.Who knew that he would be able to get the invitation of the vice president of Paramount again.What a stroke of luck. "

But now his new film "Full of Strength" depends on her to attract investors and distributors. It would be even better if she can preside over the production of the film.

"The three investors of the movie are IndiePro, Paramount, and Silver Screen Partners.

Screen Investment is willing to fill up all the remaining investment shares. They are very convinced by your producer resume, and they will name you to manage the production of this film. If you can be the producer of this film, then invest immediately. can be in place.Paramount could also green-light it.

Then you can adapt the script you like, and find a new director and casting process. "

"Who does Paramount belong to now?" asked Shirley Lansing.She is also somewhat interested in producing a successful movie before joining Paramount, so that when she enters Paramount, she will have a successful resume and her words will be more weighty.

Melnick pointed to the cover of the script, "It's Ronald Lee who wrote and revised the script. The director of 'Fast-paced Richmond High'."

"It's him, that's no wonder." What Shirley Lansing took a fancy to was the discussion on women's freedom and equality in "Full Body".The director who makes an exploitation film and exposes an actress' breasts is not to my liking.

"If you agree to take over, meet him. If you have another candidate, let me know as soon as possible. I have invested a lot of preparation for this movie, and I hope it can start shooting as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)