Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 368 Don't You Go In?
MJ, Calvin Klein, David Geffen and other people also went to the second floor through the VIP elevator.Through the waiter, I found Ronald and Diane who returned to the box after dancing the disco.Calvin Klein introduced Ronald to Jackson, who had just released his latest album, Thriller.

Michael Jackson was very thin, with black natural curly hair.His nose is also a typical black type, very wide.The big eyes with only two double eyelids are very energetic, and he is a handsome guy among blacks.He looked sparkly in a pearl-encrusted shirt.

"Ronald, can I call you Ronald? I liked your dance on the flyover very much." MJ's voice was very soft, but very confident.

"Hello, MJ. I think they call you that. I like your new song" Ronald doesn't listen to black music much, but lately his "That Girl is Mine" has been playing on the radio , with original Beatle Paul McCartney.

After chatting with Ronald for a few words, MJ realized that Ronald was not a dancer.He asked Ronald about the origin of the dance.

"Is it this moon walk? I saw it on the set of 'Lightning Dance' and I learned it from New York-based breakdancing specialist Crazy Legs." Ronald did a few moonwalks , "The focus is on the footsteps when they stand up. Their movements are different from those of the soul train. They retreat in a straight line. I think it is very interesting."

"Yeah, Crazy Legs? Is he in New York?"

"I don't know either. You can ask their managers. They have a dance troupe. It seems that many people in Los Angeles dance this kind of dance."

"Michael, I'm Andy Warhol. I interviewed you on the phone a few months ago, do you remember?" Andy Warhol squeezed out of the crowd, pinched MJ with the camera a few times shutter.

"The Blondie band I told you about last time, I went to see them, they were great, have you seen them?"

"I've never seen them." MJ replied politely.

"I'm going to the Ritz later. There's a new band, Duran Duran, playing there. Do you know them?"

"do not know."

"You should check them out, they're really good, it's a British new wave band, they're on MTV right now."

"I just came here."

"A lot of people went here just now, including Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Shields."

"Did Brooke go too? Well, I have to chat with my friends for a while, call me when you go."

MJ turned to chat with other people, and Andy Warhol hurriedly stuck to him and continued to ask questions.

"Your new song is so good, I have your tapes in my Walkman."

"Thank you."

"When you're in L.A., are you generally at home, or are you out and about? Were you a singer growing up? Did you watch movies? Did you play video games?"

Warhol asked a bunch of questions.

MJ was more of a gentleman and kept his answers as short as possible until Warhol asked him about ET's video games.

"Oh, that game didn't impress me, too bad, you can't climb out of the trap if you fall into it. I don't like it. But I really like Steven's movie. The interaction between children and ET is very touching. I watched it several times .”

"Excellent," Andy Warhol scribbled.

"What magazine are you a reporter? I'm Minahan Golan, the producer of Brooke Shields' new film." Seeing the lively crowd around here, Fatty Minahan also squeezed in.I happened to see the scene where Warhol was interviewing MJ, and hurried forward to introduce myself.

"Oh, good, I'm the editor-in-chief of 'Interview' magazine, what's your new film?"

"The Sahara, it's a big production, it's 'Lawrence of Arabia', it's 'Lawrence of Arabia', plus the Paris-Dakar Rally.

Brooke is going to get an Oscar for this movie..."

"Oh, Shxt", Ronald thought badly, Minahan went around talking about Brooke's award, and this time he said the same to the media. If the box office and reviews are not as good as expected, it will be bad.Hastily pulled Raminahan's sleeve.

"This is a big production from Cannon Pictures," Minahan swung his arms and continued to brag about his investment and Brooke Shields' wonderful acting skills.

Ronald looked around, except for MJ who was still listening with gusto, everyone else showed a meaningful smile.

"Hey," Ronald sighed, and stopped persuading him. This big mouth talking around, probably has become a joke in the circle.

"Why, is this inappropriate?" Diane gently poked Ronald's waist and asked quietly in his ear.

"Minahan is a foreigner. If he is so high-profile, if he is not nominated for an Oscar, Brooke will be hurt." Ronald covered his mouth with his hand and whispered in Diane's ear.

"It doesn't matter. Andy's 'Interview' magazine is quite famous. He knows many celebrities in the entertainment industry in New York, so he shouldn't write carelessly."

"What, you know Andy Warhol?"

"He interviewed me last year and took a few photos of me, but then he used other photos of me on the cover of his magazine."

Ronald and Diane started chatting with each other.

"Let's talk in another place, this is too tiring." Diane was squeezed twice by the crowd and pulled Ronald.

"Well, I know there's another one next door".

The two slowly squeezed out of the crowded box and went to a room next to it. Everyone here ran to see celebrities such as MJ and Calvin Klein.

"You said you have several scripts asking you to perform?" Ronald remembered what Diane said just now.

"Yeah, one is about a female rock star, and I was invited to be the lead singer. The other one is about a fairy tale mermaid, but it has a different ending."

"Which movie do you want to play?"

"I want to play a rock star, and this movie has a lot of room for me to play. The story of the mermaid is too old-fashioned, and Bert also said that the ending is not good. Instead of the mermaid becoming a human, the male protagonist grows fins, and She went to sea together."

"Why?" Ronald didn't follow Diane's train of thought.

"What Bert said, the mermaid story has been filmed so many times, so my acting space is limited. Rock star is not the same."

A strange feeling appeared in Ronald's heart. In fact, the performance of movie actors is actually very different from the actor's role presented in the movie itself.Blindly pursuing acting skills may not necessarily lead to a higher level and become a big star.

"Why, do you think I should choose a mermaid?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Diane took the initiative to ask.

"It's still the same old saying. It's actually not convenient for me to give you any advice on choosing a script. But I don't think it is necessary to completely pursue the performance of acting skills. The quality of an actor's performance is related to the performance of the whole movie. Two different things."

"What you said makes sense. I don't care about these troubles. When the two films made by Coppola are released, Burt said that I will be able to receive scripts from major studios. There are too many scripts sent now. Quite a few, but most of them are small and mid-sized productions that are multi-million dollar.”

Diane shook her head, as if she wanted to get rid of the pressure of the girl star and enjoy the pleasure of messing around.

"By the way, when will your new film be shot? Do you want me to be the heroine?"

"Haha, the filming will start next month. But my movie is only in the early 100 million mark, so it's a movie that can't be smaller."

"Sorry, Ronald, I didn't mean that." Diane stuck out her tongue.

Ronald rubbed her hair with a smile, "It's okay, I know you don't mean that. I will also move forward step by step. If I'm lucky, I will be able to direct the next movie of a big studio. At that time, I must pass the script to Bert."

Ronald looked down at Diane, the best friend of his younger sister Donna, whose face was getting rounder and rounder now. She was also an actress, and she didn't pay as much attention to maintaining her figure as Helen.

White girls all have a period of rapid growth, baby fat.Ronald looked down at Diane, noticing the rapid changes in Diane's appearance in the past six months.

When she auditioned for Diane's "The Urchin of the World", she was still a complete little girl, and she had grown a lot taller.By the time I finished filming "Naughty Boys Outside the World" and "Betta Fish", I didn't grow taller but gained weight, and now I seem to have gained a lot of weight.

Diane didn't know that Ronald was thinking about this. His face was a little hot when he saw it. She touched her hair. The red dyed during filming faded a little. Dark brown.

The heart was beating faster and faster, and Diane closed her eyes slightly, with some anticipation in her heart.

"Why is there a scar next to your eye?"

Ronald found a small scar on the corner of Diane's right eye and touched it gently with his hand.

"That was when I fell when I was a child." Diane was a little annoyed, and turned her face to Ronald to have a closer look. "Do you think it looks bad? Should I have plastic surgery? My agent also said this, and it was very clear in the close-up."

"It's not necessary. I think it's better not to have surgery if you don't want to destroy your beauty." Ronald recalled Ingrid Bergman's autobiography about her rejection of plastic surgery.

"I think the audience is very familiar with your appearance now. If you remove the features of your face after plastic surgery, it will be detrimental to your stardom."

"Oh, I think so too. I'm a little scared at the thought of having a knife in my face. Burt also said it's best not to, otherwise the facial muscles will be damaged, and some subtle emotions will not be able to be expressed."

"Yes, I remember when I watched Johnny Carson host the Oscars, I made jokes about celebrities undergoing plastic surgery. How do you say that?" Ronald thought for a while, "He said, I am very happy to see a lot today New faces, especially the ones that have been repaired on top of the old ones."

"Hahaha", Diane smiled very happily, "By the way, my agent said that he is arranging for me to appear on Johnny Carson's show, but it will take half a year to get a schedule."

"Oh, is it? To promote the movie?"

"I'm very happy to see a lot of new faces today, especially those who have been repaired on the old faces." In the corner next to it, Woody Allen happened to come out to breathe by himself. He took out a small notebook and quickly wrote down Ronald's joke.

"Woody?" Ronald spotted Woody Allen in the corner.

"Hey Ronald, I thought your joke was hilarious so I took it down."

"This is Diane, Diane Lane, the heroine of the new film directed by Coppola." Ronald quickly introduced.

"Hello, hello..." Woody Allen was a little shy in front of strangers, "I have to go back and find Mia."

Ronald chatted with Diane again, saw that it was late, and proposed to send Diane home.

Diane Lane happily agreed.Sitting on the co-pilot seat of Ronald's car, he happily talked about a lot of things during the filming of "Betta Fish".

Soon the car arrived at Diane's house, and Ronald got out of the car and took her to the door.

Diane stood at the door and looked at Ronald with a smile, "Aren't you going in for a sit down?"

"It's late, I have to go back early." Ronald looked at his watch.

The lights in the room came on, "Diane, is that you? Who else is there?" Diane's father Burt's voice came out.

"It's me, Ronald. I'll take Diane back." Ronald replied.

"Ronald, long time no see." Burt walked out of the room and hugged Ronald.

"I heard that Diane has a lot of invitations recently? I heard that Diane said that she has many Hollywood invitations now, and I saw a lot today." Ronald and Burt chatted about Diane's acting career.

"Yes, it's much better than last year. Director Coppola will definitely invite you when he holds the premiere."

"Well, I'll be there. Bye, Bert. Bye, Diane."

"Goodbye." Diane watched Ronald get into the car.

"The next time you go out, tell me that no one is home when I come to look for you." Bert complained to his daughter.

"Got it, I'll tell you later. I'm going to sleep first." Diane entered her room silently and closed the door.

"Boom!" She kicked the wall and threw herself on the bed.

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"I'm back, are you still up? Donna." Ronald drove home and saw Donna still sitting in the living room.

"Not yet, I'm watching TV, have you seen Diane?"

"Yeah, she has changed a lot now, and I think she will become a movie star next year." Ronald yawned, "I'm going to bed first, and you should go to bed early too."

"I'll sleep right away." Seeing Ronald go to the bathroom, Donna immediately picked up the phone and called. "He's back and didn't go to other clubs."

(End of this chapter)