Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 535 This Is the Teenage Version of Rocky
"Thank you, I'm here." Ward arrived at the door of the apartment where he lived, and took out a bunch of keys and shook them.

The sound of "Ding Ding Dang Dang" stunned Ronald for a moment.

Ward came up and hugged him goodbye, "Thank you very much today, Ronald. You are a real gentleman." Ward, who stood on tiptoe, barely reached Ronald's ear, and expressed his thanks softly.

"Would you like a cup of black tea?" Ward took his hands off Ronald's shoulders and looked up at Ronald.

"Okay," Ronald's body followed into the apartment honestly.

"I hope to stay in Hollywood. After all, this is the world's largest film market." Ward put down his bag in front of the sofa, took off his high heels, walked barefoot on the floor to the kitchen, and began to prepare black tea for Ronald.

"But sadly, no one asks me to do movies anymore. Maybe it's my accent, maybe it's my body."

Ward put the teapot on the gas stove, turned it on, and came out to chat with Ronald. She gestured to her breasts with her hand to show that she was not one of the American sex bombs.

"But you have a unique temperament. Not all beauties can keep their beauty with a short haircut." Ronald looked at Rachel Ward who had a boy's haircut, and admired it from a different angle.

"I cut it for the movie, and it will last for a long time." Ward stroked her hair with her hand, and she put her bare feet on the sofa and sat down.This Australian beauty is informal and has a bit of the wild child in "The Thorn Birds".

"You said I have a unique temperament, but you don't know what it is?" Ward raised his head and looked at Ronald curiously, "From the perspective of a director looking at an actor."

"You are more literary than American actresses, and more wild than British Shakespeare actors. Just like the Thorn Bird you played, you are a very independent woman who does not rely on men."

"Oh", Ward sighed, he didn't expect that the man who knew him best was Ronald who had only met him a few times before.

"Then do you have a suitable role for me?" Ward approached and asked Ronald.

"It's a pity that I haven't decided on my next movie project yet. If there is one in the future, I will remember you."

"Really? You will remember me", Ward got closer and closer, leaning out of the sofa.

"Why not?" Ronald looked at Ward's collarbone protruding from his collar. His slender figure was not as prominent as she claimed. It might just be that the skeleton was relatively small.

"Do you really want a gentleman to the end?" Seeing that Ronald hadn't moved, Rachel Ward stepped forward and put his arms around Ronald's neck, "I'm going back to Australia soon, let me also remember you."

Ronald rubbed his hands into Ward's short hair, and their lips finally met.

Ward is very light, and it can be seen that his figure is well maintained, but when he hugs each other, he can feel amazing heat.

"Oh," Ward exclaimed when Ronald kissed next to his ear.

"Woooooh..." The kettle in the kitchen boiled, and white steam came out.

"The water is boiling," Ronald tried to go to the kitchen.

"Crack", Ward slapped Ronald's hand that was about to leave his body, "The gas stove in the kitchen has an automatic cut-off system."

"Pu Chi, Pu Chi", gusts of boiling water flowed out under the steam, dousing the fire.The automatic protection system detected it and cut off the gas.

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"I made breakfast." Ronald used the sliced ​​bread in Ward's refrigerator and simply made two sandwiches, cut them diagonally, and cut off the crust.With warm milk, put it in a tray, and brought it to Ward on the bed.

"Have you always been so good at taking care of women? I feel very respected." Ward picked up a piece and ate it. "It's comparable to the craftsmanship of Beverly Hills Hilton."

Ronald smiled and helped her wipe the salad dressing off the corner of her mouth.

"Yeah," Ward reciprocated with a touch of Ronald's salad dressing finger.

"I'm leaving first. I still have to meet the producer today. Next time you come to America, you can call me anytime. If I'm not here, you can also call the agent to find me."

After the lingering, Ronald carefully wrote down his contact information on a piece of paper, folded it and put it on the table.

"Um..." Ward waved to Ronald from the bed.I am going back to Australia soon, maybe I will marry my boyfriend, so let this be a memory.

"The box office statistics for the second week have come out, and they are basically the same as the weekend of the first week." Weintraub was very happy in the office, holding the box office statistics table, and said to Ronald, "This is a very good phenomenon. , Columbia says our films have the potential to stay in theaters longer."

"The second weekend is the same as the first weekend?" Ronald was very happy, which shows that the word-of-mouth effect of the audience was unexpected.In this way, the continuation of more than 500 million per weekend may not be much lower than "break dancing".

"Congratulations, Ronald. Mikhail Baryshnikov from 'White Nights' has asked you to meet on Thursday to discuss the details of the new film."

When they got back to their apartment, the manager, Nixita, called again, and it was a double happiness.

The movie reviews are good, and the box office is unexpectedly strong. Now I'm finally number one in the industry... I guess.

On Wednesday night, Weintraub called again, "Ronald, if you really have you, big stars can also be invited, hey? Doesn't this add fire to our movie?"

"What big star?" Ronald was baffled, his manager didn't arrange any star to praise him.

"Isn't it you? So he said it spontaneously? When Stallone was interviewed, he vigorously praised 'Longwei Boy', saying that it is simply the youth version of 'Rocky'. Back then, 'Rocky' was at the domestic box office, but it was too late. billions."

Ronald felt a little wrong, how could Stallone speak well of himself.

Sure enough, not long after, another of his agents, Paula Wagner, called to report the bad news.

"Ronald, did you offend Stallone?"

"How? What did he say about me on TV?"

"I asked Richard to pick you up in a car. This matter is a bit troublesome."

Ronald and the three agents all rushed to the office of CAA, and everyone watched the video of the evening talk show together.

"Sly, how's your Rocky Four, and First Blood Two going?" Stallone's one side of his face stiffened on the TV.

"It's all in progress... I invited John Everson, the director of Rocky's first film. In fact, I also participated in the screenwriting of the second part of First Blood."

Paula reminds everyone, "It's here."

"So in the movies from this year to now, is there anything you admire?"

Sylvester Stallone smiled with his unquestioned half face, it was a pre-appointed question.

"I think there's a good 'Longevity Kid' that's going on right now. It's a teenage version of 'Rocky'. When I watch it, it's like watching Rocky again, except that the director changed boxing to karate. Finally, Rocky A heavy punch turned into a flying kick."

"You mean, 'Longwei Boy' is like following the story of 'Rocky', but the characters are changed from adults to teenagers."

"Almost, I think this is a movie full of Italian style. In fact, I know a little bit of gossip about the crew," Stallone pretended to be mysterious, "This movie should have been directed by my old friend, Rocky's director Ai Weier Mori came to direct, and didn't change until the start of the film was approaching. Fortunately, I was able to let him come back to direct Rocky's fourth film."

"Is there a high-level struggle in Hollywood?" The host felt that he had caught a big news, so he hurriedly asked.

"You can see, whether it's the plot or the final battle, there are Rocky's shadows. In fact, the final episode used Rocky's leftovers. At that time, there were two episodes competing for the theme song of Rocky III. , I finally gave up the song 'You Are the Best' and chose 'Heart of the Tiger'."

Stallone did not answer the question, but talked about the use of the "Rocky III" episode by "The Dragon Boy".

"Hmph!" Ronald slapped the table heavily.

"If an interview of this level should not affect the movie's box office." Richard said next to him, "Maybe it can be improved..."

Nisita poked Richard, and Ronald's face was very ugly.

Paula Wagner spoke from the side, "This is not right. This is a shameless slander and question of Ronald's directorial ability."

The studio executives who had a crush on Ronald, because of the accusation of plagiarism, would question Ronald's directorial ability, and had to find a way to fight back.

Paula is well aware that trust is everything in Hollywood.

In this way, the new Tom Cruise movie should not allow Ronald to participate in the competition until he can effectively fight back.After all, Ridley Scott is a famous director, and being in charge of that project can also meet Tom's requirements for cooperation with famous directors.

"Damn, this stinky Italian guy", Ronald felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly all the time, but this level of interview did not seem to accuse Ronald of plagiarism, but every sentence implied that Ronald was in the story. , action, music and all other aspects, are imitating Stallone's 'Rocky'.

It may be difficult for me to say that Stallone is slandering, but if I clarify it publicly, will it be considered a big deal by others?Ronald touched his forehead, this soft knife is very tricky, how can he fight back?
"I think you need a public relations consultant to deal with these issues." Paula Wagner suggested beside her.

"You're right, I do need one." Ronald felt a little confused.

"I'll find you the best one, and it will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest," Wagner promised.

The next day, Ronald made an appointment with Mikhail Baryshnikov, a famous ballet dancer and former principal of the Leningrad Ballet Troupe.

"Hello, Mr. Baryshnikov, how are you doing recently?" Ronald shook hands with him.

"What's good? What's bad?" Baryshnikov spoke slowly, but the content was very cold.

"I think the studio would also like to be able to do Leningrad, and they're talking to the Souvier Union."

"How can I go back to Leningrad, do you want me to be detained there like the protagonist of the movie?" Baryshnikov was furious.

"I didn't mean to let you go, I just took a team to go there to shoot the exterior." Ronald explained.

"I think you need to add some common sense of the alliance, instead of taking America's thinking for granted." Baryshnikov spoke very badly, "Also, according to Russian habits, you should call I am Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshinnikov. I hope that the Russian language in this movie will follow the real Russian language, not the English-Russian language in previous Hollywood movies .”

Ronald held back his temper and said goodbye to him.

"Your Longwei boy, the imitation of Rocky is very successful, so I hope you also watch another ballet movie I starred in before, 'Turning Point', I hope it can bring you some enlightenment." Barisiny Koff added as he stood in the doorway saying goodbye.

"Shxt!" Ronald closed the car door viciously, and ordered Richard, "Go to Paula's place and urge her public relations consultant, this matter has already started to have a very bad impact on my career .”

(End of this chapter)