Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 107 Never Say Never

Antonia still has a sweet smile on her sleeping face. The cheekbones and chin add some strong elements to the soft face. If you paint the makeup of the ballet Swan Lake, it will just cover up these strong elements. Only beauty and autonomous character are left.

   Ronald propped his chin with one hand and stared intently at his Donia. He was so close, he could feel the slight air from Antonia's breath, and brushed her blond hair with his hand. It is said that in Sicily, Italy, there are many naturally blond hair, unlike the traditional black hair of Italian descent. Perhaps Antonia's ancestry there is unknown.

  Antonia's eyelashes fluttered slightly, she opened her eyes, saw her lover beside her, and smiled: "Ronnie, what time is it?"

   "It's half past six in the morning, I made breakfast, Donya. You can take a shower and have breakfast, and I'll take you to the airport, don't worry."

  Antonia stretched out her hand from the bed and touched Ronald's face, "I know, you will always arrange everything and wait for me."

   Ronald pulled her up with a smile and watched her go to the bathroom.

   withdrew his smile, Ronald took a sip of black tea, couldn't tell whether it tasted good or bad, and was still thinking about the conversation between the two of them last night.

  B angle is not the real protagonist, but he must also act with the group. Antonia's ballet skills conquered Balanchine and hand-selected her into the New York City Ballet. This time, the female lead of the American Ballet was injured and withdrew from the tour. It is a fair competition to select a new B corner.

  In the end, among the actors, Antonia Franceschi was singled out, which shows her outstanding talent. The director of American Ballet is Natalia Makarova, who defected from the former Kyiv Ballet. After seeing Antonia's performance, she has decided to give her a long-term contract.

   Makarova prepares to train Antonia to be the leading actress in the big ballet after a few years. For example, dance dramas such as "Swan Lake" that require extremely high skills. Of course, Balanchine of New York City was not willing to let people go. In short, the future development of the ballet career will be guaranteed.

  Ronald is still a university student and cannot guarantee a better future in the film and television industry, so he can't say what to keep. Everyone is from a family at the bottom of the society, and it is not easy to have the opportunity to cross the class.

  The two had an intimate breakfast, and Ronald carried a suitcase and drove Tonya to JFK Airport in New York. The companions had all heard that Antonia had a boyfriend in the film industry and was lining up in the airport terminal to watch.

  Ronald is tall and generally handsome in appearance. He is very satisfied with the gossip psychology of a group of little girls in the ballet company. He came up to watch and asked countless questions.

  The head of the group, Makarova, understood that the emotional life of ballerina girls is not easy, so she shooed away the girls and left Ronald and Antonia the time before boarding.

   Then Makarova took Ronald aside and said:

"Don't be discouraged, Antonia is a natural dancer, she can stand in any ballet company in America, I heard that you are a college student, as long as you work hard, nothing is impossible. Many actresses in our ballet company end up marrying Given to businessmen, lawyers, senior managers, you may not have no chance."

"But I hope you don't pester Antonia during this time. The golden age of the ballerina is not long. She still needs a few years of training in the early stage before she can become the protagonist, and she will be busier during the performance. I don't want to. My actor calls her boyfriend every day and wastes training time."

  Ronald knew that Makarova had given himself a lot of face for saying this, but he was still very upset. If it weren't for the fact that she didn't have the experience of successfully directing a movie, it would not be her turn to teach herself a lesson today, but she should have arranged for Tonya to take the path of a movie actor long ago. Aren't movie stars more social influence than ballet stars? Earn more money?

   "Thank you, I will do my best, please take care of Antonia." Of course, he did not say these words, but thanked Captain Makarova.

   Ronald was sent all the way to the gate. The two embraced in front of the plane door. The other girls had already boarded the plane. Antonia hugged Ronald tightly, then raised her head and kissed him.

"I will love you forever……"

When    had just said the words, Ronald put a finger on her lips, preventing her from continuing. Antonia opened her eyes in surprise.

   "Never say never, Donia. The future is infinite, let's obey God." Ronald used Aunt Karen's chicken soup.

   "It's just a brief separation. Whenever I see a ballet on TV, I'm reminded of a good girl who would cook for me and pick up my dry cleaning."

   Ronald kept smiling, waved his hand, and watched Donia get on the plane.

  The plane slowly closed the cabin door and went up the takeoff road until it soared into the sky.

  …

   turned around and walked out of the airport. Ronald looked around, but he didn't see Menbert the brain. Seeing Bert on the first two trips to the airport made him a little bit to look for a third coincidence.

   shook his head with a smile, Ronald drove his Honda Accord and returned to the Imperial College on Broadway.

   Brain Gate Burt did not wait outside the airport this time. He finally paid the bank loan and completely owned his own taxi license. He changed from a driver to a car owner with assets. Manhattan taxis have quotas, and every owner with a license plate is a petty rich man.

  Bert no longer had to pay the loan by driving a rental car, and finally accepted the recommendation of his old friend John Cassavetes to teach the humanities at the City University of New York. Today he is at the arrivals place, waiting for the arrival of his daughter Diane Lane.

   "Daddy!" Soon after, Diane Lane showed her face from the hatch and ran over to hug her father. She happened to be growing up, and this time she went to Mexico to shoot Westerns, and her exercise increased, so her figure began to draw, and she seemed to be more than an inch taller than when she went.

   "How was this shoot?" Bert began to ask her daughter's performance on the set.

"Very good, Burt Lancaster (Hollywood veteran handsome, Oscar winner) also praised me very much, saying that I was born decades early and could play a world in Western movies." Diane took the old father's arm, Start talking about the crew.

   "Bert Lancaster had a heart attack on set. We were all freaked out. Lancaster said this would be his last Western."

   "This time we were filming on John Wayne's farm in Mexico. Halfway through the filming, the news of his death came. We were on set and we all observed a minute's silence for him."

   "Amanda, the daughter of Christopher Plummer (playing the Colonel in The Sound of Music), couldn't make it to me. The crew knew it very well, but it was because of her father that she had the same role as me."

   "According to the director, Universal may release this 'CattleAnnie and Little Britches' next spring"

   "By the way, who did they turn to for the 'Blue Coral Reef' later?" Diane Lane finished talking about the crew and began to gossip about the last movie where she appeared naked.

   "It's Brooke Stout, Terry's daughter."

   "Why, Teri will let her daughter perform naked?" Diane was a little disbelieving. The director said that during the entire filming in Fiji, the male and female protagonists would be completely naked. "

   "No, the director gave in, he is willing to use a stand-in."

"Oh……"

  Diane Lane got the answer, a little sullen.

  The crew is rumored that westerns are already a dying genre, and not many people still like to watch the old-fashioned western cowboys and Indians fighting.

This "Fugitive Western Girl", although the Western star Burt Lancaster took her to play, may not be very good at the box office. Diane is a smart girl. After hearing a lot of rumors, she knows it. .

   And the blue coral reef is a tropical scenery film. If you don’t have to be naked, then this gimmick may bring a lot of box office. Besides, she also really wanted to go to the tropical island to travel and play.

  Diane Lane went on a world tour of the musical "La Mama" with Off-Broadway at the age of six, along with last year's Oscar nominee Meryl Streep. It has always been Diane's hobby to go to new places that he has never been to, and to meet people and customs that he has never seen before.

"Don't be discouraged, you still have to hone your acting skills. Anyway, as long as I am here, I will never let you play the role of a young prostitute, cheating, or slut." Brain Gate Bert began to reason with his daughter and took off his clothes in Hollywood. It's easy and you can be famous, but it's hard to wear it again.

   "Never say never." Diane Lane said in her heart what she learned on the set.

   (end of this chapter)