Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 535 This is the teen version of Rocky

   "Thank you, I'm here." Ward reached the door of the apartment where he lived, took out a bunch of keys and shook it.

The sound of    "ding ding ding dong" made Ronald stunned for a moment.

  Ward came up to hug him and say goodbye, "Thank you very much for today, Ronald. You are a real gentleman." Ward, who stood on tiptoe, barely reached Ronald's ear, and gently thanked him.

   "Are you coming for a cup of black tea?" Ward took his hand from Ronald's shoulder and looked up at Ronald.

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

   "I want to stay in Hollywood, which is the largest movie market in the world after all." 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 Ronald black tea.

   "But it's a pity that no one invites me to film again. It could be my accent, it could be my figure."

  Ward put the teapot on the gas stove, turned on the fire, and came out to chat with Ronald. She gestured to her chest with her hand, indicating that she was not the kind of American **** bomb.

   "But you have a unique temperament, and not all beauties can still be beautiful with short hair." Ronald looked at Rachel Ward, who had cut a boy's hairstyle, and admired it from a different angle.

   "I cut it for the movie, and it's going to be kept for a long time." Ward touched her hair with her hand, and she put her bare feet on the sofa and sat down. This Australian beauty is informal and has the temperament of a wild child in "Thorn Birds".

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

   "You are more literary than the American actresses and wilder than the Shakespeare actors in Britain. Just like your thorn bird, a very independent woman who does not depend on men."

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

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

   "I'm sorry, now I haven't decided on the next movie project, if there is one in the future, I will remember you."

   "Really? You'll remember me", Ward got closer and leaned out of the sofa.

   "Why not?" Ronald looked at the collarbone exposed in Ward's collar. His slender figure was not as prominent as she claimed, but the skeleton was relatively small.

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

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

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

   "Oh", Ward called out after Ronald kissed him next to his ear.

   "Woooooo..." 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 shut-off system."

   "Puchi, puchi", the boiling water flowed out one after another under the steam, dousing the fire. The automatic protection system detected it and cut off the gas.

  …

   "I made breakfast." Ronald simply made two sandwiches with sliced ​​bread from Ward's refrigerator, cut diagonally, and cut the crust off. With hot milk, put it on a tray, and bring 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 Beverly Hills Hilton's craftsmanship."

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

   "Hmm," Ward reciprocally added Ronald's salad dressing fingers.

   "I'm leaving first, and I have to see the producer today. Next time you come to America, you can call me at any time. If I'm not around, you can call the agent to find me."

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

   "Um..." Ward waved at Ronald from the bed. I'm going back to Australia soon, maybe I'll marry my boyfriend, so it's a memory.

"The second week's box office statistics are out, which is basically the same as the first week's weekend." Weintraub was very happy in the office, holding the box office statistics table, and said to Ronald, "This is a 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 is very happy, which shows that the audience's word-of-mouth effect is unexpected. In this way, more than five million yuan per weekend may not be much lower than "break dancing".

   "Ronald, congratulations, Mikhail Baryshnikov from 'White Night' has invited you to meet on Thursday to discuss the details of the new film."

   When he returned to his apartment, the agent Nisita called again, and it was a double happiness.

   The film reviews are good, and the box office is unexpectedly strong. Now I am finally regarded as the number one person in the circle...

  Wait until Wednesday night, Weintraub called again, "Ronald, you really have you, please get the big stars, eh? Isn't this another fire for our movie?"

   "What big star?" Ronald was inexplicable, his agent did not arrange for any star to tout him.

"Isn't it? He did it spontaneously? When Stallone was interviewed, he vigorously praised 'Longwei Kid', saying that it was simply the teenage version of 'Rocky'. billions."

  Ronald felt a little wrong, how could Stallone say good things about himself.

   Sure enough, not long after, another of his agents, Paula Wagner, called and reported bad news.

   "Ronald, did you offend Stallone?"

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

   "I asked Richard to drive to pick you up, it's a bit of a hassle."

   Ronald and the three agents all rushed to the CAA's office to watch the tapes of the evening talk show together.

   "Sly, how's your Rocky IV and First Blood II going?" Stallone's stiff face appeared on the TV.

   "It's all in progress... I hired John Evelson, the director of Rocky's first film. In fact, I also participated in the script for the second part of First Blood."

   Paula reminded everyone, "It's here."

   "What do you appreciate about the movies from this year to the present?"

   Sylvester Stallone smiled with his half-faced, no-problem, pre-appointed question.

"I think the 'Long Wei Kid' that is currently being shown is good, that is a teenage version of 'Rocky'. When I watched it, it was like watching Rocky again, but the director changed boxing to karate, and finally Rocky The heavy punch was changed to a flying kick."

   "You mean, 'Longwei Kid' is like following the story of 'Rocky', but the role is changed from an adult to a teenager."

"Almost, I think it's 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 was supposed to be directed by my old friend, Rocky's director Evel. Sen came to direct, and he didn't change until the start of the film. Fortunately, I can let him come back to direct Rocky's fourth film."

   "Hollywood's high-level struggle?" The host felt that he had caught the big news and 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 didn't answer the question, but talked about the "Longwei Kid" using the "Rocky III" episode.

   "Humph!" Ronald slapped the table hard.

   "If this level of interviews is conducted, it shouldn't affect the box office of the movie." Richard said next to him, "Maybe it can be improved..."

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

   Paula Wagner spoke next to him, "This is not right. This is a shameless slander and questioning of Ronald's ability to direct."

  The executives of the studio, who were originally attracted to Ronald, questioned Ronald's directing ability because of the accusation of plagiarism, and had to find a way to fight back.

   Paula knows that in Hollywood, trust is everything.

  In this way, the original Tom Cruise film, until Ronald can effectively fight back, should not let him compete. Ridley Scott is a famous director after all, and being in charge of that project can also meet the requirements of Tom and the famous director to cooperate.

"Damn, this stinky Italian", Ronald was as disgusting as he had been eating flies, 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 aspects, are imitating Stallone's 'Rocky'.

   It may be difficult for me to say that Stallone is slandered, but if it is also publicly clarified, will it be considered a fuss by others? Ronald touched his forehead, this trick is very tricky, how can he fight back?

   "I think you need a PR consultant to handle these issues," Paula Wagner suggested.

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

   "I'll find the best one for you, the day after tomorrow," Wagner assured.

   The next day, Ronald was invited to talk with Mikhail Baryshnikov, a famous ballet dancer and former Principal of the Leningrad Ballet.

   "Hello, Mr. Baryshnikov, how have you been?" Ronald shook hands with him.

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

   "I think the studios also want to be able to shoot on location in Leningrad, and they're negotiating with the Soviet 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, just shoot a team to go there and shoot the location," Ronald explained.

"I think you need to add some common sense of the alliance, instead of adding America's thinking to the alliance for granted," Baryshnikov said very unpleasantly, "and, according to Russian custom, you should call I'm Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshinnikov. I hope the Russian in this film is in real Russian, not the English Russian in previous Hollywood movies ."

   Ronald held back his temper and bid him farewell.

"Your boy Long Wei, 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 a little inspiration." Baricini Kov added as he stood at the door saying goodbye.

"Shxt!" Ronald shut the door of the car viciously and ordered Richard, "Go to Paula's place and urge her PR consultant, this matter has already begun to have a very bad impact on my career. ."

   (end of this chapter)