Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 681 The Princess at the Royal Family Premiere

  The Empire Theatre is located in London's Leicester Square. In 1920, the theater was converted into a movie theater, which was still a new form of entertainment, and was dedicated to movies.

  The business districts near Leicester Square are all civilian, with cheap rents, attracting a lot of cultural undertakings. The adjacent Charing Cross Street is famous for second-hand bookstores. Here are some of the most important cinemas in London and even Britain. In addition to the Empire Theatre, there are also the Auden Theatre, and the Leicester Square Theatre, which are often used as movie premieres.

   However, since it is the premiere of the royal family, members of the royal family generally choose the name "Empire Theater" to be held in the theater full of the glorious afterglow of the last century.

  Ronald, wearing a dress and bow tie, and the creator, greeted the arrival of the royal family in front of the large "Top Gun" poster.

   As soon as he got off the plane, he hung up a long-distance call to Hollywood and asked Daydream to immediately take over the filming rights for the script of "Dancing Hot".

But what made him a little anxious was that the screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein had already connected with the original producer Linda because she didn't wait for her call, and they began to contact the company that made the R-rated videotape. .

  I wonder if there is still time to find Eleanor on this phone call and grab the script before she signs a new production deal?

   It has been four or five years since no one dared to shoot a musical. Since he is willing to take action, there is a high possibility of obtaining the right to shoot. Eddie also thought so on the phone. The worst outcome was to co-produce with the female producer, and everyone would share the profits equally.

   recalled his thoughts, Ronald stood solemnly outside the screening room, the flashing lights and the footsteps of reporters had already announced the arrival of the royal family members in advance.

   The eldest prince looks a bit strange, and his handsome features have inherited the prince's appearance and characteristics well. He speaks femininly, and makes a bunch of innocuous remarks to reporters, and Ronald doesn't even know if he's praising or belittling the movie.

The Princess Diana behind    has a more commoner temperament in comparison, although she is also the youngest daughter of the noble family of Earl Spencer.

  The Queen seems to be very satisfied with her, the diamond necklace around her neck, and the earrings, are said to be the queen's gifts.

   "Good afternoon, Princess."

   Ronald stood at the end of the creators, and the royals came over to shake hands with them one by one.

  The eldest prince and the second prince just nodded arrogantly, even if they said hello. Princess Diana held Ronald's hand kindly and chatted with him.

   "Just call me Dai, that's what my friends call me. I can't bring the kids to see this time, so don't forget to bring me a videotape."

   "After the videotape is finished, I will ask the producer to send it to Buckingham Palace as soon as possible."

   Ronald smiled at the princess, and it seemed that she hadn't forgotten her time at the White House.

   "Kacha, Kacha", the reporter was busy taking pictures next to him, Ronald pretended to be serious and bowed slightly, showing a look of great respect for the princess.

  The last time the photo of her dancing with John Travolta in the White House came out, the British media actually didn't have a good impression of the princess, and of course they would not publicly express this dissatisfaction.

  The British media ridiculed that Nancy, the hostess of the White House, had no taste. Instead of Baryshnikov, the ballet dancer who defected from the Union, find John Travolta, the tap dancer on Broadway.

   So this time, the princess did not have too much contact with the male protagonist Tom Cruise, but talked a little more with Ronald, who looked a little old-fashioned with a beard, and took pictures for the media.

   Talking with a film director will surely produce some compliments that the princess understands art.

   "I'm going to introduce you to a new friend, this is my distant cousin, Sarah Ferguson." Princess Diana didn't leave, she continued to pull a young beauty with blond hair and red hair, and came over to introduce Ronald.

   "Hello, Miss Ferguson." Ronald didn't know the origin of this man, so he didn't dare to neglect him, so he had to continue to perform a mature and stable artist who also respected the British royal family very much.

   "She will be my sister-in-law soon. She and my husband's brother Andrew are engaged and will have a royal wedding next month."

  Diana whispered to Ronald about Sarah Ferguson.

   "It turned out to be the future princess." Ronald didn't know how to salute, so he bowed slightly.

   "Hee hee, at most the Duchess of York." The red-haired girl covered her mouth and smiled.

  Ronald has absolutely no understanding of the complex titles and hierarchies of the royal family, but it doesn't matter. In the eyes of the American people, it is enough that they are the prince's wife, and Disney's cartoons are all shot like this.

  The crowd entered the screening hall, and Ronald walked to his own seat a little behind.

  The royals have to sit in the middle of the front row, but that's not the best place to watch a movie. However, the British royal family has a lot of rules, and there is a great separation between nobles of various ranks and commoners. Ronald also followed the local customs, left a row with them, and sat in the seat belonging to the "civilians".

   "I heard you speak with a bit of a British accent. I thought you were of British descent, but you don't know anything about royal titles. Do your Hollywood stars speak different accents?"

  Sarah Ferguson is not yet married. She is also a close friend of the Queen, a great aristocrat of the Spencer family, and Diana is a distant cousin with less blood.

  Her family is in the polo field business, and the two princes, Charles and Andrew, who love polo, have known each other since childhood, and Diana did not know each other until they were adults.

  Because of the business relationship, Sarah is very social, and she is very interested in movies, so she sat next to Ronald and kept asking questions before the movie started.

   "No, I'm from New York. It's just that I was in a car accident when I was a teenager and suffered from aphasia. After using the British English textbook tapes, I regained the ability to speak, so I have a little English accent.

   But you are right, a lot of Broadway actors have some different English accents. "

   "Then you have no British blood at all?" Sarah Ferguson asked, tilting her head. She has red hair and is actually discriminated against in England. When she was in school, many people called her a "ginger head", and this kind of discrimination against redheads of Celtic descent is a daily routine in modern Britain.

"Not for nothing. My grandmother was said to be a lady of a well-bred family in England. But after my grandfather died in World War II with German devils over the Atlantic, they sent my father back. Amelica, I've never seen a relative of my grandmother's branch since."

   "Oh oh, is that why you made this air combat movie?"

   "Maybe, I don't know. I do admire my grandfather's courage and heroic sacrifice..."

   The girl from the owner's family who drives the polo field is really outgoing and direct, chatting with Ronald, causing the second prince Andrew's eyes to come to him several times.

   "When...when...when..."

   The title of the movie appeared on the screen in white letters on a black background, and the familiar theme song began to play again.

  Ronald has watched the finished film countless times, and it was a novel experience for Sarah Ferguson. She no longer chatted with Ronald, but watched the film with all her heart.

  In the darkness, a figure slipped over from the front and sat beside Sarah Ferguson.

   is Princess Diana with short blond hair and a flannel dark brown dress. She doesn't want to sit with Charles, but slips behind and chats with Sarah like a pair of ordinary sisters.

   "Dai, I had a chat with the director just now. He said that his grandmother was the daughter of a decent family in Britain, and that his grandfather was a fighter pilot in America, possibly an illegitimate child..."

   When it came to the later part of the air battle, the princess and the princess-to-be were not very interested, and the two began to whisper, and then looked at Ronald from time to time.

  Ronald was inexplicable. He didn't know how this scene on the screen could arouse the two of them so much interest.

   But politely, he couldn't open his mouth to ask questions, so he turned slightly to the side to face Sarah and Diana, and if there were any questions, it was convenient to answer them immediately.

  The basic etiquette of facing the royal family was taught in the short class before departure.

   One of the bigger taboos is that you can't use your back to face the main members of the royal family.

   "You can be my wingman!" After the final air battle, the Lone Ranger returns to the USS Enterprise.

   "Bullshit, you're almost my wingman."

  The two pilots hugged tightly.

   Soon, the lights in the projection hall gradually turned on. This kind of classical theater still retains the old-fashioned lighting system. If it is a blockbuster of more than two hours, you can also project a still picture and dim the lights during a break in the middle, so that everyone can go out to rest and go to the bathroom.

   "Is your grandmother really a British noble?" Diana came over and asked Ronald gossip.

"Honestly, I don't know. There is no description of this grandmother in my family's documents, but judging from the way they acted when they sent my father back to America, it's very likely high society." Luo Nader tells the truth.

   "What an interesting story, will you make a movie of him?"

   "Honestly, this story has little artistic value, and I don't know many specific details." Ronald began to shirk. If these two princesses miss their mouths, and Hollywood thinks they want to make a World War II aerial combat film, it will be very troublesome just to refuse.

"What's your full name? I know that many families were like this at the time. Maybe I can help you find it." Sarah Ferguson's enthusiasm for a polo lady came up again, and offered to help Ronald find Dear.

   "My full name is Ronald Were Lee, but I'm afraid I don't have much hope. I don't know anything about what's going on on my grandmother's side."

   "Vill, how did you spell it?" Diana frowned.

   "Vaille, this is the middle name used by the males in our family."

   "Oh, this is also the way of the nobles. Is your grandfather's family a noble?"

   "Haha, honestly not. We Americans pay more attention to self-struggle, and we don't pay much attention to the family background of our ancestors."

   "Vaille, Vaille...I really want to see this name there." Princess Diana was even more puzzled.

  …

   "Mother, today's Hollywood stars are back at the hype they do best."

   ended the premiere, and Prince Charles went to see his mother. Today, the media gave more exposure to Diana, which made him dissatisfied.

   "Charles, the dignity of the royal family lies in respecting tradition..." Her Majesty has been disliked by this son for a long time, and she prefers to look like her second son Andrew.

   "The tradition of the royal family does not include the Princess of Wales becoming a high-society socialite and showing off everywhere. This time she sat down with a handsome Hollywood guy to watch the premiere."

   "Charles, intimacy needs to be maintained..."

   "Good night, mother."

   After saying goodbye, the queen rang the bell and called a butler-like middle-aged man with a very sharp temperament.

   "Who is the young director that Charles speaks of?" the Queen asked him.

"It was Ronald Lee, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of York who mainly talked about his origins, and his grandmother, who is said to be British, gave birth to his father with his grandfather during World War II, and was still Sent back to America as a child. Miss Ferguson suspected his grandmother was a member of the Spencer family."

"Oh, the orphans of pilots." The Queen recalled the past when she replaced her father and performed military duties during World War II. At that time, she drove an ambulance to rescue the wounded on the streets of London, which is more memorable in her royal career. a period of time.

   "Go and investigate, if that director is really a descendant of the Spencer family, is there still room on my list of honorees this year?"

   "Oh, my dear." The husband walked in, just in time to hear the Queen's words, "The barbarians from the American colony have invaded our movie entertainment, and will they also invade the annual honor list?"

"Hehehe..." The Queen was amused by Wang Husband's very direct sense of humor, "Then add him to the list of interviews this year. I remember that I was going to meet some outstanding people in the film industry. I'll see you later when I have a chance. Give him a title and a medal."

  After the fall of the empire, the queen did not have as many obligations as before. The twice-a-year award ceremony is now one of her biggest hobbies.

   (end of this chapter)