Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 728 Spielberg's Thanks to Ronald

   "Spielberg has something for you, you call his agent."

  Nisita made an indirect call from the office to give Ronald a message.

"I'm going to call him, and I'll leave it to you on the 'Beautiful' side. Many high-level and crew producers have to divide power. Richard and Simkins have no experience, and only you can handle it. Anyway, as long as Just set the rules at the start of filming so that no one else gets in the way of the heroine I choose."

   Nisita made an OK gesture. The production department of 20th Century Fox was in a very chaotic state. Ronald was assigned the position of the heroine. He needed someone to watch and live without being bullied. Now only Nisita can do it.

   "Hello? I'm Ronald, and I want to talk to Mr. Spielberg." Although Ronald doesn't have the same status as Spielberg, many people want him to see his script every day.

   In order to stop these harassment, they want to find someone, they always call them, and then ask the other party to call again. When you come across a director like Spielberg who is bigger than Ronald, you should call my agent first, then I will call your agent, and then you will call my agent. drama.

   "Ronald? I'm Steven."

Spielberg finally spoke to Ronald, "I want to thank you for giving Chris Columbus a chance to direct. I was going to ask Amberlin to choose a script for him to try to direct, but I didn't expect you I also found him directly with Disney, he was able to take the director's job by himself, and I am very pleased with his progress."

   "Don't mention those, we are old friends." Ronald smiled. Spielberg used Columbus as a screenwriter, and used it for years without giving him further opportunities. Now that he has become a director through his own way, Spielberg is making cheap words.

   These Jewish habits are like this, as long as you are intimidated by them for the first time, then there is a steady stream of exploitation. As long as they resist the first time they deal with each other, they are more abiding by the rules.

"I didn't know you wanted to help Chris as well. I'm taking the lead. Columbus is very good. Even without me, he would have gotten the chance to get the touchstone. , I drew the sub-shots of the main scene..."

   "Haha...yes, Chris is a good guy", Spielberg said with a haha, "And I went to shoot over there. Is there any response from there?"

"I have already received a long-distance call from my partner from Xujiahui. It is not easy to make a cross-ocean call from him. It takes two hours to queue up, and I dial back. The quality of the call is also very poor, and we yelled for a while. It took an hour to decide what to say. It would be more convenient to shoot a telegram."

  Ronald complained a little about the work he did for Spielberg and Xujiahui Studios.

The studios in the north, this year's main energy, are all on the filming of the Italian director Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor". It is said that even a deputy minister of the same family as the emperor (he was also an actor) played a major supporting role. —A teacher of the last emperor in the war criminals management office.

  The studios in Xujiahui also want to improve their status by inviting Spielberg to shoot movies.

  After negotiating with relevant agencies, the Bund, Xujiahui, and several garden houses designed by the famous architect Hudak can all be opened to Spielberg. The locations in Chedun and Songjiang can also be opened to him unconditionally.

  All kinds of old-fashioned cars are still in stock in the warehouse of the movie studio. Just ask a Hollywood prop engineer to check and modify them in advance.

  "You remember the names of two people", Ronald gave Spielberg the contact information of Xiaoyan, the son of Yan Zhongfang, his de facto partner in the lightning lamp business. There is also the assistant director Huang who really wants to be his own independent director.

   "You can go to them when you get there. Xiao Yan's English is good and can be used as a translator. Assistant Director Huang is familiar with things on the set. If you have any technical problems, you can ask her to solve them."

   "Huang, Yan, OK", Spielberg wrote down the names of the two.

   "When you arrive at the Xujiahui Studio, just come up with their names. They will help you transfer them. It is a very difficult opportunity to learn from your crew."

   After chatting with Spielberg, Ronald came out to continue the meeting with a few people.

   "The touchstone is more rigorous. The progress of the filming of 'Nanny's Adventures' is very long, and they have to assess the work of Chris Columbus at every node.

  The heroine is the key to the success or failure of this film, and the two female producers of Touchstone mean that the extensive casting is now started. "

   Among the two agents, Richard was thrown into the crew of "The Nanny's Adventures" by Ronald. There are two former Paramount golden partners, Eisner and Katzenberg, sitting in the town, and many subordinates dare not make mistakes.

   All kinds of production work are progressing step by step according to the schedule.

   "Did you mention Elizabeth Shue?"

"By the way, they also think Sue is a good fit, but they have to go through the standard audition process. They're also looking for Tatum O'Neal, and famous child stars like Jodie Foster, and a Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It's also a potential option."

   "Got it, but stick to it. The last round of interviews is to try the opening dance scene."

   On the touchstone side, all kinds of work are very formal and rigorous. If Ronald wanted Elizabeth Su to win the election, he couldn't do it directly like "brilliant".

   And this movie is obviously a heroine-based movie. In this era of scarcity of female protagonists, many child stars and young actresses must be coveted.

   During the audition, there was also the supervision of the Actors Guild, and the risk of black-box operation was actually much greater than the "vigorous" that few people were optimistic about.

   But Ronald also has a way.

   Ronald specially designated the opening scene of the dream. In the dream, Elizabeth Sue was full of firepower, radiant, and charming. Anyway, she is a gymnast. This kind of dance requires strong coordination. She must be the most likely to perform well and impress the judges.

   As long as the appropriate criteria are selected, the final result can basically be predicted.

   Having said that, the choice of Elizabeth Shue for this movie is obviously the most suitable. Screenwriter David Simkins said he was influenced by Ronald "Longwei Kid" when he wrote the script.

  The heroine is obviously a beautiful girl with the characteristics of a tomboy, and she often dares to resist the injustice of boys. For many of the heroine's characteristics, Simkins used Elizabeth Sue as a template, intentionally or unintentionally, and incorporated many of her previous performances.

   Ronald and Chris Columbus, David Simkins, were also guiding their thoughts and ideas when they had meetings. It seems that Chris Columbus's ideas have been subtly closer to his own. The possibility of choosing Su is still very high.

  Nisita, Richard, and David Simkins coordinated the work on both films. Nisita escorted the two of them out of the office, turned and closed the door, then came back to talk to Ronald about other things.

"I'm all set. I've spoken to Kim Cattrall's agent and you'll give her the 'spiky' heroine position. She's two months before filming, and two months after filming, All with you. Always on call. When the movie starts marketing next year, your relationship will end.

During the    period, she can't announce your relationship with her to the public, and she can't deliberately let anyone take any shots of you and her together. If she wants to take the opportunity to let the public know that she is your girlfriend or lover, she will face huge liquidated damages.

  Her agent knows the rules. If she violates the rules, not to mention the liquidated damages, she will never even think about receiving any role in Hollywood for more than 10 seconds. "

   "Wait, wait...I didn't mean to ask her to be my underground lover, so what's the matter with you guys coming up with a contract?" Ronald was stunned, and Nisita was too thoughtful.

   "Didn't you propose to Fox that the heroine is your sphere of influence? That's how things work.

  Why, do you think she is not good enough? Is it because of age? I've seen Catrol herself, she's no different from the audition, a hot British beauty. "

   "Well, I'm just not used to such a clear-cut arrangement..."

   "It's okay, it's your right. If you don't like it, you don't have to. The contract doesn't say you have to call her."

  Nisita knew that with Ronald's appearance, wealth, and power in Hollywood, there was no need for such an exchange, and some actresses would take the initiative to find him. But how many of those actresses are sincere? A middle-aged man like him knows the benefits of this kind of condition.

   "How about your own 'Dancing Hot'?" Nisita didn't dwell on it, and asked about the progress of Ronald's own investment and distribution of the film.

"Art director Stephen Lineweaver found a Jewish resort in Virginia, Mountain Lake Villa. It's far from New York, there aren't many tourists, and business is not good. So we can afford the rent, short-term rental. down to shoot.

   But the Jews hate it, they see we need this location, so they won't lower the price. It doesn't matter what we say when this movie comes out, it's going to be their best commercial.

   The production budget I set aside can only be rented for two weeks at most. In fact, the shooting time is not enough. "

   "Have you thought about what to do?" Nisita asked.

   "I have thought about appropriating part of the budget reserved for distribution and filming the movie first. But my reason tells me that after making a plan, I have to follow it, not the enthusiasm of the artist, so I don't care..."

   "How many days will you be shooting there?"

   "Fifteen working days, it takes three weeks."

"Haha..." Nisita smiled. "Actually, as long as you don't announce to the media that it's your movie, in a place like Virginia, there will be no unions to supervise it. After all, it's not Hollywood or New York, where the concentration of unions is the highest. place."

   "What do you mean?" Ronald became interested.

  Nisita made a mouth shape, but didn't say it. But Ronald has seen his meaning.

"work overtime……!"

   (end of this chapter)