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Chapter 184 Accompanying
Chapter 184 Accompanying
Ronald sat across from Michelle Pfeiffer and his agent, Ed Limato, in the living room of his hotel room.
Limato insisted on coming to see him with Pfeiffer this time, and Ronald changed to a bigger room.With a huge amount of manuscript fees as a base, Ronald opened an executive suite, which has an extra living room than the ordinary room, as a place to talk about things.
"So, in general, you failed in the power struggle of the crew?" Limato bluntly pointed out Ronald's situation.
"I can't say that, I can't be considered a failure. At my age, if I can sell a script for a big production starring Jane Fonda, I can be considered a success." Ronald couldn't hear this kind of words. too pleasant.
"It's not a failure at all, I made a slip of the tongue, Ronald. As an ordinary person, anyone who can rely on their own ability to achieve the current achievements like you can proudly say success.
But Hollywood is not like this. I have been in this industry long enough. There are many examples of screenwriters becoming famous overnight. Most of them won an award, wrote a big production, and then fell silent. "
After Limato apologized for his statement, he explained the truth to Ronald.
In Hollywood, screenwriting is at the bottom of all creative professions.Not to mention those who sold a script like him, even the screenwriter who won the Oscar for Best Original/Adapted Screenplay, there are many people who disappear immediately.
This is because the output of the real big productions in Hollywood is limited. At the level of the eight major studios, a family can only open at most about 10 big productions a year with a production budget of more than 800 million US dollars.And for small-scale movies, the requirements for screenwriters are not so high. Exploitation films like Roger Coleman can't pay much for screenwriters.
Famous screenwriters must either continue to produce high-quality scripts and become the top existence that major studios compete for.Or just switch to the TV industry, that is the stage for screenwriters. There are countless new TV dramas every year, old TV dramas that are continued, and different episodes of each TV series. The screenwriters there have already begun to work in teams.
"You are a mature person, Ronald. And you helped me in the process of signing Michelle. I also treat you as family. So I will say some things directly and be honest with the family. Treat each other." Limato said to Ronald.
"The plan I set for Michelle is to first play an important supporting role in various medium-produced theatrical movies and TV movies, completely give up TV dramas, and then look for opportunities to play the main role in small and medium-sized productions."
"This would have been a great opportunity to play a supporting role in a Jane Fonda movie, which would allow audiences to remember Michelle Pfeiffer and was very helpful for her 'critical leap' from supporting role to leading role , you should persevere, screenwriters have a great say in many film productions."
"But this one isn't," Ronald interrupted him, "you don't know, this is Jane's crew, and she is the most valuable asset in this movie, and I even went so far as to adapt Powers, the president of Columbia In front of Mr. Price, I insisted on the importance of the main line I designed, but..." Ronald was at a loss for words.
"Well, Hollywood is a place that only looks at results. Without this key role, I can only continue to run for her. There is a TV movie 'Cauley and Her Son' who is looking for a major supporting role. I will contact Casting Director."
"This failure will at least delay Pfeiffer's 'critical leap' for more than half a year." Limato gave Pfeiffer a wink and signaled her to go together.
"Miss Pfeiffer will be very busy in the future. The acting class is of great help to her. Charlie Chen's director speaks highly of her acting skills. She doesn't have much time to waste on you..."
Sitting Michelle Pfeiffer suddenly stood up, "I forbid you to talk to Ronald like this, Ed."
"Please give Ronnie and me some time alone," Pfeiffer told his agent Limato.
"Michelle, in fact, this matter is not completely hopeless, Mr. Ovitz promised..."
"Ronnie, is that all you want to tell me?" Michelle Pfeiffer approached, leaning up against Ronald and looking him straight in the eyes.
"I won't end here, Michelle. Believe me, I will write a script that impresses the producers, and I will direct it myself. Then you will be the heroine." Ronald opened his arms, hugging Michelle Pfeiffer said.
Pfeiffer moved in his arms and gently pushed Ronald away.
"Ronnie, you still don't understand a woman's heart."
"I'm not asking you to find me more roles, that's Limato's job."
"What I want is the company of a man."
Pfeiffer continued in Ronald's arms, "In fact, I don't have to be a big star. Now I have filming, advertising jobs, rented apartments and nice clothes. I have nothing to dissatisfy with this kind of life. .
I just want to be like a normal lover, we can eat together, walk together, travel together, I will get you the dry cleaning, and you will help me dry my hair. "
"But you were born to be a star, Michelle."
"I don't know, Limato also said the same, but what I need is your company. And you are always busy with your career, and your studies are also in New York..."
"I can come to accompany you..."
"Really? Then can you move to Los Angeles?" Michelle Pfeiffer raised her head and asked.
"I……"
"Or do you live here six months of the year?"
Ronald was silent.
"Ronnie, you are my savior, and I will always love you. But I am a fragile person, afraid of living alone..." Michelle Pfeiffer whimpered in Ronald's arms burst into tears.
Ronald patted Pfeiffer lightly on the back. "Don't cry, Michelle. You're going to make it, and your fans will make you want to be alone."
Michelle Pfeiffer broke into tears in her arms and slapped him lightly, "You always make me laugh. We'll always be friends, Ronnie."
Limato walked into the room just right, seeing Michelle Pfeiffer's red eyes, he smiled imperceptibly.
In terms of commercial value, falling in love between an actress and a screenwriter is the worst choice, and it is basically the destination of many actresses after they age and fade.
But Michelle Pfeiffer is a rising star. She should find a star actor, find a producer, and preferably find a director who is suitable for her acting style, and make a movie for her.
Like legendary actress Ingrid Bergman, to Roberto Rossellini.Or Bo Derek, a popular sexy actress, and her husband John Derek.
It would be the best to let her break up with the screenwriter naturally without damaging the relationship between her and Michelle.
……
A few days later, at an Italian restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, Ronald invited an old friend, New Century's assistant to the president, Gail Hurd, to dinner with James Cameron.
"Ronald, I hope your story is true," Gail listened to Ronald's narration, "but as a friend, I want to say, do you find it difficult as an actress to play that emotion? "
"I don't know, but in fact, people's intuition for lies is very strong. I really think Michelle said those words sincerely."
"Ha, you're such a hopelessly romantic boy." Gail picked up a bottle of beer and drank it.
"I think this is a very normal thing. Artists are always full of emotions. If Ronald considered emotional issues very rationally, he would not be able to write such a good script." Kame, who just returned to Los Angeles from the New York studio Long disagreed.
"Many famous great artists in history have their muses. The period when they are with the goddess in their hearts is the most vigorous stage of their creativity. Some lucky masters have different outstanding women as their muse at different stages. The Muse appears."
"I can't see Jim, you are also a romantic person. Who is your muse? Is your wife Sharon?" Gail glanced at Cameron.
"No, I'm just a special effects engineer, and I haven't met my muse in my artistic life." Cameron shook his head.The crew of The Great Escape from New York returned to Los Angeles, and the producer, Embassy Pictures, rented Universal's studio for them to shoot indoor scenes.Stunt engineer Cameron is temporarily on vacation and comes out to meet old friends.
"So how did you sell your script?" Gail was very interested in the news that was flooding the entertainment headlines in the past two days. After all, it was a big production. movie now.
"To be honest, I don't know. It's more luck after the fact." Ronald also took a sip of beer, "The biggest decisive factor in this matter is Jane Fonda. Ovitz discovered Jane Fonda Looking for another Vietnam War movie, Columbia needed the news of a big-name star to fend off a hostile takeover, and I was the one writing the right subject at the right time."
"How's the New York Escape filming going?" Ronald asked Cameron's progress.
"It's very hard work, the whole film is a night scene. Every day we shoot until 7 o'clock in the morning, then go to bed, and continue shooting at 7 o'clock in the evening. As the main creative team, we have to get up an hour earlier to watch the daily samples, and we haven't seen it for a whole month. Sunlight."
"Is the movie good?" Gail was also interested in this film, which had a similar theme to Roger Corman's exploitation films, but with a larger budget, in the millions.
"Very well, John Carpenter is good at making low-budget, low-budget movies in the studio sense, of course. It's going to be a hit."
"What about you? Ronald, when are you going to Canada?"
"I'll go as soon as I get the passport. It will take a few working days to apply." Ronald snapped his fingers and called the waiter to check out.
The waiter brought over a bill on a plate, Ronald took out his wallet from his butt pocket, took out a brand new Wells Fargo credit card, plus two bills as a tip, and gave it to the waiter.
The waiter used a machine at the front desk, put the card on the carbon paper, and quickly swiped the credit card with the black slider on the top. The protruding number on the plastic card was printed on the carbon paper, and then took it to the credit card company for payment.
"A new toy given to me by a bank is said to be usable in Canada. I have to familiarize myself with it, otherwise I will be in trouble if I can't use it in Montreal." Ronald explained to two friends.
Click, the cashier swiped it again, but the numbers on the copy paper were still unclear. "Sir, we still have to call the credit card company to confirm."
"Ah," Ronald didn't expect that there would be problems with swiping the new credit card given by the bank, "It's better to use cash."
Gail who was next to him burst out laughing, "Let Ronald deal with it here. Jim, where's your Harley motorcycle? Take me home."
"Okay, it seems that I have to change some traveler's checks." Ronald thought to himself.
(End of this chapter)
Ronald sat across from Michelle Pfeiffer and his agent, Ed Limato, in the living room of his hotel room.
Limato insisted on coming to see him with Pfeiffer this time, and Ronald changed to a bigger room.With a huge amount of manuscript fees as a base, Ronald opened an executive suite, which has an extra living room than the ordinary room, as a place to talk about things.
"So, in general, you failed in the power struggle of the crew?" Limato bluntly pointed out Ronald's situation.
"I can't say that, I can't be considered a failure. At my age, if I can sell a script for a big production starring Jane Fonda, I can be considered a success." Ronald couldn't hear this kind of words. too pleasant.
"It's not a failure at all, I made a slip of the tongue, Ronald. As an ordinary person, anyone who can rely on their own ability to achieve the current achievements like you can proudly say success.
But Hollywood is not like this. I have been in this industry long enough. There are many examples of screenwriters becoming famous overnight. Most of them won an award, wrote a big production, and then fell silent. "
After Limato apologized for his statement, he explained the truth to Ronald.
In Hollywood, screenwriting is at the bottom of all creative professions.Not to mention those who sold a script like him, even the screenwriter who won the Oscar for Best Original/Adapted Screenplay, there are many people who disappear immediately.
This is because the output of the real big productions in Hollywood is limited. At the level of the eight major studios, a family can only open at most about 10 big productions a year with a production budget of more than 800 million US dollars.And for small-scale movies, the requirements for screenwriters are not so high. Exploitation films like Roger Coleman can't pay much for screenwriters.
Famous screenwriters must either continue to produce high-quality scripts and become the top existence that major studios compete for.Or just switch to the TV industry, that is the stage for screenwriters. There are countless new TV dramas every year, old TV dramas that are continued, and different episodes of each TV series. The screenwriters there have already begun to work in teams.
"You are a mature person, Ronald. And you helped me in the process of signing Michelle. I also treat you as family. So I will say some things directly and be honest with the family. Treat each other." Limato said to Ronald.
"The plan I set for Michelle is to first play an important supporting role in various medium-produced theatrical movies and TV movies, completely give up TV dramas, and then look for opportunities to play the main role in small and medium-sized productions."
"This would have been a great opportunity to play a supporting role in a Jane Fonda movie, which would allow audiences to remember Michelle Pfeiffer and was very helpful for her 'critical leap' from supporting role to leading role , you should persevere, screenwriters have a great say in many film productions."
"But this one isn't," Ronald interrupted him, "you don't know, this is Jane's crew, and she is the most valuable asset in this movie, and I even went so far as to adapt Powers, the president of Columbia In front of Mr. Price, I insisted on the importance of the main line I designed, but..." Ronald was at a loss for words.
"Well, Hollywood is a place that only looks at results. Without this key role, I can only continue to run for her. There is a TV movie 'Cauley and Her Son' who is looking for a major supporting role. I will contact Casting Director."
"This failure will at least delay Pfeiffer's 'critical leap' for more than half a year." Limato gave Pfeiffer a wink and signaled her to go together.
"Miss Pfeiffer will be very busy in the future. The acting class is of great help to her. Charlie Chen's director speaks highly of her acting skills. She doesn't have much time to waste on you..."
Sitting Michelle Pfeiffer suddenly stood up, "I forbid you to talk to Ronald like this, Ed."
"Please give Ronnie and me some time alone," Pfeiffer told his agent Limato.
"Michelle, in fact, this matter is not completely hopeless, Mr. Ovitz promised..."
"Ronnie, is that all you want to tell me?" Michelle Pfeiffer approached, leaning up against Ronald and looking him straight in the eyes.
"I won't end here, Michelle. Believe me, I will write a script that impresses the producers, and I will direct it myself. Then you will be the heroine." Ronald opened his arms, hugging Michelle Pfeiffer said.
Pfeiffer moved in his arms and gently pushed Ronald away.
"Ronnie, you still don't understand a woman's heart."
"I'm not asking you to find me more roles, that's Limato's job."
"What I want is the company of a man."
Pfeiffer continued in Ronald's arms, "In fact, I don't have to be a big star. Now I have filming, advertising jobs, rented apartments and nice clothes. I have nothing to dissatisfy with this kind of life. .
I just want to be like a normal lover, we can eat together, walk together, travel together, I will get you the dry cleaning, and you will help me dry my hair. "
"But you were born to be a star, Michelle."
"I don't know, Limato also said the same, but what I need is your company. And you are always busy with your career, and your studies are also in New York..."
"I can come to accompany you..."
"Really? Then can you move to Los Angeles?" Michelle Pfeiffer raised her head and asked.
"I……"
"Or do you live here six months of the year?"
Ronald was silent.
"Ronnie, you are my savior, and I will always love you. But I am a fragile person, afraid of living alone..." Michelle Pfeiffer whimpered in Ronald's arms burst into tears.
Ronald patted Pfeiffer lightly on the back. "Don't cry, Michelle. You're going to make it, and your fans will make you want to be alone."
Michelle Pfeiffer broke into tears in her arms and slapped him lightly, "You always make me laugh. We'll always be friends, Ronnie."
Limato walked into the room just right, seeing Michelle Pfeiffer's red eyes, he smiled imperceptibly.
In terms of commercial value, falling in love between an actress and a screenwriter is the worst choice, and it is basically the destination of many actresses after they age and fade.
But Michelle Pfeiffer is a rising star. She should find a star actor, find a producer, and preferably find a director who is suitable for her acting style, and make a movie for her.
Like legendary actress Ingrid Bergman, to Roberto Rossellini.Or Bo Derek, a popular sexy actress, and her husband John Derek.
It would be the best to let her break up with the screenwriter naturally without damaging the relationship between her and Michelle.
……
A few days later, at an Italian restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, Ronald invited an old friend, New Century's assistant to the president, Gail Hurd, to dinner with James Cameron.
"Ronald, I hope your story is true," Gail listened to Ronald's narration, "but as a friend, I want to say, do you find it difficult as an actress to play that emotion? "
"I don't know, but in fact, people's intuition for lies is very strong. I really think Michelle said those words sincerely."
"Ha, you're such a hopelessly romantic boy." Gail picked up a bottle of beer and drank it.
"I think this is a very normal thing. Artists are always full of emotions. If Ronald considered emotional issues very rationally, he would not be able to write such a good script." Kame, who just returned to Los Angeles from the New York studio Long disagreed.
"Many famous great artists in history have their muses. The period when they are with the goddess in their hearts is the most vigorous stage of their creativity. Some lucky masters have different outstanding women as their muse at different stages. The Muse appears."
"I can't see Jim, you are also a romantic person. Who is your muse? Is your wife Sharon?" Gail glanced at Cameron.
"No, I'm just a special effects engineer, and I haven't met my muse in my artistic life." Cameron shook his head.The crew of The Great Escape from New York returned to Los Angeles, and the producer, Embassy Pictures, rented Universal's studio for them to shoot indoor scenes.Stunt engineer Cameron is temporarily on vacation and comes out to meet old friends.
"So how did you sell your script?" Gail was very interested in the news that was flooding the entertainment headlines in the past two days. After all, it was a big production. movie now.
"To be honest, I don't know. It's more luck after the fact." Ronald also took a sip of beer, "The biggest decisive factor in this matter is Jane Fonda. Ovitz discovered Jane Fonda Looking for another Vietnam War movie, Columbia needed the news of a big-name star to fend off a hostile takeover, and I was the one writing the right subject at the right time."
"How's the New York Escape filming going?" Ronald asked Cameron's progress.
"It's very hard work, the whole film is a night scene. Every day we shoot until 7 o'clock in the morning, then go to bed, and continue shooting at 7 o'clock in the evening. As the main creative team, we have to get up an hour earlier to watch the daily samples, and we haven't seen it for a whole month. Sunlight."
"Is the movie good?" Gail was also interested in this film, which had a similar theme to Roger Corman's exploitation films, but with a larger budget, in the millions.
"Very well, John Carpenter is good at making low-budget, low-budget movies in the studio sense, of course. It's going to be a hit."
"What about you? Ronald, when are you going to Canada?"
"I'll go as soon as I get the passport. It will take a few working days to apply." Ronald snapped his fingers and called the waiter to check out.
The waiter brought over a bill on a plate, Ronald took out his wallet from his butt pocket, took out a brand new Wells Fargo credit card, plus two bills as a tip, and gave it to the waiter.
The waiter used a machine at the front desk, put the card on the carbon paper, and quickly swiped the credit card with the black slider on the top. The protruding number on the plastic card was printed on the carbon paper, and then took it to the credit card company for payment.
"A new toy given to me by a bank is said to be usable in Canada. I have to familiarize myself with it, otherwise I will be in trouble if I can't use it in Montreal." Ronald explained to two friends.
Click, the cashier swiped it again, but the numbers on the copy paper were still unclear. "Sir, we still have to call the credit card company to confirm."
"Ah," Ronald didn't expect that there would be problems with swiping the new credit card given by the bank, "It's better to use cash."
Gail who was next to him burst out laughing, "Let Ronald deal with it here. Jim, where's your Harley motorcycle? Take me home."
"Okay, it seems that I have to change some traveler's checks." Ronald thought to himself.
(End of this chapter)
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