Chapter 456 You are late

   "Hi, Brooke, I'm Ronald." Ronald counted the time and called Brooke Shields' home in New Jersey. After the kissing incident, he never talked about it with Brooke.

   "Hi, Ronnie." Brooke's voice on the other end of the phone seemed a little shy.

"Honey, come and see Brooke's hairdresser. What kind of hairstyle should I have today? Who are you calling?" Brooke's mother, Terry, brought out a plastic model, which was strictly in accordance with Brooke's hairdresser. The head shape is customized.

  Terry always wears various wigs on this model, and comes to confirm today’s hairstyle with Brooke, so he named it Brooke Hairdresser.

   "It's Ronald," Brooke said to her mother while covering the microphone.

   "Is it Terry? I'm calling to ask if you have received an invitation for 'The Dragon's Way Boy'. I am directing this movie now." Ronald heard Terry talking on the phone.

  Terry heard that it was Ronald, and he had to admit that he rushed to rescue his daughter from the car accident, so he just pouted and made a "No" mouth shape to his daughter.

"Well, Ronnie. I got an offer, but you know, I got accepted to Princeton, which is my dream, so I won't be in this kind of long-term film project for the time being. If your film can be delayed until the holidays During... oh, okay." Brooke also made a "I said no to him" mouth to Terry.

   "Well, I know you're going to college, I just called to try my luck."

  “I’m going to Princeton soon, and I’m packing my luggage now. Princeton promised to give me an ordinary dormitory. I’m very excited to think that I can live in a dormitory with a history of hundreds of years.”

   "Will you come when I start school? There was a party at my old house in New York... oh, I see, you still have to work on movies, so... that's it?"

  Boji hung up the phone, touched her lips, and fell into memories for a moment.

   Ronald also hung up the phone, relieved. Weintraub suddenly wanted to find Brooke to play the role. If Brooke agreed, he would be killed if he trained her acting skills. But on the other hand...he also thought of the kiss that Brooke fled.

   "Honey, who are you calling?" Helen recovered from the blow and went out to relax with her friends in the morning. When she came back, she saw Ronald holding the phone in a daze.

   "Oh, it's Brooke. Brooke Shields, she turned me down."

   "She rejected you?" Helen was startled when she heard Ronald say that.

   "She's going to Princeton to study, so she can't play the heroine of Longwei Boy. Another heroine candidate I'm optimistic about is also going to Harvard to study. I hate Ivy."

"Well, you have to choose someone else, Ronnie." Helen said to Ronald, "Your cousin Donna's flight is coming soon. I have to attend the reporter interview of Supergirl in the afternoon. When I come back, we will Let's meet and talk again."

  Then Helen looked into the full-length mirror and gestured at her booty, "What do you think of me wearing this? My friends and I have visited many second-hand dress stores." Helen took out the second-hand dresses she bought in the morning.

The slightly pink dress perfectly complemented Helen's complexion. Ronald nodded, "It's very nice, but why do you wear second-hand clothes every time? I also made an appointment with the fashion designer Mr. Giorgio Armani. Offer a dress..."

   "Why? Doesn't this look good on me? It's too wasteful for Americans now. If we can save some, the children in those third world countries can get food and medical care."

   "Ah..." Ronald remembered that Helen's mother was an environmentalist and an anti-nuclearist. She also volunteers to provide legal defense to many environmental groups.

   "But I already promised Mr. Armani, I thought you would like a custom dress."

   "Honey, I think these are excessive consumption. I can buy clothes I like at a very cheap price, can't I?" Helen picked up the clothes and compared them again.

   "Okay," Ronald thought, and then he can only explain it to Mr. Armani.

   "Ding dong", the door opened, and it was Ronald's cousin Donna, standing in front of the door.

   "Hello, Ronnie, your place is very spacious." Donna pulled a suitcase with two wheels underneath, which was specially designed for little girls.

   "Donna, why did you come by yourself? Didn't I tell you to call me, and I asked Richard to pick you up?"

   "No, I visited several colleges in New England, all by myself."

   "Hello, Helen", Donna greeted Helen who was dressed.

   "You can accompany Donna, my friend will pick me up in a car." Helen and Donna hugged, put on light pink clothes, opened the door and went out.

   "Which schools are you going to visit? I'll ask Richard to drive you there. I'm busy with movies recently and can't get away."

   "No, I've already passed the driver's license test, just lend me the car." Donna reached out for the car keys.

   "Can you do it? Does Aunt Karen agree?"

   "Of course, she also said I drove well."

   "Okay", Ronald reached out and handed the key of Saab 900 to Donna.

   "Where are you going in the afternoon?" Donna got the keys, went to try the car, and then came home to pack her bags.

   "I'm going to visit Diane's class. The producer, Mr. Weintraub, wants to find out if she is interested in participating in my new movie. I contacted her agent yesterday and went directly to the studio this afternoon."

   "Oh, okay, I'll go too, I haven't seen her for a long time." Donna flicked the car keys, just in time to drive Ronald off.

  Donna drove carefully, and slowly arrived at the largest studio in Universal Studios.

  The two checked in from the set assistant and got a tour pass for the appointment.

  As soon as Ronald entered the door, he saw the music director Jim Steinman, the long-haired songwriter, who was directing his band to set up positions on the stage, and the harmony team composed of four female singers was also standing in the back row.

  Today is another concert scene. Alan Ann, the female rock singer starring Diane Lane, was rescued by Cody from the villains, and then held a concert in her hometown again to make up for the audience's regret.

  This time she sang Bruce Springsteen's single, "Streets of Rage" with the same name as the movie. Diane, wearing a backless red costume, began to move on stage.

   "Water?", stunt dancer Marlene Jahan, has turned into Diane's attendant, holding a bottle of water, showing a straw, for Diane to drink.

   "Energy bar?" Marlene broke off a small piece of chocolate energy bar and handed it to Diane to replenish her energy.

   "Diane!" Donna yelled at her good friend Diane outside the railing below the stage.

   "Hmm..." Diane took a few mouthfuls of chocolate, and waved to the people beside her, telling them to let Donna and Ronald in.

   Ronald walked into the stage, and Diane's new costume was also carefully ordered by Giorgio Armani. There is a red dress all over the body, with these diamonds inlaid dots on it, and a big V opening directly to the waist and hips at the back.

  Diane painted heavy performance makeup, her face is very suitable for this kind of heavy makeup, under the light, her tall nose leaves a shadow on her face. With high combed hair, long eyelashes, and dark eye shadow, she looks very much like a real rock star.

Ronald didn't know Diane a little bit, not only because of her makeup and dress, but also because of the changes in Diane's temperament during the few weeks of filming. All of a sudden, he already had the aura of a star.

  Donna climbed onto the stage on hands and feet and hugged her friend.

   "Oh... Be careful, don't mess with your makeup" Donna was also very surprised by Diane's changes, and she was a little afraid to recognize her.

   "It's okay, I'll ask them to paint again in case it takes time." Diane took her good friend to sit on a chair with her name on it, leaving Ronald aside, and the two girlfriends started talking.

   Ronald saw that the two of them were chatting vigorously, and walked aside to say hello to the producer Joel Silver.

   "So this is nearing completion?" Ronald asked Joel about the filming progress.

   "There are still not many shots to be finished. Today is our last scene in this studio. When we finish filming the scene of Diane's concert, the stage and concert scenery here will be demolished."

   "When is it going to be released?"

   "It will be around next summer, why are you free to visit the class today?" Joel asked Ronald's reason for coming.

  "My sister", Ronald pointed at Donna, "is Diane's good friend, bring her here today, by the way, ask Diane if she has any work arrangements for the future. I want to ask her to appear in my movie."

   "Oh, she's a big teen star right now, and her agent came by several times last week."

  On the other side, Diane and Donna also began to chat quietly.

   "You have changed a lot, Diane. I think you are so beautiful now, which makes you look like a movie star. When I was with you before, I didn't feel that you were a female star."

   "How is it? Not bad", Diane proudly showed off to her best friend, "My two sets of costumes are both custom-made by Giorgio Armani."

   "I think you are like a queen in the film crew. Many people are very polite to you. Some people even send you flowers." Donna pointed to the rose next to it, and there was a card on it.

   "It was given by the actor Michael Parr. I don't like this gringo, but he often sends flowers, so I just leave it."

   "You are in the crew now, aren't you the boss?" Donna quietly observed the eyes of the people around Diane. Many people were envious, and some women looked at Diane with envy.

"Of course, you don't know. The interpersonal relationship in the crew is too complicated. Look at the woman in the supporting role. She tried to secretly wear my costume last time. And that Rick Moranis, the one with glasses, His boyfriend, who played my role, was always chatting with me, telling his silly jokes."

   "Which one? That little guy? He looks a little wretched."

   "Yeah, he still thinks his jokes are funny, and he quarreled with Michael Pare a few days ago and almost got into a fight."

   "Did you provoke them?" Donna giggled.

   "I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Diane also giggled, and at this moment she showed the appearance of some high school girl.

Donna nudged Diane with her elbow, "Hey, Diane. Do you still like my brother? He seems to have a problem with that Helen. I came here this morning to see that she and Ronnie didn't talk much and went shopping by themselves. .”

   "Humph!", Diane sniffled, "My brother who has a crush on a good friend, every girl has this kind of dream, it will be fine when they grow up. I used to have a crush on him, but now..."

   "Diane, do you have time to talk?" Ronald heard Joel Silver mention that Diane's agent had arranged several auditions for her, and he couldn't sit still, so he hurried over to ask. If Diane also has other film contracts, Ronald can only rely on "Red Dawn" and Harvard University to let him go, which is a bit of a handover of the initiative to others.

   "Hey, I knew I should have asked Diane earlier", Ronald saw Diane today, and found that she was more than enough to play a high school beauty, and a dream lover like Ali was not a big problem.

   "What's the matter?" Diane turned her head and looked at Ronald. With bright red lips and wavy hairstyle, Ronald was obviously taken aback. During the several months of filming, Diane seems to have cultivated a kind of coquettish star temperament. Behavior is no longer a youthful look.

"How can there be such a big change in a few months?" Ronald put away his thoughts, "Let me ask, do you have any film appointments in the future? My new film 'Longwei Boy' just needs a female lead. "

Diane raised her head slightly, looked at Ronald with charming eyes, and slowly stroked the ends of her hair, "You are late, Ronald. I have promised Director Coppola to star in his new work, Playing a showgirl in the 1920s and 1930s, I felt somewhat similar to this role, so I agreed."

   "Diane? Can we start moving?" the director asked with a microphone next to him.

   "Come on", Diane brushed her hair, stood up and walked towards the middle of the stage, posing in a ready pose.

   "Turn on the lights and let's see the effect."

   After a few clicks of the switch, the million-dollar lighting engineer turned on the overhead lights. Several beams of sunlight came in from the small window on the ceiling, and under the diffuse reflection of the smoke, several light paths appeared, shining on Diane's body, illuminating the broken diamonds as beautifully as a starry sky.

   The singer Sargent under Jim Steinman came from the stereo, singing on behalf of him, with a metallic voice.

   "When the night is dead, you no longer care about me,

   Your eyes are tired, someone is at your door,

   You realize you want to let go

   The loser lies in the cold wall, you hug you

   In your heart, baby, I ain't a liar, I gotta go"

  The lyrics seem to hint at his and Diane's situation. "Hey, it's late." Ronald was so angry that he hammered on the railing with one hand.

  In this way, I can only hope that Lea Thompson will not be selected by "Red Dawn", or that Elizabeth Sue's Harvard teacher will be reasonable and let her shoot the movie.

  (end of this chapter)