Chapter 639 Gossip report

   "Your next movie is confirmed?"

   "Yes, the Dragon Wing Kid sequel, how about you?"

  "Not yet, I'm probably looking for Molly Ringwald to make a youth film, I'm still looking for inspiration."

   Chatting with Ronald was John Hughes, the director of "The Breakfast Club". After his success, his family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. As the creative director of an advertising company, he has a more mature business mind than Ronald, and has already started to get involved in the production business.

   The two are sitting in a corner in a large conference room. On the rostrum, a staff member of the Film Association is making an introduction.

At this meeting, Jack Valenti, the president of the American Film Association, convened a meeting of Hollywood producers large and small after the state guest who brought the open information left to prepare for the American Film Association launched on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. week to prepare.

  Different from the first American Film Week in 1981, where we found "Singin' in the Rain", "Snow White", and other decades-old old films, this time we called for some new films from the 1980s.

  Last movie week, Hollywood has confirmed, and there are still some older Hollywood audiences who remember Hollywood's pursuit of classic old movies such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "Snow White" in the 1950s.

   This time Jack Valenti wants to persuade major studios to come up with their latest masterpieces to test the young market. However, due to limited spending power, we can only pay 20,000 US dollars for a movie buyout fee.

  That's why big companies are unwilling to release any new films, and only agree to sell old films over five years old at preferential prices from the third world. In the end, the major studios came up with five Oscar-winning films five years ago, "Kramer", "Golden Pond", "The Miner's Daughter", "Turning Point" and "Star Wars". The taste of the young audience over there.

   In addition, there is also the idea of ​​buying 5-10 Hollywood movies every year starting next year. Big companies look down on buyout fees, but small and medium-sized producers like Minahan Golan are very interested.

  Ronald’s film was not selected. In fact, he also knew that the taste of exploitation films was too strong, so it was impossible to choose there, so he didn’t participate in the discussion, and started chatting with his acquaintance John Hughes.

   "The Year of the Dragon seems to be very bad, and Cimino has lost his sense." John Hughes also knew what was going on in Chinatown recently, and chatted with Ronald.

   "Indeed, famous film critics are criticizing now, and even Albert in Chicago has changed his tune.

  Probably the best film critic in America, Pauline Kael, who now writes occasional film reviews for The New Yorker magazine, also published a film review for "Year of the Dragon". Ronald was holding the film review in his hand, quietly reading it to Hughes.

   "'Year of the Dragon' is low culture instigated by hysterical mobs, the kind popular with illiterate audiences...".

   "Hahaha", Ronald laughed. In fact, I didn't spend much money this time. I just gave Chinatown some funds for the protest, and bought a few tabloid reporters to take the lead in guiding public opinion. However, the maliciousness of the film itself towards Chinese Americans can be heard even with eyes closed.

Many "savvy people" have jumped out to step on Cimino's new works, especially this week's new horror film "Return of the Living Dead", and the producers of Tom Hanks' comedy "Volunteers" , Appeared faintly in the film review pages of several major newspapers, following the trend of criticism.

   "The vocabulary of the Year of the Dragon is only about twenty-five words, most of which are swear words led by four-letter words. I don't know if it should be attributed to the screenwriter Oliver Stone or the director Michael Cimino."

"It's no wonder that the script has a Vietnam War flavor. I heard that Stone wanted to make a Vietnam War movie. However, the part where Joey Tay goes to Thailand in the middle may be written by Cimino, which is too similar to his deer hunter. "Hughes also saw the movie, and it didn't quite fit together.

"The only powerful performance is John Lung as the sinister, new young Chinese godfather who almost turns the movie upside down, the gangster who is the only character in the movie with a brain, or an emotional life." Ronald reads Pauline Carl's film review, laughing non-stop. This evaluation is similar to my own. The director actually dragged down this Chinese actor.

   "What do you think about youth films? Romance dramas?" John Hughes, with big innocent eyes, waited for Ronald to finish laughing, and discussed with him the topic of youth exploitation films.

"I don't know." Ronald has not thought about making romantic movies for the time being, "but maybe you can try the transformation of the ugly duckling. Adolescent children are more sensitive and fickle. The social loser who cares about it becomes the crush who likes it in turn..."

  "Ronald", the manager Nisita hurried over and pulled Ronald away.

  "Ugly duckling-like transformation, the object of the original crush likes me instead", John Hughes took out a pen and wrote some inspiration in his notebook.

   "What's wrong?" Ronald asked.

"Ronald, do you want to go there with us? They have given the delegation a total of thirteen places." Standing at the exit, Jack Valenti, the president of the association, saw that Ronald was leaving, and smiled. An invitation is made.

   "I'll talk about it later, I have something urgent."

  Nisita signaled that it was inconvenient to speak here, and pulled him out.

   "Emilio Estevez did not keep the agreement. Today's two newspapers contain stories about your previous girlfriends."

"What?"

   Ronald goes outside and gets into a van with Richard waiting for him.

   As a result, two tabloids handed over by Richard, Ronald saw two similar articles with minor differences.

   "Secret revealed! Previous girlfriends of Hollywood's cutting-edge director Ronald."

   Ronald read on. At the beginning of the article, he talked about the history of Ronald’s rise, and also reviewed his past grievances with Cimino. When he was asked about deer hunters in an interview, he let out a big yawn. The two have fought in the air.

   Then he began to sort out his possible rumored girlfriends one by one.

  There are Helen Slater who has appeared with me more recently, and Madonna who has recently attended a wedding.

The following candidates began to be outrageous. There was Jane Fonda, the heroine originally planned for her first script, and the two heroines of her first directorial film "Fast Pace", Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason. Lee, then Catherine Mary Stuart in "Night of the Comet," and Elizabeth Sue in Kid Longway.

   "How do you know Emilio did it?"

   "Aside from him, who else is so boring to collect a director's scandal history."

   That's right, after all, I'm not a star in the foreground, and the tabloids don't have a strong incentive to dig out my love history.

   "Then what should we do? Do you want to clarify?" Ronald looked at the guess above, but actually listed the heroines of the various movies since he entered the industry.

   "Besides Helen Slater, have you ever had a relationship with anyone beyond friendship?"

  Nisita asked, "Now is not the time to respect personal privacy. If there is, you can say it, and we will coordinate positions one by one."

   "Um, there's one more" Ronald clicked on Madonna's photo.

   "Her? She's okay, although she's very popular, but now she's just married, when there's no need for gossip. When did you get together with her? Before the wedding? Or when you filmed her MV before?"

  Ronald's face was serious. It's no guesswork. Although Madonna showed her image as a **** star, she was not a reckless person.

   "Okay, that's not important, I'll also call her and keep all parties on the same page."

"Helen, it's me, Ronald. There are two tabloids in Los Angeles reporting about us. What are you going to say? What do I think? I'll tell you the truth. Two places... Okay, I see, take care when you are filming in Santa Monica, I will tell Jerry, there may be a reporter going to the crew tomorrow."

"Ms. Fangda, I'm sorry. I may have offended someone and involved you. Yes, if a reporter comes, we are actually good friends in the circle. I was only able to enter the industry when you saw my script back then. "

   "Huh..." Ronald let out a long breath after making a round of phone calls. In CAA's office, Nisita and his assistant were busy contacting the "girlfriends" who were on the list. After getting through, Ronald apologized in person.

   "Emilio is here." Richard came to announce.

   "Bring them in."

   "Ronald, you must trust me, I didn't break the news this time." Emilio touched the edge of the table as soon as he came in, proving to Ronald that he did not violate the agreement.

   Ronald pointed at the table to tell him not to get too close, and then continued talking to Nisita, "Is there anyone else who hasn't called?"

   "Ronald, I assure you that since I came last time, I have never released any private information about you to any media or individuals."

   "I remember we had an agreement." Ronald left him alone for a while before speaking. He looked at Emilio and stared at him until he backed away.

"Yes, there was an agreement. If you want to punish me for breaking the agreement, then I will accept it obediently. But I can assure you again that after I formally apologized last time, I never revealed half of it to the third person. Click on your privacy. These are nothing more than my speculations, they may be like me, pulling out all the actresses who have worked with you."

   Ronald was noncommittal, and waved Emilio to leave. I don't know how long I have practiced this line at home, but it is too slippery.

   Seeing Emilio go out dejectedly, Ronald looked to the side, and Nisita specially invited Eva, who has a detailed public relations experience.

"is it him?"

"No, his acting skills are not that good. But we don't need to pursue it right now. The top priority is to find a way to communicate with all the actresses mentioned before the press conference tomorrow." Eva took two newspapers , studying carefully with butterfly-shaped glasses.

   "Here, why did they bring up Cimino? Do you have any grievances with him? Any text that breaks the news is worth studying. They spent a lot of money, and the waste of this page is unreasonable."

"Well, when I was an assistant, I accidentally got involved in the Oscar dispute between him and Jane Fonda." Ronald quickly reviewed the grievances between the two, "We had several conflicts later. , the most recent thing is that he wants to compete with me for the directorship of 'The Dragon's Boy', and the interview of me for the new film Year of the Dragon."

"That's right. While belittling you, you also got involved with your old enemy Jane Fonda." Eva flicked the newspaper with her fingers. Since you are innocent, we will take the initiative to accept the media's report tomorrow. Interviews, clearly explain what should be admitted and what should be denied.

  You and Helen are not married, you are both talented and beautiful, and you are suitable for being together, but you are separated because you can’t be together for a long time because of filming, the audience in America will not have any impressions.

  Maybe their rumormongers didn’t expect you to be so innocent as a director, and nothing happened to the actress. "

   "Hi, I'm a decent guy."

"Ronald, so you deny that you have had any romantic relationship with other female stars who have appeared in the newspaper except Helen Slater?" At the impromptu interview held outside the CAA office the next day, The "Variety Show" reporter who had been in charge of public relations Eva asked questions first.

Ronald smiled, "Yes, I don't know where this rumor came from. Helen and I met when she didn't appear in the first movie. Later, because of the busy filming, we no longer maintain a romantic relationship. We are still very good friends.”

   "The other actresses in the newspaper, don't you have a relationship with them?" The Hollywood Reporter prefers this kind of gossip, which can increase sales. So their reporters asked more radical questions.

"That's pure slander, all I can say is complete slander. I want to say to those two tabloid reporters that freedom of speech in America doesn't mean you can make things up without evidence. I'm talking to my Lawyers are discussing whether to sue for defamation."

   "May I ask Ronald, you deny all the scandal allegations, does it mean that you have never used power to coerce other actresses to commit themselves to you?"

   "Which newspaper are you from?" Ronald remembered that the reporter did not report himself.

   "He came from one of the two tabloids that broke the news," Eva, the public relations manager, reminded Ronald next to Ronald's ear.

   "Of course not, I wouldn't do it. America is a free society, and no one should use power to coerce others to do things they don't want to do. I'm a decent person."

  “It’s like me as a director, when you wildly speculate and fabricate my scandals in order to sell newspapers, this is a serious violation of my personal privacy, and I am also a vulnerable group in this matter.”

"Vulnerable groups..." In the office, Dino De Laurentiis, the producer of "Year of the Dragon", looked at the newspaper and sneered. He picked up a pile of materials, "Among the materials sent by friends in New York, That's not what it said."

  The opening weekend of "Year of the Dragon" was less than 4 million, many thanks to this young director. If you can turn the negative comments into a war of words between the directors, you can save a lot in the second week. If you arouse the interest of the public, go to the cinema to see Director Ronald, who is always lying, what is going on with the bad movies in his mouth? , It is not impossible to buck the trend.

Nuo picked up the phone and ordered the secretary to come in, dictating to her, "Let Cimino do an interview, connect Ronald's comments about the Year of the Dragon with personal honesty, get down to it. He knows how to do it. "

  (end of this chapter)