Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 205 Bestselling Author

"Pocket, are you okay? How's the camera going?"

Seeing that her daughter's face was still a little red when she came out of the studio, Terry was suspicious.

"The filming was very good. The director felt that my acting was good." Bo Ji lowered her head to find mineral water, avoiding her mother's probing eyes.

Fortunately, Terry didn't delve into it. He pulled his daughter and introduced it to the great guy next to him, "Pocket, this is Matt Dillon. He played a cute boy in 'Little Lovely'. Remember? That Tatum A youth film starring Shaquille O'Neill."

Tatum O'Neal is only two years older than Brooke Shields and is already the youngest winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.She is the daughter of the popular movie star Ryan O'Neill. She played a bible-selling liar who played with Ryan during the Great Depression in "Paper Moon" directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-starring with her father in 1973. The little girl who cheated together and got an Oscar.

She and Brooke are now competitors with the same play. Brooke Shields looked up at Matt Dillon, who had worked with Tatum, and said hello to him, "Hi, nice to meet you."

"Hey Brooke, are you from New York too?" Matt Dillon flashes his trademark bad-boy smile.

Soon the two had a good chat, and Matt Dillon invited Brooke Shields to go out on a date.

On one side, Brooke's mother was smiling with satisfaction.Brooke glanced at her, looked down at her shoes, and agreed to Dillon's invitation.

Brooke Shields' mother Terry stopped Matt Dillon to continue chatting, trying to find out Dillon's next movie.She wanted Brooke and Dillon to co-star together.

"My mother always asks me to go out to play, and she will be there." Brooke walked to her handbag, picked up the mineral water and drank several swigs, and swallowed a small cake to replenish the physical strength consumed by filming passionate scenes.Then whimpered to Ronald, who happened to be standing aside, looking at the pager.

"What? Don't you like her presence?" Ronald continued.

"No, my mother always pays attention to my safety. She said she will not interfere with my affairs, she is just worried about my safety. Also, when she faces the camera to take pictures, she is always reluctant to appear with me. She said It’s for my own good, to get reporters to report more pictures of me dating other people, so I can continue to be in the news.”

"Girl, do you have some misunderstanding about dating?" Ronald thought to himself.

"Why, don't you agree with her point of view? My mother is a frequent visitor to the fashion industry. She was also a model and actress before, and she knows a lot." Brooke seemed to see Ronald's indifference.

"I don't know much about the fashion industry," Ronald replied, making Brooke smile. "But what do you think? Do you want to go on a date with Matt? I mean a real date."

"Me!" Brooke Shields was a little annoyed, "My mother said we are Roman Catholic, and she went on a date with me for my own good."

"You really are your mother's good daughter. But what do you think?"

"What do I think?" Brooke showed a confused look.

At this time, Terry and Matt Dillon came over together, "Boji, Matt said that he has an arrangement on Saturday, and he is going to meet a best-selling author. You can choose Sunday to go on a date..."

Ronald was in the parking lot in front of the studio, finding his car and preparing to go home.Matt Dillon saw him and came over, "Hey, buddy, can you take me for a while? I came by taxi."

Ronald motioned for him to get in the car and drove him back.

"Would you like to meet the best-selling author with me on Saturday, brother. He is also a writer, and my next film will be based on his novel." Dillon asked after getting into the car.

"I'm a film screenwriter, which is different from a writer." Ronald remembered what Dillon said, and was also a little curious about the writers selected by Disney.

"It doesn't make any difference to me," said Matt Dillon, who has a charm that everyone loves. "It's actually that I want to find someone to go with. I just got my driver's license and I don't have my own car yet."

"Okay... I'll pick you up then." Ronald was also interested in the film adaptation of the novel, and wanted to learn more about it, so he agreed.

"What's your car? I want a sports car, a Ford Mustang? How about it?"

……

"Don't be discouraged, Ronald. I'm a movie star, and it's normal for Brooke to agree to a date with me." A few days later on Saturday, Matt Dillon sat in the passenger seat of Ronald's car, crooked One side of the mouth smirked, half showing off, half comforting and said to Ronald.

"What? Oh, Brooke agreed to go on a date with you? Congratulations! Good luck." Ronald congratulated casually. It really takes luck to break through Brooke's mother's siege.Then I started thinking about myself again.

Just a few days ago, upon coming off the set of "Endless Love," Ronald returned a pager.His agent, Richard, told him bad news.

John Travolta, who was originally scheduled to be a guest star, was unwilling to play "Son of Grease" because he wanted to transform into an acting actor and no longer focus on dancing. After that, he refused all the roles that asked him to dance.

The suspense film director who happened to become famous after the "Witch Carrie" battle, and the new film "Blow Out" directed by Brian De Palma, who is hailed as "the new generation of Hitchcock" by the industry, chose Trav Ta played the leading role. He saw the hope of completely getting rid of the position of "American Youth Dance King", and asked his agent to disclose his decision to the circle.

"Grease" star Olivia Newton-John immediately said through her agent that she only wants to work with John Travolta again.If Travolta does not appear in "Sons of Grease", then he will not appear in it either, and focus on his singing career.

However, CAA was well informed that Olivia actually wanted to join the crew of "Crime Line". Brian De Palma's movie has a tradition of popular actresses, and Hollywood actresses want to join.

If this statement can bind Travolta, then De Palma has already chosen him, and the possibility of choosing Olivia is also increasing.

Recent reports from The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety Daily, have some fans happy to see the two reunite after "Grease."It is estimated that Olivia Newton-John's public relations team is in action.

"Son of Grease" immediately lost half of its sales guarantee, and Ronald was a little worried.Ronald also heard some wind direction from Richard, although Nisita, a more senior agent, reassured him that such changes were very common in any movie.

Paramount may reduce the budget of the entire film, from 1200 million to 600 million.Producer Sterwood could be looking for a female lead with box office appeal, or add some of his own investment.

Ronald sighed, there were still twists and turns in this project.

Matt Dillon misunderstood Ronald and thought he had thrown in the towel in the race to date Brooke Stoudemire.

"Don't worry bro. I know a lot of beautiful girls, next time you come to Club 54 and meet me, I'll introduce you to some really hot girls."

"Is there such a good thing? Has the 54 Club reopened? Hasn't their boss been arrested?" Ronald responded casually.

"Two businessmen took over the real estate of Club 54 and hired the original team, which is even more fun than before."

"Turn right ahead and pull over, the address is here." Dillon looked at the address on the note in his hand, and directed Ronald to stop downstairs in an older hotel.

"This best-selling author, why does he live in this hotel? Isn't his royalties enough to stay in any five-star hotel?" Ronald looked at the surrounding environment, and found that it was clean, but the facilities were old.

"I heard it was the hotel where he stayed when he first came to New York. He will stay here every time he comes here. My agent contacted him yesterday, and the address is correct." Matt Dillon replied.Entered the hotel with Ronald who had parked the car.

Although a movie has been shot, it has gained popularity.But Matt Dillon didn't actually make much money, nor did he make enough money to be recognized by passers-by.

He didn't have a full-time manager to take care of his life, so he asked Ronald that day to drive him to meet the author of the best-selling book for an interview.He has a natural charm that makes people approachable. Although Ronald has only met him twice, he already feels that he is a familiar friend.

In addition, I also wanted to meet this best-selling author, so I came together.

"Actually, Disney's vice president, Mr. Wilhelm, has agreed to the request of the producer, Mr. Kinneman, that I will be the leading actor in this adaptation. But the original author must meet me."

"Oh, really?" Ronald felt a little strange in his heart.The author of a novel may have a lower status than a screenwriter in a film project.After selling the adaptation rights, there is no room for them to speak.unless……

"By the way, which novel are you going to act in?" Ronald asked at the elevator entrance.

With a "ding", the elevator stopped on the first floor. The two stepped into the elevator and pressed the floor where the author was.

"It's Tex, written by SE Hinton. We're here to see him today," Matt Dillon replied.

"The main thing is to see you, Matt." Ronald smiled, "I'm just here to make up the number."

Ronald flipped through Hinton's collection of novels, a gift from Diane.It is mainly a novel about young people in small rural towns.The earliest "Urchin" was a work of the 60s, and "Texas" is the latest one.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

"Here we come..." Hearing the doorbell, a female voice said inside.

A moment later the door opened, and a fat woman stood in the doorway, watching them both.

Through her figure, Ronald saw that there was no one else in the simple room, "We called to find an author named Hinton..."

"I am." The fat woman replied, she let the door open, and motioned for the two to come in.

"Yo! I didn't expect you to be a woman." Matt Dillon walked into the room, raised one corner of his mouth, and showed his trademark smirk.

"Oh, you must be Matt. Matt Dillon, right?" Hinton happily brought them a Coke. "I've always been a little worried that a boy born and raised in New York could accurately interpret the characters in my novels." Small-town youth in rural Oklahoma, I am relieved to see you."

Matt Dillon turned around and gave Ronald a "I just said it?" look.

"This is it?" Hinton asked when he saw the taller Ronald.She thought Ronald might be Dillon's family member, or the manager.

"He's a good friend of mine, Ronald Lee. I ask him to send me to you, Ms. Hinton. He's a writer like you."

"Oh? Nice to meet you." Hinton shook Ronald's hand, very happy to see a young writer. "Are you a novel writer too? My first novel 'The Urchin Outside the World' was written the year I graduated from high school, and it is also the most highly rated by critics so far."

Perhaps writers don't have much opportunity to communicate with their peers, and Hinton is very enthusiastic about Ronald.Invite the two of them to sit down and drink Coke.

"No, I'm a screenwriter." Ronald sat down and pulled the tab, took two sips of Coke, "I've read four of your novels recently, and all high school students like them very much. My cousin's school reads your books. Most popular."

"Film screenwriter, that's great. I've always wanted to make my novel into a movie, but I can't write a movie script myself, and I'm worried that the film company will over-adapt my novel and offend my readers, so I still Did not promise Disney to sell them the adaptation rights."

"I see," Ronald thought to himself, no wonder Disney wanted Dillon to let her have a look. The power was still in Hinton's hands, so she had a say in the whole project beyond ordinary people. "

"Tell me, Ronald, what's the difference between writing a screenplay and writing a novel?" Hinton asked a lot of questions.

"The script holds less time and content, and there are not many appearance descriptions in the script, because the actors are seen by the audience all the time in the movie..." Ronald picked some experiences of writing scripts and reading novels by himself said something.

The chubby Xinton had a very happy chat with the two, and now his confidence in the "Texas guy" has greatly increased. She asked Dillon a lot about his living habits. In her opinion, Matt Dillon is indeed suitable for the protagonist.

Matt Dillon and Ronald saw that the time was about the same, and they also bid farewell. It seemed that the interview was a success.

In parting, Hinton half-jokingly said, "Ronald, would you like to help me adapt the 'Texas' script?"

Ronald knew that the producer of the film, Tim Kinneman, was the current boyfriend of Meg Tilly, who was of Chinese descent, and he was running a project specifically to promote her.

So he didn't want to get involved, so he said:
"I have other projects, and besides, Disney must have its own adaptation candidates."

Hinton left their contact information and said to Ronald, "I will mention your joining the adaptation team at an appropriate time."

Ronald knew that he could not be selected, so he just smiled and said nothing.

Then she turned to Matt Dillon, "You're really a good fit for this movie, and I'll check with Disney's vice president Wilcht."

"Have you ever had a history with Meg Tilly?" Dillon, who was sitting in the car, suddenly asked Ronald.

"What? History? I remember telling you that she didn't make the heroine and chose another girl."

"Yeah, yes."

(End of this chapter)