Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 229
It was someone Ronald didn't expect to call: Maureen Tiffey, who played Doris in "Fame."

Ronald was very impressed with Maureen, remembering that she was the director's "relationship" and he directly decided on the casting candidate.When fellow actor Barry Miller wooed her, director Alan Parker slapped him.

Maureen veiled how she was left out by Alan Parker from filming her new movie "Shoot the Moon," expressing her desire to sit next to Ronald at the awards show.Rejected decisively by Ronald.

Hollywood actresses may not be able to act, but they are absolutely sensitive to the position of the camera.

Ronald shook his head and hung up the phone. It is conceivable that someone will aim at this possible location in the future.If Ronald won the award, standing up and kissing him will be seen by tens of millions of viewers.

During the conversation, Ronald also learned some new news about director Alan Parker.He felt that the main reason for his fame and recognition by the film critics was to expose the dark side of reality in America.The new film "Shooting the Moon" cooperated with Bo Goldman, who was also nominated for the best original screenplay at this year's Oscars, to tell the psychological trauma of a cheating and domestic violence father to four children.

Is Fame successful for this reason?Isn't it a song and dance scene and a realistic portrayal of young people's art school life?

It's hard to say, the former may be reason for critics to say good things about it, and the latter is a reason for it to earn nearly $2000 million domestically without marketing resources.Although compared with the production cost of more than 800 million, this box office figure at most allows MGM not to lose money.

The second person to call was Demi Moore.She would love to be Ronald's companion at the Oscars, as she did at the Golden Globes last time.However, she has already inquired clearly that people like Ronald who are nominated for the best screenplay and music awards generally only have one ticket, and there will be no extra tickets allocated.

Although the Oscars awards hall has much larger seats than the Hilton Hotel lobby where the Golden Globes are presented, there are also many more awards and nominees than the Golden Globes, and there is no place to catch the camera in the back row.Every vacant spot was priced up for sale by the Oscars party.

So Demi Moore took the next best thing, and wanted to go with Ronald to the governor's ball after the Oscars. There were many big-name movie stars, producers and other powerful people there, as long as she could get a ticket...

"Demi, I heard from Eddie, the agent, that you rejected the ad for plastic wrap he found for you?" Ronald's job opportunity contacted by Demi was passed by her, and Eddie was not very happy.

"You know, Ronald. Freddie didn't like me doing commercials, he contacted me to audition for the female lead in the 3D movie 'Parasite'..."

"Wait, you and Freddie Moore are back together?"

"He saw me on TV at the Golden Globes dinner, so he came back to me and said he was going to make up his mind to divorce his wife... Ronnie, I still can't make up my mind... but I really want to play Movie"

"Congratulations, Demi. I don't have to win or go to the Governor's Ball."

This woman is very good at taking advantage of her own advantages, and she and she are nothing more than a dewy marriage between you and me, and the exchange gave her a little chance.Unexpectedly, she actually took advantage of the opportunity of the Golden Globe Awards to appear on the screen, and made her ex-boyfriend jealous, so she obediently came back and agreed to her entering the showbiz.

It looks like Demi is sure to make it in Hollywood.But I don't have time to accompany her to play this kind of game that is up for grabs.Ronald hung up the phone.

"Beep beep..."

Hearing the busy tone from the microphone, Demi Moore hung up the phone angrily, "I shouldn't have agreed to Freddie in such a hurry, I underestimated Ronald's ability. Didn't you say that being famous all over the world won't get you?" Oscar nominations?"

"I'm talking about performance awards, best film, best director, and I didn't care about awards like best original song." Natasha Kinski replied innocently.

Demi moved back to the high-end apartment and chatted with Natasha who came back from the crew to rest.

"Why don't you come with me, and I'll take you to the governor's ball." Kinski is adding lipstick to his lips. Coppola's new film "Old Love, New Love" has a problem, and it was withdrawn by Canadian funds invested in tax cuts .

As a last resort, he suspended the filming of the crew before looking for financing. It is said that he will once again mortgage his real estate and vineyards like "Apocalypse Now".

"Thank you, Natasha." Demi Moore hurriedly thanked her. Although if you go with Kinski, you won't be able to surpass her in dress and make-up, but if you go with Ronald, you can compete with each other to your heart's content.

Meanwhile, in another Los Angeles apartment, Michelle Pfeiffer was arguing bitterly with her agent, Limato.

"What do you take me for, Limato?" Michele looked embarrassed. "I broke up with Ronald because he couldn't be with me, not for the acting opportunity. Now you want me for an Oscar Going back to him after the Governor's Ball? Me and Peter have been dating for months, what's he going to think?"

"Don't be naive, Michelle. Who would think of these gossips before becoming famous? Which female star in Hollywood is not doing everything for the top? Peter Horton himself is still a struggling actor. His greatest achievement is Played a supporting role in two episodes of The Rich Men's Enmity.

Besides, I'm not asking you to seduce Ronald, old friends as dinner date is a very normal thing in Hollywood, Peter will understand.Besides, I got news that Ronald is one of the nominees for the best foreign language film as a film buyer, he may have two tickets in his hand, if you can sit next to him..."

Agent Limato showed his trump card, picked up the phone and said to Pfeffer, "Call him, boy. This is a rare opportunity."

"No, I won't. Peter is already using all his contacts to give me a chance to find a big production in Hollywood. He has a good relationship with the top of ABC, and he may switch careers as a director. Lead actresses in several TV movies on ABC."

Michelle Pfeiffer's expression froze for a moment, but she still refused.

"If you have this kind of opportunity, you must tell me as soon as possible in the future. Let's see what we can do together." Limato said.

In the following time, Ronald received more requests from CAA for actresses.After the failure of the man in the front row who was nominated for an acting award in public relations, Ronald, a dark horse in the back row, has also become a good resource for appearances.

This shows that they are optimistic about me winning the award. Ronald evaluated his possibility of winning from a different perspective.

Richard, CAA, began to press Ronald to make a decision.If there is no female companion present, you should exchange your admission ticket for resources as soon as possible. After time, its value will decrease rapidly as the number of buyers decreases.

Ronald began to think that those people could attend Hollywood's annual event with him.

Aunt Karen made it clear that she didn't like this kind of occasion, and she would just watch TV at home.

Or just find Diane Lane?She said that her agent had arranged for her to be a male star's female companion, but she was a double nominee, so she should be willing to have a better position.

Calling her aunt, Karen said that Diane had gone to school to rehearse for a play extravaganza, and was going home later that evening for a family dinner celebrating Ronald's nomination.

Ronald thought that the relationship between Diane and Bert had eased, and he had to ask her father's opinion for taking a little girl under 16 to the Oscars, so he hung up the phone to Bert.

"Oscar? She said that her agent arranged for her a famous male companion. She won't let me take care of her acting career now, otherwise she will quarrel with me. When I meet her now, I only talk about some interesting things about school. I Don't want to lose my daughter again. Ronald, ask her yourself."

Burt also didn't know who Diane's male companion was.

Ronald thought it was better to go to his aunt's house to ask in person at night.If Diane has a better seat than him, don't bring it up, it's embarrassing.

"Hi, aunt. Hi, Donna. Where's Diane?" Ronald arrived at his aunt's house on time at night, and his aunt prepared a box of baked biscuits for him to eat two cushions first.

"Diane hasn't come back yet. I called the school. The teacher said she left after rehearsal. Donna said she went to buy you a gift."

"This is my gift, Ronnie." Donna gave him a big box and wrapped it in gift paper and ribbon. "Diane and I are going to give you a big gift. This is my part."

Ronald opened it and saw that there was a long cardboard box inside.

Take apart the cardboard box, it is a thing like a typewriter keyboard, with Commodore VIC-20 written in English on it.

"What's this?" Ronald asked.

"This is Commodore's eight-bit home computer. You can use it to replace a typewriter." Donna took out another small box, which looks like a Walkman, with a magnetic door that can be opened and closed. There is a wire on it that can be connected to the keyboard.

"You connect him to the TV, and you can type. If you make a typo, you don't have to retype it like a typewriter, just modify it on the screen. Then store the document on this tape machine. Take it to the print shop and you can type it out."

"Then what did Diane go to buy?"

"Of course it's software, MicroPro's Wordstar. This Commodore is called hardware. You have to install the software before you can type."

Looking at the keyboard, Ronald felt a familiar feeling in his heart.Put it on the table and start typing with your hands.The keyboard requires much less force than a typewriter, and Ronald's keystrokes are much faster.

"This is Shift, where is Control?"

"Hey, how do you know Control? It's on the left."

When Ronald looked for it, it was on the left side of the letter A. He wondered, "Why put it here, shouldn't Control be under Shift?"

"Okay, thank you Donna." Ronald really liked this gift, and he would not need a typewriter in the future. This thing is more convenient, and he seems to be more used to it.

"Wait for Diane to buy the software first, and then I will teach you how to use it. Our high school is equipped with it."

But after waiting for a long time, Diane did not come back. Aunt Karen became anxious and called Diane's father Bert.Diane wasn't there either.

"Do you need to call the police?" Aunt was a little flustered, and Burt said that he would come over immediately and look for it together.

"I'll call the lawyer first. She has some connections with NYPD, so don't let anything happen." Ronald was also a little panicked. Diane was lost, and this was a big responsibility.There is also something about abduction and trafficking in the news recently.

(End of this chapter)