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Chapter 231 Seize the opportunity
Chapter 231 Seize the opportunity
Claire immediately contacted the local police station and learned that the girl was Diane. She drove the car into the parking lot by herself, then surrendered herself, and requested to make a long-distance call to her father in New York on the spot.
The police didn't believe her story and thought it was a prank by the child, so they notified her mother.Then her mother, Colleen, got the news and rushed to Tennessee to pick up her daughter.
Because the owner of the car is Diane's mother's boyfriend, if the owner does not pursue the case, there is no need to hand over the felony of stealing the car to the prosecutor. Diane was taken back to Georgia by her mother before she had time to call Bert. at home.
Diane was found, and the FBI found that her mother had taken Diane away. After communicating with the Georgia state, no coercion was found, so Claire suspended the investigation.Things went from a possible kidnapping case to a family civil dispute between parents fighting for custody of their daughter.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Burt went to Tennessee to pick up his daughter. He might have to face court offenses and defenses there before he could pick up Diane.
The offensive and defensive battle in the courtroom lasted for a month, and Diane and Bert returned to New York on the eve of the Oscars.After this incident, Diane no longer had conflicts with her father, so she proposed to Aunt Karen to move back to live with her father.
Aunt Karen was also afraid of taking on too many responsibilities, so she happily agreed when she saw the father and daughter reconciled.Diane went to say goodbye to Donna and tidy up the house.The two little girls chatted non-stop after meeting.
It turned out that after Diane Lane left school that day, she was followed by her mother, Colleen, who had been following her in Manhattan, New York for a few days.After Diane bought a gift for Ronald, mother Colleen and her boyfriend appeared to take Diane away.
Diane quarreled with her mother for a few words.Later, the mother lied that her grandmother was seriously ill, and Di An believed it, and the three went straight to the airport.Because there were not enough air tickets to Georgia that day, the three bought another air ticket for a connecting flight in Florida.
After arriving at the home in a small town in northern Georgia, Diane learned that she had been cheated, and her mother asked her to stay here as her guardian and manage her acting career.Diane had no money with her, couldn't get back to New York, and couldn't make phone calls.
Soon, she seized the opportunity to steal her mother's boyfriend's car keys while her mother was not paying attention, and wanted to drive back to New York by herself.After driving for a while, I found that I couldn't refuel without cash, and it was impossible to drive all the way back to New York.At this time, she remembered that the cross-state crimes she had talked with Donna were managed by the FBI.
So she simply crossed the state border along the interstate highway, came to the nearest city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, then surrendered to the police and asked to call her father.
But before it was her turn to make a long-distance call, she was picked up by her mother again.There is only one police record of stealing a car in Georgia and surrendering in Tennessee.Only then did the FBI in New York find the trace.
"Then is your mother still your guardian now? How do you get along with her?" Donna asked her good friend Diane.
"Georgia's law is different from that of New York State, and minors are not allowed to declare independence in newspapers. I am still a minor in Georgia, and I have to spend more than two years under the guardianship of my mother before I can be independent and manage my own acting career.
Bert and I got a lawyer in Georgia and challenged my mom's custody in court.The court ruled that my father would have custody of me so I could come back to New York.As for my mother, I don't want to talk to her anymore. ’ replied Diane.
Diane threw her clothes into the box, "Fortunately, you told me the other day that the FBI was in charge of cross-state cases, otherwise I would be in trouble."
"Thanks to Ronnie. The lawyer he hired was very powerful, the detective from the NYPD, and the special agent from the FBI all came. In the end, Agent Claire of the FBI found your surrender record, otherwise Burt would not have to pick you up so soon."
Diane continued to throw things into the box, "If that's the case, I won't be able to make long-distance calls. I can only wait for my mother to process the custody papers and then go to school in Georgia for another two years. You don't know , it is very conservative there, I heard that the theory of evolution is not taught in public schools.”
"Oh my god, in 1968 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the teaching of evolution in public high schools should not be blocked. What the hell kind of place is that? It's terrible. Can you watch TV there?" Donna, the elementary school bully, heard that science cannot be taught in high schools. Georgia was imagined as a wild place.
"Hahaha, it's not so scary. I can see three wireless stations over there, and I also watched the engagement feature of Prince Charles of Britain. Did you see that engagement ring? It's a big sapphire."
The clothes in the box were not very neat, and Dian couldn't close the lid even though he pressed hard.She opened the box, felt inside, and took out a box.He smiled at Donna:
"Almost forgot, I bought it the other day and forgot to give it to your cousin as a gift, he can finally type on that Commodore keyboard."
"Okay, I'll give it to him when the time comes." Donna picked up the typing software Wordstar and put it away.
Diane was a little envious of Donna, "I feel like when I lived in your house, I was more like a normal high school student. Burt usually taught me acting skills, and my mother wanted to snatch me away, but Karen was like my mother. Will care that I don't get back from the party past twelve o'clock at night.
And you're like my sister, and Ronald is like my brother.I heard you used to live together on Staten Island? "
"Oh, yes. Ronald only came to our house a few years ago. But we can live here for the past two years, and my mother doesn't have to be a waiter. It's all because of him to get a leg warmer business."
Diane sat down on the box and pressed the top cover, asking Donna to zip the box up, "Why don't you see him here?"
"Hey, I haven't seen him for two days. It seems that something happened to the director of his new script. He hopes to take over the director's work and has already left for Los Angeles early."
"Wow, Ronald can be a director at such a young age? When I was filming, the directors were all old men."
"Yeah, he'd had a chance before. Too bad that Timothy Hutton rejected his Grease sequel script, leaving the studio to choose between him and Ronnie."
"Ah? So he and Hutton are enemies?"
……
At the same time, Ronald was in a meeting with the CAA office in Los Angeles, with two agents, Rick Nisita, and Richard Lovett, to discuss the trouble caused by David Lynch, and to talk to Ronald. down action.
It turned out that David Lynch rejected George Lucas's invitation to direct the next Star Wars, and said some excessive words, which caused a little disturbance in the industry.
When George Lucas was filming The Empire Strikes Back, he and Kubrick, who was filming "The Shining" in the studio next door, took turns showing the film to the staff every day. That day Kubrick played David Lynch's debut novel "Eraserhead" surprised Lucas.
For this "Eraserhead", Lucas couldn't tell what era it was made in.Generally, movies will have the characteristics of the times.The popular techniques at the time, the structure of the story, etc., can give you clues.Excellent works that do not see the characteristics of the times are often produced by groundbreaking geniuses.
Since then, Lucas has always had the idea of asking David Lynch to direct the next "Revenge of the Jedi". Recently, Lynch happened to be canvassing votes in California, so Lucas invited him to San Francisco for a presentation.
David Lynch didn't want to go to the appointment after receiving the invitation, but under the persuasion of Nisita who wanted to sign him, he still went.Because Lucas has a detached position in the industry and plays a pivotal role.His support may add a lot of votes.
Directing the next Star Wars film can be regarded as officially entering the mainstream circle of Hollywood commercial films. Among other things, the salary will be at least several million.Lucas has always been generous with his pay.
David Lynch took the plane booked by Lucas, and was taken all the way to the office of Lucasfilm.Lucas took Lynch to visit the Star Wars props and talked about his thoughts on the next Star Wars movie.
In particular, he wanted to include an alien primitive, the Wookiee, in the film.And pull out the furry Wookiee model for Lynch to comment on.This left Lynch speechless, he didn't care about the special effects makeup, the real and scary makeup in Elephant Man was done by the special effects makeup artist of the crew.
Because George Lucas has severe diabetes, he chose a restaurant that only serves vegetable salads to discuss things while eating.
David Lynch hates vegetable salad, and Lucas enthusiastically introduces a group of short alien primitives living in the forest.There was an evil fire in my heart that had nowhere to vent.
The aura of the two was at odds, and the next day after returning, Lynch officially called Lucas, saying that Star Wars should be directed by Lucas himself to maximize the play.
It is a bit rude to reject such a big name as Lucas so simply.If you are unwilling to direct Star Wars, you should express your refusal from the beginning, instead of going to the appointment perfunctorily with the mentality of canvassing votes.
Just refusing is not a problem.The real problem was that Lynch, at the subsequent canvassing party, publicized this incident as an achievement of his own after drinking.Said something inappropriate, such as:
"I'm not interested in any sci-fi movies.
I have about zero interest in directing a Star Wars movie. "
"Why did he say that?" Ronald didn't understand.
Nisita uncommonly fires: "Oh, Shxt. David Lynch is crazy, his canvassing has been thwarted, Robert Redford has way more connections than him, and Paramount isn't backing him to compete Divided the ticket source.
Now this country boy from Montana thinks he's the greatest director Hollywood has ever seen.Now he doesn't like anyone, he talks nonsense at the party and offends people everywhere, does he think that he can get sympathy votes from others?
"That's really unfortunate. He rejected Star Wars, will he focus more on our film 'fast-paced Richmond High'?" Ronald asked hastily.
Nisita looked at Ronald with a smile, but didn't speak.He was pissed off by David Lynch before, but the young man in front of him suddenly became much more pleasing to the eye.
Ronald's screenwriting work on the studio's request was very efficient, not only in time, but also in quality.
Among the agents of CAA, some rumors have begun to circulate.For example, he can write better than anyone who is faster than him, and he can write faster than everyone who is better than him.
"Ronald, what he thinks is no longer important to us." Richard replied beside him.
"why?"
"I have temporarily given up on signing David Lynch, let him see the real face of Hollywood." Nisita took over the conversation, "Richard and I will help you fight for a 'fast-paced' director job."
(End of this chapter)
Claire immediately contacted the local police station and learned that the girl was Diane. She drove the car into the parking lot by herself, then surrendered herself, and requested to make a long-distance call to her father in New York on the spot.
The police didn't believe her story and thought it was a prank by the child, so they notified her mother.Then her mother, Colleen, got the news and rushed to Tennessee to pick up her daughter.
Because the owner of the car is Diane's mother's boyfriend, if the owner does not pursue the case, there is no need to hand over the felony of stealing the car to the prosecutor. Diane was taken back to Georgia by her mother before she had time to call Bert. at home.
Diane was found, and the FBI found that her mother had taken Diane away. After communicating with the Georgia state, no coercion was found, so Claire suspended the investigation.Things went from a possible kidnapping case to a family civil dispute between parents fighting for custody of their daughter.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Burt went to Tennessee to pick up his daughter. He might have to face court offenses and defenses there before he could pick up Diane.
The offensive and defensive battle in the courtroom lasted for a month, and Diane and Bert returned to New York on the eve of the Oscars.After this incident, Diane no longer had conflicts with her father, so she proposed to Aunt Karen to move back to live with her father.
Aunt Karen was also afraid of taking on too many responsibilities, so she happily agreed when she saw the father and daughter reconciled.Diane went to say goodbye to Donna and tidy up the house.The two little girls chatted non-stop after meeting.
It turned out that after Diane Lane left school that day, she was followed by her mother, Colleen, who had been following her in Manhattan, New York for a few days.After Diane bought a gift for Ronald, mother Colleen and her boyfriend appeared to take Diane away.
Diane quarreled with her mother for a few words.Later, the mother lied that her grandmother was seriously ill, and Di An believed it, and the three went straight to the airport.Because there were not enough air tickets to Georgia that day, the three bought another air ticket for a connecting flight in Florida.
After arriving at the home in a small town in northern Georgia, Diane learned that she had been cheated, and her mother asked her to stay here as her guardian and manage her acting career.Diane had no money with her, couldn't get back to New York, and couldn't make phone calls.
Soon, she seized the opportunity to steal her mother's boyfriend's car keys while her mother was not paying attention, and wanted to drive back to New York by herself.After driving for a while, I found that I couldn't refuel without cash, and it was impossible to drive all the way back to New York.At this time, she remembered that the cross-state crimes she had talked with Donna were managed by the FBI.
So she simply crossed the state border along the interstate highway, came to the nearest city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, then surrendered to the police and asked to call her father.
But before it was her turn to make a long-distance call, she was picked up by her mother again.There is only one police record of stealing a car in Georgia and surrendering in Tennessee.Only then did the FBI in New York find the trace.
"Then is your mother still your guardian now? How do you get along with her?" Donna asked her good friend Diane.
"Georgia's law is different from that of New York State, and minors are not allowed to declare independence in newspapers. I am still a minor in Georgia, and I have to spend more than two years under the guardianship of my mother before I can be independent and manage my own acting career.
Bert and I got a lawyer in Georgia and challenged my mom's custody in court.The court ruled that my father would have custody of me so I could come back to New York.As for my mother, I don't want to talk to her anymore. ’ replied Diane.
Diane threw her clothes into the box, "Fortunately, you told me the other day that the FBI was in charge of cross-state cases, otherwise I would be in trouble."
"Thanks to Ronnie. The lawyer he hired was very powerful, the detective from the NYPD, and the special agent from the FBI all came. In the end, Agent Claire of the FBI found your surrender record, otherwise Burt would not have to pick you up so soon."
Diane continued to throw things into the box, "If that's the case, I won't be able to make long-distance calls. I can only wait for my mother to process the custody papers and then go to school in Georgia for another two years. You don't know , it is very conservative there, I heard that the theory of evolution is not taught in public schools.”
"Oh my god, in 1968 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the teaching of evolution in public high schools should not be blocked. What the hell kind of place is that? It's terrible. Can you watch TV there?" Donna, the elementary school bully, heard that science cannot be taught in high schools. Georgia was imagined as a wild place.
"Hahaha, it's not so scary. I can see three wireless stations over there, and I also watched the engagement feature of Prince Charles of Britain. Did you see that engagement ring? It's a big sapphire."
The clothes in the box were not very neat, and Dian couldn't close the lid even though he pressed hard.She opened the box, felt inside, and took out a box.He smiled at Donna:
"Almost forgot, I bought it the other day and forgot to give it to your cousin as a gift, he can finally type on that Commodore keyboard."
"Okay, I'll give it to him when the time comes." Donna picked up the typing software Wordstar and put it away.
Diane was a little envious of Donna, "I feel like when I lived in your house, I was more like a normal high school student. Burt usually taught me acting skills, and my mother wanted to snatch me away, but Karen was like my mother. Will care that I don't get back from the party past twelve o'clock at night.
And you're like my sister, and Ronald is like my brother.I heard you used to live together on Staten Island? "
"Oh, yes. Ronald only came to our house a few years ago. But we can live here for the past two years, and my mother doesn't have to be a waiter. It's all because of him to get a leg warmer business."
Diane sat down on the box and pressed the top cover, asking Donna to zip the box up, "Why don't you see him here?"
"Hey, I haven't seen him for two days. It seems that something happened to the director of his new script. He hopes to take over the director's work and has already left for Los Angeles early."
"Wow, Ronald can be a director at such a young age? When I was filming, the directors were all old men."
"Yeah, he'd had a chance before. Too bad that Timothy Hutton rejected his Grease sequel script, leaving the studio to choose between him and Ronnie."
"Ah? So he and Hutton are enemies?"
……
At the same time, Ronald was in a meeting with the CAA office in Los Angeles, with two agents, Rick Nisita, and Richard Lovett, to discuss the trouble caused by David Lynch, and to talk to Ronald. down action.
It turned out that David Lynch rejected George Lucas's invitation to direct the next Star Wars, and said some excessive words, which caused a little disturbance in the industry.
When George Lucas was filming The Empire Strikes Back, he and Kubrick, who was filming "The Shining" in the studio next door, took turns showing the film to the staff every day. That day Kubrick played David Lynch's debut novel "Eraserhead" surprised Lucas.
For this "Eraserhead", Lucas couldn't tell what era it was made in.Generally, movies will have the characteristics of the times.The popular techniques at the time, the structure of the story, etc., can give you clues.Excellent works that do not see the characteristics of the times are often produced by groundbreaking geniuses.
Since then, Lucas has always had the idea of asking David Lynch to direct the next "Revenge of the Jedi". Recently, Lynch happened to be canvassing votes in California, so Lucas invited him to San Francisco for a presentation.
David Lynch didn't want to go to the appointment after receiving the invitation, but under the persuasion of Nisita who wanted to sign him, he still went.Because Lucas has a detached position in the industry and plays a pivotal role.His support may add a lot of votes.
Directing the next Star Wars film can be regarded as officially entering the mainstream circle of Hollywood commercial films. Among other things, the salary will be at least several million.Lucas has always been generous with his pay.
David Lynch took the plane booked by Lucas, and was taken all the way to the office of Lucasfilm.Lucas took Lynch to visit the Star Wars props and talked about his thoughts on the next Star Wars movie.
In particular, he wanted to include an alien primitive, the Wookiee, in the film.And pull out the furry Wookiee model for Lynch to comment on.This left Lynch speechless, he didn't care about the special effects makeup, the real and scary makeup in Elephant Man was done by the special effects makeup artist of the crew.
Because George Lucas has severe diabetes, he chose a restaurant that only serves vegetable salads to discuss things while eating.
David Lynch hates vegetable salad, and Lucas enthusiastically introduces a group of short alien primitives living in the forest.There was an evil fire in my heart that had nowhere to vent.
The aura of the two was at odds, and the next day after returning, Lynch officially called Lucas, saying that Star Wars should be directed by Lucas himself to maximize the play.
It is a bit rude to reject such a big name as Lucas so simply.If you are unwilling to direct Star Wars, you should express your refusal from the beginning, instead of going to the appointment perfunctorily with the mentality of canvassing votes.
Just refusing is not a problem.The real problem was that Lynch, at the subsequent canvassing party, publicized this incident as an achievement of his own after drinking.Said something inappropriate, such as:
"I'm not interested in any sci-fi movies.
I have about zero interest in directing a Star Wars movie. "
"Why did he say that?" Ronald didn't understand.
Nisita uncommonly fires: "Oh, Shxt. David Lynch is crazy, his canvassing has been thwarted, Robert Redford has way more connections than him, and Paramount isn't backing him to compete Divided the ticket source.
Now this country boy from Montana thinks he's the greatest director Hollywood has ever seen.Now he doesn't like anyone, he talks nonsense at the party and offends people everywhere, does he think that he can get sympathy votes from others?
"That's really unfortunate. He rejected Star Wars, will he focus more on our film 'fast-paced Richmond High'?" Ronald asked hastily.
Nisita looked at Ronald with a smile, but didn't speak.He was pissed off by David Lynch before, but the young man in front of him suddenly became much more pleasing to the eye.
Ronald's screenwriting work on the studio's request was very efficient, not only in time, but also in quality.
Among the agents of CAA, some rumors have begun to circulate.For example, he can write better than anyone who is faster than him, and he can write faster than everyone who is better than him.
"Ronald, what he thinks is no longer important to us." Richard replied beside him.
"why?"
"I have temporarily given up on signing David Lynch, let him see the real face of Hollywood." Nisita took over the conversation, "Richard and I will help you fight for a 'fast-paced' director job."
(End of this chapter)
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