"Kevin, hello." Early the next morning, as notified by Goldberg, "Working Girl" screenwriter Kevin Wade came to the apartment on Fifth Avenue to visit Ronald.

He had also discussed the script in depth with another director Mike Nichols. It is every screenwriter's dream to have the opportunity to put his play on the screen. However, Nichols' negotiations with Fox have now reached an impasse.

.Reality chipped away at his enthusiasm bit by bit.

Now that another famous director is also interested in the script, Kevin Wade feels full of energy again.

"Hello, Ronald, uh, I mean Mr. Li. I like your film works very much." Ronald is younger than Kevin Wade imagined. He is a little worried that this director is not as good as Mike.

Nichols is known for making high-concept commercial films, and his script is a sophisticated drama.

"Call me Ronald. Let me guess, Kevin, do you have Broadway experience?" Ronald smiled and asked the other party to sit down, then picked up the breakfast menu in the building, "I haven't had breakfast yet, you

If you don’t mind, would you like to eat some with me? The omelette and bacon here are very good.”

"Just coffee, yes, I did write a stage play script, which was shown Off-Broadway in 1981, and then was adapted into a screenplay in 1985. Of course, the box office cannot compare with your movie.

In addition, I previously worked as a screenwriter for New York independent film producer Mark Rapaport and wrote two movie scripts for him."

Kevin Wade is over 40 years old, but he is still a little nervous in front of Ronald. This time his script will definitely become a big production. What a screenwriter needs most in the industry is a movie that the audience is familiar with.

"No wonder, your script always reminds me of Broadway, with its compact plot. How did you come up with this story? I always feel that this story was written with a profound insight into the female secretaries who work on Wall Street.

"Ronald still admires screenwriter Wade.

"You may not know that I lived on Staten Island before I went to Hollywood. I take a boat to Manhattan every week, and on the boat I see many female secretaries who work in Manhattan and rent houses on Staten Island. They

It’s true, as you wrote, that I miss expensive high heels, so I wear sneakers to work and change them when I get to the office.”

"Aha, that's it." Kyle Wade suddenly realized that no wonder Ronald would be interested in his script. He recalled the scene at that time, and then slowly told the source of his inspiration:

"At that time, I had just written a successful screenplay and finally didn't have to skip the subway. I spent a lot of time riding my bicycle around New York... I was working as a bartender, and there was an abandoned street behind the bar.

By road, I would get on in the village and go down to Battery Park.

There I would see the Staten Island Ferry coming by, working girls in sneakers getting off the ferry, and then stopping to put on high heels... I was like writing a story about a low-level working girl who was struggling on Wall Street...

"

It turned out that Kevin Wade's inspiration also came from the detail of the secretary changing shoes. He immediately thought that the protagonist of the new script should be a young office girl who works in New York, but is not familiar with the world of people here -

-Due to her mother's illness, she never went to college, nor was she born in an upper-city family. She relied on the money she saved from working as a secretary to attend night school and complete business courses.

Wade finished writing the script and submitted it to several places, but the producers felt that it should be carried by a TV series rather than a movie.

Until this year, his script was recommended to Mike Nichols by 20th Century Fox.

After talking with Wade, Nichols prepared to undergo major surgery on the script, and then used this to ask for more casting rights and co-production conditions from his company. For this reason, he and 20th Century Fox

The script was shelved and now it's finally in Ronald's hands.

"To be honest, how far do you think this script is from being able to be made into a movie?" Kevin Wade actually didn't have many other requirements. His core demands were two points:

First, start filming as soon as possible so that he can become famous. Second, he can guarantee that he will be the only screenwriter candidate to sign his name on the script.

"I think some details still need more improvement."

"Oh, I don't know what aspects." Kevin Wade was a little disappointed. These directors used the script to be improved as an excuse to let themselves or their friends add additional signatures to the script. He wanted to hear Ronald's thoughts.

"First of all, the merger and acquisition story, I think is a bit too simplistic. What we filmed is a real business war film, and we need this merger and acquisition story to have the final twist so that people who really work on Wall Street can't find the obvious reasons.

flaw."

"Well, this is indeed my weakness. Before I became a screenwriter, I was a bartender... I read the Wall Street Journal for a long time, and the story of Japan's Sony Corporation acquiring Columbia Records last year gave me inspiration.

I thought if US-funded Colombia wanted to resist the acquisition, what could it do? At that time, there was a report in the Wall Street Journal saying that legislation was needed to protect American media companies from being acquired by Japanese capital, which gave me inspiration..."

Wade had to admit that he really couldn't read those companies' annual reports. He relied on reading newspaper reports to use his imagination.

"It doesn't matter. I know many investment managers on Wall Street. I can find a consultant for you. If you have any professional questions, just ask him. Of course, it's up to you to grasp the specific plot."

"Huh? I thought you would find a screenwriter who can write about business wars to rewrite it..." Kevin Wade did not expect that Ronald did not use the common excuse in Hollywood to change his script, but instead asked a rare

A consultant allowed himself to complete the short version. It is rare to see such a director.

Ronald smiled and shook his head, "This is very difficult. I am also a screenwriter myself. Your script is very tight. If you change it to another person, you will lose the rhythm of the script."

"Is there anything else that needs improvement?" Kevin Wade took out a pen and paper and began to record. This is a director who really understands the script. I am lucky to meet him. The balance in his heart has changed from Ni

Coles is slightly offset.

Although Mike Nichols is an Oscar winner for Best Director, and Ronald is just a commercial film director, respect is something that a screenwriter can hardly get from a director.

"Also, I think Tess's immediate boss, the manager of the investment company, could be replaced by a woman?" Ronald put forward another opinion of his own.

"Ding dong... Sir, your breakfast has arrived."

"I'll open the door." Ronald stood up first to open the door and asked the waiter to push the dining cart in. He also handed a $20 tip to the waiter, and then said to Wade, "Come on, try it.

Don’t you really need some coffee here?”

"Thank you." Kevin Wade took the slice of bread from Ronald, put two slices of bacon on the plate, picked up the knife and fork and started eating.

Wade frowned, but he decided to tell his true thoughts and chatted with Ronald. It felt like he was chatting about creation with other screenwriters in a cafe. Although deep down, Wade knew that he and Ronald

The other party is not equal, but this equal and casual attitude makes him very useful.

"I set up a male boss because of some female power considerations..." Wade hurriedly finished his breakfast, took a sip of coffee, and organized his words.

"What you said is very interesting, please continue..." Ronald made a gesture.

“In America, women are always assigned the role of raising children at home. Although their abilities and talents are not necessarily inferior to their male colleagues.

And Tess is a girl from a lower-middle-class background. Her family cannot afford college tuition, so she has to work part-time to attend night school.

…”

"So, you want Tess to be a spokesperson for class and gender? Focus the dramatic conflict on how she breaks through herself and finds her dreams in America?"

"Yes, that's what I think. The audience will like such a motivated and good girl."

"That's why I think it might be a better idea to change her boss to a woman."

Ronald stopped for coffee and chatted with Kevin Wade.

"You see, in addition to female secretaries like Tess, there are actually some women who have reached high-level positions in Wall Street companies. They come from good families, are well-educated, are likely to study abroad, and their spouses are all

Those rich kids who graduated from Ivy League schools.

But what makes them inferior to Tess is their talent and their continuous efforts to strive upward!"

Ronald talked about his thoughts. Although it is a film that reflects women's struggles in the workplace, perhaps the best way is to set up a opposite of Tess, and make another woman who has a family background and a love life that Tess dreams of.

, to be her boss as a secretary. In this way, the audience can immediately feel what Tess will look like after her inner dream is realized. Then the plot of her desperate attempt to contact Jack Traynor pretending to be a manager will be more reasonable and have more plots.

Dramatic conflict.

"What you say makes sense, but is this the whole reason?" Kevin Wade thought for a while, and what Ronald said was reasonable. Maybe there were some things. Movies and stage plays had different requirements for scripts.

Having a female character who is a mirror image of Tess might be the best choice for the movie.

"I won't hide it from you, because this is also convenient for setting up a plot of two women competing for a husband. Tess and his boss, we might as well call her Catherine for now, both fell in love with Jack Traynor. Catherine also wanted to catch him

Traynor, a blue chip stock, allows him to propose to himself, which is beneficial in the commercial film market. The target audience of our film is urban people, and they will want to see a plot like this in the film."

"You're right." Kevin Wade covered his head and thought for a long time. He felt that Ronald was right. Movies are not novels after all. A scheming middle-aged male boss is indeed not as jealous as two beautiful female stars.

, and compete with each other in career development, which looks good.

"Then we'll call her Catherine. What do you think of Tess's name? Do you need to change it?" Kevin Wade suddenly asked a question.

"Huh?" Ronald was suspicious. This sentence seemed to have a profound meaning. "Tess...Tess."

Ronald picked up the coffee and took another sip as a cover-up. His mind started to spin rapidly. Why did Kevin Wade give the heroine Mingming Tess? He must have some kind of deep meaning, otherwise he wouldn't be in the final scene.

Give yourself a small test at a critical moment.

Now I am at the stage where I need Kevin Wade to vote for me, rather than wanting to bring back Mike Nichols. If I can express his thoughts, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the weight on my side.

.

Tess, this name is still very familiar. When Ronald was working as a portrait photographer in Los Angeles, he took portraits of the German actress Natasha Kinski. And Natasha Kinski could

She became a star because she starred in the film adaptation of the famous novel "Tess" directed by Polanski.

The name Teresa is usually nicknamed Terri, or Tracy, and rarely abbreviated to Tess. Kevin Wade undoubtedly wanted to borrow the name from the movie "Tess".

Some background in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".

Thinking of this, Ronald smiled and said, "You can't change it. If you change it, then he won't be Tess in the Promised Land. In nineteenth-century Britain, no matter how hard Tess worked or had talent, she couldn't rise to the next level.

In twentieth-century New York, everyone can achieve their dreams through hard work..."

"Hahaha..." Kevin Wade laughed. Ronald was indeed not the kind of director who only made exploitation films. He was quite familiar with the essence of these classical literature and classical dramas, and saw through the fact that he named the protagonist Moss.

The deep meaning of silk.

"Did I pass the test?" Ronald laughed.

"One hundred percent", Wade did not deny the trick he had played, "Then did I pass your test? You just asked me how I came up with the inspiration for writing such a script..."

It turns out that Ronald also hid a small hook in his previous question. He felt that the script of "Working Girl" was really good, and he had actually investigated Kevin Wade's background information through his agent.

Why does such a person who makes money as a bartender and sticks to his dream know anything about Wall Street mergers and acquisitions? Ronald was a little suspicious that Wade plagiarized a certain script that described Wall Street mergers and acquisitions in detail, then added some romantic elements and rewritten it as
To be continued...