"Ronald, I hope our investment will yield a good harvest."
"Don't worry, George. The revenue cycle of TV series may be longer than that of movies. You can see it from the income of the movie Love Is Not For Sale..."
Ronald asked Douglas Jr. to pave the way for George Jr. in all matters. As long as he used the proceeds withdrawn from the oil company to buy a few shares of the Wall Street investment company's funds, he could enjoy the daydream TV series project.
Gained.
"But do you think I can put all my investment in the movie Working Girl you produced? Laura also loves watching that movie. She said that if it is made into a TV series, he will definitely watch it at home every day."
"Well... this is stipulated in the investment contract. Through such a relatively complicated investment agreement, we can only invest in the overall project of our TV series, not a specific TV series. Otherwise, the name of the investor must be disclosed. Besides, TV series cannot
Like a movie, no one is sure that it will be renewed by the TV station. Maybe it is a better strategy not to put all the eggs in one basket?"
"Ha, what you said makes sense. Let me help you screen it and see which TV series will stand out..."
"That's what I asked for..." Ronald said with a wry smile, but he didn't expect that little George would actually take it seriously.
"I said, the military shipbuilding industry will get a big order recently. I don't have the capital to participate. Are you interested in making a quick buck?" Xiao Qiao was very satisfied with Ronald's arrangement. He thought of the recent
What the brokers surrounding my father hope to accomplish these days.
"I don't know anything about that. I'd better invest in my film and television entertainment industry..."
Ronald hung up the phone and shook his head. People like the commander-in-chief really lacked understanding of the real business society. He thought he was looking for him because he really needed his hundreds of thousands of dollars? Or was it?
Need to borrow his extraordinary ability to appreciate TV dramas?
But it’s no wonder, America has always been a society of power and money transactions, and the rich have to coax these people in exchange for other guarantees. The big boss who acquired the Rangers, the Wall Street fund boss Roland Bates,
I also had to coax little George to participate in various management tasks of the team, and even let him play and kick off in various events.
"Here we come, the outside is ready, there are no paparazzi..." Dan, the bodyguard, came in and informed Ronald that he had gone out to check and no one came to deliberately peek or follow the trip.
Ronald nodded, quickly got off the elevator, quickly walked down the steps from the exit of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a low-key manner, opened the door and got into Little Bud's car and drove to Disneyland.
"Ronald, my sister praised you very much and said good things about you from beginning to end. It's not easy for her to say good things about someone with a personality like hers."
The Disney plant is far away from the other major studios. In an empty office here, Garry Marshall is waiting for him in the office of the movie that Diane gave up.
"It's a pity that she didn't stay and continue to be a director. Diane got along very happily with her."
"I heard that your wife is pregnant, congratulations."
Garry Marshall looks like a little old man, but he gives people a very friendly feeling, just like the uncle next door. In addition, Ronald is familiar with Castle Rock's partner-Bob Lay
Na was his ex-brother-in-law, and Dane was on good terms with his sister Penny Marshall. Ronald interacted with him as if they were acquaintances.
"I heard that the heroine is still making a lot of noise?" Ronald Dele is trying to solve the script problem of the movie. If an actress wants to change the script, it is not a good thing for the producer and director.
.
"Ah, yes, if you meet Julia Roberts, you will know that she is in love now, and she exudes a special charm when she meets all the men." Garry Marshall smiled, but he was very fond of Roberts.
I am not completely opposed to the idea.
"Oh, do you also agree to change it to a happy fairy tale ending? The prince and the princess live happily ever after?"
"Yes. To a certain extent, this was inspired by you. The happy ending you created in When Harry Met Sally was very popular with the audience. The current audience seems to like this.
A sweet ending.
I've been in this industry long enough, and audiences' preferences come and go like tides. I feel like their expectations for romantic films are now gradually returning to happy endings. They no longer like the ones that have been in the movies since the 1980s.
It’s the kind of story about a man and a woman whose reason triumphs over their emotions.”
"Really?" Ronald didn't expect Garry Marshall to use his own movie to testify, which greatly strengthened the credibility of his case.
"It's true, look at this..." Garry Marshall is not a pure director. He took out a table listing the endings of the blockbuster romantic movies in the past five years.
The numbers do seem to be a trend, and audiences are gradually turning to the kind of classic Hollywood romance - no matter how illogical and impossible this ending is in real life..."
"Are you serious? Who would believe that a ruthless Wall Street banker who bankrupted his father would fall in love with a southern daughter who was born on the street and has not even graduated from high school?"
"This is the main reason why I asked to meet with you today. You are a great expert, Ronald. I want to invite you to discuss how to make this ending at least logically possible, so that the audience can entertain
Beautiful dreams can come true..."
"Oh, Gary..." If Ronald hadn't known about Garry Marshall's happy family and loving wife, he would have suspected that Julia Roberts had seduced the steady romantic director.
"This is for the box office..." Garry Marshall knows a lot about people. Of course he knows that what Rood cares about most is the box office numbers.
"Okay, okay, let me think about it..."
Ronald looked carefully at the life background of the male protagonist Edward Lewis in the script. His mother was disliked by his father since childhood. His own background is very similar to those on Wall Street who use junk bonds to make acquisitions of good companies.
Those experts (such as Milken who was chased and beaten by prosecutor Rudy).
Taking advantage of the long-term low interest rates during the previous years, these people took advantage of the corporate junk bond market on Wall Street to issue bonds frantically, used this high-yield bond to finance, and then acquired companies with good fundamentals.
After buying those companies, they did not use them to operate them. Instead, they took advantage of the low valuation of these local manufacturing industries to split them up and then sell them to foreign manufacturing capital (such as Japanese).
Under certain market conditions, the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. These people made a lot of money by dismantling and selling old American industries.
But in 1988, the last year of the previous president's term, the Federal Reserve began to raise the base interest rate multiple times, and companies that issued junk bonds, including Milken, encountered great difficulties. For example, Minahan
Cannon Pictures was dragged down by such rising interest rates.
Edward Lewis in the script is not exempt. He did so many bad things in the early stage and has suffered retribution now.
"Okay, let's do this, let's let him stop in time before the stock market crash, stop dismantling America's industrial manufacturing industry, and keep them as a whole. I think a Wall Street banker wants to escape this
If there is a disaster, I’m afraid this is the only way.”
Ronald looked at the script and scratched his head and said, the male protagonist cannot be an outstanding person like Milken, who has collusion between politics and business, and has so many internal relationships that it is outrageous, which has attracted prosecution from prosecutors. He is not a business wizard either.
It is impossible to take a fancy to a certain industry and then rely on your own talents to increase the stock price of the enterprise.
It happened that little George told him about the recent news that the government was going to increase investment in the military industry. So let this man who plays with political and business relationships rely on inside information to invest in the military shipbuilding industry and build big ships for the country.
"dxmn, you are really a genius Ronald. My sister and ex-brother-in-law were right about you. Because of his father's ruthlessness towards his mother, Lewis gradually turned into a person who only cares about making money and has no feelings.
Only when Vivian brings him family warmth can he regain a normal emotional world. Only in this way can he be unwilling to break up such a good shipyard because of emotional fetters, and if it continues to operate, good people will be rewarded.
"
Garry Marshall immediately thought of the intersection of the two main lines. The emotional ups and downs of Edward Lewis and Vivian Ward happened to be the key points of the ups and downs of the male protagonist's career.
Marshall quickly thought of many plots, such as making Vivian like the shipyard owner and his son, which would arouse Lewis's jealousy.
It was also because of this that Edward Lewis was able to face up to his feelings for Vivian. This feeling of jealousy had been lacking in him for a long time. Several of his ex-girlfriends married because they could not wait for his proposal.
other people.
Sometimes the script is just like this, and often just one inspiration can lead to a big breakthrough.
"But I'm afraid you will face great difficulties..." Ronald saw that Garry Marshall was very excited, and he had no choice but to pour cold water on him.
"What difficulty?" Marshall was an expert, and he knew that the difficulties Ronald mentioned were definitely not groundless.
"The problem lies in the casting," Ronald spread his hands, "No self-respecting male star would accept such a role.
Because the male star's character creation in this drama is even more outrageous than Harrison Ford's character in Working Girl.
After all, Harrison Ford still has the role of taking the initiative to push the plot forward. But in this movie, the male protagonist Lewis is only pushed forward by the heroine from beginning to end. All the proactive scenes are with the heroine.
On Vivian.
I'm afraid the audience will only remember the heroine's wonderful performance, but not the male protagonist. So which star is willing to condescend to play the role?"
"Then it depends on Julia Roberts..."
Garry Marshall smiled and said that he had already seen Julia Roberts' "ability" during the audition process in the past few days, and he was not really worried about this matter.
"You seem very confident..."
…
Within days, Ronald discovered that Garry Marshall's confidence was justified. He auditioned several times for Julia Roberts and actors.
I don't know if this woman is because she recently found a new boyfriend and is passionately in love with her. The charm exuding from her whole body is completely different from when she was filming "Steel Mulan".
Ronald felt strongly that Julia Roberts was not actually acting, but she was naturally expressing the feelings of love. To a certain extent, this was also a kind of true acting. Or method.
The emotional memory inside, no matter what you call it.
Her feeling of being in love from the inside out is something that many men can't stand.
"Who is her boyfriend?" Ronald asked Garry Marshall quietly. He was also curious about the boyfriend who triggered such a huge reaction from Julia Roberts.
"Donald Sutherland's son Kiefer, he and his father presented the award to the Canadian Film and Television Association at the Oscars the year before last. He is also a person with very strong emotions."
"Oh?" Ronald remembered that this actor was also a man with a wide chin and excessive secretion of hormones.
…
"Thank you for coming. We will notify your agent if there is any news."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The person who has just finished auditioning with Julia Roberts is John Travolta, whom he has not seen for several years. He is also fascinated by Julia.
Since filming the dance movie directed by Stallone, Travolta has fallen into a low ebb in his career and has never been able to get any good roles. Now he has come to Disney to audition for a medium-sized production like this.
"Okay...thank you. Thank you also Julia, I feel very happy to perform with you..."
"Hehehe, thank you..." Julia Roberts's electric eyes fired at Travolta... After all, he was the idol in the hearts of thousands of girls back then. If she could cooperate with him, she would probably be able to praise herself as a hero.
Big star... right?
John Travolta was shocked by Julia Roberts and left happily.
Ronald and Garry Marshall were left looking at each other and smiling bitterly. There was no chemistry between these two handsome men and beautiful women at all.
…
"Oh, God, it's so hot in here...can you get me a cappuccino?" Another actor who came to audition was Al Pacino, who played the godfather.
"Oh, give Julia a cup..." After Ronald motioned his assistant to bring the coffee, Pacino refused to drink it himself and handed it to Julia Roberts instead.
"Hehehe, thank you..."
Roberts was very satisfied with Al Pacino's profound dramatic skills. The two of them enjoyed reading the lines in the script, but the height of this dwarf...
"Thank you for coming. We will notify your agent if there is any news." Ronald was also disappointed with the height difference between the two. How much work did Coppola do to film the second-generation Godfather Michael?
So tall?
"Julia, I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future..." Al Pacino probably also saw that his height did not match his, but this did not prevent him from asking Julia out.
"Ahem, we still need Julia to continue auditioning..."
Ronald coughed twice and drove the dwarf away. Al Pacino had previously planned to film "Revolution" and even lost his underwear.
After Al Pacino walked out of the audition room, Julia Roberts came over with coffee, put it against Ronald's ear, and said softly, "Hehehe, thank you..."
Ronald felt his ears were itchy and was slightly scratched by her hair. Then, his hand felt warm, and Julia Roberts' other hand held his hand, feeling a piece of paper, and quickly
It was handed into his hand.
After he walked away, Ronald took the opportunity to pick it up and read it. It said, "Thank you for writing the story of Vivian Ward so well. I thank you very much..." There is a series of numbers below, exactly.
It's Julia Roberts.
Ronald quickly turned over the note and hid it in his pocket. This would not be good if Garry Marshall saw it.
"Do you feel her charm?" Garry Marshall also tilted his head and said to Ronald.
"Ahem, yes..." Ronald covered up.
"Only such a person can be convincing in playing the role of Vivian, otherwise a banker like Edward Lewis would not be tempted..."
"Hmm..." When Ronald heard this, he realized that they were discussing the plot and felt relieved.
But what the director said makes sense. There is a kind of actor who has a very unique charm in front of the camera. It seems that the audience wants to fall in love with them. No matter how ignorant the actors themselves are or how bad their acting skills are, the camera
The preference for them makes the audience ignore all their shortcomings and just want to replace the person who plays opposite him on the screen and have sex with him.
Just like Julia Roberts, no matter how bad her acting skills are, she can't interpret the logic behind the character at all. But after the audition film was developed and played on the screen, Ronald saw it and thought it was so interesting.
Persuasiveness.
"I'm afraid it's hard to find this actor. He has to be evenly matched with her..."
Ronald's worry did not last long, as another actor came to audition. Like Julia Roberts, he is also an actor who can gain recognition from the audience based only on his appearance, regardless of whether he has no acting skills at all.
Very stupid.
"I don't know, the audition was very enjoyable, but I always felt like this movie wasn't for me..."
The speaker was Richard Gere, who had worked with Diane on Coppola's film "The Cotton Club". So in a private setting after the audition, when Ronald asked him what he thought, Richard
·Keir is willing to tell the truth.
"Okay, I'll keep in touch with your agent."
This time, it was Roald and director Marshall who wanted Richard Gere to take over the role. There was no other reason than the fact that his audition with Julia Roberts was full of chemistry that was visible to the naked eye from the moment they auditioned.
When a romantic movie encounters such an opponent, both Ronald and Garry Marshall knew that this pairing was the best choice.
"Thanks, bye……"
After the private conversation ended, when Richard Gere and Ronald returned to the audition room, Julia Roberts was still waiting for him there, and came up to hug and kiss Richard.
Ronald, who was talking to the director, looked back to confirm that the chemistry between the two people also existed off-camera.
"Huh?" Ronald accidentally saw Julia Roberts' hand, struggling to take it out of Richard Gere's hand, and seemed to have left a note in the other's hand.
"Hey...", Ronald said to Garry Marshall in the subsequent discussion, "I will try to promote these two love bombs to work together..."
After a day's work, Ronald got into Little Bud's car. After sitting down, he reached into his pocket and took out the contact information that Julia Roberts had given him. Then he crumpled it into a ball and got out of the car.