Ronald and Diane sat in front of the TV, waiting to watch the premiere of "Working Girl," the first TV series produced by Daydream to be broadcast nationally on NBC.
"Let the river flow..."
Carly Simon's theme song is once again linked to the title of "Working Girl". Ronald even found the opening of the movie version he shot, slowly moving forward in the morning sun between Manhattan and Staten Island.
ferry boat.
Today's Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, and New York Daily News' TV series pages all have premiere ads for Working Girl. The smile of the heroine Sandra Bullock takes up about half of the space.
Several domestic helpers from Ronald's family, nanny Wang Ma, chefs, gardeners and others were also watching the show in the room next to it. On the one hand, it was produced by the male host company, and on the other hand, Sandra Bullock
The appearance also suits their liking, and I want to see if the plot is good.
"Forehead……"
After watching it for ten minutes, Ronald yawned. It was really boring. The drama version combines the fast-paced narrative in the movie version with the brutal and real work environment in Manhattan, New York, which is very unfriendly to women.
The display has been removed.
Instead, it is shown with tenderness, as if all the gentle professionals on Wall Street have come to the heroine's side. Even the villain's conspiracy is nothing compared to the domineering and domineering Sigourney Weaver in the movie version.
Ranking among high school cheerleading girls.
Sandra Bullock worked very hard, but Ronald's eyelids were already close together and he started to doze off. During this time, Diane had to prepare for the role. He took some time to take care of the children himself, so he still didn't get enough sleep.
"Shh..." Diane lowered her voice, and then gestured to Mother Wang, who came to take care of little Roger. She gently covered Ronald with a blanket, then took out the script and started reading.
"Um……"
Ronald was sleeping in a daze, as if he was in an old house with outdated decoration. Suddenly he felt a warmth, as if someone close to him had covered him with a quilt. Feeling comfortable, he picked up the remote control and pressed
Play button.
The light on a machine turned on a few times, and then a campus scene appeared on the TV. There were many American-style high school beauties on it, and some Xiangjiang-style martial arts moves were also mixed in.
A beautiful woman broke through the railing on the second floor and fell to the first floor together with a monster with fangs. This kind of martial arts action with a strong bridge and a strong horse, it seems that it was invented by typical Xiangjiang people.
"Buffy..." Another beauty downstairs shouted out in fright.
Hey, the beauty downstairs looks a bit familiar. Ronald identified it and found that she was indeed a teenage actress he knew. She played her daughter in Kim Basinger's "My Stepmother Is an Alien".
It's called Alyson Hannigan.
"Ha..." The girl named Buffy was even more dashing and heroic. She took a Japanese sword, just like Toshiro Mifune in "Yojimbo" directed by Akira Kurosawa, she stopped with a still movement,
Two sharp cuts killed the fanged monster.
"Hey, this one looks familiar to me, but I can't remember who it is..." When Ronald saw this character named Buffy, he also felt that her big eyes looked like someone he knew.
"Let the river flow..."
The first episode of "Working Girl" was over, and the theme song was still the same lyrical song praising New Babylon, and Ronald was also woken up.
"Ah, what time is it..." he asked, rubbing his eyes.
"Ah, did we wake you up, boss... I asked them to keep their voices down..." Nanny Wang Ma happened to be passing by, and she came over to pick up Ronald's blanket that had fallen on the floor.
"Why, do you all like this TV series?" Ronald looked aside and saw that the staff were watching TV in the lounge next to him.
"It's a TV series made by you, boss. I like watching those TV series. The heroine is so beautiful, but the movies you made are not as good as the ones you made, boss..."
"Ha, I get it. Please help me pay attention to what TV series they like to watch and tell me." Ronald felt that his taste seemed to be different from those people, and he didn't know that he had changed.
Those people still like soap operas.
He took out his notebook and described the plot of his dream in detail. This time he dreamed of a TV series. Will TV series become more important after the 1990s?
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"Bud, your mother told my aunt that you are going to marry your girlfriend?" The next day, little Bud sent Ronald out as usual. Before getting in the car, Ronald specifically asked him about his loyalty in the lounge.
driver.
"Yes, she is pregnant, and my mother said she must get married first..." Little Bud showed his white teeth. His girlfriend also worked for Ronald, and the two had a good relationship, and it was finally time to get married.
"Take..." Ronald threw a bunch of keys over. "This is the key to the apartment next to my house. Your family is about to have a child and needs a convenient place to live. The house is owned by my aunt's charity fund.
You don't have to worry about property taxes. As long as you are willing to be my driver, just stay here."
Little Bud bought a house in his hometown in Stanton and rented an apartment in Los Angeles, but it was a bit far away from Ronald's home. He often stayed at Ronald's house for the convenience of driving.
Whether it was renting or buying an apartment near Beverly Hills, little Bud could not afford it. Ronald was reminded by his aunt and quickly made some arrangements to save him from worries.
"Oh...thank you, thank you..." Little Bud was a little excited after taking the key, and came up and hugged Ronald. His family all worked for Ronald, and they were considered his die-hard fans.
"Where's the bodyguard, Mr. Dan..." Little Bud thought of the bodyguard who usually partnered with him. He took the key and wanted to show it off to others. It suddenly occurred to him that this might be Ronald's reward for his loyalty all the way. No.
Must be the kind that Bodyguard Dan can get.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Hahaha, he used to work for the president and his income is higher than you. Don't worry about that. Dan is a professional." Ronald said to little Bud about the work around him
People need to be recruited deliberately. Dan's salary from him is much higher, so he doesn't need to use this method.
Little Bud was particularly focused on driving today, and the car came all the way to Holmby Hills, which is one of the best areas in Beverly Hills.
Gregory Pike has a French-style manor here, with gray stone buildings and a huge lawn, all of which show the love of the man for his mistress. Pike’s second wife grew up in the country of Lao.
So buying here also means to solve the pain of homesickness.
In addition, Gregory Peck liked gardening, horse racing, and red wine, which fit well with this place.
Ronald saw Gregory Pike playing with his golden retriever dog on the lawn. Peck was wearing an old pullover and thick corduroy trousers, with the style of an old-school rich man, just like the one he had in China.
The image of the austere international left is very different.
"My old friend Jimmy Stewart is a master of telling jokes. He told me more than ten years ago that when a person reaches seventy, he must patch up everywhere..."
Gregory Peck played with the golden retriever for a while, then sat in a chair on the lawn to rest. His health this year has not been very good. The strong man who did all the fighting scenes by himself back then was a little thin due to an illness.
The baggy clothes actually looked a bit fat.
Ronald strongly invited him to play the leading actor Jorgensen in "Other People's Money". Pike liked the script after reading it, but he was ill and could not agree immediately.
It was not until several weeks of recuperation that he gradually returned to health. Ronald came to see him to confirm the old handsome boy's physical condition in person, and it seemed that there was no big problem.
"My dear, you should come in and chat with Ronald..." Veronica, Parker's wife, actually turned out to be an entertainment reporter. She interviewed Parker when he was filming "Roman Holiday". After filming the movie,
Gregory Peck soon started dating her.
After that, he divorced his first wife and married his little wife the next day. The two have always been in love and have a son and a daughter.
"We are currently doing preparatory work for the movie. We found a cable factory in Rhode Island, which fits the situation of the cable factory in the script. Other small towns built around factories can be found in my hometown of Stan.
Filmed on Don Island..."
Ronald gave Gregory Peck a detailed introduction to the situation and showed him some photos taken at the scene.
The serious attitude made Gregory Peck very satisfied. When filming "To Kill a Mockingbird", Hollywood was not so serious. It seems that allowing Ronald to come out this time was the right choice.
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Ronald also brought a costumer to Gregory Pike. The clothes she prepared were made according to his previous figure. Now when he wears Pike, like his own clothes, he looks a bit fat.
However, this is a mistake. Jorgensen is a powerless business owner. Facing the general trend of environmental protection and industrial hollowing out, his strategies are actually very helpless and destined to be unsuccessful.
Such a slightly old and decadent image fits the character of Jorgensen very well in appearance.
"When can I meet the heroine?" Gregory Peck and Ronald finished taking the makeup photos and returned to their humorous nature. He has not met Diane since he agreed to this role.
"I'm afraid this isn't appropriate. It's best not to meet you, Diane, and Hanks, who plays Garfield, before starting rehearsals. I need that sense of strangeness..."
Ronald smiled and explained that Kate, played by Diane, is actually the illegitimate daughter of Jorgensen and his secretary, Ms. Sullivan. She struggled on her own and was admitted to law school. She jumped out of this world where she was not in the Jorgensen family but was
It is the strange fate of the children who are blood related to the small town factory manager Wang Jorgensen.
And Tom Hanks plays Jorgensen's mortal enemy, the villain who wants to buy out the cable factory. But Hanks and Jorgensen actually have a decent temperament. If they can get acquainted with each other in advance, it will be better.
It is difficult to express the tense situation when two people first met, and they wanted to kill each other.
"Honey, why did you agree to this movie?" Veronica Pike was actually surprised. Gregory had not made movies for many years, and only made fun of TV series that did not require high energy requirements.
This year, I suddenly agreed to shoot two movies.
One is Martin Scorsese's remake of "Cape Fear." This movie originally starred Gregory Peck. He and the other two original leading actors, Martin Balsam, and Robert Mitch
Mu, also played guest roles in the new version.
Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte played the roles of Mitchum and Pike respectively.
The other one is the business war drama Ronald. It has been a long time since Gregory Peck played one of the protagonists in a movie so seriously.
"I want to pay tribute to my favorite character, Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird."
Gregory Peck patted his wife's hand. His image in Hollywood is that of an orthodox white successful man who opposes discrimination, pursues fairness and justice, and has personal charm.
But some recent events have made even him, a veteran star with such an image, somewhat confused. Jews are gradually dominating Hollywood. Black stars complain that the Oscars do not allocate awards to them in proportion. Some minority groups are going crazy. At that time, my own
How come the character, the object of discrimination that he fought so hard to protect, is now discriminating against others?
So, a few years later, when he passes away, will the values he held on to back then still be correct? Will future generations laugh at him for this?
Gregory Peck is deeply worried about this. At that time, Jews, blacks...these groups that were discriminated against back then, will they blame themselves for their role back then and not being "equal" enough to them?
Therefore, when Ronald sent the film "Other People's Money", he quickly agreed to star in it. Not only did he complain about the discrimination against the Jews back then, but he also made an echo of the narrative (although now,
Most people in America can only complain sourly that Jews dominate the media, entertainment, and financial industries, instead of being racially discriminatory against them.)
On the other hand, this movie also makes a profound reflection on the first white people of Anglo-German descent to come to this land. If you can play an impressive role in this movie, you will not worry about the future.
Will he be forgotten and laughed at?
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Ronald continued to prepare for a new film, and time passed quickly, and it was already the busiest summer time of the year.
The third part of "Back to the Future" was released first. Unlike the second part, which was released at the end of last year and was well received and filled in many of the flaws of the first part, the third part became a western that has nothing to do with the first two parts.
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Marty and the Professor returned to the pioneering era of the West. Although the plot was still exciting, fans were still disappointed. The box office dropped by 48% after one week, almost halving.
The remaining sequel projects, "Another 48 Hours", "Gremlins 2", and "RoboCop 2", all failed to maintain the glory of the original work, and the box office premieres were a huge disappointment to the producers and audiences.
Only after Columbia was acquired, its first blockbuster, "Total Recall" starring Schwarzenegger, achieved relatively good results.
Although "Pretty Woman" has been kicked off the championship once again, it has remained in the top five due to weak competition and is gradually hitting the record of 150 million. Disney has become a success in this battle for summer movies.
The most unexpected winner.
"Ronald, you have to attend the premiere."
Joel Silver, the producer of "Die Hard 2" called Ronald several times, trying to invite him to the grand premiere.
"Don't you know, I also have a new movie coming out?" Ronald really didn't want to go. After watching the test screening, he already regretted having endorsed him and Bruce Willis at 20th Century Fox.
From the screen, it is difficult to see where the film's continuous overruns, and the final production cost of more than 85 million US dollars, were spent.
The entire plot is far-fetched, and the perfunctory attitude of the actors toward the movie is visible to the naked eye. If it weren't for the new computer special effects used in the final airport battle, it's doubtful whether the final climax of the movie would have been possible.
"You are a producer. You must come. At least you must come to Los Angeles." Joel Silver was already anxious. 20th Century Fox's attitude towards him this time could be said to be a reprimand. He must do everything possible.
A way to increase the number of viewers on the first weekend.
Anyway, this kind of popcorn movie is not afraid of bad reputation. The key to the box office is how many visitors it can get on the first weekend.
You can cheat as many times as you want, just come in and buy a ticket.