"The general election has begun, and the Elephant Party primary debate has escalated - the former California governor showed his cowboy nature. In the local debate three days before the New Hampshire primary, the governor refuted the host with his masculine charm, attracting the attention of the audience
The cheers couldn’t stop.”
Ronald was listening to the CBS TV program while opening letters. During this period, he was auditioning for the heroine of "Endless Love". He was busy looking at the audition photos sent by his agent every day, and only went home at night to sort out the letters and bills.
Peter Gubel issued an order that several candidates must be found in March, and he and the director will jointly decide on the candidates. As the first major production of PolyGram Pictures, he cannot afford to make any mistakes as CEO.
Gubel still remembers Ronald. He specially assigned him to participate in the audition over the phone. The boss gave the order and did not give any subsidies, so Ronald worked in vain. In order to look familiar in front of the boss, he had to work hard.
Work.
CBS was showing the Elephant Party primary debate scene. There was a lot of noise, and the picture quality was not very good. It was the work of a typical local TV cameraman. The picture was not focused on Mr. Governor, and it kept shaking.
"This debate will be conducted by Mr. Ronald and Mr. George, who are leading the polls. The other four candidates will be waiting nearby. At the end, they will have the opportunity to come up and make concluding remarks."
The host, Green, is the editor-in-chief of the Nashua Telegraph.
"This is not right. The premise for my participation in this debate... is that all six candidates participating in the Elephant Party primaries must come on stage to participate in the debate, not one-on-one between me and George..."
"Sound engineer, is the sound engineer here? Please turn off Mr. Governor's microphone," the host shouted.
The audience booed. Everyone knew that George was the presumptive candidate put forward by the so-called Elephant Party establishment. They wanted to see something new, not the same old thing.
If there are multiple candidates debating together, then there may be free-wheeling issues raised. If it is one-on-one, and the moderator is biased, the debate will be limited to certain pre-designed scopes.
inside.
The old Ronald on TV was very angry, but the good demeanor he developed as an actor prevented him from getting angry on the spot and angrily scolding the host.
Old Ronald picked up the microphone and said, "Hey... can the sound guy give me some sound? Very good. I think the point of a debate is to listen to different viewpoints, and these candidates..."
"Please stop, Mr. Governor, I have to interrupt you. If you don't follow the rules, we will have to cut off your microphone..."
"I'm the one who paid for this microphone!" Old Ronald was furious and said a golden sentence. The audience below cheered loudly.
"Okay, well said..."
Ronald looked at the TV screen and liked the former governor of California. He was afraid of comparisons in everything. Commander Jimmy was very cautious in doing things and did not have the mentality of a leader of a superpower. It made people feel that he was very afraid of offending other countries.
Forget about the Soviet Union, even Persia is very afraid, and they want to keep America's face, but they are also afraid that the Persian Ayatollah will be unhappy when doing things. The result of the two ends is that they lose both face and dignity.
.
Mr. Governor is very stylish. Although he is 69 years old, he still looks like a hero in a Hollywood movie. What he said just now is very popular with the American people. People will listen to whoever pays for it.
Simple truth.
Persia's aircraft, tanks, and advanced weapons of the armed forces were all provided by America, and most of the oil was sold to America. However, they are still disobedient. The people actually feel resentful in their hearts. With so much aid and low-cost weapons,
Isn’t it good for people’s livelihood at home? There are so many Vietnam War veterans who have no jobs, and I don’t see how much General Jimmy cares about it.
Ronald shook his head. Even if so many people cheered, Mr. Governor is 69 years old after all. There is no precedent for being a leader at such an old age. It is not certain whether he can win the primary election.
I opened the letters one after another, putting the advertisements on one side and the bills on the other side. The mail order business in America is booming. If I don't open the mailbox for a few days, there will be a pile of mail order advertisements, all of which are thick stacks in large envelopes.
advertising material.
Ronald opened a letter signed by the Directors Guild, which was also a thick stack of paper. It turned out that Director Ronald's commercial production list had been sent to the Directors Guild. After the Directors Guild evaluated it, it assigned Ronald's union level
Improved one level.
Promoted from assistant/second team director/field director to commercial/short film director.
The union will provide sharing of some advertising-related job opportunities, as well as experience sharing sessions for senior directors, opening up more resources to Ronald.
Of course, the more important thing is to ask Ronald to pay back his membership dues. In addition to paying the membership dues at the standard of an advertising director in the future, he must also pay the difference between the two levels of director's dues during the time he was a member of the union as a second-group director.
In order to prevent our dear members from going bankrupt, the Directors Guild thoughtfully set the payment deadline within 12 months, and you can also pay in installments. We really think about our members.
After Ronald bought a house, his savings dropped a lot. Fortunately, he had long-term income from being a photographer. According to the number in the upgrade notice, he wrote a check and sent it to the Directors Guild to pay the dues. There was not much money in the checking account.
I have made a lot of money, so I have to find a way to make money.
"The CBS evening news is broadcast here. Today is the 87th day that our hostages have been trapped in the Persian Embassy." Since last Christmas, CBS news anchors have broadcast the time when the hostages were trapped every day when bidding farewell.
Patriotic enthusiasm is rising in America.
During Christmas and New Year, the Star-Spangled Banner is the best-selling product, and every household buys it and sticks it on the window to support the hostages. Donna's school also organizes them to send greeting cards to the hostages and write blessings. I don't know where these greeting cards ended up.
Anyway, it cannot be sent to the U.S. Embassy in Persia.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After processing the letter, Ronald began a new round of mailing script outlines, sending one copy to every screenwriter agent with an office address in Los Angeles. Last time I saw the Italian section
With the scene of various races coexisting at the intersection of Chinatown, Ronald had some ideas for writing and wanted to write a script about multi-racial integration.
However, after consulting Spike Lee and Kathryn Bigelow, Ronald changed his mind. Instead of starting to write, he first wrote a hook and sent it to agents to ask for their opinions on this subject.
interest.
"Dear Mr. Niceta,
I just finished polishing the script for 'Intersection', which is a romantic comedy about an Italian-American assistant district attorney who falls in love with a Chinese man from Chinatown, only to discover that he is the successor to a Chinatown gang.
s story.
I hope you can tell me if you are willing to read this script and be my screenwriter agent. I have also been a signed screenwriter for MGM's new film "Famous" and received praise from Mr. Woody Allen
.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Ronald Lee.”
Ronald himself has also worked as a script reviewer, and he knows that in Hollywood, before a script can be read by a producer, it must go through several stages. First, the agent must be interested in your script, and then he will sign you.
, and then pitch it to major studios.
Then came layers of bureaucracy. First, Ronald worked as a script reviewer. He graduated from high school or college, read a script, wrote a five-page report, and earned $10. The scripts they selected,
Then send it to the script editor.
Script editors are some hard-working screenwriters. They will find faults in your writing instead of picking out the advantages of the script. Only when they are satisfied with it can the script pass their level and be handed over to the development director.
Development directors are often women who have worked in production companies for many years. They have children and husbands to take care of. They often don’t have time to read your script until they go to bed in the middle of the night. If you fall asleep while reading it, pop, your script will be gone too.
He was killed.
After passing these stages, the script will finally reach the producer, but there are already a mountain of scripts piled on the producer's desk. Often those scripts are endorsed by famous directors, star actors, or company executives.
Skip the first few steps and put it directly on the producer's desk.
Your script has to compete with their scripts that have already attracted the attention of stars and directors and are likely to receive investment. Even five years is a short time to wait.
Spike Lee and Kathryn Bigelow have both suffered this kind of loss. They strongly urged Ronald to seek investment first, make a student film of less than one hour, and build his reputation as a director. There will be more in the future.
Studios value their directorial abilities.
However, Ronald felt that their idea was not very reliable. Hollywood is very fond of famous directors. Once you have made a blockbuster movie, there will be several scripts for you to choose from for the next one.
But this kind of student film only has to win awards. Are any studios really willing to try their luck?
I still start out as a screenwriter. Anyway, with Roger Corman's relationship, if the script is OK, it won't be a problem to work on a low-cost movie. Before that, I'd better cast a wide net with major screenwriting agencies.
Ronald has a story in mind, but it hasn't been written yet. He first sends the hook of the script to his agent. If anyone is interested, he will write it. If not, he will try another idea.
Spike and Catherine both told the story of Stallone. His "Rocky" was sent to eight major production companies one by one, and to countless independent producers. After three rounds of trials, the film was finally shot.
After success, he won multiple Oscars in one fell swoop and is now a popular action star.
Back when Rocky wasn't being made, who could have predicted that a third-rate actor in a Roger Corman exploitation film would become an A-list star who writes, stars, and stars himself? In Hollywood, anything is possible.
In the film industry, he has climbed several steps. As long as he keeps going, he will definitely succeed. Ronald sealed several envelopes and prepared to deliver them.
"It will definitely succeed." Ronald encouraged himself.
"Ring, ring, ring..." The ringing of the phone interrupted Ronald's daydreaming. When he picked up the phone, it was Julia from the casting studio calling again.
"The auditions are scheduled for Friday, and Guber will be here. This round of auditions are Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Griffiths, Bo Derek, and Kelly Preston."
The casting of the heroine of "Endless Love" has also been upgraded, and all the actresses are those with connections in the industry.