At night, agent Rick Niceta was lying on the bed with his arms around Paula Wagner. Their office romance could not be exposed. Paula secretly drove to have dates with Niceta every day.
"You didn't sign David Lynch. Doesn't it have an impact on your status in the company? The next generation of newly minted artistic directors." Paula lit a cigarette, wrapped the quilt tightly and asked.
"He has offended a lot of powerful people, and now is not a good time to sign him. Universal's 'fast-paced Richmond High School' will also say goodbye to him, if he doesn't fire Universal first," Niceta laughed.
He made a sound, took the cigarette from Paula with his mouth, and took a deep breath.
"Tom Cruise got a role in 'Lights Out', and he got a supporting role that had room for performance. That movie was guaranteed to be a hit by Timothy Hutton.
You go to fight for the director position for Ronald Lee. Hutton is a golden boy. If he knew that Tom and Ronald were friends, would he?" Paula took the cigarette from his mouth again and asked herself
Take a sip.
"Business is business. If you are worried, you can give up Ronald's agent position." Niceta replied.
"Do you have any key information that I don't know?" Paula turned over and sat on Niceta, asking with wide eyes.
"Spielberg's new Alien film was passed up by Universal Pictures President Tom Mount and gave Columbia a chance. Sheinberg, CEO of Universal Pictures parent company MCA, did not expect such a thing to happen. That year
It was he who discovered Spielberg and gave him, who was unknown at the time, the opportunity to direct Jaws.
Mount, the 33-year-old president of Universal Pictures who rose to power by a woman, bypassed Sheinberg and made decisions privately. He really thought he was the 'little tycoon' in the Time magazine interview.
The profitable director he trained himself went to work with Columbia's Frank Price on a new film. Shenberg was furious.
Sheinberg may personally fight for the project with Spielberg, who's importance is rapidly rising at this time. He told CAA that he would like to use the awards season to meet Ronald. If Ronald can be
The relationship that Pierce admires, the relationship that I have with Sheinberg..."
"Well, Rick, you're great." Paula aimed at Niceta's lips and kissed her.
…
"Oh, this is too bad." Ronald was visiting Roger Coleman's office, his former boss and the new secretary to the president after Gale was promoted, and came in with a piece of paper. Coleman issued it after reading it
A lament.
"What's the matter?" Ronald asked.
Coleman took out a small piece of paper from the drawer and handed it to Ronald along with the new documents.
Ronald took it and saw that the small piece of paper was a telegram. On it were written a few words: "Moscow doesn’t believe, in tears."
Seeing that Ronald was confused, Roger Coleman explained:
"We invited Menshov and his wife to attend the Oscars together. This is a message from the film director Menshov from Moscow. He was banned from attending the Oscars because his superiors suspected that he had the intention to defect. He sent me this a few days ago.
Seal the telegram."
"We protested, and today the cultural counselor of the embassy sent an official document, allowing him to represent the Moscow State Film Studio at the awards night. I had already arranged for reporters to interview Menshov and his wife, the film's heroine Vera Alain
Tova, this is good for our box office."
"If 'Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears' can win an award, can it also boost the box office?" Ronald said.
"Don't you read the news? This year Japan is sending Akira Kurosawa's new film 'Kagemusha'. George Lucas personally persuaded 20th Century Fox to vouch for it. He, Coppola and Spielberg all went to Japan.
I visited Ban on set. Many people will vote for them this year."
Roger Corman shook his head, "Fortunately, the price is low when you buy the copy, so we make a profit no matter what."
"Shadow Warrior?" Ronald asked, the name was a bit strange.
"I heard that the king of Japan found a similar-looking substitute to attend dangerous occasions on his behalf.
Don't think about it, I've already asked about it. Although I introduced Akira Kurosawa's last film Desu Uzala, his son has opened a company in New York, and now his son is responsible for negotiating overseas distribution of Kurosawa's films.
.This time, 20th Century Fox is responsible for distribution outside Japan."
Ronald smiled. Actually, he had no such idea. He was just interested in Akira Kurosawa's new film.
"Then let's meet at the awards ceremony tomorrow, Mr. Coleman." Ronald stood up and left.
"See you tomorrow. This is the luck you brought me, Ronald." Coleman stood up, shook hands with him, and patted Ronald on the shoulder:
"Hollywood doesn't like those of us who make low-budget exploitation films very much, as if we don't exist. I rarely have the opportunity to attend the Oscar dinner, and Julie also asked me to send a message to thank you. Her beautiful dress finally has a use.
"
After saying goodbye, Ronald returned to the hotel. The service department sent him an ironed dress. Ronald changed into a different color bow tie and vest. This way, it felt like two dresses from the last Golden Globe Awards, saving money.
Ronald asked for a phone number and called Scorsese, the teacher who would be nominated for Best Director tomorrow.
"Hi, is it Isabella? I'm Ronald Marty. Are you here?"
The microphone was handed to Martin Scorsese, "Ronald?"
"It's me. I'm calling to wish you good luck tomorrow."
"Haha, kid, I wish you good luck too. I really need some luck."
This nomination is very important to Scorsese. Whether he can continue to obtain the budget of commercial large-scale productions in Hollywood in the future, tomorrow's awards are very important. It is difficult for him to fall asleep today.
Just as Ronald was about to go to bed and rest, there was another knock on the door.
Ronald opened the door and saw Bert and Diane Lane.
He quickly welcomed the father and daughter in, "How do you know I live here?"
"I called Donna and she told me your agent's phone number." Diane seemed a little uneasy and said while rubbing her hands.
"When did you arrive? Diane is going to attend the Oscars dinner tomorrow, right?" Ronald took out two bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator and gave them to them.
"This is the purpose of our visit, Ronald. There is something important that Diane asks for your forgiveness." Bert said seriously.
"What happened?" Ronald looked confused.
"I didn't know in advance, and I didn't refuse when my agent contacted me, but yesterday Donna told me that you..." Diane continued to hesitate.
"What the hell? Did you crash my Honda Accord?" Ronald joked.
"It's more serious than that. My best man at the Oscars is Timothy Hutton." Diane finally said what she wanted Ronald to forgive.
"What?" Ronald suddenly felt very unhappy. "Why? Can't you reject it?"
Diane saw Ronald's frown, and she asked Donna carefully about the history of the feud between Ronald and Hutton. It seemed that a woman was involved.
"Ronald," Bert came over to say, "the television broadcasters have already decided on the words for the entrance. It would be very troublesome to ask for changes now. Diane's agent had been contacting her about this opportunity for a long time. She was
I didn't know you had any conflicts with Hutton."
"Ronald, I talked to Donna and she asked me to speak to you directly. I didn't mean to do this."
Diane really didn't want to lose the friendship of Ronald's family, so she had to go to the door with her father to intercede in person. If this matter was not dealt with and Ronald himself discovered it at the award ceremony the next day, it would be out of control.
Already.
Ronald took a small bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet, got a glass for himself and Bert, and then drank his own glass in one gulp.
The spicy wine left in his throat, and Ronald calmed down a bit. The conflict between him and Hutton had not been made public. To be honest, he didn't know that Hutton would hate him so much and hold a grudge against him until now.
In fact, his anger was directed at Timothy Hutton, who relied on his star status to force Universal to choose between him and him. This annoying guy was a well-behaved kid in the movie "Just Ordinary People", but he didn't expect that in reality
Is a bastard.
I will defeat him one day and let’s see who Hollywood still remembers ten years from now.
Ronald said to Diane, "This is none of your business, Diane. But Hutton will probably slander me on various occasions, so don't agree with him then, haha."
Secretly harboring the idea of defeating Hutton in the competition, Ronald felt relaxed. This industry relied on winning the love of the audience with his works. How could someone like Hutton engage in such crooked ways last long?
Diane breathed a sigh of relief and her eyes were a little bright. She came over and hugged Ronald to thank her. "Oh, thank you, Ronald. No, if he dares to say nonsense, I will kick him."
The little girl hadn't fully grown up yet, so Ronald touched her head and said, "Karen, Donna and I will always welcome you as our guest."
"Don't worry, Bert," Ronald said to Bert, "Hutton is nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and I am nominated in the musical category, in the back row. There will be no direct conflict."
Bert hugged Diane, and the relationship between the two was now at a very good stage. "That's it, I wish you good luck tomorrow."
"Thank you, I really need a little luck." Ronald said goodbye to them.
The next day, March 30, was the day of the awards show. Ronald had eaten lunch early. He needed to wear the award dress carefully and keep it tight. Eat less but more carefully to help maintain energy. He needed to wear a dress tonight.
An awards dinner, followed by the Governor's Ball.
After dinner, Ronald went to bed and took a nap so that he would not easily feel sleepy at night at the award ceremony with a large number of people.
"Ring ring ring ring..." Ronald was woken up by the ringing of the phone, and when he answered it he heard it was his manager Niceta.
"Watch TV, something big happened."
Ronald's sleepiness suddenly disappeared. He looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was just after 11:30. He got up and turned on the TV and said to Niceta on the other end of the receiver, "What's going on?"
"The three major wireless stations are all broadcasting live..."
Ronald looked at the TV. There was a very dark and messy live broadcast background, which was completely different from the usual clean and bright TV programs. There were people walking around passing notes in the back.
The screen suddenly switched to the host, "I'm sorry to interrupt the live broadcast ahead. What is in front of me is the latest news from the Associated Press and United Press that I just received."
His voice was a little choked, "Viewers, we just got the latest news from two news agencies. The aforementioned news is wrong..."