"I was rated the worst heroine, and I was so angry." Brooke Shields complained to Ronald on the phone.
A few days have passed since the awards night, and Ronald returned home to New York.
Everything in life is back to normal. I have classes during the week, eat at my aunt's house on weekends, watch pirated club movies in my spare time, and wait for Universal's decision on the director.
But some things seem to never be restored to their original state. For example, people in the entertainment industry that I knew, did not know, were familiar with, and were not familiar with will all call to say hello intentionally or unintentionally.
For example, Brooke now calls to chat with herself. Maybe her mother, Terry, has put herself on her daughter's "allowed phone calls" list? But Ronald is not sure which list of Terry's he is on.
, is it a “just friends” list or a “potential boyfriend” list.
On the other hand, Diane was more free and easy-going. After moving back to her home, she kept in touch with Donna more often and would not call her when nothing happened.
"Wait a minute, what is Worst Actress? There is no such award in the Oscars, right?" Ronald answered while putting on his suit and holding the receiver around his neck.
"There was a man named John Wilson who awarded it in his living room. Now the media is hyping it up, and I don't know why."
"Never mind that. Who cares who has the worst movie or the worst director? I have to go out and die first."
Brooke said on the phone, "The hairstylist is about to do my hair. I also hung up. You can read the newspaper yourself. They are so bad. They rated Laurence Olivier as the worst supporting actor.
Said his acting skills are declining rapidly."
Ronald put on his suit and set off with Donna and Aunt Karen to Staten Island to see the operation of the leg warmer factory. Today was Ronald's first time there.
"Ronnie, I think your ego has grown a lot since you won the Oscar." Cousin Donna looked at Ronald and said, "You wouldn't have hung up on Brooke Shields before."
"What is ego? Is it good or bad for me to grow bigger?"
"It's the ego in Freud's psychological theory. If the ego is bigger, it's more confident and easier to succeed. But it's not good if it's too big." Donna explained.
"She talks to me about all these gossips. I am busy with something. It has nothing to do with my ego," Ronald replied.
Of course, Ronald has become more confident. The biggest benefit that the Oscar brought to him was not the award-winning original song lyricist, because he asked his agent to turn down all the lyrics invitations, but the nomination for best screenwriter.
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Many people began to believe that the selling price of his script of $350,000 was not a fluke.
Of course, Ronald was really in trouble this time. After getting Jane Fonda's order, he discussed with his high school friend Douglas Hansen Jr. for a long time and decided to rent an old factory building in Douglas Hansen's house and open a small factory.
The factory is small, employing about ten workers. Aunt Karen personally selected the Japanese Brother brand sweater knitting machine instead of the Swiss brand with better quality. Although the Brother brand is not as functional as the Swiss one, it is much more cost-effective.
, the price of maintenance parts is also relatively cheap.
Ronald invested more money to buy machinery and equipment and rented the old factory building of Douglas Jr.'s house. Theresa Kate and her husband David did not have so much money to invest in proportion, and their shares dropped to 20%.
Aunt Lun and the widow of his comrade-in-arms also declined accordingly.
Ronald tried to get Douglas Jr. to become a shareholder, but he refused. This kind of small business was not interesting to him, but he used his influence to give the leg warmer factory a slightly preferential rent price. Because Douglas Sr.
My granddaughter is studying ballet and likes leg warmers very much.
"Hi, Ronnie. Thank you for everything you have done for us. Little Bud sent me a letter in Hawaii." Little Bud's mother, Mrs. Davis, also moved with several families of black military widows who worked hard and conscientiously.
When I arrived in the black area in northern Staten Island, I came to work in a factory every day.
It turns out that some of the military widows who worked in rtkd as settlement workers were not that serious, but this time none of them were hired. Those who were willing to come to the factory and pay a little settling-in allowance were considered as giving a chance to the families of their uncle's comrades.
The factory is running well, and the efficiency is more than 10 times higher than the original hand-made products. What is even more satisfying is that the quality is now more stable, unlike the original products made by different people, which fluctuated greatly in quality and had to be made by Aunt Karen one by one.
selection.
"Jane Fonda's order volume is very large. We are now working at full capacity to meet the needs there first and put the excess in the warehouse. Gradually, distributors from cities outside Los Angeles and San Francisco on the West Coast began to call and place orders...
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Theresa Kate, the partner he met by chance on the ferry, is now in high spirits and looks completely different from when he saw her in desolation. Theresa Kate is pregnant, and her husband David is now mainly focused on her.
The production in the factory persuaded her to go back and rest.
Of course, Ronald came to the factory for the first time today, but Teresa still insisted on coming.
"Thank you, Teresa, and David, you did a great job."
"This is also our common cause, Ronald." Theresa talked to Ronald in the office, "The order volume on the East Coast has also increased. In short, with the factory, we can not only guarantee the shipment volume, but also the quality.
Stability is also guaranteed.”
"There are a lot of counterfeits now. Can we talk to Mr. da Silva and get the rights to use the famous brand?" Her husband David usually doesn't talk much, but when he does say it, he always says something meaningful.
"I was careless. Attorney Lindsay Dole did not remind me. Now that Fame's songs have become hot singles on the charts, Mr. da Silva is not willing to license them cheaply. Of course, we may not have to pay at that time.
Affordable licensing fees.”
After all, Ronald is not a businessman. It would be nice to have someone to help manage and share these things.
"Beep...beep..." the pager rang.
Ronald called and asked the paging desk. It was Paula Wagner from CAA who was looking for him.
"Hi, Paula. Long time no see. Do you have a question for me?" Ronald dialed from the office phone.
"It's Tom Cruise who's looking for you. He has something to tell you."
"Hi, Ronald. I'm Tom. I auditioned for a supporting role in a movie starring Timothy Hutton. I just heard from Paula about your conflict and I asked her not to sign the contract. It was you who gave me the
Only when I have the opportunity can I enter the industry."
"Ronald, this is a great opportunity for Tom. Hutton is just acting with him, and the project is hosted by Shirley Lansing of 20th Century Fox. She was only 35 years old when she became a Fox star.
The production president of the factory, his background is self-evident." Paula interjected.
"Don't worry, Paula. Tom is a good friend of mine. I don't mind him starring in 'Lights Out,' but you are also my agent, remember?" Ronald has no dissatisfaction with Tom Cruise, but
Paula Wagner always puts Cruise's interests first, which makes him a little uncomfortable.
"I..." Paula was also a little unaccustomed to the tough Ronald.
"Tom, don't worry. Hutton's acting skills are nothing special. You take every role so seriously and act so well that you stole his scene." Ronald didn't care much about these, and it wasn't a project invested by Hutton.
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"No problem, Ronald."
"The list of the first Golden Raspberry Awards." Ronald put down the phone and saw a newspaper in the office, which published the so-called list of the worst acting awards. He couldn't help but pick up the newspaper and read it.
"Worst heroine, Brooke Shields. The Blue Lagoon." This is far from the worst performance, right? Ronald was puzzled. Maybe he deliberately chose a well-known one for the sake of sensationalism?
Looking down, it is indeed the case.
"The worst supporting actor is Laurence Olivier, the worst director is Olivia Newton-John's 'Cinderella', and the worst actor nominees are Kirk Douglas and Richard
De Dreyfus, these are all Oscar winners.
The most outrageous thing is that among the nominees for Worst Actor is former decathlon Olympic champion Bruce Jenner. Anyway, whoever is more famous will be nominated.
"Beep...beep..." The pager rang again. This time it was Matt Dillon.
Matt Dillon specially came to inform that he has officially signed a contract with Disney to star in the movie "DZ Man" adapted from SE Hinton's novel. Disney spent a lot of money and finally defeated Warner Brothers and bought the rights to adapt Hinton's novel.
"The heroine is Meg Tilly."
On the other side of the receiver, Ronald could picture Dillon's evil smile.
"Axxhole" laughed and cursed, then hung up the phone.
Meg Tilly finally got her wish and became the heroine of the movie. The great director's son Zinnemann also spared no effort to praise her.
However, after experiencing so many things since he entered the industry, Ronald can deal with this kind of thing calmly. It is not easy for an actress to rise to the top. It is her own choice to exchange for an opportunity.
After watching the factory, Ronald returned to his apartment and started practicing every day again. Today CBS is showing the classic romance film "A League of Legends", a classic romance film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
"A famous playboy met a beautiful woman on an oil tanker. Both of them were engaged and were about to get married when they got off the ship. But love happened on the oil tanker..."
Ronald began to write a story outline. This is a very effective training. Being able to write an attractive outline may also be helpful when looking for investment for his own scripts.
At the same time, it is a good way to sort out the ideas of the original screenwriter. The screenwriters of classic and old movies are very good, and it is beneficial to learn from them.
"Before they separated, the two people agreed that if both parties could successfully end their engagements and start a new career, they would reunite on the top floor of the Empire State Building in New York in six months.
But when that day came, I spent my salary to go to the top floor of the Empire State Building and waited for a day, but the beauty did not appear..."
"Ring ring ring ring..."
"Hey, who is it?" Ronald was still watching an old movie and didn't want to be disturbed, so he spoke a little more fiercely.
"It's me, Poji...wuwuwu..."
"Brother, what's wrong?" Ronald was still looking at the TV and said perfunctorily, "Is this some high school girl gossip again?"
"Ronald, this is Terry." Brooke's mother took the receiver, "Boogie is in big trouble this time. She is being investigated by Congress. You must help her."
"Oh, congressional investigation... that's great." Ronald's attention was still on the TV.
"Wait a minute, what? Congressional investigation? Why?"