Brooke Shields found Ronald in front of the cafe opposite the teaching building of New York University. She was wearing a pair of large sunglasses, her long blond hair was tied up, and she was dressed very simply, so she had not been recognized yet.
It was approaching noon and there were not too many people here. Ronald chose this place to meet Brooke and his mother. They had also lived in Manhattan for a long time and knew their address.
"Yes, I'm not kidding you. If you want to find a school with ivy-covered walls, go to Columbia University."
"Well, I didn't expect New York University to be like this. It's far different from what I imagined. This time I also visited Brown University, and JFK was my tour guide. The place has a very ancient charm. I saw JFK...
I was too nervous to speak, he was my childhood idol."
"How does it compare to Princeton? Which one is better?" Ronald asked.
"Princeton is better. The admissions office of Brown University wanted me to go there and said that SAT scores didn't matter. This made me feel like they needed me more, and Princeton treats everyone equally. I think it is the real academic palace."
Brooke Shields is about to graduate from high school and is about to start choosing a university. She participated in early admission applications for many universities in the early stage, but after hearing Ronald talk about pursuing dreams last time in Los Angeles, she added a few Ivy League schools to the application list.
Universities, this time I came to the eastern region and happened to visit the campuses of several universities.
"Then NYU must have disappointed you. This is a relatively new university, unlike those that have hundreds of years of tradition. NYU is famous for having no walls..." Ronald again said that NYU was dismissed because it had no money.
I talked about the forced sale of the campus.
"Right, Brooke, as I said, you should still go to Brown University, where your idol, JFK Jr., is also there. The Princeton admissions office only said that it will be considered comprehensively and did not make a commitment to you."
Brooke's mother Terry, who is still relatively sober in the morning, will be drunk after noon.
"Okay, I won't go to New York University to visit. Thank you, Ronald, I listened to your words before applying to Princeton. Regardless of whether I can be admitted or not, I will not regret it."
"You can't say this on Johnny Carson's show, otherwise the boys at NYU will kill me and destroy their dream of being at the same school as you."
"Hahaha..." Brooke Shields smiled happily, which attracted the attention of many customers. Several people looked over, as if they recognized her, and were wondering whether to come over and get an autograph.
"Let's go and change places."
Brooke Shields called Ronald yesterday and hoped that he could take her to visit New York University. She was about to start choosing schools and applying.
Ronald thought that he still owed the favor of guest appearances and talk shows to promote "Fast Pace", so he said that he would be Brooke's tour guide and answer all relevant questions.
"Let's take your mother back to the hotel first."
Terry took out the whiskey from his bag and drank again, almost getting drunk again.
"Dick, help my mother." Brooke Shields asked the driver to help Terry get into the car, and she sat next to her. As the car started, she chatted with Ronald, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"It would be great if I could be admitted to Princeton. I'm so nervous."
"They will take it into consideration, don't worry."
"Well, it's my dream to go to Princeton. After you said it last time, I feel like I have a goal and I must try it."
"After you go to college, will you stop acting in Hollywood movies like Jodie Foster?" Ronald asked.
Jodie Foster, who was implicated in the assassination of the Grand Commander, went to Yale and had little contact with the media. Every reporter who came to her to interview Hinckley, the suspect in the assassination, was looked down upon by her and turned around.
Walk.
This has become an anecdote in Hollywood. The actress has completely cut off contact with the public. Except for filming some European movies during the summer vacation, she really doesn't accept scripts anymore.
"My biggest dream in life right now is to go to Princeton. Let's talk about the future later. My mother will talk about another big production. Maybe after the filming is completed, I will temporarily stop acting and my modeling career."
"Why?" Ronald was a little surprised to hear that Brooke also wanted to imitate Jodie Foster.
Judy was most likely implicated by Hinckley. The wealthy oil businessman hired several barristers to defend his son, and he actually used the excuse of insanity to get out of the charge of assassinating the commander. However, he was acquitted in court.
, was immediately sent to Elizabeth Mental Hospital, where he seemed to spend the rest of his life.
After all, he is the supreme commander of America. Walking out of the court without guilt would make ordinary people uncomfortable. The assassination of John F. Kennedy more than ten years ago has become a thorn in the hearts of the people of America. The case has not yet been solved.
.
If the results of deceiving the people appear again this time, I am afraid that the prestige of the federal government will also be greatly affected.
"Well, Ronald. Do you think that when people talk about actresses and female models, these professions are condescending?
Although they like me very much now, I know that in their hearts they do not regard actresses as a real profession. Even Kennedy and ordinary people feel that Jacqueline should be chosen instead of Marilyn."
Brooke hesitated for a moment and then spoke her mind.
"Um?"
Ronald did not expect Brooke Shields to say such a thing. Kennedy's wife Jacqueline was from a well-known family and received a good college education. However, his lover Marilyn Monroe did not even finish high school.
It seems that Brooke wanted to go to Princeton because they refused to give her special treatment and regarded her as an ordinary high school student.
She wanted to prove that she was not the kind of actress who knew nothing just based on her looks. Instead, she was a smart girl who could go to a prestigious school based on her own ability.
American people actually have a special disdain for the knowledge of actresses. Especially talk show hosts like Johnny Carson will intentionally use questions to guide the actresses on the show, so that their answers will give the audience a sense of
Gives the impression that she can do nothing but look pretty.
On the one hand, people admire them, ask for their autographs, and want to take photos with them, but on the other hand, they generally have the idea that "she just has a face."
"It makes sense for you to think so. I support you to try Princeton." After arriving at the hotel, Terry was asked to sit on the sofa and rest while Ronald and Brooke continued to talk about her future plans in the hotel room.
"But you don't have to give up your acting career for your studies. This industry..."
Ronald recalled what his agent said to him, "This business is very good at forgetting."
"No, my fans won't forget me so easily. You don't know how crazy they are."
Brooke laughed, "My mother has already made some plans for me. She said that I would film one or two more dramas about little girls, and then I would be able to receive a good education in college and be more suitable for playing mature female roles."
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"That's good. The American audience will miss you."
"Actually, when we met with you today, Ronald, my mother and I wanted to ask your opinion. She wanted to give me a script, but she didn't know if it could be turned into a box office hit like The Blue Coral."
Brooke turned around and took out a script and handed it to Ronald.
Her mother Terry also woke up from being half drunk, sat down and looked at Ronald, "Ronald, I want you to see if this script is suitable for Brooke."
The box office performance of "Fast Richmond High" shocked not only the insiders and studio executives, but people around Ronald also changed their views on him. Brooke's mother, Terry,
I also wanted to hear his opinion after receiving the script.
Ronald took over the entire script, which was thicker than usual and seemed to be a 120-minute blockbuster.
Brooke Shields' appeal and status in the industry put her in a relatively transcendent position. Unlike ordinary actors who cannot see the entire script when auditioning, Brooke can see the complete script during the negotiation stage before making a decision.
Are you participating in the show?
"Sahara?" Ronald was a little confused when he saw the name of the script. Is this about a story in the desert?
Screenplay by James R. Silk, story by Minahan Golan.
"Huh?" Ronald opened the script and read on.
The story tells the story of a girl named Dale in 1927, who took the place of her sick father in the African Rally and was captured by a Bedouin tribe chief during the race. The other contestant, the evil German, was a rival tribe.
Provide weapons for war.
In the end, Dale was rescued by the good chief. They defeated the bad chief supported by the Germans and won the rally. Dale saw the good chief on the podium, said goodbye to the team members, mounted his horse and returned to the tribe with the chief.
What kind of bad story is this?
Ronald's intuition was wrong.
An American girl was rescued by an Arab chief, and finally gave up the civilized world and lived with the chief in a backward tribe.
American audiences will definitely not be able to accept this kind of ending. It is also a whimsical plot, like an American movie in the eyes of foreigners. At first glance, it is Minahan's handiwork.
This signature is probably genuine and is not a false claim of credit.
"Why did you accept their trash?" Ronald quickly turned over the script and asked Brooke and Terry, "Those two Israelis don't know how to make Hollywood movies. There are serious problems with the script of this movie."
"Don't say that, Ronald. They are very sincere. I read the story and it's not bad." Terry was a little angry. Ronald just read the script and belittled Minahan Golan. What did he think?
?
"Hey," Ronald sighed secretly. Terry's vision for selecting scripts is not very good. Although the script does not represent the quality of the movie, there are many good scripts produced in Hollywood, but the quality of the movie is not that good, and there are also many average ones.
The script produced a classic masterpiece.
But if the script has some basic problems, such as disconnected characters and weird plots, nothing can be done to fix it.
In the past two years, Ronald has read a lot of classic movie scripts, and his taste has been spoiled by good scripts. As soon as he saw this "Sahara", he knew that it was misaligned with the basic values of American audiences and that it was a project that was difficult to save.
"If Brooke were my cousin, I would ask her to give up this movie because it would damage Brooke's screen image and would not bring any room for improvement in her acting skills."
"But there are many popular elements here, such as racing, youth, love, exotic scenery..." Terry defended his vision.
"Mom, let me talk to Ronald." Brooke quietly interrupted her mother, then came over and said to Ronald, "My mother is a little drunk, don't contradict her."
"She told me the reason for taking this film when she was sober. She didn't want me to talk too much and focus on filming before college. The film will be directed by Andrew McLaglen, who used to direct Jimmy.
Stewart’s movie.”
"No wonder the script smells like the 1950s and 1960s." Ronald complained secretly.
"Yes, he is like Brooke's grandfather. He will love Brooke as much as he loves his own granddaughter. I think after Brooke enters college, she will find ways to improve her acting skills. That's when she will transform into a mature woman.
when."
Terry seemed to be completely awake and explained to Ronald.
"Ronald, you have made a blockbuster movie, but don't look down on Mr. Golan. They are willing to invest more than 20 million to shoot this movie. It will be shot in Israel and Egypt. It will be a real big production.
And they will give Brooke a salary that is consistent with her net worth, two million dollars."
"I understand, wish you good luck." Ronald figured it out.
Now that the President's tax reduction bill has been passed, the tax burden in the entertainment industry has suddenly been reduced a lot. With so much salary, if you invest it wisely, Brooke can still do anything even if she stops acting soon.
"If you have any questions, I mean if... call me, or my agent, I know Minahan, and he owes me one more time." Ronald left and went out, whispering to Brooke at the door.