"Sinitta is a British singer, actress, and TV presenter born in America in 1963. Her 1985 single "So Macho" reached number one in the UK.
She signed a singer management contract with America and a host financial contract with CAA, and she is one of the many female stars under Jack Lapke."
A few days later, Niceta discussed matters with Ronald and Richard in the office again. He took out a resume of a female celebrity under Lapke and showed it to Ronald.
"Does this have something to do with Rapke's leak?" Ronald picked up the resume and looked at the photo of a black woman on it, a little confused about Niceta's train of thought.
This black singer has black hair, black eyes, high cheekbones, and a pointed chin. She looks like a working-class person from the bottom. But her figure is like that of a high school girl with no long hair. She is a track and field athlete, so she may be more beautiful than a singer.
Makes it feel reasonable.
This kind of appearance and figure is neither the beauty in the mainstream white aesthetics nor the beauty in the eyes of black people that often appears in black TV shows.
"I didn't expect it to be her, so I couldn't get on the line for a long time, until the private detective you recommended took a photo of her and that Brad Pitt guy."
Niceta handed over another stack of street photos taken by Frank McPike. The top one showed Brad Pitt with long hair shawl, hugging Sineda. The two seemed to have just come out of a cafe. The telephoto camera
The focus is a little blurry, but the intimate posture of the two people and their faces together are perfectly captured.
"Isn't this possible?" Ronald took out the following photos and looked at them. There were medium shots and long shots. It was indeed just these two people together, not many friends. Then he used scissors to cut out the gossip photos. These two people were together.
People are truly lovers.
"Uh..." Ronald was speechless. Although America has been calling for racial equality for many years, and there have been interracial celebrity couples, this combination of obviously talented women and handsome men still made Ronald feel very fresh.
"This kind of thing is very common. Your 'bodyguard', Dolph Lundgren, was also brought to New York from Sweden by the famous black model Gracie Jones."
"Oh..." Ronald remembered the black female model with more African features and curled his lips. Unexpectedly, Lundgren also came to the position through his girlfriend.
"But there are no main black characters in the movie?" Ronald thought to himself that Brad Pitt and Jack Rapke had connected, but Jack Rapke was a white female star who deliberately leaked secrets to win over her.
Audition opportunities, that's reasonable.
For black people like Sinnida? There is not a single black female character in "Working Girl". Ronald is just a bitch because of the black quota.
"Yes, I suspected that too, until the new photos taken by Frank McPike arrived." Niceta handed over another photo, which was from "Dallas," America's most-watched TV series to date.
child star shalane mccall.
"Oh?" Ronald took over. Shalane McCall is not only a child star, but also the winner of multiple beauty pageants. After her debut in "The Big Show", she didn't have many film and television works, but she has always been on Q&A TV.
Popular characters of the show.
The photo showed another shot of Brad Pitt and Shalan McCall shopping intimately in New York. He specifically looked at the time of the photo and saw that it was the same time as the photo with the black singer Sineda.
a few days.
Ronald felt disgusted for a while. If such a person really became an official boyfriend and girlfriend with his cousin Donna, wouldn't it be disgusting? If he made some gossip and blackmailed himself into giving him a role, Ronald didn't want to continue thinking about it.
.
"We will join together to protest against Mr. Ovitz. What conditions do you want?" Niceta got some evidence and prepared to join forces with her wife Paula and Richard to file a complaint against Ovitz and let Jack...
Lapke was stunned.
"First of all, I don't want this person to appear in my sight again." Ronald pointed at Brad Pitt and said.
"It's very simple, isn't it?"
"For the movie Working Girl, CAA must fully support me and base my casting decision on it. Agents other than yourselves, especially Lapke's clients, cannot be used to audition. At 20th Century Fox
All negotiations there must be based on my position."
"A very reasonable request." Niceta was overjoyed when she heard this. Not only would actors under her own small group of agents have the opportunity, she could also take the opportunity to recruit Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack.
Ronald signed the supporting actor he liked.
"Are there any other requirements?" Richard noted down what Ronald meant, and then asked him about his other demands.
"There's nothing else. After all, we didn't get the exact evidence that Lapke leaked the secret. The secretary who was undercover at your place disappeared in the end and was not found." Ronald weighed it up, and the things he could exchange for were about the same.
That's all.
"Bah, we are not defense lawyers, and Mr. Ovitz is not a federal judge. These are enough reasons to point our fingers at the bastard Lapke. What more evidence does he need? The secretary went to Ovitz to give it to Smith
Steve Segel ran the film crew, and he was at a loss to begin with."
Niceta had been dissatisfied with the practice of these Eastern European Jews taking advantage of several CAA partners of the same ethnicity to take advantage of the company, so he teamed up with some non-Jews and Jewish agents who did things less outrageously to file a lawsuit against Ovitz.
The possibility of success this time is very high. He wants to fight for more benefits for Ronald.
"This time, I will ask Ovitz to fight for your Oscar nomination for Best Director. What do you think of this condition?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Niceta knows that this client is now very popular in business, but he still lacks a nomination in art to convince his peers and many stars. If he can
Success, at least a star of Cher's status will no longer have the face to question Ronald's directorial work.
"Are you sure?" Ronald was excited. He said that he does not rely on Oscar nominations, but relies on the recognition of the audience to prove himself. This is true. But if he can get an Oscar nomination, then...that Chinese idiom
How do you say that? Well deserved...
"No one can be 100% sure about the Oscars, but combined with your nominations at several major domestic film critics awards and your public relations at the Directors Guild Awards, you are 70% or 80% sure." Niceta looked at it.
With Ronald, if he could win an Oscar nomination for Best Director at such a young age, he would be mentioned repeatedly by the media.
"Ahem..." Ronald coughed excitedly. He took a cup of black tea brought by Richard and took a sip, "Well, that's it. I'm very satisfied with this condition."
"Very good, I'm looking forward to the day when the nominations are announced." Niceta also smiled happily.
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At about the same time, the fax from Xiangjiang arrived at Daydream's office.
Ronald received feedback from Jackie Chan on the script of the movie "Fighting World".
By the time Ronald got the fax, it was already evening in Los Angeles time. He carefully looked at some of Jackie Chan's handwritten opinions and some fighting action scene designs.
The main revision opinions are concentrated in two places.
First, Jackie Chan believes that the best place to hold the World Martial Arts Conference is in Hong Kong. Xiangjiang is originally a place where various fighting arts meet, such as Muay Thai, Southern Martial Arts, Karate, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Japanese Sumo Wrestling.
Experts are very convenient.
Second, Jackie Chan recommended the introduction of more Chinese actors. He said that Chinese people have been filming real fighting action films for a long time. Starting from Bruce Lee, they have gathered a group of experienced fighting action film shooting experts and stunt experts.
This way the filming will be more realistic and closer to the kind of Bruce Lee action movies that American audiences like.
In addition, Corey Yuen, who came to Hollywood to help Ronald with action design for commercials, also did a lot of work. The scene design and action design split shots were all drawn by Corey Yuen.
He also recommended himself to be the action designer for the movie, and tried his best to persuade Ronald to shoot the movie in Hong Kong. He knew that Ronald's company did not invest much, and was worried about the restrictions of the labor union, so he specifically pointed out the location of the movie in Hong Kong.
The cost is low, the shooting is convenient, and there is no union to limit the legal shooting time every day.
Ronald was very happy. He wrote back to Jackie Chan to thank him for his suggestion, and invited Corey Yuen to come to Hollywood to participate in the casting and preparatory work.
In addition to filming action scenes, Corey Yuen is also very familiar with directing work. He has been a director in Hong Kong. If he gets along well with the working team here, Ronald plans to let him be the director.
As for the position of action director, Ronald does not necessarily want Corey Yuen to take the position. Xiangjiang's action team is an old-fashioned theater troupe model with no commercial guarantee. It relies entirely on Jackie Chan's big brother demeanor to gather them together.
That group of dragon and tiger warriors who are not afraid of death.
There is no problem in asking for help once or twice, but over time, if Ronald shoots multiple action movies every year, he will need a stunt team that meets Hollywood standards.
Therefore, the most important thing is to train your own team and build your own team of action actors for the first movie you collaborate on.
For this reason, Ronald had other ideas. He called his old friend, the Chinese actor Chaoli.
"Chaoli, I am Ronald."
"Hi, Ronald, why did you think of calling me today?" Chaoli was very happy to hear Ronald's call.
"I don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything." Ronald used an idiom, "My company will recently invest in a Bruce Lee style action movie. You have been in Hollywood for a long time. Have you ever met Bruce Lee back then?
The action crew that Li is working with?"
"Oh? Do you want to find a Chinese protagonist?" Chaoli asked. Recently, the relationship between America and China is very good. Hollywood has gradually added some supporting roles in scripts, and many Chinese actors have also appeared in film and television dramas.
Opportunities for Chinese-American characters.
However, there are not many opportunities for Chinese Americans to play leading roles. In the past two years, John Long, because of his excellent language and drama skills, won the leading actor role in "Year of the Dragon" and "The Last Emperor".
"Hey, I also have to consider the box office issue, you know," Ronald told the truth. Although the martial arts and core of this kind of low-cost action movie are borrowed from Chinese movies and stereotyped by Bruce Lee, no matter how Hollywood
There is no Chinese star with such charisma as Bruce Lee.
So starting from the TV series "Kung Fu" in the 1970s, this kind of film and television dramas always used a white actor as the protagonist, and many Chinese and Japanese actors as the main supporting roles.
"Well, Bruce Lee's son also likes to be an actor. He has a better figure than his father, and his actions and appearance are also in line with America's aesthetics. You can try it."
"Well...I've written it down...but I can only give supporting roles..." Ronald wrote down the name of Bruce Lee's eldest son, Brandon Lee.
"The most famous actor who worked with Bruce Lee back then and is still in America now is Yang Si. He is now the vice chairman of the Chinese American Bodybuilding Federation. He has a very good figure. We all call him Chinese Schwarzenegger."
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"In Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon," one of the villain's thugs, a very strong one."
"Well, it's him." Ronald had an impression of this muscular man. He indeed looked like he had a background in bodybuilding.
"Yes, he is a good friend of Bruce Lee. Many of the actions in the movie were discussed by him and Bruce. If this man were white, he might be an action star by now."
"Okay, okay...Chaoli, please help me make an appointment with him. I want someone like this...the one who visits the thatched cottage three times."
"Haha, when he heard that you wanted to invite him to film a movie, he came right away."
"Is there anyone else you would recommend besides him?"
"Actually, many of Bruce Lee's companions back then were found by him from Xiangjiang. You can go there and ask."
"Really? They're not in Hollywood?"
"It's not easy for Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in Hollywood. They don't know English. Kung fu action movies declined after the unfortunate death of Bruce Lee."
"I understand, I will go find out."
"The person who played Yang Si's boss in Enter the Dragon was named Shi Jian, who was also an actor who often collaborated with Bruce. There was also someone who played Yang Si's fellow thug. I remember there was one named Qiao Hong..."
Ronald wrote down the names of all the action movie actors that Chaoli mentioned and prepared to find someone to look for them in Xiangjiang.
"Are there any other Chinese actors you can recommend?"
"Here in the Mainland, there are also many stars in action movies. Do you want martial arts competition champions to film? Their fighting ability in the ring may not be the best, but the fights are quite beautiful."
"Of course, do you have any recommendations?" Ronald thought to himself, I just want to make movies that look good.
"You need to tell the relevant domestic departments and ask them to issue a certificate. You contact the martial arts team. The martial arts team in Shichahai is good and has produced a lot of talents."
"Okay, I've written it down. Is there anything else?"
"That's pretty much all these people. In the Chinese-American circle, they are either from Peking Opera or martial arts teams."
"Okay, thank you. I still have the role of Tai Chi here. Will you also come to play a guest role when the time comes?"