Exploiting Hollywood 1980 Chapter 765

   "She does have financial troubles. I've spoken to her agent team, and David Letterman's agent to confirm that this is true."

  Nisita and his wife Paul have been on the phone for a long time, and confirmed the news through several channels that Cher is a little short of money.

   "I remember from a very early time that Cher was a singer, how could there be a shortage of hotel room charges?" Ronald was a little puzzled.

   "Her financial situation is indeed a bit problematic. Her popular songs were all released before the 1980s. At that time, her producer and manager were her ex-husband Sonny Bono.

   You know, the best way for a man to control a popular female singer is to marry her. So when Cher was very popular, those songs, she got very limited income.

   And Cher's new songs released in the late 1970s were mostly unsuccessful commercially. She hasn't had a new song in the top ten in seven or eight years. "

   "But even if most of the dividends are taken away by her ex-husband, she shouldn't even be able to pay tens of thousands of yuan for the room? Is it tens of thousands of yuan?"

   "Twenty-eight thousand dollars," Nisita got the exact figure from David Letterman. "You don't know the pomp of female stars, Ronald. Cher has a huge exclusive group to support, a personal makeup artist, a personal hair stylist, and a whole bunch of assistants."

"I don't quite believe it, even so, she's a big star." Ronald said it was wrong, "Cher doesn't say anything else, it's not difficult at all to get tens of thousands of dollars for a concert somewhere. Bar?"

   "Of course, she used to be at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and was paid $300,000 a week."

  Nisita, as a broker, is very sensitive to this kind of compensation.

   "But you may underestimate the speed at which a female star spends money, invest a little in a friend's restaurant here, buy a little singer-recommended stock there, bang! Six months later, with a spell, the wealth quickly vanishes.

   Besides, Cher's efforts to transform into disco and rock, both genres, were ultimately unsuccessful. After that, she chose to be an actress. But the studios are not willing to offer much remuneration, and she has been sitting idle in recent years.

   Plus she's a single mother of two, and a tough mother who counts on her. There are also a few young boyfriends who are young and ambitious to break into Hollywood, of course, except Tom.

   I am afraid that there is not enough cash for a while, but it is also possible. "

   "Well, I don't know that her financial situation is so poor yet. MGM's salary for her is not very high, only more than 100,000 US dollars."

Then Ronald asked Nisita, "So what's going on with Letterman? Why didn't he give Cher the reward, $28,000, which isn't very expensive compared to asking Cher to come? "

"You may not know much about talk shows. This kind of show can talk about compensation privately, or exchange some benefits, but this can't be said publicly on the show. Cher said so, Letterman has only one way to deny it, he has many This time I hinted at Xue Er, but the other party doesn't pick up."

  It turns out that Letterman's team, in order to invite the star Cher to boost the ratings, really agreed to the other party's request and promised to pay her the room fee of $28,000 plus airfare reimbursement. …

   But I don't know why, Cher has a lot of opinions on David Letterman himself, and the two have no good words. Letterman asked Cher why she had refused invitations many times before. Cher seemed to lose control for a while and told the real reason.

   This creates a vicious circle. David Letterman can't admit that he paid in front of all the live audience, otherwise it will cause other guests to follow suit and cause the budget to get out of control.

   On the other hand, Cher sees Letterman denying it face to face, thinking that he is really unwilling to pay, and goes back on his promises, further deepening her prejudice against him, until she says that, you are a big jerk.

   The conversation between the two was like the scene of a large-scale disaster. Letterman quickly ended the conversation, and Cher went back to the hotel without taking the check.

  “Bell bell bell…”

   This is a phone call suddenly remembered, Nisita said a few words after answering it, and handed it to Ronald, "It's David Letterman."

   "Hi David, what's the matter with you today?" Ronald picked up the phone and comforted poor Letterman.

   "Ronald, I won't say much, just now your agent called me and said that you are going to let Cher play your movie soon.

  I urgently need you to bring me a message to explain my difficulties to Cher. If I openly admitted to the show about paying for her room, it would be impossible for my show budget to support the guests I want to invite. "

   "What do you want, David?" Ronald covered the microphone and gave Nisita an inquiring wink. Nisita looked strange, and he didn't know why Letterman was looking for him.

"It's very simple, I want to invite her for a while, and after the influence has passed, come back to my evening show again, as long as she doesn't mention this, let's finish the show normally, so that everyone will remember her last night. Take it as a little joke."

   "I'll see what I can do." Ronald didn't fully agree, and murmured.

"Let me be blunt, the ratings of the show just now skyrocketed after Cher scolded me. I don't hate her, it's just that she did it, which made me a little confused. I didn't make it hard for her, did I? To some other guests, be more 'bad', this is just the usual practice of late-night talk shows."

   "I'll bring your meaning to it."

   "Very good. Besides, she hasn't received the check I gave her. We'll give a reasonable price next time."

  Ronald put down the phone with a smile on his face. David Letterman, who was publicly humiliated, almost got angry during the live broadcast just now. Now that the ratings have improved, they have taken the initiative to make up the money and invited the other party to come back to the show.

   It seems that the pressure of these TV guys' careers is no less than that of doing movies by themselves.

   Nisita had already found Cher's hotel phone number, and after connecting, handed the receiver to Ronald.

   "Cher, I'm Ronald. I just watched your performance on the Letterman show..."

   "Oh, everyone seems to know? I don't care, that bad guy really deserved what he deserved, and someone should have scolded him a long time ago."

   "So he really didn't reimburse you for the room?"…

   "Yes, now the manager of the hotel has also watched the show. He is persuading me to leave by himself. The existing debt is temporarily suspended. Listen to these people's faces."

   After finishing speaking, Cher pointed the microphone at the manager at the scene.

   "Hello, is this the hotel manager? I'm the director of Cher's next movie, Ronald Lee.

  She needs to move? You don't have to be in such a hurry, I'll come over, and I'll settle her account. "

  Ronald put on his coat, called Bud, and went to NBC Letterman to get Cher's check first. Then he drove to the door of the room where Cher lived in the hotel.

  The manager was still politely saying to Cher that there was nothing she could do, she had to leave the hotel.

   "Ronald, here you are, look at these people and think I won't be able to pay the room."

   "Don't bother, yes, I'll settle her account". Ronald took out the check and handed it to Cher, asking him to endorse it and pay for the room later.

   "Great, Ms. Cher can stay here forever. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."

   "No, she doesn't want to live in your place anymore." Ronald commanded little Bud, and together with Cher's assistant, began to pack her things.

   "Hi Ronald, what are you doing?"

"The rehearsal is about to start, I hope you can prepare in a better environment. It is important to rest during rehearsal, and also to have good service, I think the service is really bad, if nothing else. already."

   Xueer heard that the conditions of the place she was going to were better, so she stopped talking, and took the initiative to help collect some of her clothes.

   Soon, Ronald planted Cher and her first luggage to a fifty-eight-story building on Fifth Avenue.

   The bottom eight floors are shopping malls, the top is offices, and the top thirty-nine floors are hotel apartment rooms.

   Meeting with Nisita who had been prepared in advance, Ronald went to the hotel lobby in the middle of the golden building and opened an apartment for Cher for a month.

   "Ten thousand dollars, thank you." The front desk quoted a price, which Ronald signed for confirmation. This money is part of what the crew should pay the star Cher under the contract.

   "It's really nice here, but the colors are too tacky."

  Xueer received a respectful reception here, and her room was on the upper floor very close to the attic. Walking in all the way, she felt that the privacy was good.

When I was about to get to my room, a handsome young man knocked on the door of another suite on the corner, "Demi, listen to me, I want to know what's going on with us, who am I to you? ?"

The two looked sideways, and Ronald felt that the boy was a little familiar, as if he was a character in John Hughes' "Beautiful Pink", and at the end it was a pair with Molly Ringwald's character, but because of the audience's reaction Poor, the tragic actor whose ending was deleted.

   Ronald ignored him and sent Cher into her room with a large crowd.

   "I like this place very much, you are right, it is much better than the hotel I used to live in, and the internal facilities are also very new"

  The large executive suite and the spacious clothing room made her very satisfied.

   "I heard that the occupancy rate here is very high. A friend of mine used to live at $8,000 a month." Ronald said. …

   tipped the waiter and Ronald asked them to bring some drinks.

   "Why don't you like David Letterman? What did he do to make you so unhappy with him?" Ronald, after calming down, asked Cher what happened to the scene.

   "Huh, I don't actually hate Letterman. He has a good sense of humor. Sometimes I can't sleep in the middle of the night, waiting to see his late show." Cher took a sip of wine and said to Ronald.

   "Then why..."

"Because I don't like Letterman's attitude towards some disadvantaged guests, he sometimes treats guests very poorly on TV, often attacking each other's weaknesses, making jokes that make the other party very indecent, and even making jokes about the other party's sad things ."

   "Hey, it won't be like this..." Ronald shook his head, these artists were emotional...

   "He denied the conditions for agreeing to me, and I had a picture of how he used to bully those lesser-known guests in the past. I think he will do the same to me next time..."

   "So, you should start with the strongest, right?"

  Ronald knows that the artist is always full of emotions, and sometimes he is emotional, but he is not very thoughtful.

"He called me just now and asked me to give you the check that you forgot to take, and said that you had a first-class reaction on the spot and that you were a good guest who was difficult for his talk show since it started. He hopes you can spend some time. Come on his show again, this time he won't ask you why you agreed."

   "Hahaha, in fact, it seems that he is not so bad."

   "If you want, it's better to warm up for our movie at the last night show before our movie is released next year."

   "As you wish, hahaha", Cher was in a good mood, she had a good house to live in and someone paid for it, she hugged Ronald tightly and expressed her gratitude.

"No wonder so many young stars are captured by her. She is in such a good shape at this age." Ronald left, still thinking about Cher's ageless figure and a special perfume smell. I heard that it was herself. Designed, ready to have the opportunity to find someone to produce, put on the market.

   "Jon, I've said it a long time ago, we were just having fun, I **** you, that's it, I already have a boyfriend."

   Turning the corner, Ronald was about to go to the elevator when he heard a familiar hoarse voice.

   When he turned his head, he saw the boy, in a low-pitched begging pose, begging a beautiful woman to change her mind.

   "Oh, what should I tell you? We just find each other attractive. I'm a woman who is easy to be seduced, you know? Emilio and I are both engaged."

   "But you and Emilio Estevez obviously postponed their wedding ceremony? I saw that on The Hollywood Reporter."

   "That's just because of the extended run of my Broadway show 'The Morning Girl'. Last week I was also with Emilio, his brother Carlos, for his father Martin and mother Janet to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.

  You don't bother, I don't want to cause misunderstanding. You don't want to mess up my wedding, do you? "…

   "Oh no! I hate you Demi."

The handsome young man who was finally dumped by Molly Ringwald's character in "Beautiful Pink", Jon Claire, who was also played by beautiful women in real life, turned back sadly, from Ronald He brushed in front of him and rushed into the elevator.

   "Oh," Ronald saw that it was indeed Demi Moore who he hadn't seen for a long time. Could it be that he subconsciously was still thinking of reuniting with Demi who lived in this building?

   But when he heard that she was going to marry that annoying Emilio, Ronald felt bad and wanted to go back.

   "Ronald", Demi watched Jon Claire get off the elevator, rushed up, grabbed Ronald, and dragged him into the room.

  Demi Moore motioned Ronald's followers to go first, she wanted to "reminisce" with Ronald.

   "Bang!" After closing the door, Demi immediately hugged Ronald and began to confess.

"I did it to get him out of the way quickly, that kid did a movie with me and it's been bugging me for years. Emilio Estevez and I have broken off our engagement, I'm free of."

  Demi knew that Ronald didn't like to be with married men or women with established long-term relationships, so she came up and made it clear that she was single.

   "Aren't you engaged to Emilio? I also read variety magazines." Ronald laughed and moved Demi's arm away from himself.

"Then I'm for his movie 'Wisdom', although Emilio is an idiot, his talent is not one-tenth as good as yours. But after all, it is a movie that concerns the future of many people, I know it is Bad movie, still have to try to do a good job of marketing.

  I don't want those actors and the staff behind the scenes to lose further opportunities because of my lack of effort in publicizing. "

  Demi Moore really knew Ronald well.

   Hearing her say this, Ronald was impressed by this actress who was very dedicated to the film business despite exaggerating her private life.

   After a while, Demi Moore's development momentum has faintly surpassed her boyfriend Emilio. In terms of interviews, maintaining her boyfriend's movie reputation, etc., what Demi does in the face of the media is a mature star posture.

   "I'm very happy. I watched your last movie, 'Merry Last Night' starring Rob Lowe, and my acting skills have improved a lot."

   "Hehe, your praise makes me even happier than all those film critics praise me." Demi Xing looked at Ronald, and a romantic charm flowed out.

  This woman has undergone rigorous training on Broadway and Hollywood, and when her acting skills are revealed naturally, she has indeed grown a lot compared to the previous little actor.

   "Broadway does change you..."

   "Yes, this is a different world. Although I am a bit of a false name, but the rehearsal here is not good, and the dialogues are not proficient to a natural state, so I will be looked down upon by my peers.

   They are full of hostility to the actors from Hollywood, and they want us to make some jokes. In addition, there is a corner B that has been eyeing. "

  Demi touched her hair, she just wanted to find a topic that Ronald was interested in and talk more. …

   "Don't you ask me why I broke up with Emilio?" Demi pulled the collar on her chest a little.

   "This is your personal business." Ronald replied, not wanting to be too busy. But inside, Ronald had other ideas:

   In fact, everyone understands that the film that Emilio wrote, directed and starred, with Demi Moore as the protagonist and Dino de Laurentiis, was very bad.

   For Demi, Emilio's usefulness has come to an end. Demi Moore could no longer benefit from staying in his engaged relationship.

   The reason why the two haven't officially announced the cancellation of their engagement is that Demi doesn't want to carry the notoriety of kicking away her fiance. Maybe in a few months...

   "Let me tell you, Emilio didn't take me as his real girlfriend at all. During the time he confirmed his relationship with me, he was still in constant contact with a Latina woman and had two children with her."

"Oh," Ronald shouted in his heart, "It won't be a few more months now, Emilio himself is stupid and handed over this kind of handle to Demi, it seems that he will be able to be on the gossip media soon. See Emilio's secret lover revealed."

   "You really don't want to stay and catch up with me?" Demi drank some wine, and her face became more rosy.

   "I'm sorry, the rehearsal for the new film is about to start, I have to go first."

"I know, I know, the old woman you sent Cher is the starring role, and I often collect your news in the media, a movie similar to a Broadway drama. You have to make the kind of movie that Oscar likes. "

   "Uh, this is a middle-aged romance movie."

   "I know, Mr. Shanley turned off Broadway to Hollywood's first screenplay. We'll all wait and see."

  Demi took the initiative to give Ronald a deep hairdo kiss.

   "Well...that's good. I thought I'd forget how intoxicating your kisses are." Demi's hand rubbed Ronald's...she was satisfied with her charm.

   "I really have to go..." Ronald was not very confident about his willpower and the charm of fighting against this stunner. Demi's demeanor and temperament are now mature, and the combination of her figure and face makes it easy for people to fall into it.

   "When you're done with this section, we'll all be free..." Demi smiled, as long as you have the heart, it's actually better to have a thought.

"Goodbye...Ronald", Demi let Ronald out of the room. After opening the door, she saw Nisita who was guarding outside. She pulled Ronald's collar mischievously, gave him a deep kiss, and then Smile to Nisita behind Ronald.

   "Very good, you really remember what I have repeatedly emphasized. What happens with beautiful female stars must also be found in a place that you can control."

  Nisita and Ronald got off the elevator together, and didn't tell Ronald what was in his heart until they got in the car.

  The current Dongying video recorder, tape recorder, etc., are all small in size. Ronald, as a famous director, has to guard against one hand, not to play wild food outside.

   "Ah...what..." Ronald was thinking about something and was awakened by Nisita's words.

   "Demi is a smart girl, I just continued with her and asked about the current situation."

   Ronald explained two sentences to his agent.

   He was still thinking about what Demi Moore had just said about the pervasive hostility of Broadway actors to Hollywood.

   They always feel that Hollywood actors have no acting skills, but are paid much higher wages than themselves.

  Ronald thought to himself that he had to prepare himself for the upcoming rehearsal, and he had to overwhelm the Broadway gold medal supporting actors.

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