Exploiting Hollywood 1980 Chapter 771

  Cindy is full of the pungent, free and easy, casual Midland style of Yinlinoyin town girls, Ronald is the first time to appreciate the beautiful girl who grew up in the Midwest.

This reminded him of Chris Columbus's directorial debut, "The Adventures of the Nanny", which is about to start shooting. That night, he fought with a flat tire, a car theft group, a bad boyfriend and other enemies, and he could still maintain an optimistic spirit. The protagonist, nanny Chris Parker.

   This kind of character is placed in other big cities, and the audience will probably feel that something is wrong.

  Only in the suburbs of the central town of Chicago, where white girls can do this kind of thing, it is simply too normal.

   Knowing that Midland girls like to keep their promises right away, Ronald hung up David Letterman the next morning.

  Liteman, who was still eating breakfast, was about to go on vacation. After being caught by Ronald, he heard that a beautiful model wanted to appear on the show, so he laughed and agreed on the spot.

   Unlike other talk shows, Latterman's Late Night Show is later than Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. This late-night talk show is mostly watched by single men.

  Therefore, having beautiful models, actors appearing on the show, Leitman telling some edge-of-the-ball jokes, cooperating with guests, or acting embarrassed, or boldly fighting back, are all good ways to increase the ratings.

   "Okay, his name is Cindy Crawford, and he once won a college merit scholarship, not those brainless **** bombs."

"nailed it?"

  Cindy Crawford saw how powerful Ronald was and kept his promise on the spot. He was so happy to show the man twice in his pajamas, and then sat on Ronald's lap and danced.

   Promise to others things to be honored immediately. Cindy showed the style of the middle girl again, she felt Ronald had a reaction, and immediately pulled Ronald up, and came back twice in the morning.

   An hour later, Ronald returned home to Staten Island, just in time to see Donna eating cake and drinking milk for breakfast. Ronald smelled the cake and took one and put it in his mouth.

   "Well, it's delicious, is this from Tom? He remembers to bring me cake every Christmas."

"Yes, my classmates and I said there was a cake from Tom Cruise, but they didn't believe it." Donna wrinkled her nose, then followed the smell of perfume to look at Ronald's place, "You smell this perfume. Very good, it seems to be new. Go wash it, wait for my mother to come."

   "Ah, hahaha..." Ronald snorted and hurried upstairs to take a shower. After hanging out with Cindy several times, I couldn't smell the perfume on my body.

   By the time Ronald got out of the shower, Donna was already watching the morning news with Aunt Karen.

"The commander-in-chief is no longer Teflon. In the past month, affected by the "Persian Gate" scandal, his approval rating has dropped from 67% to 46%. Political commentator Men Jinjin The scandal of Le Dao has never been able to stick to the characteristics of the great commander, and this time it has failed.

The commander-in-chief personally appointed an investigative committee chaired by former Senator John Tower. The commander will be summoned to Congress to explain the situation. Whether the Lebanese hostages are released or not is because of the private sale of advanced equipment including Dow anti-tank missiles to Persia. Weapons, in exchange Persia exerted an impression on the Lebanese side.

Also summoned were CIA Director William Casey, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberg, National Security Assistant Robert McFarlane, and Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams. "

   Ronald took a few more Tom Cruise cakes and grabbed a glass of orange juice to drink. He found that his aunt and Donna were focused on the TV news and didn't ask him what happened last night.

   "What happened? Why does it seem that the cabinet of the current commander is being held accountable?" Ronald asked aloud. The past few weeks have been busy filming, and I don't know much about the news.

   "Don't you know? A Lebanese magazine revealed last month that the reason why we were able to take back the hostages captured at the Lebanese embassy was because we were secretly selling advanced weapons to our enemy Persia.

   Now this event is called the "Persian Gate", which is compared with the previous "Watergate" event. "

  Donna is a college student and is naturally more concerned about these political events. She told Ronald the ins and outs of staring at the magazine for the past few weeks.

  It turned out that the American military-industrial community privately sold high-tech weapons to the enemies of the United States, on the one hand, they were used to exchange hostages in Lebanon. On the other hand, the proceeds of arms sales were used to finance the Conrad rebels in Nicaragua, Central America, who wanted to overthrow the current government that supported the Soviet Union.

"No wonder I was looking for little George at that time, wanting to take advantage of the hot spot of the release of the Lebanese hostages. He pushed a wave of 'Top Gun' demands and was rejected by him. It turned out that there were so many inside stories, and now it has been revealed by the media. Wouldn't he be impeached like the previous Watergate incident?"

  Ronald remembered the incident a few months ago. Little George is indeed born in a political family. If this kind of thing comes together, I am afraid it will be a little troublesome now. Should the reporter find him to interview? They certainly won't let it go.

   "Wait..." Ronald suddenly thought, "How could little George know the inside story? Could it be that the deputy commander also..."

   was stroking his beard and thinking about things, and Ronald heard the news again starting to report the situation of the chief commander and others testifying in the Tower Committee.

"When the commander-in-chief answered the question 'Did you authorize the sale of advanced weapons to Persia in exchange for the release of hostages, and the financing of Nicaragua's anti-government Conrad?', he first admitted and then contradicted himself by saying he did not remember. .

  We have a hard time believing this statement, even if he really did not know about this secret transaction, but he was obviously derelict in the control of his national security affairs assistant and the CIA director, and did not play the leadership responsibility that the commander should have...

  Deputy Commander George, denied any interest in the plan. He still learned of news reports that Saudi businessman Khashoggi, the arms broker, was selling weapons to the enemies of the United States.

   He said that he was deprived of the right to know, he did not suggest to the commander to support or oppose this plan, he said that he was not an 'insider'..."

   "Hehe, a politician from the Elephant Party who has been the director of the CIA for four years, says he is not an insider of the military-industrial complex?" Donna pointed out the ridiculousness of the deputy commander's testimony.

Aunt Karen shook her head, she had long given up hope for the hypocrisy of such a professional politician, but seeing her favorite, the grand commander who declared war on the bureaucracy and vowed to make America great again, was also involved in this. Disappointing in such an infamous thing.

   "I saw the look on his face when he answered the question, as if he was confused, as if he didn't know where he was and what question he was answering. Maybe it was true that he said he didn't remember? The people below didn't report it to him."

Aunt    thought about it for a while, but she still found some reason and said two good words for the great commander she supported.

   "Hmph, pretending to be a scumbag, isn't that what politicians are like." Donna insisted.

   "Maybe you really don't remember?" Ronald remembered that when he went to the White House and Camp David, the commander seemed to forget things. I had seen him several times before, but the last time the commander saw him, he didn't seem to recognize him, and the first lady Nancy reminded him.

   "It's easy to forget things when you're old. After all, the commander is in his seventies, and he had an operation last year." Ronald comforted his aunt.

   "Persian Gate" continued to be widely discussed in the media, and the Congress controlled by the Donkey Party began to take advantage of this scandal to launch an attack on the commander-in-chief.

   Over the years, the commander-in-chief has been mobilizing voters to write letters to members of Congress, forcing them to pass the economic reforms he led, but this time it was finally countered by the side effects.

  Whether it is a congressman or a senator, when it comes to the general election, if you don't say a few words about your support for the commander-in-chief, or support the economics of the commander-in-chief, you will not be able to pass the election.

   There are also some challengers who dress themselves up as fans of the commander-in-chief and shout to voters that as long as they elect themselves, they will vote for the commander-in-chief in Congress, posing a big challenge to those members of the establishment.

   This time it was finally the members' turn to attack the Grand Commander.

   Don't you claim that the government cannot solve the problem, the government itself is the problem? It seems that you have been assimilated by the government after being the chief commander for a few years. Do you also need to be resolved?

   But this tactic of holding on to the problem of the great commander obviously had some counterproductive effects. Since the President was elected, no matter what else, the economy has indeed developed very well. For the sake of increased income, some things can actually be considered invisible to the American people.

   Now those donkey parties who have made a mess of the economy want to use this kind of **** again to attack the big commander who led them to make money. For a time, the support rate of the big commander old Ronald has actually rebounded again.

   However, director Ronald Jr. doesn't care about these things anymore. He only called George Jr., saying that "Nanny Adventures" was about to start filming in Toronto, Canada. The third phase of his screen fund gave him a lot of support, and Ronald specifically called him to express his gratitude.

   Ronald is actually borrowing the movie, talking about the Persian Gate.

   What he really wants to thank is the deputy commander's family, which is very interesting, and simply let Ronald not want to use the release of the hostages to hype the idea of ​​"Top Gun". Otherwise, if you are involved in political struggles, even if you are caught by reporters and ask some sensitive questions, it is easy to make mistakes.

   Little George also knew what Ronald really meant, saying that everything was "taken care of".

   He also hopes that the first investment of the third fund will be successful. Ronald has to go to the crew to see the situation and give him a feedback, so that he can continue to raise funds for the next fund raising from the bankers on Wall Street.

  After two days of vacation, Ronald went to Toronto, Canada ahead of schedule.

Most of the "Moonlight" crew are still on vacation, MGM's top management is in chaos, and the lower middle management is also in a state of herding sheep. Coupled with the union's regulations, Ronald alone can't do anything. I had no choice but to wait until after the New Year to resume filming.

   Coincidentally, in addition to his own "Moonlight Sultry" crew, Chris Columbus, who was the director for the first time. His new film, "The Nanny Adventures," also started shooting in Toronto.

  Ronald just took advantage of the time difference to go to the "Nanny Adventures" crew and perform his duties as a producer.

   The crew on "Nanny Adventures" handled it very well, and everything was well prepared. After the Christmas holiday, everyone had gathered in Toronto and was ready to start filming. Disney under Michael Eisner, prohibitive, efficient, and indeed has signs of resurgence.

  On the outskirts of Toronto, the architectural style of the house and the outdoor preparation are not much different from America.

   On the first day of filming, director Chris Columbus picked a location, a very simple shot.

   Ronald, as a producer, also came to the crew to stare. Obviously, Columbus is well prepared, and the scene he used for the opening scene is not difficult. For a young man who is taking up the directorship for the first time, it is a good choice to go from simple to difficult.

   People who are directors for the first time often have two mentalities in their hearts.

   One is that I don't know if I can direct it or not, so I hope that someone with experience will sit next to me and give me some pointers when things go wrong.

   Another mentality is just the opposite. In order to be a director, I made a lot of preparations and considered all the details of the shooting. It would be very embarrassing if a strong producer with directing experience came up at this time and denied all his ideas.

  Art does not distinguish between absolute right and wrong, individuals have their own ideas. If the producer doesn't respect the director enough, it will take a big blow to the new director's confidence and prestige in the crew.

   These two ideas are often intertwined. Sometimes I hope that the producer's idea will prevail, and sometimes I think it's better not to come.

   All the producers and directors who came to inspect the machine were very complicated.

   Ronald smiled at the bespectacled Chris Columbus. He knew that Chris Columbus was the kind of director who did a lot of preparation.

   Broker Richard has reported to himself. He realized that he had all the sub-shots ready, as well as made extensive preparations for the sets and locations.

   In fact, Ronald may have more confidence in Columbus than himself.

   "Director, director, something happened."

  The drama manager hurried over and interrupted Chris Columbus, who was looking at Ronald in embarrassment and didn't know how to communicate.

   "What's the matter? Speak slowly." Chris Columbus calmed down at this time, and he asked the production manager to clarify the situation.

   It turned out that "The Nanny Adventures" was a plot in the Midwest suburbs of Chicago. Chicago is Yinlinuo Yinzhou, where the old manufacturing base is located. The enterprises here are completely shrunk by the competition of enterprises from Dongying.

  Corporate profits are not good, so tax revenue is also shrinking. In some parts of Chicago, basic public facilities such as buses, garbage disposal, running water, etc. are all out of pocket.

   So the first scene to be shot today is the scene where the nanny Chris Parker, played by Lisa Bai Su, takes the children on a street full of uncollected garbage.

  The set and props team of the crew made preparations overnight, and filled some garbage cans, black garbage bags, and some prop garbage all over the street where the garbage cans were.

   But Toronto is not Chicago, the city's sanitation department has a very healthy budget. So at four o'clock in the morning before the crew came, the sanitation workers cleaned up and transported away the **** that was messed up by the set crew last night.

   This time, on the location, there is a very clean and tidy road.

  Chris Columbus was a little dumbfounded. He touched his head, not knowing what to do, and looked back at Ronald.

   At this time, he definitely supported the producer on set.

   "You are the director, you can solve it yourself." Ronald put his hands behind his back, posing as if this is your movie, I don't care.

   Chris Columbus laughed instead, he was a little too nervous when he had a problem with the first shot.

   This is not a difficult task, so Columbus found the sets and props, activated the crew's assistants, went to find a lot of black garbage bags, put them on the street, and rearranged the mess.

  “A!”

  Columbus quickly entered the state, he commanded a team of dozens of people, and began to schedule.

   "Cut! Very good, let's have another one." Chris Columbus chatted with the director of photography for a few moments, and then announced that the shooting would continue.

   "How am I doing?"

   Soon after half an hour of filming, the first scene was shot, and Chris Columbus came over and asked Ronald how he was doing.

   Now he feels very confident again, and he hopes that Ronald will not interfere in his smooth shooting.

"You did a great job, I can't think of anything to explain." Ronald shook hands with him enthusiastically. Although he has not shot film since graduating from Columbus University, today's situation shows that he still has a dream people.

Chris Columbus showed a shy smile. He has a bit of an academic demeanor. He doesn't rely on yelling on the set, but he can still convince everyone. It depends on his familiarity with the film business and adequate preparation in advance. .

   "I only have one place to teach you, Chris." Ronald was very confident and satisfied when he saw Columbus.

   "What is it?" Columbus asked.

   Ronald took him to the side, asked the assistant to pass a chair, and personally helped Chris Columbus open it and put it on the ground. Then he looked at the name on the back of the chair.

   Director Columbus's name is on the list, bigger than the chairs of the two leading actors next to him.

   "Roger Coleman once taught me. The most important thing about being a director is to prepare a chair and sit down when you have time"

  Ronald brought Columbra over and pressed him gently on the chair, "Really, being a director is really tiring. Without a chair, you'll soon be too tired to speak."

   Then Ronald said to Columbus, "You've got everything you need to be a director, I get it. So I'm not here to get in your way. If there's anything you can't fix, call me again."

   Then Ronald turned his head and shouted to the cast and crew, "This is Mr. Director's chair, and none of you are allowed to grab it."

"Hahaha…"

   Everyone burst out laughing, and looking at Columbus, they were even more convinced than before.

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