Natasha Kinski was very satisfied with the photos, and she was very easy to talk to. Ronald asked to keep a copy of her photos for display in the studio. She read the terms and signed the authorization letter, and insisted on giving it. Ronald, two sets of audition photos in black and white and color, $80 fee.
In this way, when Ronald's portrait photography studio opens, there will be a photo of a future female star as an endorsement, which is a very good sign.
With a camera bag on his back and a tripod in his left hand, Ronald opened the back of the Volkswagen Hare with the key in his right hand. The back of the hatchback can be opened, and there is a hidden trunk underneath, which can store a lot of things. Ronald put the camera bag inside and closed the back.
A lid automatically covers the trunk, and the upper part is flush with the backrest of the rear seat. From the outside, you can't tell there is a trunk at all.
European small cars are rarely seen in the United States. Everyone likes large-displacement, large cars. Therefore, few people know the location of the Volkswagen Hare's trunk. Ronald can safely put his valuable camera inside without worrying about someone prying the window.
The economic situation is getting worse and worse, and some theft and robbery crimes have increased. The commander-in-chief also gave a televised speech, saying that Americans must get used to mediocrity and that America, which has lost its moral superiority, is no longer great.
Aunt Karen dislikes him very much. Under his management, the American economy has suffered from severe inflation and home loan interest rates have risen to more than 10%. Aunt Karen is under great pressure to raise Ronald and Donna.
According to economists on television, America has fallen into a phenomenon called stagflation. The economy is stagnant, with high unemployment and high inflation, and everyone is suffering.
Ronald drove all the way to the Wells Fargo bank next to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, pulled over, took out a few quarters and stuffed them into the parking meter, and then quickly walked into the lobby.
After queuing for a while, it was Ronald's turn.
Approaching the counter, Ronald took out the $130 in cash he had just received, counted out $50 in change and put it back in his pocket. The remaining $80 plus a check for $200 was the second set issued to him by New Century Company. The director's salary was handed to the teller.
"Ronald Lee, the check was deposited into my checking account, as was the cash."
Banks in America generally open two types of accounts, one is a cash account, which is similar to a current account in China. The other is a checking account from which you can write checks to others. If there is no money in the account and you still write a check, it is a so-called bad check.
Wells Fargo is friendly to small and medium-sized customers. As long as you have a fixed monthly salary, you can open an account with US$25. Ronald does not have a fixed monthly salary, but fortunately, he can open an account with a deposit balance of more than 200 US dollars, and the management fee is waived. So he opened an account soon after arriving in Los Angeles.
He took the form handed over by the teller, filled it out, took out his driver's license, and handed it in together. The economy is not good, and check fraud has increased under the current leadership. Now banks have stipulated that cashing checks requires a photo ID.
After depositing the money, Ronald quickly ran out of the bank. A fat policeman was already waiting next to the meter, holding a ticket in his hand and preparing to issue the ticket as soon as the time came.
"He's here, he's here!" Ronald hurried forward, started the car and drove away before the meter expired, leaving the resentful fat policeman behind to guard other cars.
Driving back to the apartment, Ronald took out his checkbook and wrote a check for $80 to Aunt Karen. He took out the envelope, packed it, affixed a stamp, and stuffed it into the mailbox in the apartment.
This is what I agreed with my aunt before I came out. I will send a quarter of the money I earn back home. Although it's not much each time, it can help my aunt relieve a little burden.
The US Post Office is inefficient and delivers very slowly. Ronald didn't have much money, and the handling fee for using Western Union was too high, so he didn't care about the slow speed of the post office. If it is an important document that needs to be delivered immediately, most people will now choose FedEx.
Ronald couldn't help but remember that the college application form that Gail sent for him was delivered via FedEx. Don't know what's going on?
…
The FedEx delivery vehicle is a Ford van with cartoonish round headlights. The two applications sent to UCLA Los Angeles and UCS are delivered directly by vans in the city.
This purple FedEx van arrived at UCLA first. A few days before the deadline, there are an especially large number of application letters. The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television is no exception. The staff of the admissions office opened the application letter, sorted it out, and sent it to the desk of the admissions director.
"Ronald Lee, South Shore Toteville High School in Stanton. Well, the letter of recommendation was written by a small studio owner and a high school teacher. Who is Roger Corman? Does he make trashy exploitation films? Written by It's so short, and at first glance, it seems that the applicant is dissatisfied and is deliberately making trouble." Ronald's application was thrown into the pile that could not be pre-reviewed.
USC is a little further south of Hollywood. The FedEx van drove another 20 minutes to the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
The admissions director here had a much better impression of Ronald. Roger Corman is good at scouting for talent, but the letters of recommendation are too short, and I don’t know how much of them are sincere.
The other two letters of recommendation were from a high school English teacher and a physical education teacher. They were used to apply for film school. They were a little weak.
Besides, Toteville High School in Staten Island, New York, is not a performing arts high school in Manhattan.
"How many applications did we receive this year? ...Oh, that's only a 10% acceptance rate."
The most likely thing for Ronald is that he will be put on the waiting list. Only if his previous admitted students do not go to USC for some reason can he be replaced.
Another FedEx truck drove to Los Angeles International Airport, and two other applications sent to two universities in New York were loaded onto a purple FedEx cargo plane. The plane landed at the FedEx headquarters in Memphis, and then took off again. Direct flights to New York LaGuardia Airport.
Columbia University School of the Arts is on Manhattan Island, at the northwest corner of Central Park. People living nearby are so-called upscale communities. Even non-whites who want to buy a house here will be rejected by the homeowners committee.
Columbia University is used to recruiting students from expensive private high schools, and students from public high schools must go through tougher competition to get in.
Public high school background, mediocre experience, incomprehensible letters of recommendation, Ronald's application letter was put aside in the first round of screening, waiting for the stamp of Rejected, and a polite and polite letter. A polite rejection letter.
The letter will tell the unsuccessful Ronald that after careful evaluation by the admissions office, his application has been rejected. Columbia University has a limited number of admissions this year, and the competition is very fierce. Other applicants have stronger backgrounds and resumes. As the president, you must choose based on excellence. I regret that I cannot admit Ronald and wish him good luck in his studies. transport.
The last application was sent to the Department of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Tisch College is on the other side of Manhattan Island, in downtown. It's close to Chinatown. Not far to the south is the coast, where you can see the Statue of Liberty and the ferry to Ronald's home, Staten Island.
The atmosphere in the NYU Admissions Office is more equal. Several admissions assistants and the admissions director are opening application letters together. An assistant opened Ronald's application letter.
After graduating from high school, take a year off to re-find your direction and calibrate your life goals? , this application letter is very well written, and my high school grades are also very good. Then I found a letter of recommendation from a high school wrestling team coach with a tough personality and a flexible mind...
We are a film and television school and do not need letters of recommendation from sports teams. Well, this letter was written by the president of New World Productions.
The recommendation letter is sealed, and theoretically the applicant Ronald does not know what the recommender wrote in it. Of course, only some old-school people still strictly adhere to this tradition.
Opening the envelope, what caught the eye of the admissions assistant was a very short letter of recommendation.
"Why is there such a short recommendation letter?" The assistant hurriedly asked the supervisor, "Is this letter written incorrectly?"
The supervisor took a look at the recommendation letter and found that the main body of the letter only had two sentences.
"
To interested parties:
Ronald Lee was the second newcomer over the years that I could entrust to direct, and he had never made any commercial films before.
The first one is Mr. Martin Scorsese, a professor at your school.
Yours faithfully Roger Corman
"
The admissions director picked up the phone:
"Hey Marty, guess what I saw..."
