"The general election has begun, and the Elephant Party primary debate has escalated - the former California governor showed his cowboy nature. In the local debate three days before the New Hampshire primary, the governor refuted the host with his masculine charm, attracting the attention of the audience There was endless cheering.”
Ronald opened the letter while listening to the CBS TV program. During this period, I was auditioning for the heroine of "Endless Love". I was busy looking at the audition photos sent by my agent every day, and only went home at night to sort out letters and bills.
Peter Gubel issued an order to find several candidates in March, and he and the director would jointly decide on the candidates. As the first major production of Polygram Pictures, he cannot afford to make any mistakes as CEO.
Gubel still remembered Ronald, and specifically assigned him to participate in the audition work over the phone. The boss gave orders and did not give any subsidies, so Ronald worked in vain. In order to look familiar in front of the boss, you have to work hard as a last resort.
CBS was showing the debate scene of the Elephant Party primary election. It was noisy and the picture quality was not very good. It was the work of a typical local TV station photographer. The screen is not focused on Mr. Governor, it is always flickering.
"This debate will be conducted by Mr. Ronald and Mr. George, who are leading the polls. The other four candidates will be waiting nearby. At the end, they will have the opportunity to come up and summarize their speeches." The host, Green, is the editor-in-chief of the Nashua Telegraph.
"This is not right. The premise for my participation in this debate... is that all six candidates participating in the Elephant Party primaries must come on stage to participate in the debate, not one-on-one between me and George..."
"Sound engineer, is the sound engineer here? Please turn off Mr. Governor's microphone." the host shouted.
The audience booed. Everyone knew that George was the unofficial candidate put forward by the so-called Xiang Party establishment. They want to see something new, not the same old thing.
If there are multiple candidates debating together, then there may be free-wheeling issues raised. If it is one-on-one, and the moderator is biased, the debate will be limited to certain pre-designed scopes. inside.
The old Ronald on TV was very angry, but the good demeanor he developed as an actor prevented him from getting angry on the spot and angrily scolding the host.
Old Ronald picked up the microphone and said, "Hey... can the sound engineer give me the sound again? Very good. I think the point of a debate is to listen to various different viewpoints, and these candidates..."
"Please stop, Mr. Governor, I have to interrupt you. If you don't follow the rules, we have to cut off your microphone..."
"I'm the one who paid for this microphone!" Old Ronald was furious and said a golden sentence. The audience below cheered loudly.
"Okay, well said..."
Ronald looked at the TV picture and liked the former California governor quite a lot. He is afraid of comparison in everything. Commander Jimmy is forward-looking and hesitant in doing things. He does not have the mentality of a leader of a superpower. It makes people feel that he is very afraid of offending other countries.
Forget about the Soviet Union, even Persia is very afraid, and they want to maintain America's face, but they are also afraid that the Persian Grand Ayatollah will be unhappy when doing things. The result of both ends is that they lose both face and dignity. .
Mr. Governor is very stylish. Although he is 69 years old, he still looks like a hero in a Hollywood movie. What he just said has won the favor of the American people. People listen to whoever pays for it, and the people obey this simple truth.
Persia’s aircraft, tanks, and advanced weapons of the armed forces were all provided by America, and most of its oil was sold to America. However, they still refused to obey. In fact, the people felt resentful. With so much aid and low-priced weapons, Isn’t it good to use it for domestic people’s livelihood? How many Vietnam War veterans are unemployed, and Commander Jimmy doesn't care much about them.
Ronald shook his head. Even if so many people cheered, Mr. Governor is 69 years old after all. There is no precedent for being a commander at such an old age. It is not certain whether he can win in the primary election.
Open the letters, put the advertisements on one side, the bills on the other. America's mail order business is booming. If you don't open the mailbox for a few days, there will be a pile of mail order advertisements, each of which is a thick stack of promotional materials in a large envelope.
Ronald opened a letter signed by the Directors Guild, which also contained a thick stack of paper. It turned out that Director Ronald's commercial production list had been sent to the Directors Guild. After evaluation, the Directors Guild raised Ronald's union level by one level.
Promoted from assistant/second set director/field director to commercial/short film director.
The union will provide sharing of some advertising-related job opportunities, as well as experience sharing sessions for senior directors. Open up more resources to Ronald.
Of course, the more important thing is to let Ronald pay the dues. In addition to paying the membership dues at the standard of an advertising director in the future, he must also pay the difference between the membership dues of the two levels of directors during the time he was a union member as a second group director.
In order to prevent our dear members from going bankrupt, the Directors Guild considerately set the payment deadline within 12 months, and can also pay in installments. We really think about our members.
After Ronald bought a house, his savings dropped a lot. Fortunately, he had long-term income from being a photographer. According to the number in the upgrade notice, he wrote a check and sent it to the Directors Guild to pay the dues. There is a lot less money in the checking account, so I have to find a way to make money.
"The CBS evening news is broadcast here. Today is the 87th day since our hostages were trapped in the Persian Embassy." Since last Christmas, the host of the CBS news program has broadcast the time the hostages were trapped every day when saying goodbye. Patriotic fervor is rising in America.
During Christmas and New Year, the Stars and Stripes are the best-selling items, and every household buys them and sticks them on their windows to support the hostages. Donna's school also organized them to send greeting cards and write blessings to the hostages. They don't know where these greeting cards ended up. Anyway, they couldn't be sent to the American Embassy in Persia.
After processing the letters, Ronald began a new round of mailing script synopses, sending one copy to every screenwriter's agent with an office address in Los Angeles. The last time he saw the coexistence of various races at the junction of the Italian Quarter and Chinatown, Ronald had some ideas for writing and wanted to write a script about multi-racial integration.
However, after consulting Spike Lee and Kathryn Bigelow, Ronald changed his mind. Instead of starting to write, he first wrote a hook and sent it to agents to ask for their opinions on this subject. interest.
"Dear Mr. Niceta,
I just finished polishing the script for 'Intersection', a romantic comedy about an Italian-American assistant district attorney who falls in love with a Chinese-American man in Chinatown, who turns out to be the scion of a Chinatown gang. s story.
I'd like you to tell me if you'd like to read this script and be my screenwriter's agent. I also worked as a signed screenwriter for MGM's new film "Famous" and was praised by Mr. Woody Allen.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Ronald Lee. "
Ronald himself has also worked as a script reviewer and knows that in Hollywood, before a script can be read by a producer, it must go through several stages. First, the agent must be interested in your script, and then he will sign you. , and then pitch it to major studios.
Then came layers of bureaucracy. First, Ronald worked as a script reviewer. He graduated from high school or college, read a script, wrote a five-page report, and earned $10. The scripts selected by them are then sent to the script editor.
Script editors are just poor screenwriters. They will find faults in your writing instead of picking out the merits of the script. Only if they are satisfied after reading it can the script pass their level and be handed over to the development director.
Development executives are often women who have worked in production companies for many years. They have children and husbands to take care of, and they often don’t have time to read your script until they go to bed in the middle of the night. If you fall asleep while reading it, your script will be killed.
After passing these stages, the script will finally reach the producer, but there are already a mountain of scripts piled on the producer's desk. Often those scripts are endorsed by famous directors, star actors, or company executives, and are placed directly on the producer's desk, skipping the first few steps.
Your script has to compete with their scripts that have already attracted the attention of stars and directors and are very likely to receive investment. Even five years is a short time to wait.
Spike Lee and Kathryn Bigelow have both suffered this kind of loss, and they strongly urged Ronald to seek investment first, make a student film of less than one hour, and build his own reputation as a director. There will be films in the future. Studios value their directorial abilities.
However, Ronald felt that their idea was not very reliable. Hollywood is very keen on famous directors. If you have made a blockbuster movie, there will be several scripts for you to choose from for your next one.
But this kind of student film only has to win awards. Are any studios really willing to try their luck?
I still start from the perspective of screenwriting. Anyway, with Roger Corman's relationship, if the script is OK, it won't be a problem to make a low-cost movie. Before that, let’s cast a wide net to major screenwriting agencies.
Ronald had a story in mind, but it wasn't written yet. First send the hook of the script to the agent. If someone is interested, write it out. If not, try another idea.
Both Spike and Catherine have told the story of Stallone. His "Rocky" was sent to eight major production companies and countless independent producers, and they tried out one by one. After three rounds of trials, the film was finally shot. After success, he won multiple Oscars in one fell swoop and is now a popular action star.
Back when Rocky was not being made, who could have predicted that a third-rate actor in a Roger Corman exploitation film would become an A-list star who wrote and starred in it? In Hollywood, anything is possible.
In the film industry, I have already climbed several levels. As long as I keep going firmly, I will definitely succeed. Ronald sealed several envelopes and prepared to deliver them again.
"It will definitely succeed." Ronald encouraged himself.
"Ring, ring, ring..." The ringing of the phone interrupted Ronald's daydreaming. When he picked up the phone, it was Julia from the casting studio calling again.
"The auditions are scheduled for Friday, and Guber will be here, this time auditioning Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Griffiths, Bo Derek, and Kelly Preston."
The casting of the heroine of "Endless Love" has also been upgraded, and the cast members are all well-connected people in the industry.
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