Although "Working Girl" only won one Oscar for Best Original Song, Ronald was disappointed. But in the eyes of some people, this is already a huge success. For example, Dane Steele, president of Columbia and TriStar Pictures.
She is the second president of the seven major studios with real power after Shirley Lansing briefly took charge of 20th Century Fox in Hollywood. She likes to play the feminist card very much. Since her days as executive vice president at Paramount, she has enjoyed working most with female directors, actors, and producers. I also have high praise for Ronald's "Working Girl", which reflects the career of women in the workplace.
The domestic box office has already exceeded US$70 million and is still rising. Dane Steele was very envious. Her biggest problem is her poor production vision. "Pear Blossom," which is also a female film, only received 32 million U.S. dollars, losing money and earning Jodie Foster a movie queen.
But this does no good to Dane Steele herself. She is not Foster's agent. It would be best if it could make money, promote feminism, and support female directors and actors.
Dane Steele has decided to give his full support to Ronald's new film "When Harry Met Sally." It would be best to ask Ronald to recommend some suitable movies for women. Otherwise, if this continues, her career may come to an abrupt end.
Ronald agreed to meet with Dane Steele to discuss a partnership. It is also good not to win the Oscar, so that others will not cooperate with you because they are afraid that the price will be too high and the requirements will be too much after you get the trophy.
A record of consistently making money in Hollywood is the key to opening the door to cooperation.
"Let's go to Blockbuster and take a look. There are so many Oscar-nominated films. I don't know how many of them have been released on video tapes. Many of them I haven't watched yet." Diane, like most actors with the right to vote, the Oscars are over. I haven't seen half of the movies, so I voted based on impressions and word-of-mouth.
"Okay, we can watch one tonight..." Ronald and Diane walked to the nearby Blockbuster video rental store. This is the largest Blockbuster near Hollywood. It has a lot of inventory. In addition to Hollywood movies, there are also many movies from Hong Kong and other parts of the world. It is very popular with nearby residents (most of whom are also movie-goers). Practitioners) are welcome.
"Yo, man..."
Ronald, who was waiting at the traffic light across the road from Blockbuster, was suddenly startled by a black man wearing a coat and sunglasses who jumped in front of him.
"What are you going to do?" Ronald's whole body tensed up. This black man was tall, with long arms and legs, a little taller than Ronald. He looked like a college basketball player. He didn't seem to have a suit underneath his coat, but a pair of Lakers sports shorts, and red and black basketball shoes under his feet.
The coat didn't fit well either, exposing a long calf. In addition, the sunglasses covered his face, and his bulging chest seemed to be hiding something. Ronald was suddenly reminded of the past when he was robbed by a black man in Los Angeles.
He blocked Diane behind him, stretched out his hand against him, and kept a distance. The hairs all over his body stood up nervously. If he took out a small pistol...
"Hey, man... I don't mean any harm, do you want a pirated movie? It's much cheaper than Blockbuster's..."
It turned out that he was selling pirated video tapes, and Ronald was relieved. The other party faced him and quietly opened his coat. There were many hand-sewn pockets inside, and many popular videos were hidden inside. Once opened, they were all facing Ronald, with an unobstructed view.
"No, I have a Blockbuster membership..." Ronald refused with a smile. He was a director, how could he buy pirated copies.
"Hey, man, why are you buying expensive stuff? I copied this with a good machine, and the effect is great. It's exactly the same as the original..." The other party didn't let Ronald go, and even took out a few video tapes to give to Ronald. Nader looks at ET, Top Gun, and 9 and a half weeks.
"I really just rented one and watched it tonight..."
"Brother, you're a pretty girl. Do you want to watch something exciting? I also have some short movies of Hollywood stars. New stuff that just came out. Do you want it? It's cheaper for you... It's very exciting..."
Ronald was afraid of causing problems if he continued to entangle himself, so he quickly took out twenty dollars and handed it to the other party, accepted the "Star Movie" and a plate of Love You for Nine and a Half Weeks, and pulled Diane away quickly.
"What star movie?" Ronald returned to his long-term rental hotel room and thought of this videotape. The length of the tape that can be seen in the transparent window is very short, and it seems to only have less than half an hour of content.
After stuffing it into the video recorder, Ronald turned on the TV. He had never seen a video tape made by a crude underground workshop. If this kind of thing could be sold, he would use some professionals to produce it for the video tape market. One batch, I think, I can replenish the production line of Daydream.
"What the hell is this..." Ronald was shocked when he saw it. This was a live video tape shot by a Sony home video recorder placed aside.
What appeared on the TV screen was a very beautiful white man. He walked in front of the camera and adjusted his position.
"Isn't this Robert Lowe?" Diane also recognized that the person on the TV was the member of the Kid Gang who had filmed "The Kid" together.
"Today is the night of the Donkey Party's national convention. I'm at the Hilton Hotel, followed by Parsons and Siebert, two beauties..."
"Um..." Rob Lowe took this video when he went to the Donkey Party convention last year when he was campaigning for Dukakis. Ronald found the remote control and pressed fast forward. The content behind was very explicit, and the fixed camera position made it ugly.
At the end, the two women took advantage of Rob Lowe's sleep and quickly went through his wallet, took away a stack of money, and finally took away the video tape.
The video tape stopped abruptly here, and the TV turned into large snowflakes. Ronald and Diane looked at each other in confusion. How could this kind of video tape be circulated and still be peddled by pirate dealers?
"Richard, I have something here, come and take a look..." Ronald called Richard.
"You have this too? I watched another one in the office today..." Richard knew about this before the two of them. He took out another videotape from his briefcase and showed it to Ronald.
This section is a different scene. Rob Lowe seems to be in the country... In addition to another beautiful woman, there is also the back of another man.
"Today, several videos of Rob Lowe have appeared on the pirated market across the country. The incident occurred in Atlanta, Georgia. It is said that Fox TV 5 there bought the copyright from the victim and will play a recording... … "
"What's this?" Ronald suddenly felt that the popularity of Sony's home video recorders would also bring some troubles that he didn't have before. "I was forced to buy them by a pirate seller. How do you have these video tapes?" of?"
"Rick gave it to me. He and Paula went to deal with Tom Cruise's matter. They need to carefully check Cruise's schedule and the shooting time of this video to completely rule out the involvement of the Tao Kuni video. The man is Tom..."
Among the several male actors in the Kid Gang, only Rob Lowe maintained a personal friendship with Tom Cruise. The two also participated in a four-person date organized by others and were photographed together.
The final result of the investigation was that Tom Cruise was filming "Rain Man" during that time, so Niceta and Paula went to clarify with various media who came to inquire, in order to completely nip this matter in the bud.
In the evening, Fox 5 in the south finally couldn't resist the temptation of ratings and released a part of the video tape they purchased.
Because the remaining part was too disgusting to be shown on TV, the reporters from these TV stations used the trick of grafting on the story to put Rob Lowe in 1984 with Jodie Foster and Natasha Kings Key's stills of "New Hampshire Hotel" were used as illustrations.
Above, the current actress and Nastassja Kinski, wearing white bathrobes, hugging the overly beautiful Rob Lowe on the left and right, were shown on the screen for more than half a minute.
Fortunately, Paula Wagner worked very efficiently, otherwise the photo of Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise might not have escaped being used as a background photo by the TV station to explain the Atlanta segment.
"Rob Lowe
Refusing to be interviewed, his agent said that this was shameless hype and blackmail. The two ladies at the scene were actually suspected of larceny and stole Mr. Lao's property..."
As soon as this big scandal came out, no one paid attention to Snow White at the Oscars. All TV stations and newspapers are pursuing this biggest gossip news.
Just when Rob Lowe was autistic and refused all interviews, and his agent stated that he would pursue the legal responsibility of the two girls, another bombshell exploded.
"One of the two girls was only sixteen years old when the video was taken last year..."
In Georgia, where the Donkey Party convention is held in Atlanta, the minimum age of consent for both men and women is fourteen. So what Rob Lowe did the night he gave Dukakis the platform at the convention itself did not violate local law.
However, he videotaped it. Federal law stipulates that the minimum age requirement for such for-profit photography is 18 years old.
In other words, if Rob Lowe himself resold this videotape, his behavior would have violated a federal felony.
Fortunately, at the end of the video, where the two girls were taken away privately, Lao must be innocent. But the girl's brother didn't think so. It was he who discovered the video tape and sold it to the local underground production industry of pirated video tapes.
He insisted that his sister was seduced by Rob Lowe and agreed to have sex with him that night and agreed to be videotaped because she might appear with a Hollywood star.
"Don't you think the timing of this incident is too coincidental?" A few days later, Douglas Jr. also called and chatted about this gossip with Ronald.
"What do you mean? Is Rob Lowe planning to get a big role?" Ronald was puzzled.
"No, this video tape was shot last year. I have definite information. The local Fulton County District Attorney, Lewis Slaton, received a copy of this video tape in August last year..."
"Hiss...why..." Ronald just asked, and then he figured it out. There are a lot of donkey party politicians in Atlanta, and this Lewis is certainly one of them. If such a scandal had occurred at the convention where Dukakis won the party nomination, it would have dealt a huge blow to his electoral success last year.
George Sr. doesn't necessarily need to dig out his old accounts of letting go of death row prisoners and use them in advertisements to attack him. Just this one thing can cut his approval rating in half.
"So, George Sr.'s campaign adviser, Roger Ailes, also told me that this matter looks very similar to the tactics they use to cover up real big problems..." Douglas Jr. called, and the biggest purpose was still Remind Ronald not to get him into any trouble.
"That...maybe..." Ronald thought to himself, if Little Doug's information is accurate, the district attorney received the tape last year and decided to cover it up, and now it was suddenly released all over the country. This kind of organizational ability and ability to manipulate the media is indeed questionable.
"Think about whether someone wants to do something. Do you remember Roger Ailes's orchestra pit theory?" Douglas Jr. hung up the phone.
…
“If there were two people on stage and one said, ‘I have a solution to the Middle East problem,’ and the other collapsed in the orchestra pit, who do you think would be on the evening news? "
"What do you mean, this was used to deliberately cover up Snow White's scandal?" Niceta received a call from Ronald, which amplified his original suspicion.
"I'm just saying that there is a possibility, and we can see what happens next... If Snow White's troubles are resolved quickly, and Rob Lowe's troubles get bigger and bigger, we have to be vigilant... Not many people in Hollywood have such great influence..."
"I understand, let's wait a few more days and see..."
The two of them made a tacit agreement not to mention the name of the person most capable of such a conspiracy on the phone.
A few days later, there were breakthroughs in both matters.
"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reached a settlement with Disney, with the latter withdrawing its lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement of Snow White's image at the Oscars.
Book. The president of the college apologized in front of the media. ” NBC downplayed the news.
"Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton, who investigated the circumstances surrounding the making of the tape, said that if charges (sexual exploitation of a minor) were to be filed against Rob Lowe, the young actor could face a maximum sentence of Twenty years in prison and a fine of $100,000..."
District Attorney Lewis Slaton did not have any comment on the accusations that he received the videotape in August last year, emphasizing that he would seek justice for the victims. But the inconsistencies in his past series of responses to this matter cannot be concealed..."
Fox TV began to report on the video scandal in series, and was following up on the latest developments every day.
"I also read the Fox News report, and now the situation is very clear..." Ronald and Niceta began to discuss countermeasures.
As they expected, it was Michael Ovitz who did it. Niceta has privately learned about CAA's various recent transfers of media resources. All clues point to CAA president Ovitz.
On the morning of the latest week, Ovitz invited many CAA partners, including Niceta, to his home as usual to watch him practice Aikido. Niceta also discovered four more Andy Warhol silkscreen paintings on the wall of his living room.
A large number of the late "artist's" creations are in David Geffen's art collection warehouse...
