"Listen, Ronald is a hot director in Hollywood right now. He is particularly good at making actresses famous. Ronald doesn't usually like parties. This time, he took advantage of his accidental injury to have a party.
This time it was a party thrown for him by some of his close friends. I found some of Australia's biggest actors in Hollywood to get the tickets. You have to seize the opportunity..."
A manager in a suit and leather jacket gave instructions to a tall, oval-faced, blond-haired beauty.
"Oh?" The blonde beauty didn't know how to answer. She was full of daydreams about breaking into Hollywood, but Australians were not familiar with the place here, and it was very difficult to take the first step without anyone's guidance.
Fortunately, the manager was relatively familiar with Hollywood and took her to find Mr. Crocodile Paul Hogan and Rachel Ward's husband Brian Neal, so she got the opportunity to attend Ronald's small gathering. .
"Please come in..." When they arrived at the mansion of the famous Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, the housekeeper came over to check her invitation, "This way, Miss Kidman..."
In the classical-style mansion, the sunlight shines in through the shade of the trees, which makes people feel dizzy. Nicole Kidman only heard bursts of laughter faintly coming from the hall inside. She lifted her skirt, combed back her floating curls, and walked a few steps into the second door.
"If you ask me, you might as well move to the suburbs of Los Angeles. It's very quiet here. There are LAPD patrols outside the house. It's extremely safe."
The owner, Michael Douglas, was discussing Ronald's distress with a large group of people. Their opinion was that they wanted Ronald to move to Hollywood.
"I love Hollywood. I have a house ready and under construction. But I will still miss my hometown. Hollywood is great, but living there is a bit crazy..."
Nicole Kidman walked to the periphery of the crowd. The center of attention was a handsome man who was taller than herself. The person she wanted to please during this trip was Ronald Lee.
"Ah...hahaha..." Douglas took the lead in laughing, and everyone also laughed. Ronald was saying something that all Hollywood stars feel. Living here, you will hear every day who has won what role, and it may win an Oscar, or it may sell for 150 million yuan.
Over time, everyone becomes neurotic and sensitive to competition. Sometimes the best way to convince a star to take the role is to tell him that his competitors are also pursuing the role.
Nicole Kidman also tried her best to smile and applauded gently.
At this time, Danny DeVito, a short, bald comedian next to Michael Douglas, saw her and said, "Oh, who is this beautiful lady?"
"My last name is Kidman, call me Nicole..."
"Were you the heroine in that movie with Sam Neill?" Danny DeVito remembered that she was the heroine of the critically acclaimed new film "Dead Silence" and was mentioned in major film reviews. , no wonder they look familiar.
This kind of beauty with perfect face, height and hair color is Hollywood's favorite type. Suddenly the men at the scene began to notice her and began to chat with her.
Kidman knew in her heart that stars, including Michael Douglas, were already married, and if she wanted the maximum return, she had to keep an eye on single powerful people like Ronald.
But when she was interrupted, she had lost track of Ronald. After looking around for a long time, she found that he was chatting with another beautiful woman.
"Catherine, how are you preparing for your new project? I heard Jim said he was thinking of ways to help you?"
"Yes, it's called Blue Steel. It's a commercial action police film. I don't really want to make it, but Jim said this is the most important step for Hollywood to recognize you..."
"It's true, you see Jim can shoot what he wants now."
Ronald chats with Kathryn Bigelow about what’s new in her career. Jim Cameron has completely separated from Gale Hurd, save for the last bit of paperwork.
Cameron completed principal photography on "The Abyss" and is now diving headfirst into post-production. In personal life, she is very close to Bigelow, a beautiful director, and is still helping her contact her for new projects. It seems that the two of them really have the same interests.
"I didn't expect Central Park to be so unsafe. When I was in Colombia, I used to go running every day..." Bigelow brushed his hair, exuding a mature and confident style, which made the young Nicole Kidman I can't help but feel a little ashamed of myself.
"Jim..." Ronald greeted Cameron, who had just brought two glasses of champagne.
"Ronald, is your hand healed? This is really unexpected. I didn't expect that our brothers almost died in the past six months." Cameron came over to take a closer look at Ronald's injury, and then hugged Bigelow's arm. Waist, and Ronald continued to chat about the production of "The Abyss."
"Huh..." Kidman breathed out. It turned out to be Cameron's partner...
"I went to your office yesterday and saw some special effects. It was indeed very realistic... What if I had some traditional special effects images and then used computer graphics to correct them?"
"It's very difficult, mainly because of the human hand. The waves in the abyss are purely computer rendering, and then they just need to be combined with the normal shots. But what you are talking about must be connected frame by frame, otherwise it will be a disaster. "Sexual penetration"
According to Cameron, pure traditional special effects and pure computer-generated special effects are relatively simple, but combining the two is a very labor-intensive process.
"How many of your special effects shots are still unfinished? When can you see the finished film?" Ronald admired the clips he saw in the office. The waves were simulated by the computer into the shape of a human face, which was very smooth and smooth. reality.
"I'm still working on the final rendering shots, which will be finished in about a week. Then come and show me..." Cameron was helping Bigelow while the computer rendering was not doing anything else. I was a little embarrassed to be mentioned by Ronald about the new project.
"Are Fox satisfied?" Ronald asked.
"Hey, Goldberg has resigned, and now the new president wants to reduce the total length of my films. I'm fighting with them..." Cameron originally made a good deal with Goldberg, asking him to try his best. Use it to make a three-hour blockbuster.
But the new president in charge of production will definitely not have any substantial support for such a project led by his predecessor. Taking advantage of the recent slump at the box office, I want Cameron to reduce the set to about two hours.
Although details like this are written in black and white, the studio is, after all, a more powerful party than Cameron. They can come up with countless reasons to make Cameron give in. In the final analysis, this kind of game is still a question of who needs whom more.
"Let him come to me to talk..." Ronald was very unhappy with this kind of suppression. In order to suppress the achievements of the former president, he deliberately cut off Cameron's blockbuster film.
Forget it if it were anyone else, this is one of the few directors second only to Spielberg and Lucas in making special effects movies. The future of Hollywood depends on them to expand, and causing trouble for them is really a disservice to others and not to oneself.
"I will. As for Catherine's new film, it is still an investment from a small production company and is preparing to participate in next year's small film festival..."
"Haha, go talk to Michelle Cannold, we are also looking for projects to participate in the Sundance Film Festival next year," Ronald said to Bigelow with a smile, "You should have come to me earlier, I thought you already had the investment..."
"Jim said this is a necessary process..."
Two major things were accomplished in just a few words, shocking Nicole Kidman who was secretly listening to their conversation. What is difficult for her may be easy for this director and producer who is good at supporting actresses.
Moreover, he is very tall and handsome...
"Mr. Li, please let me introduce myself..." Seeing that Ronald seemed to be going to socialize with other people, Kidman didn't care that no one introduced herself, and hurried forward to seize the opportunity.
"You are?" Ronald frowned. He didn't recognize this beauty.
"My name is Nicole...Nicole Kidman"
"Ah, I heard Paul (Hogan) mention you, welcome to Hollywood..." Ronald's eyes glanced, and he knew that this man was born to eat movies. Her body proportions and lines are perfect, and her golden-red hair is Hollywood's favorite type.
She has a few small freckles on her face, a strong nose, a well-pointed chin, and cheekbones that are perfect for close-ups. Photographers will like her.
It just looks like she still has some baby fat... It's like when Diane was unlovable for a long time after playing "The Naughty Boy". Thinking of Diane...Ronald turned around and started looking...
"Has any of you seen Diane?"
"She seems to be chatting with Michael Douglas's wife over there," Bigelow pointed to the side.
"Excuse me..." Ronald nodded politely, leaving Kidman on the spot, and then walked towards Douglas' wife.
Deandra Luke, Douglas's wife, was chatting with Diane about her husband's situation. Diandra, the daughter of an Australian diplomat, fell in love with the movie star and stayed in America after her marriage.
Although she is closely related to Australia, she has a negative view of Australian female celebrities. Relying on their own connections, these people would often seek help from Michael, but when they met Michael, they tried to seduce him in person, which was very shameless.
"What are you thinking about now..." Diane wanted to know how Diandra guarded against these actresses who were coming one after another.
"Oh, my poor Diane, you have to let him marry you first, and then it's your turn to worry about this..." Diandra Luke was still an Australian woman after all, and she still spoke very directly.
"Diane, Mrs. Douglas..." Ronald came over, took Diane's hand, and smiled.
"Tick tock, tick tock..." Deandra Luke made a gesture of tapping her watch, reminding Diane to seize the opportunity as soon as possible.
"What, it's time for me to go to the airport?" Ronald raised his wrist and looked at the time. There were still ten minutes left. He lowered his head and kissed Diane, wanting to spend more time with her.
"I have already made an agreement with Paula. Disney is very happy that you are interested in participating in the show. They will prepare a fitting for you. I called Mr. Giorgio Armani. He is very interested in your reappearance as a leading heroine. I'm so happy that I agreed to sponsor this movie and customize some nice-looking clothes for you..."
"Hehe..." Diane was very happy. She still had weight in Ronald's mind and took the initiative to send him a sweet kiss.
"Well, um..." The two kissed passionately and then separated. The eyes that looked at each other were full of love.
"Uh..." Nicole Kidman followed him unwillingly and happened to see this scene.
"The intelligence is wrong, damn it... they didn't say that Ronald has a regular female companion..." Kidman was unwilling to fail and rearranged the collar of her shirt. She confidently found the best angle and put on the clothes again. Talk to Ronald before.
"Ronald..."
"Hi...Tom..." Ronald saw Tom Cruise who had just walked in and stepped forward to hug him.
"Shxt!" Nicole Kidman yelled in her heart, why did someone just come to disrupt the situation?
"I wrote a summary using the method you taught me. Can you help me read it?" Cruise took out a few pieces of paper from his coat pocket and handed them to Ronald.
"So fast? Hmm..." Ronald read the story in the script at a glance.
"Not bad, pretty good..." Ronald glanced at Tom Cruise, why did he suddenly become enlightened?
This story is actually the most suitable for Tom Cruise to film. It's about a NASCAR driver, Cole Trickle. Know nothing about the mechanics of racing, just a naturally good instinct for driving.
With the help of mechanic and boss Harry Hogg, Cole, who had experienced failure, rose again. With the help of beautiful neurosurgeon Lyle, he finally returned to the game and won the Indy 500 Grand Prix.
Ronald saw this part of the plot, looked up at Cruise, and laughed.
"Isn't this...well, your best storyline? It seems like you have quite a talent for screenwriting..."
"Hehe... everyone knows that this is the racing version of Top Gun, so I'm the first to show it to you. I wonder if it will work like this?" Cruise also knew that his debut film was completely imitating Cruise. "Top Gun" directed by Nader.
Just changed the fighter jet into a Nascar racing car, changed the beautiful instructor into a beautiful doctor, and changed the flight school teacher into an old mechanic of the racing team. The rhythm and story twists of all other paths are the same.
"I'm very happy with your writing style..." Ronald felt that Tom Cruise finally understood that stars like him were born to make movies that excite female audiences and secretly delight male audiences. What Oscar, that’s something for other people to pursue.
"Yes, Paula is helping me start with simple commercial film logic. This will give me a better understanding of acting in the future. I will be able to find a movie that can really get me nominated..."
"Hi..." Ronald shook his head, his praise was in vain. This guy is still obsessed with Oscar.
"It's a very good script. I think it's okay. Just tell Paula what I mean..." Ronald guessed that Cruise came to him to get insurance. Since there was no big problem, he just went to a professional. Let the screenwriter fill in the other details.
"I have to go, Tom, the plane is waiting for me..." Ronald looked at his watch again.
"All the best..." Tom Cruise and Ronald hugged again and sent him and Diane out.
"snort……"
Nicole Kidman was so angry, why do these men like to pester Ronald so much?
"Find more people to fill in the details. Some parts of airplanes are different from racing cars. Dramatic conflicts must be arranged according to the characteristics of the project..." A few minutes later, Tom Cruise returned to the hall and took out the tape recorder to record what Ronald said to him. Views.
He took out the outline of his script again, trying to better understand what Ronald meant.
The letters on the white paper suddenly moved like ants. He could see a few letters, but after the words entered his brain, it was like a machine shut down. Cruise tried to open his eyes wide, but he could not understand the meaning of the words and sentences. There were only solitary letters that seemed to be dancing there.
"Are you okay?" Nicole Kidman saw Cruise trying to open his eyes, beads of sweat dripping from his hair, and couldn't help thinking that this Hollywood star wouldn't be like those people in Australia. Same, drug abuse, right?
"Can you tell me, what is written here? The light here is too strong, I can't see clearly..." Cruise panicked. He hadn't had such a dyslexia attack in a long time.
Mimi (Rogers) is demanding every day, and the two are on the verge of breaking up. Cruise's alexia, which had already improved, began to worsen again because he had Mimi taking care of him like a big sister.
"This section is about the male protagonist being teased and treating a real neurologist as a stripper invited by the team to prank..." Nicole Kidman was very patient with the handsome guy and slowly explained to him with a smile.
"Oh, thank you, I always feel about the dazzling light..." Tom Cruise suddenly felt a little dry. The actress was as gentle as Mimi Rogers when she first met her, and she Much prettier than Mimi...
(End of chapter)
