Chapter 141: Celebrities
Since 1976, when Lloyd Webber, the composer of classic musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, and Forever Superstar, wrote a concept album of Mrs. Peron, Hollywood has set its sights on the song and dance film adaptation project, during which the project has gone through all kinds of tearing and accidents for 20 years, Lloyd Webber himself has high expectations, and the Argentine government is very resistant to having Madonna play the heroine. But nothing is difficult for the pop diva, she wants to act, and finally through a series of public relations, personal efforts and money to open the way, she moved the key character Alan Parker, who is also a director, producer, and screenwriter, and got the role as she wished.
Madonna was already pregnant when she joined the group, but she didn't hesitate to get sick and rush to work in order to finish filming before her belly was big enough to affect the schedule, and she put a lot of effort into it.
Good script, good soundtrack, good song, biopic of a legendary woman, she attaches great importance to being able to rely on this movie to make a breakthrough in word-of-mouth and awards, she just gave birth to a child last month, and her body has not yet recovered to a perfect state, and she began to frequently participate in the momentum.
On the day of the strike, the crew had an important publicity event, and she was disturbed by the atmosphere in the kitchen and could only respond to the strike, she felt a little unhappy, but recently she was a peerless Latin American lady Fan, and it was not easy to have a seizure, so she said hello to Oliver Stone and turned to leave.
When I got to the door, I found a Monroe-style big white girl who was in a daze on the TV, so beautiful, I couldn't help but sigh lightly and hooked the other party's chin with my index finger and teased, and then Shi Shiran left the dinner scene.
"It's so annoying that you want to participate in a collective strike in support of that woman's ex-husband, have you heard?"
Sitting in the car, she called the Warner Records executives she knew, "It's going to be an accident, right?" What is the situation in the APLUS case? ”
"I don't know." The other party replied.
"Don't be perfunctory with me, you must have done a lot of research when you wanted to sign him." Madonna said.
"Well, let's put it this way, there is a poorly run chemical company in Chicago, called Barn Chemical or Barn Company, which has come to the point of being entrusted by creditors, and then encounters an outbreak of APLUS, so I ask a politician to find a way to let APLUS take over the mess."
The other party replied: "At that time, the politician said to the bank financiers that he could get APLUS, and the senior management of all creditors knew about it, and some of them later spread a little rumor, which should not be wrong." ”
"Which politician?" Madonna asked.
"Underwood, starting next year, will be the majority whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, a Chicagoan."
"Mess? APLUS makes a lot of money from chemical plants, right? Madonna asked again.
"The factory itself didn't make much money, and it wasn't proportionate to the risk. APLUS was only seventeen years old at the time, and he knew a fart industry, so it was obvious that he was deliberately misled, so he waited for the time to launch and take responsibility. ”
The other party replied: "It's just that later APLUS invented the rave party, and the glow stick was popular in the book for concert support, which solved the problem of the sales of fluorescent raw materials and revitalized the factory, so Dow is willing to pay more than 100 million to buy." ”
"That's right."
Madonna thought for a moment, "Then Underwood won't wipe APLUS's ass?" ”
"It should be wiping, I really don't know about it, in short, it shouldn't hurt for you to stand up and support him, APLUS's reaction is very intense, and this matter will not be low in the near future. And one of Mrs. Peron's distributors is Hollywood Studios, and his president Linton has a cooperative relationship with APLUS, and he has a good relationship, and the cat-and-mouse game has gained fame and fortune and made Jared Leto popular...... Regardless of whether Oliver Stone says or not, he should eventually join the strike. ”
“OK。”
The pop diva put down the phone and began to think of an idea, she must make some news in response to the strike support.
Back at the dinner scene, Charlis saw that Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Madonna would all respond to the strike, and couldn't help but add some courage, and just wanted to call and discuss with Keanu Reeves, the male protagonist of the devil's spokesperson who has a good relationship, but she didn't expect to be stopped by Woody Allen, and this time she took the initiative to find her.
"Charlis, right? I...... I recently had an idea to depict a couple who are stuck in the glamour of the entertainment industry, and there's a character, a model, and I think you're a good fit, uh, you...... You ......"
The old man took the wine glass and gestured to himself.
"You want to ask me to play the role, right? Your films? Thank you! Oh, what a pleasure! ”
Charlis understood, and immediately felt as if she had been hit by a lottery ticket falling from the sky, and responded excitedly and loudly.
"I don't have many scenes, just come to make a cameo, and I have some rivalry with the male lead."
Woody Allen said: "This character ......" Balabala is another big chase.
"I'm willing to act no matter what, I'm willing!"
Woody Allen is a great director of art films, a regular at various awards, and no superstar will refuse to appear in his films, Charlis has no hesitation in this matter, "As long as I have time." ”
"Of course, maybe filming won't start until next year, and your schedule should be fine, in fact, this is a new idea that I only came up with some time ago."
Woody Allen can nag up anyway, he likes to find inspiration in conversations with all kinds of people, "I wanted to show a panoramic view of the celebrities in high society, and the discomfort of the middle class when they fit in, and give up their dignity for this, and tend to be inflammatory...... The model girls ......"
"Uh-huh, uh-huh......"
Charlise listened intently, nodding her head whether she understood or not, until Woody Allen's friend led him away.
But maybe the old man is just talking? Because he didn't let himself contact the broker to communicate the schedule, or make other requests.
But didn't she come to this kind of dinner party just to find an opportunity, she was still very satisfied with today's gains, "Huh? What did I just want to do? Oh, and call. ”
She took out her phone, looked for Keanu Reeves's number and saw APLUS's name, hesitated and tried to dial it, in fact, she had made a lot of calls before, but they were all turned off.
This time it was connected, and it was a woman's voice on the other end of the phone.
"Ms. Sloane? Can APLUS listen to the phone? I'm Charis. "It seems to be a PR consultant next to him.
"Yes...... Can I help you? Sloan asked.
"I just received news about the strike......"
"Give."
The phone was immediately handed to APLUS, "Charis? What happened to the strike? APLUS's voice came.
"That day, the Devil's Spokesperson crew was filming my one-man scene...... Very important drama......" she said.
"Pykinsley is playing tricks, you just ask her to send a notice in the name of your agent to the Devil's Advocate crew in response to the strike, there is no need to directly confront the crew in this kind of thing."
APLUS replied: "Forget it, I'll call her, you just don't go to the set that day...... Wait, you're willing to strike, aren't you? Actually, you don't have to affect your career for me......"
"Of course, of course dear, I'm willing to do anything for you." Charlise immediately flattered.
"Well, that's it, I'm ...... You know, very busy. ”
"Okay, you'll get through it! I believe...... Hello? ”
Charlise wanted to say something love, but she had already remembered a busy tone in the receiver, and she seemed to hear Ms. Sloane's slight gasp before she hung up the phone. Maybe I misheard.
In Hollywood, Billinsley, who had just walked out of the office of Paramount Pictures President Shirley Lansing, received a call from Song Ya, and hung up after chatting for a while, but she had no choice but to call the Devil's Spokesperson crew again to inform her artist Charlise of the decision to strike.
"Liangtang and his wife are not involved."
In the office behind her, Shirley Lansing was a little anxious to report the latest situation to the big boss Lei Shidong, and of course she didn't forget to take the opportunity to take eye medicine, "But Donovan's strike time is deliberately aimed at us, and we have the busiest shooting plan on that day and the biggest loss in the Seven Majors, William Morris seems to want to take advantage of the decline of CAA to regain the strong position of the year, which is very bad." ”
"I see."
Lei Shidong didn't say anything, hung up the phone and asked the Viacom Group executives next to him, "What's going on with the Barn case at APLUS?" ”
"According to what I have learned, he did release some technical information that is prohibited from being exported in Batumi, maybe because of his Chinese ancestry, or because he wanted to make a deal as soon as possible." The other party replied.
"So in the end he will be convicted?" Lei Shidong asked.
"There are a lot of people who are protecting him, and there are also a lot of people who are pushing him down, and it's not good."
The other party replied: "It was approved by the former commander-in-chief in the window period after the failure of re-election, and there are still Caterpillar equipment in the package equipment export case, and Caterpillar should have found Cheney, and Cheney helped a lot." In addition, Underwood on the Donkey Party's side helped APLUS, at that time, glow sticks and fluorescent parties had not yet been developed, and the equipment would lose a lot of money if APLUS was not exported. ”
"Then why are the ultra-conservatives still reluctant to let go of this case?" Lei Shidong asked.
"Maybe it has something to do with the trend in Washington, the current president has just been revealed to be suspected of accepting political donations from China, and in next year's secretary of state, the current president also needs the support of Jesse Helms, who prefers to use the diplomatic strongwoman Albright."
The other party replied.
"The current president has been re-elected, and it is likely to be replaced by Gore in four years, and Gore's political leanings are much more conservative than the current president, and the conservatives of the Donkey Party should gradually distance themselves from the current president to prepare for the Gore era."
Lei Shidong looks to the future, "these people and the moderate faction of the elephant party began to collude, the life of the ultra-conservatives will be even more difficult, and now a large number of multinational companies are waiting to open up the market of the world's most populous country, and we and China are politically cold, but the economy is hot." ”
"I heard that Murdoch is also going to go there to lay out." The executive reminded, "If the ultra-conservatives are chasing and killing like this, APLUS will become more and more popular over there." ”
"Hmm." Lei Shidong nodded and pondered.