NOVEL NEXT Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 83 Gene is going to be fired?
Chapter 83 Gene is going to be fired?
"David, this is Ronald. Is there any problem with my contract?" Ronald called producer David da Silva.
"No no, that's fine. I've spoken to MGM executives about the adult film of the same name, and I appreciate you for that.
I'm looking for you because of Gene. "
"Gene? What happened to him?"
"He smashed the locker in the rehearsal space, and now he is going to quit the crew. He is very emotional, and he has conflicts with Allen. Allen has restarted the casting of Leroy and wants to replace Gene. Lose.
But we're in our final theater rehearsals, less than two weeks away from the plane.Alan and the two teachers who will play the role have not yet been determined. If Gene is to be replaced, the start-up will definitely be delayed...
I couldn't communicate with Gene, and no one on set was close to him.He usually only talks to Lucy and Antonia.Lucy was his kindred, on his side.After Antonia talked to Gene, she said to me that it would only work if you came to talk to him.
Ronnie, you need to come talk to Gene. "
"This? But I'm not black? Well, I'll talk about it when I get to the scene."
Gene Ray chose to join the crew by himself, and he also stood by him when the script conflicted. If he can help him, he still has to help.But why did Antonia say that it is only useful if you talk about it yourself?
Entering the scene of Harlan High School, Ronald saw a row of tin lockers outside the rehearsal room in a mess.Usually it is used for dancers to put sundries, but now it has been smashed into a lot, and the traces seem to be a large blunt object, which seems to be a fire extinguisher.
Ronald saw a fire extinguisher in the corner, smashed and chipped a lot of paint.
"Where is Gene? Where is he?" Ronald stopped an assistant.
"He's in the office talking to the producer about termination."
Is it that serious already?
Ronald walked quickly to the office and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Producer David's voice.
Pushing the door open, I saw Gene sitting on his seat without saying a word. The producer was opposite him. When he saw Ronald coming in, he quickly stood up:
"Okay, I'll let you talk to Ronald, I'll go out first." David gave Ronald a wink.
"Jin, what's the matter? I heard you're quitting the crew?" Ronald sat next to him and said softly.
"The director didn't respect my mother, he wanted to drive her away and not let her stay on the set."
"When did your mother come? Why didn't the director let her stay on the set?" Ronald felt that many things had happened in the past few days, so he asked in detail.
It turned out that Jean's mother, Joan, came to midtown Manhattan from Harlem to see her son a few days ago, and found that Jean's rehearsal for the play was very hard, and she often rehearsed the same scene repeatedly all day long.
Jean's mother saw her son working so hard, so she came to the set every day to take care of her son's life.
In fact, it is said to take care of life, but it is not like some white parents who take care of them personally.Joan just watched the rehearsal for 10 minutes at the beginning, then walked away and came back at noon to bring her son some fried chicken and a bottle of grape soda.
Come again in the evening, take the subway home with her son, and she can't say that she has too much interference with the live rehearsal.
I don't know why, but the director didn't allow Joan to appear on the scene again yesterday morning, accusing her of interfering with Gene's rehearsal and dragging down the entire crew.
"I can't stand his discrimination against us, Ronald. I can't stand this. My mother just comes to see me rehearsal every day, and never stays long. They just see my mother in a bunch of white parents. They don't like it."
According to Gene, many parents of actors would also drive their children to rehearsals. The director disliked Joan, a poor black man in Harlem, because she was too eye-catching, so he wanted to drive her away.
"What's with the locker?" Ronald asked.
"They called security and wanted to drive my mother away. I didn't let them touch my mother and took the fire extinguisher to defend ourselves."
So just smashed the locker?It seemed, Ronald thought, that Gene was very angry that the crew wanted to drive her mother away.
"What did the producers say?"
"He advised me to stay and finish the movie and I would become a star so all the discrimination would go away."
That, Ronald thought, was also true.Although the American people discriminate against blacks, they are much more tolerant of black stars.
"Then what do you think yourself?"
"I want to be famous too, Ronald. But I can't stand this kind of blatant discrimination against our race. Also, I have only one relative, my mother, and I can't watch her being driven away without making a sound."
"Okay, don't make the final decision yet, wait until I talk to the director."
It seems that Gene still wants to stay, so it will be easier, as long as you find out the reason why director Alan wants to drive Joan away, and solve it.
However, it is said that director Allen is not a racist person. He arranged many black characters in the movie.Could it be that the parents of other actors collectively put pressure on him?
After reassuring Gene, Ronald walked out of the producer's office.He thought for a while, and instead of going directly to the director, he went to the rehearsal room to find Antonia Franceschi to find out the news first.
"Antonia, can you talk to me about Gene?" Greeting his drama teacher, Ronald led Antonia out of the rehearsal room.
"I can't say too much. Many people's interests are involved here." Antonia rarely said directly.
"Then what can you tell me? David said you asked him to come to me, why did you want me to talk?" Ronald felt more and more strange, who hated Jean mother and son so much?
"All I can say is that the director is not racist."
"I believe this, otherwise he would not have set so many ethnic minorities in the script."
"Well, since you discovered Gene, he listens to you. Ronald, you have to talk to Gene's mother, maybe it's better to let her go, it's better for everyone on the set."
"why?"
"I live in Little Italy, so I can't tell. You know Italians in New York have to follow certain 'rules', and one of them is not to tell outsiders about internal affairs."
"What does that have to do with Italians?"
"Don't ask, I can't tell."
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Ronald could only thank her: "I haven't thanked you for your support last time, Antonia."
"It's okay, we all hope you stay on the set."
"Okay, see you later, Antonia. I have to deal with this."
Ronald still couldn't figure it out, so he turned to the producer David.
"David, does this have anything to do with Italians?"
"Italian? When we chose to shoot here, we have already greeted the Italian gang. They are very supportive of filming, especially we chose Italian Antonia as the number one heroine."
"Gang?"
"Ronnie, you know, near here is Times Square, the site of Italians, and they control the fireflies on the square. As a film producer, you have to deal with these relationships. Both the city hall and the underground city hall have to Say it well in advance, otherwise there will be problems when shooting.”
"Okay, thanks for telling me this, I'm getting more and more confused."
"Work hard, Ronnie. I don't want to have another audition. I have to check the auditions of the two teachers. Alan is still not satisfied with the current candidates."
Ronald asked around, so he had no choice but to go to the director's room to see if he could find out any new news.
"Hi, Alan. It's me, Ronald."
"You're here. There are a lot of things happening in the past two days, so I won't chat with you."
"That's what I'm here for, Director. David asked me to persuade Gene. Is Jean's mother, Joan, really interfering with rehearsals so much? Gene a chance?"
Ronald's mouth was dry as he spoke, looking at a bottle of Coke on the table.
Allen motioned for him to take it easy.
Ronald picked up the Coke and pulled it away with a bang.It may be that it has been placed at room temperature for a long time, and the foam splashed out.
Alan Parker sat smoking a cigarette, looking a little anxious, and extinguished the cigarette on his hand.
"If Joan came to rehearsal every day instead of walking around, that would be a good thing, and I wouldn't send her away."
"What do you mean by that?"
(End of this chapter)
"David, this is Ronald. Is there any problem with my contract?" Ronald called producer David da Silva.
"No no, that's fine. I've spoken to MGM executives about the adult film of the same name, and I appreciate you for that.
I'm looking for you because of Gene. "
"Gene? What happened to him?"
"He smashed the locker in the rehearsal space, and now he is going to quit the crew. He is very emotional, and he has conflicts with Allen. Allen has restarted the casting of Leroy and wants to replace Gene. Lose.
But we're in our final theater rehearsals, less than two weeks away from the plane.Alan and the two teachers who will play the role have not yet been determined. If Gene is to be replaced, the start-up will definitely be delayed...
I couldn't communicate with Gene, and no one on set was close to him.He usually only talks to Lucy and Antonia.Lucy was his kindred, on his side.After Antonia talked to Gene, she said to me that it would only work if you came to talk to him.
Ronnie, you need to come talk to Gene. "
"This? But I'm not black? Well, I'll talk about it when I get to the scene."
Gene Ray chose to join the crew by himself, and he also stood by him when the script conflicted. If he can help him, he still has to help.But why did Antonia say that it is only useful if you talk about it yourself?
Entering the scene of Harlan High School, Ronald saw a row of tin lockers outside the rehearsal room in a mess.Usually it is used for dancers to put sundries, but now it has been smashed into a lot, and the traces seem to be a large blunt object, which seems to be a fire extinguisher.
Ronald saw a fire extinguisher in the corner, smashed and chipped a lot of paint.
"Where is Gene? Where is he?" Ronald stopped an assistant.
"He's in the office talking to the producer about termination."
Is it that serious already?
Ronald walked quickly to the office and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Producer David's voice.
Pushing the door open, I saw Gene sitting on his seat without saying a word. The producer was opposite him. When he saw Ronald coming in, he quickly stood up:
"Okay, I'll let you talk to Ronald, I'll go out first." David gave Ronald a wink.
"Jin, what's the matter? I heard you're quitting the crew?" Ronald sat next to him and said softly.
"The director didn't respect my mother, he wanted to drive her away and not let her stay on the set."
"When did your mother come? Why didn't the director let her stay on the set?" Ronald felt that many things had happened in the past few days, so he asked in detail.
It turned out that Jean's mother, Joan, came to midtown Manhattan from Harlem to see her son a few days ago, and found that Jean's rehearsal for the play was very hard, and she often rehearsed the same scene repeatedly all day long.
Jean's mother saw her son working so hard, so she came to the set every day to take care of her son's life.
In fact, it is said to take care of life, but it is not like some white parents who take care of them personally.Joan just watched the rehearsal for 10 minutes at the beginning, then walked away and came back at noon to bring her son some fried chicken and a bottle of grape soda.
Come again in the evening, take the subway home with her son, and she can't say that she has too much interference with the live rehearsal.
I don't know why, but the director didn't allow Joan to appear on the scene again yesterday morning, accusing her of interfering with Gene's rehearsal and dragging down the entire crew.
"I can't stand his discrimination against us, Ronald. I can't stand this. My mother just comes to see me rehearsal every day, and never stays long. They just see my mother in a bunch of white parents. They don't like it."
According to Gene, many parents of actors would also drive their children to rehearsals. The director disliked Joan, a poor black man in Harlem, because she was too eye-catching, so he wanted to drive her away.
"What's with the locker?" Ronald asked.
"They called security and wanted to drive my mother away. I didn't let them touch my mother and took the fire extinguisher to defend ourselves."
So just smashed the locker?It seemed, Ronald thought, that Gene was very angry that the crew wanted to drive her mother away.
"What did the producers say?"
"He advised me to stay and finish the movie and I would become a star so all the discrimination would go away."
That, Ronald thought, was also true.Although the American people discriminate against blacks, they are much more tolerant of black stars.
"Then what do you think yourself?"
"I want to be famous too, Ronald. But I can't stand this kind of blatant discrimination against our race. Also, I have only one relative, my mother, and I can't watch her being driven away without making a sound."
"Okay, don't make the final decision yet, wait until I talk to the director."
It seems that Gene still wants to stay, so it will be easier, as long as you find out the reason why director Alan wants to drive Joan away, and solve it.
However, it is said that director Allen is not a racist person. He arranged many black characters in the movie.Could it be that the parents of other actors collectively put pressure on him?
After reassuring Gene, Ronald walked out of the producer's office.He thought for a while, and instead of going directly to the director, he went to the rehearsal room to find Antonia Franceschi to find out the news first.
"Antonia, can you talk to me about Gene?" Greeting his drama teacher, Ronald led Antonia out of the rehearsal room.
"I can't say too much. Many people's interests are involved here." Antonia rarely said directly.
"Then what can you tell me? David said you asked him to come to me, why did you want me to talk?" Ronald felt more and more strange, who hated Jean mother and son so much?
"All I can say is that the director is not racist."
"I believe this, otherwise he would not have set so many ethnic minorities in the script."
"Well, since you discovered Gene, he listens to you. Ronald, you have to talk to Gene's mother, maybe it's better to let her go, it's better for everyone on the set."
"why?"
"I live in Little Italy, so I can't tell. You know Italians in New York have to follow certain 'rules', and one of them is not to tell outsiders about internal affairs."
"What does that have to do with Italians?"
"Don't ask, I can't tell."
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Ronald could only thank her: "I haven't thanked you for your support last time, Antonia."
"It's okay, we all hope you stay on the set."
"Okay, see you later, Antonia. I have to deal with this."
Ronald still couldn't figure it out, so he turned to the producer David.
"David, does this have anything to do with Italians?"
"Italian? When we chose to shoot here, we have already greeted the Italian gang. They are very supportive of filming, especially we chose Italian Antonia as the number one heroine."
"Gang?"
"Ronnie, you know, near here is Times Square, the site of Italians, and they control the fireflies on the square. As a film producer, you have to deal with these relationships. Both the city hall and the underground city hall have to Say it well in advance, otherwise there will be problems when shooting.”
"Okay, thanks for telling me this, I'm getting more and more confused."
"Work hard, Ronnie. I don't want to have another audition. I have to check the auditions of the two teachers. Alan is still not satisfied with the current candidates."
Ronald asked around, so he had no choice but to go to the director's room to see if he could find out any new news.
"Hi, Alan. It's me, Ronald."
"You're here. There are a lot of things happening in the past two days, so I won't chat with you."
"That's what I'm here for, Director. David asked me to persuade Gene. Is Jean's mother, Joan, really interfering with rehearsals so much? Gene a chance?"
Ronald's mouth was dry as he spoke, looking at a bottle of Coke on the table.
Allen motioned for him to take it easy.
Ronald picked up the Coke and pulled it away with a bang.It may be that it has been placed at room temperature for a long time, and the foam splashed out.
Alan Parker sat smoking a cigarette, looking a little anxious, and extinguished the cigarette on his hand.
"If Joan came to rehearsal every day instead of walking around, that would be a good thing, and I wouldn't send her away."
"What do you mean by that?"
(End of this chapter)
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