At JFK Airport in New York, as soon as Diane Lane came out of the boarding gate, she saw Ronald waiting for him at the door.

"Ronald!" When Diane saw Ronald, she immediately ran over, her eyes shining, and she quickly pulled his arm.

"Are you tired? I've booked a room at the Peninsula Hotel for you. You can stay there or in my new apartment if you want."

"I made an agreement with Donna to stay at her place and leave it alone."

"Haha, that's fine, she lives in the old apartment above the leg warmer store in Midtown now."

After putting the luggage in Ronald's car, Diane got in happily, "Why did you let me come to the premiere with you? What is the story of this movie? Is it good?"

"A story about the last emperor of China. He became emperor at the age of three. He was restored to power several times, then abdicated, and finally became an ordinary citizen."

Ronald talked about the story of "The Last Emperor" with Diane. For this premiere, Ronald had to find a female companion to go with him to show that he valued her. After all, there was a deputy minister attending.

Helen Slater, who was originally in New York, was busy raising funds for her new film. Ronald was late for the appointment and she had already gone to New Jersey to find a potential investor.

It happened that Diane was very free recently, so Ronald called her back from Los Angeles with a phone call and asked her to stay with him for a few days.

Diane has been in bad luck recently. The new film "The Running Man" starring her and Schwarzenegger, after more than half a year of reshoots and editing by the director, was finally cut into a movie.

The complete film was released to the audience last week.

This action film was criticized by film critics as a big-budget commercial film using the camera and lighting of a live TV talk show.

Director Paul Michael Glaser is generally regarded as a poor choice. He can only make TV series, not movies. He made the now popular action star Schwarzenegger into a silly TV guest.

Diane Lane, the former young beauty, became the background audience of the TV station.

The distributor, TriStar Pictures, gave up completely after seeing the finished film. The $27 million big production didn't even have a decent premiere. It was screened in more than 1,600 theaters during the first weekend, and in the end it only took in $8 million.

The average box office of the theater is not as good as "Fatal Attraction" which has been in theaters for ten weeks, and only just surpasses Disney's re-release of the 1950 animated film "Cinderella".

Diane had been depressed at home for a long time. She didn't know what was going on. It seemed that after starring in three of Coppola's movies, she had exhausted all her good luck. Every movie she made was a hit at the box office.

She was very happy to receive Ronald's phone invitation. She immediately packed her clothes, bought a plane ticket and flew over.

When they arrived at Donna's apartment, Ronald still had the key. When he entered, he found that Donna was there.

"Hey, Diane, why are you here?" Donna happily hugged Diane and left Ronald aside.

"I'm here to attend the premiere of a foreign movie with Ronnie."

"Okay, okay, what good clothes have you prepared?" Donna took her best friend's box and opened it.

Bang..., a bunch of clothes fell out of it, and they were already wrinkled. Diane was busy catching a flight, so she didn't arrange the clothes, so she just put them in, closed the box and came back.

"You are too anxious. I have actually prepared a flight ticket for the evening. You can come here with my agent Richard." Ronald smiled and helped her close the messy box.

"I have prepared two sets of dresses, one from Yves Saint Laurent and one from Armani. You can try them on later."

"Okay, I'll go with you." Donna was happy for her best friends. Regardless of the research she was doing on the computer, she put on her coat and went to Fifth Avenue with them.

Giving up the back seat to his sister and Diane, Ronald sat in the passenger seat, picked up the car phone, and started to contact the specialty store and dinner.

When we arrived at the building where the apartment on Fifth Avenue was located, in the boutique on the ground floor, Diane picked out a YSL Yves Saint Laurent outfit, which made her look a bit dashing.

The three of them went to the Japanese restaurant next to them and ate tuna specially flown in by air, as well as tempura made by a Japanese master chef flown in as well.

"Help Diane, she can't get good scripts now." During the middle of the meal, Diane went to the bathroom, and Donna said quietly to Ronald.

"It's strange. Diane is very beautiful, photogenic, and has acting skills. But in recent years, she seems to have been unlucky. No matter what she shoots, she doesn't sell well. She has fallen into a vicious circle. The less popular she is, the worse she is.

If you don’t receive good scripts, and the less good scripts you have, it will become box office poison.”

Ronald didn't know what was going on. Maybe stars, especially actresses, are a bit lucky. He also helped Diane find several opportunities, but the result was also a strange combination of circumstances. There was always no one that made her happy.

Successful works.

"Ask your agent, they are the professionals. I think your agent's client development is very good. Tom Cruise is considered a big star now, and Diane's acting skills are better than his.

You should have been strong when you first debuted..."

"That's right..." Ronald patted Donna's shoulder gently to express his gratitude. He really didn't think about it from this aspect. Diane's agent didn't seem to be very good. Now that he is very busy, he sometimes forgets

To take care of Diane.

Instead of using your own connections to find a good role for Diane, it would be better to find a good agent for her.

"What are you talking about?" Diane came back.

"We're talking about your new clothes," Donna smiled happily.

…

"Richard, why don't you think Diane can get good roles?" In the evening, her agent Richard also arrived in New York, and Ronald chatted with him in detail in the bar below the apartment.

"She had bad luck. At the most critical moment, she went with the wrong director, and three consecutive films failed at the box office, so she was put in another book." Richard was very familiar with the situation of these stars and immediately gave the answer.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the one hand, roles for young beauties in Hollywood are very scarce, and the competition for female stars of this age is too fierce. Good movies with such young female characters may be released every year

There are more than 20 movies, but the actresses have been focusing on these roles from the age of 16 to 35.

On the other hand, Diane's agent did not have a good long-term plan for her. Diane Lane was a child star, and she did not have a breakthrough female role after that. Therefore, her salary was very low. When she was most popular,

, one movie can only earn less than 300,000 yuan.

Therefore, the agent cannot regard Diane as a key client, but recommends roles to her in movies that pay more. Diane is also more pursuing acting skills, and she will take some obvious bad movies.

Don't take over.

After going back and forth, in the end, the agent at William Morris seemed to have lost hope in Diane and was not very interested in her career. And because he felt that the agent was not good enough, he changed jobs within William Morris, and again

It is a very taboo behavior, so the opportunities that Diane got were not ideal in terms of quality and quantity.

"That's it, can you take over her agency contract?"

Ronald looked at Richard. Anyway, he didn't have any suitable actor clients now, so it wouldn't be troublesome to help look after Diane.

"Are you sure you want me to take over? I thought you wouldn't let me represent the woman around you." Richard said bluntly to Ronald.

"Why?" Ronald didn't understand.

"I am your principal agent, what if Diane's interests conflict with yours?" Richard asked.

"How could there be a conflict?" Ronald was even more confused.

"Let me give you an analogy, if you have a movie and you need an actress to be the protagonist. Let's say it's Diane. She wants to play. As her agent, I need to fight for her. But she may not be qualified for this role.

It’s not the most suitable...do you remember what happened with Paula back then?"

Ronald listened carefully for a while and understood what Richard meant.

In fact, it's very simple. As Ronald's agent, Richard has a certain influence on him. If he only serves Ronald as a client, then in the end he must be working hard for the greatest success of the movie.

If there are other actor clients, then for the actor's greatest success, even if they are not the most suitable person for the movie, they will try their best to recommend them.

Taking into account the interests of both Diane and Ronald may lead to an outcome in which no one achieves the best outcome in the end.

Ronald nodded, just like Paula Wagner, another agent of his back then, she must prioritize the best interests of both Tom Cruise and herself.

For the same reason, his other agent, Rick Niceta, is actually not suitable to be Diane's main agent.

"Does CAA have a suitable person who can take over her contract? I am willing to endorse Diane, she definitely has potential."

"Why do you choose the distant place over the near?" Richard smiled, "Isn't there a very suitable candidate for you?"

"Who?"

"We were talking about her just now."

"Paula?" Ronald touched his chin. This answer was unexpected but also reasonable.

At that time, she had a conflict of interest between herself and Tom Cruise, but now she is no longer her agent, and after so many years, Paula can be said to have been very dedicated to Cruise's career and helped him develop his career.

Take care of things properly and move forward step by step.

"Paula Wagner is best at planning a star's long-term career. It's not that the current movie has the highest salary or she can get the highest commission, but that she finds the option that's most beneficial to the actor's long-term development.

If you are worried that she spends too much time on Tom Cruise, then just find an assistant agent for Diane who is usually busy with her affairs. In fact, Paula only needs to grasp the overall direction. CAA has signed multiple agents anyway

system.”

Richard finished the wine in his glass and slowly analyzed it.

Ronald appreciates it very much. This is tantamount to pushing the ready-made commissions to the outside world. Richard, the agent, has abilities and connections. Secondly, Ronald’s interests are put first in everything. In this industry,

Here, Ronald felt very rare.

"Thank you, Richard. Our contract will be renewed soon. I think everything will remain unchanged." Ronald released his promise to renew the contract.

"May we keep going..." Richard ordered another martini and toasted to Ronald.

…

The next day, through Niceta, Ronald found Paula Wagner on the set of "Cocktail" in Jamaica and expressed his hopes to Paula.

Paula Wagner was very happy. She lost Ronald, a big client. After focusing on Cruise, although her career and income increased rapidly, she lost a client of a big director, although she was still a client of her husband Niceta.

, but for her who is so strong, she is always a little disappointed.

Now Ronald has contacted her again and asked her to help represent his girlfriend Diane. This is a dream arrangement for her.

"I've actually wanted to say it for a long time. Diane's agent really doesn't know how to market Diane. She is the most 'ordinary' star in America. Anyone who sees her will think that Diane is their friend.
To be continued...