Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Donna came back from school and was very happy to meet her cousin Ronnie's girlfriend. Secretly said to Ronald, "Your girlfriend is prettier than those female classmates in high school."

Ronald laughed. The four put on formal attire and headed to the best steakhouse in town for a meal. Aunt Karen looked at Ronald and Antonia, smiling happily.

After dinner, Ronald took Antonia to the hotel. Antonia went to change and take a shower. Ronald was alone in his thoughts. The words Tereza Kate said to him in the afternoon always haunted him.

"Dear, what's the matter with you? I rarely see you in such a preoccupied state." Antonia came out of the bathroom, hugged Ronald from behind and asked.

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about the start of school." Ronald made up his mind to seize the time the two spent together and not let Antonia worry about it. No one can tell the future of young people, maybe there will be a turning point in the future?

"Ronnie, you know? You like to scratch your ears when you lie." Antonia grinned.

"Tonya, I..."

"No, don't say it," Antonia gently sealed Ronald's mouth with her lips, preventing him from speaking.

...

Ronald got out of bed, poured dear Tonya a glass of water, and brought it to the head of the bed. Antonia took half of the drink and patted the board to signal him to lie down.

Ronald lay on the bed, Antonia wrapped his strong arms around her shoulders, and laid her head in Ronald's arms. The two did not speak, enjoying a moment of tenderness and tranquility.

Ronald looked at the girl in his arms, a warm touch in his hand, indicating that this was really happening. I really love this girl who is independent and self-reliant. Looking at her slightly childish face, Ronald touched it with his hand.

When the girl moved, Ronald said, "Tonya, did I wake you up?"

"No, I haven't slept yet. I like you to call me Tonya."

"Then I'll call you Tonia, dear."

"Um."

"Tonya."

"Um."

After a while, Antonia remembered something and laughed: "You know, Ronnie, if you really loaded me that day, I would obediently have to marry you and be the mother of our children. . My beliefs do not allow abortion."

Ronald smiled too, remembering his eagerness that morning: "If you had a baby for me, would you prepare breakfast for me every day and get my dry cleaning?"

"Of course, I'll also cook lunch and dinner for you, have a baby, and send him to school every day."

Ronald hugged Antonia. "I know, Donia. But I can't be so selfish. Ballet is your dream."

"I also know that being a film director is your dream, Ronnie, and sometimes I think, if you were a less ambitious stage assistant, I'd marry you and meet every day at the ballet. "

"Then you won't fall in love with me, Tonya."

"I will, you are so cute." Antonia touched Ronald's ear. "The first time I saw you at the audition, I thought you were interested in me."

Ronald recalled that when he saw her, he was the same person as the actor in his dream, so he must have lost his temper. So he smiled and said nothing.

After a while, he spoke:

"When I'm rich, I'll be a patron of your ballet company, on the condition that you have a baby for me." Ronald also began to talk about his daydreams.

"Pfft, then I'm waiting for this day, the new patron of the New York City Ballet, Ronald Lee."

"What, you've joined the New York City Ballet, Tonya?"

Antonia nodded, "Mr. Balanchine, the founder, personally selected me. Soon I will graduate early and join the City of New York,

Start with dance students. "

"That's great, Tonya, congratulations."

The two young people are caught in the longing for the future and the fear of the unknown.

The next day, Ronald took Antonia around Staten Island and went to the Italian settlement in the northern part of the island for pizza. Staten Island is dominated by whites, the Italian-inhabited area is close to the north of the island, and then there is the black area.

The pizza here isn't quite as good as Little Italy in Manhattan, but the two still enjoyed it.

On Staten Island, cut off from direct land transportation from Manhattan, Ronald felt as if he had been cut off from the future, as if he had become a farmer and Antonia had become a peasant woman, and the two would spend their entire lives here and have several children. .

But the holiday finally came to an end, and the day when Antonia joined New York City was approaching. The two reluctantly bid farewell to the paradise and returned to Manhattan on earth.

A few days after returning to Manhattan, Antonia joined the New York City Ballet. The training for newcomers was very intense, and Ronald sometimes did not see Tonya for a few days. The two can only express their feelings on the phone when they are free.

A few days later, it was time for Ronald to start school. Ronald drove to Washington Square to check in.

New York University originally had its own campus, but it encountered a financial crisis in the early 1970s and was forced to sell the entire campus of the Bronx University Heights to the newly established City University of New York in 1973. Enough money to avoid bankruptcy.

At New York University, the teaching buildings of various colleges are scattered all over Manhattan, and each college has its own building, which is euphemistically called: a university without walls.

Near Washington Square, NYU has a student center and school offices as a place for incoming freshmen.

Ronald parked the car and went to pay the tuition.

There are many new students who are sent by their parents and the whole family. The father drives the car, and the mother is responsible for the logistics. They send the new students to the school, and then the student apartments are arranged.

Like Ronald, not many come by himself. Even fewer are paying tuition fees on their own.

Aunt Karen wanted to take a leave to send Ronald to college, but Ronald persuaded him on the grounds that it would be better to send him to attend the graduation ceremony. In the future, the nephew can come at any time, and there is no need to worry about whether to send it to the university. Besides, Ronald also has his own apartment, so he does not need to live in a dormitory, and there is no place for Aunt Karen to play.

There is still a lot of information on the front desk, Ronald picked up some to look at.

"Student loans," Ronald smiled and put it down.

In addition, inflation is already running at an annualized interest rate of 30%, which is very high. There are very few low-interest student loans processed by the federal government, and these commercial loans are comparable to loan sharks.

If the people at the bottom want to stand out, if they are not lucky, they must continue to struggle for several generations.

Dixie Art Institute is not in Washington Square, not far from where Ronald lives.

Looking at the courses he could choose from, Ronald actually didn't understand a bit. He just waited for a trial after the semester started, and then decided whether to choose some courses. Of course, I have to learn about film and television, and let’s see if the other things are interesting.