Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald finished the sketch and felt confident. He turned on the computer, called up the latest archive, and began to modify the ending. He raised his two crane-like hands on both sides of his body and feinted, then used his left foot to feint, and finally used his right foot to feint. The unique move of kicking the opponent's head with a crane is described in detail.

After saving the file, Ronald was about to print it out when his heart suddenly moved.

He saved the document as "Karate Project New", then deleted the newly written description of specific actions and added back the original description at the end.

"Danny used a crane kick. He jumped up on one foot with his uninjured right foot. He flew up and kicked Johnny in the head to score. Then he landed with his right foot. After a moment of silence, the audience seemed to be caught by surprise by this move. The killing move shocked him.

The referee declared Danny the winner, and then the audience suddenly burst into cheers that were the loudest and longest in the entire two days of competition...

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"Squeak...squeak", the dot matrix printer made a sound, stamping a dense matrix of dots on the ribbon, and the last chapter of the "Karate Project" script was printed.

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The next day, Ronald and Niceta went to producer Jerry Weintraub's office to submit the script. The Jewish man’s office is also a converted house he owns, not far from his home in Beverly Hills.

After entering the door, Ronald saw a huge desk with a young secretary sitting inside.

"Hello, we are here to see Mr. Weintraub. I am Ronald Lee. This is my agent. Let's make an appointment to discuss the script."

"Oh, let me see." The young secretary seemed a little flustered and started to find the notebook with the appointment schedule on the table. Piles of magazines, documents, and faxes make the desk look a bit messy.

"Oh, I found it," the secretary-general breathed out. "Ronald Lee, um, please wait a moment while I go get Jerry, I mean Mr. Weintraub."

Ronald smiled at the red-haired secretary and motioned for her to ask for instructions first. She looks a little awkward. The secretary is above average in appearance, but her temperament has a kind of innocence that is not common in the workplace.

"Susan, who's here?" Jerry Weintraub said in the big office in the corner.

Seeing secretary Susan Akins, the daughter of an old friend walk in and asked.

"Ronald is here."

"Ronald, would you like a drink?" Weintraub greeted Ronald and Niceta, then waved his secretary Susan to sit down and listen to their meeting.

"Is it early in the morning? Okay, I'll have a drink too." Ronald reached out and took a glass of whiskey. The sunshine was very good this morning, and Weintraub was in a good mood, too.

"The karate kid"? Weintraub saw Ronald's name on the script.

"Yeah, I think it's simple and clear. It can also arouse the curiosity of the audience." Ronald took a sip of the wine. It tasted very good. It seemed to be aged Scotch whiskey, with a woody aroma and a grainy flavor. .

"Very good." Weintraub continued to read.

Secretary Susan sat aside, looking at Weintraub's tall figure and wise face, with an expression of admiration on her face. Being able to decide the production of a movie project is really a very charming person.

"Very good, I'm very satisfied." After a long time, Weintraub, who read the script in one sitting, seemed very excited, "This is the kind of movie I had in mind. It has a sense of humor and a story. It's very good."

"It seems that you are satisfied with my script, Mr. Weintraub." Ronald felt that this singer manager and live performance organizer did not hide his feelings in front of others, and he could be regarded as a temperament person.

"Of course, of course. After I made an appointment with Mr. Price, the president of Columbia, we went to see him and try to get the green light at once. Unfortunately, he will leave his job soon. He is a very insightful person."

Weintraub immediately called Columbia and finalized the time to go to Colombia with Price's secretary.

In fact, because the filming budget for this movie was all Weintraub's money, Columbia was only responsible for distribution. Generally speaking, the script will not be rejected without special reasons.

"Then it's settled, you come to my house and we go to Colombia together." Weintraub liked Ronald's script very much and hugged Ronald.

"I don't know who the director is...?" Ronald asked tentatively.

"Well, I plan to ask an Academy Award winner for Best Director to direct this movie. He is good at directing stories about small people's counterattacks. He is the best person to direct this story."

"Oh? I thought you would choose me, Mr. Weintraub." Ronald quickly recommended himself.

"Of course, Ronald. You are a very good director. I have watched two of your movies. But this story of yours is a movie that pays great attention to character development. The movie you directed pays more attention to the story and is more Group drama.

Of course, I won't treat you badly. My first film as a producer needed to be a hit. We can also have more cooperation opportunities. Besides, that director seems to care about his own interests, so I may not be able to hire him. If he says no, let's talk about it. "

"Okay, you are the boss. I wonder who you plan to invite?" Ronald saw that he had made his words clear, so he had no choice but to not mention it for the time being.

"John G. Avelson is the director of 'Rocky'. Is 'Rocky' also a typical ordinary people's counterattack movie? Or it can be said to be the greatest ordinary people's counterattack movie. Since I When I saw the story in the newspaper, I thought it would be best for him to direct it.”

"But the story of 'Longwei Boy' is not very similar to Rocky in nature, right?"

"Oh, why do you say that? I think what I asked you to write is a counterattack story. Isn't it the teenage version of 'Rocky'?"

"That's not the case. 'Rocky' actually tells the story of a man who was looked down upon by others after giving up his career, but with the encouragement of his lover, he regained his courage and fought for his future and integrity.

"The Young Man" is essentially a hero's adventure film. A young boy is bullied, meets an expert as his master, teaches him special skills, and finally defeats his opponent and wins the beauty. It’s actually a ‘Star Wars’-like story. "

"But Danny is essentially an ordinary person who fights back. Come on, Ronald. My credibility is well known in the record industry. As long as I promise, there is nothing I can't do. You can rest assured that this After this, my company is on the right track and I will definitely give you the opportunity to be a director."

"I think I have the right to give it a try, Jerry. Why don't you give me a chance? I can talk in detail about what kind of movie I would make if I directed this movie. I think as a Screenwriter, I understand the core of the story better, and I also know better how he should be filmed."

"You are really a stubborn young man. Well, it's not a bad thing to listen. Then come to my house earlier then. I will listen to your statement at noon, and then go to Price's place in Columbia in the afternoon."

"Thank you for your generosity." Ronald shook hands with him, left the script, and left with Niceta.

"Susan, send them off for me."

"Oh, okay, Ronald, please come with me." Susan Akins, who had fiery red hair, stood up quickly and quickly led the way to send them out.

"What an interesting young man." Jerry Weintraub opened Ronald's "The Kid" script again and started reading it again.

"It's a pity that in order for the first film of my company to be well distributed, it must either find a famous director or a famous actor. Otherwise, it will be the same as the last film 'Dinner' that I was the producer of. Obviously It did well at the box office, but it didn’t get the benefit of Colombian resources.”

Jerry Weintraub read the script, and the more he read it, the more he liked it, and the more he appreciated Ronald. He decided to at least give Ronald a chance to direct, and maybe bind the young director to his next film.

"It seems you really like this script, Ronald," Niceta asked when sending Ronald home. "Last time, Stallone asked you to create 'Dragon Dance', and then he wanted to drastically change your script. You handed it over without any resistance, and this time you have to hold on much longer.”

"Of course, this story is very interesting. I think American audiences may have never seen this type of movie before. In martial arts movies in the past, like Bruce Lee's, the protagonist was a master as soon as he appeared, and our expectations were high. On how he defeated those fierce enemies.

But this story is different. Danny Boy was weak at the beginning and was bullied. The audience watched him grow from a weak one, through the guidance of his master Miyagi, and gradually become stronger through hard training. Then he defeated Johnny, who was originally unbeatable.

I think previous movies of this type were like "Star Wars", where the protagonists all had super powers. In this karate movie, what the audience can see is that Danny is struggling. This is a story that could happen in the real world and they will love it. "

"You know what? I think you have a special magic power and can sense what kind of stories the audience likes to watch." Niceta sighed, "When the script for Night of the Comet came out, I didn't feel what the story was about. Attract the audience. After it was released, I discovered that the audience likes it everywhere.

Some people like the popular interlude, some like the sci-fi elements, some like zombie horror movies, and still others like the story of a girl becoming independent. It seems that at that point in time, you kneaded all the popular elements together and presented them to everyone.

I don’t know what other people think, but directors who have this ability to capture what the audience wants to see will often achieve great success. "

"Integrating popular elements together?" Ronald thought on the other hand, "Will the popularity pass and no audience will like to watch this movie in the future?"

"It's possible, but you've already succeeded, haven't you? The box office has exceeded 17 million."

"Yes." Ronald stopped talking. His dream is to make a movie that people will still remember twenty years later. If people still remember it forty years later, that would be even better.

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