Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Donna. I've been busy with auditions these days and haven't accompanied you to visit various universities. Which places have you been to?" Ronald returned to the apartment and saw that Donna was already at home eating pizza takeout.

"Well, Richard accompanied me to the University of California in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. You don't have to ask your agent to accompany me everywhere. I'm going to drive around with Diane. Her movie is finally over. Finished filming.”

"Oh, remember to call Aunt Karen." Ronald gave Donna the car keys, got on his Honda motorcycle, and went to Weintraub's house.

Chuck Norris discussed the signing with both parties, but in his words he was still dissatisfied with Chris's role. He insisted that Ronald modify the plot of the Vietnam War veteran so that he would no longer open his mouth to "take no prisoners." Instead of harshly teaching his disciples, he was full of humane care and concern for the children.

Weintraub also asked Ronald if the script could be modified so that Chris could become the villain without abusing his martial arts.

Ronald couldn't hold back his breath and yelled, "Does he think he is Warren Beatty? When he fights Bruce Lee, he is a villain, right? This script writes Chris as a good guy, how can there be drama? What about conflict? I don’t think it’s cost-effective to change Chris into a positive character just for the sake of his poor popularity.”

"I'm just asking, and I don't have any intention of changing it." Weintraub looked at Ronald, "It's better to continue discussing with him the possibility of participating in the show without modifying the script."

Ronald felt that Weintraub had a tendency to give in to Chuck Norris, which was not a good thing. . When he returned home, he began to think of a solution.

"Ring ring ring ring" the phone rang, and after Ronald answered it, he found that it was Martin Kove, his favorite candidate for Chris.

"Hello, Ronald. I am Martin Kove. My agent has given me another audition opportunity. I would like to know when will the 'Longwei Boy' give me an audition opportunity?"

"Soon, there are some delays now, Mr. Weintraub will arrange for you to audition soon."

"Do you still have to wait? When can I audition? I'm not complaining. My agent introduced me to two audition opportunities, and I turned them down just to wait for the opportunity you have here."

"Relax, we are just looking for other roles. Once confirmed, you will definitely be the best candidate, as long as you are willing."

"Of course I am willing... Well, if there is any progress, please be sure to call my agent as soon as possible. He is already a little dissatisfied with me.

"

Cove resisted the thought of being angry. After all, he discovered the project introduced by Roger Coleman, who he entered the industry. He probably would not let go of his own pigeons.

After settling Martin Kove's dissatisfaction, Ronald felt that he had to do something to increase the bargaining chip provided by Minahan.

In order to discuss the overseas release of "Night of the Comet", Ronald hung up the phone with Minahan.

"Of the more than 500 copies of Night of the Comet released in the United States, 200 are in relatively good condition. Yoram sold the film one by one in Cannes to various countries. Calculated, more printings are needed to make it. To meet demand, especially in East Asian markets such as Japan and Korea, where audiences have strong spending power, new copies will be supplied there first.”

"By the way, is Chuck still dissatisfied with your role?" The two discussed for a while, and Minahan began to lead the topic in the direction of Chuck Norris.

"It's not convenient for me to discuss this topic," Ronald said as if he didn't care, "We compete fairly, and the decision-making power here is all in Weintraub's hands. Apart from the fact that I'm not very satisfied with Chuck Norris's desire to change the script, , I don’t have any other opinions, after all, the audience will think he is a villain when they see his appearance.”

"Oh," Minahan discovered the clue and became excited, "Yes, yes, let's compete fairly to see who can give Chuck Norris better treatment and pay."

"Yes, let's see who can conform to his philosophy of 'necessary violence'. Like Bruce Lee, he seems to care about the martial arts genre he created." Ronald clicked.

"Yoram, drive quickly. Let's go see Chuck Norris. I know how to persuade him." Minahan put down the phone and quickly called his cousin Yoram to persuade Chuck Norris.

Originally, Chuck's biggest dissatisfaction with Cannon Pictures was not the salary. But that ninja movie requires Chuck Norris to mask up, and one of Chuck's major purposes in making the movie is to promote his Tang Hando and Chuck Norris ways. As long as Minahan compromises in this regard, He definitely chose Cannon Pictures, after all, he was the protagonist in that movie.

Soon, the good news came from Chuck Norris that he had rejected the "Longwei Kid".

Gu Yan

Minahan Golan surprisingly didn't give Chuck Norris more money, but he got his signature. In the latest "masterpiece" of Cannon Pictures, "Enter the Dragon 2" (you can tell from the name that it is an exploitation film imitating Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon"), Chuck Norris agreed to play a ninja without a mask and spread his message. martial arts philosophy.

Weintraub had no choice but to start looking for a new candidate. Ronald proposed Martin Kove and called Kove's agent to tell him to audition.

Martin Kove, who entered the interview room, was very angry with Ronald because he believed him and turned down the audition for three roles. But when he was called for the audition this time, he was the only one, and there was no script reading with other actors.

This implies that his audition was still in the first round of looking at appearance. The elimination rate for this kind of audition was very high. He felt that he had been cheated and lost three good supporting roles in vain.

"Hello, Mr. Martin Koff, please introduce yourself to the camera." Casting director Dupont said to Koff.

Martinkov stared at Ronald sitting behind the desk with his eyes wide open. "My name is Martin Kove. I am thirty-seven years old. I am a black belt in Taekwondo and Tiger Walking Boxing..."

"Can I ask you to do some martial arts moves? I want them to look more powerful." Weintraub heard that Kove was still a black belt, and he became interested.

"Hoo ho... ha... hey", Martinkov hit a few tiger punches, then turned around and kicked in the direction of Ronald with a Taekwondo kick.

"Very good, please read this line." Ronald was unaware and thought that Kove's angry temperament fit Chris's state of being an angry Vietnam War veteran very well.

"Take no prisoners, you want to win? Then do what I say and kick him in the left leg (the injured leg) with the sweep kick." Martin Kove read a few lines from Chris in Karate In the competition, the line that instructs the students to stumble Daniel.

He stared at the smiling Ronald, and couldn't help complaining in his heart about how Roger Corman had introduced such an unreliable director to him.

"Thank you, we will contact you if you need anything further," the casting director said.

"Hmph!" Martin Kove punched his palm, gave Ronald a vicious look, turned around and left.

"He really looks like those Vietnam War veterans, very angry. Doesn't he look a bit like Stallone in 'Rocky'?" Weintraub is quite satisfied with Kove, "Where did you find the talent? He also knows martial arts."

"It was a martial arts talent recommended by my former boss Roger Corman. He also starred in 'Death Race 2000' at the same time as Stallone."

"Yes, please ask him to come next time and try the chemical reaction with several leading actors." Weintraub instructed Susan to write down the arrangements.

Several major supporting roles have been arranged, and Weintraub began to worry about the selection of martial arts instructors.

Although Chuck Norris did not choose "The Dragon King", Weintraub still asked him to recommend a coach to train the actor.

"Why, dear? Don't you trust Ronald's eye for actors? Why don't you let him recommend talents." Susan Akins, Weintraub's personal secretary, lay in his arms ,ask him.

"Susan, this is an important lesson in business. You have to remember, always have a backup plan. Ronald is good, but he has never directed a real medium-sized production, and he has never made an action movie before.

So I have to be prepared, and if he has any problems with directing, we have to have a solution.

Chuck Norris is a martial arts master, so we can feel more at ease when choosing him to recommend martial arts instructors. "

"Oh, Jerry, I think you are really a very experienced and talented businessman." Susan looked at Weintraub with admiration.

"Um...wu..." The two kissed each other.

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