Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald looked at the man with a square chin who was dressed meticulously and looked like a banker. He was looking at him expectantly.

Then he glanced at the handsome middle-aged man hiding behind. That's right, it was the former vice president Tom Mount who had bullied him many times at Universal and wanted to replace him.

"Dream on! (dream on)"

Ronald smiled slightly, turned his back and walked into the bathroom.

"You!" Tom Mount was still wearing a hand-sewn suit and his hair was meticulously combed. But he had reached the embarrassing limit of his rage.

Ronald, who had snatched the director's position from a small crew under his own control, would he still be a young screenwriter looking for help now if Spielberg and Shenberg hadn't supported him?

Who would have thought that now that his own Mount Pictures wanted to attract some investment from Japan, he would have to kiss his ass in order to have a chance to meet the real owner.

Mount waved his hand, snorted, and was about to leave this high-end place.

"Tom, do you still want to finance your movie?" The man named Bannon was very dissatisfied with Mount's performance. It seemed like he had some "history" with Ronald, and they had a falling out as soon as they met.

But in the eyes of an investment banker with a Wall Street background, this was not a setback at all. On the contrary, this is a very good opportunity to make friends with Ronald.

"This kid hates me to the core. He won't help me." Tom Mount was so embarrassed and angry that his face turned red. He ignored the request of Bannon, the financing manager he hired, and went out by himself after saying a few words.

"Mount, who was born as a son-in-law, is just not good enough. If he wants to make money, why should he care about being slapped in the face? If I were to go up and hold the other person's thigh, kneel down and beg for forgiveness." Bannon looked at his partner and sighed. .

He decided to stay and wait for the opportunity. He and Ronald had no holidays. Besides, there are ways to impress him.

After a while, Ronald came back. Bannon saw the opportunity and stepped forward to stop him.

"Hello, Director Ronald, I am Bannon, a Wall Street banker. My partner may have had some issues with you, and he has left with shame. I have no comment on his character.

But I still want to say something here, Director Ronald, we are all Americans,

We shouldn't kill each other in this place and make the Japanese people laugh.

The reason why they can defeat us in the fields of automobiles, consumer electronics and other fields is that they are always very united. When dealing with the American market, we can put aside our internal conflicts and focus on dealing with the outside world.

If you and other Hollywood practitioners are still like the automobile industry, it will be easy for those Japanese people to unite and defeat you. "

"Hahaha, what do you want to do? Anyway, I won't give Mount Rong a chance to succeed."

Ronald saw that Bannon was talking very interestingly, so he immediately distanced himself from his relationship with Tom Mount and gave Ronald a high hat.

Although this is all nonsense, he is still a very enterprising person who insists on waiting for himself just for a chance to meet the capitalists in the Japanese film industry.

"Apart from Mount, now that the yen has appreciated and money is loose, this is an opportunity for Wall Street to introduce a large amount of Japanese capital. You also need financing to make movies in Hollywood. I have a career in Wall Street operating funds to finance the film industry. banker.

We can just help each other, right? this is my name card. "

"You are an interesting person. If you have any questions, you can call my agent. I will return your call." Ronald also took out a business card with only the agent's contact information and gave it to the other party.

This is the method Niceta taught him. If someone wants to deal with him on certain matters, but doesn’t want to get too close to him and be chased by others asking for cooperation resources, give him a ticket with an agent. Business card with people contact information.

If something happened like this, they could only find their agent, and the agent would pass the matter on to Ronald. If communication is needed, Ronald will use the temporary phone number to call this person.

Bannon took the business card, flicked it gently, and whistled. Although he only has the contact information of his agent, it is also a great progress for his newly started film career. From now on, I can brag about it and discuss projects with Director Ronald Lee.

This is the director who made "Top Gun". Who is one of the hottest people in Hollywood right now who hasn't heard of or seen the movies he made? When it comes to negotiating financing with those crocodiles on Wall Street, Ronald's name is much easier to use than the former Vice President of Universal Pictures who has resigned for several years.

As for Tom Mount, several distribution contracts he signed with Universal have not expired, so he still has some value. Although it is impossible to get financing in Japan, the only way is to go back to China to find other money for him.

The next day, President Haruki Kadokawa introduced the magazine's Girls' Monthly, which took a photo of Diane Lane wearing a kimono for the next issue's cover and center-seam poster.

Ronald also took the time to watch the filming. Diane's temperament is wearing a kimono, which presents a very strange sense of disharmony. Although she wears the clothes of a Japanese girl, her temperament is that of a typical New York girl, outgoing and confident.

However, the young people in Japan seemed to unexpectedly like the way foreigners wear kimonos. The photographer kept praising him, but he didn't know whether it was true or just being polite.

Kadokawa Shosha also owns many popular comic magazines in Japan, and Ronald saw many of them at the scene. After flipping through it, I found that the market in Japan is now very segmented. Some specialize in publishing manga about girls, while others are for high school boys.

"Here you go, this is a Japanese afternoon black tea drink. It tastes very good." Ronald drank the drink brought by the magazine and handed it to Diane who was taking a break from shooting. The unexpected taste was sweet and delicious.

"Well, I can't drink too much. This outfit is very complicated to wear. I'll show it to you when I get back..."

…

"Ronald, I've been looking for you for a long time. Your script assistant David Simkins has been calling you for a long time. It seems there is something urgent."

Ronald, who returned to the hotel with Diane, saw Niceta waiting for him in the lobby.

"I'll call him back." Ronald and Niceta turned and went upstairs. When they got to their room, they made a transoceanic call to Simkins.

"David, why are you so anxious? It's already late at night at your place, right?"

Ronald put the call through and answered it with Niceta.

"I got a really good script, and it was the first movie script written by a Broadway playwright."

"Debut?" Niceta spoke next to her.

"Yes, Mr. Niceta. Although this is his debut screenplay, the quality is very good. It can be said that we are lucky. The author ran into many obstacles at the seven major studios before submitting the script to a small production company like Daydream. .”

"You said the quality is good, how good is it?" Ronald had never seen David Simkins praise a script so highly. He is also a film screenwriter himself, so he must be really good. But how good it is is the question.

Hollywood studios' film libraries are filled with high-quality scripts that no one wants to film. A truly outstanding script will always find its way to the right producer.

"I can only say my own opinion. I think it is better than the script of Dirty Dancing. This is a very talented author called John Patrick Shanley, an Irish playwright.

This was his first film script and I was familiar with the feeling. Just like William Goldman's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", they are both masterpieces that the author painstakingly wrote for the first time. "

Ronald thinks this evaluation is high. This was the first movie script that gold medal screenwriter William Goldman wanted to write. This kind of script often contains the story that the author most wanted to write in the first half of his life, and is also the accumulation of life experiences in the first half of his life.

Even talented playwrights rarely have the opportunity to write such a masterpiece. Often after one is written, it will take many years before there is another one.

"Better than Dirty Dancing? How about compared to Rain Man?" Niceta interjected from the side. Hollywood executives and actors alike are interested in what Ronald's next movie will be.

"I personally feel that it is even better than your "Rain Man". At least it is a classic traditional three-act play with a beginning, middle, and end."

"Hahaha," Ronald knew his script assistant was complaining that "Rain Man" did not have the classic structure of a three-act play.

"Since you admire it so much, then wait until I come back..."

"No, Ronald. I don't think we can wait until you come back to make a reservation. The news that this film was sent to Daydream Pictures will definitely be known. The screenwriter's agent may take our promise Go to negotiate with other companies.

I don’t want what happened with ‘Dirty Dancing’ to happen again with this script called ‘The Bride and the Wolf’. "

"Are you so optimistic about this script? Do you think that as long as I express interest, other companies can compete for it?" Ronald paid more attention to this.

"Yes, agents are shameless... Well, I'm not talking about you, Mr. Niceta."

"It doesn't matter, I can take it as a compliment." Niceta said, saying that she didn't mind. If I were the agent of screenwriter Shangli, I would probably do the same thing in order to maximize profits.

"But I can't just spend money to buy the script based on your evaluation. By the way, how much do you think I can pay for 'The Bride and the Wolf'?"

"Now is the time when the film company is willing to spend a lot of money to reserve scripts. I estimate that it can be obtained for less than 200,000 yuan. And your reputation can ensure that the movie can be produced and then distributed by the Seventh Group." Niceta thought about it from the side. For a moment, answer.

He is also very interested in this matter. As long as Ronald likes it, he can complete a package project and stuff in many actors he likes.

"What's this story?" Ronald decided to understand the situation first.

"It's an Italian story, but it's different from Coppola's gangster story. It's about family, love, and the history of immigrants integrating into America."

"So I still can't decide. Why don't you give me more details?"

"David," Niceta said, "I'll find a fax machine, and you can send an overseas fax and send the entire script."

Regardless of the expensive fax fees, Ronald and Niceta were in front of the fax machine in the business center, waiting for Simkins to send the fax.

"Zhizhi...zhizhi...", the fax machine beeped, and the scripts of "The Bride and the Wolf" were spit out from the fax machine one by one.

Come one, Niceta arranged one and handed it to Ronald. Ronald sat looking at one.

The script is really well written and has similarities to "Dirty Dancing". It tells the story of Italians, but it is completely different from the stereotypes of Italians in traditional Hollywood Italian stories.

They no longer engage in the "traditional professions" of Italians in Hollywood such as boxers, gangsters, and pimps. Instead, he took up a profession that ordinary Americans would engage in. Open a grocery store, open a hardware store, etc.

But the Italians in it also have some stereotypes that Americans recognize. Such as superstition, low education, emphasis on family, etc. The audience will never think of this story as a story about other ethnic groups.

"It is indeed a good story, but it may not be suitable for you."

Niceta also likes the story of the script, but... there are some minor problems.

He and Ronald returned to the room and continued calling David.

"David, I think we should let Ronald buy it and then find another director? This script tells a love story of middle-aged people, and Ronald may not be suitable for it."

"But this screenwriter is not very old either," said David Simkins. "He is only a few years older than Ronald. These plots and details are definitely not his own experience, but what he has witnessed.

Moreover, the author is not of Italian descent, he is of Irish descent. This is a script written by the playwright based on careful observation and years of accumulation. I can't be wrong. I have been reading scripts for the past few years. This kind of burst of genius from a playwright, a script full of genius, is only seen once every few years in Hollywood. "

"This is exactly the problem. Why is such a talented work that no one is willing to try it? It shows that the market potential is worrying. The audience for this script is exactly the disappeared audience who watched 'The Sound of Music'. It is difficult for us to We are sure to let them go to the cinema."

Seeing Niceta and Simkins arguing on the phone, Ronald asked them to stop first.

"Let me think about it and I'll call you back tomorrow to make a decision."

I am reading the script, and then I hope to dream about the finished film, so that I can predict the quality and success or failure of the film.

…

"Ronnie!"

Diane, who had been waiting for him in the room for a long time, was still wearing a kimono and a wooden hairpin in her hair.

His lively and enthusiastic body is not like the conservative and shy Japanese people at all. But the material of this kimono was very good, and the silk texture slipped through Ronald's hands, making Diane hum comfortably.

"Hmm...huh?" After a long passionate kiss, Ronald began to look for buttons or zippers on his kimono. The solid kimono he wore made it difficult for him to find a place to start.

"Hahaha, I want to be here..."

Diane's hands guided Ronald, untied the wide belt, reached through the slanted lapel of the collar, and untied the other strap.

It was already very late, and the silver-white moonlight filtered into the window and shone faintly on the bed, making me cry.

Ronald leaned sideways on the bed and hugged Diane from behind. There seemed to be a faint fragrance of kimono incense on her body, which made Ronald feel very relaxed and fell asleep quickly.

The watery moonlight continued to shine on the two young souls, and seemed to shine into Ronald's dream.

He vaguely saw a big bright moon high in the sky, shrouded in clouds and mist.

A deep voice sang a beautiful love song.

"When the moon hits your eyes

Like a big pizza, that's love.

when the world seems to sparkle

Like you've had too much wine, that's love. "

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