Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Why did you lie to me?"

In their new house in Staten Island, New York, Ronald's aunt Karen laughed and cursed at her boyfriend Eric.

The relationship between the two developed very well. Eric let down his guard and when he was preparing to attend the premiere of Karen's nephew Ronald's new movie "The Kid 2", he accidentally let it slip that he had no military experience. , he worked in a restaurant since he was a child and talked about his dream of becoming a chef.

"I...as soon as I saw you, I felt that you were the person I would spend the rest of my life with. I heard from the neighbors that your husband is a Vietnam War veteran, and you usually volunteer at the Veterans Service Association, so I wanted to pretend to be a veteran. I'll spend some time with you." Eric was nervous.

"You don't have to be like this at all, Eric. It's also my dream to be a chef. When I was working as a waiter in an Italian cafe, I was envious that the chef's salary was higher than ours... Hahaha"

The aunt patted her boyfriend on the arm and laughed, took the handbag from him, and the two drove to the Siegfried Cinema in Manhattan.

Although the center of the film industry is in Hollywood, the center of the media is in Manhattan, New York. Not only are most serious newspapers with national influence located here, but more and more television stations are moving their studios from Los Angeles to New York.

America is divided into time zones, and in many cases in New York on the East Coast, breaking news can be caught earlier. While public television broadcasts nationally, it is increasingly advantageous to produce news programs in New York. Television media in the Midwest and West Coast are rapidly moving toward local programs.

Therefore, the premiere of the sequel to the martial arts movie that the children have been waiting for for two years, "The Kid 2", was also held at the largest cinema in Manhattan, the Siegfried Cinema.

"Hi Susan!"

Ronald found Weintraub's lover and assistant, Susan Akins, in the entrance hall. She was also named as the producer of the film and went to Oahu, Hawaii to experience filming.

"Ronald", Susan came up and gave Ronald a kiss, "I'm so nervous. This is my first time as a de facto producer. I hope it will be a big hit at the box office."

"You should have faith in me."

"Of course, of course, what I mean is... I mean even if there is a problem at the box office, I shouldn't blame you. After all, you have made phenomenal movies except Top Gun. No... I don't want to say whether the box office will be OK... "

Susan became more and more nervous as she spoke, and her face turned red.

"Ronnie,

You're messing with Susan again. "Weintraub saw Ronald coming and pretended to come up to relieve his lover Susan.

"There are a lot of media here today." Ronald looked around. Although it was not as good as a blockbuster movie starring celebrities, there were still many reporters coming to support him.

"The sequel to a blockbuster movie should have reporters. If I were in charge, it would be twice as many." Weintraub pointed out what would happen if he was in charge of the announcement. Improve the work of publisher Columbia.

After all, he has already entered the high-level ranks of MGM/United Arts. The casino tycoon owner Kerkorian gave him a promise to take charge of the United Artists label first. If the performance is good, he can also become the manager of two labels. General person in charge.

"I heard that you are preparing a romantic comedy? After filming teenagers, are you finally going to get involved in the more important part of life?" Weintraub pulled Ronald to the VIP lounge and asked Ronald directly 's new film.

"Did Niceta tell you? We are old friends, and I will tell you what I have to say. MGM/United Arts suspended their production business some time ago, and you have resumed it now?"

"I'm dealing with it and will be back soon."

"I have Paramount and Disney interested now. I gave them two weeks to consider. If they say they give up, we can talk about it. As for which label to put it under..."

MGM and United Artists are now a joint venture, and both labels were acquired by Kerkorian. In fact, they share a distribution channel. Many of the distribution staff who were laid off were picked up by Fatty Minahan to reorganize Cannon's distribution channels.

"Which label is up to you, you can put it in whichever one you want. I was busy with things in the past two weeks, and the merger matter was still a bit unfinished. It turned out that the top management of MGM was unwilling to give up power, and the negotiations took a lot of energy from me. I will talk about those that need to be abolished and merged one by one.

The boss's energy is mainly focused on the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas, so now the two companies have become de facto vassals, and I have to spend my energy dealing with them.

Actually, just bring me your script. You can use any label you want. For an investment of less than 10 million yuan, I’ll do it with just one word. "

Ronald did not expect that Weintraub had such high confidence in him. Both Paramount and Disney needed to make an evaluation before making a decision. Weintraub seemed to be very wealthy.

Looking at Ronald's expression, "Are you rich?", Weintraub leaned his head closer and said, "Your screen fund inspired me. I also found connections on Wall Street and secured a fund. It's called the Star Fund. They can fund any project I give the green light to..."

"Oh, are they willing to pay more than 10 million?"

That was the problem Ronald had with Disney. Eisner went out of his way to explain to Ronald in person. Screen Fund conducted market research before investing. Hollywood's average return on investment is highest in low-cost productions, so they prefer low-cost (less than US$8 million according to 1986 standards) investment projects.

“As long as I invest, they can follow-up on a one-to-one basis or even a one-to-two basis.”

Oh, Ronald looked at Weintraub. It turns out that his gameplay is different from that of Screen Fund and Disney. Weintraub also had to invest real money himself before star funds would be willing to play with him.

Eisner's method of having all the financing handled by the Screen Fund is based on his successful resume in the past ten years. Weintraub has hit the jackpot in the past two years, and Wall Street is still a little suspicious of him.

"Okay, thank you for your trust, Jerry. I will receive their reply next week, and we will talk then."

"Okay, let's go out."

…

"Director! You are here!" The heroine Tomita Tan Ling attended the premiere for the first time. She was very happy but also very nervous. She was wearing a kimono from the movie and came over to greet Ronald immediately when she saw him.

Next to him, Ralph Marzio was much more skilled. He and Noriyuki Morita dressed up as characters from the movie, sang in harmony with the characters in the movie, and chatted with reporters.

"Director Ronald, can you tell us about the content of the sequel? Which parts are you most satisfied with?"

"Will audiences like the sequel? What tricks do you have in store for Ralph?"

When the reporter saw Ronald, he left the two protagonists behind and came to interview the director.

"I think instead of me answering, you should watch it for yourselves. I won't spoil it.

The producer, Mr. Weintraub, and I actually started planning the sequel a month after the original film was released. I guarantee that the trick this time will be wonderful, Master Miyagi will also show his power in Ryukyu, and Daniel will take a further step in his karate practice. "

"Ronald, now that Top Gun is still firmly in second place at the box office, surpassing the new film 'Spring Is Not a Day to Read,' and only behind Orion's 'Back to School,' your 'The Kid' sequel is released, will it be Are you worried about the box office conflict between the two?"

"I'm not worried. It's a great honor that the audience likes to watch our movie. I think only if they like both movies can we achieve good results. Besides, there will be no conflict at all when watching the movie. The audience can definitely watch Long Wei Boy first. , watch Top Gun again. Hahaha... This is the premiere of the second part of The Dragon King, and it doesn’t seem to be very good when it comes to other movies.”

"Hahaha..." The reporters also cooperated and laughed at Ronald's not-so-funny jokes.

Everyone entered the screening room in cooperation, and Ronald stayed to receive Aunt Karen and her boyfriend. The family sat together and watched the premiere happily.

Halfway through the movie, Kumiko was asked by Daniel about her dream. The two of them saw footage of Antonia dancing solo in "Famous" outside an electronics store.

"Antonia", Aunt Karen recognized the ballerina beauty and gave Ronald a deep look. Her boyfriend Eric found out and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Auntie turned around and the scene had passed.

Daniel and Kumiko sat opposite each other in the cabin, drinking Japanese green tea. Daniel was obviously very impressed by the kimono Kumiko wore, and the two slowly moved closer for a kiss.

"Ronald, doesn't Daniel have an Ali in Los Angeles? Are you going to arrange for that girl to be his girlfriend?"

Aunt Karen couldn't help it anymore and tugged on Ronald's arm, asking her nephew to give her an answer.

"This is a movie. Each movie must have a separate heroine, otherwise it will be difficult to write a script." Ronald explained.

"What about your third film? Daniel will eventually return to China. I think Kumiko will also come to America to pursue her dream of ballet. Which one do you think will be arranged to be with Daniel?"

"I haven't thought about this yet. Maybe it's a new heroine? It depends on how the screenwriter writes it and who has the schedule in the end."

Ronald did not expect that Aunt Karen was a die-hard fan of the "Dragon Boy" series of movies and was so concerned about the love life of the protagonist Daniel Sang.

"Woo..."

A strong wind blew on the screen, and a typhoon was coming. The plot quickly entered the third act. Aunt Karen stopped entangled in the emotional entanglements of the protagonist and turned back to watch with interest. A big battle was bound to come soon. In the end, Daniel defeated the powerful opponent with a unique move.

Teacher Miyagi reconciled with his childhood friend Sato, but his apprentice Nagazen couldn't accept it and challenged Daniel. He also slapped Kumiko, who was in love with an American, on stage.

"Oh...why do you even hit girls?" Aunt Karen exclaimed.

Daniel accepted the challenge and had a battle with Changshan.

Daniel had only learned karate in the ring, and was obviously no match for Changshan, who practiced karate for actual combat purposes.

In order to defeat his opponent, Daniel also used the unique trick in the first part, "Crane Kick!"

As a result, Changshan, who was prepared, caught Daniel's crane kick with his hand, threw him to the ground, and kicked him twice.

The embarrassed Daniel rolled over and climbed up, looking at Mr. Miyagi. Whenever Daniel lacks confidence, Teacher Miyagi is his biggest source of confidence.

Miyagi looked serious. Once the opponent is on guard for a special move, he cannot use it unexpectedly, otherwise it would not be a special move. He took out a rattle, held it with both hands, and started shaking it.

Sato, a childhood friend, also joined the group, took out a rattle from his clothes and started shaking it. Suddenly everyone followed suit, and a group of people were holding rattles and shaking them, making a neat thumping sound.

The sound reached Daniel's ears, and he remembered Miyagi's teachings. In Yin-Yang style karate, the waist should be the axis like a rattle, and the two arms are like the two drumsticks of the rattle, driven by the waist to defend and attack at the same time.

As soon as the trick of "continuous elimination and punching" was used, Daniel could defend Changshan's punch with one hand and at the same time, the other hand was driven by his waist to counterattack.

Daniel was the first to break Changshan's ferocious attack, and finally knocked Changshan to the ground, who was filled with anger.

Chang Shan was beaten to the point where he was unable to fight back and lay on the ground. Daniel prepared to attack, and a heavy punch was launched in front of him.

"Do you want to live or die?" Daniel asked.

"Just beat me to death." Changshan closed his eyes and waited for death.

"That's wrong, martial arts is not for bullying others." Daniel changed his fist into a finger and scratched Chang Shan's nose hard.

Kumiko came up and hugged Daniel.

"Oh oh oh..." The audience was moved by the climactic ending, the wonderful action scenes, the exquisite exotic scenery and costumes, and at the end there was a philosophical thought.

They started to stand and applaud.

Peter Setra's song "Glory of Love" sounded at the right time.

The end of "the end" appeared on the screen, then turned black, and the subtitles began to go up again.

The lyrics and lead singer of this theme song are the lead singer and bassist of the original band "Chicago".

The band broke up last year and he began a solo career. This song was originally going to participate in the competition for the theme song of Stallone's "Rocky 4". At the call of the film's music director Bill Conti, it was used as the theme song for "The Kid Part 2".

The Chicago band has been famous in America for a long time, and many parents who came to watch the movie are their fans.

They even started singing together as they watched the subtitles slowly rise.

"It seems the effect is very good." This was the first time for Ronald to see such a lively premiere. He said hello to Aunt Karen and went to the bathroom to secretly listen to the audience's reaction.

"Please help us fill in the rating."

"Please help us fill in the rating."

The audience was blocked at the door. It turned out to be the "Cinema Rating ()" company hired by Colombia to conduct an export rating survey.

"Are you conducting random sampling across the country this time? When will the results be available?" Ronald asked the staff member.

"Hello, director. Yes, this is also a random sample survey in cities across the country. The results will be available after the weekend."

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