Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Two weeks after the film was officially released, the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack had sold over 1 million copies. Newer CDs sell for $14.99 and older CDs cost $9.99 and come with a movie poster.

Of all the songs, only the theme song "The Time of My Life" and "She's Like the Wind" composed and sung by Patrick Schwytz were newly created specifically for the film. The other ten songs are all old songs from the 1950s, and the copyrights of the singers were bought out at cheap prices.

RCA Records calculated the retail data and found that the profits were very generous. The record factories were working overtime and the retail shipments were still very fast. Ronald's income on his books was rising every minute.

The vice president of RCA who was responsible for the release of this record also became the most proud person in the company. When other veteran singers' new albums suffered huge losses, I didn't expect that such an album integrating ancient dance music would give RCA its most successful album in the past two years.

They warmly invited Ronald to their headquarters in Manhattan, New York, to discuss further cooperation arrangements, and to celebrate the album's sales reaching the platinum record standard - selling 1 million copies in the United States.

Ronald originally wanted to have a good rest and did not want to ride a horse across America again. However, the other party put forward two conditions very sincerely.

First, RCA flew a private jet owned by the company to pick Ronald up. Secondly, the share of the first phase will be settled immediately.

After getting on RCA's Gulfstream III private business jet, Ronald felt that the height of the cabin was a bit insufficient. He had to bend down and lower his head to get on the plane, otherwise he would hit the ceiling. But when sitting on the luxurious custom leather seats, it feels pretty good.

The pilot is retired from the Navy. When he saw that today’s passenger was Ronald, he immediately saluted him. According to him, after the release of "Top Gun", the profession of pilot, which was previously unknown, is now easy to pick up girls. As long as they wear uniforms and go to the bar, they are the most popular group of beautiful women.

The stewardess, a beautiful woman, came over and covered Ronald with a light blanket and asked him if he wanted something to drink.

"Let's have a glass of sweet wine." Ronald has been very busy recently. After boarding the plane, he sat in a large and soft special seat. The plane quickly reached the stratosphere after takeoff. A unique slight noise made him feel relaxed. .

The flight attendant was very professional. After passing a glass of noble rot liqueur to Ronald, she did not take the opportunity to chat with Ronald, but stepped aside. After drinking the sweet wine, Ronald suddenly fell asleep amid a noise that was much smaller than that of a commercial airliner.

The black screen suddenly lit up. Ronald felt like he had flown over Manhattan, New York.

The Statue of Liberty passed by, and a yellow ferry from Staten Island could be seen on the sea, heading towards Manhattan.

The sparkling sea reflects the light of the morning sun, and the twin towers of the World Trade Center opposite are shining in the morning sun, as if covered with a golden coat. The island of Manhattan, where this financial center is located, looks so full of life in the morning.

The view begins to drop, approaching the yellow Staten Island Ferry. Although the ferry looks a bit shabby, the deck appearance is very clean, and it cuts through the waves and heads towards Wall Street, represented by the World Trade Building.

Ronald felt that this shot seemed to represent the millions of ambitious young people in America working hard to move forward in this city full of opportunities and efforts.

"I was also on this boat back then, and Aunt Karen misappropriated the money from the mortgage to pay for her own medical treatment." Ronald thought, he was also on the ferry back then, looking at the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and his heart was full of emotions. dream.

"Manhattan, Manhattan..." Ronald muttered. This is the heart of the capital machine of America, which provides the blood to industry. How many young people want to squeeze in, and how many people are squeezed out and thrown out.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li..."

Ronald was shaken awake by the stewardess, "Huh? Have you arrived at JFK Airport?"

The flight attendant laughed crisply, "We are a business jet, so we can land directly at Teterboro Airport, which is closer to Manhattan. RCA has arranged a limousine for you, and you can reach RCA's headquarters in one hour. .”

Ronald rubbed his eyes. Sleeping on a business jet was still much more comfortable than on a commercial flight.

After chatting with the flight attendant for a while, he figured out that Teterboro Airport was an airport exclusively for private business jets. Although it was in New Jersey, it was managed by the New York Port Authority. It is closer to the center of Manhattan than three international airports including JFK.

In addition, business jets fly at higher altitudes, have smaller cabin spaces, can do greater cabin pressurization, and have smaller rear-mounted engines. Passengers feel much more comfortable than large commercial jets, and the quality of their rest is also higher. Much better than first class on a commercial flight.

Ronald did not feel any symptoms of long-distance flights such as bloated ears, congestion in limbs, or backache caused by poor sleeping posture. When I woke up and arrived in New York in the morning, I felt refreshed. I am much happier than the protagonist in the movie I dreamed of when I went to Cannes and had to stretch my toes to relieve discomfort.

But this time when I was on a business jet, what movie did I dream about? It seems like a story about Wall Street.

Ronald stretched himself. He seemed to often dream about movies when flying. I don’t know why?

"No wonder Wall Street bankers like private jets." Ronald met his personal accountant Lawrence Wang in the limousine that came to pick him up, and said to him while drinking coffee.

"Among the clients I serve, you are the only one who has such experience," Lawrence replied with a smile to Ronald.

"Hahaha..." Ronald smiled and hugged his shoulders. He started from an unknown person and asked him to take care of his accounting work. Lawrence's loyalty is unquestionable, but after all, his experience and ability are limited. I am considering finding a more professional accounting firm to handle business issues and recruiting a new accounting department in the company.

From now on, Lawrence will only take care of his personal business for himself. Some matters involving privacy should give him more peace of mind.

The luxury car drove into the headquarters of rca. In the large conference room, all the senior managers and the team responsible for Ronald's "Dirty Dancing" project were waiting in line. They stood up as soon as Ronald came in. applaud.

"Ronald, congratulations." Mr. Vice President took the champagne that had just been opened and handed it to Ronald.

"Congratulations to us." Ronald nodded slightly, pretending to be reserved, and then raised his glass to everyone, "Congratulations to everyone!"

"Coax", everyone present began to burst into happy shouts from the bottom of their hearts.

"It will take some time to be certified as a platinum record. We plan to use the results at that time to declare to the riaa at the end of the year. It may be five platinums by then."

The vice president heard Ronald ask when he would get the platinum album certification medal and explained it to him.

"If you have time now, come to my office." The vice president put down his wine glass and invited Ronald to his office. Inside, I saw many large and small cardboard boxes being packed. He had become a huge success because of "Dirty Dancing" and was about to move to a larger office.

"This is the first 1 million sales report, please ask your accountant to take a look at it."

Ronald took the document from the vice president and handed it to Lawrence. He then asked the vice president, "Are there any signs of slowing down in the sales numbers?"

"On the contrary, the speed of shipments is still accelerating." The vice president was very satisfied. "This is also the main purpose of inviting you here this time. We can form a strategic alliance with Daydream in the future. The creation of the interludes and the release of the original soundtrack can all be taken care of by us at rca."

"Are you so confident in my movie?" Ronald smiled.

"I finally understand that Diana Ross and Kenny Rogers are all passing out quickly. Now the music tastes of young people in America are changing rapidly, and new wave music is sweeping the music scene. We don't know Who will be the next mj.

Instead of betting on your luck, form an alliance with a film connoisseur like you. After all, records and movies are two commodities that are closely related and market each other. Within rca, I stick to this path. As long as our cooperation can continue on this path, I will have more say. "

"That's a good idea." Ronald thought for a while. The veteran singers signed by RCA were all out of date. Now is the time to rely on themselves. The vice president also hopes to take this opportunity to take over. Now is the most suitable time to negotiate terms.

"Where do we start?" the vice president asked.

"My other film 'Love Is Not For Sale', which I am a producer of, uses a Beatles song licensed by MJ as the title. If you can get his copyright, you might as well get the soundtrack from that film. Let’s get going,” Ronald said.

"The copyright of the Beatles is not cheap, but I will buy it. This is a reflection of our sincerity in cooperation." The vice president is not very optimistic that the soundtrack album of this movie will make money, but as for the records, most of them can maintain their capital. , making money still relies on popular records like 'Dirty Dancing'. One piece is worth ten.

"Nice to cooperate, Bob." Ronald happily extended his hand.

"Nice to work with you, Ronald." The vice president named Bob Buziak also extended his hand and shook it with Ronald.

Everyone decides on the direction, and then the details will be drawn up by professionals and handed over to their respective legal teams to review the terms. When they meet next time, it will be time to sign the contract.

"Ronald", Lawrence over there finished reading the report and came over to tell Ronald that there was no big problem.

"Bob?" Ronald gestured to the vice president.

"Hahaha, I asked our financial manager to come in."

"Oooh..." Ronald played the check as he got the check for his first platinum album. Citibank's checks were very crisp and had a crisp sound.

Went to Wells Fargo with Lawrence, cashed the check, and Ronald went to stay at the Waldorf Hotel.

The Waldorf is a long-established hotel. There is a large wine cabinet in the room, which contains bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey.

Ronald took a bottle, added some home-brew honey that he had brought with him, a gift from Walter Murch, and celebrated by himself.

After two drinks, Ronald felt a little lonely and began to think of someone to call to share his happiness.

"Ring ring ring ring", the phone rang by itself.

"Hello, Ronald." Taking off the receiver and hanging it around his neck, Ronald thought, who knew he was here? I just happened to invite him to have a drink together.

"Sir, I am the concierge of the hotel. Do you have any special needs? I can arrange it for you."

A high-pitched voice came. Ronald had drank a lot today. He felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"I didn't know your hotel had this kind of service." Ronald had stayed in many high-end hotels, and few concierges would come uninvited.

"Yes, we have everything here. There is also the former mistress of the president of the country, the former secretary of the Japanese prime minister..."

"Are there any ethnic minorities in America, such as black people?" Ronald listened and gradually recognized the owner of the voice. This was another call to joke with him.

"Yes, yes, there are black beauties too." The other party obviously did not expect Ronald to say this.

"Is it someone I know?"

"Yes, her name is Diana."

"It's not dirty Diana, is it? MJ."

"Hahahaha..." Michael Jackson on the other side of the phone laughed so hard when he saw Ronald recognizing him.

"I'm at rca today, and Diana Ross is their signed singer, right?"

"Hahaha, yes." There is a song in MJ's new album called "Dirty Diana". Many people think that the Diana in the title of the song refers to Diana Ross.

"Have you seen today's rankings?" MJ continued to talk to Ronald triumphantly.

"I haven't watched it yet. The last time I checked, the theme song of Dirty Dancing, 'Time of My Life,' was still number one." Ronald vaguely understood the reason why MJ called.

"Hahaha, then you're out of date, my new song 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' is already number one."

MJ's record promotion strategy was unique. He released the record first, and then placed each single on the radio and television charts. The first song to hit the charts was "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", a duet he performed with female singer Theda Garrett, which pushed Ronald's songs down as soon as it hit the charts. .

"Oh, you're still awesome. I originally thought I could stay with 'The Time of My Life' for one more week."

"Hahaha, to be honest, I listened to that record of yours. It's full of classic songs, but the taste of the audience has changed. What they like now is new pop that combines multiple styles..."

"I take your comments about music as truth." Ronald felt that MJ was a really interesting person, sometimes as innocent as a child. Knowing that his song knocked Ronald's off the top of the charts, he called to show off, much like a child's mentality when he gets a fun toy and shows off in front of his peers.

"Seriously, my cousin and I are both big fans of yours. Can you give her a signed poster and signed album?" Ronald and MJ chatted about music for a while and remembered that Donna also liked MJ's music. So I asked for a signature.

"No problem, but I'm about to start a global new album tour. When the time comes, I'll have it done and I'll let Dario leave it to you."

"Oh, your new album is going on a global tour?" Ronald heard that the other party was going to start a global promotion tour and knew that it would be very tiring.

"Hahaha, isn't it awesome? I will go to Japan next month, from Tokyo to Osaka, and I will probably play five shows there. The fans there like me very much."

"Really? I'm also going to Japan next month. My 'Dirty Dancing' is going to be released there. I have some old friends I want to meet. Maybe I can go to your live performance then."

"Really? Then I will give you a shot and let Dario contact you." MJ learned that Ronald was his fan. The more we chatted, the happier he became and asked his manager to help take care of Ronald. The show thing.

"That's it, I'll go to Japan to watch MJ's live performance. You can contact my agent to arrange the time and number of performances."

Ronald talked to MJ's manager Dario on the phone for a while, and then said goodbye to MJ.

It was time to drink alone again. Ronald didn't want to have fun by himself anymore, so he changed his clothes and prepared to go to the bar.

"Ronald, I came here specifically to find you..."

As soon as he opened the door, a beautiful-looking woman with an explosive figure stood at the door of his room, about to knock on the door.

"Who are you?" Ronald looked familiar at her face.

"I'm Cassandra, Cassandra Peterson," the woman said eagerly. She was wearing a white shirt, suit pants, and mid-heeled shoes. Dressed like a very decent professional woman.

"We met in Cannes, do you remember?"

"Oh..." Ronald suddenly realized that she was the actress who called Minahan Golan a liar at the Cannes Film Festival. At that time, she was wearing black revealing clothes and heavy makeup. She was completely different from the innocent female image she is today. No wonder she didn't recognize her.

"Do you have a problem with me?" Ronald kept the door ajar, not wanting to cause any misunderstanding.

"I submitted a script to your company, do you remember? But your script assistant replied that the investment in my film was too high and he would not consider it. So I came to you. You are an artist and you can see the potential of my script. of."

Cassandra Peterson handed over a script.

"Elvira: mistress of the dark." Ronald didn't answer and looked at the cover.

"Are you a producer?"

"Heroine, but I have participated in the production of many movies." Cassandra Peterson replied that she had been preparing this script for a long time, but had not received enough investment. She could see that this script suited her well, so she never gave up.

"You don't mind if we go to the bar and chat over a drink?" Ronald still hasn't accepted the script. He can't work on a script without a signed agreement.

"Of course, of course." Cassandra Peterson, who had hit a wall everywhere, finally met a big shot who didn't refuse immediately.

The two took the elevator to the executive lounge on the top floor, ordered drinks and sat down.

Cassandra Peterson handed over the signed copyright relinquishment statement, and after receiving it, Ronald took the script and read it.

"Forehead……"

Ronald flipped through it, thinking that no wonder his script assistant, David Simkins, didn't like it.

The story is full of Roger Corman-esque B-movie bad taste. The main character, Elvira, is a host of a low-budget TV horror show in Las Vegas. Because he refused the producer's offer, he lost his job and the opportunity to open his own show in Las Vegas.

Her aunt passed away and left Elvira a mansion in a small town as an inheritance.

There are many interesting monsters in the mansion. She wanted to bring some different experiences to young people, but she had conflicts. The adults in the town were disgusted by her dress, her tone, everything about her, especially her sexual overtones. Think she's the devil's advocate.

In the end, Elvira discovered that there was indeed black magic in the town, and indeed her uncle deliberately lured her to the town to break the seal in order to seize the black magic.

In the end, the mansion was burned down, and Elvira sat at the door, once again with nothing. However, the people in the town understood her and accepted her as an honorary citizen of the town.

Finally, the lawyer sent the materials, and her uncle's inheritance belonged to her. Avila finally got the opportunity to open her own live show in Las Vegas.

The script is still very good and the pace is tight. Ronald also believes that some audiences like to watch this type of film. But such a B-level movie, which even ends with the dream of opening an adult show in a casino, is destined not to be liked by mainstream audiences.

If the budget was only 1 million, Ronald believed Simkins would definitely recommend it. However, the budget of this movie was given by Cassandra Peterson at $7 million. Ronald felt the risk was too great.

"I don't want to lie to you, Cassandra. If this movie only cost 1 million, no, even 1.5 million, I would sign it for you on the spot. But the budget of 7 million US dollars is obviously beyond my company's budget. Producing capabilities. You know, our pipe dream is not profitable yet."

"Okay, I was thinking you could invest. Or, could you recommend me to other companies that are willing to invest?"

"Hmm... let me think about it and reply to you." Ronald felt that this idea might be successful. If he could get other people to invest together, he might be able to share the risk and it would be worth a try.

"Then I'll wait for your news." Cassandra Peterson was very happy.

"Okay, I'll give you an answer next week at the latest." Ronald stood up and shook hands with her. Cassandra Peterson was not dressed as sexy as in the costume photos included in the script. Instead, she went in a plain direction and used a shirt to cover her majestic figure.

Ronald knew that this woman must be like Avila in the script, unwilling to exchange her body for resources, otherwise with her beauty, it would not be a big investment problem.

Sure enough, Cassandra Peterson was very grateful and liked that Ronald treated her in a professional manner. Thank you again and leave.

"Hmm..." Ronald was not sure whether this script could make money, so he went back to his room and fell asleep.

Ronald was using Yogi's breathing techniques to fall asleep, and when Momo Huhu was half asleep, he saw a bright light in front of his eyes, and a picture appeared. A sexy woman dressed in a very weird way was trying to be rude to an investor dressed in cowboys, and stepped on his feet with high heels.

"ah……"

A scream made Ronald tense up. This weird woman was none other than Elvira, played by Cassandra Peterson. Fortunately, he saw it correctly. She likes others to act professionally in life. treated woman.

"I quit, why don't you go home and find your cow to milk?" Avella yelled. The poor rancher investor was pushed to the ground. The footage of Elvira accusing him of sexual harassment and swearing was broadcast live on television. Elvira had no choice but to go to her aunt to accept the inheritance.

The scene cuts in and out, and Ronald sees a lot of great performances from Cassandra Peterson. How can I put it, her acting is good, but it's let down by some stupid clichés in this b-movie. She should be able to act in better scripts.

However, the movie itself is also very entertaining. Compared with the films that Michelle Cannold made before that were not released and were directly supplied to video tapes, the quality is several levels higher.

"Elvira, Avella, as long as you come back, the hotel in the town will always reserve a room for you."

The final scene shows Avella getting recognized by the town residents, receiving her uncle's inheritance, and going to Las Vegas to do her own show.

Cassandra Peterson wore a revealing black hollow dress with tassels hanging on her chest. Then, like a stripper, she began to dance in a special dance step, straining her waist and hips, raising her chest and raising her head, so that the tassels began to spin.

"Oh... shxt!" Ronald couldn't laugh or cry again when he saw this. Why does such a clean and self-sufficient woman like to act in such vulgar and vulgar plots?

Both Elvira on-screen and Cassandra Peterson off-screen are characters who are willing to sacrifice for the movie, but not willing to sacrifice in life.

"Hmm... um..." It seemed that he had used too much energy, and the yoga breathing method could not support the picture, and Ronald fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Ronald got on the plane. While high in the sky, he took out his notebook and began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of "Ecstasy".

The market for movies is relatively small, but there is a potential video market. The acting and script are both online, but not suitable for the tastes of mainstream audiences.

"It's better to find some interested and experienced people to try to cooperate." Ronald thought of a countermeasure, closed his laptop, and started sleeping on the private plane again.

This small Gulfstream aircraft is really suitable for business travel.

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