Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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Ronald looked at the body and weight of the other party, and reckoned that if he really jumped, he would definitely not be able to hold it, or he would have to take him down with him.

Looking at the crowd downstairs, Ronald asked tentatively, "Meinahan, why are you doing this, can you talk to me?"

"Who are you?"

Minahan Golan glanced back and said without interest, "You don't understand the pain of the artist, my film failed and was hated by the audience, just like Van Gogh's paintings were not understood by people at the time."

Saying that, Golan burst into tears.

Ronald stood on the balcony of his room, watching the fat man in his 50s crying very sadly, thinking that he didn't jump off the building to lose money because of the movie investment? Are you crying for artistic failure?

But he can't even judge that this kind of movie will be a crowd. His artistic ability is really indescribable.

"My name is Ronald. I helped you move the film yesterday. You gave me two movie tickets. I also went to see your movie. It wasn't that bad."

Minahan Golan wiped his tears with his fat hands, "You don't have to comfort me, I was humiliated by the audience at the scene. It was a nightmare."

"Uh, I'm actually a film worker too. This is my badge, you see. I'm a buyer of New World Company, and I promise that the movie isn't that bad."

Ronald shook his badge at the other side.

"Really, then will you buy the distribution rights to America?" Minahan looked back.

I'm not stupid, Ronald secretly said, "No, my company is famous for introducing art films. This kind of commercial film is not within the scope of my company's introduction."

Afraid that the other party would not believe him, Ronald added, "My boss, Roger Coleman, is a famous film distributor in America. He has introduced Akira Kurosawa from Eastern Japan and Ingmar Bergman from Sweden. His works, his distribution channels are all cinemas where art films are shown.”

"You work for Mr. Roger Coleman?" Minahan Golan glanced back at Ronald again, "Well, I'm sure you're really discerning, what do you think about my movies? ?"

"I think the names you named Alfie and Bibi for the hero and heroine are good," Ronald said, picking on the only good things about the movie.

"And the line of 'sell first, make later' is also very interesting."

"You really have a vision. That's all I changed. It wasn't in the original script."

"Yeah, yeah, it's rare to hear such a business philosophical line in a movie."

"Then why don't the audience like my movies?" Minahan Golan looked outside again.

The door to the room he was in was then opened, and his cousin Yoram and the hotel staff rushed in.

"Meinahan, have you forgotten our dreams? We came to Hollywood from Tel Aviv to win the Oscar. This time the movie was not good, we have another time, don't be discouraged."

"I haven't forgotten, you're right, Yoram." Minahan Golan finally got down from the railing, the two fat men hugged and cried bitterly, saying a lot in a language that Ronald couldn't understand talk. Ronald is estimated to be the language of Israel, with a high-pitched voice, like a normal speech and a quarrel.

"Then what, who can sign the check for me?" The theater manager looked at them eagerly, compensating for the repair costs of the screen.

"I'll sign it for you, how much?" The fat boy Yoram took out the checkbook, signed the number requested by the manager, and finally signed the name of Minahan Golan and handed it to the other party.

"Here, it's signed in Minahan's name." The manager took the check and looked at it, and found that the signature was wrong.

"That's right, both of our brothers can sign the check in each other's names, you just have to hold it, and the bank will cash it." Fatty Minahan said to the manager.

The theater manager hesitated and accepted the check.

The staff of the organizing committee who came along said to Minahan Golan,

"The organizing committee of the film festival believes that this film is not suitable for participating in the audience's selection of awards, and we would like to seek your opinions."

Minahan waved his hand, indicating that he would not participate in the audience award selection.

The people from the organizing committee also comforted him, "Mr. Golan, as Yoram said, the success or failure of a movie does not affect the evaluation of the creators. Remember to collect copies."

Seeing that Minahan's mood had basically returned to normal, everyone left after saying a few words of comfort.

Minahan Golan dragged Ronald, who had come to watch the fun, not to let him go, and introduced to his cousin, "Yoram, this is Ronald, he works for Mr. Roger Coleman in America. ."

Ronald and the little fat Yoram said hello, and the two exchanged business cards. The little fat man's full name is Yoram Globus, the son of Minahan Goran's uncle.

The two had just finished post-production on the set in West Berlin, and they excitedly came to the Montreal Film Festival, hoping to make a name for themselves and enter the American market. Unexpectedly, they were beaten in the head during the screening.

Minahan came out of the bathroom after washing his face. The fat man had returned to normal and started chatting with his cousin Yoram.

In front of Ronald, the two began to discuss something in English with a heavy accent. Coupled with the colorful body language and the increasing volume, it seems to be noisy.

But Ronald didn't understand a word.

After finally waiting for the two of them to stop, Ronald said his farewell in embarrassment, and was grabbed by Minahan.

"Ronald, Yoram and I were discussing where to treat you to dinner. Do you have any suggestions?"

After half an hour, the three sat and chatted in the Schwartz smoked meat restaurant.

"So how did you meet Mr. Roger Coleman?" Ronald, knowing that the two were descendants of Polish Jews who immigrated to Israel, brought them here after asking if they had no dietary restrictions.

"I fell in love with the film business because I was Mr. Coleman's assistant on set, and went back to Israel to start a film company," said Minahan Golan. "Is it true that Mr. Coleman can't release our films?"

"You know Mr. Coleman's style, Meinahan." Ronald smiled.

"Hahaha, yes." Minahan Golan laughed himself.

"We really had high expectations for this movie. Last year we bought a film company in America called Cannon Films, just to get into the American market. You know, foreign films are going to come into America. It’s hard, and once it hits theaters in America, other English-speaking markets will open up for us.”

"Oh? So your goal is to just show it in America?" Ronald heard the overtones. Is Golan trying to persuade overseas theaters and TV stations to buy their films through the show? "

"No, it's not like that," Golan denied.

"The Cannon Films we acquired actually has some distribution capability in America. Our dream is to get a real Oscar, best picture, best director, best actor and actress, best screenplay kind of thing. Not Best foreign language film of a comforting nature."

It turned out to be a dreamer.

"Yes, actually our 1978 release of Operation Thunderbolt has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film," added Yoram.

"Have you seen it?" Seeing Ronald shaking his head, the big fat Minahan told him the plot.

Operation Thunderbolt is based on the true events of the 1976 Israeli special forces raid on Uganda's Empedd Airport to rescue hostages on board.

The hostages were rescued safely throughout the operation, and only Netanyahu, the leader of the Israeli special forces, was killed by a stray bullet.

It was the first time Ronald had heard of this rescue operation. If only America had such special forces, the Persian hostages would not have not been rescued until now.

"We have done distribution in the UK, China, Germany, and Spain. America was released only last year, and we realized that with the strength of Cannon Films, it is impossible to get a large-scale release. America's theatrical chain is mostly empty. The stalls were booked by the eight studios a year in advance. So we hope to make a name for ourselves at the film festival, and then negotiate with the eight studios for distribution.”

Minahan Golan talked about his plans, "Unfortunately..." He sighed helplessly.

"It is estimated that the shooting cost of your film is not low?" Ronald asked tentatively. He wanted to know more about the film distribution market and the method of filming financing, so as to prepare for his own filming in the future.

"Yes, we found a tax rebate in West Berlin, and we got $8 million invested by the companies there, plus $2 million invested by our own Cannon Films, for a total of 10 million..."

Minahan Golan was not worried about Ronald stealing his secret secrets, and told him about the preferential policy for filming provided by the West German government. To encourage cultural undertakings, compete with East Germany. In addition to setting up the West Berlin Film Festival, the West German government also encourages companies to invest in the film industry.

Any company that invests in the film industry can get a large tax exemption from the government. However, this tax-free amount is only given after the film is released, and the intervening time span must be solved by a bank bridge loan.

The unique competitive advantage of Minahan Golan is that they have a good cooperative relationship with 'sBank in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and can get low-interest bridge loans.

Although this bank has recently been exposed by the media for money laundering in the underworld, they have a very good relationship with Lyon Credit Bank, which has recently acquired the bank. They are considered a major customer with certain social influence and will not affect their future financing business.

"So it is, thank you for telling me this." Ronald thanked the two brothers.

"I heard you're still a screenwriter?" Minahan Golan and Yoram Globos exchanged glances, "Do you know what work you've written that was made into a movie?"

"The recently released famous film has my signature."

"I saw that movie and it was released by MGM."

Minahan probed further, "Although you are very young, you are very familiar with the American film market, and you are still an artist. Do you have any suggestions for us to enter the American film distribution market?"

"Advice?" Ronald was stunned, what advice could he give? Only worked on the midnight screening of High School of Rock and made some money and this opportunity to participate in the film festival.

However, after thinking about it, he still said, "I heard that United Arts and MGM have encountered some business difficulties recently, and their film production business has been suspended. You may try to talk to them first. I don't have a movie to release, right? Films from other companies should be quite eager."

"That's it, I know Ronald, you are a perceptive young man." Minahan and Yoram are very happy, they are still outsiders to Hollywood, and there are rumors in the industry that they are indeed not well-informed.

"I'm kind of wondering how did you get the opening film position?" Ronald also asked the two for advice, "It's hard to get the opening film of this A-level film festival, right?"

Minahan smiled, "Don't be deceived by the meaning of A-level, he only stated that this film festival has an awards section. And the Montreal Film Festival is a new establishment and faces a lot of competition.

A film that has participated in the selection of one A-level film festival cannot participate in the selection of another film festival. Participation is by screening only. "

"So that's how it is," Ronald nodded, thinking of the participating films on the festival's promotional materials, how many English-language films were participating. I also saw a Dongying movie, an Italian movie, and sure enough, the A-level film festival is not so easy to hold.

"So these are screening films, not competing, right?" Ronald picked up a flyer for the festival and asked Minahan for advice.

"Of course, Hitchcock just passed away, and here's a tribute to his films," Yoram said, pointing to a row of film titles written in French.

After the three of them finished their dinner, Minahan Golan called the waiter to sign the bill.

"By the way, why are you two cousins, but have different surnames?" Ronald suddenly remembered that the two brothers were named Golan and Globos, and the cousins ​​should have the same last name, "Is it a stage name? ?"

"No, I changed my surname to Golan." Minahan paid for the meal, leaving a few notes as a tip.

"I was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force and fought in the war for 48 years, so I changed Globos' last name to Golan and used Golan Heights as my last name."