Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Three months passed quickly.

On May 12, at the Los Astor Plaza Theater on Broadway in New York, a large "Top Gun" billboard was installed on the roof of the theater's foyer. All the people passing by the busiest Broadway street will see this billboard.

In Times Square, Paramount also placed sky-high advertisements, and many Manhattan theaters and restaurants also erected posters.

All of this cost Paramount a million-dollar budget just to add some viewers to the opening of "Top Gun".

The protagonist of the poster is Kelly McGillis, who stands behind and puts her arms around Tom Cruise who is seated. The "Top Gun" title below, and the words of Ronald Lee's work also stand out.

Cruise's height is a flaw, and Paramount's marketing department took a long time to choose this photo to subtly conceal the fact that the heroine is taller.

Kelly McGillis has curly blonde hair that looks exactly like the poster, and her hair has grown back. McGillis stood under his large poster and put his arms around Ronald in the hallway, where the two of them were welcoming the arrival of stars from all walks of life.

"Tom," Ronald went over to shake hands with Tom Cruise, who came first.

Cruise wore an Italian-inspired outfit today, with a Japanese-print textile shirt under a gray suit.

"There are a lot of stars here today, it seems that our momentum will be very big." Cruise looked around, some photojournalists were taking this photo.

"No problem, there will be a lot of reports tomorrow."

"I know, Cher..." Cruise whispered in Ronald's ear, this time he also took the opportunity to date his girlfriend Cher.

"Cher is already inside." Ronald also said something in his ear. Paula Wagner specially greeted her, and Cher was even more anxious than Cruise, and entered the cinema a long time in advance.

"Thank you", Cruise turned around and raised his hands to greet the fans, then went up to sign a few names, took a few photos for the photojournalist, and walked into the theater happily.

Ronald wore a navy blue suit with a white shirt, neat and clean. Contrasted with McGillis' white coat and dark shirt.

McGillis and Ronald smiled at each other. The good news continues, and during this period of time, American audiences have regained their interest in "Top Gun", which is a film about the pilots of the Souville Alliance fighting aerial combat.

The Challenger accident has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs for months. The accident investigation committee wanted to absolve responsibility, hoping to conclude that the explosion was an accident. They also wanted to silence engineers who pointed out the real cause of the accident before launch, the booster O-rings failing at low temperatures.

Unexpectedly, the engineer secretly found the Nobel Prize winner Feynman. At a press conference in February, the physicist Richard Feynman, who was seen as a facelift by the commission of inquiry, gave the other commission members, and NASA, a blowout.

He was sitting on the edge of the rostrum at the press conference, holding an O-ring material for a space shuttle booster in his hand. After asking for a glass of ice water, he used a pair of pliers to clamp the sealing material, and then put the material Dip in it.

After more than ten minutes, when the reporter finally asked Feynman politely about the cause of the accident, everyone thought he would say something ambiguous.

Unexpectedly, Feynman directly took the sealing ring material out of the ice water and opened the clip. The design should rebound to seal the material of the booster. In a low temperature environment, there is no way to rebound for tens of seconds. There is no way to achieve the designed function of sealing the fuel leakage of the booster, which finally caused the fuel to leak into the external storage fuel tank, causing a big explosion.

Everyone watched on TV as the material was removed from the pliers, and the white sealing material did not spring back. There was a public outcry, and NASA was immediately questioned, disregarding the risk of astronauts, and forcibly launching the Challenger in sub-zero temperatures in order to complete the scheduled number of launches and save funding.

The commander-in-chief ordered a thorough investigation into NASA's responsibility, during which time the space shuttle was suspended.

This dramatic scene was beyond everyone's expectations. However, what is even more surprising is that the American people have more trust in the country.

Feynman's experiment on television proved that America was a free country from another angle. Someone made a mistake, someone pointed it out, someone corrected it and moved on.

This is a stark contrast to last month's nuclear accident at the Souvelle Union, which is in line with how most American citizens view the two countries.

A country is transparent and has a free media. Another country is opaque and the government wants to cover up huge accidents.

If the monsoons hadn't blown Chernobyl's radioactive material to countries such as Sweden and Norway in northern Europe, and were detected by scientists there, it's possible that the Soviet Union did not plan to disclose the actual explosion of Unit 4.

Confidence in the country was restored, much to the delight of Ronald and the two producers. The Soviet Union's nuclear accident caused panic in the rest of the world, and fears of the powerful force of the Soviet Union resurfaced. In this month's TV, there are many stories about the terrible explosion of the nuclear power plant.

Paramount's two test screenings since, and audiences' renewed interest in bashing Soyuz MiG fighters on screen, have responded well.

Paramount was encouraged by the results of the test screening and specially approved this grand opening ceremony. Ronald used up all his connections at one time, and invited all the stars and friends he knew in the industry to come to Top Gun. New York premiere to join.

If all goes well, there will be a huge amount of discussion in the media a week before the official start of the painting.

"We're covering the premiere of Paramount's new film 'Top Gun' right now on Broadway in New York..."

A cable TV host is still broadcasting entertainment news to the entrance of the theater.

"We're seeing 'Blitzkrieg' heroine Jennifer Beals, joined by her Yale classmate, former child actress and Oscar nominee Jodie Foster.

Waving to fans across the road, Jodie Foster joined Jennifer Beals on the scene. They look close and are good sisters.

"Jennifer, Judy! This is Kelly, Kelly, Judy and Jennifer." Ronald stepped forward to welcome him and introduced McGillis and them to each other.

The three beauties hugged happily, and then divided on both sides of Ronald for the photojournalist to take pictures. This is a reporter from Paramount, and all the photos will be reviewed by Paramount and then distributed to the media as appropriate.

McGillis and Jodie Foster flanked Ronald, and the two of them looked at each other secretly, as if sending a signal.

Jennifer Beals and Jodie Foster took a photo and entered the theater hand in hand.

"Spike! Catherine!"

The first ones were some not-so-famous insiders. Ronald stepped forward to say hello to two friends from the NYU circle.

McGillis didn't know them, and she and Ronald whispered a few words before heading to the theater.

"How are you?" Ronald hadn't communicated with them for a long time. This time, it was also for the box office results of the opening, and he used all the relationships that could be used. The two are somewhat unknown in the college film circle in New York. Some college students majoring in film and drama can be mobilized to join in.

"Not bad, buddy, not bad."

Spike Lee's graduation work won him some small awards from the African American Foundation, as well as the New York University Outstanding Graduation Work Award. With this award, he also received the investment of his first commercial feature film, which is in production.

"I'm still looking for opportunities."

Catherine Bigelow did not go so well. That film of hers didn't make any waves, and there are no new films to make right now, and as a female director, there aren't many opportunities in this male-dominated industry.

"Let's talk when I'm done." Ronald had some ideas. This kind of high-quality director with a good price/performance ratio can win over.

"What is the opportunity?" Big Roman became interested.

"Ronnie!"

Another batch of stars came again.

Is the "Alien 2" crew director Cameron, producer Gail Hurd, and actress Sigourney Weaver.

"I'll introduce you to these two good friends of mine, Jimmy and Gail. These are the talented directors I met at NYU, Spike Lee and Katherine Bigelow."

Several directors and producers began to chat together.

"Hello, Ronald. Congratulations on your new film, I'm Sigourney."

"Ha, Lieutenant Ripley needs no introduction." Ronald recognized the middle-aged actress who played Aliens in the Alien series.

Cameron always likes to arrange such a strong heroine in the movie. He seems to have a special hobby for such women, and his wife Gail is also a strong woman type.

"If there is a chance, I really hope to cooperate with you on a movie."

"Arnold! Long time no see."

Next came Arnold Schwarzenegger, the protagonist of Cameron's "Terminator", and with him was a New York socialite, the niece of the Kennedy family, Maria Shriver.

"Hello, Ronald. I'm looking forward to your new film." Schwarzenegger gave Ronald a wink.

"Welcome, is this your beautiful wife, Ms. Shriver? I've seen your show."

"Hello, Director Ronald."

Maria Shriver is a television journalist.

Ronald knew what Schwarzenegger meant. He had a hot fight with Danish actor Brigitte Nielsen before, and after dating Maria Shriver, he deliberately dumped Nielsen to Stallone. So Ronald doesn't mention Stallone and Nelson.

Paramount also extended invitations to newlyweds Stallone and Bridget Nelson, but neither of them intends to attend.

Shriver recently wanted to use his family's influence to enter the film industry, and he wanted to have a few more words with Ronald. However, new stars came one after another, so I had to ask my husband and Ronald to ask for a business card and contact them later.

"Helen, Betty, Danny!"

Next came the three leading actors of the cast of "There is a Wicked Husband in the House".

Helen Slater lives in New York, Betty Midler, and Danny DeVito both act on Broadway and Hollywood, and have a New York residence.

They finished filming "The Bad Man" and came over to cheer on producer Ronald.

"Ronnie," Helen hugged Ronald hard. Her acting career has improved, and "The Wicked Man" is, after all, the work of the famous director Jerry Zucker.

"Congratulations, you are beautiful." Betty Midler and Danny DeVito are two old actors who are very disturbed. There was a problem with the filming of "The Bad Man", and neither of them Knowing if their acting is too naive, the Zach trio's directing style is superficial, and they all feel that their film careers are going to suffer.

"You go in first, I have to wait for the heavyweight guests here." Ronald whispered to Helen.

"Okay, I'll go first." Helen looked at the reporters outside, and she hadn't been watched by so many people for a long time. She took the opportunity to pose a few times for the photojournalist to take pictures.

"John!"

"Ronald!"

Ronald ushered in a new batch of stars, John Hughes, and the actors of two new films he directed and produced.

"Beautiful Pink" was Ronald's inspiration for the movie, and the heroine is Molly Ringwald, who is surrounded by Jon Claire, who plays a friend, and Andrew McCarthy, who plays a crush. Andrew used to appear in Ronald's Burger King commercial.

"Congratulations, Ronald." John Hughes was still the big pair of glasses, and he came up to congratulate Ronald.

"Congratulations to you too, when will your red-pink family be released?"

"The test screening is not good, and I may be forced to change the ending."

"I told you..."

Ronald smiled.

The plot that I proposed at the time was two women chasing a man. American audiences can accept that a girl next door falls in love with a childhood sweetheart boyfriend, but they can't accept that a beautiful girl can't pursue a handsome guy, and instead marry the "friend" boy next door.

John Hughes twisted the story in order to continue his muse, Molly Ringwald. In the end, he didn't have his own director, and lost it to Howard Deutsch, the assistant director of the original "Breakfast Club".

"I'll introduce to you, these are the two leading actors in my director's "Spring is not a reading day".

Behind Hughes are two young actors. The man is Matthew Brodick, the protagonist of the "War Game" that made Ronald buy a computer network, and the woman worked with Tom Cruise. Mia Sara from a fantasy film 'Legend'.

"Hello, hello" Ronald was busy shaking hands and hugging the five young actors.

Mia Sara is very beautiful, black hair, do not know whether it is the result of Italian or Chinese descent.

"Hello, Ronald, I like your movies very much." Mia Sara was still very simple. She wanted to talk a few words out of her love for Ronald's movies.

"I also love your 'Legend' with Tom"

There wasn't much chance for a deep chat in the foyer, and Ronald would continue to receive bigger stars one after another.

"What's next... is..." The TV host didn't recognize the next pair of stars who came over.

"Paul, Linda!"

It was Paul Hogan in a crocodile jacket and his girlfriend Linda Kozlowski. They fell in love with the play "Crocodile Dundee" and made a pair in reality.

"howdy!"

Hogan is also an Australian, their movie "Crocodile Dundee" has been released in Australia, breaking the local box office record, so he wants to come to Hollywood to sell.

"This is my business card, we'll have a deep chat in two days."

Ronald, who knew Hogan and Linda's thoughts from his agent, welcomed them in first.

"Next up is the Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress, Goldie Hawn, and her boyfriend Kurt Russell."

The host finally recognized the next star.

Ronald and the two of them chatted a few more times. The production of "The Demon in Chinatown" has been completed, and a lot of Diane's scenes have been retained, and it can premiere in two months. And Goldie Hawn and Russell are working together on a movie next, and they also want to see if Ronald is interested in directing.

"Below is the Oscar nominee for Best Screenplay, Oliver Stone."

"Oliver," Ronald hugged him.

Stone's new Vietnam War film has finished filming in Southeast Asia. At the back are two actors Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen.

Ronald looked at Charlie Sheen and laughed again, thinking of the "Top Gun" parody movie in his dream.

Charlie Sheen also laughed. He used Ronald to make his brother Emilio have no new opportunities. Now he is going to direct and act in a new film with his girlfriend Demi.

Many people came to the "Field Platoon" crew, in addition to Willem Dafoe, Tom Bellinger, who almost played "Top Gun", and an actor who was dressed in eerie and weird Johnny Depp, and his girlfriend.

The actress looked like an old-school Hollywood star, with brows reminiscent of golden-age female stars, and Ronald took another look.

"I'll show you my new tattoo", Johnny Depp saw Ronald's gaze and hurriedly showed his new tattoo to his girlfriend.

"Xueline Finn?" The girlfriend saw the tattoo and found that it was her name, and went in with Depp's arm sweetly.

"Next up is star William Hurt, and his partner Mary Matlin in the new film 'Children of God'," the TV reporter continued.

"Welcome, William" Ronald stepped forward and hugged.

"Hello, Ronald. I just heard Katherine Turner talk about you, and she complimented you."

"Hahaha, I also like your performance very much."

Hurt and Turner, who co-starred in the erotic thriller "Body Heat" a few years ago, are friends. Just a while ago, Ronald also went to Coppola's "Peggy Sue is getting married" set to play. Katherine Turner hated the acting of the actor Nicolas Cage. The two were very wrong, Ronald Talked to Cage a couple of times, he has improved in the later stage.

So Turner has a good impression of Ronald.

"Ronald, he's a good director..." William Hurt explained in sign language to Mary Matlin next to him.

"I've seen his movies, and I like him very much," Mary Matlin replied in sign language.

"Children of God" is a film that reflects the deaf, and the heroine, Mary Matline, is a real deaf. William Hurt studied sign language in order to perform well in movies. He and Mary Matline also had a romantic relationship, and the two are now dating.

"Tom Hanks, with Rita Wilson, John Candy..."

"Hello", these three are the trio who just co-starred in "Volunteers".

"Noriyuki Morita and Ralph Mazio, Elisabeth Shue..."

"Hey, I'll see you in two months", this is Ronald's direct descendant.

"Isabella Rossellini, and director David Lynch..."

"Hello, Isabella, hello, Director Lynch." This is the wife, er, the former wife and her new boyfriend.

"Michael Douglas, Katherine Turner..."

"Hello... hello..." The two co-produced "Jewels on the Nile," the sequel to "Emerald."

"Jane Fonda..."

"Jane, nice to meet you..."

"Ronnie, well done."

The next stars are getting bigger and bigger. The hosts were happy and could call out their names effortlessly.

Ronald stood at the door for more than half an hour, his smiling face was a little stiff. The arrival of these stars was equivalent to bringing him free news reports. In tomorrow's entertainment edition, these star trends can occupy at least two or three editions of reports.

The film's opening box office is entirely driven by the marketing resources invested by the distribution company and the stars who come to the premiere. Then it's up to the reputation. It's much better to be able to start a painting than to make a Sleeping Beauty-style movie.

These stars, on the one hand, looked at Ronald's face, and on the other hand, Paramount gave a lot of support. A lot of people don't live in New York, and they come to the premiere, which is very face-saving.

"Ronald, congratulations!"

The last two heavyweights were Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who dominated the top-grossing film franchises of the 1980s.

"George, Steven, Ronald, look this way!"

The photographer shouted to the three.

Ronald stood to the left of the two directors, took a slight step back, and posed for them with a smile.

"Please come in, I'm glad you can come and join us, thank you!"

"Steven said your new film is very interesting, and I'll take a look too." Lucas said while walking with a smile, he was a little fat after the divorce, and he was in a good mood, "My new film is about to be released, and you will also want to come."

"Thank you, thank you, definitely", Ronald saw the two heavyweights, and of course accompanied them personally, and entered the theater with them.

"Have you contacted there? What did they say?" Inside the theater, Spielberg came over and whispered to Ronald.

"I conveyed your message over there. In principle, they agree with any crew that goes there to shoot, but they need to hire some professionals from their factory. The level is very good, and the salary is not expensive."

"Very well, I'll let Catherine follow up."

Spielberg bought the rights to the adaptation of Ballard, ready to go to the mysterious East to shoot a new film. Ronald helped to get in touch with the Xujiahui film studio. After the report, it was very welcoming to Hollywood visitors, but required to hire local technicians and pay the bill in US dollars.

After letting the bosses sit down, Ronald quietly walked to a seat by the aisle.

"Ronnie", holding his hand to comfort Ronald, who was a little nervous, was Aunt Karen.

The premiere was held in New York because of Paramount's marketing considerations. The film is easier to market on the West Coast, and needs more exposure on the East Coast.

It happened that this arrangement was convenient for Ronald to go home to see his aunt.

"I hope the audience doesn't hate it too much," Ronald whispered to his aunt.

The fast-paced editing of the film breaks the traditional narrative rhythm of Hollywood. Many storylines are not fully revealed, and it is up to the audience to make up their own minds.

And unlike the previous films that reflected the Vietnam War, "Top Gun" has no "reflection" on the Vietnam War at all. It was only in the conversation between Lone Ranger and the topgun flight instructor "Viper" that some of the injustices suffered by Lone Ranger's father during the Vietnam War were touched upon.

Ronald didn't know how an audience of his aunt's age would think of his positive handling of the war.

After a brief speech by the host, the film was shown shortly.

"When... when..." The bell in the "Top Gun" theme song rang again.

Hundreds of spectators who came in after paying a lot of money for tickets sat behind the stars and watched the premiere of "Top Gun" together.

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