Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Agreed to Dongbao's matchmaking, Ronald and Nisita talked about the arrangement. He will continue to hang around in Tokyo for a few days, Tom Cruise will go to Seoul, and the two will meet in Hong Kong. McGillis and Cruise walked together. After she fulfilled this announcement mission, she will be absent from the domestic announcement schedule after meeting America.

Of course, since it was America's friend who came to Tokyo, Toho had to arrange to meet Toyo's biggest star in Hollywood, director Akira Kurosawa.

"Director Kurosawa, we meet again."

"Ronald-san, your recent movies are getting better and better. I watched the 'Top Gun' that was screened inside Dongbao. Only a young man like you can make this kind of movie, hahaha. ."

At the Kurosawa Film Company in Yokohama, Toho's staff served as translators for Ronald and Akira Kurosawa.

The two met at this year's Oscars. At that time, Akira Kurosawa's "chaos" earned him a nomination for best director.

But unfortunately, he lost to "Out of Africa" ​​director Sidney Pollack.

And he was unfortunately selected as one of the best picture award representatives, along with John Huston and Billy Wilder, to present the award to director Sidney Pollack, who is also a producer.

The organizing committee obviously wanted to arrange a ceremony for inheritance, so that the three old directors of the previous generation would present awards to the young Sidney Pollack to show that there are people who have successors in Hollywood.

However, this is tantamount to humiliation for Akira Kurosawa, who is bent on winning the Oscar for best director. Afterwards, Ronald stepped forward to comfort him.

"This is Diane..." Ronald introduced Diane Lane, who had just arrived, to Akira Kurosawa. Knowing that Ronald was coming to visit Akira Kurosawa, Diane also wanted to come.

"Dian Sang needs no introduction. Her diamond ring advertisements are everywhere now. Our boys are very distressed. If they don't buy a big diamond ring, their girlfriend will not accept the proposal."

"Hahaha..." Di An was very proud of Director Akira Kurosawa knowing that he remembered his name.

Diane's appeal in the East Ying market is getting stronger and stronger, except for the two advertisements of diamond ring and lipstick. She also received an invitation from a local fashion magazine, asking her to take a photo of her in a kimono for the magazine's cover and insert poster.

It is strange that some American stars are very popular in Dongying, but some are coldly received here. Perhaps some of Di'an's looks are more accepted by the people of Eastern Ying. Although there have been no new works in the past two years, her role in "Street of Rage" has become more and more popular among young people in Dongying.

In particular, the two theme songs sung by Diane lip-synching are enduring on the radio. The soundtrack tapes of this movie among high school students are still selling very well. The videotape released last year has become a must-see introductory textbook for student gangs in Dongying's high school.

Everyone wants to defeat the enemy and win the love of the female rock star just like the male protagonist.

Akira Kurosawa thanked Ronald for his visit. He is now in semi-retirement and is still preparing the script for a new film, but no one in Dongying is willing to invest in him.

Akira Kurosawa doesn't know why the audience of Toyoung doesn't like him, while the audiences in other parts of the world value and love him more than Toyoung people.

"Why is this?" Ronald also scratched his head.

"If I knew this, I wouldn't have no movies to make." Kurosawa was also confused.

Ronald feels a pity that a talented director like Akira Kurosawa is the best example of the "author's film" advocated by the new wave generation in the hair country. A man decides that the movie is truly his own product.

A director like Ronald is a director under the Hollywood system and needs the cooperation of various commissioners. Often times, compromises have to be made. In Hollywood cinema is a collective achievement, completely unrelated to the author's film.

...

After visiting the director, Ronald came to Dongbao's headquarters again.

The top management of Dongbao hosted a banquet for Ronald and Diane.

In addition to the people from Dongbao, there were also two pro-beautiful bigwigs in the Dongying entertainment industry sitting at the banquet.

One is Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Johnny Kitagawa, the owner of Toshihiko Tahara who is singing to cheer in front of the banquet hall.

You can tell by the spelling of his name that this is an Americanized Eastern Ying. In fact, Johnny Kitagawa was also a Japanese immigrant in California, and he returned to East Ying to start his career after the war.

Johnny's sister, Mary, also appeared at the banquet. They also have an untimely older brother who worked at NASA as an engineer on the Apollo moon landing project.

"Toshihiko, you haven't come to say hello to your benefactor." Mary Kitagawa clapped her hands to the most popular male star under her banner.

Toshihiko Tahara obediently came over to say hello to Ronald, "Ronald-san, my breakdancing is okay now, and it is now my ace in variety shows."

"Sit down and talk, we are friends. Is Feng Jianjun back now?"

"He's also learning state-of-the-art breakdancing techniques in Los Angeles and New York. I was there when I called him, and he was so excited that he seemed to have found his dream. He also talked a lot about Ronald Sand's help. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have..."

Johnny's idol Toshihiko Tahara still regards Ronald as a friend and is very grateful. He is a little envious of Shingo Kazami who can chase his dream and dance in Los Angeles. Unlike himself, although he has been on the red and white song battle for six consecutive years, Johnny's rules are very big. At this level of banquet, he is just an entertainer to entertain the distinguished guests.

"Okay, Toshihiko, sing another song for Ronald Sand and President Kadokawa." Mary Kitagawa watched him talk non-stop, and immediately asked him to sing again.

"Hi Yi", Tahara Toshihiko is going to sing. He is good at singing and dancing, and he can also act. He was once called Michael Jackson of Dongying.

Ronald couldn't stand it any longer, took his hand and shook it, thanking him.

"Toshihiko-san, come on. You are a singer, at any time, the show must go on", Johnny Kitagawa, who was sitting at the top, knew his sister's problems, and spoke out to encourage and comfort the best singers.

"Hi, thank you President" Tahara Toshihiko went down and sang.

"Oh...oh..." Another guest at the banquet, the president of Kadokawa Book Club, Kadokawa Haruki also hummed along with Toshihiko's singing.

He is a rich second-generation son. After graduating from college, he returned to his father's company and took over from Kadokawa Publishing House. He imported a lot from America, translated it and published it, and invested in some films.

In the film and television entertainment industry, he is another pro-American entrepreneur besides the Kitagawa family.

"Ronald Sang, your films are always so fascinating. Have you considered accepting investment from our Dongying enterprise to make a film that reflects Dongying culture?"

After Haruki Kadokawa sang in Dongying mj, he started talking to Ronald.

"This is also a point of confusion for me. You Dongying, there is a master worshipped by our generation of directors. Akira Kurosawa is here, but he can't get the investment in the movie, but you have to invest in Hollywood." Ronald knocked after listening to the translation. Knocked on the table and said something.

"Master Kurosawa is of course good, but he spends a lot of money. And Kurosawa Pictures and Toho have a long history of cooperation. We have many companies with major interests in America, and we hope to invest in Hollywood.

I really like Ronald Sand's films and hope to have the opportunity to work on Ronald Sand's next film. "

"If you want to invest in Hollywood, of course I welcome it. But the eastern culture filmed by Hollywood seems to be different from the eastern culture filmed by the Dongying film company. My 'Longwei Kid' is considered to be the representative work of Dongying culture in America, but here audience didn't like it.

Hollywood producers don't give top priority to what culture to promote, we just like movies that make money. If he happens to reflect a certain culture, that's the best, if he doesn't reflect any culture and just makes money, that's fine. "

"Ronald Sand is really a wise businessman and artist, admirable." Johnny Kitagawa came over to smooth things out. Kadokawa Haruki was still thinking about what Ronald said. He really likes movies. If Ronald can't make movies about Eastern culture, it would be good to take the opportunity to make friends with a major Hollywood director and find opportunities for cooperation.

"The publishing industry is my family's main business. If there is anything suitable for cooperation, I will send the script to Ronald Sand. I hope you can help us find people we like to cooperate with in Hollywood. Of course, our most hope is to cooperate with Ronald Sand Cooperation."

"Good to say, good to say."

"Come on, let our Johnny's boys come up and perform for the distinguished guests." Seeing that everyone was talking about the same, Mary Kitagawa clapped her hands and asked a group of teenage children to come in and perform for Ronald.

"These are the trainees we hired. It's a commercial law of industrial production icons. Ronald Sang has a chance to give them some pointers."

Ronald was surprised to see these boys who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. It turned out that Dongying cultivated idol stars in this way of industrialization. No wonder their products are so good and cheap, but this approach is put on the artist...

Thinking of this, Ronald asked, "What's your name?"

A big boy who took the lead understood Ronald's English, and he took some good friends out to introduce himself to Ronald.

"Isuki Nishikori... Planting grass Kexiu... Noriyuki Higashiyama, we are the youth team!"

"What about the chorus you're preparing?" Mary Kitagawa said again.

The boys lined up and began to sing to Ronald the song they had been rehearsing for so long.

"ベッドに雲たわり, Earth Day's Night には

summer heat

しかし, あなたの脳は, メッセージを get しました

そして, それはそれを Send a letter している"

"Hahaha……"

Although they didn't understand, Ronald and Diane were already laughing together. It turned out that the boy idol group called the Junior Team sang the Japanese version of the opening song "nowhere fast" of Diane's "Rage Street".

"You're really red in Dongying," Ronald quietly reached out to scratch Diane's itch.

"Hahaha..." Diane smiled happily.

Ronald stood up and told the translator that he was going to the bathroom.

The translator took him outside the door. Ronald, who was about to go to the bathroom, suddenly saw two American men, who were standing outside the door talking.

No, it's not very appropriate to talk, it's a burly-looking man with a square chin, training another handsome middle-aged guy with a dashing appearance.

"You put away your Hollywood stuff, this is Tokyo. No one knows who you are, do you? We've been running over a dozen times and still haven't gotten the money. I found out through my colleagues at Goldman Sachs. Here are two entrepreneurs, Kitagawa and Kadokawa, who entertained important American guests here.

They are all rare entrepreneurs who are pro-American in Dongying, put away your arrogance and face. Now you are the one who is going to ask them to invest. Honestly be a producer looking for investment. They may really be little japs, but they're a bunch of rich little japs."

Ronald seldom saw people being so imposing in public training, and he was not disgusted, but felt very happy. In particular, the object of his reprimand was also a high-ranking person, and he was also his former enemy.

"Steve, I listen to you, I'll wait here to see if I have a chance to meet Mr. Kitagawa and Kadokawa."

"Hehehe..." Ronald looked at him with a pleasing look, recalling the various ways the other party made things difficult for him when he was in a high position, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Is it you, Ronald?" The handsome middle-aged guy who was trained to be like a grandson, saw Ronald, his face turned from blue to white, then from white to red, and he wanted to leave on the spot with shame and anger.

But he was stopped by the square chin who was training him. "Tom, what's the matter with you? Did you forget what I told you just now? Now is the time for you to ask for someone."

Then he turned around again, his face quickly changed to a big smile, reached out to Ronald and said, "Hello, Ronald. My name is Bannon, and I'm a fan of yours. I'm working for Mount right now. Mr.'s Mount Production Company works part-time, and now I need to meet the two chairman Kitagawa and Kadokawa, who entertained you, to discuss the financing of the new film, can you please introduce us?"

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