Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 460 Cove's Wrath

   "Donna. I've been busy auditioning for the past few days, and I didn't accompany you to go to various universities. Have you been to those places?" Ronald returned to the apartment and saw that Donna was already eating pizza at home.

"Well, Richard accompanied me to UCLA, and USC. You don't have to let your agent accompany me around, I'm going to drive around with Diane and her movie finally It's over."

   "Oh, remember to call Aunt Karen." Ronald gave Donna the car keys and rode his Honda to Weintraub's house.

Chuck Norris talked about the signing of the contract with both parties, and he was still dissatisfied with Chris's role in his words. He must make Ronald revise the plot of the Vietnam War veteran, and stop letting him open his mouth to "leave no prisoners" He taught his disciples harshly, but cared about his children with a human touch.

   Weintraub also asked Ronald if he could modify the script so that Chris could be the villain without abusing his martial arts.

Ronald didn't hold his breath and cursed, "Does he think he's Warren Beatty? When he fights Bruce Lee, he's a villain, right? This script made Chris a good guy, how can there be drama? What about conflict? For his poor popularity, I don't think it's worth changing Chris into a positive role."

   "I'm just asking, I don't mean to change it." Weintraub looked at Ronald, "Let's continue to discuss with him the possibility of participating without modifying the script."

   Ronald felt that Weintraub had a tendency to make concessions to Chuck Norris, which was not good. When he got home, he began to think of a way.

   "Ring Bell Ring Ring" the phone rang, Ronald answered and found that it was Martin Cove, who was his favorite Chris candidate.

   "Hello, Ronald. I'm Martin Cove. My agent gave me another chance to audition, and I want to know when 'Longwei Kid' will give me an audition opportunity?"

   "Soon, some things are delayed now, and soon Mr. Weintraub will arrange for you to audition."

   "Still waiting? When will I be able to audition? I'm not complaining, my agent introduced me to two audition opportunities, and I pushed them both, just to wait for your chance here."

   "Relax, we're just still looking for other roles, and when it's determined, you'll definitely be the best candidate, as long as you're willing."

   "Of course I am willing to... well, if there is progress, please be sure to call my agent as soon as possible, he is already a little dissatisfied with me."

  Koff resisted the idea of ​​anger. After all, he discovered the project introduced by Roger Coleman, who was in the industry. He would not let his pigeons go.

   To settle Martin Cove's dissatisfaction, Ronald felt that he had to do something to increase the chips given by Minahan.

   By discussing the rationale for the overseas release of "Night of the Comet", Ronald hung up with Minahan.

"Of the more than 500 copies of Night of the Comet released in the United States, 200 are in relatively good condition. Yoram sold the films one by one to various countries in Cannes, and they still need to be reprinted in order to be able to To meet the demand, especially the East Asian market led by Dongying and Korea, where the audience has a strong spending power, new copies will be given priority to supply there.”

   "By the way, is Chuck still dissatisfied with the role on your side?" The two discussed it for a while, and Minahan began to lead the topic in the direction of Chuck Norris.

"It's not convenient for me to discuss this topic," Ronald said indifferently, "We play fair, and Weintraub has the decision-making power here, except that I'm not very satisfied with Chuck Norris wanting to change the script. , I don't have any opinions on others, after all, when the audience sees his appearance, they will think he is a villain."

  "Oh", Minahan found the clue and became excited, "Yes, we are playing fair to see who can give Chuck Norris better treatment and pay."

   "Yes, we have to see who can fit his philosophy of 'Necessary Violence'. Like Bruce Lee, he seems to be very concerned about the martial arts genre he created." Ronald nodded.

   "Yoram, hurry up, we're going to see Chuck Norris, I know how to convince him." Minahan put down the phone and hurriedly called his cousin Yoram to persuade Chuck Norris.

   Originally, Chuck’s biggest dissatisfaction with Cannonball was not the salary. It was the ninja movie that required Chuck Norris to mask, and one of Chuck's main reasons for making the movie was to promote his own way of Tangsue and Chuck Norris, as long as Minahan compromised in this regard, He definitely chose Cannonball, after all, in that movie, he was the main character.

   Soon, the good news of rejecting "Dragon Power Kid" came from Chuck Norris.

   Minahan Golan Surprisingly Didn't Offer Chuck Norris More, But He Got Chuck Norris Signed. In Cannon Pictures' latest "Masterpiece," "Tiger Fight 2 (the name suggests it's a Bruce Lee exploitative copy of Dragon Fight)," Chuck Norris promises to play a maskless ninja to spread the word about him martial arts philosophy.

  Weintraub had no choice but to start looking for new candidates. Ronald proposed Martin Cove, called Cove's agent and told him to audition.

   Martin Cove, who entered the interview room, was very annoyed with Ronald because he believed him and rejected the audition for three roles. But when he was called to audition this time, he was the only one, and there was no script-reading session with the other actors.

   This implies that his audition is still in the first round to see his appearance. The elimination rate of this audition is very high. He feels that he has been cheated and lost three good supporting roles for nothing.

   "Hello, Mr. Martin Cove, please introduce yourself to the camera." Casting director Dupont said to Cove.

   Martinkov's eyes widened, staring at Ronald sitting behind the desk. "My name is Martin Cove, I am thirty-seven years old, a black belt in Taekwondo and Tiger Boxing..."

   "Can I ask you to do a few martial arts moves? You want to look more powerful." Weintraub was interested when he heard that Cove was still a black belt.

   "Huh...ha...hey", Martinkov hit a few tiger fists, and then a taekwondo turned and kicked his legs, kicking in the direction of Ronald.

   "Very good, please read this line again." Ronald didn't realize it, thinking that Koff's angry temperament was very suitable for Chris as an angry Vietnam veteran.

"Do you want to win the game without taking any prisoners? Then do as I say and kick his left leg (the injured leg) with a swipe." Martin Cove read a few of Chris's karate During the competition, the students were instructed to stumble upon Daniel's lines.

   He stared at the smiling Ronald, and couldn't help complaining about Roger Coleman, how he introduced himself to such an unreliable director.

   "Thank you, we will contact you if you have further needs," said the casting director.

   "Humph!" Martin Cove punched him in the palm of his hand, gave Ronald a vicious look, and turned away.

"He's really like those Vietnam War veterans, very angry. Is it a bit like Stallone in 'Rocky'?" Weintraub was still quite satisfied with Cove, "Where did you get the talent? Martial arts."

   "It's a martial arts talent recommended by my former boss Roger Coleman, who also starred in 'Death Speed ​​2000' at the same time as Stallone."

   "Yes, please come next time and try the chemistry with a few leading actors." Weintraub instructed Susan to write down the arrangement.

   Several main supporting roles have been arranged, and Weintraub began to worry about choosing a martial arts instructor.

  Although Chuck Norris did not choose "Longwei Kid", Weintraub asked him to recommend a coach to train the actor.

"Why, dear? Didn't you trust Ronald's vision for choosing actors? Why not let him recommend talent." Susan Eakins, Weintraub's personal secretary, lay in his arms ,ask him.

   "Susan, that's an important lesson in business. You have to remember, always have a backup plan. Ronald is nice, but he hasn't directed a real mid-scale production after all, and he hasn't done an action movie before.

   So I have to have a spare tire ready, and if something goes wrong with the director, we also have a solution.

  Chuck Norris is a martial arts master, so we can rest assured to choose him to recommend martial arts instructors. "

   "Oh, Jerry, I think you really are a very experienced, very talented businessman." Susan looked at Weintraub admiringly.

   "Um... uh..." The two kissed together.

   (end of this chapter)