Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 490 I want to make this movie

   "Why is the dream different this time?" Ronald lay on the ground and began to think of his thoughts.

   Not only those Americans who spoke Chinese, but also dreamed of little friends who played together in previous lives.

  's concentration on things kept him from hearing Diane speaking to him.

   "Ronnie, are you alright?" Diane didn't expect his kick to be so powerful, so Ronald kicked under the bed, "Why don't you talk?"

  Diane jumped out of bed wrapped in the quilt to see if Ronald was okay.

   "Ah..., it's okay, I had a dream, you should go to sleep first." Ronald put on his clothes, went to the bathroom to take a hot shower, and woke up completely.

   looked at the Casio watch, it was past four in the morning. Ronald simply stopped sleeping. He found the letterhead and ballpoint pen in the hotel room, and began to write down several scenes in the dream in Chinese on the paper.

   He didn’t write Chinese for a long time, which made him forget to write a little, and mixed some English words in it. For example, he couldn't remember how to write "BreakinDance", so he had to use English "BreakinDance" instead.

   After writing a few scenes, Ronald tried to string the plot together. The dancer played by Lucinda Deitch should be a jazz dancer from the bottom of the society. She initially studied in a jazz dance classroom, but was harassed by her boss, Franco, who tempted her to submit to herself by selecting her for a dance competition.

  The disgraced Kelly, introduced by her friend Ayton, met two street dancers, the black motor and the Latino whirlwind, and began to learn breakdance under their influence.

   In the end, Kelly was spotted by the manager (the man in the suit with blond curly hair). After watching the motor and the whirlwind dance, she recommended them to participate in the dance competition together.

  Franco blocked them from participating, and after some exposition of America's freedom, the three were able to participate.

  Finally, the judges were moved by their wonderful dance and couldn't help swaying with their rhythm. In the end, despite the objection of the industry insider Franco, they took their group as the first and let them enter the Broadway musical and star in the new dance drama.

   "Huh... this plot is a bit familiar." Ronald, who was writing quickly, suddenly remembered that this is the "Lightning Dance" he participated in. Is it the last plot?

   Would you like to change the ending?

   Although the three of them performed wonderfully, they were not allowed to use the stereotypical jazz dance. The last few people denounced it as an imprisoned dance and returned to the streets to dance happily on the streets with those young dancers.

   After writing the end of the two editions, Ronald made another cup of instant coffee and began to revise.

   In his heart, he had a long-lost creative impulse for this movie. This movie in his previous life must be very important to him. Maybe it was the dubbing of actors from the translation studio that made me understand the story of America, or the opportunity to learn to break dance?

   And the previous life, Fa Xiao, just like the little Douglas in this life, the two seem to be very familiar friends. Ronald thought that maybe he could find out who he was in his past life.

And now, driven by Michael Jackson's spacewalk, America has gradually set off a little breakdance trend. Maybe after "Lightning Dance", making a full film about breakdancing will greatly stimulate his warmth. The sales of leg covers are also uncertain.

   The original film was shot very crudely, but it was released to the other side of the Pacific in the industry, and it was dubbed into Chinese. This film must be very popular.

  Ronald's heart flashed a burst of excitement, this is a good opportunity, this time, we must share more with the publisher.

   Unconsciously, he drank the instant coffee provided by the hotel, and Ronald began to organize the stationery on the table.

   "Squeak..." The curtains were pulled open, and the sunlight shone through the lace curtains on the inner layer and shone on Ronald's table.

  The brightness of the lamp on the table suddenly dimmed. Compared with the sunlight, the brightness of the artificial light was as dim as the candlelight in the dark night.

  Diane had been awake for a while, she saw Ronald was trying to write, completely unaware of herself, she jumped out of bed and helped open the curtains.

   "Ronnie..." Diane exclaimed sweetly, this night was even more impressive than the last.

   Ronald wrote with all his heart and did not hear.

   "Brother Ronnie..." Diane came closer, Ronald was looking at the stationery, marking them.

   "Ronnie!" Diane was angry, always turning a blind eye to herself, did she become so unattractive?

   Diane patted Ronald on the shoulder.

   "Hey...ah..."

   Ronald was suddenly patted on the shoulder, grabbed his hand subconsciously, and exerted some force.

   As soon as he got started, he realized that something was wrong, such a fat wrist was Diane.

   Ronald quickly put down Diane's hand and rubbed her, "Sorry, I'm thinking about something, you know I've practiced wrestling, it's subconscious. Don't attack me from behind in the future."

   "You..." Di An pouted, feeling very aggrieved. How could Ronald not care about himself overnight.

   "Why are you so hard", Diane slapped Ronald twice with the other hand.

   "Do you really think I look bad in the Cotton Club look?" Diane sat down on Ronald's lap. She is still very concerned about her acting career. Facing her best friend's brother, she has never had any scruples and asked directly.

"I think it's a bit too restored. Movies are not only about the story and atmosphere, but also the personal image. The audience watching a movie is very different from reading a novel." Ann said directly.

  Diane was born as a child star. When she was still changing her teeth, she appeared on the Off-Broadway stage and performed all over the world. I think I can understand that I am analyzing it from a professional point of view.

   "You mean my image is more important than the movie as a whole?" Diane touched his fingers, shifted his position in Ronald's arms, and twisted his waist twice.

   "That's not what I meant, but you have your own acting career after all. Of course I'm speaking from your point of view." Ronald put his arms around Diane, feeling the heat from his legs.

  Diane touched his chin with one hand, and the other hand began to swipe around Ronald's chest.

   "Then do you think I'm going to be able to sell Angry Street?"

"Well..." Ronald thought for a while, and the film seemed to slip from one side of the scale to the other. Although the actors' images were very eye-catching, Diane was especially beautiful, but the story was really illogical, and the audience really Are you going back to the cinema to watch a pure ninety-minute MV?

   "I feel like this movie lacks a good story again."

   "Didn't you say that? My image is more important?" Diane stroked Ronald's chest harder and harder.

"It's two ends of the scale. Your image is good in the rage street, but the story will lose the audience's interest. It's not good for attracting the audience. The Cotton Club story is good, but I'm afraid it will be mainstreamed. audience……"

   The more Diane listened to Ronald's analysis, the more impatient her eyes became. She stopped her movements, "You just don't like my movies anyway."

   Ronald was shocked, Diane seemed to be under a lot of pressure, "What's the matter, are you under any pressure?" Ronald took her in his arms and gently stroked her back with his hands.

   "You know strikeouts?"

   Diane's mood calmed down a bit.

   Strikeout is baseball terminology, and if the offense hitter misses three consecutive strikes, he will be called out.

   In Hollywood, this term is also borrowed. Most producers don't know where the secret to a blockbuster movie is. Most of them, just use the easiest way to look at your past historical performance.

   If a director, actor, star, or three films in a row fails to achieve the expected box office results, then... at least for a few years, she will no longer be invited to play scripts from major studios.

   Ronald continued to slowly soothe Diane's mood, he knew where Diane's recent anxiety was.

   From Coppola's "Old Boy", her box office ability has not been satisfactory. The production cost of more than 10 million yuan, and only 25 million yuan at the box office in North America, it is worthy of struggling on the break-even line, and the film critics have no good words.

The "Betta Fish" after    also cost 10 million yuan to make, but it was made into a black and white art film, and only two goldfish were in color in the whole film. Despite the mixed reviews from critics, it only grossed 2.5 million, which is pretty bad.

   And now Diane's expectations are on the "Rage Streets", which cost nearly 20 million US dollars, and Coppola's various additional budgets, which are already close to 50 million US dollars in "Cotton Club".

   If he were to move from place to place, I am afraid that Ronald himself would be uneasy every day.

"Why don't you come and make my next movie? A jazz dancer, attracted by the street break dance, so he dances the story of his wonderful life." Ronald thought, Diane happened to be at the "Cotton Club" After practicing some dance basics, wouldn't it be good to shoot the "breakdance" you just dreamed of?

   Shooting a movie with your girlfriend may increase your relationship.

   "Your new film?" Diane looked at Ronald, "What's the budget? What plot."

  Ronald repeated the plot, "As for the investment, this is a typical low-budget exploitative film. If I shoot it, it can be controlled under $1 million."

   "Humph!" Diane was dissatisfied, "I have never made such a low-budget movie."

"I think this movie will be successful, I have a hunch that it will be a hit. Even if your next two movies don't do well at the box office, you can make a comeback with this movie. Hollywood is a dream come true. "

  Ronald is so confident that it can be released across the Pacific. It must be a well-known movie.

   "Brother Ronnie! I'm an adult and know how to manage my own business. Don't tell me all this chicken soup." Diane got up dissatisfied, put on yesterday's clothes, and rushed to leave.

   "Diane, Diane." Ronald saw Diane's anger, so he quickly chased after him, and coaxed him for a while to no avail. Seeing that she insisted on leaving, she had no choice but to hand over yesterday's gift. "Don't forget your bracelet watch",

   "Humph!" Diane took the velvet gift box, calmed down a little, and left.

It may be that the hormones of puberty have not completely subsided, or it may be the recent bad news from the "Rage Street" crew. Director Walter Hill has not completed the first cut for five months, which has made her stressful. It is as easy to ignite as a volcano.

   Father Bert was not around, so Diane's nameless anger had to be directed at Brother Ronnie.

   (end of this chapter)