Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 540 Compensation to Helen

"Gerald is talking about the heroine of a medium production, eh?" Ronald complained to Nisita, "As a result, Mr. Ovitz asked me to approach the 'Purple' first, how can I assign a role to Helen? "

  In order to win Lucas's chance on the talk show, Nisita agreed to Gerald instead of Ronald. The price Ronald paid for this was to help Helen get the heroine of the next movie.

"Or a female supporting role in a big production. Don't worry, since I helped you agree, there must be a way. Helen's movie has just been rescheduled for domestic release, and she is not that unknown. With your resources, you can use 'purple' ' Exchange resources with other people, find a suitable movie, arrange for Helen to appear, and then you can explain to Gerald."

  Nisita knew that Ronald didn't want to owe Helen's favor, so he helped him to agree on his own initiative. For Nisita, the exchange of resources was not a big deal.

  Ronald shook his head, a beautiful girl who had tasted the taste of making a movie and would definitely not be willing to give up.

  Although he said he didn’t want to make movies, he just wanted to be a Broadway actor. But Helen Slater heard that the newly established Samsung (TriStar, not Samsung) distribution company was willing to pick up "Supergirl" again, arrange for it to be released in the United States after a large-scale release, and began to study hard to become the heroine again. .

  "Supergirl" was eventually selected by the newly established Samsung company through Gerald's lead, and it will be released at the end of the year.

  Samsung (TriStar) is a distribution company jointly established by Columbia, HBO and CBS TV stations. The three companies have joint shares, so it is called Samsung. In the future, it will replace Columbia, and the two TV and movie's own theatrical distribution divisions.

   "You might as well ask your friend, Minahan of the Cannonball, he's in good shape right now," Nisita said. "Break dancing made them famous, and now they're buying up scripts in Hollywood."

   "Aha, Ronald! Here you are. The box office of our breakdance is not inferior to Columbia's 'Dragon Power Kid'."

   Mina was so rare that Ronald was very happy and handed over the box office statistics for the week. The seven weeks that MGM is in charge of with the highest share has passed, and there is one more week left for the national screening of "Break Dance" to be handled by the Cannon Distribution Company.

   "There are still more than five million?" Ronald saw this week's statistics. The theater box office released by MGM only has two million and one hundred thousand, and the rest are cannon releases.

   "Send it to my accountant, he'll come to you once a month to reconcile." Ronald put away the statement.

   "What movie are you working on now? I heard from Nisita that you are collecting scripts all over the place."

"Hateful, hateful!" Minahan's voice was still hoarse, "We went to famous screenwriters, and they all came up with some second- or third-rate scripts to perfunctory. No famous director's work, no Oscar nomination, these damned The writers...I don't mean you...they always think we can only make exploitative films."

   "So you want to find a famous guide?"

   "Yes, do you have any recommendations? Those who have won the Oscar, or the top prize of the three major European film festivals, are also the leaders of the new wave."

   "I really don't have one." Ronald shook his head after thinking about it. Those famous directors must go to companies like Orion that respect director's artistic creation.

"In this way, I already know your purpose. You want you to find a suitable script, or find a famous director. I will make your girlfriend the heroine immediately. How is her acting? Kinski's level."

   "Ex-girlfriend, ex-girlfriend." Ronald quickly distinguished, "Helen's acting skills are still good, and her superwoman is not a problem even if she plays with many movie stars and actresses."

   "Faye Dunaway? Peter O'Toole?", Minahan's habit of collecting famous actors came out again, "Unfortunately, let Samsung take the lead, otherwise I would be willing to release such famous works."

   "Uh..." Ronald thought to himself, if you bought it, you would know that the movie was just an exploitative movie with a higher budget, and had nothing to do with art.

"By the way, Minahan, I don't understand a bit. Why Columbia, in addition to its own distribution channels, set up a Samsung company? Isn't this a waste of resources?" Ronald asked a question He didn't understand the question.

   "What's weird about this, when Yoram and I went to Hollywood and bought Cannon, we re-established a new production department."

   "As an acquirer, we both hope that talented people can work for us, and we don't want the original executives to stick together and focus on their own interests while ignoring the company's development.

But we can't fire them all, so we can only establish an independent agency, do the same thing as the original production department, let competent people jump over, and then add loyal subordinates, and then we can master the power of the company . "

  "So it is", Ronald thought, this is probably the problem faced by the acquirer, and the new owner of Colombia, Coca-Cola, is the same, and they are smarter, they have pulled two TV stations to buy shares, and they don't have to pay all the money.

   "Meinahan, I'm done, this script..." Little fat Yoram walked in, saw Ronald present, and immediately closed his mouth.

   "What script? Is there a place for Helen?" Ronald thought that Minajian had a good script and didn't let himself know.

   "No, there is only one Vietnamese female character here." Minahan took the script, "Hey hey, don't ask, this movie is not for your little Helen."

   "Why?" Ronald thought that the other party was perfunctory about him. Why didn't breakdance come out yet, so he ignored him?

   "Okay, okay, I'll show you." Minahan couldn't beat Ronald, "but don't tell me."

   The suspicious Ronald took a look at the script. There are several names in the author column on the cover, but why is the last signature so familiar?

   "Ronaldo James Golan?" Ronald glanced at Minahan, what the **** is this?

  "MissinginAction2", the name is also weird, about the Vietnam War?

   Ronald opened the script, the more he read, the more familiar he became. Quickly selected a few pages to browse, and then closed the script with a "pop", "You, you..." Ronald pointed at the two fat men.

   "Hahahaha..." He couldn't help laughing.

   "Hahahaha..." Minahan and Yoram also relaxed and laughed.

   "Don't worry, I'll pay you and Cameron." Minahan closed the script, "I just don't want you to feel weird, just to help you avenge Stallone."

   It turned out that this "Vietnam Vanguard 2", the plot and character settings, copied the draft Ronald wrote for Stallone, and later transferred to Cameron's "First Blood Part 2".

   But the plot was spoofed very badly. The character Rambo, who originally belonged to Stallone, was choreographed very funny. There was also a scene where he rode on a motorcycle and fired rockets backwards from the motorcycle exhaust pipe like a fart.

   "Who are you going to play the leading role?" Ronald thought it would be interesting to parody Stallone's classic character. Anyway, this kind of exploitative film following the trend, after each blockbuster is released, there will be more than a dozen copies, and very few of them can enter the theater.

   "I'm going to have Chuck Norris."

  "Puchi", Ronald laughed again and spat out the coffee he had just drank.

   "Facial paralysis, face paralysis?"

   Originally, Stallone was criticized for his lack of expression in his performance, and now he has added a more facially paralyzed Chuck Norris to this counterfeit movie.

   "I don't want your screenwriting fee, as long as you can make this movie a little funny and make Chuck Norris dress reminiscent of Stallone," Ronald laughed.

"No problem, I also let him tie a red headband, hahaha..." Minahan also smiled happily, "Our new film, 'Bolero' starring Bo Derek, will be released at the end of August. Now, are you coming to take a look?"

   "Let's see, I've recently been in talks with Alice Walker, the original author of the novel, about the movie "Purple", and it may be time to start preparing. She still has novels."

  …

   "MJ, the Olympic Organizing Committee has sent an invitation, please participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and dance your breakdance spacewalk."

   In the place where Michael Jackson practiced his dance, the producer of his "Thriller" which broke America's record-breaking record, veteran black musician Quincy Jones handed over an invitation.

   "Oh? I heard that this opening ceremony will introduce theatrical performances for the first time before the entrance ceremony. ABC also broadcasts it to the world."

  MJ is actually very interested in this opportunity for many people to see themselves.

"I suggest you don't go, that Ronald Lee, who tricked you into making a cameo in breakdance, but made everyone question the origin of your spacewalk, I don't recommend going." Quincy Jones hated that movie to the core , fortunately it will be released soon.

   "Oh, okay. Now he's doing what his mentor Quincy Jones says. He's making this record, every song is a masterpiece, making him a pop star in America."

  Michael Jackson started to practice spacewalking again. The reporter stared at the inventor of the spacewalk in the previous paragraph, which annoyed him. In fact, this kind of dance step has been done as early as the 1950s, but it can be done so neatly, and the introduction of popular culture started with his song "Billy King".

   "Very good, you should continue to practice dancing. When the head injury is completely healed, you can continue the Pepsi tour."

"Quincy", a little old black man came in, "the opportunity has come, we black people finally squeezed into Hollywood. Alice Walker's novel was adapted, she was afraid that the film would be made into a completely opposite meaning to the novel. , was dispelled the suffering of the black people inside.

   She is very smart, retains the veto power of the script, and wants to find an experienced black man as a producer to ensure that the film is faithful to the original. "

   is talking about Clarence Avant, who worked hard in the record industry with Quincy Jones in the 1960s and 1970s and once served as the general manager of the first black record company.

   "Clarence, how much are you going to invest?" Quincy Jones narrowed his eyes.

   "Fifteen million, plus Alice Walker negotiated with producer Peter Guber that more than half of the crew, except for the black cast, must be black, women, or third world."

   "More than half must be black?" Quincy Jones narrowed his eyes. "You set me a time to talk. Don't worry, your share is indispensable."

   (end of this chapter)