Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 581 Going to Dongying for Financing

After the    televised debate, the polls of the chief commander rose rapidly, the Donkey Party had no hope, and the momentum of the election also declined.

  The Secretary of the Navy, John Lyman, who supported "Top Gun", began to focus his energy on his new position in the next term after the commander was re-elected. And the bureaucrats of the Navy here, without the supervision of the high-level, began to slow down the rhythm of the script review.

  Don Simpson asked a few more script doctors, those who were good at writing romantic scenes and those who were good at writing action scenes, to supplement the script. Ronald got the new plays they wrote on time, and only checked on the whole.

  The script began to take shape slowly, and the two producers also began to look for the heroine of the movie and a group of supporting actors who played pilots.

  Ronald discussed the casting criteria with them. The heroine must be an actor who wears a uniform, or a suit that is also very **** and has an intellectual temperament. The standard for supporting male actors is the concentration of hormones. As long as a group of male stars who can't close their legs are selected to satisfy the female audience, the film will be successful in casting.

   Ronald, who was methodically approaching the work of "Top Gun", received a call from Weintraub one day, asking him to come to his house for a talk.

  Ronald knew that his wife and the deputy commander's wife Barbara had a close relationship, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he asked Bud to send himself to the villa in Beverly Hills.

"I have already arranged to go to Dongying to finance the sequel of "Longwei Boy". For this trip to Dongying, I arranged for people from the big business circle there to get to know you. The specific plot is best for those who are interested in Dongying. The opinions of the presidents of big companies in Qian will be revised."

   "I'm busy preparing for the new film "Top Gun", do you have to go?" Ronald tweeted that he was busy preparing for "Top Gun".

"Of course, you must go. The presidents and high-level executives of many companies like you to promote the traditional culture of Dongying, and also like the past when you put forward the 442 Infantry Regiment. Now America is fighting the trade war with Dongying very much. Intense, they'd love to meet you, the American director who found a Japanese past like the 442nd regiment who fought for America.

  Hawaii Senator Inoue especially mentioned to them that it was your insistence that you added this story to the movie. "

   Ronald looked embarrassed. At this time, he went to Dongying and had a party with entrepreneurs. It was really not what he liked to do.

  Weintraub saw what Ronald was thinking, and of course he had already prepared a countermeasure. Ronald is well-liked by the big businessmen in Eastern Ying, and it is not easy to find a director in America who made the disgraceful Japanese concentration camp into a movie. This time we have to bring Ronald no matter what, in order to achieve a greater effect in financing.

"Don't you like Akira Kurosawa? When you arrive at Toyo, several major film studios such as Toei, Shochiku, and many stars in the literary and art circles have arranged to have a party with you. We also arranged for you to visit director Akira Kurosawa. filming location.”

   "Is that so?" Ronald wanted to go. In addition to going to Toyo to see the movie market over there, to experience the most dynamic economy in the contemporary era, you can also visit Akira Kurosawa, the movie emperor of Toyo.

   Several major directors of New Hollywood, Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg are all his fans, making Akira Kurosawa's films a kind of obvious learning. It seems that Hollywood practitioners who have not met him now are not considered successful, they have to see him consecrate.

   "That's it, we'll charter a flight to Tokyo next month."

  Time flies, and before his Tokyo trip with Weintraub, Ronald makes another trip to New York, where he promised Diane's to attend the premiere of "The Cotton Club."

   Coppola wisely chose the Siegfried Theater in New York for the premiere. In Hollywood, this dreary movie probably won't cause any waves.

   In New York, where the story takes place, there are many celebrities in the entertainment industry who pay attention to literary and artistic style, and they specially came to attend this event.

   In addition to New York-based movie star Susan Sarandon, singer-songwriter Carly Simon (Carly Simon), and British movie star Michael Caine participated, the entertainment reporters were very happy and pressed the shutter countless times.

Ronald, together with his old friend Nicolas Cage, was also taken several photos by reporters. He was also asked what he thought of Coppola's new work "Cotton Club". Coppola has made several consecutive films at the box office. Not good, what do you think of Ronald this time?

   He can only say that he trusts Coppola's director's work very much, and waits for a sneak peek.

Ronald also chatted a few words with Michael Caine, who arrived first. Cain, who has finished two more films, is a very free and easy person. He came from a humble background and still retains the accent of the poor people in East London. His children and relatives rely on him to make movies to send a house and start a family. He joked that the loan for his old mother's house was also settled.

"You know what? My mother is very strange. I built a new house for her in the old house. She lives very close to the old neighbors, but every Tuesday, she has to go out by bus and buy candy by herself. , chocolate or something."

   "Maybe she just wanted to go out for a walk. My aunt also lives in the house I built for her, and she's always out shopping, baking butter cookies or something."

  "Our heroine is here", Michael Caine stabs Ronald.

   Ronald looked up, it was Diane Lane.

  I saw that she was wearing an old-fashioned white low-cut dress, a white fur coat draped over her shoulders, painted with makeup from the 1920s, and walked over.

"Diane, Diane..." The entertainment reporters took a few photos and said a few words, and they let Diane go to block the back to reach the female star, the daughter of the famous movie star Judy Garland, singer Li Sarah Minnelli.

   "Well..." Di An was a little sad, entertainment reporters are very snobbish, maybe they also saw the prospect of Di An's three major productions being bad at the box office.

   "Diane" Ronald stepped forward and called her.

   "Ronald", Diane shrank back when she saw Ronald, intending to hide from him.

   "Diane, you and Ronald haven't seen each other for a long time, let's talk more." Nicolas Cage came up, took Diane Lane's hand, and pulled her and Ronald together.

   "What's the matter with you? Why did you hide when you saw me?" Ronald asked, grabbing Diane's hand and pulling her into the theater.

  "I'm afraid you will talk about my makeup and dress up again", Diane pretended to be calm and stroked his hair.

"You are very wrong. I came today because I promised you to support the new movie." Ronald grabbed Diane's hand that he wanted to withdraw, and asked softly in her ear, "Are you right? What's the trouble?"

   "Trouble? Me? No trouble." Seeing that Di An couldn't withdraw his hand, he simply denied it.

  "Okay, let's talk slowly", Ronald sat down with Diane.

   The reporters at the door swarmed to interview the newly arrived actor Richard Gere.

   "It is said that you were at odds with the heroine Diane Lane on the set, Richard, is there such a thing?"

   "It's all nonsense," Richard Gere smiled and denied the rumors.

   Soon the lights dimmed, Ronald grabbed Diane's hand and watched the entire movie.

how to say? The rumors appear to be true. Coppola probably didn't have a script on the set, waiting for the actors to improvise. In many clips, it can be seen that there is some chemical reaction between the actors, but there is no story connection as a whole.

   "I really don't know, how did he cut the whole film." Diane's hand was held for more than two hours, and she no longer struggled. She leaned her head against Ronald and said softly.

   Indeed, Ronald also shook his head. This kind of improvisation without a script, it is really difficult to cut a story from many shots.

  This movie is not like John Hughes' "Breakfast Club". Although that movie is also an improvisational performance and multiple shots, the overall plot framework is there. And "Cotton Club" is much worse. Diane plays the singer, and Richard Gere plays the trumpeter. The love story between the two, and the revenge against the gangster who took care of Diane, is very childish. , unlike Coppola's handwriting.

   "Maybe he just wanted to make a profit from it so that he could pay off the loan." Ronald couldn't help but look at Coppola, who sat there with a beard and couldn't see the expression on his face.

   "Oh, Diane, you really look like a 20's showgirl," Lisa Minnelli came over to chat up Diane.

   "We're going to have a party at Club 54 soon, and there will be a lot of powerful people in Hollywood too. Come along too, maybe someone will be willing to invest in your next movie."

  Lisa Minnelli invites Diane to a party with her over-alcoholic husky voice.

  Ronald sat next to her and was ignored by her. He raised his head and looked at Ming Naili, who was dressed in gaudy fur, with heavy makeup and short hair. The expression on his face was kind and seductive.

  Ronald's heart suddenly burst, this expression is very similar to Shirley MacLean who invited him to the birthday party after the Oscars.

   Is she also someone who pulls... for the powers of Hollywood?

   "Diane has an appointment with me." Ronald stood up and declined the invitation for Diane with a smile.

   "Oh, hahaha, it's you, Ronald. Diane, don't forget to come to my party when you have a chance."

  Minnelli left Diane and went to invite another female star, Melanie Griffiths. She agreed to the invitation very happily and left with Minnelli.

   "Why don't you let me go", Di An pouted, "I rarely have anyone ask me about filming now." She took the fur in her hand.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you wearing the costume from the movie?" Ronald took the fur coat and put it on his arm. He had already discovered that Diane's dress and fur were all from the "Cotton Club" Clothes.

   "I,...I'm out of money." Diane had no choice but to tell the truth. She lowered her head and dared not look at Ronald, like her sister who had made a mistake, facing the most promising eldest brother in the family.

   "Hey..." Ronald sighed, unable to ignore it, and called "Bud" to a car outside the theater.

   Little Bud drove the car and parked next to him, Ronald pulled Diane into the car and sat in, then sat in the back seat himself, knocked on the driver's seat, and motioned Little Bud to drive back to the hotel.

"Tell me, what's going on? Didn't you say that you earned millions from your debut as a child star?" Ronald asked Diane to take a shower, change into comfortable pajamas, and call the The dining cart that came pushed down in front of her and helped her cut the beef and bread.

"I bought a lot of beautiful clothes, jewelry, and high heels. I also heard that my mother invested a lot of money in the health food industry, and it didn't pay back so quickly. Finally..." Diane hooked one foot on the chair , happily ate dinner, answering while eating.

   "Slow down," Ronald handed a glass of soda over.

"With the last bit of money, I bought a house in my mom's Georgia. Who knows, who knew that both movies were box office flops, and no one gave me a new script. I thought the pay for the new movie would be picked up soon. In the end, the result... those second-hand stores accept clothes and high-heeled shoes at a 10% discount, I can't bear it."

   "Hehehe..." Diane looked at Ronald embarrassedly.

  "Hey", Ronald wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth with Diane's hand, "You and me try on new clothes tomorrow, I'll see what role you can play in the new movie."

   "Really? Would you like to give me a role?" Diane's eyes gleamed.

   "Look, I don't know if you look good in military uniforms or uniforms." In short, you follow me during this time, don't go to Minnelli's parties.

   "I know, she has a purpose, I've been in Hollywood for so long, I know I'll protect myself." Diane took a sip of soda.

   "Why, do you still want to go?" Ronald turned around and kicked her with his eyes.

   "Don't be angry, don't be angry, Brother Ronnie, if you help me, why would I go."

   (end of this chapter)