Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 607 CEO Mancuso is about to have a heart attack

"Very good, it seems that it is feasible to let the actors adjust the camera in the air." The fighter had just stopped on the runway, Ronald took off the oxygen mask, and the pilot in the front seat of the F-14A "idiot" (Bozo said.

   In order to shoot the footage in the cockpit, Ronald himself first sat in the radar officer seat of the Tomcat, turned on the camera in the air, and came to his face for a while. He wanted to determine whether the actors could remain calm at high altitudes, complete the operations of hitting the board and switching the camera on and off.

   "You are different, those weak chickens who are airsick are not necessarily", "Idiot" replied with a smile.

   "Don't be too **** them... The rent to the Navy isn't cheap when I'm filming here." Ronald also smiled.

   "Ronald, Ronald", just after getting off the boarding ladder, Nisita ran over anxiously, "Quick, come with me."

  "I'll come when I go." Ronald calmly said goodbye to the pilot and got into the BMW sedan parked next to Nisita.

   "What's the matter?" Ronald asked.

   "Paramount's CEO, Mancuso, suddenly called a meeting of all the key players in the crew."

   "What is he going to do? Val Kilmer went to sue again?"

"Not sure, producer Don Simpson, Bruckheimer, VP of production Ned Tanning, were all called to a meeting by him. We suspect he has some secret plan, otherwise it is unlikely to call all the key Character, this time I will accompany you to hold this meeting, if there is any problem, look at me and act."

   Ronald was still very confident in Nisita's experience, and the two quickly reached the executive meeting room at the top of Paramount.

  A small projector is assumed to be in the conference room, and a small screen is arranged on the other wall of the room.

   Ronald slid into the back seat of the conference table and nodded to Simpson and Bruckheimer, who were already seated. He found Paula and Val Kilmer's agent also sitting impressively.

   "Since everyone is here, let's start."

  Frank Mancuso and Ned Tanin pushed open the door from the adjacent CEO's office and announced the start of the screening of "Top Gun" samples.

   On the screen there are scenes of female instructor Charlie giving a lecture in the airport class, her date with Tom and so on. Seeing Ronald's deliberately low shot of McGillis's leg, the men present smiled knowingly.

   Then on the screen are four strong men, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Rossovich, who are playing beach volleyball with their upper body topless. The body covered with olive oil emits a radiance of male hormones in the sun, which is impressive.

  Ronald found Mancuso's secretary, a middle-aged woman, looking at it with gusto, her mouth opening and closing as if applauding.

  Finally, some shots of F-14 fighter jets taking off and landing in the sunset on the aircraft carrier. Ronald hummed TopGun's theme music in his heart, dubbing these scenes in his mind, a very strong sound and picture combination.

  The film is finished, leaving a white patch on the screen. After seeing these selected samples, Ronald liked them very much. From the picture, these films have achieved his intention. He turned to look at the CEO Mancuso who called the meeting. What did he say?

  Mancuso leaned forward and pressed his hands on the conference table, as if a bird was trying to spread its wings to frighten its own kind, and he opened his mouth and said:

   "What kind of garbage did you shoot?"

   "Huh?" Ronald also sat up straight, his eyes fixed on Mancuso, watching what he could say. Why is it rubbish? Let me see if you take a picture of such "rubbish".

   "Look, here's McGillis, this makeup, this stance, this high heels and stockings, is she a Navy flight expert, or a street **** Hollywood Boulevard?"

   "How the **** do I know what the girls on Hollywood Boulevard look like? You seem to be familiar with them?" Ronald stood up abruptly, wanting to scold back like that.

  Nisita gave him a hard tug on his sleeve from below, he knew the client was going to be on fire, an old-fashioned man like Mancuso couldn't take it, and that would make the relationship completely frozen.

  Ronald glanced at Nisita and saw that his mouth seemed to say "calm", so he sat down slowly.

   "And these four actors, beach volleyball, is it necessary to shoot like low-cost soft porn? Or is it a male and male-only version, do you only shoot low-cost exploitative films?"

   Now Ronald stopped cursing. He ignored Mancuso and turned to look at the two actors' agents. Paula was shocked, and Fang Kimmer's agent seemed to be prepared.

   Ronald looked again at producer Don Simpson, and Bruckheimer. The eyes of the two of them answered with shock. They didn't expect that Mancuso would completely degrade the samples taken this time. Is this a trick to get the upper tier of their crew to be replaced together?

   "And these, all the shots are shot against the sun in the sunset, what is this? Is it an MV? Or an advertisement?" Finally, Mancuso began to criticize the shots on the aircraft carrier.

"You are so good at shooting commercials and MVs, why don't you specialize in those in the future? Big Hollywood productions require a complete plot, performances that promote the growth of characters, and the samples you shot, so far, all I have seen is a large MV. "

   "And you guys," Mancuso turned the fire on the two producers.

   "You said to me when you were going to shoot, it's a legacy of the Golden Age, it's patriotism, it's a re-enactment of the spirit of John Wayne's great westerns in the air. Now look, what's all this?

Director John Ford made a documentary for the US military on Midway Island in World War II. He took the picture of the aircraft carrier being attacked in the face of the Japanese air raid. It's a western, not western porn. "

   Ronald looked at Ned Tanin next to Mancuso, at this time he should have come out to protect himself. He gave the film the green light, and if Mancuso was allowed to deny it, he would also be responsible as the production director.

  Tanin shook his head invisibly at him, signaling Ronald not to have an attack on the spot.

   Ronald frowned, he was puzzled, what did Mancuso get? Tanin didn't even say a word?

   "The aircraft carrier, the beach volleyball, and some of the heroine's heavy scenes must be reshot." Mancuso circled back again, pointing at Ronald.

   "Mr. Mancuso, this movie is PG rated and will not have excessive eroticism and violence..." Ronald couldn't help standing up and defended himself.

   "Sit down!" Mancuso scolded.

"This is a glorious tradition of Paramount. If you don't want to shoot, you can change people. Paramount has a lot of mature directors here who can shoot these scenes. They will know how to use the classic Hollywood protagonist like Val Kilmer as the role. The film at the center is really shot.”

   Ronald sat down angrily and glanced at Fang Kilmer's manager who was sitting next to him. The other party glanced at himself a little triumphantly.

   Ronald looked at Ned Tanin on the opposite side again and motioned him to speak with his eyes. You are his person, shouldn't you say something at this time?

   Seeing that he avoided his gaze, Ronald decided to go on his own and stood up again to argue.

   "Union, two thirds."

  Nisita pulled Ronald desperately and said two words softly.

"Humph!"

   Ronald held back his anger, he understood what Nisita meant.

  The main parts of the movie have been filmed, and the rest are some aerial combat scenes. Ronald has already completed the technical aspects. Next, he does not necessarily need a director with special talents, so he can shoot the same gourd.

  If Mancuso gets another director to do those scenes, kick him out. Then re-shoot some heavy scenes, and keep the difficult aircraft carrier scenes that I shot. This makes it easy for a new director to shoot more than two-thirds of the overall scene shot count.

   Then he can justifiably remove his name from the director column. Even the shooting techniques, shooting logic, and the most difficult opponent scenes of the entire movie are all done by myself.

   At this time, Don Simpson spoke up, defending Ronald and defending himself.

   "I disagree with some of your points, Mr. Mancuso. Now a new generation of viewers don't like old-fashioned sermons, but like the fast-paced clips that come with videos and commercials.

  Ronald's shot scheduling is in line with the light used in classical oil paintings, and is also the tone and temperament that a new generation of audiences like. This is exactly what is typical of a John Ford Western. "

   Ned Tanin let out a sigh of relief. Someone put the conversation into the rhythm of a normal technical discussion, and he could speak.

"Frank, Don is right, Hollywood is not the golden age now. It doesn't necessarily have to rely on the actors to advance the story and develop the characters. It's a high-concept blockbuster, like Spielberg's ET. Aliens, and great white sharks, the audience is more like seeing a big scene, a big spectacle."

  Don Simpson continued, "Yes, now the audience can watch TV series at home, where there are dramas. They go to the cinema to watch those aircraft carriers take off and land, flight and air battles, etc., which have never been seen before."

  Mancuso interrupted them, "Of course I know this, but are we hiring Spielberg now, or George Lucas? Who else in Hollywood can make this kind of movie besides them?"

  Mancuso returned to the subject again, accusing Ronald of his directorial work for going off track. He raised his hand and looked at his watch, the time was just right:

   "I remind you that the commander will soon have the latest keynote speech on the current state of Hollywood. Just in time, it's almost time."

   After saying that, he turned on the TV and tuned in to the NBC live broadcast with the remote control.

   "Is this planned?" Ronald looked at the TV, the commander just saw him, what can he say?

The commander    was on a rostrum and was about to start his speech. On the wall behind it was a wooden title of "Conservative Political Action Conference". This is America's conservative force, an annual event. This year's grand leaders were invited to deliver keynote speeches.

   "…I believe that those who seek to overthrow the current government in Nicaragua are morally equal to our Founding Fathers. Again, I call upon Congress to pass the $14 million appropriation given to them…"

   "Conservative values ​​are the foundation of the United States, and they are now back in the mainstream of hundreds of millions of families. We have a responsibility to them, and we must cherish these conservative values."

The    commander said a lot of praise for the resurgence of conservatism in America. He stopped to take a sip of water and remembered the commission of his old friend Sinatra.

"We are American, our movies are our epics, and I've noticed that violence and **** have become easier in recent Hollywood, and our average American family is worried about their children being influenced by Hollywood movies. .

   We need to have more smart movies, like ET Aliens before, Star Wars. Hollywood should be making more of this genre, not the more controversial, violent or adult-themed ones. "

  Mancuso heard this passage and looked back triumphantly at the group of people below, especially Ned Tanin. With the leader's conservative values ​​speech, his actions to clear Eisner's bad influence at Paramount are more just.

"Speaking of this, it reminds me of one thing. Two days ago, Nancy and I watched a film made by Suwell. This is one of our little friends. He and I are also named Ronald. He is very discerning. The introduction." The commander continued his speech.

  Mancuso found that the two producers Simpson and Bruckheimer, as well as Ned Tanning, both focused their eyes on Ronald.

   That young over-the-top director looked at himself with a grin, pointed at his nose, and his mouth seemed to say, "Yes, it's me".

   "Nancy and I both love this movie and I regret that he wasn't made in Hollywood.

   This kid is directing a Paramount-funded film about naval aviation. We need more of these Hollywood-made on-screen heroes to relive the best of America, leadership, heroism, and sacrifice. "

  Mancuso's face collapsed quickly, his face turned red with excitement, quickly turned into angry livid, and quickly turned into a dead white color. He touched his heart, and a faint colic came, and he felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

  The Grand Commander continued his speech on TV, "My dear friends of the Conservative Alliance, remember that we Americans are born to lead the world, and the sky - not the street - is our limit."

"Nancy and I were already looking forward to the release of that little kid's movie, and there has never been a more exciting time, one that inspires wonder and heroic achievement. Our space shuttles are sending ordinary people into space, and we're going sky, we don't need roads."

  The commander personally appointed Ronald to direct "Top Gun" and will watch it at the White House.

  Mancuso shivered and took out a tablet from his pocket, picked up the water glass and swallowed it.

  Everyone, except for Mancuso, everyone is struggling.

  Tanin said, "Mr. Mancuso, Ronald and the others have more shots to complete, why don't we end the meeting now."

   "Pfft, hahaha", Ronald and two producers were at the gate of Paramount, laughing wildly.

"It's really yours, when did you go to the White House? Is Nancy your aunt? Hahaha." Don Simpson couldn't stop laughing and slammed the front of his new Ferrari, "No way, I'm in tears. Come out, look at Mancuso's face."

Nisita pulled Ronald into the car, "Don't laugh at the Paramount gate, Ronald. This is a little bit of our experience as an agent, and someone will pass the word. We have to respect the Paramount CEO...Pfft Hahahahaha...get in the car."

   (end of this chapter)