Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 622 The whole family goes to the movies

"Is your aunt in New York? I know she is your closest relative. This is for you. There are several to share with her and friends." Bruckheimer, on the plane to New York, gave Ronald An envelope with several movie tickets in it.

The second screening of    was in New York, and Ronald could still find time to go home.

   "Thank you." Ronald took the - ticket, opened the curtain, walked to the back of the economy class, found Little Bud, took out three sheets from the envelope to keep, and handed the rest to Little Bud.

   "This is the movie ticket for the test screening. You can arrange it for your family and friends."

   "Thank you, Ronald." Little Bud showed a row of white teeth. After he worked for Ronald, Ronald did not treat him badly in terms of income. However, with a mother and three unmarried sisters, a lot of money was sent back to support the family.

   But thinking of the future, he is still very happy. Ronald was a good employer and had an easy job, driving the car, helping with chores, keeping Ronald a secret, and just running.

   After the three older sisters get married, they will be able to start their own family after repaying the house loan they mortgaged together with their mother. The future is very promising...

  The plane landed in New York and Ronald returned to Staten Island for dinner with Aunt Karen. My aunt was very happy to see Ronald. After Donna went to MIT, most of her time was spent on veterans' philanthropy. She was very happy when Ronald came back.

"This is Eric, my friend. He has helped me a lot at the local Veterans Association, and I want to invite him to your movie." The aunt introduced him to Eric, a retired non-commissioned officer, and his aunt A lot of pictures.

   "He's from the Marines?" Ronald asked his aunt.

   "Yes, he and your uncle were both enlisted in the army. We can chat about literature and cook with him. Eric is a good cook."

   "Of course, we'll go to the preview tomorrow together." Ronald readily agreed, "And the little Bud family, too, let's watch it together."

   "Fortunately, you have hired him. Their family's income is limited now, so they are counting on the money sent by Little Bard to pay the mortgage."

   "What? Her mother and sisters..." Ronald wanted to ask why they didn't move to the new factory in South Los Angeles together. Thinking of little Bud's complexion, he snorted again.

  The new factory in the south of Los Angeles, the settlements are dominated by whites and Latinos, a family of blacks, and companions on Staten Island, it is really difficult to get there.

  America now has no racial discrimination on the surface, but in fact implicit discrimination is everywhere. If nothing else, renting a house is a problem for a family of blacks to whites or Latinos.

  Fortunately, the family members of Little Budd are good at sewing machines. The Manhattan RTKD leg warmer retail store reserved for Ronald can also change the style of leg warmers for customers and earn a little money.

   "I'll find a way to pay him more." Ronald smiled and agreed to the request that his aunt didn't say.

   Aunt Karen's friend, Eric, is still in the style of the Landing team. He and Ronald greeted graciously, and the three drove to the cinema together. Little Bud temporarily acted as a driver in his own family today, taking his mother and three sisters to watch the preview.

   Entered the movie theater for the preview, and my aunt didn't care much at first, but when I arrived at the Lone Ranger's comrade-in-arms, the plot that would rather sacrifice myself in order to save the Lone Ranger, I started to get excited.

   She held Ronald's arm tightly, wiping away tears.

   On the battlefield in Vietnam, her deceased husband Steve, and Bud's father, Old Bud, covered each other like this, trying to withdraw from an ambush encounter. If the two of them hadn't retreated to a place close to their own support troops under cover of each other before they died, it is very likely that they would not even get a death notice in the end, and they would be classified as missing persons.

   Ronald gently patted his aunt on the arm, comforting her. Eric next to him was also comforting softly.

   Ronald looked around. The composition of the screening crew in New York is more reasonable than in Los Angeles, and it is more representative of the target audience for the film's preparation.

   In addition to some young people, there are also some people who obviously look like retired veterans, and more of them are sent out by families to see. Among them, there are many fathers and children.

   Of course, most of the audience are young people in their twenties.

  Although the whistle for Instructor Charlie played by McGillis was a little less, the patriotic plot of the Americans still made applause come on time as the Lone Ranger shot down the MiG-28 twice.

   "WaytoGo!" Ronald shouted with clenched fists when he saw a father, more excited than the son he brought.

  It was the first time that the son saw his father so excited and exposed. Soon he was also infected by the plot of the Lone Ranger's third missile hitting the enemy plane. The father and son gave a high-five to celebrate.

   Ronald smiled. The footage of the two Sidewinder missiles approved by the Navy is not enough. Fortunately, ILM refers to the scene of the real missile launch, and made a fake model. The explosion that launched and hit the enemy plane was edited together, and it was almost invisible to the real scene. the difference.

  The last Lone Ranger's F-14A landed on the deck of the Enterprise. The "Hollywood" and the "Wolfman" crew, who were picked up by the helicopter after the shooting, came up to hug the Lone Ranger fiercely and thank him.

  Iceman also got off the injured plane and reluctantly came up and told the Lone Ranger that he could be his wingman.

   "It's almost as if you were my wingman." The Lone Ranger embraced his competitor and looked down on his Iceman in flight school.

  The audience burst into applause again. Audiences in New York love this kind of plot where the good boys of America unite. It is worthy of being the first gathering place for elites in America, and knows the value of win-win cooperation.

  Ronald began to think wildly. The audience in Los Angeles, well-informed, clearly liked Ronald's dazzling aerial combat.

  The audience in New York was influenced by Broadway and influenced by various drama clubs started in middle school. They knew the growth of the characters and the logic of the story. They are obviously more fond of the plot of the Lone Ranger, through the sacrifice of his partner, from a young man who only cared about his personal performance to a mature pilot who would rather give up his performance for the safety of his companions.

  I don’t know which aspect of the plot do Chicago audiences prefer?

   "A+, A, A+, A", Ronald watched the audience's comments one by one in the lounge after watching the movie.

"This is the embodiment of the American spirit. I hope Hollywood can make more patriotic films like this. Don't always oppose the Vietnam War and belittle the veterans. We didn't go to Vietnam voluntarily. Now we are facing the huge Soviet empire. Threats like this need a good movie like this."

   This was apparently written by a Vietnam veteran.

   "It's so beautiful, I like it so much. If the Navy can really fly such a wonderful plane, I'd rather join the military after high school."

   This is written by a high school student viewer.

   "I rarely watch movies with my kids, we don't seem to have a common language. This is the only movie that my kids and I can chat with after ET."

   This is the audience that the father brought the child to watch the preview.

"Little Bud, why didn't you let Ronald show your face?" Ronald raised his head. Little Bud's three sisters were also very excited, and asked twittering around Little Bud in the lounge. shooting scene. There was a girl next to him, holding little Bud's arm and smiling happily.

   "Karen, this movie is so good, it reminds me of my days in Vietnam." Eric was sitting with Aunt Karen, and the two were chatting softly about Ronald. Aunt was happy to hear Eric compliment her nephew.

   "Let's go have dinner." Ronald looked at his relatives and friends, thinking about it.

  After dinner, Little Bud sent Ronald to the hotel to stay.

   "Is that Lucy?" Ronald asked Bud Jr.

   That girl, like the little actor in "Famous in the World", doesn't know how she got together with Little Bud.

"Yes, Lucy's acting career has not developed. After graduating from high school, she tried for three years, but she didn't get a small role like 'Famous in the World', and there were too few black roles in the entertainment industry. She is now in I introduced her to a leg warmer store in Manhattan as a salesperson."

  Ronald nodded, the elimination rate in this industry is too high, most of them can only be a drama teacher, or do some behind-the-scenes work in the industry, or they can only change careers like Lucy.

   "Your sisters, are you still there to change leg warmers on the spot?"

   "Yes, Aunt Karen is very good, introduced our family to do this odd job in the past, many people need to modify the ankle, otherwise it will easily slip off."

   "I'll stay in New York for a few days this time, and you'll send me to Donnell & Dole's law firm tomorrow."

  Ronald originally wanted to offer a salary increase to Buddy, but after seeing the situation today, he had another idea.

   "Lindsay," Ronald hugged Attorney Lindsay Dole, who was more capable now. A blond hair was neatly placed on his head.

   "Congratulations on being named partner."

   "I deserve it. Last year my income accounted for more than half of the law firm." Lindsay Dole said proudly.

   "I thought you were very good back then." Ronald thought of the small law firm that couldn't pay for the lights and telephone bills at that time. Now it has been renovated, and Lindsay has the second largest office.

   "I always remember that you gave me my first business, so we had the money to pay the phone bill, hahaha."

After    greetings, Ronald proposed the main purpose of this visit.

"I'm going to register another company to make tape for film editing. The owner of the patent is Walter Murch, I'm in charge of the capital, he's in charge of the intellectual property, and you help me draw up an appropriate ratio. Then the factory is put on Staten Island. Instead, hire people who didn’t want to relocate to the original leg warmer factory in Southern California.”

   "Very good small business, professional in the market, does not require large-scale marketing costs, and the sales are very guaranteed."

"I have two goals, first, my own company will shoot a lot of low-budget films to use, and Murch's workshop can't meet the requirements. Second, I want to maintain a good relationship with the major studios. The price of my tape , is only a little higher than their original 3M, but the performance and effect are much better. Their directors will like it, and the procurement will not be too difficult."

   "Yes, not a lot, but every movie needs it. Your business acumen is very good."

   Lindsay Dole looked at the patent document brought by Ronald, kept drawing the key points, and agreed with Ronald's idea.

   "What, is there anything else?" Lindsay Dole asked, looking at Ronald's hesitant expression.

   "Do you know any reliable private detectives?"

   "What do you want to do? Check your girlfriend for adultery?"

   "No..." Ronald whispered his thoughts to lawyer Lindsay.

   "Well, I have a personal choice here. It turned out to be the inspector of the NYPD who recently resigned."

   "Hi Frank McPike, Lindsay told me you need a private investigator?"

   That afternoon, a slightly bald middle-aged man met Ronald in a cafe.

   "Have you ever been an actor, I seem to have seen you in several movies?" Ronald looked at the other party a little familiarly.

   "No, it's just what some friends said." Frank McPeck was very helpless to the Hollywood actor who looked a little like him. It's better not to be recognized as a private investigator. He took a pair of small round glasses out of his pocket and put them on. "This way it doesn't look like it."

   "Okay, sorry." Ronald took out a photo of his aunt and Eric, "I want you to check this person's background."

   "What, you want to break them up? This is yours?"

"My aunt, no. I think they're still in love. But there's something about this Eric that makes me uncomfortable, some of his actions are too actor-like, you know I'm a Hollywood director. If he's not a big cheat My aunt's place, I'm not going to tell her.

   But if he has any malicious intentions, then I have to get him out of here. "

   "I don't accept checks, only cash or bearer money orders. We don't need to call. I'll let Lindsay inform you when I find out the results."

   "Very well, this is the salary Lindsay said." Ronald quickly took a thick envelope from his pocket and handed it over.

   "Very well, the rules are like this, I will contact you if you have anything else. Let Lindsay speak if you need me anywhere else." Mike Pike quickly slid the envelope full of cash into his bag.

   (end of this chapter)