Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 691 Old friends and old enemies

   agreed to Dongbao's matchmaking, Ronald and Nisita talked about the arrangement. He will continue to hang around in Tokyo for a few days, Tom Cruise will go to Seoul, and the two will meet in Hong Kong. McGillis and Cruise walked together. After she fulfilled this announcement mission, she will be absent from the domestic announcement schedule after meeting America.

   Of course, since it was America's friend who came to Tokyo, Toho had to arrange to meet Toyo's biggest star in Hollywood, director Akira Kurosawa.

   "Director Kurosawa, we meet again."

"Ronald-san, your recent movies are getting better and better. I watched the 'Top Gun' that was screened inside Dongbao. Only a young man like you can make this kind of movie, hahaha. ."

   Came to the Kurosawa Film Company in Yokohama, where Toho's staff acted as translators for Ronald and Akira Kurosawa.

   The two met at this year's Oscars. At that time, Akira Kurosawa's "chaos" earned him a nomination for best director.

   But unfortunately, he lost to "Out of Africa" ​​director Sidney Pollack.

   And he was unfortunately chosen as one of the best picture award representatives, along with John Huston and Billy Wilder, to present the award to director Sidney Pollack, who is also a producer.

  The organizing committee obviously wanted to arrange a ceremony of inheritance, so that the three old directors of the previous generation would present the award to the young Sidney Pollack to show that there are successors in Hollywood.

   But this is tantamount to humiliation for Akira Kurosawa, who is bent on winning the Oscar for best director. Afterwards, Ronald stepped forward to comfort him.

   "This is Diane..." Ronald introduced Diane Lane, who had just arrived, to Akira Kurosawa. Knowing that Ronald was coming to visit Akira Kurosawa, Diane also wanted to come.

   "Di Ansang needs no introduction. Ads for her diamond ring are everywhere now. Our boys are very distressed. If you don't buy a big diamond ring, your girlfriend will not accept the proposal."

   "Hahaha..." Diane was very proud of Director Akira Kurosawa knowing that he remembered his name.

  Dian's appeal in the Eastern market is getting stronger and stronger, except for the two advertisements of diamond ring and lipstick. She also received an invitation from a local fashion magazine, asking her to take a photo of her in a kimono for the magazine's cover and insert poster.

  It is strange that some American stars are very popular in Dongying, but some are coldly received here. Perhaps some of Di'an's looks are more accepted by the people of Eastern Ying. Although there have been no new works in the past two years, her role in "Street of Rage" has become more and more popular among young people in Dongying.

  Especially the two theme songs sung by Diane lip-synching are enduring on the radio. The soundtrack tapes of this movie among high school students are still selling very well. The videotape released last year has become a must-see introductory textbook for student gangs in Dongying's high school.

   Everyone wants to be the same as the male protagonist, defeat the enemy and win the love of the female rock star.

   Akira Kurosawa expressed his gratitude to Ronald for his visit. He is now in semi-retirement and is still preparing the script for the new film, but no one in Dongying is willing to invest in him.

   Akira Kurosawa also doesn't know why the audience of Dongying doesn't like him, and the audience in other parts of the world evaluates and loves him more than the people of Dongying.

   "Why is that?" Ronald also scratched his head.

   "If I knew this, I wouldn't have no movies to make." Akira Kurosawa was also confused.

Ronald feels a pity that a talented director like Akira Kurosawa is the best example of the "author's film" advocated by the new wave generation in the hair country. A man decides that the movie is truly his own product.

   A director like Ronald is a director under the Hollywood system and needs the cooperation of various specialists. Often times, compromises have to be made. In Hollywood cinema is a collective achievement, completely unrelated to the author's film.

  …

  After visiting the director, Ronald came to the headquarters of Toho Corporation again.

  Toho's executives hosted a banquet for Ronald and Diane.

   In addition to the people from Dongbao, there were also two pro-beauty bosses in the Dongying entertainment industry sitting at the banquet.

   One is Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Johnny Kitagawa, the owner of Toshihiko Tahara who is singing in front of the banquet hall.

   You can tell from the spelling of his name that this is an Americanized Eastern Ying. In fact, Johnny Kitagawa was also a Japanese immigrant in California, and he returned to East Ying to start his career after the war.

  Johnny's older sister, Mary, also appeared at the banquet. They also have an untimely older brother who worked at NASA as an engineer on the Apollo moon landing project.

   "Toshihiko, I haven't come to say hello to your benefactor yet." Mary Kitagawa clapped her hands to the most popular male star under her banner.

  Tahara Toshihiko obediently came over to say hello to Ronald, "Ronald-san, my breakdancing is pretty good now, and it's now my ace in variety shows."

   "Sit down and talk, we are friends. Is Kazami-kun back now?"

"He's also learning state-of-the-art breakdancing techniques in Los Angeles and New York. I was there when I called him, and he was so excited that he seemed to have found his dream. He also talked a lot about Ronald Sand's help. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have..."

  Johnny's idol Toshihiko Tahara is very grateful to Ronald as his friend. He is a little envious of Shingo Kazami who can chase his dream and dance in Los Angeles. Unlike himself, although he has been on the red and white song battle for six consecutive years, Johnny's rules are very big. At this level of banquet, he is just an entertainer to entertain the distinguished guests.

   "Okay, Toshihiko, sing another song for Ronald and President Kadokawa." Mary Kitagawa watched him talk non-stop, and immediately asked him to sing again.

   "Hiyi", Toshihiko Tahara is going to sing. He is good at singing and dancing, and he can also act. He was once called Michael Jackson of Dongying.

   Ronald couldn't stand it any longer, grabbed his hand and shook it, thanking him.

   "Toshihiko-san, come on. You are a singer, at any time, TheShowMustGoOn", Johnny Kitagawa, who was sitting at the top, knew his sister's problems, and spoke out to encourage and comfort the best singers.

   "Hi, thank you President" Tahara Toshihiko went down to sing.

   "Oh... oh..." Another guest at the banquet, the president of Kadokawa Shusha, Kadokawa Haruki also hummed along with Toshihiko's singing.

   He is a rich second-generation son. After graduating from college, he returned to his father's company and took over from Kadokawa Books. He imported many novels from America, translated them for publication, and invested in some films.

   In the film and television entertainment industry, he is another pro-American entrepreneur besides the Kitagawa family.

   "Ronald Sang, your films are always so fascinating, have you considered accepting investment from our Dongying company to make a film that reflects Dongying culture?"

   Kadokawa Haruki talked to Ronald after singing in Toying MJ.

"This is also a point of confusion for me. You Dongying, there is a master worshipped by our generation of directors. Akira Kurosawa is here, but he can't get the investment in the movie, but you have to invest in Hollywood." Ronald knocked after listening to the translation. Knocked on the table and said something.

   "Master Kurosawa is of course good, but he spends a lot of money. And Kurosawa Pictures and Toho have a long history of cooperation. We have many companies with major interests in America, and we hope to invest in Hollywood.

  I love Ronald Sand's films very much and hope to have the opportunity to participate in the production of Ronald Sand's next movie. "

"If you want to invest in Hollywood, of course I welcome it. But the eastern culture filmed by Hollywood seems to be different from the eastern culture filmed by the Dongying film company. My 'Longwei Kid' is considered to be the representative work of Dongying culture in America, but here audience did not like it.

  Hollywood producers don’t give top priority to what culture to promote, we just like movies that make money. If he happens to reflect a certain culture, that's the best, if he doesn't reflect any culture and just makes money, that's fine. "

   "Ronald Sand is really a wise businessman and artist, admirable." Johnny Kitagawa came over to smooth things out. Kadokawa Haruki was still thinking about what Ronald said. He really likes movies. If Ronald can't make movies about Eastern culture, it would be good to take the opportunity to make friends with a major Hollywood director and find opportunities for cooperation.

"The publishing industry is my family's main business. If there is any novel or script suitable for cooperation, I will send it to Ronald Sand. I hope you can help us find people we like to cooperate with in Hollywood. Of course, our most hope is Working with Ronald Sand."

   "Good to say, good to say."

   "Come on, let's Johnny's boys come up and perform for the distinguished guests." Seeing that everyone was talking about the same, Mary Kitagawa clapped her hands and asked a group of teenage children to come in and perform for Ronald.

   "These are the trainees we hired. It's a commercial law that industrializes idols. Ronald Sang has a chance to give them some pointers."

   Ronald was surprised to see these boys who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. It turned out that Dongying cultivated idol stars in this way of industrialization. No wonder their products are so good and cheap, but this approach is put on the artist...

  Thinking of this, Ronald asked, "What's your name?"

  A big boy who took the lead understood Ronald's English, and he took some good friends out to introduce himself to Ronald.

   "Nishikori Ichiki... Ukusa Kexiu... Noriyuki Higashiyama, we are the youth team!"

   "What about the chorus you prepared?" Mary Kitagawa said again.

  The boys lined up and began to sing to Ronald the song they had been rehearsing for so long.

  “ベッドに電たわり, Earth Day の Night には

  heat くもないのに Khan

  しかし、あなたの脳は、メッセージを get しました

  そして、それはそれを Send a letter している"

"Hahaha……"

  Although they didn't understand, Ronald and Diane were already laughing together. It turned out that this boy idol group called the Junior Team sang the Japanese cover of the opening song "NowhereFast" of Diane's "Rage Street".

   "You are really red in Dongying", Ronald quietly reached out to scratch Diane's itch.

   "Hahaha..." Diane smiled happily.

   Ronald stood up and told the translator that he was going to the bathroom.

The    translator took him outside the door. Ronald, who was about to go to the bathroom, suddenly saw two American men, who were standing outside the door talking.

  No, it's not very appropriate to speak. It's a burly man with a square chin, who is training another handsome middle-aged guy who looks handsome.

"You put away your Hollywood stuff, this is Tokyo. No one knows who you are, do you know? We've been to NHK more than a dozen times and still haven't gotten the money. I asked through my Goldman colleagues. Here, two entrepreneurs, Kitagawa and Kadokawa, entertained important American guests here.

   They are all rare pro-American entrepreneurs in Dongying, put away your arrogance and face. Now you are the one who is going to ask them to invest. Honestly be a producer looking for investment. They may really be LittleJaps, but they're a bunch of rich LittleJaps."

  Ronald rarely sees people being so imposing in public, so he doesn't feel disgusted, but feels very happy. In particular, the object of his reprimand was also a high-ranking person, and he was also his former enemy.

   "Steve, I listen to you, I'll wait here to see if I have a chance to meet Mr. Kitagawa and Kadokawa."

   "Hehehe..." Ronald looked at him with a pleasing expression, recalling the various ways that the other party made things difficult for him when he was in a high position, he couldn't help laughing.

   "Is that you, Ronald?" The middle-aged handsome guy who was trained to be like a grandson, saw Ronald, his face turned from blue to white, then from white to red, and he wanted to leave on the spot with shame and indignation.

   But he was stopped by the square chin that was scolding him, "Tom, what's the matter with you? Did you forget what I told you just now? Now is the time for you to ask for someone."

Then he turned around again, his face quickly changed to a big smile, reached out to Ronald and said, "Hello, Ronald. My name is Bannon, and I'm a fan of yours. I'm working for Mount right now. Mr.'s Mount Production Company works part-time, and now I need to meet the two chairman Kitagawa and Kadokawa, who entertained you, to discuss the financing of the new film, can you please introduce us?"

   (end of this chapter)