Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

The plane had just landed in New York, and Ronald and his group had just stepped out of the covered bridge when they were recognized by several reporters.They came up and surrounded the creators, scrambling to get them to answer questions.

"Eddie Murphy accuses 'The Last Day' of stealing his 'The Other 48' from theaters. Ronald, Demi, Patrick, what's your response?"

"Response? Eddie? Is he out of his mind?" Whoopi Goldberg blurted out.

"No comment..." Ronald quickly stepped forward to unify his message, and then asked his assistant to pull away Whoopi Goldberg, who had just gotten off the plane and had not yet returned to normal.He stopped Pallik Schwitz and Demi Moore, and the group quickly entered the VIP lounge without saying a word.

"Do we have a problem?" In order to increase the box office of "The Last Days", Demi Moore worked very hard to promote it. She was frightened by Whoopi Goldberg's fierceness. This is Want to yell at each other?

"Don't worry, as long as you and Patrick don't get involved in the scolding war with Eddie Murphy, we will let Whoopi speak out on this."

Ronald had just had a phone call with his agents in Los Angeles. Eddie Murphy's accusations had already caused a big shock in Hollywood. To be precise, they had caused extreme dissatisfaction at Paramount.

"Another 48 Hours" did not do well at the box office and fell very quickly.This puts the top management within Paramount who are leading the film at a disadvantage, and Eddie Murphy is also very arrogant and did many inappropriate things during the filming and release of the film.

Eight years after the release of the first original film, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, the other protagonist, have completely different statuses.After Eddie Murphy's original work became a hit, he specialized in comedy and filmed a series of light-hearted comedies headed by "Beverly Hills Cop".

Nick Nolte, on the other hand, has been filming real dramas, and there is a gap between the two of them in terms of acting skills and status, and they no longer have the same chemistry as they did back then.

Moreover, director Walter Hill has failed many times and no longer has any authority in front of Eddie Murphy.

This resulted in Eddie Murphy using his star status to rewrite the script while the movie was being shot.The hard-core police drama originally planned by Walter Hill was changed into a softer story to fit Eddie Murphy's current image.

Later, Eddie Murphy was still in the editing room and violated the rules and affected the editing.The 10-minute director's version was shortened to 95 minutes.Most of the deleted parts are Nick Nolte's scenes and the foreshadowing of the story.This makes the sequel movie more of a solo show for Eddie Murphy.

Moreover, he did not comply with the contract and participate in the "Another 48 Hours" promotional schedule.This makes the senior officials who support him even more passive.The shooting and editing were all done according to your wishes, but Eddie Murphy actually refused during the publicity session where stars were most needed...

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"Okay, I have issued a hush order with the two leading actors. They will not make any comments on Eddie's statement. Only Whoopi Goldberg has the right to respond on the crew... Okay, okay, our crew is cooperating with Pyla Blind..."

"Honey, are you afraid Eddie Murphy is playing the race card?"

In her Fifth Avenue apartment, Helen Slater held Ronald in her arms and watched with adoration in her eyes as he and Paramount were on the phone to decide the fate of two blockbusters.

"I can't say that I don't have such worries..." Ronald hung up the phone, smiled and held Helen in his arms.The two hadn't seen each other for a long time. Helen had finished the documentary and had returned to New York.The documentary has been well received within PBS and will be aired soon.

America covets the market and production potential across the Pacific and is eager to improve relations.Therefore, many people are pushing for the early broadcast of this TV series that introduces China in a friendly tone.

The other party also got the right to host this year's Asian Games, and also needs the friendship with America brought by this documentary.

Ronald knew very well and immediately found a bunch of TV series and sent them to Zhu Liang, the general manager of Sino-American Culture and Entertainment Company.After the other party's selection, three older dramas were selected: "Grand Hotel", "Roots", and a cartoon "Battlestar".

These TV series are all classics because they were filmed a long time ago and the broadcast rights are not expensive.Ronald bought the second and third seasons of the critically acclaimed "Growing Pains" and asked the studio to translate and dub them, bringing the American TV series back across the Pacific in the brand new 90s.

"So you only let Whoopi Goldberg talk to him?" Helen turned over, leaned close to Ronald's nose, and expressed her opinion.

"That's right to understand..." Ronald smiled and kissed him.In fact, both of them are suspected of abusing drugs. It's not a big deal to have a passionate confrontation on TV.Anyway, Whoopi Goldberg's status is far inferior to that of Eddie Murphy. Both of them are TV hosts, and they always take advantage of each other in their verbal disputes.

Besides, they are all black celebrities, so no one can say anything racist.

Sure enough, during the interview in New York, Demi Moore and Patrick Schwytz only answered questions related to the movie.They refused to answer any questions about Eddie Murphy.Those media reporters who interviewed Whoopi Goldberg had a lot of fun at once. The variety of black slang was an eye-opener for entertainment reporters.

Eddie Murphy's star status is entirely supported by the box office of the movie series.His previous films failed to meet expectations, and he finally found a scapegoat to prevent the blame for the box office failure of "Another 48 Hours" from falling on his back. If necessary, he could resort to Hollywood's discrimination against black movie stars.

Unexpectedly, a crazy woman who is also black emerged, even crazier than Eddie Murphy.The black card that has made him effective cannot be played.Reporters came to ask Eddie Murphy for his response again, and he felt like he had nowhere to focus.He couldn't scold Whoopi Goldberg for being discriminatory against black people, but he directly retaliated and was taken advantage of by her...

"Mr. Murphy has not fulfilled his responsibility to promote the film. Although he helped conceive the storyline of the sequel, compared with his star halo, this film does not reflect the value of his salary..."

At this moment, Paramount executives began to set fire to attack their big stars.When you have to shoulder responsibilities, you still need to find someone with a big seat to carry them.After being complained publicly by a long-term publisher, the media sensed there was gossip and immediately started digging deeper.

"I was pressured by stars, I can't name names, but I can say that I was forced to make a 'softer' movie to capitalize on the success of 'Beverly Hills Cop.'"

Director Walter Hill was interviewed in New York by the New York Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News.Without naming anyone, he accused someone of tampering with the script and being responsible for the film's failure.Of course, it’s a project where everyone knows who “Beverly Hills Cop” is.

"Are you saying that Eddie Murphy proposed changes to the script?" The reporter discovered a bigger gossip.

"I don't want to name names, but anyone who has seen the first original movie can realize that the chemistry between the two leads is not right, that someone has strayed from the original positioning of the two characters." Now, Eddie Murphy's accusation that Paramount didn't do enough to promote a movie starring a black man no longer holds water.Three people in succession accused him of different aspects, causing him to quickly fall into a whirlpool.

The Saturday Night Live star reacted quickly and immediately began to admit his mistakes in disguise. He never said a bad word about "The Last Days", but instead attributed the feud with director Walter Hill to a confrontation. A different view of art.

And he doesn't have any idea of ​​complaining to Paramount. What he wants to say is that movies are not as good as before. Movies can be shown in theaters for a longer period of time, and they often cannot be seen in less than two months, which will disappoint movie fans. So much.

In any case, the 48 theaters allocated by Paramount from "Another 200 Hours" played a very good role. The box office of "The Last Day" in the second weekend was not lower than that in the first week. On the contrary, it increased, with another weekend box office of more than 3000 million.The total box office has exceeded [-] and [-] million, making it an out-and-out dark horse.

"Ambassador Bandar, thank you very much."

Ronald visited Mr. Bandar in Saudi Arabia. It was the strong support of the Palm Tree Films chain in which he invested that allowed the box office of "The Love of Ghosts" to continue to be strong in the two major cities on the east and west coasts.

"Come here, try this camel meat, flown from my hometown." Prince Bandar cut a strip with a knife and handed it to Ronald himself.He doesn't care about anything more. Anyway, he just schedules Ronald's movies with all his strength.I can't watch movies in Saudi Arabia, but I am in America, which makes up for it by watching a few movies every week with beautiful women.

"I said, Director Ronald, is what the black actress said true? You didn't invite her at the beginning, did she fight for it on her own?" Prince Bandar, like the prince of the alien Middle East, is full of curiosity about Hollywood. .

When Whoopi Goldberg was being interviewed, she was talking nonsense, saying everything she could and couldn't say. Anyway, the audience and the host didn't know which part of her was fake and which part was true.The rise of her trolling Eddie Murphy suddenly revealed the reason why Ronald didn't seek her out in the first place.Although my original intention is to praise Ronald for his sharp eyesight and understanding of people...

This made Ronald call her urgently and ask her to change her words on Rich Lake's talk show, saying that she initially had a schedule conflict with another movie, but then "The Ghost Story" was postponed. Ronald approached her immediately.

"Those are all program effects. This is how we are in Hollywood. Most of the effects you see on TV are arranged in advance." Ronald took a bite of camel meat, which was very burnt and tender. Just right and very refreshing.

"Hahaha, when will your new movie be released? I always find it more exciting to watch movies directed or produced by you..." Prince Bandar does not wear a headscarf in private, and his clothing and living habits are very Westernized.

"This is Dances with Wolves at the end of the year. I like this movie very much. There are scenes of Indians on horseback hunting American bison. I think His Highness the Prince will also like it." Ronald hurriedly sold the goods. Saudis like falcons. , nobles who like horses, like hunting, and keep cheetahs at home.

Dances with Wolves fits their mentality perfectly. If they are willing to help arrange more theaters and shows, it will be a big help to the distribution work of Daydream's first major production.

"Hunting American bison? I like to see this. Let them wait a few more times. You Americans are good at everything, but there are too many hunting restrictions. You need to obtain a license to hunt here..."

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The box office did not fall but rose in the second week, which gave Paramount a lot of confidence. They continued their efforts and eliminated another 48 theaters from "Another [-] Hours" and "Thunderbolt", all of which were allocated to " The love between man and ghost is not over yet."

Paramount's copy factory worked overtime to temporarily produce hundreds of copies and send them to all parts of the country.Negotiations for overseas distribution are also intensifying. Those movie buyers saw the box office figures in the Hollywood Reporter. Needless to say, they automatically purchased a lot of additional copies. The number of copy orders in Europe and Asia has increased very gratifyingly.

"190 million..." The weekend box office figures for the second week are also out.A slight decrease of three percentage points from the previous week.Paramount is already preparing a large-scale celebration party for Ronald and the stars.

I have never seen a movie that had a small drop in the box office charts and stayed on the box office charts very strongly, but after three weeks of this, the box office numbers barely moved. Even the veteran employees who have worked in the distribution department for 20 years have not seen it. Pass.

Harrison Ford and "Die Hard" actress Bonnie Bedelia's new film "Presumed Innocent" took over "Ghost" with less than 50 in the third week of July The championship position of "The Love Is Not Over".

But everyone understands that it is just a normal performance of a normal movie. Next week, Ronald's "A Ghost Story" will still have a high chance of regaining the top spot.This film, which has an unspectacular opening, may stay in the top three of the rankings for a long time...

"Work harder. If we can win the championship next week, I'm afraid we will set a record." Ronald has returned to Los Angeles, smiling and encouraging his colleagues in Daydream and Paramount's distribution department.

At the celebration party, Ronald used his own money on the spot to give bonuses to employees in the distribution departments of the two companies.In addition, specially invited bikini girls and young men dressed in fire brigade to liven up the atmosphere.The employees who had been working hard on the distribution work for more than three weeks suddenly felt motivated again.

"The Love of Ghosts" ranked second at the box office in its first week, then overtook it to first place, and fell to second place in its third week. If it overtakes it to first place again, it will be the non-championship film that has won the most titles since its release.

The following week, another sequel to a successful commercial film was released.It's "Young and Strong Dragon Slayer 2".Starring Emilio Estevez, whom Ronald hates so much, and Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts' boyfriend.

When they were promoting it, they also said that the box office would be higher than "The Last Days" and that "The Young and the Restless 2" is a very good movie and worth buying tickets for.

"If you become a director and you come back and look at your own work as an actor, or anyone else's work, you're going to have a critical eye... I think I learned a lot from that, and I think the western is a genre that has a long history. As for the historical genre, I have made a lot of tributes to classic westerns in the movie. The audience can go and see it. We all paid tribute to those classic movies..."

Emilio Estevez is still so annoying. Even though the movies he directed were a mess at the box office, he was still being talked about as if he had made some blockbuster movie. Intentionally or unintentionally, he was still belittling the relationship between humans and ghosts. unfinished".

"Humph, I want to see how much box office you can get..." Ronald laughed a few times. These failed actors, plus Christian Sis, who filmed "The Legend of Billie King" with Helen, Leiter, Alan Rucker, who has been on the streets since becoming famous in "Spring Is Not a Reading Day", and rock star "Joan Bon Jovi" who has always wanted to play in movies. If these people come together, they can still compare to " Is the box office of "The Endless Love between Humans and Ghosts" high?
"How could they have what you have? My dear." Diane hugged Ronald from behind. Among these leading actors, several of them wanted to ask her out on a date back then. Female stars in Hollywood have big-name husbands. It can indeed stop many so-called celebrities from coveting beauty.

"Breaking news..." Suddenly the interview on the TV was interrupted, the screen returned to the studio, and the news host said to the audience.

"We apologize for interrupting the original program, now is the special news..." The picture-in-picture jumped out of the desert background highway, tanks, armored vehicles, armed helicopters and a large number of infantry were attacking forward on the TV screen.