Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 344 Newspaper Interview
After figuring out that "Footloose" is for young people in small towns, Ronald revises it very quickly.

He himself spent several years of high school in the small town of Tottville on Staten Island, New York, and he knows very well the psychology of high school students in those small places.Their understanding of popular culture in big cities is limited to TV programs, and many popular ideas are specious.

Anyway, the general principle is to write about the "popular fashion" in the eyes of young people in small towns, and let them enjoy the victory of rebellion.So Lun, the leading actor from the big city of Chicago, can't be too good.

He finally won in the small town and made the pastor change his mind, relying on the education and help of young people in the small town.Young people in big cities must go to the fields of small towns to study in order to finally succeed.

With the guidance of principles and some references from dream scenes, Ronald seemed to be inspired, and it took a day to correct some unreasonable plots and wrong script writing formats in the script.

"Ronald, you are such a genius, you changed it so quickly?" Nisita was in the office of CAA, saw the script that Ronald handed over, and decided to praise it first.

"You know, my hands are quick when I'm inspired. It takes a long time when I'm not inspired." Ronald took a sip of the coffee made by Nisita's secretary, and it tasted great.Bigger office, better secretary, Nisita has had a great year.

"Tell me, why did you write it like this? It seems that the rhythm of this script is far from the 'fast-paced' script you wrote? This script is a bit like a classic Hollywood movie from the golden age. Is it too slow? ?”

Nisita, who quickly scanned the script, felt a little doubtful, and immediately asked Ronald this question.

"I remember you told me about the definition of a high-concept movie. This movie is a high-concept movie aimed at tens of millions of young people in small towns. Give them a 'fast-paced' plot density, and they won't be able to accept it."

"Youth in the small town, I haven't heard this term for a long time." Nisita leaned back and put his fingers together.

Hollywood used to have values ​​based on small-town youth.Jimmy Stewart used to be a great guy to play a small-town kid.The capitalists and politicians in big cities are all bad guys, and the simple young people in small towns are the backbone of America.

In "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", he played a young man in a small town who happened to act as a senator for a few days.Recite the Declaration of Independence in the Senate to filibuster, reserve a river beach for Boy Scouts, and deny greedy capitalists from building dams.

However, with the rapid rise of urbanization, big cities are like water pumps, constantly pumping people from small towns to work.The change in population distribution has made Hollywood movies more and more focused on the stories of urban youth.

Looking at Nisita with doubts, Ronald said, "Trust me, Rick. I grew up in a small town. The youth there are very boring, and the movie theaters there can't afford to rent copies of new movies.

They can only watch 'new movies' from two years ago, old movies from the 50s, or some low-quality 16mm copies. Most high school students in small towns still accept the old-fashioned movie language.

Our form of entertainment was driving around town, from church to market and back from the hardware store.Life is so boring, the whole point of this movie is to give them a little dream and make them feel like they are also 'trendy' like teenagers in big cities New York, Los Angeles.

Moreover, according to the census in 3000, there were [-] to [-] million young people in the town, which is definitely a neglected market. I think the screenwriter of the script is a genius..."

"You convinced me." Nisita got up and put on his coat. I will submit the script to the producer, and they will make an appointment to chat with you. Mr. Eisner has a good impression of you.

"By the way, 'Variety Show' is doing a report on this year's box office growth. They want to do an interview with you. When are you free?"

"Interview? This is the first time I've been interviewed by a newspaper. What should I do?"

"Don't get too excited, Ronnie. Just a small report, the main story is this year's box office growth in Hollywood. The tape is coming, and last year's drop in the box office freaked everyone out.

Fortunately, this year's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Sony's case against Universal.Those pirated machines from Japan can finally be banned from selling in America. "

"Thank goodness," Ronald replied.He himself used a video recorder to record many classic old movies shown on TV stations. If the video recorder becomes popular, the audience may be even less willing to go to the cinema.

"The Dongying people have already appealed to the Supreme Court. These people still have a lot to learn. You must know that the current Supreme Court has a six-to-three advantage."

"So you're leaning toward Hollywood?" Ronald didn't quite understand these things.

"Yes. And the current chief executive came from Hollywood. How could he see the great Hollywood being defeated by piracy?"

Nisita actually doesn't quite understand it, but most people in the industry are optimistic about this judgment and will continue to support the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' favor for Hollywood.

If the judgment of the Court of Appeal is upheld, then the burden of proof of piracy will be thrown to the video recorder manufacturers in Japan, and Hollywood studios can sue the video recorder manufacturers for compensation as long as they find pirated video tapes.

Once such a case is opened, the last bastion of Hollywood can be held.If the piracy case of "ET Alien" happened again, Universal could sue the video recorder and the video tape manufacturer, seeking huge compensation and punitive damages.

……

Soon, a reporter from "Variety Show" came to interview Ronald.

I'm "Har from Variety Show?" A middle-aged male reporter introduced himself to Ronald.

"Har?" Ronald couldn't figure out what the name was.

"You don't read 'Variety Show' very much?" The reporter laughed. "Reporters of Variety Shows all have nicknames. My name is Jim Harwood, or Har for short, and my signed articles all use this nickname."

"Sorry, I really didn't pay attention to this. I just read the reports." Ronald adjusted his sitting posture with a smile and coughed.

"I love your 'fast-paced Richmond High School', can you talk about your creative thinking?"

"I read Cameron Crowe's novel and thought it was very real. I didn't know until I met him that he had been an undercover agent in high school for a year..."

"Why do you think 'fast paced' is popular with audiences?"

"Not everyone liked it, and I've heard critics accuse the nudity of being too sloppy and ruining the actors. My thoughts, this is a movie that really reflects life in a big city high school.

Many high school students in Hollywood movies are either mainly funny or naive. In fact, high school is the last time in many people's lives to think carefully about the huge issues of human society.

They are all very thoughtful young people, no worse than adults.And don't think too simplistically about today's young people. The information they see on TV is more abundant than the generation that grew up reading newspapers.

They are also a generation with imaginative and social skills. "

"You are also very young, do you feel more identified with the young cast?"

"No, I grew a beard when I was on the crew, and I hope I am more mature. The director is the leader of a crew and needs to convince the staff and actors."

"How would you rate the actor's performance?"

"They gave very good performances. In fact, I am very optimistic about their future in Hollywood. Even some actors with small roles may achieve success in Hollywood."

……

The interview went on very quickly, and reporter Har still had a few questions to end the interview.

"What movie are you going to make next?"

"I'm negotiating some scripts, which should still focus on youth films, and may also be science fiction themes."

"The last question is asked on behalf of fans, what are your hobbies in life?"

"I was originally on the high school wrestling team, loved sports, and more recently I'm a fan of the San Francisco [-]ers, and I love their quarterback Montana."

"Our photojournalist will take a picture of you and use it in the interview. Just by the window, yes, that's good."

"Crack..."

On the weekend, Ronald happily watched his interview published in the newspaper.Wearing a look coat, sitting in front of the window, he looked deeply into the distance.The following is the content of his interview.

"It's just a little short." Because of the release advertisement of "First Blood", Ronald's interview was cut to a long strip with only one-eighth of the page.

(End of this chapter)