Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 419
The premiere of "Star Wars - Return of the Jedi" was like no other.Everyone came to the scene wearing Star Wars-themed T-shirts.

There is a queue length of several kilometers outside the cinema. Many movie fans dress up as people in the play, some wear Darth Vader's black armor, or hold Lu Zoutian's lightsaber, and some girls comb their hair into Princess Leia's bun.

When Ronald walked over, there happened to be a TV station interviewing the audience.Some people said that they had already lined up here at six o'clock in the morning, and they only reached the second lap.

Walking through the queues, at the main entrance of the theater, some lucky ones who get invitations to the premiere can see the movie two hours earlier than others.

Security guards in the theater, in uniform, are maintaining order, and only those with invitation letters are allowed in.Ronald took out the invitation letter and handed it over. Looking back, the dense crowd stretched to the opposite side of the road.

America is a nation without history. Its citizens immigrated from the Old World to the New World, so it has not always had its own heroic epics like the nations on the Old World.

This trilogy of films by Lucas, for these kids, is like a heroic epic.And thanks to film technology, it is an epic with figures, pictures, and special effects.

Unlike the long-running TV show "Starfleet," "Star Wars" is more personal and heroic, and more dramatic.Although it was only six years old, it has already left a deep imprint on a generation of young people in America.

Star Wars' invasion of American culture is all-encompassing.

The SDI missile defense system announced by the Grand Commander this time has been called Star Wars by many people.And his previous speech on the evil empire was also quoted by members of Congress, comparing the Suweier alliance to Darth Vader.This movie has entered the daily language expression of America.

Although the Oscar Organizing Committee and the Directors Guild did not like to see George Lucas very much, they did not give him the best director or best picture affirmation, but only gave some technical awards.But that didn't stop teenagers across the country from viewing Lucas as the greatest visionary.

Ronald is very envious. This kind of film that can embed itself in the language level is a more solid and permanent monument than Oscar.I don't know if I will be able to change the language of America in one or two places in the future.

Apart from the invited friends in the circle, most of those in attendance were lucky spectators who wrote to Lucas and were eventually selected.

Lucas came to the scene in person to congratulate everyone on the final release of the final chapter of the trilogy.Soon, the curtain was raised and the film was officially screened.

Ronald watched the movie with great interest.After the last "The Empire Strikes Back", Darth Vader claimed to be Luke's father. For three years, many viewers wondered whether this was Vader's lie or the truth.

Princess Leia took off her elegant robe and put on a sexy bikini to dance for Jabba, the slave owner. The audience let out a loud swallowing sound.

Then came Luke, who made a homemade green lightsaber, defeated Jabba, and rescued a carbonized Han Solo.Everyone discovered that the Emperor was developing a second Death Star and wanted to destroy the Rebels.

After a series of battles, Luke faced the Emperor and Darth Vader alone.In the final battle, Luke chopped off Vader's mechanical arm.The Emperor tried to lure him into being filled with negativity and descending to the dark side.

The voices of Obi-Wan and Yoda sounded in Luke's ears, giving up negative emotions such as anger and fear, unwilling to surrender to the dark side of the Force, and was shocked by the Emperor with Force lightning.After all, Darth Vader couldn't resist the love of father and son, pushed the emperor off the throne, and fell into space.It's a pity that he died of exhaustion in the end.

The ending is the Star Wars tradition again, everyone stood together and smiled happily.But this time there are three more Force spirits of the Jedi Knights, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Anakin, the real body of Darth Vader.

The audience began to shout loudly and applaud enthusiastically. After three years of waiting, a complete and wonderful story finally came.

After 10 minutes passed, the audience stopped applauding, and there were already several film crews of TV stations waiting to interview the audience at the door.

Ronald has a special car waiting here to pick up some of their guests to celebrate the party, George Lucas, after eight years, finally completed the Star Wars trilogy, he is the emperor tonight.

The celebratory party was held at the nearby Beverly Hills Hilton.Champagne like a hill, big cakes, all kinds of delicacies, and wearing T-shirts, a temperament completely different from ordinary movie parties.

Ronald saw his agent, Nisita, also rushing to the scene, and greeted him, "Rick, why are you here too? Do you want to sign Chewbaka?"

George Lucas had a falling out with the directors' union, so for his last two films, he hired directors who were not members of the union.As for the stars of Star Wars, they have long been firmly tied up by their agents. As for the two robots C3PO and R2D2, they are not qualified to sign with an agent.

So Ronald joked with him that he was going to sign the fluffy Wookiee.

"I'm here to remind you, don't mention Martha in front of George." Nisita whispered in Ronald's ear.

"What?" Ronald was a little confused.

"Ovitz told me today that George's wife, Martha, cheated on him and wanted to divorce him. So I rushed to remind you immediately, when the time comes to congratulate George, don't mention Martha's name."

"Oh, thank you." Ronald thanked Nisita. George Lucas is now the most profitable director, with two killer series of movies, Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.This kind of other people's private matter, if it is not good, if Lucas knows it, it is not worth it to cause resentment.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lucas. This one is very good. It finally fulfilled a dream of watching A New Hope when I was a child. Luke has become a great Jedi warrior. I wonder if you will continue to make it?"

Ronald took a chance and went up to congratulate Lucas.

"Oh, Ronald. Hello. Not for a while, I'm too tired, I paid too much for Return of the Jedi, and then I think I'll take a break." Lucas said to Rona De still had an impression, and had a brief chat with him.

"It seems that his mental state is really not very good. On the night when the movie was sold, he didn't seem too happy."

"Hey, you don't know, this incident hit George very hard." Nisita finally sent Ronald home, and told him the whole story in the car.

It turned out that the director of "Return of the Jedi" was originally booked by Spielberg, but due to the directors' union, union members were prohibited from participating in Lucas' project.Lucas experienced the decline of David Lynch, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven and others, and finally found a Welshman Richard Marquand as the director.

But Richard Marquand, on the set of Pinewood in London, was assertive and had great conflicts with the actors who played the three leading roles.In the end Lucas had to take over halfway, flying to London to pick up the directing job himself.

George Lucas and Martha originally had a big conflict because George was busy with work.One of their adopted daughters was left in a fancy hotel while George was in London, leaving Martha to take care of her alone.

Martha Lucas would have been a very good editor.He used to be Martin Scorsese's queen editor and collaborated with all of Scorsese's blockbuster works.But now it is unbearable for her to be a housewife whose husband does not come home.

Martha later returned to the manor Lucas bought to concentrate on renovating her house.She hopes to cover the dome of a library with the stained glass of the Renaissance church, which looks very artistic.

Who knew that this glass-making artist took advantage of the situation.George Lucas begged hard, but couldn't save Martha's heart. The two would announce their divorce after "Return of the Jedi" was released.The reason for not getting divorced right away is for the final episode of the Star Wars trilogy not to be disturbed by this gossip.

Martha Lucas herself also won the Oscar for Best Editing for her editing of "Star Wars - A New Hope". She also has feelings for the Star Wars series, so the two agreed to announce their divorce later.

"Oh, how could this be? The last time I saw them, they looked very loving." Ronald sighed in the co-pilot.

"It's inevitable. Movies, especially giant productions like Star Wars, often take one or two years to prepare, shoot, edit, and produce special effects. And a workaholic like George may not be able to compare with Martha when he goes home. A few words, no matter how loving you are, there will be problems."

"Then Martha is miserable. She cheated first, so she won't get any property?"

"What does this have to do with cheating? Is it the law of your New York state? California is a state where assets are equally divided." Nisita looked at Ronald in surprise.

"Huh?" Ronald was surprised, "I didn't know that."

"California law stipulates that regardless of who makes the most contribution to the property of the couple after marriage, the principle of equal sharing is adopted in principle after divorce. And generally, the woman has to bear the child support, and will share more."

"Oh", Ronald thought, if he gets married in California in the future, it's better not to get a divorce.

The next day, the nation awaits the box office results of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi."The end result was $620 million.

After Ronald learned of this result, he knew that the release theaters of "Night of the Comet" would be compressed.

Over the weekend, "Return of the Jedi" raked in $300 million, becoming the first film in American history to break through $2000 million in its first weekend.

The theaters for "Night of the Comet" were squeezed to just over 300 theaters. Although the box office of a single theater did not drop much, the total box office has dropped below 240 million US dollars to [-] million US dollars.

Turn on the TV and it's full of news and talk shows about Star Wars.Open a big newspaper like the "Los Angeles Times", and the news related to Star Wars is all on the front page.

At the end of the "Star Wars" trilogy, the audience frantically bid farewell to the three protagonists and their own youth.They've moved this modern American epic from entertainment to front page, from NBC entertainment to NBC national.

The English-speaking countries, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand are also looking forward to the early arrival of the film copy, and there are audiences who can't bear it, and they take a transoceanic plane to New York to watch.

Facing the frenzy sweeping the world, Ronald's "Valley of Comets" had no choice but to retreat.Fortunately, the box office has accumulated more than 100 million in the first two weeks, and with the 240 million in the third weekend, it is already close to 500 million.

(End of this chapter)