Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 507 Someone Doesn't Like This Plot

"The following is Rosalyn Sumners." Ronald rested at home and watched TV. He had been separated from the normal life in America for too long, so he watched TV and synchronized with everyone.

ABC is showing the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and women's figure skating is the most-watched program.The first few American players performed well. Rosalyn Sumners is said to be very good. She went up with a triple hook, which was very difficult.

The TV show suddenly went black, and then cut to the ABC studio.

breaking news.

A presenter remarked on the news just received, "Moscow TV began broadcasting a repeated Leningrad Ballet version of 'Swan Lake' a few hours ago, which usually hints at something big happening in the Union.

Just 35 minutes ago, the Chinese embassy announced that General Secretary Yuri passed away yesterday.

Not long after, TASS authorized the announcement that Comrade Yuri, who had just served as General Secretary for fifteen months, died unfortunately. His health had been in poor health for a long time, and his kidney problems were not a secret.

There will be four days of mourning across the league, followed by a state funeral in Red Square.It was the league's second state funeral in two years.It is believed that the coalition government intends to invite the heads of Western countries to attend the funeral...

"Another general secretary-general?" Ronald still remembered the funeral of the former secretary-general in [-], when the medal was held by many people. The current general is really lucky.

"Beep..." the phone rang, "Hi, this is Weintraub, answer the phone Ronald."

When Ronald picked up the phone, he immediately said, "Have you heard?"

"Ah..., are you watching TV too? I don't know who will take over as the supreme leader of the alliance this time."

"What a mess, I'm talking about the news from Columbia. They gave a revised opinion to cut the duration, didn't your agent tell you the news?"

"No?" Ronald was stunned for a while, "Where are you, I'll go there now."

When Ronald heard that "Longwei Boy" had a problem, he immediately grabbed his clothes and ran out.

"The feedback is this. Columbia thinks that the current film is not suitable for a feature film that is close to two hours. I hope you can cut it to [-] to [-] minutes." Weintraub saw Ronald walking into his mansion, Straightforwardly convey the opinion.

"What's the reason?" Ronald was a little anxious, so he stopped beating around the bush.

"It is said that after the Supreme Court's judgment, theaters prefer short-length movies. They are afraid that the videotape will steal the box office in a few weeks, so they hope to be able to line up one more movie every day."

"Hehe", Ronald grinned, if he hadn't been the co-producer of "Lightning Dance", he would have been tricked by them.

"Why, you don't believe it?" Weintraub saw the subtext of Ronald's expression, "What do you think?"

"I was a co-producer on the 'Lightning Dance' crew, and I know their details. They were released just in time for the Supreme Court's decision, so I had great concerns. But the box office has been booming, and producer Don Simpson still The release of the video tape was deliberately advanced.

In other words, the video tape was released while 'Lightning Dance' was still in theaters.Guess how big the impact on the box office is? "

"Half down?" Weintraub made a guess.

"Guess again," Ronald shook his head.

"30.00% down?"

"Less than that?" Weintraub was surprised. "Is it only down by ten percent?"

"No, the box office has risen without any change in theaters, and it has returned to the number released in the first week." Ronald said the counterintuitive conclusion.

"Don Simpson has a guess. The audience who watched the video want to watch it again on the big screen, so it actually drives the growth of the box office. Of course, this trend requires a good movie, or a phenomenon-level movie. It’s okay. The kind that doesn’t make money if you don’t go to the cinema.”

"Hmm," Weintraub was lost in thought. Obviously, the video tape didn't have such a big impact on the box office, and he didn't need to postpone the release of the video tape for a long time.

However, what Columbia said is not unreasonable. The nine-to-ten-minute duration can indeed allow the cinema to line up one more time, which will greatly promote the box office of the first weekend.

"Columbia contacted me with a vice president. He said that if you find it inconvenient, you can delete the episode where Master Miyagi was drunk and recalled his [-] Infantry Regiment. In this way, you can find a few scenes. It can meet the time requirement."

"That's not right," Ronald firmly objected to this opinion, which would destroy the integrity of his film's story.

"This drunken scene can be said to be the moment when Miyagi and Daniel really get close to each other. It is the moment of truth, which cannot be deleted."

"Moment of truth?"

"Let me put it this way," Ronald changed the angle, "The superficial theme of the whole movie is the process of a child overcoming himself. But the actual theme is a child in a single-parent family reconciling with himself.

When a person grows up, he will face difficulties.A child with a father can gain courage from his father.But Daniel lacks fatherly love, so he is lacking in how to muster courage.At the beginning, he could only escape when he was beaten, but after being trained by Miyagi, he learned to persevere, be brave, and fight for victory even when his leg was injured. "

"Go on," Weintraub nodded at his words.

"Master Miyagi happened to be missing a son, and his Goju-ryu Ryukyu karate is a unique skill passed down from father to son.

If this part is missing, there is no way to explain why the two are so speculative.Miyagi Kai broke the rules and taught Daniel the trick.

If this is really the case, the story line of the whole film and the emotional line of the audience will be broken, and I think it will at least lose more than 20.00% of the whole film. "

"You're right. I'll find someone to ask. Is there any other reason for Mr. Vice President?" Weintraub let go of his worries and regained his confidence in the film.

The next day, Weintraub told Ronald the results of his inquiries.

It turned out that there were a few members of the upper class in Colombia who hated Japanese people very much, and they didn't want this kind of plot to smear America in the movie.

So I hope to delete the plot that drove the Japanese into concentration camps during World War II and sent young people to fight in Europe.In particular, the movie severely criticized the hypocrisy of the American government. The soldiers' families could not find a doctor because of dystocia, and both mother and child died unfortunately.

But this is not a reason to speak out.So these white executives began to use the length of time as a reason to pressure Ronald and Weintraub to submit and delete that episode.

"Why did they do this?" Ronald felt innocent.

"In fact, apart from racial discrimination, this is also a reality." Weintraub has been doing business with Dongying people all year round and knows this very well.

"Now Dongying Manufacturing has seized the American consumer goods market, from TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, to their new product video recorders. Recently, their cars have become more expensive than our brands.

Do you know about the Chen Guoren case? "

Ronald nodded, he also donated a lot of money.

"That was a young man of Chinese descent. He was beaten to death with a baseball bat by white people in the street just because he was regarded as a Dongying person. There was no legal consequence. In our country, the hatred of Dongying people has always existed. Blue collars in the area are uncomfortable with them."

"Then us?" Ronald was worried that Weintraub was concerned about his hatred of Japan, and he was unwilling to exaggerate too much.

"Us? We're still the same!" Weintraub said disdainfully, "I'm rarely treated in such a conspiratorial way, maybe the 'friends' in Hollywood are not familiar with me, today I want to let them know what kind of person I am. people."

Ronald relaxed in his heart. With him being so tough, his movies can be guaranteed not to be poisoned.

"However, you have to mobilize your resources. This time we must forcefully push back, and use every available resource."

"I can try," Ronald thought of the only Japanese senator he had ever contacted in America, Senior Senator Daniel Inoue from Hawaii.

Ronald picked up the phone and called the senior senator's office in Hawaii.

"Mr. Inoue's office? I'm Ronald Lee. I'm a film director. I once consulted Mr. Senator about the [-] Infantry Regiment..." Ronald told the Senator his request. Assistant to the MP's Office.

"Is there any letter I want to see?" Daniel Inoue came to the office the next morning to check the letters sent to him every day, which the assistant thought was worth replying.

"Here is a letter from Ronald Lee, the director of the film. His film about the situation of the veterans of the [-] Infantry was finished, but he was resisted by the top of the film company to delete the [-] Infantry. plot, so he came to ask for your help."

"[-] Infantry Regiment", Senator Inoue opened the bottom drawer with his remaining hand, and touched the box where his medal was placed.

He didn't dare to act rashly and say good things for the Japanese.To put it nicely, he knows he's just a mascot in the Senate.

In America, anti-Japanese sentiment is now on the rise, and the commander-in-chief has launched round after round of car wars against Japan, trying to kill Japanese car companies.Those car manufacturers of the same ethnicity want to sell cars in America, but they don't want American cars to be sold in Japan.

Especially in the industrial base centered on Detroit, the automobile industry city in the central region, the hatred of Japanese people is blatant. If you blatantly support the expansion of Japanese culture, you will make yourself uncomfortable.

Compared with speaking out for the Japanese, maintaining a mascot in the Senate is more conducive to the life of the Japanese in Hawaii.

However, Inoue was not willing to give up such a good opportunity to let the American people know about this period of Japanese history.

He picked up the phone and called George's office, "I'm Senator Inoue, yes, I want to talk to George."

A few days later, Vice President George, before going to Moscow to attend Yuri's state funeral, gave a speech at the Dongying Cultural Event held in Los Angeles. In his speech, he stated that Japanese Americans are also a member of America. They fought bravely for the country in World War II. , It is different from those terrorists in Japan.

At the same time, a signed reply letter was also sent to Ronald.

In this letter, Inoue stated that the [-] Infantry Regiment was a testament to the patriotism of Japanese descent. Telling this period of history not only did not blacken America, but it was also a symbol of racial unity.This shows that America is the chosen land where all races can be free.

Ronald smiled and handed the letter to Weintraub. With the endorsement of the senator and the speech of the deputy commander, the senior leaders of Columbia must have no more excuses.

"Your strategy is working," Weintraub called Ronald back a day later.

Columbia finally agreed to a total of 1206 minutes of "Longwei Kid", which was sent to the MPAA for rating as the final copy.

(End of this chapter)