Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 581 Going to Japan for Financing
Chapter 581 Going to Japan for Financing
After the televised debate, the opinion polls of the general commander rose rapidly, the donkey party had no hope, and the momentum of the election also declined.
Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, who supported "Top Gun", began to focus on his new position in the next term after the commander-in-chief was re-elected.And the bureaucrats of the navy here, without high-level supervision, began to slow down the pace of script review.
Don Simpson hired several script doctors, those who are good at writing romantic scenes and those who are good at writing action scenes, to supplement the script. Ronald got the new plays written by them on time, and only checked the overall quality.
The script began to take shape slowly, and the two producers also began to look for the heroine of the movie and a group of supporting actors who would play the pilot.
Ronald discussed with them the criteria for casting, and the heroine must be an actor who wears a uniform or a suit that is also very sexy and has an intellectual temperament.The standard for a supporting actor is the concentration of hormones. As long as a group of male stars who can't close their legs are selected to satisfy the female audience, the movie will be successful in casting.
Ronald, who was methodically approaching the work of "Top Gun", received a call from Weintraub this day, asking him to come to his house for a talk.
Knowing that his wife and the deputy commander's wife, Barbara, had a deep friendship, Ronald didn't dare to neglect, so he asked Little Bard to send him to his villa in Beverly Hills.
"I've already arranged to go to Dongying to raise funds for the sequel of "Longwei Boy". During this trip to Dongying, I arranged for people from the big companies there to meet you. The specific plot is best for those who are interested in Dongying. According to the opinions of the presidents of big companies with money, it will be revised.”
"I'm busy preparing for the new film 'Top Gun', do I have to go?" Ronald tweeted that he was busy preparing for 'Top Gun'.
"Of course, you must go. The presidents and high-level executives of many companies like you to promote the traditional culture of Japan, and they also like you to bring up the past of the [-] Infantry Regiment. Now America is fighting a trade war with Japan. Intense, they really want to meet you, the American director who found the Japanese-American history of fighting for America like the [-]nd Regiment.
Senator Inoue of Hawaii, especially mentioned to them that it was your insistence that he added this story in the movie. "
Ronald showed embarrassment. Going to Japan at this time and having a party with entrepreneurs is really not what he likes to do.
Weintraub saw Ronald's thoughts, and of course he had already prepared countermeasures.Ronald is very much loved by the bigwigs in the Japanese business circle. It is not easy to find a director in America who made the disgraceful Japanese concentration camp into a movie.This time, Ronald must be brought in no matter what, so as to achieve greater results in financing.
"Don't you like Akira Kurosawa? When you arrived in Dongying, several major film studios such as Toei and Shochiku, as well as many stars in the literary and art circles, have arranged to have a party with you. We also arranged for you to visit director Akira Kurosawa. on the shooting site."
"Is that so?" Ronald wanted to go.In addition to going to Dongying to see the film market there and experience the most dynamic economy in the contemporary era, you can also pay a visit to Akira Kurosawa, the film emperor of Dongying.
Several major directors in New Hollywood, Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg are all his fans, making Kurosawa's films a kind of learning.It seems that Hollywood practitioners who haven't met him now can't be regarded as successful and famous, they have to meet him to be consecrated.
"That's it, we'll charter a flight to Tokyo next month."
Time passed quickly, and before his trip to Tokyo with Weintraub, Ronald made another trip to New York, where he had promised Diane, to attend the premiere of "The Cotton Club."
Coppola wisely chose the premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.In Hollywood, this dreary movie probably won't make any waves.
And in New York, where the story takes place, there are many stars who pay attention to literature and art in the entertainment industry, and they specially come to this grand event.
In addition to New York-based movie star Susan Sarandon, singer-songwriter Carly Simon (Carly Simon), and British movie star Michael Caine and others participated, the entertainment reporters were very happy and pressed countless shutters.
Ronald and his old friend Nicholas Cage were also photographed by the reporter for several photos, and were asked what they thought of Coppola's new work "Cotton Club". Coppola has made several box office hits Not good, what does Ronald think this time?
He had no choice but to say that he believed in Coppola's directorial work very much, and he was waiting for a while to see it first.
Ronald also had a chat with Michael Caine, who arrived first. Kane, who had finished two more films, was a very free and easy person, who came from a humble background and still retained the accent of the poor in East London. His son's relatives all rely on him to make movies to send a house to get married.He joked that the loan for his old mother's house has also been settled.
"You know what? My mother is very strange. I built a new house for her in the old house. She lives very close to the old neighbors, but every Tuesday, she has to go out on the bus alone and buy candy herself. , chocolate or something."
"Maybe she just wants to get out and about, my aunt lives in the new house I built for her, and she's still out shopping a lot, baking butter biscuits and stuff."
"Here comes our heroine," Michael Caine pokes at Ronald.
Ronald looked up, and it was Diane Lane.
I saw her wearing an old-fashioned white low-cut dress, a white fur coat on her shoulders, and her makeup in the 20s, walking slowly.
"Diane, Diane..." The entertainment reporters took a few photos and said a few words, then let Diane go and surrounded her and arrived at the female star, the daughter of the famous movie star Judy Garland, the singer Li Sarah Minnelli.
"Hmm..." Diane was a little sad, entertainment reporters are very snobbish, maybe they also saw the poor prospects of Diane's three major productions at the box office.
"Diane" Ronald stepped forward and called her.
"Ronald", Diane shrank back when she saw Ronald, trying to hide from him.
"Diane, you and Ronald haven't seen each other for a long time, let's talk more." Nicolas Cage came up, took Diane Lane's hand, and brought her and Ronald together.
"What's wrong with you? Why did you hide when you saw me?" Ronald grabbed Diane's hand, pulled her into the theater and asked.
"I'm afraid you'll talk about my makeup and grooming again." Diane pretended to be calm and stroked her hair.
"There is something wrong with you. I came here today because I promised you to support the new film." Ronald tightly grasped Diane's hand that was about to be withdrawn, and asked softly in her ear, "Aren't you What's the trouble?"
"Trouble? Me? No trouble." Seeing that he couldn't pull back, Diane flatly denied it.
"Okay, let's talk slowly," Ronald took Diane to sit down.
The reporters at the door swarmed to interview the newly arrived actor Richard Gere.
"It is said that you had a quarrel with the heroine Diane Lane on the set, Richard, is there such a thing?"
"It's all nonsense," Richard Gere denied the rumors with a smile.
Soon the lights dimmed, and Ronald held Diane's hand and watched the entire movie.
how to say?It seems that the rumors are true.Coppola probably didn't have a script at the shooting scene, waiting for the actors to improvise. In many clips, it can be seen that there are some chemical reactions between the actors, but there is no story connection as a whole.
"I really don't know how he cut out the whole film." Diane stopped struggling after being held by her hand for more than two hours. She leaned her head against Ronald and said softly.
Indeed, Ronald also shook his head. This kind of improvisation without a script, it is indeed very difficult to cut a story from many shots.
This movie is not like John Hughes' "Breakfast Club". Although that movie is also improvised and multi-shot, the overall plot framework is there.The "Cotton Club" is much worse, the showgirl played by Diane, and the trumpeter played by Richard Gere, the love story of the two, and the revenge story of the gang boss who took care of Diane, is very naive , unlike Coppola's handwriting.
"Maybe he just wants to profit from it so that he can pay off the loan." Ronald couldn't help looking at Coppola, who was sitting there with a big beard, unable to see the expression on his face.
"Oh, Diane, you look like a showgirl in the 20s," Liza Minnelli approached Diane.
"We're going to have a party at Club 54 soon, and a lot of Hollywood power figures will be there, so come along, maybe someone will be willing to invest in your next movie."
Liza Minnelli invites Diane to a party with her alcoholic husky voice.
Ronald sat next to her and was ignored by her.He looked up at Minnelli, dressed in gaudy furs, heavy makeup, short hair, and a kindly, seductive expression on her face.
Ronald's heart skipped a beat. This expression was very similar to that of Shirley Maclean who invited him to a birthday party after the Oscars.
Could it be that she is also a pull... for Hollywood power people?
"Diane already has an appointment with me," Ronald stood up and refused the invitation for Diane with a smile.
"Oh, hahahaha, it's you, Ronald. Diane, don't forget to come to my party when you have a chance."
Minnelli left Diane and went to invite another female star, Melanie Griffiths.She happily accepted the invitation and left with Minnelli.
"Why don't you let me go?" Diane pouted, "It's rare for me to be asked to talk about filming now." She took the fur into her hand.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you wearing the costumes in the movie?" Ronald took the fur coat and put it on his arm. He had already discovered that Diane's dress and fur were all from the "Cotton Club" scene. Clothes.
"I...I have no money." Diane had no choice but to tell the truth.She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Ronald, like a younger sister who made a mistake, facing the most promising elder brother in the family.
"Hey..." Ronald sighed, he couldn't ignore it, and called "Bud" to a car outside the theater.
Little Bud drove the car and parked beside it. Ronald pulled Diane into the car and sat in. Then he sat in the back seat himself, knocked on the driver's seat, and signaled Little Bud to drive back to the hotel.
"Come on, what's the matter? Didn't you say that you have accumulated millions of dollars in salary since you debuted as a child star?" Ronald asked Diane to take a shower, change into comfortable pajamas, and then call The coming dining car pushed her down and cut the beef and bread for her.
"I bought a lot of beautiful clothes, jewelry, and high heels. I also heard that my mother invested a lot of money in the health food industry, and it didn't pay back so quickly. Finally..." Diane hooked one foot on the chair , happily ate dinner, and answered while eating.
"Slow down," Ronald handed over a glass of soda.
"With the last bit of money, I bought a house in my mother's Georgia. Who knows, who knew that both movies were a flop at the box office, and no one gave me a new screenplay. I thought the salary of the new movie would pick up soon. In the end, it turned out that those second-hand stores were selling clothes and high-heeled shoes at a discount of [-]%, I couldn't bear it."
"Hey hey..." Diane looked at Ronald shyly.
"Hey," Ronald wiped off the sauce from the corner of Diane's mouth with his hand, "You and I go try on new clothes tomorrow, and I'll see what roles you can play in the new movie."
"Really? Are you willing to give me a role?" Diane's eyes sparkled.
"Look, I don't know if you look good in a military uniform or a uniform." In short, you follow me during this time and don't go to Minnelli's parties.
"I know, she has a purpose. I have been in Hollywood for so long, and I know that I will protect myself." Diane took a sip of soda.
"Why, do you still want to go?" Ronald turned around and kicked her with his eyes.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, brother Ronnie, how could I go if you help me?"
(End of this chapter)
After the televised debate, the opinion polls of the general commander rose rapidly, the donkey party had no hope, and the momentum of the election also declined.
Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, who supported "Top Gun", began to focus on his new position in the next term after the commander-in-chief was re-elected.And the bureaucrats of the navy here, without high-level supervision, began to slow down the pace of script review.
Don Simpson hired several script doctors, those who are good at writing romantic scenes and those who are good at writing action scenes, to supplement the script. Ronald got the new plays written by them on time, and only checked the overall quality.
The script began to take shape slowly, and the two producers also began to look for the heroine of the movie and a group of supporting actors who would play the pilot.
Ronald discussed with them the criteria for casting, and the heroine must be an actor who wears a uniform or a suit that is also very sexy and has an intellectual temperament.The standard for a supporting actor is the concentration of hormones. As long as a group of male stars who can't close their legs are selected to satisfy the female audience, the movie will be successful in casting.
Ronald, who was methodically approaching the work of "Top Gun", received a call from Weintraub this day, asking him to come to his house for a talk.
Knowing that his wife and the deputy commander's wife, Barbara, had a deep friendship, Ronald didn't dare to neglect, so he asked Little Bard to send him to his villa in Beverly Hills.
"I've already arranged to go to Dongying to raise funds for the sequel of "Longwei Boy". During this trip to Dongying, I arranged for people from the big companies there to meet you. The specific plot is best for those who are interested in Dongying. According to the opinions of the presidents of big companies with money, it will be revised.”
"I'm busy preparing for the new film 'Top Gun', do I have to go?" Ronald tweeted that he was busy preparing for 'Top Gun'.
"Of course, you must go. The presidents and high-level executives of many companies like you to promote the traditional culture of Japan, and they also like you to bring up the past of the [-] Infantry Regiment. Now America is fighting a trade war with Japan. Intense, they really want to meet you, the American director who found the Japanese-American history of fighting for America like the [-]nd Regiment.
Senator Inoue of Hawaii, especially mentioned to them that it was your insistence that he added this story in the movie. "
Ronald showed embarrassment. Going to Japan at this time and having a party with entrepreneurs is really not what he likes to do.
Weintraub saw Ronald's thoughts, and of course he had already prepared countermeasures.Ronald is very much loved by the bigwigs in the Japanese business circle. It is not easy to find a director in America who made the disgraceful Japanese concentration camp into a movie.This time, Ronald must be brought in no matter what, so as to achieve greater results in financing.
"Don't you like Akira Kurosawa? When you arrived in Dongying, several major film studios such as Toei and Shochiku, as well as many stars in the literary and art circles, have arranged to have a party with you. We also arranged for you to visit director Akira Kurosawa. on the shooting site."
"Is that so?" Ronald wanted to go.In addition to going to Dongying to see the film market there and experience the most dynamic economy in the contemporary era, you can also pay a visit to Akira Kurosawa, the film emperor of Dongying.
Several major directors in New Hollywood, Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg are all his fans, making Kurosawa's films a kind of learning.It seems that Hollywood practitioners who haven't met him now can't be regarded as successful and famous, they have to meet him to be consecrated.
"That's it, we'll charter a flight to Tokyo next month."
Time passed quickly, and before his trip to Tokyo with Weintraub, Ronald made another trip to New York, where he had promised Diane, to attend the premiere of "The Cotton Club."
Coppola wisely chose the premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.In Hollywood, this dreary movie probably won't make any waves.
And in New York, where the story takes place, there are many stars who pay attention to literature and art in the entertainment industry, and they specially come to this grand event.
In addition to New York-based movie star Susan Sarandon, singer-songwriter Carly Simon (Carly Simon), and British movie star Michael Caine and others participated, the entertainment reporters were very happy and pressed countless shutters.
Ronald and his old friend Nicholas Cage were also photographed by the reporter for several photos, and were asked what they thought of Coppola's new work "Cotton Club". Coppola has made several box office hits Not good, what does Ronald think this time?
He had no choice but to say that he believed in Coppola's directorial work very much, and he was waiting for a while to see it first.
Ronald also had a chat with Michael Caine, who arrived first. Kane, who had finished two more films, was a very free and easy person, who came from a humble background and still retained the accent of the poor in East London. His son's relatives all rely on him to make movies to send a house to get married.He joked that the loan for his old mother's house has also been settled.
"You know what? My mother is very strange. I built a new house for her in the old house. She lives very close to the old neighbors, but every Tuesday, she has to go out on the bus alone and buy candy herself. , chocolate or something."
"Maybe she just wants to get out and about, my aunt lives in the new house I built for her, and she's still out shopping a lot, baking butter biscuits and stuff."
"Here comes our heroine," Michael Caine pokes at Ronald.
Ronald looked up, and it was Diane Lane.
I saw her wearing an old-fashioned white low-cut dress, a white fur coat on her shoulders, and her makeup in the 20s, walking slowly.
"Diane, Diane..." The entertainment reporters took a few photos and said a few words, then let Diane go and surrounded her and arrived at the female star, the daughter of the famous movie star Judy Garland, the singer Li Sarah Minnelli.
"Hmm..." Diane was a little sad, entertainment reporters are very snobbish, maybe they also saw the poor prospects of Diane's three major productions at the box office.
"Diane" Ronald stepped forward and called her.
"Ronald", Diane shrank back when she saw Ronald, trying to hide from him.
"Diane, you and Ronald haven't seen each other for a long time, let's talk more." Nicolas Cage came up, took Diane Lane's hand, and brought her and Ronald together.
"What's wrong with you? Why did you hide when you saw me?" Ronald grabbed Diane's hand, pulled her into the theater and asked.
"I'm afraid you'll talk about my makeup and grooming again." Diane pretended to be calm and stroked her hair.
"There is something wrong with you. I came here today because I promised you to support the new film." Ronald tightly grasped Diane's hand that was about to be withdrawn, and asked softly in her ear, "Aren't you What's the trouble?"
"Trouble? Me? No trouble." Seeing that he couldn't pull back, Diane flatly denied it.
"Okay, let's talk slowly," Ronald took Diane to sit down.
The reporters at the door swarmed to interview the newly arrived actor Richard Gere.
"It is said that you had a quarrel with the heroine Diane Lane on the set, Richard, is there such a thing?"
"It's all nonsense," Richard Gere denied the rumors with a smile.
Soon the lights dimmed, and Ronald held Diane's hand and watched the entire movie.
how to say?It seems that the rumors are true.Coppola probably didn't have a script at the shooting scene, waiting for the actors to improvise. In many clips, it can be seen that there are some chemical reactions between the actors, but there is no story connection as a whole.
"I really don't know how he cut out the whole film." Diane stopped struggling after being held by her hand for more than two hours. She leaned her head against Ronald and said softly.
Indeed, Ronald also shook his head. This kind of improvisation without a script, it is indeed very difficult to cut a story from many shots.
This movie is not like John Hughes' "Breakfast Club". Although that movie is also improvised and multi-shot, the overall plot framework is there.The "Cotton Club" is much worse, the showgirl played by Diane, and the trumpeter played by Richard Gere, the love story of the two, and the revenge story of the gang boss who took care of Diane, is very naive , unlike Coppola's handwriting.
"Maybe he just wants to profit from it so that he can pay off the loan." Ronald couldn't help looking at Coppola, who was sitting there with a big beard, unable to see the expression on his face.
"Oh, Diane, you look like a showgirl in the 20s," Liza Minnelli approached Diane.
"We're going to have a party at Club 54 soon, and a lot of Hollywood power figures will be there, so come along, maybe someone will be willing to invest in your next movie."
Liza Minnelli invites Diane to a party with her alcoholic husky voice.
Ronald sat next to her and was ignored by her.He looked up at Minnelli, dressed in gaudy furs, heavy makeup, short hair, and a kindly, seductive expression on her face.
Ronald's heart skipped a beat. This expression was very similar to that of Shirley Maclean who invited him to a birthday party after the Oscars.
Could it be that she is also a pull... for Hollywood power people?
"Diane already has an appointment with me," Ronald stood up and refused the invitation for Diane with a smile.
"Oh, hahahaha, it's you, Ronald. Diane, don't forget to come to my party when you have a chance."
Minnelli left Diane and went to invite another female star, Melanie Griffiths.She happily accepted the invitation and left with Minnelli.
"Why don't you let me go?" Diane pouted, "It's rare for me to be asked to talk about filming now." She took the fur into her hand.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you wearing the costumes in the movie?" Ronald took the fur coat and put it on his arm. He had already discovered that Diane's dress and fur were all from the "Cotton Club" scene. Clothes.
"I...I have no money." Diane had no choice but to tell the truth.She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Ronald, like a younger sister who made a mistake, facing the most promising elder brother in the family.
"Hey..." Ronald sighed, he couldn't ignore it, and called "Bud" to a car outside the theater.
Little Bud drove the car and parked beside it. Ronald pulled Diane into the car and sat in. Then he sat in the back seat himself, knocked on the driver's seat, and signaled Little Bud to drive back to the hotel.
"Come on, what's the matter? Didn't you say that you have accumulated millions of dollars in salary since you debuted as a child star?" Ronald asked Diane to take a shower, change into comfortable pajamas, and then call The coming dining car pushed her down and cut the beef and bread for her.
"I bought a lot of beautiful clothes, jewelry, and high heels. I also heard that my mother invested a lot of money in the health food industry, and it didn't pay back so quickly. Finally..." Diane hooked one foot on the chair , happily ate dinner, and answered while eating.
"Slow down," Ronald handed over a glass of soda.
"With the last bit of money, I bought a house in my mother's Georgia. Who knows, who knew that both movies were a flop at the box office, and no one gave me a new screenplay. I thought the salary of the new movie would pick up soon. In the end, it turned out that those second-hand stores were selling clothes and high-heeled shoes at a discount of [-]%, I couldn't bear it."
"Hey hey..." Diane looked at Ronald shyly.
"Hey," Ronald wiped off the sauce from the corner of Diane's mouth with his hand, "You and I go try on new clothes tomorrow, and I'll see what roles you can play in the new movie."
"Really? Are you willing to give me a role?" Diane's eyes sparkled.
"Look, I don't know if you look good in a military uniform or a uniform." In short, you follow me during this time and don't go to Minnelli's parties.
"I know, she has a purpose. I have been in Hollywood for so long, and I know that I will protect myself." Diane took a sip of soda.
"Why, do you still want to go?" Ronald turned around and kicked her with his eyes.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, brother Ronnie, how could I go if you help me?"
(End of this chapter)
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