Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 600 Shocking the High Level
More than a dozen elite pilots from the real Top Gun Flying Academy looked at each other, and no one wanted to make a sound.

Fighter pilots are members of the disciplined services, unwilling to admit publicly that they want to go.But who hasn't thought about flying over the tower and scaring the gentlemen inside?

They are neither willing to open their mouths to accept this action that actually violates discipline, nor to give up this opportunity. In the future, they will lose a great story to brag to their sons and grandchildren.

"Still the old rules, let's draw lots." Pett Pettigrew grabbed a pair of straws from the refrigerator, took a pair of scissors on the table, cut off one of them, aligned them and held them in his hand, and asked all the pilots to draw lots .

"Stupid, you come too, you are also a pilot." Pete specially called Bozo.

"Um...", the idiot looked at the short straw in his hand, and everyone looked at him enviously.

Any qualified F-14 pilot can do this aerobatic maneuver of flying over the tower at low speed and shaking the people inside.

Everyone looked at the idiot enviously, and one by one came up and put the straws in his hands.Hugging him next to each other, everyone pinned their desire to vent their anger on the lords who are high on the tower on the idiot.

"Roger, I'm glad you're here."

Ronald happily hugged his guide in the film industry, Roger Coleman, when the crew was preparing for the camera.

"Hey, you invited me to play a cameo role as a naval officer, can I not come? Or you are interesting enough to often ask me to play such interesting roles."

Roger Coleman is very happy. Now he is the producer of low-cost exploitation films, and then engages in domestic distribution. He has a very comfortable life, but he has worked for more than 30 years tedious.

And when the guys who graduated from Roger Coleman University invited him to make a guest movie, that was his happiest moment.

"Here's your uniform," Ronald handed over an officer's uniform. "Here's the coffee. I let them cool down."

Coleman put on his navy uniform, looked in the mirror, and looked very proud.

"At that time, we only prepared for one opportunity. The F-14A will start once. They will charge $[-], and those cameras and radio systems. I will overspend if I do it one more time."

"Don't worry, Jack Nicholson and I are classmates in the acting training class." Roger Coleman is very confident, he is actually very familiar with playing small characters.

Ronald handed Coleman another cup of hot coffee, and the two chatted about some things in the industry.

"God Is Crazy" ended its long screening, and it was released state by state. It got very good results and earned more than 3000 million US dollars in America.

Although Coleman's new company "Concord Films" didn't get much commission in this kind of screening, it also gave him a bite.

Because the group of lawyers who acquired New World had tampered with the release of Coleman's new work and failed to fulfill the terms of the contract at the time of the acquisition, Coleman is suing the New World company he founded.

Coleman, on the other hand, couldn't find a suitable low-budget film distributor, and he couldn't wait to get Concord Pictures into the distribution business.

"God Is Crazy" just gave him enough income and conditions to re-establish and maintain a low-cost national distribution network.

"In the future, we need to introduce more foreign films. Now American audiences still need this kind of wonderful foreign commercial films, but they must be English films. Young people nowadays can't stand subtitles anymore." Coleman chatted Movies are always talking.

"Okay, the assistant director will tell you the timing of the performance, and he will count down in advance to remind you when the time comes." Ronald saw the assistant director gesturing to himself, knowing that the idiot pilot was ready, and hurried out of the control tower.

A camera was set up inside the tower, facing Roger Coleman standing in front of the window, and shooting towards the blue sky outside the large glass window behind him.

Ronald walked to another high tower next to the tower, which turned out to be the center of the navy's confrontation. "Attention all departments, prepare for real shooting!"

Ronald's shot involved a large area this time, and he picked up the radio to order.

The confrontation center's radio taps into the headsets of the various camera crews, and then also into Bozo's mic in the fighter cabin.

"Order received", the idiot heard the initial order, "My direction is 0-9-0, I request to return to the field and fly over the tower."

"You SOB, you've been looking forward to this day." Advisor Pete Pettigrew sneered at him on the radio. "Yes!"

"Camera ready!" Ronald then ordered.

The cameras in various places started to turn on the rewinding motors, opened the slates, and aimed at the direction where the F-14A would appear.

"Boom..." came the deep engine sound. This batch of F-14As has been replaced with a new GM engine. The tail nozzle is no longer the black of the Pratt & Whitney engine, but the GM white. Full of motivation.

The F-14A driven by the idiot in the distance, with variable wings automatically controlled by the computer, was turned into the shape of a delta wing by the idiot turning the switch to the forced retracting position at low speed.

The F-14A changed from a bird of prey at high altitude to a light swallow at low altitude. After folding its wings, it returned to the air above the airport at a very slow speed and flew towards the control tower.

Ronald looked down from the big window. The idiot flew the F-14A Tomcat very low. Looking down from the high-level confrontation center, this big guy passed under Ronald.

What an amazing experience.

The rumbling engine shook the indoor ground where Ronald was.

"Five, four, three, two, one..." In the control tower, the assistant director counted down.

"Start"

Roger Coleman picked up the communicator and said a line, "The tower traffic is very high, and the general request is dismissed." Then he picked up the cold cup of coffee and gestured to drink it.

"Boom..."

The F-14A just passed the window behind him, making a turn, revealing the two engines under the belly.

Roger Coleman was holding a coffee cup. Startled by the rumbling engine and the shaking of the ground, his hand trembled, and a cup of coffee poured over him.
"This SOB." Roger Coleman shook his coffee-stained hand and smiled helplessly.

"Cut!" Ronald confirmed on the radio that the shooting was going well, and stopped the shot.So far, all the shots without the participation of fighter jets have been filmed, and then the crew will contact the navy to go to the aircraft carrier on the mission and shoot the scene with the aircraft carrier in a week.

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"Every weekend in the future, we will meet here to discuss the progress of each crew under Paramount's banner."

Paramount chairman and CEO Frank Mancuso held weekly meetings.This is his new rule. Every vice president in charge of production must attend this meeting. At the meeting, he has to check the progress of each crew that is preparing and filming, so that everything is under control.

"Ronnie, Mancuso really wants to discuss the shooting progress of Top Gun. I'll wait for his call outside the meeting room. We will fight on the basis of reason."

The producers of many crews were listening for news outside the top executive meeting room of the Paramount Building, and Bruckheimer and Don Simpson were among them.

Bruckheimer found a phone to inform Ronald that there were several coin-operated telephones in the corridor in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows, opposite the executives in the high-rise building, and they were literally on the highest floors office.

"How's the filming progress of Top Gun? Has Val Kilmer been unfairly treated on the set again?"

More than an hour later, Frank Mancuso finally talked about the progress of "Top Gun."When he came up, he wanted to show that he knew the details of the crew's shooting like the back of his hand, and told the details of Val Kilmer's shooting on the crew.

"There is no unfair treatment. Ronald's shooting schedule and budget are in line with the requirements. The crew is progressing smoothly. We are negotiating with representatives of the navy and will go to the Indian Ocean to shoot scenes next week."

His answer was Ned Tanin, the vice president in charge of the "Top Gun" project.He learned from Ronald that this would happen, so he mentioned the value of Ronald's warranty period and not exceeding the budget.

"But I heard that Ronald did some unfair things in the crew. Can he shoot such a complicated scene of air combat well at his young age? We have some old directors at Paramount, who filmed with John Ford back then. If you have seen the news documentary of the Battle of Midway Island during World War II, let them check it, wouldn’t it be better to capture the admiration of the navy?”

Frank Mancuso started picking on Ronald's inexperience again.

"His ability to photograph modern jet fighters is recognized by Don Simpson and Bruckheimer."

"The two of them made two blockbuster films, but one musical film and one comedy action film. We still need to respect experience for special drama films such as air combat." Mancuso gave another reason.

Ned Tanin cursed secretly in his heart, Mancuso has a strong ability to seize power, and by intervening in the filming crew, he wants to gradually take the power of production into his hands. What does that mean?

This person is very boring. He is afraid that his production ability will not be good, and he will not delegate power to the producer.

"This is not only the consensus of the two producers, but also the consensus of the Navy." Ned Tanin agreed without being soft or hard.

"People from the navy?" Mancuso lowered his head, his eyes came out from the top of his glasses, and looked at Tanin.His brows were furrowed, as if he was questioning the credibility of Tanin's words.

"Matthew, the liaison officer of the navy, is here. We are discussing the details of going to the Indian Ocean for filming. You might as well invite him to talk about the navy's ideas." Tanin pushed the matter towards the navy.

"Okay, please come to the gentleman from the Navy." Mancuso pressed the intercom and asked the secretary to invite Matthew in.

"Matthew, hello. I'm Mancuso, the CEO of Paramount. Can you tell me what the Navy thinks of Director Ronald? Is he qualified to shoot the Navy's fighter jets? Is he experienced enough?"

Matthew was wearing a white frock coat and sat upright at the far end of the conference table.

"Sir, the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. John Lehman, and the generals of the Pentagon, unanimously agreed to accept only Ronald for the shots of fighter jets and aircraft carriers. He is the only person who has been unanimously approved by the Department of the Navy and the Pentagon.

Only he can shoot a fighter jet that the Navy is satisfied with. If you want to change people, we will consider and evaluate this cooperation project separately. "

"Ah..." Mancuso took a sip of coffee, "Ahahaha... It seems that the navy has a lot of confidence in Ronald. This is also our hope, and we hope that Paramount and the navy can reach a long-term cooperative relationship .”

"Sir, I am only responsible for the liaison between the navy and the crew, and explain the navy's position to outsiders. As for the long-term cooperation you mentioned, it is not within my scope of authority. I will report to my superiors."

"Uh, okay, okay...Thank you Matthew, please go out and have a rest, we still have to delay a little time."

Mancuso was in a bad mood, and quickly finished the rest of the project evaluation. He picked up the phone and wanted to call his friends in the political circle to inquire about the situation.

"Frank, don't make Ronald's idea. This time, the Secretary of the Navy got a hint from the deputy commander to support this movie project."

"Deputy Commander", Mancuso was taken aback for a moment, the Deputy Commander of America actually intervened in this matter?It seems that it is very difficult to join Top Gun this time.

However, the deputy commander does not have any real power in the American system, and is just a symbolic spare tire, undertaking some ceremonial visits.It is the Grand Commander who really holds the power.

Mancuso thought for a while, then picked up the phone and called the leader of the Rat Gang, Frank Sinatra.He is of Italian descent like himself, and he is also one of the best friends of the Grand Commander in Hollywood.

"Hey...Frank, it's Mancuso."

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"Hello, it's me, Ned." Ned Tanin called Ronald after returning to his office after the meeting. "Just to let you know, I'm going to the Indian Ocean."

Tanin took out the brandy and poured himself a glass.The chance that Ronald gave himself was just in time, and Mancuso's intervention in the production effort was officially pushed back.As long as his intervention doesn't work this time, and the project he leads can sell well, he can gradually dominate Paramount in the future, and the production of all movies is decided.

(End of this chapter)