Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 622
"Is your aunt in New York? I know she is your closest relative. This is for you. There are several copies that can be distributed to her and friends." On the plane to New York, Bruckheimer gave Ronald an envelope with several movie tickets inside.

The second screening is in New York, and Ronald can also find time to go home.

"Thank you." Ronald took the ticket, opened the curtain, walked to the economy class at the back, found Little Bard, took out three from the envelope and kept them for himself, and handed the rest to Little Bard.

"This is a movie ticket for a trial screening. Your family and friends can arrange it."

"Thank you, Ronald." Little Bard showed a row of white teeth. After he worked for Ronald, Ronald did not treat him badly in terms of income.But with my mother and three unmarried older sisters, a lot of money was sent back to subsidize the family.

But thinking about the future, he is still very happy.Ronald is a good employer, and his job is easy, driving the car, helping with chores, keeping Ronald's secrets, and then just running along.

After the three older sisters get married, they can start their own family after repaying the house loan that they and their mother mortgaged together. The future is very promising...

The plane landed in New York, and Ronald returned to Staten Island to have dinner with Aunt Karen.My aunt was very happy to see Ronald. After Donna went to MIT, most of her time was spent on charity for veterans. She was very happy to have Ronald back.

"This is Eric, my friend. He helped me a lot in the local Veterans Association, and I want to invite him to watch your movie." My aunt introduced Eric, a retired non-commissioned officer, to him. There are a lot of group photos.

"He's in the Marines?" Ronald asked his aunt.

"Yes, he and your uncle are both enlisted in the army. We chat about literature and cook with him when we have nothing to do. Eric is a good cook."

"Of course, let's go to the trial screening together tomorrow." Ronald readily agreed, "And the little Bard family, we also want to go to see it together."

"Fortunately, you hired him. Their family's income is limited now, so they rely on the money sent back by Little Bud to pay the mortgage."

"What? Her mother and sisters..." Ronald wanted to ask why they didn't move to the new factory in South Los Angeles together.Thinking of Little Bard's complexion, he let out another oh.

In the new factory south of Los Angeles, the ghetto is dominated by whites and Latinos, and a black family has companions on Staten Island. It is really difficult to get there.

Although there is no racial discrimination in America on the surface, in fact, implicit discrimination is everywhere.Not to mention anything else, if a black family goes to a white or Latino ghetto, renting a house is a problem.

Fortunately, the family members of Jr. Bard are good at sewing machines, and the RTKD leg warmer retail store in Manhattan, which was reserved for Ronald, can change the style of leg warmers for customers and earn a little money.

"I will find a way to increase his salary." Ronald smiled and agreed to his aunt's unspoken request.

Aunt Karen's friend, Eric, still sported a cropped Marine.He greeted Ronald generously, and the three drove to the cinema together.Little Bard temporarily acted as his family's driver today, and brought his mother and three older sisters to watch the preview.

After entering the movie theater where the show was being screened, my aunt didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when it came to the scene where the Lone Ranger's comrade-in-arms, Dumb Goose, would rather sacrifice himself in order to save the Lone Ranger, she began to get excited.

She clutched Ronald's arm tightly, wiping away tears.

Back then on the battlefield in Vietnam, her late husband Steve and Little Bud's father, Old Bud, covered each other in this way, wanting to retreat into an ambushed encounter.If the two hadn't sacrificed themselves while retreating to a place very close to their own backup troops while covering each other, they might not even get a death notice in the end and would be classified as missing persons.

Ronald patted his aunt's arm gently to comfort her.Eric next to him was also comforting softly.

Ronald looked around.The composition of the test screening staff in New York is more reasonable than that in Los Angeles, and it is more representative of the target audience for film preparation.

In addition to some young people, there are also some people who obviously look like retired veterans, and more families are dispatched to watch.Among them, there are many fathers and children.

Of course, most of the audience are young people in their 20s.

Although there were fewer whistles for Instructor Charlie played by McGillis, the patriotic plot of the Americans still made the applause come on time as the Lone Ranger shot down the MiG-28 plane twice.

"Way to Go!" Ronald saw a father who was more excited than the son he brought, clenched his fists and shouted vigorously.

It was the first time for the son to see his father so excited and exposed. Soon he was also infected by the scene where the Lone Ranger's third missile hit the enemy plane in the plot. The father and son gave a high-five to celebrate.

Ronald smiled.The footage of the two Sidewinder missiles approved by the Navy was not enough. Fortunately, Industrial Light and Magic referred to the real missile launch scene and made a fake model. The explosion of launching and hitting the enemy plane was edited together, which is almost indistinguishable from the real scene. the difference.

Finally, the Lone Ranger's F-14A landed on the deck of the Enterprise.After being shot down, "Hollywood" and the "Werewolf" crew, who were picked up by the helicopter, came up and hugged the Lone Ranger fiercely, expressing their gratitude to him.

Iceman also disembarked from the injured plane, reluctantly came up and told the Lone Ranger that he could be his wingman.

"You are my wingman." The Lone Ranger hugged his competitor, the Iceman who always looked down on him in flight school, and the two settled down.

The audience burst into applause again.New York audiences love this kind of America's good lads unite even more.It is worthy of being America's No. [-] gathering place for elites, who know the value of win-win cooperation.

Ronald began to think wildly.The well-informed audience in Los Angeles clearly liked Ronald's show-stopping aerial combat the most.

The audience in New York is influenced by Broadway and also influenced by various drama clubs since middle school, knowing the growth of characters and the logic of the story.They obviously liked the plot of the Lone Ranger growing from a young man who only cared about his personal performance through the sacrifice of his partner to a mature pilot who would rather give up his own performance for the safety of his companions.

I don't know which aspect of the plot do Chicago audiences prefer?
"A+, A, A+, A", after watching the movie, Ronald read the evaluations of the audience one by one in the lounge.

"This is the embodiment of the American spirit. I hope Hollywood can make more patriotic films like this. Don't always oppose the Vietnam War and belittle the veterans. We didn't go to Vietnam voluntarily. Now we are facing a huge Souverne empire. The threat of the need for such a good movie."

It was clearly written by a Vietnam Veteran.

"It's so beautiful, I like it so much. If the Navy can really fly such a wonderful plane, I would rather join the army after graduating high school."

This was written by a high school audience.

"I rarely watch movies with my children. We don't seem to have a common language. This is the only movie that my children and I can chat with after ET."

This is the audience where the father brought his children to watch the trial screening.

"Little Bard, why didn't you ask Ronald to show you his face?" Ronald raised his head, and the three older sisters of Little Bard were also very excited, chatting around Little Bard in the lounge. The scene of the shooting.There was a girl beside him, with her arms around little Bard, smiling happily.

"Karen, it's a good movie. It reminds me of Vietnam." Eric sat with Aunt Karen, and they were talking softly about Ronald.My aunt was happy when Eric praised her nephew.

"Let's go have dinner." Ronald looked at his relatives and friends, thinking about it.

After dinner, Little Bard sent Ronald to the hotel to stay.

"Is that Lucy?" Ronald asked Little Bud.

That girl, who seemed to be the little actress from "Fame," somehow ended up with little Bard.

"Yeah, Lucy's acting career didn't take off. After graduating from high school, she tried for three years and couldn't get a small role like 'Fame'. There are too few black roles in show business. She is now in I introduced her as a salesperson at a leg warmer store in Manhattan."

Ronald nodded. The elimination rate in this industry is really too high. Most of those who are eliminated can only be drama teachers, or do some behind-the-scenes work in the industry, or they can only change careers like Lucy.

"Your sisters, are you still changing leg warmers on the spot?"

"Yes, Aunt Karen is very kind. She introduced our family to this odd job. Many people need to modify the ankles, otherwise they will slip off easily."

"I will stay in New York for a few more days this time, and you will send me to Donnel and Dole Law Firm tomorrow."

Ronald originally wanted to propose a salary increase to Bud Jr., but after seeing today's situation, he had another idea.

"Lindsay," Ronald hugged Attorney Lindsay Dole, who was more capable now.His blonde hair was neatly coiled on his head.

"Congratulations, you have become a named partner."

"I deserve it. My income accounted for more than half of the law firm last year." Lindsay Dole said proudly.

"I thought you were very good back then." Ronald thought of the small law firm that couldn't afford the electric lights and telephone bills. Now it has been renovated, and Lindsay also has the second largest office.

"I always remember that you gave me the first business, and we had money to pay the phone bill, hahaha."

After exchanging pleasantries, Ronald proposed the main purpose of this visit.

"I'm going to register another company to produce tape for film editing. The owner of the patent is Walter Murch. I'm in charge of financing. He provides the intellectual property. You help me draw up a suitable ratio. Then the factory will be placed on Staten Island. On top of that, hire people who don’t want to relocate to the old leg warmer factory in Southern California.”

"A very good small business with a professional market, no need for large-scale marketing costs, and guaranteed sales."

"I have two purposes. First, my own company will shoot a lot of low-budget films. Murch's workshop cannot meet the requirements. Second, I want to maintain a good relationship with major studios. My tape is priced , only a little higher than their original 3M, but the performance and effect are much better. Their directors will like it, and the purchase will not be too difficult."

"No, not a lot of money, but every movie needs it. You have a good business sense."

Lindsay Dole looked at the patent documents brought by Ronald, kept drawing the key points, and agreed with Ronald's ideas.

"Why, is there anything else?" Lindsay Dole asked, looking at Ronald's hesitant expression.

"Do you know any reliable private detective?"

"What do you want to do? Check your girlfriend for adultery?"

"No..." Ronald whispered his thoughts to Lawyer Lindsay.

"Well, I have a candidate here. It turned out to be the detective of the NYPD, who recently resigned."

"Hi Frank McPike, Lindsay told me you needed a private eye?"

That afternoon, a slightly balding middle-aged man met Ronald in a cafe.

"Have you ever been an actor, I seem to have seen you in several movies?" Ronald looked familiar at the other party.

"No, that's just what some friends said." Frank McPeak was very helpless towards the Hollywood actor who looked a bit like him. It's best not to be recognized as a private eye.He took a pair of small round glasses out of his pocket and put them on, "It doesn't look like this."

"Okay, sorry." Ronald took out a photo of his aunt and Eric, "I want you to check this person's background."

"Why, you want to break them up? Is this yours?"

"My aunt, no. I think they still love each other. But there is something about this Eric that makes me uncomfortable. Some of his actions are too actor-like. You know I'm a Hollywood director. If he doesn't have some big cheating My aunt's place, I'm not going to tell her.

But if he has any malicious intentions, then I have to let him go. "

"I don't accept checks, I only accept cash or bearer money orders. We don't need to call. After I find out the result, I will let Lindsay notify you."

"Very good, this is the salary that Lindsay said." Ronald quickly took a thick envelope from his pocket and handed it over.

"Very well, that's the rule, I will contact you if there is anything to do. Let Lindsay take the lead if you need me elsewhere." Mike Parker quickly slid the envelope full of cash into his pocket.

(End of this chapter)