Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 881 Dirty Dancing's Second 2000 Million
The business jet sent Paula back, and soon picked up other VIP guests. After a short stop, the plane refueled and took off, and flew to Nashville, Tennessee.

The plane was landing, and in the lounge at the airport, Ronald and many people were waiting for the business jet to land.

Ronald, who left New York to attend the Kansas Film Critics Awards, did not fly directly to Kansas City on a commercial flight, but headed to Tennessee, not far from Kansas.

"Is this your first time in Nashville?" Ronald looked at the tall man in a formal suit beside him, who was the new partner of Price Waterhouse, Ed Bastian.

"Honestly, yes, I used to dream of being a rock star when I was young, and this is my dream land." Ed Bastian jumped up and down a few times.

RCA Records' "Dirty Dancing" original soundtrack is actually the number one in sales in the United States.Michael Jackson's "Bad" album is far from his miraculous album sales four years ago, but the original soundtrack has not been noticed by the record industry, and Ronald has actively lowered the public The sales figures allowed MJ to return to the top of the sales list.

In addition to the domestic sales of nearly 800 million, the overseas sales of records are also very scary.Canada, Australia, and other English-speaking countries all ranked first in sales, and Britain even sold more than 200 million copies.

In fact, what is even more surprising is that the sales of the record in non-English-speaking countries, China, Germany, and Nordic countries also broke records.Hair Country, a country where almost everyone can speak English but no one recognizes it, has also sold more than 100 million copies.

Germany even surpassed Britain in terms of sales figures, and this does not include the number of pirated copies that flowed through underground channels to East Germany and Poland.

Even the origin of mambo dance, sales in Latin American countries are also very good.Brazil even sold a gold record, which can be said to be the highest praise for a mambo record from America and sung in English to sell in Brazil.

The end of the year is approaching this time, and this is the second time that RCA has shared the revenue from record sales with Ronald.The sales figure of this settlement has doubled compared to last time. Although the share of overseas sales revenue is much lower than that in China, it cannot withstand the very high sales volume.

Therefore, this time Ronald's income was around 2000 million again, which surprised Price Waterhouse Certified Public Accountants.A random client came to the door, and an accounting firm actually contributed the largest client income in the entertainment industry that year.

Ed Bastian brought a lot of money to PwC by accidentally becoming the client's manager.He has also successfully passed the annual partner selection and is about to become a new partner in the New York office.

Ed Bastian finished handling the bills and helped Ronald deposit the check. He was also caught by the happy Ronald and flew to Nashville, the mecca of the southern record industry.There are still things for him to attend to here.

"Ronald!"

Ronald and Ed Bastian happily danced in the terminal hall. On the business jet that had already landed, a male actor with a good figure and single eyelid stepped down, greeted Ronald with his mouth, and then quickly Step up and hug him.

"Patrick... hi, how's it going?"

It was "Dirty Dancing" actor Patrick Schwytz that Ronald received.This time Ronald called him and asked him to come pick up the dividend check.Patrick Schwitz didn't want to come because he and his wife were planning to buy a ranch.

Ronald, of course, refused, saying that if he did not come, he would wait until the New Year to give him a check as a threat, and then asked a business jet to pick him up, and forcefully "kidnapped" him to Nashville.

When they arrived at the hotel, Ronald took the account from the accountant Ed, then attached a check and handed it to Schwytz.

"Oh, thank you, Ronald." Patrick Schwytz looked at the numbers on the check and whistled happily.

"Lisa (his wife) is a little bit annoyed that you're making me come to Nashville, but she'll be happy with this check. We've been buying a ranch together for a long time. With this money, we can Buy a better ranch. Ranch with good water source in California is very expensive, you know, we didn’t get enough of the previous dividend, and we are hesitating whether to get a loan or start with a small ranch.”

Patrick Schwytz talked about the ranch, but with gusto.He grew up in Texas. After earning money from making movies, he always hoped to buy a ranch with his wife Lisa.

"Are you trying to attract vacationers from New York?" Ed Bastian also handled the accounts for the ranch company. Knowing that this kind of small ranch is owned by a movie star, most of them will go to the direction of the holiday ranch develop.Cattle, sheep and horses are more just props to make tourists happy.

"No, I want to raise horses. I don't want to receive tourists. They are too troublesome. I have liked horses since I was a child. I want to start a business with Lisa slowly. When I have money, I can buy an Arabian horse and let him participate in horse racing competitions. , if you win a prize, you can come to breed to earn money.”

"Is an Arabian stallion expensive?" Ronald asked Schwytz, not understanding.

"Fortunately, those with pedigree certification are more expensive. If they are descendants of famous horses that have passed the bidding, they will be very expensive. Including specially built stables, jockeys, trainers, etc., the total expenditure will be more than 50."

Patrick Schwytz is as passionate about raising horses as he is about being an actor.

"Of course successful horses can earn as much as our movie actors. I plan to make a few more movies and start buying my first Arabian stallion as soon as I accumulate money. Once I can make some gains in state competitions, Then you can use breeding to pay for it.”

"Hahaha...Actually, you don't have to wait," Ronald took another check from Ed Bastian and handed it to Schwytz, "The one just now is yours' he is like the wind The share of lyrics, music and singing, this one is the share of the entire record that you enjoy as the main creator of Dirty Dancing. It just meets your expectations of buying an Arabian horse."

"This..." Patrick Schwitz looked at the check in his hand, then turned it over, and then turned it over again.There are six digits after the number 1 above, "This is too surprising..."

"You deserve it. Maybe you don't know it yet. We sell more soundtrack albums than MJ's new album."

Ronald took a record, opened the plastic cover and handed the case to Schwytz, and then he picked up a signature pen from the table and handed it over, "Get ready, you will sign a lot of names next. of."

……

Ronald walked into a small local community center, which was packed with fans from the Dirty Dancing fan club, many in costumes, and a local high school girl band.

In the middle of the rostrum, there is a large flower basket made of bouquets, with the number 100 in the middle.

"Casey, congratulations." Ronald recognized Casey, the founder of the club at the time. Today, as the chairman of the fan club, she will certify 100 movie viewings for a total of seven fans.Even with them, more than 10 spectators have become members of the 100-game club.

"Girls, let's give the omnipotent Director Ronald a little applause..."

The fan club is all women, clapping happily and stomping their feet, welcoming the director who has brought them countless joys to the stage.

"Thank you...thank you...no matter where I travel, I will miss you in my heart. You are my best fans. The number of 100 movie viewings is very touching. To commemorate entering the 100-game club today I have brought a special gift for the new member..."

With a wave of Ronald's hand, the assistants pushed in a fully loaded dining car, surrounded by pink balloons, and covered with a bunch of things under a cloth with the words 100 written in the middle.

"boom!"

In the middle of the colorful stripes flying all over the sky, Ronald uncovered the cloth, which contained the first batch of videotapes of "Dirty Dancing" that had not yet been released.This time, the hardcover version was shipped to Nashville. In addition to the video tape, there is also a movie poster and many stills of the main creators.

Ronald unfolded the poster, with Patrick Schwitz in the back and Jennifer Gray in the front. The two embraced passionately. Above them, there was a cursive title of "Dirty Dancing".

"Ooh..." The girls in the fan club cheered again.

Ronald presented gifts to them one by one. Those who entered the 100-game club got a special signed version with the signature of the main creator.

The last person to receive the gift was Chairman Casey, "Ronald, what you promised us last time has not yet been fulfilled."

"Which one did I promise?" Ronald pretended not to know, "Didn't I bring the autograph of the main creator, the video tape, and the poster as soon as possible? The video tape will be released nationwide after Christmas. One of the first to get a hardcover videotape of 'Dirty Dancing'.

"We want Patrick Schwitz, we want Johnny, we want to dance with him." When Kathy saw Ronald last time, she specifically proposed that she would dance with Johnny like Baby in the movie .

"Are you all going to dance with Johnny?" Ronald asked the rest of the members.

"Oh yeah... We want Johnny, we want Johnny..." The girls started to clamor, and Ronald said, could it really be...

"Moments of my life..." Dirty Dancing's theme song bursts out, the lights dim suddenly and a spotlight finds the entrance.

Patrick Schwyz, who was wearing a black shirt and trousers from the movie, walked in slowly just in time with the beat.

He walked all the way to Kathy's side, and then took her hand and said, "No one can let Baby stay in the corner..."

"Oh..." The whole venue went crazy, and the club members rushed to the front, surrounded Schwyz and their club chairman Casey, and happily applauded Patrick Schwyz to beat the rhythm.

Casey danced one first, then the second immediately followed, then the third... until Patrick Schwyz and all the 100 Club members danced for a while.

Ronald picked up his camera, made a cameo photographer, and helped everyone in the club get a few photos dancing with "Johnny."

Southern girls are warm but polite.Seeing that Patrick Schwyz was also tired, and after skipping with a few lucky ones, he was let to sit down.

Next, those members who did not watch the full 100 games came up one by one with video tapes and posters to ask Schwyz for autographs. They also got some imaging cameras themselves, waiting for their idols to sign the group photo.

"Oh, they are really the best movie fans in the world..." Patrick Schwyz, who had a little cramp in his hands when he signed the signature, was having supper with Ronald in the hotel restaurant.

He was still reminiscing about the fans who adored him crazily just now, as if worshiping him as a god with enthusiasm.

"Yeah, they are the best movie fans." Ronald also felt that they were really crazy and enthusiastic.A female movie fan who does some simple work in a small town actually watched "Dirty Dancing" 100 times in more than half a year.

And these 100 times are genuinely paid to buy tickets to watch.Patrick Schwyz also signed their book of ticket stubs.If you calculate it, you basically have to watch one game every day on average to achieve such an ambition.

……

Early the next morning, after bidding farewell to the girls in the fan club who were reluctant to leave, Ronald began to continue his schedule for various awards at the end of the year.

This time it was Kansas City, Kansas.

The reason why the name is so long is that the city of the same name as the state is located on the border of Kansas and Missouri, where the Missouri River and the Kansas River meet.

West of the river is Kansas City, Kansas, and the city of the same name on the east side of the river is called Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City Film Critics Awards, which are presented at the end of each year in this city, are the second oldest in the United States, second only to the City Film Critics Association Awards of the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. The first awards were issued in 1965.

Among the series of warm-up small awards before the annual awards season, it is a very important one.

There are not many directors and actors who came here to accept the award in person, and Ronald is the biggest one among them.

"Best Actress, the moonlight is sultry, Xueer", the awarding party announced the result of Best Actress.

Ronald went up to accept the award instead of Xueer, "Thank you for the great love of the organizing committee, thank you all the film critics who voted, this is a great honor. Xueer cannot come to accept the award in person because of the schedule of the concert, she entrusted me Come to pick it up. Thank you everyone."

The film critics who are eligible to vote here all work in the media in the southern states.So if there are celebrities coming, it is considered a great respect for them.Cher has a busy schedule, so they all understand that she can't come to present the award in person, and it's a great face for Best Supporting Actress winner Olympia Dukakis to come to accept the award in person.

The remaining Best Director Spielberg, Best Actor Michael Douglas, and Best Supporting Actor Sean Connery all asked others to accept the awards on their behalf.

"Congratulations..." Ronald hugged Olympia Dukakis after accepting the award, "Which number is it?"

"The second won, and the third was shortlisted." Dukakis waved the crystal-shaped trophy.Ronald sponsored her national awards trip this time. She was on vacation with her husband. Seeing more and more film critic awards, she began to look forward to the Golden Globe Awards and even Oscar nominations.

There are more and more phone invitations from the agent, and the basics are getting better and better, and the salary is starting to rise. The person Olympia Dukakis is most grateful for now is Ronald.

"Is it possible for you to be nominated for the best director?" Dukakis now hopes that Ronald can get the nomination for the best director. It is best to win the award. The best supporting actress is not an impressive award. If you can get a few more, in the future when everyone talks about "Moonlight Seductive", they will also remember her supporting role by the way.

"Ha, it might not be too big," Ronald said to Catherine, the manager who replaced Spielberg to accept the award, angrily, "Now Steven is starting to work hard, and after that it may be him and the 'Last Emperor' Bertolucci's rivalry between the two."

(End of this chapter)