Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

"Dukakis won six states on Donkey Super Tuesday. Gore of Tennessee won five states and Jesse Jackson won four states. The primaries will continue Go on fighting."

Ronald and Diane watched the political news on TV as they waited in the executive jet lounge at the airport.

The popularity of the Oscars has gradually passed, and now the focus of the national audience is the new general election, the results of the primary elections of the two parties.

The Donkey Party was suppressed by the current leader for two terms. In the second term, only Washington, D.C., and Minnesota, the hometown of Donkey Party candidate Mundell, voted for the Donkey Party.Under this kind of strong oppression, the Donkey Party has split, and everyone does not know what kind of political views they should hold in order to defeat the Elephant Party.

Generally speaking, when it comes to Super Tuesday in an election year, basically the primary election should have a candidate.However, several popular figures in the donkey party are still fighting, and no one has an absolute advantage.

In contrast, the Elephant Party's Super Tuesday has announced that the current deputy leader George Sr. has basically locked the Elephant Party's candidate.

Bob Dole, Jack Kemp and others who competed with him have publicly announced that they have given up the nomination of the commander-in-chief and congratulated the old George. Next, he only needs to go through the motions and accept the nomination at the Elephant Party Conference in August. Can.

The business jet gave Ronald a good rest. After he and Diane were sent to the apartment on Fifth Avenue by Bud Jr., Ronald still had the energy to deal with various things.Early the next morning, he summoned Daydream's staff and spent the morning and afternoon dealing with company affairs.

All kinds of reports that he needed to read and signatures were completed in six or seven hours of meetings.The last job is that Ronald signs the bonus to the employees, and everyone is very satisfied.

"Everyone is doing a great job and doing a good job, which fully shows that our daydreaming can make money in Hollywood." Ronald finally concluded, and the employees in the New York office cheered.

Amidst the cheers of the employees, Ronald went home to rest, and on the fax machine in the apartment, there were the box office figures of this weekend's "Moonlight Sultry" faxed by MGM.

"Moonlight's sultry box office has really gone up a lot..." Diane had just finished meeting and chatting with her father Bert, and when she came back to the apartment, she looked enviously at the box office report that had been faxed.

After winning three awards at the Oscars, the box office this weekend began to skyrocket, and audiences all wanted to go to the cinema to see the performances of Best Actress and Supporting Actress.

It had been in theaters for more than ten weeks, but the weekend box office degenerated to a little over 130 million. With the blessing of the statuette, it jumped to 320 million.

The total box office has just exceeded 5000 million US dollars. Under this upsurge, it is estimated that it can continue to be screened for two or three months, and it is hoped that it will reach 8000 million US dollars.

And "The Last Emperor", which won nine awards, is even more powerful. Its weekend box office has risen from less than 50 to 340 million. The first person came to the fourth place.The first place still belongs to the horror comedy "Beetlejuice".

"However, this movie is more difficult to understand. I guess the stamina is not as strong as yours." Diane, of course, prefers Ronald, hoping that Moonlight will overtake next week.She played a small role in it, the better the box office of this movie, the more it will help her career.After all, the protagonist in a small movie is not as impressive as the supporting role in a big production.

"They are not bad, they deserve such a result, I just hope that Jeremy Thomas can make more money, otherwise no one will shoot this kind of subject matter," Ronald said.

The Last Emperor is about Huaguo. In order to avoid debts, the producer Jeremy Thomas disappeared after winning the Oscar, and did not attend the party after that.If the box office can be higher, at least there will be people willing to shoot this kind of Huaguo epic movie in the future.

"I still think the movie you made is good. The scene at the dinner table in the end is so complicated. Many of my friends said that you are a genius for making it." Diane is very knowledgeable about filming and knows that this scene is not easy.

"Hey...that was an accident, I didn't deliberately arrange it." Ronald smiled happily, "However, most of the great scenes in the history of movies were filmed by accident."

"I just like to see you happy..." Diane jumped behind the sofa and put her arms around Ronald's neck.

Ronald was indeed very happy, but only about 10% of it was because of the Oscar win of "Moonlight" and the boost to the box office.

What he really likes is the best original episode awarded by this year's Oscars, which was given to the theme song of "Dirty Dancing", the song "Time of My Life".

Unlike most people who check the weekly recommendations on the Hollywood Reporter and know the box office figures, the sales of the original soundtrack behind the movie are unknown to outsiders.

Originally, the sales volume in the first quarter of this year was amazing. It has already exceeded the total sales volume of five platinums, and the sales speed still hasn't slowed down.As soon as the Oscars were awarded, the record became popular again, and RCA began to fully activate the production line again. The original soundtrack of "Dirty Dancing" is expected to break through the sales of 1000 million copies in China.

Coupled with the CD price of US$15-20 per piece, domestic retail sales have steadily exceeded US$4000 million.Combined with the sales of Dongying and Korea in Europe and Asia, Ronald can earn a total of more than [-] million US dollars from this soundtrack alone.

In short, since Ronald entered Hollywood, this soundtrack album has made the most money in a single business.

In order to reward Jimmy Reiner, who got the music copyright for himself and came up with ideas, Ronald officially gave him the daydream position of music director, and also wrote a very fat check as a reward.It was much more than his total income as a broker for many years before.

With such a grand boss, Jimmy is full of energy.Staring at the release of the Chapter 2 soundtrack album at RCA, several episodes that were not squeezed into the Chapter 1 album, and a few similar 60s-style songs were added. Zhang Original Soundtrack "More Dirty Dancing".

It went on sale last month as well.The album's title song, "Do You Love Me," featuring Patrick Schwytz and Cynthia Rhodes, also shot to No. [-] on the charts due to the release of the album.Higher than when it was first released in [-].

Compared with the soaring record business, the second income brought by "Dirty Dancing" to Ronald, the sales of video tapes are relatively flat.However, the feature of this movie videotape is that the sales rate does not decline, and it can sell almost [-] boxes in the retail market every month.

Since its release last Christmas, more than 60 boxes have been sold at video rental stores.When he came to New York this time, Michel Cannold, the distribution director of Daydream, told him that the number of 100 million boxes could be broken by the end of the month.

The price of each video tape is about 40 US dollars, plus the sponsor Coca-Cola's 6 US dollars subsidy, the video tape can earn Ronald almost 2000 million US dollars, and it is still growing at a rate of about 100 million per month.

The more sold, the lower the production cost of a single box, and the dividends for several leading actors and screenwriters are as much as the money earned by Ronald, and several leading actors have become rich and rich, Patrick Schwitz I have the copyright of a song in the record, and I am already looking for a bigger ranch with my wife, and I am looking for famous horses to participate in the competition.

Jennifer Gray also began to change sets of haute couture evening wear from various brands, and her popularity in the circle began to improve sharply, and everyone was happy to talk to her.

In the daydream, Michelle Cannold, who participated in the production of "Dirty Dancing", and assistant director Emile Adorino and others all received a lot of money, and the morale of the first batch of employees was very high.

Of course, it was Ronald who made the most money. He now has close to 6000 million in cash at his disposal. The Sony stock he invested in with his early record and video income has also risen considerably because of the successful acquisition of Columbia Records.

In short, if Ronald used all the money to make movies, his financial ability alone could already be comparable to that of the mid-stream companies in the seven major Hollywood companies.As for Cannon, or Orion, Heimdell and other medium-sized production companies that rely on financing and loans for filming, there is no way to compete with Ronald in terms of cash figures that can be used.

However, the old Hollywood saying still has to be heard, don't use your own money to make movies.Ronald took a gamble and spent his money on the "Dirty Dancing" filming. After getting such a good result, there is no need to gamble again.

Anyway, Hollywood is like this, the more money you make, the more money will come to you.Directors and producers who continue to be successful can continue to get other people's money to make movies.

"Why are you so happy? Is there something good I don't know about?" Diane found out that Ronald couldn't stop laughing today.

"My movie won an Oscar, can't you be happy?"

"I don't believe it, you haven't been like this two days ago..." Diane rode on Ronald who was sitting on the sofa, combing his soft hair with his hands.

"Well, I can't hide it from you. I've made some money in the video and record business, and I'm going to take a good vacation. Will you come with me?"

"Really? Okay, where are we going?" Diane immediately became interested when she heard that she could go on vacation.

"I haven't figured it out yet, where do you want to go?"

"I don't know. I haven't been to many places since my debut. Where do you want to go?"

"We still have time to think slowly..." Ronald was attracted by the new perfume on Diane's body. He didn't know what brand it was, but it smelled alluring.

"Hmm..." Diane was fascinated by his kiss, her legs were wrapped around Ronald's waist, and she was a little confused, "I want you... Ronnie."

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"How about we get a yacht and go out to sea?" Ronald hugged Diane, talking on the bed.

"Did you earn so much? Can you afford a yacht?" Diane asked in amazement. Do movie soundtracks and video tapes make so much money?
"Hahaha, I don't like to drive my own boat, just rent it." Ronald said with a smile, there is no need to buy a house just because you go on a beach vacation, just live in a hotel.Although my own financial resources, it is not that I can't afford a yacht.But the annual maintenance, crew, and docking costs made Ronald less interested.

"Oh, let me just say..." Diane thought, Ronald is not a big star like Warren Beatty, and he owns a yacht.

"What brand is your perfume? You smell good today." Ronald remembered and kissed.

"Hahaha, Xue'er gave it to me, she made the brand herself." Diane jumped off the big bed, took out a bottle from the luggage and handed it to Ronald.

"Fragrance Uninhibited", Ronald looked at the perfume bottle that looked like a female body, and the label on it was indeed very romantic.

"You smell so good..." Ronald buried his nose between Diane's hair and neck, and the two began a new round of fighting.

The next day, Diane went to get together with her father Burt again. After years of cold war, the father and daughter showed signs of easing up.Diane's acting career was originally designed by his father Bert, but after the three films he and Coppola shot in a row failed, Diane ignored his father and took over the film himself.

But her own star luck is not very good. Starting from "Streets of Rage", a series of films have not done well at the box office, and the production cost of scripts received is getting cheaper and cheaper.In the end, Ronald gave her several opportunities, starting from supporting roles, and gradually returning to mainstream Hollywood movies.

This time "growing up", Diane finally served as the heroine of the seven major studios, medium and large-scale productions. Her father, Bert, was very excited about her daughter's return. The two returned to Diane in the old taxi. , the two discussed the old days of acting and movies.

Ronald had other things to do. Together with Douglas Jr., he went to congratulate the deputy commander's eldest son, George Jr.

"Congratulations, your father won the nomination, right?"

George Jr. recently traveled back and forth between Washington, D.C. and New York. He was close to Roger Ailes in the campaign team, and he contributed a lot to his father's campaign ads.

"The only thing left is the formality. The primary elections are going to be over in every state, and the voters in every state want to see my father." George Jr. spoke with pride.

"Has the commander-in-chief not endorsed your father yet?" Ronald asked George Jr. without reading the political news commentary.

"There's something between them... My mother and Nancy also have a little..." Little George smiled honestly, "But my father has already talked about this matter with the commander-in-chief, and it will probably be announced after the primary election."

"That's great. The commander-in-chief's popularity is still very high. With his endorsement, your father should win. Everyone wants to continue this good life."

“Roger Ailes said the same thing, but another campaign adviser, Lee Atwater, and my brother Jeb, didn’t think so. Their voters wanted something new.”

"This..." Ronald didn't expect that his two brothers were still competing with each other, "I still like your idea, I support you..."

"Very well, I came here today to ask for your help..." George Jr. explained his reason for coming today.

It turned out that under the strategy of Roger Ailes, the old George focused on his experience of fighting for America, and the family cards of family harmony and children's future, which won many female voters.

After winning the qualification for the primary election, he still has to continue this campaign advertising strategy. Little George hopes that his daydream will be able to give Little George more shots of himself in the new version of the advertisement, so that he can be seen among several children. , appearing best.

"I don't think there is any problem. The director of the last filming, Emile Adolino, wants to be the director himself. Before the script is finalized, it is not a problem for him to write a commercial for you."

"He is great, I like his style very much, thank you." Little George achieved his goal and began to chat with the two about other things.

"What have you been up to recently? I heard from Little Doug that your new house has some problems?" Little George asked.

"People in the New York Parks Department think that the garden I built is next to a natural wetland where migratory birds migrate, so they stopped my project. I am preparing to go to court, but it would be best if I could get an understanding. After all, there is still a lake away from the wetland in my fast place."

Ronald knew that the next most important decision for the deputy commander, Old George, was to decide on his partner for the election. New York Congressman Jack Kemp in the primary election was very interested in partnering with Old George.

So at this time, George Jr. is very popular in New York, and many politicians have taken the initiative to approach him, hoping that he can say something nice in front of his father, especially his mother Barbara.Everyone wanted to do George Sr. a favor, a possible White House contender.

And Ronald did a favor to George Jr., and George Jr. can help those people. If someone who knows the park is willing to do Ronald a favor, that would be great, saving you from going to court and having to It has been delayed for a long time.

"Alphonse D'Amato, the senator from New York State, is on our side. He also faces elections this year. He will endorse my father's participation in the election this weekend. When you come, I will introduce you to him. .”