Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Hello? Minahan? I have already left. Sorry, I couldn't meet you this time."

In the luxury car going to the airport, Ronald received a call from Minahan. He didn't receive the invitation. After getting the news, he rushed to the party. After finally getting in, he found that the Ronald he wanted to meet had already met Dai. Ann left.

"Gaga, it's okay. I just want to meet and chat with you. Recently, my resignation from the Cannon has been announced, and now no one in Hollywood is willing to talk to me." Minahan Grant has now become a five-star actor again A nobody from years ago.

But his mentality also became normal. Make some small investments, make some weird B-level movies, and sell them to Europe. While this kind of business allowed him to make a little money, it also allowed him to regain his original intention of making movies, and he became much happier.

"I'm going to New York to meet with the NYPD people to identify him... Right, you heard about it, right? You want to see me? Now? Oh, I will be waiting for takeoff at the airport. If you are free, we can still have time to meet."

"Okay, I'll go... quack"

"Ronnie, I found that you are very kind to old friends. Many people don't want to see Minahan Gran now and only deal with his cousin Yoram." Diane smiled and hugged Rona De's arm said.

"Minahan actually sticks to his exploitation film strategy and will not go bankrupt. It's just that he suddenly got hundreds of millions of funds and doesn't know what he wants to do..." Ronald feels that now he is separated from Cannon, saying Maybe that's a good thing.

There were not many people in the airport. Ronald was sitting in the VIP terminal watching TV, waiting for Minahan to come over.

"Chorando se foi que u dia sófez chorar

Chorando se foi que u dia sófez chorar”

There was a girl in the terminal who adjusted the TV to the MTV channel. His father came over and nodded to Ronald to apologize, and was about to switch back to the CUU news station, but Ronald was fascinated by the enthusiastic dance above and gestured to him not to switch the channel.

“Choraará ao lebrar de u aor

Que u dia no soube cuidar”

The MV captures the scenery of a tropical island. A Brazilian-looking female singer wearing a yellow skirt is singing, and men and women are dancing in a very exotic, passionate and unrestrained dance.

"What's this song called?" Ronald muttered.

Although the music is very Brazilian, it is not the rumba that Brazilians are famous for. Different from the large number of knee movements in Rumba, this dance emphasizes the crotch of men and women sticking together, and is more like an indigenous dance with Latin style.

"I don't know, this seems to be in Portuguese..." Diane couldn't understand either, but she recognized that it was a good song. Following the rhythm, she learned the dance on TV and slowly danced, and also invited Ronald Together.

"Hahaha..." Ronald also faced her crotch and slowly learned to jump. They are both from the entertainment industry, and they danced well. The girl who was changing the channel was stunned and applauded them.

"What's the name of this song?" Ronald asked her.

"Call Lombada..."

"Lombada...Lombada..." Ronald quickly found a notebook to write it down. The MV was shot very well, with not only the lively dance but also the plot. A black kid works in a beach bar and wants to dance. The white shopkeeper's daughter also looked at him, and the two dancing souls collided.

Although the white shop owner didn't like his daughter dancing such a suggestive dance with others at such a young age, after the female singer invited him to dance the Lombada together, his rigidity was melted by the dance, and everyone started dancing together enthusiastically. .

"If I had just entered the industry, I would have adapted this MV into a movie..." Ronald said to Diane in his arms while watching the TV. This MV, which is more than three minutes long, has foreshadowing, ups and downs, protagonists and supporting characters, and a very happy ending. The remake into a movie will definitely be a hit.

"What movie, what dance? Ronald, what movie are you talking about? Ah!"

The fat and panting Minahan, who had just arrived, happened to hear what Ronald said and hurried up to ask for details. Back then, he and Ronald took off with the help of "Break Dance."

"Lombada..." Ronald handed him the name. Of course he knew Minahan's purpose. It was just to find Ronald to collaborate again. Now he happened to come across this pop music with great potential. Maybe it could be repeated. What about the success of "Break Dance" back then.

"Quack..." Minahan looked at the music on MTV again (many music videos on MTV are played on repeat). Although he has some production ability, he still has no good vision and can find someone with superior ability. Take him with you.

"Hurry up and negotiate for the adaptation rights!" Ronald stopped Minahan, who was already waving his butt happily, "There are not many discerning people. This MV is so popular now, you will be in trouble if you are too late... …”

After seeing off the satisfied Minahan, Ronald and Diane boarded a business jet and flew to New York.

It was already the morning of the next day when we arrived at the airport in New York. Douglas Jr. and Donna were already waiting there.

"How many days are you going to stay here this time?" Donna whispered while holding her good friend Diane since childhood. Wait for Dan, the bodyguard, to check the vehicle and exit.

"I'm here to accompany him this time. I can't stay for a few days. I have to go back for an audition..."

"How are you?" Donna pointed at Diane with her eyes.

"Hey...still the same..." Diane thought that your brother hasn't expressed anything yet.

"Do you still remember the gift we gave him? Give it to him again this time to remind him of what happened back then?" Donna still wanted Diane to marry Ronald, at least to be his public girlfriend.

"What about you? How are you?"

"Hmm..." The two of them whispered to discuss things.

Little Douglas was also discussing with Ronald, "The young master of Hollywood Cinema, Thomas Stephenson, came to inspect our cinema on Staten Island. He asked me if I wanted to invest in it, as his Hollywood Cinema is now expanding..."

"Continue to acquire cinemas? I would like to, but those old-fashioned cinemas don't make much money, and they need to be maintained... It would be better if we built some new ones..."

"The newly built ones are all multi-hall cinemas, which require a lot of investment..."

"You don't understand, multi-hall cinemas have a high turnover rate, and they are actually cheaper..."

"How are you and my sister?" Ronald finished talking about business and looked at Little Doug again. Others dared not talk about his own affairs, but he was unhappy that Little Doug did not formally confirm his relationship with Donna.

"I am willing to do it, but Donna has something for me to do recently, and I am still hesitating. I don't want to confuse these two things..." Little Doug seemed a little distressed. Donna was recently promoting an investment to him, and he didn't want to confirm their relationship at this time, otherwise it seemed like Donna wanted to exchange something.

"You kid..." Ronald grabbed his neck and used wrestling techniques.

"Hey, hey..." Little Doug immediately got rid of him, then turned over and twisted Ronald's collar.

"Hey, what are you two doing?" Donna found out and said loudly.

"Ah, it's okay, Ronald and I will compete to see who has better wrestling skills..."

"Ah, right, right..." Ronald glanced at Little Doug, he still respected Donna. It is possible that he didn't want to have any problems with Donna in terms of money and be criticized by his family.

His sister can't suffer like this, Ronald thought, I'll just pay for it.

...

"There are photos of the suspects here, please look carefully and recall slowly, if you are sure, tell me..." A detective was showing Ronald a large photo album.

Ronald pointed out a black man, his red eyes left a deep impression on him.

"Okay, thank you. The next thing..."

"Next, you can talk to me, my client is a respected and busy Hollywood director..." Lawyer Lindsay negotiated with him on the side.

"Tell me, what is the investment?"

Ronald took Donna, who came to play with Diane, aside and talked to her privately.

"What investment?" Donna pretended to be stupid.

"Stop pretending, Doug told me..." Ronald touched Donna's head.

"This idiot..." Donna cursed angrily. She stopped pretending and told Ronald the whole story.

It turned out that Donna's boss, Mr. Simons, his Renaissance Fund, had suffered a large loss from last year to this year.

Professor James Akers, the algebraist who helped him make the model, refused to admit that there was a problem with the model and continued to operate. By the end of last month, the cumulative loss had exceeded 40%. Simons used the power of the major shareholder to end his cooperation with him.

Although Simons' talent in mathematics was not the best, his vision was still there. He saw that it was a flaw in Akers' model, which would treat noise as a signal under certain conditions. He found another mathematician, Erwin Berlekamp from Berkeley, to help him fix the loophole.

The new model has been adjusted this time. Simmons has to deal with a large number of shareholders withdrawing, so he has to apportion the investment quota to employees. Those who invest $1 million can become qualified buyers. Those who invest $5 million can become qualified investors and enjoy priority rights.

Donna's previous investment, plus the money Ronald lent her, has already fallen a lot. With some of her own savings and her mother's money, she can just make up one million dollars. She hopes that her future husband can take this rare opportunity and pay five million to become a big customer.

She has been watching Simmons' model performance all the way, and knows that if it weren't for this loophole, the return rate last year would have exceeded 40%, so she is full of confidence in the future. But what she doesn't understand is that other people in Doug's family don't treat her as a rich person.

"Hahaha, I'll pay for this money, half of it is lent to you, and half of it is my investment." Ronald said to Donna with a smile.

"Thank you..." Donna was very happy, but she still felt bad about her boyfriend.

"He handled it the right way. If you had as much wealth as him, all doubts would disappear..." Ronald told Doug about his concerns. In fact, this was not necessarily a bad thing. Instead of letting Doug make money, it would be better to let Donna make money herself.

Donna suddenly realized.

"Don't be like this. Doug still loves you and doesn't want your reputation to be slandered..." Ronald touched her head.

"By the way, Diane is coming today, and we have a gift for you. Do you remember the gift she and I bought for you?" Donna quickly adjusted her mood. Ronald was right. As long as Doug loved her, it would be the same if Donna made money herself.

"Of course I remember..." Ronald pointed to the computer in the room. The "Word Star" software used to write scripts was given by them that year.

...

"Ronnie, this is a gift from Donna and I..." Not long after, Diane came. She took out a wrapped floppy disk and handed it to Ronald.

"Thank you..." Ronald happily hugged her, thinking of the past, it was pleasant.

"Would you like to try it?" Diane still admired people who could write scripts.

Ronald took out the floppy disk, which said "Microsoft Word for Wdows".

"This shortcut key is not universal..." Ronald was typing and found something wrong. This new software was different from the Word Star he was used to.

"Isn't this quite simple?" Diane understood. She reached out and grabbed the mouse, selected a paragraph of text, and then clicked on copy.

"Hey? How did you know?"

"The person who bought the things said so? If you can use the mouse, you can use it..."

"Huh?" Ronald looked at Diane and thought that this software is very cheap to learn. Anyone can use it, right?

Unlike himself, who used Word Star, typesetting and typing were very fast after becoming proficient, and his thoughts were pouring out on the screen all the time. But learning dozens of commonly used shortcut keys requires a month or two of familiarity.

It seems that this Word is very suitable for ordinary people to use. You don't need to learn it. You can use it if you can type.

The two of them were bored for a while, and Ronald turned on the TV. All major channels were continuing to track and report on the Central Park jogger case.

The poor lady has regained consciousness. The NYPD said that they would interview her when the situation permits. The doctor originally judged that her recovery was slim. But surprisingly, this lady was very strong. After waking up, the case could be solved and convicted much faster.

Ronald looked at the hospital photos on TV, and felt more and more uncomfortable. He quickly changed the channel.

"Omaha's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it had acquired a large number of Coca-Cola shares and became the latest major shareholder. The company's chairman, Mr. Buffett, revealed that the total share capital reached 1.024 billion US dollars."

Finally announced?

Ronald smiled as he watched the news. Buffett's holdings had an average price of 15 times the price-earnings ratio. Because he bought them early, the average price was even lower. Although it was only one-fifteenth of Buffett's number of shares, it was also a considerable fortune.

Besides, his acquisition news was announced today...

Ronald looked at the subtitles scrolling at the bottom of the screen, and today's Coca-Cola stock price rose. One day's income was almost enough to pay for Donna's investment.

"Hahaha..."

"What are you laughing at?" Diane didn't understand.

"I like to drink Coca-Cola..."

"Huh..." Diane knew Ronald was unwilling to say it, so she took off her shoes, sat on the sofa and stuck close to Ronald.

Ronald slowly stroked Diane's waist, thinking about his own thoughts.

My share of the box office revenue from the end of last year and the first quarter of this year has also arrived. In addition to investing 4 million in Donna and building some new cinemas with Doug, what should I do with the extra 50 million in cash income?

I don’t have to spend much money on the few movies that have been confirmed for investment. Anyway, there are people who will invest with me. I only need to invest a few million. If I continue to buy Coca-Cola, it will be too late. It has risen too much today, and Buffy didn’t even say hello to me.

What should I buy? Ronald saw the outer packaging of the software Word that Diane gave him on the table.

Hey? Why not buy some Microsoft? This kind of software must be used by many people. Ronald has filmed "Working Girl" and knows that many secretaries have not learned Word Star. With this software, at least secretaries have to buy it, right?

"How much is your software, dear?" Ronald asked.

"498..." Diane kissed Ronald. This little gift seems to be quite effective.

"So expensive? What are you waiting for?" Ronald jumped up and called his accountant, "Just buy this stock!"