Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"So, you and Tonya..."

"Yes, she was very busy after joining the New York City Ballet. In addition to training, she also had to participate in performances. It was not easy for a freshman."

Although Ronald wanted to give Antonia a guarantee, Antonia finally did not accept his kindness. Ronald knew that she did not want to involve money in this relationship, so she let this love be a beautiful memory.

The person who asked the question was Ronald's high school wrestling team partner Douglas, and the two were sitting on the cushions in the wrestling hall panting.

After contacting the old friend, Ronald also felt that he should continue to exercise. It happened that Douglas was exercising in a good gym, and he also introduced Ronald to train together. After more than a year without daily training, Ronald felt that his level had declined significantly.

Fortunately, the gym introduced by Douglas had a coach Ivan from the Suweil League. He was originally a regular member of a local wrestling team in Siberia. He was obviously a Slav but claimed to be a Jew. He came to America from Israel through connections.

He has superb skills, scientific training, and decent English. The best thing is that he makes training plans based on the level of the customer, so that the customer will not feel that it is too hard and boring. Douglas and Ronald are very satisfied. They come here to train every week and have recovered some of their skills.

"Your photo-taking trick for the leg warmer business is good. Who taught you?" Douglas's family has been doing business for three generations. Naturally, he can understand Ronald's photo-taking trick and admires it very much.

"I figured it out myself," Ronald replied, "JCPenney's purchasing manager told me that patents cannot protect my intellectual property rights, because any mother can modify this product with wool socks. So I thought of this method to protect my rights."

"Yes, if it becomes famous all over the world, everyone will come to buy authentic leg warmers, not the ones they knit themselves, or other counterfeit products." Douglas nodded.

"But your product has to be a little bit higher in quality than others, so that the reputation of authenticity is worth the money, customers buy it and feel good, and word of mouth spreads, then your business can grow."

"Tsk, this is a bit difficult. This is a very small market. I can't use machines. Now I just organize a group of widows and wives of Vietnam War soldiers. It is nominally a cooperative of military families, but in fact... it is charged by the number of pieces..."

Ronald lowered his voice. Piecework in America is prohibited by union forces through legislation, but with the name of Vietnam War soldiers' families, it has a nominal umbrella of protection. The scale is not large, and no one will come to make trouble.

"Yes, it's a pity that your business is naturally small in the market, unless one day the fashion industry suddenly goes crazy and the public starts to wear leg warmers."

"That's impossible. Wearing formal clothes with leg warmers is simply an aesthetic disaster."

"Let's not talk about this. Theresa hasn't reacted to your trick yet? She can't start her own business." Little Douglas talked about the salesman Theresa Kate's desire to work alone.

"No, she is quite satisfied that I can let her buy shares at a discount on sales channels." Ronald was a little proud. Taking a photo with the crew of Famous All Over the World was a deal that killed two birds with one stone. Before, Theresa Kate showed a little sign of wanting to work alone. After discussing with Douglas, Ronald simply gave some shares to Theresa and established a company. This time, taking a photo with the crew cut off her idea of ​​working alone.

The patent applied for by Lindsay Doll has been approved. His patent was used as a 20% share discount to enter the company. In addition, with the contribution of store rent, a total of 60% of the shares, Aunt Karen and his veteran wife's production network accounted for 10%, and the other 30% was a small amount of money from Theresa Kate and her husband David, and a discount on the sales network.

The name of the small shop is rtkd Dance Supply Store, which is the initials of the four major shareholders. It is called a dance supply store, but it mainly sells leg warmers. Photos with the crew actors are placed on the wall, including photos with Diane Lane. Bert agreed to put a photo in the store, as long as it was not enlarged.

Now "Famous" is still being shown on a small scale, but teachers from the Performing Arts College participated in it, and many students have come to see it and buy it here instead of asking their mothers to make it. Because it is the most authentic here.

"Her husband David should have seen it, but he also knows that if we work together, the pie will be bigger, so he didn't object."

"Nдnhaxyn, Jimmy, this bitch, he actually boycotted the Olympic Games. This bitch, the Winter Olympics Alliance did not boycott at the beginning of the year, Jimmy actually has the face to boycott the Summer Olympics?"

Coach Ivan walked in cursing, and kept cursing the commander-in-chief. "He also asked NBC to stop the broadcast plan. I wanted to show you the monster in Siberia."

Ivan had long told them that Siberia had a heavyweight wrestling genius named Karelin. It is said that he can use the reverse back lift that is usually only used by lightweight players. Ronald was very young and Doug was waiting to see this trick.

"Why boycott the Olympics?" The two turned on the TV next to the wrestling arena. The President was on the upper right corner of the TV. The host quoted a White House spokesman as saying that as long as the Soviet Union did not leave Afghanistan, the United States and its allies would boycott the Olympics held in Moscow.

"Is this because of the failure of the hostage rescue operation two days ago?" Doug was very sensitive and linked this matter to the hostage rescue operation that had made the President lose face before.

The President and his national security adviser Brzezinski took advantage of the fact that Secretary of State Vance, who opposed the rescue operation, was on vacation and launched the hostage rescue operation without telling him. Unexpectedly, the helicopter crashed in the desert and 8 special forces died.

The rescue failed before it even started. The wreckage of the helicopter and the remains of the dead soldiers were displayed by the Persians on the streets of Tehran. Through international satellite signals, all Americans knew that their President was a waste.

In order to restore his image and strive for re-election in next year's election, the President needs to show his toughness.

Both shook their heads. The Olympic spirit is peace. During the ancient Greek Olympic period, warring countries also had to temporarily cease fire. What kind of boycott is this?

"Have you found your script agent?" Douglas mentioned a strange thing Ronald encountered.

Ronald wrote the script of "Crossover", signed the disclaimer, and mailed it to Rick Nicita of William Morris. Who knew that after a few days, the script was returned without being opened, with a stamp on it, claiming that there was no such person.

Ronald called the secretary who notified him last time, and the secretary told him in a particularly mechanical voice that there was no such person as Nicita in William Morris. Then he hung up the phone. The same thing happened when he called again.

If it weren't for the disclaimer sent by the secretary last time in the package, Ronald would have thought that he was abducted by aliens and his memory was altered.

Moreover, in the agent directory of last year, the name of William Morris Agency was clearly marked behind Rick Nicita's name. Ronald couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.

"I made an appointment with Eddie Cohen, my advertising director agent, to talk, maybe he can tell me what's going on."

"You are probably involved in the battle between William Morris and CAA."

"What battle?" Ronald asked in Eddie's office. Since Ronald filmed the Chewels gum commercials, Eddie's business has been booming. All his models and actors have jobs, and he has signed many new people. He has moved to a corner office.

Office buildings in America are all square. The corner office faces the street on both sides, with two large floor-to-ceiling windows, and you can see twice as much street view as other offices. Working here is often a symbol of strength and status.

"Creative Artists Agency was founded in 1975 by several young people who defected from William Morris, including Michael Ovitz, Michael Rosenfield, Ronald Meyer, etc. They have been suppressed by their old employers."

"But their business is doing very well. In recent years, they have snatched many clients from their old employers. Starting this year, they have publicly poached several of William Morris's agents, all of whom are young and have many heavyweight clients."

"I guess Rick Niceta, who is interested in you, is one of them. When an agent quits a company, the old employer often uses this method to try to cut off the contact between the client and them. The original phone number, fax, and secretary all belong to the original company, so that the client cannot contact the agent for a period of time, and the old employer takes advantage of this window of time to poach."

"So that's how it is." Ronald nodded, "Then I can call CAA Go, find Niceta. "

"Generally, when an agent changes jobs, it will involve legal lawsuits. The person concerned will take a long vacation and will not contact anyone except their key customers."

Eddie rejected Ronald's idea, "You can try to leave a message to the front desk and let them convey it. I guess this lawsuit will not drag on for a long time. CAA will try to settle it quickly, and he will contact you when he comes back."

"Why don't you try other agents of William Morris?" Eddie asked, "After all, they are the most powerful agency in the industry."

"I tried, and none of their agents were willing to sign me. I sent a letter of inquiry and called their secretary. Several agents also called me and said that they would wait and see the reputation and box office of the movie. According to the secretary, they called Alan Parker and heard some bad reviews. "

Ronald didn't expect that Mr. Director could still ruin his business here, and he was a little annoyed.

"Don't worry, Rick Nicita is a well-known figure in the industry. He represents Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. When he officially joins, you will have a script agent."

"Although there is a high probability that he will let the lower-level agent apprentice to sign you."

"That doesn't matter. I want to get the screenwriting business as soon as possible. I want to enter the film industry, and entering the industry as a screenwriter is a shortcut."

"By the way, have you joined the Screen Actors Guild?" Eddie asked another question.

"No, I don't think I have the talent for acting, nor the passion to be an actor. I still want to stay on the other side of the camera lens."

"Well, that's good. Recently, the negotiations between the two major actors' unions and the Producers Guild have not been smooth. They want a share of the pay TV copyright. In the future, the income from movies and TV series broadcast on pay TV stations, actors also want a piece of the pie."

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