Exploiting Hollywood 1980

When Ronald returned to New York, the first thing he did was to meet with his personal lawyer, Miss Lindsay Dole, and his personal accountant, Lawrence Wang.

"I think Cannon had the intention of hiding this box office revenue before. But then I did them a big favor at Cannes, so they let me know about Cannon's plan to distribute it in America."

After Ronald came back, he figured out some things, so he still found a capable person to supervise Cannon's box office share.

"Movie box office is a large amount of cash income, which has always been a big trouble in reviewing financial statements, and supervision is very difficult. If I were not a partner who has cooperated many times, I would not have any good solutions."

Lindsay Dole still looked professional, pointing out that it is precisely because movie box office has a large amount of cash income that it is a big trouble for the supervision of listed companies, let alone a private enterprise like Cannon.

Whether it is hiding part of the money to give to the producer, or injecting water to launder the gang's illegal income, it is an excellent entry point for accounting. Before the cash box is sent to the bank, it is very difficult to monitor whether it is taken out or put in a little.

"You can only rely on the reports sent by the cannon. I will find a few assistants to help you review whether there are any items that are inconsistent with the reports. This is the only thing that can be done for the time being." Accountant Lawrence Wang had no choice.

Really auditing box office revenue is something that a private accountant like him cannot do. That requires a company of the level of the Big Eight accounting firms to operate.

The two developed a method for Ronald to oversee the "Break Dance" box office. And contacted Yoram to formulate the settlement cycle and method for sharing.

It's almost Memorial Day every year, Aunt Karen's big day. It was rare for Ronald to be in New York. After a few years, he finally had the opportunity to attend a gathering of veterans and survivors.

On the Hanson family lawn, veterans began their annual gathering.

Aunt Karen was so happy that she now stopped baking cookies and was wearing a dressy dress and chatting with a bunch of sisters from the leg warmer company.

"The lawn here is so big. It would be great if we could drink tea on this lawn every day." Mrs. Davis's family has moved to Staten Island, and she loves lawns very much. His son, Bud Jr., was about to return home from the Marine Corps and was in a happy mood.

"It will happen in the future," Ronald smiled. The new house he built for his aunt will be completed soon. There will also be a small lawn for parties. Although it is not as good as the Hanson family's, it is enough to accommodate some old friends.

"Ronald!"

Little Douglas is about to graduate from college and came back today to attend the anniversary. He was very happy to see Ronald there, so he came over and asked, "How much is the box office of your break dance, huh?"

"Before the anniversary, it had already passed 25 million." Ronald said proudly, "It also sold well in Europe, with more than 10 million copies sold."

"U.S. dollars or francs? U.S. dollars? That's great." Little Douglas was very pleased. "What's your next plan? Show me some? I can withdraw the annuity from the family trust after I graduate from college. In addition to being in the investment market, I How about just following you? I’ll match the funding for all the movies you direct.”

"Really? I may not plan to make any more low-cost exploitation films recently. You may not be able to get into the big productions. But I intend to try to be a producer, buy potential scripts, and find a suitable director to make them. You If you are interested, I will leave you an investment share.”

"Then it's settled!" Douglas Jr. was very happy. Isn't Ronald the producer similar to the director?

Ronald is also very happy. Based on the current box office trend, Ronald can get at least one million US dollars in dividends. Originally, he planned to go to the bank for a mortgage loan with the dividend contract. Since Douglas Jr. is willing to invest money, then his "Daydream" production company will have the cost to try. It can start with a small production of hundreds of thousands. Test the waters through domestic distribution channels.

The release could be backed by Roger Corman's new company. Because the name New Millennium was too hard to pronounce, he had already changed the company's name to Concord Pictures. Because the new boss of New World did not enforce the acquisition agreement very well, Coleman's new films were not well distributed. In anger, he began to try to establish new distribution channels.

In addition, Minahan's Cannon has also begun to establish domestic distribution channels, and he can also choose to cooperate with their brothers.

"By the way, you were in Cannes, did you...?" Douglas Jr. smiled lustfully, showing a tacit expression.

"No, I only met Natasha Kinski and French star Catherine Deneuve."

"Oh, I'm jealous. You have to take me with you next time." Little Douglas regretted on the spot when he heard that it was Kinski who played Tess and Deneuve in "Belle de Jour" from his collection of movie copies. Go with Ronald.

"You want to meet her? I can arrange it. Kinski is coming soon to sign a film distribution contract with Minahan."

"What a good brother." Little Douglas was very happy, "She is the star of this year's Cannes Palme d'Or film."

"Actually, there aren't many scenes." Ronald reminded.

"It doesn't matter, I'm only interested in her."

"Her private life is quite active." Ronald reminded again.

"What's the point? I'm not going to marry her, right?"

"What are you talking about?" Donna came over to talk to Ronald.

"Hi, Donna, I'll send you to MIT in the fall." Seeing that she was Ronald's talented daughter, Douglas put on a friendly smile and started chatting with her politely.

"I have Ronnie to send you, he agreed." Donna put her arm around Ronald and said to Douglas without saying anything.

"Okay, but I can give you a college gift, that's not too much, right?"

"Really? Thank you." Donna smiled when she heard there was a gift.

"I'll give you a suitcase, you'll need it when you move to the dormitory at MIT."

"Thank you," Donna chatted with Doug for a few words, and whispered in Ronald's ear, "Diane is in New York these two days, she is taking the cover photo of a women's magazine, do you want to meet her? Her new film "Rampage" will be released nationwide at the beginning of next month."

Ronald calculated that it was only three weeks away from the release of his "The Karate Kid", which was also a competition to some extent.

"Did she ask you to tell me?"

"No, Diane didn't want me to tell you, saying that you were busy with the release, so you must be very busy."

"Where is she shooting?" Ronald didn't really believe Donna's words.

"Tomorrow afternoon..." Donna told Ronald the address of the studio where the shooting was taking place.

...

"Eddie, are you so pessimistic about me?" The next morning, Ronald first came to the office of his agent Eddie Cohen in New York and joked with Eddie.

In addition to the investor Douglas Jr., his "Daydream Pictures" needs a general manager to manage daily affairs before it can start operating.

Ronald wanted to persuade Eddie to work for him and jointly run the "Daydream" production company. But Eddie refused.

"My small economic company is doing well, and many adult magazine girls have found a stepping stone to the film and television industry here."

Eddie spread his hands. He was not willing to join Ronald's company as general manager right now. But he was very optimistic about Ronald, and it was no problem for him to take charge of some of the business first.

"I can help you handle the daily affairs of Daydream Company in New York."

"Okay, deal." Ronald shook hands with him and prepared an extra salary for Eddie so that he could have someone he could trust to handle his affairs in New York.

"What is your first job?" Eddie quickly got into the role and opened his notebook to record his work arrangements.

"Start collecting scripts."

Ronald replied, "Potential movie scripts, including dramas and novels suitable for adaptation into movies, please help me keep an eye out for them. Everything starts with the script."

"No problem, there are not many suitable directors in Broadway, and the scripts are no less than Hollywood." Eddie agreed.

"Is this the studio where Diane took photos for women's magazines? This is an old building in Midtown, with a stone exterior, and an old house before World War I.

"It's here," Ronald checked the address given by Donna and walked in.

"Okay... give me a naughty pose, Kacha, Kacha"

From a distance, Ronald heard a female voice speaking, as if it was Diane's photographer.

"Take off the stockings on one foot, and then pretend to put them on."

Ronald turned the aisle and entered the studio.

There was a sound of shutters, and a beautiful photographer, wearing a small suit and trousers, knelt on the ground and took pictures of Diane opposite.

Diane was wearing a red suit and sitting barefoot on an apple box on the wooden floor, with her legs crossed and her hands pulling the black stockings at the ankle of her right foot, pulling them up.

Diane was wearing an old-fashioned hat, still dressed like a singing girl in the 1920s and 1930s. However, this time the suit had very high shoulder pads, and the collar was a V-neck, which was a modern popular style, and the collar revealed a little bit of her proud figure.

Ronald entered the bright studio from the dim corridor, and the child's eyes suddenly enlarged.

Diane looked like a goddess under the light, and her action of pulling stockings was a little naughty. Ronald felt that his slightly fat body was no longer a disadvantage, but a great advantage.

Ronald smiled silently, very happily.

"Kacha, Kacha", very good, this expression is very good.

Diane found Ronald and laughed.

"Okay, keep this..." The female photographer began to press the shutter quickly, and suddenly, Diane seemed to be glowing all over, and the charm of women was emitted at high power.

"Ronnie", Diane couldn't help it anymore, stood up and rushed to Ronald barefoot, grabbed Ronald's neck, and hugged him. One leg was wearing high-end black stockings, and the other leg was half unpulled and hung at the knee.

Ronald hugged Diane and picked her up.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Ronald felt the familiar smell of Diane again. He hugged Diane tightly and took a deep breath at the girl's hair.

"Ronnie," Diane hung her legs on Ronald and refused to get down, "I'm so glad you're here."

"Ahem, we still have a group of shots to take."

The photographer watched the two of them hugging and kissing passionately, and had to remind them.