Exploiting Hollywood 1980

After locking the negatives taken on the aircraft carrier into a sturdy metal box, Ronald and Bruckheimer kept an eye on the undeveloped negatives. They took a Navy helicopter, then switched to a commercial flight, and returned to Los Angeles together.

After sending the negatives to the laboratory, Ronald could no longer bear the accumulated fatigue. He said goodbye to everyone, got in Bud's car to pick him up, and went home to rest.

This kind of exhaustion is not only physical. During the filming period, Ronald had to work more than twelve hours a day to ensure that every task of the crew was in place.

The more important fatigue is psychological. Everyone in the crew will ask Ronald to make a decision with questions. It ranges from props and hairstyles to lens arrangements and cooperation with the military. You also have to deal with big-name actors, actors and agents who do small tricks in private, and a battle of wits and courage with nature.

"Please order me a pizza, thank you." Ronald asked Little Bud to find something to eat.

After all, she is not a careful woman. At this time, Ronald missed his Aunt Karen at home in New York. If his aunt was at home, she would have prepared hot meals and his favorite hot black tea for him.

After Little Bud came back from getting the pizza, Ronald was already asleep on the sofa, and the black tea was still on the coffee table next to him.

"Hey", Little Bud took a blanket to cover Ronald, and then closed the door gently. Ronald was working very hard, and he couldn't bear to bother him anymore with the troubles at home.

"Ronald, you are back, come together. Our new home is beautiful."

Ronald fell asleep in a daze, as if he dreamed of a beautiful figure, wearing a white sleeveless top and a big scarf on his hair, knocking on the wall of an old house.

"Come on..." Ronald also put on a mask and started working with the woman who looked like his girlfriend.

Seeing that she was not tall and had an elegant figure, looking from behind, she couldn't recognize which of her girlfriends she was.

Ronald hugged her from behind, and a soft music sounded, which was sung by an affectionate male voice.

This dream is so strange. Why does it have background music? Ronald felt that the dream seemed to be a mixture of his subconscious and the movies he had watched in his previous life.

"I brought you a clean shirt from the laundry room. We will go to my aunt's place for dinner later. I have to go to the ballet rehearsal tomorrow."

"Is it you, Antonia? Are you willing to come back and marry me?" Hearing about going to dry cleaning clothes and ballet, Ronald remembered that he and Antonia Franceschi were together, and they had imagined Live the life of two people after they get married.

"Yes, you want to make a movie and I want to dance ballet. We can't be together because of our careers. I'm so sad." Antonia Franceschi transformed into an elf in a ballet costume, as if performing on the stage, Stay away from him again.

"Antonia, Antonia..." Ronald shouted anxiously, not wanting her to leave.

"Ronnie, Ronnie", little Bud heard the call and came over to see Ronald.

"It's okay, I had a dream."

After a good sleep, Ronald felt that he had regained some energy. It was not the time to start a family yet, he had to continue to work hard for his career. The pizza is already cold, so we might as well go out with Little Bud to find something to eat.

"Breaking news, Konstantin, the general secretary-general of the Soviet Union, died this morning at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital. It is reported that Moscow announced three days of national mourning and published his obituary in Pravda, and Resume of successor Mikhail."

"How many times is this in three years?" Ronald was chewing Italian meatballs in the cafe. He heard the ABC TV report and asked little Bud in surprise.

"It's the third one." Little Bud took a sip of coffee. "When I was in the Marine Corps, many comrades said that the fate of the commander-in-chief was favored by God, so the alliance sent away two consecutive ones during his tenure. …He is now the third general secretary.”

"Our commander-in-chief definitely doesn't think so." Ronald felt amused. Now many people seem to think that the commander-in-chief is the chosen one who can escape the curse and survive the assassination, and can survive the death of several general secretaries-general.

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Inside the White House, the commander-in-chief is discussing this emergency with the White House chief of staff, national security assistant, CIA director, and many other staff and government officials.

"Unlike the two previous deaths of the General Secretary-General, this time the obituary and the resume of the General Secretary-General's successor appeared on the front page of Pravda at the same time. So we don't have to observe who is lined up to carry the coffin at the funeral. First position, we knew Mikhail would be the successor," CIA Director William Casey reported.

"He is our chosen candidate. The last time the deputy commander attended the funeral of former General Secretary-General Yuri, he sent a message to Central Secretary Ryzhkov that America and its allies would not accept anyone other than Mikhail as successor. The Secretary-General’s strategy seems to be working.”

National Security Assistant Clark is a close friend of the commander-in-chief at the California ranch. The selection of this successor is a clear indication of the success of the strategy he led.

"We finally have an alliance leader who can communicate with us." White House Chief of Staff James Baker breathed a sigh of relief. The first three general secretaries-general were all hospitalized for long periods of time to recuperate, and many times they were unable to communicate normally with the other side. .

Several people had a long meeting together until the first lady Nancy came over and asked the commander-in-chief to have dinner.

"Honey, it's time for you to eat."

"Gentlemen, stop here. I want to have dinner with Nancy first." The President announced the suspension of the meeting.

"Clark, let's try the veal from the California ranch." Nancy and the bureaucrats in Washington are out of tune. Only the National Security Assistant Clark is their neighbor and friend at the California ranch. The three of them sometimes have dinner together.

Several staff members looked at Clark, who had a good relationship with Nancy, with envy. He could always influence the President through Nancy.

"Dear, finally you have a leader you can communicate with. Your ambition finally has the possibility of being realized."

The First Lady looked at her husband lovingly as he ate the veal sent from his hometown ranch.

"Of course, Nancy, it's our dream."

The president seemed to remember something and said to his wife, "I will have a lot of communication work to do with Mikhail next. Ask our old friends in Hollywood what movies have been made in recent years that reflect the lives of ordinary people in the alliance? I need to know their ordinary people's views on life, government, and us."

"Okay, Sinatra called me last time and asked you to make more appeals. There is too much pornography and violence in Hollywood now."

"Is he still living like a king in Las Vegas now?" The president thought of his old friend.

"He is not in good health now, but since you restored his casino license, his life is still the same as before."

The president ate and talked, and promised to call on Hollywood to reduce violence and pornography at the next press conference. Many of his supporters are conservative white people in the South. They used to vote for the Donkey Party, but with the help of evangelicals, they turned to vote for this conservative president. This appeal just meets their demands.

"Frank, Ronald agreed. Next time when the opportunity is right, he will appeal to reporters to restore Hollywood's conservative and patriotic traditions."

Nancy called the famous singer and movie star, Frank Sinatra. This old friend generously donated $4 million to her husband's campaign and was the top funder among Hollywood's old friends. After his second election this year, the president has included him in the list of the next batch of "Presidential Medal of Freedom" recipients.

"Frank, I have already done what you asked me to do. When will you come to Vegas? Let's have fun together."

After Sinatra got the news, he called his old friend, Frank Mancuso, the CEO of Paramount, who is also of Italian descent.

"That's really good. Did the President agree?"

"Don't worry, he will talk about the violence and eroticism in Hollywood at the right time and call for a return to the traditions of the golden age."

"Thanks to you, I will let Paramount's movie stars appear in your desert hotel."

Mancuso leaned back in his chair with satisfaction. He had already reviewed the sample of "Top Gun". There were many places in it that could be used to take advantage of the President's speech. Tanin, who only knows how to produce, does not understand the operation of upper-level politics.

This is also an important reason why he can be highly favored by Gulf West Company. He has friends in the political circle.

"Okay, Nancy, it's my honor to serve the President." Jack Valenti, president of the American Film Association, also received a call from the first lady.

"The most popular movie of the Soviet Union in recent years is a good movie that reflects the lives of ordinary people. It is called "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears". Yes, ordinary people, unmarried mothers, and the love of middle-aged people are very similar to our American movies, right? It is a rare Moscow movie."

"That's great, Ronald wants to see this kind of movie. Can you find a copy in America?" The first lady asked on the phone.

"Of course, Nancy. It also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Yes, I believe it must have been introduced and released in America, otherwise it would not be able to participate in the selection of the Best Foreign Language Film. I will find its distributor and send the copy to the White House."

"Please help me find the distributor of "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", Jack Valenti pressed the bell and instructed the secretary.

"New World?" Valenti looked at the filing materials handed over by the secretary and smiled. He knew Roger Corman's reputation and liked to introduce foreign movies for screening.

"The President wants to see it. Ask the people at New World to send a copy. I'll call the White House."

"Uh...", the secretary hesitated, "I heard that the copyrights of New World's old films were taken away by Roger Corman."

"This Roger is very smart in business," Jack Valenti picked up the phone and called Corman.

"Roger, do you have a copy of 'Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears'? Very good, the President wants to see it."

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