Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 1019 Buy a new big house

"This Moon Cave Gate, the opposite side does not belong to our ground. Because there is not enough space, we borrowed the public green space opposite as the scenery. Although the land is not yours, Mr. Li, the spring breeze, autumn rain, and the changing scenery of the four seasons belong to you. "The garden designer Lao Wang introduced the scenery of the completed garden to Ronald.

  The filming of "When Harry Met Sally" came to an end temporarily, and Ronald got another good news. His mini garden was finally completed. Today, he and Xiaoyan came to inspect the beauty.

  Xiaoyan got good grades in Stanton Community College. After graduation, it is up to him to choose whether to continue to study in college, go to Ronald's factory, or go to Daydream for an internship. In fact, it’s okay for him not to work. There is a share in the factory with his father, Lao Yan Technology, so life is not a problem.

   "It's quite beautiful here. The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is relatively gentle, but the color of the fallen leaves is not as bright as in North America. In addition, the air permeability is good. It must be very beautiful to shoot with Alai or Panavision cameras."

  Xiaoyan is still interested in cinematography, so he ran to the courtyard where the wedding scene of the Godfather movie opened, and began to gesture with the director's viewfinder. "That's the angle of singing and dancing at the wedding..."

  Ronald smiled, it seems that Xiaoyan still inherited his father's business and fell in love with film and photography equipment.

   "The design concept here is to change the scenery step by step. We walk forward more than ten meters, and after turning the corner, we will see the opposite hill. There are big trees on that mountain, which is another kind of scenery."

  Ronald nodded, isn't it enviable to hold a party in such a house?

   "Thank you, Mr. Li, our young man can stand upright when he goes back. Many people can buy all the furniture and get married." Old Wang was very happy when he received the final check that Ronald had readily paid. "Mr. Li, we work here, the efficiency is pretty good, right? If there are other garden construction projects, we can take a few more."

   "There will be a chance, my house will be completed, and there will be a party soon. At that time, someone will feel good, and maybe they will place an order with you."

  The final payment of the garden is a small amount of money, because Ronald's dividend in the third quarter of this year has arrived again.

  Video sales of "Dirty Dancing" continued to grow steadily. This movie is really unique, the long line of videotape sales, almost a horizontal line, very steady. On the contrary, the sales of the two original soundtracks have passed their peak and are gradually declining.

  Although the revenue brought by Dirty Dancing to Ronald fell by 50% in the third quarter, other movie videos are quickly making up for this gap. Those B-level movies, because of the reputation of being released in theaters, the sales income of each video tape is very good.

  Movies don’t make much money at the box office, and the billing period is long. Video tapes are just a very useful supplement. Fast sales, fast remittances. Relying on movie theater releases to gain word of mouth, and then using video tapes to get a lot of cash flow, may become a common way of playing in Hollywood in the future.

  Combined with the dividends from many previous film directors, Ronald's income has exceeded 20 million. Where to invest has become the main issue he will consider next.

  Coca-Cola stock is still a good investment target, but after the third quarter of this year, the stock price fluctuated very little. In addition, Buffy started a strategic acquisition and is constantly sweeping goods every month. Neither he nor Coca-Cola hope that a transaction will be discovered in advance, and someone will drive up the stock price, causing the cost of buying to increase.

  Ronald also felt that he had enough Coca-Cola stocks and wanted to buy another asset. But he really didn't know what to buy, and he even bought millions of shares in Buffy's company. The stock price of this company is quite strange. It costs more than 4,000 US dollars per share, and he can't buy a few lots.

   "Richard, how many people do you think my party will come to? Will it be very lively?" Ronald took his agent Richard to visit his house and garden. He really likes the small garden, and every time someone comes, he has to introduce it to them. I especially love the surprise when they walk a few steps and see a completely different view.

   "Oh, this is really unexpected..." Richard opened his mouth wide and saw the appearance of the opposite hill, which made Ronald very happy.

"Well, Ronald, you may not have many Hollywood people at your party. Originally, there were not many actors in New York, and it was in Staten Island. Now that the strike has just ended, it happens to be the time when everyone is scrambling to make a movie, so... "

Richard wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, his acting skills were not good enough, the surprised expression just now seemed too forceful, but now he wants to report the bad news, if he doesn’t praise Ronald’s beloved things, then I’m afraid that he and Ni The usefulness of Sita is even more...

   "Hey, okay, if this mini garden is in Hollywood, many people may be willing to come." Ronald is still very interested in promoting Huaguo culture. More people like to watch Chinese-language movies and appreciate Chinese art, so they will be able to make more money importing Chinese-language movies in the future.

   "By the way, is there anything good about the house in Hollywood that I showed you?" Now that he thought of a garden, Ronald thought it would be interesting to build one in Los Angeles. The big Hollywood directors and big producers are all a bit eccentric, and I may become famous for liking Huaguo culture in the future.

   "Exactly, two houses are very suitable for you in the most popular new community in Hollywood." Richard immediately took out a photo of the house from his briefcase.

   "Is this Beverly Hills?" Ronald looked at the big trees in the photo, wondering. Since I visited Billy Wilder's house, I don't like that kind of isolated house, and all kinds of service personnel are very expensive. Only benefit from staying away from gossip reporters and fans. Like my own apartment in New York, as long as the property company is good, the emphasis on privacy can also be satisfied on Fifth Avenue.

   "The downtown area at the foot of Beverly Hills." Richard took out a map and pointed it to Ronald. It turns out that this area has recently changed land use and was used to build a series of luxury homes, which were sold to big Hollywood stars.

  The developer also gave this place a nice name "Beverly Park".

   "Isn't this the two most core plots?" Ronald looked at the map and wondered, the last time I heard about these two good plots, hadn't they already been sold?

"Now Hollywood stars are having a hard time. If they spend more than two million dollars to buy a property, they may go bankrupt, so a big-name male star gave up the reserved property. So the developer is willing to sell it to you at a discount. Anyway, the deposit is not enough. back."

"Hi, I really like this house. Tell them about it, and I'll buy it." Ronald was very satisfied. The house is not far from his own apartments on the boutique shopping street, and the community is surrounded by natural surroundings. The two houses are in the center of the tree.

  Even if you hire a helicopter to secretly take pictures, you may not be able to take pictures of the scene inside the house. As for the telephoto lenses often used by the paparazzi, the location of the house cannot be seen at all.

   "Which set do you want? I'll go and fix it for you." Richard immediately showed a professional smile. He is still somewhat useful to Ronald, isn't he?

   "Let's buy two sets together...", Ronald thought, since he wants to live in a quiet place amidst the noise, why not buy two sets together? Live in one and watch the other, so you don't have to worry about living in troublesome neighbors.

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   Sure enough, there were not many Hollywood stars at Ronald's party. Out of "When Harry Met Sally" Billy Crystal, screenwriter Nora Ephron, and one of the producers Rob Reiner, only the "Steel Magnolias" just finished filming Women will join in.

  Diane is back in New York too, joking with Shirley Maclean. Her eyes widened in laughter when Ronald approached.

   "How did the movie go?" Ronald actually asked whether the director Herbert Ross bullied them.

   "No... with Rob watching him, he didn't say any more nasty criticisms to Julia (Roberts) and Dolly (Patton).

   "Say an actress can't act...", Ronald didn't know whether it was criticism or praise. Many female stars can't act, but it doesn't prevent them from getting the highest salary.

   "Is Herbert getting married soon?" Ronald remembered that Herbert Rose was going to marry Jacqueline Kennedy's sister soon.

   "Don't mention it, none of us were invited." Several actresses were very upset, and they said a lot of bad things about director Rose to Ronald. America was invited to the wedding, which was a sign of a good relationship. They all thought that they would be invited because of the filming.

   Who knew that Herbert Ross was short of funds, and the salary of "Steel Magnolia" couldn't afford to invite too many guests. The new wife was full of celebrities, so he had to compress his guest list.

   "Don't be angry, I wasn't invited either", Ronald was actually a little dissatisfied, "But if you want to attend the wedding, you may have a chance recently, I see Rob (Reiner), and that female photographer..."

   "Haha, aren't they a good match?" Dolly clicked on Parton to express everyone's aspirations. These two stick together every day on the set, and the heat they radiate can almost replace a headlight.

   "What are you talking about?" Rob Reiner was chatting with his girlfriend and Olympia Dukakis, heard laughter, and came over to say hello to everyone.

   "We're guessing when you're going to hold your wedding." Sally Field is always obsessed with weddings.

   "Also, will we be invited."

   "Honey..." Reiner's photographer girlfriend looked back at him.

   "We decided to get married next year..." Reiner looked at everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone has been invited."

   This is a rare and happy event. It is not the first time for the two of you to get married, so you are only willing to invite some friends to hold a small-scale wedding.

  The actresses were delighted, and Dolly Parton even hummed the wedding march.

   "Wedding is a joyful thing...", Ronald was also infected by this joy...

   "Hmm..." Diane hugged Ronald's arm, pulling it tighter and tighter, a little yearning, a little worried, and his head lowered.

   "Ronald..."

   "Aha, Ms. Hayes, let me help you..."

  An old man came in at the door, walking a bit slowly. Ronald hurried forward to help, this is the last time he spoke at the Elephant Party National Convention, Helen Hayes, a rare winner of multiple cross-border awards in the American entertainment industry, Hollywood and Broadway amphibious star.

   "When you asked your agent to invite me, you didn't expect me to come, did you?" Hayes is very old and still has a sense of humor.

   "It's my pleasure..." Ronald helped her sit down.

"Sit, sit. When I was young, I didn't like older people at parties. We couldn't talk to them. I didn't expect that I'm an older person now. It's really good to be with young people. "

   Several middle-aged female stars were downgraded to young people by Hayes.

  Although he is still very funny and humorous, he has naturally become a star among the stars. After all, Hayes is old and lacks energy. Ronald helped her to rest in the next room.

   "Ronald, do you want to name a hospital after yourself?" Hayes was in the room and grabbed Ronald's arm.

   "What, the hospital? I named it?" Ronald didn't know why Hayes asked. "Actually, I'm not yet old enough to name a charity."

   "Hey..." Helen Hayes motioned Ronald to sit down, "Not now, after I die, the hospital I named needs a patron..."

  It turned out that after Hayes retired, her biggest obsession was the hospital that tricked her into naming the hospital for donations when she was young. Here she has seen many sick little children who have been cured by acts of kindness and become healthy and useful people.

   Recently, the money from Hollywood, Hayes' largest source of donations, suddenly fell off a cliff, so she had to come to Ronald for alms in person. She told Ronald some stories about the hospital and showed him pictures of cured children.

  Ronald was also very moved. This old actor is really a role model.

"I've been feeling tired lately, and I can't organize charity fundraisers like I used to. My best friend is Lillian Gish (the number one female star of the silent era), she's older than me, and I can Entrust the hospital to her.

After much deliberation, only you are the best candidate. You are young, caring, and committed. I want you to take over this hospital after I die. At that time, the name of the hospital can be changed to your name. , or the name of the commemorator you designate. "Hayes looked at Ronald, looking forward to her reply. The good friends she could entrust have all passed away before her in recent years, and the relationship between her and her son was also very tense...

   "I promise you, I will take care of this Helen Hayes Memorial Hospital. Don't worry, Ms. Hayes, I will find a way to keep the hospital alive, and the name of Hayes Memorial Hospital will survive."

   "I'll take it seriously...", Helen Hayes' goal was achieved, and she felt tired and rested on the sofa.

   "By the way, Ms. Hayes, where are the copyrights for your past films?" Although Ronald agreed to take care of them, public hospitals cannot be supported by one person. He thought of a way.

   "Many early films were left in Columbia. Some of them I have part of the copyright, why? But now they are all black and white films that no one watches." Helen Hayes replied.

   "I can find a way to release a video of your movie if you want. A lot of fans just don't know where to buy it, and they actually like the movies you're in."

  The old lady fell asleep with hope.

  Ronald came out, talked it over with Richard, and went to contact Columbia Pictures to see if they would like to re-release the old black and white videotapes from the golden age. If this business can be successful, the profits obtained can be used as a long-term source of funds for Helen Hayes Memorial Hospital.

   "How..." Rob Reiner's father, Karl, was an old acquaintance of Helen Hayes, and he came to ask about Ronald's situation.

"There are very few charitable donations recently. Ms. Hayes is a little anxious. I will find a way to get a long-term financial source for her hospital..." Ronald said his thoughts, and Rob Reiner was very happy to hear that , also in favor of re-releases of the golden age of masterpieces, it may be difficult for modern audiences to imagine the heights Hollywood has reached.

   "Why is there no one donating now?" Ronald asked Reiner puzzled.

  "You don't know that you are filming in New York, there are several successful people in Hollywood who are facing bankruptcy..."

  (end of this chapter)