Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 439 Stockholm

   "Yin and Yang Demon Realm", Vic Morrow's posthumous work, was released and earned $6 million at the box office in its first weekend.

   Vic Morrow's ex-wife and two daughters declined to comment on John Landis' attendance at the premiere.

  Los Angeles prosecutors said the film director is also responsible for his actions and will charge Landis with second-degree murder and manslaughter.

   Newspapers are full of stories about the movie that killed people.

   Ronald's friend, Jennifer Jason Leigh's father's posthumous work, "Yin and Yang Demon World Movie", has finally been released nationwide. The director of the criminal case, John Landis, also attended the premiere of the film.

  Landis may be out of frustration, and was forced to attend the premiere even though he knew that the on-site press conference would ask many unanswerable questions, in order to build momentum for his film.

  The defense of a criminal case can cost a lot of money to hire a lawyer. In subsequent civil compensation cases, it is also necessary to prepare sky-high compensation. Landis bite the bullet, hoping that the Yin-Yang Demon Realm can sell well, so that someone can invite him to make a movie, earn money to pay off his debts, and avoid the fate of bankruptcy.

   In the first weekend, more than 1,200 theaters received a box office of 6.6 million, which may have disappointed Landis.

   And "Night of the Comet", or Hardtop's twelfth box office chart, is still taking in about a million dollars a week for the Atlantic.

Going up a few places, is "Lightning Dance", which is even more nailed than his own movie. This movie, this week, returned to the top ten at the box office, nailed it at the ninth place, and the total box office has broken 5,001. million.

   The reason for the rebound in the box office is that "Lightning Dance" also has a lawsuit.

Original story creator Tom Hedley, before selling the script to Paramount, gave the film's original character, Maureen Mulder, a female welder/stripper in Toronto, Canada, a $2,300 buyout fee for the adaptation .

   Now that the North American box office of the movie has exceeded 50 million, the audience has been very supportive, and it seems that it will continue to be shown for more than ten weeks. The story's prototype, Maureen Mulder, at the instigation of lawyers, sued Paramount in hopes of getting more money for the adaptation.

   "Lightning Dance", which looked like a bad movie at the time, is now one of the top-grossing cash cows of the year.

  Paramount has very strong evidence to refute the plaintiff's claims.

   Maureen Mulder's contract to sell the adaptation rights was very strict, and when the contract was signed, Maureen Mulder also had a lawyer present, and they had a very good chance of winning.

   But Eisner, the cunning and cunning president, still let the other party sue, signaled his lawyer to show weakness, and let the media report the lawsuit in a big way.

  Ronald put down the paper, and movies have been down for years from the entertainment throne that was the most important thing in American life. Today's movies must rely heavily on the help of marketing to convince groups of audiences who didn't go to the cinema before to enter the cinema for your movie.

   "Please give me a cup of coffee." Ronald said to the flight attendant.

  The service in business class was satisfactory. Saab paid for it. Ronald took a United Airlines plane and flew to New York. The plane stayed here and was about to fly to Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

   "First time abroad?" Ronald asked Richard next door.

"Yeah, thank you for helping me upgrade my class." Richard could only sit in the economy class at the back. Ronald gave him an upgrade. Otherwise, after a long flight to Sweden, Richard was in bad spirits and couldn't help Take care of your daily chores.

  "Little Things", Ronald put on his blindfold and started to fall asleep.

  The plane arrived at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, and the two of them were in the arrival hall of Terminal 4, waiting for the lady who came to the United States to negotiate last time.

   "Here, Ronald." She took Ronald's package diligently, got into the luxury Saab 9000 car that the VIPs took, and went to the Stockholm Hotel to check in.

   In summer in northern Europe, the days are very long, with more than sixteen hours. The hotel is located in the center of the city. It is a very stylish old monument. Saab has reserved a room for Ronald, which faces the Nord Stream in the center of Stockholm. When the window is opened, there are two bridges on the Nord Stream and various old-fashioned buildings. Come into view.

   "You rest first, and when you get over the jet lag, we will go to the air force base to see Saab's fighter jets and the scene." Saab's female marketing manager arranged very thoughtfully.

   "If it's convenient, I can go now." Ronald has a very good advantage. He can sleep soundly on the plane. No matter the noise and bumps, he often closes his eyes when he gets on the plane, and when he opens his eyes again, it's already there.

   "Is that so? Well, I'll contact the base." Of course, the female manager's dedication to Ronald was beyond expectation.

  Let Richard stay in the hotel to catch up on sleep, Ronald drove through the old city of Stockholm and came to Barkabi Airport in the northern suburbs.

  This is one of the earliest airports in Stockholm. It has been used by the Air Force until it was opened to civil aviation ten years ago, but on the other side of the airport, the training base of the Swedish Air Force is still maintained.

  The car passed several guards, Ronald got a pass, hung it around his neck, and the car drove into the Air Force base.

   Ronald got off the car, and the first thing he saw was two huge hangars. On the door of the hangar, the letters SAAB are written in large letters.

  This is where the Saab37Viggen is parked.

   "Viggen means thunderbolt in Swedish. In Norse mythology, he was the thunderbolt struck by Thor, the **** of thunder, with his warhammer." The female manager introduced to Ronald.

   "When can I see him training?"

  The female manager asked the senior manager of the Saab company who came with him. After he checked with the Air Force and the personnel of the Saab company, half an hour later, there was a routine training.

  The iron door of the hangar was slowly opened a crack. A fully armed Swedish Air Force pilot, wearing sunglasses and a white scarf around his neck, nodded hello to them and walked into the hangar. He climbed carefully into the cockpit through a steel escalator.

   Ronald was allowed to stand beside the hangar and watch the fighter jets come out.

  As the door of the hangar opened wider and wider, the sunlight came in from the door and hit the cockpit of the fighter jet.

   A ray of sunlight filtered through the cockpit glass and hit the pilot's mask.

   Ronald's heart moved, this is a very good scene design. He hurriedly used shorthand notation that no one present could understand, to outline the scene in his heart.

  The fighter pilot closed the canopy, some ground staff pulled the block of the plane, and the plane moved forward slowly. The pitot tube in front of the fighter, like a needle, first poked out the door of the hangar.

  The huge machine glowed with gray light, which made Ronald feel a great awe of this modern killing weapon. Looking at the pylon under the belly, it is obvious that missiles can be installed to attack local targets.

  Modern warfare has evolved to shoot down enemy planes with the push of a button. Instead of fighting each other with cannons like in the old movies.

When the    fighters drove out of the hangar, the speed was very slow. But this very slow progress left a deep impression on Ronald. This killing machine, before soaring into the sky, was also stinging on the ground, advancing slowly like a turtle.

  The plane slowly moved to the runway. Ronald and Saab's manager came to the side of the runway to watch the takeoff.

  Single turbojet, the nozzles at the tail of the aircraft are opened. A mass of orange-red flames spewed out of the engine's nozzle.

  Today the pilots are going to perform short take-off and landing training. I saw that the flame suddenly increased, and the length of the spray suddenly increased. The pilot pulled the brakes, and the nose of the plane paused forward, then slowly moved forward.

   The noise of the engine suddenly amplified several times, and a huge roar came. Ronald found that his eardrums were beginning to be compressed, and he had to speak loudly to barely hear it.

  The female manager brought two earmuffs and gave one to Ronald.

   After wearing it, the noise was reduced a lot. Ronald stopped talking, took out his notebook and ballpoint pen, and began to write down some of his feelings in the notebook.

With a    "Boom...", the fighter jet suddenly seemed to be pushed by someone and began to accelerate sharply. The subject of short-distance takeoff made Ronald, who was watching at a close distance, thrilled.

  The plane first raised its head, and then the front landing gear slowly lifted up. It just kept its head up position. After a second, the fighter struggled again, completely freed from the shackles of gravity, and took off slowly.

  Then the pilot yanked the nose again, made a maneuver, flew high into the sky, and quickly disappeared.

   Ronald felt the afterglow of a sound wave, the echo of the engine, and the hot air blown by the nozzle seemed to be bounced back by the outer wall.

   This very slow movement in front, in place and ready, and the rapid soaring into the sky after take-off gave Ronald a very strong contrast.

   "I... have... intentions" Ronald said to Saab's manager.

   "What did you say?" the manager asked him, taking off his earmuffs.

   Ronald also hurriedly took off the earmuffs, "I said, I have a new idea. I know how to express Saab's surging power."

   "What is it?"

"I think the most powerful moment when ordinary people can feel a jet fighter is not when it launches a missile in the sky. It's when it takes off or land. In this way, I can express the surging power of Saab fighter jets and Saab cars in parallel, and then Let them meet on the track."

   Ronald gestured and said to the female manager.

   "Sounds good", the female manager felt that Ronald's new idea seemed to be even more exciting.

  The two walked back to the hangar, ready to get in the car and go back to the hotel.

   "What's in that hangar?" Ronald looked at another hangar not far away, separated by barbed wire.

   "That's a confidential project," the female manager replied with a smile, "I don't know what it is."

   (end of this chapter)