Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 793 MJ said he must be the first to see it as a film

   After watching their filming for an afternoon, the director Rush's level is okay, he is skilled, including the common Hollywood techniques such as one main and two shoulders, he did a good job.

   In the evening, Ronald also went to see some of their previous filmings, the cheerleader and coach played by Amanda Jones, and the scenes of training other cheerleaders. The youthful energy is full of attractiveness.

Ronald felt that there must be a lot of boys who were not so popular in school in this movie. When watching it, he would substitute the mentality of the hero, a nerd with social barriers, and used the money from his part-time job to help the cheerleader buy new clothes. In the end, you can also play the fake and true, and hold the beauty back, isn't it a very good story?

   can be used to test the trend of romantic comedies, whether it is true that everyone in American high school will flirt with girlfriends, and there is no need to fantasize at home.

  At least Ronald thinks that the real society is not like those depicted in the school novels and movies, there are still many young boys, and the girl they like will feel out of reach. So dare not go up to pursue.

   And isn’t the movie just a tool to help the audience realize their dreams? Just like Ronald's company name, during the day, strangers sit together, turn off the lights, and have a sweet dream together in the dark.

  Since everything was normal after the troubled union representative left, Ronald didn't show up on the set.

   He deeply remembers the teachings of Roger Coleman. Producers, especially strong ones, appear on the set, which is a powerful pressure on the director. Under pressure, not everyone can relax under pressure and exert 100% of their strength.

   "Ronald, why are you still practicing this kind of girl's game?"

   went back to Bannon with him at the motel where the crew stayed and was surprised to find that Ronald had put a mat on the carpet in the room and started practicing yoga.

"Isn't it okay? In the place where I used to practice wrestling, the coach said that you should stretch yourself often and do flexibility exercises. Also, you didn't realize that the actresses who practice yoga are more physically and aging than the queens of the party. much better?

  Although some of them have not undergone plastic surgery, there is no sign of falling down whether it is on the face or body. And their temperament is very healthy and young.

  I think it helps to keep young. "

   "Oh yeah? It looks like I'm going to try it too. You say you can stay young? Is that also effective?" Bannon became interested.

   "I don't know, I'm very young myself."

Of course    Ronald couldn't say that it was because he wanted to dream, so he had to talk about the benefits of staying young and looking good. As for what Bannon would understand, that's irrelevant.

  At night, Ronald made his bed and went to sleep. He didn't pick pillows and bedding, except that little Bud was instructed by Aunt Karen to bring him a fine wool thin blanket when he was on business trip, Ronald usually used the bedding in the hotel.

   After practicing yoga breathing for a while, Ronald gradually fell asleep.

   "What do you mean? My friend is talking to a **** your 'turf' in the cafeteria, and you're going to make him look good?"

   "bang" with a loud noise, Ronald was startled. He seemed to have just entered that state of separation of consciousness and body when he suddenly dreamed of a scene of "boys renting girls".

  Patrick Dempsey's lead, Ronald, slapped the dinner table hard with a baseball bat. He taught the boys' top baseball team in the school's social circle.

"Don't pretend to be another kind of person. You fell from a tree and broke your arm when you were a child. It was Kenneth who was scared by you and took you twelve blocks to the hospital. We used to be friends, why did you To pretend to be someone who wasn't you in the first place?

  It is very hard for us to be ourselves. "

   "Hey, it seems to be successful, it seems to be the reason for practicing breathing?" Ronald was overjoyed.

   On the other hand, Patrick Dempsey is a talented actor. He smashed the table with a baseball bat and scared the actors next to him. Explosive power and empathy are good.

  Because he started to think rationally, Ronald's breathing began to quicken again. The picture in the dream began to slowly dim, and it seemed to disappear.

  Ronald immediately gave up thinking and began to focus on the method of yogic breathing, trying to get back to the long, slow breathing rhythm he had just recovered from.

   Sure enough, the screen slowly lit up again. But it seems like a lot of time wasted and the movie is almost over.

I saw Amanda Peterson jumped out of the jeep with her girlfriend, hesitated a few times, still felt to follow her heart, don't consider the nerd at the bottom of the social hierarchy, jumped on the favorite actor Ronald The lawnmower is on.

Patrick Dempsey started the lawnmower, carrying Amanda Peterson, like a proud girl sitting on a sports car, disregarding face, but respecting her heart, wrapping her arms around each other, the two were under the rising sun, Sitting on the lawnmower and kissing.

  “Can’tBuyMeLove…”

  As the scene of the two people kissing was frozen, an old Beatles song "Can't Buy Love" sounded, and the subtitles began to rise.

   "Ah, this name is better than the original boy renting a girl." Ronald woke up.

   The dream that I induced by practicing breathing is worse than the kind of dream that I didn't know how to dream.

   In addition to fewer clips, as long as you are distracted, the picture will soon disappear.

   But no matter how you say it, it is always a good thing to have more channels to dream.

   And, one good thing is that you won't roll under the bed when you wake up.

  “Can’tBuyMeLove…

  I will buy you a diamond ring

  If you really want to…”

   Ronald, who was in a good mood, hummed old Beatles songs while taking a shower.

"Steve, I thought of an old song, The Beatles' Can't Buy Me Love, do you think it would be better to use this name. And we can also buy their copyright and use it as an interlude ."

   "To tell you the truth, the director also thought of this song, but the copyright of the Beatles is very expensive. We asked about the price, and we couldn't get it at all."

  Bannon looked at Ronald and thought, do you want to invest more to buy the copyright and title of this song?

   "It won't be very expensive, you haven't found the right person. Give it to me, I'm familiar with it."

  Ronald remembered that when he bought the copyright the last two times, the broker Jimmy Reiner did it quickly and well, and this time he will also give it to him.

  …

   "Ha, the Beatles. You don't have to think about it, you can't get a license without a million dollars."

  Jimmy Reiner is working on the soundtrack for "Dancing Hot". The copyright of the song has been obtained, and the original master tape of the record company needs to undergo unified technical adjustment, so that the sound can remain the same when it is recorded to a record.

  He's been working on it recently at a record label in Los Angeles. This recording studio and equipment were leased to Ronald at a low price by Jerry Weintraub.

   "No way, why is it so expensive? Aren't the other classic old songs you bought very cheap?" Ronald was taken aback.

   "They are the Beatles, and they don't like to use copyright to movies. I heard that there have been some unpleasant things before, and some movie projects have used their songs with some bad plots.

   So the price has always been very expensive, and they are willing to talk about it.

   And since the death of John Lennon, their copyright has changed hands several times, and now it is in the hands of a new buyer, which is very tight. Didn't you notice that Hollywood movies rarely use their songs these days? "

   "That's right," Ronald recalled, even though the Beatles were so popular in America that someone could hum the melody of "Yesterday." But there are really not many movies that use their songs as interludes.

   "I can't help it? A million dollars is too expensive? Who owns the copyright now, can you contact me and I'll talk to him."

  Ronald thinks this price is too outrageous, the filming only cost 2 million, and an episode costs 1 million licensing fee? He is famous for his reputation. At this year's Oscars, there were two movie episodes, both of which were nominated for Best Original Movie Song, and brought many movie episodes to the charts.

   As a master of MV shooting, people should give some face. If the Beatles' songs become popular again, wouldn't it be possible for the copyright owner to make a fortune?

   "When other people say that, I advise them not to think about it. But if you come forward, it's really possible."

Jimmy Reiner looked Ronald up and down. "The current copyright owner of the Beatles songs is your old friend Michael Jackson. Since you can invite him to make a cameo in your breakdance movie, it must be him. friend, you can chat with him."

   "Yes, I forgot if you didn't say it."

   Ronald remembered that when he and Walter Murch and Coppola filmed the three-dimensional short film "Captain Io" for MJ, wasn't he buying the Beatles' song rights?

  …

   Back in Los Angeles, Ronald contacted MJ's manager Dario through his agent. It just so happens that MJ is now preparing a new album, shooting a series of promotional videos, in Los Angeles.

   Ronald came to visit with sincerity. Daario let him sit down in the parlour.

   It's a bit cartoony here, and Ronald found a lot of superhero dolls from comics, as well as a white skull. It seems indisputable.

  Dario was amused when he saw Ronald's expression. Nine out of ten guests who came here were shocked by this skeleton. He said, "It's true, the law allows MJ to buy it from the hospital. He also wanted to buy a million dollars for the figurative man of the London Medical School (Joseph Merrick, who was made into a movie by David Lynch). ), but was rejected."

   "Is that the character in that movie? Did MJ really buy it?"

   "He has always had a strong interest in movies..."

  Ronald and Dario don't have to chat, as long as they are interested in movies, maybe they can give themselves a cheap price.

   "He's a little troubled right now, don't be surprised by the color of his skin when you see him." Daario knew Ronald and MJ were old acquaintances, and they were friends when MJ wasn't so famous. So I don't have too many taboos about Ronald, saying that MJ's biggest taboo is now.

   "Oh, okay, what's wrong?" Ronald didn't care about MJ's news and didn't know what was going on.

   "That's it... He is now performing on stage, and the powder is thicker. Some tabloids are saying that he bleached his skin, which is all nonsense."

   "The tabloids, they're like parasites, they make a living by sucking up celebrities like MJ, ignore them."

   "Hi, Ronald." A soft and soft greeting came, Ronald looked up and saw that it was MJ who came out of the lounge, in good spirits.

   "Hi, MJ...ah..."

   Long time no see MJ, Ronald couldn't help being a little surprised when he first saw him. MJ has changed a lot in the past two years. A small pit in the middle of the chin is very deep. From the common chin type of black people, it has become a vertical double chin that is more common in white people.

   The facial features on the face seem to have become three-dimensional. Much like those handsome men and women in Hollywood, they always have to make some small adjustments to make themselves look better. "

  What's more, his skin seems to have been out of the sun all the year round, and it has become a little whiter than before.

   "Isn't it really vitiligo?" Ronald felt that his skin had indeed been rubbed with a thick amount of powder.

  MJ still spoke softly, motioning Ronald to sit by himself, "I heard you want to buy Beatles songs for movie episodes?"

   "Yes, it's that Can'tBuyMeLove".

   "I didn't want to, but Dario said it was your movie, so I have a request, as long as you can agree, I'll sell it to you cheaply."

   "What conditions?" Ronald cheered up.

   "You have to show me this movie of yours first, I am satisfied, otherwise you have to pay according to the market price."

"That's no problem, you'll like it." Ronald actually didn't know what movies MJ liked, but he couldn't show his lack of confidence, so he started talking nonsense, "This is a romantic comedy for young people, and the male protagonist always I feel inferior and feel unworthy of the heroine.

  Occasionally once again the heroine needs a sum of money for emergency. The hero sells the equipment for his science class and asks the heroine to help him become confident. In the process of getting along, she discovers that the male protagonist is her true love...

   Hey, are you listening? MJ, do you like this story? "

  Ronald noticed that MJ was listening and putting on his sunglasses, and he didn't know for a moment whether he liked it or not.

   "Very well, I feel very moved to hear you say that. You must let me be the first audience of your movie, promise me, Ronald."

   "Uh, okay, I'll get the final copy, I'll contact Mr. Dario, and watch it with you. I won't watch if you don't come."

   Ronald added.

   "Very good, very good, that's all. I'm a little tired." MJ got up to see the guest.

  Ronald rubbed his head, didn't MJ have a similar experience, did he remember his own past?

  …

   "You guys sold your energy, MJ said that as long as he is satisfied with the filming, he can transfer the Beatles song to the crew at a low price, not only for the episode, but also for the name of the film."

  Ronald immediately called the crew in Arizona.

"Low price? How low is it?" Bannon is most concerned about the price. His budget is only 2 million. He uses non-union actors for filming, which saves a lot of money. About 1.7 million can be completed. The best copyright fee, It can be done within 500,000.

   "Very low... MJ and I are good friends, haven't you seen my breakdance?" Ronald asked.

   "Very good, but... how low is it? Is there 500,000... lower than that? 300,000...?"

   "Use your imagination, Steve, do you think that with my relationship with MJ, he can make a cameo for free and charge me more than $100,000?"

   "Okay, I'll let them take a good picture."

   "Don't put too much pressure on it, just mention it. After the movie is finished, MJ will be the first audience to watch it."

  Bannon used the good news that big stars like their movies to motivate the crew not to mention it.

   Ronald begins preparations for the Oscars at the end of the month. This year's awards ceremony was brought forward to the end of March.

   This time, Ronald had to attend, and he was also appointed a female companion to attend.

   In other words, it is the male companion of a female star.

   She is the heroine of "Top Gun", Kelly McGillis, whom Ronald hadn't seen in a long time.

  This arrangement is mainly to continue to build momentum for the "Top Gun" videotape.

  The videotape, which is still a few weeks away from going on sale, continues to climb, and has now sold 1.9 million boxes.

   This is already three times the peak sales of the original movie videotape. And by the way, it broke the sales record for Jane Fonda's fitness video.

  Paramount expects that after the sale, sales will continue to rise with the large number of spot listings. They were very optimistic, and they were able to sell 2.5 million boxes in the end.

   Ronald was really envious. He also decided that if the box office of "Spicy Dancing" was good and exceeded expectations, then he would also release the video tape himself, and set the price at around $30-40, which has been tested by the market.

   On this day, Ronald asked Kelly McGillis to try on clothes, female stars' clothes, which have always been reserved in advance, and have to avoid collisions with other people. Ronald has always understood the needs of female stars, and arranged a luxury car in advance to accompany him on a special trip.

   "Ronald in it?" Kelly McGillis wore a pair of jeans and a leather jacket, with sunglasses, and couldn't see the star.

   Little Bud pursed his lips, "I'm on the phone."

   "Why? The Oscars are a very grand occasion. They want to invite you to sing. Why don't you come?"

   Ronald is on the phone with Terri Nunn, frontman of the Berlin band.

   She sang "Take My Breath" and was nominated for Best Original Song. Terri Nunn, who was on tour, was invited to the Oscars gala, but Terri declined the invitation to be there.

  It is a pity for the Oscars that this single hit number one on the singles chart last year. If the original singer can sing at the awards party, it will definitely increase the ratings a lot.

  Ronald's other film, "Longwei Kid 2," was also nominated, and singer Peter Settra was very cooperative. Promise to sing live. Ronald, too, felt sorry, and called Terri Nunn to see if there was any room for remedy.

   "I'm on tour, I don't have time." Terri Nunn has no dissatisfaction with Ronald. She has to sing this song wherever she goes, and it has become her first masterpiece.

   "Can't even Oscar find time to perform live?"

"Hey, let's be honest. I wanted to go too, but they said they could only sing one paragraph, and the other nominees could only sing the climax of dozens of seconds, and I didn't want to lose my share. I am the lead singer of a Berlin band, When did it fall to this point?"

   Oh, Ronald got it. Berlin bands are booming right now, and it's hard to get a single ticket for concerts everywhere. One of their most popular songs, "Take My Breath", can only get a part of the chorus skewer at the party. I must be dissatisfied.

"You can't look at it this way, I used to win an Oscar. I tell you, it's for my family. My aunt and cousin, when they saw me winning, they were so happy. Now every time I talk about it, I'm still very excited. . I think I can miss the smiles on their faces for a lifetime. You also want to show your family how you won the award."

   "Are you so sure that I can win the award?" Terri Nunn and her mother depended on each other, and when Ronald said it, she was a little shaken.

   "Almost. This Top Gun box office is so good, they can't justify it without giving a small prize."

   "That's okay, I'll go."

  Kelly McGillis has been watching for a long time. The man's expression on his face is not fake when he talks about his family. She knocked loudly on the door.

   Ronald put down the phone happily and saw Kelly McGillis knocking on the door.

   "Kelly, it's nice to meet you...hey...why did you cut your hair?"

   (end of this chapter)