Fortunately, Weintraub was still cooperating with Columbia Pictures when developing the first part of "The Kid". Due to the provisions of the contract, he did not release the rights to produce the sequels of this series to the company he later established. Below the hapless Weintraub Films.
This provides a convenient platform for cooperation. Ronald then asked Susan Atkins to find two essential leading actors, Ralph Mazio, who played Daniel, and Noriyuki Morita, who played Master Miyagi.
Ronald saw the two of them and couldn't help shaking his head. No wonder, when facing a financial crisis, Weintraub did not develop the third installment of The Kid, a project with great potential to make money.
Morita spent a lot of money on the Japanese-American co-production he directed the previous year, but it didn't even have a chance to be released in America. It was also difficult to find a suitable role for him, an old Japanese man, in other films.
Depressed, Morita indulged in drinking and sex, and had already divorced his wife. He had been dating young beauties for several years, and he drank drunkenly every day. His hair turned white, and his overall mental state was also very poor.
As for Ralph Mazio, he had other worries. Mazio, who had always looked like a Latino from the movies, seemed to be stunted in his twenties, but gradually started to put on weight after getting married in the past two years. Hormonal changes have caused him to act like an adult and he can no longer play the energetic high school student he was in the first two episodes.
The first two parts of "The Dragon King" actually took place in the same summer. Immediately after Daniel returned from Japan, he suddenly became an uncle.
Sure enough, it was replaced with the outline of the story provided by Ronald. Daniel and Master Miyagi traveled back to the Ming Dynasty in their dreams. They met the ancestors of the first generation of Master Miyagi's family, went to the South China Sea to learn Tang hand, and then returned to Ryukyu. A story that turns into karate is more appropriate.
Anyway, it’s a story in a dream. The two of them haven’t met their ancestors from who knows how many generations ago. It’s not surprising that people have become mature...
Tsui Hark studied abroad in America. He brought his girlfriend, Ms. Shi, and contacted many Chinese filmmakers on the West Coast to prepare for a big hit.
In addition to those actors who can play Chinese actors, there are also many professionals who serve Hua Dao. Many filmmakers from Hong Kong have immigrated to America through marriage or other means. This time they had the opportunity to participate in a film with the theme of white people and Japanese people learning about Chinese culture, and they were all willing to contribute.
Ronald saw the display of clothing and thought it was beautiful. The extensive use of red and white has a natural hint of Chinese culture. The clothes are also very beautiful, not like the crude Ming Dynasty clothes imagined by Hollywood.
"I watched Director Hu Jinquan's 'Dragon Gate Inn' and copied it. He is very familiar with the culture and history of the Ming Dynasty." Seeing that Ronald was satisfied, Tsui Hark proudly said the source of his creativity.
"This is a newly established project company and has nothing to do with my Weintraub Pictures." Weintraub was freed from his depression. He knew that this sequel could bring him some cash flow and rejuvenate himself. Got fighting spirit.
"We don't care. The box office you make from this movie will first be used for the debts of Weintraub Pictures." Several debt lawyers held on to Weintraub.
"This is a limited company, the basis of America's innovative enterprises. You are still lawyers. Don't you even understand this?" Weintraub doesn't care about them. As long as they make money, he can bankrupt the old company and start his own new company. The golden cicada escaped from its shell smoothly. Maybe we can transfer some of the projects we got the filming rights to the new company.
"We are lawyers representing Wall Street. We can do whatever we say." The lawyer said nothing and left with a sneer. What they are interested in is Weintraub's personal high-quality assets, a large number of live recording copyrights of Elvis Presley, John Denver, and Frank Sinatra... In short, Weintraub continues to be mired in the quagmire. It would be more beneficial for him to make a blockbuster movie and repay the money.
"Get this matter done as soon as possible, otherwise we won't be able to cooperate..." Ronald reminded Weintraub that if he was involved in the so-called corporate debt, Ronald's income would not be guaranteed.
"Small problem, Jane (Morgan) has flown to Washington..." Weintraub smiled proudly. He had a wife and a lover who got along harmoniously and helped him solve the problem.
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"Barbara, those Wall Street vampires want Jerry (Weintraub) to continue to be trapped. Now that he has a project that is definitely making money, I don't want any special favors, as long as they abide by business laws and rules. ." Jane Morgan had already set off early to meet her best friend, Barbara, who was busy campaigning in Washington, D.C.
"Of course, no problem. I'll ask Jeb to make some calls..." Although Barbara is very busy now, she actually doesn't have many close friends in the upper class. Jane Morgan is here, she has to find time to meet her no matter what.
"I asked, is your husband's new project really going to make money?" Barbara and Morgan had known each other for a long time, before Jane Morgan and Weintraub got married.
"It should be no problem. He and Ronald Lee are going to make the third installment of The Dragon King. The Hollywood sequels will all make money, right?"
"Ha, I still remember that when George and I went to Hawaii, we lent him a helicopter for filming. However, even Ronald can't guarantee that the new movie will make money, right?" Barbara and Jane Morgan People are actually in the same boat. They all face the problem of their husbands cheating on them for a long time and still refusing to sever ties with that woman.
"I don't know, but Ronald is the Hollywood person who knows what the public is thinking the best I have ever seen. Every time he makes a movie, it seems that he has captured the hearts of us women. Alas..."
"That's right," Barbara said thoughtfully. She was now worried about her husband's approval ratings continuing to lag behind. The schedule for the three debates in the T&T election has been set, and the gap in support between the two sides is still about 5%. Although George used the black man Holden to escape while he was home for the weekend and continued to kill people, he caught up a lot.
However, when it reached 5%, the support rates of both parties stabilized and there was no change. The huge amount of money invested in ads to discredit Dukakis seems to have hit the ceiling and is no longer useful.
"Don't worry, my dear. No one will disturb your husband during the filming of the movie." Barbara was busy with her affairs and hurriedly said goodbye to Jane Morgan and went to find her eldest son, George Jr.
"You can find a way to contact Director Ronald. I want to have a phone call with him."
"Mom, I asked him last time, and he didn't have any good ideas."
"Go and get in touch...", Barbara was disappointed with this eldest son, it must be that you wouldn't ask.
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"Kim, where are you? There's good news here." Ronald happened to be calling Kim Basinger.
The actress Basinger did not replace, Sean Young, fell and broke her handle while learning to ride a horse on the London set of Pinewood.
"I'm calling you at the ranch. Do you want to come? I have two thousand acres here and a lot of good horses. You can ride with me. Western movies can also be filmed on my ranch, hahaha."
Basinger is now, like Ronald, getting money from the "9 1/2 Weeks" video. Almost every male customer who goes to Blockbuster will get a box of this pornographic film. Just like every female customer comes in with a box of "Dirty Dancing."
Men and women also have different tastes and hobbies. "Nine and a Half Weeks to Love You" contains only desires and fantasies, and is suitable for male viewers. The female audience prefers the "Dirty Dancing" style, where they talk about love first and then go to bed.
"The actress in Batman may have to be replaced now. Go to London as soon as possible and attend the audition urgently." Ronald told Sean Young about his fall.
This thing is also very strange. Originally, in the script of "Batman", there were not many scenes of the heroine Vicky riding a horse, but director Tim Burton insisted on adding a lot of horse riding scenes, and also asked Sean Young to training.
Sean Young practiced for more than six hours every day. During the second week of training, she was too tired and accidentally dropped her handle and broke it.
Ordinarily, Vicky, the heroine who is a female reporter, only needs to be a good vase. If the director or producer supports it, Sean Young still has a chance.
When Orson Welles was filming "The Last Day", heroine Janet Leigh was injured and broke her arm. Welles carefully re-designed all the heroine's scenes, found a good camera angle, and forced her to take a classic shot even when her arm was not good.
This can actually be accommodated. But everyone on the crew pretended that there was no such option. Sean Young was almost injured when he contacted CAA and asked for a change of role.
Jack Nicholson even called Ronald and told him that what he promised had been accomplished by some strange combination of circumstances, and asked him to quickly contact the recommended female star to come to London as soon as possible.
"But if you put it this way, isn't there still hope for Sean Young to star? Could it be that I went to London Pinewood Studios to audition, just as a backup, and in the end it was her who got the role. I didn't want to give her the opportunity to laugh at me. "
"Don't worry, only you can laugh at her. It's impossible for her to laugh at you, but I don't encourage you to do so. Sean Young is a famous crazy woman."
"Okay, I'll go to London... However, the business class tickets for the temporary flights to London may be sold out." Basinger has to rush from the ranch to New York first... and may have to endure the torture of economy class.
"Don't worry about this. The earlier you arrive, the more confident you will be in winning the role. You don't think you are the only actress in Hollywood being invited, do you? I'll have someone book the Concorde for you..." Ronald Just help Basinger decide.
There are many unreasonable things about Sean Young's downfall, and I'm afraid it's not just someone who wants her to get out. In addition to Nicholson who likes to sleep in in the morning, party at night, and doesn't like Sean Young's drag scenes, Jon Peterson, one of the film's producers, probably also contributed a lot.
Especially after Sean Young threatened to expose all the men he slept with for the role of "Batman", there was a strange atmosphere in Hollywood, and no media, whether it was newspapers or TV, continued Follow up on this.
Now Sean Young is in London, negotiating with Jon Peterson. Perhaps Peterson had promised her something, so when Sean Young broke out and forced him to fulfill his promise, everyone hoped that her replacement would appear in London as soon as possible.
"Okay, I'll go..." Kim Basinger understood the urgency of the matter from Ronald's tone and immediately stated that he would leave immediately.
"Ring, ring, ring..." Ronald, who had just put down the phone, heard the phone ring again.
"Hello?"
"It's still me, baby. I forgot to thank you. When I come back from London, we will discuss editing techniques... um um um..." Basinger forgot to thank Ronald, who had done the most, and quickly made up for it. one time.
"Go quickly...we'll talk about other things when we come back." Ronald smiled, and Basinger's reward was worth looking forward to.
"Ring ring ring ring..."
The bell rang again.
"Baby, if you want to repay me, wait until the big thing is done..." Ronald picked up the phone and said. Despite her tall and outstanding figure, Basinger actually has the air of a little girl, and she likes to say little things like this inseparably.
"What do you want in return, Ronald? You ask it, and when George's big things are done, you can sit in the Oval Office and say anything."
"Um...Ms. Barbara? I thought you were calling from someone else." Ronald recognized that the caller was Barbara, the deputy commander's wife, and what he said was so embarrassing.
"That's not important. Tell me, what do you want before you are willing to help George increase his approval rating? We don't have much time now."
"Ms. Barbara..." Ronald wanted to say, what can I do if none of your highly paid campaign consultants can do anything?
"Listen, Ronald, I'm very busy and don't have time to be polite. Jane Morgan told me that you are the director in Hollywood who best understands what the people want. Campaigning and acting are actually very similar. Do you have any good ideas?" Barra interrupted Ronald's refusal forcefully. Now was not the time to take things slowly.
"The people hope that the deputy commander will...well, what can be said to support him?" Ronald repeated, and then began to think quickly.
"I think attacking the other party is not enough to make me change my mind about voting. I only vote for my own benefit..."
"Go on..." Barbara took out a pen and paper and began to record. Ronald is indeed quite capable. This sentence makes sense. Why didn't he realize it before? (In fact, little George had already conveyed this idea, but George Sr. was ahead at that time, and Barbara preferred Jeb’s strategy)
"Well... take me for example. In addition to agreeing with the deputy commander's political views and leadership, another important reason is that the deputy commander promised to continue the economic policies of the current commander-in-chief, as well as various tax policies that are conducive to the creativity of entrepreneurs. …”
"Tax policy..." Barbara wrote in her notebook. She had heard this countless times, but after attacking Dukakis could no longer narrow the gap between the two, she was very interested in any new ideas. .
"Also, I like the deputy commander's attitude towards the three armed forces. My father once served in the Marine Corps, and my grandfather and great-grandfather all served in the US military and sacrificed their lives for the country. Dukakis's attitude towards the army manner……"
"I don't know, you still come from a traditional patriot family..." Barbara felt very inspired and was about to discuss with Roger Ailes about the army, military-industrial enterprises, and their families. Many of them are located in the north, on the east and west coasts, in states where competition is fiercer, with factories and locations.
"I will never forget your help today..." After listening to Ronald's thoughts, Barbara hurried to convene an emergency meeting. The tone of the entire campaign was about to change.
"Doug, has the support rate of the commander-in-chief not gone up yet?" Ronald put down the phone and hurriedly called Douglas Jr.
You and Douglas Jr. have donated money, and you have organized many people to donate money to George Sr. Don’t let it go to waste.
"It's not very optimistic. We'll see the results in the first candidate debate next month. You haven't forgotten how the current commander-in-chief defeated his opponents and won two big victories, right?"
"Of course..." Ronald was worried about whether he could still enjoy the tax deduction. Old George's personal charm is much worse. TV debates are actually about seeing who looks more like a commander-in-chief.
(End of chapter)
