Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1068 Type out their...
"They replied so soon?"

As soon as he returned to Los Angeles, Ronald saw attorney Lindsay Dole who had come to join Mitch Kanter first.Waving a piece of paper in her hand, it was Capcom's reply to Ronald's lawyer's letter.

Mitch Kanter is well versed in the business of the entertainment industry, and is also very involved in transnational intellectual property lawsuits.After receiving the entrustment from Lindsay's lawyer, he immediately sent a lawyer's letter to the other party by international telex.The main appeal is to recognize the plot and characters of "Street Fighting", draw on the film creation of "Street of Rage", and then pay a certain fee based on sales.

As for the amount of the fee, it is negotiable.After all, it is well known that the execution of transnational cases is difficult. Even if you win, you often don’t get money. Reconciliation between the two parties is the best solution.

"A city gang kidnapped a beautiful young woman. This is the plot of many Hollywood movies...", Ronald saw the meaning of the reply, but refused to admit the plagiarism.

"Do you still want to go on?" Mitch Kanter asked Ronald, squinting his gray eyes.

"What are the chances of winning?"

"It depends on how determined you are..." Attorney Kanter has always been honest with clients. Once involved in a lawsuit, the battle for jurisdiction may last for more than a year, and there are enforcement issues. If there is no huge industry Supported by interests, even Hollywood can only watch the results of the Japanese people's exploitation of them.

"My determination is to keep fighting. It's not just about money..." Ronald did not consider the return on investment of this single case, but proceeded from a long-term perspective, representing Hollywood to fight for reasonable interests from the Dongying people. This is a big deal for actors, directors, and other union members.

He wants to establish an image in their minds of fighting for them and fighting for their interests.After all, once a case is formed, these people will have the opportunity to receive the remaining dividend check from Japan in the future.

"Okay, you're the boss..." Although Mitch Kanter was a little surprised by Ronald's decision, such cases were originally the law firm's favorite... protracted and required a lot of working time.Jurisdiction is required before prosecution, followed by appeal and execution...

"My dear, Ronnie, why are you so obsessed with this movie?" Back at the hotel, Diane liked Ronald's statement very much, picked up the menu and ordered a lot of Italian dishes, and then personally pushed the dining car over, Put away the cutlery for Ronald.Anyway, she herself can only scramble eggs, so she barely fulfilled her duties as a housewife.

"This is the common interest of Hollywood people. I am lucky and considered a successful person, so I have to represent those unlucky colleagues to pursue our due rights..."

"Hmm...what else?" Diane smiled sweetly with big eyes. She looked at Ronald and didn't believe this reason. Brother Ronnie sometimes doesn't like to express sweetness positively, but he likes to hear it. He said so.

"And?" Ronald immediately thought of what to say, "Also, the copyright of this movie is a gift from me, and I don't want anyone to tarnish this gift..."

"Hmm..." Di An happily kissed her, which made the woman feel that she was the happiest in the world.

It was also on the set of "Streets of Rage" that Ronald discovered Diane's sexy charm for the first time. The kiss between the two also brought back memories, which was very sweet.

"Donna told me that Aunt Karen's boyfriend seems to be preparing to propose..." Diane finally recovered her breath from the long kiss and told Ronald this little secret.

"Really? I'm really happy for her..." Ronald was very happy, and his aunt was living happily now.The Quaker chapel donated by him and Doug Jr. was almost completed and could be used for weddings.

"Huh?" Diane found that Ronald didn't respond again, hey, didn't he really have this idea?
Ronald didn't notice Diane's expression, he was shocked by the news on TV.In the British FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, many fans poured into the stands and were squeezed into the barbed wire fence set up to prevent football hooligans, more than ninety Fans suffocated to death.

And the most frightening thing is that at this time, the Sun newspaper on Fleet Street in London also accused the fans and added three headlines to the news: 1 Some fans stole the victim's wallet, 2 Urinated on the heroic policeman, 3 Chase Police officers giving first aid.

Even other media can't stand the fabricated news in pursuit of sales. It has been mentioned and criticized in the TV news these days.Especially the media in America, who claim to be the conscience of the society, are certainly not used to the behavior of such tabloids.

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The next day, Ronald accompanied Diane to see the clothes made for her.This is a high-end custom dress worn by Vivian Ward, the heroine in the "3000" movie, because she wants to accompany her boss Edward Louise to watch the opera.

Diane's obsession with this script is like a hen protecting the chicks. Ronald had no choice but to ask Disney to find the original screenwriter, Lawton, and ask him to modify the plot. Don't let Diane expose too much, and don't let his Characters become obnoxious.

The whole movie has changed, it is no longer a black movie that reflects reality, but has become a customized movie around the heroine.Ronald actually doesn't like this kind of adaptation very much. The focus of the plot has been artificially shifted, and Ronald is no longer optimistic about the box office results.

However, since Diane likes it anyway, just treat it as another gift from me, and the box office of such a low-budget movie will not be much worse.Relatively speaking, this movie is better than the previous "Steel Magnolia" where Diane was just a supporting role.

"This suit is very beautiful..." Ronald watched Diane walking in a skirt. The low-cut design of the upper body made her figure a little obvious. With two long white gloves, it matched Wearing red high heels...

Ronald remembered her appearance in the red off-the-shoulder dress in "Streets of Rage".Just changed the black rock-and-roll style gloves to white aristocratic style.There was also tenderness in his eyes.

"Really?" Diane turned around happily, she was glad that Ronald liked the outfit.

"But there seems to be something missing..." Ronald put his hand on his chin and looked him up and down.

"What? I rarely wear this kind of dress..." Diane looked around.

"Here..." Ronald took out a blue velvet jewelry box and placed it in front of Diane's eyes.

"Oh, My God", Diane became short of breath when she saw the jewelry box, did last night's hint work?This is a major event in my life, what should I do?Will Brother Ronnie kneel down? Oops, there is no photographer now...

With a bang, the jewelry box popped open, and inside was a very expensive Cartier necklace. The main stone was twelve sapphires, each inlaid with diamonds, sparkling under the light.

"This is the dress you wore when watching the opera. I made a necklace for you on my own initiative."

This is the jewelry that Ronald asked his agent to order for him, and it cost him a full 25 US dollars.Ronald understood Diane's thoughts, but Cameron's divorce made him doubtful.Perhaps maintaining such a relationship will make the two happier.

After all, he is no longer the screenwriter who just entered the industry back then. The wealth he obtained from Coca-Cola and the dividends from various successful movies that are still pouring in have made Ronald's worth fluctuate around [-] million US dollars.

Even if he didn't consider the various financial risks that marriage would pose to him, his agents began to indoctrinate him with various precautions.For example, signing a prenuptial agreement with his fiancée like Spielberg did.

Richard and Nisita have been hearing a lot of rumors lately when Spielberg seems to be hitting it off with Kate Capshaw, the leading lady of the previous Indiana Jones movie.If they hadn't signed a prenuptial agreement, and the two married in a state where the couple divorced and divided their property, they would have lost more money.

"It's so beautiful, thank you, Ronnie..." Diane was slightly disappointed to see that it was a necklace instead of the expected ring.However, she was quickly attracted by this necklace again. Brother Ronnie gave such a precious jewelry, and it seemed that his position in his heart was very stable.

Diane continued to change several outfits, and Ronald was very happy as if watching a private model performance.Finding an actress as a girlfriend has many disadvantages, but the advantages are also exciting.With different clothes, Diane wears different styles, sometimes pure, sometimes sexy, some like professional women, some like southern ladies, with them, it seems that it is difficult to lose interest because they feel too familiar.

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Diane knows her strengths very well, and wearing different clothes makes Ronald as interested as he is in an acting class every time.

The two stayed in the hotel until noon the next day before Ronald was free to continue his business.

"Have you written your revised draft?" Ronald received Ted Tully, the screenwriter of "The Silence of the Lambs", in the hotel.

"Yes, I have readjusted the focus of the drama according to your request. FBI's female agent Stalin will become the central figure of the overall situation, but this way, more scenes will take longer to explain clearly."

Ronald turned to the last page number, which was already 135 pages.According to the progress of one page per minute in Hollywood, this script has exceeded the longest time that ordinary thrillers can bear.

The audience likes someone to scare them, but if it exceeds the time, they will feel uncomfortable because of the emotional overload.Therefore, excellent thrillers are restrained, and Hitchcock's films are the best examples.

"Stay with me first, I will give you an answer after thinking it over..." Ronald thought for a long time, but he didn't know whether to reduce the role of the scene or increase the duration.He was a little undecided.

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Also indecisive is Twentieth Century Fox's new executive producer.Cameron's "The Abyss," the film's final cut, lasted two hours and 10 minutes, a length that the department in charge of distribution vehemently resisted.

Although the effect of the trial screening is good, but with such a length, the film schedule of the cinema will be greatly affected.

It happened that Goldberg had already got the golden parachute and was about to leave [-]th Century Fox. The new management team just used this movie to implement their will to power.

They ordered Cameron to reshoot the ending and cut the movie to the standard 120-minute sci-fi length.Even when Ronald called Goldberg, he was deliberately ignored.

"You are fucking responsible to the end. This is your project. If I give you so much money for [-]th Century Fox, you will turn your face and deny anyone? You fools..."

Ronald heard that his own words didn't work, so he scolded Goldberg for being ruthless and unjust, and almost scolded the Jewish community in agitation.

"I'm sorry, Ronald. Now all I have left is to officially announce my departure. Big boss Rupert's energy is mainly on the TV network, and the newcomers are eyeing my project's deliberate suppression. It's a prescribed action, I can't do anything with words."

Goldberg shrugged, indicating that this was not something he could undo.

"Fart, stinky shit, you people are assholes. This movie has a budget of 500 million, Jim spent so much energy, endured the pain of divorcing his wife, and made the tsunami shot, Do you want to cancel it in one sentence? This is a waste, this is murder!"

Ronald pointed to Goldberg's nose and continued to curse.He pointed at Cameron, who was sitting on the side, and roared at Goldberg, "Do you know how groundbreaking those shots are? That's the future direction of Hollywood, and it's another huge breakthrough in special effects after Star Wars. That seawater-produced human face is purely computer-generated, do you understand the huge potential here? Are you going to delete this and make a shitty ending?"

Those people like Fox are obviously going too far. Such a super picture that has been rendered with so much painstaking efforts should be deleted and added with a boring ending?It’s okay to suppress Goldberg, if you continue to toss like this, the release of this movie will be postponed, and reshoots will cost a huge amount of money.

"It's actually 800 million, and it's about to break through 6000 million, Ronald." Goldberg said the real shooting cost without changing his face.

"What?" Ronald looked back at Cameron.

"I think if we continue to shoot, it may exceed 7000 million." Cameron also complained that Fox's executives said the cost of the movie was too high, but their countermeasure was to add another 1000 million to the production cost...

"Putting Barry (Diller) on the phone, that's unacceptable..." Ronald fumed.Cameron is an artist and gifted special effects engineer.Sometimes he is not very clear about the strife at the top.

It's an obvious way to get Goldberg out of the way, first by raising the production budget to ludicrous numbers never seen before, then cutting out what the audience finds interesting, and finally producing a mediocre version.

boom!
Once the box office fails, not only Goldberg, who has led many successful projects, will not be guaranteed at the end of the festival, but Cameron will also suffer Hollywood's cold reception.

These tricks, which Ronald had seen before on former Columbia president Frank Price, had been used by some Jews.Come again this time?
Fortunately, Goldberg is also a Jew. He is not an honest person like Price who only reads scripts and works on projects.This time, he also deliberately involved Ronald to exert influence on the small boss Barry Diller and even the big boss Rupert.

Even if a person leaves his job, his legacy in the studio should not be destroyed by Xiaoxiao.

"Hello? Barry?" Ronald walked into the room, picked up the receiver alone and told Barry Diller his appeal.

"What do you want, Ronald?" Barry Diller quickly figured out what to do with such a bad thing, and he asked Ronald directly, asking where his appeal was.

"Two bottom lines, one, my friend Jim can't be thrown out as a scapegoat for the box office. Two, don't cut those CGI images, that's the way Hollywood is going in the future, we need word of mouth and box office, yes These possibilities are evaluated.

Listen, Barry, this is a very important..."

"Well, I promise you, Cameron will get the final editing rights, but the film market must be shortened, as for any special effects shots, Ronald, you are also an expert, the most effective in this business is beauty and violence, a little special effects Can't change anything..."

"Did I get your word, Barry? If they're going to go ahead and make decisions that turn my friend's masterpiece into a pile of shit, I promise you, I'll personally punch their Shxt out..."

"You have my word, Ronald."

"They promised to keep most of the special effects shots, and you also have the final cut rights, but the duration still needs to be shortened, I can only do so much, Jim..." Ronald walked out of the room, facing Cameron and Gord Berger said.

"Hey Ronald, I appreciate it, really... but you don't really hit them..." Cameron heard the last part of Ronald's loud voice to punch someone's Shxt , I am also very touched by Ronald's hard work for his friends.Now that most of the appeals have been obtained, some content that opposes nuclear war and calls for world peace will be deleted, so that both parties can be satisfied.

Goldberg looked at him coldly. Cameron is simply lucky to have such a friend.Of course, his luck was not bad, and the last project he hosted also had a good ending.

"I didn't say anything about typing his Shxt...it's all slander..." A sentence came from the TV suddenly, startling the three of them.

"Then how do you explain the court's judgment and the tape evidence cited by the judge in the judgment?" The reporter chased after a tall black man and asked.

"No, no, I won't threaten my wife Nicole..."

"Okay, OJ Simpson denied that he had ever threatened his wife Nicole on the phone. He said that he would not contest the domestic violence charges brought by Nicole. But the judge ruled that the phone recording can be used as evidence..."

(End of this chapter)