Jimmy Lehner, who was in charge of the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack, was neither at home nor in the office. Ronald couldn't find him. He probably went to the cinema to watch "Dirty Dancing" as well.

A large number of guests were still in the lounge, waiting for Ronald's premiere and the subsequent premiere party. As a last resort, Ronald immediately returned to the Twin Theater with Diane.

As soon as Ronald arrived in the lounge, everyone started to applaud loudly to encourage the producer and director. The guests did not know what was going on outside, and they only saw that the audience was not very enthusiastic.

"Open the champagne!" Ronald waved his hand, and the waiter brought the champagne, opened the seal and handed it to Ronald.

"Bang!" When Ronald shook, the cork flew out, and everyone cheered again.

"Bang, bang..." The champagne in the waiter's hand was opened one after another as if he heard a horn, and then was divided into the champagne glasses arranged in a pyramid shape. Then the waiter filed in and gave it to everyone who came.

The guests each share a glass.

As members of Hollywood, the guests all had the art of speaking. They came up to congratulate Ronald loudly, and lined up one by one to hug him and say a few words.

Everyone has seen the situation of moviegoers before. They did not respond as strongly as Ronald's previous movies. It looked like a profitable mid-level hit. Ronald left the mature production system of other studios.

Taking care of all the production and distribution work myself, it seems that I still lack a lot of experience.

The reviews for the film that was released yesterday were mixed. There were female film critics who said good things and praised Ronald for expressing the social issues of women's freedom and liberation in the 1960s, and there were also Jewish film critics who criticized him heavily.

But who knows? Even if Ronald's movie fails, he can still work for seven major studios and continue to be a director. Now when he is most depressed, he comes to congratulate him. If he fails, Ronald will be impressed.

, there will be more opportunities in the future.

"Ronald, this is a masterpiece."

"Good movie, very good movie."

"I haven't seen such a touching masterpiece in a long time. I wish you good luck at the box office."

"thanks, thanks"

Contrary to these hypocritical people, Ronald was truly grateful to these people.

After experiencing the process from anxiety to relief, he felt that these guests were very cute and respectable.

They had no intuitive feeling about the crowd of viewers who went straight to the box office just now. The people who came to congratulate them now were not their good friends. They really liked the movie, so they came up to say these warm congratulations. They were all able to have deep friendship.

friends.

"Ronald, your movie is really good. I wish my father could be as rich as Dr. Hausman and respect his daughter."

This time, a woman whom Ronald didn't recognize came over. She looked about thirty-five or sixty-six years old. She was wearing a white dress with red and blue pinstripes and a small backpack diagonally across her body. She didn't look like a celebrity, but more like a celebrity.

staff member.

Ronald looked at Cannold and he shook his head, indicating that he was not an employee of the company.

At the moment of embarrassment, Richard, the agent next to him, appeared behind him at the right moment and reminded in a low voice, "Sidney Bedell Barrows, she is the 'Madam' of an escort agency."

Ronald's expression changed. How could such a person have gotten into the premiere? Ronald held her hand and prevented her from coming up to hug her, but he still kept saying, "Sidney, thank you for liking it."

my movie."

"She was caught by the LAPD in 1984 for using her advertising and marketing business. Later, a big shot protected her, and she only paid a fine of US$5,000 before pleading guilty. Last year, she also wrote an autobiography, "The Mayflower Lady."

Richard quickly explained the background of this Mayflower Lady. The last time the Secretary of the Navy who helped with the "Top Gun" project came to Los Angeles, it was the escort service provided by Richard.

He is quite familiar with these "ladies" who are hidden in high-end communities such as Hollywood and move between power, beauty, and capital.

America's top management is lubricated by these people and can quickly monetize various resources.

"We won't have such a lady tonight..." Ronald was stunned and asked Richard.

"No, no, her autobiography was purchased by a television station and made into a TV movie. Her role was also played by the famous actress Candice Bergen. In a sense, she is also a Hollywood insider.

." Richard quickly said that he would not invite these people to Ronald's premiere.

"Hi, it's a good movie. How are the box office prospects?" Cameron came up and hugged Ronald again.

"I don't know. Some viewers outside have gone to buy tickets for the second show, which is a good sign. The specific estimate depends on the Cinema Score questionnaire that will be released tomorrow."

"If you have a B, you can make a lot of money. Generally, for a movie with a B rating, the multiple of the total box office to the first weekend box office is 3.8." Cameron has also experienced the premiere of two movies and knows the Cinema Score.

The ratings are very accurate for box office predictions."

"In fact, Director Cameron is right. Our Cinema Score is not consistent with the critics' evaluations and the film's awards. But we are very proud that it is accurate in predicting box office prospects.

The popularity is quite high, especially for a large-scale release movie like Dirty Dancing, which is shown in more than 1,100 theaters at the same time."

The manager of Cinema Score came over to interrupt and took the opportunity to once again promote his company's business in front of many directors and stars at the scene.

"However, I disagree with one thing. Just like the science fiction horror film directed by Cameron, the musical and romantic comedy directed by Ronald is also a very special type of film. In the Cinema Score scoring system, these two film types

, generally the ratings will be low. Therefore, if it can get a B grade, it will have a box office multiplier of more than 3.8. Our experience says that the average total box office can reach more than 4.2 on the first weekend."

"You are an expert." Gale Hurd came over to raise a glass and chat with him deeply.

Ronald turned to Cameron, Columbus, and several other directors. They were chatting aside.

"So, we can roughly estimate the total box office of the movie just by looking at the Cinema Score and the first weekend box office?"

Chris Columbus did the mental math for "Adventures in Babysitting," and it was pretty much what the Cinema Score manager said.

"What he said about the low ratings of horror movies and musicals is similar." Cameron agreed while drinking champagne.

They chatted for a while, and Columbus and his wife said goodbye and left.

Ronald pulled Cameron aside, "What's going on with you and Gail?"

The two were good friends since they were assistants, so they didn't mince words when talking. Ronald asked directly. During the welcome just now, Gale and Cameron behaved unusually.

"Well," Cameron stroked his beard and smoothed his long hair, "What can I say? Her producer side is now beginning to surpass my wife's side."

It turns out that since the success of the two movies "Terminator" and "Alien 2", Gale Hurd's idea is to continue to work hard and make more commercial films.

Cameron feels that his previous accumulation has been exhausted, and model stunts have gradually reached a bottleneck. He feels that with the current model technology, it is difficult to surpass the previous two movies. He hopes to delve more into the current

Computer special effects technology is booming.

The two couples had differences between their pursuit of technology that surpassed the past and their pursuit of more commercial films under a mature model under existing conditions.

"Well, I hope you won't quarrel. You are all good friends I made in the new world..."

"Relax, I won't call you to ask for arbitration." Cameron laughed and toasted with Ronald.

"Hey, that's really great, that dance scene." After dealing with many fans, Tom Cruise brought his wife Mimi Rogers over to chat with Ronald.

"Thank you", Ronald hugged Tom sincerely. Today, Cruise shouted "Dirty Dancing" in front of the TV media for his own box office. It is worth watching. With his current influence, after the TV news is broadcast,

There must be many of his fans who bought tickets because of this sentence.

"To be honest, the dancing in this is the most expressive among all the musicals I've seen. Speaking of which, you should work together again, maybe make a musical. Tom was in 'Good Boy'

The crazy dance was well received."

Mimi Rogers twisted her mouth and started working as an agent.

Ronald glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw Cruise's real manager Paula Wagner in the corner, staring at her with eager eyes. Paula's belly was already very big, and she was expected to give birth in a month or two, but in this situation

, as an agent, you still have to appear at the scene and stay silently, not to overwhelm the guest, but also to prevent other agents from taking the opportunity to poach, which is very hard.

"Paula", Ronald couldn't stand it, so he went over to greet her and asked her to sit down on the sofa on the side.

"Sorry, I sent Rick to New York to prepare for the premiere there. He can't come to accompany you." Ronald waved to the waiter to bring a glass of water to Wagner.

"Don't do this, it makes me seem like I can't work." Paula felt grateful in her heart, but she still had to pretend that she wasn't unable to work. As an agent in Hollywood, you can't relax for a while.

"Let's take a photo together." Ronald called to the on-site photographer invited by Daydream, pulled Cruise over, pushed him next to Paula Wagner, and then, with Richard, Diane and others,

Everyone gathered around and took a photo with Paula as the center."

"What's your name? This is my business card." Paula pulled the photographer to explain to him.

"It's from our company. The photos and negatives will be sent to you carefully." Ronald knew that on the one hand, Paula wanted to prevent the unsightly photos taken by Tom Cruise from being spread to the media. On the other hand,

The agent requested to keep a low profile and try not to appear in the media.

Ronald understood the meaning here, so he ordered the photographer to be careful. In the end, this photo will be kept as a private collection, witnessing the friendship of several practitioners, and will be carefully placed in the offices of several agents in the future.

"Ronald, it's great to see you making a movie with a female protagonist in the 1960s. Baby brings back so many memories for me."

Julie Coleman, Roger's wife, came over to continue chatting with Ronald.

"I hope you like this movie. I originally thought only high school girls were interested." Ronald smiled and clinked glasses with her, looking aside to see Roger Corman reminiscing with the Camerons.

"What is the expected box office?" Julie is also the main producer of New Century. She reads the script and selects the director with the same vision as her husband Roger Martin Scorsese's first theatrical movie "The Human Torch".

, which is the producer that Julie serves as.

"It's hard to say, it depends on the Cinema Score and the box office statistics released on Monday." Ronald let out a sigh of relief and said.

The scene outside just now can be said to have given Ronald a big sigh of relief. At least his movie is unlikely to lose money. And it seems that it is very likely to make a lot of money.

I just don’t know how many there are?

"Then it's a matter of making more money and less money. As a producer, this is the happiest time, right? You know this movie will make money, but you just need more imagination to imagine how much money you can make in the end."

"Who says it isn't?" Ronald raised his glass and took a sip of champagne.

Anxiety and excitement alternate, and a large amount of adrenaline is secreted in the body. This feeling is very exciting.

It wasn't until the movie he invested in was actually released and he saw good signs that Ronald finally understood why Cannon's Israelite, Minahan Golan, was so obsessed with making movies.
To be continued...