"Protest, protest..." Tyson's manager, Don King, began to hold back the referee to prevent him from declaring Douglas the winner. He immediately complained to the event organizers and referees at the scene, as well as officials from the three major boxing councils.
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But Douglas didn't care about this. He had already put on a white towel, yelled at the host, and made some postures, asking him to quickly announce that he had won.
The scene was so chaotic that Ronald couldn't do anything about his winning bet. He put the betting slip in his pocket, bypassed Bobby Brown with Spike Lee, and found Sony to give him a handout.
As an assistant, the three of them went to Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo to eat sushi.
"Please..." Several pieces of sushi were placed in front of the dining table.
This sushi restaurant was arranged by Sony. It’s very interesting. There is no menu here. The owner Jiro Ono decides what sushi to make based on what’s fresh in the fish market today. Spike Lee directly grabbed it and put it in his mouth, "
It’s pretty damn good.”
Ronald and he chatted while eating. They had not seen each other for a long time. "What movie have you made recently?"
After all, they were interns at New York University to shoot commercials together. They didn't mince words, and they asked about each other's film careers directly as they did back then.
"I just completed a movie about jazz, which tells the life story of two trumpeters during the heyday of jazz. Let me tell you, I completed a very powerful shot, indoor 360-degree tracking, without stopping.
A scene of him composing improvisationally around the leading actor, Denzel Washington..."
Ronald was very interested. It was rare for an old friend to discuss pure film technology with him like before. The more the two chatted, the happier they became. "This is really amazing. When you get back, you can make a copy and show it to me..."
"Bro, there's no problem at all. Let me show you my level...hahaha"
"Are you going to shoot songs and dances or black people next?" Ronald ate another sushi. The owner made it really delicious. The ingredients were well matched and layered.
"With a black theme, I plan to shoot a love story between a black man and a white woman..." Spike Lee started talking happily.
"Oh, the new Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Ronald knew that Spike liked to make black stories. The Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a movie that caused a great social sensation, was about black men.
A white girl is in love, and the hero goes to meet his parents-in-law when the girl's parents don't know that he is black.
"No, no, no, it's a completely subversive story. The two are colleagues and superiors, and each has a partner. It's a double forbidden love between the office and race."
Ronald smiled and shook his head. He knew that this old acquaintance liked to shoot some controversial racial topics. Spike Lee liked Ronald's "Working Girl" photo very much, and asked him about his choice of costume, props and makeup. Ronald
Nader promised to introduce his current team members to him.
While they were chatting happily, the owner and chef Ono Jiro came over and bowed to them and spoke a few words in Japanese. The assistant translator who was serving the meal next to them said that the thirty-minute dinner was over.
"Hey, please give us some more, we still have things to talk about." Ronald was unhappy. Is there anyone else who could drive people away?
Ono Jiro was resolute and said that it was impossible for them to add food. The sushi was best eaten only to this point. If you continue to eat it, you would not be able to taste and appreciate the deliciousness of the sushi.
"You have a fucking problem here..." Spike Lee pointed to his head and started a series of greetings to the shop owner.
"Forget it, is there any other place? Let's continue a little bit..." Ronald stopped Spike.
"Let's go to Shanju Restaurant, which specializes in tempura..." The assistant didn't expect that Ronald wasn't full yet, so he tapped his head and borrowed the phone here to reserve a seat.
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After eating some Tokyo-style food, Ronald still didn't cash in his bet slip the next day. Yesterday, Don King's fuss had some effect. Only the IBF among the three major boxing organizations recognized that Douglas won the game.
, both the WBA and WBC stated that they need to carefully investigate the video to see if there were any violations by the referee when Tyson knocked down Douglas in the eighth round.
With the uncashed bet slip in hand, Ronald took a special plane back to Los Angeles, and by the way, he hooked up with Spike Lee and asked him to show his face properly in front of the frustrated Bobby Brown.
Having just recovered from jet lag, Ed Bastian came to see Ronald. He first brought the low-price sale agreement for ABC TV's "Growing Pains" across the Pacific and asked Ronald to sign it.
"ABC is very satisfied with being able to enter the local channel market there, and asked you if you can continue to supply. Their TV series with high ratings can be sold to us at the lowest price for our cooperation with Channel 20."
Ed Bastian brought the idea from ABC. It seems that Ronald is not the only smart person who knows how to cultivate a brand without making money first, and then wait for the income of the people there to increase.
Ronald flipped through the list of TV series provided by the other party. ABC was very generous and used all popular series that were broadcast around 1985, which were only a few seasons later than the current American viewers.
If cooperation can really succeed, Americans who go there for tourism or business will be surprised to see that Chinese and American TV stations are broadcasting the same TV series. Let alone China, even if capitalism is developed
Japan, Britain, Europe and other countries all have protective measures in place, which is a sight that is hard to see.
"I'm afraid that's not possible," Ronald pointed to the TV series "A Hundred Battles of Dragons" above and said, "Actually, this TV series was introduced in Xiangjiang. Some TV stations over there had pirated it, but it was soon called out
Stop. It’s not because it was found to be a copyright infringement, but because some people think it will teach bad things to children.”
Just a few years ago, an old TV series from decades ago, "The Garrison Suicide Squad," was half-played.
There is also "Blue Moonlight Detective Agency", many plots are too absurd. Some of the emotional entanglements in "Thirty" are beyond the allowable atmosphere there.
"Several TV stations and radio stations owned by Columbia Pictures are also planning to be transferred to ABC. We have priority in selecting them. Take a look at which ones you like?" Ed Bastian put away the list of TV series and took out another one.
handed the list to Ronald.
Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, but could only retain the film-related parts. The local wireless television stations and radio stations originally owned by Columbia had to be divested according to law. Ronald had the right to select a few first.
Ronald took a look and found that there were radio stations and TV stations in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as in small places such as Ohio and Connecticut. He didn't understand these, but he knew that Bastian must be prepared, so he asked
Said, "What do you think?"
"I think WABC-AM in New York, KNX-FM in Los Angeles, and KRON-FM in San Francisco... and WCIX-TV in Miami could be considered." Ed circled several items for sale on the list.
lock up.
"What's the reason?" Ronald noticed that he didn't pick any Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, or other Midwestern areas.
"The latest census shows that the population on the east and west coasts is growing, while the Great Lakes region is declining, especially the proportion of young people in the total population..." Bastian said the reason for his optimism. Radio and wireless TV stations will, after all, be
It is maintained by advertising.
The central and western regions used to be the manufacturing centers of America, but now they are becoming increasingly depressed by Japanese companies, and there is no hope of recovery...
"Also, these radio stations mainly focus on news content, which can be used to broadcast the talk show of your former assistant, Miss Lake..."
"Oh, she did a good job?" Ronald didn't expect to hear the fat girl's name.
"Not bad, pretty good. She is the youngest talk show host in the United States, only 22 years old. The show mainly focuses on young people's topics, such as how to fall in love, how to put on makeup, how to find a job, etc. It is gentler than ordinary talk shows.
It is also smaller in scale than evening talk shows and is very popular among teenagers.
Although there are not many traditional advertisers, some advertisements for products targeting young people are selling well. Someone told me that the Lake Show may become the media advertising platform with the best reach for teenagers in the United States after the MTV channel..."
"This is really unexpected..." Ronald raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Rich Lake, who had been his assistant for several years, was actually a talk show wizard.
"She is very friendly, and she is a bit fat. She is not aggressive as a host. Many of the guests who come to the talk show are ordinary people. Compared with a female star with a good figure and good looks, Lake can make them relax a lot," he said.
There are many words that cannot be said in other programs..."
"How long has she signed a contract with us? What conditions must be given to her to keep her?" Ronald was keenly aware that Ed Bastian wanted to talk about this sudden talent issue.
"I gave her a salary of five thousand dollars at first, and later it increased to twenty thousand dollars. I plan to bind her with a long-term contract..."
Ronald nodded. The anchor is the soul of the talk show. He looked at the annual salary number, and then wrote a plus sign next to it, as well as a bonus based on the ratings.
"We bought all the radio and television stations you mentioned as a way to expand Lake's popularity across the country. After that, we will contact several major TV networks to see if her program can be syndicated and broadcast nationwide. Of course,
We want her to agree to sign a long-term contract with us..."
"Ronald, you are really a very good boss, and it is very pleasant to work with you." Ed Bastian felt that Ronald and he had a good rapport. He originally wanted to make Lake's program a
A well-known brand of a TV station serves as an umbrella product for the entire media group.
When attracting investment, a TV station needs a program that is well-known and can provide shelter for other programs. There are so many TV stations in New York. If you say that our TV station produces and broadcasts the Rich Lake Show, then advertisers can easily pay for it.
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Ronald signed his name on all the documents and allocated a large amount of money to Ed Basti to complete the acquisition of radio and television stations with Sony. Ronald resumed his normal working hours.
On this day, he found Jim Cameron again.
"This is the outline I wrote..." Ronald finally recalled the plot of the Terminator sequel that he had dreamed about back then, and then wrote the outline script. The most exciting thing in it was the T-1000 liquid metal robot.
, and the airport battle scene with the T-800 robot starring Schwarzenegger.
In addition to the liquid metal robot that Cameron wanted to shoot in the first episode, which can transform into anyone, there are also motorcycle chases between two robots on the road, encounters in narrow corridors, car chases and shootings, and T-1000 being destroyed by liquid nitrogen.
Frozen to pieces, and finally the scene of falling into the steel furnace and melting during the battle at the steel plant.
"Oh, this makes my blood boil..." Cameron was beaming with joy. He didn't expect Ronald to understand himself so well. When the audience watches the sequel, they want to see more exciting scenes than the first episode.
Some aspects of the first episode, such as fights and shootings, had to be stepped up even more. The big truck chase in the first episode was not filmed due to budget and technical constraints, so a completely upgraded version was needed.
These scenes are meant to gradually escalate, leading the audience's hormones to explode, and finally reverse in the third act, allowing their emotions to reach a climax stimulated by the tense plot...
Cameron quickly drew some scenes written by Ronald on his writing pad, and sketched out storyboards of several shots. Ronald knew that his old friend was inspired, and made him a cup of black tea...
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After finishing two paintings, Cameron was still unfinished. When he wanted to continue, he suddenly frowned and said to Ronald, "But..."
"But what?"
"The scenes in your script are all very exciting, but the cost of filming may be unprecedentedly high..." Cameron pointed out several scenes, such as the scene where the T-1000 transforms into other people and then faces those people face to face.
For example, after the T-1000 was frozen to pieces, it gradually thawed under the heat source of the explosion, and then the liquid metal like mercury was put together again, turning it into a robot again.
"If they are all made, I'm afraid it will cost more than 80 million US dollars..." Cameron sighed. No one in Hollywood is willing to invest the money of two "Batman" movies to make one movie.
"Then cut some off?" Ronald asked tentatively.
"Cut it off?" Cameron touched this page and then that page, reluctant to part with any of them!
But keeping them all? Cameron knows that it is unrealistic. Caroco Films is a medium-sized production company, and it is already extraordinary to be able to fund a movie with a budget of 40 million. Now it will be doubled, even if Ronald negotiates
TriStar Pictures is adding more, and even Ronald himself is adding more, but they still can't make up enough.
In addition, for a movie with a production budget of 80 million US dollars, investors from Wall Street would not dare to invest in such an extraordinary film.
Ronald shook his head. He understood that Cameron had not adhered to the budget since he cooperated with 20th Century Fox. I am afraid that the production cost of this movie is more than 80 million. He would not dare to invest all this money. Who would
Money doesn’t come from strong winds, right?
"Let's wait and see. I went to Japan this time and heard a news that Japanese capital may be interested in Carloco. Maybe they can raise the money you want..." Ronald said what he heard.
The news that Pioneer Electronics was going to invest in Carocco was told to Cameron, who was in a complicated mood and went back to perfect the script and budget.
Ronald has other important things to do and wants to spend time with Diane.
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"I'm so nervous..." Diane finished her lunch and stared at the TV on the sofa. Today at noon, the Academy of Motion Picture Technology and Arts will announce this year's Oscar nominations. Ronald applied for "Steel" for Diane.
Mulan” in the Best Supporting Actress category, the same as Julia Roberts.
He wanted to repeat the grand occasion when Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack were nominated for Best Supporting Actress in "Working Girl".