The Kansas Film Critics Association Award is actually awarded in Missouri. This is because there is a city called Kansas City at the junction of Kansas and Missouri. And this Kansas City in Missouri has a respected mayor, Bartow.
, knowing that in order to revitalize the economy, we must expand the city’s radiation coverage.
Not only did he support the Kansas Film Critics Association, he was the second to present film awards after New York State, and he moved a football team from Dallas, which later became the AFL powerhouse Kansas Chiefs.
This allowed the city to quickly surpass nearby Kansas City, Kansas (the two cities have the same name) and become the largest city in the Midwest after Cleveland and Omaha.
Now, it is the first center for the literary and art industry and professional sports in the Midwest, the coaching center for college professional sports leagues, and Hollywood's copy distribution center in the Midwest are all built here.
Ronald came here to attend the awards. Another purpose was to establish his own distribution office and to welcome the opening ceremony of an old-fashioned cinema here that was acquired by Daydream and renovated.
"It's shocking, people here really like going to the movies..." Daydream's Michelle Cannold told Ronald in the green room after a screening of "Beauty and the Beast" at the cinema.
The folk customs in the Midwest are relatively conservative. Unlike big cities like New York and Los Angeles, people in many places still regard watching movies as a fashionable form of entertainment.
This is a bit like a small town in a Hollywood movie, which has been preserved as a whole until today and was opened thirty or forty years later.
Young people either want to play professional basketball or football, or they want to find a position in the federal government to honor their ancestors. The movies they like are not the entertainment-oriented exploitation films since the 1980s, but the Silence of the Lambs, which explores religious justice.
Movies where the FBI brings evil murderers to justice, movies where American entrepreneurship like other people's money finally wins, or even traditional fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast, where JFK is the only one to assassinate, or
Films that oppose the Vietnam War have no market here.
And these audiences have one thing in common: they rarely went to formal cinemas to watch movies in the past, preferring cheap cinemas like drive-in theaters.
As the economy improved in the 1980s and the economy of Kansas City and its surrounding areas recovered, the audience's preference for movie consumption was largely hindered by the outdated and outdated movie theater facilities.
"This is a good business, but we can't do it..." Ronald understood what Cannold meant. He wanted to expand the theater business he acquired from the east coast and west coast to the middle.
But this is too idealistic.
"Why can't it be done?"
“Where am I going to find so many cinema management talents willing to work here?”
"That's true..."
If a person flies from Los Angeles to New York, he chooses a seat by the window and looks down. When the weather is good, he can see Los Angeles and the urban agglomeration of the Bay Area during takeoff. After that, it is the holy land for gamblers in the United States.
Las Vegas.
Before landing, there was a dense urban agglomeration of the old thirteen states, with old industrial clusters and new industrial clusters, such as IT, pharmaceuticals, etc., as well as dotted with Ivy League university campuses.
But for most of the journey in between, there is a large countryside scattered into a lot of very small towns.
To run a movie theater business in these places, you must have suitable operators. Because places with very low population density are not like those on the east and west coasts where there are many talents and they can move for work.
Doing business here is impossible without cooperating with local people. So although there are business opportunities, but because there is no talent, it is better to stick to the areas with competitive advantages and Chinatown to build our own movie theater chain.
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At the Kansas Film Critics Association Awards, Ronald's film "Silence of the Lambs" still won the Best Actress and Best Actor. Film critics here are very good. Jonathan Demme also won the Best Director.
and Best Picture, he accepted the award in place of Anthony Hopkins, who was not in America.
He was very happy to win the award. Before Demi worked for Roger Corman, he was actually a film critic. He was also a film critic registered in Miami, a city on the east and west coasts. This time he came to receive a film critic with a long history and good relationship with the film industry.
An award that has little to do with Hollywood and New York gave him the feeling of meeting an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.
Ronald gave him all the opportunities to be interviewed, and he and Helen Slater secretly went out to visit the NFL and college basketball museum in Kansas City. The two of them wore sunglasses and baseball caps, and they were not in this city.
I was too worried about someone recognizing me, but it was really nice to relive the feeling of my youth.
"Hello...Don Juan..."
Unexpectedly, in a hotel in Kansas City, Ronald met Michelle Pfeiffer, who had just rescued him at the Golden Globe Awards.
Just now, when the two of them relaxed their guard in the lobby and kissed and hugged like a couple, they were seen by Michelle Pfeiffer, who also lived here.
"Oh, do you live here too?" Ronald purposely stayed in a newly built hotel separate from the large army and near the suburbs of the city. Unexpectedly, Pfeiffer also lived here alone.
"I never thought you would become a man with a lover..." Michelle Pfeiffer also wore a baseball cap and sunglasses, but her cat-like face still gave her away.
"I always thought you would become a leading female star in Hollywood." Ronald laughed.
Michelle Pfeiffer's shortlisted film this time is the romance film "Modern Love Story (Frankie and Johnny?)" directed by Garry Marshall, who stars with Al Pacino and has just directed the romantic comedy "Pretty Woman".
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! She was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards, and both the New York Film Critics Association and the National Film Critics Association gave her acting awards. This time it was also the Best Actress
One of the popular candidates for the leading role.
However, the Oscars for male and female acting awards do not distinguish between comedy and drama, so her chances are not high. The reason why it is popular this time is because her film is different from ordinary romantic films.
To be precise, under the guise of love, this movie actually reflects a profound social problem in America, the problem of leftover men and women in big cities who are disappointed in love.
In the rapid economic development and urbanization of the 1980s, not everyone was a winner.
There are many young men and women from small towns who came to big cities with dreams, but failed in the end. But they can't go back to their hometowns. In big cities, because of limited knowledge and ability, they can only do some low-level jobs, not as good as serving in restaurants.
It is impossible to buy a house, love is a luxury, and even dreams are becoming more and more elusive in the years of working at the bottom.
This is actually the same as the social problems caused by the influx of many last generation of baby boomers into the city ten years ago. However, when these people reach the age of more than 30 years old, the gangsters back then have become the gangsters who cannot go back now.
Middle-aged town.
"Come on, have a drink with me..." Michelle Pfeiffer invited Ronald to have a chat at the bar.
"I still have to..."
"Your lover won't wait long. I really just want to buy you a drink. We haven't seen each other for many years... You won't force me to tell my friends, right?"
Ronald saw that something was really going on with Pfeiffer, so he called Helen and accompanied her to the VIP bar on the executive floor to chat.
"Sometimes I regret it now when I think about it. I should have married you back then. Although I may not necessarily become a star, if you just become a screenwriter, we will definitely live a happy life." Michelle Pfeiffer took off her glasses.
, with a very tired look on his face.
"We all know this is impossible..." Ronald didn't know what to say.
"Yeah, now I can't find a suitable marriage partner. Divorce may also be a wrong decision for me. I always make a lot of wrong decisions, then hide myself and wait for everyone to forget before I come out."
"Don't be ridiculous. Anyone who wants to marry you can line up from Beverly Hills to the Golden Gate Bridge. Catwoman...hehehe..."
Michelle Pfeiffer is now at the peak of her career success, and audiences have selectively forgotten her affair with John Malkovich on set. Starring in Jonathan Demme's "Married to the Mob" marked her
With the improvement of his acting skills, this Batman sequel replaced the unlucky Sean Young as Catwoman, which again marked the rise of his commercial status.
It is no exaggeration to say that such a woman is the goddess of millions of American men.
"Hey, you may have forgotten that I am already a thirty-four-year-old woman... This movie is a true portrayal of me..."
Michelle Pfeiffer put down her mask in front of Ronald, revealed her heart, took a sip of whiskey and said quietly.
"That was a movie...well..." Ronald suddenly remembered that his past with her happened ten years ago. So, really, Pfeiffer is already thirty-four?
"At my age, it's hard to find an age-appropriate marriage partner in Hollywood or elsewhere. I don't want to marry an old man... so I just want to have a child of my own. Can you help me?"
"ah?"
"I just want to borrow your seeds, whether it's natural or artificial, it's up to you. I think your seeds are good, and my children will definitely be very smart in the future..." Michelle Pfeiffer smoothed her hair.
"This... don't joke about this. If you want to have a baby alone, you can ask for help from a seed bank. I know that many elite women in New York do this..."
"Hey, eight out of ten people who go there to donate are arrogant. I don't want to have such a child. I've done all the research and you are the most suitable. You are married and we are familiar with each other. I can
Give our children a good education. We will sign an agreement in the future and we will not let you have any problems...
Besides, you’re not a stickler for yourself, right? Think about it, think about it, and let’s make an appointment then. I still prefer the natural way..."
Michelle Pfeiffer reached out and touched Ronald, and instantly the long-lasting memories between the two came back.
"Ahem...I'm leaving first." Ronald, who never expected to receive such a request, quickly left this place of right and wrong.
According to Michelle Pfeiffer, this kind of arrangement is very common in old Hollywood. When it cannot be made public for some reason, it is often arranged for the actress to take a break from acting for a period of time, and then announce to the public that she "adopted" a child. This way
If you are well prepared in terms of law and public opinion, you can also enjoy family happiness.
Ronald thought this was an exaggeration. He did not reply to Pfeiffer, ended his trip to Kansas City, and returned to New York for two weeks.
"Oh, Director Luo, we have made good arrangements here, thank you..." Xiao Yu and Lao Xi visited the studio and have arrived in New York to prepare for filming. They said repeatedly to Ronald who came to inquire about their lives.
thank.
"That's good. I hope you get used to it. If you have any questions, you can talk to Yanzi directly..." Ronald still values the two Chinese actors very much. Director Wang Ying has great ambitions for this movie, and wants to cast Chinese actors.
Culture officially debuted in mainstream society in America.
Ronald also has ambitions and hopes to expand the territory of Chinese-language films and Chinese-language films in Hollywood. This is something that no one except him has the ability to do. In the future, if there are people in America who watch Chinese-language films exclusively, this part of the market will
But it belongs exclusively to him.
Kung Fu movies in Hong Kong have a large audience among blacks and lower-class white people. Ronald has also stabilized the market by selling old movie tapes. However, Chinese movies have not yet had much influence among the upper class, and some people know that.
A curious state of mind.
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"Oh, Director Luo, I wish you a happy new year..."
At this time, another Chinese actor whom Ronald was familiar with also came to visit. Xiao Jiang, the leading actor of Red Sorghum and later an actor who won the Berlin Honor for his birth year, also came to Ronald to pay New Year's greetings through Xiao Yan and Yang Yanzi.
"Oh, thank you..." Ronald took a large gift bag, which contained a variety of Beijing snacks, as well as folk paper-cuts and facial makeup, which made him quite happy. He can put it at home to decorate a Chinese study room.
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"I'm in West Berlin, now called Berlin, thanks to the care of Director Luo. This is the most friendly Hollywood boss to us Chinese. You all should be smart." Xiao Jiang said to several Chinese people of all shapes and sizes behind him.
He taught me a lesson proudly.
"Why do you have such long hair?" Ronald noticed that Xiao Jiang now had long hair, which was very different from the image of his friend who came down the mountain in his year of birth.
"Hey, I'm playing a cellist...artistic..." Xiao Jiang said proudly. This is our director Zheng, this is the artist Xiao Feng, this is our buddy in New York..."
"You have a movie face, why are you acting in a TV series?" Ronald frowned. Isn't this a downgrade?
"This is all Xiao Feng's fault. His scripts are very good. I was fascinated by the story about the editorial department with Director Zheng. I forgot that the kitchen was still cooking and the pots were burned out. Isn't that wrong?
Do you have the opportunity to act in a movie, so I agreed to them..."
"Okay, as long as you're happy with it..." When Ronald heard this, he knew that the film market over there had collapsed drastically. Apart from the fact that his goal was to go to the European Film Festival to win award-winning films, there might really be no projects suitable for him.
"Hey hey hey, what about that, Director Luo, we are looking for a house to film in New York this time, see if we can..." Xiao Jiang said while rubbing his hands.
"Which house of mine do you like? Tell me..." Ronald knew as soon as he saw him that he wanted to take advantage of the location.
"I heard that the house where the Godfather movie was filmed is now in your name?"
"What the hell, are you waiting for me here? Talk to Yang Yanzi. I'll give it to you for free, but the scenery can't be damaged in any way. What kind of tape and scenery are you using? Go and call Xiao Yan..." Luo
Nader slapped him hard on the back and agreed.
As long as these people can use Daydream's set tape and don't mess around, I can treat it as charity for the domestic film and television industry.
"Brother Jiang, you are still awesome. For such a big-name director, you can borrow money whenever you want without paying..." Everyone in the crew looked at Xiao Jiang, a little confused. Why is it that he has a relationship in New York and can afford it?
"You don't understand. Old Americans also care about face. They like all kinds of Chinese quintessences, Peking opera, and paper-cutting. Director Luo is a famous China hand. I call it what he likes. Let's go to Stanton.
Island, Godfather's house... I asked, how do we get there?"
The fat man who was called to the crew touched his messy beard and said, "Take the ferry...haven't you seen Director Luo's Working Girl?"
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"The nominees for Best Picture at this year's Oscars are..."
Ronald still went to his apartment on Fifth Avenue to enjoy the world of two people with Helen. It happened that the live broadcast of this year's Oscar nominations also started.
"Silence of the Lambs, produced by Ronald Lee, Prince of Waves, produced by Barbra Streisand...Beauty and the Beast..."
"Ouch!"
When it was announced that the animated film Beauty and the Beast was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, the audience was shouting. It seems that the popularity of this film is indeed extraordinary...