"Ronald, are you really not going to watch the last finals? Whether the Knicks win the championship depends on you. Everyone says that if you don't come, the game won't be won..."
Dolan personally called and invited Ronald to go to Houston to watch the last game. He was under a lot of pressure. After losing the sixth game, fans and the media complained a lot about him. Many of them did not agree with Ronald.
Rumors about and are spreading on a large scale.
Many people believe that Dolan's selfishness caused Ronald, who brought a team-fighting spirit to the players and fans, to be absent from the scene, leaving the loss and the pressure of not having a championship in twenty years to him.
Dolan had no choice but to bow his head and call Ronald to beg Ronald to come and watch the game.
"Everyone is a very vague word, who is everyone? Do you have statistics on how many people want me to go to the scene? Besides, the team shareholders are not the decisive factor in the game, Pat Riley and the star players are the key to victory. I really
I have something to do, and I am very busy right now..."
"You can't say that. Professional sports are very superstitious about winning..." Charles Dolan didn't believe it. "I sent James over and asked him to visit you. He is your loyal fan. You can
Listen to what young people like him think..."
Old Dolan refused to give up. If he wanted to win the last game, it would be best if Ronald could really bring good luck to the team. Even if he lost, Ronald could go to the scene and help him take the blame so that the fans would not be blamed.
Blame him alone.
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"Very good, we have mainly made modifications in these rolls of film. All of these rolls are numbered. Everyone should write them down first, and then call the cinema managers in various places for training. Some cinemas have already collected them.
I got the wrong film, these rolls need to be replaced..."
James Dolan was sent by his father to persuade Ronald to go to Houston. When he arrived at the airport, he called Ronald's assistant Yang Yanzi. The two went directly to the war room jointly formed by Daydream and Paramount.
Ronald was seen watching Michelle Cannold, who was directing the people in the distribution and marketing department, meeting and assigning tasks.
Walter Murch completed the revision of the working copy in the shortest time and sent it to Paramount's editing studio overnight. The film editor there took out the sealed film of "Forrest Gump" again and put on silk
After quality control of the gloves, re-edit and splice the film at those modified points.
Later, under the personal order of Paramount Pictures CEO Shirley Lansing, after the negatives were developed, they were sent directly to Paramount's processing plant in South Los Angeles, where they began to jump in line to re-print those reels of film.
However, after all, this developer is working overtime on a temporary basis and cannot be very efficient. Starting today, there are still two weeks until the nationwide release. During this period, they carefully adjusted the film for each set of copies and put the correct film after modification.
Put it in to replace the wrong film.
This job itself is prone to errors, so Daydream sent some personnel to Paramount to personally review the film replacement and packaging work.
In addition, some test screenings and areas with earlier release rounds have already obtained a complete set of films. To ensure the correct replacement of films, local distributors and theaters have to work, which is another huge expenditure of manpower.
And there are still some copies, those in later-released cities, that are still being processed in developing and printing plants. In this case, they need to be replaced with new versions of film directly in the developing and printing workshops.
Paramount and the people at Daydreaming jointly made calculations. During the opening weekend in about two weeks, there will be about 1,500 theaters that can get the correct copy. The remaining 500 or so theaters,
You have to wait until the second week to wait...
This work was very complicated and error-prone, involving companies and institutions from all aspects. As a last resort, Daydream and Paramount formed a combat team and temporarily formed a war room in a warehouse of Paramount Studios.
, everyone set up several phone lines and fax machines here, and started working around the clock.
"Oh, you are really busy here?" Little Dolan was very interested in Hollywood. Seeing such a simple office here, he couldn't help but be disappointed. It was different from what he thought. Why were there no female stars here?
"James, you saw, I'm preparing for the release of my new movie, and I really don't have time. You go back and talk to your father, and I won't go to Houston."
"Uh, okay...oh?"
Little Dolan's eyes suddenly lit up and he saw the beauty from the Daydream Publishing and Marketing Department, who turned out to be the heroine of Back to the Future, Claudia Wells. Suddenly he understood the reason why Ronald did not want to go to Houston.
She is just a manager of a distribution department and she is so beautiful. Shouldn't there be beauties everywhere in Hollywood? If it were me, I wouldn't go to the finals. The cheerleaders in Houston are not very good-looking, and there aren't very many of them.
"I don't want to go either. Can I stay with you for a few more days, haha, and attend your premiere?" Little Dolan sniffed a few times, and his thoughts of fun took precedence over his career...
"Oh, not this time. The premiere of Forrest Gump happens to be the day after the finals. I'll invite you next time I have a chance..."
When Ronald saw this man's character, he despised him in his heart. However, for the sake of face, he found a reason to send him back.
"Ronald, you are really busy. I have been looking for you for a long time, and finally Richard sent me here." At this time, a woman and a man walked in together.
The man is Martin Campbell, the director of the latest 007 movie, and the woman is Barbara Broccoli, one of the producers. The two also approached Ronald to discuss casting and product placement.
"I'm busy right now, can't you wait until I finish the release of Forrest Gump?" Ronald himself was so busy that he couldn't do anything at all.
"It won't take you long," Barbara Broccoli said with a smile. She understood very well that these Hollywood tycoons like to show that their time is precious, which is a kind of display of power to others.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I'm not kidding, Forrest Gump has made some modifications, look at these... Forget it, what are you asking me for? Please solve the problem quickly or I can talk to you
It’s more time-saving to keep talking here..."
"This is the choice for the Bond girl, look at it..."
Martin Campbell took out the audition photos and resumes of the Bond girls who had passed the preliminary selection. At that time, Ronald asked him to look at them and make a decision.
"This is good..." Ronald saw the woman who appeared in his dream at a glance. He opened his resume and looked at it. The woman's name was Famke Janssen. She was from the Netherlands and came to America to work in the 1980s.
A model, after retiring from the T stage two years ago, she began to develop in Hollywood.
"She doesn't seem to be enough... hmm..." Little Dolan was watching from the side. When he saw the photo of Famke Janssen, he felt that her breasts were not big enough, unlike the traditional Bond girls who are all former
Good figure with convex back.
"Oh, who is this handsome guy?" Barbara Broccoli then saw little Dolan. Is this guy who can directly interrupt in front of Ronald the son of some powerful person?
"This is James Dolan, my partner in New York..." Ronald frowned, a little dissatisfied with this. He has all the casting rights for this new version of 007, not even Barbara.
Do you, an outsider, have a chance to speak?
"Oh, I thought you were a movie star from Europe..." Barbara caught a glimpse of Ronald's frown and knew who this Dolan was.
"Haha, many friends say that I can be a movie actor. With Ronald's help, maybe I can too..."
"Of course, look at these muscles..." Barbara squeezed Dolan's arm, pretending to appreciate it. Although this person has poor abilities and doesn't know how to do things, he can be Ronald's partner.
Very rich.
"I wonder what project you are cooperating with Ronald?" Barbara saw that Dolan deliberately raised his arms to pose like Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding posture, and she knew that maybe she could win over someone who wanted to enter the entertainment industry.
The stupid rich man in the circle.
"New York Knicks, you know? I'm going to watch the last finals to decide who is the world champion. I don't know how lucky I am to be with you, this beautiful..." Dolan was also fascinated by Barbara's figure.
fall.
"Call me Barbara. I wonder if I have a chance to go to New York with you? Oh, is it in Houston?"
"Of course..." Dolan was happy. On his first day in Hollywood, he was able to meet a beautiful British movie star (he didn't know that Barbara was a producer), and her breasts were in line with his aesthetics.
"Hehehe, after I finish handling the things here, I will take you to the studio for a walk..." Barbara subdued this idiot in a few words, and then asked him to wait aside, while she and Ronald
Keep discussing things.
"She looks very much like she is of Russian descent, plus her legs are very strong and slender..." Ronald was talking to Martin Campbell about the casting of the bad Bond girl.
"OK...is there anything else you like about the other one?" Martin Campbell has nothing against this. The face of this actress named Famke Janssen is photogenic and easy to photograph, no matter what
The angle can be set up quickly to take a good close-up. Model-turned-actresses have this advantage. They have already been screened by the camera lens to be the best.
"I'm only interested in bad Bond girls..." Ronald really couldn't forget that star homonym called "On the top", that evil female character who could pinch a man to death with her legs. What if
It would be a pity not to give it to her. Not just anyone can perform such a combination of evil and beauty.
"Tsk..." Dolan made another voice next to him.
Ronald glanced at him, said nothing, and continued to chat with Barbara and Martin about product placement.
"Dear James, please wait for me for a moment... I will come to you right away..." As she said this, Barbara winked at Dolan and successfully persuaded this idiot to go aside.
"What's there to be hesitant about?" Ronald said, pointing to the quote in the car column, the most important sponsor in the 007 movie.
BMW offered a very good price for the new 007 to drive their cars. In addition to providing at least three cars for each model in the movie shooting, they also provided three additional James Bond cars.
Used when promoting a movie.
In addition, the endorsement fee provided by BMW is very generous. The only concern is that they require a cooperation agreement for three movies. This is also a decision made with Ronald's deep involvement.
In the past, Ronald's movies were all built-in advertising products, which brought far more exposure than TV ads. They also wanted to take advantage of it and signed three movies at once, locking in this series of movies that was almost certain to be successful.
.
"But James Bond has traditionally driven an Aston Martin..."
"Hey, e on, how much can they pay?" Ronald didn't want to continue arguing on this kind of thing.
The tradition that Barbara mentioned is actually nothing more than a psychological disorder of some British people. If an MI6 agent actually drives a German car, many people, old and young, will feel uncomfortable.
But what does all this pride mean? If Britain's automobile industry was successful, had huge sales around the world, and could afford the 007 endorsement fee, would Ronald not mind Bond driving one of their cars?
"What about Bond's watch? Should we use a Seiko or an Omega?"
"Huh? Doesn't Bond wear a Rolex?"
Ronald did not expect that as the second most important prop watch after cars, there would be only such a second-tier brand this time? He clearly remembered that Sean Connery and Roger Moore both wore Rolex?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Barbara explained that in the 1980s, after the aesthetic fatigue of Bond movies gradually began, first-line brands such as Rolex were no longer interested.
Only Japan's Seiko and second-tier brands like Omega in the men's formal watch market are interested.
"Is it still Omega?" Ronald made his decision. Omega, which is also a Swiss watch, is still the choice of old-school European gentlemen. The Japanese Seiko watch is really out of place on 007's wrist.
"You don't care about the money this time? Obviously Seiko is willing to pay more..." Barbara deliberately argued with Ronald.
"More is limited. Besides, Omega is a professional watch manufacturer. Divers, pilots and astronauts who landed on the moon all use Omega. Bond is set to be a naval officer, so wearing an Omega is very suitable, at least it is better than walking on the moon."
The fine craftsmen selling needles in the streets are suitable..."
After confirming all the important cooperation, Ronald temporarily let it go. This small re-editing of Forrest Gump did not cause any reaction in the industry, which was exactly what Ronald needed.
Paramount also cooperated very well and used a screening room in Paramount Studios to hold the premiere of Forrest Gump, and also invited many stars that Paramount has cooperated with to attend.
Ronald also went home to rest for a day, and then went to attend the premiere of the movie he directed the next afternoon.
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"How was it? What did Ronald say?"
When old Dolan saw that his son who had just returned did not bring Ronald, he knew that things were not going well. He had seen him in Hollywood for a long time, so he thought they had a good conversation.
"He's really busy, and he's not just perfunctory with us. When I was there, he was either holding a conference call in the distribution department, or chatting with screenwriters about new film projects. I've never seen such a rich man working so hard.
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James spoke up for Ronald and turned around to introduce Barbara, "This is a good friend I met in Hollywood...Barbara Broccoli."
"Oh, God, is this what I asked you to do?" Old Dolan sighed in his heart and stretched out his hand to shake Barbara's hand.
This Miss Broccoli (Barbara Broccoli) seems to be playing tricks on her son and even mentioned investing in a new 007 movie.