"I want to talk to Mr. George Lucas. I'm Ronald Lee. He said if I need help, I can call this number."
Ronald was alone in the office and dialed the number given by George Lucas.
"George, there is a man named Ronald looking for you." There was a woman's voice on the phone.
"Thanks, Linda," Lucas said, taking the receiver from his girlfriend Linda. He and pop singer Linda Ronstadt have been dating since their divorce.
"Ronald, hello. Linda and I happen to be on vacation at Skywalker Manor. Do you want to come over and have fun?"
"I have something and I need your help, George. You once said that if I have any problems, I can come to you." Ronald asked for help straight to the point.
"Okay, then let's hear what problems you have that are difficult to solve." Lucas became a little more serious and changed his sitting position.
Ronald told Lucas the dilemma he was facing, hoping that he would come out and endorse him, saying that his "The Dragon King" was not an imitation of "Rocky".
"Of course there is no problem. Let your public relations company contact me. You have a public relations company, right?" Lucas heard that it was such a small matter and didn't take it to heart. "But you are sure to use mine." Do you promise? I think your agent should have other solutions to this matter."
"Yes, they offered to let me acquiesce to imitating Rocky, or wait for the news to disappear naturally, but I didn't like that. This movie was the first time that my family praised and recognized my work. I didn't want this movie, be stained with this stain."
Lucas was silent for a moment. Ronald's experience reminded him of his father, George Lucas Sr.
His father was a right-wing businessman who was very disappointed after Lucas went to college to make some boring movies, and the relationship between the two has never been good.
Just like the villain Darth Vader in Star Wars, George Sr. also hopes that his son can join his ranks and inherit his business empire. The scene of the father and son turning against each other in "The Empire Strikes Back" is Lucas's refinement of his own father and son. relationship, and then exaggerate it and then change it.
Fortunately for the Skywalker family, Lucas's father lived until the day when his son became famous and became the most profitable director and producer in Hollywood. Just like in "Return of the Jedi", the two reconciled in the end.
If Star Wars, which reunited his father and son, was slandered as a copycat by someone, I'm afraid I would be very angry and would have to fight back and clarify.
"Okay, how do you want me to help you?"
"I will work out a plan with my public relations consultant. First, I will go on a TV show... to counter Stallone's rhetoric. Then I hope you can be interviewed and endorse my statement."
"Okay, I haven't been interviewed by a TV station for a long time. If you find a reputable talk show host to come to Skywalker Manor, I can spare two hours." Lucas then agreed.
"Lucas has agreed to receive an exclusive interview at his estate. Next, we will contact the media and let Ronald appear on an influential program as soon as possible to clarify the facts."
After Ronald invited Lucas, Niceta immediately invested all the resources she could mobilize and began to plan for Ronald.
This young man always surprises himself. With the support of a top producer in the industry like Lucas, Ronald's future is limitless.
"This matter needs to be done within this week, and it's best to find a host at the level of the three major talk shows." Public relations consultant Eva began to go out and make phone calls with Paula to coordinate resources with all parties. Their temporary
The team formed was very excited and would rather pay a big price to make Ronald famous again while the public was still deeply impressed by the incident.
The so-called three major talk shows are the three male hosts who have dominated late-night talk shows since the 1970s. NBC's Johnny Carson's Tonight Show stands out, making CBS and ABC among the three major wireless TV stations jealous, and also
He introduced his own candidates for the ring.
CBS is looking for Melvin Griffin, and ABC is looking for Dick Cavett.
Both of them have their own characteristics. Griffin took a low-end route, which was more vulgar and obscene than Johnny Carson's jokes. By the 1980s, the ratings were bleak. After being fired by CBS, he went to the cable channel, and Stallone was on
of his program.
ABC's Dick Cavett was doing in-depth interviews. Although he was able to talk about in-depth content, in America, where the average household has one and a half televisions, speaking about in-depth content during the late-night period did not produce good ratings. After being fired,
It moved to PBS along with the show, and the contract was terminated at the end of the year before last.
In addition to the three veteran talk shows, NBC's Late Show in the time slot after Johnny Carson's show was hosted by Ronald's friend David Letterman, and its ratings were about half of Carson's.
After a series of emergency negotiations and exchanges of resources, David Letterman and David Letterman agreed to replace the original guest on Friday night with Sean Connery's new film, a knock-off of the "007" movie Bond Girl.
1. Barbara Carrera, let Ronald come up and talk about "The Dragon King".
The show was recorded at NBC's Studio 5 in New York. Ronald, Nicita and public relations consultant Eva caught a flight to New York.
"Your appearance will last about thirteen minutes. I will ask about some movies and your personal experiences, and then turn to Stallone's rumors about you." David Letterman briefly introduced the arrangement to Ronald.
Because talk shows require live reactions, Ronald did not rehearse and went directly to the recording.
"Three...two...one...start", the on-site director pointed the camera at the host Letterman.
"The next guest is our old friend. His movies once made me addicted to being an actor in the studio... Let us welcome the director of 'Break Dance' and 'The Dragon King', Luo
Nader Lee…”
"Hello!" Ronald waved his hands and greeted the audience. The audience below applauded and screamed under the arrangement of the assistant.
"Thanks, David. I'm glad to be here." Ronald shook hands with Letterman and sat on the guest's chair.
"Your breakdancing has brought us a lot of enjoyment. I saw that you like to shoot the thighs of girls in bikinis. Is this your personal hobby?" Letterman's show is broadcast late at night. This kind of sideline joke
essential.
"Hahaha..." The audience laughed when they saw Ronald's embarrassment.
"Hey, the audience likes this kind of scene, my job is to shoot what they like to see."
A loud whistle accompanied by applause showed that the audience liked this kind of director very much.
"Speaking of movies, your other new movie this year, 'Longwei Boy', is now being released. There is also a beautiful girl in it."
"Yeah, you might recognize her as one of the Burger King girls..."
The two talked briefly for a few minutes, and Letterman started to get down to the topic, "Stallone was on TV two days ago and said that your new film is an imitation of his Rocky, a teenage version of Rocky. Is that true? Is your director filming it?
When making movies, do you deliberately imitate those classics?"
"You know me, David. I'm not actually imitating Rocky."
"So, you did imitate other movies, but not Rocky?"
"Movies always have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every movie's story must conform to the rules to be liked by the audience. We won't say that every romantic comedy imitates just because the hero and heroine kiss at the end." Ronald pretended.
Dissatisfied, he shrugged his shoulders.
"But your plot is indeed very imaginative, especially when there is a master who defeated the defending champion under his training."
"If you say so, then all movies are imitations. If we have to give 'Longwei Boy' another object of 'imitation'..." Ronald stretched out his hands and made two clicks with his index and middle fingers.
The imitation is indicated by quotation marks.
"It's supposed to be a parody of 'Star Wars.'"
"Star Wars? Daniel slashing with a lightsaber?" Letterman made a show of slashing each other. The band played the Star Wars theme song in unison.
"No, but their masters have more similar backgrounds, right? Rocky's coach is just a violent boxing coach.
Master Yoda and Master Miyagi both concealed themselves at the beginning and pretended to be ordinary people without magical powers."
"Repairman, huh?"
"Yes, they are all short in stature, speak humorously, and like to use inverted sentences and do not follow grammar."
"If used correctly, no defense can block it." Letterman sat on his chair and tried to do a crane kick.
"And in the end, what they value most is not the disciple's victory over the other party, but the victory over himself. It is the victory of the correct philosophy over the wrong philosophy. After being taught by their master, their apprentices did not kill their opponents, but achieved reconciliation.
So this is not a martial arts movie, but a movie about the philosophy of life. The correct philosophy of life allows children to get good results, not the level of force. This is completely different from those boxing and martial arts movies."
"The dark side of the Force?" Letterman imitated the Star Wars drum beat with his hands on the table. "Bang, bang, bang...bang...bang."
"Hahaha, the audience started laughing."
"It's like pursuing power too much and falling into the dark side of the Force." Lightman concluded.
"Yes, that's it. Just like Darth Vader, everyone has his own light side and dark side. Sometimes when we forget philosophy, we get lost and can't see ourselves clearly. Just like..."
Ronald paused deliberately, and Letterman raised his eyebrows. Was he going to name Stallone?
"Like Johnny in the movie." Ronald gave the audience a moment to laugh, realize who he was actually talking about, and then return to the movie.
The theme song from The Late Show with David Letterman began to play softly, which was a signal that the time was almost up.
"My dear friends, Ronald Lee," Letterman began, leading the audience in applause.
Ronald stood up and bowed to everyone.
"Very good, very good." Eva pulled the back of Ronald's suit, which was a little wrinkled due to sitting, "You have completely achieved what we expected, and I can't tell that your conversation style for talk shows is also good. "
"It will air on time at 10 o'clock on Friday night." Letterman came over to confirm that the video was all OK. "My ratings are only half of Carson's, but this is the best I can do."
"Thank you." Ronald stepped forward and hugged him tightly. He had to remember this favor. Although caa, Sean Connery's agency, was helping to mediate, Letterman also made a big mistake. Without his permission, I might not be able to do this.
"The next step is to interview Lucas' team. We'd better get a prominent talk show host to interview Lucas before next weekend." Niceta came up to talk. This is their next most important job. .
Today, Ronald's front hand punch was at a very strange angle, which seemed to be far beyond Stallone's expectations. Then let's see how "Rocky" defends and Ronald's team will hit Lucas' back hand. Heavy punch.
"This shouldn't be difficult, right? Which reporter wouldn't want to interview him exclusively?" Ronald asked.
"Of course, but you need to choose carefully to find someone who is willing to cooperate and ask the right questions." Eva concluded. "In fact, if he had not retired, Dick Cavett from the three major talk shows would be the most suitable. His interview He always has depth and raises questions in casual places so that the interviewees are willing to talk in depth.”