"Ronald, I love and hate you at the same time." Debbie Reynolds, a veteran movie star who runs a dance studio, hugged Ronald and opened her mouth happily.
"What? I think your business is very good, why do you still hate me?"
"Since your break dance was released, the number of people who come here to practice dancing has increased several times. Everyone wants to come and see the dance scene in the movie. But the people who come here are not learning the tap dance I plan to teach, but this new style.
Dance." Reynolds stretched out her hands and twisted them twice. She has good dancing skills, and her break dancing has a unique flavor.
"Ah, hahahaha..." Ronald knew that the other party was joking.
"To be honest, no one dances that classic Hollywood dance anymore. When I was young, young women were doing this kind of dance to keep fit and keep their waists in shape so that their husbands would come home on time for dinner.
"
"Hahahaha..." Ronald liked talking to this open-minded veteran star.
"Your friends are waiting for you."
Ronald walked into the small room inside the dance studio, which Helen Slater had rented to practice her voice and piano playing. She also exercised her body.
"Hey Helen, have you made your decision?"
"Ronnie, yes, I still can't bear to have long hair." Helen wore a hair tie and Jane Fonda-style high-waisted bodybuilding pants, looking very sexy.
Helen Slater's piano and singing skills earned her an invitation to play the leading role in "The Baseball Player's Wife." However, "The Legend of Billie King" still required her to cut her hair and not wear a wig.
Her beloved long hair has been dyed blonde after Supergirl, but she finally chose the former.
The two chatted for a while, and Helen was very excited about being able to act in a movie adapted from a play.
Ronald was very happy to fulfill his promise to Gerrard. His affairs in Los Angeles came to an end for the time being, and he and Bud Jr. took the evening flight back to New York.
"Little Bud, your mother will be very happy to see you."
Aunt Karen left little Bud to have lunch at home and asked him to tell his mother the good news first, and prepare to return to Staten Island to reunite with his mother and family tomorrow.
His extended family has all become employees of the leg warmer factory and live in workers' apartments on the island. Their dilapidated house in the Bronx has been sold, and his younger sister's school has been transferred to a kindergarten on the southern end of Staten Island.
Tver public secondary school.
"Let's go back to Staten Island with little Bud tomorrow. We haven't seen your old friends and neighbors for a long time." Ronald encouraged Aunt Karen to go back together.
"Okay, it's time for me to go back and tidy up the old house. Donna is going to MIT soon. I'm very lonely here alone, but I still have old friends on the island. I can go back and chat with them on the weekends, here in Manhattan
It’s hard to make new close friends.”
"Then it's settled, I'll drive you there then." Ronald was secretly happy, and he asked Douglas Jr. that the new house he bought on the land had been completed and he could give his aunt a surprise tomorrow.
Little Bud went back to his old neighborhood in the Bronx in the afternoon to meet his old neighbors. When he came back, he told Ronald that the black people there really liked "Break Dance" directed by Ronald, and many of them had watched it for twenty or thirty consecutive years.
times, much more popular than "Hot Street Boy".
Ronald also drove out for a walk afterwards. In many mainstream theaters, "Break Dance" had already been released, leaving some old mill theaters (large screening rooms) and second-tier small theaters that had five or six shows a day.
Play.
It is said that many viewers will come to the box office to ask about the release time of the sequel after watching the movie. The advertisement Minahan made in the closing credits of the movie made break dancing lovers feel itchy.
On the other hand, the box office of "Dragon Boy" is as stable as ever. It has been in the ninth week of release, and the attendance rate of each show is still very high. The total weekly box office is still more than 6 million US dollars, and the total box office has exceeded 6,000 US dollars.
Wan, with this attitude, it seems that this movie will continue to become popular.
According to usual estimates, the box office of a movie is always the highest in the first two weeks, and then gradually declines. When the average box office of a single theater reaches a certain level, it will be replaced by new movies.
But "Longwei Boy" doesn't seem to follow this rule very much. It didn't have a big hit at the beginning, and it didn't plummet later. It always stayed at more than 6 million US dollars at the weekend, then another 6 million US dollars, and then another 6 million US dollars.
Six million……
In the two weeks when Ronald and Stallone were having a verbal spat, there was still a slight rebound.
Most of the people who come to watch the movie are parents who bring their children as a family, and most of them come to see the movie after hearing recommendations from relatives and friends. After watching the movie, their children's bravery has obviously changed.
Anyway, the four films Ronald made as a director did not quite conform to the general box office rules, which made him wonder whether the experiences he summarized were really effective.
The yellow ferry can ferry cars. Ronald bought a car ferry ticket, and the family went to Staten Island with little Bud.
Little Bud arrived first at his new apartment. He and his mother hugged each other at the door. The sisters were very happy and came out with delicious food to share with everyone.
The family finally did not make the same mistake as Bud's father, and the boy returned home safely after serving in the army. Ronald and his family ate some lobster fillets that Bud's sisters fried with fresh shrimp meat, and then said goodbye and went home.
"You're going the wrong way, Ronnie." Aunt Karen smiled and hit Ronald on the arm. She didn't go back to Staten Island for a long time. The road here was renovated because the factory had to transport goods. Even Donna was a little bit
I don’t recognize him anymore.
"Yes, our new home is over there." Ronald drove onto the road in the affluent area where the Douglas family lived, and drove along the cement road until they reached a large open space on the edge.
There is a new house above, built with old-fashioned building materials, red bricks and gray stone. It has three floors, a tall chimney, a small courtyard and a lawn.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "This is my gift to you, Aunt Karen." Ronald pulled his aunt out of the car and pointed to the small building to introduce her, "This is the parking garage.
, here is the kitchen with an oven. Here is the maid's room and driver's room. The first floor is the living room with a fireplace. The second floor is two bedrooms. The third floor is the attic and guest bedroom. There is also a lawn in the front yard.
Have a party with veteran families anytime, you don’t have to wait until Veterans Day every year to go to Hansen’s house.”
Aunt Karen was very happy. She touched the oven that was several times larger than her Manhattan apartment, and looked at a brand new Toyota SUV parked in the garage, as well as the wooden bed in the bedroom and the sofa in the living room.
and TV. They are all the brands she is used to, but they are better and bigger.
"Thank you, Ronnie. I feel like retiring from the leg warmer factory now and coming back to party with my old friends every day." Aunt Karen gently stroked Ronald's hair, as if returning to the time when she just
When he got it back from the hospital.
"And here." Ronald opened the door to the living room on the second floor and pulled his aunt and Donna to the balcony, where they had an unobstructed view of the lawn below.
"Look across the way." Ronald pointed to an open space and said to his aunt, "Our leg warmer factory is large enough, and everyone's income is good. Little Douglas said that their family is planning to develop a new residential community, right here
A place very close to my new home.
By then, Teresa, the partner of the leg warmer factory, her husband David, their baby, and little Bud’s family will all be able to live here.”
The salary of little Bud's three sisters and mother in the factory can fully afford the monthly mortgage. He will not treat him badly if he works as a driver. In short, he can leave the low-income community and truly buy a house in a place with good security.
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"Ronnie, you really changed the life of Totville Town, Staten Island." Donna looked at Ronald and said with emotion, "I read in the history books that great figures can change the lives of ordinary people.
I’m talking about people like you.”
"Hahaha..." Ronald touched Donna's hair, "I'm glad you said that, although I'm far from great. Let's go to the restaurant where my aunt used to work for dinner. I will rest in New York this time.
After a while, I will send you to MIT."
Everyone spent the night in the new home. Little Douglas had all the furniture and appliances purchased. Aunt asked Ronald secretly, "Do you have enough money? Such a good house cost you a lot of money, right? I'm very worried."
I like it, it’s very much like when my mother took me to Manhattan when I was a child and pointed out the old family house to me. I have also saved money in the past few years. If I don’t have the money..."
"Don't worry, aunt, little Douglas gave me a preferential land transfer fee, and also took the initiative to help me find a builder. It didn't cost much. And the 'Break Dance' I directed was a sharing contract, look.
I can get a share of at least one million US dollars in income, so this money is not a problem, you should keep it for Donna to prepare for college expenses."
The aunt hugged Ronald happily. Now she only had the desire to watch Ronald get married and have children. A few days ago, she saw the New York City Ballet's new season poster at the door of the supermarket, with Antonia's name on it.
He has become a major actor.
"Hey," the aunt sighed. Ronald must be very popular in Hollywood now. Whether it's Antonia, Diane, or Helen, you have to choose one to go home. When the third generation is playing on the lawn, then
How beautiful it would be.
In the evening, little Douglas came to visit with gifts, and he also brought a coffee machine as a gift. Aunt Karen immediately went to bake cookies for him to take back as a gift.
"Have we got a plan for our new film? Is it ready to shoot a movie like 'The Kid'?" Douglas Jr. couldn't wait to pull Ronald and asked.
"It's not even close. With my money and your money, I can only make some exploitation films that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars at this stage. Film is a very expensive art."
"Didn't you make more than one million again?" Douglas Jr. disagreed, "You take out one million, I will allocate another one million, and then find investors. It is still very easy to produce a production of about eight million.
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"How can it be so much? My current income will first be taken away by the federal government, and then the state government. Both California and New York want to collect taxes from me." Ronald handed a glass of whiskey to little Douglas.
It was stuffed into the wine cabinet when the other party was renovating their house.
"Then my income must be divided first between 10% of my agent, 5% of my lawyer, and 2% of my accountant. Now I don't have a manager. If I hire one to take care of my daily affairs, I will also have to pay for it."
Pay him 5%. Finally, it’s the public relations company, and they don’t dare to ask for it even after they collect the money.” Ronald felt sick when he thought about the fees charged by public relations companies in Los Angeles.
"These share ratios are all calculated based on pre-tax income. I haven't smelled the U.S. dollars yet, and nearly half of them have been taken away. I can still use some cash to build a house, mainly relying on my previous lyrics and writing
, director and other work, the remaining work will be divided into quarterly dividends."
"You artists are so miserable. No wonder you often hear news about the bankruptcy of has-been celebrities." Douglas Jr. also felt miserable for Ronald after hearing this. "You'd better start the company as soon as possible. The corporate income tax is after deducting expenses."
Paying tax on the profits is much more cost-effective than private income tax."
"Then how about we make a low-cost movie?" Douglas Jr. still wanted to be a producer and try the fun of selecting actresses during auditions.
"I have asked Eddie and his agent in Los Angeles to collect the scripts, which are mainly teen romantic comedies, with appropriate low-budget science fiction films, and martial arts films. You can also collect scripts there." Ronald and
He toasted.
In short, it is not a bad thing for the company to practice its skills with low-cost small productions at the beginning. Especially in America, before any business can be launched, it must first find a lawyer to get a contract. Ronald does not have much experience in this aspect, and Douglas does not.
Not familiar with the production business, the two decided to find their own lawyers to discuss the details.
Unexpectedly, before Ronald could consult with a lawyer, his personal lawyer, Ms. Lindsay Dole, called and announced that someone was suing Ronald's leg warmer company.
"Ronald, someone is suing your company. They say leg warmers end a dancer's career."