After signing the contract, the two producers continued to live in Ronald's new home, and the three began to discuss how to fill in the script to meet the shooting level.
"In short, we need a beautiful air force instructor to date our male protagonist." Bruckheimer first proposed the romantic part.
"Of course, what kind of beauty do you want to play?" Don Simpson deliberately tested Ronald's idea.
"I want to find an older actress with mature female charm to play the role." Ronald thought of the long legs wearing retro stockings and voluptuous skirt in the dream, which was the back of a mature beauty.
"Oh, why?" Don Simpson obviously felt sympathy for each other.
"Our audience is mainly teenagers. Which high school boy hasn't secretly admired that beautiful female teacher? When we make movies, isn't it to realize their dreams that are difficult to realize in real life?"
"What about the female audience?" Don Simpson asked another question.
"So I chose Tom Cruise. He is very handsome, and he is often in a tense state of mind. It seems that he is about to explode for his girlfriend and fight bad guys at the next moment. I think the female audience must have fantasized about having someone in high school.
Such a handsome hero comes to save himself."
"Damn it, did you often use this mentality to succeed when you were in high school?"
Seeing Ronald speaking so clearly, Don Simpson suspected that the young director must have had many beautiful friends in high school.
"No, I'm on a boring wrestling team, not as good as those on the football team."
"Very good. I regret now that I didn't make the decision to let you direct 'Flashdance' back then. I rarely see directors who have enough understanding of the audience's psychology."
The more the two talked, the more they became more and more speculative. Don Simpson was also a person who often daydreamed. He had unique insights into the tastes of the audience.
"We have to have a beautiful woman, a fighter jet, and a dog fight, so that the male audience can come to see it. We also have to have Tom Cruise, and a lot of handsome guys, and have them topless, so that a lot of female audiences can come to see it.
."
"Topless?" Ronald thought of the beach volleyball scene.
"Yes, this is what you should consider. Think of some plot arrangements to show off their toned bodies. The more the better. Many people don't understand that women are now also an important audience in the American market. Nowadays, women only care about family.
The era of soap operas is over and they want to be entertained, you know?"
"Okay," Ronald jotted down the point of showing off the male body.
"Do you know why we thought of you in the first place? It was the Saab fighter commercial you shot." Bruckheimer continued.
"Saab car, right?" Ronald wanted to retort, but he kept silent when he thought that the Saab fighter jet also put his image in the company's promotional video.
"Yes, few people can shoot fighter jets so attractively. After watching it, I felt that you must be the director." Don Simpson was still as excited as ever. He used his hands to simulate the planes shot by Ronald.
The scene that arises.
"This is actually a helpless choice," Ronald said about the scene when he went to Stockholm to shoot. "The speed of modern jet fighters is too fast. Even with the farthest telephoto lens, at supersonic speed, it is only one
It disappeared from the screen in less than a second. It is possible that the audience did not find where the plane was."
"So I focused on shooting the aircraft moving forward on the ground, turning, and the engine before taking off. I used these powerful images to make up for the shortcomings of high-speed flight shots."
Ronald also simulated an airplane with his hands, passed it quickly in front of the two producers, and spoke some truth.
"Yes, modern aircraft are too fast and can reach supersonic speeds at every turn. This is why we must get assistance from the military. Otherwise, without air combat footage, it will be impossible to make a blockbuster movie anyway."
The three people filled some plots into the plot. The protagonist is a naval fighter pilot. Because of his excellent flying skills, he was selected to be trained in the Navy's combat skills school, known as the "top gun" school.
After some training, the protagonist gradually became the elite with the highest score. During a simulated battle, his plane was involved in the exhaust of an imaginary enemy and fell into a spiral. The weapons officer in the back seat was unfortunately killed during the ejection.
After psychological reorganization, the protagonist cheered up again, and finally in a real air combat confrontation, he shot down a MiG fighter plane patrolling the Caribbean Sea, safeguarding the safety of the aircraft carrier and his comrades.
Ronald typed up the filled-in story on his computer and printed out a copy. After binding it at a copy shop, he sent the script to the Pentagon to request assistance.
At the same time, Tom Cruise was still making noises. In short, Paula Wagner said that we could talk. Cruise was very interested and looked forward to talking with the producer and Ronald, but he just wouldn't say anything.
Ronald privately learned through Niceta that Paula Wagner wanted to get a million-dollar salary for Cruise, trying to enter the million-dollar salary club. If successful, Tom's future movie invitations would all be priced at one million dollars.
Talking about it as a benchmark will be a great boost to his career.
Of course, Ronald would not harm her, so he pretended to call Tom and made an appointment to discuss it together when he came back from London to reshoot the remaining scenes of "Legend".
In this way, everyone waited for the Pentagon's results at Ronald's aunt's house in Staten Island. The two producers ate all the food cooked by Karen's aunt, drank all the red wine in Ronald's inventory, and then went to the building
Ghosts cry and wolves howl.
Because Ronald did not allow them to do tricks at home, Don Simpson couldn't stand it for a day and clamored to go back to the free world in Los Angeles. There was no other way, so he and his partner Bruckheimer had to go to the town hotel to find another room.
to satisfy your own hobbies.
Aunt Karen couldn't stand these two hippies. While she was waiting for Simpson to go to the hotel, she discussed with Ronald the use of the proceeds from the transfer of the factory, which amounted to more than 600,000 US dollars.
Aunt Karen's current focus in life has shifted from being busy with her daughter and career to fighting for a better living standard for the Vietnam War veterans and widows of Staten Island.
Ronald called the accountant Lawrence, and after discussing with his aunt, the two decided to stick to the old method, buy Coca-Cola shares with their money, and then live off the dividends every quarter, and still have enough money to help veterans and widows who were unfortunate in life.
On the third day, Jerry Bruckheimer suddenly broke into his aunt's house and said, "Ronald, the Navy has officially rejected our application."
"Why?" Ronald frowned and took the reply letter that was sent back, signed to the Department of Foreign Relations of the Navy.
"After consideration, the Navy believes that the film cannot truly reflect the training and life of the Navy. While expressing its gratitude to you, we regret to inform you that the Navy cannot cooperate to complete the filming of this film."
Ronald frowned. He didn't expect this kind of rejection. When we shoot movies about the Navy, we are helping the Navy build the image of heroic pilots. Why would the other party refuse?
The two producers were shocked. Don Simpson screamed and kicked the railing of Ronald's house to vent his anger. Bruckheimer, on the other hand, was calmer and said, "Ronald, you stay here and continue to revise the script and prepare."
During the filming, we will return to Los Angeles. There are some old friends of the leaders at Paramount and Hollywood, and we are going to go and make connections."
"I think I might be able to write a letter to the Vice Commander, who was also a navy pilot when he was young." Ronald thought of Barbara's hospitality and believed she would do him a favor, right?
"Let's work separately." In fact, the two producers didn't believe that Ronald's letter would have any effect. It was better than nothing.
"Dear Vice Commander,
I take the liberty of writing to you, hoping for your assistance.
I am currently preparing to shoot a film that reflects the training and life of naval pilots and the protection of our country's security at sea. The current tentative title is "Top Gun" and it has some shots of modern air combat.
From my professional point of view as a film director, if this film can get the help of the navy, it will be more realistic. We have enough reasons to believe that this film can arouse the American people's respect for the military, especially the navy.
love..."
Barbara saw the letter from Ronald at the deputy commander's residence. She asked the Secret Service to add it to the list of contacts of special concern. All calls and letters from Ronald will be placed on the list as soon as possible.
Among the pile of files that need to be processed urgently.
"How do we need to handle this matter? Should we inform the deputy president?" The secretary came in and saw the letter in Barbara's hand, opened her notebook, and was about to record the next arrangements.
Barbara is different from the first lady. She is the internal voice of this big family. She takes care of many matters that the deputy commander does not have time to deal with.
"No, don't tell my husband about this yet. The most important thing for him right now is to prepare for the TV debate with Geraldine Ferraro, the candidate for deputy leadership of the Donkey Party. You are not allowed to use anything to disturb the preparations of him and his staff.
"
Barbara pressed Ronald's letter.
The first TV debate of the commander-in-chief did not perform well this time. Audiences across the United States are looking forward to their husband's deputy commander-in-chief debate. If you want to run for election in four years and live in a big house, this time
The debate is the best time. Maybe voters will realize that they could have chosen another Elephant Party candidate four years ago, which would have been a good idea.
At this time, do not disturb him with such unimportant matters. Barbara put away the letter and told her secretary, "Before the debate is over, all administrative work should be sent to me."
"Hello, I'm Ronald Lee. I'm calling to ask if you received the letter I sent to the deputy commander yesterday?"
Ronald did not receive any feedback at home. He called to ask. The staff at the official residence only said that they had received the letter. Since there were too many letters sent by people across the country, the Vice President would read them all, but would only select some responses.
, ask him to wait patiently.
"You can't believe what these politicians say!" Ronald said angrily. In the business field, people in high positions are more decisive in their words. Politicians were saying just a few days ago that anyone can come to them if they have any problems, but now
Treat yourself as a passerby.
Ronald was angry and had no choice but to hang out with his old friend Douglas Jr. The two went to the wrestling club to have a fight, then took a shower and enjoyed a massage from a personal trainer.
It was like they were on the high school wrestling team. After the fight, they sat together watching TV, drinking wine and eating meat, and talked about film investment.
"I can't place all my hope on projects from big companies. They can invest 15 million to 20 million per movie, but the projects are subject to many limitations and are very likely to be shelved."
Ronald drank the whiskey that Douglas Jr. dug out, "My income from break dancing is pretty good. Except for most of the stocks I bought in Coca-Cola and McDonald's, the rest was invested in Daydream Pictures."
We set up equipment in Staten Island, and then found some good students from New York University to make some exploitation films ourselves and release them in second-run theaters. This way, we can at least have an escape route."
"Great, you are finally going to start making your own movies." Little Douglas was very happy, "Do you have any ideas?"
"I was invited by Madonna to direct her music video. I want to start with the music video and commercials, shoot them first, and train my technical talents. When the time comes to find the right script and director, I can start shooting a small-budget movie. Sooner or later, this road will have to be
Let’s go, it’s better to open up first.”
"The first question is for His Excellency, Vice-President." The live broadcast of the second-round presidential election debate came from the TV.
"These politicians are all liars, stop watching." Ronald was about to switch to NBC, and it happened to be Miami Vice on the weekend. The actor drove a huge and arrogant Ferrari on the streets of Miami.
…
"Honey, how was my performance yesterday?" the vice commander ended the debate and returned to Washington, D.C., on Air Force Two.
In the mansion, Barbara was waiting for him in the study.
"You did great."
"Really, are you satisfied with my answer to the question about that woman's job?"
"Honey, I just watch that handsome guy on TV."
"Hahaha...", the deputy commander kissed his wife who had been married for nearly forty years.
"Here are the issues you need to deal with first." Barbara took out a stack of letters and documents, and the letter from Ronald came first. "Because you are busy with the most important TV debate, I put the other
The affairs have been temporarily put on hold. Now that you are done, it is time to help the children deal with their problems."
"Okay, let's deal with these problems." The deputy commander took out his glasses, put them on, and started to open the first letter on the desk.
"The bureaucrats in the Navy are still as good as ever. It is better to do less than to do more. I will contact Lehman about this matter." He picked up the phone and said, "Please pick up the Secretary of the Navy for me."