Two weeks after the movie was officially released, the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack has sold more than 1 million copies. The new CD is priced at $14.99, and the old record is priced at $9.99 and comes with a movie poster.
Of all the songs, only the theme song "The Time of My Life" and "She's Like the Wind" composed and sung by Patrick Schwytz were newly created specifically for the movie. The other ten songs are all fifty
For old songs from the era, the copyright of the singer was bought out at a cheap price.
RCA Records calculated the retail data and found that the profits were very generous. The record factories were working overtime and the retail shipments were still very fast. Ronald's income on his books was rising every minute.
The vice president of RCA who was responsible for the release of this record also became the most proud person in the company. When other veteran singers were experiencing huge losses in their new records, I did not expect that such an album integrating ancient dance music would give RCA the greatest success in the past two years.
The most successful album.
They warmly invited Ronald to their headquarters in Manhattan, New York, to discuss further cooperation arrangements, and to celebrate the record sales reaching platinum record standards - 1 million copies sold in the United States.
Ronald originally wanted to have a good rest and did not want to ride across America again. However, the other party sincerely put forward two conditions.
First, RCA flew a private jet owned by the company to pick Ronald up. Second, the first phase of the sharing was settled immediately.
After getting on RCA's Gulfstream III private business jet, Ronald felt that the height of the cabin was a bit insufficient. He had to bend down and lower his head to get on the plane, otherwise he would hit the ceiling. But when he sat on the luxurious custom-made leather seat,
feel good.
The pilot is retired from the Navy. When he saw that today's passenger was Ronald, he immediately saluted him. According to him, after the release of "Top Gun", pilots, a profession that was previously unknown, are now easy to pick up girls. As long as you wear a uniform
When you go to a bar, you are the most popular group of people with beautiful women.
The stewardess, a beautiful woman, came over and covered Ronald with a light blanket and asked him if he wanted something to drink.
"Let's have a glass of sweet wine." Ronald has been very busy recently. After boarding the plane, he sat in a large and soft special seat. The plane quickly reached the stratosphere after takeoff. A unique slight noise made him feel relaxed.
.
The flight attendant was very professional. After passing a glass of noble rot liqueur to Ronald, she did not take the opportunity to chat with Ronald, but stepped aside. After finishing the liqueur, Ronald walked on a plane smaller than a commercial airliner.
Amid the overwhelming noise, I suddenly fell asleep.
The black screen suddenly lit up. Ronald felt like he had flown over Manhattan, New York.
The Statue of Liberty passed by, and a yellow ferry from Staten Island could be seen on the sea, heading towards Manhattan.
The sparkling sea surface reflects the light of the morning sun, and the twin towers of the World Trade Center opposite are shining in the morning sun, as if covered with a golden coat. The island of Manhattan, where this financial center is located, looks so full in the morning
vitality.
The angle of view began to decrease, gradually approaching the yellow Staten Island Ferry. Although the ferry looked a bit shabby, the deck appearance was very clean, cutting through the waves, heading towards Wall Street, represented by the World Trade Building.
Ronald felt that this shot seemed to represent the millions of ambitious young people in America working hard to move forward in this city full of opportunities and hard work.
"I was also on this boat back then, and Aunt Karen misappropriated the money from the mortgage to pay for her own medical treatment." Ronald thought, he was also on the ferry back then, looking at the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and his heart was full of emotions.
dream.
"Manhattan, Manhattan..." Ronald muttered to himself. This is the heart of America, the capital machine, which provides blood to the industry. How many young people want to squeeze in, and how many people are squeezed dry.
come out.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Li..."
Ronald was shaken awake by the stewardess, "Huh? Have you arrived at JFK Airport?"
The stewardess laughed crisply, "We are a business jet, so we can land directly at Teterboro Airport, which is closer to Manhattan. RCA has arranged a limousine for you, and you can reach RCA's headquarters in one hour.
.”
Ronald rubbed his eyes. Sleeping on a business jet was still much more comfortable than on a commercial flight.
After chatting with the flight attendant for a while, he found out that Teterboro Airport is an airport exclusively for private business jets. Although it is in New Jersey, it is managed by the New York Port Authority. It is closer to the center of Manhattan than three international airports including JFK.
In addition, business jets fly at higher altitudes, have smaller cabin spaces, can do greater cabin pressurization, and have smaller rear-mounted engines, so passengers feel much more comfortable than large commercial jets, and the quality of their rest is also higher.
Much better than first class on commercial flights.
Ronald didn't feel any symptoms of long-distance flights, such as bloated ears, congestion in limbs, back pain caused by poor sleeping posture, etc. When he woke up and arrived in New York in the morning, he felt refreshed. It was better than the movie he dreamed of when he went to Cannes.
The protagonist in the movie even moves his toes to relieve discomfort, and is much happier.
But this time when I was on a business jet, what movie was I dreaming about? It seemed to be a story about Wall Street.
Ronald stretched himself. He seemed to often dream about movies when flying. I don’t know why?
"No wonder Wall Street bankers like private jets." Ronald met his personal accountant Lawrence Wang in the limousine that came to pick him up, and said to him while drinking coffee.
"Among the clients I serve, you are the only one who has such experience," Lawrence replied with a smile to Ronald.
"Hahaha..." Ronald smiled and hugged his shoulders. He started from an unknown person and asked him to take care of his accounting work. Lawrence's loyalty is unquestionable, but after all, his experience and ability are limited. He is in
Consider finding a more professional accounting firm to handle business issues, and also recruit a new accounting department in the company.
Lawrence will only take care of his personal business from now on. Some matters involving privacy should give him more peace of mind.
The luxury car drove into the headquarters of RCA. In the large conference room, all the senior managers and the team responsible for Ronald's "Dirty Dancing" project were waiting in line. They stood up as soon as Ronald came in.
applaud.
"Ronald, congratulations." Mr. Vice President took the champagne that had just been opened and handed it to Ronald.
"Congratulations to us." Ronald nodded slightly, pretending to be reserved, and then raised his glass to everyone, "Congratulations to everyone!"
"Coax", everyone present began to burst into happy shouts from the bottom of their hearts.
"The certification of a platinum record will take some time. We plan to use the results at that time to declare to the RIAA at the end of the year. By then it may be five platinums."
The vice president heard Ronald ask when he would get the platinum album certification medal and explained it to him.
"If you have time now, come to my office." The vice president put down his wine glass and invited Ronald to his office. Inside he saw many large and small cardboard boxes being packed. He had achieved great success because of "Dirty Dancing".
I'm going to move to a bigger office soon.
"This is the first 1 million sales report, please ask your accountant to take a look at it."
Ronald took the document from the vice president and handed it to Lawrence. He then asked the vice president, "Are there any signs of slowing down in the sales data?"
"On the contrary, the speed of shipments is still accelerating." The vice president was very satisfied. "This is also the main purpose of inviting you here this time. We can form a strategic alliance with Daydream in the future.
We at RCA can be responsible for the creation of the interludes and the distribution of the original soundtrack."
"Are you so confident in my movie?" Ronald replied with a smile.
"I finally understand that Diana Ross and Kenny Rogers are all passing out quickly. Now the music tastes of young people in America are changing rapidly, and new wave music is sweeping the music scene. We don't know
Who will be the next MJ.
Rather than gambling on luck, it is better to form an alliance with film experts like you. After all, records and movies are two commodities that are closely related and market each other. Within RCA, I insist on this path, as long as our cooperation can continue this
route, I will have more say."
"That's a good idea." Ronald thought for a moment. The veteran singers signed by RCA have all expired. Now is the time to rely on themselves. The vice president also hopes to take this opportunity to take the position. Now is the most suitable time to negotiate terms.
"Where do we start?" the vice president asked.
"My other film 'Love Is Not For Sale', which I am a producer of, uses a Beatles song licensed by MJ as the title. If you can get his copyright, you might as well get the soundtrack from that film.
Start." Ronald said.
"The copyright of the Beatles is not cheap, but I will buy it. This is a reflection of our sincerity in cooperation." The vice president is not very optimistic that the soundtrack album of this movie will make money, but as for the records, most of them can maintain their capital.
, making money still relies on popular records like "Dirty Dancing". One record is worth ten.
"Nice to work with, Bob." Ronald happily extended his hand.
"It's nice to work with you, Ronald." The vice president named Bob Buziak also extended his hand and shook it with Ronald.
Everyone decides on the direction, and the next details are drawn up by professionals and handed over to their respective legal teams to review the terms. At the next meeting, it is time to sign the contract.
"Ronald", Lawrence over there finished reading the report and came over to tell Ronald that there was no big problem.
"Bob?" Ronald gestured to the vice president.
"Hahaha, I'll ask our financial manager to come in."
"Oh..." Ronald got the check for the first platinum album and flicked it. The Citibank check was very crisp and made a crisp sound.
Went to Wells Fargo with Lawrence, cashed the check, and Ronald went to stay at the Waldorf Hotel.
The Waldorf is a long-established hotel. There is a large wine cabinet in the room, which contains bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey.
Ronald took a bottle, added some home-brew honey that he had brought with him, a gift from Walter Murch, and celebrated by himself.
After two drinks, Ronald felt a little lonely and began to think about calling someone to share his happiness.
"Ring ring ring ring", the phone rang by itself.
"Hello, Ronald." Taking off the receiver and hanging it around his neck, Ronald thought, who knew he was here? He happened to be invited to have a drink with him.
"Sir, I am the concierge of the hotel. Do you have any special needs? I can arrange it for you."
A high-pitched voice came. Ronald had drank a lot today. He felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.
"I didn't know your hotel had this kind of service." Ronald had stayed in many high-end hotels, and few concierges would come uninvited.
"Yes, we have everything here. There is also the former mistress of the president of Japan, the former secretary of the Japanese prime minister..."
"Are there any ethnic minorities in America, such as black people?" Ronald listened and gradually recognized the owner of the voice. This was another call to joke with him.
"Yes, yes, there are black beauties too." The other party obviously did not expect Ronald to say this.
"Is it someone I know?"
"Yes, her name is Diana."
"Not Dirty Diana, right? MJ."
"Hahahaha..." Michael Jackson on the other side of the phone laughed so hard when he saw Ronald recognizing him.
"I'm at RCA today, and Diana Ross is their signed singer, right?"
"Hahaha, yes." There is a song in MJ's new album called "Dirty Diana". Many people think that the Diana in the title of the song is referring to Diana Ross.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Have you seen today's rankings?" MJ continued to say to Ronald triumphantly.
"I haven't watched it yet. Last time I checked, the theme song of Dirty Dancing, 'Time of My Life' was still number one." Ronald vaguely understood the reason why MJ called.
"Hahaha, then you are behind the times. My new song 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' is already ranked number one."
MJ's record promotion strategy was unique. He released the record first, and then placed each single on the radio and TV stations. The first song to hit the charts was his duet with female singer Theda Garrett.
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" knocked Ronald's song off the charts as soon as it hit the charts.
"Oh, you're still awesome. I originally thought I could stay in the 'Time of My Life' for one more week."
"Hahaha, to be honest, I listened to that record of yours. It's full of classic songs, but the taste of the audience has changed. What they like now is new pop that combines multiple styles..."
"I take your comments about music as truth." Ronald felt that MJ was a really interesting person, sometimes as innocent as a child. He called him when he knew that his song had knocked Ronald's off the top of the list.
Come over and show it off, just like a child who gets a fun toy and shows off in front of his peers.
"Seriously, my cousin and I are both big fans of yours. Can you give her a signed poster and signed album?" Ronald and MJ chatted about music for a while and remembered that Donna also liked MJ's music.
So I asked for a signature.
"No problem, but I'm about to start a global new album tour. When the time comes, I'll have it ready and I'll let Dario leave it to you."
"Oh, your new album is going on a global tour?" Ronald heard that the other party was going to start a global promotion tour and knew that it would be very tiring.
"Hahaha, isn't it awesome? I will go to Japan next month, from Tokyo to Osaka, and I will probably play five shows there. The fans there like me very much."
"Really? I'm going to Japan next month. My 'Dirty Dancing' is going to be released there. I have some old friends I want to meet. Maybe I can go to your live performance then."
"Really? Then I will give you a shot and let Dario contact you." MJ learned that Ronald was his fan. The more we chatted, the happier he became and asked his manager to help take care of Ronald.
Performance matters.
"That's it, I'll go to Japan to watch MJ's live performance. You can contact my agent to arrange the time and number of performances."
Ronald spoke with MJ's manager Dario on the phone for a while, and then said goodbye to MJ.
It was time to drink alone again. Ronald didn't want to have fun by himself anymore, so he changed his clothes and prepared to go to the bar.
"Ronald, I came here specifically to find you..."
As soon as he opened the door, a beautiful-looking woman with an explosive figure stood at the door of his room, preparing to knock on the door.
"Who are you?" Ronald looked familiar at her face.
"I'm Cassandra, Cassandra Peterson," the woman said eagerly. She was wearing a white shirt, suit pants, and mid-heeled shoes. She was dressed like a very decent professional woman.
"We met in Cannes, do you remember?"
"Oh..." Ronald suddenly realized that she was the actress who called Minahan Golan a liar at the Cannes Film Festival. At that time, she was wearing black revealing clothes and heavy makeup, and she looked a bit innocent compared to today.
The images of women are completely two extremes, no wonder I didn't recognize them.
"Do you have a problem with me?" Ronald kept the door ajar, not wanting to cause any misunderstanding.
"I submitted a script to your company, do you remember? But your script assistant replied that the investment in my film was too high and he would not consider it. So I came to you. You are an artist and you can see the potential of my script.
of."
Cassandra Peterson handed over a script.
"Elvira: Mistress of the Dark", Ronald didn't answer and looked at the cover.
"Are you a producer?"
"Heroine, but I have participated in the production of many movies." Cassandra Peterson replied that she had been preparing this script for a long time but had not received enough investment. She could see that this script was very suitable for her.
, so I never gave up.
"You don't mind if we go to the bar and chat over a drink?" Ronald still hasn't accepted the script. He can't work on a script without a signed agreement.
"Of course, of course." Cassandra Peterson, who had hit a wall everywhere, finally met a big shot who didn't refuse immediately.
The two took the elevator to the executive lounge on the top floor, ordered drinks and sat down.
Cassandra Peterson handed over the signed copyright relinquishment statement, and after receiving it, Ronald took the script and read it.
"Forehead……"
Ronald flipped through it hastily, thinking that no wonder his script assistant David Simkins disliked it.
This story is full of Roger Corman-style B-movie bad taste. The protagonist Elvira is a low-budget TV horror show host in Las Vegas. She lost her job because she refused the producer's frivolous offer.
Got a job and the opportunity to open his own show in Las Vegas.
Her aunt passed away and left a mansion in a small town to Elvira as an inheritance.
There are many interesting monsters in the mansion. She wanted to bring some different experiences to the young people, but she had conflicts. The adults in the town criticized her clothes, her tone, everything about her, especially her
was disgusted by the sexual innuendos and thought she was the devil's advocate.
Finally, Elvira discovered that there was indeed black magic in the town, and indeed her uncle deliberately lured her to the town to break the seal in order to seize the black magic.
In the end, the mansion was burned down, and Elvira sat at the door, once again with nothing. However, the people in the town understood her and accepted her as an honorary citizen of the town.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Finally, the lawyer sent the materials and her uncle’s inheritance belonged to her. Avila finally got the chance to open her own business in Las Vegas.
live show.
The script is still very good, and the pace is tight. Ronald also believes that some viewers like to watch this type of film. But such a B-level movie that even ends with the dream of opening an adult show in a casino is destined not to be popular with mainstream audiences.
like.
If the budget was only 1 million, Ronald believed that Simkins would definitely recommend it. However, Cassandra Peterson gave the film a budget of 7 million US dollars. Ronald felt that the risk was too great.
.
"I don't want to lie to you, Cassandra. If this movie only costs 1 million, no, even 1.5 million, I can sign it for you on the spot. But the budget of 7 million US dollars is obviously beyond my company's budget."
Production capabilities. You know, our daydream is not profitable yet."
"Okay, I was thinking you could invest. Or, could you recommend me to other companies that are willing to invest?"
"Hmm... let me think about it and reply to you." Ronald felt that this idea might be successful. If he could get other people to invest together, he might be able to share the risk, so it was worth a try.
"Then I'll wait for your news." Cassandra Peterson was very happy.
"Okay, I'll give you the answer next week at the latest." Ronald stood up and shook hands with her. Cassandra Peterson was not dressed as sexy as the costume photo included in the script, but in a plain direction.
, and also covered his majestic figure with a shirt.
Ronald knew that this woman must be like Elvira in the script, unwilling to exchange her body for resources, otherwise with her beauty, it would not be a big investment problem.
Sure enough, Cassandra Peterson felt very grateful and liked that Ronald treated her in a professional manner. She thanked him again and left.
"Hmm..." Ronald was not sure whether this script could make money, so he went back to his room and fell asleep.
Ronald was using yoga breathing techniques to fall asleep. When he was half asleep and half awake, he saw a bright light in front of his eyes, and a picture appeared. A sexy woman dressed in a very weird way was groping an investor dressed in a cowboy, wearing high heels.
Just step on his feet.
"ah……"
A scream made Ronald tense up. This weird woman was none other than Elvira, played by Cassandra Peterson. Fortunately, he knew it right. She likes others to act professionally in life.
treated woman.
"I quit, why don't you go home and find your cow to milk?" Avella yelled. The poor rancher investor was pushed to the ground. The footage of Avella accusing him of sexual harassment and swearing was captured by
It was broadcast live on TV. Elvira had no choice but to go to her aunt to accept the inheritance.
The scene was intermittent, and Ronald saw a lot of wonderful performances from Cassandra Peterson. How can I put it, her acting skills were good, but she was dragged down by some stupid routines in this B-movie. She
I should be able to act in a better script.
However, the movie itself is also quite entertaining. Compared to the films that Michelle Cannold made in the past that were not released and were directly supplied to video tapes, the quality is several levels higher.
"Avella, Avila, as long as you come back, the hotel in the town will always reserve a room for you."
The final scene shows Elvira gaining recognition from the town residents, receiving her uncle's inheritance, and going to Las Vegas to put on her own show.
Cassandra Peterson wore a revealing black hollow dress with tassels hanging on her chest. Then, like a stripper, she began to dance in a special dance step, straining her waist and hips, raising her chest and raising her head, so that the tassels began to rotate.
"Oh...Shxt!" Ronald couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this. How could such a clean and self-sufficient woman like to act in such vulgar and low-grade plots?
Both Elvira on-screen and Cassandra Peterson off-screen are characters who are willing to sacrifice for the movie, but not willing to sacrifice in life.
"Hmm... um..." It seemed that he had used too much energy, and the yoga breathing method could not support the picture, and Ronald fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, Ronald got on the plane. While high in the sky, he took out his notebook and began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of "Ecstasy."
The film market is relatively small, but there is a potential video tape market. The acting and script are both online, but not suitable for the tastes of mainstream audiences.
"It's better to find some interested and experienced people to try to cooperate." Ronald thought of a countermeasure, closed his laptop, and began to sleep on the private plane again.
This small Gulfstream aircraft is really suitable for business travel.