"Thank you for coming, and I hope to continue to cooperate with you..."

Ronald and Douglas Jr. stood at the door of the screening room where the movie was held, shaking hands with the movie theater operators one by one to say goodbye.

"Huh...", Douglas Jr. breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, you reacted quickly and knocked down that Aaron Russo before he caused trouble. These operators now know that he and Steve

Dishi failed to compete with you for the script before, but now he is just here to cause trouble.

Not only that, some people also feel that our film is being competed by two companies, and they have more confidence in the box office."

"Happy cooperation." Ronald and Douglas Jr. shook hands tightly. The two old friends of the wrestling team both saw that they were deliberately causing trouble this time, and they cooperated with each other tacitly to control Aaron Russo.

Stop his attempts before damage is done.

"The buyers in New York are very considerate of our movies and have reserved enough copies. But..."

Michelle Cannold, the publisher of Daydream, put her coat back and stared at Ronald.

"Little Douglas is a shareholder of the company and a good friend of mine. I can talk to him about anything."

"With all due respect, there are one or two Jewish buyers who are not optimistic about the number of copies they have ordered. They seem to have received calls from some foundations asking them to lower their expectations for 'Dirty Dancing'

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"Sit down and talk." Ronald pulled the two of them to sit down, snapped his fingers, and asked his colleagues to bring three cups of coffee.

"Thank you", Ronald took the coffee and shared it with the two of them, "So how is the order status of 'Love Is Not For Sale'?"

"Basically in proportion to the placement of Dirty Dancing." Cannold wrote two numbers on the paper and handed them to Ronald and Douglas Jr.

The two of them passed it around and both felt it was better than expected.

"It seems that the Jewish community still has issues with Dirty Dancing? Didn't Michael Douglas say before that it's okay?" Douglas Jr. had previously seen the pre-sale numbers in other regions brought by Ronald and was very optimistic. Only in New York.

If something unpleasant happens and the copies sold here are not selling well... wouldn't that mean that he is unqualified as a director?

"We have done everything we can. Even if they want to cause trouble, they don't know what to do in the most effective way." Ronald said that there is no need to think about how those bugs in the dark will cause trouble for themselves when they come back.

"Film critics and TV advertising have all done what they should do." Douglas Jr. also thinks so. "Movies are not fast-moving consumer goods. Whether the audience buys them or not, it is a one-time deal."

"Our sales trip has also come to an end. Let our colleagues in the distribution department follow up on the next few places." Michelle Cannold organized the screening work of national theaters for the first time.

He followed Ronald all the way across America, and was responsible for the organizational details of each place. He was much more tiring than Ronald. It is appropriate to say that hard work is more rewarding.

"Wish us good luck."

Ronald stood up, nodded goodbye to his two companions, waved his hands and refused to let his agent Richard follow, saying that he wanted to stay alone for a while.

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"The dice have been cast, and then it depends on God's preference."

Standing on the ferry to Staten Island, Ronald looked at the towering World Trade Center opposite and let out a sigh of relief.

What Douglas Jr. said is right. Unlike those fast-moving consumer goods, short-term sales data can be roughly predicted by analyzing competitors' products, investing in distribution channels, and comparing sales of own old products.

Coca-Cola's new diet model has new packaging, but compared with the placement of marketing ads, sales will not see a big change. After all, the taste of Coca-Cola drinkers will not change significantly in just one month.

, they all ran to drink Pepsi.

But movies are another story.

Every new movie is a huge unknown mystery when it comes to the market.

Will it do well at the box office? Will teenagers like the protagonists? Will they like their stories? Will other movies released at the same time constitute direct competition? Everything is unknown.

After making a hit movie, you have to start over again for the next one, completely guessing the audience's taste from scratch.

What's worse is that even if you want to shoot a sequel and continue to follow the successful formula, the stars, screenwriters, directors, and salaries that make up the formula will all increase significantly. And their professionalism will regress significantly.

Unlike companies that successfully create a cola or a chewing gum, Hollywood's products - movies, have to go through the high risk and high failure rate of developing new products every time.

"Ronnie, are you under a lot of pressure for this movie?" Aunt Karen fried pork chops at home and felt a little different before watching Ronald's movie.

"I don't want to talk about this, aunt. I came home just to enjoy your meals and cookies."

"Oh, then you've come to the right place." Aunt Karen went to the kitchen and brought out the freshly baked biscuits, poured some into a small basket, and handed them to Ronald.

"Well, the new recipe tastes better." Ronald praised immediately after eating a piece.

"Ronnie, I'm proud of you. Your movie this time will definitely be as successful as in the past." Auntie couldn't help it. She saw that Ronald was more worried about this new movie and gave some advice.

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"How is Donna?" Ronald wisely changed the subject. He was not here to make his family worry, but to secretly reminisce about the warmth of the family and resist thinking about the result of the dice roll.

"Oh, Donna, she is enjoying the hustle and bustle of Wall Street right now." Aunt Karen really changed her look when talking about her daughter.

"Theresa Kate from the factory told me a lot about Wall Street. The competition there is crazy. I think the company in Long Island is suitable for Donna. She hasn't come back to see me for several weekends. Fortunately.

She was just an intern on Wall Street."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Relax, the investment fund in Long Island is very good. It manages funds for Ivy League universities such as MIT, Harvard, and Yale." Now it was Ronald's turn again.

I comforted my aunt.

In the bedroom specially set aside by his aunt, Ronald looked at the ceiling and couldn't sleep.

Since I entered the industry, all my money has been invested in this movie. Although it is endorsed by the dream, it is impossible to say that I am not nervous.

The film was shot and edited by the best people I could find. The journey of selling copies all the way, except for the last stop in New York, exceeded expectations. A large amount of money was invested in MTV advertising and on-site posters.

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The most important thing is that film critics from all over the country have arranged special sessions for film critics. Private blending has also been done. In short, no omissions can be seen.

The troublemakers, Aaron Russo, Steve Tisch, and some powerful Jewish people looming behind them... Where else can they start to sabotage their plans?

Besides, the final box office of a movie does not depend on how many viewers can come at the beginning, but how many viewers continue to attract due to word-of-mouth spread, and how many weeks the movie can stay in movie theaters across the country.

Ronald is very confident in his work. Even if there are some unexpected aspects, he can only postpone it but not destroy the success of "Dirty Dancing".

But why can't he fall asleep even though he has confidence? Several hours passed, it was almost three o'clock in the morning, and Ronald was still staring at the ceiling motionlessly, unable to fall asleep.

I’m still really nervous about spending my own money...

There was no other way. Ronald got up, found a bottle of red wine, drank a glass, and then began to practice yoga breathing methods, "Breathe...breathe..."

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"ah……"

Ronald suddenly realized that he was dreaming. In the dream, he saw a panicked face on the screen, but there was no scream, and the electronic background music used a tense rhythm to exaggerate this moment.

But Ronald was taken aback, as if this man was also looking at him in his dream. His face in close-up filled the entire screen.

His face was big, and he didn't look like an American. He opened his mouth wide, and his eyes changed from fierce to panic... one, two, three... to the rhythm of the electronic sound, it seemed to be shot in slow motion.

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The bearded actor began to gradually move away from the screen.

"This seems to be on the top of a skyscraper." Ronald realized that he was dreaming about the movie with a strong literary atmosphere and slow pace that he had dreamed about on the plane flying to Cannes.

The actor began to wave his limbs, and there was endless void below the background. The actor was performing a scene of jumping off a building. The camera switched to a long shot, where two people in uniform looked at the person who fell from the building with a very unbearable expression.

The camera cut back to the building, and the shot of the man falling took several seconds of slow motion.

"No way?" Ronald became even more nervous.

Why is the pace of this movie so slow?

At the beginning, it took more than a minute to discuss the secret of physical recovery on the plane. In the end, he committed suicide by jumping off the building (probably a suicide, right?), and slowly fell from the roof for at least thirty seconds.

All the movies I directed before were very commercial and fast-paced. Why did you dream of this slow-paced movie?

Could it be?

Could it be that his "Dirty Dancing" failed at the box office? No one invested in making his own movies, so he was forced to make a transition to making slow-paced movies with a strong literary and artistic atmosphere, and switched to the award-winning route?

"This is too tragic." Ronald broke into a cold sweat. If this were true, would he be laughed to death by those who had attacked him for only making commercial exploitation films?

"No", the more Ronald thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. "I would rather make a low-cost exploitation film. Even if I have to work for Roger Corman, I can't make this kind of film."

"Bah..." The character who jumped from the building was suddenly slapped on the concrete floor, and the two men in uniform showed unbearable expressions on their faces.

"I hope that's not a hostage," one of the black men said.

"Wait a minute...hostages?" Ronald couldn't understand. Is this a reflection film about how kidnappers are forced by life and accuses the American system?

"Ronnie, Ronnie...are you awake? It's so late today? I prepared breakfast for you."

"Ah...I'll be right here, wait a minute..."

Ronald's dream was interrupted by Aunt Karen's scream.

"What's wrong with you? You don't look good." Auntie handed Ronald the orange juice and asked him with concern. This movie was different from before. Ronald was under a lot of pressure. Maybe he wasn't there last night.

Sleep well.

"It's nothing, I didn't sleep well last night." Ronald picked up the sandwich and started to eat it.

It's really terrible!

This is really a collection of all my nightmares. Do you want to make a movie that is contrary to all your previous ideas?
To be continued...