Chapter 536 Begging for Favors

   "Baryshnikov always looks so cold to everyone, I don't think he may be targeting you because of this matter." Nisita advised Ronald to calm down.

   "I don't think so, otherwise why would he want me to watch his movie in the end, and want me to learn his **** performance?" Ronald said angrily.

   "The key is whether those producers still hold the original view on Ronald's creativity." Paula Wagner said.

   "Let's start..." Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Nisita asked the PR manager Paula found to start her proposal. Having signed a non-disclosure agreement in advance, and Paula's old relationship, he can safely discuss Ronald's plight.

   "Thank you, the situation we are facing now is..." the PR consultant began the usual opening.

   "Ring ring ring ring".

   "Your phone," Richard answered a call and handed the receiver to Ronald.

   "Ronald, I don't know about this."

   It was John G. Everson, the director of "Rocky," who called to clarify for Ronald. It's all Stallone's personal decision, he didn't know it before, otherwise he would have stopped him.

   "It's okay, I know it's okay with you, I have a little 'history' with Sly."

   "You have to be careful, the director may be questioned by the producer if he encounters such rumors."

   "I understand, I'll take care of it, thanks for calling."

   Ronald hung up the phone.

   "Please continue..." He held up his hand, apologizing for interrupting the PR expert.

   A white-collar-dressed woman in front of her is Eva, the chief public relations expert of a small Hollywood public relations workshop.

  The business of public relations mainly relies on personal ability and relationships. So generally this kind of exclusive small workshop is the main one, people who everyone recognizes as experts, not the company's brand.

   "Okay, then I will continue." Eva, wearing red glasses, twisted her waist and walked to the front of the whiteboard. "As I said, if no one knows about a scandal, then it is not a scandal."

  Eva draws a circle on the whiteboard with Stallone's name written in it.

"But your incident has lost the opportunity to control it in the first place. Stallone is a big star. His talk show is watched by many people. The audience will immediately believe his statement, no matter how absurd the logic inside it is. "

  Eva draws lines outside the circle to represent influence.

  Ronald nodded, he still underestimated Stallone's status in the hearts of the American audience.

  “The audience usually has their own troubles to deal with, children’s teeth straightening, utility bills to pay, annoying customers, strict bosses, etc. They watch talk shows just for fun.

   While coaxing their children and thinking about how they will deal with the boss’s questioning tomorrow, they have limited energy and can only remember one or two sentences of gossip that are most likely to spread.

   That is, there is a "Longwei Boy", which imitated Stallone's Rocky, and it seems to be pretty good. "

  Eva poses as a parent, imitating the reaction of showing Ronald to the general audience.

  "The deterrent power of a superstar lies in this. When the audience hears his name, they can concentrate and listen to what he has to say for the next fifteen seconds.

  We can only accept this result now. Most viewers who watched TV have now tacitly accepted that you are imitating "Rocky". We have to start from this place and find a way to reverse the situation. "

   "Is there no way to refute his fallacy?" Ronald asked.

"No way, even if you were on your friend David Letterman's show and provided evidence to prove that you were the independent creation of 'Longwei Kid', the audience still only remembered the sentence that Stallone said. The public will not go deep independently To think about who is right and who is wrong, all they need is an interesting gossip from a celebrity.

   Then, boom! That's right. Eva made a final gesture.

   "But I wrote the script myself."

   "Stalone was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay."

   "But my boy Wei Long, the story is completely different from his."

   "In the end, the protagonist trained with the help of the coach and defeated the defending champion."

   "He's boxing, I'm karate...uh..." Ronald himself fell silent.

"The crux of the matter is that Stallone didn't say you were plagiarized, he said imitation. Although the Writers Guild has a clear distinction between the two. But in the eyes of ordinary people, your movie is Stallone's 'Rocky' teenagers version. You can’t file an arbitration with the screenwriters’ union and let the union rectify your name.”

  Superstar Stallone said on TV that Ronald's movie is very similar to Rocky, and it must have been carefully planned. He used power to overwhelm others, no matter how he responded, there was no way to eliminate the other party's slander.

   Both belong to the genre of action inspirational films, and the structure of the story is inherently unavoidable. Coupled with Stallone's malicious hints on the show, in order to save trouble, he used "Rocky III" Stallone's discarded episodes.

   Ronald is a little annoyed, can a star be unreasonable?

   Stallone sometimes doesn't make sense. He is of Italian descent, and he made his debut in an exploitation film for Roger Coleman. This kind of little bad trick of rivalry between colleagues is very skillful.

   "Then what plan do we have?" Ronald asked Eva.

  "The first plan is to simply admit that your movie does refer to Rocky's story. In this way, all his blows are equivalent to marketing your movie, isn't it?

  Anyway, the Writers Guild is clear, and the Directors Guild is also clear that you didn't imitate Rocky's story. I've read Albert's reviews, and Ni's movie is not an action movie at heart. Instead, it tells about the philosophy of karate and a kind of father-son relationship. "

   "This plan is Pass", Ronald didn't want to admit defeat like this. Being bullied for nothing, just put up with it, just for some box office? I am not bad at the box office. If you admit it, you will never be able to wash away this stain in the future.

   Besides, the studio executives don't know much about this. If they think they are imitating, they may be questioned in terms of originality.

"The other option is not to admit or deny it. Wait for this news to be overshadowed by other entertainment news. In fact, the word-of-mouth of the audience did not spread until after watching the movie. Stallone's statement can only affect some audience who have seen the movie."

   "Is there any more?" Ronald was submissive again when he heard it, and couldn't breathe out in his heart.

   This may be a more feasible solution in reality, but being plotted against by someone like this, I always want to fight back against him.

   Stallone, you don't know how to pick up girls, and you can't blame me, Ronald.

   "There is another way to let you breathe, but I don't recommend it. Besides, it requires unprecedented resources." Eva took off her red glasses and looked at Paula Wagner who recommended her.

   "You say", Paula knew that Ronald was very angry, and it would be good to let him listen to the plan and vent his anger.

"That is to find stars who can rival Stallone in the circle, and balance the halo brought by his fame. As long as there are stars who come out and speak for you, then the audience will naturally focus on whether you imitate 'Rocky' ' On, turning to the dispute between the two stars.

   But the downside of this is that this turmoil will continue. Is it really beneficial to what you want to achieve? This incident may become more and more deeply imprinted in the producer's mind. "

  Eva still advises that if you want to eliminate the influence on the producers in the industry, maybe it is not a good choice to make things worse.

   "What kind of star do you want?" Ronald immediately felt that this method was good.

   "Male stars like him, or more famous than him, with more fans. Do you have any big-name friends in the industry, are you willing to speak for you?" Seeing that the persuasion failed, Eva had to put forward conditions.

  She secretly sighed, there are still not many clients who can listen to the professional advice of their public relations consultants and then choose a suitable strategy. Most customers in the entertainment industry are always more emotional.

   "Do we have any?" Nisita asked.

   Paula didn't speak, Tom Cruise wasn't famous enough, and she didn't want him to be involved in this kind of thing.

   "Perhaps, which celebrity can we find represented by CAA?" Seeing that no one spoke, Richard asked.

  The two agents who are more experienced than him are silent. Ronald does not have such a great influence, and he does not have enough exchange resources to allow the big stars of CAA to speak well for him.

   "If not, I suggest..." Seeing that everyone was silent, Eva wanted to sell her first two plans.

   "No, I have…" Ronald said.

"Is this going to use Coppola's influence?" Nisita thought to himself, "If Coppola, a big client, is willing to give Ronald a hand, then let him go. Anyway, he and Stallone They're all Italian, and they have channels to communicate with each other. It's good to be a peacemaker in the end and get things sorted out."

   "I can contact..." Nisita said.

   "I don't know if George Lucas has enough influence?" Ronald said a name that no one could think of.

   "Lucas? That's certainly enough. If he can say something for you, it will be very effective." Eva blurted out affirmation immediately when she heard the name that made all the middle school boys scream.

   "But...you and him..." Paula Wagner asked halfway.

   All four looked at Ronald. Can he get Lucas to come out and say something nice?

   Ronald said in his heart that it was a pity. When he was helping Walter Merzie, Lucas said he owed himself once on the plane. He didn't expect to use this trump card so soon.

"As long as you can get Lucas to say good things about 'Longwei Boy', no one will believe Stallone. After all, he is not good at directing." Eva stared at Ronald, unexpectedly, this young client, And a thick thigh.

   "I have a little friendship with him, he will help with this." Ronald took out the phone book, "Please give me a little privacy for the call."

  (end of this chapter)