Chapter 671 Chapter 301 The star-studded premiere

  Three months passed quickly.

   This day is May 12th, at the Los Astor Plaza Theater on Broadway in New York, a large "Top Gun" billboard was installed on the top of the theater foyer. All people passing by the busiest Broadway Street will see this billboard.

   In Times Square, Paramount also placed sky-high advertisements, and many theaters and restaurants in Manhattan also put up posters.

   All this cost Paramount a budget of millions, just to add some audience to the opening of "Top Gun".

  The main character on the poster is Kelly McGillis, standing behind her with her arms around Tom Cruise who is sitting. The "Top Gun" title below, and the words Ronald Lee's work are also prominent.

  Cruise's height is flawed, and Paramount's marketing department has been choosing for a long time before choosing this photo to subtly conceal the fact that the heroine is taller.

  Kelly McGillis has curly blond hair, exactly as it appears on the poster, and she's grown it out again. McGillis stood under his own large poster, holding Ronald's arm in front of the foyer, and the two of them were here in the foyer, welcoming the arrival of various stars.

   "Tom," Ronald goes over to celebrate by shaking hands with Tom Cruise, who arrived first.

  Cruise wore a set of Italian-style clothes today. Inside the gray suit was a Japanese-style printed silk shirt.

   "A lot of stars are here today, it seems that we will have a great momentum." Cruise looked around, and some photographers were capturing this photo.

   "No problem, there will be a lot of reports tomorrow."

   "I know, Cher..." Cruise whispered in Ronald's ear. He also took this opportunity to date his girlfriend Cher.

   "Xue'er is already inside." Ronald also whispered in his ear. Paula Wagner gave a special greeting, Cher was more anxious than Cruise, and entered the cinema long in advance.

   "Thank you", Cruise turned around and raised his hands to greet the fans, then went up to sign a few autographs, took a few photos for photographers, and walked happily into the theater.

   Ronald was wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt, clean and neat. It contrasts with McGillis' white coat and dark shirt.

   McGillis and Ronald smiled at each other. The good news continues. During this period of time, American audiences have regained their interest in movies like "Top Gun" that play Souvier Alliance pilots in air combat.

  In the past few months, the Challenger accident has experienced ups and downs like a roller coaster. The accident investigation committee wanted to shirk responsibility, hoping to draw the conclusion that the explosion was an accident. They also want to silence the engineer who pointed out the real cause of the accident before launch, the failure of the booster O-ring seal at low temperatures.

   Unexpectedly, the engineer secretly found the Nobel Prize winner Feynman. At a press conference in February, physicist Richard Feynman, who was seen as a window dressing by the investigative committee, dealt a surprise blow to other committee members and NASA.

He sat on the edge of the rostrum at the press conference, holding an O-ring seal material of a space shuttle booster in his hand. After ordering a glass of ice water, he used a pair of pliers to clamp the seal material, and then put Dip in.

  After waiting for more than ten minutes, when the reporter finally asked Feynman politely about the cause of the accident, everyone thought he would say something ambiguous.

   Unexpectedly, Feynman took the sealing ring material out of the ice water and opened the clamp. The design should rebound to seal the material of the booster. In the low temperature environment, there is no way to rebound for tens of seconds. There is no way to play the function of leaking the fuel of the sealed booster in the design, and finally the fuel leaks to the external storage fuel tank, causing a big explosion.

  Everybody watched the material being removed from the pliers on TV, and the white sealing material didn't spring back. The public opinion was uproarious, and NASA was immediately questioned, regardless of the risk of astronauts, in order to complete the scheduled number of launches and keep the funding, it forcibly launched the Challenger in sub-zero temperatures.

  The Grand Commander ordered a thorough investigation into NASA's responsibilities, during which time Shuttle launches were suspended.

   This dramatic scene was beyond everyone's expectations. However, what is even more surprising is that the American people have more trust in the country.

  Feynman experimented on TV, but proved from another angle that America is a free country. Someone makes a mistake, someone points it out, someone corrects it and moves on.

  Compared with the nuclear power plant accident that happened at the Souville Alliance last month, the comparison is too clear, and it just fits the views of most American people on the two countries.

  A country that is transparent and has a free press. Another country that is opaque and the government wants to cover up huge accidents.

  If the monsoon hadn’t blown Chernobyl’s radioactive material to countries such as Sweden and Norway in northern Europe, where it was detected by scientists there, the Souvier Alliance might not have planned to disclose the actual explosion of Unit 4.

  The people's confidence in the country has been restored, which makes Ronald and the two producers very happy. The nuclear accident of the Suvir alliance caused panic in other countries in the world, and the fear of Suwei's powerful force has returned. On the TV this month, there are countless articles reporting the horror of the nuclear power plant explosion accident.

  Paramount's two test screenings since then have seen audiences renew their interest in pummeling League MiGs on screen, and the response has been good.

Encouraged by the results of the test screening, Paramount specially approved the grand opening ceremony. Ronald used up all his contacts at once, and invited all the stars and friends he knew in the industry to come to "Top Gun". The premiere in New York.

  If everything goes well, it can cause a huge amount of discussion in the media one week before the official opening of the painting.

   "We're now covering the premiere of Paramount's new film 'Top Gun' on Broadway in New York..."

  A cable TV host is still broadcasting entertainment news to the entrance of the theater.

   “We see ‘Lightning Dance’ heroine Jennifer Beals, with her Yale classmate, former child actress and Academy Award nominee Jodie Foster.

  Waving to fans across the street, Jodie Foster and Jennifer Beals showed up together. They look close, is a pair of good sisters.

   "Jennifer, Judy! This is Kelly, Kelly, Judy and Jennifer." Ronald stepped forward to welcome them and introduced McGillis to them.

  The three beauties hugged happily, and then divided up on both sides of Ronald, allowing photographers to take pictures. This is a reporter that Paramount has arranged for. All the photos will be shown to Paramount first, and then published in the media as appropriate.

   McGillis and Judy Foster lined up on both sides of Ronald, and they looked at each other secretly, as if they were passing some secret signal.

  Jennifer Beals and Jodie Foster took pictures and entered the theater holding hands.

   "Spike! Catherine!"

  The first arrivals were some not-so-famous insiders. Ronald went up to say hello to two close friends in NYU circles.

   McGillis didn't know them, so she and Ronald whispered a few words and went to the theater first.

"How are you guys doing?" Ronald hadn't communicated with them for a long time, and this time he used all available connections for the box office results of the opening. The two are somewhat famous in the university film circle in New York. Some college students majoring in film and drama can be mobilized to join in.

   "Not bad, buddy, not bad."

  Spike Lee’s graduation work won some small awards from the African-American Foundation, and he also won the Outstanding Graduation Work Award from New York University. With this award, he also received the investment for his first commercial feature film, which is in production.

   “I’m still looking for opportunities.”

  Katherine Bigelow is not so smooth. That movie of hers didn't make any waves, and there are no new movies to make right now, and as a female director, there aren't many opportunities in this male-dominated industry.

   "Let's talk after I'm done." Ronald had some ideas. This kind of high-quality director with a good cost performance can win over.

   "What is the opportunity?" Big Roman became interested.

   "Ronnie!"

  Another group of stars came again.

  It is the director Cameron of the "Alien 2" crew, the producer Gail Hurd, and the heroine Sigourney Weaver.

   "Let me introduce to you, these two are my good friends, Jimmy and Gail. These are the talented directors I met at New York University, Spike Lee and Catherine Bigelow."

   Several directors and producers began to chat together.

   "Hi, Ronald. Congratulations on your new film. I'm Signey."

   "Ha, Lieutenant Ripley needs no introduction." Ronald recognized the middle-aged actress who played the Aliens in the Alien series.

   Cameron always likes to arrange such a strong heroine in his movies. He seems to have a special interest in this kind of women, and his wife Gail is also a strong woman type.

   "If there is a chance, I really hope to cooperate with you in a movie."

   "Arnold! Long time no see."

   Immediately following Cameron was Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor of Cameron's previous "Terminator", and with him was Maria Shriver, a New York socialite and niece of the Kennedy family.

   "Hello, Ronald. I'm looking forward to your new film." Schwarzenegger winked at Ronald.

   "Welcome, is this your beautiful wife, Ms. Shriver? I've watched your show."

   "Hello, Director Ronald."

  Maria Shriver is a television reporter.

   Ronald knew what Schwarzenegger meant. He had a hot fight with Danish actor Brigitte Nielsen before, and after dating Maria Shriver, he schemingly dumped Nielsen to Stallone. So Ronald doesn't mention Stallone and Nelson.

  Paramount also sent invitations to the newlyweds Stallone and Bridget Nelson, but neither of them wanted to attend.

  Shriver recently wanted to use his family's influence to enter the film industry, and wanted to chat with Ronald a few more times. But new stars came one after another, so I asked my husband and Ronald to ask for a business card and contact me later.

   "Helen, Betty, Danny!"

   Next came the three leading actors of the crew of "The Family Has an Evil Husband".

  Helen Slater's home is in New York, and Bette Midler and Danny DeVito are acting on Broadway and Hollywood at the same time, and they also have an apartment in New York.

  They finished filming "The Wicked Husband" and came to cheer on the producer Ronald.

  "Ronnie", Helen hugged Ronald hard. Her acting career has taken a turn for the better, and "The Wicked Husband" is, after all, the work of famed director Jerry Zucker.

"Congratulations, you're doing well." Bette Midler, and Danny DeVito, two old actors, were very disturbed. Knowing whether their performances are too naive, the Zach trio's directing style is very superficial, and they all feel that their film acting careers are going to suffer Waterloo.

   "You guys go in first, I still have to wait for important guests here." Ronald whispered to Helen.

   "Okay, I'll go in first." Helen looked at the reporters outside, and it had been a long time since so many people watched her. She took the opportunity to pose a few times for photographers to take pictures.

   "John!"

   "Ronald!"

   Ronald ushered in a new group of stars, John Hughes, and the actors of the two new films he directed and produced.

   "Pretty in Pink" is the movie that Ronald proposed as inspiration. The heroine is Molly Ringwald, and the two beside her are Jon Clare who plays the friend and Andrew McCarthy who plays the crush. Andrew also appeared in Ronald's Burger King commercial.

   "Congratulations, Ronald." John Hughes still had the big pair of glasses, so he congratulated Ronald first.

   "Congratulations to you too, when will your pink family be released?"

   "The test screening didn't go well, and I might have to change the ending."

   "I told you..."

   Ronald smiled.

  The plot I proposed at the time was two women chasing a man. American audiences can accept a girl-next-door falling in love with her childhood sweetheart boyfriend, but they can't accept that a beautiful woman pursues a handsome guy and instead goes to marry a "friend"'s boy-next-door.

  John Hughes messed up the story in order to continue to praise his muse Molly Ringwald. In the end, I didn't have my own director, and I lost it to Howard Deutsch, the assistant director who was originally filming "The Breakfast Club".

   "Let me introduce to you, these are the two leading actors of my director "Spring Is Not a Study Day".

Behind Hughes are two young actors, the male is Matthew Brodick, the protagonist of the "War Game" that made Ronald buy a computer network, and the female is the one who worked with Tom Cruise Mia Sara in a fantasy film 'Legend'.

   "Hello, hello" Ronald was busy shaking hands and hugging the five young actors.

  Mia Sara is very beautiful, with black hair, I don't know if it is the result of Italian or Chinese descent.

   "Hello, Ronald, I like your movies very much." Mia Sara was still very innocent. Out of her love for Ronald's movies, she wanted to have a chat.

   "I also really like your collaboration with Tom on 'Legend'"

   There is no opportunity to have a deep chat here in the foyer, and Ronald will continue to receive bigger stars who come one after another.

   "The next thing is...is..." The TV host didn't recognize the next pair of stars who approached.

   "Paul, Linda!"

   Here is Paul Hogan wearing a crocodile leather jacket and his girlfriend Linda Kozlowski. They fell in love because of the play "Crocodile Dundee", and they also made a couple in reality.

   "Howdy!"

  Hogan still speaks an Australian accent. Their movie "Crocodile Dundee" has already been released in Australia and broke the local movie box office record, so they want to come to Hollywood to promote.

   "Here is my business card, we will talk in depth in two days."

   Ronald knew Hogan and Linda's thoughts from the agent, and welcomed them in first.

   "Next up is the Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress, Goldie Hawn, and her boyfriend, Kurt Russell."

  The host finally recognized the next star.

   Ronald chatted with the two of them for a few more words. The production of "The Monster in Chinatown" has been completed, and Diane's role has been reserved a lot, and it will be able to premiere in two months. And Goldie Hawn and Russell are going to collaborate on a movie next, and they also want to see if Ronald is interested in directing.

   "Here's the Oscar nominee for Best Screenplay, Oliver Stone."

   "Oliver", Ronald hugs him.

  Stone's Vietnam War movie has been filmed in Southeast Asia. Behind are two actors, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen.

   Ronald looked at Charlie Sheen and laughed again. He remembered the movie that spoofed "Top Gun" in his dream.

   Charlie Sheen also laughed. He used Ronald to make his brother Emilio have no new opportunities. Now he is going to direct and act in a new movie with his girlfriend Demi.

   Many people joined the "Platoon" crew, besides Willem Dafoe, Tom Bellinger who almost played "Top Gun", Johnny Depp, an actor dressed in feminine and weird clothes, and his girlfriend.

  This actress looks a bit like an old-school Hollywood movie star, and her eyebrows resemble those of a female star in the golden age. Ronald took a second look.

   "I'll show you my new tattoo", Johnny Depp saw Ronald's gaze, and quickly showed his girlfriend his new tattoo.

   "Sherilyn Fenn?" The girlfriend saw the tattoo and found out that it was her name, and sweetly hugged Depp's arm and went in.

   "Next up is star William Hurt, and his partner Mary Matlin in the new film 'Fallen God's Children,'" the TV reporter continued.

   "Welcome, William" Ronald stepped forward to hug.

   "Hello, Ronald. I just heard Katherine Turner talk about you, and she has a lot of praise for you."

   "Hahaha, I also like your performance."

   Hurt and Turner, who co-starred in the **** thriller "Body Heat" a few years ago, are friends. Just a while ago, Ronald went to the set of Coppola's "Peggy Sue Is Getting Married". Catherine Turner hated the actor Nicolas Cage's acting skills very much. The two were very wrong. Ronald Talked to Cage for a few words, and he improved in the later stage.

  So Turner has a good impression of Ronald.

   "Ronald, he is a very good director..." William Hurt explained to Mary Mathelin next to him in sign language.

   "I've seen his movies, and I like him very much." Mary Matlin replied one by one in sign language.

   "Children of God who fell out of favor" is a movie that reflects the deaf-mute, and the heroine Mary Matlin is a real deaf-mute. William Hurt specially learned sign language in order to perform well in movies. He and Mary Matlin also had an affair, and the two are now dating.

   "Tom Hanks, and Rita Wilson, John Candy..."

   "Hello", these three are the trio who just played "Volunteer".

   "Noriyuki Morita and Ralph Marzio, Elizabeth Sue..."

   "Hey, it will be up to you in two months", this is Ronald's direct descendants.

   "Isabella Rossellini, with director David Lynch..."

   "Hello, Isabella, hello, Director Lynch." This is the teacher's wife, uh, the former teacher's wife and her new boyfriend.

   "Michael Douglas, Katherine Turner..."

   "Hello...Hello..." The two co-produced "The Emerald" sequel "Jewels on the Nile."

   "Jane Fonda..."

   "Jane, nice to meet you..."

   "Good job, Ronnie."

  The next star is getting bigger and bigger. The host is happy and can report their names without any effort.

  Ronald stood at the door for more than half an hour, his smiling face was a little stiff. The arrival of these stars was equivalent to bringing him free news reports. Tomorrow's entertainment edition, the movements of these stars can occupy at least two or three pages of reports.

  The opening box office of a movie depends entirely on the marketing resources invested by the distribution company and the stars who come to the premiere. After that, it depends on the quality of word of mouth. Being able to start drawing is powerful, much better than making a Sleeping Beauty movie.

   These stars, on the one hand, looked at Ronald's face, and on the other hand, Paramount gave a lot of support. Many people don't live in New York, and they came to attend the premiere, which is very face-saving.

   "Congratulations, Ronald!"

  The last two heavyweights are the two directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who dominated the top-grossing film series in the 1980s.

   "George, Steven, Ronald, look this way!"

  The photographer shouted at the three people.

   Ronald stood to the left of the two directors, stepped back a little, put on a smile, and posed for them.

   "Please come in, I am very glad that you can come to join us, thank you!"

"Steven said your new movie is very interesting, I'll take a look too." Lukas smiled and said as he walked, he got a little fat after the divorce, and he was in a good mood, "My new movie will be released soon, and you will also come."

   "Thank you, thank you, for sure", Ronald saw the two heavyweights, of course he personally accompanied them, and entered the theater with them.

   "Have you contacted them? What did they say?" In the theater, Spielberg came over and whispered to Ronald.

   "I conveyed your opinion to the other side. In principle, they agree with any crew that goes there to shoot scenes, but they need to hire some professionals from their factory. The level is very good, and the wages are not expensive."

   "Fine, I'll let Catherine follow up."

  Spielberg bought the copyright of J.G. Ballard's novel adaptation, and is going to shoot a new film in the mysterious East. Ronald helped to contact the film studio in Xujiahui. After the report, Hollywood visitors were very welcome, but they were required to hire local technicians and pay in US dollars.

  Letting the bosses sit down, Ronald quietly walked to a seat next to the aisle.

  "Ronnie", it was Aunt Karen who was holding his hand to gently comfort the nervous Ronald.

  The premiere was held in New York this time because of Paramount's marketing considerations. The film was easier to market on the West Coast, and needed more exposure on the East Coast.

   Just like this arrangement, it is also convenient for Ronald to go home to see his aunt.

   "I hope the audience doesn't hate it too much." Ronald whispered to his aunt.

  The editing pace of this film is very fast, breaking the traditional narrative rhythm of Hollywood. Many storylines have not been fully shown, and it is up to the audience to make up their minds.

   And unlike the previous films that reflected the Vietnam War, "Top Gun" did not have any "reflection" on the Vietnam War. The whole story is about showing the strength of naval pilots. It was only in the dialogue between the Lone Ranger and the TopGun flight instructor "Viper" that some of the injustices suffered by the Lone Ranger's father during the Vietnam War were touched upon.

  Ronald didn't know how audiences at his aunt's age would think about his handling of the war head-on.

  After the host made a short speech, the movie was shown quickly.

   "When...Dang..." The bell rang again in the "Top Gun" theme song.

   Hundreds of spectators who bought tickets at a huge price sat behind the stars and watched the premiere of "Top Gun" together.

   Two chapters merged into one

  

  (end of this chapter)