Chapter 690 Dongbao's invitation to Ronald Sang

   "Excuse me, are you from the TopGun Flight Academy? I saw the word TopGun on the badge you wear."

  Peter Pettigrew, a naval advisor on the set of "Top Gun," was stopped by a group of teenagers at the airport. After getting an affirmative answer, he was surrounded in the middle and asked him to tell whether the air combat scenes in the movie were real.

"It's really very real. It's like that when we fight dogs. It's rare to have such a movie that accurately uses the fighting skills we teach in flight schools. I tell you, almost all of them The shots were all shot in the cockpit of the F-14A Tomcat fighter jet.”

   Next to Pettigrew, a pilot from Miramar Air Force Base was the first to answer the question. When "Top Gun" was first released, he complained that Ronald's air battles were too rolly and not realistic enough. But after a few weeks, he has now stood on Ronald's side, and when he sees fans, he will go up and praise him.

   The film "Top Gun" has done so much for fighter pilots.

  In the past, everyone just knew that there was a group of people who served in the Navy, Air Force, and National Guard, and they flew fighter jets.

   But once this movie came out, fighter pilots are now regarded as a group of people with high IQ and bravery. They are engaged in the most dangerous work in the world, protecting the safety of the people on the front line of the confrontation with the Souvier Alliance.

  The most important thing is that they are in good shape and very attractive to beautiful women. As long as they wear uniforms, the chance of being approached by someone in a bar increases tenfold.

  Now in the bars of the Miramar Naval Base, there are hundreds of beauties every night, driving there by themselves, trying to find the lone ranger in the real world. He brought officers from other military branches and arms, and went to the clothing store for renting masquerade **** by himself, rented a naval officer's costume, and came to the base to try his luck.

   "Oh... that's really cool. Is everything you said true? Are you a pilot? We were all very excited after watching the movie, and we all wanted to sign up for the Air Force, and we wanted to be someone like you."

  Those teenage viewers saw the man wearing Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses and speaking very professionally, and came up to express their admiration.

   "No, Top Gun is the Navy. They land on carriers."

   "Isn't it? Don't lie to me, it's obviously flying fighter jets, not the Air Force? The Navy is flying ships."

  Seeing the long face of the navy pilot, Ronald, who met Pettigrew at the airport, went up to rescue him.

"When you go to the conscription office, you have to ask if you can fly the variable-wing F-14A Tomcat fighter jet, which is the one that the Lone Ranger flies. That is the plane that the Warriors fly." Ronald told them. Said.

   "Yeah, man, you're right. When we go to the conscription office, we have to ask. We can't drive the Tomcat and leave those MiGs for those stupid people in the public school across the way."

  The teenagers walked away laughing and laughing. Pettigrew patted his fellow pilots on the shoulder, "Don't be angry, those little **** are so stupid, even if they go to the conscription office, they can only be local staff and work with engine oil every day."

   "Hahaha", the three of them laughed.

   "Top Gun" has become more and more influential in America. Pettigrew in uniform is often recognized by strangers on the street and praised.

  He has now been recalled by the Navy and began to work with Matthew, the representative of the Department of the Navy, to form an office for various services in the Pentagon. It specifically provides convenience for Hollywood and major TV stations. If they want to shoot military-related movies, if the image of soldiers in it is positive, they will provide all kinds of support.

  This time he happened to go to the Pentagon to report to the big shots with Matthew and the TopGun pilots from the Miramar base.

  I happened to meet Ronald at the airport this time, and they chatted for a while, wishing each other good luck in making more money in their future careers.

   Ronald was taken away by Nisita and went directly to the VIP lounge.

   The protagonists of "Top Gun", Tom Cruise is already famous all over the world, and McGillis is now at a level where he will be watched casually.

  Only Ronald, with sunglasses on, and some freedom of movement. After all, he is a director, and most of the fans who know what he looks like only know his face, not his figure, and a pair of big sunglasses can pass the test.

   "Hey, hello...I'm looking for Snow White...Yes, me? I'm Howard Duck."

  In the VIP lounge, Tom Cruise is calling his girlfriend Cher. Both of them are celebrities, and they had to use code names when they called the hotel where they were staying. Otherwise, if it is heard by the low-level staff of the hotel, it will lead to leaks and fans' siege.

   As the male protagonist in "Top Gun", Cruise's contract includes many items to cooperate with the announcement. Whether it is a domestic fan meeting or a premiere around the world, Tom Cruise is an indispensable member.

  McGillis is also, her life is also very difficult recently, the sudden fame, combined with her unpreparedness, now she has far more disgust than joy for these public jobs.

   "Honey, are you okay?" Ronald asked, looking at McGillis who was wearing a pair of sunglasses that covered two-thirds of his face.

   "Ah... I don't want to sign." McGillis stretched out her hands reflexively to resist. When she was watching the big screen of the flight outside, she accidentally took off her sunglasses, and the fans who recognized her immediately chased after her to sign.

   "Sorry, Ronald. I talked to my agent. This time I went to Tokyo and left after attending the premiere. I will never participate in marketing activities again. I would rather lose money."

  Kelly McGillis went from a confident actress to the idol on the posters that young men put in their locker boxes. She didn't adapt well to this change, except that the crazy movie fans puzzled her, and unconsciously, her temper became much bigger.

   "Hi Ronald. I've had a hard time with this announcement, Cher and I haven't seen each other for two weeks, either me for a meetup or her singing career, it sucks."

   Tom Cruise finished the phone call, Cher only had a few love words with him, and it was time to board the plane.

   "Maybe it will be better after this busy period is over."

   Ronald had no choice but to comfort one or two, and a group of people boarded the plane. After more than ten hours of flight, I landed at Tokyo Narita International Airport.

   "It's a very clean place." Ronald was full of praise for the environment. The person who came to pick him up was a staff member of Paramount in Asia, a person from Japan. He held up the "トップガン (Top Gun pick-up sign and received the crew.

   On the second day, the scale of the premiere in Tokyo was much smaller than that in London. Although Japan was a defeated country in World War II, it was garrisoned by America. But their culture is relatively closed.

  The number of people who can really enjoy American movies is much smaller than that of Britain, where there is no language barrier. Not many people have cultivated the habit of watching Hollywood movies over the years.

  So Paramount chose a theater near west Tokyo for the premiere here.

  It is adjacent to the Yokota Air Force Base of the American Air Force and the Yokosuka Naval Base of the Navy, and is not far from the industrial area of ​​Yokohama. It can be regarded as the Tokyo metropolitan area, a small isolated island deeply influenced by American culture.

  In addition to having branches in Canada, India, Britain and other English-speaking countries that are directly responsible for the distribution business, Paramount mainly adopts two methods for overseas distribution.

  One is sold to the international distributor formed by Paramount and Universal, United International Pictures (UIP). The business of the two films in European countries is mainly handled by this joint venture.

  Another model is to issue jointly with local publishers in Asia, or sell out, or share accounts. The culture here is different, a lot of marketing requires local talents, and the market is relatively closed, so it is difficult for Hollywood's power to come in directly.

  The regional distributor this time is Dongbao Pictures. Like the last time he came to Dongying, after the premiere, Ronald was also entertained by the senior management of Dongbao and went to eat the best Japanese meal.

  Like other business fields attacked by the generals, the film and television entertainment industry in Japan is also a relatively closed environment. Generally speaking, the products of Japanese companies are selling well in America, while the products of American companies are facing many obstacles in Japan.

   Moreover, Dongying people are very scheming. They seem to open up the market, but they don't always arrange any good sales channels. When asked by the American company, they shirk because of cultural incompatibility and other reasons.

  After Laomei was fooled several times, she finally came to her senses. In addition to forcing the yen to appreciate, she also forcefully forced the Prime Minister of Japan to open the market.

  As a defeated country whose land was occupied and garrisoned, Japan could not be tough. On the surface, it opened up the Japanese market that had been hindered by many, but in fact it still used various reasons in the circle of merchants to block the entry of goods from America. For example, favoring domestic manufacturers in loans and discriminating against wholesalers of foreign goods.

  When Ronald was in New York, he read a lot of in-depth reports analyzing the friction between Japan and the United States, and he understood these things much more clearly than when he first came here.

   But he is not a businessman after all, and he only has a general understanding. After drinking and eating enough, Dongbao began to chat about deepening cooperation.

  Things always have two sides. With the continuous persecution of America, the enterprises on the Japanese side also have a lot of differentiation.

   Some companies have gradually begun to embrace the American market and have begun to transform themselves with American culture.

  Different from large companies such as Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, which were chaebols before the war, Sony and other companies that achieved great development after the war, their markets are more dependent on America and Europe, so their vision is more international. It's even less burdensome to be a Japanese rape.

   Switching to the film industry, among the three traditional filmmakers, Toho, Shochiku, and Toei, Toho was the first to open a branch in Los Angeles. It was the first to introduce Kurosawa's movie "Seven Samurai" to North American audiences.

   And in their company, there are the most talents who can speak English fluently.

   Soon, the sake was almost drunk, and the manager who came to pick him up at the airport quietly sat beside Ronald.

   "Ronald-san, there are many presidents and presidents in the industry in Tokyo, and they all want to invite you to talk about cooperation. I wonder if you can appreciate it tomorrow."

  (end of this chapter)