"Exciting air combat with modern aircraft."

"Wonderful aerial combat, and a shallow romantic love story between a man and a woman."

"Highly recommended, the best movie in recent times."

There are many more newspapers in London than in New York, and the film review sections in various major newspapers and tabloids are also more open than in America. All kinds of exaggerated stories and gossip are published on the same page as the film reviews, which makes people feel

It looks like reading a story from another world.

Ronald flipped through the movie reviews. The response to the premiere in Britain was pretty good. The box office also satisfied the distributor Paramount.

The cinemas here are mainly traditional halls. Ronald secretly went to stay at one. The proportion of family members attending movies here is higher than in America. So he expects the box office in Britain to be very good.

"Ronald, where have you been? Paula has been looking for you for a long time." Tom Cruise looked at Ronald as if he had met him for the first time.

"What's going on? Something happened in Hollywood?"

"No, it's the Queen who wants to summon you." Paula Wagner came over and handed Ronald an invitation to attend the grand ball. The text on it invited him to attend the Queen's gathering of literary and artistic people.

The Queen is going to meet Ronald at a dinner party for the literary and artistic circles.

"Can I not go?" Ronald felt a little sudden, and he didn't know the Queen.

"Why don't you go? This is a great opportunity? If the crew still wants to be published in the newspaper, it's up to you." Producer Bruckheimer was unhappy and quickly urged Ronald to attend.

"Okay, actually I only brought one dress." For the premiere, Ronald specially prepared the dress. He can no longer wear it to attend the dinner, otherwise it will be rude.

"It's okay, I asked my colleagues in the London office of CAA to arrange it." Paula also hoped that Ronald would attend the dinner. Of course, it would be better if he could bring Tom Cruise, but unfortunately there was only Ronald on the invitation.

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In the entire "Top Gun" crew, only Ronald received the invitation, allowing Tom Cruise, McGillis, Paula Wagner, and the producer Bruckheimer who came with him to interview Ronald.

Nader was a little surprised.

Although Americans and Britons speak the same language and look down on each other, most people still have a natural respect for the noble family. It is a special honor to be received by the Queen, and this kind of news can be widely published in newspapers.

Seeing it in the newspaper is a different kind of royal marketing.

For the sake of the movie's box office, Ronald stayed and waited for the Queen's summons.

"Why did the Queen summon you?"

"I do not know either?"

"Did you help Princess Diana in the White House?"

"Nothing."

"Are you Princess Diana's long-missing cousin?"

"You're so funny. Actually, I don't know. Maybe Her Majesty the Queen was going to meet many people from the literary and art circles, and suddenly she heard her son say something about Top Gun, which was a good one, and it reminded her of me."

Not only did these crew members not believe that Ronald was summoned by the Queen for no reason, but his manager Niceta also didn't believe it. He made a transoceanic call from Los Angeles. Under not very good call conditions, the two of them shouted loudly and completed the scene without any reason.

Nutritional talk.

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The next day, Ronald wore a dress and tie sent by CAA and came to the venue of the dinner. In fact, the men's clothes all looked similar, but the details had to be distinguished, so this time it was

The neckline style on the dress has been changed to a new style.

"Ronald!"

"Minahan?"

"Why are you here too?"

"You were also received by the Queen?"

In the hall outside the room where he was waiting to be received by the Queen, Ronald unexpectedly met his old friend, Israeli Minahan Golan.

"Quack...what a surprise. This is my good friend, Ronald Lee. Hey, do you know him? His 'Break Dance' was filmed for our Cannon Pictures."

Minahan, wearing a tacky purple dress, introduced Ronald to the surrounding British film industry.

Ronald stepped forward to shake hands with them and say hello. In fact, on this occasion, being with Minahan Golan, the chairman of Cannon Pictures, was not good news.

Ronald felt that these people in the film industry who were waiting to meet him looked down upon him, and they all knew what it was like to be with the upstart Minahan.

No wonder they were dissatisfied. Minahan Golan acquired the famous British cinema owner, Kenneth Reeve's Carnival Cinemas, and successfully merged it with the original Cannon Cinemas to become one of the top five cinema chain owners in the UK.

Coupled with the five-year exclusive distribution agreement he signed with UGC Cinemas, Cannon's distribution capabilities in Europe and Britain have instantly become the number one in Hollywood.

"Quack, quack," Minahan was completely unaware of everyone's contempt for him, so he pulled Ronald and started chatting.

"I said, you beat Stallone's movie. This week, your 'Top Gun' surpassed ours at the box office and became America's No. 1 movie again."

"Paramount just added some additional copies." Ronald knew the box office results in the third week, and "Top Gun" returned to the first place.

Minahan's Stallone movie lacked stamina, and its box office dropped rapidly after its release. Within a week, it gave up the number one spot and gave it back to Ronald.

"I'm still very convinced by you. Do you have any ideas about directing Stallone?" Minahan said the name of the popular Hollywood action star loudly, as if he was deliberately saying it to the people around him.

"You know, I have a bit of a feud with him." Ronald replied softly with a smile. He knew that the fat man wanted to use Stallone's name to shock the snobs around him.

"Seriously, you happen to be the director and you want him to listen to your instructions?" Minahan also lowered his voice, stretched out his finger to Ronald, and made a twenty-five sign.

"I signed a 25 million film contract with Stallone to shoot two to three movies. He is now our Cannon. I must make a masterpiece. Stallone is not only a simple action star, but also has rich inner drama.

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Minahan fully felt that Stallone had acting potential, and with a director like Ronald, by joining forces, maybe he could win an Oscar?

At this year's Oscars, Konchalovsky's "Runaway Train" and starring Jon Voight were nominated for Best Actor, but lost to William Hurt of "Kiss of the Spider Woman".

Under the reign of Sidney Pollack's "Out of Africa," best actor was one of the few films at this year's Academy Awards that could steal an award from that monster.

It's a pity that the Oscars are not like the Golden Globes. Even though Minahan has a lot of cash, he can't buy the votes of the judges.

"I don't have the confidence to let him do another 'Rocky' movie."

Ronald smiled and didn't take it seriously. Maybe Stallone has potential. His acting skills in "Rocky" were indeed not bad.

But now that he has been a star for a long time, does he still have the passion to challenge himself? Isn't it very comfortable to hide in the images of Rambo and Rocky and get high box office and high income by acting casually?

And after becoming famous, Stallone began to show off his temper and have a very big temper. However, he became further and further away from the humble character of Rocky Balboa.

The box office of "Rocky 4" was not as good as its predecessor, and even John Avildsen, the director of the original "Rocky" that made him famous, was so angry with him that he no longer wanted to work with him.

"Okay, okay, instead of Stallone, what do you think of Kim Basinger in '9 and a Half Weeks'? Sexy Bomb, I ask her to come and let you direct one?"

"No, I don't have Adrian Lyne's pornographic skills."

The two were talking about the new film "Nine and a Half Weeks", which was released in February this year. This is the new film directed by Adrian Lyne, the director of "Flashdance", who returned to Hollywood after a few years.

The male protagonist is someone whom Ronald has met, played by Mickey Rourke, the second male lead, in Coppola's black-and-white film "Betta" shot by Diane. The female protagonist is Kim Basinger, the latest sexy blonde in Hollywood.

Her sexy image is unrivaled, and her sacrificial large-scale performance in "9 and a Half Weeks to Love You" has gradually allowed her to replace Kathryn Turner and approach the title of the sexiest woman in Hollywood.

"Hey, I really want to make another movie with you." Minahan sighed. Now that Ronald is coming to film, he will also be filming blockbusters with stars joining the cast. The two of them worked closely together in the past.

The days of "break dancing" can no longer go back.

"I'm sorry, are you director Ronald Lee?" A fat man with a thick neck who looked somewhat similar to Minahan came over and introduced himself, "My name is Jeremy Thomas, and I'm here to attend the Queen's dinner today.

I'm an independent producer."

"Oh, hello." Ronald had never heard of this person's reputation.

In fact, he comes from a film family, and his father and uncle are both film directors. When he arrived, he became an independent producer and started to produce a series of films in the late 1970s. Although he was not a big hit, some people in Hollywood had heard of him.

name.

"Hello, are you making any new films recently?" Ronald asked politely.

"I recently got an invitation and a shooting permit from there. I can go to that ancient country and the royal palace of the last dynasty to shoot real scenes, just like going to Buckingham Palace to shoot the history of the British dynasty."

"Oh, then you are very lucky. We in Hollywood haven't shot a movie there yet. When will you start filming?"

"Just next month, I will go there and join director Bertolucci. You know, it is only because of his identity that I can be the first filmmaker to shoot in the Forbidden City." Jeremy

Thomas said proudly.

The two chatted about movies for a while.

It turned out that Bertolucci was a left-wing director in Italy, and he had always wanted to shoot a live-action film there.

Because of his status, he was given a lot of conveniences there. Bertolucci submitted two filming plans. One was "The Destiny of Man" adapted from the best-selling novel of the 1930s, and the other was about the last person living in the Forbidden City.

The story of the last emperor of a dynasty.

Originally, Bertolucci and Jeremy Thomas both liked "The Destiny of Man" and thought they would choose "The Destiny of Man". After all, it was unlikely that the Forbidden City would be open to filming by filmmakers.

Unexpectedly, they were more optimistic about "The Last Emperor" and provided many conveniences. During the filming period, they even suspended tourists from visiting the museum transformed from the Forbidden City.

Jeremy Thomas, who was looking for money everywhere, was so desperate that he called everyone in the phone book to ask for money. With the approval and commitment from the government there, many people soon came to ask for money.

He raised US$25 million in investment within six months and started filming this masterpiece.

"Do you still have a financing limit? I like this story too." Ronald said half-jokingly. He was in Hollywood and didn't know much about Europe. Unexpectedly, this person had already gone there before Spielberg.

The ancient country was filmed in real locations.
To be continued...