King of Hollywood Chapter 54: The influence of the film
Chapter 54 The Influence of Movies
"Are you optimistic about George W. Bush?" Claude looked surprised. (Baidu search m, Rainbow Literature Network) M
The general election in the United States is divided into two phases. The first round of voting is held on the first Tuesday in November. Voters in each state will elect the elector representing their state. Then on the third Monday in December, state electors will vote in the state capital to elect a new US president. Generally speaking, if a candidate can get more than half of the popular votes in a certain state-the voter recommends the elector at the same time as voting for the presidential candidate he supports-then all the electors in the state The votes will belong to him, even if half of the electors in the state do not support him.
This is called winner-take-all, except for Maine and Nebraska, which is true in 48 other states and Washington, DC. This is why, although Crowder believes that Gore is not very dominant at the moment, he is a little surprised that Adrian is optimistic about the small cloth. After all, Gore’s support rate among ordinary people is higher than that of Bush Jr., and the electoral votes are basically after the election day. It's clear on the spot, and most of the December voting was just passing by.
"You know, I don't have a thorough understanding of many things," Adrian spread his hands, "but also because of this, I can often look at the problem from another angle, and see that some people can't see Something-tell me, dear Crow, how much campaign money did Gore and George W. Bush raise? Or tell me directly, which one raised more money?"
"Should be George W. Bush." Claude gave a little recollection and gave the answer.
"I don't know if you noticed, Crow, since the late 1970s, Jimmy? Carter, the presidential campaign has become a model of who can spend more money, who can win." Adrian said very seriously.
"Oh?" Crowder raised an eyebrow.
"This is true for Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton. Although there are only four people, it is enough to explain some problems." Adrian stood up. "Of course, if it is just this, we can treat it as a coincidence, but we return Let’s take a look at the history. After the Civil War, except for Franklin? Roosevelt, the Democratic Party has never been in power for 12 consecutive years, and it has appeared more than once in the Republican Party."
"Clinton has been in power for two consecutive terms, so the chances of Gore of the Democratic Party wanting to be elected are slim, that's what you mean, right?" Crowder asked in return.
Adrian raised his hands: "Gore's approval rating among ordinary people is indeed higher than that of Bush Jr., but it is never voters who decide who can sit on the throne of President. Bush Jr. has served as a senator and a director. As the President of the United States, we have discussed before that if the Red Empire disintegrated two to three months in advance, it would be very difficult for Clinton to defeat him. The political capital and contacts that Bush Sr. now has accumulated are enough for him to push his son. I’m on the presidential throne, which is why I suggest you send a personal representative to contact him instead of Bush Jr. who is running for the election."
"It seems to be a little late now?" Crowder frowned. "It's less than a month before the election date. Even if we fall back to them, it won't be of much use, let alone we are. Support the Democratic Party."
"Come on, Crow, can't you be different?" Adrian couldn't help rolling his eyes.
Yes, traditionally, the Ron Reese family has always been a supporter of the Democratic Party-of course, Uncle Anderson supports the Republican Party, he is a conservative. However, for major groups, betting on both sides is already a routine. It is like this year's election. Whether it is Gore's team or George W. Bush's team, the media has a lot of donations.
"Okay, okay," Claude laughed. "In short, Bush Jr. only needs more than half of the electoral votes, at least from the first Tuesday in November to the third Monday in December. It’s more than a month, so anything can happen-I’ll arrange it immediately, but some things will take some time.”
"Don't worry, maybe the political contribution limit will be lifted in ten years." Adrian, who knew what he was talking about, replied with a smile.
Although US law stipulates that the campaign team accepts a certain amount of political contributions from a person or a company, it is a breeze to circumvent this restriction. It is nothing more than setting up more funds. Now that the laws have become vacant, it is no wonder that a decade later the ceiling for political contributions was simply removed.
This result did not surprise the Adrian. Claude is very steady but also likes to do some challenging things, so he helped him to rob Japan to rob the Black Empire, so he will be together under his persuasion. Established the media, so he will try his best to buy tbs and so on. However, the achievements are also huge. The term young and promising is now tailored for him. How many people can control a large group of 500-600 million assets in their early thirties? What's more, this group was made by him and his buddies.
So, as long as they can successfully acquire at&tadband, Claude doesn’t mind betting on it, and the win is huge. Although investing in senators is more cost-effective than investing in presidents, sometimes investing in presidents can also yield great benefits, such as now. Selling personal feelings at a critical moment, as long as Bush Jr. can wait for the throne of the US President, and with the cooperation of Macdonald and others, it should be able to handle this matter in a short period of time-the old fox returns to the old fox. , American politicians are still relatively credible in this regard.
Not to mention that the media is not without hands. The plans of several other media groups are not difficult to guess. It is of course the best if the anti-monopoly agency intervenes and after adjustments to prohibit this transaction in the name of suspected monopoly. It doesn’t matter if they can’t forbid it—since they can use their relationship with government departments, the media can do the same, and they also have their own ideas.
It can’t be forbidden to be delayed. The informal time limit for the review can be up to 180 days, and the formality will not be too much. After a year of delay, the funds required to acquire at&tadband will increase greatly. Those media tycoons who want to thwart them cannot see the prospects of at&tadband, but they cannot or are unwilling to acquire for reasons such as these and other reasons, and if the time is a little longer, the performance of at&tadband will generally rise. A year ago, it only cost 10 billion to acquire, but a year later it only cost 20 billion or 30 billion. Besides, Comcast also competed to raise prices.
Their plan cannot be said badly. In general, if it is really delayed for so long, it may indeed fail, but if there are omissions in the key information, then no matter what the calculation is, there will be no result. At this point, the media may not have enough funds, but Adrian and Crowder have it, and Adrian has decided long ago that it doesn’t matter if it is all invested.
In the saying of the previous life, in the face of absolute strength, any strategy is useless. Without government intervention, the ultimate decision of the acquisition is the amount of corporate funds. Nonetheless, if this is really the result in the end, it will inevitably be somewhat outweighed, so it is still necessary to invest in George W. Bush.
Those things were decided. As before, Adrian took the idea and Claude did the operation, so what to do with Adrian, such as accompanying Jessica to the movie theater to watch "Keep the Last Dance".
As a song and dance genre movie, it is already a niche in the current film market. Although song and dance movies are an indispensable genre in Hollywood, there are almost no memorable movies throughout the 1990s. The dance movie, even Woody? Allen had a follower on it.
So there is no premiere in "Keep the Last Dance", of course, the promotion is still done enough-relative to small-cost movies-so Adrian took Jessica to disguise and went to the cinema Sitting and watching among the crowd.
This is actually the second time Jessica has watched her first starring movie. The first time I watched it with my family on the day of the release. After all, I haven’t been home for a long time. Fortunately, her figure has recovered, so as not to let her parents see the flaws, even if the mother has doubts, she has added some weight to the "Dark Angel" pregnancy scene.
Adrian didn’t stop her body-building exercise immediately after giving birth. Anyway, Jessica was still very young. With her low self-esteem, she looked at her appearance and figure quite seriously, as long as she understood. Mary can enjoy the most basic breastfeeding.
There are not many people sitting in the auditorium, and they are mainly young people. They are all excited and seem to be interested in this movie. Not surprisingly, this is already the second week of "Retain the Last Dance", because this is in the off-season, so I won almost 2,000 theaters, and then won 25 million box office in North America in the first week. Many people have given quite favorable comments.
"It is full of youthful vitality and inspiring power," a film critic wrote in a column in the Chicago Tribune.
It is true that most song and dance films used to show the world of adults, either gorgeous and extravagant, or fresh and simple, although there are some youth song and dance films that are completely performed by young people, but they are not very good, and the audience is also very small. In "Retain the Last Dance", the inspiration and love are mixed in the story first, and then the ballet and blues are combined in the dance, so it is now such a distinctive youth song and dance film. .
"Look, you are charming, aren't you?" Looking at the big screen, Adrian sighed ambiguously in Jessica's ear.
Although Jessica didn’t speak, she still had a smile on her lips. Obviously, her family and friends had praised her before. Although Jessica's acting skills are still relatively weak, but through those lively or gorgeous dances, they are very attractive. I have to say that the choreography is very beautiful.
One of the biggest highlights of song and dance movies is the carefully choreographed dances. In the case of "Keep the Last Dance", the plot of the movie is still more conventional and simple. As soon as the heroine died, the heroine moved to her father, and then met the heroine, and then came together slowly because of the dance.
If there is no dance, this is at best a very popular love movie, but with dance it is different. Choreographers have put a lot of effort in this area, combining blues and ballet as much as possible, and using different styles of dance to show the difference in skin color and identity of the two. There is no doubt that no matter what the position of ballet was before, and how much time it took to evolve to the present, it does indeed represent elegant art, and the blues have been popular among blacks for decades, and have been called vulgar by many people. Even vulgar things happen to be very similar to the roles of male and female protagonists.
The director's plot arrangement is also quite good, and it also cooperates quite well with choreography. For example, the initial encounter of the heroine is like a ballet and blues, but it is intrinsically attractive to each other, and then after mutual contact There was a feeling at first, and the choreography was here to arrange the blues for the first time want to integrate into ballet, of course, bumping is inevitable. As the feelings of the male and female protagonists heat up, the two dances merge smoothly, and with the exchange of dance experience, the feelings of the male and female protagonists continue to heat up until various difficulties begin to come.
In the back, the two had to separate, and the fusion of the dance also stalled. The heroine could not concentrate on practice, and the hero could not face herself. Until the end, the actor finally made up his mind to break up with the previous life, and then went to find her lover. She was preparing to perform in a dance school teacher in a theater at the moment. There is no male protagonist around, although the female protagonist desperately practises the dance created together, but the first performance still has a lot of problems.
"Are you really ready?" asked a male teacher with glasses and ponytail.
The heroine couldn't answer a few deep breaths until the heroine's voice came from the door: "Yes, she is ready."
As mentioned earlier, the plot is very cliché. The following is a scene that can be seen in all love and inspirational movies. When the actor rushes onto the stage to encourage his lover: you can do it, you can do it. . The heroine finally came out perfectly. Here, the director and choreographer are arranged very well, although there are ballet or blues dances from time to time throughout the movie, and they all dance very well and feel, and there are also dances that combine ballet and blues, which also have people's eyes. A bright place, but basically did not fully show the entire dance until the end here.
In a quick cut, the heroine fully demonstrates this dance with her body, with the elegance of ballet, the rhythm of blues, the perfect fusion of everything, the switch without barriers, sometimes soft and sometimes sexy, It was such passion and vitality that the teachers under the stage could not help but nod at the rhythm. The whole movie was paved for just a few minutes. The emotion accumulated in the whole movie was completely released at this moment. When the dance ended, the young people in the theater couldn't help but applaud and applaud. Come.
"It's perfect." Adrian couldn't help but applaud.
Although Jessica sitting beside him has heard such praise many times, she still can’t help but be delighted, but when the movie goes out, she sighs because of what she thought of.
"What's wrong?" Adrian asked strangely.
"Nothing, just..." Jessica pursed her lower lip. "If it's really all how good I jumped."
Adrian couldn’t help but laugh, and reached out and scratched on her nose: “Don’t think so much, you are not a professional dancer after all, it’s pretty good to be able to train to that look in a short time.”
As I said before, ballet is different from ordinary dances. As long as you give actors enough time to practice, most movements can dance infinitely close to the professionals, such as the movie Adrian prepared for Nicole, This is one of the reasons why he asked Nicole to practice dancing. But ballet is different. The general ballet dancers start dancing from a young age and have strict requirements for body shape, so they should start to shape before the bones are fully developed. Adults can practice ballet jumping and playing, but It is almost impossible to perform on a very professional stage.
The ballet company is also the most competitive place in the entertainment circle, even more than the model circle. Many ballet dancers who have performed very well have been dancers for life, and they can really dance like professional ballet dancers for half a year to a year. This kind of situation is simply impossible, so all movies related to ballet, unless the actors are young or themselves are ballet dancers, most dances are substitute dances, no exceptions.
Even though there is not much about ballet in "Retaining the Last Dance", Jessica still uses a lot of stand-ins, especially the last excellent dance. Therefore, whenever the front screen of Jessica’s rotation is on the movie screen, the feet will not be taken in. When the whole body is rotated, the speed is very fast, the face is not clear, and it will soon switch to the upper body close up.
"Will you wait for me here?" When I came outside, Adrian patted Jessica's arm~IndoMTL.com~ and then drove, but when he came back, he saw a very unexpected scene.
The movie fans still staying outside the theater are moving closer to Jessica. The frontmost ones are rushing to her in a wave, looking for something to panic, thinking she wants to sign, the hat has been removed Jessica smiled bitterly but couldn't refuse. Needless to say, she was accidentally recognized by fans while waiting, and the fans who had just watched her starring movie and were happy about it, of course, swarmed.
Adrian smiled and shook his head, lowered his hat, turned the car to the front of the theater with a dozen steering wheels, and leaned out of the window and shouted, "Jessica! Here!"
Jessica looked around and ran over quickly, pulled the car door and jumped up. As the car slammed on the throttle, I did not forget to apologize to these fans: "Sorry."
"It's really popular." Adrian said ridiculously after driving the car onto the street.
Jessica grinned embarrassedly, but the satisfaction and self-satisfied look on her face could not be concealed. Although "Dark Angel" has already made her famous, when did she encounter such a scene? This is the influence of the film.
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