Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 460 Cove's Wrath

"Donna. I've been busy auditioning for the past few days, so I didn't accompany you to various colleges. Have you been to those places?" Ronald returned to the apartment and saw that Donna was already eating pizza at home.

"Well, Richard accompanied me to UCLA and USC. You don't need your agent to accompany me around. I'm going to drive around with Diane. Her movie is finally here. It's over."

"Oh, remember to call Aunt Karen." Ronald gave Donna the car keys, and rode his Honda motorcycle to Weintraub's house.

Chuck Norris talked about the contract with both parties, and he was still dissatisfied with Chris's role in his words. He must modify the plot of the Vietnam War veteran. If he is not allowed to open his mouth, he will "take no prisoners." He taught his disciples harshly, but cared about children with human touch.

Weintraub also asked Ronald if there was a way to change the script so that Chris could be a villain without abusing his martial arts.

Ronald didn't hold back his breath, and cursed, "Does he think he is Warren Beatty? When he fought against Bruce Lee, he was a villain, right? This script writes Chris as a good guy, so how can there be drama? What about the conflict? For his poor popularity, I don’t think it’s worth changing Chris to a positive role.”

"I'm just asking, and I don't mean to change it." Weintraub looked at Ronald, "We should continue to discuss with him the possibility of participating in the show without modifying the script."

Ronald felt that Weintraub's tendency to concede to Chuck Norris was not good.When he got home, he began to think of a way.

"Ring, ring, ring" the phone rang, and when Ronald answered it, he found out that it was Martin Cove, his favorite Chris candidate.

"Hello, Ronald. I'm Martin Cove. My agent has given me another audition. I want to know when 'The Dragon Boy' will give me an audition?"

"Very soon, now that something is delayed, Mr. Weintraub will arrange for you to audition soon."

"Do you still have to wait? When will I be able to audition? I'm not complaining, my agent introduced me to two audition opportunities, and I turned them down, just to wait for your opportunity here."

"Relax, we're just looking for other roles. When it's confirmed, you must be the best candidate, as long as you want it."

"Of course I am willing... Well, if there is any progress, please be sure to call my agent as soon as possible, he is already a little dissatisfied with me."

Cove held back the idea of ​​getting angry. After all, he discovered the project introduced by Roger Coleman, who he entered the industry, and he would not let his pigeons go.

Settling Martin Cove's dissatisfaction, Ronald felt that he had to do something to increase the bargaining chip given by Minahan.

By discussing the reason for the overseas release of "Night of the Comet", Ronald hung up on Minahan.

"Among the more than [-] copies of Night of the Comet released in the United States, [-] are still in relatively good condition. Yoram sold the films one by one to various countries in Cannes, and it needs to be reprinted in order to be able to print them. To meet the demand, especially the East Asian market led by Japan and Korea, where the audience has a strong consumption power, and new copies will be given priority to supply there."

"By the way, is Chuck still dissatisfied with your role?" The two discussed for a while, and Minahan began to lead the topic in the direction of Chuck Norris.

"It's not convenient for me to discuss this topic," Ronald said as if he didn't care, "We compete fairly, and the decision-making power here is in Weintraub's hands. I am not satisfied with Chuck Norris wanting to change the script. , I don’t have any other opinions, after all, the audience will think he is a villain when they see him.”

"Oh," Minahan found the clue and became excited, "Yes, we will compete fairly to see who can give Chuck Norris better treatment and pay."

"Yes, let's see who can conform to his philosophy of 'necessary violence'. Like Bruce Lee, he seems to be very concerned about the martial arts genre he created." Ronald nodded.

"Yoram, drive quickly. We're going to see Chuck Norris. I know how to persuade him." Minahan put down the phone and quickly called his cousin Yoram to persuade Chuck Norris.

Originally, Chuck's biggest dissatisfaction with Cannon Pictures was not about salary.It's that ninja movie that requires Chuck Norris to be masked, and one of the main purposes of Chuck's filming is to promote his Tang Soo Do and Chuck Norris' way, as long as Minahan compromises in this regard, He definitely chose Cannon Pictures, after all, in that movie, he was the protagonist.

Soon, the good news came from Chuck Norris who rejected "Kid Longwei".

Minahan Golan surprisingly didn't offer Chuck Norris more, but he got Chuck Norris to sign.In Cannon Pictures' latest "masterpiece," "Enter a Tiger 2" (a parody of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon exploitation flick), Chuck Norris agrees to play an unmasked ninja, spreading his martial arts philosophy.

Weintraub had no choice but to start looking for new candidates.Ronald proposed Martin Cove, called Cove's agent and told him to audition.

Martin Cove, who entered the interview room, was very annoyed with Ronald because he believed him and turned down the auditions for three roles.But when he was called to audition this time, he was the only one, and there was no part of reading the script with other actors.

This implied that his audition was still in the first round of looking at appearances. The elimination rate of this kind of audition was very high. He felt that he was cheated and lost three good opportunities for supporting roles in vain.

"Hello, Mr. Martin Cove, please introduce yourself to the camera." Casting Director Du Pont said to Cove.

Martinkov's eyes were wide open, staring at Ronald sitting behind the desk. "My name is Martin Cove, I am 37 years old and I am a black belt in Taekwondo and Tiger Fist..."

"Can I ask you to do some martial arts moves? Make them look better." Weintraub became interested when he heard that Cove was still a black belt.

"Hoho...ha...hey", Martinkov punched a few tiger punches, then turned around and kicked in the direction of Ronald in a taekwondo way.

"Very good, please read this line again." Ronald didn't notice it, and thought that Cove's angry temperament was very suitable for Chris, an angry Vietnam veteran.

"Take no prisoners, do you want to win? Then do what I say and kick his left leg (the injured one) with the sweeping leg." In the competition, the students were instructed to give Daniel a stumbling line.

He stared at the smiling Ronald, and couldn't help complaining about Roger Coleman, how he introduced such an unreliable director to himself.

"Thank you, we will contact you if there is any further need." The casting director said.

"Hmph!" Martin Cove punched his palm, gave Ronald a vicious look, turned and left.

"He's really like those Vietnam veterans, very angry. Isn't he a bit like Stallone in 'Rocky'?" Weintraub was quite satisfied with Cove, "Where did you find the talent? And martial arts."

"It was a martial arts talent recommended by my former boss Roger Coleman, who also starred in 'Death Drive 2000' at the same time as Stallone."

"Yes, please ask him to come next time and try the chemistry with several leading actors." Weintraub instructed Susan to write down the arrangement.

Several main supporting roles have been arranged, and Weintraub began to worry about the candidate for martial arts instructor.

Although Chuck Norris did not choose "The Dragon Boy", Weintraub still asked him to recommend a coach to train the actors.

"Why, my dear? Didn't you trust Ronald's vision of choosing actors? Why not let him recommend talents." Susan Akins, Weintraub's personal secretary, lay in his arms ,ask him.

"Susan, that's an important lesson in business. You have to remember, always have a backup plan. Ronald is good, but he hasn't directed a real mid-sized production, and he hasn't done an action movie before.

So I have to have a backup, if something goes wrong with him directing, we have a solution as well.

Chuck Norris is a master of martial arts, so we can rest assured that we have chosen him to recommend martial arts instructors. "

"Oh, Jerry, I think you are really a very experienced and very talented businessman." Susan looked at Weintraub adoringly.

"Um... woo..." The two kissed together.

(End of this chapter)