King of Hollywood

Chapter 54 Film Influence

“You watch little Bush?” Claude shows a surprising divinity. ig, rainbow ing.

The general elections in the United States are held in two phases, with the first round of balloting being held on the first Tuesday in November, with voters from the states electing to represent their states. Then, on the third Monday in December, state electors will vote in the state capitals to elect the new President of the United States. In general, if a candidate receives more than half of the popular vote in a state - voters recommend voters and vote for the presidential candidate they support - all voters in that state will belong to him, even if half of the electors in that state do not support him. []

This is called winner-take-all, with the exception of Maine and Nebraska, where all four other states and Washington, D.C. That's why Claude was somewhat surprised to see Adrian watching Xiaobu, even though he thought that Gore was not so dominant at the moment. After all, Gore had a high level of support among the general population, and voters' votes were largely clear after election day, and most of the December polls were just passing through.

“You know, I don't really know a lot about a lot of things," Adrian starts, "but that's why I can often look at problems from a different perspective and see things that no one else sees —— tell me, dear Claude, how much campaign money did Gore and Bush raise each? Or just tell me, which one raised more money? ”

“Should be little Bush.” Claude gave the answer after a moment of recollection.

“I wonder if you noticed, Claude, since the late '70s, Jimmy? Since Carter started, the presidential campaign has become a win-win model for whoever spends more.” Adrian said very seriously.

“Oh?” Claude picked the eyebrows.

“Carter, Reagan, Old Bush, Clinton are all like that, although there are only four of them, enough to illustrate some of the problems.” Adrian stood up, "of course, if it was just that, we could take it as a coincidence, but we went back and looked at history, except for Franklin after the Civil War? Outside Roosevelt, the Democratic Party has never been in power for 12 consecutive years, and more than once in the Republican Party. ”

“Clinton has been in office for two consecutive terms, so Democrat Gore's chances of getting elected are minimal, that's what you mean, right?” Claude asked back.

Adrian yang his hands: “Gore's support among the general population is indeed higher than that of Bush Jr., but it has never been the voters who decide who can sit on the President's throne. Old Bush was a congressman, a director, a president of the United States, and we talked about how difficult it would be for Clinton to beat the Red Empire if it broke down two to three months earlier. Old Bush now has enough political capital and connections to push his son to the throne, which is why I suggest you send a personal representative to contact him, not Bush Jr., who is running for office. ”

“Seems a little late now?” Claude frowned, "It's less than a month before election day, and even if we reverse it, we don't have much of a role to play, let alone to support the Democrats. ”

“Come on, Claude, can't you just stop?” Adrian couldn't help but turn his eyes.

Yeah, traditionally, the Rowleys have always been supporters of the Democrats - of course, Uncle Anderson was a supporter of the Republicans, he was a conservative. But for the big groups, betting on both sides has become the norm, as if this year's election, whether it's Gore's team or whatever, the media has a huge financial contribution.

“Okay,” Claude Haha laughed, "Anyway, Bush Jr., all it takes is half the voters' votes, at least a month from the first Tuesday in November to the third Monday in December, so anything can happen —— I'll arrange it, but some things take a while. ”

“Don't worry, maybe 10 years from now the political contribution limit will be lifted.” Adrian replied with a smile knowing what he was talking about.

Although United States law provides for a certain amount of political contributions from a campaign team to be accepted by a person or a company, it is easy to circumvent this restriction by simply setting up a few more funds. Since the laws were empty, it was no wonder that 10 years later the political contribution limit had simply been lifted.

This didn't come as a surprise to Adrian, Claude was steady, but he also enjoyed doing some challenging things, so he helped him rob Japan and rob the Black Empire, so he would set up the media together under his persuasion, so he would try to acquire t

Acquisition

But it's also a huge achievement, and young people have been tailored for this word, and how many people can run a large group of 500 million or 600 million assets in the early 30s? Besides, he fought with his best friend.

So, as long as the acquisition is successful,

nD, Claude doesn't mind gambling and wins big. Even though investment senators are more expensive than investment presidents, investment presidents sometimes benefit greatly, as they do now. Selling a favor at a critical moment, as long as little Bush can wait for the throne of the President of the United States, plus MacDonald and others to cooperate, should be able to do this in a short time - the old fox returns to the old fox, takes the money or has to do it, and American politicians are still relatively credible in this regard.

Not to mention, the media is not without a backup, and the intention of several other media groups is not hard to guess, if the antimonopoly agencies intervene and ban the transaction in the name of a suspected monopoly after a mission, of course, it is best not to ban it - since they can use their relationship in the government sector, the media works just as well, and they have their own minds.

It can't be banned, so drag on. f The informal deadline for review can reach a maximum of 10 days, and there won't be too much formality, drag on for a year, buy

nd Funding requirements will increase significantly. These media tycoons who want to get in their way are invisible to everyone.

nd the prospect, just because it is impossible or unwilling to acquire for that reason, but a little longer,

nd performance will fly upwards, by which time it could be bought for just 10 billion a year ago, but only for 20 billion or even 30 billion a year later, and Concaster will be competing to raise the price.

Their plans cannot be said to be bad, and in general, it is true that a prolonged period of time may fail, but if critical information is omitted, then no calculation will come to fruition. At that point, the media may not have enough money, but what Adrian and Claude have in their hands, and Adrian has long decided, doesn't matter if they put it all in.

In the proverb of previous life, any plot is useless in the face of absolute strength, and in the absence of government intervention it is ultimately up to the firm to decide whether the acquisition is to be financed. Nevertheless, if that were the case in the end, there would inevitably be some loss, so investing in little Bush would be necessary.

So it was decided, as before, Adriana's idea, Claude's specific operation, so what would Adrian do, for example, accompany Jessica to the cinema to watch "Stay the Last Dance"?

As a song and dance type of movie, it's already a niche in the current movie market. Though song and dance is an indispensable type of movie in Hollywood, there's hardly a memorable song and dance movie in the '90s, isn't there, Lian Woody? Alan's got a lead on it.

So "Stay the Last Dance" didn't do much of a premiere, and of course, the publicity was pretty good —— as opposed to a small cost movie -- so Adrian took Jessica's costume and went to the cinema and sat in a crowd.

This is actually the second time Jessica has seen her first starring movie, the first time she went to see it with her family on the day of the show, after all, she hasn't been home for a long time. Fortunately, her body had recovered, so that her parents could not see the breakdown, and even if her mother was confused, she added some weight to the past by filming a pregnancy scene in The Black Angel of the Late Ages.

Adrian did not stop her from shaping herself immediately after giving birth. In any case, Jessica was still young, inferior to herself when she was an extra child, and looked heavily at her appearance and body, understandably, as long as Mary enjoyed the most basic breastfeeding.

A large number of people sitting in the screening hall, mostly young people, were thriving and seemed to be interested in the film. Not surprisingly, this was the second week of the "Stay the Last Dance" screening, because it was in the off-season, so we got almost 2,000 exhibitors, and then the first week we got 25 million box offices in North America, and a lot of people gave it a pretty good rating.

“Energetic and inspiring.” This is what a film critic wrote in a column in The Chicago Tribune.

Indeed, in the past, most song and dance films were presented in the adult world, either bright and luxurious, or fresh and simple, with youthful song and dance films carried entirely by young people, although some, but not so much, and with a very small audience. And "Stay the Last Dance" first brings together inspiration and love in the story, then ballet and blues in the dance, so it's now a somewhat different youth song and dance film.

“Look, you're charming, aren't you?” Looking at the big screen, Adrian blew his breath in Jessica's ear.

Although Jessica did not speak, her mouth gave a slight smile, apparently praising her family and friends before. Although Jessica's acting is still a bit weak, she looks very attractive through those simple or gorgeous dances, which she has to say are very well done.

One of the biggest viewpoints of the song and dance movie is the carefully orchestrated dance, and in the case of The Last Dance, the scene of the movie is still more classic and simple. As soon as the female lead moved to her father because of her mother's death, she met the male lead, and then slowly walked together because of the dance and had to undergo various tests along the way.

Without dance, it's just a very popular love movie at best, but with dance it's different. Knitting and dancing takes a lot of work in this area, combining blues and ballet as much as possible, using different styles of dance to show the difference in colour and identity between the two. Undoubtedly, no matter what the ballet used to be, and how much time it took to evolve to the present point, it does represent elegant art, and the blues, which have been popular among blacks for decades, have been described by many as vulgar or even vulgar, just like the identities of male and female protagonists.

The director also pinched quite well in the plot arrangement, and cooperated quite well with the choreography. For example, the first encounter of the female lead character was as incompatible as ballet and blues, but attracted each other in nature, and then began to feel after contact with each other. The choreography arranged blues here for the first time in an attempt to integrate into ballet. Of course, bumping is inevitable. As the emotions of the male and female protagonists warm up, the two dances merge very smoothly, and as the dance minds are exchanged, the emotions of the male and female protagonists continue to warm up until difficulties begin to arise.

In the back, the two had to be separated, and the integration of dance stalled, so that the female lead could not concentrate and the male lead could not face himself. Until the end, the male lead finally decided to break with her previous life and went to find her lover, who was preparing to perform at a dance school teacher in a theatre. Without a male lead, the female lead still has a lot of problems with her first performance, despite her hard work practicing the dance she created together.

“Are you sure you're ready?” A male teacher with glasses and a moustache on his tail asked.

The actress could not answer several deep breaths until her voice came from the door: "Yes, she's ready. ”

As I said earlier, the plot was a cliché, followed by a scene that could be seen in all love and inspirational films, encouraging one's lover on stage in the male lead: you can do it, you can do it. The actress is finally perfectly decorated. Here, the director and the choreographer are very well arranged, and although there are occasional ballet or bluetone dances throughout the film, and they all feel very good, there are also dances that combine ballet and bluetone, and there are also bright spots in front of you, but there is basically no complete display of the whole dance until the end here.

In rapid shearing, the female lead perfectly shows this dance with her body, with the elegance of the ballet, the rhythm of the blues, the perfect fusion of everything, the unbridled switching, sometimes beautiful and sometimes sexy, so passionate and vibrant that the teachers under the stage couldn't help but start with the rhythm. The whole film was paved for just a few minutes, and the emotions accumulated in the whole film were completely released at this moment, when the young people in the studio couldn't help but cheer and applaud after the dance.

“Perfect.” Adrian couldn't help but applaud.

Jessica, sitting next to him, though she had heard so many praises, could not help but sigh at what she had in mind as she walked out of the cinema.

“What's the matter?” Adrian asked strangely.

“Nothing, it's just...” Jessica slammed her lower lip, "How good would it be if I really danced all this. ”

Adrian couldn't help but laugh and reach out and scratch her nose: "Don't think about it so much. After all, you're not a professional dancer, and it's already quite brilliant to be able to train like that in a short time. ”

As I said before, ballet is not the same as ordinary dances, which give an actor plenty of time to practice, and most of the moves are infinitely close to specialists, such as Adrian's movie for Nicole, which is one of the reasons why he has Nicole do more dance. But ballet is different. The average ballet dancer has been dancing since childhood and has strict body size requirements, so you have to start shaping before the bones are fully developed. Adults can practice ballet dancing and play, but it's almost impossible to want to be a very professional stage performer.

The ballet troupe is also the most competitive place in the entertainment industry, even beyond the model circle, many very good ballet dancers are accompanied by dancers all their lives, practicing for six months to a year makes it almost impossible to really dance with a professional ballet dancer, so all ballet-related films, unless the actors are young or themselves ballet dancers, most dances are alternate dancers, no exception.

Even though there isn't much ballet involved in Retaining the Last Dance, Jessica still uses a lot of alternates, especially the last superb dance. So whenever the movie screen has a front shot of Jessica spinning, she doesn't shoot her feet in, and when she spins her whole body, she goes very fast, can't see her face clearly, and soon switches to a close-up.

“Wait here for me, will you?” When he came outside, Adrian patted Jessica's arm and drove, but when he came back, he saw a very unexpected scene.

Still outside the cinema, the fans were closing in on Jessica's side. The first waves were pouring in front of her, panicking to find something to sign, and Jessica's face, whose hat had been removed, could not refuse to smile. Needless to say, while waiting, she was accidentally recognized by film fans, who had just finished watching her starring in the film and enjoyed it, of course.

Adrian shook his head with a smile, pulled down his hat, and a dozen steering wheels led the car to the cinema, poking his head out the window and shouting, “Jessica! Here!”

Jessica sniffed her reputation, rushed over, pulled the door and jumped. As the car burst into the throttle, she didn't forget to apologize for the movies: "Sorry. ”

“It's very popular.” Adrian whispered after driving the car down the street.