Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 482 Decisive Battle

  Ralph Mazio had blood on both hands, and the doctor came to give him a quick stop.

   "Shh..." The spectators in the seats who came to watch the real game, and the group performers who had pulled in, let out a thunderous boo.

   They were very dissatisfied with the Dutchman played by Chad McQueen, which was tantamount to deliberately causing the protagonist Daniel to bleed.

   "It seems to be very immersive, doesn't it?" Ronald was refreshed, and unexpectedly found that the audience at the scene had a lot of empathy for the role of Daniel.

   This is great news. Since it can infect live audiences, it must also infect movie audiences.

  Ralph Mazio was dealt with and returned to the field, sending Chad McQueen's "Dutchman" away with a blow to the head.

   Another burst of cheers came from the audience.

   "Cut!" The sound engineer gave Ronald both thumbs up. Such a cooperative audience is not common in filming.

  Finally, Daniel, Dario Vidal, defending champion Johnny Lawrence, and Bobby from Cobra Gym entered the semifinals.

   "Ah... it's there" Daniel frowned.

  Miyagi picked up the plaster and put it on Daniel's ribs. When he was playing against the "Dutch" just now, he was hit continuously and needed to be fixed with plaster.

   "I didn't expect to make it to the semifinals" Daniel tried to move his arms, and his ribs felt less sore.

   "I didn't expect it either." Master Miyagi told the truth.

   "If only I could win the championship in the end."

   "You can survive." Miyagi began to decompress Daniel.

   First up was Johnny Lawrence vs Vidal. Ronald deliberately asked Vidal to use his real name to appear on the field. If this movie can become popular, he will also be known, and it can also be considered to help a friend realize his wish to open a martial arts hall.

   The match was moved to the center ring, and Pat Johnson announced the start of the match.

  Vidal kicked some good-looking whirlwind legs very coolly, but they were easily avoided by Johnny.

  The audience began to applaud Vidal again. On the one hand, his movements are chic and elegant, very beautiful, making the audience feel that his movements are better than William Zebka who played Johnny.

   On the other hand, Johnny, who also belongs to the Cobra Gym, was also disliked by the audience. Most of the audience didn't know who was the good guy and who was the bad guy in this scene, but William Zebka's very arrogant posture made the audience naturally dislike him.

  Vidal didn't score a few whirlwind kicks. After he stepped back, he made another beautiful kick, but Johnny saw the flaw in this move and attacked with one kick.

  Vidal used old tricks and couldn't dodge this counterattack. He was kicked in the face by Johnny and fell to the ground, disqualifying him from qualifying for the final.

   "Shh..." Now the audience all thought that Johnny was cheating, attacked, and didn't talk about martial arts, and the audience booed even more.

  The two actors are still very friendly. In fact, with Vidal's ability, Zebka would never have met him. It was he who took the initiative to let go of the defense and touched the opponent's feet with his face.

   "Score, Johnny Lawrence, win." The referee declared Johnny to the final.

   "Shh..." There was another loud boo, "It's not fair, Vidal should win."

   "Oh, it's not like that, my son is a good guy, he's making a movie, he's a good boy in life, he'll never be so rude."

  The mother of William Zebka, who played Johnny, also came to the scene and watched her son's performance in the stands. Being criticized loudly by the surrounding audience made her very uncomfortable, so she quickly stood up and explained to the surrounding audience.

   "Cut!"

  Ronald stopped filming, and he was not in a hurry to explain. Most of the audience would still react that this was a movie, but the audience's natural emotions made him overjoyed.

  The camera was aimed at the side of the Cobra Dojo. The owner of the museum, Chris, looked at Master Miyagi and his disciple Daniel.

   "Next, Daniel LaRusso from Miyagi Dojo vs Bobby from Cobra Dojo."

  Pat Johnson, who plays the referee, has a moustache and furry arms that show under his T-shirt. Such a referee gives people a feeling of trust at first sight, because all the players can't beat him.

   "Let's see who will make it to the finals to challenge last-time champion Johnny Lawrence," the host shouted.

  The audience started cheering for Daniel. This made Chris, the owner of the Cobra Dojo, very dissatisfied. He ordered Bobby, who was about to play, "I want him not to play."

   "But Master, I can beat him." Ron Thomas, who played Bobby, is also a member of the Second Generation of Stars. He was dissatisfied and complained directly to Master Chris, just like he played in his true colors.

   "I don't want you to beat him, I want him to not be able to compete", Chris said with a gloomy face, word by word.

   He can't stand a short clown like Miyagi, the disciple he trained beat his own disciple, in case Daniel defeated Johnny in the final...

   "But if I do, I will be disqualified." Bobby replied. He understood that Chris's implication was to make a heavy hand to hurt Daniel and give up the final final.

   "Let him not be able to compete" Chris emphasized, staring at each other closely.

   "Okay", Bobby was so frightened that he felt that if he didn't do it, Chris would break his leg in turn.

   "Get ready, start!" The referee gave an order, and the two sides took a ready posture.

   Bobby waited for a few seconds, and under the urging of Chris's gaze, he suddenly stepped forward, jumped into the air, and then kicked Daniel's thigh with a scissor foot.

   This move took everyone by surprise. The championship is not a duel of life and death. You cannot score by hitting the position below the waist, so the contestants will not allocate their energy to defending and attacking the next game.

  Daniel responded to the end and began to groan in pain.

  Master Miyagi and Ali, and Lucille, who came to watch his son's competition, all ran quickly to the ring.

   "Ah, my leg hurts so much, Master Miyagi." Daniel rolled over in pain holding his leg on the ground.

   "Don't be afraid, Daniel-san, the master is here." Miyagi hugged Daniel's head and let him gently lean on his body. Two fake fathers and fake sons, at this moment, there is a real father-son relationship.

"Bobby of Cobra Dojo was disqualified for deliberately hitting Daniel of Miyagi Dojo. According to Rule 41, Paragraph 2. Daniel LaRusso has fifteen minutes to decide whether to continue Go to the final. If he can't play, then another finalist, Johnny Lawrence, will automatically defend his title."

   This despicable and shameless trick not only caused boos from the audience once again, but also made several of Chris' disciples, Johnny, Tommy, and others, begin to distrust him when they look at him.

   For the first time, they began to wonder if the unscrupulous philosophy that Chris taught them was the right one.

   Several referees came over and sent Daniel to the bed in the locker room. The doctor examined Daniel's injury and gently rolled down his trouser legs, "I will tell the referee, you have done well today."

  Daniel's injuries were so severe that he could barely stand. He was lying on the bed in the dressing room, one arm covering his crying eyes.

  He started the tournament only to avoid getting hit. But after studying karate with Master Miyagi for more than four months, he defeated all his opponents all the way and made it to the final... When the championship was within reach, he was not reconciled.

   Mother Lucille cut Daniel's hair, "Honey, stop thinking about it, you've done a great job today, I've never been so proud of you."

   "If they hadn't cheated, you could have won and entered the final." Ali was beside him and complained for Daniel.

   "I want to be quiet." Daniel said while crying.

   "We're waiting for you outside." Mother Lucille and Ali went out.

   "Master Miyagi", Daniel stopped the master when Miyagi passed him.

   "Do you think I have a chance to win the final?"

   "Win, lose, it doesn't matter." Miyagi said, Daniel's original intention has been reached, and the boys of Cobra Gym will not provoke him in the future.

   "That's not what I wanted to ask." Daniel looked at Miyagi.

"Hey! There is a good chance, you will win the final." Miyagi watched Daniel's promotion every step of the way. His style of play was unique. Johnny would feel uncomfortable when he first encountered it. Daniel is likely to succeed. win the championship.

   "Can you heal me like last time?" Daniel begged. The last time I contacted the wall brushing style, I was injured and my arm could hardly move. Master Miyagi restored my mobility with a few acupuncture points.

   "There is no need to fight, you have proved yourself."

"What did I prove? Every time they see me, they think they beat me. I will never have a chance to reconcile with them, and I will never be able to raise my head in front of Ali." Daniel sighed, "I also It's impossible to reconcile with yourself."

   Miyagi didn't expect Daniel to say such a thing, young people in America, the competition is extremely fierce, the winner takes all, the loser has nothing, not even the last bit of self-esteem.

   "Hi! Close your eyes." Miyagi asked Daniel to close his eyes.

  Miyagi rubbed his hands to heat, and then tapped the acupuncture point on Daniel's thigh.

   "Ah..." Daniel cried out in pain.

   "Cut!"

   Ralph Mazio's manager rushed over and handed him a dry towel to wipe off the sweat beaded by the makeup artist on his face.

   "The last big scene, huh?" Weintraub came over, and the filming that lasted for a month and a half was about to end. At this moment, it really felt a little dreamy.

   "There are two more games, one final, and one parking lot."

  Ronald took his first film at the helm of a mid-sized Hollywood production very seriously, adding a fake ending to the end of the film.

   This is what he learned from master screenwriter Billy Wilder. Wilder often likes to arrange a fake ending at the end, and after the audience's emotions reach a climax, a real ending is set to give the audience's emotions a final aftertaste.

  Daniel won the final and won the championship. Johnny and his classmates couldn't stand Chris's rude tactics any longer, and they fell out with him in the parking lot.

  Chris came to beat Johnny, Miyagi accused him in the past of not abiding by his master's principles and not beating students.

  Chris provokes Miyagi in turn, and Miyagi knocks him to the ground in two strokes. All the students of the Cobra Dojo, one by one, despised Chris and walked away.

   Ronald's intention is that this victory is not only a victory for Daniel, nor is it a victory for Master Miyagi to train his disciples, but also a comparison of two martial arts philosophies. In the end, Miyagi Martial Arts triumphed for the philosophy of self-defense.

   Shooting continues.

   When the host was about to announce that Johnny was defending his title, Ali ran out and told him the news of Daniel's comeback.

  Daniel was able to walk on the ground after acupuncture treatment, although his left foot was still limping.

  Johnny came up and attacked. He attacked with all his strength, punching and kicking, trying to decide the outcome.

  Daniel took advantage of this impatience, and with a dodge, he avoided his punch with a balance far superior to Johnny, and punched Johnny's chest with a backhand.

   "One to zero!" The referee announced that Daniel scored.

   "You're dead!" Johnny became even more embarrassed and rushed to end the battle. In the final with a "disabled", he was still one point behind, which made him very unable to hang his face.

   "Shhh..." The audience was already overwhelmed with emotions, no matter the plot of the movie, and began to boo Johnny played by actor William Zebka.

   "Don't do this, my son is a good guy, he's just playing a bad guy." William Zebka's mother in the stands was about to collapse.

   "Yeah...!" The surrounding audience suddenly boiled, and they stood up to cheer for Daniel, who scored another point.

  It turned out that Daniel took Johnny to be aggressive, and one fell to the ground, using the trick that Master Miyagi used to himself when he was constantly learning from boxing champion Ali.

   brought Johnny down with a scissor foot and slapped him on the back.

   "Two to zero!" The referee awarded Daniel another score.

  Johnny threw himself to the ground. Daniel slapped him on the back just now, which happened to make his nose come into close contact with the ground, and he was also bleeding.

   Ronald saw the accident and was about to say stop.

  The referee Pat Johnson said to Johnny, "Go to your master and let him stop the bleeding."

   "Cut!"

   Ronald was delighted with this on-the-spot improv from Pat Johnson.

   "Well done, Pat."

   "This is a common occurrence in karate competitions. How about it? I'm doing a good job, right? Let me be the protagonist next time?"

   "Hahaha..." The two laughed.

  William Zebka's nose blossomed, making the audience so happy again, and continued to boo him. His mum was a little overwhelmed in the stands.

   "Hello, Mrs. Zebka, the director asked me to pick you up behind the camera to watch the shoot." Susan Atkins took his mother from the stand.

   This was Ronald's idea, and he didn't want a grieving mother in the background of the crowd cheering for Daniel.

   Shooting continues.

  The coach Chris, played by Martin Cove, broke Johnny's nose with both hands, and with one force, the nose was restored.

   "Sweep your legs!" Koff said a few words ruthlessly, "Do you have a problem?"

   "No, Master." The camera behind his shoulders is aimed at a close-up of Johnny's face, played by William Zebka. The director of photography looked at Zebka with a look of horror on his face.

   "No prisoners!" Coach Chris shouted.

   "Cut!"

   "Very good!" Ronald exclaimed.

   Of course he knew that this expression was by no means the ability of the fledgling William Zebka, but that he was driven by the performance of his opponent Martin Cove.

  Simply put, Martin Cove let him into the play, he seemed to be really frightened by Cove's cold words, so his expression was so realistic.

   "How did you do it?" Koff's performance exceeded Ronald's expectations.

   "Actually, I'm an actor, not a fighter." Martin Cove replied with a smile.

   "Hahaha", Ronald admired his professionalism. In fact, this kind of high-level performance skills is not Ronald's strong point.

   It turns out that in the previous rehearsal, every time Kov issued the command to sweep the legs, he was just talking casually.

   And in the actual filming just now, for the first time, he performed this very ruthless and ruthless humanity that would rather destroy the opponent but also guarantee the honor of his own dojo.

  William Zebka had never seen a grown man give such an order with ruthlessness. His expectation for Kov's performance just now was just a low-intensity rehearsal. The sudden increase in intensity made him raise his reaction mood by several levels.

   Of course, this technique is only useful when shooting the first line, otherwise the other party will encounter Kov's performance and lose the authenticity of the reaction.

   Fortunately, this shot was a success.

   After Johnny came on the court, he was a swipe at Daniel. This action did not deliberately hit hard, so he didn't commit a foul, but he couldn't score. But his second kick hit Daniel in the stomach, scoring a point.

  The audience scolded Johnny for being dishonest, not talking about martial arts, and attacking.

   "Daniel, be strong!" Ali encouraged her boyfriend below, she most hoped that Daniel could defeat his ex-boyfriend Johnny.

  Johnny continued to attack after the game resumed. Daniel's leg injury aggravated. He obviously had difficulty moving and lost his best balance and dodge.

  Johnny continued to attack Daniel's injured leg and kept doing it.

   He kicked Daniel's leg again, and while Daniel was trying to keep his balance, Johnny punched him in the chest.

   Two to two level.

   Next is the moment of one-trick victory, whoever scores first will win the championship.

  Johnny continued to attack Daniel's injured leg. The spectators had all stood up to watch the game, their cries almost shaking the lights on the ceiling.

  Daniel was unwilling to fail and took the initiative to attack Johnny.

  Johnny was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. Ali cheered for the lame man again. The audience scolded him for being shameless, and he was most angry at himself. To even tie with this skinny monkey, he had to attack the opponent's injured leg without fair play to equalize.

   His face was deformed with jealousy. He is the defending champion, the proud son of heaven. Why is everyone applauding each other.

  Daniel took a step forward, repeated the trick, tripped Johnny, and then punched, trying to score a hit.

  Johnny kicked his legs immediately to resolve, and then chased after Daniel to fight.

  Daniel saw that punching was useless, and he had a strong desire to win, so he raised his injured left leg regardless of the pain, and kicked the side to end the fight.

  Johnny catches the injured leg, an elbow, and hits the same spot where Daniel was injured in the semifinals.

   "Ah..." Daniel let out a scream.

   "Put him in a body bag," is one of Cobra's cadets, where Tommy, played by Rob Garrison, is booing.

   "Are you sure you're OK? Can you continue?" The referee played by Pat Johnson came up and asked Daniel.

  Daniel nodded, his left leg could no longer touch the ground, so he could only put his weight on his right leg and tap his left toes lightly.

   "Cut!"

   "Who taught you to speak?" Ronald asked Garrison, who was also a member of the second generation of Stars.

   "Director, doesn't Chris often say that we should not keep prisoners? I have seen this sentence in Vietnam War movies." Rob Garrison replied with a smile.

   "That's right, I'll add a close-up to you." Ronald felt that at this time, he needed a gag clown to dilute the atmosphere of the decisive battle.

   "Oh yeah? Am I improvising well?" Garrison was happy.

   "Of course, this line may accompany you for the rest of your life."

   Shooting continues.

  Daniel raised his hands and imitated the trick that Miyagi-sensei practiced at the beach, the crane kick. Now his legs can't move anymore, so he can only make a trick.

  Ronald arranged a close-up of Ralph Mazio, who shook his head slightly to the camera, as if asking for Mr. Miyagi's opinion.

   "Cut!"

  Then the camera turns to Morita Noriyuki, which is also a close-up.

   Miyagi nodded lightly at the camera, agreeing with Daniel's idea.

   can't move, it can only be unexpected.

   "Cut!"

   Then the DP gave Daniel a full body close-up.

  This crane kick, with both hands raised on both sides of the shoulders, will definitely attract the attention of the other party to this strange posture.

  Daniel's eyes, glanced down, his injured left leg moved slightly.

   "Cut!"

   DP turns to Johnny's close-up.

  Johnny Lawrence was first insulted by the gesture of raising his arms high. Did Daniel, who opened the door in the middle, despise himself for not punching?

   He suddenly slid forward, closing the distance.

   Daniel's eyes turned to his left foot.

   "It turned out to be a trick, you still want to lie to me at this level?"

  Johnny suppressed his anger, took a defensive posture with both hands, and moved to the next block.

  After all, the legs are always longer than the hands, and before Johnny's fist hits Daniel's chest, his legs can kick him. Although the injured leg can't play any strength, the game is based on scoring, and the opponent kicks himself to be a point.

   "Cut!"

  The reaction shots of the two people were finished, and it was the last kick of the crane that flew out of the sky.

   After consulting with the DP, Ronald put the camera down. This is to imitate the framing method of traditional Dongying movies. The camera lens is below the waist of the person, just like the sight of the Dongying people kneeling on the floor, which will make the two contestants very tall.

The    shot uses a panoramic shot, leaving the two at a distance, so that Johnny's attack and Daniel's counterattack can be explained in one shot.

  Everyone is back in place again, Ronald nods to the director of photography.

   "Action!"

  Johnny rushed to punch his opponent, Daniel gave him a look, and gestured to counterattack with his left leg.

  Johnny took a defensive posture, put his fists down in front of his eyes, and protected his waist.

  Daniel made a half fake move and suddenly recovered,

  Johnny froze for a moment.

   Between the lightning and flint, Daniel slammed his hands down, and his white karate suit fluttered, like a crane flapping its wings.

  Daniel's right foot supporting his leg suddenly moved unexpectedly.

  I saw Daniel take off with his right foot, and then kicked high with his right foot...

   Centered on Johnny's head.

   The two actors have rehearsed countless times for this showdown. Daniel's foot was lightly planted on Johnny's face. Johnny shook his head with a strong back, as if he was hit directly by this trick, and fell to the ground.

  Daniel still fell back to the ground with his right foot, and he staggered to maintain his balance.

   "Daniel, score!" The referee pointed his hand at Daniel heavily.

   "Ah ah..." Ali rushed up from the arena and hugged the hero who defeated his ex-boyfriend, Daniel.

  The audience went crazy when they saw this stunt like a crane spreading its wings. Several of Daniel's neighbors also rushed down from the audience, rushed into the ring, and lifted Daniel high.

   "Master Miyagi, Master Miyagi, we did it! We did it!"

   Johnny Lawrence over there, was convinced by the defeat, he didn't expect Daniel to have this trick. He no longer obeyed Coach Chris's instructions, but took the initiative to pick up the trophy and gave it to Daniel.

   "You deserve it, boy."

"Ah ... ah ..." The audience shouted desperately, and the recorder was particularly satisfied with this sound effect.

  Ronald looked around, all the shots were realized according to his own ideas, and everyone's emotions reached their peak. Even Master Miyagi, who had always been calm, nodded and smiled in satisfaction.

   Another camera is shooting at him.

   "Cut!"

   "It's like a scene in the parking lot, we don't have to shoot it." Weintraub came up and saw everyone cheering, adrenaline bursting, and he also had the urge to go up and shout.

   "Yeah, no need to shoot." Ronald nodded, this is the last shot.

  The original philosophical discussion in the parking lot, Ronald felt that it was unnecessary. All the plot ends in this moment, all the emotions climax here, and the audience is satisfied.

  At the cinema, the audience should stand up, drink up the coke, put the last bit of popcorn in their mouths, then go back happily, call friends and see a wonderful movie today.

  My thoughts about the false ending and the true ending are emotionally unconnected. Such a big climax, the weak aftertaste of discussing the philosophy of martial arts is unbearable. It seems that Billy Wilder was able to film this double ending deliberately with a clue and emotion at the end. Ronald's direct imitation this time was not very successful.

   The DP gave two thumbs up, and all six cameras captured the desired image.

  Ronald retracted his thoughts, nodded, and raised his horn, "I announce that the shooting of 'Longwei Kid' is packed!"

   Today's chapter two in one

   (end of this chapter)