Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 584 Movie Emperor

"yeah!"

  Diane jumped on the bed happily when he heard the price of the two advertisements that Ronald helped her negotiate, and kicked her legs into the sky happily.

Ronald didn't expect Dongying's business... No, it was actually Camilia (meaning camellia), an Israeli diamond jewelry company, and MaxFactor, a cosmetic company founded by a Polish entrepreneur in the United States. Offered a sky-high endorsement fee.

Although the   Eastern Ying people have experienced economic miracles, they still have a kind of attitude of looking up to the popular culture of America. In high-end consumer goods, they still prefer some imported brands.

   "Street of Rage" starring Diane Lane has set off a popular trend in Dongying. Even in Dongying's most popular comics industry, there are many fans of her.

   Some add a Westerner character to their comics based on Diane, and some open a new comic based on Diane directly in the worldview of "Rage Street".

   Diane's biggest fan is also a senior in the comics industry, Mr. Tezuka Osamu. He has always admired Diane's performance, and said in a newspaper interview that her singing is like a fusion of today's most popular rock music videos, and each segment is very beautifully shot.

Because of Di An's special status in the hearts of young people in Dongying, the two trading companies set a high price. The price for each advertisement is 50 million yen. The advertisement completed in two days will allow Di An to shoot an advertisement. The credit is equivalent to $400,000 in remuneration.

   This price is almost five times the price of Diane's endorsement offer in China, making her very happy.

"Bert didn't let me take the ad, but who cares, anyway, it's here in Dongying, and America won't be able to see it." Diane jumped on Ronald's back again, hugging Ronald and expressing his happiness Feeling.

   "I shouldn't have said this at first, but you have made money this time, so be careful, you can save it in the bank, or buy some blue-chip stocks, and don't spend it all at once."

   "Um..." Diane went to the bag and took out Ronald's platinum credit card and returned it to him.

   "Go ahead and use it. There are many places where you need money in Dongying. After you get the payment, return it to me."

  Camilia means camellia, and Diane's light blonde hair dyed for the "Cotton Club" shooting fits the imagination of the Eastern Ying people for the peerless beauty of America. She was wearing a golden evening gown and held a bouquet of camellias.

  The camera zooms out, and the diamond necklace around Diane's neck shines. On the dark street behind, a group of men wearing leather jackets and black sunglasses were riding motorcycles back and forth behind her.

   "Camilia, Diamond", Diane said the lines in English to the camera as requested.

   "Cut!"

   The supervisor in charge of filming stopped, and the assistant brought a folding chair and bowed to indicate to Diane that it was time to rest. Little Bud pulled out the folding chair for Diane and let her sit down.

   "Should we shoot another one? Insurance, supervise?" The assistant for the filming came over and asked the filming supervisor of the advertisement for instructions.

"Forget it, I think Miss Diane's performance is very good. She has the mood of agreeing to marry the suitor after she has got the Camilia diamond ring. She has performed very well." The supervisor was a middle-aged man, looking at Diane Little Bud, who was behind him, stood upright and guarded her.

   This posture looks like he came out of the army. I don’t know what background this Miss Diane’s boyfriend, Ronald Sand, is, and he can make a man in the eyes of Dongying people, retired from the US military. It's better to have some respect for her.

This kind of small scene is a small case for Diane. The style, temperament, and lighting of the entire advertisement are all plagiarized "Angry Streets". She sat in the chair, thinking of Ronald going to meet the "Movie Emperor" of Dongying. Ze Ming, I don't know what to talk about.

  …

  Ronald was standing outside the shooting scene at this time. He and Toho's executives came to the hillside near Tokyo Chengtian Airport to watch the director of Akira Kurosawa, who was directing the new film "Ran".

  "Range" is a script adapted from Shakespeare's King Lear and the story of Moori Motoji, who left the legacy of the Three Arrows in the traditional legend of Eastern Ying.

  Tatsuya Nakadai, who played the role of Xiuhu, was on the hillside, dressed in gorgeous ancient costumes and hats, and was preparing for a banquet.

   The actors who played his sons rode horses, carried bows and arrows, and stood upright in place.

  The one who received Ronald and his party was Akira Kurosawa's memoir, Miss Teruyo Nogami. She had told Ronald and others beforehand that Superintendent Akira Kurosawa hated being disturbed on set. So Ronald could only stand far away from the filming location, waiting for Akira Kurosawa to work.

   "It seems that there is no hope for a while." The lighting engineer of the crew covered his eyes with a magnifying glass, looked at the sky for a long time, and finally said something helpless.

   "Then...rest", the tall Kurosawa Akira wearing sunglasses, shook his head and announced, "Thirashiro, Terashiro, didn't you say that there is a guest from America? Please come over."

   Miss Nogami quickly stretched out her hand and motioned for Ronald to follow. For this picnic scene, the crew has been waiting for three full days, and they have not waited for a suitable cloud.

   "It seems that today is not good either." Teruyo Nogami looked up at the sky, and there was not a single cloud.

"Is Mr. Akira Kurosawa so strict?" Ronald asked through an interpreter, stopping the crew for several days in order to wait for suitable natural light. In Hollywood, there is probably only Francis Coppola who did not fail. There may be This stage.

   "There are fewer and fewer. Now the crew is working together. Only the crew supervised by Kurosawa still maintains this tradition of waiting for the cloud to arrive."

"Hello, Superintendent Kurosawa," Ronald stepped forward and bowed to Akira Kurosawa in a proper manner. This is a director respected by several major Hollywood directors, known as the director of the director, and also known as the film emperor. .

   "Ronald? You're here, please sit, please sit." Kurosawa was tall, more than six feet tall. Among the Eastern Ying people, the figure stands out from the crowd. He kindly asked Ronald to sit down, talking like an old man next door.

   "I watched the 'Longwei Kid' video that Dongbao Company gave me. After watching it for the first 15 minutes, I knew that America had another great young director."

   "Ah..." Ronald didn't expect Akira Kurosawa to praise himself, "You are overrated."

   Dongbao Company's translator was busy sending messages to the two of them.

   "I understand very well, a great director, every picture is designed, experts will know it at a glance." Kurosawa waved his hand, "For example, this scene."

   Saying that, Akira Kurosawa pointed at the camera, as if to test Ronald.

   "This is a medium shot, explaining the background of the characters, and letting the audience quickly enter the plot?" Ronald glanced at it, very well-established shot settings.

   "You're right", Akira Kurosawa nodded with satisfaction, and the director who could think of the effect on the screen was undoubtedly in the room.

   "Look, it's getting harder and harder to make costume films now." Akira Kurosawa stood up and pulled Ronald to the front of the camera.

   "When I moved my camera to the left, I shot the terminal of Narita Airport, and a little to the right, I shot the Sony billboard. Neither of these belong to the Warring States Period."

   "Nowadays, costume films can only be shot slowly and intermittently, and Dongbao did not give me full support, otherwise I would have set up a studio."

Akira Kurosawa took Ronald's hand and said to the translator next to him, "I want to make a few more movies, but I can't find any investors in Dongying. Fortunately, Lucas and Spielberg contacted me. 20th Century Fox, so I don't have no movies to make."

   "No, your script will always be interested. Recently, I asked Cannon Company to buy your script for 'Runaway Train', but unfortunately you can't go to America to direct it in person."

  Ronald mentioned "Runaway Train". To be honest, even if Akira Kurosawa did not supervise properly, the level of the screenwriter was very high.

"I know, Dalang told me." Akira Kurosawa nodded after listening to the translation. I almost went to America to shoot this movie. If I can make it, maybe my career will be very different. .

   "This is also because of the big snowstorm that year." Ronald repeated the reason he heard from Akira Kurosawa's eldest son.

"It's not a snow disaster," Akira Kurosawa shook his head with a wry smile, "I was just fired from my position as the Japanese supervisor of the 'Tiger Tiger' crew by a Hollywood studio. The 'Runaway Train' was also stranded. .

   "I heard from my family that you persuaded people from Cannon Films to buy it. I hope you can shoot successfully in America."

   "It wasn't me who filmed it, it was Goncharowski from the Souvelle Union. The train scene is too difficult, and I'm not sure."

"What's so difficult? I still wanted to use an airplane to take aerial shots of a train traveling through the snowy fields. Supervision is to capture the images in my brain. Even if the budget is not enough, we have to find a way. Trains can't work, but cars can be used. Let's shoot." Kurosawa was a little dissatisfied with Ronald's fear of hardship, and he mentioned a few words to him.

"Don't compromise. Like our director of Dongying, he had already filmed a 'Shinkansen Big Bang' based on my own script ten years ago, and I was very disappointed. It didn't feel like the train was moving forward in the field at all. ."

   "If you want to shoot, I will authorize it for you for free." Akira Kurosawa looked at Ronald, like a magician, seducing young people to shoot the script he wrote with great effort.

"I'm not a very talented person. I got to where I am today because of my persistence in my dreams. You have to work hard too, Ronald." Akira Kurosawa finally patted Ronald on the shoulder, urging young people not to slack off. .

   Holding a banner in Chinese characters written by Akira Kurosawa, Ronald said goodbye to the old director and returned to the hotel.

Directors who grew up in the golden age of films like Akira Kurosawa have strong dogmatic thinking. On his set, lighting, photography, costumes, actors, all decisions are made by him.

Unlike Hollywood, where TV now occupies a huge audience, directors have to work with many professionals and actors, and all decisions must be discussed with them. Even if there is a little bit of decision-making power, it is also his past success. earned.

   "I shot an ad for a diamond ring today, and tomorrow I'm going to shoot the Miss Buddha lipstick and mascara." Diane came up and reported the situation to herself.

   "Ah, then you worked hard."

   "In order to make money, the people here are very nice to me, and I have to show my 100% status. They said that the results of the demos are very good, and they want to invite me to shoot a new version next year."

   "That's great, you're here to shoot commercials and you're on vacation."

   Soon, several people ended their trip in Dongying. Take Weintraub's special plane back to Los Angeles.

   "Longwei Kid's script, I will find a screenwriter to fill it, I still hope you can direct it." Weintraub got a big investment and began to persuade Ronald to direct the sequel.

   "I still have Top Gun to do."

   "Don't worry, I have to wait for this sequel at the Las Vegas Film Fair in April next year to sell it to the buyers of the theater chain and try to set a good schedule. You and me will go when the time comes."

   "Okay, after the Oscars, right?" Ronald remembered that he hadn't been to the order fair for a blockbuster, and wanted to open his eyes.

   (end of this chapter)