Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 644 I want to learn photography

   "Hahaha... Cheers!"

"cheers!"

  The formal welcome dinner ended with everyone toasting Moutai.

  On the first day of this visit, Jack Valenti, the president of the American Film Society, achieved unexpected results. After obtaining consent, foreign film crews can come to shoot on location.

   When I go back to Hollywood this time, Valenti will publish large advertisements in the Hollywood Reporter, Variety Show and other newspapers, so that interested filmmakers will try it.

"Do you think there will be a lot of people coming? The conditions are really good. The film talents here are not expensive, and they are professional enough, but the skills and equipment are outdated." After returning to the Great Wall Hotel, Jack Valenti and Rhone De and Gregory Peck were drinking coffee and chatting about the future. Some of the older delegation members rested first.

   "It's very beautiful here. We will visit the Great Wall tomorrow. This kind of scenery, which is completely different from America, will definitely make a good movie." Gregory Pike has always been a friendly person, and his films are sought after here.

"I think it will. Orson Welles once told me that as long as you can shoot here, this gimmick can make any movie a big hit in America's theatrical market." Ronald said Played up what the old director said to him, and showed it to prove Valenti's wise decision.

   "I feel that our other proposal, importing five Hollywood movies every year, is also very promising. After that, we will go to the south and examine the movie box office market in commercial cities.

   There are a billion people here, and the market potential is very surprising. They are also developing very fast, this time we have a five-star hotel, and a few years ago, we could only live in an old-fashioned hotel like a motel. "

   "But they're cheap, aren't they?" Ronald asked Valenti.

"Now they can only accept single-film buyouts. I want to promote the system of split accounts, or copy gold. You know? Last year, their annual box office champion was 680 million." Jack Valenti said. An astonishing number of moviegoers.

   "How much?" Ronald almost fell off the sofa. The number of people watching a movie is equivalent to that of all American people who go to the cinema three times?

"Think about it, Ronald. As long as they know your name now, you'll be the star director here, just like Gregory, why he's treated so well here, because he's dozens of miles apart. Years later, audiences here saw the first Hollywood star.

   Use your imagination. Tickets here are not expensive, and some remote areas even accept eggs for movie tickets. But when the economy develops, as long as we can share a penny per ticket, it will be worth millions of dollars. How about ten cents? "

   "This?" Ronald didn't dare to think about it, this number had greatly exceeded his expectations. When I go back, I have to lobby a few studios to let them sell their films for screening here. Even if you don't want the money, or pay it back.

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   "Ronald, if you are not a director, you will also be an excellent photographer." Gregory Peck praised his photo of himself on the Great Wall. Ronald shot his deep eyes very handsome.

   After the talks and visits in the capital, the delegation went to the largest city in the south to continue exchanges. On the plane, Ronald distributed the photos taken in the past few days and printed out in an expedited manner to the members of the delegation.

   There are scenes of them visiting the Great Wall, Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest and other scenic spots, as well as exchanges with film artists, and scenes of visiting women's volleyball training and team members' gatherings, and scenes of people learning to eat roast duck.

  People here always say that style and style are not separated. Ronald also watched the performance of the martial arts team arranged by the host, and had a fight with the folk wrestling masters next to the Temple of Heaven.

   He found that the wrestling habit here is very similar to the tricks he used to know. It is also aimed at quickly knocking the opponent down, rather than scoring on the back as in the game. Ronald also exchanged addresses with representatives of the wrestling team and made an appointment to communicate later. They also often host foreign guests and are familiar with these processes.

   "Is there a Kodak Express here too?" Gregory Packer was amazed at how quickly he could get the pictures.

   "No, they have great hand-printers who are better than Kodak and on par with the pros in Hollywood," Ronald said.

   "I like them, they remind me of a lot of old friends, and Hollywood was full of such geniuses back then."

  In the south, they were able to communicate more deeply with the artists here. In the past, it was also an important town for movies.

   "Who directed this movie?" Ronald asked a young translator assigned to him, Xiao Yan.

   "It's Director Xie."

   "Oh, can I meet him and talk to him?" Ronald watched the "Wrangler" produced a few years ago, which was arranged by the receptionist of the film studio. Ronald can see a little bit of Hollywood's shooting method, one main and two over the shoulders, and the close-up reaction shots are very skillful.

   "We arranged for you to communicate with the young director. Director Xie is busy with his new film and has gone to the scene to collect stories. There is no way to receive friends for the time being." Xiaoyan replied.

   "Alright, what other arrangements are there?" Ronald felt that Xiao Yan's English must have been acquired by learning new concepts of English, and he felt familiar. Coupled with the fact that the two are close in age, they can also chat together.

   "We arranged to communicate with Director Xie's assistant director, Assistant Director Huang, and then you can visit the studio. We also left you some time to taste special food, as well as shopping and visiting Yu Garden."

   Director Huang is a woman who admires Ronald for being a director at a young age. Here, the director and assistant director is not only a kind of job, but also a professional title level.

   The two talked about the Hollywood filming mechanism. Director Huang heard that Ronald's good friend Cameron was very interested in the female characters in the films he was shooting. She said she had the opportunity to see his movies.

   The translation studio is a place that specializes in translating foreign films. Unlike the Souvelle Union, the film will let the actors re-add Chinese lines to the characters so that ordinary audiences can understand them.

   Ronald watched their work for a while and found it very interesting. The translated lines are obviously well written, and they are seamless in terms of mouth shape and performance lines.

   Gregory Pike, who came with him, was even more excited than Ronald. After watching the dubbing clips of the movie he starred in, he even said to the voice actor Joe that the audience here has a better understanding of their own movies than the American audience, and it is all the credit of the dubbing actors.

   "Crack, Kick," Ronald is a guest photographer, taking pictures of Gregory Peck and Actor Joe. Suddenly the Kodak film he brought was not enough, he took Xiao Yan and gave him some dollars, asking him to buy some film.

   He found out that Xiaoyan was not buying Kodak or Dongying brand, but a simple package of local film. There are various parameters of the equivalent Kodak above.

   "You help me develop it." Ronald also wanted to see how the film performed.

   He handed over dollars.

The effect of    is really good, black and white film is almost the same as Kodak, and the level of color roll is slightly worse, but it is enough.

   After the visit, Ronald asked Xiaoyan to take him to Yuyuan Garden.

"Ronald, uh. I have to tell you, I took your dollars, which can be exchanged for exchange coupons. The real purchasing power of this token is much higher than our currency. So I use my own The film that I bought with my money, the performance of this film is very good, reaching the advanced level of Kodak in the 1970s. I can return the remaining money to you. But can you use these exchange coupons for me, I want to use them Buy a camera."

   "You're very honest, there's nothing wrong with that." Ronald waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want Xiao Yan's money, "For me, it doesn't make any difference. I still need US dollar exchange coupons to buy things here."

   "Hey, let me treat you to Xiaolongbao, I know there is one on Huaihai Road that has the best food."

  Xiaoyan is very happy. His father is working in a film studio. If he wants to join the factory to take over, he still needs to contact professional skills. If he has a camera, he can learn photography slowly.

  There are also many foreign guests in the foreign-related restaurant. The waiter is well-informed and brought a basket of xiaolongbao on Ronald's table.

   "Hey, wait, the juice inside is very hot." Xiaoyan hurriedly told Ronald, who had already picked up his chopsticks, to be careful.

   "Oh...it's really hot."

   Ronald exhaled, this is much better than Chinatown's.

   "This is a southern snack, tortoise paste, go to fire. You eat more, you just burned it." Xiaoyan ordered another snack for Ronald.

   "Well, you can eat it too. This turtle paste tastes good."

  Ronald ordered another, and then asked to pay.

   "It's all paid in advance." Xiao Yan smiled. He took advantage of Ronald, so he invited him to have some snacks to express his feelings.

   "Do you have any movies that reflect the lives of ordinary people?"

   After eating special snacks and visiting Yu Garden and the Bund, Ronald asked if he could watch some movies that reflect the lives of ordinary people.

   "Yes, last year there was a high-box-office movie called 'Under the Bridge'. I'll go and report it to the factory manager, and I'll transfer it for you to watch."

   "Xiaoyan, where did you take the foreign guests? Don't violate discipline." The factory manager pretended to be stern.

   "No, no, the foreigner wants to see the Bund and Yuyuan Garden. He is a master photographer. He also used our domestic film, saying that the film is very good."

   "You kid, don't be slick, your father said I could hit you." The factory manager patted Xiaoyan's head.

   "Foreign guests want to see realism-themed films, I wonder if we can tune the 'Under the Bridge' so that foreign guests can also see the realism-themed films that we can also make?" Xiaoyan took the opportunity to speak.

   "Hey, you have a good idea, so let Deputy Director Huang accompany you. You are all young people, so you can hold a symposium. Write a summary of what you talked about, so that everyone can listen."

  "Under the Bridge" is a film made by our factory that was released last year, and a copy was quickly found. Xiaoyan and Huang assistant director accompanied Ronald to watch it.

  Xiaoyan wanted to translate for Ronald, and he made a shush gesture.

   "This international friend is still a bit high-level. Just look at the body movements and watch the performance without the lines." Deputy Director Huang was amazed at Ronald's high level.

  Ronald watched this movie, which is somewhat similar to the "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" that he introduced. It is also a romantic drama for urban young men and women.

  The male protagonist is a car mechanic (bicycle), and the female protagonist is a tailor, who cuts clothes for people at the entrance of the alley to make a living.

  The male protagonist is interested in the female protagonist, and both of them are older youths. But the heroine is always a little melancholy, and the pursuit of the hero is elusive. And every week I go to distant farms to see my aunt and uncle.

   The director Bai of this movie seems to have been trained in Hollywood just like Director Xie. The anxiety and mystery of the heroine's journey are fully expressed in the close-up of her footsteps.

   Ronald concluded that the technique of creating suspense was handed down to Hollywood. Director Bai also likes to shoot the legs of beautiful women.

  In the second act of the movie, the strange behavior of the heroine is finally deciphered. It turns out that she is an unmarried mother! I went to the farm to see my son who was fostered at my uncle's house.

   "So you can also shoot unmarried mothers? It seems that love dramas are indeed similar. Among all human emotions, only love can transcend the barriers of race, language and culture to some extent."

   Ronald glanced at Assistant Director Huang, and it seems that whether it is in the East or the West, urban youths get married late all the same.

  At the end of the movie, the heroine was loved by the hero's mother, to the disgust after she found out that she had a child out of wedlock, and then the heroine's son was bullied by the bully child in the alley and went to the hospital. Instead, the hero's mother came out to scold the bully child and love the heroine's son.

   The two came together naturally, and the heroine used the method of showing the hero a diary to tell the reason why she had a child out of wedlock.

  The two young men fell in love on the farm, but after getting pregnant, the boyfriend went abroad to reunite with relatives in America, and abandoned the heroine and the unborn child.

  In the dim light and on a rainy day, the heroine was sent to the hospital by her uncle pushing a flatbed and gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

  Heavy rain, dark roads, and director Bai's atmosphere were very successful, making the audience fall into deep sympathy for the heroine.

   "Crash! Crash!" One after another, the lightning lit up the sky and illuminated the suffering face of the heroine.

   "This?" Ronald stood up suddenly, "How did you do it?"

   He saw the lightning on the screen, very bright, more than all the lamps and lanterns he could find in Hollywood, and it was exactly the same as the lightning in life.

   "What method did you use? What kind of lamp? I want to introduce this kind of lamp to you!"

   "This?" Deputy Director Huang suddenly realized that foreign devils can speak Chinese.

   "You're right to ask Xiaoyan, it was invented by his father."

   (end of this chapter)