Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 444 - Cut, Cut, Cut

The new 900 Turbo car presented by Saab has already been given to Ronald by the dealer.He drove this big red new car to the beach in Los Angeles for a drive.

"Night of the Comet" continued to be released steadily, and Ronald felt that his share would exceed the director's salary.So he bought the stock of Coca-Cola with the director's salary and shooting commercials.

Anyway, all Americans drink Coke. Compared with Pepsi, Coca-Cola, which has higher profits, should be a good investment target... right?

Ronald himself has little investment knowledge, and neither does his family know how to invest.I asked Douglas Jr. in high school, and the other party just said, at least it won't lose money, and there will be dividends every quarter.

The promise of "not losing money" made Ronald feel at ease to buy.In the future, you won’t need to change scripts to earn living expenses, and you can live well with stock dividends for daily expenses.

"Hi, handsome guy, what kind of car is this?" On the edge of the beach, a beautiful woman in a big red bikini took off her sunglasses and asked Ronald who was sitting in the driver's seat.The red body, the front of the car looks like a sports car, and the driver is a handsome guy, which arouses the beauty's interest.

"Saab 900, a good car from Sweden."

"Chi..." The beauty put on her sunglasses and walked away.It looks like a powerful car. Why is it a five-door hatchback SUV at the rear? What about Sweden? Can Sweden produce good cars?
"Hey, you'll know when the commercial airs on TV." Ronald retracted his head back to the car window.Started the car and cruised slowly, "They are all red cars, but Ferrari can attract people."

A Ferrari drove across, chatted with the beauty, and she got into the passenger seat of the sports car.

"Didi..." Ronald honked his horn twice. On the beach in Los Angeles, surfboards and sports cars are more attractive to beauties.

The car came to Venice Beach, and Ronald saw the disabled break-dancing master, nicknamed "Handyman (Handyman)" again.He also teaches breakdancing moves at a public roller skating rink not far from the beach.

Ronald thought he was very miraculous. The "hand man" who suffered from polio and had trouble walking could break dance much better than a healthy person.

Ronald, who parked his car, stood by the side of the roller skating rink, watching the "hand man" demonstrate to the fans. He wore a sportswear with a hood, threw away his crutches, and walked to the terrazzo with difficulty. center of the field.

"Hand Man" puts on his hat to protect his hair, and stands on his head with his hands on both sides of his head for balance.After waiting for a second, he spun his hands, and then his legs started to spin like a helicopter.

"Oh..." Ronald was surprised. Is this a new move?
"Oh oh oh..." Amidst the applause of the people next to him, the "hand man" stopped dancing, and he became the disabled person again, standing on the ground with two legs.

Ronald hurried forward, picked up two stainless steel crutches, handed them to the "hand man", and then supported him, letting him put his arms into the steel rings on the canes to fix them.

"Thank you.", "Hand Man" is a very shy person in life, he thanked Ronald, and then walked to the wall step by step, looking at the black and Latino people who imitated his actions in the field descendants, the proud light in his eyes.

"My name is Ronald, have you been doing break dancing here?" Ronald wanted to meet this strange man.

"Yeah, my name is Eddie Rodriguez." The hand man shook his hand with difficulty, "I like this dance very much, so I come here when I'm free."

"It seems that more and more people are dancing now?"

"Yes, in March, a documentary called 'Wild Style' was released, which was devoted to hip-hop music, and there were scenes of breakdancing and fighting, so I came to learn this kind of dance There are more and more people..."

"Eddie, can you show us one more time?" Several Latino kids came over.

"Of course", "Hand Man" Eddie went over to give them a detailed introduction to the essentials of some break dancing movements.

This shy man is usually very quiet, but when he is asked for advice, he talks a lot uncharacteristically.

It seems that he really likes break dancing. There are many people here who like it, and he performs here. If someone wants to learn the moves, he will teach everyone.

Black and Latino children are very poor and cannot afford tuition fees. The "hand man" seems to teach these young people who like to dance for free.

Ronald liked this kind of pure person very much. After spending half a day with him on Venice Beach, he went to CAA's office.

"Ronald, you came just in time. Your friend Minahan has been looking for you for a long time." Richard saw him and gave him a note with his phone number written on it.

"Oh?" Ronald took it and saw that it was the office number of Minahan, an Israeli.

When I called to inquire, it turned out that Minahan had already finished filming the movie "Sahara" in the Israeli desert. When he came back, he was invited to the office for a talk.

"Quack quack..." Minahan let out a hoarse laugh as soon as he saw Ronald enter the office.When he was in Israel, he didn't know whether it was because he ate too well or was under too much pressure. He gained a lot of weight, and the belt on his stomach could no longer stretch.

"You came at the right time, Ronald. All the shots of 'Sahara' have been filmed. I think we are going to succeed. We will definitely have our share in next year's Oscar."

Ronald was immune to optimists like Minahan, "Really? Did you come to me?"

"I heard, you did commercials for cars and hamburgers, and you edited the two movies yourself, do you want to win an Oscar? Come and see my rough cut, give me some advice, and I'll give you an edit signature, then you will be able to accept the award on stage."

"Let's take a look first." Ronald suddenly had the idea of ​​looking at the samples, and agreed.

"Quack..." Minahan led him into an editing room, "Bring me the film that has been synchronized with audio and video."

The assistant wrapped the film around the densely packed guide pillars, and when the switch was pressed, a close-up shot of Brooke Shields appeared on the monitor.

Ronald reached out and touched his lips.The first girl in America is still so beautiful.

"Boji has gone back to New York, and she is going to Princeton to go to school soon, and the time for us to film and pack is just right." Minahan pointed to Brooke on the screen and said, "We are going to be lucky, the last film before Brooke University , she will also be a strong contender for Best Actress at the Oscars. The box office is a hit, the critics are applauding... Hahaha, my dream is finally coming true."

"Bring it..." Minahan grabbed the control knob in the assistant's hand and started playing the film forward.

Brooke Shields sat in the driver's seat of an antique car, wearing a big windshield like a racing driver, and her white scarf was rattled by the wind.

"It's really beautiful." Ronald thought secretly.The big beauties are also heroic when they disguise themselves as men.

On the screen, Bo Ji drove off the starting point and galloped on the dirt track. Then she took off her windshield, threw away the leather cap that was on her head to cover her hair, and then grabbed it hard, and put it on The wig on his head was thrown behind the car, and his real long dark golden hair shone golden in the desert sun.

Brooke shook her head left and right, and rubbed her hair vigorously. The oncoming wind blows her long hair away, further and further away in the camera.

"Cut...cut...cut..." Minahan started howling at the editing assistant like a bull in heat.

"Here, here, and here." Minahan swung the knob back and forth, "Cut it all off, it's all rubbish, rubbish, rubbish, keep this section."

"Hey," Ronald stood up in shock, "No, Minahan, that's how you edit the movie?"

"Intuition, intuition is the most important thing in editing, you can't go wrong if you listen to me." Minahan continued, "Cut out here, and close-up here. Have you memorized it?"

The poor editing assistant kept writing in his notebook the edit points that Minahan had written.

"It doesn't feel like this." Ronald covered his face.

Didn't you watch all the shots first, then understand the rhythm of the movie, and then use your intuition to repeatedly determine the editing point of the audience's thoughts, just cut the scissors directly with the feeling of the first time?

"Ronald, what do you think?" Minahan had quickly determined the editing point of the first roll of film, and then stopped to ask Ronald.

"I think we have a completely different approach to our work, and I'd better not give my opinion."

"It's up to you, Ronald. How about you go out and talk to Yoram first? He still has something to talk to you. I'll come back to you after I work. I want you to direct a movie for Cannon."

"Okay, you go first." Ronald nodded and left the editing room to find Minahan's cousin Yoram.

"Ronald", Yoram's figure is also a little fatter, "Your box office of 'Night of the Comet' is very good, has the Atlantic settled with you for the share reward?"

"Not yet, my agreement has to wait until after the film is released, and share it according to the total box office. I only get the director's salary."

"That's not okay, Ronald, this kind of thing needs to rush them." Yoram said, picked up the phone and dialed the distribution department of Atlantic Ocean.

"Hi, I'm Yoram from Cannon, when will the money for 'Night of the Comet' be available?"

"What? No, no, don't give me this set. We are also publishers...Okay, okay, let's make it this way, your reputation is still in a good range with me, don't let me down."

Yoram, who put down the phone, said to Ronald, "If you don't urge this publisher, he won't offer to pay the bill."

"Oh", Ronald thought to himself that he should ask his agent to urge him.

"This time I raised another sum of money from Belgium, and I discussed with Minahan, I would like to ask you to make a movie for Cannon, as long as Minahan has no objection to the subject matter and the outline of the story, we can shoot it.

Of course, it would be better to use the stars of our company, so that we can go to Cannes to pre-sell your film and increase some investment.If it doesn't work, we can only make a movie with a small investment. "

"Who is your male star?" Ronald didn't expect that the Israeli brothers had made such a big deal that they already had their own male star.

"Chuck Bronson, and Chuck Norris," Yoram said, pointing to two posters on the wall.

Ronald looked up, and the faces of the two were very familiar.Chuck Bronson is the star of "Death Wish 2", an action star with a mustache, and once played the mystery man in "Once Upon a Time in the West".

Another Chuck is more familiar, he is the villain of the Colosseum battle in Bruce Lee's play "Raptors Crossing the River".Also a black belt in karate.

"So you guys are still making exploitation films?" Ronald knew when he saw these two.Chuck Norris has no expression in "Way of the Dragon", only action scenes, and it is obviously too flattering to say that he is a star.Chuck Bronson is out too, and hasn't had a blockbuster movie in years.

"Yeah, exploitation, you're the pro, porn, action, explosions, youth, whatever. Do you have any ideas?"

"That's it, let me think about it." Ronald thought for a while, thinking of the "hand man" just now.

"Have you ever seen a documentary 'Wild Style'? Now the dance in that documentary, which is called break dancing, is very popular. Even the most popular MJ is in Motown to commemorate the music Can jump up, have you watched the TV broadcast?"

"Breakdance", Yoram wrote down the name of the dance, "I haven't watched it, wait for me to borrow a copy or a video, and Minahan and I will watch it again tonight, let's discuss it tomorrow."

The next day Ronald came to Cannon again, and he went straight into the editing room to meet Minahan.

"Cut scissors... this is rubbish, this is good, this part is reserved, this part... what about the part in the middle of this part? Quickly find out, the shot I took is very good, why is it gone?"

"Yesterday you said it was garbage, cut it off, and I'll find it in the recycling bin." The assistant was sweating profusely.

"Yesterday was yesterday, today he's not trash... Aha, Ronald, here you come."

Minahan saw Ronald, "I watched that documentary with Yoram last night and the dance of that kid named Jackson, and I have to say, there is a problem with your interpretation of fashion trends.

This kind of dance danced by blacks and Latinos is impossible to be popular in mainstream society in America.Didn't you see that their original soul music didn't go mainstream?It is the rock music of the white people, which is in line with the mainstream aesthetics of the white people. "

"Is that so? Then I don't have much inspiration recently. If you have any scripts, just show me."

"No problem, I am now collecting scripts everywhere in Hollywood, and when there is a suitable one, we must cooperate with one. I will produce, you will direct, Oscar best picture, best director, is our goal, quack quack ..."

(End of this chapter)