Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 584 Movie Emperor
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When Diane heard the prices of the two advertisements that Ronald had negotiated for her, she jumped onto the bed happily, kicking her two legs straight to the sky happily.

Ronald also didn't expect the merchants in Dongying... No, in fact, Camelia (meaning camellia), an Israeli diamond jewelry company, and Max Factor, a cosmetics company founded in the United States by a Polish entrepreneur, gave Dai Ann paid a sky-high endorsement fee.

Although Dongying people have experienced an economic miracle, they still have a mentality of looking up to the pop culture from America.In terms of high-end consumer goods, they still prefer some imported brands.

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

Some use Diane as the prototype to add a Western character to their own comics, and some directly open a new comic based on Diane in the world view of "Street of Rage".

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

Because of Diane's special status in the minds of teenagers in Dongying, the two trading companies offered a very high price. Each company quoted 5000 million yen for shooting an advertisement, and the advertisement completed in two days can make Diane earn money. The equivalent of $40 in remuneration.

This price was almost five times that of Diane's endorsement offer in China, which made her very happy.

"Bert didn't let me take the advertisement, but who cares, it's posted here in Dongying, and America can't see it." Diane jumped on Ronald's back again, hugging Ronald to express her happiness Feeling.

"Originally, I shouldn't say this, but you have made money this time, so you should pay attention to it. You can save it in the bank, or buy some blue chip stocks, and don't spend it all at once."

"Hmm..." 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 in Dongpu that need money. After you get paid, return it to me."

Camelia means camellia, and Diane dyed her light blonde hair for the "Cotton Club" shoot, just in line with the Japanese imagination of the peerless beauty of America.She was wearing a golden evening gown and was holding a bouquet of camellias.

The camera zooms out, and the diamond necklace on Diane's neck is dazzling.On the dark street behind her, a group of men wearing leather jackets and black sunglasses galloped back and forth on motorcycles behind her.

"Camelia, Diamond," Diane said 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 Diane to indicate that it was time to rest.Little Bud opened the folding chair for Diane and let her sit down.

"Should we shoot another one? Insurance, supervision?" The shooting assistant came over and asked the advertisement shooting supervision.

"Forget it, I think Miss Diane's performance is very good. She has already got the mood of the girl getting Camelia's diamond ring and agreeing to marry the suitor. The performance is very good." The supervisor is a middle-aged man, looking at Diane Little Bard behind him stood upright and guarded her.

This kind of posture looks like he came from the army. I don't know what background this Miss Diane's boyfriend Ronald Sang has.It's better to respect her a little bit.

This kind of small scene is a small case for Diane. The style, temperament, and lighting of the entire advertisement are plagiarized from "Street of Rage". Zeming didn't know what to talk about.

……

Ronald was standing outside the shooting scene at this time. Together with Toho's top management, he came to the hillside near Tokyo Narita Airport to watch Akira Kurosawa directing the new film "Chaos".

"Ran" is a script adapted from Shakespeare's King Lear and the story of Motozuku Mori who left behind the legacy of the Three Arrows in the traditional legend of Japan.

On the hillside, Nakadai Tatsuya, who plays Ichimonji Hidetora, is preparing for a banquet in gorgeous ancient Japanese costumes and hats.

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

Receiving Ronald and his party was Akira Kurosawa's recorder, Ms. Teruyo Nogami.She told Ronald and others in advance that Director Akira Kurosawa hated people disturbing the filming of the set.So Ronald could only stand far away from the shooting location, waiting for Kurosawa's 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 a word of helplessness.

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

Miss Nogami hastily stretched out her hand, motioning for Ronald to follow into the arena.For this picnic scene, the crew has been waiting for three days, but they haven't waited for a suitable cloud.

"Looks like it won't work today either," Teruyo Nogami looked up at the sky, but there wasn't a single cloud.

"Is Master Akira Kurosawa so strict?" Ronald asked through an interpreter, stopping the crew for several days to wait for the right natural light. In Hollywood, there is probably only Francis Coppola before he failed. This ostentation.

"It's getting less and less. Now the crews are all working together. Only the crew supervised by Kurosawa still maintains this tradition of waiting for the cloud to arrive."

"Hello, Director Kurosawa," Ronald stepped forward and bowed to Akira Kurosawa in a polite manner. This is a director respected by several big directors in Hollywood. He is called the director of the director, and he is also called the movie emperor .

"Ronald? Here you come, please sit down, please sit down." Kurosawa was tall, over six feet.Among the Dongying people, his figure stands out from the crowd.He graciously asked Ronald to sit down, talking like an old man next door.

"I watched the videotape of 'Longwei Boy' given to me by Dongbao Company. After watching it for 15 minutes, I knew that there was another great young director in America."

"Ah..." Ronald did not expect Kurosawa to praise himself, "You are too good."

The translator of Dongbao Company was busy passing messages to the two of them.

"I understand very well that for a great director, every scene is designed, and an expert will know it at a glance." Akira Kurosawa waved his hand, "For example, this scene."

As he spoke, Akira Kurosawa pointed at the camera, as if he wanted to test Ronald.

"This is a medium shot, explaining the background of the characters, and allowing the audience to quickly enter the plot?" Ronald glanced at the very well-behaved camera settings.

"You're right." Akira Kurosawa nodded in satisfaction. A director who can think of showing the effect on the screen is undoubtedly one of the best.

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

"When I turned my camera to the left, I captured the terminal building of Narita Airport, and to the right, I captured Sony's billboard. Neither of these belonged to the Warring States Period."

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

Akira Kurosawa took Ronald's hand and said to the translator next to him, "I still want to make a few more movies, but I can't find an investor in Dongying. Fortunately, Lucas and Spielberg contacted me. Twentieth Century Fox, I wouldn't have no movies to make."

"No, there will always be people interested in your script. Recently, I asked Cannon Company to buy your 'Rampage Train' script. It's a pity that you can't go to America to direct in person."

Ronald mentioned "Runaway Train". To be honest, even if Akira Kurosawa is not in charge of supervision, the level of screenwriting is 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 could make it, maybe my career would be very different. .

"It's also because of the big snow disaster that year." Ronald said the reason he heard from Akira Kurosawa's eldest son.

"It's not a snow disaster," Kurosawa shook his head with a wry smile, "I was just dismissed by a Hollywood studio as the Japanese supervisor of the 'Tiger Tiger' crew. The 'Rage Train' also ran aground. up.

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

"I didn't shoot it, but I found Goncharovsky from the Sowell 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 trains moving across the snow field. Supervision is to take pictures of my mind. Even if the budget is not enough, I have to find a way. If the train is not good, you can still use a car. Let’s shoot.” Akira Kurosawa was a little dissatisfied with Ronald’s fear of difficulties, so he mentioned a few words to him.

"Don't compromise. Like our Dongying director, he has filmed a 'Shinkansen Big Bang' based on my own script ten years ago. I am very disappointed. It doesn't feel like the train is moving forward in the wilderness at all. .”

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

"I'm not a very talented person, but I have come to this day relying on my persistence in my dreams. You have to work hard, Ronald-san." Akira Kurosawa finally patted Ronald on the shoulder, urging young people not to slack off .

Holding a banner in Chinese characters "Efforts" written by Akira Kurosawa, Ronald bid farewell to the old director and returned to the hotel.

Directors like Akira Kurosawa who grew up in the golden age of movies all uphold strong dogmatic thinking.On his set, lighting, photography, costumes, actors, all decisions must be made by him before they can proceed.

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

"Today I shot a diamond ring ad, and tomorrow I will shoot Max Factor lipstick and mascara." Diane came up to report the situation to herself.

"Ah, then you worked hard."

"In order to make money, the people here treat me very well, and I have to show my [-]% state. They said that the effect of the sample film is very good, and they want to invite me to shoot a new version next year."

"That's great. When you shoot commercials here, it's considered a vacation."

Soon, several people ended their trip in Dongpu.Sit on Weintraub's special plane and return to Los Angeles.

"The script of Longwei Boy, I will find a screenwriter to fill in, I still hope you can direct." Weintraub got a big investment and began to persuade Ronald to direct the sequel.

"I still have Top Gun to work on."

"Don't worry, I'm going to wait for this sequel at the Las Vegas Film Expo in April next year, and sell it to theater buyers, trying to get a good schedule. You can go with me sometime later."

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

(End of this chapter)