Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 649 Invite Captain Io to visit

Ronald had no good news for Nisita, but Nisita brought him bad news.

"Ronald, when are you going to Hawaii? Next Monday? Well, Walter Murch called me. MJ has encountered a very serious problem. He wants you or Coppola to mediate over the weekend."

"Can you let Frances go? I'm busy filming right now."

"Coppola is also working on his new film 'Peggy Sue Is Getting Married', and MJ is more familiar with you, I try to let him go and watch it."

"Okay, okay." Ronald remembered his daydream producer and participated in this big production of more than 2000 million, but together with Lucas and Coppola, the three of them jointly made a huge profit. Disney's money.It is also professional ethics to solve problems in this way.

"What's the matter?" Ronald came to the shooting scene, and Walter Murch was drinking honey water brewed by his wife beside the camera, his eyes glazed over.

"MJ won't come out."

"Refused to come out of the locker room? Why did you offend him?" Ronald looked in. MJ's current level of big name is not comparable to that of any movie star.

Since he organized the disaster relief benefit performance in Africa, his reputation has grown day by day, and he feels a bit like a saint.

"It's my problem. It's the first time I shot a 3D movie, and I made a mistake in editing."

"How else can you go wrong with editing?"

It turned out that Walter Murch was very cautious. When shooting 3D for the first time, he developed and printed the film on the same day. After editing, he used the negative to develop a version. Before the shooting was completed, he made a half-minute sample first. Try this stereoscopic movie camera for the first time.

Just because there was a problem with this sample, Murch asked to re-shoot the scene of MJ jumping into the sky, which made the hottest star in America unhappy, hiding on the phone in the locker room and ignoring Murch.

This situation has been going on for a day, Ronald looked at it for a while, thinking maybe it wasn't so bad, after all, MJ didn't refuse to shoot, he still came to the scene.

"What's wrong with the editing?"

Murch took Ronald to see the film.Played the 2D version first, and everything is normal. MJ's dance steps have become more mature, and now they are more freely retractable.

And then there's the 3D version...

"Ok?"

Ronald, who was wearing red and blue stereoscopic glasses, saw a stereoscopic image of MJ appearing on the screen, and he was doing his best moonwalk.I saw him wearing a white suit and a top hat, but what was ridiculous was that his moonwalk was not coherent at all, intermittent in the middle, as if he had stepped on a switch and was shaking non-stop.

"What's going on?" Ronald took off his glasses, and two double images appeared on the screen, but the shaking disappeared.Putting on the glasses, MJ started sifting through the chaff again on the screen.

"You know, our brain has a mechanism called persistence of vision, which can automatically synthesize 24 frames per second into a continuous action.

For 2D images, our brains can supplement and describe actions by themselves. For 3D images, it seems that our brains have to spend more resources to carefully align the boundaries of the two images in order to see the three-dimensional illusion.

The brain needs more energy to make up those moving images.Therefore, our brain seems to be down at this moment, unable to keep up with the action of 24 frames per second, and there are too many details that need to be supplemented and depicted.

So I asked Disney's engineers to increase the frame rate of the shooting until it reached 60 frames per second.In this way, our brain is provided with more than double the details of the picture every second, and we don't need to spend too much energy to make up the brain.So it's normal.

Look at this part, I found MJ's backup dancer to shoot, everything is normal. "

"I see." Ronald saw that there was no technical problem here, so he stood up to solve the problem of MJ's star playing big names over there.

"Dangdang..." Ronald rang the door in MJ's dressing room, "It's ready in 5 minutes."

No one answered.

"I'm Ronald, is there anything MJ can do for us?"

"Crack, the door was opened," MJ's manager, Frank Dalio, came out of it.

"Ronald, let's go outside and talk."

At a glance, MJ is on the phone and sees Ronald waving as well.

"It doesn't seem to be a big problem, it's just a problem with treatment." Ronald and Dario walked to the outside room together.

"Ronald, MJ is a sensitive artist and we have to be patient with him. Any suggestion that there is something wrong with his performance will put him in a bad mood."

"There is absolutely no such thing. All the mistakes were caused by Disney's cameras. After our experienced Murch adjustments, the mistakes have been completely corrected. MJ's great dance will be displayed in three-dimensional form in Disney. In front of the audience in Paradise."

"That's good, you and I, MJ is on the phone with his good friend Paul McCartney of the Beatles, when he is over, we can start."

Ronald was brought into MJ's lounge, and he and MJ nodded, absent-mindedly thinking about their filming.Dario went over and repeated Ronald's words in MJ's other ear.

MJ nodded and was still on the phone with McCartney of the Beatles, "Paul, you all seem to be veterans who understand the record industry very well. Although I sold a few records, I am still a rookie. Can you give me some advice ?"

While talking on the phone, MJ glanced at Ronald.Very good, he also succumbed, he is the boss of the set.

Seeing Ronald sitting in the corner thinking about something, and constantly taking out a pen to write something in his notebook, he was very happy. MJ smiled slightly, raised his hand to Dario, and motioned him to bring a piece of paper and a pen. .

"Yeah, listen, the most important thing is not to lose the copyright of your own songs. We made a mistake before the Beatles, and the copyright was taken away by the record company. Now we are trying to find a way to buy it back." Phone Paul McCartney, the most popular person in the recording industry, came here to ask him for advice, and he is still very proud.

"Really? How much do you have to spend to buy back the copyright of your own songs?" MJ said while writing a line with a pen on the paper Dario brought.

"A million dollars."

"$3000 million? Oh, that's a lot of money."

"Yeah, don't make the mistakes we made. Michael."

"Okay, thank you."

MJ hung up the phone, quietly walked behind Ronald, and gently pasted the piece of paper on Ronald's back.

Ronald felt someone lightly touch him from behind, turned his head and saw MJ and manager Dario.

"Michael, what, are you done?"

"Hee hee hee..." MJ covered his mouth with his hand in costume, and secretly laughed.

Seeing that he was smiling innocently, Ronald smiled back, "Michael, I apologize for the mistakes of Disney's machine, you are the best performer. Walter is ready and can use the most realistic technical means, Leave your heroic appearance to more audiences."

MJ nodded, still snickering.

"Your side is ready, just call me, and I will let them prepare."

"Hee hee hee", MJ laughed more and more happily, and he touched Ronald's back again.

Ronald touched back and found the piece of paper. He took it off and saw that there was a line written on it, "Kick my ass."

"Hahaha..." Dario laughed at the right time, making Ronald laugh too.

MJ is a real kid, and loves to do tricks like these ten-year-olds do.thought Ronald.

"You have to sign it for me, and I'll keep it in my collection, or I'll forget who kicked my ass in the future." Ronald picked up the paper and teased MJ.

"Good idea", MJ picked up a pen, added a letter to Ronald in front, and signed his own name, Michael Jackson, on the back.

Ronald folded the paper and put it in his pocket.

"Wait for me, I'll make a call."

MJ had a good time, picked up the phone and dialed his agent, "Hey, Paul's bid is 3000 million US dollars, you double it, and you can buy the copyright of The Beatles. Yes, 6000 million US dollars, in the future Paul If McCartney sings his own song, he will pay me the copyright fee, hehe.”

"Ronald, should I have a speech?" MJ asked Ronald again with a smile.

Ronald, who heard MJ speak, was very surprised.

Why does this MJ look like a child at one moment, and a cold and mature businessman at another moment. The two identities switch smoothly, just like Peter Pan in a fairy tale.

"Please, Captain Io, come over here, your spaceship is about to set sail." Ronald did not change his face, and cooperated with MJ to say the lines he liked to hear.

"yeah!"

"Where should I look?" MJ came to the shooting site. He knew all about his dance by heart, and all he wanted to ask was which direction the camera should look.

"Cut!"

once again.

Walter Murch was shocked. When he was the director, MJ's cooperation was not so high. What magic did Ronald have?Or do you know how to make an artist like MJ happy?
"When you go to Hawaii in the future, how should I deal with him?" Murch also understood that MJ was deliberately showing his face to let everyone know that whoever decides on the set has the final say.He wants to learn from Ronald and find a way to deal with big stars.

"If you're like this, knock on the door and ask him to come out at the beginning, once in half an hour, 15 minutes, and 5 minutes each, and be respectful to him.

Also, if he still delays too long, say something like, 'Come on, Captain Io, your ship is about to set sail'. Ronald whispered in Murch's ear.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, if you want to finish the filming smoothly, you have to do this."

"Ok."

On Monday, Ronald and the crew arrived at Los Angeles International Airport.The crew is flying to Hawaii to shoot the Okinawa episode.On the island of Oahu, Hawaii, there is a windward beach, which is similar to the scenery on the Okinawa side.

"Ronald, let me introduce you, this is the famous screenwriter Oliver Stone."

Agents Nisita and Richard also came to the airport to see him off. Entrusted by others, they stopped Ronald at the airport and introduced him to another famous screenwriter who was going to fly to the Philippines for scene surveying.

"Hello, Mr. Stone." Ronald shook hands with him casually, ready to run away.This old boy wrote "Year of the Dragon" in such a horrible way, maybe he also discriminates against Chinese people in his heart.

"Ronald, is it convenient for us to chat?"

Seeing that Ronald was about to leave, Oliver Stone quickly stopped him and asked him to go to the side for a while.

"I'll get straight to the point. There is a little misunderstanding between us. I ask Mr. Ovitz from CAA to explain it to you."

"We haven't dealt with each other, but I like your script of Conan the Barbarian very much. I'm just curious, why did you write the Chinese in the Year of the Dragon like that?" Ronald let the crew members go first, and sat down by himself Talk to Stone.

"That's what I'm going to say, it wasn't mine. I signed it, but Cimino, you know his, all the scripts, he's going to take the credit for it. If it wasn't If you come out to refute him this time, I'm afraid I will also be implicated.

Actually, I just hated the Vietnam War. They drafted me, a Yale college student, and sent me to the Vietnam War as an infantry soldier. I almost died on the battlefield.My classmate, George Jr., the eldest son of the current deputy commander, was able to fly in the National Guard. "

"It turns out that you are a real veteran of the Vietnam War, not like that fake Cimino." Ronald still respects the veteran, and he also knows Cimino's virtue, so he can't help but believe Stone's words.

"He's really 'lucky son,'" Ronald cites a famous CCR song.

"Some people are born to wave the flag
The colors of the national flag are red, white and blue. "Ronald thought of his father, and Aunt Karen's husband Steve, who were infantrymen who went to the front line.

"Hahaha, yes." Stone also answered the lyrics.

"Some are born with silver spoons in their hands
Lord, they will help themselves. "

The two looked at each other and smiled. They were ordinary people, at most middle class.

"Ronald, I am currently planning to make a movie 'Platoon', which I wrote myself, and my producer, Heimdale, is only willing to pay 300 million for the production cost, and Orion will make up 600 million for the rest. We are now trying to find ways to reduce costs."

"Hey, it's two companies again, and this number again. This is their old routine." Ronald understood as soon as he heard it. Isn't this the routine that Cameron used when he filmed "Terminator".

"Nowadays, new directors start to make movies at 600 million yuan." Ronald thought to himself, fortunately, he became a director earlier, and he still has the opportunity to make a living with a production budget of 300 to [-] million yuan.

"Actually, this is already my second film. My first directorial work 'El Salvador' has just finished filming in Mexico. Do you have any experience in saving money that you can share?"

Oliver Stone was not afraid to learn from the much younger Ronald.

"I have nothing to teach you, Oliver. It's just that this kind of film, in the Philippine jungle, is extremely difficult. You have to be careful not to do what Coppola did with Apocalypse Now.

Also, you'd better pick some new actors, they are willing to endure hardships in order to stand out, and they don't complain about shooting more than ten hours a day. "Ronald thought of the two uncles of his crew, they were still rookies and easy to teach.

"How's Emilio Estevez? I hear he's not doing much right now?"

"Eh..." Ronald thought of his grievances with Emilio, as if no one had revealed it, maybe Stone didn't know about it.

"He's more difficult, you know what I mean?"

"Understood, I have to find someone who is obedient." Stone crossed out Emilio's name. "How about his brother? Charlie Sheen? Martin's son can act."

"He seems to be good." Ronald felt that he couldn't beat everyone to death with a stick.

"I also need a supporting role, who looks like a villain but has a kind heart, which can give the audience a sense of reversal."

"Let me see," Ronald simply took the casting list prepared by Stone, "I have seen this Willem Dafoe act, and he is very good at playing the villain."

"And this Forrest Whittaker." Ronald pointed to another person's name. "This black actor played my fast-paced debut. He is very obedient and looks like a big football player."

"That's all, the others have never worked together, and I don't know their performance on the set." Ronald finished his coffee and was about to leave. His flight had already been called on the radio.

"Thank you very much. We have the opportunity to talk more. There are not many people in Hollywood who are willing to shoot controversial subjects like the Vietnam War."

"Okay," Ronald carried his bag, caught up with Richard who was still waiting for him, and walked towards the boarding gate.

"Passengers and friends, please pay attention, the flight to Hawaii is currently boarding. Business class passenger Ronald Lee, please board the plane as soon as possible."

"Antonia, what's the matter with you? Our plane to London is about to board."

"Oh, ah... I'll come." Antonia Franceschi, who was flying to London with the New York City Ballet for the season, heard Ronald's name called on the radio. When I woke up, there was a ripple in my heart.

"I don't know what movie he is going to shoot in Hawaii now?"

(End of this chapter)