Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ralph Mazzio's hands were covered in blood, and the doctor came to stop the bleeding quickly.

"Shh..." The audience in the seats who came to watch the real game, and the extras who were brought in, all booed loudly.

They were very dissatisfied with Chad McQueen's Dutchman, which was equivalent to deliberately making the protagonist Daniel bleed.

"It seems to be very immersive?" Ronald was refreshed and unexpectedly found that the audience on the scene had a lot of empathy for the character of Daniel.

This is great news. Since it can infect the audience on the scene, it must be able to infect the movie audience.

Ralph Mazzio returned to the court after treatment. He kicked the head and sent away the "Dutchman" played by Chad McQueen.

Another wave of cheers came from the audience.

"Cut!" The sound engineer gave Ronald a thumbs up. Such a cooperative audience is not common in movie shooting.

In the end, Daniel, Dario Vidal, defending champion Johnny Lawrence, and Bobby from the same Cobra Gym entered the semi-finals.

"Ah... right there," Daniel frowned.

Miyagi picked up the plaster and stuck it on Daniel's ribs. When he was competing with the "Dutchman" just now, he was hit continuously here and needed to be fixed with a plaster.

"I didn't expect to make it to the semi-finals." Daniel tried to move his arm, and his ribs didn't hurt so much.

"I didn't expect it either." Master Miyagi told the truth.

"It would be great if I could win the championship in the end."

"It would be great if you could survive." Miyagi began to relieve Daniel's pressure.

The first match was between Johnny Lawrence and Vidal. Ronald deliberately asked Vidal to appear on the field with his real name. If the movie could become popular, he would also be recognized by people, and it would also help his friend realize his wish to open a martial arts school.

The match was moved to the center ring, and Pat Johnson announced the start of the match.

Vidal kicked some beautiful whirlwind kicks in a very cool way, but Johnny easily dodged them.

The audience began to cheer for Vidal again. On the one hand, his movements were chic and elegant, very beautiful, making the audience feel that his movements were better than William Zebka, who played Johnny.

On the other hand, Johnny, who also belongs to the Cobra Gym, was also disliked by the audience. Most of the audience did not know who was the good guy and who was the bad guy in this scene, but William Zebka's very arrogant posture made the audience naturally dislike him.

Vidal failed to score with several whirlwind kicks. After retreating, he used a beautiful flying kick, but Johnny saw the flaw in this move and kicked it back.

Vidal's tricks were old and he could not avoid this counterattack. He was kicked in the face by Johnny and fell to the ground, losing the qualification to advance to the finals.

"Hush..." Now the audience thought Johnny was cheating, sneaking, and not being martial arts-minded, and the booing in the audience was even louder.

The two actors were still very friendly. In fact, with Vidal's skills, Zebka could not touch him at all. He took the initiative to let go of his defense and touched the opponent's feet with his face.

"Score, Johnny Lawrence, wins." The referee announced that Johnny entered the finals.

"Shh..." There was another louder booing, "It's not fair, Vidal should win."

"Oh, that's not true, my son is a good man, he is filming a movie, he is a good kid in life, he would never cheat like this."

The mother of William Zebka, who played Johnny, also came to the scene and watched her son's performance in the stands. She felt very uncomfortable being loudly criticized by the audience around her, and she quickly stood up to explain to the people around her.

"Cut!"

Ronald stopped filming, and he was not in a hurry to explain. Most of the audience would still react that this was a movie, but the audience's natural emotions made him overjoyed.

The camera was aimed at the Cobra Dojo side, and the owner Chris looked at Master Miyagi and his disciple Daniel gloomily.

"The next game will be Daniel LaRusso from Miyagi Dojo against Bobby from Cobra Dojo."

Pat Johnson, who played the referee, had a mustache and his arms exposed under his T-shirt were full of hair. Such a referee gave people a sense of trust at first glance, because all the contestants could not beat him.

"Let's see who will enter the finals and challenge the last champion Johnny Lawrence." The host shouted.

The audience began to cheer for Daniel. This made Chris, the owner of the Cobra Dojo, very dissatisfied. He ordered Bobby who was about to play, "I want him not to participate in the competition."

"But Master, I can beat him." Ron Thomas, who played Bobby, was also a member of the second-generation star gang. He was dissatisfied and complained directly to Master Chris, just like playing himself.

"I don't want you to beat him, I don't want him to participate in the competition," Chris said the order word by word with a gloomy face.

He couldn't stand a short clown like Miyagi, who trained a disciple who defeated his own disciple. What if Daniel defeated Johnny in the final...

"But if I do this, I will be disqualified." Bobby replied. He understood that Chris's implication was to hurt Daniel and give up the final.

"Don't let him participate in the competition," Chris emphasized, staring at him closely.

"Okay," Bobby was scared. He felt that if he didn't do it, Chris would break his leg in return.

"Ready, go!" The referee gave the order and both sides got into ready positions.

Bobby waited for a few seconds, and at the urging of Chris's gaze, he suddenly stepped forward, jumped into the air, and then kicked Daniel in the thigh with a scissor kick.

This move was beyond everyone's expectations. The tournament is not a life-or-death duel, and you cannot score points if you hit the position below the waist, so the contestants will not allocate their energy to defend the moves that attack the lower plate.

Daniel responded to the end and began to moan in pain.

Master Miyagi, Ali, and Lucille who came to watch their son compete, all ran quickly onto the ring.

"Ah, my legs hurt so much, Master Miyagi." Daniel rolled on the ground holding his legs in pain.

"Don't be afraid, Daniel-san, the master is here." Miyagi held Daniel's head and let him lean against him gently. The two fake fathers and fake sons now have a real father-son relationship.

"Bobby of Cobra Dojo was disqualified from the competition for deliberately hitting Daniel of Miyagi Dojo. According to Rule 41, Paragraph 2 of the Competition Rules. Daniel LaRusso had fifteen minutes to decide whether to continue to compete in the final. If he cannot compete, the other finalist, Johnny Lawrence, will automatically defend the title."

This despicable and shameless off-the-table move not only drew boos from the audience once again, but also made several of Chris's disciples, Johnny, Tommy, and others, begin to look at him with distrust.

For the first time, they began to doubt whether the philosophy of winning by any means necessary that Chris taught them was correct.

Several referees came over and sent Daniel to the bed in the locker room. The doctor examined Daniel's injured area and gently rolled down his trouser legs. "I will tell the referee that you did very well today."

Daniel's injuries were severe and he could barely stand. He lay on the bed in the dressing room, covering his crying eyes with one arm.

He initially entered the tournament hoping to avoid being beaten. But after studying karate with Master Miyagi for more than four months, he defeated all his opponents along the way and reached the final... When the championship was within reach, he was unwilling to give in.

Mother Lucille cut Daniel's hair and said, "Honey, don't think about it all the time. You did a great job today. I've never been so proud of you."

"If they hadn't cheated, you would have won and entered the finals." Ali stood beside him and also defended Daniel.

"I want some peace and quiet," Daniel said as he cried.

"We'll wait for you outside." Mother Lucille and Ali walked out.

"Master Miyagi," Daniel called the master when Miyagi walked past him.

"Do you think I have a chance of winning the final?"

"Win or lose, it doesn't matter." Miyagi said, Daniel's original intention has been achieved, and the boys from the Cobra Gym will not provoke him in the future.

"That's not what I wanted to ask." Daniel looked at Miyagi.

"Hey! There is a good chance that you will win the finals." Miyagi watched every step of Daniel's promotion. His style of play is unique. Johnny will not adapt to it for the first time. Daniel is likely to succeed. Win the championship.

"Can you heal me like last time?" Daniel begged. The last time I contacted him, I was injured in the wall-painting style. I could barely move my arm. Master Miyagi restored my ability to move with a few acupoints.

"There's no need to fight, you've already proven yourself."

"What have I proved? Every time they see me, they think they have defeated me. I will never have a chance to reconcile with them, and I will never be able to raise my head in front of Ali." Daniel sighed, "I don't have a chance to reconcile with them." It’s impossible to reconcile with yourself.”

Miyagi did not expect Daniel to say such words. Among young people in America, competition is extremely fierce. The winner takes all. The loser has nothing, not even the last bit of self-esteem.

"Hey! Close your eyes." Miyagi asked Daniel to close his eyes.

Miyagi rubbed his hands to warm them up, and then tapped the acupuncture points on Daniel's thigh.

"Ah..." Daniel screamed in pain.

"cut!"

Ralph Mazio's manager rushed up to him, handed him a dry towel, and asked him to wipe off the sweat from the makeup artist's face.

"It's the last big scene, huh?" Weintraub came over. The one-and-a-half-month filming was about to end. At this moment, it really felt a bit dreamy.

"There are two more, one in the finals and one in the parking lot."

Ronald took his first mid-sized Hollywood production very seriously and added a false ending to the film.

He learned this from screenwriter master Billy Wilder. Wilder often likes to arrange a false ending at the end. After the audience's emotions reach a climax, he will then add a true ending to give the audience's emotions a final aftertaste.

Daniel won the final and won the championship. Johnny and his classmates couldn't stand Chris's despicable methods anymore, and they had a falling out with him in the parking lot.

Chris came over to beat Johnny, and Miyagi went over to accuse him of not abiding by the master's principles and not being able to beat students.

Chris in turn provoked Miyagi, and Miyagi knocked him to the ground in two blows. All the students at the Cobra Dojo looked at Chris and walked away one by one.

Ronald's intention was that this victory was not only a victory for Daniel, nor a victory for Master Miyagi in training his disciples, but also included a comparison of the two martial arts philosophies. In the end, Miyagi's martial arts philosophy prevailed for the sake of self-defense.

Shooting continues.

When the host was about to announce Johnny's title defense, Ali ran out and told him about Daniel's comeback.

Daniel was able to walk after acupuncture treatment, although his left foot was still a little lame.

Johnny rushed to attack, he attacked with all his strength, punched and kicked, trying to decide the outcome.

Daniel took advantage of this impatience, dodged, and used his balance ability far beyond Johnny to avoid his punch, and punched Johnny in the chest with his backhand.

"One to zero!" The referee announced that Daniel scored.

"You're dead!" Johnny was even more angry and rushed forward to end the fight. He was one point behind in the final against a "disabled person", which made him very embarrassed.

"Hush..." The audience was already full of emotions, regardless of the plot of the movie, and began to boo Johnny played by actor William Zebka.

"Don't do this, my son is a good man, he is just playing a bad guy." William Zebka's mother in the stands was about to collapse.

"Yeah...!" The audience around them suddenly boiled, they stood up to cheer for Daniel, and he scored another point.

It turned out that Daniel took advantage of Johnny's aggressiveness and fell to the ground, using the same move that Master Miyagi had used on him when he was constantly learning from Muhammad Ali.

He knocked Johnny down with a scissor kick, and then slapped him on the back.

"Two to zero!" The referee gave Daniel another score.

Johnny fell to the ground, and Daniel's slap on his back just now made his nose come into close contact with the ground, and he also bled.

Ronald saw the accident and was about to call a stop.

Pat Johnson, who was playing the referee, said to Johnny, "Go to your master and let him stop the bleeding for you."

"Cut!"

Ronald was very happy with Pat Johnson's impromptu performance.

"Well done, Pat."

"This often happens in karate competitions. How about it, am I acting well? Let me be the protagonist next time?"

"Hahaha..." The two laughed.

William Zebka's nose was bleeding, which made the audience very happy again, and they continued to boo him. His mother in the stands couldn't stand it anymore.

"Hello, Mrs. Zebka, the director asked me to take you to the back of the camera to watch the filming." Susan Akins took his mother from the stands.

This was Ronald's idea. He didn't want a mother with a sad face in the background of the audience cheering for Daniel.

The filming continued.

Coach Chris, played by Martin Kove, twisted Johnny's nose with both hands and restored it with a force.

"Use the sweep kick!" Kove said a few words very coldly and ruthlessly, "Do you have any questions?"

"No, Master." The camera behind his shoulder was aimed at a close-up of Johnny's face played by William Zebka on the opposite side. The director of photography looked at Zebka's face with a horrified expression.

"No prisoners!" Coach Chris shouted.

"Cut!"

"Very good!" Ronald praised loudly.

Of course, he knew that this expression was not the ability of the fledgling William Zebka, but he was driven by the performance of his opponent Martin Kove.

Simply put, Martin Kof made him get into the role. He seemed to be really frightened by Kof's cold words, so his expression was so realistic.

"How did you do it?" Kof's performance exceeded Ronald's expectations.

"Actually, I'm an actor, not a fighter." Martin Kof replied with a smile.

"Hahaha", Ronald admired his professionalism. In fact, this high-level performance technique is not Ronald's strong point.

It turned out that Kof was just talking casually every time he issued the command to use the sweeping kick during the previous rehearsal.

And just now during the actual shooting, he performed this kind of very ruthless humanity for the first time, and would rather destroy the opponent to ensure the honor of his dojo.

William Zebka had never seen an adult give such a ruthless order. His expectation for Kof's performance just now was just a low intensity during a rehearsal. The sudden increase in intensity made him raise his reaction emotions by several levels.

Of course, this technique is only useful when shooting the first take, otherwise the other party will encounter Kof's acting method and lose the authenticity of the reaction.

Fortunately, this shot was successful at once.

After Johnny came on the court, he kicked Daniel with a sweeping kick. This action was not deliberately heavy, so it was not a foul, but he could not score. But his second kick hit Daniel's abdomen and scored a point.

The audience loudly rebuked Johnny for cheating, not following martial ethics, and sneak attack.

"Daniel, be strong!" Ali said in

Johnny continued to attack after the game resumed. Daniel's leg injury worsened. He obviously had difficulty moving and lost his best balance and dodge.

Johnny continued to attack Daniel's injured leg, and he would not stop.

He kicked Daniel's leg again. When Daniel tried to keep his balance, Johnny punched him in the chest.

2-2 tie.

Next is the moment of winning with one move. Whoever scores first will win the championship.

Johnny continued to attack Daniel's injured leg. All the audience had stood up to watch the game. Their shouts almost shook the lights on the ceiling.

Daniel was unwilling to fail and took the initiative to attack Johnny.

Johnny was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. If Ali cheered for the cripple again, the whole audience would scold him for being shameless, but the one who felt most angry was himself. To actually get a tie with this skinny monkey, he had to attack the opponent's injured leg without fair play to even the score.

His face was deformed with jealousy. He was the defending champion and the proud son of heaven. Why was everyone applauding the other party?

Daniel stepped forward, repeated his old trick, tripped Johnny, and then punched, hoping to score.

Johnny immediately kicked his legs to resolve it, and then chased Daniel to fight.

Seeing that punches were ineffective, Daniel's strong desire to win made him ignore the pain and raised his injured left leg, trying to end the fight with a side kick.

Johnny caught the injured leg and hit an elbow right on the spot where Daniel was injured in the semifinals.

"Ah..." Daniel screamed.

"Put him in a body bag," Tommy, one of Cobra's cadets, played by Rob Garrison, heckles.

"Are you sure you're OK? Can you continue?" the referee played by Pat Johnson came up and asked Daniel.

Daniel nodded. His left leg could no longer touch the ground, so he could only put his weight on his right leg and tap the ground lightly with his left toe.

"cut!"

"Who taught you to say that?" Ronald asked Garrison, who was also a second-generation star.

"Director, didn't Chris often say that no prisoners should be taken? This is true in all the Vietnam War movies I've seen." Rob Garrison replied with a playful smile.

"You're right, I'll give you a close-up." Ronald felt that at this time, a clown was needed to dilute the atmosphere of the decisive battle.

"Oh yeah? My improvisation is good, right?" Garrison was very happy.

"Of course, this line may stay with you for a lifetime."

Shooting continues.

Daniel raised his hands and imitated the trick that Mr. Miyagi had practiced at the beach, the Crane Kick. Now his legs can no longer move, so he can only use his special move.

Ronald arranges for a close-up of Ralph Mazzio, who gently shakes his head at the camera, as if seeking Mr. Miyagi's opinion.

"cut!"

Then the camera turned to Noriyuki Morita, which was also a close-up.

Miyagi nodded slightly towards the camera, agreeing with Daniel's idea.

If you can't move, you can only take it by surprise.

"cut!"

Then the director of photography gave Daniel a full-body close-up shot.

This crane kick is performed with both hands raised on both sides of the shoulders. The opponent's attention will definitely be attracted by this weird posture.

Daniel's eyes glanced down, and his injured left leg moved slightly.

"cut!"

The DP turns to a close-up of Johnny.

Johnny Lawrence was first insulted by this action of raising his arms in the air. Did Daniel, who had a wide open center, despise himself for not being able to punch?

He suddenly slid forward and closed the distance.

Daniel's eyes just turned to his left foot.

"It turned out to be a scam. At this level, you still want to deceive me?"

Johnny suppressed his anger, made a defensive posture with his hands, and moved down.

After all, legs are always longer than hands, and Johnny's legs can kick him before Johnny's fist hits Daniel's chest. Although he can't hit with much strength due to his injured leg, the game is based on scoring. If the opponent kicks you, you get one point.

"cut!"

After the reaction scene between the two was filmed, it was time for the extraordinary crane kick at the end of the filming.

After consulting with the director of photography, Ronald put the camera low. This is an imitation of the traditional Japanese movie framing method. The camera is below the waist of the person, just like the sight of the Japanese kneeling on the floor, which will make the two contestants very tall.

The camera uses a panoramic shot, some distance away from the two people, so that Johnny's attack and Daniel's counterattack can be explained in one shot.

Everyone resumed their positions again, and Ronald nodded to the director of photography.

"a!"

Johnny rushed to punch his opponent, but Daniel looked at him and tried to counterattack with his left leg.

Johnny made a defensive stance, lowering his fists from his eyes to protect his waist.

Daniel made half a fake move and suddenly retracted it,

Johnny was stunned.

In the flash of lightning, Daniel moved his hands hard, and the white karate uniform fluttered, like a crane flapping its wings.

Daniel's right foot, which was supporting his leg, suddenly moved contrary to common sense.

I saw Daniel take off with his right foot, and then kick it high with his right foot...

Hit Johnny right in the head.

The two actors have rehearsed countless times for this showdown. Daniel's foot lightly touched Johnny's face. Johnny shook his head powerfully, as if he was hit by this unique move, and fell to the ground.

Daniel still landed back on the ground with his right foot, staggering to keep his balance.

"Daniel, score!" The referee pointed heavily at Daniel.

"Ah..." Ali rushed up from the ring and hugged Daniel, the hero who defeated her ex-boyfriend, tightly.

The audience went crazy after seeing this stunt that looked like a crane spreading its wings. Several of Daniel's neighbors also rushed from the audience, rushed to the ring, and lifted Daniel high.

"Master Miyagi, Master Miyagi, we did it! We did it!"

Johnny Lawrence over there was convinced of his defeat. He didn't expect that Daniel had this trick. He no longer obeyed Coach Chris's instructions, but went over to pick up the trophy and delivered it to Daniel.

"You deserve it, kid."

"Ahh...Ahh..." The audience was shouting desperately, and the sound engineer was particularly satisfied with the sound effect.

Ronald looked around, and all the shots were realized according to his ideas. Everyone's emotions reached the peak. Even the usually calm Master Miyagi nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

Another camera was shooting at him.

"Cut!"

"It seems that we don't need to shoot the scene in the parking lot." Weintraub came up and saw that everyone was cheering and adrenaline was bursting. He also had an urge to shout.

"Yes, no need to shoot." Ronald nodded. This was the last shot.

Ronald felt that the philosophical discussion in the parking lot was unnecessary. All the plots were gathered at this moment, and all the emotions reached a climax here, and the audience was satisfied.

In the cinema, the audience should stand up, drink all the Coke, put the last bit of popcorn into their mouths, and then go back happily and call friends to say that they saw a wonderful movie today.

His idea of ​​the fake ending and the real ending could not be connected emotionally. With such a climax, the weak aftertaste of the exploration of martial arts philosophy cannot be connected. It seems that Billy Wilder was able to shoot this double ending because he deliberately left a clue and emotion at the end. Ronald's direct imitation was not very successful this time.

The director of photography gave two thumbs up, and all six cameras captured the desired picture.

Ronald withdrew his thoughts, nodded, and raised the speaker, "I declare that the filming of "The Karate Kid" is packed!"

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Today's chapter is two-in-one

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