Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The next morning, Ronald, who got the work sample, began to watch the dance clips repeatedly in the editing car.

So far, the most exciting parts are three.

The first part is Falcon's dancing rival. His robot dance and noodle dance are a new form of breakdance. Falcon told Ronald that this is called "popular robot dance Poplockg".

The second part is the broom dance played by the big shrimp Boogaloo. It is natural and there is no stagnation. And his spacewalk skills are proficient, which is very helpful for the ending he wants to shoot.

The last part is the floor dance of the hand man. If you don't tell you in advance that he is a polio patient, many people may not be able to tell.

After cutting the three dances together, Ronald asked Minahan to send it to be converted into a videotape.

"Express it today. I want it in the evening."

"Okay, I'll send someone to your house."

Ronald returned to the apartment, called CAA's agent first, then took a shower, shaved his beard, and had a good sleep. Full of energy, he got up just in time to wait for two videotapes sent by Minahan's assistant.

"Thank you," Ronald looked at the videotapes in his hand, one in Sony Beta format and the other in VHS format, and put them in his briefcase. After putting on his handmade suit, Ronald drove out and drove directly to the CAA office.

"You're here?" Nicita was already waiting for him in a suit, "J signed a national promotion tour with Pepsi and became their product spokesperson. He arrived in Los Angeles yesterday and stayed overnight at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel today.

But he is very busy, and his album sales have broken many records. He is no longer the first-line singer in the past, but a top-notch singer. I can only arrange a few minutes of conversation for you."

"No problem, I have something he is interested in here." Ronald shook the briefcase in his hand.

"Okay, let's go." Nicita drove the car herself, and the two drove to the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.

Michael Jackson's pomp is really getting bigger and bigger, and there are bodyguards guarding the door of his bedroom.

After confirming with the inside, Ronald walked into the room.

"Hi, Ronald, nice to meet you. I heard you have something to talk to me about?" J spoke softly, like a teenager who has not grown up, but his aura was quite different from the last time he saw him.

It seems that the record-breaking $5 million celebrity endorsement fee from Pepsi really made this pop star realize his own value.

"Sorry to bother you, I always remember what you said about looking for a dance coach for the moonwalk."

Ronald took out two videotapes and handed them to the assistant next to J.

The TV showed a shot of the Buffalo Shrimp dancing the "Motor Broom Dance".

"What's his name?" J stood up immediately after seeing the light and rhythmic moonwalk, "I want to know his name"

"His name is the Buffalo Shrimp, his real name is Michael Chambers," Ronald told the assistant, "There's another clip later that you can watch."

The TV showed Falken's popular robot dance during the dance battle again. Unlike ordinary robot dances, his version is elegant and chic, not completely the dull feeling of a robot.

Seeing J turned his head again, Ronald said quickly, "This is Bruno Falcon. He named this dance himself, Poplock style."

"Let my agent call them." J told his assistant.

"Hey, they are shooting a new movie in my crew now." Ronald interrupted, "It's a movie about breakdancing. Those are the shots in the movie."

"Movie?" J became interested. He shot a black version of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1978, but the box office and film reviews were very average. This time, seeing that Ronald was shooting a dance movie, he became interested. "

"Do you want to go and see it? You can make a cameo appearance then." Ronald smiled and said his real purpose.

"I'm afraid that won't work. My current schedule is arranged by my agent." Michael Jackson is now the darling of all American little girls. He knows very well that he can't just agree to a cameo invitation.

"This is not a role, you just make a cameo appearance. Besides, you also want them to be choreographers. It's a good opportunity to go to my place and talk to them. It's like an interview. "

"Is that so? Is there still time in my schedule?" Michael Jackson was indeed eager to recruit Falcon and the Buffalo Prawn's moonwalk, and he was also very interested in his male counterpart, so it would be great to meet them when he had time.

The assistant flipped through the schedule, "We have to rush to Los Angeles tomorrow and won't be back until next Wednesday."

"That's no problem, I'll ask the CAA people to arrange it, you just need to show up, the shooting will only take five minutes, and you can have a good chat with them."

"Then it's settled, Ronald," J said, turning his head and signaling the assistant.

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"His schedule is very tight, so..." The assistant unloaded the videotape and returned it to Ronald

"Then I won't bother you anymore," Ronald said tactfully.

"Yeah!" After walking downstairs and getting into Niceta's car, Ronald couldn't help but clenched his fist and shouted.

"Hahaha, it seems that your share will increase greatly," Niceta smiled and drove off.

"Yes, your share will also increase greatly."

Ronald informed Minahan of the good news overnight, asking him to prepare to set up the dance competition venue on Wednesday, and then asked Falcon to attend on time.

Then Ronald began to rewrite the final ending.

Tornado is Latino and Mada is black. It is unlikely for such ethnic groups to enter Broadway and play the leading role of a musical with a white girl like Kelly.

Ronald still let the trio win the championship of the dance competition, but in the end they did not recommend the three to Broadway. They were busy and struggled, but in the end they got nothing except a trophy.

Kelly returned to the hamburger restaurant as a waiter, and Mada and Tornado still worked in a convenience store.

The only change is that the trio often go back to Venice Beach where they met to dance.

Maybe breakdancing is not born to be a high-end place like Broadway. The audience needs to pay for tickets to come in and appreciate this street dance.

Breakdancing should belong to the streets and the poor. All enthusiasts can appreciate and learn from it. These people will selflessly share their skills.

That day, the trio was at the beach, teaching Latino, black, and white children the basic moves of breakdancing from scratch.

A tall, thin black man walked up to the beach. He approached the dance floor, looked at their wonderful dance scene, and took off his sunglasses, "You dance very well, can you join us?"

After Ronald finished writing, he read it several times, laughed a few times, and fell asleep with satisfaction.

This was his second attempt to use a Billy Wilder-style ending. The original climax was to win the dance competition championship, but in reality it is impossible to realize the dream of entering Broadway.

The plot is reversed here, and the audience will feel excited and a little bitter. Real life is like this, there is no such thing as a big gift that can be achieved overnight, and it falls on their heads every day.

The three people stick to their nature and do not give up because they like breakdancing. In the end, they find fun on the street and are accidentally noticed by the superstar.

The movie can end here, giving the audience ample room for imagination. Are they spotted by J and go to the dance troupe? Or are they J's choreography coach? Or maybe they just met by chance, and according to the rules of street dancers, they went their separate ways after dancing for a while.

On Monday of the second week, the crew resumed filming.

Knowing that they would have the opportunity to meet Michael Jackson, several leading actors were a little excited. Although they did not show it on the surface, Ronald could see during the final filming that everyone tried to use all their abilities.

This helped Ronald a lot. Very energetic actors can often improvise very difficult dance moves on the set, some of which they are not easy to succeed in their usual practice. For no reason, the dance quality of the movie has been improved a lot.

That day, the filming was moved to Debbie Reynolds' dance studio.

"Ronald, be careful, I just finished the decoration, and I will open for enrollment next month." Debbie Reynolds still appeared on the set and gave Ronald a few words.

"No problem, Ms. Reynolds, I have arranged everything." Ronald took Reynolds to see his arrangements.

In order to prevent the decoration of the dance studio from being damaged, the props covered the mirrors on the four walls with wooden boards, and then carried a few large mirrors of their own.

This is another common shooting plan, using fake walls instead of real walls, so that after the shooting is completed, it is easy to dismantle and restore the dance studio to its original state.

"Well, I feel relieved when you do this. Are you making a musical?" Debbie Reynolds looked at the set on the scene and asked.

"Yes, Debbie. This is a movie about street dance. I love your "Singin' in the Rain" very much, and I also want my movie to be as successful as your masterpiece."

"Hahaha, few people make musicals now. At that time, musicals were the most popular genre." Debbie Reynolds recalled her youth.

"At that time, there was a group of technicians who specialized in making musicals. They worked non-stop every day. As soon as the A-level blockbuster was finished, the B-level small production would move into the set to continue shooting. It was like an assembly line. Bang! A movie was finished."

"Singin' in the Rain was my first movie. I practiced that dance. After a day of shooting, my dance shoes were full of blood from the rubbing of my feet."

Debbie Reynolds looked at Ronald, "I didn't expect that there are still people making dance movies now. I hope you succeed, Ronald."

"This young man is good-looking. It would be great if my daughter's boyfriend Paul Simon had his talent. Singers are still unreliable. They always cry."