Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 552
"How was your audition?" Ronald said on the phone with Helen, who had gone to her first round of auditions for "The Legend of Billy King."

"Well, I think Billy King and the baseball player's wife are two characters in the movie, I like them very much. They're both Shakespearean characters with a lot of room to play."

"I...Okay", Ronald actually wanted to ask her if she was sure of being selected, but considering that these two movies were recommended by his great favor, it should be sure.

"Then which one do you like?"

"I like the character of Billy King better, but the movie requires a very short haircut. I still prefer the baseball player's wife. It's not that I don't want to sacrifice for the role, but it takes a long time to grow after shaving return."

"Well, you can decide for yourself."

"Come on, let's go to Burbank." Ronald put down the phone in the phone booth and said to Little Bud.

Bud Jr. drives very steadily, and he has received special driving training during his service.And the mouth is also very strict, Ronald is still very satisfied with him as a driver.

"Just park next to the trailer. Find a place to have dinner first. I'll probably stay until midnight." At the "Back to the Future" shooting scene, Ronald sent little Bud to eat first, and took the sign to go visit class.

"Hi, Ronald," Zemeckis greeted himself from afar, "Fox is indeed very suitable for this role, and the filming progress is very fast. You really helped a lot."

"It's not worth mentioning. I'm here to visit the class. I hope everything goes well for you."

"It went well, he was born to play this kind of light comedy. He just doesn't have enough sleep, and sometimes he forgets his lines." Zemeckis took Ronald to the set, and the crew had to wait for Fox to come from the studio of "Family Ties" Come over and start shooting again.

"Lee, how are you doing here?" Ronald saw Lea Thompson, who played the mother, talking to Christopher Lloyd, who played the Doctor.Lloyd's appearance is in the direction of Einstein, a white-haired, neurotic scientist.

"Ronald," Lee Thompson pulled him aside, "you have to take care of it, Fox has two studios running continuously, and you may only sleep for two hours a day. I see that sometimes I can fall asleep standing up, and I often forget Lines, there will be problems if this continues.”

"It's so miserable?" Ronald thought for a while, Michael J. Fox was hired to play the leading role, and it would be difficult to explain if something happened.

"Has he no rest time?"

"It's going fast here, to get back the time Stoltz wasted, and according to the director, there's a ton of special effects shots that need time to work on. So, yes, it's tight. And there's no release over there. pass him."

Li Thompson is actually a very good person. Except for some emotional flaws, she actually cares about her friends and colleagues and has her own opinions.

"Michael!" The two were chatting, and Michael J. Fox drove to the scene with a sleepy face, and was stuffed with a few scripts in his arms, asking him to memorize the lines.

"Ah...well..." Fox yawned big, "Okay."

"Does he always drive here by himself?" Ronald felt that it was very inappropriate, driving so tired, what should he do in case of an accident.

"Yes, although he is a TV star, the TV series contract has not been replaced with a new one. He doesn't make much money and can't afford a manager." Thompson said beside him.

"That's not okay," Ronald decided to intervene. "Where's the phone?"

Following the direction Thompson pointed, Ronald called his agent Richard, "Hi, Rick. I need a van, yes, a bigger one. I'm useful, and I'll use it for a long time. People drove to the 'Back to the Future' set in Burbank."

Richard was very efficient. He rented a Honda van and drove to the set himself.

Ronald looked at the van, took Bud and Richard, went to a nearby furniture store, bought a camp bed, thick blankets, and some black blackout curtains.

The three men carried the bed into the back of the van, secured it, spread out the blankets, and drew curtains over the windows in the back of the van.

Ronald is back on the set, this one just in time for Marty McFly, with the help of the Doctor in the 50s, using a church lightning rod to trigger lightning, charge a DeLorean car-modified time machine, and finally go back to the future scene.

Ronald stands behind watching the shooting. In fact, this shot is not very logical, but the script is handled much better than "Billy King Legend". The lightning passes through the lightning rod, and then the connector that the doctor plugged in at the last second, and finally Power up the time machine and bring Marty McFly back to his original 80s.

What is inappropriate in this script is mainly because it violates the laws of physics. The lightning travels so fast that the doctor has no time to plug in the connector.

But from the perspective of the audience, it is very in line with the development of the story.This last-second rescue is a narrative mode that has existed since the beginning of Hollywood.

"Electrician ready." Director Zemeckis gave the order.

As with Ronald when he filmed "Night of the Comet," the glare of the lightning can only be achieved by short-circuiting the bulbs by an experienced electrician.

There were two "pops", and the light bulb emitted a strong light that was several times brighter than its own. The lighting team hit the flash board, reflecting the flash behind the light bulb towards the camera.

"Cut!"

Zemeckis estimated the exposure intensity. "We need twice as many bulbs."

Although it is a very bright flash, compared with the brightness of real lightning, there is still a big gap.Ronald watched the electrician make adjustments, then intentionally shorted out with a screwdriver.

This method of operation is not safe, and the flash intensity is not the same each time, it all depends on the experience of the electrician himself.

After finally finishing the shot, Fox sat down beside him exhaustedly, dozing off with his head tilted.

Ronald motioned to Little Bud, and the two gently lifted Fox, carried him to the bed of the van that had just been arranged, and then closed the doors and windows to let him catch up on sleep.

"This is a good way, we should have thought of it earlier." Li Thompson came to care about her friend again.

Ronald had no choice but to shake his head. There was no other way. The schedule was so fast that the producers on both sides refused to give in and let Fox have more time to rest.I had no choice but to find a way to let him sleep for a while in this kind of place.

Ronald asked Bud Jr. to stay in the van and wake him up when he was filming again.

Zemeckis was already directing the set for the next scene.

"How do you feel?" Zemeckis saw Ronald coming over, and asked him to see how he felt when shooting.

"How do you plan to add the special effect of the lightning transmitting energy along the wire?" Ronald asked.

"Steven got ILM, and they're going to do it the old-fashioned way."

"The old way?"

"Hand Painted."

"Oh", Ronald nodded. In this case, nothing can be seen on the scene. Except for the short-circuited light bulb simulating lightning to illuminate the background, the rest will be done in post-production. There is nothing to see in the current shooting scene. .

A few more shots were taken and Michael J. Fox's shoot was done for today.Ronald told Bud Jr. to drive carefully, he sat in the passenger seat, and drove Fox back to the set of the TV series "Family Ties."

When he got outside the studio, Bud stopped the car gently, kept the engine running to drive the air conditioner, and let Fox continue to rest.

Fox was in the back of the van, sleeping comfortably for the first time in days.A few hours later, he thanked Ronald repeatedly after being woken up when the TV series started filming.

"Thank you so much, I feel like my brain is frozen. If this continues, I will die on the set."

"Call your agent and ask him to find a driver who drives carefully. You can sleep in the car during this time." Ronald patted Fox on the shoulder. It was not easy for him to make a movie.

"I will, thank you." Fox quickly took his bag and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Ronald and Bud returned to the apartment, and they also rested for half a day.In the evening, Ronald changed into clean clothes, and Bud also changed into a new Olympic rings T-shirt. The two went to watch the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games together.

They are going back to Staten Island, New York soon, to see their families.Ronald felt that he should also give Bud a chance to see the Olympics.

"I heard that MJ will perform at the closing ceremony?" Little Bard admired this black idol very much. It is not easy for black people to get ahead in America.To be commended by the general like MJ, and to use MJ's influence to promote one's own legislative process is unprecedented.

"It was rumored that there was a black star performing, but they didn't say it was MJ." Ronald took the remaining bottles of Jianlibao and threw them to Bud.

"I think it's probably not, otherwise they will announce it directly."

"Hmm..." Little Bud didn't say much, and went out to start the car.

The two went to the stadium, and Ronald also took a camera, looking for an opportunity to take a few photos of Bud with the Olympic logo.Then another volunteer was invited to take a group photo of the two of them at the entrance and on the seats in the venue.

"Thank you, Ronald." Bud hugged the camera, his mouth from ear to ear.This is his first time participating in such an event.

Sure enough, it was not MJ who came to sing, but another famous black singer, Lionel Richie.

He sang the Olympic theme song "Reach Out"

Around the stadium, fireworks were suddenly set off.

In the explosion of colorful fireworks, Lionel Richie on the center stage began to sing.

"Sprint! Sprint for the medal!
sprint!Sprint for the gold medal! "

"Ahh..." The audience suddenly went crazy.

On the central stage, when the lights came on, dozens of break dancers suddenly appeared. Under the background of "sprint" music and surrounded by fireworks, they began to perform various break dance moves.

These are the most difficult and most entertaining signature moves in breakdancing.Backspins, head spins, moonwalks..."

"Ronald, they're doing a dance from a movie you directed." Bud danced, and he used to dance this wild dance on the street.

Before returning to China, he also saw this film shot by Ronald in the base in Japan. Every soldier in the platoon, regardless of skin color or race, was crazy about it.

It was also this movie that made him determined to follow Brother Ronald.

"Yeah." Ronald rubbed his head. Did the organizing committee present break dancing as the quintessence of the United States?The closing ceremony is expected to be watched by [-] million viewers, and MJ's suspense has aroused the appetite of many people.

Does this mean that his "break dancing" will continue to soar at the box office?

"I owe a lot to the Olympic Organizing Committee, developed, developed." Ronald smiled from ear to ear, picked up the last bottle of Jianlibao, and faced Lionel Richie on the stage toast:
"thank you!"

(End of this chapter)