Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 424 Calling from the Famous Director
"Danny raised his hands above his head to confuse the opponent. He raised his injured left foot on one foot and stood on his right foot. This action confuses the opponent, who doesn't know what Danny is trying to do.

Then Danny jumped up with his right foot that was still on the ground, and hit Johnny in the face with his right foot, and finally landed on his right foot. "

Ronald described the final blow to his manager, Richard, "You know what I mean?"

"I... I don't really understand. But since you wrote it like this, it must make sense, maybe it will be great to shoot, just like the few times when Regina knocked down the zombies in your 'Night of the Comet'" Richard replied.

"Well, let me demonstrate it to you." Ronald made a movement similar to that of a white crane airing its wings, and then took off with his right foot with difficulty, trying to lift his right foot to kick towards the opposite side.

This kind of action that violates human mechanics is not easy to do.Ronald's right foot only kicked to the waist, and it had already fallen down.

"In short, that's what it means. Do you think the audience will like it? It's a trick that was hidden by Danny. It was only when the situation was critical that the protagonist Danny used it and defeated the opponent with one blow."

"Maybe you have to find an actor with a light body. Your performance is not convincing enough."

"I just knew, how can such a light kick and one foot landing on the ground make the opponent unable to defend? This kind of kick is obviously very slow, whether it is dodging or blocking, it is not very good. Difficult things." Ronald gave up on the demonstration.

Although he felt that it was very unreasonable to use this unique technique to win the decisive battle, Ronald still respected the image in the dream.After all, this is a classic movie that has been tested in the previous life and recorded on video tape.It is also doubtful whether I will change in a good direction if I change it rashly.

In short, Ronald decided that he needed to find more people to discuss, not only to listen to the opinions of martial arts experts, but also to listen to the perceptions of ordinary audiences.

"What's the best way to use it?" Ronald began to mutter again.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

The phone rings at an inopportune time.

"Hello...who is it?" Ronald asked unceremoniously when his train of thought was interrupted.

"Excuse me, is it director Ronald Lee?"

"It's me, what's the matter?" The incoming call had a non-standard British accent, and Ronald was a little annoyed. These sales calls have also begun to learn to speak the accent from the other side of the Atlantic?

Going around, it always comes back to whether you need a Porsche or a Ferrari sports car, so that it suits your identity, which is an almost unified phrase.

"I'm Stanley, congratulations on your movie being a big hit. I went to see it. The budget is so small, the filming is very good, and the special effects are especially wonderful."

"Then I can thank you." Ronald replied in a strange manner, when will it be the turn of a sports car salesman to evaluate his movie.

"I have a few questions I want to ask you..."

"Who are you, please?" Ronald replied, and the salesmen nowadays are less and less particular about themselves, and they even skip self-introduction.

"I'm Stanley, didn't Steven tell you?"

"What Steven? And who is Stanley?"

"I'm Stanley Kubrick."

"Who?" Ronald's anger rose in his heart, even if he sold the car, he still wanted to take advantage of himself?Borrowing the names of Stanley Kubrick, the director who filmed "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Shining", is this to be your own predecessor out of thin air?

"Then I'm still Billy Wilder." Ronald hung up the phone, and he also said the name of an earlier famous director.

"What's wrong?" Richard asked quickly after seeing Ronald's angry face after reading Ronald's script.

"Another call to sell a sports car."

"Are you still going to buy a sports car?" Richard asked.

"Let's wait for now. European sports cars are so expensive, and it's not the time for me to use such expensive cars."

"Actually, you can ask first. Some sports car models need to be booked in advance."

"Hey, don't mention it. Last time I went to the dealership, I left a call. As a result, I have received sales calls every day for the past two days. I am so annoyed. But I unplugged the phone line, and I was afraid of missing important calls. "

"You can try to install an answering machine. Our office is starting to install it now."

"It's very expensive. It's exclusively for AT&T. It costs several thousand dollars. It can only record ten records. I'm afraid that half a day's sales calls will exceed this figure."

"No, I'm not talking about the standard equipment of the telephone company. It's Dongying's new one. It uses tape recording and can record calls for a long time. You can record a welcome speech by yourself, and you can also call when you are not at home. For yourself, play the recording with the password."

"Isn't that okay? The last time I asked someone to buy it, they said that the telephone company made it mandatory for them to install their own certified answering machines, otherwise they would be forced to remove it."

"Hahaha, don't you read the financial news. AT&T has been prosecuted and convicted of monopoly by the Ministry of Justice under the leadership of the Supreme Commander. On January [-] next year, they will be split into seven companies to compete freely, and they will no longer be allowed Force users to use the phones they were bundled with, and answering machines."

"That's good, you can buy me one? I need this thing."

"I'll ask the supplier over there in the office to send one over." Richard wrote down this in his notebook.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang again.

"Hello, I'm Ronald, who is it?"

"It's me, Stephen."

"It's you, Mr. Spielberg. What have you been up to lately?" Ronald recognized the great director Spielberg.

"I'm currently preparing for the second part of George's Raiders of the Lost Ark. His Star Wars trilogy is over, and there will be a party. You can come with me when the time comes."

"Okay, thank you for your invitation, I will definitely go."

"Hey, there's something I forgot to tell you. Mr. Stanley Kubrick asked me for your phone number yesterday. He wanted to talk to you about a few details about 'Night of the Comet'..."

"Oh, Shxt," Ronald thought, and it really was Kubrick, "Sorry, Steven, I thought he was a phony salesman, so I hung up on him," Ronald said sarcastically.

"I know, Stanley called me, you should call him back, his number is..."

"Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Kubrick, this is Ronald Lee." Ronald dialed the phone number.

"Wait a minute, I'll call him." The secretary put the phone down and went to Kubrick.

"Hello, I'm Stanley." After a while, Kubrick's British accent with a bit of American taste came from the microphone.

"Uh...Mr. Kubrick, I'm Ronald, I'm very sorry just now..."

"Don't take it to heart, I just wanted to ask you a few questions. Besides, just call me Stanley." Stanley Kubrick didn't care much about etiquette, and immediately asked Ronald a few questions like a cannonball. Shooting details.

"How did you shoot the red color of the sky?"

"Filter."

"Same as I thought," Kubrick ticked off in his notebook with a pencil.These are some doubts he wrote down after watching "Night of the Comet".

"How do you make your opening titles? As far as I know, using the Lucas Star Wars opening machine, it costs more than $100 million per opening, and your film budget is obviously not enough."

"I use ADO's special effects machine, they have just been launched, and the effect is not bad."

"ADO," Kubrick jotted down the name in his notebook.

"The calcified red dust, how did you find such a pure dark red and very fine dust? Did your special effects director do it? You can tell me his name."

"Um, that's the result of crushing red bricks, grinding them finely, and then sifting through a very fine sieve. My special effects director is James Cameron."

"Ha, I've heard his name, and now Hollywood is circulating his script." Stanley Kubrick replied.

"There is another question. If you think it is your secret and needs to be kept secret, you don't have to answer it."

"Please, Mr. Kubrick."

"How did you shoot the shot in the morning when the city was empty? I asked about your budget, and that amount of money was not enough for the city government to cooperate to clear that section of the block. Did you use some special method, according to Draw the background with a perspective ratio, then put it in front of the camera, and use the perspective principle to block the characters in the camera?
I know early Hollywood directors, Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd, all shot this way. "

"Hahaha, you asked about that shot, Stanley. Actually, I don't have any special effects, because that real estate developer hasn't started selling commercial and residential real estate there on a large scale. Only a few office workers go there every day. It's a weekend morning, so there's no one there."

"It turned out to be the case. I didn't think of it. On these questions, I also want to congratulate you on making a wonderful movie with such a low budget. Do you have any questions for me?" Stanley Kubry K ticked the last column of questions.

"Me? It's nothing. Can you tell others what you just praised me for?"

"Hahaha, bye." Kubrick laughed for the first time before hanging up.

(End of this chapter)