Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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When Diane heard the prices of the two advertisements that Ronald had negotiated for her, she happily jumped on the bed and kicked her legs up to the sky happily.

Ronald also didn’t expect Japanese merchants... no, it was actually an Israeli diamond jewelry company Camelia (meaning camellia), and a cosmetics company Max Factor (max Factor) founded by a Polish entrepreneur in the United States. An offered exorbitant endorsement fees.

Although the Japanese have experienced an economic miracle, they still look up to American pop culture. When it comes to high-end consumer goods, they still prefer some imported brands.

"Streets of Rage" starring Diane Lane set off a popular trend in Japan. Even Japan's most popular comics industry now has many fans of hers.

Some use Diane as the prototype and add a Western character to their comics, and some even open a new comic based on Diane in the "Streets of Rage" worldview.

Diane's biggest fan is Mr. Osamu Tezuka, a senior in the comics industry. He has always admired Diane's performance. In a newspaper interview, he said that her singing was like a fusion of today's most popular rock music videos, and every part was shot very beautifully.

Because of Diane's special status in the minds of Japanese teenagers, the two trading companies offered a very high price. Each company's quote for shooting an advertisement was 50 million yen. An advertisement shot in two days could cost Diane Earn the equivalent of $400,000 in compensation.

This price was almost five times the price Diane received for endorsements in China, which made her extremely happy.

"Originally, Bert didn't let me accept the advertisement, but no matter what, it's posted here in Japan anyway, and America can't see it." Diane jumped on Ronald's back again, hugging Ronald to express her happiness Feeling.

"Originally I shouldn't have said this, but if you make money this time, you should be careful. You can save it in the bank or buy some blue chip stocks. Don't spend it all at once."

"Well..." Diane went to her bag and took out Ronald's platinum credit card and gave it back to him.

"Just keep using it. There are many places in Japan that need money. Pay it back to me after you get the reward."

Camelia means camellia. The light blond hair that Diane dyed for the "Cotton Club" shoot just fits the Japanese imagination of America's peerless beauty. She wore a gold evening gown and held a bouquet of camellias.

The camera zooms out,

The diamond necklace around Diane's neck sparkled. On the dark street behind, a group of men wearing leather jackets and black sunglasses rode motorcycles back and forth behind her.

"Camelia, Diamond," Diane said the line in English to the camera as required.

"cut!"

The supervisor in charge of filming stopped, and the assistant brought a folding chair and bowed to indicate to Diane that it was time to rest. Little Bud pulled out the folding chair for Diane and asked her to sit down.

"Should we shoot another one? Insurance and supervision?" The shooting assistant came over and asked the commercial shooting supervisor for instructions.

"Forget it, I think Miss Diane's performance is very good. She has already made the girl agree to marry the suitor after getting the Camelia diamond ring. She has performed very well." The supervisor is a middle-aged man, looking at Diane Little Bud behind him stood upright and guarded her.

This kind of figure is obviously from the army. I wonder what the background of Miss Diane's boyfriend Ronald San is. He can also make the Japanese people think of him as a man, retired from the US military. It's better to respect her a little.

This kind of small scene is a small case for Diane. The style, temperament and lighting of the entire advertisement are copied from "Streets of Rage". She sat on the chair, thinking about Ronald going to meet Japan's "Movie Emperor" Black Zeming, I don’t know what they will talk about.

…

Ronald was standing outside the shooting scene at this time. He and Toho's senior executives came to the hillside near Tokyo Narita Airport to watch the director Akira Kurosawa directing the new film "Ran".

"Ran" is a script adapted from Shakespeare's King Lear and the story of Motori Motonari, a traditional Japanese legend who left behind the three-arrow lesson.

On the hillside, Nakadai Tatsuya, who plays Ichimonji Hidetora, is dressed in gorgeous ancient Japanese clothing and hat, and is preparing for a banquet.

The actors playing his sons were riding horses, carrying bows and arrows, and stood still.

Receiving Ronald and his entourage was Akira Kurosawa's accountant, Miss Teruyo Nogami. She told Ronald and others in advance that Director Akira Kurosawa hated people interrupting the filming on the set. So Ronald could only stand far away from the shooting location, waiting for Kurosawa to work.

"It seems there is no hope for a while." The lighting engineer of the crew put a magnifying glass over his eyes, looked at the sky for a long time, and finally said a word of helplessness.

"Then... rest," the tall Akira Kurosawa, wearing sunglasses, shook his head and announced, "Teruyo, Teruyo, didn't you say that a guest from America is coming? Invite him over."

Miss Nogami quickly stretched out her hand, motioning for Ronald to follow him. The crew had been waiting for three days for this picnic scene, but they still couldn't find the right clouds.

"It seems that it won't work today either." Nogami Teruyo looked up at the sky, and there was not a single cloud.

"Is Master Akira Kurosawa so strict?" Ronald asked through the translator. He stopped the crew for several days just to wait for the right natural light. In Hollywood, there is probably only Francis Coppola who did not fail before his failure. Maybe there is. This pomp.

"There are fewer and fewer of them. Nowadays, the crews are all working together. Only the crew supervised by Kurosawa still maintains this tradition of waiting for Yun to arrive."

"Hello, Director Kurosawa." Ronald stepped forward and bowed slightly to Akira Kurosawa. This is a director respected by several major directors in Hollywood. He is called the director's director, and is also called the Emperor of Movies. .

"Ronald? You're here, please sit down, please sit down." Kurosawa is very tall, more than six feet tall. Among Japanese people, his figure is outstanding. He asked Ronald to sit down cordially and spoke like an old man next door.

"I watched the video tape of 'The Dragon King' given to me by Toho. After watching the first fifteen minutes, I knew that America had produced another great young director."

"Ah..." Ronald didn't expect Akira Kurosawa to praise him when he came up, "You are exaggerating."

The translator from Dongbao Company was busy conveying messages to the two of them.

"I understand very well that with a great director, every scene is designed, and an expert will know it at a glance." Akira Kurosawa waved his hand, "For example, this scene."

As he spoke, Kurosawa pointed at the camera's view, as if to test Ronald.

"Is this a mid-shot to explain the background of the characters and allow the audience to quickly enter the plot?" Ronald took a look and saw that the lens setting was very satisfactory.

"You're right." Kurosawa nodded with satisfaction. A director who can think of the effect on the screen is undoubtedly a master.

"Look, it's getting more and more difficult to make period films now." Kurosawa stood up and pulled Ronald to the front of the camera.

"My lens moved a little to the left and I took a picture of the Narita Airport terminal, and a little to the right I took a picture of Sony's billboard. Neither of them belong to the Warring States Period."

"Today's costume films can only be shot slowly and intermittently. Dongbao Company did not give me full support, otherwise I would have set up a studio."

Kurosawa took Ronald's hand and said to the translator next to him, "I want to make a few more movies, but I can't find investors in Japan. Fortunately, Lucas and Spielberg contacted me. 20th Century Fox, so I don’t run out of movies to make.”

"No, there will always be people interested in your scripts. I recently asked Cannon Company to purchase your script for 'Runaway Train'. It's a pity that you can't come to America to direct it in person."

Ronald mentioned "Runaway Train". To be honest, even if Akira Kurosawa is not supervising, the level of screenwriting is still very high.

"I know, Dalang told me." Kurosawa nodded after hearing what the translator said. I almost went to America to shoot this movie. If I could make the trip, maybe my career would be very different. .

"This is also because of the heavy snowstorm that year." Ronald repeated the reason he heard from Akira Kurosawa's eldest son.

"It's not a snowstorm," Akira Kurosawa shook his head with a wry smile. "It's just that I was just dismissed by the Hollywood studio from the Japanese supervisory position on the crew of 'Tiger Tiger'. That 'Runaway Train' was also stranded. .

"I heard from my uncle that it was you who persuaded the people from Cannon Pictures to buy it. I hope you can successfully shoot in America."

"I didn't shoot it, I hired Goncharovsky from the Soviet Union. The train scene was too difficult and I wasn't sure."

"What's so difficult? Back then, I wanted to use an airplane to take aerial shots of a train moving across a snowy field. Supervision is about capturing the images in your mind. Even if the budget is not enough, you have to find a way. If trains can't do it, you can also use cars. Let’s shoot.” Kurosawa was a little dissatisfied with Ronald’s fear of difficulties and gave him a few words of encouragement.

"Never compromise. For example, our Japanese director filmed a movie called 'Shinkansen Explosion' based on my own script ten years ago. I was very disappointed. It did not capture the feeling of a train moving on the wilderness at all. .”

"If you want to shoot, I will license it to you for free." Kurosawa looked at Ronald, like a magician, luring the young man to shoot the script he had worked so hard to write.

"I'm not a very talented person. I've only gotten to where I am today by being persistent in my dreams. You have to work hard too, Ronald-san." Kurosawa finally patted Ronald on the shoulder, urging the young man not to slack off. .

Holding a banner with the Chinese character "hard work" written in Kurosawa's handwriting, Ronald said goodbye to the old director and returned to the hotel.

Directors like Akira Kurosawa who grew up in the golden age of cinema have strong dogmatic thinking. On his set, all decisions regarding lighting, photography, costumes, and actors must be made by him before the film can proceed.

Unlike Hollywood, where television now occupies a huge audience, directors there have to work with many professionals and actors, and all decisions must be discussed with them. Even if they have a little bit of decision-making power, it is their past success. Earned.

"I shot an advertisement for diamond rings today, and tomorrow I will shoot an advertisement for Max Factor lipstick and mascara." Diane came up to report the situation to herself.

"Ah, then you work very hard."

"In order to make money, the people here are very nice to me, and I have to be at my best. They said the sample film turned out very well, and they want to invite me to shoot a new version next year."

"That's great. When you come here to shoot a commercial, it's like a vacation."

Soon, several people ended their trip in Japan. Got on Weintraub's special plane back to Los Angeles.

"I will find a screenwriter to fill in the script of Longwei Boy. I still hope you can direct." Weintraub received a large investment and began to persuade Ronald to direct the sequel.

"I still have Top Gun to work on."

"Don't worry, I have to wait for the Las Vegas Film Festival next April to promote this sequel to theater buyers and try to get a good schedule. You can go with me when the time comes."

"Okay, after the Oscars, right?" Ronald remembered that he had not been to a blockbuster ordering meeting, and wanted to broaden his horizons.

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