Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"The Miramar base will allow actors who play pilots and radar officers to study for a week. They will actually shoot scenes in the cockpit on the aircraft. The Navy must first receive basic safety training and learn how to eject and parachute." Bruckheimer Said to Ronald.

"Very good, this next part is the most important air combat scene in the movie. It would be great if the Navy can cooperate like this." After Ronald took a day off, he continued to devote himself to the planning of the shooting.

"Ronald, your phone number." Don Simpson came in from the side. He had been released from the rehabilitation center and looked much better.

"Thank you," Ronald walked out of their office and went outside to answer the phone.

"Hello, Ronald? Are you still in Los Angeles? How is the filming progress recently?" It was Roger Corman on the phone.

"We have to wait until the Navy is ready before we can shoot the air combat scenes. After the entire film is edited, you will have to wait for several months before you can appreciate your heroic appearance on the tower," Ronald joked with his former boss.

"So, you are free these days? That's great. The president of the Film Association called. The commander-in-chief wants to see 'Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'. You and I will go to Washington." Roger Cole Man on the phone

"I don't need to go. I already saw it last time." Ronald thought of Nancy's difficult-to-maintain personality and temper, and he really didn't want to go.

"Fool, this is a good opportunity to increase your social connections and influence. Do you still need me to teach you? Isn't your break dance promoted by the First Lady? Can it get over 100 million box office in North America? That is, the two Days to leave a good impression on the first family."

"Okay." Ronald thought that it was indeed true. Although he was just a nobody in front of the commander-in-chief, what if the commander-in-chief also recommended his movie?

"You're such a smart kid, why do you act so stupid sometimes?"

Roger Coleman taught Ronald a lesson in the business class seat at the front of the plane bound for Washington. This time, the American Film Association paid for the air tickets and the luggage costs for the copies. Coleman rarely sat in business class.

"This kind of opportunity doesn't come around all the time, and you have to be good at seizing it. Frank Sinatra was originally in Hollywood and was not a close friend of the President, but he has been funding the President's political activities since he ran for governor of California. Only then was it possible to get it back after being revoked by the FBI for taking photos in the casino.”

"I just think the First Lady is a little..." Ronald scratched his head.

"Shallow? What's the point? Which actress in Hollywood is not superficial? The Oscar Honorary Award the year before last,

It was given to Barbara Stanwyck. She didn't even win an acting award. Wasn't it because she had a close relationship with the commander-in-chief that she could get this honorary award? "

Ronald was only partial. He felt that Corman was still resentful that Hollywood did not recognize his contribution.

When they arrived at the airport, the Secret Service sent a special car to escort Coleman, Ronald, and a dozen of the best-preserved movie copies to the White House.

White House Chief of Staff James Baker came out to see them and stretched out his hand, "We meet again, young man. Is this Soviet Union movie also related to you? Who is this?"

"This is the former president of New World Pictures, Mr. Roger Corman, who presided over the introduction. This is Mr. Baker, the White House Chief of Staff." Ronald introduced to Baker.

"Hello, Mr. Chief of Staff," Coleman shook hands with him. "This is the movie Ronald went to Montreal to help me pick out. It was very successful."

"Come to the screening room with me, the commander-in-chief is waiting to watch."

Ronald stepped forward quickly, pushing the cart containing the copies, and the group arrived at the screening room. Baker asked them to wait and went elsewhere.

Seeing that there was no projectionist to take over, Ronald stepped forward, pulled out the first film, clamped it on the projector's teeth, then turned on the projector's light and tried the effect. Then turn off the machine. After a while, no one came, so Ronald waited with Coleman.

Half an hour later, the commander-in-chief, his staff, the deputy commander-in-chief and others walked in together.

"Young man, we meet again." The commander recognized Ronald Jr., "Why are you here today?"

"I bought this movie for my boss, Mr. Coleman." Ronald introduced Coleman next to him.

"Hello", the commander shook hands with him, "Where is the projectionist?"

"I can show movies, I can show them for you," Ronald said quickly, going to the projection room at the back and turning on the projector.

After the two-hour movie was over, Ronald turned on the light and came out to the screening room to wait for instructions.

"What a good movie." First lady Nancy also took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes. At the end of the movie, the two best friends of the female factory director Katerina say goodbye, leaving time for their friends and her lover Guosha, who she finally found.

Full of sadness and sweetness, Katerina said the line "I've been waiting for you for a long time" to her lover Guosha who was sitting at the dining table eating beetroot soup.

In the end, the camera cut from Katerina's apartment to outside the apartment. The windows were lit one after another. In the lights of thousands of houses, the joys and sorrows of ordinary families merged into the city of Moscow and disappeared.

"I will watch it if I have the chance. This movie can help me understand the soul of the Russian people." The commander-in-chief was very moved. The real joys and sorrows of ordinary people in this alliance are not easy to find in the public media.

"Young man, what do you think?" The commander saw little Ronald standing next to him and asked him how he felt.

"I feel like I'm watching a Hollywood movie. They also have strong women, single mothers, tacit friends, alcoholic ex-husbands, struggles and love. I feel like they are real people just like us. The emotions of ordinary people.”

"That's very well said." The commander nodded frequently. "In today's Hollywood, there is too much unnecessary eroticism and violence. I haven't seen a romantic movie like this about the love life of ordinary people for a long time. Young man, you are filming recently. what movie?"

"I am cooperating with the Navy to make a patriotic film about naval pilots, mainly about the struggle and love of young pilots." Ronald sweated coldly and glanced at Coleman next to him.

The plots of the films I made before were either erotic (fast-paced nudity scenes) or violent (Long Wei Boy's martial arts fights). They were authentic exploitation films taught at Coleman University.

"Yes, our old friends in Hollywood have all called to complain that there are too few movies with John Wayne-style American heroism. I am very happy that you can make one. When it is released, I will give one away. A copy has been sent to the White House, and Nancy and I are waiting to see it."

Ronald was overjoyed to be personally praised by the commander-in-chief, and he quickly stepped forward to express his gratitude.

"The copy is here. I want to read it a few more times." The commander shook hands with him.

The first lady also came over to thank him, "When the time comes, I will remember to ask old Ronald to watch your new movie. Has it been named yet? When will it be released."

"It's called top gun and it's expected to be released next summer."

The deputy commander next to him adjusted his glasses, nodded to Ronald, and walked out.

"I told you, you can't let this opportunity go. What now?" On the plane back, Coleman sat in the back seat of the economy class and said to Ronald.

"Yes, I'm still not used to dealing with politicians." Ronald adjusted his sitting posture. His height made it a little uncomfortable to deal with the airline's increasingly smaller economy class seats.

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"boom……"

A few days later, at Miramar Naval Air Station, Tom Cruise sat on a device like a jumping machine at an amusement park, fastened his safety belt, and then the machine suddenly launched, launching him several meters into the air. .

This is the machine that simulates a pilot's ejection. All actors who play pilots and radar officers come here for training. Only after obtaining security clearance from the Navy can you get into the back seat of the F-14A Tomcat and shoot footage in the cockpit.

After returning from Washington, Ronald also came to the base. He also had to complete the training. For some scenes, he had to go up to the sky and direct the scene on the nearby plane.

"This is really exciting." Tom Cruise is very interested in flying and he is very happy doing these trainings.

"It's so boring." Von Kilmer next to him looked dissatisfied. He was so tortured by the Blue Angel last time that he vomited all over the floor, completely destroying his tough guy image. In fact, he didn't want to fly in the sky. For the shots in the cockpit, couldn't he just find some props to set the scene?

"Gentlemen, we are going to do the last training, the pool training."

The group of people followed the Navy instructor to the edge of a large outdoor swimming pool.

Everyone put on thick flight suits and parachutes. This training is part of search and rescue. If something goes wrong in the sky, the pilot sitting in front will ensure that he ejects and falls on the ground. They have already undergone parachuting training, so there is no problem.

But if you fall into the Pacific Ocean, you need to learn how to save yourself while wearing a parachute and a flight suit. Wait dozens of minutes without drowning until the search and rescue helicopter arrives.

"Fcuk, why would I do such a stupid thing?" Fang Kilmer cursed next to him again.

"Pay attention to the essentials. After falling into the water from a high platform, keep your balance and don't make unnecessary movements. The more you struggle, the easier it is for the paracord to get entangled. As long as you keep your balance, our search and rescue personnel will arrive soon."

"shxt", Fan Kilmer didn't pay attention to the lecture. After he fell into the swimming pool, he struggled several times and accidentally loosened his shoelaces. One of his shoes was filled with water. He tried hard to reach it, but lost his balance and choked several times.

The training instructors at the base hated him for not paying attention to the lectures and acting erratically. Deliberately not fishing him out immediately. He choked several times and waited uncomfortably in the swimming pool for five minutes with one of his boots soaked in water before someone pulled him out.

"Damn it, I'm not going to do this anymore," Val Kilmer cursed and went to the locker room.

"Does he have any other training programs?" Ronald asked the assistant.

"It's over. You can get in the back seat and take off for shooting."

"What a troublemaker." Ronald shook his head. This kind of star will never be used again in the future when he can control the casting power of the crew.

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