MTL - Exploiting Hollywood 1980-Chapter 855 premiere invitation

  Chapter 855 Premiere Invitation

   After the filming of Elizabeth Sue was completed, Ronald sent her to the hospital for a physical examination. Su, who was frightened enough, checked it out to give her psychological comfort, otherwise there might be problems in the next filming.

  Ronald feels that there are many loopholes in the crew's security measures that are not well managed. According to the regulations of the Hollywood stunt union, a safe area will be reserved around the helicopter before shooting starts. Moreover, for some shots involving real flying, if a double can be used, a double must be used.

   "Cocktail" had a high budget, but a large part of it was spent on the remuneration of the two protagonists. The budget actually spent on filming is much less. The helicopter is only enough to rent for half a day, and the actual shooting time is only 10 minutes.

  In order to proceed with the filming progress as soon as possible, we had to give up many safety measures and let the actors go directly to the battle.

  Ronald felt that if he continued to do this, something would happen sooner or later. The budget of the projects I will shoot after my daydream is much lower than this kind of mid-to-high budget movies. You still have to learn the lessons of others to prevent bad luck from falling on you.

"Hey, your 'Hairspray' crew in Baltimore, emphasize the safety and discipline of filming. Elizabeth Sue almost repeated the tragedy of Vic Morrow today." Ronald was in the hospital, found a phone, and called Daydream's script assistant David Simkins, who is now transitioning to a producer, happened to be on a business trip in Baltimore, working as an assistant producer, and learning through experience.

   "Elizabeth? She's fine. That's right, you can clarify the details of the security system and let the people on the shooting site follow the list item by item.

What? The cost is rising, so what is the cost? The musical is to warm up every day, and carefully check the venue for water stains and small items before rehearsal.

  Yes, what else, dozens of dancers, and hundreds of spectators, all young men and women, you remember to provide them with sufficient safety measures..."

  David Simkins was born as a screenwriter and knew nothing about actual filming. Ronald asked one by one...

   "Ronnie."

  After making the phone call, Ronald turned around and saw Elizabeth Su. After checking that she was fine, she had already stood behind him for a long time.

   "Is there anything wrong?" Ronald asked about the inspection results.

   "It's okay, I'm fine now..." Elizabeth Su had two big eyes, with a watery breath, and something shiny was flowing inside.

   "It's fine, I was shocked just now." Ronald stepped forward, wanting to comfort the other party.

   "Ronnie, I was scared to death just now." Elizabeth Su hugged him up and leaned on Ronald's chest.

   "It's fine as long as it's fine, it's fine as long as it's fine... In the future, you should pay attention to protecting yourself in such things..."

  Elizabeth Su pushed Ronald away abruptly, raised her head and asked, "Do you really not like me? Or am I not beautiful enough?"

"What do you mean?"

   "That's what it means." Elizabeth Su jumped up, kissed Ronald, and then leaned forward softly.

   "Hi hi", Ronald felt the softness and warmth of the karate girl, "go to my place?"

  Actor is a profession that relies on emotions. It is very boring to shoot for a long time every day, and sometimes faces difficulties in acting. So being able to have an encounter like dry wood and fire is very good for the actors to stabilize their state.

   "Ah..." Elizabeth Sue entered the door of the high-rise apartment on Fifth Avenue, jumped on Ronald's body, and began to kiss wildly.

  Practicing gymnastics and playing football since childhood, her athletic ability is completely different from the girls Ronald had experienced before. She is very competitive in everything she does, and she has a strong desire to win or lose.

  Su, who is slightly plump than the average actress, can still be considered slim or well-proportioned in real life. There was no obstacle for Ronald to hold her, and the two walked and kissed as they walked into the bedroom.

   "Oh..." Elizabeth's hair was wet with sweat and became wisps. She felt a little uncomfortable, and then she grabbed it and stroked it behind her head. Then went to pour a glass of water to drink.

   Ronald saw her face, with a small and exquisite nose of European descent, very beautiful. He touched her lips lightly with his hand.

  Both Ronald and Elizabeth Sue had the sweetest sleep recently. Until the next morning was woken up by the doorbell.

   "It's my manager", Elizabeth hurriedly jumped out of bed, put on her pajamas and said to the door, "Wait for me for a while"

Then she hurriedly took a shower, put on yesterday's clothes, hurriedly kissed Ronald, "You are great, when I come back from Jamaica next year, we will have a rematch!", and hurriedly asked Open the door and set off with the manager to catch the plane.

"There is a women's clothing store downstairs. Go to the Saint Laurent store on the second floor, get a new set and put it on my account." It is always a bit inappropriate for white people to wear yesterday's clothes, and it is impolite not to change clothes , and it is easy to be seen what he did last night.

   "Okay, thank you." Elizabeth Su hurriedly opened the door, and left with the manager who came to urge her.

  Ronald also got up to take a shower, and then opened the curtains of the attic apartment. Outside the large French windows, the winter sun shone in, making him feel very warm.

  This serviced apartment has everything. Ronald called the housekeeper to go to Saint Laurent to say hello, and then ate an English breakfast cooked by the chef. Feeling warm all over his body, he called the agent.

   "Hey, Richard, find Chaoli, I have something to do with him"

   "Ring, ring, ring..." After a while, the phone rang. Ronald answered, "I'm Ronald".

   "Chaoli's call, I'll take it for you." Richard connected their calls.

   "Aha, Ronald, I'm Chaori. Why do you call me when you have time? Busy man. Do you need me? I'm in New York now" the actor Chaori said hello to Ronald on the phone.

   "Oh, what a coincidence? I'm also in New York. I bought a new house on Staten Island, and I want to make it into a Jiangnan garden. Do you know any domestic garden designers? I can hire them with a high salary."

"It's no problem. Now every unit in the country wants to export to earn foreign exchange. They like the US dollar the most. Now that the country is developing the economy and engaging in contracting, it must be very happy for the garden designer to come to America to build a garden. "

   "Then I will ask you? Please call me if you have a candidate. My whereabouts are uncertain. If I am not here, please call my agent."

  Ronald listened to Chaoli's explanation. Now domestic garden designers can only do some work for the maintenance and restoration of public gardens. There has been no list for a long time for new businesses. In this way, it is possible to go abroad and earn foreign exchange for the unit, which unit is not willing.

  Maybe in order to compete for this opportunity, several garden masters have to discuss whose seniority is higher.

  Chaoli’s family is a high-ranking official in the country. Basically, it’s not a big problem to entrust him with this matter.

   "Will you stay in New York until the weekend?" Zhao Li finished chatting, and asked about Ronald's itinerary by the way. "If you stay until the weekend, I represent the country here and invite you to attend the movie premiere."

   "Ah, are there any domestic movies premiered in America? Are they in Chinese or English?" Ronald became interested when he heard that. Not many movies from Huaguo can be shown here. Actors of Chinese origin like Chaoli also actively participated in it, and it must be a major domestic production there.

"It was co-produced with Italy. Bertolucci directed 'The Last Emperor'. We... aren't... one of the producers in China. They also asked me to invite some important people to support me. I was worried about whether to invite them. to the real heavyweights."

   "Oh, it's that movie. Has it been filmed?" Ronald remembered that when he was in London, he had a relationship with the producer Jeremy Thomas. Later, when I went to visit the Forbidden City, I also met Peter O'Toole, who played the role of the last emperor's teacher, riding a bicycle.

  “It premiered in Italy last month, and the response was very good. It premiered in New York on the weekend in the United States, and it was in English. The Chinese version in China will take a while.”

   "Okay, I'll go there when the time comes, you have someone send the invitation to me, I'm in the... building on Fifth Avenue"

   "Okay, I'll send it to you right now. Here, the deputy minister will also come to the premiere, and I want to chat with you then."

   "Is that so? I'm just a director, and I don't know anything about those two countries." Of course, Ronald knows what kind of domestic cadres are. I can't understand the high-level things I said.

   "You misunderstood. He is a professional. Before he became the deputy minister, he was a famous actor. This time he also performed in the last emperor."

   "Huh? You are really amazing, the active ministers can also make movies."

   "Hahaha, now the country pays attention to the promotion of understanding people, professional people to do professional things."

  …

  Ronald hadn’t met the Deputy Minister of Actors yet. Hearing the news that he was going to decorate the garden, a domestic delegation came to him.

   "Mr. Li, we are in New York to participate in a cultural and trade delegation's visit to the United States. This time, we heard the news from the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so we took the liberty to pay a visit."

  A young bureaucrat, with a translator and another older person, took the initiative to visit Ronald.

   "Hello, hello, what a coincidence? I thought you would have to wait a week or two before you can talk about the garden."

   "Nowadays, speed is money and efficiency is life. We also got the news by accident. Huqiu and Jiading both have suitable design agencies. We also want to visit you early."

  The young bureaucrat named Xiao Li speaks good English and can speak without a translator.

   "Then do you want to visit my place?" Ronald looked at the two people.

   "Of course, Lao Wang is an expert in garden design. If Mr. Luo is convenient, we can go there now."

   "Okay, Xiao Li, you guys are really ahead of the curve... shall we go there now?" Ronald heard that Xiao Li called himself Mr. Luo, which was a bit kind, so he switched to Chinese and said an idiom.

   "Director Luo's Chinese literacy is really high." A gleam flashed in Xiao Li's eyes.

  "I suffered from aphasia when I was young, and the doctor said that learning Chinese would help me recover. Later, I also took classical Chinese poetry appreciation in college, and I still remember some. For example, if you come here today, you have friends from afar..."

   "Extremely enjoyable..." Seeing that the possible employer can speak Chinese, Lao Wang feels less pressure. The Metropolitan Museum of New York already has Jiangnan gardens, and now the Huaguo style is popular in America. If there is a rich man like this director Luo who can set off a trend, then my company can also export for foreign exchange in the future, and my status in the company will also increase. After all, I have the opportunity to go abroad.

   "Hahaha, yes, yes, I have memorized this Analects of Confucius." Ronald laughed, and took them to Staten Island for on-site investigation.

"The land is very good. The house is in a typical Italian style. There are mountains over there, a railway next to it, and there is an open space where you can see the sky. Gardens are like this. You can't rely entirely on artificial scenery. Natural scenery.

  We build a moon gate here, which is the view of sunrise. Make a corner wall over there, and walk over to the other side of the world.

  Here you can dig a lake with Taihu stones. You can make a bamboo forest here..."

  Old Wang is worthy of being a professional, he made a rough plan of the place with three clicks.

   "Very good, look at this garden, how much does it cost?"

"The cost of the design is not expensive. Our charging standard is 100,000, and then we need some building materials with Huaguo characteristics, which can be found in Chinatown in America. There are only some unique crafts, such as special tiles, special Bamboo, as well as the unique blue bricks and bluestone floors in the south of the Yangtze River, have to be shipped from China.

  I don’t think it will exceed 200,000, and the total price is about 300,000. "

   "300,000 dollars? That's not expensive, I'll finalize it now." Ronald looked at this miniature garden with exotic scenery, and it only cost 300,000 dollars, which was cheaper than his estimate. At that time, it will be a great honor to invite friends to see the popular Huaguofeng gardens.

   "Three hundred thousand are the people..."

"Old Wang, please show Mr. Luo first, if there are any small places that can reflect the style of Huaguo, you can add them. For example, palace lanterns and screens. I think Mr. Luo wants to create a display window that is small but complete. "

  Xiao Li quietly came over and stepped on Lao Wang's foot.

   "Ah... yes... I'll go and have a look."

   "Ronald Lee, proficient in Chinese, has a deep understanding of Chinese culture, and has a friendly attitude towards China..."

   Having won the intention of gardening, Xiao Li returned to the small hotel where he was staying, took out a notebook with a lock, and began to write about Ronald.

  (end of this chapter)