Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"How is the quality this time? Let's take a look. Well, Director Huang can use whatever equipment he wants here. You know, Daydream has to provide the best conditions to cooperate."

Director Huang from Xujiahui has finished filming "Hi Frank" in two places. The final film is also undergoing post-production editing, color separation and other processing in Hollywood.

This is the first time that Director Huang has completed post-production work under the Hollywood industrial system. The negatives that were previously sent to Paramount's development and printing factory were developed into negatives using the best standards, in an attempt to promote Hollywood standards to Go to the other side of the Pacific.

However, there was a minor problem with the printing of the working copy used for editing. When making the copy, the worker accidentally got the parameters wrong, and the color of the working copy had deviations visible to the naked eye...

Director Huang didn't care too much. He also felt that it would be a big waste to make a new copy just for this color difference. Anyway, it was only used for editing and would not affect the subsequent copy production, so he just wanted to put the matter to rest.

After Ronald learned about it, he became furious and made a phone call to Shirley Lansing, who had already joined Paramount Pictures, asking her if she had forgotten her promise to him and couldn't even get a working copy. ?

He also specifically talked about the difficult project approval process for this Sino-US co-production, saying that this is a film that shoulders the important task of opening up new markets for Hollywood. If it does not do well, it will be spurned by all Hollywood producers. . Besides, the director of this movie is also a woman. She is about to become the first female CEO of a major studio in Hollywood. Will she just sit back and watch her subordinates bully a female director who is also very rare in Hollywood?

Shirley Lansing was told that she had no place to complain. She had just joined the job and had not yet had the power to reorganize all departments. However, she had just negotiated a deal with Ronald, and now such a liability accident had occurred. She was gritting her teeth internally. At the meeting, the matter was openly discussed on the table.

With the support of Stanley Jaffe, the interim acting president of the parent company, the technical director of the oldest color film lab in Hollywood, located in South Los Angeles, personally came to apologize to Director Huang and said that this is by no means the standard of Hollywood. Professional standards.

Paramount Labs was fully responsible for the damage caused, and he personally supervised the work and sent Director Huang a set of remastered, flawless working copies.

"Isn't it a bit of a fuss?" Director Huang said with emotion.

Just a few years ago, there was a liability accident in Xujiahui because a worker in the printing workshop left his job without permission to see his girlfriend while at work, and the negatives of the film were developed and damaged. As many as 40 shots of that ill-fated movie were destroyed. There was no budget for reshoots, so the film had to be used to make a full-length print for release, with the color of the film stained like tea stains left unwashed for many years.

Fortunately, televisions were not widely available at that time, so the audience did not complain much. However, there are still a lot of carelessness and sloppiness in the current domestic printing and printing plants. As a result, films that are exhibited in foreign exhibitions will go to Japan to be developed in order to obtain the best results.

"This is market competition. If they don't provide high-quality services, they will fail in the competition..." Ronald looked at the pictures on the editing machine. Director Huang did a good job with Gregory Peck's appearance. , is very close to the veteran in the minds of Americans, and is quite different from the lawyer, reporter, etc. image he played in the past.

But the core part is still very close. They all adhere to the concepts of progress and fairness that have been passed down for many years. Mrs. Zhao's performance is also excellent. Although the two of them don't understand each other, it fits the plot perfectly. Both of them have been actors for decades and are very good at cooperating with each other.

Since the version released in America will have English dialogues, Mrs. Zhao's dialogues are all added with English subtitles. However, if you don't read the subtitles, it will not affect your understanding of the plot. That’s the magic of this movie—it’s about a cultural divide.

In order to film the scene in Los Angeles, Mrs. Zhao did not even attend the New Year party. However, when the movie is released, her popularity among Chinese Americans will rise to a higher level.

With the support of the Hollywood industry, Director Huang completed the editing and post-production of her first Hollywood film. This is the first time in many years that she has completed the post-production of a film so easily. She does not have to keep an eye on the workers, coordinate treatment, or make reports and ask for instructions. Everything is done naturally, with the help of top experts.

Even the later score was composed by Oscar-winning Peter Buffy. I heard that his father was one of the top ten richest men in the United States, but he actually came to do this kind of thing. Sometimes Americans really like their jobs.

"Hey, I quite like being a director in Hollywood. There are people who can help you with everything. It's just too expensive..." Director Huang learned that her film project, after converting currency, would be enough to shoot ten films in the country. She felt that this convenience was too expensive. In comparison, she would rather film more movies there.

"The investment is not big. This can only be considered a small production in Hollywood. Besides, I'm not worried about the box office. What are you worried about? Hahaha." Ronald was also amused. This movie can recover the cost in the American market. Over there The box office was just icing on the cake, and he didn't want it, so he gave it directly to Xujiahui Studio as an extra favor.

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Carrying a large box of copies, Director Huang and Xiao Yan boarded the plane back to Hongqiao. The copies they brought back will be remade by the photofinishing factory there.

Of course, they will be re-dubbed there. Xujiahui plans to invite Lu Jianyi, who dubbed Gregory Peck's movie in the past and is now in Changchun, to dub Peck again, so that the audience can relive the acting skills of the handsome young man in his old age.

The filming of another movie has also been completed, which is "A League of Pink" directed by Penny Marshall.

Many female stars finally washed off the bruises, dust, and dirt caused by filming at the baseball field. They left the set happily.

Penny Marshall was happy to shoot this movie. Many popular female stars listened to her instructions. Her brother Gary Marshall (director of Pretty Woman), ex-husband Robert Renner, and Ronald all played a small role in the movie.

Ronald, who had seen the sample film, was also very happy. This year in Hollywood, the wind of female independence has finally become a trend since Ronald filmed "Working Girl".

This movie, which is based on the theme of the Women's Baseball League, is about the fact that things are not as good as they used to be. After the outbreak of the Pacific War in World War II, women could play baseball. Who would have thought that decades later, the women's independence movement in America has retreated again.

It's time to give them a little shock...

Columbia Pictures also has high expectations for this movie. This year, not only the film industry, but also women across the country have begun to want to make their voices heard.

In addition to the presidential election, there are also re-elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives this year. There are 34 states in the Senate for re-election, and there is also a special election in California. The House of Representatives will be re-elected.

The number of women who signed up for the senator and congressman elections this year has also broken the highest record in previous years. Barbara Boxer, the Donkey Party candidate for the California Senate special election, said during the election campaign that Ronald's Working Girl inspired her to run. Because the movie marketing event that year invited many female senior officials to participate, and she was only a congressman at the time. In order to be able to participate in the event with Hollywood male stars, she also had to succeed.

This statement did not have a good response among male voters, but female voters seemed to like this teasing statement. According to the latest opinion poll, Barbara Boxer's support rate exceeded that of the Elephant Party candidate, former political commentator Bruce Herskovitz, for the first time.

This inspired Columbia Pictures, which is preparing to release the film in the second half of the year, asking Penny Marshall to work overtime on post-production editing, and also invited Hans Zimmer, a more famous composer than Peter Buffey, to compose the film.

In short, the film should be released before the end of the year, when the election campaign is the most lively. According to Columbia Pictures CEO Gubel, now is the eve of the great wave of social thought, and we have to be surfing warriors.

Anyway, the film has been sold to Columbia for distribution, and all marketing will be undertaken by them. At that time, Daydream Pictures will only appear in the end credits, so Ronald will let them do whatever they want. If they can sell more box office revenue, they can also get more share, right?

California is the base of the former president, Ronald. There are many supporters of the Elephant Party here. There are also people in the Donkey Party who agree with the policies of the Elephant Party. Although the support rate of the Donkey Party has been rising recently, it is still hard to imagine that both senators have become Donkeys. The gimmick of the senator candidate attending the premiere is still good.

The filming was finished, the actresses all scattered, and Diane returned to her home in Los Angeles, which made Ronald very happy.

"This filming was very tiring. One of our actresses was hit by a baseball on the nose, which almost broke and bled a lot. And, hahahaha, that Rosie O'Donnell is so funny. We won't lack laughter if we have her. She is also a super fan of Tom Cruise. She wants to have a spring breeze with her idol every day..."

"Uh..." Ronald felt a chill. This Rosie O'Donnell is fatter than Rich Lake, the host of his own TV station. It is a big side effect of celebrities becoming famous to fantasize about idol stars like Tom Cruise every day.

"The whole crew is exhausted. Filming this kind of sports film is a huge test of physical strength. Only Tom Hanks is the most relaxed, and he doesn't have any scenes of swinging a bat or pitching a ball." Diane said, shaking her arms.

"Let me give you a massage..." Ronald immediately understood and went up to give Diane a gentle massage twice. "Tom Hanks is more tired than you now. I sent him to Seattle again. In order to prevent him from being complained by his wife Rita (Wilson), I asked Rita to go to Seattle to take care of him."

The separation caused by long-term filming is definitely a major reason for the breakdown of Hollywood star marriages. Another major reason is the huge change in the status of one of the couples.

Ronald made Tom Hanks work around the clock for both of his films, and he also had to bear the travel and hotel expenses of his wife.

"Okay, I'm not tired anymore..." Diane was pinched twice by Ronald and immediately felt relieved. She quickly asked Ronald to rest and asked the masseur to come to her house when the time comes, so as not to tire Ronnie.

"What are you writing?" Diane saw Ronald seemed to be writing something on the computer screen on the table. He hadn't written a script for a long time.

"Hey, this is a letter to the leaders on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. We need to have it translated into Chinese. No one in Hollywood can use a Chinese typewriter."

It turned out to be Ronald's letter of protest. After Director Huang returned, someone denied the "Hi, Frank" a license to enter the rental market on the grounds that the film had been released in America beforehand.

Because only domestic films from major provincial studios can enter the rental market, and co-productions require special procedures to be counted. Most of the investment in this film came from Hollywood, and the filming was also in Hollywood...

Ronald was so angry that he had to write a letter to ask for help, taking out his contributions to the friendship between the two countries over the years, including the certificate number of his specially hired foreign experts, and his friendship with the women's volleyball team at the Los Angeles Olympics...

He also wrote a long article about the importance of exchanges between the people of the two countries, the great significance of Sino-foreign co-productions in promoting culture, the important role of the Last Emperor's award in promoting the rise of Chinese-language films in Hollywood, and the recent good role played by the Joy Luck Club in the upper class of the Chinese American community in America...

It's just that there is a lack of people who can operate Chinese typewriters proficiently. This letter is probably translated first and sent to Xujiahui, so that Xiaoyan there can help find someone to type it out.

"I hope that the fans who love Mr. Gregory Peck will not miss the performance of this friendly person who is determined to make a movie for Chinese friends."

Ronald modified the last paragraph...

"When are you going to Seattle?" Diane knew that Ronald would definitely have to observe the new director on the spot before he would be relieved.

"Next week..."