Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

  Chapter 90 Perfect fit, financial giant

  When John Connor persuaded his mother to prevent the other party from destroying the T-800, the plot continued to advance.

The T-800, who didn't know what happened to the outside world when he was shutting down for inspection, became the most loyal support of Connor's mother and son. After taking care of the two of them for a night's rest, the three of them came to a gas station. for rest.

  Throwing the American knife to his mother, let her go shopping, wander around with the T-800, John Connor hoped that he could be more humane, but unfortunately, his teaching plan was not successful.

  After being frustrated in teaching T-800 to become an adult, the picture on the screen suddenly changed.

  Sarah Connor, who has already purchased, is leaning on the car to eat bread, while John Connor is filling his hunger with French fries.

I saw John Connor sitting in the driver's seat with his body slung across his body, throwing French fries into his mouth casually, curling his lips at the same time, as if thinking of something, turned his body to the right, and put his shoulders on the back of the car seat in a skillful manner. Sitting on the chair, I glanced up, and my eyes continued to converge on the figure whose back was facing me, "Would you like some French fries?"

   Facing his inquiry, Sarah Connor, who was leaning against the rear door with blank eyes and gnawing bread mechanically, didn't say a word.

  In such a situation, John Connor shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Without being too entangled in the absence of his mother, after putting down the French fries box in his hand, John Connor, who was already full, wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand skillfully, then supported the steering wheel, and got out of the car, feeling a little bored. Move toward the front hood of the car.

"Do you need help?" Looking at the T-800 bent over and changing the brake fluid of the car, John Connor put his right hand on the frame skillfully, and his eyes were also cleaning the brake fluid At the same time, I keep looking up, and the inside is full of expectations.

  As a child reunited with his biological mother after a long absence, John Connor has a lot of words to communicate with her, and as a guy without a father who longs for fatherly love, John Connor wants to get along well with this machine.

It's a pity that in the face of his questioning, the T-800, which will never leave his machine and is striving to become an adult, uses an emotionless expression because his mother who thinks deeply ignores him. Words rejected him.

   "No."

  Ok...Ok...Ok...

  John Connor shrugged and didn't force it.

  Because he understands that if this 'father' has something he can't solve, then he... probably can't handle it either.

However, just as he was thinking about how to communicate with these two guys who said that strangers should not enter on their faces, two children holding toy guns suddenly brushed past them, talking non-stop. shouted—

   "I killed you—"

"you are dead-"

   "Not at all—"

The children's game fights, the bravery and fierceness in their mouths, and the fighting and shoving in their behaviors attracted the attention of John Connor and T-800. For T-800, the scene in front of them was nothing but The embodiment of human inferiority, but for John Connor, that was his real encounter a few hours ago.

  One day ago, John Connor might have been addicted to all kinds of fighting games like these children, but now, he has already smelled the cruelty of death, and he doesn't want to recall all this...

  He didn't want to die.

John Connor, who was still stuck on the hood, turned his head slowly. At this moment, his face was full of confusion that did not match his age, and he squinted at the two children with complicated eyes. How could there be any first-time mothers? The excitement of meeting your father?

  The so-called thinking and trade-offs all disappeared.

  Replaced by memories like nightmares.

  Blinking his eyes slightly, his cheeks twitched slightly, while staring at the battle, he instinctively asked what was in his mind.

   "We can't make it through, can we?"

  When this sentence blurted out, John Connor suddenly felt something was wrong.

Wanting to make amends, he quickly turned his head and looked up at the T-800, trying to cover up his inner uneasiness with supplementary explanations, but the feigned calm all over his face betrayed his true thoughts at the moment, "I am Speaking of humans..."

   "Oh, well done..."

   "The kid is lying..."

   "He wanted to hide his uneasiness..."

When John Connor on the screen flickered worried eyes, looking forward to the learning progress of the machine T-800 to slow down a bit, trying to deceive the opponent's logical thinking by lying, the expression of wanting to hide The terrified appearance reminded many audiences at the scene of their own children...

When they do something wrong, or when they want to hide some little secrets that belong to them, or when they want to hide some of their true thoughts, they will show various flaws—and in At this time, some parents will pretend to be ignorant, follow their children's wishes, and end this topic; while some parents will ask the bottom line, wanting to strip everything about their children, and don't care at all. Will it embarrass the child.

  Is the T-800 the former or the latter?

  The audience at the scene, don't know.

  However, during the two questions facing John Connor, the emotionless robot blinked several times in a row.

  Finally, he turned his head slowly and focused his gaze on the two children...

   "Oh, great, great..."

   "This should be the first time T-800 has feelings? Or, he has already extended his thinking ability..."

"Although we don't know whether it's the program that made him ignore John Connor's instinctive inquiry, or the emotional logic that made him choose to face the topic of human beings, but all this on the screen is the real reason. Everything a kid could want!"

   “Sometimes, a child just wants to hide something that he feels is important.”

   "In this case, the parents who shield them from the wind and rain, it is best not to ask."

"Although children's secrets may be trivial things for adults, for children, keeping their privacy is the embodiment of their complete self. Even parents have to keep a certain distance from them. That distance is not an isolation The natural moat of blood and family, but the construction and shaping of the self-world..."

"Terminator 2" is indeed a sci-fi action movie, but in the eyes of Kenneth and other film critics, it is more like a warm family movie. Compared with the previous one, the emotional line of this one is more intense. Fullness, T-800's self-learning and John Connor's desire and extravagance, just like a boy who just became a father pretending to be calm and wants to deal with his son. They don't know how to face their new life. However, they are studying hard.

And Roland Allen on the screen has changed them even more. If it is said that in "Home Alone", he contributed a formulaic performance. Like a comedian, he used his exaggerated movements and expressions to impress people. The audience, let them laugh and laugh. In "Terminator 2", he looks like an old man. The lively self in Kevin is gone. Instead, he is full of maturity. The personalities of the two characters, unusually extreme, and this—

   It's not a child actor at all, a skill that can be mastered.

   "Is he really only eleven years old?" A reporter who was invited here asked a strange question.

"This...these are just two people..." Another stared at the screen in disbelief, he couldn't understand how a child actor who was acting purely by instinct managed to have two movies and two faces ?

  However, for the soul torture issued by the companions, some guys also think it is normal.

   "You don't even think about it, how many guys are teaching him."

   "The guy who taught him acting has already won an Oscar, and he is on the way to win an Oscar. How to understand the role is much clearer than us. Instead of lamenting that he has thousands of faces, it is better to watch a movie..."

Yes, Roland's different face hidden under the action movie Boom, Boom, Boom has actually been discovered by everyone, but before that, everyone didn't feel it strongly, but after his one-man show went online , The sense of growth that comes head-on is shocking. It is hard for them to believe that Roland can achieve a sudden change in style within a few months after acting in "Home Alone". Completely different characters.

   This is not a question of whether the teacher teaches or not, but a display of personal talent.

  Although the vast majority of child stars are more mature than their peers, it is still difficult for them to show adult thinking and ways of doing things, but what about Roland? — This is simply a different person!

  They don't believe that there are teachers who can teach acting skills of soul exchange. What they prefer to believe is that Roland has this talent! It's a pity—they didn't know that for Roland, things like substitutions were really simple.

  Want to show the loneliness in your heart?

   Simple!

   Think about it in the previous life, I was sued by Di Mouse, and I was hammered by the heroine fans of the heroine drama!

  Performance, isn’t it another display of life experience?

  Although he has lost his innocence forever, he is mature and stable, no child actor can compare to him.

   It was precisely because of this arbitrary transformation that the guests, reporters, and film critics at the scene looked at Roland with new eyes.

"If Julia Roberts and Roland Allen were the most popular screen stars in 1990, then Roland Allen might be able to use this movie to throw Julia out of sight of the taillights, right? ?”

"Her "Keep a Lover" only had a box office of 30 million in North America, and "Sleeping with the Enemy" just broke 100 million. Although there is another "Captain Hook", there is also Roland Allen in "Captain Hook" !"

  If three hours ago, they still thought that Roland was the most popular child star at the moment, then now, the ambiguous commodity term of child star has been taken off by them.

  Although Roland's performance was not up to the level of creepy and spine-chilling, these guys who had been watching the movie for an hour felt that he was worthy of the title of actor.

   As for predicting the movie's box office through his performance?

  It is still too early to say this.

...

  Who knows if there will be some incomprehensible plots in the future?

  Of course, if Roland heard these people's thoughts, he would definitely smile and shake his head.

  James Cameron is not Zach Schneider. It is impossible for him to stretch the duration of the entire movie without limit in order to fully portray all the characters in the story.

If you can take it in one stroke, you will never spend too much time describing it, and, like Spielberg, this guy who can call a well-made commercial film an art film knows better than anyone that the selling point of the entire film, where the hell.

   Is the metaphorical thinking these critics like?

   Shit!

   These things are for those who are idle and bored to analyze and play. What can really make movie fans walk into the theater is the hot scenes, fierce fights, and those fights that make adrenaline surge.

  For him, these emotional lines that film critics and reporters talk about are actually appetizers and desserts before a big meal.

  The relationship between John Connor and T-800 is clearly portrayed, which is actually for destruction.

When everyone thinks that the T-800, which has begun to learn by itself, obeys John Connor's order to prevent the mother of the other party from killing the creator of Skynet, and goes to the laboratory together to destroy all the materials and equipment produced by Skynet , in this case, just like other sci-fi action movies, you only need to kill the T-1000 to win the final victory—

  The self-termination after the decisive battle made those who thought this movie would follow the family routine, laughing bitterly.

  James Cameron is not Spielberg, and family fun stuff doesn't matter to him.

   It is his habit and hobby to create a beautiful thing and then destroy it with his own hands.

  Because he understands that in life, there are always more regrets than good things.

   Not only that, regret is easier to be remembered than good.

When a thing that the audience likes completely disappears at the end of the film, the emotion of thinking about it because of love and nostalgia will emerge in their hearts, and the feeling of loss caused by regret will make them keep talking with their surroundings. People share their emotions and want to talk about the depression in their hearts...

The so-called death is just a means to bring business and art closer together. As a director who knows better than anyone else, Cameron certainly knows how important the box office is to him. .

  As long as the capital behind him is happy, he will have the money to shoot what he wants to shoot more.

   And all of this, how could the public at the scene not understand?

When John Connor on the screen screamed hard, not wanting to let the T-800 leave, when John Connor on the screen cried bitterly and hugged each other, when John Connor on the screen accepted this silently. Everything, watching the T-800 end itself, staring at the thumb slowly falling into the molten steel, a feeling called pain clings to his heart.

  Turning into his arms, weeping tremblingly, the pain that was about to overflow from the screen filled the entire theater.

  As the 'I never said that' guy said—

  ‘The most painful thing in life is waking up from a dream and having nowhere to go. '

  If an hour ago, everyone felt that Roland Allen's means of attracting single-parent families did not seem to be extremely strong, then now, they have nothing to say...

   What children in single-parent families envy most is the happiness of others, but not their own.

  And if Roland reaps his own happiness while attracting children from single-parent families, it may be counterproductive.

   But now?

wake up.

  From getting to know T-800, to accepting it, adopting it, teaching it, and being attached to it, the whole process only takes a few days.

  John Connor's short but rich life experience is like a sweet and graceful dream.

  Although it is colorful, there will always be a day when you wake up.

  The self-end of T-800 indicates that John Connor's dream is broken, from nothing, to gain, to loss...

   This joyful and sad experience will make those children from single-parent families feel more sympathetic to Roland.

   Not to mention, in reality, both his parents died...

   "Oh, mygod! This is simply... This is a movie tailored for Roland!"

"Although John Connor doesn't have any fighting scenes, his emotional line with T-800 is the brightest point in the whole film! Arnold, who has been criticized by us for not being able to act, can now control emotional scenes! And Roland's performance was even more amazing! I really don't know how he switched to adapt!"

   "The rhythm is light, the characters are vivid, and the emotions are rich. It perfectly fits Roland's personal plot, which is surprising..."

  With the appearance of the end credits, the lights in the theater also turned on.

  Looking at the excitement on the faces of colleagues around you, the film critics and reporters who were invited here knew how to write their own articles—bragging? certainly! After all, this is the best sci-fi movie they have seen since the 1990s—

none of them.

  Of course, before going back to write the article, they want to know what the original intention of the whole movie is.

  Why does this movie fit perfectly with Roland's growth path?

  Could it be...

  Roland is the truck driver's illegitimate son?

  ...

   "An illegitimate child? How is it possible! He was recommended by Steven!"

   "On the day he came to the audition, I happened to be discussing the project with Steven. After seeing his performance, I chose him. As for why the script fit him perfectly? You have to ask God about this!"

  ...

   "Uh... sir, you may be mistaken, I'm just an actor."

"On the day of the audition, "Home Alone" hadn't been released yet. No one knew whether the movie would be a hit. It was just a coincidence that James chose me, because we didn't know each other before, and he The script has already been completed."

  ...

   "I can prove this point. When James talked with me about the sequel project and invited me to continue to star in T-800, the name Roland Allen didn't exist in our project day. Everything was a coincidence."

"Isn't the film itself the focus of your attention? Isn't it a good thing that Roland acted well? Could it be that you still hope that he will fail? If that's the case, your thinking is very dangerous... "

  ...

According to the usual practice, after the film is played, the distributor will prepare a party to entertain the film stars, journalists, film critics, crew members and company executives who participated in the premiere. After a short speech by the producer truck driver, they are invited to come The guests walked back and forth in the venue, discussing various topics, and the content related to Roland was naturally responded by the three main creators. When Schwarzenegger smiled at the desperate Reporters, when they said slowly, 'Your thinking is dangerous', they calmed down and realized what a stupid question they had asked.

  Even if the Jewish gang intends to praise Roland, will they admit such a thing?

  Openly shine and smear at the premiere?

   Isn’t this the old birthday star hanged himself, looking for death?

  In the case that all the major media are controlled by entertainment companies, wrong questions will make them lose their jobs!

   In this way, the guys who originally wanted to find creative ideas from the main creative team to add popularity to their news reports and column articles all fell down.

   They dared to offend the truck driver and the future governor, but they didn't dare to make a fuss behind Roland's back!

   As a result, the grand premiere reception became 'cold'.

  The atmosphere in the venue gradually became more normal. No one studied the relationship between Roland and the movie. Everyone changed the topic to the rhythm of the movie, the fighting of the movie, the story of the movie, and the connotation of the movie.

  As they stopped, Roland Allen, as the only man in the audience who didn't worry about the box office results and didn't feel like a reporter to continue to harass him, was the most relaxed one in the audience.

Unlike the self-promotion after the release of "Home Alone", when the news that Spielberg let him take the shot in the crew came out, it was no longer for him to say hello to others, but to eat every bite at the dinner table. , There is a guy who will come over to bother you, the feeling of wanting to go up, maybe it is snobbish.

  Of course there are unspoken rules in Hollywood, but in front of a big enough fist, any unspoken rules are bullshit.

   "Ah, Mr. Zach, nice to meet you..."

   "Hey Ms. Janet, thank you for the love..."

   "Oh, group photo? No problem..."

When Roland sent away whoever was the first guy who wanted to get close, he felt that his energy was almost exhausted. Not only that, but he also regretted it very much. Come together, with the assistant that David recruited for himself, at least he can block some guys who have nothing to do with the entertainment industry.

  Of course, there are many things that excite him. The guys who came to greet him at least gave them good reviews.

And just when he was wondering whether he should pull the truck driver to retreat together, or run away first with the director Chris Columbus who came to cheer on the scene, the truck driver who was socializing around with a glass of wine came to him on his own initiative .

   "Tired?" The truck driver had already seen Roland's fatigue.

   "I think you are talking nonsense."

  Roland rolled his eyes and asked angrily, "I just want to know when we can leave."

"Leave? There's still an hour at least?" The truck driver actually didn't like this kind of noisy environment. Before he finished his meal, he picked up a piece of meat on Roland's dinner plate quickly, regardless of whether it was hot or cold. Stuffed it in his mouth.

   "You have to know, I'm more annoying than you, why ask the same question so many times? What does the sublimation of the film's concept have to do with me? I'm just a filmmaker! Writing articles is their strong point!"

  Listening to the other party's unceremonious complaints, as the only one on the scene who was stealing, Roland immediately laughed.

  Although the world of adults is full of entertainment.

  But most of the time, these are helpless.

   Unless you really have a special hobby, who likes to drink and get drunk?

  Enjoy the glitzy rights of luxury?

  Are you kidding me!

  Movie box office is their greatest right.

However, just when the truck driver wanted to take a break from his busy schedule and grab Roland's plate to fill his stomach first, a figure holding a wine glass suddenly approached, and after seeing the other person's face, Ben was still there with Roland. The truck driver, whining in a low voice, immediately put down the dinner plate, pulled out the paper towel in a natural motion, wiped his hands clean, and—

   greeted him.

   "Ronald, I thought you didn't think the movie was good, so you already left..."

   "How is it possible... I saw it from beginning to end."

   "It's just that I chatted with the guy from Fox just now, but I didn't come here in time."

   The guy, as Ronald was affectionately called by the truck driver, had a bald head.

   After seeing the truck driver greet him with a smile, he shook hands with him very friendly.

   And when they greeted each other cordially, Roland admired Cameron's face-changing like a Sichuan opera.

  Although the current truck driver belongs to Hollywood's first-line directors, he also has guys who can't be messed with.

   And the bald head in front of him obviously is.

  However, Roland couldn't recognize the other party.

   "Have you chatted with Fox? You are talking about a guy. Could it be Rupert Murdoch?" Cameron smiled from the corner of his eyes, and directly reported the name of Fox's boss.

   After hearing his question, the bald head shook his head resolutely, and said regretfully: "It would be even better if it was Rupert. It's really regrettable that those people below them can't make decisions..."

   "But unfortunately, Rupert is not here recently, and when he comes back, I guess I have to go back to New York..."

  Hold the grass?

  Which boss is this?

  When Roland saw the truck driver and the bald head shaking hands and hugging, he really didn't take each other seriously.

In his opinion, even an insider like him who can't remember watching thousands of movies is probably just a minority shareholder of a film company. Great attraction, but now—

  Why does he want to lick the dog?

   But the problem is, the Rupert Murdoch mentioned by the truck driver is very loud!

  The big boss of News Corporation, the big boss of Fox, what a guy!

   And in his mouth, why is it the same as two or three kittens?

  The guy who can judge Murdoch so casually is probably not a minority shareholder, right?

  This can't be done—

   Which consortium is this guy from? Or, is it someone from Wall Street?

  Just as Roland was secretly guessing in his heart, who was the big man with the fat head and big ears in front of him, the bald man who had already hugged the truck driver turned his gaze over—

   Not only that, he also took the initiative to extend his right hand to Roland.

   "Roland Allen?"

"Nice to meet you."

   "You did a great job, especially when Arnold killed himself, the look in your eyes really made me feel sad."

  Although Roland didn't know him, he had to give face.

  Especially when the other party greeted him so enthusiastically, wouldn't it embarrass him if Roland put on a face?

  He took the initiative to greet him, with the corners of his mouth slightly hooked. While showing a formulaic smile, he also responded politely: "Oh, thank you, I am so happy to be recognized by you for my acting skills..."

   "The thing that excites me the most is that someone can just say the clip instead of saying to me—hey, I think you did a great job...I've heard enough of that kind of empty talk..."

   "Haha..." The bald man laughed loudly, and Roland's blunt words made him narrow his eyes.

  Although he knew that Roland was just looking at the truck driver's polite words, but—it's not important, right?

   Between everyone, there is confusion when they first meet. After Roland understands himself, won't the barrier disappear?

   "I know you don't know me, but it's okay, I can introduce myself..."

   "My name is Ronald Perelman from New York."

   "Is the chairman of Revlon Group."

oh…

  Roland suddenly realized.

   It turns out that this one is the chairman of Revlon Group!

   No wonder he can talk about the things between himself and Murdoch in a casual tone.

  However, before he could smile for two seconds, he was stunned when he realized it.

etc-

  Chairman of Revlon Group?

   Ronald Perelman?

   Grab the grass!

  He remembered this bald head!

  What **** Revlon!

   This guy is a financial giant!

  He is the major shareholder of Jinzhou Bank Group!

   Guy on the Forbes Billionaires list!

   Of course, none of this matters!

   The important thing is—

  He is now, one of the two giants in the United States and comics, and the boss of Marvel Comics.

  (end of this chapter)