"All the props arrived intact, and we checked them one by one, twice..."

"Very well, I have prepared a party for everyone at Ritz. Everyone else has already gone, so you should hurry up and go."

"When Harry Met Sally" has completed filming in Chicago, and the entire crew has moved to New York. After the two met for the first time and carpooled from Chicago to New York, they also had to experience their respective relationships, breakups, and reunions here.

, introducing friends to a blind date, and even a series of things that lead to them getting together in the end.

Making a movie is like fighting a war, or a rock band tour. After intense work, you need some outlet. Ronald contacted the "Ritz", the best club in New York after the decline of Club 54.

As usual, Ronald showed up at the party and went home. He didn't like the crazy atmosphere of the party. After experiencing Antonia's reunion, he preferred to spend more time with his family.

"Well, your baked cookies are still so delicious." In the apartment on Fifth Avenue, Aunt Karen and Donna came to accompany Ronald. He was busy with filming and he didn't have time to go back to Staten Island, so they came

Manhattan.

The aunt's boyfriend prepared some delicious dishes, and little Douglas also brought red wine to join in the fun. Ronald's energy was drained by the filming business, and he thought that the small pond that had been dry for a long time slowly regained its water content in the autumn rain.

"Auntie, I've been making movies for so long, have you ever thought about appearing in one of my movies and playing a guest role? And Donna, and Doug... come if you want."

"Hey? Can I?" Aunt Karen was surprised. Ronald had never had such an idea before, and they tried not to disturb his filming.

"Yeah, ten or twenty years later, when we watch a movie, there will be scenes where the whole family makes cameos. It will be interesting, right?"

"But I can't act... haha...", my aunt was actually not too keen on acting, but the scene with the whole family in it moved her.

"You don't need to know how to do it. You can make a cameo without speaking your lines. I'll try to give you a close-up shot so that there will be a few seconds of footage in the cinema and on the video tape as a souvenir." Ronald was still a little nervous when he saw his aunt.

Not confident, "Martin Scorsese also likes to have his parents make cameos. The last time I filmed "Moonlight", his parents made a cameo, and they said a word to the bakery salesman played by Diane.

.It’s very simple, it doesn’t take much effort, and the photo is very good.”

"Are his parents actors? I'm afraid I won't be able to act well."

"I was a little nervous to get the videotape for you, but the result was very good." Ronald got up and went to get the videotape to show them.

"Boston Harbor is like a big pot of sour soup..." Ronald, who got the videotape back, saw George Sr.'s campaign ad being played on TV.

George Jr. agrees with what Ronald said that it is better to speak to his own voters than to attack the other party. But Barbara prefers the obedient son Jeb. The smear faction headed by Lee Ewart, whom he supports, is still

Gained the upper hand.

The action committee headed by Ronald and Douglas Jr., and dozens of other similar committees, donated large sums of money, much of which was invested in ads smearing Dukakis.

Although the law prohibits direct attacks on other candidates, the ads used the name of the action committee and were very technical.

For example, the video being played now is a clip of various environmental pollution scenes in Boston Harbor, the largest port in Massachusetts, where Dukakis is the governor.

"As a candidate, Dukakis said he wanted to control environmental pollution, but when he was governor, he did nothing about the pollution in Boston Harbor, causing what environmental experts called the largest environmental disaster in New England.

Now Massachusetts voters are forced to pay a hefty $6 billion to govern the port.

Don’t forget, Dukakis’s campaign slogan is to bring what he did in Massachusetts to people across the country.”

At the same time, a "No swimming here" sign appeared on the TV, and then faded to black, giving the audience a small shock. Dukakis said one thing and did another, and managed Boston so badly.

What if we bring this experience to the whole country?

"Did Dukakis really do such a bad job? Is six billion dollars too exaggerated?" Although Aunt Karen likes the current commander-in-chief, this kind of advertisement portrays Dukakis too poorly. Six billion dollars is too exaggerated.

The figure of one billion US dollars was beyond the scope of my aunt's understanding.

"Why did old George come up with such a personal attack advertisement?" Donna was not satisfied either. When she was studying at MIT, Dukakis happened to be the governor. Boston Harbor did have some pollution problems, but that was not the responsibility of the municipal government.

There is enough budget to treat the city's sewage, which has to be discharged directly into the port. Under Dukakis, Boston has passed an environmental improvement plan that will be operational in the next five years, by which time the water quality of the port will return to normal.

"And these pictures were edited on purpose. Swimming is not allowed around the sewage outlet in Boston Harbor, but it's not as dark as it looks on the picture..." Donna knew Boston quite well.

Ronald and Douglas Jr. looked at each other, and they knew that George Jr. had probably lost the battle for favor. His brother Jeb's faction had gained the right to speak.

"What do you think, Ronald?" Auntie asked Ronald. She was a little disgusted with this campaign method. The current leader's campaign advertisements were so stylish. He was a true gentleman.

"At least the color has been adjusted..." Ronald put down the videotape, winked at Douglas Jr., and the two went to another room to discuss countermeasures.

"What's going on with your cousin and Diane recently?" Seeing that Ronald was gone, Aunt Karen even pulled her daughter over and asked him if he had any plans to get married.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I don't know either..." Donna was a little distressed and started this topic. After Ronald finished speaking, it was almost his turn.

"Where are you now? Has any boy asked you on a date?" Sure enough, Aunt Karen began to tease her daughter.

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"He's the kid who cries..." Little George was helpless on the phone. His own expressive ability was not strong, and he would make mistakes in complex words. Ronald's reasoning was very logical, and to him

My mouth becomes less convincing.

Coupled with the fact that his younger brother Jeb is particularly good at pleasing his mother, Barbara, his alliance strategy with Roger Ailes to strengthen communication was unsurprisingly rejected.

And that’s not the worst part, Barbara rewarded Jeb for standing up to Lee Ewert’s smear tactics by letting his wife, Columba, star in the next family-themed commercial. Because Latinos in the Deep South

There were a lot of immigrants, and Columba was even allowed to speak Spanish and appear on camera, holding his child and saying that George Sr. was a good grandfather.

This advertisement was also inspired by the family-themed advertisements shot by Ronald. George Jr.'s wife Laura didn't get a single shot, and she even gave up her own children to play the role of grandchildren to set off George Sr.'s personal charm.

Not only did little George fall out of favor, but Laura was also wronged and was very dissatisfied with Barbara.

"But I don't care. This kind of random advertising can't achieve results. What you told me in Chicago before is so reasonable. Now I just need to wait. When the advertising has no results, my mother Barbara will change

I know her, she is a tough woman who only cares about results."

"Hey..." Ronald put down the phone and sighed. Little George, his friend, also trusted him very much. He hoped that his analysis would not be wrong.

After the weekend, the crew went to a delicatessen in New York to start filming. When Ronald first arrived in New York, he bought a lot of delicious meat here. Now that the store has a place for dine-in, Ronald asked

When the owner asked to use the restaurant for filming, the owner immediately said that in addition to being closed for two days of dining, he would rent out the restaurant for free and also cover the food supply for the crew during the filming period.

Aunt Karen put on her own clothes, had her makeup done by the makeup artist, and sat in the direction facing the camera, behind the two protagonists.

Sitting across from her was the mother of one of the producers, Rob Reiner. Reiner happened to be back from the set of "Steel Magnolias" for the weekend. When she heard about Ronald's idea of ​​having a relative make a cameo, she said yes.

His father, Carl Reiner, is a famous comedian, but his mother, Estelle, another member of the family's entertainment industry, rarely has the opportunity to appear on screen.

Reina and Ronald discussed letting his mother Estelle also make a guest appearance. Ronald thought that his aunt had never acted before, and it would be a good thing to have an experienced person to guide her, so he arranged for Estelle and Aunt Karen

Sit across from each other and pretend to be a pair of old friends having lunch together.

Estelle is a jazz singer. She is not nervous when facing the audience or the camera. She is also very good at communicating with the audience. In just a few words, she made Aunt Karen a friend. She laughed and talked about the trivial matters of her son's generation, and she made Aunt Karen a friend.

It also made me relax.

Soon, the lighting team and the sound team were ready, and then the script recorder and the first assistant director came to report that everything was ready. Billy Crystal even went to say hello to the two guest actors, and everything was waiting for the heroine.

Meg Ryan is ready to start filming.

But after waiting for another fifteen minutes, Meg Ryan still didn't come out. Ronald knew something was wrong, and he quickly went to her trailer with Rob Reiner to ask what the problem was.

"Michelle and you are very compatible..." Ronald also congratulated Rob Reiner along the way. This time he and the crew photographer Michelle Singer went to take stills for the Steel Magnolia crew, and the two of them really

Just as Nora Ephron predicted, the date begins.

A pair of good friends of the opposite sex may not be suitable for being a couple, but they know very well what kind of person each other is suitable for. Rob Reiner and Michelle are both suitable for each other, and their relationship quickly heats up and they become a couple.

Official boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Hahaha..." Rob Reiner looked very happy. After he fell in love, his whole person quickly improved. On the crew of "Steel Mulan", he played the role of Ronald before and became one of several movie stars.

Later, the communication bridge between the actors and director Herbert Ross. There were no particularly big problems during the filming process.

"You know what? I'm beginning to agree with you now. This story should have a happy ending. Harry and Sally must be together..."

"Hehe..." Ronald thought to himself, you have changed your point of view when you have a girlfriend.

"Dong dong..." Ronald raised his hand and knocked on Meg Ryan's trailer door, "Meg, this is Ronald, is there something wrong?"

The door opened, and Meg Ryan looked very worried. She frowned and asked Ronald and Rob to come in.

"Ronald, I've been thinking about it for a long time. Is it better not to film this scene?"

"But, is this your idea?" Ronald frowned.

This section is the one that Ronald dreamed about on the plane. Sally and Harry met for the third time, and both of them had a relationship gap. Harry divorced his wife, and Sally's boyfriend also broke up with her.

.Both of them had doubts about their previous views on love, and quickly became friends who talked about everything.

In a big city like New York, with friends like Harry and Sally who are both familiar and yet unfamiliar, we can talk about issues that cannot be discussed with good friends.

The two soon talked about men and women, and whether women can pretend. Harry was quite conceited about his abilities, but Sally told him in the restaurant that many women would pretend to make their partners feel accomplished.

Every woman has real feelings, which made Harry realize his own blind spots.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! During the previous rehearsal, Meg Ryan felt that the scene was not dramatic enough, so she suggested that she could pretend in public in the restaurant. Such an action,

The audience can understand it better than what can be expressed in the lines.

Ronald also thought the idea was good, and Efron changed the script and praised it. However, when it came time to shoot, Meg Ryan began to worry again.

"I know, I know, I just think, I..."

"Do you want me to leave for a while and let you and Ronald talk alone?" Rob Reiner proposed to keep the conversation private. Actors are very sensitive animals, and only the director showed the trust that made them feel safe.

Only if they feel this, they will disclose their privacy without reservation to better complete the performance.

"What are you worried about? Can you tell me?" Ronald said hello to Reiner. He did not participate in the rehearsal with the actors, and it was indeed inconvenient here. Because Ronald felt that Meg Ryan's

The concern is not about acting, it seems to be about other aspects.
To be continued...