"Ah? Already fired? Why didn't I receive a call from Walter before?"

Through his agent's relationship, Ronald contacted George Lucas who was on a business trip in Tokyo.

After Lucas heard the news reported by Ronald, his first reaction was why his old friend Merzy didn't call him for help earlier when the situation was not good.

"Walter drank a little too much and has fallen asleep now. It's already midnight here on Thursday. If it's after Friday and I have two days off on the weekend, I'm worried that things will develop to an irreversible point." Ronald said to himself

I talked about my worries.

He also sighed inwardly.

George Lucas has become famous and has become the most profitable director and producer in America. There is already a class gap between his former friend Walter Mersey and him.

Even though Lucas still regards him as an old friend, various practical obstacles make Merzy not necessarily willing to ask for help from his old friend and use the promise he made back then.

Even for a director like Ronald who has achieved quite a lot and has the support of CAA, it is very troublesome to find Lucas.

"I understand. Just look at him and I'll call Ron from Disney right away. Just stay by the phone and I'll call you as soon as I have the results." Lucas was silent for a while, seeming to hear something.

After hearing Ronald's implication, he was still a nostalgic person and immediately agreed to negotiate with Disney executives.

"I will," Ronald put down the phone and breathed a sigh of relief. If Lucas, with such level of influence, intervenes, he should be able to solve Walter Mersey's problem, right?

"Porky", Ronald looked back and saw that the girl was no longer in the hall. It turned out that Ronald had made too long a call to find Lucas, and Porky was not very interested in these things. She had already gone back to her room to sleep.

Ronald was still waiting for news from Lucas. The night outside London was very quiet. While waiting, he thought wildly and gradually fell asleep on the sofa.

"Ring, ring, ring..." Ronald woke up from the sofa. It was already the next morning. He rubbed his eyes and picked up the phone, "I'm Ronald."

"Ronald," Lucas's voice came from the phone, "I found Steven (Spielberg) and Francis (Coppola) to put pressure on Disney. But the situation there is very difficult.

Unusually, Ron Miller is unwilling to step in, and there is only one way to save Walter's career as a director."

"any solution?"

"Then I will fly to London and negotiate with Gary, who is in charge of the project, face to face. Please note down my flight number and pick me up at the airport."

"Porky, let's go out and play together. Where do you want to go?" Ronald said looking at Porky who came out in pajamas to take a bath.

"I want to go to some places with cultural history. Are you done with your work?" Poji said with a yawn.

"Not yet, but I'm free during the day today. Why don't we go to Canterbury to see the cathedral." Ronald suggested.

After leaving a message for Walter Mersey at the front desk, Ronald went out with Brooke.

Bringing their own Nikon cameras, the two drove to Canterbury, saw the cat mummy and the cathedral, tasted Scotch egg salad and French fries, and then took countless photos of Brooke. She just changed from yesterday when Ronald died.

Accompany yourself to relieve your depression.

"Is the work of a director so stressful? I think you are very busy every day." Poji posed professionally on the ancient streets.

It was cloudy, and now the clouds dispersed, and the sun came out again to illuminate Poky's whole body. Ronald didn't bring a grayscale board, so he had to stretch out his hand to measure the light on the back of his hand, and then reduced it by one stop.

Due to the number of exposures, he has been in the editing room recently and his skin has become a little whiter.

"Not necessarily. If you get approval from the studio and shoot a big production, the director can be very relaxed. There are many professional talents working for you, and you can trust them. If you are shooting a small production, or you want to be a first-timer like Walter,

If you are in the department, you will face a lot of things that you have to do by yourself." Ronald pressed the shutter one after another towards Poji.

"But you seem to know how to do everything." Brooke changed her posture and asked Ronald to take the photo. It was obvious that Ronald's photography was also professional, and his skills could be used to take photos for fashion magazines.

“It’s good if the director knows a little bit about everything.”

"Hehe", Poji hugged his arm, and the two of them walked back to the parking place and prepared to go back.

"By the way, I'm attending the Oscars this year, and I have a quota for a female companion. Do you want to attend with me?" Ronald remembered what his agent said to him,

"Well... I happened to have a mid-term exam at that time, so I'm afraid it won't work." Bo Ji thought for a moment and declined Ronald's invitation, "Just ask your agent to find one for you."

"Why? Even if you go to college, you still need exposure opportunities, right?" Ronald asked curiously. The Oscars are not the Golden Globes. People like me who have not been nominated for movies and who are invited to attend are all obtained by the agency.

Arrived.

"My mother said that after filming 'Sahara', I won't have to worry about money anymore, and my most important goal is to graduate from college." Brooke is full of expectations for Princeton's golden brand.

"Doesn't one have to work after graduating from college...What kind of job do you plan to do in the future?" Ronald saw that Bo Ji wanted to be a college student, and suddenly realized that she was a model and actress. With Bo Ji's fame and money, maybe

What she hopes most now is a diploma from a prestigious school to prove that she is not just a pretty face.

"I haven't thought about it well. I think that being able to get into Princeton and get a diploma will be the greatest success in my life."

Ronald remained silent. He felt that Brooke Shields had simplified her future. Just a few years ago, Jodie Foster also gave up her career as an actress and went to Yale to attend college. Now the media has treated her as if she does not exist.

When she first experienced the Tatung assassination case, there were undercover media agents at Yale every day asking her what she thought of the murderer. But now? Jodie Foster took the initiative to appear in Hollywood, and no reporters stepped forward to report it. The American is

So forgetful.

Ronald didn't think of how to persuade Brooke. At least she was still the most beautiful girl in America. If she talked too much, she would be suspected of being nosy.

After playing for a day, Ronald went to Heathrow Airport to wait for Lucas in the evening.

"Ronald, I'm here." Ronald turned around and saw George Lucas rushing over from the business jet.

"Hello, George Walter is a little frustrated, shall we go to the hotel now?"

Lucas nodded while wearing sunglasses, and the two of them went straight to the hotel on the Pinewood set.

"Walter."

"George."

The two old friends hugged each other tightly and went to discuss things.

Ronald was waiting in his room for the outcome of their discussion. He sorted out the films he shot during the day and called the front desk to help develop them.

"Ring ring ring..." The phone rang.

"It's me, George. Come here." Lucas called Ronald over.

"I talked with Disney's executive producer Gary, and he expressed that he was not confident in Walt's filming schedule. I have assured him that even if there is a problem with Walt's filming schedule, I will come and take over as producer.

Then we can finish the movie while ensuring quality."

"That's great." Ronald didn't expect Lucas to be so generous, which was equivalent to endorsing Walter.

"Thank you, George." Walter Mersey looked excited and frustrated as he spoke.

Lucas patted his old friend's hand, "What I don't understand now is why they don't have confidence in Walt, so I proposed to go through all the samples tomorrow. Come with you Ronald, let's find out why Disney

To make things difficult for Walter, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here. Walter is a genius, there is no way he can't make the movie he wants, even if it's his first time."

Early the next morning, Lucas, Mersey, and Ronald came to the screening room together, and together with Disney representative Gary, they watched all the dailies shot by Walt in the past five weeks.

After watching it, Ronald felt that there was actually no big problem with the quality of the filming. As for whether the progress was too slow, it was hard to say. Because many characters in the movie needed to be re-synthesized with post-production special effects. He was very satisfied with this kind of movie.

I have no idea about the shooting method.

Ronald looked at Lucas. This is the person in Hollywood who knows best how to shoot live-action and special effects movies.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with Walter." Lucas supported his old friend.

"But this is a sequel adapted from children's literature. The last one was decades ago, and we can't afford to waste time. If Walter continues at this rate, we will have no choice but to withdraw funding."

"Don't talk nonsense, I have promised you that Walter will improve the shooting speed."

After several verbal exchanges, Gary finally agreed to reinstate Walter Mersey as director, starting next Tuesday.

After he left, George Lucas said to Walter Mersey, "Walt, I did find a problem. You made the movie without a master lens."

The main shot is the first panoramic shot taken every day, explaining the relationship between all the characters and their positions in the scene.

Although there are directors who reshoot the main shots, such as the famous Stanley Kubrick, the standard Hollywood production methods must be filmed.

"But it's useless for me to take the main shot," Walter Mersey said about his considerations. "Return to Oz" is a movie that combines real people and mechanical special effects. There are robots, hens, and monsters in it.

They are all simulated using mechanical devices.

"Just like this robot, it must be operated by six people. When shooting the main shot, it is difficult to avoid including these operators. And the King of Rocks, I plan to use stop-motion animation to post-shoot and synthesize them.

When performing, it’s just a picture on the wall that’s right.”

"I know, I know..." Lucas indicated that he fully understood the problem. "I had the same problem when I was shooting the robot R2D2 in Star Wars. Most of the main lenses of the panoramic shots were useless.

, only a few can be used.

But this can give the actors a clear feeling every day about what they are filming today, which will help them understand the plot and develop emotions.

The staff also knew what the first shot was every morning, what he was going to do next, which shots he needed to appear in, and which shots he could be busy with other things.”

"You're right." Walter Mersey was a little frustrated. This was indeed a problem he had never thought about. Perhaps because he was an editor, the starting point for considering the problem was how to edit the footage into the final film.

, while ignoring the cultivation of actor status and the efficiency of staff.

"What do you think, Ronald? Do you think there are any problems here with Walter?" George Lucas seemed to have returned to his college days. He was evaluating his classmates' homework and asked Ronald to give his opinions.

"I have no objection, but I have a way to speed up Walter's filming without affecting his artistic expression."

"Oh?" Mersey and Lucas both looked at Ronald.

"I noticed that all the scenes in the sample, especially the scene full of mirrors, seemed to be lit with multiple light sources every time." Ronald said about his findings.

"Yes, there are too many mirrors. If you change the angle at any time, the reflection of the light will mess up the lighting. You have to spend time rearranging it. Do you have any good ideas?" Walter Mersey asked Ronald about his biggest headache.

One of the questions, I asked quickly.
To be continued...