"While participating in a 6.2-mile cross-country running race in Camp David, Maryland, T&T accidentally suffered a heat stroke and fainted, and was rushed to the hospital. According to the White House, after treatment, T&T was fine, but he was unwell due to the high temperature that day...
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Ronald and his agent Eddie were waiting in the CBS studio when they happened to see the news on TV about the heatstroke caused by Datong Leader running.
"Didn't he often brag that he was in good health and could run a marathon? Why did he faint after only 6 miles?" Ronald asked.
"Who knows? After all, he is 55 years old, although he is still young among previous commanders." Eddie is not very interested in the current commander-in-chief. Since the King of Persia went into exile, oil prices have been rising, making the people confused.
The dissatisfaction was vented on the commander-in-chief. He was also ridiculed and ridiculed on the TV news without a single kind word.
Eddie has been following Ronald these two days. If the version shot by Ronald in this chewing gum commercial can win, Hershey will make additional investment. With the same idea, more than 10 series of advertisements will be shot. Eddie's actors
There will be many more TV advertising opportunities out of thin air.
This is why Eddie would rather sign a fledgling Ronald. Once a director can gain a foothold in the industry, he can open an advertisement and find job opportunities for many of his actors.
"Darcy Maguire is here, and she looks a little bit unhappy." Eddie touched Ronald, whispered a reminder, and then greeted him with a smile on his face, "Darcy, how are we? When are we
We can use this studio, and we also need to set up uneven bars and lighting. Ronald said it would take at least 2 hours."
"Dan is making a fool of himself. We were informed that we cannot use the studio today." Darcy Maguire said bitterly.
Ronald was stunned and quickly asked: "What is our backup plan, Darcy?"
"There was no backup plan. I didn't expect him to be able to influence CBS insiders. The British man he found, Hugh Hudson, has already erected a huge outdoor billboard today. The filming can be completed in two days, and then go
The TV station was able to get ahead of us late last night."
"Dan influenced the management of CBS through his protective umbrella among partners. The reason they rejected me this time was that the venue needed to film other programs the next day, and the installation and disassembly of gymnastics facilities would have an impact."
Both sides have their own intelligence networks, and Darcy Maguire also knows full well about Dan's filming progress.
"Don't worry, Darcy." Ronald immediately decided to look forward.
Darcy Maguire also knows that if he is arguing with CBS now, even if he gets the filming permission, the management staff influenced by Dan will still use subsequent tricks to delay time. He can only write down this matter first and talk about it later.
"We can find a gymnastics gym to shoot on site, which can save time on setting up the scene. If done properly, it won't be a waste of time." Ronald came up with an idea.
"But we are borrowing the CBS filming team. If we find other places to shoot, their personnel and machines cannot be loaned out." Darcy Maguire frowned, "Ronald, if you have your own
The filming team would be great.”
"This is just an ordinary commercial shot with a TV camera. If we can't use the CBS team, we have many master's degree students at Tisch College who all have practical shooting experience. We will find some to temporarily form an advertising shooting team.
Not a big problem.”
Darcy looked at Ronald. If it could be arranged in this way, the progress would not fall behind him, and maybe it could be completed ahead of schedule.
"Okay, you are responsible for gathering the filming team, and I will contact the high school with a gymnasium." Darcy was also a person who took action and immediately decided to divide the work, and the two of them went to make phone calls separately.
Eddie looked at Ronald eagerly, hoping that he could assemble a shooting team and start filming immediately. He was counting on him for his advertising business in the next year. His actors could shoot commercials for companies like Hershey, so he signed contracts with his subordinates.
Actors and models have much greater control.
"Let me make some phone calls first." Ronald took out his notebook and motioned to Eddie.
First find Spike Lee. His crew has been filming for less than a month and has been shut down due to financial reasons. If you find him, you can bring along his black classmate, Ernest Dick, who guest-starred as the director of photography in his movie.
Sen, this way the photography team and lighting team can handle it.
Then I roped in the senior female classmate who helped with the photography class homework last time, and roped in a few of her suitors to guest-star on the recording team, so that the on-site recording could also be in place.
Ronald can direct himself, assist the director, and take charge of the scene writing.
Over there, Darcy Maguire also found Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan and borrowed their gymnasium.
"This is my high school alma mater, I learned gymnastics there, my coach is still there, and she agreed to let us go shoot for a day.
The rest is a matter of commercial and rental of photographic equipment.
"Do you have a way to borrow a TV camera?" Ronald asked Darcy Maguire. In the warehouse of New York University, there are more old film equipment, and the relatively new TV equipment is also occupied.
"No, we usually find production companies, bbdo won't care about this." Darcy Maguire couldn't think of a channel at the moment.
"Eddie, what about you? Can you borrow the equipment?"
"Of course, I have a relationship with equipment leasing, but they all settle in cash. The cooperation between bbdo and CBS is a business transaction between the companies, so we don't need to advance money." Eddie said hesitantly.
"It's an emergency now, I'll just put the money down first." Ronald replied.
"No, Ronnie, you actually have a way to borrow equipment, why don't you give it a try?" Eddie's Jewish side broke out.
"Who is it? Why don't I know?" Ronald looked confused.
"It's Helen Slater from the other advertising page you told me before, who was leaving..." Eddie prompted.
Ronald slapped his forehead, how could he forget about him? He was filming a commercial for his daughter, so it wouldn't be too much for his father to borrow some equipment, right?
"Ronald, are you borrowing the filming equipment to shoot my daughter's scene?" Of course, Gerald would not give Ronald the opportunity to use his influence in vain.
"No, Mr. Slater. Helen's appearance is more suitable for playing the role of the student who goes to the company for internship. We have prepared the shooting script and the footage and are about to send it to you for approval. This time we are shooting gymnastics footage, so we
We found a member of the New Jersey high school gymnastics team to play the role." Ronald replied.
"Okay, when the time comes, please send the script and storyboards to my office and give them to my secretary Stella. I will read them." After speaking, Gerald hung up the phone.
"Mr. Slater agreed, and we went to the wndt branch in New York to borrow equipment. They could also lend us a van and driver. Then we waited for Elizabeth Sue, and we went to Stuyvesant High School to shoot." Ronald
Said to Darcy Maguire.
"It's Gerald Slater from PBS? Do you know him?" Darcy Maguire looked surprised, and she also began to wonder if Ronald was the child of some big shot.
"He was the key figure who facilitated the national live broadcast of the congressional hearings on the Watergate scandal in 1973. Without his live broadcast, PBS would not have become a national television network."
"We met by chance. I agreed to let her daughter appear in the commercial. We will have to let her be the main character later." Ronald simply made it clear about Helen. Now is a good time.
"There's no problem, Ronald. You really have 'resources' and can get things done." Darcy Maguire thought that this was the price of borrowing equipment from the business, and he agreed without hesitation to Helen as another edition.
The protagonist of the advertisement.
Everyone immediately divided their work. Darcy first went to Stuyvesant High School to contact the gymnastics coach. Ronald went to the New York TV station owned by PBS to borrow equipment and drivers. Eddie was waiting for the heroine Elizabeth Sue at the scene and took her to Stuyvesant High School.
"Don't let me know who is causing trouble today, otherwise..." Darcy Maguire stepped on his high heels and cursed with a frown.
"What, would it be good for our competition to know who is causing trouble?" Ronald stopped and asked.
"Of course, at least I can know whether the person who leaked our script to Dan is a traitor around me or someone from the upper echelons, so that I can avoid them during the next filming, or even..."
"You can use a double agent to spread some false news." Eddie is no stranger to this kind of conspiracy.
"I can make a call and find out more about it." Ronald thought of Pia, the popular female host at CBS.
"Pia, I'm Ronald... I'm at CBS now. Yes, I'm preparing to shoot an advertisement for chewels chewing gum. Helen is also planning to shoot one of the series of advertisements...
No, today we are preparing to shoot the first scene of gymnasts. We borrowed the CBS studio, but we were notified at short notice that we cannot use it... No, no, I didn't mean to force it, I just want to know who is making trouble for us...
…Okay, thank you Pia, I’ll be waiting for your call here.”
Ten minutes later, Pia called. It was the secretary of Alan Wagner, a senior executive at CBS, who informed them that their filming schedule had been cancelled.
"Alan Wagner is the vice president of CBS New York. He single-handedly created a top-rated program like The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He is a major contributor to CBS's transition from rural to urbanization." Pia specifically asked Ronald.
Don't think of any revengeful actions.
"Don't worry, Pia, we just want to know who the mole is inside bbdo advertising company." Ronald answered according to the caliber taught by Darcy Maguire.
Darcy Maguire said that he already knew who leaked the creative ideas and filming plans. One of bbdo's partners has always had a good relationship with CBS's Mary Tyler Moore Show and placed a lot of advertisements.
And he is Dan's direct protector.
At the door, the three of them met Elizabeth Sue, who came to the door of the CBS studio with her mother.
"My daughter cannot participate in your commercial shoot."