Everyone hurriedly stepped forward. Ronald helped open Cameron's collar and touched his forehead. It was frighteningly hot. However, the pulse on his neck was beating fairly steadily.
Upon seeing this, Roberto helped contact a private hospital run by an American. However, the ambulance system in Rome was very inefficient and often sent patients to hospitals with higher commissions. He suggested driving to the hospital himself.
Ronald and Roberto carried Cameron into Roberto's car. Gail helped support his head, and the group took Cameron to the hospital.
The doctors at the hospital were all trained by America and could speak English. After asking some questions, they did some blood tests and gave him some antibiotics and glucose. After a few hours, Cameron woke up in the hospital bed.
Came over.
The doctor determined that Cameron was not seriously ill, but was slightly weak due to insufficient nutritional intake. The direct cause of his illness may be food poisoning from eating spoiled food in the trash can.
Because he had no job, his visa had expired, and he had no savings. A young man in excellent health almost got into serious trouble in Italy because of a minor problem.
On the third day, the hospital informed Ronald that Cameron's director's union's medical insurance was at the lowest level, and he had exhausted the insurance limit after being in the hospital for two days. If he stayed in the hospital any longer, he would have to pay for it himself.
After looking at the price of hospitalization at their own expense, Ronald and Gail had to take Cameron out. With Roberto's help, they found a clean and cheap family hotel to stay in.
Roberto's girlfriend Nicoletta can speak English. The two of them are very kind-hearted and know that Cameron has just recovered and needs to eat some easy-to-digest and nutritious food.
Nicoletta made a large pot of roburita soup, a traditional Italian delicacy cooked with overnight bread, pasta, and meat sauce, and sent it to them.
Gail took a spoon and fed it to Cameron. After raising it for two days, Cameron finally regained a little strength.
"What happened? Why didn't you edit the film and went to stay in a hotel? We went to the address that the producer Assonitis had registered in America. It was not his office, but in Rome.
State-owned film studio?”
Seeing that Cameron was recovering well, Ronald and Gale began to ask their friends what happened.
"Hey hey, I met a liar."
Cameron also told his two friends intermittently about his experience.
It turns out that the producer of "Piranha 2", Assonitis, is a liar. He relies on America to shoot some exploitation films, and then sells the films to some small theaters in Europe under the pretext of being released in American theaters.
Because he previously exploited members of the Directors Guild and asked him to change the director's signature to his own after making a movie, the Directors Guild has banned any films with his signature as director from being released in America.
In order to get around this restriction, he found the unknown Jim Cameron as the signed director. After Cameron shot all the exterior scenes and special effects shots in Jamaica, he shot the interior scenes in Los Angeles.
Assonitis refused to allow Cameron to enter the studio on the grounds that the samples he shot did not meet the requirements.
Faced with a filming crew that all spoke Italian, Cameron couldn't argue. He could only watch as his filming results were stolen by Assonitis and taken back to Rome for post-editing.
Cameron, who wanted to make a splash with "Piranha 2", had already spent the special effects director and the first salary he received after taking over as director in Jamaica, using his own money to make a realistic piranha model for the movie. After the filming was completed,
He already lives on savings and income from odd jobs.
In order to prevent his first-named movie from becoming a bad movie, he finally had to take all the cash at home, plus a little money borrowed from Ronald, bought a one-way plane ticket, and came to Rome, Italy.
.
Cameron found the producer Assonitis after many rounds, but was blocked from the editing room. Unwilling to accept it, he opened the door of the editing room with a bank card, sneaked into the editing room every night, and secretly
Modify your own work.
Unexpectedly, the producer Assonitis found out and changed the changes he made during the day.
Cameron doesn't speak the language, doesn't know anyone, has exhausted his savings, and has an expired visa. He can only survive in a cheap hotel by picking up leftover food from other guests.
If he hadn't been ill and had no choice but to call Gale for help, he would probably have done some odd jobs in Italy and earned enough money to fly back, secretly burying this shameful history in his memory.
He didn't want his friends and family to see that he was deceived and ended up living on the street because of the movie he loved.
Gale, who knew the whole story, felt that the measures taken by Cameron were unwise. America is a country based on law. When encountering such a thing, of course, it is necessary to find a lawyer to sue the other party.
"I introduce my lawyer to you, and you must seek justice from Assonitis. The director has already signed your name. If he changes your film too much, appeal to the Directors Guild to cancel the signature and let his
He would give in if the movie couldn't be shown in America."
Gale Hurd immediately thought of a solution.
Ronald also felt that Cameron should find an agent, so that he would not encounter a liar producer without knowing anything about it. If the agent wants to extract commissions, he must clarify these things, otherwise it will
Get fired.
"You should find an agent, Jim. Although they will share part of your income, they will save a lot of things.
Also, if you encounter this kind of difficulty in the future, you must remember our two friends. If you hadn't been smart enough to call Gale this time, who knows what would have happened?"
However, Roberto and his girlfriend Nicoletta, who are Italian party members, understand Cameron very well.
"Don't be like this, Jim is an artist. Artists often only want to create entertainment for the people. It's hard for us to fight against those film capitalists who only want to make money."
Nicoletta translated a passage that Roberto said in Italian into English.
"I understand, thank you." Cameron held Gale's hand and thanked several friends. This time, not only did two good friends fly to Rome, Italy to find him, but he also gained Roberto, a foreign artist.
friendship.
Cameron's body is recovering rapidly, and he still spends some time every day in bed drawing something with a pencil.
Ronald saw that he was gradually getting better and was preparing for his return trip. He received a call from his agent Richard across the ocean, telling him about the marketing of "Fast-paced Richmond High School", which made Ronald
He went back to discuss it.
He booked a flight that day to say goodbye to Cameron, Gale, and Roberto.
He wanted to return to Los Angeles first, where the "fast-paced Richmond High School" was already preparing to do some marketing. And Coppola was said to have made progress with Warner Bros., but Coppola still gave in and agreed to invite
Teen stars star in movies.
"This is a scene I dreamed about when I was ill." Cameron handed Ronald a pencil sketch, which was the result of his drawings in the past few days. "I am going to write this dream into a script.
"
"What is this?" Ronald took over the sketch. It showed a robot with a skull-like head. One hand was holding a long knife, and the other hand was holding a machine gun and shooting in the distance.
"This is the scene I dreamed about in my dream the day you found me. He was so clear, a silver-white metal robot walking toward me with a machine gun in one hand."
Cameron excitedly described his dream to Ronald.
"He has the power to destroy heaven and earth. I dreamed that he appeared from the flames, and when he was close to me, a long knife appeared in his other hand.
He came over and pointed a knife at me and said, "You must photograph me and let me appear in this world."
Ronald looked at the sketch. The skeleton robot on it was very realistic. He glanced at Cameron and thought, "Isn't this guy also a time traveler? Can you dream about future movies when you dream?"
"What did you name him?" Ronald asked, pointing to the skull on the painting.
"The Terminator". Cameron got up from the bed and said excitedly, "I already have an idea in my mind. This is a future science fiction story, where robots and humans fight for the earth.
Just like George Lucas's Star Wars, The Terminator will be a science fiction movie with an epic structure. When the time comes, I have written the script, and you can help me read it and make some comments."
"Okay, I'll see after you recover. If this robot can be photographed, it will definitely be a sensation." Ronald knew that Cameron's stunt model skills have become increasingly mature, so he thought of such a full-metal robot.
When it appears on the screen, I really want to see it first.
After bidding farewell to Cameron, Gale, and Roberto, Ronald first left Rome, Italy. It was another ten hours of flight. After Ronald hailed a taxi at the airport and returned to the hotel, he fell asleep.
After one day, the fatigue of the journey and the jet lag were finally reversed.
"Bang bang bang" there was a knock on the door in the hotel room. Ronald rubbed his eyes, got out of bed and opened the door.
His agent Richard walked in and said, "Are you back? Ronald? The long-distance phone call between me and you has come to light. David Letterman plans to invite Brooke Shields to appear on his late show, which happens to be a promotion.
Great opportunity at 'fast-paced Richmond High School.'"
"Oh, I just came back from Italy and am suffering from jet lag. Is this a good thing? What's wrong?"
"Brooke Shields' mother asked for too high an appearance fee. Letterman wanted to contact Brooke Shields directly through your relationship. Can you ask her to lower the price? Letterman's show just started airing not long ago, and he can't get much money now, so he
Thought of you."
"I?"
"Yes, you have great influence on Po Ji, and she also came to me to find you. The key is that if Po Ji can be on TV, it will be a very powerful promotion for your movie."
"Huh?" Ronald suddenly became more energetic, "That's right."