Ronald finished the sketch and felt confident. He turned on the computer, called up the latest archive, and began to modify the ending. He raised his hands like cranes on both sides of his body and feinted, then used his left foot to feint, and finally used his right foot to feint.
The unique move of kicking the opponent's head with a crane is described in detail.
After saving the file, Ronald was about to print it out when his heart suddenly moved.
He saved the document as "Karate Project New", then deleted the newly written description of specific actions and added back the original description at the end.
"Danny used a crane kick, jumped up on one foot with his uninjured right foot, flew up and kicked Johnny in the head to score, and then landed on the ground with his right foot. After a moment of silence, the audience seemed to be caught by surprise by this move
He was shocked by the killing move.
The referee declared Danny the winner, and then the audience suddenly burst into cheers that were the loudest and longest in the two days of competition...
Complete text"
"Squeak...squeak", the dot matrix printer made a sound, and a dense matrix of dots was stamped on the ribbon, and the last chapter of the "Karate Project" script was printed out.
…
The next day, Ronald and Niceta went to the office of producer Jerry Weintraub to submit the script. The Jewish man's office was also converted into a house he owned, which was not far from where he lived in Belgium.
My home in Fulishan is not far away.
After entering the door, Ronald saw a huge desk with a young secretary sitting inside.
"Hello, we are here to see Mr. Weintraub. I am Ronald Lee. This is my agent. Let's make an appointment to discuss the script."
"Oh, let me take a look." The young secretary seemed a little flustered and started to find the notebook with the appointment arrangement on the desk. Piles of magazines, documents, and faxes made the desk look a bit messy.
"Oh, I found it," the secretary-general breathed out. "Ronald Lee, um, please wait a moment, I'm going to call Jerry, I mean Mr. Weintraub."
Ronald smiled at the red-haired secretary and motioned for her to ask for instructions first. She looked a bit clumsy. The secretary was of middle-to-upper-class appearance, but her temperament had a kind of innocence that was not common in the workplace.
"Susan, who's here?" Jerry Weintraub asked in the large office in the corner when he saw secretary Susan Akins, the daughter of an old friend, walking in.
"Ronald is here."
"Ronald, want a drink?" Weintraub greeted Ronald and Niceta, then waved his secretary Susan to sit down and listen to their meeting.
"Is it early in the morning? Okay, I'll have a drink too." Ronald reached out and took a glass of whiskey. The sunshine was very good this morning, and Weintraub was in a good mood, too.
"The karate kid"? Weintraub saw Ronald's name on the script.
"Yeah, I think it's simple and clear. It can also arouse the curiosity of the audience." Ronald took a sip of the wine. It tasted very good. It seemed to be aged Scotch whiskey, with a woody aroma and a grainy flavor.
.
"Very good." Weintraub continued to read.
Secretary Susan sat aside, looking at Weintraub's tall figure and wise face, an expression of admiration appeared on his face. He is a very charming person who can decide the production of a film project.
"It's very good, I'm very satisfied." After a long time, Weintraub, who read the script in one breath, seemed very excited, "This is the kind of movie I had in mind, with a sense of humor, a story, and a lot of excitement.
good."
"It seems that you are satisfied with my script, Mr. Weintraub." Ronald felt that this singer manager and live performance organizer did not hide his feelings in front of others, and he could be regarded as a temperament person.
"Of course, of course, after I made an appointment with Mr. Price, the president of Columbia, we went to see him and try to get the green light at once. Unfortunately, he will leave his job soon. He is a very insightful person."
Weintraub immediately called Columbia and finalized the time to go to Colombia with Price's secretary.
In fact, because the filming budget for this movie was all provided by Weintraub, and Columbia was only responsible for distribution, generally speaking, the script will not be rejected without special reasons.
"Then it's settled, you come to my house and we'll go to Colombia together." Weintraub liked Ronald's script very much and hugged Ronald.
"I don't know who the director is...?" Ronald asked tentatively.
"Well, I plan to ask an Academy Award winner for Best Director to direct this movie. He is good at directing stories about small people's counterattacks. He is the best person to direct this story."
"Oh? I thought you would choose me, Mr. Weintraub." Ronald quickly recommended himself.
"Of course, Ronald, you are a very good director. I have watched two of your movies. But this story of yours is a movie that pays great attention to character development. The movie you directed pays more attention to the story and is more
Group drama.
Of course, I won't treat you badly. My first film needs to be a hit. We can have more opportunities for cooperation. Besides, the director seems to pay attention to his own interests, so I may not be able to hire him.
.If he refuses, we will discuss the matter carefully."
"Okay, you are the boss. I wonder who you plan to invite?" Ronald saw that he had made his words clear, so he had no choice but to not mention it for the time being.
"John G. Avelson is the director of 'Rocky'. Is 'Rocky' also a typical ordinary people's counterattack movie? Or it can be said to be the greatest ordinary people's counterattack movie. Since I
When I saw the story in the newspaper, I thought it would be most appropriate for him to direct it."
"But the story of 'Longwei Boy' is not very similar to Rocky in nature, right?"
"Oh, why do you say that? I think what I asked you to write is a counterattack story. Isn't it the teenage version of 'Rocky'?"
"That's not the case. 'Rocky' actually tells the story of a man who was looked down upon by others after giving up his career, but with the encouragement of his lover, he regained his courage and fought for his future and integrity.
"The Dragon King" is essentially a hero's adventure film. A young boy is bullied, meets an expert as his master, teaches him special skills, and finally defeats his opponent and wins the beauty. This is actually a film similar to "Star Wars"
story."
"But Danny is essentially an ordinary person who fights back. Don't be like this, Ronald. My reputation is well known in the record industry. As long as I promise, there is nothing I can't do. You can rest assured that this
After this, my company is on the right track and I will definitely give you the opportunity to be a director."
"I think I have the right to give it a try, Jerry. Why don't you give me a chance? I can talk in detail about what kind of movie I would make if I directed this movie. I think as a
Screenwriter, I know the core of the story better, and I also know better how he should be filmed."
"You are really a stubborn young man. Well, it's not a bad thing to listen. Then come to my house earlier then. I will listen to your statement at noon, and then go to Price's place in Columbia in the afternoon."
"Thank you for your generosity." Ronald shook hands with him, left the script, and left with Niceta.
"Susan, send them off for me."
"Oh, okay, Ronald, please come with me." Susan Akins, who had fiery red hair, stood up quickly and quickly led the way to send them out.
"What an interesting young man." Jerry Weintraub began to open Ronald's "The Kid" script again and started reading it again.
"Unfortunately, in order for the first film of my company to be well distributed, it must either find a famous director or a famous actor. Otherwise, it will be the same as the last film 'Dinner' that I was supervised by myself."
The box office was good, but it didn’t receive the support of Colombian resources.”
Jerry Weintraub read the script, and the more he read it, the more he liked it, and the more he appreciated Ronald. He decided to at least give Ronald a chance to direct, and maybe bind the young director to his next film.
"It seems that you really like this script, Ronald," Niceta asked when sending Ronald home. "Last time, Stallone asked you to create 'Dragon Dance', and then he wanted to make major changes to your script.
You handed it over without any resistance, but this time you have to hold on much longer."
"Of course, this story is very interesting. I think American audiences may have never seen this type of movie before. In martial arts movies in the past, like Bruce Lee's, the protagonist was a master as soon as he appeared, so our expectations were high.
On how he defeated those fierce enemies.
But this story is different. Danny boy was weak at the beginning and was bullied. The audience watched him grow from a weak side, through the guidance of his master Miyagi, and gradually relied on hard training to become stronger. And then
Defeated Johnny, who was originally unbeatable.
I think previous movies of this type were all like "Star Wars", where the protagonists all had super powers. In this karate movie, the audience can see that Danny is struggling. This is in the real world.
There are stories that may appear in it, and they will definitely like it.”
"You know what? I think you have a special magic ability to sense what kind of stories the audience likes to watch." Niceta sighed, "When the script for Night of the Comet came out, I didn't feel what the story was about.
Attract the audience. After it was released, I discovered that the audience likes it everywhere.
Some people like that popular interlude, some people like science fiction elements, some people like zombie horror movies, and some people like stories about girls being independent. It seems that you have combined all the popular elements at that point in time.
Together, presented to everyone.
I don’t know what other people think, but directors who have this ability to capture what the audience wants to see will often achieve a great career."
"Integrating popular elements together?" Ronald thought of another aspect, "Will it mean that after the popularity has passed, no audience will like to watch this movie in the future?"
"It's possible, but you've already succeeded, haven't you? The box office has exceeded 17 million."
"Yes." Ronald stopped talking. His dream is to make a movie that people will still remember twenty years later. If people still remember it forty years later, that would be even better.