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Chapter 182: American National Essence

"How was your audition?" Ronald was on the phone with Helen, who had gone to audition for the first round of "The Legend of Billie King."

"Well, I think I like the characters in both movies, Billy King and The Baseball Player's Wife. They are both Shakespearean characters with a lot of room for development."

"I...okay", Ronald actually wanted to ask her if she was sure of being selected, but considering that these two movies were recommended by him as a huge favor, he should be a sure bet.

"Then which one do you like best?"

"I prefer the role of Billie King, but that movie requires a very short haircut, so I still prefer the baseball player's wife. It's not that I'm not willing to sacrifice for the role, but it takes a long time for the hair to grow back after shaving it off.

return."

"Okay, you can decide for yourself."

"Let's go to Burbank." Ronald put down the phone in the phone booth and said to little Bud.

Little Bud drove very steadily. He had received special driving training during his service. He was also very strict with his words. Ronald was very satisfied with him as a driver.

"Just park next to the trailer. You can find a place to have dinner first. I'll probably stay until midnight." When they arrived at the filming site of "Back to the Future," Ronald sent Little Bud to eat first and then got the sign himself.

Visiting class.

"Hi, Ronald," he saw Zemeckis greeting him from afar, "Fox is indeed very suitable for this role. The filming is progressing very quickly. You have been really helpful."

"It's not worth mentioning. I'm here to visit you. I hope everything goes well for you."

"It went very well. He is naturally suited to play this kind of light comedy. But he doesn't get enough sleep and sometimes forgets his lines." Zemeckis took Ronald to the set. The crew had to wait for Foxx to come from the "Family Ties" soundstage.

Come over and start shooting again.

"Leigh, how are you doing here?" Ronald saw Leigh Thompson, who was playing the mother, and she happened to be talking to Christopher Lloyd, who was playing the doctor. Lloyd's appearance was in the direction of Einstein.

, a neurotic scientist with messy white hair.

"Ronald," Leigh Thompson pulled him aside, "You have to take care of it. Fox has two studios running continuously, and you may only sleep two hours a day. I saw that sometimes I can fall asleep standing up, and I often forget

Lines, if this continues, there will be problems."

"So miserable?" Ronald thought for a while. Michael J. Fox was recruited to play the leading role by himself. If something happened, it would be difficult to explain.

"Doesn't he have a break?"

"The progress here is very fast. We have to get back the time Stoltz wasted. According to the director, there are still a lot of stunt shots that need time to be processed. So, yes, the time is very tight. And they are not willing to release it.

Pass him."

Leigh Thompson is actually a very good person. Apart from some emotional flaws, she actually cares about her friends and colleagues and has her own opinions.

"Michael!" While the two were chatting, Michael J. Fox drove up to the scene. With a sleepy look on his face, someone thrust a few scripts into his arms and asked him to memorize his lines.

"Ah...well..." Fox yawned widely, "Okay."

"Does he always drive here by himself?" Ronald felt that it was very inappropriate to drive while tired. What if there was an accident?

"Yes, although he is a TV star, his TV series contract has not been replaced with a new one. He doesn't make much money and can't afford a manager." Thompson said next to him.

"This can't be done," Ronald decided to intervene, "Where's the phone?"

Following the direction Thompson pointed, Ronald dialed the phone to his agent Richard, "Hey, Rick. I need a van, yes, a bigger one. It's useful to me and I want to use it for a long time. Let's

People are coming to the 'Back to the Future' set in Burbank."

Richard was very efficient in his work. He rented a Honda van for a long term and drove it to the set by himself.

Ronald looked at the van, took Bud and Richard, and went to a nearby furniture store to buy a camp bed, thick blankets, and some black blackout curtains.

The three people carried the bed and put it into the back of the van, fixed it, laid out blankets, and then used curtains to cover the windows in the back compartment of the van.

Ronald returned to the set, and this scene happened to be filming Marty McFly. With the help of the Doctor in the 1950s, he used a church lightning rod to induce lightning, charge the time machine modified by the DeLorean car, and finally returned to

Future scenarios.

Ronald stood behind and watched the filming. In fact, this shot is not very logical, but the script is much better than "The Legend of Billie King". The lightning passes through the lightning rod, and then the connector plugged in by the doctor at the last second. Finally

Charging the time machine takes Marty McFly back to his original self in the 1980s.

The inappropriate parts of this script are mainly that it violates the laws of physics. Lightning spreads very quickly, and the doctor has no time to plug in the connector.

But from the audience's point of view, it fits the development of the story very well. This kind of last-second rescue is a narrative model that has been in existence since the beginning of Hollywood.

"Electricians prepare." Director Zemeckis gave the order.

Just like when Ronald was filming "Night of the Comet," the bright light of lightning could only be achieved by an experienced electrician manipulating a short circuit in the light bulb.

There were two "pop" sounds, and the light bulb emitted a strong light several times greater than its own brightness. The lighting group hit the flash plate and reflected the flash behind the light bulb toward the camera.

"Cut!"

Zemeckis estimated the exposure intensity and said, "We need twice as many light bulbs."

Although it was a very bright flash, there was still a big gap compared to the brightness of real lightning. Ronald watched the electrician adjust it again and again, and then used a screwdriver to deliberately short-circuit it.

This method of operation is neither safe nor the intensity of the flash is the same every time. It all depends on the experience of the electrician.

After finally finishing the shot, Foxx sat down next to him exhausted, tilted his head and dozed off.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ronald motioned to Little Bud, and the two of them gently lifted Fox and carried him to the bed of the newly decorated van, then closed the doors and windows to let him catch up on his sleep.

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"This is a good idea. We should have thought of it a long time ago." Leigh Thompson came over again to care about her friend.

Ronald could only shake his head. There was no other way. The schedule was tight and the producers on both sides refused to give in and let Fox have more rest time. He had no choice but to find a way to let him sleep a little longer in a place like this.

Ronald asked little Bud to stay in the van and wake him up when filming resumed.

Zemeckis was already directing the setting for the next scene.

"How do you feel?" Zemeckis saw Ronald coming over and asked him what he thought of his shooting.

"How are you going to add the special effect of lightning transmitting energy along the wire?" Ronald asked.

"Steven approached Industrial Light and Magic, and they would use an ancient method to do it."

"Ancient ways?"

"Hand Painted."

"Oh", Ronald nodded. In this case, nothing can be seen on the scene. Except for the short-circuited light bulb simulating lightning to illuminate the background, the rest will have to be done in post-production. Nothing can be seen on the current shooting scene.

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After shooting a few more scenes, Michael J. Fox's filming task was completed today. Ronald asked Little Bud to drive carefully. He sat in the passenger seat and sent Fox back to the studio of the TV series "Family Ties".

When he arrived outside the studio, Little Bud gently stopped the car, kept the engine running and turned on the air conditioner, allowing Fox to continue resting.

In the back of the van, Fox slept comfortably for the first time in days. A few hours later, he thanked Ronald repeatedly after being woken up as the filming of the TV series began.

"Thank you so much. I feel like my brain has been frozen. If this continues, I will die on the set."

"Call your agent and ask him to find a driver who drives carefully. You can sleep in the car during this time." Ronald patted Fox on the shoulder. It was not easy for him to make a movie.

"I will, thank you." Fox quickly picked up his bag and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Ronald and Bud returned to the apartment and took a long rest. In the evening, Ronald put on clean clothes and Bud also put on a new Olympic five-ring T-shirt. The two went to watch the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

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They were about to go back to Staten Island, New York, to see their families. Ronald thought that Bud should also have a chance to see the Olympics.

"I heard that MJ will perform at the closing ceremony?" Little Bud admired this black idol very much. It is not easy for black people to get ahead in America. To be like MJ, to be commended by the commander-in-chief, and to borrow MJ's skills

It is unprecedented for people to use their influence to advance their own legislative process.

"There was a rumor that there was a black star performing, but they didn't say it was MJ." Ronald took the remaining bottles of Jianlibao and threw them to Bud.

"I think it's probably not the case, otherwise they would have announced it directly."

"Okay." Little Bud didn't say much and went out and started the car.

The two went to the stadium. Ronald also brought a camera and took a chance to take a few photos of Bud with the Olympic logo. Then he asked a volunteer to take photos of the two of them at the door and in the seats inside the stadium.

took a group photo.

"Thank you, Ronald," Bud said, holding the camera and grinning from ear to ear. This was his first time attending such an event.

Sure enough, it was not MJ who came to sing, but another famous black singer, Lionel Richie.

He sang the theme song of this Olympic Games "Reach Out"

Fireworks were suddenly set off around the stadium.

Amidst the explosion of various fireworks, Lionel Richie on the center stage began to sing.

“Sprint! Sprint for the medal!

Sprint! Sprint for the gold medal!”

"Ahh..." The audience suddenly started going crazy.

On the central stage, the lights turned on, and dozens of breakdancers suddenly appeared. Against the background of "sprint" music and surrounded by fireworks, they began to perform various breakdance moves.

They are all the most difficult and most entertaining iconic movements in break dancing. Back spin, head spin, moonwalk..."

"Ronald, they are dancing the dance in the movie you directed." Bud danced. He had also danced this kind of wild dance on the street before.

Before returning to China, he also saw this video shot by Ronald at the base in Japan. Every soldier in the platoon, regardless of skin color or race, was crazy about it.

It was also this movie that made him determined to follow Brother Ronald.

"Yeah," Ronald touched his head. Did the organizing committee show break dancing as the quintessence of the United States? The closing ceremony was expected to be watched by 200 million viewers. MJ's suspense whetted the appetite of many people.

Does this mean that your "Break Dance" will continue to soar at the box office?

"I owe this a big favor to the Olympic Organizing Committee. It's developed, it's developed." Ronald smiled from ear to ear, picked up the last bottle of Jianlibao, and faced Lionel Richie on the stage.

Toast:

"thank you!"


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