"What does the First Lady want from me?" Ronald looked sleepy and confused.
"James Baker didn't say, but he is the White House chief of staff and the fifth, if not fourth, most powerful person in that house. It's up to you to decide whether you want to go or not," Niceta said on the other end of the phone.
"Okay, I'll ask little Bud to take me to the airport. You will buy the ticket for me, right?"
"No, someone will be responsible for all the expenses. Just come to the airport. Several of your old acquaintances have also received invitations."
"Is it you? Why are you going to the White House this time? Are you teaching the commander-in-chief how to break dance?" Ronald met the three leading actors of "Break Dance", Boogaloo, in a special waiting room at the airport.
Da Xia, Sabado, and Lucinda Dickey. And Minahan Golan came with them.
"Don't you know? We were just informed."
"Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me." A White House Secret Service commissioner wearing a black suit and sunglasses invited them to board the business jet.
"Man, is this Air Force One?"
I had never seen a Boogaloo before and asked a stupid question. This is a small business jet, not a big one like Air Force One.
"No, this is a private jet lent to us by a friendly entrepreneur. This flight is not for official business." The Secret Service man replied politely.
Ronald got on the plane and felt a sense of familiarity. Sure enough, the producer of "The Kid" appeared on the plane, Weintraub and his wife Jane Morgan.
"Take a rest. We arrived in Washington and there are still many things to do." Weintraub motioned for Ronald and his agent Niceta to sit in the front and rest first.
Ronald put on his eye mask and earplugs, trying to fall asleep again. It's not easy to dream about a movie, so it's better to keep trying.
"Have you seen the finished sequel?"
"No, I don't want to mention that movie."
"Don't be like this, at least the dance is quite exciting."
"Are you talking about those nurses who dance?"
"Hahaha……"
Ronald had a good night's sleep and felt refreshed, but he never dreamed anything again. He intermittently heard what the three "Break Dance" creators in the back row were discussing, so he took off his eye mask and earplugs and turned his head.
go.
"Hey, Ronald, why didn't you continue directing the sequel to Breakdance?" Sabado asked with a dejected look on his face when he saw Ronald waking up.
"I think all the stories I want to film have been filmed in the first part." Ronald replied.
"Hey, the sequel was made into a monster. I cried when I saw the movie finished." The expression on Sabado's face didn't seem like he was lying.
"It was so bad. The director also built a rotating cylinder and asked me to perform the scene of dancing on the walls and ceiling in it, saying it was a tribute to Fred Asdale." The Boogaloo Shrimp also
Start complaining.
"Why don't you talk about that scene in the hospital where all the nurse girls suddenly took off their coats, wore sexy short skirts, and started break dancing." Lucinda Dickey, who also participated in the sequel, laughed.
"I literally cried, Ronald. What a great piece your first one was, a very realistic reflection of Los Angeles and the hip-hop scene. He did something that even the Secretary General of the United Nations couldn't do, bring together people of different races.
, people of different skin colors unite and dance together...
This second part, it's just... they actually let us break dance and fight with gang members."
"Yes, Minahan asked the director to add a street gang fight, break dancing and karate moves. He said he wanted to learn from your Longwei boy."
"Shh, please be gentle," Lucinda Dickey pulled the Boogaloo shrimp and pointed at Minahan, who was dozing off at the end of the plane.
"Chirp...hoo...", Fat Minahan was sleeping happily.
"It seems that he has relapsed into his old habit of trying to cram all the elements into the movie..."
After arriving at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., several vehicles took everyone to the White House.
"Sorry, you can't go in." At the door of the living area, the Secret Service officers interrogated Minahan Golan and refused to let him in.
"Why?"
"You are not an American citizen."
"Me? Ronald, what's the matter? Come out and let's talk." Minahan's face turned red, as if he had been greatly insulted. In the eyes of everyone, he silently walked to the tourist area outside the door.
"Hello," said First Lady Nancy, who was dressed very Hollywoodly and had a good temperament. Wearing a white suit, she walked from the back to the reception room where Ronald and others were.
"Mrs. Nancy, you look really radiant today." Ronald stepped forward to greet her.
"Ha, I've been away from Hollywood for a long time. Your arrival makes Ronald and I feel like we're back in the old days." Nancy shook hands with several of the "Break Dance" creators one by one, especially Lucinda.
Dicky, the two held hands and talked for a long time.
"I invite you here this time because I want to invite you to teach me how to break dance."
"ah……!?"
Ronald exclaimed in surprise. Are they really going to teach Nancy how to dance? Isn't it just a matter of finding a breakdance dancer as a teacher?
"Don't be surprised, I also made a musical film back then." Nancy smiled gracefully.
"I am recently helping to promote a youth action to eliminate the trend of drug abuse and advocate a healthy lifestyle for young people. I need to shoot a promotional video, so I want to borrow your power and the unparalleled popularity of break dancing among young people.
Promote this good thing that benefits the country and the people."
"You are the most Hollywood star-like First Lady, and for you this is as simple as having a cup of coffee and Lucinda figuring out some dance moves with you.
When the time comes, Boogaloo Prawn, and Sabado will be able to choreograph the dance with you. I will fulfill my duties as a director and find the most photogenic angle for you.
I hope the directing methods I learned can keep up with your classic Hollywood performances."
Ronald, who was originally dissatisfied with Nancy for calling the crew members in a big way just to shoot some promotional videos for her, saw that Nancy had made up her mind to do this, so he stepped forward and catered to her.
Wife of the Commander-in-Chief, since I have brought you here, it would be unwise and incompetent for her not to show some real skills so that she can get the desired effect to her satisfaction. It would be better to give full play to the abilities of the new generation of Hollywood directors.
Accompanied by "break dancing" music found by the Secret Service, Nancy learned break dancing moves from Lucinda.
Nancy, like Lucinda, has a foundation in jazz dance, so it is most appropriate for Lucinda to teach her.
Lucinda taught you how to make your arms rise and fall like a snake, how to twist your hips forward, and how to create a strong rhythm. Lucinda's teachings were very effective.
"Why don't you go quickly..." Ronald patted the two idiot actors and asked them to go up and dance with the first lady. "Don't make it too complicated. Everyone does the same movements and line up to do a group dance."
Sabado and Boogaloo prawns woke up from a dream and began to lead the dance in front of Nancy.
One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four...
Several people lined up and danced a few moves that Nancy had already mastered.
Ronald stood aside and personally operated the video recorder that had been installed to film the group dance of the first lady and the actors.
"The main reason is that your jazz dance foundation is very good. If I had met Madam during the filming, I would definitely try my best to persuade you to be a guest judge in the final dance."
Ronald's good words were praised as if they were free of charge.
"Oh hahaha... don't tell me, I have been a heroine before." Nancy put one hand forward and made a dance move.
"Is that okay?" Ronald gently took her hand, silently recalling the rhythm of the waltz in his mind, and danced a two-step waltz with her.
"Haha, you made me very happy today. I really want to go back to the days in Hollywood with Ronald, when we were good friends with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
It’s the same way I attend banquets and dance every day. It’s not like here in Washington, where everyone has an old-fashioned look.”
"oops" the first lady pretended to be speechless, covered her mouth and laughed like a big star.
Ronald and several of the actors laughed in agreement.
Nancy pulled Lucinda and asked her to teach her a few more moves. Tomorrow she would go to a public high school in Washington to have fun with the children and practice break dancing in advance. For her, it was important to have a people-friendly image.
part.
Ronald returned the video recorder with the adjusted angle and lens to the members of the special service team, and silently exited the room.
They went to great lengths to find them and did this little thing. It would be a lie to say that they were not unhappy at all.
"Ronald, why did you come out? Did everything go well?" Weintraub suddenly appeared in front of Ronald just as he disappeared.
"It's going very well, Nancy is learning some break dancing moves from Lucinda, and I see her skills, and now she can make a movie with Gene Kelly.
"Hahaha, old Ronald's first presidential campaign TV debate polls were not good, and she was eager to make some people-friendly moves to restore support." Weintraub quietly told the truth of the matter.
"No way, the economy of the Great Commander-in-Chief is doing so well, inflation is gone, the unemployment rate is at its lowest point, GDP growth has exceeded 5%, and the Olympic Games have been successfully held, and the alliance has taken a tough stance... I listen to TV
It is said in the news that there is no suspense about his re-election?" Ronald also whispered his doubts in Weintraub's ear.
"But in the last TV debate, his performance was very poor and he often forgot things. Mondale, the candidate of the Donkey Party, took the opportunity to say that he was old and had poor memory, and said many things that he said back then but has forgotten now."
"Oh..." Ronald understood that no matter how many achievements he made, if the commander-in-chief became old and dim, the people of America would probably not vote for him. Who would want an old fool to be the commander-in-chief?
"Ronald...Ronald..." Nancy's voice came from the door.
Ronald immediately opened the door and went in. Several actors went to the side hall nearby and stopped dancing with Nancy.
Nancy was the only one in the room talking to a middle-aged man, "What did Ronald say?"
"Madam, you should continue to prepare for your activities. Leave the campaign to me and his campaign manager."
"How can I not be worried? They are attacking my husband, saying he is too old and cannot be healthy enough to continue leading the people of America. I have the right to question your response strategy."
"Oh, Ronald...Ronald, how do you think we should deal with this kind of thing?" Nancy looked very different from her graceful demeanor just now, and her eyes revealed anxiety.
Ronald thought Nancy was asking for his opinion, so he stepped forward and said, "Age is not necessarily a disadvantage, right? Shouldn't people trust more experienced leaders?"
"Oh, little Ronald, I'm not telling you, please wait for me in the side hall." Nancy turned around and saw Ronald, regained her grace instantly, and explained to her that she was in the side hall.
She called her husband's name.
"Wait a minute, what did you just say?" The middle-aged man turned back and stared at Ronald, stepped forward and grabbed his arms with both hands, and then asked, "What did you answer just now?"
"I say age is not necessarily a disadvantage."
"No, that last sentence."
"I said people should trust more experienced leaders." Ronald didn't know what was going on.
"What the hell is your name? Are you an intern here?"
"I'm Ronald, a film director."
"James Baker, White House Chief of Staff, please come in and talk to our campaign team."