Jack Valenti once again came to the other side of the Pacific. Regarding the market here, Hollywood's main idea now is not to make money, but to cultivate the market.

As long as they introduce ten Hollywood movies every year according to the agreement, they will cultivate a group of young people who like to watch movies. When the economic development here takes effect, Hollywood will have another big market.

"Good job, Ronald. At the meeting, you spoke highly of the long-arc halogen lamps manufactured here. You also said that Hollywood and the film industry here can learn from each other's strengths. The leaders all laughed and were very happy. We are

The treatment I received this year was much better than before.

Their foreign exchange is limited, but this year they will no longer introduce old movies and start focusing on new movies released two or three years ago. We are making great progress this time."

"You are right, Mr. Valenti. I think they are really a nation suitable for film art. If you look at the imported Hollywood movies, they will also ask actors to dub. They pay great attention to details, even the mouth shape and rhythm.

Aim to be consistent with the original text.

The voice actor for each character also strives to have the same personality as the original actor.

They are a sophisticated nation with profound cultural nourishment. They are completely different from those stupid people in the Soviet Union. Those Russians will only ask one person to translate everyone's lines at the same time and record them simultaneously as voice-overs."

"Haha, you are right. After you continue to participate in the activities arranged by the host tomorrow, you can go to Xujiahui and have a look at your lighting factory."

Ronald accompanied Jack Valenti and talked with the other party's leader here for several days, and finally achieved the effect Valenti hoped to achieve.

Most of the time, Ronald just acts as a mascot to accompany the guests. Only when the artist representative needs to speak, he will say some flattering words, which has a good effect.

The leader liked Ronald very much and learned some of Ronald's background through a translator. After learning that he was the descendant of an orphan, he repeatedly praised Ronald as a model of self-struggle. But he also pointed out that if he were here, the government would definitely

They will arrange the lives of the descendants of veterans, instead of letting their aunts work as waiters to support them.

What Ronald is most satisfied with is that he has eaten a lot of authentic Chinese food. The skills of the chefs in foreign-related restaurants and restaurants hosted by leaders are satisfactory.

On the last day, Ronald followed the host's arrangement and went to visit the Forbidden City Museum with Valenti and others. The leader had other matters and did not accompany him. Ronald and the others came to the Forbidden City with an interpreter.

At the entrance of the Forbidden City, Ronald and Valenti were stopped and told that because there was a movie shooting today, ordinary tourists were not allowed to enter. If they wanted to visit the Forbidden City, they had to wait until the movie shooting was completed.

The translator calmly took out a letter of introduction with an official seal. After the other party read it, he let them in.

"It turns out they are guests from the bureau. I told them earlier." The other party began to move the wooden railings and let them in.

Ronald asked the translator and was told that during this period, Italian leftist director Bertolucci was using the real scenes of the Forbidden City to shoot "The Last Emperor". Ronald couldn't help but think of Jeremy, whom he had met in London.

Thomas, it seems that this independent producer wants to film the story of the last emperor.

It seems that he did a very good job. Even the Forbidden City was lent to him for filming.

"Alas... you are not with them, you can't come in. They? They have a letter of introduction from the bureau, do you have it? Are you an actor? Where is your pass? You can't be let in without a pass. Have you seen Lenin's pass?

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Ronald had already entered the Forbidden City far away when he heard the guard and another foreigner arguing. The man didn't seem to understand Chinese, and the two of them were talking very anxiously.

Ronald motioned to the translator to help and understand the situation.

"He said he was from the British Cinema. Peter O'Toole was an actor on the set. Look at it. It doesn't seem like he was lying." The translator chatted with the foreigner for a while and then said to the doorman.

"Hey, how can we understand this? Foreigners' names are so complicated that we can't remember them." The guard disagreed. "Besides, how can any foreigner ride a 28-bar? I guess where he came from for tourism, I guess.

Sneak in."

"I am really an actor. Have you seen Lawrence of Arabia? I still have a scene to shoot today."

"If it doesn't work, it won't work. Let's not talk about you. The Queen of Britain came a while ago and she couldn't come in. We are filming, so who is responsible for the delay?"

Seeing that the interpreter was still delaying, Ronald took two steps forward.

The foreigner who was stopped outside saw Ronald, who was obviously a Westerner in a leather jacket. He covered the sun with his hands and looked at it, and then shouted, "Ronald, is that you? I

It's Peter. You tell them, I still have scenes to shoot today."

"Mr. Peter O'Toole?" Ronald recognized the other person and quickly called Jack Valenti forward. Several people testified to the doorman that this was indeed a professional actor.

Peter O'Toole pushed a bicycle, "In this movie, there is a plot where the last emperor learned to ride a bicycle. In order to ride a bicycle, he even sawed off all the thresholds of the Forbidden City."

The two chatted about old times when they were filming "Supergirl" at Pinewood Studios, and walked inside together.

When we walked into the Forbidden City, the squares of the three main halls were very lively. Many extras were sitting on the ground putting on their makeup. There were thousands of people.

They all lined up in an orderly manner, and when it was their turn, they put on makeup and wigs.

"They really are a nation that obeys order. It would be great if Hollywood had such obedient extras." Ronald also joked with Peter O'Toole.

"It's really good, and their performance level is also good. I talked with a supporting actor who played a beggar, and he is an actor with decades of theater experience."

The morning sun was very bright. In the corner of the square in the Forbidden City, under a large camera crane, a director-like person wearing an old-fashioned top hat was giving a speech to three Chinese-Americans.

"When you come out of that position, the extras will pay tribute to you. Zunlong, don't show any reaction to them. Then follow your two wives and walk out openly..."

"Is this the director Bertolucci?" Ronald asked in a low voice.

"It's him. Listen, he's about to switch to Italian." Peter O'Toole replied.

Sure enough, Bertolucci spoke English slowly and with a heavy accent. Seeing that several of the leading actors had difficulty understanding it, he finally switched to Italian and had a translator relay the message.

Ronald stood still. He didn't particularly like Bertolucci's directing method of detailing everything and letting the actors perform every action, expression, and detail according to their own prescribed actions.

This is tantamount to depriving the actors of their space and treating them like puppets.

"I'll introduce it to you later." Peter O'Toole knew that once Bertolucci started telling a play, it was common for half an hour to an hour. He made movies very slowly and carefully, and refused to compromise on any detail.

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Even for the scene where the Empress Dowager Cixi dies and the young emperor enters the palace, real lamas were hired because they could not be touched by women. They also hired male makeup artists and costumers to serve them.

"Forget it, I think Director Bertolucci is very busy. It's enough for us to look around." Ronald stopped O'Toole's idea. He didn't want to wait on the set for an hour just to hear these trivial things.

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Valenti was still waiting here to chat with Bertolucci about the details of his co-production, so Ronald left the translator to him and wandered around the National Palace Museum alone.

Because of filming, many exhibition halls were not open. Ronald wandered around for a long time and felt bored. He ran out, found a taxi and went to the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace.

When the driver saw Ronald, a foreigner who could speak Chinese, he thought he was an international student, so he chatted with him about the general trend of the world and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This gave Ronald a full understanding of the qualities of the people of the big countries. Even the taxi driver was well-versed in international affairs.

Politics, Washington, D.C. drivers are not of this caliber.

"Ronald, where have you been?"

In the evening, Ronald returned to the Jianguo Hotel. Jack Valenti finally found him and said, "Your movie has been spotted by the boss and has been specially added to the introduction list for next year."

"Ah? All the films I shoot are commercial, will they import them?" Ronald was very surprised. He only shoots movies that cater to American audiences. Why would they import them here? Shouldn't they be looking for some with artistic standards?

Movies? During the previous meeting, the leaders specifically mentioned Oscar-winning movies. The artistic standards of their Oscar-winning movies are quite recognized.

"Yes, in several of your movies, they plan to introduce 'break dancing'. Look, this is their list of Hollywood movies they plan to introduce. This is break dancing."

The translator showed Ronald a Chinese list and pointed at the Chinese name of the last movie on the list, telling him that this was Ronald's movie.

Ronald was even more surprised. It would be easier to introduce something else. Breakdancing is a low-budget dance film, so why would the other party like it? Could it be a promotion of the breakdancing demonstration at the Olympic Games closing ceremony?

"The film reflects America's racial contradictions, the contradiction between rich and poor... It reflects the dilapidation of the slums in Los Angeles, a big city... It reflects the lower class blacks and poor people in America who are discriminated against by the upper class and are treated unfairly.

It exposes the intensifying social conflicts in America and is a film that profoundly reflects the social reality."

Ronald's eyes turned to the column of reasons for introduction below.

"Pfft..." Ronald almost couldn't hold it back. When I was filming, I never thought about this. In fact, I just thought of a reason to let them dance.

"Will my movie also be dubbed?" Ronald thought of the dubbed version he saw in his dream.

The translator looked at the document and said, "Yes, this movie should be assigned to the translation studio in Xujiahui."

"Thank you, thank you leaders for your concern for me. I really hope that my movie can be seen by the people of your country." Ronald said to the translator.

"Perhaps it's just because the price of the copies given by Cannon Pictures is relatively low, and the seven major studios don't want to sell the movies in the past two years at such a low price." After the translator left, Jack Valenti and Luo

Nader expressed his speculation.

"That's good. At least I can say that my movie can be seen by people on the far side of the Pacific Ocean."

One day later, Jack Valenti and Ronald flew to Hongqiao again and went to the city to see the great Hollywood director Spielberg filming the movie "Empire of the Sun" on the Bund.

At the Last Emperor, the cooperation was very smooth due to the concern of the leaders. The Xujiahui Studio was another place. As the president of the Film Association, he also had the obligation to check it out.

Under the Waibaidu Bridge, the original white dividing line on the road was blackened with paint, and the barbed wire fence set up by foreigners to separate the concession and the Chinese boundary was re-erected.

Ronald came to the Suzhou River with Jack Valenti in the morning and watched Spielberg from a distance, talking to a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child actor in a red uniform.

"Chris, you have to start from here. The refugees behind you start to rush towards you. You didn't see them, so you will show a mixture of surprise and nervousness. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I didn't know what was going on, so I was startled by the refugees rushing from behind." The kid was a bit thin, but he seemed to have a good understanding and was very smart.

Ronald was standing on the edge of a large circle surrounded by hemp rope on the filming location.

The residents here are very curious about a large group of foreigners filming. The hemp rope has three layers inside and three outside, and there are people in uniform guarding the hemp rope.

"Steven and Bertolucci both tell plays, but their methods are very different." Ronald thought to himself. As a director, he rarely has the opportunity to observe other directors' crews live, but actors have many opportunities.

See the methods of different directors.

Bertolucci stipulated all the details of the performance in detail, while Spielberg inspired the actors and told them more about the causes, consequences and atmosphere of the scene, allowing the actors to figure out what kind of performance they would like.

method.

"Very good, that's it, remember this feeling." The kid Spielberg was very satisfied with his understanding and asked him to make a few facial expressions and then waved for the makeup artist to come over.

A hairstylist found a wig for the child to wear, and another makeup artist came up to paint dirt on the child's teeth.
To be continued...