Chapter Eighty-Eight: Life is giving, giving, giving is gained, and there must be giving
"Cheeeeeeese—" shouted the long tail note from the photographer who was leaning over to shoot his horse.
Roland and Michael Jackson, who was squatting beside him, looked at each other and smiled, the shutter sounded just right, and the action of the two of them hugging their shoulders was forever preserved in the film.
After the group photo, both of them relaxed, and after seeing the OK gesture made by the photographer, Michael Jackson turned his head, looked at Roland with a smile, and said, "So...... It's a pleasure to work with, and the MV will be released worldwide in four or five months. ”
"Four or five months? That's September? ”
Roland estimated for half a second, then smiled: "Oh, I shouldn't have a project at that time, I will definitely be able to watch it on time." ”
"Really? So you mean, if there is a project, don't look at it? ”
Michael Jackson showed a sad expression, clutching his chest, almost like Qiong Yao's play, saying 'You are really cruel and cruel'.
Such an expression also made Roland full of black lines.
“Oh,No…… Michael, I mean, if there's a project, I'll pull the crew along and watch it. ”
"Really? Don't lie to me......"
"Of course! I also have me in this MV, why should I lie to you? ”
I don't know if it's because of Spielberg, or maybe Francis and Scorsese discovered something in hindsight, in short, when Roland went to Michael Jackson's Los Angeles Music Studio to record the MV for "Black and White" according to the address they gave, he enjoyed a good treatment, and the MV director, the attitude of the on-site staff, was polite, and as for Michael Jackson himself, it was also official......
That's right, although Michael Jackson likes children very much, and is friends with the Big Four of the Jewish Gang, but the preferences and relationships did not make him and Roland appear close to each other, even if the two communicated very smoothly, but both sides could clearly feel that there was an invisible but tangible barrier in front of them, blocking the footsteps of both sides.
Even without Spielberg's reminder, Roland would not take the initiative to get involved in racial strife, let alone understand what is hidden behind Michael Jackson and the capital game, because all of this has nothing to do with him.
Although he understands that the so-called free speech is that you can not comment but cannot oppose blacks, ***, LGBT, international refugees, environmental protection associations, animal protection associations, vegetarianism, healthism, feminism, etc., and, once you join one of them, the traffic news will go up, just like the little Swedish girl can enter the Nobel Peace Prize selection queue just by scaring people, but he really doesn't want to label himself.
He doesn't want to do things that he doesn't really interest in for the sake of traffic and attention.
If you really love environmental protection, then why not register an Instagram account like Xiao Lizi and only post information related to environmental protection, as for other social media, there are none?
When you are scolding the air, there have been several documentaries in other people's homes.
It's not so much that you're fighting, it's that you're using those sensitive topics to compete for more of your own interests.
Just like Disney's black mermaid is about to sacrifice her life for the white prince and white princess, turn into a bubble and disappear between heaven and earth, if it weren't for the time travel, Roland really wants to know how Disney will change its classic animation plot.
Because of this, Roland really thought of himself as someone who came to help.
He feels that his relationship with Michael Jackson is a nodding acquaintance, and according to the director's requirements, he can follow the script, as for the rest?
What does he do with all this?
And Michael Jackson, too.
If Roland is poor and white, or if he comes from a good family and is relatively wealthy, in this case, they can all become friends, but with the Jews in the middle, then everything can only be talked about in generalities.
It's not a question of whether you want to tear Roland into the water, it's a question of whether you can pull Roland into the water.
In this way, when Roland came to Michael Jackson's filming location, he just politely greeted him for a while, and then officially entered the topic, and the script he got was similar to the picture shot by Macaulay Culkin in his previous life, all of which used the super loud sound of the guitar to blow up his father who didn't let himself listen to music, not only that, but Macaulay's group dancing and singing in the MV in his previous life were also directly cut by the director, that is, except for the title, the other recordings have nothing to do with Roland.
And if the title is cut out separately, the entire MV actually still has a complete narrative logic.
To put it mildly, under the modification of the director and music producer, the relationship between the entire MV and Roland is only one point.
That is to balance the skin tone in the MV.
Since this is the case, then there is no obstacle for Roland to communicate with them.
Everyone is clocking in and out of work, just smile politely.
Get the job done, go home early, and no one wants to take care of other things!
So, after spending nearly an hour and filming all the material for the MV, Roland politely took a photo with Michael Jackson on the scene, and then waved his sleeves without taking away a cloud.
Roland did not talk to Michael Jackson about future cooperation like he did with Chris Columbus, James Cameron, and Steven Spielberg, and Michael Jackson did not invite Roland to his dream manor like he did with other children in the past, and both parties made certain changes to their behavior -
Because they all know that if nothing else, the two sides may not be in contact again.
And Roland's behavior also made James, who knew the inside story, heartbroken.
"That's Michael Jackson! You didn't even think to ask him for an autograph? ”
"Ask him what he wants to sign for? He doesn't make movies......" Roland, who was leaning back on the sofa and waiting for the meal, asked rhetorically as if he didn't know.
“Oh,Shit!” Roland's graceful posture made James curse, "Don't you have a hobby of collecting celebrity autographs?" You can mingle with Steven, why can't you play with Michael? ”
"Steven's house has countless video games, and Michael's house is a dream manor!"
Get......
The fox's tail was exposed.
After a year and a half of getting along, Roland has already figured out James's temper.
As a guy who has inherited David's good genes, James perfectly interprets the phrase that no profit can not be early.
What kind of star chasing, what support, what rushing, what thousands of miles away......
In fact, these are all just means he uses to satisfy himself.
Does he like Michael Jackson?
Oh, come on!
Roland has never seen any of Michael Jackson's albums he buys!
The reason why James regrets Roland's coldness is entirely because this guy wants to go to Neverland to play!
Although he doesn't know how many times he's been to Disneyland, compared to Disney, Neverland is different after all!
As a children's kingdom based on Peter Pan, the appeal to children, especially boys, is unparalleled!
Not only that, but even Elizabeth Taylor, when she married her eighth husband this year, chose Neverland as the venue for her wedding ceremony.
In such a star-studded place, how could Roland say that he would not go if he did not go?
It really makes James scratch his head.
It's a pity that James doesn't know what it means to be innocent and guilty.
A black man owns the vast majority of the copyrights of modern pop music, which is something that many capitals covet.
In this case, taking away the copyright from the hands of this black man has become the most important thing that capital wants to do.
Roland can indeed have a lot of contact with Michael Jackson, but Spielberg, the backer behind him, can't!
The world's three major record companies, Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, among them, Universal Music and Spielberg wear a pair of pants, in the case of everything and harmony, Spielberg and Michael Jackson are too close, so what?
You guys...... Do you really want to join forces?
Spielberg didn't think about teaming up with Michael Jackson, so that when the whole world (insiders) knew that Roland was his man, if Roland got too close to Michael Jackson, it would inevitably make people suspicious of something else.
And Spielberg now wants to tinker with a brand new film company, in this case, being targeted in advance will appear very passive, and he doesn't want to fall into passivity without doing anything, so he made it clear that Roland, Michael Jackson is troublesome.
Although Spielberg didn't say all this to Roland, Roland is not an eleven-year-old boy either!
As a traverser, he naturally understands what it means to be willing.
Holding Spielberg's thigh, shouting, meeting Michael Jackson in the water, calling away.
This is also the first problem he encountered after holding together, but he feels that it has little impact.
Not to mention the resources that Spielberg gave him, just because they smell the same, he also knows how to choose.
If you have spare time to get in touch with Michael Jackson, you might as well go to Spielberg's house and play games with him.
But alas, James doesn't understand!
However, just when Roland wanted to be vague and fool the whole thing over, Garnetti, who had already led his daughter downstairs and was ready to dine with everyone, helped Roland solve a big problem.
"James, if you want to go to Neverland, then ask your dad to make an appointment for you."
"Dream Manor is not a closed private manor, as long as you make an appointment and queue up, you can go there."
However, this piercing word made James pout.
He wanted Michael Jackson to invite Roland to Neverland!
Only with such a beginning can he go to school to blow a beep!
If you go in by appointment, just like the public, then what's the point!
However, since even his mother said so, he also put away his intention to continue to persuade Roland.
Climb up to the table with the big guy and bury your head in the hard work.
And after seeing that her son had stopped, Garnetty turned her gaze to Roland.
"The movie premiere of 'Terminator 2' is scheduled for Century City on July 1st?"
"Three days to go."
"Have you figured out how to get over?"
This question made Roland yawn.
He thought that after James stopped, he could finally be freed from a death problem, but he didn't think that Ganetti would throw another bombshell at himself.
"I don't know."
"Didn't think about it."
"If it doesn't work, I'll go to James's house first and ride with him."
"Who knew they had chosen a Fox territory! It's a real headache! ”
If it was just the premiere of the movie, then Roland would definitely not be the same as now, trapped and unable to cheer up.
But who asked the distributor of "Terminator 2" to schedule the premiere in Fox's Century City, Los Angeles?
As the film company that Roland doesn't want to touch the most now, Fox is really about to kill him.
Since the closure of "Captain Hook", Fox has 'taken the initiative' to call the remaining two million box office bonuses, and unlike before, they did not transfer money directly, but when Roland and Garnetty took the Olsen sisters and Elizabeth out to watch a movie, they came to a ' Coincidentally, when the vice president of projects of Fox Film communicated with Roland, he directly threw out the good news that the box office bonus was about to be settled, not only that, but he also knocked on the side, hoping to get more news related to the sequel from Roland, as for what sequel, Roland no longer wants to mention it.
"It's useless for you to go to James, they won't give up until Steven helps you officially refuse."
Looking at the helpless little guy across the table, Garnetty concocted a salad for Elizabeth and said to Roland, "I really don't know why Fawkes is so persistent?" Many analysts are not very optimistic about the movie "Terminator 2" now, in this case, they can reduce the price as long as the work dies violently, in this case, why do they always talk about this matter recently? It feels like you're going to lose money after you miss it? ”
Although Garnetty's words were not very good, Roland had to admit that she was telling the truth.
Just like when James Cameron filmed "Avatar" in the future, there was a moment of silence across the board, and Fox was ready to wipe his neck with a knife; Just like when the box office results of "Titanic" came out in the first week of its release, North American Hollywood was gloating, waiting for Fox executives to jump off the building en masse; The current "Terminator 2" is actually mourned by the media.
Of course, this kind of mourning psychology is actually formed instantaneously.
When Roland rubbed Cameron and Schwarzenegger to make publicity, most people in the outside world still thought that the movie "Terminator 2" could be made well, but when the whole project entered the exposure and publicity stage, those media analysts immediately found a problem.
Gripping grass, an investment of 100 million, seventy percent is actually doing special effects?
Even if you do special effects, what are computer special effects?
Aren't computers the kind of stuff they use to make accurate calculations for the Wall Street elite?
Can this thing still make a movie?
It's weird if you don't hit the streets!
A lot of times, people are always very strange.
When an unfamiliar thing appears in front of everyone, they will always deal with it with common sense.
And when they find out that they can't explain everything they have learned, they think it's fake.
In this way, when everyone doesn't know what computer special effects are, "Terminator 2", a masterpiece with an investment of 100 million, instantly became a mountain enough to crush Cameron, Schwarzenegger and Roland.
Of course, if Roland is asked to think in an indigenous way, then he will also feel that this movie is estimated to die.
But the problem is, he knows the future!
Even if he hasn't seen a finished film so far, in his opinion, "Terminator 2" is nothing more than a matter of more explosions and fewer explosions, James Cameron can pull the box office, Arnold Schwarzenegger can pull the box office, and he Roland Allen can also pull the box office.
Therefore, while Ganetti asked the doubts in his heart, before Roland could speak, James, who wanted to plug his mouth with food, quickly raised his head and said, "Mom, you are not right." ”
"There are a lot of people in our class who are going to go to the movies when they are released on the third day!"
"Really? Why? ”
James's words surprised Roland a little, and it also made him ask what he thought before Garnetty.
Most of his fan base are children, and since James has said so, there must be many people who have walked into the theater for him.
"Because a lot of people think your poster looks very handsome!"
While swallowing the food in his mouth, James also shifted his gaze away from his mother, "Haven't you seen your movie poster?" The same look as it was at the Golden Globes that day......"
"They think it's cool for you to have diagonal bangs and play the guitar on the red carpet, so ......"
"It should be cool in the movie, too."
"At least it's better than Home Alone, and many people are looking forward to your hand-to-hand fight with the Devil Terminator......"
Sure enough, children are always the cutest ......
The reason James said made Roland laugh dumbly, and Garnetty shook his head helplessly.
Watch Roland and the Devil Terminator fight hand-to-hand?
Aren't you afraid that your favorite little actor will be punched and by Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Everyone dreams of saving the world, but you have to do what you can!
If those little children were to know what Roland and Garnetty were thinking, they would definitely refute it.
Why should the only thing that can save the world be done by adults?
You know, whether it's DC or Marvel, there is a series of teenage superheroes!
And this, maybe the reason why Fox is chasing Roland?
However, none of this is for Roland to worry about.
After each movie is released, there will be a final summary of the data.
That data is the basis for each company to negotiate the salary with the actor director, because they can calculate which actor is the real box office harvester, although Roland himself can't see these things, but James who wears a pair of pants with the investment distributor of "Terminator 2" can definitely get it, since this is the case, then he is not in a hurry!
In this way, Roland only needs to deal with Fox.
However, what he didn't expect was that on the night of July 1, although the gate of Century City was full of stars, he didn't see any guys related to Fox, except for Chris Columbus, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern, who came to cheer for Roland, the other guys were some familiar faces that Roland had seen.
If they are removed, the remaining guys are either professional film critics living all over the country, or media reporters who have a good relationship with Carolco Pictures, for them, what is the focus of attention on this film that plays the banner of computer special effects at the time of promotion, as for Fox and Roland's careful thoughts?
They don't have the right to do it!
Because of this, after a short photo session and a director's speech, there was no extra pleasantries, and the film critics and guests were all guided into the screening room of the Century City Cinema, and after the familiar premise introduction, when the Governor appeared, "Terminator 2" officially began its first contact with the world.