Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 604 How much does an aircraft carrier cost per hour?

   "What are you going to do with Fang Kilmer?" Bruckheimer asked Ronald in the cabin.

   "Is it too late to change angles now?"

"Ah..." Bruckheimer was startled, seeing Ronald's smile, he realized that he was joking, "Hahaha, working with stars is like this, their ranking of their images is higher than that of the movie as a whole. appeared."

   "I know", Ronald smiled, and that's the big difference between an actor and a star. Celebrities in and out of the play will pursue a fixed image. This is the capital they live on.

  From this point of view, he also understands Fang Kilmer a little bit, that square chin can't play other than tough guys. If you can beat Tom Cruise in this scene, it will be good for his own image.

   But that's not good for the movie!

   Fortunately, Fang Kilmer's scene on the aircraft carrier has been filmed, and there are only a few shots in the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat. In short, I don't have to bear him for long.

   "Buzz..."

  Fong Kilmer and Rick Rossovich moved to a cabin far away from the nuclear reactor, but it was close to some unknown machinery, and there was some noise at night.

  The two couldn't sleep. Fang Kilmer made a fool of himself on the set today, and his goal was not achieved. He was so angry that he picked up the whisky that was smuggled on the ship and drank it to the mouth of the bottle.

   "Hey, I can finish filming tomorrow, and I can leave this ghost place the day after tomorrow." Rick Rossovich also opened a can of beer and drank it.

   "Humph!" Fang Kilmer drank the last bit of whiskey in the past four days, and also took a bottle of beer, and the two of them drank bottle by bottle.

   "These navy soldiers are bastards," Val Kilmer began cursing at the troopers who made him embarrassed for an ice cream.

"They are all people who... just for a little sweetness. They have been domesticated by the army and are no longer free American people." Rossovich is also a bit on the top. He plays the iceman's radar officer, and Fang Fang. The two roles of Kilmer are tied together.

   "And those pilots, look down on us even more."

   "Damn, why are they? We sleep here in such a ghost place, and the pilots sleep in the clean and spacious dormitory on the upper floor."

   "That's right, it's not fair, you have to give them some color to see."

  The two drunkards supported each other, staggered onto the deck, and walked towards the area where the foredeck flight wing was sitting.

  The two of them were on the dark deck, swaying drunk, and they actually bypassed the sentinels and other soldiers and came to the central bridge area.

   "Fuck, it's so hard to get up."

  Fong Kilmer took out the guy and aimed at the gap between the deck and the wall, and a bubble came.

   "We are farther than anyone else."

   Rossovich also began to come.

  "Hahaha", Fang Kimer felt very relaxed after putting down the water. He picked up his Polaroid camera and stuffed it into Rossovich's hand, "Give me a picture."

   He made a gesture that he thought was very handsome, pointed one finger at the antenna on the bridge, and saluted with the other.

   "Crack" Rossovich pressed the shutter, and a quick photo was squeezed out. After he tore it off, he fanned it in the air so that it could be developed faster.

   "Who's there? Hands up!"

   A team of sailors happened to pass by and saw two men dressed as American sailors taking pictures of the most confidential antennas on the aircraft carrier, and hurried forward to twist them. The officers behind also took out their pistols and aimed them at them.

   "Who are you? How did you get on the ship? Why did you shoot the antenna?"

  Rosovich was of Eastern European Slavic appearance, and was even more suspicious. He was punched in the stomach by the officer and vomited with an "oh" sound.

   "I said that if this kind of unauthorized action happens again, you will be expelled." The captain was awakened by his subordinates in the middle of the night and found that his sailors had beaten two actors in the crew. There are also single-use imaging cameras, candid photos of antennas as evidence.

   He knew that the actor was probably drinking too much, not a spy of the Souvelle Union, and he didn't want to involve the investigation team of the higher-level department.

   So he also sent someone to wake up Ronald and Bruckheimer and let them come to the captain's room.

   "I'm sorry, Mr. Captain. Their second offense is unforgivable." Ronald looked at the two drunkards who had not sobered up, and was very angry. Today, I will be shooting the shot of the carrier-based aircraft catapulting into the air, and it was disrupted by two fools. It is unknown how much the captain and the flight commander will cooperate this time.

   "Gentlemen, aircraft carriers are the weapons of the navy, and the navy is the most disciplined force. What do you think I should do with them?"

   "Follow the advice of Mr. Captain."

  The captain was not satisfied with Ronald even with him. These people really ruined the atmosphere on the aircraft carrier. If the sailors also come out like this in the future... After all, the aircraft carrier is a place that pays attention to discipline.

   "Then I will fulfill my promise. As soon as the sun rises, I will ask you two to leave the Enterprise."

The two actors,   , were stuffed into a helicopter at dawn and transferred to a supply ship in the fleet, where someone else picked them up and left.

  The captain reiterated his discipline during his morning lecture, the entire ship's sailors were canceled the weekend ice cream supply, and the crew began to become an unwelcome group.

   There is only a carrier air wing that does not belong to the same command system as the captain, and the crew is welcome. Ronald and the remaining technicians and actors were transferred to the flight department to prepare.

   Towards dusk, it was the last chance for the crew to shoot the catapult takeoff shot on the Enterprise.

   "Don't worry, the captain is not targeting you. If you don't pay attention to discipline, this behemoth can't survive a day at sea." The squadron leader of the fighter squadron came to chat with Ronald. They are the most welcome group of people on the crew, after all, the protagonist of the movie is the pilot of the carrier aircraft.

   "I understand, but they went a little too far. They deserved it. I hope the captain won't get too angry and affect the shooting."

   "Hahaha, this is probably the first time in the history of the Enterprise that someone sprinkled a bubble under the bridge where the captain was entrenched."

   It seems that the captain is not too careful, embarrassing them.

  Ronald commanded the camera crew and set up a battle on the deck.

  The fighter squadron is very cooperative. The landing group, the ejection group, the weapon group, the maintenance personnel who refueled and powered up, wore helmets and vests of different colors, and made various actions very cooperatively.

  Two F-14As are also on the deck, allowing maintenance personnel to prepare.

   Ronald is still the old way, shooting against the light. In the setting sun, the steel behemoth was guided into the steam catapult in the launch area.

   This silhouette-like effect under the backlight is very suitable for shooting take-off shots.

   "TopGun crew special operations, request to take off." The squadron leader used the pager to communicate with the captain of the bridge and the flight control center.

   "Agree to take off" The Wing Commander's voice of agreement came from the flight control center.

   "Attention, turn around", the captain also issued an order.

   A rapid whistle sounded, the red light began to light up, and the huge aircraft carrier Enterprise began to turn around and turn to the direction from which it came just now.

   "What are you doing? Don't turn around! I want that direction."

  Ronald went crazy as he watched the aircraft carrier start to turn slowly. I finally found a suitable backlight angle. What is the captain doing?

   He looked at the figures on the bridge and the distance to the stairs. Time was precious, Ronald walked over to the take-off and landing plane where the camera was installed and let the coolie shake him up.

  Ronald, sitting on the platform of the takeoff and landing plane, was sent to the opposite side of the bridge window, and he shouted at where the captain was.

   "I want you to face that direction, I want the backlight in that direction!"

   "What did you say?" The captain motioned to open the window.

   "I want the aircraft carrier to face that direction, I want to shoot the backlight, go back quickly, there is not much time for suitable lighting."

   "I'm sorry, this is already the boundary of the USS Enterprise's mission in the Indian Ocean. According to the formation order, I'm going to turn around."

   "How do you want to turn around?" Ronald shouted to the bridge with the take-off and landing plane in one hand.

   "I'm sorry, Mr. Li. The navy is on a mission and has not cooperated with your obligations. The subsidy we receive is only two hours a day. Today's time has come."

   Ronald is mad, Navy bastards. They charged them tens of thousands of dollars an hour for the use of the aircraft carrier. In fact, they were going to go to sea, and this money was only a license fee.

   received the money, but refused to be accommodating on the mission route. Even if Val Kilmer had offended him, there was no need for such revenge.

   "Time's up? How much does it cost to rent the aircraft carrier for an extra hour?" Ronald called out in a hurry?

   "Hehe, twenty-five thousand dollars." The captain sneered, spreading his hands. He didn't want to cooperate with these **** artists. Take it if you want, or pull it if you don't want to. Also change direction, is the American Navy in the service of Hollywood?

  Ronald waved the lift down, he called to the assistant director, bring my bag.

After    took the bag, he took out the checkbook and pen, wrote a note on it, pulled it off, and directed the elevator to go up to the window of the bridge.

   "It's twenty-five thousand dollars, now give me a **** U-turn."

   The stunned captain took the check. The check from Wells Fargo said, USS Enterprise, $25,000. Below is the signature: Ronald V. Lee.

   "Turn around!"

  Captain did not expect Ronald to write a check, it seems that he is really in a hurry. Soldiers like action, and the captain immediately ordered a U-turn.

   "Action!"

   Ronald saw that the aircraft carrier was back on the correct course, and quickly ordered to start filming, the sunset was gradually sinking.

   The flame guards went up, and the Navy fighter pilots turned on the afterburner. First on the left, then on the right, the two tail nozzles opened, spewing orange-red flames.

The    engine gradually increased from a gentle hiss to a roar.

   "Bang", the heavy hammer of the steam catapult disengaged at once, and the F-14A Tomcat seemed to be pushed hard and rushed forward along the deck.

   Very close to the end of the deck, the Tomcat raised his head, drew a very handsome posture, and flew to the sky.

   "Another one!" Ronald shouted.

   "Bang", another F-14A was ejected from another takeoff runway and rose to the ground at the end of the deck.

   "Shxt! Only got two shots."

   Ronald saw that Kimball gave him a good signal, he felt a little at ease, and he didn't know if this material was enough.

   (end of this chapter)