When the camera is old, there will be some irregular and seemingly random accidents. For example, scratching the film will cause a box of film to be scrapped, or the camera will be accidentally exposed, etc. At that time, the culture of photography was not high, and sometimes

I don’t know why, so it gradually merged with local worship and formed a custom of worshiping the camera before turning on the camera.

“Isn’t this just a variation on cargo plane worship?”

Ronald remembered reading a book by Feynman, the Nobel Prize winner in physics, which mentioned a phenomenon of cargo plane worship.

During World War II, the American Navy used some islands with indigenous people as logistics transit bases. In order to obtain the cooperation of the indigenous people, they often took some canned meat, beer and other food from the logistics and exchanged them with the indigenous people.

But these aboriginal people cannot understand modern technology. They think it is created by white people using magic.

So after the war, they whittled wood into radio antennas and put them on to look like headphones. Then they kowtowed to the plane made of wood and put on the clothes left by the navy as wizard sacrificial attire. They also started to imitate the navy.

The call to take off the plane has developed into a religious ritual.

This kind of worship of the camera is also a ritual formed without understanding the inner principles.

"Hey, brother, are you there too?"

The worship ceremony is over, the camera pulls down the red cloth, and filming is about to begin.

tsui hark spotted an actor with short hair and a stocky build, and stepped forward to say hello.

"Why are you here too? I'm here to make a guest appearance today. It was ordered by He Sheng."

Ronald noticed that the actor had a big nose and always smiled.

"How is your health?"

"It's okay. I've healed it a long time ago. Look, this scar is almost healed." The actor tilted his head towards Tsui Hark and asked him to look at the scar behind his right temple.

"Don't work too hard."

"There is nothing we can do. Everyone is working so hard, so we can only work harder. Who is this ghost guy? That foreign girl is so beautiful."

"Let me introduce to you, this is Ronald, the great director of Hollywood, and this is his girlfriend, Diane Lane, who is also a famous actor."

"This is our most popular actor in Hong Kong now, jackie chan"

"Thunder roar." Ronald greeted him in the Cantonese he had just learned.

"The great director from Hollywood? How cool are you? Let's go to dinner together? I'll give you abalone and shark's fin..."

The big-nosed Jackie Chan slapped her chest and wanted to drag Ronald, a big Hollywood director, out to dinner.

Ronald smiled and agreed. He just wanted to communicate with these so-called martial arts practitioners and what filming was like.

"Brother, what's going on? Are you going to have dinner with a ghost? That foreign woman is so pretty."

A group of martial arts men under jackie chan gathered around when they heard they were going to eat abalone wings. Seeing Dai An, they seemed a little reluctant to go with him.

"What are you afraid of? Do you think foreign women are pretty? Let's find a foreign woman to play the heroine in the next film..." Jackie Chan, who was called Big Brother, looked at the longing expressions on his subordinates' faces and thought that a foreign woman should be the protagonist.

Maybe it's a good idea.

Everyone got in the car and went to the famous "Fu Linmen" restaurant and ordered a table of delicious dishes. Jackie Chan asked the martial artists to sit at the round table while she sat with Ronald, Diane, Tsui Hark and others.

Together, through Miss Shi's translator, we kept asking Ronald about the situation in Hollywood.

"This is roast suckling pig, do you want to eat it?" the eldest brother asked Ronald.

"Hey..." Diane couldn't eat it when she heard it was a piglet.

"No?" The elder brother turned the dish over, "Do you want to eat?" The martial arts masters asked each other. If you want to eat, just pick up a chopstick. If you don't want to eat, you don't have to force it, but he asked everyone, which is very fair.

The round table turned back, and there was still some meat left. Jackie Chan swept all the meat into his own bowl, and then made a loud noise and ate all the meat.

"This is seafood, abalone, do you want to eat it?"

When another dish was served, Jackie Chan asked Ronald and Diane first.

Ronald felt that if he continued to be polite, he might run out of food, so he immediately picked up his chopsticks and gave himself and Diane a chopstick.

"Do you want to eat? You can do it yourself." The eldest brother showed his style and asked around. In the end, he ate the remaining bit by himself.

"The food in Xiangjiang is very good, I like it very much." Ronald asked Miss Shi to translate and thanked his elder brother for the hospitality.

Finally, the waiter brought a pot of tea, and Ronald poured a cup for Jackie Chan to express his gratitude.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. The director of Hollywood is so helpful to Lao Woo, and we should express our gratitude."

"When you go to Hollywood in the future, you can come to me and I will take you to eat delicious and fun food there. If you want help with any movies, I can also help you get involved."

Ronald heard from Miss Shi that this eldest brother is currently the most popular male star at the box office in Hong Kong. He knows the power of Hollywood male stars. He has many friends and many paths. Besides, Ronald also feels that he sees

He seems a bit friendly and treats people fairly.

"Come to think of it, we just can't buy a Hollywood camera now. We often have good performances, but when they are developed and printed the next day, the negatives are scratched, so we have to make do." Jackie Chan was not polite and said that she wanted to buy one.

Two Panavision cameras commonly used in Hollywood.

"Panavision cameras are only for rent, not for sale. It's the same in Hollywood. You don't borrow them from Panavision until filming starts."

"Hey, I just said it, that's all."

"Huh?" Ronald thought for a moment after seeing this, "Actually, there is an alternative. I can go to Panavision Company to rent two cameras on a long-term basis, and then put them in Xiangjiang for people who want to use them, but I need a

We must do things fairly and be managed by responsible people.”

"Then it's best if you leave it to the elder brother." Ms. Shi also knew that the bosses here in Xiangjiang are unwilling to invest in hardware equipment. Some large-scale investment movies also use second-hand and third-hand equipment. And some large-scale investment movies clearly use second-hand equipment.

Some good equipment can greatly improve the image quality, but it doesn't make sense to those stingy bosses.

People in the industry have wanted to do this for a long time, but they just lacked the channels and asked people with reputations in Hollywood to help them rent it to Panavision on a long-term basis.

"Really?" Jackie Chan was very happy. He is actually very pursuing film art, but he failed in Hollywood a few years ago. If he can make such a loyal friend, it will be much easier in the future.

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"Of course, I will ask my agent to call Panavision and they will agree." Ronald has a Daydream Production Company under his own name, so renting cameras will not be a problem.

"I offer you a glass of wine, Director Ronald! From now on, you are my eldest brother. Come on, call me Brother Li Sheng." The eldest brother Jackie Chan called the group of martial arts brothers and asked them to come and see Luo

Nader.

jackie chan is very happy that it has solved a big problem for the entire film industry in Hong Kong, which is asking the waiter to open a bottle of xo.

"Just replace the wine with tea." Ronald quickly stopped him, saying there was no need to open the XO.

"I'm so happy today. It's rare that I can meet such a loyal person as Li Sheng."

A bottle of wine was opened on the spot, Ronald and Jackie Chan drank a full glass, and his martial arts brothers drank the rest.

Jackie Chan's interest continued and he invited Ronald to visit his small studio.

"Li Sheng trusts me so much, I will definitely take good care of the use of Panavision cameras."

Jackie Chan patted his chest. His studio was not big, and there was an editing machine in a corner with unedited films on it.

"People like you are inherently trustworthy. When I see you eating, I know that he will take care of every brother." Ronald replied.

jackie chan laughed. This martial arts team's family class was his greatest pride. He went over and looked at the editing machine. There was still film on it. He took it off and used an editing machine to put tape on it to connect it to the previous picture.

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It was obvious that Jackie Chan was very familiar with the editing machine, and he must have done it himself. He quickly put the tape on and put it on in three clicks.

"Although I come from a martial arts background, I know every aspect of the movie industry. I just love making movies."

Ronald had great respect for these enthusiastic filmmakers. He picked up the film and looked at it. It seemed to be a modern martial arts drama.

"Are you still using this kind of tape? There is a new kind of editing tape in Hollywood. It only needs one-sixteenth of the 3m tape to stick the editing opening very tightly. The price of a roll of tape is only 20% more expensive.

And you can use it for a long time."

Ronald took advantage of the opportunity and began to promote his new editing tape.

"Is there such a good thing?" Jackie Chan is also very interested.

Ronald found a phone number, called the factory on Staten Island, woke up the factory director, and asked him to send some samples for Jackie Chan to use.

"Also, do you want to film a lightning scene? I also have a lightning machine over there."

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Chapter completed!