Chapter 109: Crew Life

"Every crew member, get ready! Six o'clock will be here soon, we are going to start shooting!"
The pot-bellied director began to run around the mansion.
After yelling at the others, he suddenly turned to look at Tom Mu and the others and asked loudly: "Are you okay?"
After hearing this, Tom and Jerry put the scripts away and nodded quickly.
"It's no problem, it's all up to you whether you win the Oscar or not."
As the director spoke, he raised his hand to look at his watch, pointed at the lion on the other side and shouted: "MGM Lion, get ready! You're about to start!"
While talking, a group of people from the props team came over carrying a red sign with a hollow center.
Just enough for that mighty and domineering lion to stick its head in.
On the other side, there is a group of classical symphony orchestra, ready to score the music for the next scene.
"Okay! Three! Two! One! Start shooting!"
As soon as the director finished speaking, Tang Mu saw a screen with light blue edges appearing in front of him.
On the other side of the screen, there are viewers in the real world who are watching "Tom and Jerry" on their TVs or computers.
Most of them are children of all colors from all over the world.
Of course, there are also many adults who accompany their children to watch TV.
"Ho! Roar! Roar!"
The lion named MGM stretched his neck and let out a deep roar at the screen immediately after filming started.
Whenever the lion's roar sounds, it means that the classic childhood animation has started to play.
Jerry and Tom hid aside and saw the excited and expectant young audience outside through the light blue light screen, and couldn't help but look at each other.
Tom Mu felt a little strange.
It turns out that Tom's usual job in the data world is like this.
And Jerry seemed to enjoy his job.
I really enjoy the feeling of bringing joy to children.
The MGM Lion roared three times and immediately clocked out.
I saw it standing upright and leaving the set surrounded by the management team.
It also has to catch up with the announcements of cartoons such as "The Flintstones", "Tarzan", "Pink Panther", "Elf" and so on.
Although its role is just a few shouts at the beginning of the film.
But MGM Lion has always believed that it is the soul of these well-known animations.
Of course, in addition to appearing in the title sequence, it occasionally appears in some dramas.
For example, the lion appears in the episode of "Tom and Jerry".
The lion among themThat's what it plays.
MGM Lion has always believed that his acting skills are not bad.
It looks like it's doing well.
But MGM Lion has also had its own troubles recently.
Originally, no matter it is the real world or the data world, when it comes to lions, everyone will think of it.
But some time ago, an animated movie called "The Lion King" was released.
The lion named Simba put a lot of pressure on the MGM Lions.
This made his original state of working hard have to change.
If Tom Mu knew what this lion was thinking, he would probably marvel at the wonder of the world again.
The Lion King is obviously a movie that has been released in the real world for a long time, but in the data world, it has only been released not long ago.
I feel that although the data world is connected with the real world, they use two different time systems.
Time in the real world is normal.
The time in the data world is very similar to the world of "Detective Conan".
Today is Monday, but tomorrow is Friday.
Today is still Valentine's Day, but tomorrow it will be Christmas.
The MGM Lions who felt the pressure of employment have left.
But the work of others must continue.
Among them, the symphony orchestra, as a behind-the-scenes staff, is undoubtedly the busiest.
But after the lion roared three times, they immediately began to play "Viennese Temperament Waltz" and "Emperor Waltz" under the direction of the director.
The people in the props team quickly displayed the red cards with the list of staff in front of the blue light screen.
Then someone opened an album in front of the light screen. The director next to him cleared his throat and narrated in a German accent: "This is the story of a dancing mouse. His name is John and he lives in Vienna. In the house of Johann Strauss."
Another page of the album was turned, and the album advanced, passing through the light screen, revealing the mansion behind it.
On the second floor of the mansion, a man in a blue suit was playing "Viennese Temperament Waltz" in front of a piano.
This man is the lead pianist of the orchestra, and the role he plays is none other than Johann Strauss, Jr., who is known as the King of Waltz.
World famous composer.
Many people may not know the name alone, but when it comes to his classic masterpiece "The Blue Danube", they will suddenly understand.
In fact, the director of the "Tom and Jerry" crew originally wanted to invite Strauss himself to the crew.
It's a pity, please don't move.
He seemed to want to play with Chopin and Beethoven more than with the cartoon crew.

There was no other way, so the director had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and let someone from the theater and orchestra play the role of Johann Strauss.
Anyway, as long as the head is not photographed, it will be fine.
Tom Mu hid aside and watched, and now he realized why many people in Tom and Jerry did not show their faces or heads.
It turns out that they are all guest appearances by the crew...
The director's narration continued: "Every day when the famous musician played the piano, little John couldn't help but dance to the music."
The Little John mentioned here refers to Jerry.
In this episode, the character played by Jerry has the same name as the owner of this mansion.
Listening to the director's narration, Jerry, who had already read the script familiarly, quickly realized that he had arrived, and immediately ran into the semicircular mouse hole at the base of the wall.
With his eyes closed, he looked like he was enjoying the music.
Along with the beautiful piano music, began to dance.
With her professional dancing skills, it is no exaggeration to say that she is the best in the world.
Seeing this, Tang Mu took two deep breaths, glanced at the audience who were watching intently outside the screen, and began to prepare for his next appearance.
"Every day the cat would watch it dance, waiting for its chance."
During the director's narration, Tom on the other side popped up his head and stared at Jerry, trying his best to imitate Tom's expression before catching the mouse.
Its paws and head were pressed against the smooth floor, but its buttocks and tail were raised high.
A pair of restless retreats also danced to the music.
As the music continued, Jerry's dance got better and better.
The director continued to read the narration: "Every day it catches mice!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crew and orchestra immediately started a rapid soundtrack.
Tom also followed the script and accelerated towards the dancing Jerry!
Jerry also turned around and ran, directly into the mouse hole not far away.
And Tom Mu, who was chasing Jerry crazily from behind, was too fast and couldn't stop his castration. He directly hit the wall where the mouse hole was!
There was a loud sound of "touch!"!
Tom, whose head was buzzing, suddenly understood why Tom wanted to run away from home.
This job is indeed not something that ordinary cats can do.
The director's narration next to him continued to sound ironic: "Unfortunately, it will always fail."