hollywood melon man

Chapter 431 End of the China Trip

In the suite where Little Gilbert was resting at the Peace Hotel, dozens of test papers of candidates had been delivered after preliminary selection by Disney and Warner branches.

Little Gilbert looked at the test papers one by one. Some of them he glanced at and put aside, some he looked at carefully, and some he even made comments on.

Scarlett was also helping to look at the test papers. Johnny Depp was bored and had played enough, so he finally appeared in little Gilbert's room and was enjoying delicious pastries. He had no interest in the test papers at all.

"Little Gilbert, look at this test paper. It's very interesting!" Scarlett took a test paper and handed it to little Gilbert.

"Let me see," Little Gilbert read the test paper, which read: "On the development of the Chinese film market in 20 years...

In 20 years, the old Hollywood movie model will gradually become obsolete, and the future of Chinese-language movies will rely on the Chinese market and usher in a greater development, thus going global.”

Scarlett said, "Look, is he crazy? He can actually come up with such a guess."

Johnny Depp, who was eating cakes nearby, said disdainfully: "It's just wishful thinking. How can it be easy to surpass Hollywood movies?"

"You can't say that," Gilbert asked his assistant Anna to put the test paper away, and then continued, "People who work in the film industry are all ambitious.

People without ambition cannot make good movies.”

In fact, no matter what you do, even if you are a beggar, you must have the ambition to become the King of Beggars, otherwise you will be unqualified.

Little Gilbert also picked out one, which was from Guo Fan. The other answers were very interesting, but when it came to Chinese science fiction films, Guo Fan's views were very much in line with Little Gilbert's opinions.

Guo Fan believes that with the advancement and development of film technology, Chinese-language films will definitely be pushed to progress. Even if this progress is not active, it will be pushed to progress passively.

At that time, relying on local science fiction writers, the future of Chinese-language science fiction films would be established, and Chinese science fiction stories would be told with Chinese thinking.

This answer satisfied little Gilbert, so he accepted Guo Fan's test paper. Although Guo Fan's answer was good, he still needed to grow and experience, so he had to give him a chance.

Besides, the training fee paid by China Film Group Corporation is not worth giving to anyone. It is better to give it to a director you are familiar with. The others are all rubbish!

After Guo Fan finished the exam, he met with Liu Ji. Compared to Guo Fan who looked relaxed after the exam, Liu Ji was very nervous instead.

"It's over, it's over," Liu Ji came out with a panicked look on his face.

Guo Fan quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Ji replied distressedly: "There were several questions that I didn't know the answers to. I didn't know how to write them at all, so I just answered them casually."

"Why don't you answer seriously?" Guo Fan patted his forehead and said, "There are no standard answers to these questions. You should answer according to your own ideas."

"Ah?" Liu Ji slapped his forehead and said, "That's it, I'm screwed, I don't even know what I answered, I'm screwed now."

"Oh!" Guo Fan sighed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, let's see if my luck is better!"

That being said, both of them knew that Liu Ji was unlikely to have any hope.

Liu Ji patted Guo Fan on the shoulder and said, "I have no hope, but you have a great chance. Come on, take me with you in the future."

The two brothers were frowning here. After a day, the list from little Gilbert came out. In the end, not fifty people were selected, only twenty-nine people were selected.

Mr. Han from China Film Group even asked Gilbert Jr., "Can we add more people?"

Gilbert Jr. refused: "These people are not of good quality. I only selected these 29 people after I repeatedly relaxed the standards.

That’s all I have, I don’t want any more.”

Mr. Han was helpless. It was a seller's market these days and people went there to learn other people's skills, not to become bosses, so he had to agree.

After that, the list was notified and those who passed were naturally very excited, as they had obtained a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It would not be a problem to go to the Hollywood crew to get some experience and return with a five-fold increase in value.

Those who were not qualified but gave gifts through the back door were greatly disappointed.

For example, a certain film director originally thought that he could enter a Hollywood crew through connections to gain experience, but he did not expect that there would be an exam required.

He was totally unprepared and finished the questions in a daze, and as expected, his name was not on the final list.

So he became dissatisfied with the person who used connections and wanted to take back the gift he had given before.

But how could they return it to him? In the end, he didn’t get the quota, nor did he ask for the things back. He also offended the people. It was a huge loss.

This is also the true portrayal of most people who use backdoor connections. After using a backdoor, they find that they still need to pass an assessment, so they give up.

Some people even lamented that it was no wonder that Hollywood movies could dominate the world, as their professionalism was something that Chinese-language filmmakers could not match.

Of course, these people would not have thought that there are backdoor practices in Hollywood as well, and it also happened in Gilbert Jr.'s crew.

Even Gilbert Jr. got his first directing opportunity because of a backdoor, otherwise it is unknown when he would get his first directing opportunity.

Maybe compared to simply taking the back door without considering your ability, the Hollywood back door requires some ability of your own!

Anyway, the list of students has been finalized, a total of 29 people. According to the arrangement, they will go to Los Angeles to register in August. The rest of the people who didn't get the qualification had to go their separate ways, and then envy those who got the qualification.

Guo Fan was the one who was envied. Liu Ji envied him very much: "Old Guo, I knew you were capable. I heard that you originally planned to have 50 people.

But Director Gilbert was not satisfied with the quality of the talent, so he reluctantly selected 29 people, and you are one of them. "

No matter how calm he was, Guo Fan was just a young man of twenty-two or twenty-three years old, and he could not hide his excitement at the moment.

"I have to thank you. Without you, I would not have had this opportunity." Guo Fan was full of gratitude to Liu Ji.

Liu Ji shook his head and said, "Don't thank me. I just helped you get the opportunity to take the test. If you don't do well yourself, I will be of no use to you."

“No,” Guo Fan said firmly, “I still have to thank you. You know, this opportunity is very rare.

Not to mention anything else, there are so many people in our school alone who covet this qualification, even if it requires passing an exam.

I……"

Before Guo Fan finished his words of thanks, he was interrupted by Liu Ji: "Stop, don't say those cheesy words, if you really want to thank me, then make some achievements.

In the future I can tell everyone, look, that’s the great director Guo Fan, that’s my brother.”

Guo Fan was very moved and shook hands with Liu Ji. The two grown men looked at each other. If there were someone else around, it would have felt like they were full of gay love.

After a while, Guo Fan said, "I'll treat you to dinner and get you drunk tonight."

"Get me drunk?" Although he was a wimp, Liu Ji was very tough: "I'm not afraid of anyone when it comes to drinking. Let's celebrate today by drinking from the bottle."

"Just blow it, how can I be afraid of you?"

"Walk……"

The two of them went to eat and drink, chatting and laughing, to celebrate this most important moment in Guo Fan's life.

As for Gilbert Jr., after the list was finalized, his schedule for this Shanghai Film Festival was basically completed.

Afterwards, Gilbert Jr. went to Fudan University to give a speech and interacted with Fudan students.

When he came to China this time, both Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing had invited little Gilbert, but he was too lazy to go to Beijing and made the effort, so he refused.

Compared with the students from Beijing Film Academy, the students from Fudan University had more topics to talk about and asked questions of a much higher level.

We had a great time chatting about everything from film art to culture, from Eastern history to Western philosophy.

In the end, little Gilbert, the school leaders of Fudan University, and some outstanding student representatives took a group photo at the entrance of Fudan University Auditorium.

The trip to China ended, Johnny Depp returned to North America first, while Gilbert Jr. took Scarlett to the island country to play and visit Noriko Sakai and others.

Gilbert's trip to China went very smoothly, and in North America, the premiere of "2 Fast Furious" also went very smoothly.

Although there were rumors within the crew that Vin Diesel and Paul Walker had a conflict, at the premiere, the two looked like brothers and family, which dispelled this false rumor.

The highlight of the premiere, of course, was the hot beauties, especially Liv Tyler and Jessica Alba. When the two walked on the red carpet, many male fans on both sides of the red carpet said that their breasts were bulging.

This premiere was held in two words: entertainment.

It is a summer popcorn movie, filled with a lot of hip-hop and street culture elements, so this premiere was not as serious as an ordinary premiere.

The leading actors did not wear formal attire. Vin Diesel wore a white vest and Paul Walker wore a denim outfit. As for Liv Tyler and Jessica Alba, they both wore hot pants and short skirts with long legs, which was very eye-catching.

In addition, the premiere was also a car show, and the cars driven by the leading actors in the film were all on display one by one. Car sponsors such as Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, etc. all brought out their latest concept sports cars as a showcase.

So this premiere became not only a gathering for movie fans, but also a grand event for sports car fans.

This premiere was a perfect combination of commercial promotion and movie. It can be said that "2 Fast Furious" is a huge advertisement for these sports cars.

In order to achieve the desired publicity effect, several sports car manufacturers gave each of the leading actors a sports car.

Lamborghini took a different approach and announced on the spot that they would give their latest limited edition sports car to the film's producer, Gilbert Jr., who was far away in China.

Although Gilbert Jr. is not a sports car collector and only understands cars as a means of transportation, he still expressed his gratitude to Lamborghini through social media platforms.

Then Gilbert Jr. gave the sports car to Anne Hathaway, who likes driving sports cars.

Scarlett originally liked sports cars, but after riding in Gilbert Jr.'s private plane, she expressed her interest in airplanes and planned to fly one for fun.

All I can say is that although this hobby is a bit expensive, it is at least normal, and little Gilbert can only express his support.

In short, don't let it become a prison, and everything will be fine.

(End of this chapter)