Actor: Thank you.

“It’s important to make good works domestically!”

“It is also important to promote positive images of Chinese people abroad!”

In Zhang Yuan's hotel room, the two brothers started arguing with each other.

Old Li was quite proud of himself.

Before, Chen Long relied on the drama "Rush Hour" to surpass him.

Not only did he surpass himself, but he also took Zhang Yuan to Hollywood to play, so he was also better than him in leading people.

The two are both enemies and friends, competing with each other, and of course they have to get back at each other.

There is a rule, or phenomenon.

That is, top superstars, especially action superstars, must have a world-class work, and it has to be a series.

Then you can be considered a top star.

Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible series.

Stallone's "First Blood" and "Rocky" series.

Schwarzenegger's Terminator series.

Bruce Willis's Die Hard series.

Vin Diesel's Fast and Furious series.

Even Robert Downey Jr., an actor who is not considered an action superstar, has made a comeback thanks to a series of works.

Chen Long has starred in the "Police Stories" and "Project A" series in China. At that time, he was already a well-known Chinese Kung Fu superstar.

But it was the "Rush Hour" series that truly cemented him as an international superstar.

One of the reasons why Li Lianjie's status in the world film industry is not as high as Chen Long's is that he lacks a top-level series of works.

This is also the reason why he is eager to get back his position.

"Two big brothers." Zhang Yuan saw them arguing.

Although they were arguing, they were still quite sensible.

However, the mother and daughter of the Liu family who were present were so frightened that they dared not speak.

“I think both domestic and foreign affairs are important.”

“Hone your skills at home and make a name for yourself and money abroad.”

"That's right!" They both nodded.

They both agreed with what he said.

When it comes to making money, it has to be Hollywood.

in the country, a film pay of tens of millions is already very impressive.

But in Hollywood, tens of millions of US dollars in pay are the norm.

The Chinese market still needs time to develop.

This point is also clear from the above, otherwise the film and television market would not have been partially opened after joining the WTO.

This is an obvious sign. Just like the economic market, they want to introduce external forces to accelerate the growth of the local market.

This is what the imperial circle did. It reaped the benefits of the open film and television market and then began to dominate the market.

It was they who rapidly expanded the influence of domestic film and television works in the early stages, and it was also they who suppressed their juniors and squeezed out the resources of new forces in the later stages.

Those who have the identities of dragon slayers and dragons are often the same people.

Seeing that he had a clear mind and knew what he should do, the two elder brothers smiled with satisfaction.

Most of the new generation have defects of one kind or another.

Mr. Xie is smart, but he lacks acting talent.

Edison Cheng is lazy, has a bad temper, and is not good at action scenes.

Wu Yanzu is introverted and has no desire to compete for the top spot.

Only Zhang Yuan in front of them had everything.

He has talent for acting, he's good at fighting scenes, and he also has the ability to deal with people and the spirit of striving for supremacy.

He is a rare hexagonal warrior among the younger generation.

It is better to be used by me than to be a member of another camp and compete with me.

This mentality is actually similar to when Zhang Yuan was trying to win over Yang Mi.

"By the way, this is the movie that was just played." Uncle Long pointed to the projection equipment.

I'm talking about the movie "Apple".

"How's the preparation for the screening going?"

“Just sent for trial.”

"If you want to make money with this type of film, it's not enough to just show it in mainland China."

"We need to find more overseas channels and sell more copyrights, then we can make money."

"Uncle Long, that's a good idea." Zhang Yuan replied immediately.

"Don't you know Jiang Zhiqiang?"

"He has many overseas channels, and many overseas theater chains recognize him."

“Especially in Asia.”

"You ask him for help."

"Our play has a low budget and won't be shown on stage. I'm afraid it won't be accepted by Boss Jiang." Zhang Yuan thought for a moment.

He wanted to refuse, but after changing his mind, he decided to go with the flow.

Because he understood Chen Long's character, he loved to be a matchmaker and help people do things for each other.

"Don't worry, I'll take it to you and say something nice."

"And I think the quality of this film is fine."

"I think Boss Jiang will like it."

"Thank you very much, Uncle Long!" Zhang Yuan hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

Chen Long nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Lao Li again.

how about it?
You introduced him to Chen Kexin's crew.

I helped him find a market for his first film as a producer.

I’m not bad either!

Seeing the veins on Li Lianjie's forehead throbbing, they were about to start again.

Zhang Yuan quickly found an excuse to see the guest off.

"The two elder brothers are very kind to the younger generation."

"I can't let you down either."

"We have a fight scene tomorrow, so I plan to go downstairs and practice some more."

"You two together?"

"No, I'm tired and I plan to rest."

"I have other things to attend to."

The two of them got up and left.

"What a pity. We can practice together when we have the chance in the future." Zhang Yuan waved.

Liu Xiaoli looked at Zhang Yuan's profile, then looked at her daughter who was full of admiration.

He is awesome!

I've never seen two big brothers fighting over feeding each other!
Moreover, he was like a fish in water between the two of them, handling the situation with ease.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

The filming here hasn't been completed yet, but it's about to start over there.

As a well-known actor, it is normal for him to have constant script changes.

It's not uncommon for Xixi to quit one or two crews every week.

But Chen Kexin is an award-winning director, and together with Li Lianjie and Liu Dehua, it is a top-notch crew.

It is a good opportunity that everyone wants to compete for, even the top stars are vying for it.

But it was placed in front of him so beautifully.

Liu Xiaoli understands that the more top-level the crew is, the greater the role of "internal recommendation" is.

Just like in top-level business, those who are capable are those who have connections and backgrounds.

This crew is big and strong.

But Aunt Liu thought about it and realized that everyone from the director to the leading actor had a good relationship with Zhang Yuan.

The entire senior management of the crew is within his network.

This is already one step ahead.

Seeing her daughter looking straight at the other person, Liu Xiaoli thought for a moment and then stood up.

"Zhang Yuan, I'm sorry, we came to your room to eat and drink, and we made a mess."

"Xixi, help me clean up."

"it is good."

Zhang Yuan understood that this was an event that Aunt Liu had given them to have a private chat.

But it won’t be too long.

Liu Xiaoli will definitely control the situation and not give him the chance to "strike".

Seeing her mother leaving, Xiao Longnu finally spoke excitedly.

“You are amazing.”

"Li Lianjie will introduce you to a job."

"I am such an outstanding man. There is no way I can hide it." Zhang Yuan replied jokingly.

"Yeah." But she didn't mean to be joking and nodded in agreement.

“It would be nice if we could work together again later.”

"How about I go talk to Li Lianjie and ask him to help me find a role in that play?"

"By the way, what's the name of this play?"

She then asked.

I didn't understand all the way.

"The Stab."

"What animal is this?"

Zhang Yuan: …

Forget it. I've been to the country of lighthouses, breathed the air of white people, and been infected. It's normal to be a little stupid.

After explaining it to her carefully, she finally understood.

"Oh, it's a story about brothers turning against each other because of a woman." Zhang Yuan wanted to say no, but it was too difficult to explain, so he didn't say much.

"Xixi, you'd better not go looking for Li Lianjie."

"If there is a role suitable for you, people will take the initiative to tell you."

In fact, according to Lao Li’s personality, he wouldn’t do that.

"And even if we're not in the same crew, we can hang out when we're free, and you can also visit me on set."

"That's fine."

Of course, she still wants to be together day and night like now.

Zhang Yuan advised her because he knew there was no suitable role for her in "The Warlords".

Because this is a man's movie.

The only important female role is the one played by Xu Jinglei.

She said she wanted to use Shu Qi first.

Because this character is set to be a thin horse from Yangzhou.

Shu Qi's image, with her small frame and lustful look, is more in line with the character of a skinny girl.

But Chen Kexin didn't want to find someone who was too pretty, although Zhang Yuan didn't think Shu Qi was that pretty.

Xu Jinglei is the only one among the four Dan and two Bing actresses who focuses on the character of a "talented woman".

In fact, when it comes down to it, compared to those people, her appearance is really not that good.

Even the acting was just so-so.

She stands out among the six-member group of four Dan actresses and two Bing actresses.

In fact, being able to reach this position still depends on connections.

Just like Feng Xiaogang, she also relied on Wang Shuo, a core member of the imperial circle, to gain a firm foothold in the film and television industry.

What he did was actually similar to what Song Jia did.

They all got together when the other party was married and obtained a lot of important initial resources.

Xu Jinglei has a big frame and a typical northern face, which doesn't look like a skinny horse at all.

But the play "The Warlords" itself is very special.

He is a blockbuster directed by a Hong Kong director.

But the male lead was played by Li Lianjie, a mainlander.

In general Hong Kong-funded films, most female protagonists are from mainland China, while the male protagonist must be from Hong Kong.

This is also the reason why there are many mainland actresses but almost no mainland actor in the Academy Awards.

Therefore, there are several actresses who have won the three major awards in China, but only a few have won the three major awards.

What is missing is Hong Kong’s Academy Awards.

But this film is very unconventional, the male and female protagonists are both from mainland China.

Because this film tells the story of three brothers who pledged their allegiance to the country.

At the same time, this film itself is also Chen Kexin's token of allegiance to the mainland!
Director Chen has never shot a big production before. He is good at shooting small love stories.

But at the same time, he is also an extremely shrewd speculator.

Seeing that his development in Hong Kong has come to an end, the mainland market is showing a clear rising trend.

Different from those directors who "stick to" the Hong Kong market, he soon realized that only the resources of the mainland market could support his transformation and move to a higher level.

Director Chen is one of the Hong Kong directors who is closest to the mainland.

It all started with this movie "The Warlords".

There have been very few famous Hong Kong directors who have undergone such a thorough transformation, and he is considered to be the one with the clearest mind.

He took the initiative to join the Imperial Circle, and the reason he used Xu Jinglei was actually because of the power of the Imperial Circle.

Zhang Yuan looked at Liu Qianqian and said, "You are not from the entertainment circle, so how can they give you a good position?"
Such opportunities have always been digested internally.

"It's hard for you to rely on others, so just rely on me."

"If I find a good opportunity, I will definitely consider you first."

"Oh." She agreed with a smile.

"One more thing. In the next few days, you should practice the pipa more."

“Especially the piece ‘Blue and White Porcelain’.”

"what?"

"What? The Secret is coming out soon. I'll practice it well so it can be used for promotion." Zhang Yuan looked at her lovingly, "I'll practice with you when I'm free."

"We agreed that you can't disappear by then."

"Of course. I came to this play just to accompany you."

Make money, show up, work...

Hearing him say this, Xiaolongnu took the initiative to put her arm around his shoulders.

After whispering in her ears for a while, he let her go.

If you don't leave now, mom will come to find you.

The filming in the next few days went quite smoothly.

But there was one thing that made Zhang Yuan very angry.

The crew worked on the night scenes for several days.

The content of the night show is Liu Qianqian’s highlight, where Jin Yanzi makes her debut.

The scene is in a restaurant, or a brothel.

A separate two-story building was built in Hengdian, and both the inside and outside can be photographed.

The scenery is neither Chinese nor Western, a bit like the Chinese scene in the white people's game.

It softens the various styles of island countries, China, Southeast Asia, etc., and creates the ancient Chinese style in the hearts of white people.

But it doesn’t matter, that’s how all period films made by white people are.

What made Zhang Yuan angry was not the props and scenes.

But people!
Since it is a brothel, there will be many female characters such as geishas and kasumi.

The male extras are okay.

But when I looked at the female extras, wow!

They all have flat noses and small eyes.

I wish there was a No. 2 bus running between my eyes.

Each of them is a top-notch “lion boy”.

This is the image that Chinese women should have in the minds of old white men.

It is also their favorite image.

After all, they have plenty of blonde hair with big waves, but small eyes and flat noses are rare.

Things are more valuable when they are rare.

He has nothing to do with this scene, he's just here to join in the fun.

But it also makes me feel uncomfortable all over.

Too Tang!
This is blatant discrimination.

It's not even intentional, nor is it to mess with you, but they just think so subconsciously.

This is more disgusting than intentional.

People like Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing can only play small supporting roles at most in foreign countries, even in Marvel movies.

But who are the people who are cast in the work "Shang-Chi" which features a Chinese protagonist?

The male protagonist has squinty eyes.

The leading actress Awkwafina is even more of a heavyweight.

Severely protruding neck, hunchback, protruding mouth, buck teeth, flat nose, big mouth, small eyes, and puffy goldfish eyes.

This appearance is ugly among ordinary Chinese people, but foreigners praise it.

The key point is that white people have a distorted aesthetic sense, and they just do it on purpose to disgust people.

But there is still a group of "artists" in the country who are willing to cater to other people's preferences.

Being disgusting towards others is not the most disgusting thing. Being disgusting towards one’s own people is like eating a fly.

A number of well-known and active Chinese writers and scholars have been exposed.

There is a group of people who are paid to do things, under the names of "nationalization", "pattern" and "catering to the Western market", they are subtly trying to change the worldview of ordinary people.

It's just feeding you shit and then telling you that it's "advanced and trendy" shit.

Once everyone gets used to eating it, they will really become like a dog eating shit.

Zhang Yuan couldn't stand it anymore and went to talk to Robert.

"We focus on the overseas market and need to consider the preferences of overseas audiences." This was the director's answer to him.

There's nothing wrong with that response; this stereotype has spread all over the world.

He knew he was powerless to change.

"When I have the power and say one day, I will definitely teach you guys a lesson!"

Seeing that he seemed unhappy, Liu Qianqian went up to him and asked.

After I found out, I started chatting about it casually.

“In fact, foreign children are not like this.”

"The children in the Lighthouse Country community also like Chinese girls with big eyes and high noses."

She was talking about herself, and she was quite popular in her neighborhood.

"But in school, after junior high and high school, the aesthetic tastes of young people change." She didn't fully understand why.

Children are the purest, and pretty is pretty.

As we grow up and receive external information and immerse ourselves in the external environment, our concepts will change.

This is the reason why oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while oranges grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines.

"It's okay, things will change one day." Zhang Yuan was sure.

When talking about China's lack of world-class IP, Jiang Wen said that when China's number of aircraft carriers is twice that of the Lighthouse Country, everything will be easy to talk about.

When your fist is strong enough, your values ​​​​will become universal values.

If I say white people look better with squinty eyes, they will have to undergo surgery to make their eyes smaller to please us.

Just like Michael, who was hit three times on the top of the head. When Zhang Yuan was filming the fight scene, this guy was still clapping and cheering.

Out of sight, out of mind. Zhang Yuan avoided them and let them take the pictures.

After a few days, it was finally his turn to perform.

Li Lianjie, I want to fight him... (End of this chapter)