Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Yu Dongqing's family of three stayed at the San Gabriel Sheraton Hotel. There is a Chinatown nearby and it is very convenient to eat.

After the three of them washed up in the room, they went directly to Chinatown.

Los Angeles' Chinatown is connected to the historic district and is one of the major Chinese gathering places on the west coast of the United States.

Standing at the street corner, what you see is the Chinese architectural style of the 1970s.

There is an antique Chinese archway at the gate, red lanterns are scattered all over the street, and shop signs are in traditional Chinese. Walking on the street, it feels like an old street in Xiangjiang.

Yu Dongqing unexpectedly discovered a hot pot restaurant named "Dong Laishun"!

Yanjing's "Dong Lai Shun" actually drove here?

Yu Dongqing and the other three entered the hotpot restaurant. What they saw as soon as they entered the door were some traditional decorations of old Yanjing, which made people feel like they were really back in Yanjing.

When I asked the boss at the counter, it turned out to be a branch of Dong Lai Shun.

After finding an empty seat, the family of three ordered food and ate it with great interest.

The simple and exquisite copper hot pot, the red and white mutton slices, the delicious and salty sauce, the fragrant and light soup base, really tastes a bit like Yanjing.

Not bad, it’s pretty good to be able to eat such authentic hot pot at this place.

At this time, two more oriental men walked in. Yu Dongqing didn't notice who came in. Yu Tongtong had sharp eyes and whispered: "Dad, aunt, our domestic martial arts star Li Yunjie is also here to eat hot pot."

Li Yunjie? !

Yu Dongqing started to look towards the door, and happened to meet the eyes of a man wearing a peaked cap. Sure enough, it was Li Yunjie!

Li Yunjie also recognized him and walked over with a smile on his face.

"Director Yu! Are your family traveling here?"

"Yes, take the children out for a walk." Yu Dongqing replied with a smile: "Who are you?"

"I'm filming here."

"Come to Hollywood to develop your career? Not bad, not bad. Come, sit down and eat together." Yu Dongqing stood up and greeted warmly.

Li Yunjie was not polite. He said hello to Mingliang and Yu Tongtong and sat next to the hot pot. The other man was his manager Zhang Dongming, whom Yu Dongqing had also met.

After a few people sat down, Yu Dongqing asked the boss to add more food and wine, and they chatted while eating.

It is undoubtedly a pleasure to eat hot pot with friends in a foreign country.

"Haha, I met. I'm not used to it when I come to the United States, especially the food. I heard that the Dong Laishun hot pot tastes very authentic, so I came here with Brother Zhang." Li Yunjie said.

"Try it, it tastes really good."

Yu Dongqing used serving chopsticks to give each other a piece of mutton.

"Yes, it sure works. It tastes like Yanjing." Li Yunjie tasted it and praised it repeatedly.

"Come, let's meet in a foreign country and have a drink!" Yu Dongqing raised his beer glass.

The four of them had a drink.

Everyone chatted while eating, and naturally the conversation turned to movies.

"Director Yu, I heard that the movie "The Poison of East and West" that you filmed has been released in China. How is the situation?" Zhang Dongming asked.

"It's not that good. We lost money at the box office." Yu Dongqing told the truth.

"But the reviews are very high, right?" Zhang Dongming said: "Actually, I also know that Director Yu, your purpose in making this film is not to box office, but to win awards."

This is really not my purpose.

But now many people on the Internet are talking about it, and Yu Dongqing is too lazy to explain.

"Hey, tell me, Yunjie, what movie are you filming in Hollywood?" Yu Dongqing brought the topic to this.

"It's an action movie called "Road Warrior." It mainly tells the story of a special forces soldier fighting terrorists to save the world. It mainly takes place on the highway." Li Yunjie answered with a smile.

"Uncle, you must play the hero who saves the world in the film, right?" Yu Tongtong interjected.

She likes to watch martial arts movies made by Li Yunjie.

The Linghu Chong played in "The Swordsman" is much more handsome when he performs the Dugu swordsmanship than when his father danced with tree branches in his grandma's yard when he was young.

But unexpectedly, Li Yunjie looked a little ugly after hearing what Yu Tongtong said.

"Tongtong, uncle did not play the hero who saves the world in the play, but played a villain." Li Yunjie told the truth.

"Ah?! Why, uncle, you play heroes in domestic movies." Yu Tongtong was surprised.

"Tongtong, Uncle Li is an actor, so playing the villain must be necessary for the plot." Seeing this, Meili hurriedly came to the rescue.

Yu Tongtong was very smart. Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, she immediately stopped asking.

Perhaps because Yu Tongtong's words touched his sore spot, Li Yunjie sighed, picked up the beer glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Come, eat some food, eat some food." Mingliang greeted quickly.

He and Li Yunjie only met occasionally and separated after eating.

Back at the hotel, they stayed in a luxurious double suite with two bedrooms and a living room.

After each took a shower, Yu Tongtong lay on the bed in his room playing with his mobile phone, while Yu Dongqing and Mingliang chatted in the living room.

Talking about meeting Li Yunjie today, Meili said: "Hubby, it seems that Li Yunjie's development in Hollywood is not going well."

"How can anything go so smoothly?" Yu Dongqing smiled and said, "You have also seen that Hollywood is a world dominated by white people and black people. How many Asian faces are popular?"

"Then you still have to come."

"People always want to break through themselves, whether it's acting skills or marketability." Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

In fact, when Li Yunjie came to Hollywood to play a big villain, his treatment was already much better than that of Jet Li in the original time and space.

When Jet Li broke into Hollywood, he filmed the action movie "Lethal Weapon 4", in which he played the role of Gu Huaxing (the villain), a gang leader with excellent boxing and kicking skills.

The film is two hours long, and Jet Li has very few scenes in the film, with only three scenes and one line of English dialogue.

Quite miserable.

It developed step by step later.

After hearing this, Meili sighed slightly: "Domestic stars all want to come to Hollywood. When we were filming at Zhongwei, Liang Xiyan and I chatted, and she said that she also wanted to come to Hollywood to develop."

"It's the place where you become a god and attain enlightenment." Yu Dongqing smiled.

"Yes, Hollywood is too powerful now. I heard that during the Spring Festival this year, the box office of "Empire 4" reached 6.3 billion, which is nearly three times that of "The Legend of East and West" and higher than "The Swordsman". .”

Yu Dongqing nodded.

This time and space is different from the original one. Hollywood blockbusters began to lose ground in the mainland, but they are still very popular here.

Several blockbusters are introduced every year, especially during the Spring Festival. The box office champions are basically contracted by Hollywood blockbusters.

Especially science fiction films are dominated by American blockbusters.

It’s not that foreign films are too good, it’s that domestic films are too hard to beat.

However, if you think about that time and space, domestic blockbusters had just emerged, and it only took a few years to compete with Hollywood.

Of course, this is just a casual chat between husband and wife.

"Go to bed, it's getting late, and I have to go to various places tomorrow." Yu Dongqing said.

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