The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

After searching for two blocks, two people found a hamburger restaurant. Compared with many small restaurants in China, the opening hours are getting later and later. In the United States, there are 24-hour convenience stores and nightclubs that are originally open at night.

Some other supermarkets, shopping malls or restaurants are basically closed after 8 pm. This made Yang Dongxu complain endlessly, obviously this is not just an issue of law and order.

"I have prepared those promotional trips, is there anything I can do for you?" He took the burger and went back to the car to eat. , because this burger restaurant is about to close, Yang Dongxu asked.

"No need, you have already helped me a lot." Jackie Chan quickly waved his hand: "This time I came here mainly to see you, and I also want to ask if there is a suitable role for me in the movie you invested in Hollywood?"

When "Rush Hour" started filming, Yang Dongxu did make a lot of efforts, such as investment, and film project approval and so on. Although Haina Records did not do well abroad, Zhou Ya, who is a listed shareholder of Duojia in the United States, still has a lot of energy.

In fact, this time Chen Long came over, first because he was too busy before, so Yang Dongxu has been in the United States for so long, and he didn't come to see it. This time he made a special trip to see Yang Dongxu.

The second one, of course, is that Michelle Yeoh, who is filming "The Matrix", was stimulated, because "Rush Hour" was also filmed in the United States, so he and Michelle Yeoh got in touch more, and he was able to invest 6,300 US dollars in such a film as soon as he came up. I don't know how many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars who want to come to Hollywood to develop.

And Yang Dongxu also spent a lot of energy for this role. First, he bought the script at a high price, and then took a bonus of 30 million US dollars to find a film company to shoot. Finally, after several operations, he won the role of Michelle Yeoh as the heroine. The male protagonist has no way to think about the seat, even if he saves nearly half of the film's money.

And also set up a professional action guidance team. That's right, in later generations, even if the heroine is not Michelle Yeoh, the fighting scenes in "The Matrix" are so amazing, and the martial arts guidance is also because there are Chinese professional action teachers in it.

It's just that these people are only working behind the scenes, and they haven't been able to catch fire together like in the movie. In fact, Hollywood is of course white people's Hollywood, but you have to say that they are proud and not self-styled. All rivers and rivers absorb all kinds of excellent elements from all over the world and integrate them into Hollywood. This is the fundamental reason why they become the boss.

This point is quite a bit like the meaning of the saying "we must despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically". White-dominated Hollywood looks down on yellow and black people, but for some good stuff. No matter what skin color they invented, they will try their best to integrate it into their own bodies to strengthen themselves, so it makes sense for them to be strong.

"There are no suitable roles for you in the films that I have invested for the time being. In fact, to enter Hollywood, you don't have to make Hollywood blockbusters. Purely Chinese elements can become popular after being filmed." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but say something more.

In fact, this is also the misunderstanding of many stars and investors in later generations. Everyone believes that if they want to integrate into Hollywood, they must make Hollywood blockbusters and achieve good results.

But in fact, Chinese actors are not valued at all in Hollywood, and the chances of you wanting to play a major role in a blockbuster movie are very small. Even if you invest money, people still look down on you.

So instead of going head-to-head against the stubborn rock of Hollywood. It's better to self-study your inner strength and make yourself stronger. Use the Chinese works that can be sold to open the door of Hollywood.

After you have a certain reputation yourself, let's talk about going to Hollywood to make blockbuster movies. Under the trend of interests, even the white people who dominate Hollywood still look down on you in their hearts. But for the sake of box office, you will take the initiative to give some good roles. If you give back to bad roles, you have the confidence to refuse, don't you? Rather than like now, any villain seems to be giving alms.

"Actually, I have seriously considered this, but even if something good is produced, distribution alone is a big problem." Chen Long said with a wry smile, taking a sip of Coke.

Chen Long has been attacking Hollywood for a long time, and has encountered all kinds of cynicism and suppression. Chen Long has undoubtedly thought about many issues carefully. But if you make Hollywood blockbusters, then you don't have good publicity and good films. Without these things, no matter how good things are, it’s useless if people can’t see them, right?

"Rush Hour" must be better than "Red Fan District"? This is really not certain, but why can "Rush Hour" achieve such good results, while "Red Fan District" is just a brick that knocked on the door of Hollywood movies?

This undoubtedly involves the filming locations and filming companies of the two films. "Red Zone" was produced by Hong Kong Golden Harvest, while "Rush Hour" was filmed in Hollywood, the director was an American, and it used Hollywood's promotional channels, so it played "Rush Zone" at the box office in Europe and America.

"This is indeed a problem." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but nodded.

In the circle dominated by white people, it's not just about movies, it's about many things. For example, Haina's overseas songs and singers are really not as good as the four major record companies? Obviously not, the only reason why the situation has not been opened is because of this invisible bondage, you can't see it, but you can feel the ubiquitous resistance.

After a while, Yang Dongxu pondered for a while and said, "You are in a good situation now. If "Rush Hour" can become a big hit, you'd better be steady and not take any movie roles, and have your own considerations."

In fact, after many celebrities become popular, there are works of inferior character appearing, which is unavoidable. Either it is for money, or it is a careless choice. In short, as a movie star, if you don't have one or two trash movies that are scolded, you are too embarrassed to hang out in this circle.

But it doesn't matter if other stars are bad, and it doesn't even matter if they make movies in China. But Hollywood obviously doesn't give Asian stars so many opportunities. The word-of-mouth that is not easy to accumulate, maybe because of a careless choice of a movie, it will go directly back to before liberation.

"I understand. This is also the reason why I rejected many invitations after I opened the Hollywood film market and insisted on filming "Rush Hour". I think those roles are not what I want, and the script is not suitable for me. I want Play some roles I want." Chen Long nodded.

"It's good that you have such a clear understanding and consideration. I will think of a way for distribution, and you should work hard to make movies. If there is a good opportunity, I will recommend it for you."

"Then thank you, Young Master Yang."

"Don't be so polite, just call me Xu Zi, or Xiao Xu." Yang Dongxu raised the Coke in his hand: "Cheers to Chinese movies going abroad."

"Cheers." Chen Long picked up the Coke in his hand and touched it with Yang Dongxu.

Sending Jackie Chan to the car, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but fell into deep thought. He also has some headaches about how to pry out white-dominated Hollywood, which is not something that one or two good movies can solve.

For example, with the "Rush Hour" series of movies, Chen Long was able to get the top ten box office in the United States, but finally fell silent. For example, Jet Li was also very good after entering Hollywood, but he still couldn't get along in the end. Another example is that Chow Yun-fat, who is definitely a superstar in the mainland, still hit a wall when he came to the United States, and finally had to pack his bags and leave.

Looking at the Hollywood market in the next two decades, except for an excellent director who can emerge from time to time to occupy a certain position in Hollywood, most of the stars who come to Hollywood will show their faces, so there is nothing to say. Including the international chapters that the mainland considers to be very active in the international arena.

But the director's influence obviously cannot be compared with that of a star. After all, the director only has a reputation and status in the circle, and his influence in society is far worse than that of superstars. Most of the fans are chasing stars. How many fans have you seen chasing directors?

This is like the superstar players and coaches in the NBA, although so many champion coaches are topical. But not as many headlines as stars. And every game fans are basically going to the stars, and one is going to the coach?

"It seems that the only way is to cooperate." After a while, Yang Dongxu shook his head and walked to the bathroom.

As for acquisitions, this seemingly one-and-done solution has little effect on Hollywood. The richest man in the country in later generations has also done acquisitions in Hollywood. What happened in the end? Except for the news that has been on the news for a few days, it finally disappeared.

Therefore, taking at least half of the benefits to cooperate is currently the only way to overcome Hollywood's barrier. The popularity of "Happy Boys" is directly related to the cooperation with the four major record companies, otherwise, even if Yang Dongxu spent money, he would not be able to cause the current phenomenon of explosion.

"Do you want to make an indoor variety show?" Yang Dongxu, who turned on the water valve of the bathtub and started to run the bath water, had such an idea in his mind.

"Happy Boys" or the "Happy Girls" talent show that has been launched within the plan, although it has been lively, it is not a long-term solution. After three seasons at most, the audience will basically enter aesthetic fatigue. After all, this talent show In the final analysis, the program is just a group of new singers singing, and the judges comment on it without too many tricks.

But variety shows are different, and the elements are much richer than a simple talent show. If a link is used for too long and the audience is tired, you can change another link to continue to attract the audience's attention. Throughout the history of entertainment development, indoor variety shows are definitely one of the evergreen trees.

And in his opinion, the development of variety shows in the United States is actually lacking. Looking at the decades to come, although there are many popular variety shows in the United States, the content always feels a bit dry. Relying on the United States, that's why it has such a big influence, and it can't be played in another country.

For example, "Victoria's Secret" is a group of supermodel catwalks. Apart from rushing to see women, everyone went there because of women. As for the popularity brought about by this show. Perhaps those artistic fashions that are incomprehensible to the public can only be understood by those individual designers, which is a bit far away for the general public.

Another example is WWE, which is a kind of funny wrestling. Although the program team tried their best to incorporate various funny elements, the overall effect is like "Happy Boy" which is too single.

Then there is "Supermodel Contest", not to mention that it is still about women. In the end, there are various talk shows, and then I ridicule various things at that time. This has some content, after all, the daily news is fresh and will not be repeated. But after repeating one issue after another, it is very funny at first glance, but it feels a bit boring to watch it all the time.