In Li Mu's eyes, there are only a handful of outstanding actors in China, and top actors are even more difficult to find with lanterns.

Although he doesn't want to worship foreign flattery at this point, he has to say that Chinese film actors are too far behind Hollywood, and it is completely difficult to match.

However, Mr. Li Xuejian is one of the very few Chinese actors in his eyes who can be regarded as a top actor.

Li Mu feels that Mr. Li Xuejian and Tom Hanks can be said to be the same type of actors, who they play like whom, even after creating a classic role, they will not solidify their image and temperament, and when playing the next role, he can easily jump out of the constraints of all previous roles and create a new image.

It's easy to say, but it's too difficult for the vast majority of actors.

Li Youbin, who played Li Yunlong in "Bright Sword", is also a very good actor in Li Mu's eyes, but he is not the top, because after he portrayed Bright Sword, his acting style can never escape the traces of Li Yunlong, such a thing will not happen to Mr. Li Xuejian and Tom Hanks.

When Mr. Li Xuejian was 26 years old, he once played Lin Biao, in order to grasp this image, he hung Lin Biao's photos all over the room, desperately lost weight to achieve the emaciated appearance of the other party, and finally looked like him, which made people applaud, this is the noble professional ethics of the older generation of actors.

For the older generation of actors, what they pursue is acting itself, never through acting to gain fame and fortune for themselves, acting in their eyes, there is no difference between welders, fitters, and lathes, so all their experience is spent on studying how to play well, just like welders who want to practice the skill of electric welding, so their acting skills will reach the peak and become real artists.

However, with the continuous development of the economy and the continuous improvement of the people's demand for entertainment, the entertainment industry has really taken shape, and the actors at that time understood what business is, and knew that behind the business operation represents endless wealth, so they spent most of their energy on how to improve and obtain more resources, how to enhance influence, how to earn more money, and when the actors did not delve into acting skills, they still counted on the birth of good actors and good works.

At this moment, Spielberg also had a strong interest in Li Mu's teacher Li Xuejian, he rarely heard Li Mu praise an actor so much, I believe that this actor's acting skills must be quite good.

Soon, the staff came to the VIP reception room of the hotel, found Mr. Li Xuejian, and said to him: "Mr. Li, our Mr. Li and Director Spielberg are supervising the post-production work of the documentary, so I would like you to come over and have a look, I wonder if you are interested?"

Teacher Li Xuejian asked curiously: "Documentary? I take the liberty of asking, I don't know what Mr. Li and director Spielberg are making a documentary about?"

The staff knew that out of confidentiality in advance, these leading actors had not yet received relevant notices, so they explained: "Mr. Li has been doing public welfare activities in Chuncheng during this time to find the surviving Flying Tiger members, and is preparing to edit it into a documentary. ”

"Oh?" Teacher Li Xuejian said in surprise: "Then take me over quickly." ”

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Mr. Li Xuejian, who is nearly fifty years old, has not been so excited for a long time as he is today, and for him, having the opportunity to star in such a meaningful film as "Flying Tigers" is not only an affirmation for him, but also an honor.

As early as when Li Mu announced in Hollywood that he was going to start such a movie, Mr. Li Xuejian was attracted by the special history of World War II, and he specially studied many materials of the Flying Tigers, not for anything else, just to be able to understand the real situation of this history more deeply.

At that time, Mr. Li Xuejian never thought that he would be invited to star in this movie, because he knew his position very well, he was just an old actor, not commercial enough, not popular enough, a young man in his early twenties like Li Mu, I am afraid that he will not know himself, and even if he knows, he will not think of himself, and a world-class director like Spielberg may not know himself, he can only know a few actors who are slightly famous in the world in China, it is already very rare.

After studying that period of history, Mr. Li Xuejian realized that history was more admirable than he imagined, and at that time, Mr. Li had an extravagant hope in his heart: if he could play a role wholeheartedly in such a movie, no matter how big or small, it would be the happiest and most satisfying thing for an actor.

What he never expected was that this wish, which seemed almost impossible to him to achieve, came true.

Li Mu has some "negative impressions" of teacher Li Xuejian, this negative impression comes from the Song Jiang he played in "Water Margin", this CCTV TV series premiered in January 1998, when Li Mu was still in high school, relatively resentful, and hated the role of Song Jiang played by Li Xuejian.

At that time, Li Mu felt that Shuibo Liangshan was a good man, and only this hypocritical Song Jiang was the biggest scourge, and the death of everyone in the end made Li Mu feel choked, especially Song Jiang's single-minded desire to be edicted by the imperial court, and his appearance as a servant when he bowed down in front of the imperial court, which made Li Mu particularly disgusted when he was a teenager.

It is also because Mr. Li Xuejian's interpretation of the character of Song Jiang is too perfect and appropriate, so Li Mucai can't help but have some negative impressions of him, but fortunately, he is a soul reborn in his thirties after all, and after seeing many roles played by Mr. Li Xuejian, he has completely lost the inexplicable resistance at the beginning.

The staff guided Mr. Li Xuejian to the room, and Li Mu took Spielberg to meet Mr. Li Xuejian for the first time.

Li Mu first shook hands with Mr. Li Xuejian and said: "Mr. Li, I have admired you for a long time, and I finally have the opportunity to meet, thank you for joining the production and filming of "Flying Tigers"!"

Teacher Li Xuejian hurriedly and humbly said: "Where, Mr. Li, you are the pride of our Chinese, I am just an actor, besides, it is my honor to join "Flying Tigers", I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity!"

Li Mu said: "You don't have to be so polite, as a top actor in China, "Flying Tigers" can have you joining, which makes me look forward to it a lot!"

After that, Li Mu said: "Let me introduce you to Hollywood's Spielberg director." ”

Li Xuejian hurriedly said: "Director Spielberg's name, I am like thunder!"

Immediately, Li Xuejian stretched out his hand to Spielberg and said in not very proficient English: "nice-to-meet-you." ”

Spielberg also hurriedly shook hands with Li Xuejian and said in Chinese: "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Li Mu immediately acted as a translator and introduced the two to each other.

For Li Xuejian, it is indeed a great honor to meet Spielberg, the legendary director, and to be able to work with him, Spielberg is eight years older than Li Xuejian, and is a truly world-renowned master in the film industry, in contrast, Li Xuejian is not only much younger, but also much less successful than him, so he is also very humble in his heart.

After introducing the two to each other, Li Mu said to Li Xuejian: "Mr. Li, the reason why I invite you and other actors to Spring City today is because I want to arrange for you to meet and get to know the surviving Flying Tiger team members we are currently finding, after all, everyone is interpreting their stories, and I should also show respect to them in person." ”

Li Xuejian nodded again and again, and said: "Before receiving the invitation for this role, I have checked a lot of information about the Flying Tigers, they are indeed a great group worthy of our respect and love, and it is really good to pay tribute to them in person." ”

Saying that, Li Xuejian asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, how many surviving old Flying Tiger members have you found this time?"

Li Mu said: "We have found a total of more than 70 people, including more than 40 people from the United States, about 30 people from Huaxia, and a total of 50 people from Spring City this time. ”

"So many!" Li Xuejian exclaimed, "There are still a lot of them from the United States?"

"Yes. Li Mu nodded: "The United States came here this time with more than 20 old Flying Tiger members and their families. ”

Li Xuejian hurriedly said, "Then when can I arrange to meet with them? I want to visit them now." ”

Li Mu said: "Today our staff took them to the suburbs for a visit, come back in the afternoon, and arrange a dinner in the evening, when we will introduce you to everyone." ”

Li Xuejian sighed: "I just heard from the staff that you are doing a public welfare activity to find the surviving Flying Tiger members, why haven't I heard the news in Yanjing?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "My two companies and I jointly funded the establishment of a veteran immortality charity foundation, specifically for the survival of World War II veterans to solve various difficulties and problems encountered in life, looking for the surviving Flying Tigers is just one of the activities of our foundation, the reason why we did not start the publicity, is because I want to unite the army, the foundation, the search for the surviving Flying Tigers, and our movie role announcement conference to do together, is the so-called blockbuster, so that the influence can be maximized." ”

Li Xuejian nodded again and again, and Li Mu said: "By the way, Mr. Li, let's show you some of the video clips we shot for this public welfare activity, and you can give comments after reading it to see if there is anything that needs to be modified." ”

"Good!"

Ten minutes later, Mr. Li Xuejian's eyes were fixed on the computer monitor, and the whole person seemed to lose his mind.

The promotional video used for the press conference has been roughly 90% completed, and in the videos interspersed with history and the present, accompanied by the sad and majestic background music, Mr. Li Xuejian burst into tears.

A few minutes later, Mr. Li Xuejian finally recovered from his trance, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the thumb joints of both hands, and sighed in his mouth: "These old people are so great, I am really ashamed, I am also a soldier, but I have not paid attention to the current living conditions of the veterans of the Anti-Japanese War, I am really ashamed of my identity as a soldier, I am very ashamed!"