Leonardo DiCaprio, an absolute global icon.

Hollywood is the most superstitious place where the market decides everything, and the remuneration they offer represents the industry's recognition of stars and artists.

At present, the star with the most market appeal in the world, Xiao Lizi can definitely be among the best!

Otherwise, "The Revenant", a movie that doesn't sound very interesting, can sell 500 million dollars worldwide?

Xu Hui wants to cooperate with Xiao Lizi, and the most important thing is, of course, his appeal.

Otherwise, he could have found Nicolas Cage, who is of Italian origin!

Little Plum is of Russian origin...

However, since Xiao Lizi is not very interested, let's find someone else.

Chris Evans is a very good candidate, "American Team" has always had the dream of winning awards, except for "American Team", most of the films he participated in are independent films...

……

The next day, noon.

Xu Hui arrived at the agreed café, and Jenny, dressed in a black suit, was already sitting in her seat.

"Hey, Xu!"

Seeing the cannon light, Jenny waved her hand.

"Jenny..."

Pao Hui was a little embarrassed, after all, Jenny was the first to sow seeds abroad...

However, the latter doesn't seem to care at all, but his attitude is a lot more enthusiastic, and it seems that he should be very satisfied!

Woman, hehe!

After a few brief pleasantries, Jenny immediately entered work mode.

Needless to say, professionalism would not have been possible for her to be promoted to editor in just five years.

It's a little uncomfortable.

Usually he's the one who doesn't recognize people when he puts on his pants!

But it's okay, work is work, and personal feelings are just private feelings...

"Director Xu, after talking to you last time, I went back and read a lot of martial arts action movies you said, including your first work "Embroidered Spring Knife", which gave me the feeling that it was a little different, and I always felt that the image of 'Huang' was very different from the characters in other movies..."

“… In fact, our Chinese directors are very good at shaping the spirit of chivalry, and the usual chivalrous man is an extraordinary martial artist, with the traditional virtues of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, forgiveness and forbearance. Of course, Huang Feihong is also such a person, the difference is that the environment he faces, the declining Qing Dynasty and the continuous influx of Western civilization, makes him very conflicted..."

"So, that's what you mean by giving the characters a sense of history?"

"Yes, this is a step-by-step process, in the first part, Huang Feihong was confused, and in the second part, he already agreed..."

"What does it mean to be 'self-reliant'?"

"Well, the phrase 'men should be self-reliant' is taken from the Song Dynasty's "Prodigy Poems": the dynasty is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall, and there will be no seeds, and men should be self-reliant. It means that a good man should work hard to improve himself!"

Talking about this, Xu Hui was interested, to be honest, he didn't expect Jenny to ask questions from this angle, he continued: "In the second part of "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", Huang Feihong has participated in the revolutionary movement against the feudal monarchy, --- the attempted Guangzhou uprising led by Sun Wen and Lu Haodong, and has a preliminary understanding of advanced Western culture - medical skills and education, but in the torrent of history, he is still only a supporting role or a witness. ”

"So, in the third part, Huang will awaken?"

"Yes! In the third part, Huang Feihong will finally awaken in the throes of the Eastern and Western cultures, and become the embodiment of countless pioneers who sought the way of national prosperity and strength in that era!"

Jenny applauded and smiled: "No wonder it's called 'Once Upon a Time in China', it's really appropriate!"

"Thank you!"

……

"I noticed that the second part is only 95 minutes long, is this something you deliberately pursued?"

“… Yes, in fact, the pace of the first part is a bit slow, so in the second part, we have adjusted this aspect when editing and shooting. ”

"I mean, you're doing it on purpose, in pursuit of commercial success?"

"This is really not, what I consider most about making movies is rationality and appreciation, as for the box office, just leave it to the audience!"

- Ding, pretending to be successful, +666 points of pretending to be forced...

"A lot of American viewers are very interested in the 'White Lotus Sect', can you give us an introduction?"

“… That was the result of an extreme rejection of Western civilization. From a historical point of view, the late Qing Dynasty was a period when Western learning was spreading to the East, and at that time, many people in China were reluctant to believe in science, and the 'White Lotus Sect' was actually the Boxer Rebellion! Do you know the Boxer Rebellion?"

"I know, I have read "The Gengzi Embassy is Besieged", which is recorded. ”

Jenny nodded.

Pao Hui was a little puzzled, this woman had even read this kind of book, and she was actually willing to be a peripheral girl!

Forget it, this is people's pursuit!

"The White Lotus Sect is a hidden insidious Boxer. ”

Xu Hui picked up his coffee and took a sip: "'In 1900, when the Boxers entered the capital, they killed people when they saw them, and they did not distinguish between them, and they set fire to them when they saw a chapel. This is a very real historical record, I want to reflect that era, of course, the 'Boxer Rebellion' will inevitably be written, in fact, I have been very restrained in the movie, and the 'White Lotus Sect' in the movie is at least willing to obey the command of the officers and soldiers!"

……

"Let's talk about the Golden Globes, you don't seem to have a high desire to win awards, and you don't care about awards?"

"Of course not, no director will dislike awards! It's just that in order to win awards, I don't think it's worth it to abandon a director's insistence on film aesthetics, a director..."

Jenny interrupted him: "... You've already said that in Time!"

"You watched that interview too..."

Pao Hui smiled, he was also ready to plagiarize his previous remarks openly, and he could unconsciously count the words...

"Why do I always feel like you don't care about awards?"

"To be honest, I didn't expect "Once Upon a Time" to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, I myself define it as a commercial film, and the foreign language films that are generally favored by the Oscars or Golden Globes are the kind of movies that have a slower pace and tell the philosophy of life, which has nothing to do with my movies at all!"

Pao Hui told the truth.

"So you don't think your film deserves the Golden Globes?"

"You're not kidding, are you?

Pao Hui looked at Jenny in surprise: "Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp can be nominated for the Golden Globe actress and actor with "Deadly Companion", do you think the honor of the Golden Globe Award is very important?"

"Deadly Companion", starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, is known as the American version of "Boundless", which is terrible and difficult to watch.

The box office is also very poor, with a cost of over 100 million, and the North American box office is more than 60 million...

The male and female protagonists of such a movie were both nominated for the actor and actress?

Lao Mei herself felt embarrassed.

At this time, Xu Hui brought it up in person, and Jenny smiled a little embarrassed...

Golden Globe Awards, you always have to nominate a big star, otherwise what if no one supports the scene?