Chapter 344: Is It Worth the Price?
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"Yes, let her come up. Li Xu pressed the answer button and said.
After hanging up, he came to the front of the floor-to-ceiling glass again, looking at the night view outside, the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco was originally located in South Beach, surrounded by scenic spots, brightly lit, and looked particularly beautiful.
Li Xu sighed lightly, thinking in his heart that it was not the upcoming Chen Chong, but Li Jianqun, who was alone after dinner.
"There's something I have to tell you. He had dinner and he accompanied her for a walk in the garden.
"What's the matter?" asked Li Jianqun casually.
"Bad things. Li Xu's face was a little serious.
"It's okay, you just say it. Li Jianqun sighed lightly.
"Okay......" Li Xu was silent for a moment, and repeated what he said to Hu Yinmeng selectively.
Li Jianqun listened to it for a long time without making a sound, and finally sighed leisurely: "So, you want to implement the concubine system in your harem, right?"
"It's okay if you say that, after all, I don't want the worst. Li Xu also sighed, "You know my desire to control." β
"What about me?" asked Li Jianqun.
"It's not settled yet, and I don't know. Li Xu spread his hands.
"Aren't you telling me this to tell me what level I am?" Li Jianqun snorted.
"Of course not, I just wanted to tell you in advance. Li Xu said calmly.
Li Jianqun didn't speak, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at him without blinking, he didn't say anything, stopped and stood in place, let her see.
Then I heard her sigh faintly: "Do you want me to tell Xiaoxian?"
"No, I'll tell her later, I just want you to know now. Li Xu shook his head.
"Then I see. Li Jianqun said and turned back, and then Li Xu took a few steps and gently hugged her into his arms from behind.
She didn't make any movement, just leaned slightly into his arms until a long time.
There are some things that need not be said, and you can naturally understand that this is a smart woman, maybe she was ignorant when she first came out, but after adjusting herself and slowly adapting to it, she always knew what she was doing and had been herself.
I have resisted, I have obeyed, I have persevered, I have been grateful, I have never caused trouble, I have never argued with other women, I get along happily most of the time, I am obsessed with my career, and I know who is really good to me.
As the so-called goodness is like water, and the water benefits all things without fighting, so she can't fight with it, she really deserves the four words of Hui Zhilanxin, which also makes Li Xu imperceptibly love it.
It's a pity that Li Xu will never give up the entire forest for the sake of a tree, so-
"To be the No. 1 film artist in Asia, and to hit the world rankings again. He looked out at the night scene and muttered, "That's all I can give you." β
As long as you keep doing that.
Ding Dong, the doorbell rang, Li Xu instantly put away his divergent thoughts, walked over and opened the door.
"Hello, Miss Chen. He said with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Li. Chen Chong also smiled, but the action of holding the women's bag in front of his lower abdomen with both hands still exposed the tension in his heart.
"Come in. Li Xu made a gesture of please.
The beige dress and gray trench coat are completely different from the afternoon, but the handbag is still the same, the hairstyle has not changed, and the makeup should be lighter, but there is a little bit of the simple beauty of hibiscus.
"Do you want to drink something?" Li Xu opened the wine cabinet and opened a bottle of champagne.
"Champagne bar. Chen Chong sat down, took the cup, put it aside and asked, "Mr. Li, what ......do you want me to do?"
"There's no need to go around in circles like this," Li Xu interrupted, "I think you should have found out a little bit about my identity in the past few months, and tell me directly what your future goals are." β
Chen Chong's face turned pale, obviously he didn't expect him to be so direct, but Li Xu didn't speak again after speaking, just looked at her with playful eyes.
It was quiet for several minutes before she said in a voice that had become a little hoarse, "I want to succeed here!"
"It's too general, to be specific, does your success mean becoming a first-line actress, winning the Oscar for Best Actress, or getting paid more than $5 million?" Li Xu raised his hands.
Chen Chong was a little dazed, he came to the United States for two years and spent a few days in Hollywood, but his understanding of the internal unspoken rules was far from enough.
"Yes...... Is it possible?" she asked.
"Of course not. Li Xu laughed, and then regardless of her face becoming ugly, he asked directly: "Do you know Huang Liushuang?"
"She is the best and most well-known Chinese actress in Hollywood," Li Xu immediately said, "However, she has not played a leading role in Hollywood, and the best one is just a supporting actress in "Grand Hotel" set in the magic capital, or to put it nicely, she can be regarded as the second heroine." Even "The Earth", which was adapted to Pearl Race, clearly tells the story of Chinese people, but the actors are still white. β
Chen Chong had a blank look on his face, Li Xu smiled, and tapped his fingers on the table: "She is still a third-generation immigrant, so she has to face such exclusion and discrimination, and you, Miss Chen, you are a girl from Red China, why do you want Americans to recognize you?"
"I ...... I'm serious, I'm trying hard......" Chen Chong wanted to defend.
"Huang Liushuang works harder and harder than you. Li Xu said unceremoniously.
Chen Chong's face turned even paler, but he gritted his teeth and didn't want to believe it, but Li Xu continued: "Even if I take millions and tens of millions to make one or several movies for you to play the heroine, Americans will not necessarily accept you, let alone win an Oscar, unless you emigrate and stand on the opposite side of your own country." β
Chen Chong was taken aback: "You...... You mean ......"
Li Xu just shrugged her shoulders, although she didn't finish speaking, but she has been in the United States for two years, and it is impossible for her to know nothing, after all, those various sororities with Chinese signboards have never been a good thing.
After a moment of silence, she tentatively gritted her teeth and asked, "What if...... What if I did?"
Li Xu chuckled in his heart, after all, he is a person who can abandon his adopted daughter for his own daughter, and he also uses the bad excuse of "there is no mother-daughter fate", it is not surprising that there will be such a question.
"That's just the first step," he says, "just because my investment won't go down the drain." β
Chen Chong's face turned pale again, this sentence is equivalent to asking, are you worth the price?
"That'...... What does Mr. Li mean?" she asked in a low voice as she was not knocked down after all.
"Instead of pursuing those ethereal goals, we should focus on reality," Li Xu said casually, "such as mainland actresses who are internationally renowned." β
"This ......," Chen Chong was puzzled.
Li Xu didn't explain, but stood up, walked in front of her, raised her chin very unceremoniously, and played with it casually like a playful object.
Chen Chong bit his lip, not only did he not look angry, but even looked pitiful.
"The movie I'm going to prepare, "The Last Emperor", are you interested in playing Wanrong?" he asked.
To be honest, Li Xu doesn't like "The Last Emperor", it's too stupid, for the sake of European and American film awards, he actually directly recorded live in English, and the actors are basically Americans. Pu Yi of Zunlong, Cixi of Lu Yan, and Chen Baochen of Huang Ziqiang are all Chinese actors in Hollywood, even Chen Chong and Wu Junmei also stayed in Hollywood for four or five years at that time.
Can you imagine Cixi speaking American English: In this Forbidden City, there are no men after dark?
But he didn't like Bertolucci even more, or rather the group of European directors who had begun to decline during the period, but he liked the self-righteous European directors.
Yes, you've created a lot of filming techniques, expanded the way you shoot, and contributed to the development of filmmaking, but that's why you're holding back and sneering at others who are moving forward?
The so-called "Dogma 95 Declaration" is a joke, but Bertolucci is still very impressed, this is simply the future of the movie, and I don't know if he will blush himself in a few years.
As for the filming of "The Last Tango in Paris", the sudden attack asked the heroine Schneider to shoot a rape scene, and it was as realistic as possible, not to mention this kind of thing.
To put it mildly, he and the European directors he represents have no more noble attitude towards women than Li Xu or other playboys in this world, nothing more than a coat of art.
So...... Peers are jealous?
In any case, he decided to snatch "The Last Emperor", make an original Chinese soundtrack, strive for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and make some interesting changes by the way.
But after a lot of calculations, I didn't expect that some people hoped that he could follow their line and play a greater role.
Of course Li Xu is not interested, and they don't dare to force it, but he still needs to borrow the energy of many people to provide convenience for the second generation step by step. As I said before, they are also very experienced in wooing the second generation, and everyone has to learn from each other's experience from time to time.
So it's always good to have an explanation, after all, he can't act recklessly in the United States now, so "The Last Emperor" can only be replaced with the original English soundtrack, which is really frustrating.
But in this way, there is no hope for the best foreign language film, this is not good, Li Xu doesn't like it, so ...... Do you have to find a movie? What kind of movie is appropriate?
Otherwise, get the "War Meridian" out? Children plus war, and still such a strong child, the "kind" American people will definitely be soft-hearted, not to mention that the Chinese are now allies.
But do you want to add an American to it? If you're allies, then ...... "Children of Yellowstone"? It doesn't seem to work, then the movie is a bit commercial, so just mix the two movies together, but that requires better writers and directors. As far as the current batch of artists in the mainland is concerned, it is true that they are artists, but they may not be able to grasp the cool points of the American literary and artistic circles.
Or...... Let's get the re-written "1942" out