Chapter 461: Two Kinds of Invitations
"Chao, I recently picked up a new film, are you interested?"
"What interest? As a director? β
"It's not La, it's a very big production, and I'm also doing a small role in it, how about you play it too?"
"I'm going to act? What can I play? β
"How about a soldier of Chinese descent?"
"Oh, war movie?"
"Civil War films. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
After the Oscars are over, there will be a banquet, where some consolation rewards will be given to the finalists who did not win the award, and the things are good, but in comparison, it is still much less than the prestige and money brought by winning the award.
Well, the Oscars themselves are not a penny, only a little golden man......
At the banquet, Natalie naturally didn't have so many scruples, and she chatted with Liu Chao. naturally talked about the new film, Natalie took the scene, Liu Chao himself guessed the name, "Cold Mountain"!
A movie about the American Civil War, of course, the theme is still very interesting, a love story, and a girl's growth, in addition, that is, the stupidity of war.
In general, this movie still wants to be realistic, you know, for a long time, the United States has dressed up the history of the Civil War, to put it bluntly, it is similar to the Japanese side, and the American Northern Army has been described as a righteous army.
In fact, there is no way to hide a lot of history, such as the infamous thing like marching to the sea, there are too many victims, and how many people's homes have been burned to the ground by Sherman's men.
In the past, it was mostly whitewashed, but now it is really impossible to cover it up, and a lot of facts are laid out, which makes people have a bit of a headache, especially this novel of "Cold Mountain", which is still a big seller, and the writing is good, and the most important thing is that it is really true.
said that Liu Chao was most impressed by the place, that is, at the beginning, in the Battle of Petersburg, the Northern Army engaged in a very creative tactic, letting a group of Irish people dig tunnels, they were originally mining, and this time they were also handy, and then buried a large amount of explosives at the end of the tunnel.
There was no way, the strong city defense of Petersburg was at a loss, they could only use this trick, and the result was ...... With a bang, the city wall was not blown into the sky, but a big pit was blown out in front of the city wall, and then the northern army charged without hesitation, and they rushed directly into the big pit!
Not only the soil, but also the groundwater, the soldiers at that time were still rushing forward in whole teams, beating gongs and drums.
At least more than 5,000 northern troops, they never came up again...... The so-called, pit teammates, this is the most famous one in history, if it weren't for the fact that the Southern Army would have become a turtle in an urn long ago, the outcome of the Civil War might have changed because of this.
Historically, the Chinese also participated in this war, the number was very small, but there were, and now ......
"Thank you, Natalie, I'll just watch this film."
Liu Chao's reply made Natalie a little unhappy.
"Chao, can't you see that this is an opportunity? A great opportunity. β
Natalie's sentence, in fact, Liu Chao really understands, really understands, but he replied: "I'm such a big star, it's a bit too ...... to play a small role Is it overkill. β
"Giggle......" Natalie laughed, and the matter was over.
In fact, there's a lot of stuff in there, and Natalie really has a good intention.
It must be said that this role is definitely a small role, and it is impossible for a Chinese person to be a major character in such a movie, and it does not conform to historical facts. However, Liu Chao remembers that this Chinese character was not available before, so why is it added now?
You must know that such a movie, but the main theme blockbuster of the United States, at this time, they are reflecting on the justice of the South and the North in the Civil War......
From Liu Chao's point of view, the south did not emancipate the black slaves at that time, but this is not the point at all, the so-called focus is actually on the future development direction of the United States, the south is all cotton growing, which requires exports, a large number of exports, then exports need one thing, you must reduce your own tariffs, only if your tariffs are low, the other party will give the corresponding conditions, this is the market transaction, fair.
However, the North did not want to do this, and at that time, the North happened to have just started its industrial development, and in order to protect its own industrial development, it was necessary to raise tariffs.
That is to say, it was a battle between a free market economy and protectionism, and in the end, protectionism won, and the historical facts prove it, after the Great War, there was a Gilded Age in the United States, which Mark Twain said, and at this time and for a long time afterward, the United States was a high-tariff country, very high, very high, and even caused that financial crisis......
And today, the United States is so powerful that it doesn't need to protect anything, but instead asks other countries not to protect it, and everyone is free market.
Liu Chao knows this very well and sees it very clearly and thoroughly, so such a movie is actually in line with all the mainstream of the United States, and if he can play a small role as a big star, then isn't it equivalent to integrating into the American circle?
The mainstream circle in the United States is actually very xenophobic, and after Natalie starred in "Star Wars", she could only play a small role in the blockbuster "Cold Mountain", in other words, can't she play Miss Monroe? In fact, the age is more in line with it.
Natalie is a Jew after all......
Therefore, in fact, Liu Chao rejected such an opportunity, and this opportunity may also have something to do with Natalie, she should have helped herself.
Liu Chao expressed his gratitude, and that's all, he wouldn't think that he would really become an American. Natalie said goodbye to Liu Chao for the time being, after all, at such a banquet, many celebrities came, so you can get to know more.
"Hi~" However, at this time, a long-legged beauty shook over, although it was still a little inflexible, but it still maintained her demeanor, of course, it was Jessica Alba.
"Hi~" Liu Chao said hello.
The conscience of heaven and earth, Liu Chao, this guy really doesn't want to do anything more, he's very busy now, okay?
"Mr. Liu, what's wrong with your girlfriend?" Jessica said with an old-fashioned look.
"Oh, no problem." Liu Chao replied naturally.
"I don't think so, you didn't quarrel? Is it because of me, hehe...... "Jessica...... In fact, she didn't think much about it at this time, but she just felt that she had a chance?
Well, it's normal for an American girl to be bold, and she thinks that the man in front of her is good, not only has a successful career, but also has a broad shoulder, how good.
Liu Chao felt Jessica's initiative to some extent, "I said, you also overestimate your charm?" β
However, Jessica said, "Why don't you ask me to make a movie, let's try it, is it possible between us?" β
This one...... Liu Chao only felt that this was like saying, come on, the unspoken rules will be me......