Levy's words made Theron tilt her head and look at him for a long time, and she found that every time she felt that she knew enough about Levy, Levy was able to surprise her with new surprises.

"Are you interested in the Chinese market?"

This is the biggest reason why Theron thinks of Levy wanting to work with Hong Kong actors - using Asian actors, it should be for the Asian market, right?

In the past few years, the big country on the other side of the sea has begun to open up their markets and import movies from the United States. This move has attracted the attention of many people, and it has also made many actors inexplicably gain a lot of fans - for example, Nicolas Cage, because he has acted a lot during this time, so he has become the top actor in the eyes of Chinese audiences.

What does Levy want, but also wants to open up that film market?

"How can there be no interest? China's population also knows that as long as they are given some time, they will soon surpass Japan to become the world's second largest ticket warehouse, and even North America will become the world's largest ticket warehouse. There's no reason why I shouldn't pay attention to the ticket warehouse, right? ”

"Your first film was Eavesdropping Storm, and you still want to enter the Chinese market?"

In this regard, Theron is a little funny: In the past two years, there have been a lot of Hollywood political films, and as long as they have the wrong position, it is naturally impossible to enter the Chinese market. Strictly speaking, the eavesdropping storm has nothing to do with China, but there are ideological problems, and it is absolutely impossible for such a film to enter the Chinese market.

Of course, Levy would not be fooled that this film would want to enter China. However, the attitude of the Chinese side is to ban all directors and actors who have made such films, and even if he goes to shoot other scenes, I am afraid it will be difficult to get approved.

"Richard, I can't guarantee anything else, but I'm definitely better than anyone else when it comes to knowing that they know a bunch of scraps. They refused to play the film, but as long as I can become a top director, they will automatically forget about it in the future. Even if I can't become a top director, as long as I'm still a Hollywood director, there will be no problems. Don't even say it's me, believe it or not, even Jean Arcano can go to China to make a movie if he apologizes. ”

For those guys, Levy is angry even when he talks about it now. When the review was carried out, it was nonsense, and the rules set down were inexplicable, and those who should not be managed were ignored, and those who should not be managed were blind. In his memory, Jean Acqueano could go to China to make a movie after apologizing, as if the smear film he made with Pitt no longer exists, and the outrageous thing is that he still filmed "Wolf Totem...... It's no wonder that those guys from the General Bureau haven't been kicked in the head by a donkey.

However, no matter how much he hates the General Administration, Levy has never ignored the Chinese market. Levy knew all too much potential that land had. There is a huge film market, which can absorb a large number of films, and the audience itself is not very demanding - for such a market that can get hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office of any shit, this is simply a dream market.

And, Theron, not all.

Even if you don't mention this market, there are still some things that Levy covets: for example, martial arts instructors, compared with Hong Kong, the current Hollywood martial arts instructors can be said to be more than one grade worse.

Compared with Hollywood's gang of waste wood who only know how to train muscles, Hong Kong movies are too far ahead in martial arts instruction. American martial arts instructors take the path of combat sports, and they want to find out good-looking movements from fighting and summarize them into action movies. It's a pity that the movements of combat sports are really lacking in aesthetics.

For example, the UFC, which is considered to be the most ferocious fight, seems to be very powerful, but it really lacks beauty, and the audience has always been inferior to boxing - for no other reason, anyone who watches fighting wants to see a ferocious fight with fists to the flesh, rather than two muscular men hugging and rolling on the ground, no matter how powerful this style of play, it can't reverse its ugly problem. And even in boxing, Holyfield and others in the late '90s were trying to make the sport extremely ugly with hugs......

The action in the movie needs to be beautiful first, and then powerful.

Hong Kong's film industry is much ahead in this regard, because Hong Kong's martial arts films are not based on combat sports, but on Peking Opera martial arts. The accumulation of stage performances in Peking Opera for many years has made their martial arts movements extremely stretched and extremely beautiful. The martial arts drama developed on the basis of Peking Opera is very beautiful, and it is precisely because of this that the Seven Little Fortunes are all Peking Opera actors. This is also the reason why Hong Kong's kung fu films have become famous for a while, and have even become synonymous with the biggest image of Hong Kong movies.

Levy knows that Hong Kong's action movies have entered the American market, that is, in the past few years: Hong Kong is becoming more and more sluggish, Yuan Baye has gone to China to serve as the martial arts instructor of the TV series Water Margin, not surprisingly, he will make a name for himself as the martial arts instructor of the Matrix next year, wouldn't it be better if he could recruit him in advance?

Moreover, in addition to action movies, there are still some things in the domestic film industry that are worth starting with. In terms of script creation, there are still a lot of really good scripts there, some wonderful ideas, and even inspired European and American movies. In terms of prop making, many of the prop-making techniques in Hong Kong are different from those in the United States. Composition, photography, and all aspects of Hong Kong have quite merits - although they are not good at technology and investment, but in terms of software conditions, they are quite good.

Levy didn't think about saving Hong Kong's film industry: those short-sighted guys could do a movie a week on their own, and they wanted to save them unless they were brainwashed. And, what good is it to save them? Levy was not from Hong Kong in his previous life, and he didn't have much of a good impression of the people in that place. It really saved them and gave birth to more people like Du Moumou, so it is better to let it die naturally - anyway, after it dies, those who really have the ability will also know the way out of the mainland.

Of course, there is no need to talk to Theron about these things.

Moreover, he said that he was going to invite Theron out to play, but when he met someone else, he turned his attention away, and he was really a little too much.

"I've been busy these days, and I've neglected you." Levy said apologetically.

His tone softened Theron's heart, "It's okay, you're busy with serious things, and your career is the priority, I can understand it." ”

"Then I have to thank you for your understanding." Levy smiled, "I'll give you a present - the Oscar nomination luncheon has passed, our film has received multiple nominations, and as the film's producer and director, of course I'm among those invited—I'm inviting you to the Oscars with me now, would you like to?" ”

The Oscars?

The words made Theron's heart beat faster, but soon, she controlled her emotions, and another message in Levy's words made her care even more, "Didn't I get any nominations?" ”

In this Oscar application, Levy asked Theron to apply for a supporting actress instead of a leading actress - she didn't have many roles in the movie, and it was too much to sign up for the heroine, but it was more polished to sign up for the supporting actress - this is one of the common tricks in Hollywood.

But what is the result......

"You're still young, and there's still a chance." Levy didn't say it explicitly, but everyone understood. This didn't comfort Theron much, she just snorted coldly, and then said nothing. After a while, she spoke again, "When I go back from Berlin, my new film will be launched." I'm going to New York to shoot a new Woody Allen movie. ”

"Celebrities, aren't they?" Levy nodded, "I'll go to New York to film in a month, and I'll go to see you then." ”

"My new film is starring with Leonardo." Theron ignored Levy's courtesy, her mind wasn't here, "He said a long time ago, if he is not nominated, he will not go to the Oscars." ”

"That's why people say he's stupid."

"But I think that's good." Theron whispered, "If I were just an outsider, I would be happy to hear your invitation, but I'm also an actor." When an actor goes to an actor's event, he doesn't go as an invitee, but as a female companion...... It's not what I want. ”

Theron's state of mind, Levy understood a little, and he only shrugged his shoulders slightly, "But you know you want to get an invitation, but it's very difficult. ”

"I can try, I can try, I'm young." Theron took Levi's words back and said, "Going there so early now is going to make me lose motivation to work hard." And, even if I don't succeed in a few years, you can show me it. ”

"Aren't you afraid that in a few years, I won't be able to take you with me if I am not eligible for the Oscars?" Levy asked rhetorically.

"Don't worry, when that time comes, I'll take you with me - I have full confidence in myself." Theron laughed.

"Charlie, you stubborn temper......" Levy smiled bitterly.

Theron's reaction was really a little unexpected for her. He originally thought that even if Theron had his own little temper, he would yearn for Oscar very much, but who knew that she would be so arrogant that she would refuse to ask for the obvious opportunity.

She is indeed a very aspiring actor - just like now, she is also a good director.

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PS: This book is on the shelves on the 10th, I hope you will support it, thank you readers.