At around 11 p.m. that night, the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Newspaper was reviewing the interview information for the day, and the most discussed topic in the state was Bruce. The question of the authenticity of Li's posthumous work, there were various high-profile activities jointly held by Warner and Golden Harvest, which made most people preconceived that they had Bruce's posthumous work, and now, Hong Kong Concord Film Company has subverted everyone's original concept with a seductive trailer, making the whole thing look confusing and difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. [No pop-up novel network]

The editor-in-chief changed the front-page draft by a few words: Assuming that Warner and Golden Harvest actually owned Bruce's work, why did they promote it for more than a week and never come up with a trailer for "Game of Death"?

As soon as he revised this sentence, the phone next to him rang: "Hello, this is the "Los Angeles Newspaper", well, what are you talking about, is it really so, very good, staring at me in that café, I will send someone over immediately." ”

After the editor-in-chief hung up the phone, his eyes bloomed with a strange look, it was a kind of fanaticism, a kind of joy, a kind of expression that only appeared in the face of the explosive surname news, if this news is published, the circulation of the newspaper will definitely reach a peak tomorrow! The editor-in-chief felt that he couldn't get excited, frowned and looked at the revised manuscript, and threw it directly into the trash. "Compared to that big news, this kind of manuscript is like a piece of shit, it seems insignificant!" Then he put on his clothes and rushed with one of his companions to the café to which the informant had referred.

Wang Xiaohu never expected that a small mistake that he ignored would almost fall into a situation where he would never be banned by Hollywood.

The editor-in-chief of the "Los Angeles Newspaper" went out for an hour in a hurry, and then rushed back to the office in a hurry, at this time he was like a chicken blood, his eyes burst out of a powerful gossip flame, he quickly walked to the typewriter, it took less than fifteen minutes, he wrote a manuscript with enthusiasm, he was very satisfied with his manuscript, so that after reading it several times, he still read it with relish, stretched out his finger and flicked it on the manuscript, he immediately handed the manuscript to the typesetting room: "Guys, Use your fastest speed to typeset this manuscript, remember that this manuscript should be placed on the front page, and the title should be in large black font, and it should be eye-catching, you know! ”

The sun was slowly rising in Los Angeles as usual, and the sun was shining through the streets on the glass of every house, as if everything was the same as usual, but soon, those who went out of their homes to buy newspapers picked up the "Los Angeles Newspaper" and froze!

"Oriental directors discriminate against black people, and there is no black person in the whole film of "Rocky"!"

is such a headline, such a piece of news of less than a few hundred words, which completely detonated the anger in the chests of American citizens, especially black people!

The explosive surname of this news definitely goes beyond the question of who owns Bruce Lee's posthumous work, because that issue also belongs to the two film companies, and Wang Xiaohu's question is about the American people, especially black people! Compared with the two, the former is more able to attract the public's attention!

In the United States, blacks and other ethnic minorities have always been second-class citizens, and they are discriminated against to varying degrees in political, economic, educational, and other issues. There are obvious differences between blacks and whites in terms of education level, employment rate, average salary, etc., and the resulting racial wealth gap and the impoverishment of blacks are well known.

Although since the 50s of the 20th century, the American political axe advocated the elimination of racial discrimination and led by example, it is difficult to say that today, American society has eradicated racial discrimination. In terms of employment, daily life, etc., it still hovers like a ghost in many formal and informal settings.

At this moment, riots began in the black neighborhoods of Los Angeles, shouting slogans and raising banners to condemn Wang Xiaohu, such a large-scale demonstration quickly alarmed the local police agencies, and they had to rush to the door of the Concord branch in Los Angeles to maintain order.

"Quiet, quiet!" The white police officers hid behind riot shields, shouting with loud horns at the top of their voices, but the blacks were at this time who were these policemen, they raised the stones in their hands and smashed them hard against the glass of the Concord branch.

Listening to the sound of clattering and clattering, the windows of the Concord Branch were shattered, which startled Wang Xiaohu, who was watching through the window, and he hurriedly hugged Zhao Yazhi and quickly retreated. "Grandma's, what the hell is going on, what are these black people doing blocking the door of the company!"

Wang Xiaohu was depressed, originally after he came to the company today, he wanted to see how the newspaper reported the news of Warner and Golden Harvest Oolong, but as soon as he entered the door of the company, the security guard at the door immediately locked the door, and let the two of them hide in the building with a panicked expression.

"Boss, I know, I know why!" Stallone rushed in with the newspaper in his hand and said: "Because the Los Angeles newspaper said that you discriminated against black people, you didn't hire black actors in "Rocky"!" ”

"What!" Wang Xiaohu immediately changed color when he heard this, read the newspaper again and again, and then frowned and said: "Does the American political axe have such a clear provision?" ”

"There's no clear rule, but it's an unwritten rule in Hollywood, that every film you want to shoot has to hire black actors, or theater handymen, or extras, and you have to pay them even if they don't do anything in the theater!" Winterdur walked into the office and explained.

"Hell!" Even if Wang Xiaohu is a reborn person, he has no understanding of this unwritten rule of Hollywood, otherwise he would not have directly asked Chuck to play the boxing champion Apollo after inviting a black actor to play the boxing champion Apollo before the filming of "Rocky". Vip, the last boxer, is the starring role.

And counting the crew of the entire "Rocky", from the lighting, photography to the crew's miscellaneous personnel, there is not a single black person! Wang Xiaohu is extremely clear about this, but if the company is blocked by blacks like this, today's "Warrior" will be released in 300 theaters across the United States, because the copy is still in the company's warehouse!

"Lao Wen, is there any good way to solve the problem at hand?" Wang Xiaohu asked after calming down.

Winterdur sighed, shook his head and said: "Boss, this kind of thing will not be managed by the American political axe or other organizations, if it weren't for the fact that you have contributed nearly 10 million in taxes to the United States and are a big taxpayer, the police who maintain order in front of the door will not appear!" ”

"I'm rubbing! Is that why we deserve to be attacked? If this continues, the release of our "Warrior" will be stranded, or even impossible to release! ”

Winterdur nodded and said, "Boss, I have to admit that your analysis is correct!" But what makes me wonder is, why didn't the blacks bring it up when "Rocky" first came out? ”

Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes, "This is exactly what I'm thinking about now, it's obvious that someone is deliberately messing with us when such a sudden thing happens at such a critical time." ”

"Who could be so boring?" Zhao Yazhi frowned and asked, her husband was very angry when she encountered such a thing, and she couldn't find the person who had a bad point, so she went up and slapped a few big faces: Dare to plot against my official and look for death!

"Hehe, do you still need to ask, think about who wants to see "Warrior" released the most." Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile.

"Warner!"

"Golden Harvest!" Zhao Yazhi, Winterdur, and Stallone blurted out, and then looked at Wang Xiaohu.

"I can't think of anyone who hates me like this but them!" After Wang Xiaohu said this, he listened to the wave after wave of condemnation and scolding outside the window, and looked at the broken glass scattered all over the office in the office, and the anger in his heart instantly exploded. "Sylvester, you hurry up and go to the small screening room and watch "Rocky" for me carefully, mainly keep an eye on the extras, even if there is a black shadow in it, dig it out for me!"

"Ah, I remember, I think I paid two black men!" Zhao Yazhi tilted her head and said.

"You mean the scene where Rocky and Adrian go on their first date at the ice rink?" Wang Xiaohu looked at his wife and asked, "But the scenes of those extras were cut by me, and what the audience finally saw was that there were only two people in the ice rink." ”

"No, you let me think about it" Zhao Yazhi bit her lip and pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and said helplessly: "Forget it, I'll go watch the film with Stallone, I hope to find clues, in short, I have the impression that there are black actors in it!" ”

“ok。 Let's go our separate ways, and Wen you can find a way to get in touch with the person in charge of the group of blacks outside. Wang Xiaohu said.

"Boss, what do you want to do?"

"Take the money and smash it!" Wang Xiaohu's eyes erupted with angry flames.

Winterdur spread his hands and said, "Boss, although I don't think they're in it for the money, I decided to give it a try." ”

Half an hour later, Winterdur returned to the office with his head in his hands and very disappointed, and he said helplessly: "Boss, this method will not work. ”

"I'd better find a way for Lucas." Wang Xiaohu exhaled a long breath, and now he finally knew that Hollywood was more complicated and troublesome than Hong Kong. The phrase "It's hard to reconcile" can't describe the depth of Hollywood's water, because it's not only about the quality of the film, but also about the national issue.

Racism in the dog's house! Wang Xiaohu scolded in his heart, God testified that he did not mean to discriminate against blacks, the United States not only discriminates against blacks, but even discriminates against other non-white races, otherwise Bruce Lee would not have been so difficult and bumpy in Hollywood. Relatively speaking, the anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States has not decreased, but Bruce Lee was able to break through the racial restrictions and gain a firm foothold in the United States, did his development in Hollywood come to an abrupt end?

In the Warner Office Building, in the president's office, Ted Eisley opened the champagne and said happily: "Redmond, it seems that our plan has succeeded, and the leader of the Los Angeles branch of the Black Panther Party has been tricked by us to bet on Tiger. The king's gate is gone. ”

"Haha, yes, so they don't want to release it tonight, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Zou Wenhuai took a sip of champagne and said: "Now that they are in a mess, it is just the time for us to attack, I feel that it will be better to release "Game of Death" at noon today, because the final boss of our "Game of Death" is the basketball star Abdul-Jabbar, who enjoys important influence among blacks!" ”

"Haha, this undoubtedly makes Tiger. The genuine item in the king's hand is scrapped directly, which is definitely a good suggestion! Ted Eisley called the distribution department with champagne: "Advance the release"

In Los Angeles, the home of the famous basketball star Abdul-Jabbar, Abdul-Jabbar was watching a TV show intently, the door of the living room was silently pushed open, and a wheelchair cart slowly came to Abdul-Jabbar, and the man in the wheelchair threw a newspaper to Abdul-Jabbar and said: "Abdul-Jabbar, Xiaohu is in big trouble, someone is fixing him, and now many of your people are gathered at the door of his company, and he needs you now." ”

“**！” Jabbar glanced at the newspaper and scolded his mother directly, and said to the person in the wheelchair: "What should I do now?" ”

"Use your influence among blacks to convince those blacks that I don't want my real film to be released!"

"Well, for the sake of playing with the Tiger brothers, for the sake of me also starring in "Warriors", for the sake of"

"Hurry up, are you going to let a person who is going to go to the operating table the day after tomorrow appear in public like this?"

Seeing his anger, Abdul-Jabbar immediately shut his mouth in amusement, what a joke, this master has disappeared from the public

(To be continued)