Wang Xiaohu is not crazy enough to let "Rocky" compete with "The Godfather" for the Oscar statuette, he knows the status of "The Godfather" in the hearts of all fans, and he knows Stallone's current embarrassing position. [No pop-up novel network]

After Stallone left, Wang Xiaohu began to recall the script of "Rocky", but no matter how he recalled, he only remembered Stallone's embarrassing identity as a crappy boxer in the film. Yes, Rocky finally tied the black boxing champion Apollo, in fact, it was the left-handed Rocky who won, but the judges favored Apollo and awarded him the victory, and finally Rocky and his girlfriend kissed and ended, which is not a perfect ending, but it is undeniable that "Rocky" is an inspirational movie, its theme is the typical American spirit, and its shooting technique is different from the fine road of ordinary American films.

Stallone showed a strong interest after listening to Wang Xiaohu's brief narration, as far as he was concerned, Wang Xiaohu's script was completely prepared for him: he has never been recognized by his friends, he has always been despised by everyone, whether it is in or out of the play, Stallone and Rocky are one and the same.

"Director, I love this script, I feel like Rocky is talking about myself!" Stallone organized the language and tried to express himself very clearly: "Rocky is a cute, shy, honest, stubborn and tenacious big boy, he has big ambitions, he has never given up on his dreams for many years, although he has always been depressed, but he is also happy with what he encounters!" ”

"I love the little ball you described, I don't know how you came up with this prop, but every time you say that he wants to bounce the ball twice, my heart swells! In fact, I'm encouraging myself in this way. Sylvester Stallone clenched his fists and buried his head in the period, and said with some emotion: "Director, I have decided, even if you don't pay me, I will appear in this film." ”

"Are you sure?" Wang Xiaohu asked with raised eyebrows.

"Yes, although I don't know how you know about my past, but what I want to say is that this film is like talking about myself, Rocky this guy fascinates me so much, he makes me find myself and feel delicate feelings at the same time, real society, and the fragments of little people struggling at the grassroots level of society." Stallone waved his hands excitedly and said, "How can I say that I can accurately express my true emotions?" Oh God, I find my language lacking. As a colleague, I must say that this script will change the rough, monolithic screen image that Hollywood films bring to audiences. ”

Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said, "Do you think the script is not bad?" ”

"Its real surname makes me moved, Rocky is myself, I am Rocky!"

"Very good, Sylvestre, your performance is up to par, and our audition is quietly over." Wang Xiaohu stood up and congratulated Stallone: "Congratulations on passing the screening of the starring role, and the next thing is for you to wait for news, you know that I have to help Bruce finish filming "Enter the Dragon" first, so I hope you have a good feeling of finding Rocky during this time." ”

"Thank you!" Stallone's excitement can be imagined, he has been denied for several years, he now urgently needs to use a film to prove his survival value, not just for the remuneration of a few screenwriters, he has a strong interest in the plot that Wang Xiaohu said, to be honest, he has now been bewitched by Wang Xiaohu, he has completely fallen into the background of the story of "Rocky".

"Tell me your correspondence and I'll mail you the script in the near future." Wang Xiaohu raised his head and said to Stallone: "Each of us is lonely and cowardly in life, once we encounter unsatisfactory will have the idea of denying ourselves, but I think inspiration is a very simple thing, it is your understanding and transcendence of yourself, just like Rocky insisted on completing 15 rounds of boxing even though he knew that he could not defeat Apollo, he thought that as long as he persevered until the end of the bell of 15 rounds, it would be a victory in his life." So, I hope you understand the process. ”

Wang Xiaohu's words are to encourage Stallone, and he doesn't want him to lose his goal in life, after all, according to the trajectory of history, Stallone's success is four years later, and he is not sure that Stallone currently has such self-confidence, but from Stallone's current performance, his words still have a great effect.

Life doesn't matter whether it's successful or not, for a short life, no matter how brilliant or how wasted, there is no substantial difference, the key is that you experience all of life with your heart, not the experience of success or failure, the experience itself is beautiful.

"Rocky" is a classic of the so-called inspirational films, there is no movie more exciting than it can transcend the concept of secular utilitarianism, in fact, at the end of the film, after 15 rounds of devastation and still standing in the ring, Rocky is already the winner in people's hearts, and there is no need to add to the plot to point out that several judges have disputes over the point decision, that is, 2 of the 3 judges support the defending boxing champion, 1 supports Rocky, even if it is a 3:0 penalty to win, even if it is 30:0, all of which do not hinder the success of Rocky's challenge to himself, 2:1 and other controversies are flaws, a third-rate boxer after just five months of devil training, the possibility of defeating the boxing champion is points, then in this world, success is too simple.

After sending off Stallone, Wang Xiaohu held his chin and recalled the plot of "Rocky".

"Xiaohu, how did you get today?" Bruce Lee pushed the door in and asked, his expression was a little tired, and he sat on the sofa and asked.

Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said, "It feels pretty good, I think Stallone fits my role in a script." ”

"I knew you wouldn't be interested in someone for no reason." Bruce Lee said with a smile: "You may not know that only a quarter of today's actor auditions were conducted, and only No. 27 John. Saxon fits the bill, and now even Winterdour admires your foresight! ”

Wang Xiaohu is no longer too happy about this: "If you want to save time, it is best to absorb No. 120 and No. 198, the experience of the two of them is very suitable for their current development in Hollywood." ”

"Of course I believe in your vision, but that's the way it is in Hollywood, sometimes it's more about rules and regulations than we are at home." Bruce Lee threw the list of actors on the sofa, rubbed his somewhat sore temples and said: "If according to your thinking, our actors don't have to make a choice, just determine the other two and let Warner do the programming, can we go back to Hong Kong for filming?" ”

"Let's wait!" Wang Xiaohu has his own ideas, in fact, he has already arranged his trip to the United States: after finalizing the list of actors, he went to New York to inform Yu Zhanyuan about his marriage, and then asked Stallone to sign the deed of sale. That's what he's going to do, and all that's left is to take advantage of the excitement of meeting Stallone to get the script of "Rocky" out

The next day, newspapers across the United States jointly broadcast the news that Bruce Lee came to Los Angeles to openly select actors.

"Once rejected by Hollywood and hidden by the blues. Lee announced yesterday that he and Warner Bros. will co-produce a film, and it is reported that the creator of the script is not a well-known Hollywood screenwriter Stephen, but an Oriental screenwriter. "The Los Angeles Times, as the largest folio newspaper in the western United States, reported the information about Bruce Lee's return to Hollywood with "Enter the Dragon", and the content is relatively pertinent and does not have the slightest bias.

But other small newspapers in Los Angeles do not have such a sense of public morality, and they have made all kinds of unilateral speculations about what happened in this actor audition, most of which are about Wang Xiaohu.

"Tiger. Wang, as Bruce's brother, and the assistant director of "Enter the Dragon" actually favored a ** film actor at the audition site, we interviewed many actors, they thought that this audition was not very fair, and expressed certain doubts about the Oriental director, so we can imagine that there is a complete problem with the quality of the film made by the Oriental. ”

"The Oriental director has a soft spot for the Italian stallion and promises to make a new film tailored to it. Oh my God, the 19-year-old director's appreciation is definitely wrong, everyone is disgusted and spit on the Italian stallion, and most fans don't have the slightest hope for their film with Warner, which is considered the biggest mistake of Warner Bros. ”

"There's definitely something shady in this, I think they made auditions purely to promote their films, and most of our actors are better than Sylvester in terms of experience and morality. Stallone is excellent, but the Chinese assistant director is blind, and we are quite disappointed that such a film will not have any future development. These are the psychological words of an actor who once participated in the audition.

"Oh my God, you can't imagine that a young Chinese director would appreciate a garbage actor in a ** movie, and they talked all afternoon, is there any secret between them that they can't see?"

All kinds of negative reports followed, when Bruce Lee roughly told Wang Xiaohu about the contents of the newspaper, he just smiled slightly, they never knew what Stallone would achieve in the future, and he was so incomparably young that he thought that he had an ulterior secret with Stallone, he admired the imagination of Americans, but imagination seemed a little too far away in the eyes of Americans in the 70s, and they now not only had doubts about Concorde Pictures, but also questioned Warner Bros. decisions, believes that this is the biggest mistake of Warner Bros., and choosing himself as an assistant director is the biggest shame of Warner

(To be continued)