"Shao, you have to come back."

When he received this call, Shao Yingying was stunned for a moment, Harry Sloan's such an urgent call made him feel like he had never felt before.

When rushing from the set to MGM, Shao Yingying saw Harry Sloan's excited face, which was indeed not panicked or frightened, but excited and surprising.

"Shao, I think it's time for you to hold a celebration banquet all over Hollywood."

When Shao Yingying looked at Harry Sloane, he asked strangely, "Why?" ”

"Why? Let me tell you, since you came to Hollywood and made a name for yourself, I have been helping you find opportunities to make a name on the Walk of Fame every year, but every year we are defeated, no matter how high your box office reaches in Hollywood, we still can't take a step forward. But this time it's a little different, didn't I tell you that people from the Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild, and other Hollywood unions are contacting you? As a result, you hid back in Huaxia, maybe they were beaten back when they were talking to Huaxia about the number of imported films, and this time, they actually let you enter the award process, that is, it is very likely that in February next year, you will appear on the Avenue of Stars and leave your own handprint and name. ”

Shao Yingying, who glanced at Harry Sloan, asked: "It's just that I entered the award process, and it's not an award, the key is that even if Hollywood lets me leave my handprint and name, I can't help them negotiate with Huaxia and contribute to the increase in the number of imported films, Harry, do you know what I mean?" ”

"No, Shao. You didn't get it. If they don't want your name to stay on the Walk of Fame, they won't let you award it at all, let your name appear. It is a compromise to ensure the big cake of the Chinese market by improving the status of Chinese movie stars in Hollywood. Every year, many movie stars in South Korea enter Hollywood to shoot movies, and their media are also shouting every day who is entering Hollywood again, but have you ever seen Hollywood improve their treatment? Have you ever seen them appear on the Walk of Fame? No! ”

"But among the Chinese, there are Bruce Lee, Cheng Long, and John Woo." When Harry Sloan finished saying this, he looked at Shao Yingying and said, "As long as you still have that huge Huaxia standing behind you, this is an important reason why you can be different in Hollywood." ”

Shao Yingying smiled: "Harry." It's a bit of a chill for me to say that. It turns out that I have made so much effort, and it is because I have the Huaxia box office market behind me that I have received so much attention. I thought that I stepped into the Hollywood circle, and being recognized for my acting skills and box office was enough to change the attitude of the whole of Hollywood towards me, but I didn't expect it...... I really don't know whether to be happy or sad. Shao Yingying lit a cigarette for himself, this is what he said in his heart.

If an actor like him works so hard to make a name for himself in Hollywood, he still has to rely on the Chinese box office market behind him. Does anyone else need to think about it?

Cheng Long. It was only when the box office in Hong Kong had a peak that Hollywood was able to enter this world; The same is true for Li Lianjie; Bruce Lee didn't even leave his name on the Avenue of Fame when he was alive, and he was added after he died.

None of them!

This conversation with Harry Sloan made Shao Yingying's attitude towards Hollywood change, from the previous longing and yearning, to slowly turn into bland, if he continues to change, then he will only have dollars left in his eyes. is not the evaluation in the mouth of the filmmaker and the word of mouth in the eyes of the audience.

Why should the efforts of others be treated differently in the eyes of these people?

And why, after giving everything, is it only because of skin color and nationality that he is looked at differently?

Shao Yingying remembered his filming "Twelve Years as a Slave". Is this the mentality of the great powers in the world today? No, in the time period described in "12 Years a Slave", the United States has not yet become the most powerful country in the world, and these guys are just people who can't get along in the UK.

Back on the set, when Shao Yingying was resting, he picked up the pen and added a sentence written at the end of the script based on this feeling, this sentence is the end of the whole movie, he doesn't care what kind of feeling this sentence brings to the people of the United States, but there are some things he must say.

Shao Yingying in the crew has changed a little before leaving, he is a little more resistant when he plays a slave, but in these struggles, he does not contain the intention of counting on anyone to change, but becomes simply not wanting to be oppressed.

Shao Yingying in the movie world slowly sank, he no longer thought about how to make Hollywood change its opinion of himself, nor did he cater to it at all, and played "Twelve Years a Slave" as his own outpouring and his own anger.

The true emotions erupt in the character, the acting skills are no longer important, and a character who has the same background in reality and the movie begins to become vivid, just like a skeleton that is injecting a soul when he uses acting skills to create a body, at this time, this role is no longer just a character, he has become a person.

For this reason, Shao Yingying also overturned many shots that had been arranged before, and he had to talk about these shots again because of the overrun of production costs.

Fortunately, MGM's finances are still improving, "The Hangover 2" is once again a big hit in the North American market, and "The Hangover 2", which was released on nearly 5,800 screens in 55 countries around the world, not only won very good results in the first weekend, but also scored 256 million box office results in overseas markets so far, plus the box office in the North American market, the total score is as high as 467 million!

Shao Yingxing's ability to turn stones into gold has finally been touted by all the media in Hollywood, and the media believes that the most amazing thing about Shao Yingying is that he can invest in one and make one, even if it has not yet hit the world's highest box office, but the box office records of several consecutive movies have been jaw-dropping.

Hollywood seemed to have accepted someone's instructions and Shao Yingying from the Cold War state in an instant, and the media of one by one ran out of praise.

Shao Yingying suddenly found that a sentence he knew before was particularly obvious at this moment. If someone is in control of your destiny, then you just need to know what he needs, and you have succeeded. The truth of this sentence is very simple. The person who controls Shao Yingying's fate in Hollywood is now bowing to the Chinese box office market, so Shao Yingying's status in Hollywood will definitely become higher and different.

Harry Sloan threw a party for Shao Yingying for the Walk of Fame, many important figures in Hollywood came, and even honor market Johnny Grant was present in person, once refusing to act in "Either Become a God?" Or die? Scarlett Johansson dressed up to attend, and several Hollywood giants and bigwigs put on a bright face like a chrysanthemum when they attended the party.

"I'm very sorry. I couldn't cooperate last time, mainly because the schedule was too tight, uh. However, I still hope to appear in the movies made by Mr. Shao in the future. Scarlett Johansson's words when she shook hands with Shao Yingying made Shao Yingying's heart suddenly feel disgusted, this face was the same as every face involved in the party, and it was full of bloody cruelty.

Shao Yingying responded: "I'm afraid I don't have this opportunity." When the atmosphere was awkward, Shao Yingying skillfully resolved the situation after confiding his heart: "Who made Miss Scarlett Johansson the most popular actress in Hollywood now." I'm really afraid I can't afford to hire you. As you know, MGM is not in a good financial position. ”

Everyone thought that today's party was probably going to be disturbed by Shao Yingying, but they didn't expect Shao Yingying's maturity to surprise them, not only could they say the faces of this group of Hollywood people without moving life and death, but they could also brake sharply and treat the whole sentence as a joke.

In the sound of music, this group of Hollywood bigwigs chatted at the party, and the female artists kept chasing the man who could bring spring to their careers. and sent them to the dance floor again and again, but Shao Yingying was not comfortable with such a party. He didn't want to talk to any of the group at all.

"I'm so sorry, we're late, I've been so busy with the recent movie shooting."

The appearance of a group of tough guys led by Stallone finally made Shao Yingying finally find a sense of existence at the party, if it weren't for their arrival, Shao Yingying would have thought that today's party was not for himself at all: "It's good to come." ”

Shao Yingying hugged Stallone, Jason and others one by one in the past, and the atmosphere finally eased.

After a while, the arrival of the two Oscar-winning actors made all Hollywood bigwigs look sideways, these people saw Shao Yingying's connections in Hollywood over the years, it turned out that this Chinese not only has some tough guy friends who have been outdated, but also Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman and others who have worked with him are also on his friendly list!

At this party, Shao Yingying finally had a posture that would not be bullied casually, and when the camp behind him slowly surfaced, the outsider who had been close to this group of Hollywood bigwigs who didn't understand Hollywood at all changed.

"Thank you very much, thank you very much for coming." Harry Sloane, as the host of the party, appeared in the most prominent position of the party when the music stopped, holding the microphone in the middle of the dance floor and said, "I must thank everyone who is here today, because you are all Shao Yingying and MGM's best friends and business partners." ”

Shao Yingying lowered his head when he heard this, and he was sorry to hear this.

"The reason for inviting you today is that Mr. Shao Yingying has entered the award link of the Avenue of Stars, but it is still unknown whether he will be able to leave his name on the Avenue of Stars next year. So, I was entrusted by Mr. Shao Yingying to ask you for a small favor, I don't know if you can spare a little time to sign your name on this document...... "Harry Sloan is definitely bad enough, the document he took out is something like a recommendation letter, this letter has all the praise for Shao Yingying, if this group of important people in Hollywood all sign this recommendation letter, Shao Yingying will not even want to leave his name on the Walk of Fame."

Stallone whispered, "Is it just such a thing with such fanfare?" You find an assistant to send this thing to my set, and yours won't sign it for you? ”

Denzel Washington also jokingly said: "Silvestre, I agree with you, I originally thought I could have a good rest today, but my good dreams were ruined by Shao Yingying. ”

Shao Yingying smiled and shrugged his shoulders and said, "I swear, just five minutes ago, I only knew what this party was for, and I definitely didn't know that old Harry would play such a game." ”

While the group was giggling, Nolan, who had worked with MGM, walked over, picked up a pen and paper and signed the letter of recommendation, saying, "I'll be the first to come." ”

Then the tough guys in "The Expendables 2" swarmed up one by one, and the giants of several other major companies had no reason to refuse this, this is not a matter that harms the interests of their company, for them, these things are just a false name belonging to the actors, just like the person who competed with Shao Yingying the most in this Avenue of Fame awards was Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, but this letter of recommendation was handed over, and Shao Yingying was awarded nine times out of ten. No one in Hollywood has ever been given such weight to a letter of recommendation.

In front of everyone's eyes, Harry Sloan suddenly offered a killer feature, he used a signature that was not too important to others in exchange for Shao Yingying's stability on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, just like that, when Hollywood wanted to increase the number of imported films from the Huaxia Film Bureau.

Old Harry does have a good way of Hollywood, who knows what is important and what is not important to these Hollywood bigwigs, this signature, for these people in front of him, is at most a smooth sailing, but if MGM gets this signature, it will be a complete defeat of the opponent.

Seeing that one by one Hollywood bigwigs stepped forward to sign autographs, Harry Sloan made a wish for Shao Yingying: "If you need my Harry Sloan help at any time, please feel free to speak, even if you need our chairman to make a cameo in any movie, I will do my best." ”

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd at Harry Sloan's joke.

After the party, Shao Yingying said to Harry Sloan at the empty party site, "Why do you want to do more? Didn't you say that a lot of people in Hollywood want to have a good relationship with me? According to you, we should be sure of everything. ”

Harry Sloan responded: "Didn't you say that they fell in love with the Chinese box office market behind you and made you very uncomfortable to leave your name on the Walk of Fame?" In addition to proving your influence in Hollywood, I can also make your image in China very strong, which is a signature for the bosses of a group of big Hollywood companies, and for you, it is a mark of recognition for coming to Hollywood. ”

"Haha." Shao Yingying raised his head and laughed: "Harry, are you teaching me to deceive myself?" ”

"There are a few fans in Huaxia who understand Hollywood, anyway, after doing this, you will become a legend like Cheng Long in Huaxia, what's wrong?"

Shao Yingying shook his head and said, "Harry, you misunderstood me, I'm not ...... I don't care how I make my name on the Walk of Fame, but what I mean is that I've changed my mind about Hollywood, and I'm like, disheartened. (To be continued......)