"This is Zhang Ziyi."

Cheng Long skipped Gong Li and directly introduced Zhang Ziyi to Li Lin, and the others also seemed to realize Cheng Long's unhappiness, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little subtle.

Cheng Long is the big brother among Chinese male stars in Hollywood, there is no doubt about it, and Gong Li's development in Hollywood is not right, although there has always been an argument that Hollywood is tired of seeing Gong Li's face, and hopes that a new Chinese actress will replace Gong Li, but rumors are just rumors after all, it's okay to listen to it, if it is serious, I am afraid I don't know how to die.

Gong Li blatantly didn't give Cheng Long face, and Cheng Long also chose to ignore Gong Li directly, this is like a whirlpool, everyone who approaches is cautious.

Gong Li also quickly realized that she had behaved inappropriately just now, and she preemptively said: "Zhang Ziyi is a junior like you, you two need to be more close." ”

As soon as Gong Li's words came out, the subtle atmosphere just now was suddenly swept away, and Cheng Long's face eased.

"Miss Zhang Ziyi, please."

Li Lin summoned a waiter, took off the champagne in his hand and handed it to Zhang Ziyi, making a gesture of please.

Zhang Ziyi debuted earlier than him, but they still belong to the same generation of stars, and Zhang Ziyi does not directly suppress him in fame and popularity like Cheng Long and Chow Yun-fat.

She's not a superstar yet.

To say something disrespectful to Zhang Ziyi, in terms of fame, the current Li Lin has completely surpassed Zhang Ziyi, even if Zhang Ziyi bears the name of 'International Chapter', it is not as good as Li Lin.

Four Little Flowers.

It's still a small flower, not a big flower. If you want to become a big flower, you have to take a few years.

So Li Lin called her Miss, not Sister.

"Mr. Lee." Zhang Ziyi instinctively wanted to show Li Lin's face. Let Li Lin know the fate of offending herself, but with Gong Li's matter ahead, she didn't want to touch Cheng Long's brows, "Inviting women to drink casually will be rejected." ”

"Then I'll make up for it next time."

Li Lin took the cup back and drank it all.

"These are Chinese artists in Hollywood."

Cheng Long pointed to the young man next to Li Lin who was unfamiliar with him, and his voice increased slightly on the word 'Chinese'.

Chinese!

Li Lin was stunned.

Chinese Americans refer to the children of overseas Chinese born in the country of residence and who have obtained the nationality of the country of residence, and some of them have integrated into the local area. Yes, yes, but no matter what, since it appears in the entertainment industry. Everyone is of the same color, so it's better to huddle in a group.

There is strength in numbers, this is an old adage.

"Bobby, the Chinese name Huaqiaosheng."

……

Cheng Long introduced them one by one.

"Brother Li is good."

"Hello Brother Li."

……

All the Chinese who were introduced by Cheng Long stood up and greeted Li Lin.

"They ......."

Li Lin's brows furrowed. In the United States. He is also a newcomer, and these people call him brother, which makes him a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong with Brother Li?"

His brow seemed to furrow.

"Is it because you're dissatisfied with us?"

A burst of low groans gradually came into Li Lin's ears, and he swept over at a glance, and immediately saw young people sitting in front of him closing their mouths.

"I seem to have become a great demon king." Li Lin couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

"Li Lin."

Cheng Long said on the side: "They are all struggling at the bottom. ”

I didn't say much, but Li Lin already understood.

The rumors of Chinese artists who are not adaptable to the soil have always been there, and on the Hollywood stage, Chinese artists are not very brilliant, and most artists are doing tricks at the bottom of Hollywood.

Such. It has cultivated their mentality of being careful in everything.

Li Lin frowned, maybe it was a normal thing for himself. But for these newcomers who just greeted him and were very sensitive, Li Lin's every move has attracted much attention.

Frowning, are you dissatisfied? This kind of speculation couldn't be more normal.

"Hello." Li Lin showed a smile as warm as sunshine and greeted those newcomers.

"Alright, the charity gala is about to begin."

Cheng Long pulled Li Lin into the charity gala.

The charity gala is a charity gala that focuses on ALS patients around the world.

ALS Li Lin knows that it is a very niche disease, and there are fewer people suffering from this symptom, so major medical institutions have not come up with treatment plans for a long time.

Why not? Because after spending a lot of money on research, it is very likely that even the cost will not be recovered, after all, there are too few ALS patients to support the establishment of a system.

Therefore, donations from the community are needed.

Donations are not given to patients, but to medical institutions for them to do research in the hope that they can come up with a treatment plan.

The reason why Li Lin knew was because of an event that was very popular in his previous life called the Ice Bucket Challenge.

This event spread from the United States to China, and many celebrities joined in, which attracted great attention, and this event was prepared for people with ALS.

As a singer, Li Lin also participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge, just to promote himself, but he did not attract attention after putting the photos of his participation in the Ice Bucket Challenge on a meager level, which made him very disappointed.

At the party, Cheng Long donated $800,000, Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat donated $700,000, Gong Li donated $600,000, and Zhang Ziyi donated $400,000.

Li Lin thought about it for a while and donated 500,000 yuan.

On this occasion, unless it is for exposure, it is best to have less than your predecessors.

But he can't be too little, too little others will not be able to donate, and too little, others will also say that he is stingy and picky.

After the donation to the charity party, there was a cocktail party, and Cheng Long and Jet Li pulled Li Lin together to drink.

"Li Lin, welcome to the United States."

Cheng Long raised his glass and said, "I heard that you signed a contract with Universal Music?" ”

After Steele handed over the phone, he checked it and found out Steele's identity very easily.

The manager of Universal Music, who specializes in singer record contracts.

"Hmm." Li Lin nodded and did not hide it.

"It's a pity, I was going to recommend you to CAA." Cheng Long said regretfully, CAA is a global brokerage giant, and its tentacles reach to all corners of the world, even if it is Huaxia, there are branches of CAA.

And CAA has always paid attention to elite artists.

But all the artists selected by them are not superstars of a country, and in addition, they are recommended by insiders.

For example, Liu Yifei, her godfather Chen Jinfei is actively recommending her to CAA, but the CAA's review is also very strict, although Chen Jinfei and CAA have a certain cooperative relationship, but Liu Yifei has not completely joined CAA until now, and is still stuck on the review.

Cheng Long himself is a member of CAA, he recommended Li Lin to come, Li Lin does not say 100%, at least he has 80% hope to join CAA.

And once he joins CAA, Li Lin's road in the United States will be much smoother.

After all, CAA is competing with Hollywood movie giants in Hollywood, countless superstars have come out of CAA, and at least one-third of the stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame belong to CAA.

Joining the CAA is equivalent to getting a ticket to success.

"Universal Records is not bad either." Jet Li next to him came to speak, "Universal Music is also a global record giant, although it does not take the elite route like CAA, once it is launched, it will be fully supported, but their resources are still very rich, as long as they work hard and luck, they may not be able to succeed." ”

CAA takes the elite route, and everything they fancy is highly praised, while Universal Music takes the model of casting a wide net and fishing widely, and the latter is used all over the world and has great competition.

No one can say which way is more correct, saying that the elite route is good, but casting a wide net and fishing is the model that is used all over the world, a company may make two, but so many companies can never make two.

It can be said that the model of casting a wide net and fishing is good, but the CAA, which implements the elite model, is one of the most powerful brokerage companies in the world, or even one of them.

"Li Lin, let's not talk about the brokerage company, since you have signed a contract with Universal Music, then you should understand some American rules!"

As soon as Cheng Long spoke, everyone else stopped drinking, and they all looked at Li Lin without blinking.

In such an atmosphere, Li Lin felt a little unnatural.

The people present are all seniors, and they are more famous than him, and he was still a fan of these people in his previous life, and now they are standing in front of him alive, and they are still looking at themselves intently.

"In the United States, we Chinese people have a very bad life, because young people in the United States don't accept us at all, so their drama path is very narrow."

Looking at the present, which other film will use Chinese as the starring role? No, not a single one.

Why, because the kung fu craze has receded.

Ever since Bruce Lee pioneered the kung fu craze, kung fu has always been a magical and desirable cultural achievement that Westerners aspire to.

At the beginning of the kung fu boom, many Chinese people lived very well in Hollywood, because fans at that time felt that as long as they were Chinese, kung fu was authentic.

So the Chinese became very popular.

It was at that time that Cheng Long entered Hollywood, and his series of masterpieces "Rush Hour" was opened at that time.

However, as the kung fu craze subsided, the situation of the Chinese suddenly became awkward.

Europeans and Americans do not agree with them, feeling that their skin color is different from their own, and it is difficult to have a sense of substitution, which is one of the reasons why movie stars like Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat who later entered Hollywood are embarrassed.

In terms of status in their own country, Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat are not much weaker even if they are weak, and in terms of kung fu, Jet Li is not weaker than Cheng Long at all; In terms of acting skills, Chow Yun-fat is not weaker than Cheng Long.

But Cheng Long has a series of masterpieces, and they don't.

"So we hope that more Chinese people will appear in front of the public, let them adapt, let their prejudices disappear, and only in this way can we improve the status of Chinese people in Hollywood." (To be continued......)