Chapter 10: Press and Public Opinion

"Batman's mentor is Asian, and this topic is probably going to be written by the American media, and many people will refute it." She said lightly, "The United States is a country that advocates democracy, known as a melting pot of nationalities, and it keeps saying that there is no discrimination, but in fact, discrimination is the most serious." ”

"Sexism, sexualism, skin color discrimination, these are things that everyone knows but never talks about. In Hollywood, if someone says, 'Why do yellow people play this role?' the next day they will be attacked by countless media. No one would do that. ”

"But they can question you, for example, why did you take on the role if you didn't have a manager who was filming in Hollywood. In another example, Warner's opponents organized comic book fans to protest, saying that they couldn't accept that Batman's mentor was not an American, and so on. There are more tricks, although it is also discrimination, but it is just a different word. Covered with a layer of skin, the government turned a blind eye and didn't bother to care. ”

"Blacks also have discrimination, and in the film and television industry, their status is definitely not as good as that of white people. On this point, Will Smith and Morgan Freeman, the two emperor superstars, are deeply touched, and maybe, they can be your allies. In fact, as long as your status is reached, these things will not be added to you, and to put it bluntly, your status in Hollywood is not high enough. High to a certain extent, like Cheng Long, who dares to say? ”

After saying so much in one breath, she was also tired, and pouted and said, "Come on." ”

She closed her eyes.

However, there was no movement for a long time, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that Lin Xiao was checking the items again, and she said angrily, "Hey, shouldn't there be a kiss goodbye at this time?" ”

"You're not going to the execution ground." Lin Xiao said lightly: "Have a good trip." ”

"Hmph." Christina rolled her eyes, threw a piece of gum to her mouth, and stepped out the door.

As Lin Xiao thought, this news caused a sensation in both countries.

China's media is naturally overjoyed, and the developing Chinese film and television industry wants to be recognized by the world all the time, however, they never expected that an artist who had just stepped out of the country would actually receive an important role.

Even if many people in China don't like him, all of them are singing praises at this moment.

"Heroes of the mainland film industry! The first artist in the mainland to receive such a heavyweight role in Hollywood! ”

"Male number two! It's a brilliant starting point! Even if Cheng Long and Li Lianjie first set foot in Hollywood, they did not receive such an important role! ”

For a time, Nolan's name, which was still unknown in China at this time, was suddenly pushed to the peak, but what was mentioned more was Warner's $120 million investment.

It's a shocking number!

However, there are also people who make a different noise.

"Why play the villain? Isn't this a Chinese smear? Could it be that Chinese can only get ahead in Hollywood by relying on villains and shady characters? ”

Immediately, some people retorted, "It's really unimaginable, someone actually mentioned the role to the national righteousness, this is just a role, so is there no one to play the Japanese in domestic anti-war films?" Played the ancestors and the ancestors, they all had to pull out the whip corpse? Shallow! ”

The news is praised and depreciated, but it is always praised.

There are too few Chinese artists who can make a voice in Hollywood, strictly speaking, except for Cheng Long, they don't count, as long as there is a hopeful one, they will not be stingy with praise.

And the happiest thing is Lin Xiao's fans, who built a tall building on Lin Xiao's official homepage and rushed to tell each other about this major news.

In the United States, however, the format has almost reversed.

"Minister Wells." An old man with a little gray hair said to a middle-aged man in his forties and close to fifty with a bitter face, "DC Comics has once again issued a warning that Director Nolan's tampering has touched the purpose of the comics, threatening to take back the copyright, and uniting a group of comic fans to demonstrate." ”

"Fart!" The middle-aged man with blond hair snorted coldly, "The copyright has been sold to us, and he still wants to take it back?" Can he afford to pay the increase? How much do we add value to Batman? If you want to take it back now, it's impossible! ”

"They just make a fuss, and every day they wish that a new hero image would be bought by us for the copyright, so ignore them." After the man finished speaking, his brows furrowed slightly, and he picked up the magazines and newspapers on the table and said in a deep voice, "On the contrary, these media are the most difficult to deal with." ”

On the table, there are three magazines. Three of Hollywood's most authoritative magazines.

"PEOPLE" people magazine, for low-end movie fans who are curious about the film and television industry. Film Review, the most influential film and television magazine in North America, known as the most authoritative film and television magazine, deals with high-end non-practitioners.

And "Variety" magazine responds to the top practitioners, industry insiders, and has the greatest influence among the people who care about Hollywood in the world. Even nearly 150,000 major film and television artists around the world use it as a vane for Hollywood.

Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's the promotion of someone with a heart, these three magazines have devoted a lot of space to Nolan's new work, Batman, and the detailed content of the mystery of the Heroes.

With an investment of 120 million, it can be seen that Warner really wants to regain the Batman brand and treat it like Harry Potter.

Directed by Nolan, produced by Warner, actor Morgan Freeman, Lord Michael Bain, Tom Cruise scandal girlfriend Cady. Helms, "Empire of the Sun" Christian. Bel......

Everyone can have a good identity, Morgan Freeman, Michael Bain The two old actors don't need to be said at all, almost everyone in Hollywood knows it, Cady himself is not famous, but he has a relationship with Oscar director Ang Lee, and is Tom Cruise's rumored girlfriend, Bale can be said to have started acting as a child star and became famous in Spielberg's Sun Empire......

But...... Who is this Lin Xiao?!

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, none of the magazines mentioned his identity as the largest shareholder of Shuguang.com, as if they had forgotten. Or rather...... I don't care at all.

People magazines are especially mean-looking.

"Just when everyone was cheering for Batman to return to the big screen, we noticed a strange phenomenon. Nolan actually adopted a little-known non-Hollywood artist as the number one villain, oh, maybe there is still some impression, a few years ago he once directed a movie called Painted Skin, trying to hit the Hollywood market, but unfortunately, although the box office in the Hollywood market is not bad, it is far from his goal, on the contrary, it is quite successful in the Asia-Pacific region. ”

"Did he finally find it too ethereal to hit Hollywood as a director? Only then did he transform into an artist? An artist with this kind of experience, isn't he afraid that he will self-righteously point fingers during filming? ”

The film review wrote, "To be honest, I don't understand what Nolan is going to do. It's obviously an all-star lineup, but two Asian artists are suddenly added, Ken Watanabe believes that everyone who pays attention to the Oscars already has an impression, but this howling. Lin, but I don't have any memory of him, Warner's heart and soul blockbuster, in fact, this lineup has become weird. ”

Wells looked at the magazine and didn't speak, hesitated for a long time, and the old man next to him suddenly said, "I think, let Nolan make a statement." ”

"Tell the fans about Mr. Lin's information, his location, and why he was chosen, otherwise, the media will not buy it, and I am afraid that I will bite all the way to death during the filming of Nolan. Obviously there are our adversaries involved. It is impossible for them not to know the identity of Mr. Lim......"

"Very obviously." Wells said lightly, "He doesn't seem to have a good reputation in Hollywood, but if this name is put out, I'm afraid that some companies will be willing to contact him, although it won't give him a film, but this is also a kind of bargaining chip." ”

"No one wants only a dawn, they don't want Lin to come. Especially when the practitioner himself goes to the sea, this game is very complicated...... "he sighed, this person, the road in Hollywood is really rough......"

Perked up a little, he immediately issued an order, "Put the others aside first, since we signed a contract with him, then at least this play cannot fail, how the opponent does it, we must fight back, we have to tell them that Lin has the strength to sign Batman." ”

"Call Nolan immediately and ask him to make a public statement about Lin's role."

The next day, Variety magazine, which had been in a neutral position on the matter, was the first to publish Nolan's statement.

"Lin is an artist I personally selected. Batman is a huge challenge for me, I can't choose randomly, in addition, he just entered Hollywood as a simple artist, I chose him, not only because of his superb acting skills, but also because he is a kung fu master, with his joining, Batman will only be more brilliant. Otherwise, where did Batman's kung fu come from? Moreover, he himself is one of the shareholders of Shuguang.com that everyone sees every day......"

This news finally gave an explanation for this turmoil.

However, many people were still unwilling, and on that day, several media outlets raised their voices, and even a reporter mockingly said, "We are very much looking forward to how foreign artists interpret the American spirit." ”

Disney's ABC TV editor-in-chief Goles. Dimas unabashedly said on his famous show "Millionaire": "A Batman with Chinese kung fu? Oh, I really can't imagine. Nolan was on the wrong line this time, which would ruin his reputation. The reason is because of this inexplicable Chinese mentor. ”

Lin Xiao didn't know these at all, and he wouldn't care if he knew it, in recent years, he had experienced too many similar things, and the list was endless.

He knows very well that his film, because of Shuguang's identity, will make some people very jealous, and there must be countless people singing about it, but only the success of the film and his perfect performance are the best moves to shut everyone up.

Three days later, the plane took off from Narita Airport and headed for Iceland.