Cheng Long breathed a long sigh of relief, he knew very well that only the collective of artists in his country could open up this situation, and it would never work on one person alone.

His strength is not enough to lead the Chinese in Hollywood, but the power in Lin Xiao's hands can be this platform.

Zhou Runfa, Li Lianjie personally picked up the wine glass and touched a glass with Lin Xiao, it was difficult for their identities to say too grateful words, this glass of wine represented everything they wanted to say.

No matter how difficult they are abroad, but when they return to China, even if their focus has shifted for so many years, they are undoubtedly a national red star.

"Kobayashi." Cheng Longfa put down his wine glass, pondered for a long time, and then sighed, and said with a wry smile, "Xiaolin, it stands to reason that you are our junior, we shouldn't ask you to consider us first, but, do you know why foreign Chinese artists are so miserable?" ”

This sentence seemed to have an invisible magic, Li Lianjie and Zhou Yanfa also put down their wine glasses at the same time, and silently looked at the amber liquid in their hands and muttered.

Cheng Long glanced at them, they raised their heads, and the three of them nodded slightly.

"We seldom say these things to people. No, hardly ever said to people. Maybe it was because he saw that Cheng Long was too difficult to speak, Li Lianjie sighed and then spoke, his voice was equally heavy.

Lin Xiao solemnly became solemn, he understood that this was the three seniors mentioning themselves, and what the other party said was to repay him, and it was also the other party's experience in Hollywood over the years.

It can be described as an untold secret, even if Christina will analyze the rules of Hollywood for him, it is impossible to analyze how he broke into Hollywood with a Chinese mentality.

On the surface, it seems that he only needs to wait for the next play to appear, but in fact, there are rules everywhere, and there are no rules without rules, and this sentence applies to the whole world.

"Do you know that it is not Ang Lee or Wu Yusen who has won the greatest honor in Hollywood."

This sentence surprised Lin Xiao, the best director is not the biggest honor, who is it?

Li Lianjie didn't let him guess for too long, sighed and continued, "It's Huang Zongzhan's old-timer who died in 76." He has 125 films in Hollywood and has been nominated for an Oscar ten times. ”

In his lifetime, he won two Oscars for photography. It was the first handheld to adopt 'deep focus'. This kind of technology is used to the extreme in 'Citizen Kane', and whether it is Ang Lee or Wu Yusen, there is a great distance from Huang Zongzhan. "He seems to have fallen into a retrospective" and the first to break into Hollywood was not Cheng Long or Chen Chong. is an actress named Huang Liushuang seventy years ago. ”

"Don't be surprised, she has acted in more than 60 movies in Hollywood, most of them leading roles, an achievement that seems almost incredible today."

"Next, it's not Cheng Long, it's Guan Nanshi." Li Lianjie went on to say, this is a completely different entertainment industry from China, over the past hundred years, how many Chinese have broken into Hollywood, these news, I'm afraid it wasn't their hard work, now buried in the dust of history, these old-timers, some are short-lived, some are unknown, they have done their homework before they decided to shift their focus.

The more they do enough, the heavier their hearts become, so many people! So many Chinese! The shattered dream in this land, known as the top of the world's film and television, makes them feel extremely heavy when they speak now.

After a little silence, he continued, "There are many more, I won't tell you them one by one, the reason why I want to say this to you is to let you know that not only you are walking, but in the past hundred years, there have been many predecessors who have broken into Hollywood." With their arduous journey, they pointed out a clear path for future generations. ”

He smiled bitterly, "But this road, we haven't taken it yet." We tell you about it and hope you can go ahead. ”

"Brother Li......" Lin Xiao was a little moved, and was about to say something, Li Lianjie waved his hand to stop, "Needless to say, why don't we go, we also have self-knowledge, this achievement for so many years has really disappointed the fans in China who expect us to be famous in Hollywood." ”

"Like Cheng Long." He glanced at the other man and said, "He's got the Rush Hour series, but it's hard to keep going." We, on the other hand, don't even have a series. But I can't let go of the identity of the male protagonist and return to China, speaking of which, it's still a matter of face. ”

"Let's get down to business." Li Lianjie perked up his spirits, "So many people have entered Hollywood, thousands of people have fought for the crossing, it is impossible not to sum up anything." First of all, you must know that there are two kinds of Chinese artists in Hollywood. ”

"The first is Chinese-Americans, such as James Jiang, such as Huang Liangrong, such as Kwong Bingrong, they are born and raised in this land, and the second is immigrant artists like us and you." As if he was caught in the memories of the past ten years, he continued, "But, either way, the situation is very bad. Chinese-American artists, who have been in a green leaf situation for a long time, are almost dreaming of wanting to be a red flower. And immigrant artists have many opportunities to be saffrons, but no one invites them, and they are in the position of sharpening their swords for ten years. ”

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "In the past ten years, we have nothing to do except for the increase in salary." ”

Lin Xiao listened quietly, listening to this bitter history of Chinese people breaking into Hollywood, maybe no one can understand it so deeply like the three in front of him.

"The main reasons seem to be disorganized, but when you actually look at them, there are a few that are particularly obvious. Regarding the difficulty of Chinese Americans, this is because Hollywood itself treats them as Americans, and the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild has registered tens of millions of people, and Chinese Americans want to stand out from tens of millions, how difficult is it to do? And the reason why immigrant artists are sad is because they are not Chinese-Americans and can't pass the language barrier! ”

"Most Chinese artists dare to go abroad, and their English is quite good, but this is general English, and once others use some local colloquialisms or idioms in the United States, it is difficult to understand. Especially in understanding the script, the inconvenience caused by the language barrier has made many companies abandon the Chinese, and the language barrier can also give people a psychological hint that this is not with themselves, especially when the relationship between China and the United States is not too harmonious. ”

Lin Xiao frowned slightly, "But there is no obstacle to being able to communicate, there should be no problem, right?" ”

"It's just one aspect." Zhou Yunfa shook his head, "The reason for this situation is by no means a factor that can be influenced. ”

"The second aspect is that the Chinese only have a 0.3% ratio in Hollywood! Compared with other countries, this is a lowly outrageous data, and the phrase "more people are stronger" is not blown out. You see, people in other countries, 2%-5%, once someone has something wrong or suffers injustice, they immediately dare to go to the actors' union to demonstrate. The actors' union wants to ignore it, they dare to make trouble with the Federation of Labor and Industry. But what about the Chinese? 0.3%, even the demonstrators can't get together, and there are only three of us artists who can get their hands on it, now add one of you, the actors' union will pay more attention to it, Ang Lee and Wu Yusen are not artists, their help is limited. ”

"The most important aspect......" Zhou Yanfa sighed, "I still blame ourselves for not being angry......

His eyes were full of yearning: "If China had its own Hollywood...... How famous were we then? Not to mention my Shanghai Tang, the true colors of heroes, Cheng Long's drunken boxing, Li Lianjie's Huang Feihong, how popular were we at that time? Xiaolin, it's hard to imagine your status now. I dare say that in China at that time, as long as you watched TV, no one could not name the three of us. If we don't have a heart to prove Chinese artists, why should we shift our focus to Hollywood......"

He replied: "A few years ago, Hollywood did a survey, the annual box office in the United States is about 10 billion, the number of moviegoers is more than 1.5 billion, while China only has 200 million moviegoers, the box office is 1.5 billion, or RMB, and the Chinese population is more than four times that of the United States, counting, our film consumption level is only more than 220 times that of others, which makes Hollywood look at Chinese artists squarely?" If one day our film market reaches the level of Hollywood, then it is not us who will film, but Spielberg who will come to China with a camera! ”

The room was silent, Zhou Yanfa's words were loud, this thought had been hovering in their hearts for too long, and when they said it at this moment, even Lin Xiao, who had not personally experienced the cruelty of Hollywood, felt boiling in his heart.

"You've avoided a lot, though." Cheng Long spoke, "You are a rare creative artist, if Hollywood has colored glasses for the underdeveloped Chinese film and television market, but they will never wear colored glasses for gold coins." As long as you have enough gold yuan, you publish the script, and the whole crew will look at you first. Especially ......"

He rolled his eyes: "You can still invest." ”

"In this money-oriented society, once you come up with a script, they will worship you, and if you take out the investment, then you are the boss of the crew. The United States is a production-centered system, as long as it is not at the level of a big director, the producer is the boss. ”

"Xiaolin, what we have to do is not to be red. If we want to be popular ourselves, why should we come to Hollywood? Li Lianjie said in a deep voice, "We hope you will consider us, because China has entered the era of take-off, the Olympic Games are about to be held in China, this is the world's recognition of China's status, as a member of China, even if I am not in the position of construction, we are willing to contribute our own strength." ”

"Our faces are still familiar in Hollywood for ten years, Lao Ma knows the way, we are successful, so that we can promote more backwards and let them take fewer detours, which is the reason why we pull down our faces and hope that you will give priority to us."

Speaking of which, it was all said, Lin Xiao only respected in his heart, and there was no trace of unhappiness.

He nodded solemnly, "Three seniors, rest assured, this is originally within my consideration, and I will definitely let Hollywood really know China." What if the film market is not perfect? There are still movies that make a splash around the world! ”

"Chibi has proven it once, and I don't mind proving it a second time!"

These words are a bit arrogant, but no one thinks so, now Chibi is the first, during this time the wind direction of Hollywood has begun to change, the film and television industry is such a realistic place, a newcomer has acted in a movie, and is immediately worth a hundred times, just like Leonardo rose from hundreds of thousands to more than 10 million, Chibi's success has made Hollywood invisibly begin to pay attention to the power of the Chinese.

"Okay, then we'll wait." Cheng Long raised his glass and said with a smile, "If you can, we have some newcomers that you can recommend, rest assured, there is no selfishness, if you think it is not suitable, we can change people at any time." ”

"Finally, I have one more question." Li Lianjie also laughed, "I've been thinking about this question for a long time, and I've been reading it for a long time, but I haven't recognized it." ”

"The second dog in the red cliff, who played it?"