Chapter 21: Knocking on Heaven's Door
There is no essential difference between Chinese and American education, but there is a difference in resources.
The United States, a society that is highly dependent on elites, has invested a lot in elite education, and there is still a big gap between China and it. But the focus of China's education was not on cultivating elites, but on cultivating the majority of the workforce with basic literacy.
Therefore, we have compulsory education, we have expanded the number of universities, and because of this, we have gained the biggest impetus for development, which is the huge labor market.
As far as test-oriented education is concerned, I think there is no essential difference between China and the United States, and the admission of American undergraduates is not a kind of test-taking, but the form of the test is different.
The college entrance examination gives people from different backgrounds a relatively fair chance, and in contrast, if China adopts the admission method of American universities, the children of ordinary people will surely change their fate through study, and they will never come out, and the class will be solidified faster.
As for happy learning is a false proposition, if you want to improve, it must be accompanied by pain, excellent high school students in the United States generally have things like AP, and applying for Ivy League schools, California colleges and universities are also breaking the head, which is not easier than the Chinese college entrance examination.
If it is not accompanied by hard work in the student life, it is the bottom of the education method, and the opportunity for promotion will be lost after graduation.
This education model is actually very bad, and a large number of American labor force have been eliminated because they do not have the basic literacy of modern labor, which is also the reason why Trump can come up to a large extent!
When Xiaobai told the young lady this, she was indifferent...
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The children are not yet visible, and Yang Lan is already worried about the future education!
It can only be said that women think longer than men!
Xiaobai flew to Hungary, yes, Hungary was the filming location of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - the other party was willing to provide a 30% tax refund and assist in finding a location location!
This is important for filmmaking!
Why didn't you go ahead and choose Vancouver?
It's a little cold...
The overall shooting cost of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" was $25 million - Xiaobai personally invested $5 million.
Both actors joined the film at a very low salary.
Lucas Hedges, CAA's highly praised star, has the resources for him to choose!
And he is an orthodox New York academic actor, and he hates mainstream Hollywood movies very much, so, so far, he has not starred in any particularly blockbuster works.
"Manchester by the Sea", "Three Billboards", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Kingdom of the Rising Moon", "Ben, It's Back", and "The Erased Boy" are all works that have a good reputation but can't be called a big bang at the box office!
Timothée Chalamet, UTA's rising star, has a wide range of resources!
"Interstellar", "Call Me By Your Name", "Pretty Boy", "The King", Sweet Tea is already one of Hollywood's hottest new stars!
Both of these are native American actors!
It was very simple to persuade them to participate, Dawei directly showed the script, and then they agreed...
I didn't even mention the salary...
There is a rule in Hollywood: if the script in the hands of the investor is really good, you don't need to ask the actor's salary offer.
This is a true fact.
Any actor who has ever starred in an independent film is worth asking investors.
For these actors, they know that independent films offer opportunities that Hollywood commercial films would never offer, and they are able to use these opportunities to show off their acting skills.
As film investors, you need them, and as actors, they also need good scripts.
What the investor has to do is to make sure that there is a part of the script that fully demonstrates the actor's acting skills. So if you have a very good script with a lot of passages that show the acting skills of the actors, then go straight to the big stars who can not even be paid and they want to be involved in such a movie.
So "Inglourious Basterds", Brad Pitt joins for $5 million!
So, "Django Unchained", the kid joined for $5 million...
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European countries are racing to welcome Hollywood, and Hollywood teams are happy to go.
Going to Europe to shoot films, American staff can enjoy a bit of a vacation experience, and the greater motivation comes from the generous financial support given by European countries.
"Knocking on Heaven's Door" was filmed not only in Hungary but also in the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom does not set a cap on the cost of filming film and television dramas, which means that no matter how much the film company spends, the company can apply for financial support and tax rebate projects!
Even if you spend a hundred dollars, you can still apply for a tax refund!
This is not the same as the United States, where the United States has a certain limited ratio: it must reach a cost of 50 million...
In fact, Xiaobai once wanted to set up the filming location on Qing* Island, and Lao Wang said back then: If the Hollywood project is filmed at the Oriental Film and Television Base on Qing* Island, then the project can get a 40% tax rebate discount, which will be jointly borne by Wanda and the local government of Qing*dao.
However, Lao Wang's life has not been very good lately, so forget it...
American version...
Xiaobai can shoot as much as he wants!
Don't worry about being scolded for being vulgar anymore - the original "Knocking on Heaven's Door" has a lot of dew point shots...
Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet are both very professional actors, especially Timothée Chalamet, in order to play Rudy's final state, he only eats a small cookie every day...
By the way, the filming cycle of this drama is 28 days.
There aren't too many shots in itself, road movies!
The pair of funny people found Michael Pena and James Frank.
It must be explained that James Frank took the initiative to ask to join, and this guy has been a bit immersed in comedy in recent years...
And they took a symbolic $500,000...
Well, it can't be too much, according to David's request, the bottom line of this movie is R-rated, and it must not be NC-17!
Grade R means that you must be accompanied by your parents, and the dialogue will be mixed with a lot of profanity;
NC-17, this kind of movie will have a lot of sexual scenes, there will also be scenes of smoking unhealthy things, as well as a lot of violent scenes and a lot of swear words, children under 17 years old are forbidden to watch - "Lust", "Shame", "Piano Teacher", "Venus in Fur" and so on belong to NC-17...
Of course Xiaobai knows this!
"Knocking on Heaven's Door", he has high expectations for the North American box office of this movie, at least it must break 100 million!
So, although the dew point is also very subtle, as for the sex scenes, there are only three Chi Guoguo lying together, and Rudy, played by Timothée Chalamet, is shy and doesn't know what to do, and then shifts the camera.
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"Click!"
Xiaobai nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the time, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time to end today's shooting.
"Tomorrow morning, we have one last show, let's celebrate in advance tonight..."
Xiaobai was directing the crew to pack up their things, and David came over.
“… Let's wait until tomorrow when the shooting is done. ”
Xiaobai shook his head, he wanted to end the filming as soon as possible, the promotion of "Kung Fu" has been launched, and it is really irresponsible that he is not a leading actor!
"Don't be in such a hurry, we booked 28 days, and it's only been 22 days, and some are time, so tonight I'll do the East, Kocka Bar..."