Chapter 275: Two Actresses

The first correspondence between Lin Zixuan and Huang Liushuang was in 1922.

At that time, Lin Zixuan's star film company had just been established not long ago, and it was still in its infancy, and later became a leader in the Chinese film industry with its sudden emergence with sound films.

At that time, Huang Liushuang was still playing a small supporting role in Hollywood, and she refused to let go of any opportunity, even if it was a harlequin and a bad guy, she was willing to try.

Although she is not yet popular, she has a certain fame.

It's just that this fame is not very accepted by the Chinese, especially her family.

Because in the movie, she mostly plays sexy and glamorous roles, mainly courtesans, dancers, slave girls and hospitality.

For the traditional conservative Chinese, this is a violation of customs.

Huang Liushuang herself is not willing to play this kind of role, but in Hollywood movies, Chinese can only play this kind of role, and there is no room for selection.

In the context of racial discrimination, in the movie, yellow people cannot kiss with white people, let alone intermarry.

Even a lot of the yellow characters are played by Caucasians.

For example, the novel "The Earth", which later won Pearl Prize, is a novel about the life of Chinese peasants.

However, when it was adapted into a movie, the male and female protagonists were both Caucasian, and the Chinese could only play small supporting roles in it.

From this point, we can see the severity of racial discrimination in the United States in this era, and the status of Chinese in the United States is not even as good as that of blacks.

Lin Zixuan has no ability to change the prejudice against Chinese in the entire American society by himself, and he also cannot help Huang Liushuang get a leading role in Hollywood movies.

It will be a long process for Chinese Americans to fight for their own rights and interests.

Even in later generations, Chinese people in the United States will not have the same level playing field as white people.

After all, the United States is a country dominated by white people. Even the election of a black president does not change this fact.

But he can make Huang Liushuang a heroine in Chinese films.

Shanghai Star Film Company is preparing to shoot "The Sound of Music". In order to take the international route, Lin Zixuan plans to set the story abroad. It tells the love story between a Chinese nun and a European aristocrat.

The main reason is that the songs in the original version of "The Sound of Music" are all in English, and once they are changed to Chinese songs, they always feel that the taste is not right.

Moreover, the story takes place in a European country, so that racial discrimination in the United States is avoided.

Even if it can't be screened in the United States, it can become popular in Europe, and at this time, American films have not yet reached the point of dominating the world, and European films are still full of vitality.

To be honest, Huang Liushuang's appearance is not particularly beautiful in the eyes of Chinese. Lacks a soft and gentle beauty.

However, this is in line with the aesthetics of foreigners.

Chinese actresses who can become popular in Hollywood in later generations are not very acceptable to Chinese in appearance.

Fortunately, the focus of "The Sound of Music" is not the heroine's appearance, but the popular songs, as long as the voice is not too bad, with these classic songs, it is not a problem to become popular.

At that time, even if Huang Liushuang can't be made a heroine in Hollywood movies, she can still improve her status in the entertainment industry.

It's just that it is impossible for star film companies to really go to Europe to shoot live-action. The filming of the entire film can be completed in Shanghai.

There are various styles of buildings in Shanghai's concession, and there are many foreigners, and these resources are enough to shoot a Western-style movie, to the point of being fake.

Lin Zixuan gave Huang Liushuang a chance to become famous. If you want to be a heroine, you have to return to China to film.

As for whether she can seize this opportunity, it depends on whether this Chinese girl who is bent on breaking into Hollywood has the courage.

Huang Liushuang listened to Lin Zixuan's introduction. She wasn't sure if it was a good movie or not.

Can a musical show that sounds like a New York Broadway show be a success?

This kind of musical drama requires the actors to have a gorgeous singing voice. After long-term practice, she doesn't know if she can perform well.

If it was in 1922. Huang Liushuang will not hesitate to follow Lin Zixuan back to China and perform "The Sound of Music".

But now she has just gained recognition in Hollywood, and she has a few decent roles in her hands, although they are still vases for decoration, which she has worked hard for for several years.

If you return to China to film, you will disappear from Hollywood for most of the year.

Hollywood is a place of cutthroat competition, and by the time she returns, she may have been forgotten.

She is already twenty years old, and as a Chinese actress, she is definitely not lacking in scheming to survive in Vanity Fair like Hollywood, and she is calculating the gains and losses.

Will you continue to stay in Hollywood and play a supporting role, or will you return to China and give it a go?

Huang Liushuang needs to think about it before making a decision, after all, it is related to her future career.

Lin Zixuan didn't force it, he expressed his understanding.

If Huang Liushuang agreed without thinking about it, he would have to check if there was a problem.

In fact, everyone has such hesitation.

In the past, when I had nothing, I would fight desperately, and when I had fame and status, I would be worried and afraid of losing.

Just like Douglas Sheila, at this time, this director, who is not bad in Hollywood, will never follow Lin Zixuan across the ocean to the East for adventure.

Douglas Sheila now works as a director at MGM Pictures.

His sister, Nauma Hira, signed a long-term performance deal with MGM for $150 a week.

She starred in a total of twenty-five films from 1923 to 1925, but they were all mediocre works, without impressing the audience, and she was in a second-tier position among Hollywood actresses.

Douglas brought his sister to Lin Zixuan, hoping that Lin Zixuan could tailor a script for his sister.

is like the creativity of "Shanghai Holiday", which can make my sister famous in one fell swoop.

He admired Lin Zixuan's creative talent very much, and when he was in Shanghai, he knew that most of the scripts of Star Film Company were written by Lin Zixuan.

This Oriental man has a myriad of good ideas.

However, Naumashila did not agree with this, and she felt that her brother was exaggerating.

This elegant Canadian girl is a little proud in her bones, because she was once a beauty pageant champion and practiced dancing, she has a perfect body curve, and a pair of smart eyes.

She is quite confident in her acting skills, but she has never met a good role.

MGM Studios has extremely fierce internal competition, and if there are no big names to support it, you can't get a good script at all, and you can only star in the leftover books picked by others.

She looked at this Oriental who was admired by her brother, and temporarily restrained the pride in her heart.

She is very smart and knows when she needs to enter what performance state, and now she should pretend to be pitiful and win the sympathy of the other party, and men like this set. (To be continued.) )