Chapter 108: The First Arrival in Hollywood

Listening to the constant laughter in the entire movie theater, Huo Dongjun felt that even if the "Gambling Saint" exported by Liu Zhenwei and Yuan Kui could not suppress Golden Harvest's "Flying Dragon Warrior", it should be no problem to deal with Debao's "Rich and Powerful", and the continuous laughter of the whole movie can prove that these fans have no obstacle to accepting Liu Zhenwei's whimsical creative debut and Zhou Xingchi's exaggerated and crazy performance.

"Xi Rong, I'm going to the United States in two days, do you want to go with me?" Huo Dongjun waited for Xi Rong to laugh and then continued to send popcorn to the little mouth, and asked out loud.

Xi Rong turned her head sideways, her big eyes flashing with surprise: "Can I go with my senior brother?"

"Of course, when I go to the United States to prepare for a movie, look for directors and actors, and find a suitable filming location, I can learn about the famous schools in the United States by the way and send you to study. Huo Dongjun said to Xi Rong.

He is good, Liao Zhizong, Luo Zhiming, they are all from poor families, they have never really gone to school, the text is taught by Li Jianqing, and now there is a chance to let his little junior sister not have to be illiterate like the three of them, Huo Dongjun can't wait for Xi Rong to study at Harvard today and become a doctor tomorrow.

"I haven't been with my brother for a long time, and I haven't worked on the set with him since he sent me to school, and now he wants to take me to the United States, but he is going to leave me there alone. Xi Rong wrinkled her nose and said in a somewhat childlike tone.

When Huo Dongjun was doing martial arts under Wang Kun, he had to go out with Xi Rong every day, since Huo Dongjun made a blockbuster movie and now established a company, but he and Xi Rong have no chance to be together again, so Xi Rong will say this.

"It's a big deal to go to a school in the Chinese area first, and then transfer to those famous schools when you adapt to life in the United States, not to mention where is a person, they all say that I want to go to the United States to open a company, even if I am not in the United States, there will be a company at that time, by the way, the fifth brother you know is also in the United States." Huo Dongjun said to Xi Rong: "You are young now, you have the opportunity to go to a prestigious school, of course you have to seize the opportunity, when you are in your twenties, like me, do you want to do martial arts with your skills?

Xi Rong held the popcorn tube in her arms, looked at the screen and was silent for a while before whispering, as if to say it to herself:

"It's just that I've been around you for too long, so I treat me like a child all day long. ”

Huo Dongjun didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"I said that Senior Brother asked me to go to study, just go and read?" Xi Rong showed a smile at Huo Dongjun, innocent.

"Good. Huo Dongjun touched Xi Rong's head, saw Chen Baolian on the other side of Xi Rong silent, and said more: "Jing'er might as well go to the United States to study, and continue to be friends with Xi Rong." ”

Chen Baolian was originally sad that she promised Huo Dongjun to go to the United States, and even her only friend was going to leave her, when she heard Huo Dongjun's last words, she looked at Huo Dongjun with wide eyes.

Huo Dongjun smiled at her: "It's okay, I will pay the tuition fees of the two little girls, I think Aunt Ju heard that you have the opportunity to go to the United States, and she should not object." ”

Chen Baolian rubbed the corners of her skirt, wanting to say that she didn't want to be far away from Huo Dongjun, what Huo Dongjun and Xi Rong said just now, she heard it clearly, Huo Dongjun just went to the United States to make a movie, and he would return to Hong Kong after filming, and Xi Rong would stay in the United States to study, if he accompanied Xi Rong to the United States, he would have to wait until he returned to Hong Kong during the holiday to see Huo Dongjun again, and Huo Dongjun was getting busier and busier, I am afraid that even if he and Xi Rong have a holiday, Huo Dongjun may not have time, and he is staying on Fumei Street in Wong Tai Sin, close enough to Hong Yihai, There are always a few more opportunities to meet Huo Dongjun than going to the United States.

But seeing Huo Dongjun's warm smile, Chen Baolian still nodded unconsciously, according to the school's etiquette teacher's teaching, she should be reserved to thank and then firmly refuse, but in the face of this man who saved himself, let himself close his eyes, and helped himself to ask for trouble, Chen Baolian felt that the etiquette teacher must have forgotten to teach him, what kind of expression should he have when his heart was racing.

Chen Musheng is an out-and-out movie maniac, within a week, he perfected the script of "Death Express", and then rushed to Huo Dongjun with two black circles under his eyes.

Western films, Western films made in Hollywood, become his own screenwriter, Chen Musheng is in high spirits whenever he thinks of this sentence, although he is now considered an insider in the film industry, but he is only an executive director or assistant director, but he is still the executive director of the Hong Kong film industry, and Hollywood's kind of film kingdom with a complete industrial system is not comparable at all, and now he has the opportunity to appear his name on a Western film, Chen Musheng feels that he has not watched Hollywood movies for many years.

"Jun Shao, what do you think?" Chen Musheng looked at Huo Dongjun who closed the script on the other side of the desk, and his eyes wanted to find a trace of appreciation or loss on Huo Dongjun's face.

But Huo Dongjun always smiled and nodded to Chen Musheng: "I think it's pretty good, but it's not really good, we should go to the United States and evaluate it by someone who understands Yankee's taste." ”

"For example?"

"For example, some people in A (Writers Guild of America). Huo Dongjun said: "For three days, we packed up our things and made up for sleep, and then we went to Southern California to see what is known as the greatest film kingdom on the planet." ”

Huo Dongjun first called Zhang Wulang in the United States and asked the other party to help book a hotel, and then brought Luo Weilun, director of the distribution department of Dongyi Company, Chen Musheng, in order to have someone to take care of Xi Rong and Chen Baolian, who went to the United States for the Spring Festival together, and Zhang Le and her assistant Luo Ailing, and the group flew from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, the city of stars in the United States.

In his previous life or in this life, Huo Dongjun has never been out of Southeast Asia, and his impression of Los Angeles is only two concepts that only exist in newspapers and magazines, Hollywood and Los Angeles Lakers.

In fact, Huo Dongjun doesn't have to fly to Los Angeles in the United States, he can learn from Siyuan Films, go to the United States to select a few ghost actors and ghost crew, and then reduce costs, the whole movie will be filmed in Hong Kong, and then contact the distribution company in the United States to be responsible for the theatrical release.

But there is no difference between the movie that came out like that and the Hong Kong movie, it just replaced the actors and crew with Yankees, Huo Dongjun's first movie was going to Hollywood to shoot, mainly to understand why Hollywood can become a film kingdom, so that Zhang Wulang would rather be in a foreign land than return to Hong Kong's Hollywood film system is really as good as he once said.

The plane flew for 16 hours, boarded the plane the evening the day before, and landed at Los Angeles Airport at 12 o'clock at noon.

This is the advantage of having an assistant, these trivial things will always be reminded by the assistant at the right time, and then avoid unnecessary surprises and surprises.

Huo Dongjun personally helped Xi Rong put on her coat, Zhang Le threw a helpless look at Huo Dongjun, during the whole flight, this Huo Dongjun's little sister was very well-behaved and sensible, but Zhang Le just felt that this little girl was not close to her, even if she had always been a sweet smile on herself.

There were a lot of people in the reception hall of Los Angeles International Airport, but it did not prevent Huo Dongjun from seeing Zhang Wulang's figure, Zhang Wulang also saw Huo Dongjun from the crowd, showed a long-lost smile, walked quickly through the flow of people, and hugged Huo Dongjun, followed by Da Botai, who grinned at Xirong.

In the past two years, Zhang Wulang's complexion is much better than when he left Hong Kong, only the same jacket and sweatpants make Huo Dongjun feel familiar, which is the dress that Zhang Wulang often wears when he starts work in Hong Kong.

After introducing the people they brought to Zhang Wulang, Zhang Wulang and Da Botai drove Huo Dongjun and others to Hollywood one by one, without passing through the city of Los Angeles, because Los Angeles is almost the most traffic-prone city in the United States.

Zhang Le, Xi Rong, Luo Ailing, and Chen Baolian sat in Da Botai's car, Huo Dongjun, Chen Musheng, and Luo Weilun sat in Zhang Wulang's car, Huo Dongjun drove Luo Weilun and Chen Musheng to the back seat, sat in the co-pilot, and chatted with Zhang Wulang.

"Fifth brother, what kind of people have you spent in the United States for two years?" Hey, I saw that you were just playing Ford Mercury?" Huo Dongjun smiled at Zhang Wulang and teased.

Zhang Wulang had a smile on his face, looked ahead and held the steering wheel: "Will you mess with me when you meet? I am surprised to pick up the Ford Mercury?

"Hollywood looks really good as a stuntman, I've seen all those big scenes, and you're unscathed now?"

Zhang Wulang turned his face sideways and smiled at him: "You don't want to come to film, you will know when you are ready to start work?"

Zhang Wulang has lived a very good life in Hollywood in the past two years, joined the American Stuntmen Association, and participated in the filming of a blockbuster movie "Boom 2", and with his own kung fu foundation and previous experience as an action director in Hong Kong, he has developed from a contract stuntman to a stunt co-ordination, although stuntmen and stunt co-ordinators have hung up the word stunts, but they are completely different, contract stuntmen, Zhang Wulang is already the highest-level h4 stuntman, The crew is paid for the work of the entire film, and in addition to this contract, Hollywood also has stuntmen hired on a daily and weekly basis, as well as several stunt doubles that are subdivided again.

As for the stunt coordinator, it is already possible to participate in the preliminary preparation of the crew, and give the director team and the producer advice on the stunt action, such as the ability of some stuntmen, the use of some scenes and props.

Zhang Wulang's mouth said these professional words, which did not arouse Huo Dongjun's curiosity, on the contrary, made him want to doze off.