Six Hundred and Thirty-Six-The Situation of Chinese Americans in Hollywood.

There may be some people who do not have a particularly broad vision due to the influence of their age and growing environment, but usually such people are not stupid, such as Miss Rihaya who claims to come to Los Angeles to "play".

Not only did she collect a lot of Hollywood-related information in advance through her relationship with her best friend, but after arriving in Los Angeles alone, she spent three days before calling the number on her business card again and checking in with the female assistant. Booked hotel room.

Especially when he saw that it was not just Wayne, but also a well-known black actor in Hollywood, he did not show any discomfort and quickly fell into his role.

The reason that drove her to do this was simple. Whether she learned about it in advance through relationships or witnessed it with her own eyes through newspapers and magazines in the past few days, it all showed one thing, that is, in the Hollywood circle, Wayne -Greenberg has the best reputation in this area.

As a Hollywood star, no one is taboo about talking about this matter, and she has seen countless gossip reports in the past. It’s a very interesting phenomenon. Over the years, all the women who have had relationships with Wayne Greenberg have gotten what they wanted.

And when being interviewed by the media, he never hesitated to talk about this relationship and stir up excitement. The man's attitude is also very obvious, and he obviously doesn't care about the random talk of several women.

What surprised her even more was the atmosphere in Hollywood. Wayne Greenberg's attitude towards women is not at all a sneaky fling or a one-night stand. Men have never hidden it from the media. Even though the media exposed his relationships with those women, the man never expressed his dissatisfaction in public.

This made Ms. Ritsaya feel very strange. Wayne Greenberg had no legal wife nor a girlfriend he had publicly acknowledged, and his relationships with many women were exposed many times. However, It never seems to affect a man's career, and people don't seem to elevate these to a moral level.

Also, she has inquired about the rumors many times. In this regard, except for Wayne Greenberg, other Hollywood bosses may choose to complete reciprocal transactions when faced with already famous star actors. As for Those little actors who are nothing, no one cares about the life or death of those little actors...

"I'm very lucky."

After taking a look at the hotel bedroom, she found that the famous African-American Hollywood actress was lying on the bed alone to catch up on her sleep. Miss Lihao rolled her eyes, looked at the man's tough face at close range, and said, "This time When the trip is over and I return to the other side of the Pacific, I will join a very good director's crew and play the leading role in that film."

"Um?"

Wayne was slightly startled by the woman's words. He thought this ambitious girl came to Los Angeles to find a chance to stay. But when I looked back, I suddenly realized that, yes, the national teacher had chosen her in the school. When the opportunity came, there was no reason for anyone to give up.

"Do you need my help?" He looked at the delicate oriental face of the girl in his arms and asked with a smile: "You don't have to be polite to me. You performed very well. You deserve all this."

Of course the woman understood what the other party meant when he said he deserved it. She rolled her eyes in front of the man, jumped out of his arms, and sat down on the soft sofa in a very quiet manner.

Until she got on the plane, her "best friend" kept telling her that she must always maintain her unique oriental charm. Hollywood has beautiful girls from most parts of the world. She has characteristics that others don't have, so she can always interest men.

Facing the man's probing gaze on her body, the woman blinked mischievously, not caring at all about the looming whiteness on her body.

"You've helped me enough."

"What do you mean?" With his arms spread out on the back of the sofa, Wayne Da Ma Jin Dao sat, staring at the woman with interest and asked: "I don't remember when there was a place over there that could help you. :"

Gritting her teeth, Miss Rihaya looked at the man's face and whispered: "After you left, many reporters interviewed me. You know, many people are interested in the relationship between us."

Seeing that the man's expression did not change, the woman seemed to be encouraged and continued boldly: "I told the media that you appreciate my acting talent and want me to come to Hollywood to try to develop. So... "

This is a very smart woman. From the moment she climbed into Wayne's bed, she actually got the rewards she wanted, especially from this world-class director, who has a very good reputation there. In fact, she doesn't need to say anything specific to the media. As long as she gives a little guidance during the interview, she can get the results she wants.

"So, after I left, many crew members contacted you?"

What the woman didn't expect was that Wayne didn't show any anger at this time, as if he didn't care at all about what she said to the media. Instead, he looked very appreciative and looked at himself up and down.

"That's right."

The woman nodded, feeling slightly embarrassed whenever she thought of the media describing herself as an actress who was always ready to go international.

But this method is obviously very popular there. Although many people have a lot of controversy about her behavior, she herself is very sober. The slight reputation is nothing compared to the opportunities she can get.

"When I get back, I will join the crew and participate in the filming."

Since the other party didn't mind some of her white lies, the woman simply talked about her arrangements. After all, she would need the other party's help later. "After shooting this movie, no matter what the outcome is, can you, in the name of Warner Bros., invite me to Los Angeles and Hollywood."

Facing the woman's expectant gaze, Wayne rubbed his stubble on his chin with one hand. Now he felt more and more that this woman was not ordinary smart. This was obviously to justify his statement in the media interview and to reiterate. Play a game of export to domestic sales.

"My promise always stands."

Regardless of whether the woman's current expression was an act or not, he nodded with a smile on his lips and agreed happily.

One thing that always works for him is that the woman around him has performed very well in the past few days, and he couldn't be more satisfied. "You can call Nina then like you did when you came to Los Angeles this time, and she will arrange everything. But..."

Seeing that the man paused mid-sentence, Miss Tachihaya looked at him nervously and asked: "But what, do you need me to do anything? My dear, as long as I have it, you can take it as you like. You should understand what I mean. I mean, I mean..."

"No, no, no."

Looking at the nervous woman, Wayne raised a hand and waved it from side to side between the two of them. He believed that the woman's current behavior was the most real side.

He lit a cigarette again. Through the smoke he exhaled, he looked carefully at the delicate face behind him. He shook his head slightly and said, "What I mean is, don't have too much expectations for Los Angeles and Hollywood." High expectations, it's almost difficult for Chinese actors to find their place here these days.

Let me remind you, I hope you won’t have a big psychological gap by then. You have to understand that facing the common phenomenon in the entire circle, even I still don’t have a good solution. "

Not to mention Chinese-Americans, even African-American, Latino, Mexican-American and Hispanic actors face overwhelming discrimination in this industry. The current situation is far from what it will be more than ten years ago. Here, ethnic minorities face competition from all directions, even from so-called "ones" of the same ethnic group.

Although I don’t want to admit it, this is the objective reality. Most of the roles in mainstream Hollywood projects are predominantly white.

The remaining small minority roles are usually mostly occupied by African Americans, and there are almost no remaining opportunities. You can imagine how difficult it is to compete.

Looking at the woman who seemed to be deep in thought, there was another thing that Wayne was not easy to express. In this environment, Chinese Americans were actually at the bottom. Even if there are roles for them to play, most of them will just randomly find Asians to play the roles. The smear campaign will always be bigger than normal.

Even if Li Guohao now has successfully made the audience ignore his skin color, and has his own fans throughout North America and even the world, some invisible discrimination in the entertainment industry still exists. You know, he can definitely be regarded as a native of Los Angeles, but there is still no way to avoid certain situations, let alone an outsider.

"It's completely opposite to what you imagined." Seeing the girl staring blankly at him, Wayne shrugged and said unceremoniously: "North American audiences have always been the most conservative audience group in the world. , this market has naturally become the most conservative film market in the world. Therefore, no matter whether you are good or not, to most audiences, you will always be an outsider."

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"But Australia..." The girl frowned. Obviously the actual situation was different from what she imagined. She originally thought that with the other party's care, she could at least become a little star here.

"That's different!"

Sighing, Wayne found the skin color in front of him so pleasing to the eye that he continued patiently: "Whether it's Australia or the UK, the audiences and film companies in this land regard them as one of their own, English Five Guys" It’s never a simple term.”

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"Uh... As long as you understand what it means." Knowing that what he said was a bit too much, he smiled and continued: "This is the most complicated land in the world. If you want to win respect, you can only Rely on absolute ability. At the same time, this is a completely commercial land. As long as you prove that you can bring returns to capital, I believe many film companies are willing to accept you to stay, but this is too difficult, almost difficult to achieve."

In fact, both of them understand that women may really have ideas about Hollywood, but most of their ideas are to play with exports and switch to domestic sales, using the name of an "international actress" to return to their own land. develop.

"Listen, girl."

Wayne took several puffs of his cigarette and said with a hint of ridicule in his tone: "If you want to stay and become a "brand" here, the hardships you have to pay are much greater than you think. Compared with the hard work, Despite your efforts, the hope of getting results is very slim. I advise you to calm down."

After saying that, he ignored the woman who wanted to continue asking. He put the cigarette butt in the ashtray, whistled and shook his head in the direction of the bedroom. He stood up and led the way towards the tempting black pearl.

In fact, if you want to succeed in Hollywood, the cruelty you face is far more difficult than what Wayne said in words. To be honest, the only Chinese-American who can become a well-known "brand" in Hollywood is Jett Lee. Jack Chen's situation is quite special. He has his own team and does not need to be included in this discussion.

Some people may think of local Chinese such as John Lone. In fact, according to commercial terms, only Jet Lee in his peak period can use his yellow face to make a large number of Western moviegoers walk into theaters to buy tickets and watch movies without any brain, because , data will never lie, especially Hollywood movie companies that value data research.

The thing is very easy to understand. To put it another way, when an ordinary North American movie fan sees Jet Lee appearing on a movie poster, he will not care about other elements of the movie and directly choose to buy a ticket to watch the movie. This has actually formed a phenomenon. The effect of star appeal.

Of course, Jack Chen is actually a different model. He has his own team, or team, and most of the behind-the-scenes work of the film is performed by his own team.

As Wayne said, if you want to stay in this land and have the film company and the audience ignore your skin color and only appreciate your talent, very few can do it unless you make these people feel it in their hearts. The feeling of being convinced has nothing to do with how famous I am in my own entertainment circle.

Many celebrities that ordinary people think of are actually not as high in Hollywood as they imagine. For example, Hollywood's largest IP "Star Wars" was restarted after 20 years. According to the rules of the film industry at the time, Disney planned to invite two Chinese stars to participate in "Star Wars: Rogue One".

After picking and choosing, they chose Zhen, a new generation kung fu representative from Hong Kong, and Jiang Xiaojun from across the Pacific. These two Chinese Americans are representative in the eyes of ordinary people, but the treatment they receive in Hollywood is actually Very different.

Many details have been revealed. Zhen plays Kira Yingwei in the film, and Jiang Xiaojun plays a mercenary named Baze Malbus. The two are good friends in the film, and they join the Rogue Squad and die heroically. .

The difference may not be visible on the surface, but in Hollywood, where everything is traceable, as long as you are careful, you can find that the film capital treats the two very differently.

Generally speaking, after the ending of a Hollywood movie, the subtitles that appear will be ranked strictly according to the importance of the actors. The hero and heroine appear first, there is no dispute about this, then Zhen, and then Mads Mikkelson, Denmark’s leading national treasure performing master.

When the names of the main actors who participated in the film scroll past, the so-called finale-level film actors, also known as "with", will appear on the subtitles. Basically, it means that it must be introduced with special importance and must appear separately and emphatically.

The reason is that in the view of Hollywood film capital, these actors are "big names." At exactly this time, Jiang Xiaojun's name appeared. Attentive viewers may notice that the name appearing together with Jiang Xiaojun is Oscar winner Forest Whitaker!

This is the rule of Hollywood, a strictly commercial society. The film company will mark the "big names" with particularly high status in the crew using an emphatic introduction such as "with" and place them in the final part of the film. , this can be said to be the necessary respect for the big names playing supporting roles.

So, don’t think that on the other side of the Pacific, more than ten years ago, in order to compete for position, there was a bloody war of words, and even went to court frequently because of position. This set of rules started decades ago and already has the strictest rules in Hollywood.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of Hollywood film capital, everyone recognizes Jiang Xiaojun as an international "big name". Even if he comes here to play a supporting role in "Star Wars", he must be given the relevant treatment he deserves in accordance with the rules.

Let's look at the martial arts superstar Zhen. In essence, many details have shown that in the eyes of the crew and the film company, he is just an ordinary supporting actor.

So why is Jiang Xiaojun able to receive such treatment in Hollywood? To put it bluntly, he relies on his own strength. Whether he is a director or an actor, he has proven himself on the international stage.

Hollywood film companies are much more practical than any related companies in any country in the world. Therefore, if you want to get the recognition and nod from these capitals, you must have excellent abilities and the ability to be recognized by everyone.

Obviously this is not easy to do. Even if you are a big star in your hometown, no one will recognize your fame here, especially for ethnic minorities.

After Wayne's one-week vacation ended, Miss Lizao, who had come from afar, also got on the plane back to the other side of the Pacific. He once again set his sights on the turbulent awards season and began to follow the instructions of his assistant. The lady arranged the plan, participated in it in an orderly manner, and conveyed her influence to the outside world from time to time.

The first stop Wayne participated in during the awards season was the Grammy Awards held on February 25, 1998. This, along with the Academy Awards, is one of the four major awards ceremonies in North America. It was also on this day. , ushered in a "new couple" that the entire North American audience loved to see.

This year's Grammy Awards ceremony is full of stars, but whether it is the eldest sister, Madonna Ciccone, or the extremely famous Celine Dion, they are all attracted by this "newcomer" with a huge age difference, and they are on the red carpet. stole the limelight.

"Damn it, George! Are you sure there's nothing wrong with our outfits? Damn it, why did I believe your nonsense..."

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