Chapter 657 American Coat

It took two blocks for the two of them to find a hamburger restaurant. Compared with many small restaurants in China, the business hours are getting later and later. In the United States, except for 24-hour convenience stores and nightclubs that are originally open at night.

Some other supermarkets, shopping malls, or restaurants are generally closed after 8 pm. This made Yang Dongxu complain a lot. Obviously, this is not just a public security issue.

"I have prepared those promotional schedules. Is there anything I can help you with?" He took the hamburger back to the car to eat. , Because this hamburger restaurant is also going to close, Yang Dongxu asked.

"No, you have helped me a lot." Jackie Chan waved his hand quickly: "This time I came here mainly to see you, and I also want to ask if there is a role suitable for me in the movie you invested in Hollywood?"

When "Rush Hour" started filming, Yang Dongxu did contribute a lot, such as investment, and film project establishment, etc. Although Haina Records is not doing well abroad, Zhou Ya, as a listed shareholder of Duojia, still has considerable power in the United States.

Actually, the first reason why Chen Long came here this time was because he was too busy before. So he didn't come to see Yang Dongxu for so long in the United States. This time he came to see Yang Dongxu.

The second reason was that he was stimulated by Michelle Yeoh, who was filming "The Matrix". Because "Rush Hour" was also filmed in the United States, he had more contact with Michelle Yeoh. For being able to play the leading role in such a big movie with an investment of 63 million US dollars right from the start, I don't know how many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars who want to develop in Hollywood envy him.

And Yang Dongxu also spent a lot of energy for this role. First of all, he bought the script at a high price, and then he took the bonus of 30 million US dollars to find a film company to shoot. Finally, after several operations, he won the position of Michelle Yeoh as the leading actress. The leading actor had no way to think about it, even though he had almost half of the money for filming the movie.

And he also got a professional action guidance team. That's right, even if the heroine is not Michelle Yeoh, the fighting scenes of "The Matrix" in the future are so amazing, and the martial arts guidance is also because there are professional Chinese action teachers in it.

It's just that these people are just behind the scenes, and they haven't become popular like the movies. In fact, Hollywood is indeed a white Hollywood, but you have to say that they are proud but not self-righteous. They absorb all kinds of excellent elements from all over the world and integrate them into Hollywood. This is the fundamental reason why they have become the boss.

This is quite similar to the saying "strategically despise the enemy and tactically pay attention to the enemy". Hollywood, dominated by whites, looks down on yellow and black people, but for some good things. They don't care what color people invent them, they will find ways to get them and integrate them into their bodies to strengthen themselves, so it makes sense for them to be strong.

"There is no role suitable for you in the movies that I have invested in for the time being. In fact, to enter Hollywood, you don't have to make Hollywood blockbusters. Pure Chinese elements can also be popular if they are well shot." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but say one more sentence.

In fact, this is also the misunderstanding of many stars and investors in later generations. Everyone thinks that if you want to integrate into Hollywood, you must make Hollywood blockbusters to achieve good results.

But the fact is that Chinese actors are not valued at all in Hollywood, and you have little chance of playing a major role in a blockbuster. Even if you invest money, people still look down on you.

So instead of hitting the stubborn rock of Hollywood head-on, it is better to improve yourself and make yourself stronger. Use Chinese works that you can show off to break open the door of Hollywood.

Wait until you have a certain degree of fame, then talk about entering Hollywood to make blockbusters. Under the trend of interests, even the white people who dominate Hollywood still look down on you. But for the sake of box office, they will definitely take the initiative to give you some good roles. If they still give you bad roles, you have the confidence to refuse, right? Instead of being like now, any villain role seems to be a charity.

"I have actually considered this seriously, but even if you make a good thing, the distribution alone is a big problem." Chen Long said with a wry smile and a sip of Coke.

Long has been constantly impacting Hollywood for a long time, and has encountered all kinds of sarcasm and suppression. Chen Long has undoubtedly thought about many problems carefully. But if you make a Hollywood blockbuster, you don’t have good publicity and good filming. Without these things, even if the things are good, it’s useless if people can’t see them, right?

"Rush Hour" must be better than "Rumble in the Bronx"? This is not necessarily true, but why can "Rush Hour" achieve such good results, while "Rumble in the Bronx" is just a brick knocking on the door of Hollywood movies?

This undoubtedly has to do with the filming locations and filming companies of the two films. "Rumble in the Bronx" is produced by Hong Kong Golden Harvest, while "Rush Hour" was filmed in Hollywood. The director is an American and it uses Hollywood's publicity channels, so it has a better box office than "Rumble in the Bronx" in Europe and the United States.

"This is indeed a problem." Yang Dongxu nodded.

In the circle dominated by white people, it is not just the film industry, but many things are like this. For example, the songs and singers that Haina has released overseas recently are really not as good as the four major record companies? Obviously not, the only reason why the situation has not been opened up is because of this invisible constraint. You can't see it, but you can feel the ubiquitous resistance.

After a moment, Yang Dongxu pondered and said, "You are in a good situation now. If "Rush Hour" can be a big hit, you'd better be steady and don't take any movie roles. You have to have your own considerations."

In fact, many stars have bad works after they become famous, which is inevitable. It may be for money, or it may be a careless choice. In short, if you are a movie star and you don’t have one or two bad movies that are criticized by people, you are embarrassed to be in this circle.

But it doesn’t matter if other stars have bad character, even if they have bad character when making movies in China. But Hollywood obviously doesn’t give Asian stars so many opportunities. The reputation that is not easy to accumulate may return to the pre-liberation era because of a careless choice of a movie.

"I understand. This is also the reason why I rejected many invitations after opening the Hollywood movie market and insisted on filming "Rush Hour". I think those roles are not what I want, and the script is not suitable for me. I want to play some roles that I want." Chen Long nodded.

"It's good that you have such a clear understanding and consideration. I will think of a way to distribute it, and you should work hard on making movies. If there is a good opportunity, I will recommend it to you."

"Thank you first, Mr. Yang."

"Don't be so polite, just call me Xuzi or Xiaoxu." Yang Dongxu raised the Coke in his hand: "Cheers to Chinese movies going abroad."

"Cheers." Chen Long picked up the Coke in his hand and clinked it with Yang Dongxu.

After sending Jackie Chan to the car, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He also had a headache about how to pry open the white-dominated Hollywood. This is not a problem that can be solved by one or two excellent movies.

For example, Chen Long was able to get the top ten box office in the United States with the "Rush Hour" series of movies, but he finally fell silent. For example, Jet Li was also very powerful after entering Hollywood, but he still couldn't get mixed up in the end. For example, Chow Yun-fat, who is definitely a superstar in the mainland, still hit a wall when he came to the United States and finally had to pack up and leave.

Looking at the Hollywood market over the past 20 years, except for an excellent director who occasionally emerges and occupies a certain position in Hollywood, most of the stars who come to Hollywood just show their faces and nothing happens. Including Zhang Ziyi, who is considered to be very active in the international arena in the mainland.

But the influence of directors is obviously not comparable to that of stars. After all, directors are only famous and have status in the circle, and their influence in society is far less than that of superstars. Most fans are chasing stars. Have you seen a few who chase directors?

This is like the superstar players and coaches in the NBA. Although so many championship coaches are popular, they don’t make the headlines as many times as stars. And fans basically go to the stars for each game. Is there anyone who goes for the coach?

"It seems that there is only one way to cooperate." After a while, Yang Dongxu shook his head and walked to the bathroom.

As for acquisitions, this seemingly one-time solution is not very effective in Hollywood. The richest man in China in later generations also did acquisitions in Hollywood. What was the final result? In addition to being on the news for a few days, it was finally left unresolved.

Therefore, the only way to break the Hollywood barrier is to cooperate with at least half of the interests. The popularity of "Happy Boys" is directly related to the cooperation with the four major record companies. Otherwise, even if Yang Dongxu spent money, he would not be able to create the current phenomenon of a hit.

"Should we make an indoor variety show?" Yang Dongxu had such an idea in his mind as he opened the valve of the bathtub and started to run the bath water.

"Happy Boys" or "Happy Girls" which is already planned to be launched later, although the talent show has been lively, it is not a long-term solution. After three seasons at most, the audience will basically enter aesthetic fatigue. After all, this talent show is just a group of new singers singing and the judges commenting without too many tricks.

But variety shows are different, and the elements are much richer than simple talent shows. If a link is used for too long and the audience is tired, you can change another link to continue to attract the audience's attention. Looking at the history of entertainment development, indoor variety shows are definitely one of the evergreens.

In his opinion, the development of variety shows in the United States is actually lacking. Looking back over the past few decades, although there are many popular variety shows in the United States, the content always feels a bit dry. The reason why they have such a great influence is that these programs are backed by the United States, so they have such a great influence. If they change to another country, they will not work at all.

For example, "Victoria's Secret" is a group of supermodels walking on the catwalk. In addition to going to see women, people go there because they see women. As for the popular trend brought by this program. Perhaps those artistic fashions that are not understood by the public are only understood by those individual designers, which is a bit far away from the general public.

For example, WWE is a kind of funny wrestling. Although the program team tried their best to incorporate various funny elements, the overall effect presented is like the current "Happy Boys". The program is too monotonous.

Then there is "Supermodel Contest". I won't say much, it's still to see women. Finally, there are various talk shows, and then make fun of various things at the time. This still has some content. After all, the daily news is fresh and will not be repeated. But after repeating one issue after another, it looks funny at first glance, but it feels a bit boring when you keep watching it.