manynovel Chapter 520 I Believe In You
Chapter 520 I Believe In You
Chapter 5 Twenty I Believe in You
"Wow..." The people following Fang Mingyuan immediately burst out laughing, and Fang Mingyuan was also made to laugh out loud by him.
"Okay, okay, Brother Cheng, I'm just messing with you, so you don't have to do this if you want to get revenge?" Fang Mingyuan slapped Cheng Long's shoulders hard twice, regardless of Cheng Long's martial arts skills, these two slaps also slapped him "Hang" a sound.Since Fang Mingyuan was reborn, he has never neglected to exercise his body. No matter how busy he is every day, he still takes two hours to exercise. Later, after having Chen Zhong, this exercise became more systematic.Over the years, even though I haven't shown my skills with outsiders much, according to Chen Zhong's words, most people can't get close.Of course, due to age and body immature, if you meet someone like Chen Zhong, it's still a dish
Cheng Long laughed "hehe" a few times before saying, "Ming Yuan, that 'Fang' is really you? It's unbelievable."
"It's not that exaggerated. I just helped Director Cameron a little. Westerners are more serious about certain things. I have already said that I don't need to be counted. When I showed me the samples, there were none. It's official. But it was added in the copy. Isn’t this putting me on the fire? Hey, I’m telling you very formally, you must not say this, and you are not allowed to say, ‘I won’t tell you if I kill you’”
"He won't say even if he kills you," Lin Lian and Zhao Ya said in unison.
"Wow..." Everyone burst into laughter again.
Fang Mingyuan looked at the crowd helplessly, shook his head again and again, and said, "It's difficult to learn well, but easy to learn badly. How long has it taken? How can you know how to even sister Lian?" At this moment, he was really in a cocoon. Feel.
"We learned this from you," Zhao Ya said with a smile on his arm.
"Brother Cheng, I said you came after me, didn't you just want to confirm it from me?" Fang Mingyuan said with a wink at Cheng Long.
"Of course not, I was thinking... I was thinking, can you introduce me to make a movie in Hollywood?" Cheng Long said solemnly.
"Ah?" Fang Mingyuan was taken aback at first, but soon he was relieved.Sure enough, history will still rely on the original track of development.Brother Cheng Long, as in his previous life, is still as obsessed with developing into Hollywood.
Cheng Long felt a little uneasy. To be honest, he had thought about this question for a long time. In the early 0s, he went to the United States to shoot films such as "The Killer" and "Cannonball Run", but they were not successful.At that time, Americans may only have the impression that "there is another short man who can fight in Hong Kong".Americans like Hong Kong-style action movies, but if they directly transfer the routines of Hong Kong movies to Hollywood action movies, they will feel that they are not realistic enough.Helpless, he had no choice but to return to Hong Kong to work hard.
After entering the 90s, Hong Kong movies have entered the peak of history, but Cheng Long knows very well that Chinese people often say that after an unprecedented peak, there must be a trough, but when will this trough come? Well, no one can tell.However, as the "[-]" is approaching, Hong Kong people's anxiety and confusion about the future, as well as the faint turbulence of Hong Kong's economy and political situation, coupled with the increasingly serious gangsters' continuous involvement in film production or the occurrence of troublesome incidents, are all Cheng Long felt a sense of crisis.
In terms of real history, it is indeed as Cheng Long expected. Since the first half of the 90s, the Hong Kong film industry has also fallen into a downturn. Since 6000, the number of Hong Kong-produced films and their box office revenues showing a downward trend year by year.It was also in this year that the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park" also broke the box office records of all previous films released in Hong Kong with a box office of more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars.And the Southeast Asian financial crisis that broke out afterwards made the Hong Kong film industry even more decadent.Some people even lamented that "Hong Kong movies are dead". "Where is the road for Hong Kong movies" has become a topic that everyone who likes and cares about Hong Kong movies often talks about.
Hong Kong movies have since entered a trough. Although there have been some bright spots during this period, until Fang Mingyuan died in his previous life, Hong Kong movies have not really come out of the trough, resulting in a situation where Hollywood dominates.
Fang Mingyuan also knew that in his previous life, Cheng Long should be regarded as the most successful Chinese movie star, and "Red Fan District" became his breakthrough into Hollywood.And then he starred in "Rush Hour" created more than 2 million US dollars at the box office.So far, Hollywood has been completely conquered by this "little Chinese man who speaks broken English".Subsequent masterpieces such as "Shanghai Noon" and "Rush Hour 2" further consolidated his position in Hollywood. After 2000, he was invited to leave his handprint on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.His career reached its pinnacle in Hollywood.
However, the poor box office of several subsequent works, such as "Tuxedo" and "Around the World in Eighty Days", greatly weakened his starlight.However, this is also a normal result. He insists not to play supporting roles in Hollywood, and at the same time insists not to change his funny style of "comedy and sideshow". Therefore, his movies are often suitable for all ages, which is his advantage.But it is easy to get bored with the same interpretation style, and cultural differences cannot be ignored. Of course, there is also a very important point, that is, the elder brother is already over fifty years old.
In a starry place like Hollywood with countless shooting stars, there are very few movie stars who can really shine for more than ten years or even decades. The eldest brother's acting path is relatively narrow, which is already doomed to his insufficient stamina. .
"Brother Cheng, why do you want to go to Hollywood? To be honest, I personally think that you are not so suitable for Hollywood. There, you will lose your true colors and be assimilated by Hollywood commercial films. Hong Kong is the fundamental place for you to show your strength. land." Fang Mingyuan replied equally solemnly.
In his previous life, Fang Mingyuan had a deep feeling for this.Since "Rush Hour", his interest in Cheng Long's films has greatly decreased, and he is no longer a must-see for every film.Whether it is in terms of action design, plot structure, or character design in the film, it is far inferior to the "Project A" series and "Police Story" series he created in Hong Kong. .Especially the black comedian Chris Tucker in the movie made him even more annoying.
Later, Fang Mingyuan learned that not only he felt this way, but Hong Kong movie fans also felt the same way. This can be clearly reflected in the box office of these movies in Hong Kong. The box office of "Dragon Whirlwind" is about 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office of "Dragon Whirlwind" is about [-] million, which is not even as high as the Hong Kong box office revenue of his "Red Fan District" and "Thunderbolt" a few years ago. one-third of.
"When you come to Hollywood, you must abide by the rules of Hollywood. The simplest thing is that you can be a screenwriter, director, producer, and martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, but when you come to Hollywood, you don't even have the right to edit. Do you want to go to Hollywood? The rules are difficult to be broken by external forces. At least I think Hollywood can change you, but you can't change Hollywood. When you come to Hollywood, you will lose a lot of freedom, a lot of rights, and you are just an actor who obeys the director's orders. In this way, you have to Going to Hollywood?"
Although it is said that Hollywood and Hong Kong movies have completely changed with his little butterfly flapping its wings, but Fang Mingyuan does not think that even if he enters Hollywood a few years earlier, Cheng Long will be able to achieve more than he did in his previous life. more brilliance.I will not repeat the mistake of losing Asian audiences in order to please European and American audiences.
In Fang Mingyuan's view, only the nation belongs to the world. Hong Kong movies have also had a profound impact on Hollywood movies. Although the future is a bit confused, this does not mean that Hong Kong filmmakers must go to Hollywood to find the revival of Hong Kong movies. road.There are only a few Chinese movie stars who have successfully entered the Hollywood film industry, but their achievements, in Fang Mingyuan's opinion, are not as good as their achievements in Hong Kong.
"If you say, Brother Cheng, you just want to experience American high-tech productions, then you don't need to rush to Hollywood. In a few years, I can assure you that Hong Kong's capabilities in this area will catch up." Fang Mingyuan Putting his arms around Cheng Long's shoulders, he said in a low voice, "When that day comes, if you are still not satisfied, it will not be too late to go to Hollywood."
"Are you still going to continue to cooperate with the Hollywood film company?" Cheng Long said thoughtfully.
"Well, I won't hide it from you, at least there must be..." Fang Mingyuan calculated in his heart, "I have at least ten movie script outlines here, but the time has not yet come." Fang Mingyuan pointed own head.
"All ten movies are of the investment level of "Terminator"?" Cheng Long gasped.If someone else said such a thing, he would definitely not believe it, but Fang Mingyuan said this. Thaksin Kumho Films Co., Ltd. and other Hong Kong film companies still have many scripts that have not yet started shooting, and in the first half of this year Among the top ten box office movies in Hong Kong, the scripts written by Fang Mingyuan accounted for five. This is a terrible figure because a total of five were filmed.
"Almost, there are those with a lower investment than it, but there are also those with a much higher investment." Fang Mingyuan said vaguely, "Brother Cheng, you have to trust me."
Cheng Long looked at Fang Mingyuan with disbelief for a while, then slowly nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you."
"However, Brother Cheng, you have to keep these words a secret." Fang Mingyuan warned, "I don't want to wake up tomorrow and be treated like an alien by everyone."
Cheng Long smiled slyly and said, "I won't even tell if I kill you."