Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 414 The Chinese Circle in Hollywood

"Mr. Chen, long time no see!"

Returning to the theater with Charlize, and after arranging Charlize's seat, Chen Qiming continued to greet the guests with the crew.

Chen Qiming had just finished chatting with Austin, the manager of Warner Films and Television Distribution Department, when he saw John Woo, the director of "The Last Man", walking over with a middle-aged Asian man.

This person is none other than Li An, who is from Treasure Island like Chen Qiming.

"Director Ang Lee, long time no see!"

Seeing it, Chen Qiming greeted him with a smile.

In 94, Ang Lee was nominated for the 67th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the 52nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for the last film of his "Father Trilogy", "Eat Drink Couple". Category - Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Nominated for the 48th British Academy Film Awards Film Award - Best Non-English Film.

Multiple awards made him famous internationally, and he was noticed by 20th Century Fox, who invited him to direct "Sense and Sensibility".

Although this movie did not make Fox a fortune, it did not lose money either. For this movie, Ang Lee also won the Golden Bear Award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Director at the 53rd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. David Lean was nominated for Best Director at the 49th British Academy Film Awards.

Overall, he should be second only to John Woo among the Chinese directors currently making their way into Hollywood.

The main reason why it is said to be second only to John Woo is that not only did Woo come to the United States earlier to develop, but he also had a higher box office than him.

In 1993, John Woo began to break into Hollywood and directed his first Hollywood movie "The Ultimate Target".

The film's annual box office in the United States exceeded US$3000 million. This achievement not only enabled John Woo to successfully enter the Hollywood mainstream commercial film market, but also won him a filming contract for his next film.

In 1995, he was invited to be the director of the shootout action film "Broken Arrow", which was released in early 1996. The film eventually grossed more than $7000 million in the global market and won the Best Award at the 5th MTV Movie Awards. Action Scene Award.

Because of this film, John Woo also became the first Chinese director in Hollywood.

Said it before.

With the success of John Woo in Hollywood in recent years, actors such as Chen Qiming and Jackie Chan have successively achieved good results in Hollywood.

This has also allowed the Chinese community in the Hollywood entertainment industry to begin to grow.

We are all Chinese, and we are strangers in a foreign land. Naturally, we formed a Chinese circle.

At present, because Chen Qiming's appeal is very high on a global scale and he has cooperated with Warner and Fox, he has naturally become the leader among this group of people.

As the leader of this circle, Chen Qiming definitely needs to help people in this circle.

Therefore, after the "Lonely Agent" project was established, Chen Qiming's first thought was his own people.

It happened that during that time, John Woo's "Broken Sword and Arrow" achieved good results in the United States, so Chen Qiming invited him.

It’s Ang Lee.

To be honest, although he is from Baodao like Chen Qiming.

But the two of them really didn’t have much contact.

Chen Qiming remembered that he had met him twice at the Golden Horse Awards and didn't talk much.

Therefore, he did not expect that Li An would take the initiative to support him.

"Director Ang Lee came to Fox yesterday to discuss the new movie, and he happened to meet me, and we chatted for a while.

Knowing that today was the premiere of our movie, I offered to come and help out! "

John Woo explained with a smile beside him.

"Thank you, Director Ang Lee, for coming, thank you so much!"

Although Ang Lee's arrival has little impact on the movie box office.

But people have good intentions after all, so Chen Qiming will naturally not be stingy with his kind words.

“You’re too polite, my main purpose is actually to learn.

Both of them are leaders among us Chinese, one is a big commercial director, the other is a global superstar and a famous screenwriter.

I feel honored to have the opportunity to learn from you two! "

Li An responded with a smile.

"Thank you very much, please come this way!"

Chen Qiming took the lead in bringing Li An to a seat in the front row and sat down.

After chatting for a few more words, he and John Woo left together, preparing to go to the door to greet other guests.

"Why is he here? He shouldn't be the same as us!"

While walking, Chen Qiming asked.

Don't look at the fact that Ang Lee and Chen Qiming are from Taiwan.

But there is a difference between the two.

Chen Qiming is an authentic Baodao native and has a very strong sense of belonging to Chinese culture.

As for Ang Lee, although he is also from Taiwan, he grew up in the United States and can be regarded as a Chinese-American.

For people like him who have lived in the United States, their social circle is obviously stronger than that of Chen Qiming, John Woo and others.

Therefore, when Ang Lee arrived in the United States, he had no interaction with Chen Qiming and others at all.

Unlike Chen Qiming and others, he is an outsider who immediately joined forces after coming to the United States.

Therefore, Chen Qiming was a little curious about his coming.

"Maybe it's because we think our circle has the potential to grow!"

Wu Yusen said with a smile.

"Oh? What do you say?"

Chen Qiming was a little curious about this.

"You have forgotten that during the screening of "The Last Man", Fox also sent people to you and asked you for the distribution rights of this film.

Ang Lee has a good relationship within Fox, and he probably thinks this film will be successful.

In addition, you have become more and more influential in the United States recently, and you have also reached an important cooperation with Fox.

I think he might want to take this opportunity to have a good relationship with us. "

John Woo began to explain.

After listening to his explanation, Chen Qiming couldn't help but nodded.

Indeed, although Ang Lee was on a different path from Chen Qiming and others at the beginning.

But at that time, the main reason may be that the so-called Chinese circle led by Chen Qiming had little potential.

But now it's different.

Chen Qiming not only has an increasing global influence, but also maintains good relations with several giants in the United States.

And he is an investor himself, having invested in several English-language films.

As long as Li An is not a fool, he will never miss the opportunity to join Chen Qiming's circle.

"What do you think of my last suggestion?

Form a Chinese Filmmakers Guild, with you as the leader.

As long as we are organized, we will have a very good background in Hollywood. "

"Can consider it!"

John Woo has been struggling in Hollywood for several years, and he knows very well that if he doesn't stick together, it will be very difficult to get along here.

Therefore, in the first half of the year, he suggested that Chen Qiming create a guild instead of a circle of friends.

"Anyway, if you think about it carefully, we Chinese people in America really need a leader.

Although you are young, you are top notch in terms of connections and influence, and everyone admires you. "

Seeing that Chen Qiming did not definitely confirm, John Woo stopped talking. He believed that Chen Qiming was a smart man and would not let go of this opportunity to expand the influence of the Chinese community in Hollywood.

As guests arrived one after another, at twelve o'clock, the movie premiere officially began.     First of all, director John Woo gave a speech.

"Thank you Jamie Chen for trusting me and letting me be the director of this film. Thank you..."

John Woo's speech made Chen Qiming want to laugh.

This guy's speech was like an acceptance speech.

Not only did I thank him, but I also thanked the crew, and even Fox thanked me.

Well, John Woo does have Fox to thank.

Needless to say, Fox is probably the most friendly to Chinese directors among all the film companies in the United States.

Whether it is John Woo or Ang Lee, their first Hollywood movies are all supported by Fox.

After John Woo finished speaking, it was Andy Lau.

As a newcomer to Hollywood, he was not as popular as he was in Hong Kong.

The reporters in the audience were obviously not interested in him.

He also discovered this problem himself. After saying a few words, he stopped talking and returned the microphone to the host.

Next comes the highlight, with Chen Qiming playing.

Although he is not the star of this movie.

But he is definitely the person that the reporters present today are most interested in.

As soon as the host read his name, the reporters in the audience raised their cameras.

"Thank you all for coming to the movie premiere of 'The Last Man'.

Many of my friends and colleagues are here today!

I won’t thank you one by one here! Talking too much also wastes time.

So, let’s talk about movies!

When I was being interviewed yesterday, a journalist friend asked me why I didn’t star in this movie myself and whether I thought the quality of the movie was not good enough.

To be honest, I am really speechless at what this journalist friend said.

You know, I invested in this movie.

More than 10 million US dollars! If converted into cash, it would be a big mess.

If I didn't think the movie was good, would I invest in it?

Moreover, this is a script I wrote.

As everyone knows, I am a very confident person, and I can guarantee that this movie is definitely a good movie.

The main reason why I didn't appear was because of scheduling issues.

Everyone knows that the filming of this movie takes place in July.

At that time, I was working on another project and was actively preparing my English and Chinese records.

Therefore, I would like to ask fellow journalists not to mention that I dislike this film.

Of course, there is another reason why I don’t appear in the film. In fact, I am not suitable for this film.

The setting of the lead actor in this film doesn’t really suit me.

Liu, on the other hand, is actually very suitable for this movie.

Regarding this, you can judge for yourself later when you watch the film.

I believe his performance will surprise everyone

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Today, Chen Qiming was uncharacteristically speaking. He talked a lot when delivering his speech.

Of course, Chen Qiming is still very capable of controlling the art of language.

Although his speech was long, it was not boring. On the contrary, it made people in the audience laugh heartily from time to time.

After speaking for about ten minutes, Chen Qiming stepped down and the movie officially started.

Compared with the Korean "Lonely Agent" in Chen Qiming's memory.

This "The Lonely Agent" starring Andy Lau and directed by John Woo is beyond the mark both in terms of scenes and plot.

In terms of plot, after changing the location and background to the United States, many plots in the film seem very reasonable.

Especially the lone hero trait, which is simply what the American people like the most.

As for actors, Andy Lau also worked very hard for this movie.

Not only did he start exercising three months in advance, he also built up muscles all over his body.

For action scenes, he himself started training in advance.

Therefore, in terms of fighting, this film can be said to surpass the original version.

And then, the director of this movie is John Woo.

What is John Woo most talked about?

The aesthetics of violence!

It is no exaggeration to say that John Woo is absolutely top-notch when it comes to shooting gunfight scenes.

John Woo's violent aesthetics coupled with the smoothness of the plot, coupled with Andy Lau's desperate attempts to break into Hollywood.

The combination of these three elements makes this film so exciting that it can be called a classic.

The martial arts scenes, gun battle scenes, and literary dramas all attracted the attention of reporters and film critics at the scene.

"It's such an interesting movie, I feel like I saw "The Killer Isn't Too Cold"!"

There were film critics talking behind me.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming really wanted to give him a thumbs up.

The fact is, this movie borrows from "The Killer Isn't Too Cold".

Not only is "This Killer Isn't Too Cold", but it also draws on Russell's 1991 "The End of the World".

Of course, the future movie "Taken" is also borrowed from.

Just like Liam Neeson in "Taken", Denzel Washington in "The End of the World", and Jean Reno's character in "The Killer".

Andy Lau, who plays Lone Agent, used his identity as an actor to depict Liu Hua's struggle against criminals' violence and desire for money in the movie. There are many similarities in the structure of "One Man" and these three films.

The protagonist has a dark and painful past. When he found the reason for his existence, he started a battle with evil forces-in fact, this story structure has become a pattern.

Many commercial gunfight films in the future will follow this model.

Anyway, the protagonist is very painful about the past because of something, and then wakes up because of something and starts the killing mode.

Among them, the movie most similar to "The Lonely Agent" should be "The End of the World".

But from the perspective of the audience, there is still a difference in the emotional intensity of the two dramas.

The biggest difference is that "Alone" is a hostage movie, so in terms of fighting scenes and hatred of evil forces, "Alone" is more intense.

The difference between "The Lonely Agent" and "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" and "The End of the World" is that the little girl and the killer are not the main thread of the story at the same time, but only serve as a lead to stimulate and activate Liu Dehua, played by Liu Dehua. magnificent.

"It seems that everyone recognizes my performance!"

Andy Lau has been paying attention to everyone since the movie started.

When he found that everyone was staring at the movie intently, and even some film critics began to praise it in low voices, he immediately became happy and raised his eyebrows at Chen Qiming.

As if to say, "Look, I'm going to be famous!"

(End of this chapter)