Chapter 520: I Believe in You

"......Uproar" The people who followed Fang Mingyuan immediately became daxiao, and Fang Mingyuan was also daxiao by him.

"Okay, okay, Brother Cheng, I just slapped you, I don't have to do this if you want to retaliate, right?" Fang Mingyuan slapped Cheng Long on the shoulder twice, don't look at Cheng Long's martial arts, these two slaps also slapped him "snorted". Since Fang Mingyuan was reborn, he has never neglected the exercise of the body, even if he is busy every day, he has to spare two hours to exercise, and later after Chen Zhong, this exercise has been systematized. Over the years, although he has not shown his skills to outsiders, according to Chen Zhong's words, ordinary people can't get close. Of course, due to his age and body not yet growing, when he meets someone like Chen Zhong, it is still a dish

Cheng Long laughed a few times before saying, "Mingyuan, is that 'Fang' really you?" ”

"It's not so exaggerated, it's just a little favor for director Cameron, Westerners are more serious in some things, I have said that I don't need to be counted, but when I was shown a sample film, it was not there, but it was added to the official copy. Isn't this putting me on the fire to roast me, but I'm telling you very formally, you can't say it, you can't say it, 'I'm not going to say anything if I kill you.'"

"He won't say anything if he kills you," Lin Lian and Zhao Ya said in unison on the side.

"......Uproar" Everyone was in an uproar again.

Fang Mingyuan looked at everyone helplessly, shook his head again and again, and said: "This is how difficult it is to learn well, easy to learn bad, how long has it been, how can you even Sister Lian" At this moment, he really felt a little cocooned and self-bound.

"We all learned this from you," Zhao Ya said with a grin and put her arm around him.

"Brother Cheng, I said that you caught up, didn't you just want to confirm it from me again?" Fang Mingyuan said with a wink at Cheng Long.

"Of course not, I want to...... I thought, can you introduce me to Hollywood to make a movie" Cheng Long said solemnly.

"Huh?" Fang Mingyuan was taken aback at first, but soon he was relieved. History will indeed continue to develop according to its original trajectory. Brother Cheng Long is still as obsessed with developing to Hollywood as he was in his previous life.

Cheng Long was a little uneasy in his heart, to be honest, he had been thinking about this question for a long time. In the early 0s, he went to the United States to shoot films such as "Killer Trench" and "Cannonball Speed", but they were not successful. At that time, Americans may only have the impression that "Hong Kong has a short man who can fight". Americans like Hong Kong-style action movies, but if they directly transfer the routines of Hong Kong films to Hollywood action movies, they will also find it not realistic enough. In desperation, he had no choice but to return to Hong Kong to work hard.

After entering the 90s, Hong Kong films have entered the peak of history, but Cheng Long knows very well that Chinese people often say that prosperity and decline, after an unprecedented peak, it must be followed by a trough, but when this trough will come, no one can say. However, with the approach of "97", Hong Kong people's anxiety and confusion about the future, as well as the faint shock of Hong Kong's economic and political situation, coupled with the increasingly serious underworld constantly participating in film production or making trouble, 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, and since 93, the number of Hong Kong-made films and their box office revenue have been declining year by year. It was also in this year that the Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park" also broke the box office record of all previous films released in Hong Kong with a Hong Kong box office of more than HK$60 million. The subsequent outbreak of the Southeast Asian financial crisis has filled the Hong Kong film industry with a sense of decadence. Some people even lamented that "Hong Kong movies are dead". "Where is the road of Hong Kong films" has also become a topic that everyone who likes and cares about Hong Kong movies often talks about.

Hong Kong films have since entered a trough, although there have been some bright spots during this period, but until Fang Mingyuan's death in his previous life, Hong Kong movies have not really been able to come out of the trough, resulting in a situation where Hollywood is dominant.

Fang Mingyuan also knew that in his previous life, Cheng Long should be regarded as the most successful Chinese movie star, and a "Red Fan Zone" became the cornerstone for him to successfully break into Hollywood. After that, he starred in "Rush Hour", which generated more than $200 million at the box office. At this point, Hollywood was completely conquered by this "small, broken Chinese man who spoke broken English". Later masterpieces such as "Shanghai Noon" and "Rush Hour 2" further cemented his position in Hollywood, and it was not until 2,000 years later that he was invited to leave his handprint on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His career reached its zenith in Hollywood.

But the poor box office of several subsequent works, such as "Tuxedo" and "Around the World in Eighty Days", greatly weakened his stardom. However, this is also a normal result, he insists on not playing supporting roles in Hollywood, and at the same time insists on not changing his "comedy and juggling" funny style, so his films are often suitable for all ages, which is his advantage. But the same interpretation style is easy to get tired of, and the cultural differences cannot be ignored, of course, there is a very important point, that is, the eldest brother is already over half a hundred years old

In Hollywood, a place with brilliant stars and countless meteors, there are few movie stars who can really shine for more than ten years or even decades, and the eldest brother's acting path is relatively narrow, which has already doomed him to lack of strength.

"Brother Cheng, weishenme you are going 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 where you can make a difference. Fang Mingyuan also replied solemnly.

In his previous life, Fang Mingyuan had a deep feeling about this. Since "Rush Hour", his interest in Cheng Long's films has decreased greatly, and he is not a must-see in every film. Whether it is the action design, plot structure, or character design of the film, it is far less daring, fast-paced, and spectacle than the "Ajihua" series and "Police Story" series he created in Hong Kong. In particular, the poor mouth of Chris Tucker, the black comedian in the movie, made him feel annoyed.

Later, Fang Mingyuan learned that not only he had such feelings, but also Hong Kong fans had the same feelings, which can be clearly reflected from the box office of these movies in Hong Kong, the box office of "Rush Hour" in Hong Kong is more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office of "Dragon Whirlwind" is about 15 million, which is not even one-third of the Hong Kong box office revenue of his works such as "Red Fan Zone" and "Thunderbolt" a few years ago.

"When you go to Hollywood, you have to abide by the rules of Hollywood, the simplest, you can be a screenwriter, director, producer, and martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, but when you go to Hollywood, you don't even have the right to edit. Are you going to go too? Hollywood rules are hard to break by outsiders. At least I think Hollywood can change you, but you can't change Hollywood. When you get to Hollywood, you lose a lot of freedom, a lot of rights, and you're just an actor who listens to the director. Are you going to Hollywood too?"

Although it is said that now that he has his own little butterfly flapping its wings, Hollywood and Hong Kong movies have completely changed, but Fang Mingyuan does not think that even if he entered Hollywood a few years in advance, Cheng Long will be able to achieve more brilliance than in his previous life. No longer repeats his mistake of losing Asian audiences in order to please European and American audiences.

In Fang Mingyuan's view, only the national is shijie, and Hong Kong films have also had a profound impact on Hollywood films, although the future is a little confused, but this does not mean that Hong Kong filmmakers must go to Hollywood to find the road to the revival of Hong Kong films. There are only a few Chinese movie stars who have successfully entered the Hollywood film industry, but their achievements, in Fang Mingyuan's view, are all as remarkable as their achievements in Hong Kong.

"If you just want to experience the high-tech productions of the Americans, then you don't need to rush to Hollywood, in a few years, I dare to assure you that Hong Kong's ability in this area will also catch up" Fang Mingyuan put his arm around Cheng Long's shoulders and said in a low voice, "When that day comes, if you are not satisfied, it will not be too late to go to Hollywood."

"Do you want to continue to cooperate with Hollywood studios?" Cheng Long said thoughtfully.

"Well, I won't hide it from you, at least there will be ......" Fang Mingyuan thought about it in his heart, "I have the outline of no less than ten movie scripts here, but the time has not yet come." Saying that, Fang Mingyuan pointed to his head.

"Ten movies are all of the investment grade of "Terminator"?" Cheng Long gasped. If someone else said this kind of thing, he would definitely not believe it, but Fang Mingyuan said this, Thaksin Kumho Film Co., Ltd. and other film companies in Hong Kong still have many scripts that have not yet started filming, and in the first half of this year, among the top ten Hong Kong movies at the box office, the scripts from Fang Mingyuan's hands accounted for five, which is a terrible number, because a total of five were filmed

"Almost, there are those with a lower investment than it, but there are also those that are much higher than it" Fang Mingyuan said vaguely, "Brother Cheng, you have to believe me"

Cheng Long looked at Fang Mingyuan with an unbelievable gaze for a long time, and then nodded slowly: "Okay, I believe in you"

"However, Brother Cheng, you have to keep these words secret," Fang Mingyuan admonished, "I don't want to get up tomorrow and be treated like aliens by everyone." ”

Cheng Long smiled slyly and said, "I won't say anything if I kill you."