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Chapter 864
The next day, Cheng Yu'an took his assistant and other people from the company on a flight from New York to New Orleans.

The movie being filmed is called "Green Book", which is adapted from a true story and tells the story of the white driver Tony driving for the black pianist Tang, and what they saw and heard during the journey and the friendship they achieved.

Doesn't this seem very American politically correct at first glance?Very American theme?

But when Cheng Yu'an wrote the script, he brought a lot of private goods: first of all, in reality, Tang and Tony have no so-called "friendship" at all, and the two did not form a lifelong friendship because of this journey. Tony did not work for Don for too long, and he was fired by Don afterwards.

Second, the real Don is not as portrayed in the movie, far away from the black community, falling out with his family, and still gay.In fact, Don was active in the black movement, was a good friend of Martin Luther King, and had a very harmonious relationship with his family. He even raised two nephews who lost their mothers.

In many places in the script, Cheng Yu'an made vicious designs.

Yes, it is vicious.

Even Cheng Yu'an himself used this word to describe his script.

Therefore, "Green Book" can basically be summed up as a film that "certainly will not be liked by black people, and may even be opposed by black people. It meets the needs of American white leftists to pretend to be x, but it disgusts the entire American ethnic policy and social status quo." black films.

It wears a layer of political correctness, but the story it tells is so politically incorrect.

Is Cheng Yu'an afraid of being opposed by American society?

Afraid of a hammer!

The president has criticized himself by name, so why not let him fight back?
Cheng Yu'an landed in New Orleans with the team, and transferred to the location of the crew.

Most of the actors in the movie have not changed, but the actor Tony has been replaced by the Danish actor Max Mikkelsen.

"Liu Yifei's new drama "John Wick 3" is currently being filmed in New York. Recently, a reporter photographed director Cheng Yu'an bringing his daughter to the crew to visit his wife. During this time, he ran into American movie star Anne Hathaway. From the photos taken at the scene, it can be seen that , The three talked very happily in detail, and it seemed that they were not affected by the previous remarks of the US President. On the second day, Cheng Yuan led the team to New Orleans to visit another crew. According to the response from the relevant person in charge of Long-distance Media, Cheng Yuan’s trip to the United States, In addition to visiting the class, the main purpose is to learn new film technology and carry out some foreign exchanges. For the criticism of the President of the United States, the remote media said that Cheng Yu'an did not take it seriously."

Cheng Yu'an received a warm welcome from the crew. Everyone hopes to make friends with a world-renowned director, let alone he is the boss of a film company.

Director Peter Farrelly has been shooting vulgar comedies before, and he has made a name for himself with a small amount of tension and excitement.

The reason why he entrusted such an important film to Peter Farrelly was because of his comedic talent. He needed Peter Farrelly to coat this serious film with a warm cloak of comedy.

When Peter Farrelly saw Cheng Yu'an, he was amazed: "Cheng, I never thought you could write such an authentic American story."

Cheng Yu'an said with a smile: "I lived in the United States for a long time when I was a child, and I have a relatively good understanding of American history."

And Cheng Yu'an expressed respect and love for Max Mikkelsen: "I have wanted to cooperate with you for a long time. To tell you the truth, I wanted to find you for the filming of "Hunting". Don't say that Tell Matthew McConaughey, or he won't be happy."

Max Mikkelsen thought he was joking and accepted his flattery: "Whether the script of "Green Book" is good, it is not too late for us to cooperate."

After greeting the creators, Cheng Yuan looked at the turquoise Cadillac De Ville in front of him and praised: "Nice car! When I wrote the script, I didn't expect you to find such a beautiful car."

In the script, Cheng Yu'an did not specify the car model, this Cadillac was found by the crew themselves.

And they found the classic 1962 De Ville. What they want to say is that the turquoise color is not the original color, but the crew specially changed it to echo the movie.

"Cheng, Cadillac can be the representative of American car culture. We all like Cadillac." The director emphasized the reason why he chose Cadillac.

Cheng Yu'an deliberately raised the bar: "Aren't they Ford and Chevrolet?"

"Come on, Cheng!" Both the director and the producer disagreed with Cheng Yu'an's statement, "Ford and Chevrolet only know how to please young people blindly, they just sell well in the past two years. Anyone who really understands cars will choose Cadillac. Cheng, What car do you like?" Cars are a big part of everyday American chatter.

"I don't know much about cars," Cheng Yu'an said. "My wife has always taken care of my car. Now I often drive a Mercedes-Benz."

Americans don't seem to be very interested in BBA. Seeing that Cheng Yu'an really doesn't know much about cars, he recommended American cars to him even more excitedly.

In the end, Cheng Yu'an said helplessly: "But our company has signed a long-term contract with Mercedes-Benz, and our official vehicles can only be Mercedes-Benz."

"Okay, Cheng, when the show is over, you must go to the club to experience American cars, which are definitely different from your Mercedes-Benz."

"Oh, that's right." Cheng Yu'an still couldn't remember the car, "The company plans to shoot a racing movie this year, about the Le Mans endurance race."

"Oh—" They all seem to like racing movies, "Cheng, is it a movie like "Fast and Furious"?"

"I'm afraid not." Cheng Yu'an shrugged, "This movie is based on the documentary novel "Drive in Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Le Mans Endurance Race"."

"I hate Ford," said Peter Farrelly.

After everyone chatted for a while, Cheng Yu'an signaled them to continue filming.

Cheng Yu'an stayed in the "Green Book" crew for two days, learned about the filming situation of the crew in detail, and left New Orleans after feeling that there was no problem, and returned to New York.

In the next few days, Cheng Yu'an got busy.

As I said before, Cheng Yuan came to the United States with the task of studying and exchanging.

He first led the team to the headquarters of Industrial Light and Magic in California, and talked about personnel training and patent sharing.

Then he returned to New York and held a film master class at the New York University School of the Arts—Li An's alma mater.

During the event, Cheng Yuan actively communicated with teachers and students of New York University, basically answering all questions.He encouraged young people to devote themselves to the film industry, but at the same time, he persuaded the students present with earnest words: "Fill your stomach first."

Of course, he did not forget to introduce his alma mater enthusiastically, and welcomed the teachers and students of the New York University School of Art to come and communicate.

"I teach at school every year. If you have the opportunity, you can come and listen to my class. I'm still a good teacher." Cheng Yu'an smiled.

(End of this chapter)