director of the millennium

Hong Kong Island, Southern District of the main island.

Southern District is the largest of the four districts on Hong Kong Island, with a total area of ​​4000 hectares. The famous Repulse Bay villa area is located here, which is a high-end residential area in Hong Kong.

However, although it is a high-end residential area, not all the houses are villas.

After all, Hong Kong Island is famous for its large population and limited land, and even the most high-end areas cannot be used to build villas.

In the South District, not far from Repulse Bay, there is a high-end apartment complex.

Chen Guokun, a well-known actor in Hong Kong, lives here.

Chen Guokun is 44 years old this year, but because he is engaged in the performing arts industry and he is Bruce Lee's "jinchūriki", he pays great attention to body management.

Just like Taiwan's Eddie Peng, Chen Guokun also needs to spend every day in the gym to ensure adequate exercise.

Today, after having a lunch with strictly controlled calorie intake, Chen Guokun came to the community’s own gym and started his daily fitness.

"Hu, sizzle, hu, sizzle..."

Wearing Bluetooth headphones and listening to the golden songs of Hong Kong music's heyday, Chen Guokun looked out at the sea view in the distance through the fully covered glass wall while maintaining a steady speed on the treadmill.

Normally, he would run for half an hour, then do an hour of anaerobic exercise, such as lifting weights, and then ride a spinning bike for half an hour to complete the day's fitness.

However, some unexpected situations occurred today.

Chen Guokun's agent, Hou Keming, who is almost 50 years old this year, actually appeared in the gym of his apartment.

"A Kun!" It was a hurried call, but unfortunately Chen Guokun, who was wearing headphones, was immersed in the world of music and didn't hear it at all.

It was not until Hou Kemin walked up and stopped Chen Guokun's treadmill that he realized his agent had come. He took off his headphones in surprise and said, "Mr. Hou, why are you here?"

"Why can't I get through to your phone?" Hou Kemin said unhappily, "I had to call your wife to find out you were working out here."

Chen Guokun was stunned for a moment, then reached out and touched his pocket, then smiled awkwardly: "Maybe I forgot to bring it when I came to the gym."

As a person born in the 70s, he is not like the people born in the 90s and 00s who keep their mobile phones with them almost 24 hours a day.

On the contrary, because as an artist he is used to having his communication devices kept by his agent or assistant, Chen Guokun often forgets to bring his mobile phone when he goes to the gym.

"Forget it." Hou Kemin was too lazy to ask about these details. Regardless of the fact that Chen Guokun was sweating profusely, he pulled him and walked out of the gym.

"What's wrong? Is there any urgent matter?" Chen Guokun asked in a daze.

Hou Kemin said without turning his head: "This is not the place to discuss things, let's go back to your house and talk about it."

"So, that famous director from the mainland wants to invite me to play Bruce Lee?"

At home, Chen Guokun, sitting on the sofa with Hou Kemin, looked at him in confusion as he took out a thick stack of scripts from his briefcase.

"real or fake?"

"Hou Sheng, you are not making fun of me, are you?"

At the side, Chen Guokun's wife Huang Yiwen, who was serving tea to the two of them, also widened her eyes, fearing that she had heard it wrongly.

"I don't have the time to joke with you." Hou Kemin didn't even show any expression and stuffed the script into Chen Guokun's arms.

"The big director specifically asked you to play this role." "This role is indeed only for you."

"Since he wants to make a Bruce Lee biography, who else should he turn to if not you?"

Speaking of this, Hou Kemin also looked somewhat proud.

After all, the actor under their command is the only one designated in the world to play "Bruce Lee", which does give them a great advantage in some aspects.

So, I got the opportunity to work with a world-class director.

Moreover, they are collaborating on an award-winning art film.

"This is a movie co-produced with Hollywood, and it's going to win an Oscar."

"Ah Kun, you also know that the Academy Awards have always favored biographical films like this."

"2012 Years a Slave in 2013, Argo in 2016, Spotlight in , and Green Book this year are all biographical films, and all won the Oscar for Best Picture!"

Hou Kemin became more and more excited as he spoke, as if as long as Chen Guokun starred in this "Bruce Lee", the Oscar would be within his grasp.

Don’t underestimate the fact that Hong Kong’s film industry in the 1980s was on par with Hollywood. At one point, Hong Kong’s kung fu films even threatened Hollywood. These films were popular across Asia.

But since the 1990s, Hong Kong films have declined rapidly. Coupled with Jackie Chan's success in Hollywood, Hong Kong has unknowingly gone from being on par with Hollywood to now considering Hollywood as an art paradise, and is proud to be in Hollywood.

The first batch of Asian directors to venture into Hollywood were directors from Hong Kong.
Actors in Hong Kong dream of becoming the second Jackie Chan every day.

Unfortunately, after the decline of Hong Kong films, the actors naturally could not be supported, and the kung fu superstars have become a thing of the past.

But now things have taken a turn for the better, and Chen Guokun has the opportunity to enter Hollywood as a "Kung Fu superstar"!

what?
You said the kung fu superstar is Bruce Lee, not Chen Guokun?
Do you understand the value of Bruce Lee's Jinchuriki?

"Ah Kun, I've already looked over the contract for you. Filming will start in August this year and wrap up in October. It will be screened on a small scale in North American art theaters at the end of December in order to compete for an Oscar in February next year."

Hou Keming threw another contract over and stared at Chen Guokun, as if he would not feel at ease until he saw him sign his name immediately.

Although still a little confused, Chen Guokun subconsciously took the pen handed to him by Hou Kemin and signed his name on the last page of the contract.

Although he is Bruce Lee's Jinchuriki, he really doesn't have many film offers and his schedule this year is very empty, so naturally he has no worries at all.

There was no reason for Chen Guokun to refuse such a good cooperation that fell from the sky.

"I understand." After signing the contract, he finally came to his senses, carefully opened the script, and planned to take a good look at it.

But in fact, there is nothing good about this script, at least it is very familiar to Chen Guokun.

A biographical film tells the life experience of the male protagonist.

Chen Guokun can really be said to have memorized Bruce Lee's life experience by heart, and he has even filmed a biographical TV series called "The Legend of Bruce Lee".

So he could feel extremely familiar with the plot of the movie script just by taking a glance at it.

This is also a good thing for Chen Guokun. After all, such a script is extremely easy for him to perform. At least within his acting level, he can perform to the best of his ability.

"I will seize this opportunity!" Chen Guokun said firmly, holding the script tightly. (End of this chapter)