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Chapter 605 [32] North America is becoming popular!
University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Lot Lee hurried to the dormitory, took off his headphones and turned on the TV.

The weekly "Steve Harvey Morning Show" is about to begin.

As a Chinese, he has liked Bruce Lee since he was a child. He has read many of his autobiographies and even learned Chinese Kung Fu for a period of time. He is extremely obsessed with this martial art.

As more and more Chinese kung fu films were released in North America, Lotte Lee got to know Jackie Chan and Jet Li, but his favorite was still Chen Yu.

The kung fu rookie who just emerged in North America in the past two years, but is said to be very famous in Asia.

Lotte Lee is Chen Yu's number one fan at UCLA.

The reason why he likes him is that in his opinion, Chen Yu’s fighting style is most similar to Bruce Lee’s, and his body shape is similar to his.

The main thing is that the fighting is really good-looking, and this kind of good-looking is different from the recognized good-looking appearance of Jet Li in "jianghu". It is the kind of cool, handsome, sharp and has its own strong personal style.

Whether it is a costume drama or a modern film, the fighting is very neat and clean without any drag.

For example, in "House of Flying Daggers", if Jet Li was in ancient costume, he and the villain would fight each other fiercely, while Jackie Chan was funny and relaxed. However, in Chen Yu's movies, killing with one blow is a common operation.

There are also throat slitting, chopping and various difficult and cool fights, which are very similar to many modern fighting techniques.

"House of Flying Daggers" was a DVD rented by his roommate Borol Doji from Redbox, the kind of automatic rental machine that can be found next to McDonald's and supermarkets.

At that time, it was said that this movie was very popular in the United States and its global box office broke 3 million US dollars.

Lot Lee was watching the movie with him in the dormitory at that time. Boral even boasted to him that this was the Bruce Lee of China. Lot Lee obviously sneered at that time, thinking that Boral had insulted his idol.

But after the two watched "House of Flying Daggers" together, Lot Lee changed his mind.

Both of them remembered the figure of the male protagonist.

Sometimes, a movie is just magical.

The fighting is good and the acting is brilliant, which makes some movie fans feel that this actor is very charming.

Chen Yu undoubtedly has such appeal.

His box office appeal in Asia has always been inseparable from his special ability; with his new type of performance that combines acting skills and action, many audiences are very fond of his visual impact.

This is a bit like Keanu Reeves in John Wick, where many people also like his moves.

But Chen Yu's performance is a plus.

What is different from Borol's liking for Chen Yu is that Lot Lee's grandfather was the first generation of Chinese to come to the United States, so Lot Lee has a natural curiosity about this movie star who has the same yellow skin as him.

After all, there are not many yellow-skinned stars in Hollywood. He used to like Jackie Chan and Jet Li, but in his mind, they are definitely not as good as Bruce Lee.

Of course Chen Yu couldn't surpass him at that time.

But as he looked through the other party's relevant information and resume, and bought DVDs of "Kung Fu" and even "Initial D", Lot Lee's love for Chen Yu has risen from a fan to a die-hard fan.

He originally thought that Chen Yu was just an action star like Jet Li and Jackie Chan, but he didn't expect that he was better at acting.

His best aspect is his acting skills.

He has won the Best Actor Award at the three major international film festivals in Europe. Even in the United States, there is only one person who has achieved this.

The true pride of the Chinese people should probably be someone like Chen Yu.

Therefore, it took Lot Lee almost two years to transform from an ordinary fan to a die-hard fan.

"Extraction" premiered some time ago. Due to the fact that it was only screened in a very small Chinese area, he went back home specially to watch the premiere of the movie in a nearby cinema.

After watching it, Lot Lee's love for Chen Yu was beyond words.

This is a kung fu film that, in his opinion, is better and more exciting than "House of Flying Daggers" and "Kung Fu".

Is this the full display of Chen Yu’s true strength?
For the first time in the movie, Lot Lee saw Chen Yu fighting at full speed. In this movie, he fought with great pleasure and the audience's adrenaline was also increased.

So he watched it three times, and each time was more exciting than the last.

The second time I watched it was with my family, and the third time was with my roommate Borol and two other bastards, just the day before yesterday, because "Extraction" was widely released.

Every day, more than 4000 theaters in the North American market begin broadcasting the film. Although the screening schedule is not too high, it is increasing every day.

For a fan of Chen Yu, he may be concerned about the box office growth of this movie like Chen Yu, so basically Lot Lee checks the box office growth every day. Unfortunately, during these working days, the total box office has just exceeded 6000 million!
"Hey, Lotte, what are you doing?"

Borol, who has slightly curly hair and is also a kung fu fan, knocked on the door of Lot Lee's room.

The dormitory at UCLA is very luxurious. In a large suite, four students each have their own single room.

"Chan was on the Harvey Show. I just listened to the interview this morning. Chan showed a lot of real skills on the show!"

"Want to watch it together?"

Lot Lee turned his head excitedly. He had a standard oriental face. He was not very tall, but not thin either. He was 1.8 meters tall and very slender.

"You didn't even share this with me?"

Borol was speaking very depressedly.

Lotte Lee shrugged, looked at the opening advertisement of the Harvey Show which was about to start on TV, smiled and said, "I thought you knew it, it seems that now I am the number one fan of Heal Chan. I have also made an appointment for Chan's movie fan meeting tomorrow!"

"As for Heal Chan's number one fan, I definitely won't compete with you, I still like Jackie Chan and Jet Lee!"

"Why don't you like your family? According to the Chinese surname, you and Jet should have been one family five hundred years ago!"

This guy Borol is half an expert on China, probably because there is a Chinese living next door to him and he has been listening to him tell martial arts novels since he was a child.

"Haha, you know a lot?"

"Jet is indeed from the same family as me. My grandfather might be able to find his bloodline when he returns to China and looks for the family tree!"

"But Bruce Lee is my cousin!"

"And Heal Chan is the most Bruce movie-style Kung Fu superstar!"

"Ok, ok, I don't want to argue with you about this!"

Regarding Chen Yu, Cheng Long and Jet Li, the two have been arguing privately.

Because Lot Lee likes Chen Yu, he feels that he will definitely be able to make a name for himself in Hollywood in the future, and what Boral means is that Chen Yu should surpass Jet Li and Jackie Chan first?
The video disc market is a barometer, and currently Jet Li is still in a class of his own.

"Just wait and see, Chan's "Taken" will definitely sell well in rentals and DVDs!"

“Better than House of Flying Daggers!”

Currently, Chen Yu’s most impressive achievement in North America is obviously the global box office and DVD market of "House of Flying Daggers".

Many North American fans of Chen Yu are attracted not by the box office success of "House of Flying Daggers", but by the continued popularity of the DVDs.

The reason why Jackie Chan and Jet Li became so famous is actually thanks to "Home Theater".

The global box office of "House of Flying Daggers" exceeded 3 million US dollars, which only made Chen Yu's fame in the circle and his screen impression known to the public.

Audio and video sales and rentals are the reason why he is becoming more and more famous.

At present, the "box office" of "House of Flying Daggers" has directly reached 8000 million, audio and video sales are close to 5000 million, and rental income has reached more than 3000 million US dollars.

Here we have to mention that North America is currently the second most profitable film market!
With the popularity of DVD audio and video products, foreigners in the United States, who already like family entertainment, are more inclined to the independent atmosphere of watching movies together as a family. Therefore, for many movies, DVD sales even exceed the box office itself.

This is very common in North America.

The income will far exceed the box office share.

If we add the three major rental platforms, Netflix, Blockbuster and Redbox, the revenue will be even more exaggerated.

In the current North American market, Jet Li's action movies, combined with audio and video sales and rentals, make him the most popular Chinese kung fu superstar, and he deserves it.

Even Jackie Chan is no match for him. This is why, although Jackie Chan is much more famous than Jet Li, they were of the same status in the previous life of "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Because Jet Li's movies are really profitable.

Strictly speaking, this single film makes more money than Jackie Chan's films.

For example, "Kiss of the Dragon", starring Jet Li in 01, was a movie with a cost of 2500 million US dollars and a box office of 6400 million US dollars. However, the audio-visual income, including rental and sales, reached 1.3 million US dollars worldwide, with a total direct income of 2 million US dollars!
A fan has done statistics for Jet Li and found that the total revenue from all his movies has reached about 15 billion US dollars.

This number ranks among the top among all the stars in Hollywood.

Jackie Chan's movies perform better at the box office, and his total income exceeds that of Jet Li.

Hollywood praises these two people so much precisely because they are so good at making money. Otherwise, given their character, how could they possibly praise them so highly?
Everything was achieved by Jackie Chan and Jet Li on their own.

This is also the reason why Jet Li still lived a carefree life even though he had retired from the entertainment industry for many years in his previous life.

He can also earn tens of millions of dollars in dividends from these films every year. It’s true that the movies made in Hollywood when he was young were all box office hits.

After 2008, streaming media allowed him to start making money again.

And now, Chen Yu is just starting out, and the current audio-visual and rental markets for his several films only bring in 1.5 million US dollars in total.

Not to mention comparing with Jet Li, even Jackie Chan can't compare with him.

In fact, Chen Yu himself may not know these things better than his fans, especially die-hard fans like Lotte Lee. He discusses this with Borol almost every day. After all, apart from their studies, college students like to compare various honors and statistics among their idols.

This is more common among fans of Ronaldo and Messi in later generations.

What young people around the world play is, at certain times, the same.

"OK OK!"

"I won't chat with you anymore, just focus on the interview!"

To be honest, Lot Lee actually likes The Harvey Show quite a bit. This kind of reality talk show has always been popular among young people.

"I just feel that it will take a few more years for Chan to surpass Jet!"

With 1.5 million in second-market revenue, do you dare to challenge my Jet?

Borol disagreed.

At this time, Chen Yu's figure had appeared on the TV in front of Lot Lee.

"Oh oh oh-"

As expected, Lot Lee started to cheer in an exaggerated manner.

His roommate Borol grinned. Although he actually admired Chen Yu very much, he liked the other two more.

As the interview went on well, Chen Yu began to show off his skills on the big screen.

Tongbei, Baji, and Bruce Lee’s audition imitation.

"Borol, see what real kung fu is!"

"I've told you before, Jackie has never learned our Chinese Kung Fu. Jet's is called performance, Chan's is real Kung Fu, the same real Kung Fu as Bruce Lee's!"

"Tongbei, Baji..."

Lot Lee was imitating along with Chen Yu in the dormitory, and he was truly the kind of person who was bragging without thinking.

This is also the real state of many fans, some praise and some criticize.

In fact, Chen Yu may not be as good as the young Jet Li, but his advantage is that he is young and dares to fight.

But because he fights fiercely and his performance is realistic enough, his fans think he is awesome.

In the past, there would often be fans of several action stars firing off shots online, such as if Jackie Chan and Jet Li were to have a real fight offline, who would be better?
Who is better, Anita Mui or Bruce Lee?
Can Zhen Zidan defeat Wu Jing?

It was particularly popular on the Internet in the early 2000s, and Americans are also of this type now.

"It's really awesome!"

"I wonder who would win if Chan and Jet really fought?"

Sure enough, Borol also started talking there.

Lotte Lee was fiddling with his skills, staring at Chen Yu on the TV and laughing. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Of course it's Chan. Jet is old. Of course, if they are the same age, Jet can't beat Chan!"

"I don't think I can beat him. What is this Baji? Chan said it's a real combat boxing style. It looks cool and powerful!"

"It seems that Jet practices Tai Chi. I've seen his Conan show, where he performed Tai Chi. It was so limp and not very good!"

"Haha, Tai Chi?"

Lotte Li laughed when he heard this: "Borol, let me tell you, my grandfather knows Tai Chi, and I learned it from him when I was a child. Everyone in China knows it, such as Lan Que Wei and Ye Ma Fen Zong. If you want to learn real kung fu, you still have to go to a fighting gym!"

"I originally learned Wing Chun because that's what Bruce Lee learned, but I think it's still not as powerful as Baji!"

"Look, there are footprints on the ground!"

It was most likely dust from Harvey's recording area, but it looked pretty bluffing when shown on TV.

"Now I know why you like Chan, his skills are indeed much better than Jackie and Jet!"

Even Borol, a fan of the two double Js, thinks Chen Yuqiang, which makes Lot Lee very excited.

"So, Boror, like chan!"

"There's a fan meeting for his new movie at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles tomorrow. We can go together!"

"Well, I want to ask Chan for an autograph!"

"Me too!"

The two people were watching Chen Yu's Harvey Show excitedly, especially the 1 punches in 9 second at the end, which made Lot Lee and Borol scream.

"Oh, this punch is too fast!"

"I feel like Tyson isn't even his match!"

"..."

The other two bastards in the dormitory also rushed in, and Lotte Lee was yelling, "Oh my God, 1 punches in 9 second, only 1 punch less than Bruce did back then!"

"Heal, Heal will definitely become famous!"

"I'm sure!"

Lot Lee's eyes were full of admiration, and Borol next to him was also extremely excited.

The other two guys in his dormitory were also watching Heal Chan on TV and couldn't help but say, "Wow, Heal Chan?"

"Yeah, Heal Chan is on the Harvey Show!"

“This show is going to be a hit!”

"Let me ask everyone else if they've seen Heal Chan's real kung fu display!"

Lot Li's face flushed red, and he took out his phone to ask his classmates.

If they haven't seen it, he needs to tell them in person how powerful his idol's Chinese Kung Fu is!

At the same time, deep in his heart, he was looking forward to Chen Yu's fan meeting tomorrow.

Tomorrow, he will meet his idol. When he thought of this, Lotte Lee couldn't help but feel excited...

(End of this chapter)