Big names rise

The foreigner's Chinese is not bad, and he can recognize He Mu, "He Mu is, I have seen you often these days, I used to hear Xuan talking about you, please come in, we are making dumplings."

Only then did He Mu notice that Jeff was wearing an apron, with a lot of dirt on his hands, as if he was living at home.

After entering the door, He Mu's fourth aunt, fourth uncle, and cousin Song Xuan also came out. They were very happy to see He Mu and Xiao Nan. Passing the Olympic torch.

The four aunts all praised He Mu for being promising, and he was the pride of the old He family, but if you want to make money, you have to do it yourself. Didn’t the future son-in-law start rolling dumpling wrappers?In this regard, He Mu said that there is no problem at all. He can make dumplings very fast. He can make about 1 dumplings in a minute, and can almost meet the needs of the whole family in 10 minutes.

In the kitchen, Song Xuan and He Mu Xiaonan formally introduced her boyfriend Jeff Stark, who has the same surname as Iron Man, who is on fire in the United States recently.Originally working at MGM, he realized that MGM was weak and difficult to recover from the dead, so he recently switched to Lionsgate Pictures, which is the largest independent film company in the United States after MGM was acquired. That is, a film company without the support of a large consortium behind it.

Because of his good resume in the past, Jeff is now considered to be a high-ranking leader in Lionsgate, with an annual salary of one million dollars and bonuses at the end of the year. He is less than [-] years old, and even in the United States, he can be regarded as a successful person who is very popular with women. .

Then Song Xuan briefly introduced her cousin and niece to her boyfriend. When she was in the United States, she often talked about this cousin with her boyfriend.Speaking of how popular he was in China, he didn't feel much at first, but when he came to China, he realized that He Mu was really too popular.It was far more popular than he imagined.

"On the road from the airport to here, on both sides of the road, there are 'Hengshui Laobaigan drinks a man's taste' and 'Xi Ao Xi Ao, welcome to the Olympics'. It's your face, oh my god. It's unbelievable Now, when you enter the urban area, the bus stop signs are almost like this. I am afraid that only Pete and Tom have such influence in the United States!" Jeff said with emotion, his speech was very fast, and sometimes his Chinese could not keep up. It will pop up in English.

After hearing Jeff's words, He Mu smiled without saying a word.In fact, this situation only occurs in the province.Outside the province, the advertising investment of Laobaigan and Xi'ao is relatively weak, but it is also increasing slowly. Both brands are now considered well-known domestic brands and can be bought all over the country.

After a brief introduction and conversation, He Mu knew that the reason why her cousin brought her boyfriend back this time was to let her parents meet Jeff, even though she had received American education for several years.However, she still maintains a good Chinese tradition, and her significant other must be tested by her parents.Only after passing the pass can they develop further. The Fourth Aunt and his wife had already reluctantly agreed to Song Xuan to find a foreigner, so they didn't reject Jeff's visit very much, and they treated it as the son-in-law's visit.

Another reason for their return this time is to go to Beijing to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games live, and at the same time go to some competition venues to feel the atmosphere of the scene.He Mu asked if they had tickets for the opening ceremony, and the two looked sad. They thought they could buy it as long as they had money, but now it seems that it is not so easy. There are too many Chinese people, and there are too many people who want to watch the opening ceremony Yes, there are only tens of thousands of tickets, and they are almost sold out at this time, where can I still buy tickets.

"Well, let me try and see if I can get tickets for you." He Mu said in a big way. Buying tickets in China sometimes requires connections. He Mu is one of the singers of "Beijing Welcomes You" , for a big star who is actively involved in the promotion of the Olympic Games, it is not a big deal to ask for two tickets directly from the organizing committee. Many singers of "Beijing Welcomes You" he knows will have tickets, if it is not because of filming I don't want to delay the progress, I'm afraid he will choose to take Zi Lin to watch the scene. He Mu is still full of expectations for Lao Mouzi's work.

Hearing He Mu's promise, Jeff smiled happily, but He Mu stopped what he was doing, looked at him, and everyone else looked at him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Because there are no dumpling wrappers."

With the addition of He Mu, the dumpling wrappers were consumed too quickly, and Jeff's speed couldn't keep up at all, so the Song family had to go out to roll the dumpling wrappers, which barely supported He Mu's speed.

While eating dumplings at night, He Mu got to know Jeff, the future brother-in-law, a lot. He graduated from the University of Southern California and has more than ten years of experience in the film industry.

Although Jeff didn't know much about Chinese culture before, he was deeply captured by the oriental beauty of Song Xuan after he got a Chinese girlfriend named Song Xuan a few years ago. Since then, he has started to learn Chinese and Chinese culture. Now he seems to be half a China hand, and treats some domestic issues more favorably than He Mu, the authority. Of course, there are some inherent prejudices of Americans. He Mu can see that these prejudices have almost been straightened out by Song Xuan. But when chatting with He Mu, I can still vaguely feel it. Maybe he will have to wait for him to stay in China for a while before he can feel that the real China is not the same as what they say in the media.

What He Mu and Jeff like to talk about most is movies, about Hollywood movies and Chinese movies.

After all, He Mu is just an actor, and being a producer is only recently, and it is still a TV series. Although he has been groping for movies in secret, he is still not as professional as Jeff, but when it comes to some topics of local movies, he is still good. have a certain right to speak.

Jeff first talked about the development trend of Hollywood movies in recent years, which is also what he is interested in for He Mu who wants to know the outside world.

Different from the rapid development of the mainland movie market, Hollywood movies have generally been relatively stable in recent years. The box office in North America has basically remained at around 100 billion US dollars. If the increase in ticket prices is included, the number of people watching movies has actually declined slightly. This is why Hollywood is actively exploring overseas markets.

Sometimes the domestic box office can no longer guarantee the profitability of a big-budget film, but with the help of Hollywood's influence in the global film market, they can easily sell Hollywood blockbusters to the world. In many cases, the overseas box office exceeds the North American box office. Nowadays, the box office generated by Hollywood movies accounts for nearly 80% of the global box office every year, and Japan and China have contributed a lot of box office.

In recent years, Hollywood movies, especially after the great success of "Spider-Man", have become more and more fond of adapting and remaking heroic comics, and they have all achieved good results. Last year's annual box office champion was the last one of Spider-Man, with 3.3 million in North America. US dollars, 8.9 million worldwide, plus derivatives and other sales channels, the profit is amazing.

This year is even better. So far, the North American box office champion is "Batman: The Dark Knight" directed by Nolan. The box office has just broken 2 million U.S. dollars. .5 is a newcomer to superhero movies, "Iron Man" jointly created by Paramount and Marvel Comics. The cumulative box office of this film has reached 2 million. Ni regained the throne of A-list star and saved the prodigal son's acting career.

Batman and Iron Man are the top names of DC Comics, and the other is the popular star of Marvel Comics. The two superheroes were very powerful in the North American movie market in 08. I believe that the follow-up works will soon catch up. It is also the trend of Hollywood movies in the past few years. After a movie is successful, even if it is not so successful, as long as it does not lose too much, there will definitely be a sequel or prequel. This has become the only way for Hollywood movie companies to attract money.

He Mu has already watched "Iron Man". The high-tech play is handsome, and Downey's performance is indeed infinitely charming. This is a very good commercial film in terms of entertainment and viewability. It was released in the mainland two days earlier than in North America, and the final box office in the mainland also exceeded 2 million. As for "Batman Begins [-]: The Dark Knight", He Mu is only known by name, "I don't know when the mainland will be released." In order to introduce this movie."

Jeff shook his head, "Your State Administration of Radio, Film and Television may not release this film in the mainland market. I heard that something seems to have touched some sensitive areas of the authorities, so you may have to learn about this film through the DVD. A legendary movie."

When it comes to domestic radio and television, Jeff, a foreigner, is full of anger, and He Mu is also a little bit angry, but the reasons for their anger are different.

He Mu is because Radio and Television has too strict control over mainland filmmakers. This one is not allowed to be filmed, and that one is not allowed to touch. Filmmakers from other countries can make whatever they want, as long as there is no problem in the general direction, but they make movies. There are many rules and regulations, and sometimes hard-working things can not be shown to others. What He Mu regrets most is that "The Devil Is Coming" and "Alive" were banned. He feels that Zhang Yimou's later works have not surpassed "Alive". ", it is likely that this experience of being banned made him cautious and wise to protect himself.From this point of view, it is much more difficult for Chinese filmmakers to create their own film prosperity than other countries.

Jeff's anger is more because the radio and television has limited the number of imported films, so that Hollywood films cannot enter the Chinese market on a large scale, and after entering the mainland market, they will also be treated unfairly in terms of schedule and film scheduling, and they have lost a lot of money.

He Mu thought that you all just want to make money, but never considered the survival and development of Chinese-language films. It has only been a few years since Chinese-language films have embarked on the road of commercialization. When Chinese-language commercial films are not yet mature, rashly opening up restrictions will inevitably affect the development of Chinese-language films. Chinese-language films have had a huge impact. In 2000, there were ten imported films in China that contributed two-thirds of the national box office. Becoming a generation who grew up watching American blockbusters, this is very scary for the rise of a weak nation. (To be continued..)

ps: [ps: 23~Lao Fo’s way of talking to foreigners is quite a headache, and he can’t write well even if he has no experience, so I won’t play with that, and everyone will make up what Jeff said to the one they like~What do you like? What is it like~]