new kung fu king

Chapter 246 Questions from Americans
Wang Xiaohu was not crazy enough to let "Rocky" compete with "The Godfather" for the Oscar statuette. He knew the status of "The Godfather" in the hearts of all movie fans, and he knew Stallone's current embarrassing position.

After Stallone left, Wang Xiaohu began to recall the script of "Rocky", but no matter how he recalled, he only remembered Stallone's embarrassing identity as a crappy boxer in the film.Yes, Rocky tied the black boxing champion Apollo in the end. In fact, the left-handed Rocky won, but the judges favored Apollo and awarded him the victory. In the end, Rocky and his girlfriend ended up kissing. It is a perfect ending, but it is undeniable that "Rocky" is an inspirational movie, its theme is the typical American spirit, and its shooting method is different from the usual American movies.

Stallone showed great interest after listening to Wang Xiaohu's brief narration. As far as he is concerned, Wang Xiaohu's script is completely prepared for him: he has never been recognized by his friends, and has always been despised by everyone, whether it is on or off the screen. Stallone and Rocky are one.

"Director, I like this script very much. I feel that Rocky is talking about myself!" Stallone organized his words, trying to express himself very clearly: "Rocky is a cute, shy, honest, stubborn and tenacious character. Big boy, he has great ambitions and has never given up on his dream for many years. Although he is always depressed, he is happy with the situation and enjoys it!"

"I love the ball you described, I don't know how you came up with this prop, but every time you say he's going to double-bounce the ball, my heart just blows! In fact, I am also encouraging myself in this way." Stallone clenched his fists and buried his head in the meantime, and said with some emotion: "Director, I have decided that even if you don't pay me, I will will also be in the film.”

"Are you sure?" Wang Xiaohu asked with raised eyebrows.

"Yes, although I don't know how you know my past, but what I want to say is that this film is like talking about myself, Rocky this guy makes me so fascinated, he let me find myself at the same time I also feel the delicate emotions, the real society, and the fragments of small people struggling at the grassroots level." Stallone waved his hands excitedly and said, "How can I express my true emotions accurately? Oh God, I I found my language lacking. As a colleague, I must say that this script will change the rough and single-screen image that Hollywood movies bring to the audience."

Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said, "You think the script is not bad?"

"I am moved by its authenticity, Rocky is myself, I am Rocky!"

"Very good, Sylvester, your performance is very up to standard, and our audition has quietly ended." Wang Xiaohu stood up and congratulated Stallone: ​​"Congratulations, you have passed the screening of the leading role, and the next thing you need to do is to wait for the news." It's time, you know I'm going to help Bruce shoot "Enter the Dragon" first, so I hope you find Rocky's feeling well during this time."

"Thank you!" Stallone's excitement can be imagined. He has been denied for several years, and now he urgently needs to use a film to prove his own survival value, not just for the remuneration of several screenwriters. The said plot aroused a strong interest. To be honest, he has been bewitched by Wang Xiaohu's talk now, and he has completely fallen into the background of the story of "Rocky".

"Tell me your communication method, and I will mail the script to you in the near future." Wang Xiaohu raised his head and said to Stallone: ​​"The lives of each of us are lonely and cowardly, and once we encounter unsatisfactory situations, we will have the tendency to deny ourselves. Thoughts, but I think inspiration is a very simple thing. It is your understanding and transcendence of yourself. Just like Rocky insisted on completing 15 rounds of boxing even though he knew he could not beat Apollo. By the end of 15 rounds of bells, it is his victory in life. So, I hope you can understand this process."

Wang Xiaohu's words are to encourage Stallone, and he does not hope that he will lose his life goals because of this. After all, according to the historical trajectory, Stallone's success is four years later. He is not sure that Stallone has such confidence at present, but from the current performance of Stallone , My own words still have a great effect.

Life does not matter whether it is successful or not. For a short life, no matter how brilliant or how vain it is, there is no real difference. The key is that you have experienced everything in life with your heart, not the experience of success or failure. The experience itself is beautiful.
"Rocky" is a classic of so-called inspirational films. There is no movie that can make people more excited than it in transcending the worldly utilitarian concept. In fact, Rocky, who has experienced 15 rounds of devastation at the end of the film, is still standing on the boxing ring. He is the winner in people's hearts. There is no need for the plot to point out that several referees have disputes over the points and penalties, that is, 3 of the 2 referees support the defending champion and 1 supports Rocky, even if it is 3:0. , even 30:0 will not hinder Rocky's success in challenging himself. Controversy such as 2:1 is a flaw. After just five months of devil training, a third-rate boxer has a small chance of defeating the boxing champion. Well, in this world, success is too simple.

After seeing off Stallone, Wang Xiaohu rested his chin and recalled the plot of "Rocky".

"Xiaohu, how are you doing today?" Bruce Lee pushed the door open and asked, his expression was a little tired, and he sat down on the sofa and asked.

Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said, "It feels pretty good. I think Stallone fits the role in one of my scripts."

"I knew you wouldn't be interested in some people for no reason." Bruce Lee said with a smile: "You may not know that today's actor audition has only been conducted for a quarter, and only the 27th John Saxon Meet the conditions, and now even Winterdur admires your foresight!"

Wang Xiaohu is not too happy about this: "If you want to save time, it is best to recruit No. 120 and No. 198. Their experience and current development in Hollywood are very suitable."

"Of course I believe in your vision, but Hollywood is like this. Sometimes it pays more attention to rules and regulations than our country." Bruce Lee threw the list of actors on the sofa, rubbed his aching temple and said, "If we follow your thinking There is no need to choose any more actors, just confirm the other two and let Warner program it, can we go back to Hong Kong for filming?"

"Wait first!" Wang Xiaohu had his own ideas. In fact, he had already arranged for his trip to the United States: After finalizing the list of actors, he went to New York to inform Yu Zhanyuan about his marriage, and then asked Stallone to sign the contract of sale.That's what he has to do, and the rest is to take advantage of the excitement of meeting Stallone to get the "Rocky" script out.

The next day, newspapers across the United States jointly broadcast the news that Bruce Lee came to Los Angeles to publicly select actors.

"Bruce Lee, who was once rejected by Hollywood, announced yesterday that he will co-produce a film with Warner Bros. It is reported that the creator of the script is not Stephen, a well-known Hollywood screenwriter, but an oriental screenwriter. We will follow up on this further. Interview." The Los Angeles Times, as the largest daily newspaper in the west of the United States, reported Bruce Lee's return to Hollywood with "Enter the Dragon", and the content was relatively pertinent without the slightest prejudice.

But other small newspapers in Los Angeles did not have such a sense of public morality. They made various unilateral guesses about what happened in the actor audition, most of which were about Wang Xiaohu.

"Tiger Wang, as Bruce's brother, and the assistant director of "Enter the Dragon", actually favored a pornographic actor at the audition scene. We interviewed many actors, and they thought the audition was not very fair. He also expressed certain doubts about oriental directors, so we can imagine that there is a problem with the quality of the film that is completely operated by oriental people."

"Oriental directors have a soft spot for Italian stallions and promise to tailor a new film for them. God, there is definitely something wrong with the appreciation of the 19-year-old director. Everyone is disgusted and disgusted by Italian stallions." Disgusted, most movie fans do not have the slightest hope for the film they cooperate with Warner, and think this is the biggest mistake of Warner Bros."

"There is definitely a shady scene here. I think they did the audition purely to promote their film. Most of our actors are better than Sylvester Stallone in terms of experience and morality, but the Chinese assistant director is blind. In the short term, such a film will not have any future, and we are quite disappointed." These are the psychological words of an actor who once participated in the audition.

"My God, you can't imagine a young Chinese director expressing appreciation for a trash actor in a porn film. They talked all afternoon. Is there some secret between them?"

All kinds of negative reports came one after another. When Bruce Lee roughly told Wang Xiaohu about the content of the newspaper, he just smiled slightly. They never knew that Stallone would make great achievements in the future, and they were so masculine that they thought they had an ulterior motive with Stallone. Secretly, he admires the imagination of Americans, but imagination seems a bit too far away in the eyes of Americans in the 70s. Now they are not only suspicious of Concorde Films, but also of Warner Bros.'s decision. I think this is the biggest mistake of Warner Brothers, and choosing myself as an assistant director is the biggest shame of Warner Bros.
(End of this chapter)