new kung fu king

Chapter 321 Racism?

At around 11 o'clock that night, the editor-in-chief of the "Los Angeles Daily" was correcting the interview information of the day. Now the most discussed topic among citizens in the state is the authenticity of Bruce Lee's posthumous work. Before that, Warner and Golden Harvest jointly held various high-profile events. The event made most people preconceived that they have Bruce's legacy, but now, Hong Kong Concord Film Company has used a trailer that can be called fascinating, subverting everyone's original concept, making the whole thing look confusing , it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

The editor-in-chief revised a few words on the front page: Assuming that Warner and Golden Harvest really own Bruce's work, why did they promote it for more than a week and still haven't released the trailer for "Game of Death"?
Just revised this sentence, the phone rang next to me: "Hello, this is the Los Angeles Daily News, um, what did you say, is it true, very good, staring at me in that coffee shop, I Send someone there immediately."

After the editor-in-chief hung up the phone, there was a strange look in his eyes. It was a kind of fanaticism, a kind of joy, a look that can only be shown when facing explosive news. If this news is published, the circulation of tomorrow's newspaper will Definitely reached a peak!The editor-in-chief felt that he was too excited, looked at the revised manuscript with a frown, and threw it directly into the trash can. "Compared to that big piece of news, this kind of manuscript is like a piece of shit, it seems insignificant!" Then he put on his clothes, and took a companion to the coffee shop pointed out by the informant.

Wang Xiaohu never expected that a small mistake that he ignored would almost bring him into a situation where he would never be banned from Hollywood.

The editor-in-chief of the "Los Angeles Daily" hurriedly went out for an hour, and then hurried back to the office. At this time, he seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and powerful gossip flames shot out from his eyes. He quickly walked to the typewriter, It took less than 15 minutes to write a manuscript eloquently. He was so satisfied with his manuscript that after reading it several times, he still read it with gusto. He flicked on the manuscript with his fingers. Immediately hand over the manuscript to the typesetting room: "Guys, use your fastest speed to typeset this manuscript, remember that this manuscript must be placed on the front page headline, and the title must be in large black fonts, you must be eye-catching! "

The sun in Los Angeles rose slowly as usual, and the sunlight crossed the street and shone on the glass of every house, as if everything was the same as usual, but soon, those who went out to buy newspapers were stunned after picking up the "Los Angeles Daily". Living!
"Oriental directors discriminate against blacks, and there is no black figure in the whole film of "Rocky"!"

It is such a headline, such a piece of news with less than a few hundred words, which completely detonated the anger of American citizens, especially black people!

The explosiveness of this news definitely goes beyond the issue of who owns Bruce Lee's posthumous works, because that issue belongs to the two film companies, while the issue of Wang Xiaohu is related to the American people, especially blacks!Compared with the two, the former can attract the attention of the public more!

In the United States, blacks and other minorities have always been second-class citizens and are discriminated against to varying degrees on political, economic, educational and other issues.There are obvious differences in education levels, employment rates, and average wages between blacks and whites, and the resulting racial wealth gap and the impoverishment of blacks are well known.

Although the U.S. government has advocated the elimination of racial discrimination since the 20s and set an example, it is difficult to say that racial discrimination has been eradicated in American society today.In employment, daily life, etc., it still haunts like a ghost in many formal and informal settings.

All of a sudden, riots started in the black ghetto in Los Angeles. They chanted slogans and held up huge banners to condemn Wang Xiaohu. Such a large-scale demonstration quickly alarmed the local police agency, and they all had to rush to the Xiehe Company Maintaining order in front of the Los Angeles branch.

"Quiet, quiet!" The white police officer hid behind the anti-riot shield and yelled with a loudspeaker at the top of his voice, but the black people didn't care about these policemen at this time. They raised the stones in their hands and smashed them hard at the glass of the Xiehe branch.

Hearing the sound of bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang sound, the windows of Xiehe branch office were shattered, startled Wang Xiaohu who was watching through the window, he quickly backed away with Zhao Yazhi in his arms. "Grandma, what the hell happened, what are these black people doing at the company's entrance!"

Wang Xiaohu was very depressed. Originally, when he came to the company today, he wanted to see how the news about Warner and Golden Harvest Oolong was reported in the newspapers. However, as soon as he entered the company, the security guard at the door immediately locked the door with a panicked look on his face. Let their young couple hide in the building.

"Boss, I know, I know why!" Stallone rushed in holding up the newspaper in his hand and said, "Because the Los Angeles newspaper said you discriminated against blacks and didn't hire black actors in "Rocky"!"

"What!" Wang Xiaohu's face immediately changed when he heard the words, he read the newspaper again and again, and then frowned and said, "Does the US government have such a clear regulation?"

"Although there are no clear rules, this has become an unwritten rule in Hollywood. Every film to be shot must hire black actors, or theater handymen, or extras, even if they do nothing in the theater, you They must also be paid!" Winterdur walked into the office at this time and explained.

"Damn it!" Even if Wang Xiaohu is a born-again person, he doesn't understand this unwritten rule in Hollywood, otherwise he wouldn't directly let Cha Ke Weipuna, a low-level boxer, plays the leading role.

And counting the whole crew of "Rocky", from the lighting, photography to the miscellaneous staff of the crew, there is not a single black person!Wang Xiaohu is very clear about this, but if the company is blocked by black people like this, today's "Warrior" will not be screened in 300 theaters across the United States, because the copy is still in the company's warehouse!
"Old Wen, is there any good way to solve the problem at hand?" Wang Xiaohu asked after calming down.

Winterdur sighed, shook his head and said, "Boss, neither the U.S. government nor other organizations would manage this kind of thing. If it weren't for the fact that you contributed nearly 1000 million in taxes to the U.S. and are a big taxpayer, The police maintaining order in front of the gate will not show up!"

"Damn! Is it because of this that we should be attacked! If this continues, the release of our "Warrior" will be stranded, or even unable to be released!"

Winterdur nodded and said, "Boss, I have to admit that your analysis is correct! But what makes me wonder is, why didn't those black people bring it up when "Rocky" was first released?"

Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes, "That's exactly what I'm thinking about now. It's obvious that something unexpected like this happened at such a critical moment, and someone is deliberately messing with us."

"Who could be so boring?" Zhao Yazhi asked with her brows furrowed. Her husband was very angry when he encountered such a thing. She wished she could find the person who made the mistake and slap him a few times. court death!

"Hehe, do you still need to ask? Think about who doesn't want to see "Warrior" released." Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile.

"Warner!"

"Jiahe!" Zhao Yazhi, Winterdur, and Stallone blurted out, and then looked at Wang Xiaohu.

"Except for them, I can't think of anyone who hates me so much!" After Wang Xiaohu said this, he heard the waves of condemnation outside the window, and looked at the broken glass scattered in the office, and his anger exploded instantly. . "Sylvester, hurry up and watch "Rocky" for me in the small screening room, mainly focusing on the extras, even if there is a black shadow in it, dig it out for me!"

"Ah, I remembered, I seem to have paid two black people!" Zhao Yazhi said with her head tilted.

"You mean the scene where Rocky and Adrian are dating for the first time on the ice rink?" Wang Xiaohu looked at his wife and asked, "But I cut out the scenes of the extras, and what the audience finally saw was There were only two people in the rink."

"No, you asked me to think about it." Zhao Yazhi bit her lip and pondered for a long time, finally sighed and said helplessly: "Forget it, I'd better go to the movies with Stallone, hoping to find clues, anyway, I have the impression that there are Black actors!"

"OK. Let's split things up. Old Wen, find a way to contact the person in charge of the group of black people outside." Wang Xiaohu said.

"Boss, what do you want to do?"

"Take money!" Wang Xiaohu's eyes burst into flames of anger.

Winterdur spread his hands and said, "Boss, although I feel that they are not out for money, I still decided to give it a try."

Half an hour later, Winterdur returned to the office with his head in his hands in great disappointment. He said helplessly, "Boss, this method won't work."

"I'd better find a solution with Lucas." Wang Xiaohu took a long breath, now he finally knows that Hollywood is more complicated and troublesome than Hong Kong.Difficult to say, this sentence cannot describe the depth of Hollywood, because it is not only related to the quality of the film, but also to consider ethnic issues.

Racism on Dog Day!Wang Xiaohu cursed in his heart, God testified that he did not mean to discriminate against blacks at all, the United States not only discriminated against blacks, but even discriminated against other non-white races, otherwise Bruce Lee would not have been so difficult and bumpy in Hollywood.Relatively speaking, the anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States has not diminished, but Bruce Lee was able to break through racial restrictions and gain a foothold in the United States. Did his development in Hollywood come to an abrupt end?

Warner Office Building, inside the president's office, Ted Eisley opened the champagne and said happily: "Redmond, it seems that our plan has succeeded, and the leader of the Los Angeles branch of the Black Panther Party has been tricked by us into betting on Tiger. the king's gate."

"Haha, yeah, so they don't even think about showing it tonight, cheers!"

"cheers!"

Zou Wenhuai took a sip of champagne and said: "Now they are in a mess, just when we are attacking, I think it would be better to release "Game of Death" at noon today, because the final boss of our "Game of Death" is in the black Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the most influential basketball star in China!"

"Haha, this will undoubtedly scrap the real product in Tiger King's hands. This is definitely a good suggestion!" Ted Eisley called the distribution department with champagne: "Advance the release."

Los Angeles, the home of the famous basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was watching TV programs intently. The door of the living room was pushed open silently, and a wheelchair slowly came in front of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The newspaper was thrown to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and said: "Jabbar, Xiaohu is in big trouble, someone is punishing him, and now many of your family members are gathered around the door of his company, he needs you now."

"SHIT!" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scolded his mother directly after glancing at the newspaper, and said to the man in the wheelchair, "What should I do now?"

"Use your influence among black people to convince those black people, I don't want my real film to be released!"

"Okay, for the sake of playing with Brother Tiger, and for the sake of my role in "Warrior", for the sake of"

"Hurry up, why don't you let a person who is going to be on the operating table the day after tomorrow appear in front of the public like this?"

"." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar saw his anger, and immediately closed his mouth knowingly, what a joke, this man has disappeared from the public.
　Well, let me recommend another book written by the ignorant pig 2 who is number one on the fan list: "The Heroes of the Red Square": The Wicked Restoring the Red Empire This book is a masterpiece.

　　


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