After changing his mind, the sharp-eyed Huang Bo quickly found a sign with Mai Chong's English name in the crowd. The person holding the sign was a fat and white foreigner, not very old. Mai Chong and Huang Bo walked over. The fat white foreigner recognized Mai Chong at a glance. He had seen Mai Chong's photos before, and Mai Chong was also a well-known Chinese star in the United States. After all, last year's "Kille"
mino¡± also ranked over 50 in the annual rankings. Nearly one million viewers watched this movie, most of whom were school students and Chinese Kung Fu enthusiasts. It is considered a very commendable youth action movie. , and I heard that the subsequent DVD sales and rental results are also very good, and it is among the best among Chinese movies. .
"Hello." Mai Chong communicated with the fat man in English and found out that his name was David and that he was sent by Eve to pick them up.
"Mr. Mai, Mr. Huang, please follow me. I will take you back to the company first." He came by car.
"Okay, thank you." Mai Chong smiled, nodded, and Huang Bo followed.
Seeing Mai Chong talking fluently and freely with foreigners in English, Huang Bo felt envious and thought that he would have to be like Mai Chong to take the international route. Huang Bo also tried to communicate with David in English in the car, but after a while of communication, neither of them understood what the other meant. One sentence to the other, one sentence to the other, was inconsistent. David was very embarrassed. Because the English spoken by this little Chinese man contained too many words that he didn't understand, so most of them could only be guessed. Huang Bo never tired of using David to hone his spoken English. When he got off the bus, he vowed to Mai Chong, "The language environment is very important. I feel that my speaking level has improved a level along the way." "I will talk to this fat man more in the future", so David will be very painful in the next few days.
Sky Entertainment does not have its own office building. As one of thousands of small film companies in the United States, the company rents three thirds of the 18th floor in a high-end office building called "Hausen Building" near the city center. One, but it¡¯s luxurious enough for such a small film company.
In Haosen Building, Mai Chong met Eve and Xu Bang, whom they had not seen for a long time. The two sides had a cordial conversation.
Eve is the leader in charge of the company, and Xu Bang is regarded as the spokesperson of Tianxia Media in Sky Entertainment. Tianxia Media holds 70% of the shares of this company, so the theory is that Xu Bang has absolute power in this company. He can definitely show his presence in the company very toughly, but judging from his obedient and submissive behavior in front of Eve, it seems that he can't be tough anymore.
In the car, Mai Chong once tactfully asked David if their boss, Eve, was dating someone, and did not ask if it was a boy or a girl. David said frankly that yes, it was Manager Xu from China. Only then did Mai Chong confirm that the two were indeed together. He didn't know how Eve, a strong Lily girl, fell under Xu Bang's love spell. . They even changed their sexual orientation. Have they watched the great movie "Swinging Lesbian"?
Although Xu Bang "surrendered" Eve, Mai Chong was angry when he saw how servile he looked in front of Eve. This was more than just a "cheap" word. How could a Chinese gentleman be like this in front of a woman? Well, the word "man" is too discredited, but this is a matter for a young couple, so Mai Chong just muttered a few words in his heart.
During the conversation. Eve Girl said in a warm voice that the two of them would have fun in Los Angeles today. The hotel had been arranged and they would meet with Director Ang Lee the next day.
Eve has been in a good mood recently. Although "Brokeback Mountain" distributed by them did not perform well at the box office during the three weeks of its release, barely exceeding 10 million US dollars, the main reason was because of the screening scale of more than 200 theaters, but it is such a small scale. , "Brokeback Mountain" has aroused rave reviews and gained great attention in American society. It has now won several Oscar frontline awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Now some people have listed this film as The Oscars next February are very popular. It seems that "Brokeback Mountain" will be nominated for an Oscar. According to the classic "Oscar Best Picture Nomination = $30 million Box Office" formula. Eve has full confidence in the box office momentum of "Brokeback Mountain" in the later period. The most important thing is that this popular movie will help the unknown Sky Entertainment become famous. Sky Entertainment may soar into the sky. This is very important to Eve, who is very enterprising. The attraction is too strong, even more attractive than tossing in bed with Xu Bang.
Now that Ang Lee has handed over all awards and film festival participation for "Brokeback Mountain" to Sky Entertainment, he has begun to calm down and prepare for his new film. This also gives Eve the opportunity to show off her and the company's abilities. Now she is actively preparing for "Brokeback Mountain" to win the Golden Globe Awards next month. The goal is to win at least two awards. If she can win a Best Director or Best A good video would be great.
Because "Brokeback Mountain" is heaven?? Pictures snatched it from Paramount and handed it over to Sky for distribution, so Eve is very grateful to Tianxia Pictures, and has full confidence in the combination of Irving and Ang Lee, so she is very excited about the upcoming filming. She has also given great attention and support to this new film. Not only will she be responsible for the distribution of the new film in North America, she will also invest 30% of the production cost. This will be the first film that Sky Entertainment participates in investment and production. Eve also gives I have high hopes and hope that it can open up a good situation for the company.
"Ms. Eve, I want to ask a question, who is the heroine?" Mai Chong was really depressed. The film was about to start, and he still didn't know who the heroine was.
"Don't worry, the heroine will also be there when you meet with Director Ang Lee tomorrow. You can get to know her well then." Eve smiled, but she didn't say who the heroine was.
When leaving Haosen Building, Mai Chong and Huang Bo discussed the issue of the heroine. "Fatty Ou said that the heroine is an Oscar-winning actress, but there are dozens of living actresses, and there are about ten of them of the right age. Which one could it be?" Mai Chong asked.
"Could it be Jodie Foster, a two-time Oscar-winning actress who is both beautiful and powerful. I like her so much," Huang Bo guessed, "and it is said that Jodie is also gay, and she and Fa Ge Having worked with him before, I should have a good impression of Director Ang Lee."
"But Aunt Judy is over 40 years old and can be my mother. This is not appropriate." Mai Chong always feels that such a couple scene is weird, and I believe that even if it is filmed, fans will find it inappropriate.
"But he takes good care of himself. Now that you have a beard, you can barely be considered a generation." Huang Bo stared at Mai Chong's unruly beard.
"Who else is possible?" Mai Chong thought while stroking his beard.
"Could it be Nicole Kidman, who is younger and very popular? How about this?" Huang Bo asked again.
"It's impossible. Her salary is too high. The salary for a single movie is more than 10 million US dollars. With Mr. Ou's careful calculation, this movie can have a budget of 40 million. It is not bad. She will definitely not spend so much money to hire a scandal. The actress is more attractive than her works." Mai Chong shook his head. At this moment, while walking on the streets of Los Angeles, he saw an advertisement for cosmetics appearing on the electronic screen of the building opposite. The beauty on it had blond hair and a slender figure. , concave and convex, incomparably beautiful.
Huang Bo drooled and looked at her in a disgraceful way, his eyes almost falling off, "Why does this beauty look so familiar? What's her name? I can't remember it all at once."
"The new Oscar winner, Charlize Theron, I think the best candidate for the heroine should be her." Mai Chong said with a smile, it should be her. He vaguely remembered that Ang Lee had mentioned this name.
While walking around, Huang Bo and Mai Chong made a bet on which movie queen the heroine would be. Mai Chong naturally placed his bet on Theron, but Huang Bo was still optimistic about Judy, and the bet was to have a thousand-dollar meal in Chinatown.
It was Huang Bo's first time abroad, and Mai Chong had only been to Los Angeles a few times, but he was still much more familiar with Huang Bo, so he took him around. Huang Bo now started buying souvenirs on a large scale. It is said that every place he goes to When filming, I have to buy gifts with local characteristics for my girlfriend Xiao Ou. This has become a habit, otherwise I will feel like I am sorry for my girlfriend. Mai Chong just wanted to say a few words to his little man, but he looked so affectionate. At this time, he was thinking of the beauties Qianqian, Qingqing, and Xuanxuan who were far away in China, and he felt both sweet and helpless in his heart. He looked at the souvenirs in Huang Bo's arms. If he bought them for them, would they like them?
In the evening, Mai and Huang checked into a hotel booked for them by Sky Entertainment. The star rating was not very high. After all, the company's finances were not tight. They were all on their own, so there was no need for a scene. But this already made Huang Bo very satisfied. He had never stayed in such a good hotel before when he was filming, especially with director Guan Hu, who spent most of his time living in migrant workers' shacks, which was a hardship.
In this small hotel in Los Angeles, Mai Chong and Huang Bo spent their last day in 2005. The two drank some wine. Huang Bo took care of Mai Chong, letting him drink less, and he drank more. Finally, Both of them were a little drunk. They were punching and singing in a daze. They were noisy, tired, drunk, and fell asleep. They fell asleep until dawn.
There is a lot of daylight in Los Angeles, and the sunlight shines on two unattractive grown men who sleep in the same bed. Huang Bo didn't go back to his room last night and slept directly in Mai Chong's room.
"I said, Lao Huang, is there something going on today?" Mai Chong asked after opening his eyes.
"Don't bother me, I have a headache," Huang Bo muttered, "Oh, I really shouldn't drink white beer with it. Even a drinker like me can't stop it."
Mai Chong added: "It seems that today we are going to meet Director Ang Lee to discuss filming, and we also need to meet the heroine."
In an instant, Huang Bo didn¡¯t feel any painHe was drunk and sober, "It's almost late, why don't you get up!"
Under Huang Bo's urging, Mai Chong slowly dressed and washed, and only opened the door after both of them looked like dogs.
At this time, the waiter who was cleaning the room was about to knock on the door. When she saw the two grown men looking like they had just woken up, and one of them was an oriental handsome man with a soft face, she immediately said something ambiguous to Huang Bo: "Hello sir, could you please step aside from your boyfriend? I need to go in and clean."
Huang Bo didn¡¯t understand and asked Mai Chong, ¡°What did she say?¡±