Hollywood Hunter

"OK, next, Ms. Li Youhu, my pronunciation should be very accurate, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Letterman, surprising."

"Actually, I learned about it in advance. Among the few present, Ms. Li's name is the most interesting. It means 'There is a fox there'. It comes from the title of a poem in an ancient Chinese poetry collection. The performance of the Chinese Guofeng Art Troupe in New York must be very impressive to this poem. It just so happens that we found the performance video at that time today, let’s listen to it first.”

Manhattan, Daenerys Entertainment's East Coast headquarters on the Upper West Side.

Today is Tuesday, July 22.

This is the recording site of the "David Letterman Late Show". The crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" attended the film promotion.

When an edited dance of "You Fox" was played, David Letterman said with a look of intoxication: "Although I still can't understand it, it is so beautiful. I think everyone feels the same as me. Then, back to Getting to the point, Ms. Li, can you briefly introduce your role in the film?"

"Of course, my character is an ancient Chinese aristocratic lady. She learned kung fu from an early age and has high skills. At the same time, she is eager to get rid of the shackles of the family. The plot of the film is largely caused by my character's inner restlessness. Haha , that’s about it, I can’t say more, if you are interested, you can watch it in theaters.”

"It's exciting," David Letterman answered naturally, and then looked at Ang Lee: "Mr. Director, why did you choose Ms. Li as the heroine?"

"Because Youhu's appearance and temperament are very suitable. First of all, Li is very beautiful, isn't he?"

In the laughter of everyone, David Letterman also nodded in agreement: "Everyone has no objection to this."

"Plus, Li is also a very good dancer. If it wasn't for this film, she would have appeared on the stage of the Guofeng Art Troupe we just saw. I originally hoped to find a girl who could kung fu, But it's not easy. Appearance, physical fitness, and acting skills all need to be satisfied. Li has dance skills, and dance and kung fu are largely interlinked. Meet the requirements of the role."

"It sounds difficult, so now that the movie is about to be released, before the audience sees the movie, Mr. Director, can you comment on Li's performance in the movie first?"

"In terms of evaluation, there is only one word, amazing! Li is not only talented, but also very hardworking. Through this cooperation, I believe she will become a very good actress in the future."

"The Late Show with David Letterman" is one hour per episode, and the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" got 20 minutes this time, and it took about an hour to complete the recording.

The time is half past five in the afternoon.

After the recording was over, everyone left the studio together. A middle-level executive of Gaomen Pictures who was in charge of coordinating the announcement of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" discussed with everyone about the premiere ceremony tomorrow afternoon. After saying goodbye to each other, they left separately.

Teacher Yu came up with two entourages, as well as Jeremy Zhao, who was arranged to be Li Youhu's manager. The manager of Jeter Lee under WMA knew Li Youhu's details roughly, although he didn't Taking her as the focus of his career, he still does his best at work, and has been staying in New York these days to plan for Li Youhu.

I personally handed a bottle of water to Li Youhu, and Teacher Yu surrounded her with the others and walked out together, asking, "How is everything going well?"

Li Youhu took a sip of water, walked to the elevator, looked at the one next to him and nodded, and whispered to Mr. Yu: "Well, you have noticed that Yang Gang's complexion is not very good."

What Li Youhu is talking about is another heroine of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the original Michelle Yang.

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Teacher Yu didn't understand why, but nodded slightly, and also lowered his voice: "What happened?"

Li Youhu was a little smug and tried not to make himself seem a bit of a villain. He said: "Just now recording, the attention is basically on Director Li, Fa Ge and me, and the time given to her is the shortest. I guess, after the cut, the camera will be sure. will be less."

Speaking of the elevator coming.

Everyone entered the elevator together. Teacher Yu glanced at the agent on the other side, paused, and said, "It should be arranged by him."

"Sure," Li Youhu said, looking at the agent next to him: "Jerry, that, Michelle, has she signed with WMA?"

Jeremy Zhao is not a talkative person, and he heard a general idea just now, and when Li Youhu asked, he took the initiative to say: "No, I actually inquired about it in private, and that Miss Yang is 35 years old this year. A kung fu star, at this age, it is difficult to make a big progress in Hollywood. But you, Li, if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" does well at the box office, you'd better take this opportunity to make more movies and make a name for yourself."

Knowing Li Youhu's background, the manager's words were provocative, obviously having his own petty thoughts.

Backed by Westeros, as long as Li Youhu thinks, this girl will definitely not lack opportunities, and even her Asian identity will not be a big obstacle. If she can become famous, he will have another famous coffee in his hand, the most direct The advantage is that you can earn more commissions.

Li Youhu didn't show too much eagerness, just smiled, and the group came downstairs and said goodbye again.

I made an appointment to have dinner with a group of friends of the Guofeng Art Troupe who just returned to North America after their European tour last week, and returned to their residence on the Upper West Side.

Six or seven girls who have a good relationship with Li Youhu, including Cancha, Gu Yaoyao, and Ouyang Mili, have arrived, and Chen Xingwei is also among them. The two girls were originally arranged as a pair, at least on the surface, they are very harmonious.

In a single-family house on 90th Street on the Upper West Side.

The waitresses were in charge of preparing the dinner, and a group of slender and delicate girls sat, lay or lay down in a living room of the villa, chirping about the recent situation.

"Of course I'm tired, but I'm also very fulfilled." Gu Yaoyao sat cross-legged on the sofa holding a glass of orange juice, gesticulating with one hand: "You don't even know that when we were in Rome, we were very popular. There were a bunch of people blocking the back door of the theater, and then a bunch of policemen were called to maintain order."

Ouyang Mili interjected, "Yes, there are still people who pursue Zancha, a handsome guy who chased him all the way from England to Rome. Alas, who made Zancha's "Jianjia" solo dance so beautiful."

Wei Canchai, who didn't grab the sofa seat, could only sit on the carpet and was flipping through a fashion magazine, immediately interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense, how can there be?"

"It seems to be very rich, so send a bunch of roses here," Chen Xingwei also jokingly said, "Of course we don't like it if we are different."

"That is, no matter how rich you are, you can't compare with our boss."

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will be angry."

Everyone laughed and laughed, and Ouyang Mili looked at Li Youhu again: "By the way, Youhu, we have discussed the movie on your side, and we will buy tickets together in a few days to help you out."

Li Youhu immediately said: "I still don't want it, it's the same as cheating."

"How is it cheating? We also want to watch this movie."

Li Youhu thought for a while and said, "If you really want to watch it, why don't you attend the premiere tomorrow?"

"Premiere, can I get a ticket?"

"I'll call and ask later. It should be fine. We're not a blockbuster like "Independence Day", but no movie fans came to grab tickets."

Ouyang Mili looked contemptuous: "Tsk, it's as if I'm pitiful. We want to make a movie but we can't make it."

"Then you talk to the boss, he will definitely agree."

"Tch, the last time we saw the boss was in China, it's been more than two months."

"Tsk tsk, it sounds like a disgruntled woman."

Ouyang Mili twisted his slender and soft body slightly, and finally leaned on Su Fengnian beside him, with a resentful expression on his face: "In the first place, we are all grieving wives..."

Su Fengnian turned away Ouyang Mili, who had a small ending: "Go, go, just be a grieving wife yourself, don't drag us down."

"Okay," Li Youhu smoothed things over, "Then what have you been doing lately?"

"Temporary rest," Ouyang Mili said, "By the way, in China, the Spring Festival Gala invited us to participate in this year's program, and chose the "Plucking Wei"."

Li Youhu heard that there was something in Ouyang Mili's obvious words: "Then what?"

"I've been on tour for more than half a year, and I'm very tired, and I heard that the Spring Festival Gala will be rehearsed for several months, so everyone really doesn't want to go."

Li Youhu subconsciously said: "That's the Spring Festival Gala."

After speaking, he reacted again.

Speaking of myself, if I was still a member of the former Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, it would definitely be a great honor to be able to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.

Now, it really doesn't matter.

After all, they have to be busy for several months, rehearsing repeatedly, and still can't make much money. As for becoming famous through the Spring Festival Gala, the girls of the Guofeng Art Troupe are already very famous, and they are still world-class.

Thinking of this, Li Youhu asked again: "What's the matter?"

Ouyang Mili said: "The boss agreed for us, what else can we do? However, we can go directly to the final rehearsal without being screened, and everyone is already very familiar with that dance, and they can finish it with their eyes closed. The other program groups are much easier."

Wei Canchai suddenly said: "Actually, the boss is doing it for everyone's benefit. It will be useful in the future if he can show his face at the Spring Festival Gala."

These words made the atmosphere in the living room slightly stagnant.

Girls can't help thinking about the future.

At the beginning, everyone only signed the contract for 5 years. Although it has only been a little over a year now, any girl who is a little bit sensible understands that the current life cannot last forever.

Thinking about it this way, everyone looked at Li Youhu with a little envy.

Li Youhu is now settled.

And they, even if the contract expires in the future and can be renewed once, or even twice or three times, they will always leave in the future.

Unknowingly, they have gotten used to the current life that is so rich that they are like princesses. It is a bit hard for the girls to imagine how they will live without these things in the future.

Stared at by a group of eyes, Li Youhu also quickly understood everyone's thoughts, subconsciously diverted the conflict, and looked at Wei Cancha: "Since you think it is useful, why don't you perform for everyone, talk to the boss, he will definitely agree , the Spring Festival Gala should also accept the replacement of "Caiwei" with "Jianjia"?"

Wei Can sent: "I'm very busy, I have my own business."

Li Youhu was puzzled: "Huh?"

Gu Yaoyao helped to reveal the answer: "Zancha is practicing sword dance recently. The boss wrote a song when he was in China two months ago, and it needs to be accompanied by dance."

"The "Human Meeting"?"

"It's another song. It's also very nice, with a similar style. The boss said, well, it's all Chinese style, but this one is about Yu Ji. The boss also said that in the future, an album will be made, which will be all Chinese style."

"What, Ji?"

"Farewell My Concubine

That concubine Yu. "

"Oh," Li Youhu said excitedly, "Sing it to me?"

Gu Yaoyao shook her head: "I can't sing well, let Zancha come, she can do everything."

"I can't sing well either," Wei Canchai refused, and said, "Twelve Chai and the others are responsible for recording the song. You know, they are not only good at musical instruments, but most of them have also learned vocal music and opera. They sing very well. , Let us feel that singing along is a waste, after you finish this part, go to Long Island to listen to it live."

Hearing what Wei Cancha said, Li Youhu became even more curious.

It's a pity that after Wei Cancha refused, the girls formed a tacit understanding and kept it a secret from her. They didn't even want to hum a few words, so they had to give up.

At the end of the evening dinner, the girls stayed. The villa is very spacious, and there are more than six or seven girls more than enough.

Early the next morning, Li Youhu was busy with the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the evening.

To be precise, since it premiered once in Cannes in May, this time it should be the North American premiere at a flagship theater affiliated with Daenerys Entertainment's Oden Cinemas in the midtown section of Broadway.

It took more than two hours to discuss the process of taking photos and interviews, wearing dresses and jewelry, and even just putting on makeup in the afternoon. It was not until 5 o'clock in the afternoon that Li Youhu arrived at the destination in a courtesy car and met other main creators of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Show up together.

Even if it was just a low-budget film with an investment of 15 million US dollars, the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was equally lively.

In addition to all the main creators of the film present, two of the most well-known Chinese movie stars in Hollywood, Jack Cheng and Jeter Lee, came to join in specially, and there were also New Yorkers such as Martin Scorsese, Robert De Nero and a series of big and small filmmakers helped out, which is also considered star-studded.

After the communication last night, a group of girls from the Guofeng Art Troupe also got tickets. After all, it was considered an entertainment hotspot in the past half a year, and they were temporarily arranged to walk the red carpet. Even if they were not as expensive as Li Youhu CK's custom-made dress, just by virtue of its beautiful appearance and the name of the "Guofeng Art Troupe", attracted a burst of intensive flashes from the reporters on the scene who did not spare the film.

six o'clock.

The premiere starts on time.

After all, it is the second premiere, and the core is still for publicity. Therefore, the flagship theater of the Oden Cinemas used for film screenings has a hall of 300 people. Just reporters from all over North America invited more than 100 people. , Expensive.

Of course, compared to putting on TV commercials, the cost-effectiveness of the premiere ceremony plus the media's comprehensive promotion strategy is very high.

The problem is that if ordinary second- and third-tier film companies want to do the same, they simply cannot gather more than a hundred media outlets. This also reflects the background of the big studios, and more precisely, the background of Daenerys Entertainment at this time. , because even the other seven major Hollywood companies would not be able to gather so many reporters easily if it was just because of a small film with an investment of 15 million.

In the auditorium.

The main creators interacted with the guests briefly, and the film playback began soon.

Unlike the Chinese original soundtrack with French subtitles at the Cannes premiere, this time the English-dubbed version was played.

No way, North American audiences notoriously dislike subtitles.

The well-crafted dubbed version is also the foundation of Daenerys Entertainment.

In recent years, the introduction of foreign language films has been frequently successful. One of the reasons is that Daenerys Entertainment has worked hard on dubbing. The company has a high-quality translation and dubbing department responsible for this part of the work. Compared with other companies, Especially those small film producers, because of insufficient dubbing ability, they often screw up a film that is very good overseas.

On the big screen, after the title title of the label, a picture scroll of oriental martial arts slowly opened.