Next day, Xiang Nan and Cai Yongchang went to the hotel to meet Heathrow - Wood Heathrow.
After arriving there, they were not arranged to see anyone immediately. Instead, they waited in the next room for nearly two hours.
When Xiang Nan was about to fall asleep, staff came over and took him to see Heathrow.
Xiang Nan washed his face, cheered up, and then followed the staff over.
Wood Heathrow looked Xiang Nan up and down, asked him to turn around a few times, and asked noncommittally, "How is your English?"
"I speak English fluently." Xiang Nan replied in English, "I am an English major at Yenching University."
Heathrow nodded, then pointed at the coffee table in front of him and said, "How is your kung fu? Can you kick this coffee table into pieces?"
Xiang Nan blinked, thinking there was something wrong with this person.
It would not be difficult for him to kick this coffee table into pieces. The point is why is he kicking this coffee table? !
When Tobey Maguire auditions for Spider-Man, will he be asked to spin webbing? When Benedict auditions for Doctor Strange, will he be asked to perform a magic trick first...
Why did he have to perform splitting a coffee table with his bare hands when he auditioned for The Kung Fu Kid? There is no such truth.
Just because he plays the Kung Fu Kid doesn't mean he must know Kung Fu, nor does it mean he can kick down a coffee table.
In the final analysis, Heathrow still disrespected him and deliberately created problems for him.
"My kung fu is average..." Xiang Nan said immediately, he no longer wanted to audition anymore.
With his ability, he can live a prosperous and comfortable life, and he cannot afford to be toyed with here.
"His kung fu is great. He can easily break the coffee table by kicking it." Cai Yongchang said immediately as Xiang Nan was halfway through his words.
He also knew that Heathrow was deliberately making things difficult. To make a kung fu movie, you don’t necessarily have to have practiced kung fu.
The majestic martial arts queen Zheng Peipei, the best female martial arts spokesperson Xu Feng, and even Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and others are not martial arts practitioners, but this does not prevent them from making wonderful martial arts and kung fu movies.
Such a request from Sisloti is completely unreasonable and is purely toying with people.
But the situation is stronger than the people. Cai Yongchang still hopes that Xiang Nan can be patient. After all, this is related to his personal future and Jiahe's grand cause.
"Ning Wei, just be patient. If you quit now, it won't do him any harm. On the contrary, you are following his wish. He wishes you wouldn't act." Cai Yongchang advised, "On the contrary, if you use this movie to become popular , then you will be a big star. When the time comes, he will ask you in turn."
Xiang Nan hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
Cai Yongchang is right. Going now is just following his wish. On the contrary, he wants to stay and become famous through "Long Wei Boy".
When the time comes to make a sequel, let's see if he doesn't repair Heathrow ruthlessly, and let him know what it means to be in a changing situation, thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river.
…
Thinking of this, Xiang Nan stepped forward, looked at Heathrow and smiled, "If you want to see my skills, then I will demonstrate it to you. In fact, it is not difficult to kick a coffee table, but now I will show you, How to break it with your hands.”
He said and slapped it down with one palm.
There was a loud bang, and he punched a hole in the middle of the coffee table, surrounded by spiderweb-like cracks.
Heathrow was taken aback. Then he looked at the coffee table in front of him in surprise, with a look of disbelief on his face.
This coffee table is from IKEA's solid wood series, and the board is made of two-centimeter-thick pine wood. It is really unimaginable that such a material and such a thickness could be broken by a palm.
"Incredible." He praised repeatedly.
"Mr. Heathrow, Ning's kung fu is definitely the best, even better than Bruce Lee. You can't go wrong with him." Cai Yongchang said from the side.
"I will consider it." Heathrow nodded and said, "Okay, you can go back."
Xiang Nan blinked.
They were on the road for two days and stayed in the United States for more than a week. However, the audition lasted only two minutes and they were sent away. It was really too disrespectful.
After all, he is also a screenwriter and a candidate for the leading actor. Shouldn't we talk to him about character design, story arrangement, scene planning, etc.?
However, Cai Yongchang knows that this is how Hong Kong artists are treated when they come to Hollywood to make a career.
When Golden Harvest collaborated with Warner Bros. on "Enter the Dragon," Bruce Lee was treated like this, without any preferential treatment from a kung fu superstar.
So Bruce Lee later broke up with Warner Bros., and took advantage of the large number of Chinese and Hong Kong people on the crew to eliminate the producers and directors.
"Made, one day, I have to let all those Hollywood filmmakers come and ask for my cooperation." Xiang Nan said with a breath of fragrance.
"Okay, don't be angry. It's not worth it to make your body angry." Cai Yongchang comforted with a smile, "I hope you will take this movie and become an instant hit and prove your strength. When the time comes, it will I can’t even think about it if I don’t care about you.”
Xiang Nan nodded.
This trip to Hollywood taught him a lesson.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is true no matter when and where.
…
Xiang Nan then returned to Xiangjiang with Cai Yongchang to wait for news.
At the same time, "Scary" starring Jackie Chan has been completed and officially released.
The plot of "Scary" is more terrifying and bizarre, the fights are more exciting, and the jokes are more abundant. Therefore, after its release, the box office performance was even better than "Ghost Fighter".
The final box office revenue was nearly 6 million, which is a pretty good result.
Xiang Nan originally wanted to keep up the good work and ask Jackie Chan to make another movie called "Man Scares Ghosts".
However, Luo Wei had already seen Jackie Chan's box office appeal and was unwilling to lend it out anymore. He recruited Jackie Chan back and arranged a new film for him - "The Ghost Horse Celestial Master Recruits the Ghost". Just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is a follow-up film.
Jackie Chan doesn't want to go back. At Real Kung Fu Pictures, he enjoys good food, drinks, and hospitality, and all of his movies are hits at the box office. Now I have to go back to Luo Wei's place to make another bad movie. I really don't know when it will end.
"It's okay. When your contract with him expires, come to me. I will definitely want you." Xiang Nan comforted him.
Jackie Chan nodded. At this point, he had no other choice but to go back.
After all, with his ability, he is still not good enough to fight against Luo Wei. No matter how depressed Luo Wei is now, there are still three thousand nails in the ruined ship.
…
Xiang Nan's guest appearance in "Snake, Cat and Crane" has also been released at this time.
What surprised Xiang Nan was that although he only filmed for four days, he didn't have many scenes.
But under Zhu Mu's editing, he had even more roles than the protagonist, and the film was still labeled as "starring Ning Wei", which attracted a large number of fans who didn't know the truth to come to watch.
In the end, the movie relied on Xiang Nan's reputation and earned nearly two million at the box office, which is pretty good. It's just that Xiang Nan doesn't agree with Zhu Mu's approach.
Who could stand it when he was promised to be a guest star but ended up starring in the lead role? !
