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Director Zhang, please take a seat!"

"thanks!"

With Zhang Yimou's cultural level, English is not a problem. Most of the foreigners here, Zhang Yimou is also proficient in responding in English.

After Zhang Yimou sat down, Kevin introduced to the crowd:

"This is a leading figure in the mainland film industry, Zhang Yimou, Director Zhang, who is currently in Hollywood to learn about the shooting techniques of Hollywood movies."

Kevin's words are very level.

He took care of Zhang Yimou's face very well.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yimou felt very comfortable in his heart.

Although he came to the United States to bow his head to study, if he really said that, it would undoubtedly make him uncomfortable.

Seeing Kevin's attitude, the people present became polite to Zhang Yimou.

They greeted each other.

After a brief introduction, Kevin said:

"Okay, let's go and do your work. When the movie is over, you will come to the studio to find me, and then there will be a job to find you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

They were busy with the work at hand.

Wait until everyone else has left.

Kevin got straight to the point:

"Director Zhang, do you want to try making movies in Hollywood?"

Zhang Yimou nodded and said with a serious face:

"Yes, I hope I can become a director in Hollywood and bring back what I learned from Hollywood and ideas."

Kevin nodded, but said lightly:

"I'll help you become a Hollywood director, but your first movie won't get a lot of investment, at most $10 million to make."

"If it can be profitable, follow-up films can consider increasing the production cost."

As a director with no qualifications in Hollywood, if Kevin didn't know he had the skills, let alone a production of this scale of ten million dollars.

Even a million dollar movie, he may not be able to get started.

Although he has also won several awards at the Venice Film Festival, this kind of film biased towards the arts does not benefit him any investment in commercial films.

For this million dollars, Kevin took into account the possibility of making a profit.

Second, it is also selling Zhang Yimou a favor.

Kevin believes that the future Zhang Yimou is definitely worth his investment of ten million dollars to make friends.

Zhang Yimou didn't say much.

Men's friendship, sometimes that's how it came.

Just for Kevin's friendship, in the future, as long as Kevin is useful to him in the mainland, he will definitely do his best.

For a director with an official background like him, his personal connections are not to be mentioned.

In the future, he has a very friendly relationship with the person in charge of mainland films. He can say it through the sky without exaggeration.

"Thank you, Director Kevin, when I return to the mainland, in the future, whenever you need me, I will never refuse."

After receiving Zhang Yimou's promise, Kevin also smiled.

With the help of Zhang Yimou and his contacts, and Kevin's reputation for being friendly to the mainland, it is no exaggeration to say that the future mainland film market is just for him to ask for.

He now only hopes that Zhang Yimou can promote the mainland's film market to become more prosperous.

Reach the scale of the tens of billions of film market in later generations as soon as possible.

"Well, during this time, Director Zhang can take the title of assistant director in my new movie, and learn about Hollywood's film shooting ideas and methods."

"At the same time, I also think about what kind of film should be made for this million-dollar investment."

Chapter 301 Martial arts?

"Thank you then, Kevin."

Zhang Yimou also accepted Kevin's kindness.

"But I don't have any idea about what to shoot, Kevin, do you have any suggestions?"

"I once heard one thing, what belongs to the nation is what belongs to the world."

"Today, I send this sentence to you."

"As a director who didn't grow up in a European and American cultural environment, I think that if you set your goal to imitate Hollywood's filming, then you basically can't compare to American film directors."

"What you should do is to dig out the local culture and find the point in the mainland culture that attracts everyone regardless of national borders."

The specific Kevin can only talk about here, after all, Kevin is also trying this road.

Tsui Hark's cognition of Xianxia culture and how to combine it with Hollywood movies are all things Kevin is trying to do.

The previous Shushan movies, which were dressed in the skin of Xianxia, ​​were still the same as Hollywood commercial films, so they still achieved good results.

Although Shushan World still plays the same way, in the movie, more Tsui Hark's private goods are mixed.

He wants to introduce the element of Xianxia into Hollywood step by step.

Of course, it can't be too mysterious to come up immediately.

At the very least, some elements of Xianxia need to be deeply understood by Americans.

For example, if in a Hollywood movie, an American suddenly mentions the word "magic weapon", other Americans will naturally not understand this concept.

And the movie only has so little time, it is impossible to free up the screen to explain to the audience.

This kind of concept that Americans cannot understand should not be too much in Xianxia movies.

Therefore, in order for the Xianxia culture to become popular in the United States, first of all, Tsui Hark must explain some Xianxia elements to the American audience step by step through various movies.

At the very least, when the concept of cultivation and becoming an immortal and a magic weapon appear in the movie, the American audience cannot be incomprehensible.

Kevin still remembers that after the online article went overseas, it caused a sensation among the small circles overseas, and some people were addicted to it, just like the reaction of mainland readers when the online article first appeared.

There has also been speculation on the Internet about the export of online texts.

In fact, online articles are only popular in certain small circles overseas at most. If you want to make a big fire, it is impossible.

Only one primordial spirit, one cultivator.

It requires Americans to spend a lot of energy to understand the meaning of it. Judging from the consequences of American-style liberal education, the culture of Xianxia is destined to be a small circle culture.

What Kevin and Tsui Hark are doing now is to turn this small circle culture into the public.

The various elements are explained to the audience through a step-by-step movie.

It was not until when American audiences were able to watch a thoroughly immortal movie without any obstacles that it showed that this cultural invasion had been successful.

At that time, American audiences are bound to pay for all kinds of Xianxia movies.

As for why Kevin is so sure they will pay, the reason is simple.

The symbols of the upper class in the United States are suits and ties, and these things themselves are inherited from the United Kingdom.

Americans, from the bottom of their hearts, have a yearning for something with a historical background like British culture.

To put it bluntly, what is missing, what is envious, and what is like.

That is to say, at a certain period of time, the mainland lost face so much that it was looked down upon by others.

But all the orthodox dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, in any era, are enough to be envied by foreign countries.

Any dynasty that occupied the mainland will eventually be infected by the mainland culture and become a part of the mainland civilization. This is the charm of the mainland culture.

Even though Kevin is an American now, this does not prevent him from identifying with mainland culture.

Anyway, Americans don't pay much attention to patriotism.

They are a federal state themselves, and the laws of each state are different. It can almost be said that each state is a country.

The integrity of a country, let alone other things, at least the laws must be consistent.

This is the truth that the mainland has known since Qin Shihuang.

That is, the book is the same as the text, and the road is the truth.

Although such a United States temporarily occupies the title of the world's largest country, Kevin is not optimistic about him at all.

Of course, this does not prevent Kevin from making money now.

With his identity, no matter how the form changes, he can't suffer any loss.

"Mining local culture?"

"Director Kevin, can you speak more clearly?"

"Have you seen Shushan shot by director Tsui Hark?"

Zhang Yimou nodded. He and Kevin knew each other because of this movie.

"This film is based on the works of Zhuanzhu Zhuzhu and some of the contents of Shushan Swordsman Biography."

"Isn't this culture unique to the mainland?"

"There is another element, and that is kung fu."

"Ever since Bruce Lee showed people Kung Fu, knowing Kung Fu has become a label for mainlanders."

"It's all elements you can mine."

Under Kevin's suggestion, Zhang Yimou thoughtfully said:

"Xianxia, ​​and Kung Fu..."

"Isn't this martial arts?"

Zhang Yimou's eyes suddenly lit up and he muttered in his mouth.

He suddenly thought of the element of martial arts.

He didn't understand Xianxia, ​​and he was no stranger to kung fu.

From martial arts to kung fu, among the elements that Americans can understand a little bit, he will discover the elements that Americans love. This is his goal.

Zhang Yimou looked at Kevin and thanked him again.

Kevin has made what he said very clearly, only from the perspective of the special culture of martial arts, can we better make movies that are popular in the world.

As for the specifics, it depends on his follow-up research.

Kevin on the side was also a little stunned when he heard Zhang Yimou talking to himself.

Actually connected to the martial arts, this is really...

Seems not bad.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which once won the Oscar, is not an American love movie in martial arts skin.

Cultural export comes step by step.

Bruce Lee, exporting the traditional concept of kung fu.

And Tsui Hark, on the other hand, exported Xianxia culture.

Now it is Zhang Yimou who supplements the martial arts culture, which is simply, wonderful!

Kevin also discovered this with hindsight, and inadvertently, he actually filled this loophole.

At the same time, he suddenly had an idea to go to Hong Kong to discuss with Mr. Jin Yong about the English copyright of his martial arts novels.

Cultural propaganda needs to come from multiple perspectives.

Moreover, if this kind of copyright is bought, it may not necessarily lose money.

The future Netflix has already fallen into his hands.

Compared with a pure video website, what Kevin wants to do is to make Netflix into a place that has the original advantages of Netflix.