"Ah, it's very fun here. There are actually Americans watching Kung Fu movies by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest."
Jackie Chan and Ronald arrived in New York together, and made a special trip to see Ronald's hometown, Staten Island. This place is like a forgotten corner behind Manhattan, the center of the universe. Many hip-hop artists also admire Jackie Chan.
Some of his earliest films are also collected on video tapes.
Many black people come to the island to play hip-hop music. They are not talking about creation or art, but they claim to go to Staten Island to practice and are simply fans of martial arts movies. The northern part of the island is still very famous.
The place where the team "Wu-Tang Clan" was founded is also a small sacred place for black music.
When those people saw Jackie Chan appearing in front of them, they all screamed. In addition to being excited, they also expressed that they wanted to take photos with their idol as a souvenir. They dressed up as the villains in Jackie Chan's movies and went up one by one to talk to their idol.
They took photos together, pretending to be beaten away by Jackie Chan, screaming strangely and being kicked and kicked to the street, while happily showing off to other friends.
Jackie Chan's personal charm is very high. He can only speak some simple words in English, but he gets along extremely happily with the black hip-hop artists. Several junior blacks couldn't restrain their excitement after taking a group photo.
When I called my family and friends to tell them that I met an international superstar today, they all screamed.
Afterwards, Ronald and Jackie Chan went to Harlem in northern Manhattan and the Bronx across the river to investigate. The neighborhoods here are very dilapidated, and many low-income and public rental buildings are hotbeds of crime. The better ones
There are also all kinds of graffiti outside the walls of the block, which makes people feel uneasy.
"If you had come to shoot last year, I would not have suggested that you shoot here. At that time, I didn't even dare to enter these neighborhoods. Not to mention here, I was attacked once in Central Park and almost had an accident...
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Ronald was still frightened when he thought of the attack, and Helen, who had accompanied him, also held his hand. They were now in Co-op City, the most secure place in the Bronx, overlooking the entire district from a high-rise building.
, from time to time, police sirens sounded in the distance, and sounds like gunshots came...
"Oh, why?" Jackie Chan was not surprised that Ronald had a girlfriend. He himself was not very disciplined in this regard... "I thought it would be safer in New York. I would go to Southeast Asia to film.
Encountering such a robbery in broad daylight..."
"There are some things I can't say. The current mayor is of Italian descent and is very tough on crime. Not only are these gangsters afraid of him, but the big gangsters on Wall Street are also afraid of him. Those who violate the law and engage in insider trading have been sent to jail by him.
I have been to jail several times... Now as long as we have a good relationship with the 45th Bureau of the NYPD here, they are willing to provide some filming facilities, which is also an endorsement of the mayor's achievements in making New York safer."
"It seems like everything is not peaceful..." Jackie Chan replied with a smile, "When I was filming in Tokyo, many people came back to cause trouble, but the distributors in Japan can find a way to deal with it. We are afraid of this kind of thing when we make movies.
, it doesn’t matter if you pay some money..."
"Yes, but I still advise you to develop in Hollywood. The market in Japan is too small to accommodate a giant Buddha like you..."
Jackie Chan has made a lot of determination to return to overseas filming this time. His funny kung fu movies cannot always stay in a small place in Hong Kong. It seems to the audience that they lack freshness.
But where to go overseas, he is still a little unsure. Whether to choose Japan, which is recognized by the market, or America, which has the world's largest professional capabilities and market size, he doesn't know which one to choose.
Therefore, Jackie Chan decided to shoot a movie in two places to see the effect. The one shot in Japan was a movie about a racing driver called "Human Torch", and the one shot in New York was tentatively titled "Red".
"The District", the English title is "Rumble in the Bronx".
"I don't know. Now that I've seen it on the spot, it's still professional here in America, and there are people like Brother Luo who are so enthusiastic to help..." Jackie Chan saw her appeal in the black, Latino and Asian markets, and the balance in her heart also changed.
I started to lean towards developing in Hollywood. After all, with the support of the largest film market, I can have greater investment in everything produced, and have the help of the best professional team in the world.
"Hahaha, I don't just care about brotherhood. The biggest reason why I invest in your work, Jackie, is that your movie will be popular with the audience here... We Americans like to put one code on the other, so good brothers are true
, but to do business together, we need to make money..."
"I understand, I understand..." Ronald took Jackie Chan to a Blockbuster video rental store in Manhattan. It was true that the videos of her old movies could be found there, and they were also kept for comparison.
A popular location, next to Stallone and Schwarzenegger's B-movies. Ronald said that he is also very influential among white audiences, which is indeed not nonsense.
"This is little Linda. Jackie, please help me see if this little guy has the talent to be an action star?"
Ronald hosted another banquet at his home in New York to entertain Jackie Chan and his entourage. This time, not all the martial artists from the family class came to investigate the situation. Only Stanley Tong, a director who looked a bit like Jackie Chan, came with him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Ronald treated them to a meal of authentic Hong Kong Cantonese cuisine, he did not shy away from suspicion and took his daughter Linda out to let action star Jackie Chan and his brother take a look.
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When his own son was born, Jackie took a look at the little boy's bones. After seeing that he had double bones, he left with satisfaction. It is said that this Xiangjiang fortune-telling technique is very effective and is a combination of martial arts and fortune-telling.
The unique skill of photographing.
Ronald didn't expect little Linda to be a beater in the future, but he heard that children with double bones would be very healthy when they grow up, so he asked Jackie Chan to take a look at little Roger.
My son Roger's talent is above average. He is not born with double bones like Jackie Chan, but he is still quite healthy. This time my daughter also asked him to take a look...
"Your daughter's talent is better than that of my son. If my master saw it, he would definitely say that you are a born singer..."
"Ah, hahahaha..." Ronald didn't know anything about swordsmanship, but Jackie Chan said that his master would also say yes, which meant that the little guy was really good, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
When Helen carried little Linda in, Jackie Chan quietly pulled Ronald's sleeve, "I said, Luo Sheng, are you so confident about having a daughter with someone else?"
"What do you mean?" Ronald said that I didn't understand.
Jackie Chan doesn't know how to express it. They do martial arts, and many of them make money and take it home to their wives. As soon as he is injured and discharged from the hospital, he finds that his wife has run away with his money. So in his concept, and female celebrities
There's nothing wrong with having a one-night fling, but you have to be very cautious about having a baby.
"Hahaha, you don't understand, Jackie, we rich men in America have already figured out a way to solve this problem. If you are interested, I can introduce my lawyer to you..."
"Hey, forget it, we don't have such protection there..."
The two then discussed the filming of "Red Zone". Ronald was prepared to invest US$5 million to US$7 million to shoot the film, and had the final editing rights of the Hollywood version. Jackie Chan also invested similar money.
Owns the final rights to the Asian version.
The version that was finally released in America was re-dubbed by Daydream Pictures. The distribution rights were handled by Samsung Pictures, who paid for the copies. After getting the distribution contract, Daydream went to complete the film insurance, and then through finance
Institutional financing.
Jackie Chan's Asian distribution rights were also used for financing through banks in Europe and Japan. Although the investment amount written in the contract between the two was much greater than the investment in any of Jackie Chan's previous films, the two
No one personally took out too much money.
Originally, Jackie Chan was in Hong Kong, and her co-star Golden Harvest only invested 30 million Hong Kong dollars in one film. It was said to be filmed all over the world, but it could only be filmed in cheap Eastern European countries like Yugoslavia...
But this time, the money is greatly abundant. In New York, Los Angeles, everywhere, people are willing to work hard. Jackie Chan has not tried to shoot such a big-investment movie. What is it like? Is it possible to be open to shooting?
Ronald didn't care. For Hollywood, the money was only for medium-sized productions. Besides, Jackie Chan's martial arts group didn't have as many troubles as the Hollywood Stunt Guild. In fact, with very little money, they could make very good films.
Stunning effect.
Anyway, Jackie Chan will shoot it according to the two-hour duration, and Ronald will cut it into one and a half hours according to the requirements of the American market. Those Hong Kong martial artists who have not joined the Hollywood union can definitely be used as personnel for the Asian version
Even if they participate in filming, the union won't be able to cause any trouble for them.
At that time, if a well-shot scene is blended, who will be able to tell who shot it?
After talking about business matters, Ronald and Jackie Chan went to Madison Square Garden to watch the last game of the playoffs between the Knicks and the Bulls.
In the last game, led by Pippen, the Bulls defeated the challenging Knicks 93:79 in the last game held at the Old Sports Center in Chicago. Ewing was also dunked hard by Pippen.
To score, Ewing, as one of the top five centers in the league, was dunked to the ground by small forward Pippen, and then his feet collapsed from above his head, giving Ewing a humiliation and humiliating him.
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This dunk was also described by the commentator of the TNT TV station as the most disrespectful dunk in NBA history. In the last game at the Plaza Garden, it was Pippen's controversial foul at the last minute, which caused the Bulls to lose to the Knicks by one point.
Si, this time he took revenge very happily.
Afterwards, Pippen pointed his finger in Spike Lee's face and yelled at him to sit down. Although he received a technical foul, the audience felt very relieved.
Seeing that in Game 7, the Knicks may lose to the Bulls without Jordan at home, Ronald must go to watch the game.
Nearly 20,000 spectators flooded into the scene. Spike Lee won applause from the audience for his unafraid reaction when facing Pippen on the court. When the host introduced the arrival of Ronald and Jackie Chan,
The cheers were louder than for any other celebrity.
Of course, a large part of this is due to Ronald treating the home audience to pizza and drinking beer after every victory. The other half is due to cheering for Jackie Chan.
The scene in the last game where Pippen pointed his finger at Spike Lee and told him to sit down was very distressing for the New York fans. This loyal fan went to Chicago to watch the game at his own expense and also sat in the front row on the sidelines.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Compared with Pippen, Spike Lee is only as tall as his waist, like a dwarf. This time with Jackie Chan's kung fu
The master sat next to Spike, finally not worried that he would be punched to death by a Bulls player...
Old Dolan, who was sitting in the box above, didn't understand what was going on. He stood up in surprise and looked down from the box. Ronald and Jackie Chan were waving their arms to greet the audience, and the audience also cheered.
They were answered with a tsunami of shouts.
"Why doesn't Ronald come to games often? The audience just likes him so much?" Dolan felt a danger. Do everyone in Hollywood know how to please the audience? He took out a handkerchief and started wiping sweat on his forehead.
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The first two quarters were very tense, with the Knicks fighting hand-to-hand on defense and relying on their centers and guards to fight alone on offense. The audience was devastated by this boring tactic, and there was nothing exciting at halftime.
The offense made them stand up and cheer.
During the intermission, Ronald invited a lion dance team from Chinatown to add to the fun, and an acrobatic troupe from the Mainland that visited the United States performed a stunt for the audience, riding a unicycle and holding a bowl at the same time.
The audience had never seen such an acrobatic performance. A girl kicked several bowls to her head at once, and then caught them firmly with the top of her head. The applause for them was even warmer than the applause for the Knicks.
The third quarter was still entangled, with the scores between the two teams unable to open up. This made Spike Lee jump up and down, complaining that the coach was not good and the players were not good. Even Jackie Chan knew that the battle was still fierce and did not say much.
In the final fourth quarter, due to insufficient rotation and lack of physical strength, the Bulls lost by six points in one quarter, allowing the Knicks to successfully advance in the tiebreaker.
The audience began to cheer for free pizza and beer again, and the NBC broadcast team seized the opportunity to interview Ronald.
"Ronald, you are here with Jackie Chan today. Do you have any cooperation?"
"Haha, are you an entertainment reporter or a sports reporter? I am accompanying my friends to watch the game..."
"So what do you think about advancing to this game? Are you satisfied with the performance of the players?"
"Oh, they played very well. I usually watch their games on TV. I am very happy to have the opportunity to watch them live... It is really exciting to watch the game with the fans..."
"Then what do you think of the big score of 4 to 3?" NBC's reporter was also a little dissatisfied with the dullness of this game. In two of the seven games, the winner's score did not exceed 90 points.
"Oh, I'm very happy to advance. But I thought it might be easier to deal with the Bulls without Jordan, but it seems I'm still a bit stupid, ah, hahaha..."
"Shxt..." Dolan above was so angry when he saw this scene in the box that he dropped his cup. Isn't this a humorous expression of dissatisfaction with the work of him, the general manager, and the head coach? In the past, when there was Jordan,
If you can't beat it, forget it. Today, Jordan has retired to play baseball, and you can't even beat him...
After Ronald finished speaking, he didn't care about the follow-up. He returned to Los Angeles with Jackie Chan. Anyway, he is an amateur boss and a humorous fan. If you ask me, I don't know much about basketball, so my idea is a bit stupid... Although most Nicks
All Serie A fans have this idea.
When Ronald returned to Los Angeles, he began to prepare for the release of "Speed", which he invested in. The Flintstones won the box office championship for two weeks, and was released together with "Speed" by Billy Crystal.
The sequel to "Urban Cowboy"...
In order to give more publicity to this action movie without any stars, Ronald is also planning to attend the premiere, inviting more stars to participate, and get more news coverage.