Li Changsheng asked Chen Chong to continue studying in the United States. He felt that he had learned enough, so he came to Xiangjiang to make movies. There was no need to sharpen his head and insist on breaking into Hollywood.
Chen Chong and his generation were originally very good in terms of image, temperament and acting skills, and they did not lose to those popular stars in Hollywood.
Especially Feixiang Zunlong and the others' overall image and temperament even surpassed some Hollywood male stars.
But they have exhausted their whole life's experience to play supporting roles in Hollywood.
It is absolutely impossible for Hollywood to give more opportunities to Chinese Americans, and let them play mostly villainous roles!
Xiaolong had already noticed this point.
Twenty years have passed since World War II, but the western impression of China is still in a period of weakness and incompetence, full of words.
In their eyes, the Chinese are all treacherous men with long braids in official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, or sick and submissive.
Especially in Hollywood, this phenomenon is more obvious.
The roles played by the Chinese are often buck-toothed, sick men or villains, always inferior to others.
It's just that I didn't expect that even Li Xiaolong, who could break through the ridiculous prejudice with just one glance, still couldn't avoid Hollywood's "colored glasses"
At the beginning, Hollywood hired Li Xiaolong, but they never gave him a good role.
Li Xiaolong first got the role of assistant in "The Green Hornet".
Although there are not many roles, he is loved by the audience for his real kung fu fighting.
He can kick and punch, he moves fast, and you have to be drawn to him.
As a result, the director had to adjust and limit Xiaolong's performance when the TV series was filmed in the later stage.
Because as soon as he appeared on the stage, he took away the limelight of the white protagonist.
After filming "The Green Hornet", although the audience liked Li Xiaolong, he was still discriminated against because of his yellow skin.
He was given small cameo roles, either killers or unkempt beggars.
During the few years in Hollywood, Li Xiaolong was so poor that he could only borrow someone else's place.
In 1969, in the movie "Blood in a Scandal", Li Xiaolong played a villain killer without even a single line.
He tried very hard to persuade the director to modify some actions on the set, but the director said: Don't talk nonsense.
He was very disappointed in this place, full of racism everywhere.
He made up his mind and refused to take on racially colored roles.
"Let them go to hell!" Li Xiaolong once expressed his dissatisfaction in an interview.
Disappointed, Li Xiaolong returned to Xiangjiang.
When Li Xiaolong returned to Xiangjiang from Hollywood, racial discrimination was still rampant.
Xiangjiang was still a British colony at that time. Xiangjiang people are classified as second-class citizens and cannot enjoy the same rights as heroine citizens, such as compulsory education and medical insurance.
Under all kinds of oppression, the dissatisfaction of Chinese people against other ethnic groups is increasing day by day, but it is limited by reality, and everyone cannot find a reasonable outlet for their emotions.
At this time, Li Xiaolong filmed "Fist of Fury"......
Chen Zhen, played by Li Xiaolong, was humiliated by a traitor [single-handedly killed in the island country's martial arts gym.
He condensed his anger into each fist.
With one enemy and many queens, he uttered 9 words forcefully:
"Remember, a woman is not a sick man."
Outside the park, facing the provocations of foreign races, Chen Zhen beat the arrogant islanders to the ground, and kicked and smashed the plaque that read "Chinese and dogs not allowed".
At the end, the police surrounded Jingwumen, and Chen Zhen resolutely died in order not to hurt his brothers.
All of this made the audience excited and inspired a sense of national pride.
Tens of thousands of people applauded directly in the cinema, which once broke Xiangjiang's box office record.
Western audiences were shocked when they saw this:
Can an Asian be like this? He is muscular and full of strength, with simple and powerful fists, swift and sharp fists and feet, and a high-pitched cry, with the beauty of personality and strength.
Before Li Xiaolong became popular on , people called Zhongworen "the sick man of East Asia"; after he became popular, everyone thought that the Chinese knew kung fu.
He single-handedly raised the image of the Chinese community.
Li Changsheng used Li Xiaolong's example to persuade all good Chinese actors in Hollywood to come to Xiangjiang to develop.
If you learn from Li Xiaolong, he will not be looked down upon in Hollywood, but come to Xiangjiang to develop and make good movies in Xiangjiang, so that he can become famous all over the world, and let Hollywood invite him in turn!.
