Afterwards, the Police Story series became Jackie Chan's most successful representative works.
By 1995, when Jackie Chan made his fourth attempt to enter Hollywood and finally succeeded, three Police Story films had already been made. Starting from Hong Kong, the series gradually expanded internationally, reaching Southeast Asia, and even earned Jackie Chan his first Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.
Then, Jackie Chan directed and starred in a police-themed film called "Crime Story," winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for the second consecutive year.
With such momentum, Jackie Chan made his Hollywood debut with "Rumble in the Bronx," in which he played a Hong Kong policeman visiting relatives in the United States.
Finally, Jackie Chan, the screen cop, achieved success in Hollywood. This process took him nearly 10 years.
“Brother, of course I know about Hollywood’s xenophobia. America is a country full of racial discrimination. It’s extremely difficult for Chinese people to gain a foothold here.”
"I set up North American Dragon Entertainment here mainly to produce some blockbuster movies to rake in US dollars, while also promoting our Dragon Entertainment artists and pushing them to the international stage to raise their status. Incidentally, we also want to export Chinese film culture abroad. In order to gain a foothold, I will not let domestic actors go to Hollywood to try their luck in the early stages. We have to take it one step at a time."
Cheng Long nodded. Shen Fang was a shrewd man. If Shen Fang had invested as wildly as Golden Harvest had back then and chased after Hollywood, to be honest, there was a chance to launch another international superstar, but the chances were not very high.
His success is primarily due to his daring and willingness to take risks. When he was young, he was fearless on set, willing to risk his life for a single memorable scene. But in this day and age, if you want to create a second Jackie Chan, it's not that Jackie Chan looks down on today's young people, but there simply isn't that kind of talent.
Secondly, he is a representative figure of kung fu comedy. Apart from kung fu films, Chinese mainland films are still in the exploratory stage for crime films, science fiction films, and popcorn movies, and are not on the same level as Hollywood.
The only decent historical film is a period drama; foreigners can't understand it anyway.
It's fair to say that this path has been completely blocked. That's why he kindly advised him, fearing that Shen Fang, being young, might not realize the seriousness of the situation.
For a Chinese media company to gain a foothold in Hollywood is nothing short of a pipe dream. Media is the lifeblood of a nation, and given the nature of the US government, how could they possibly allow Longteng to grow and thrive in the US? Cooperation is possible, but forget about anything else.
However, nothing is absolute. Once the Chinese film industry matures and becomes a global box office powerhouse, generating massive box office revenue, that will be the time for Longteng to rise.
We're only at the foundation stage now; the main thing is to lay the groundwork and reap the rewards in US dollars.
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