Chapter 140: Doubts

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  "No! Song, actually, our collaboration has been quite pleasant, but I'm about to have my own studio soon! Jeffrey Carsonber, David Geffen and I are preparing to set up our own studio, the name is already decided, it's called DreamWorks, hoping this will be a place where we can realize our dreams together!" Steven said with a somewhat distant gaze.

  "Has it started yet?" Song Tang couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion after hearing Steven's words. In fact, whether it was Steven, Jeffrey, or David Geffen, all three had rich experience in film work. Jeffrey had worked at Paramount for eleven years, and after leaving Paramount, he joined Disney in 1984. During his time at Disney, many excellent films were released, such as "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", and last year's "Aladdin", all of which had Jeffrey's shadow behind them!

  As for Steven's other partner, David Geffen started working in the music industry after dropping out of college. Since the 1980s, David Geffen has been involved in film production as a producer and founded Geffen Films! As for Steven himself, it goes without saying that he is well-known. In fact, Song Tang can foresee that after the three of them established DreamWorks Studios, they will definitely rise to fame quickly!

  "Congratulations, Steven!" After understanding the meaning of Steven's words, Song Tang smiled and congratulated him: "I hope that in the future, Da Tang can cooperate with your Dream Factory!"

  "Thank you, Song! I also hope we can cooperate again!!!"

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  After seeing Steven off, Song Tang began his own work. Although Song Tang felt regretful that he could no longer cooperate with Steven as before, he soon put this matter down. Perhaps the cooperation between Datang and Meng Gong Factory was a good choice, Song Tang thought to himself.

  It has been a week since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released in Hong Kong and Song Tang returned from Hong Kong. Although the market in Hong Kong is not as large as that in the US or other countries, the film has still triggered a new wave of martial arts craze in this beautiful Oriental Pearl city. People's perception of martial arts is no longer limited to Jin Yong, Gu Long, or Bruce Lee. On the other hand, with the release of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the name of director Ang Lee is also becoming more widely known.

  However, what Song Tang is really concerned about is the situation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the US. Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has not been officially released in the US yet, it has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA. After receiving a response from the MPAA, Song Tang began to arrange for publicity for the film before its release in the US.

  Although the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" received good reviews in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia, Song Dang remained cautious, after all, the cultural traditions and film styles of Southeast Asia are similar to those of Hong Kong to a certain extent, but this is not the case in the United States. The US is a relatively relaxed society that pursues freedom and democracy, which has formed its unique film style! In the past, there have been Hong Kong films that landed in the US, but their box office performance and awards were not ideal, which also affected the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to some extent.

  As "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" continues to be promoted, whether on the internet or in the eyes of movie fans, or some entertainment newspapers and magazines, there are many doubts about this action film. The famous film critic Will Roger wrote online: "What is the most classic action film in Hollywood history? We will say without hesitation that it is 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', a big action film directed by Spielberg and George Lucas, which caused a huge sensation as soon as it was released and became one of the most classic adventure action films in movie history. The movie "First Blood" starring Sylvester Stallone successfully created the image of an indestructible hero "Rambo", making Stallone a superstar alongside Schwarzenegger, bringing his career to another level. The explosive action scenes and new scene designs in "Die Hard" indeed opened the eyes of the audience at that time! These are the most classic action films in Hollywood history over the years, at least I think so. A classic action film should let the audience see its selling point. Does "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" rely on its martial arts sentiment? Buddy, don't forget, this is a land full of freedom and democracy, although there are also heroic sentiments on this land, I think people want Superman more! As for whether "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will be accepted by people after its release, it depends on the result. After all, when I haven't seen this movie, at least I can't completely deny it!

  In this report, Will Rogers pointed out that as Hollywood movie history, "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "First Blood" and "Enter the Dragon" can be called classic action movies. Will analyzed the advantages of these films from the side and pointed out the difference between the not-yet-released film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and these classic films. However, Will did not deny this film, thinking that every movie has its own classic place, you just haven't seen it yet, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

  Shortly after Will Rogers posted this post, the Los Angeles Times also released its own investigation report. The new issue of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "After reading Hollywood's famous film critic Will Rogers' post about Datang Film's upcoming film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', we conducted a two-day survey of movie fans on this matter. Sixty percent of our fans who have seen Tsong's films are skeptical about this. Fans think that although Tsong is an excellent screenwriter, it does not mean that the director who shoots this film will be a good director. Many fans are puzzled by Tsong's approach and do not know why Tsong would hand over his script to a relatively unknown Eastern director. Is it just because they are of the same skin color? We are all confused about this!"

  "No matter how classic a film is, if it can't get the recognition of movie fans, then this movie is like a bad one. In fact, not only our movie fans are skeptical about this matter, but also our competitors in Datang, after hearing about this matter, think that Datang's behavior is the most foolish one this year and he will pay for his actions!" - Minghe Magazine!

  For these individual films and news media reports about the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Song Tang is not unaware, on the contrary, Song Tang pays attention to them every day. However, Song Tang has not come forward to oppose these remarks, because sometimes, the more you explain, the easier it is for others to think that you are covering up, and many times, defensive language often appears pale and powerless!

  However, the questioning did not stop there. After a new day arrived, many movie fans discovered that the "Columbia Daily" which had previously reported on Song Tang's ambiguous relationships with several Hollywood female stars once again reported such news. As for the "Columbia Daily", neither Hollywood fans nor industry insiders were familiar with it in recent days, because the "Columbia Daily" was founded during the Oscars this year. Now, the "Columbia Daily" has gained some fame due to its previous report on Song Tang's scandal with several Hollywood beauties.

  Today, the "Columbia Daily" reported on Song Tang again. In the newspaper, a journalist named Adam wrote: "I know many people don't understand our genius Song's actions this time. At first, I didn't quite understand it either. But first, I want to tell everyone that before the Oscars this year, our genius director invited Eastern directors and actors to film a movie called 'Killer Leon'! From here, we should see what our genius director wants to do! God, I think this is a crazy thing - foreign culture, foreign films will severely impact our Hollywood! Yes, don't deny my words. Maybe many of you think I'm being alarmist, but we can imagine the invasive power of a culture with thousands of years of history. I think I'm not exaggerating!"

  After Adam reported this article in the Columbia Daily, many movie fans sneered at what Adam said, thinking that Adam was talking nonsense. However, there were still many people who saw a point from this article - ambition. Yes, Song Tang had greater ambitions for Hollywood movies. This genius director of Hollywood wanted to occupy an important position in Hollywood movies. Many filmmakers have seen this point, and as a result, these filmmakers' vigilance against this suddenly emerging genius director of Hollywood has increased unconsciously! At the same time, it also made the competition in future Hollywood movies more intense!

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