Chapter 16 Avenue of Stars
Qin Mohan's questions made Qin Ruoxi and Jin Yaran extremely curious. They looked at Chen Fang with excitement: "Brother-in-law, can you really see Marilyn Monroe's ghost here?"
"Of course not." Chen Fang first said the two little girls, and then said to Qin Mohan and others: "Live here boldly, there is no problem. Didn't we see Matt Damon entering downstairs just now?"
Chen Fang then explained to them: "Because it is close to the Avenue of Stars and the hotel is the venue for the first Oscars, many late superstars have stayed here, so there is a legend of their souls appearing here.
The most famous ones are Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe. There is also a Marilyn Monroe suite on the second floor. In fact, these are just marketing methods of the merchants, and the news is also released by the merchants to find someone to attract more tourists to come and settle in. I hope to meet with their idols."
"Brother, is Marilyn Monroe's suite downstairs? Can you go downstairs to visit?" Jin Yaran couldn't help but want to go and visit when she heard this news.
There is nothing special about the "Marilyn Monroe Suite" at Roosevelt Hotel. It just restores the scene when Monroe lived in this house in the 1950s as it is. The old TV series, solid wood furniture, historical curtains and tablecloths, and even the sofas are old-fashioned. These are the physical objects of the previous houses and have been completely preserved by the hotel for countless movie fans to express their condolences.
On the walls of the suite are hung with many photos of Marilyn Monroe, photos and oil paintings created by many famous painters, including the most famous photo of covering her skirt.
"The foreigner is too uncreative, so he should have a wax figure or statue of Monroe here to take a photo for tourists." Qin Ruoxi was disappointed after seeing it. Her words were agreed by Jin Yaran, because for them, they could not understand the unique meaning contained in these old objects, and theirs was more intuitive to judge based on their personal impressions.
Qin Mohan appreciated the posters and old objects one by one, and then withdrew from the room with the group.
When she returned to her room, Chen Fang contacted Meghan Hart. She was surprised when she received a call from Chen Fang. When she knew that Old Jack brought her a gift, she thought for a while and agreed to accept it. But she was now at work and asked about the hotel where Chen Fang lived and was about to come and pick it up tomorrow morning.
Gu Yali and his friends said goodbye to Shen Fang and Qin Mohan. They were about to make an appointment to go to various attractions to play. Qin Ruoxi and Jin Yaran saw that the weather was still good, so they suggested going out for lunch and then enjoying it on the Avenue of Stars.
Hollywood's Avenue of Fame was built in 1958. It is a pedestrian street stretching out from Hollywood Avenue and Vine Street. After the first star was awarded to American actress Joanne Woodward on February 9, 1960, more than 2,000 stars from all over the world who have contributed to the entertainment industry have been awarded stars and left their names here.
This is also one of the most important attractions in Hollywood. Every day, countless tourists come here to visit and take photos with their idol’s stars. There are also many imitators performing on the Avenue of Stars. There are artists who imitate Chaplin, standing next to the stars of Chaplin, making various comedic actions towards the tourists coming and going, attracting many tourists to take photos.
"Don't they charge?" Qin Ruoxi asked in surprise. In the past, he went to the Turpan Flame Mountain Scenic Area in Western Xinjiang with his parents. There were several characters who played Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie. If you took a photo with them, you would have to pay.
Chen Fang explained: "They will not charge any fees. These are street artists who are honing their acting skills. You see, there is no hat in front of them. If you want to pay, you can put it directly inside. It is as much as possible, but don't give the money to the other party on its own initiative. This is an insulting behavior."
"In addition to honing their acting skills, they also want to take advantage of these opportunities to perform in public to gain recognition from some tourists and agents, so as to gain roles in film and television dramas."
The two little girls understood that they took out the change from their purse and put it in the hat in front of each other, and then took a photo with each other.
Taking photos with street artists requires expenses, but taking photos with stars is more like waiting in line. Especially for some artists with special status.
The star of Big Brother Cheng is the 2205th Hollywood Walk of Fame. "jackie chan", this is the name of Big Brother Cheng's Hollywood. A bunch of tourists from China are waiting to line up to take photos.
The weather was clear, and Chen Fang and Qin Mohan with sunglasses under the bright sunlight were not very noticeable. When they arrived, Qin Mohan and the two little girls stood on both sides excitedly and took a photo. Chen Fang was not very interested. After all, the stars had lost their sense of mystery to him. He just took a selfie at another five-pointed star.
"Bruce lee? Bruce Lee?" Qin Mohan looked at the slightly unfamiliar star, with only a name and a silhouette of an old-fashioned camera on it.
"Bruce Lee? Who is Bruce Lee?" Qin Ruoxi asked.
"Bruce Lee's first Chinese protagonist in Hollywood, the first superstar to officially promote Chinese Kung Fu to the world." Chen Fang said to several people: "This star was established on the 20th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death in 1993."
"Wow, so awesome? Brother, tell us."
When the post-80s generation first came into contact with Hong Kong movies, most of them had watched Bruce Lee's films; most of the post-90s generations like kung fu movies or were engaged in the film and television industry only saw Bruce Lee's films; while those born-00s like Qin Ruoxi and Jin Yaran rarely knew about it, and had never even heard of the character Bruce Lee.
This is the inevitability of the development of the times. Nowadays, the post-00s generations are mostly concerned about Lu Han and Zhang Yixing, a handsome man who has returned from South Korea. Especially when he knows that Zhang Yixing is going to participate in the third season of "Super Challenge", the two little girls are excited and are ready to take the time to visit the set.
The Huaxia Grand Theater that I visited later was not only two little girls, but even Qin Mohan couldn't help but complain that his inappropriate style really insulted China's reputation.
Despite the complaints, the humanistic materials about filmmakers in the Grand Theater still attracted the attention of a group of people.
Through the two Chinese red pillars at the entrance of the theater, enter the theater area. On the concrete floor of the yard in front of the gate, the most attractive thing is the handprints and footprints left by the 173 stars in the vestibule of the theater.
There are many tourists. Every visitor here is either busy taking footprints of their idols or putting their hands on the handprints of celebrities to compare. Many famous Hollywood movie stars such as Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have left their memory here, and even Donald Duck has left their cute footprints here.
Among them, there are two Chinese stars who left their fingerprints, one is Big Brother Cheng, who was invited to leave his fingerprints in 2013, and the other is Feng Gangpao, who is still quarreling with the fifth-generation director. He was invited to leave his fingerprints in November 2014, which is also his most proud point. Qin Mohan knew the reason for the verbal dispute between Feng Gangpao and the company, so he took two little girls to line up with Big Brother Cheng to take a few photos.
After leaving the Huaxia Grand Theater, several people continued to visit and visited Madame Tussauds. Most of the wax figures here are mainly Hollywood stars, which are lifelike. Even Qin Mohan found several stars he liked and asked Chen Fang to help take photos as a souvenir.
After leaving the wax museum, I bought some small gifts with Hollywood characteristics from several stores nearby and prepared to take them back to give them to others. Chen Fang was knocked away by two little girls. In their words, it was for learning, and Qin Mohan was very suspicious.
After walking for a while, I looked at the Hollywood Cinema not far away. The famous Hollywood logo on the mountain was eye-catching. The two little girls wanted to climb up the mountain to watch it up close, but were dissuaded by Chen Fang. That was a signboard. After climbing up, they saw an iron rack. Are you stupid?
Although Chen Fang strongly denied that he had done such a stupid thing, why didn't Qin Mohan believe it when he looked at his sure expression?
I didn't visit too many places throughout the afternoon, and the more famous Universal Studios was also planning to spend the whole day to have fun the next day.
If there is anything that makes people happier when traveling in a foreign land, it is to meet their own good friends. This is how Qin Mohan was. When a few people found a more famous French restaurant to prepare for dinner, Qin Mohan saw an acquaintance.
"Chenfang, see if that is Lin Susu?" Qin Mohan, who was dining in a corner of the restaurant, saw an Asian girl coming in at the door. She walked forward under the guidance of the waiter. She had a tall figure, a black short leather jacket, a pair of slim jeans, and a thin-framed sunglasses, which looked very cool. Next to the girl, there were two well-dressed men.
"You can tell even with sunglasses." Chen Fang was about to tease her, but he found that the woman was whispering to the two people beside him, and then walked over to the card bag. Unexpectedly, it was really Miss Lin.
"Sister Susu, it's really you. Chen Fang just said that I recognized the wrong person." Qin Mohan stood up excitedly and greeted Lin Susu. Qin Ruoxi and Jin Yaran also said hello.
Only Chen Fang couldn't help but complain: "Miss Lin, I didn't expect that I could meet this by chance. The world is so small."
"Yes, the world is so small. Fortunately, I have a serious business to Los Angeles, otherwise I would have thought I was taking advantage of your honeymoon trip."
"Is there any serious business?" Qin Mohan asked in surprise: "Are you here to attend the Grammy Awards Ceremony?"
"No, I'm here to talk about movies." Lin Susu said: "I just signed a film jointly invested by Lesi and Hollywood Legend Pictures a few days ago, and the guidance of Mr. Zhang."
"Why do I feel like you are sensation?" Chen Fang couldn't help but smile: "Come here to talk about the film? It seems that this time I will enter the Hollywood film and television industry."
"Haha, I seem to be just smug, no." The arrogant Lin Susu called Chen Fang and then looked at Chen Fang and asked, "Why are you wild foxes not investing in this video?"
Chen Fang knew that Lin Susu said it was "The Great Wall", and Lesi took the lead in China, and Guangxian and Huayi jointly invested 60% of the investment. Hollywood Legend Pictures proposed to invest 10%, but occupied 30% of the income. The remaining 30% share was originally Boya asked about the Wild Fox, but was finally rejected by Zhong Lifang. 30% of the investment was only 18% of the income. Even the cooperation with Universal Pictures was not so humble. In the end, this was the investment that was taken over by Lin Susu's "Bright Star Company", on the condition that Lin Susu needed to be the heroine of the play.
Chen Fang said directly without answering her question: "You are asking for a date, Matt Damon, hurry up and we will find a place to chat when you finish your meal."
Matt Damon and his agent came in at the front of the restaurant, and the two men who had just arrived with Lin Susu met him.
"Okay, I'll go first, I can't let others wait for a long time." Lin Susu nodded to Qin Mohan: "Contact afterwards."
After dinner, Chen Fang asked Li Hui and Zhou Qi to send two little girls back to the hotel. The American bars had strict age restrictions and prohibited the sale of alcohol to customers under the age of 21. The two girls were still very interested in the rumors about the Roosevelt Hotel and had long wanted to go back to find out, but they did not follow them in rare cases.
That night, Qin Ruoxi and Jin Yaran specifically slandered each other and walked upstairs, but they didn't see any ghosts. The two brave girls were still unwilling to do so, but they scared Zhou Qi, who was with them.
"Sister Qiqi, don't you Xiangxi people know how to drive corpses? Why are you afraid of ghosts?" Qin Ruoxi's words made Zhou Qi roll his eyes: Do people in Inner Mongolia ride horses to school?
Chapter completed!