After Custer left, Yu Sheng began to think about his follow-up plans.
The invitation from Kodak reminded Yu Sheng that although his two films had a good response in the United States, they were just documentaries.
If you want to make two good movies, you have to have your own team.
You can't always do it alone.
You can't always rely on Warner Bros.
At this time, only eight people from the Dadi Company team that Yu Sheng originally took over in Hong Kong followed Yu Sheng to the United States.
The remaining people stayed in Hong Kong either because it was difficult to leave their homeland, because they had family commitments or because they had other plans.
After the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, they were rude to the Chinese in Hong Kong.
Those who stayed in Hong Kong did not know their fortunes or misfortunes, and had no news at all.
If Yu Sheng wants to form his own team, he needs to recruit a few filmmakers who have a deep understanding of the art form of film.
If it's somewhat famous, it's good.
But in this day and age, where can one go to find Chinese filmmakers who are somewhat famous in the United States?
After thinking about it, Yu Sheng suddenly thought of two names, one was Huang Zongzhan and the other was Huang Liushuang.
Huang Zongzhan was born in Guangdong.
Came to the United States with his father.
His father was a Chinese laborer building railroads in the United States.
When Americans built railroads, in addition to expelling a large number of Indians, they also used a large number of laborers.
Because Lincoln improved the slave status of black people, the price of black labor increased significantly.
In contrast, Chinese laborers, who were hard-working but not very rebellious, became the first choice of Americans.
Some of these Chinese laborers, regarded as coolies by the Americans, voluntarily crossed the ocean to the United States in order to earn a living.
Some were deceived by sweet talk, signed a contract of betrayal, and tricked into coming to the United States.
These deceived Chinese workers were called pigs.
Apart from being treated as a labor force, they have almost no status.
Moreover, the income is meager.
Therefore, the Chinese workers who built railroads in the United States had a tragic fate.
Countless people died of overwork.
Alongside the railroads that extend in all directions in the United States, there are piles of corpses of Chinese workers.
However, the Chinese are a type of people best suited to survive in a peaceful and peaceful environment.
Although the United States has the Chinese Exclusion Act, it does not have the century-old turmoil and war that plagued modern China.
Among the Chinese workers who built the railways, there were always some who could be tempted to endure, accumulate resources through secret patience, and get out of trouble.
After long-term savings, Huang Zongzhan's father opened a grocery store to maintain food and clothing.
The standard of living is passable.
At the age of twelve, Huang Zongzhan got his first camera, Kodak's black box oera.
Photography became a hobby.
At the age of sixteen, he became a commercial photographer's assistant, and later became a cleaner in the editing room and film library of a Hollywood film company.
Later, Huang Zongzhan became the crew member of a film by Teacher B Dimir as the "fourth photography assistant".
He was responsible for taking the slate to the front of the camera to announce the scene before each shot started.
People's fate is always strange.
Huang Zongzhan is considered short in Western eyes, but he likes to smoke huge cigars.
This large and small school creates a wonderful sense of joy.
This made Teacher B Dimir laugh.
Since then, he has been recruited into his permanent team.
And Huang Zongzhan was indeed talented.
In 1926, Paramount's "The Man Trap" showed his photography skills to the fullest.
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MGM's 1928 Joker made his photography skills even more perfect.
In 1938, Huang Zongzhan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Algiers starring actress Hedy Lamarr. esghowe".
Before Yu Sheng's films became famous in the United States, he was the most famous Chinese in the Hollywood film industry.
However, the good times did not last long.
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, not only the Japanese were ostracized in the United States, but all Asians were also ostracized.
Huang Zongzhan was often mistaken for a Japanese.
In anger, he put a separate stamp on his clothes that read "I am Chinese".
Even his friend James Cagney put up the same badge in support of Huang Zongzhan.
However, this doesn't work.
Huang Zongzhan has obviously taken fewer films than before.
Many times, even if you are famous, there is no work to do.
Moreover, the operations of the restaurants and various industries under his name are deteriorating.
Yu Sheng once heard Albert mention Huang Zongzhan.
Combined with the information read by later generations, he naturally knew that this was the best time to recruit Huang Zongzhan.
After all, we are both Chinese.
The only place where Huang Zongzhan is not discriminated against is probably his own place.
When it comes to photography skills, Huang Zongzhan is already a master.
If history continues as it is, he will be nominated for ten Academy Awards and win two Academy Awards for Cinematography.
He was then voted one of the top ten most influential cinematographers in film history by members of the International Association of Photographers.
By that time, Huang Zongzhan's net worth was too high, and Yu Sheng was afraid that he would not be able to recruit him.
After all, the icing on the cake is not as humane as providing help in times of need.
So, after thinking it over, Yu Sheng called Albert.
Now that the second batch of herring restaurants have just opened, he and Qing Xiaoyi are sitting in the flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York, and they can't leave yet.
Moreover, Albert has a very high status in Hollywood.
If he comes forward to invite, it will invisibly add some face to Huang Zongzhan.
When Albert heard that Yu Sheng wanted to contact Huang Zongzhan, he was a little surprised: "Dear Yu, do you want to make a movie again?"
"Of course, after working as a restaurant owner for a while, I found that being a director is more suitable for me."
Albert laughed: "Actually, I found that you are also very professional as a restaurant owner.
My investment consultant told me that your fast food restaurant management model is very reasonable and unique."
Yu Sheng smiled: "So, dear Albert, do you know Huang Zongzhan's current situation?"
"Of course his talent is obvious to all.
However, due to the recent incidents involving Japanese and Asians, his situation is not very good.
After you label all Chinese as being able to cook Chinese food, many people ask him if he can cook Chinese food.
Even his wife Sanorababb can cook Chinese food.
Moreover, due to the rise of Qingyu Restaurant, the number of customers in his restaurant has dropped a lot.
Oh, dear Yu, I think he will be very impressed by you."
""The rest of my life is full of black lines.
I could only say to the gloating Albert: "Dear Albert, no matter what his impression of me is, please help me make an appointment with him.
In addition, if possible, I also want you to help me make an appointment with a fellow traveler."
Chinese-American Anna May Wong”: