If Lin Qingxia and Gong Li starring in "The End of the Road", there will be losses in the box office of the movie, and they will definitely not be as good as Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis, and may even not even be able to recover the cost.

But this doesn't matter in summer. The shooting cost of "The End of the Road" is only about 10 million US dollars. For him, if he loses such a little money, he will lose it and it is not worth mentioning at all.

Because his current businesses can generate nearly 100 million US dollars in profits every day. Ten million US dollars is just pocket money for him.

If Lin Qingxia and Gong Li star in this movie, some adjustments will be required to be made in the story.

In the original "The End of the Way", Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis are both white women. One of them is a housewife, who can only stay at home to do housework and take care of her husband every day, and basically has no life of her own; the other is a waitress in a cafe with limited income and is always eaten by disgusting men.

During a vacation, the two accidentally beat a hooligan to death and were forced to go on a journey to the end of the world. Under the constant pressure of their unreasonable husband, shameless villain, cunning love affair, untrustworthy boyfriend, and disgusting truck driver, they walked further and further on the wrong road, and finally drove off the cliff in a car...

The two heroines played by Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis represent the most typical American ordinary women. Their lives are so boring, not so much romantic and warm, not so much luxury, not as many happy parties, and so many holidays and rural tourism in movies and TV dramas.

Their lives are trivial, all kinds of troublesome things, and they are bullied by men.

The most popular comedy in the 1990s in the United States, "Everyone Loves Raymond", talks about the life of the most traditional white family in the United States. You can see that the two heroines are housewives, both of whom have to take care of their children at home and take care of their families, and are also disliked by the men at home.

According to statistics, among American women, there are very many who give up full-time jobs after marriage, with a proportion of about 60%. In comparison, the proportion of Chinese women who continue to work after marriage is as high as 80%.

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However, Lin Qingxia and Gong Li are both Chinese, so we can't copy the whole story completely, and we still have to make some adjustments.

Gong Li was adjusted to a new immigrant who was forced to marry an old man as his wife to get a green card in the United States; Lin Qingxia was changed to a native Chinese who worked in a Chinese restaurant and worked hard to earn living expenses.

The film also interspersed with Gong Li calling his home in China, reporting good news but not bad news, and Lin Qingxia's confusion about herself being a "banana person" and being a "banana person".

In the 1980s and 1990s, after the reform and opening up in the mainland, it was the peak period for Chinese people to immigrate to foreign countries. This is not only the mainland, but also Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Hong Kong people returned because of the 1997 Hong Kong; Taiwan was because they faced the mainland and could fight at any time; the mainland was because of the ten-year catastrophe, and the mainland was poor at that time, but the income from abroad was relatively high...

But no matter which reason is, there are many immigrants abroad, which has caused many problems.

First, immigration is known as legal and illegal. Illegal immigrants are also called smugglers. They use snake heads to smuggle abroad, and they have to pay a lot of money, risk their lives, and may even be deceived by snake heads... In short, the journey of smuggling is full of thorns.

Second, even when you go abroad, you have to face the problem of survival. You cannot understand language, have no relatives, have no place to work, and are troublesome in food, clothing, housing and transportation, which leads to survival problems;

Third, even if you stay abroad, you have no culture and thoughts, and it is not easy to live happily, let alone join the upper class of the United States;

Fourth, even if I live a good life in the United States, I have a distance from my relatives and motherland. The distance has caused a barrier, and it has also caused a cultural separation, becoming a banana person who is not reliable...

When immigrating abroad, you have to face the problems of life, survival, life and survival.

These issues and contradictions have attracted the attention of many knowledgeable people and inspired the creation of many film and television dramas.

For example, the mainland released the sensational TV series "Beijing People in New York" in the 1990s, as well as the movies "Scrape Sha", "See You", "The Last Noble", etc.

Hong Kong has also released movies such as "Eight Tales", "Fairy Tales in Autumn", "Love in a Foreign Land", "The Bride of Crossing the Port", "The Ghost of Richness", "People in New York", and TV series such as "The Enemy of Richness".

Taiwan has also launched movies such as "Girl Fishing", "Pushing Hands", and "Wedding Banquet".

There are also film and television dramas such as "Awakening the World", "Dangerous Journey", "Farewell, Vancouver!", "Newcomer", "Sweet Honey", "Old Friends of Mountains and Rivers", "Little International Student", etc., which also reflect the problems faced by these immigrants from different angles and different themes.

Xia Tian is also planning to enrich the theme of this movie "The End of the Road". In addition to reflecting the "feminism launches a struggle against a patriarchal society", he also wants to reflect the unfair treatment received by Chinese immigrants in the United States.

Of course, if you shoot like this, the box office of the movie will probably not be guaranteed. However, you can consider introducing it to the mainland in the future, and it is estimated that the mainland will approve the introduction.

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After Xia Tian revised the script, he gave it to Lin Qingxia and Gong Li.

Both of them were very satisfied after watching it.

First, the story is indeed very exciting. There are two female protagonists, no male protagonists, all men are supporting roles, and the most outstanding roles are the two of them. They are also domineering enough, arousing their vengeance, and doing whatever they want. They feel very happy after watching it;

Second, the story theme also touched them. To be honest, although one of them is a first-line actress in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the other is a first-line actress in the mainland, they are actually far inferior to male stars.

The most intuitive evidence is the pay. In the past life, when Lin Qingxia was the most popular, the pay was only 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars. However, the male stars at that time, such as Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi's pay were over 10 million Hong Kong dollars, which was half the difference.

In addition, in terms of status, male stars often play the male lead with the highest role in the film. In comparison, female stars can only play roles like vase.

For example, in "The Deer and the Cauldron 2: The Dragon Sect", Lin Qingxia plays a supporting role for Zhou Xingchi. Although she has quite a few roles, she actually appears as a vassal of the male lead; in "Tang Bohu's Dots of Autumn Wind" and "Shanghai Gambling Saint", Gong Li's roles are all vases, and his good acting skills are basically wasted.
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