The reason why Lin Zixuan sold the reproduction rights at a low price was not because he saw Marie Beckford’s beautiful face.

Although this popular Hollywood female star is sweet and lovely, it is not the type he likes. He prefers Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn.

Of course, this refers to their screen image.

For female celebrities, screen image and private life are sometimes very different.

Marie Beckford was born in Toronto, Canada in 1893. His father died in an industrial injury at the age of 5.

She took on the burden of maintaining family life too early, and the hard work created Mary's ability to survive. She began to perform dramas in Canada. When she was 8 years old, she participated in a tour group and traveled across Canada and the United States.

At the age of 14, Mary decided to go to Broadway to perform.

In 1909, Mary, who was eager to become famous, reluctantly left the Broadway stage and entered the American film industry with the same charm and determination to be appreciated by David Griffith, the company of Bivorglaf.

The salary of Mary Beckford filming movies shows her status in Hollywood.

When I first joined Bivorgraf in 1909, I had a weekly salary of US$40.

When I was at Imperial Film Company in 1910, my weekly salary had risen to $175.

In 1911, he went to Maggie Film Company to rise to $275.

In 1912, I transferred to AZUK's famous actor film company, and my weekly salary has reached US$500.

After that, his salary doubled periodically, and by mid-1916, Mary and Zucker signed a shocking contract: $10,000 per week plus $300,000 in bonuses.

In 1917, she was paid $350,000 for a film.

She is one of the top female stars in Hollywood in this era and has deep connections in the Hollywood film industry. Compared with Walsh, she is the biggest figure in Hollywood.

Lin Zixuan needs Marie Beckford to introduce him to other Hollywood bigwigs.

Especially for the heads of big film companies like Paramount and Universal, the loss of money is nothing compared to such connections.

Talk about money and hurt feelings, but don’t even have feelings if you don’t talk about money.

During the meal, Lin Zixuan talked about the topic of audio movies, but this topic was unanimously ridiculed by these Hollywood masters.

In Hollywood, audio movies are a joke.

Chaplin even improvised a duck's cry to mock audio movies, believing that adding sound to the movie will destroy the movie's performance art. At that time, the movie will be a group of ducks screaming.

All four giants of United States are staunch supporters of silent films, and they are extremely repulsive of audio films.

But Lin Zixuan knew that the era of audio films was coming, and the era of silent films would end in a few years.

This is the great trend of the times, vast and unstoppable.

Those who can keep up with the pace of the times will gain new life, otherwise they will be eliminated by the times.

In fact, Chaplin later also made audio films and achieved great success, while David Griffith tried to shoot audio films, but the audience responded unpredictably.

In 1931, David Griffith completely withdrew from the film industry.

Marie Beckford and Douglas Van Punk turned behind the scenes and started a film company.

In ten years, the wave of audio films will sweep, and a group of big stars and directors from the silent film era will lose the stage and be abandoned by the times.

Lin Zixuan knows the future trend, so he has great expectations for audio movies. The first person to take the lead may fail, but once he succeeds, he will gain huge benefits.

Since the four giants in the United States mocked audio movies, Lin Zixuan did not continue this topic.

In Hollywood in 1921, it was still the world of silent films.

He plans to talk about this topic alone with Marie Beckford later, and ask her to introduce Hollywood big names.

"Since Hollywood movies are so prosperous, why not set up an award?" At the end of the dinner, Lin Zixuan raised a topic, "Every year, the selection of movies shot in Hollywood, such as Best Movie, Best Story, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, etc.."

What Lin Zixuan is talking about is the Academy Awards in later generations.

No matter how the news media criticizes the injustice of the Academy Awards, it is undeniable that the Academy Awards not only reflect the development process and achievements of American film art, but also have an unignorable impact on the film art in many countries around the world.

Even if Lin Zixuan doesn't mention it, Americans will get Oscars in a few years.

Lin Zixuan’s purpose is naturally the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which is an award that celebrity film companies will win in the future.

It would be extremely beneficial to him if he could have a good relationship with the founder of the Academy Awards.

This topic has indeed attracted the attention of the four giants in the United States. If Hollywood has this award...

They weighed the pros and cons in their hearts, which was more attractive to Marie Beckford.

In Hollywood, there are a few female stars of the same level as her. The comparison between them is nothing more than the pay and the audience's love, but none of them is definitely more valuable.

Best Actress, that's what she wants.

At this moment, Marie Beckford felt that Lin Zixuan understood her heart very much. As long as she could shoot "New York Holiday", she would be the best actress for the next year.

A woman's vanity has risen to the extreme, and she can't wait.

"Even if you want to set up this award, it's the matter of those big film companies, and it has nothing to do with us." Chaplin said sarcastically.

He also hopes to be recognized by the awards, but now Hollywood is the world of big film companies. It is already satisfying that small companies like them can get a share of the prizes, and the awards will definitely be won by those big film companies.

"The four are all top Hollywood figures. If they join forces to promote the establishment of this award, their status in Hollywood will be more stable." Lin Zixuan encouraged, "I believe that United American Film Company will definitely become a big film company like Paramount in the future."

Chaplin likes to hear these words, and he also likes Lin Zixuan a lot.

The four of them discussed it and felt that this matter was not harmful, but had many benefits.

At the strong request of Marie Beckford, they were preparing to issue an initiative in the name of United States Film Company to establish an award with several other major film companies to select the films that Hollywood has filmed over the past year.

"In order to demonstrate the internationalization of Hollywood, I think the award should be set up as the best foreign language film." Lin Zixuan took the opportunity to express his purpose and smiled, "In the future, Orientals like me can also bring movies to the selection, and American movies will be more prosperous."

The four giants in the United States smiled but said nothing.

They understood that this was the purpose of Lin Zixuan's proposal to set up awards, but what's the point? Who has no selfish intentions? As long as it is beneficial to everyone.
Chapter completed!