Global Film Star: Starting by Scavenging for Skills in America

The novel is decent, but there's a ceiling for Asian actors in Hollywood. Most Western audiences won't watch movies with Asian leads. It's like how most Chinese audiences won't watch movies starring Indian actors. If we assume an average ticket price of $8 in Europe and America in 2010, 30 million viewers would have generated $240 million in box office revenue.

Why not go scavenging in the San Fernando Valley? 🙂

For these shrewd individuals, the actors' acting skills are a minor issue.

If this were about the Chinese entertainment industry, it would be a good book. Unfortunately, it's about the American entertainment industry… Everyone knows what the American entertainment industry is like, and the author only writes good people, with the only bad one being a fellow countryman… This doesn't align with common sense, so even if it's well-written, it's really hard to finish reading…

The logic is flawed; it's highly unlikely that an Asian protagonist would be invited to audition for Green Lantern. Then, the protagonist ends up creating his own script. Crucially, the protagonist has never worked with Warner Bros. A major plot hole.

If they don't become capital, they'll eventually have to go to the island. 😎

The author's writing skills are strong, and the character development is also good. The only illogical thing about this book is that the protagonist is a typical Chinese international student. No matter how good your acting is, it's very difficult to get leading roles in big-budget Hollywood productions.

As an IP that Americans have grown up with, this is like adapting Journey to the West into a story where the protagonist is an African gorilla who cultivates to become an immortal. Americans would never buy it; there's no need to add similar storylines later.

It's good in all aspects. Two suggestions: The issue of the main character's name; also, it's unlikely that foreigners will have such a high level of goodwill towards Chinese people on every film set. 😅

Whether he becomes a director or a big investor later on, otherwise I won't even bother watching the Chinese entertainment industry's top actors. The entertainment industry is all about capital; who cares about a movie star?