Huayu: Enjoy Yourself

Chapter 104 My Cat Can Do Backflips

There wasn't much film promotion, except for some WarnerMedia media coverage online. 👣🔥 🐍♡

The evening show is a program that Chen An needs to participate in to promote.

It premiered in 1993 and has always been one of the most popular programs in the United States, even though it is only broadcast late at night, just like its name suggests.

However, it still has a considerable audience.

Because there is no doubt that this country is a nation that never sleeps, in every respect.

Little Emma appeared on the show with Chen An because Emma's aunt was a good topic of conversation.

After the previous guests had finished their conversation, host David began to introduce Chen An, who was about to appear on stage.

"Today we have an unusual guest on our show, a young genius in the film industry, or at least that's what I think."

Under the other party's joking manner, Chen An led little Emma slowly through the passage into the venue.

He walked to the sofa in front of the host and sat down, under the watchful eyes of the audience and the cameras.

He casually waved to the audience and the cameras.

"You may not know him. In fact, I didn't know him either before he came on the show. After all, he's a kid from China," host David joked.

"Even Hollywood's great director Steven Spielberg started making movies at the age of 29."

"And this young man from China, Chen, won the Best Director award at Cannes at the age of twenty. It was for the film 'Run Lola Run.' You may only know that his director is the young man in front of you, just like me."

"When I was twenty, I was still talking to the cheerleading captain about whether she could come to my house tonight and take care of my sick dog."

His casual remark made the audience burst into laughter, and he then introduced Chen An's identity, proving himself to be the founder and host of this wildly popular show.

"Actually, when I was twenty, besides making movies, I would also ask girls if they would like to come to my house at night to see my cat who can do backflips." Sitting next to me, Chen An also took over the topic and chatted nonsense.

"Thank you for the generous gift. You truly are a genius director; even your excuse is better than mine." David, sitting in the host's seat, pretended to be shocked.

David really didn't expect Chen An to be so humorous.

"Is this the gift you left her after you took her to see the cats?"

"No, this is my lead role."

"She's still a child star. Why did you choose her? Is it because she's so cute?"

"Well, mainly because her aunt is Julia Roberts."

Upon hearing this, David was shocked, grabbed his hair, and exclaimed in disbelief, "I have to say, is it really that direct?"

"What else can we do? Her aunt doesn't want to act, so finding a niece would be fine too," Chen said, pretending to be nonchalant.

Little Emma, ​​hands on her hips, said angrily, "Director Uncle, I'm no worse than Auntie, my performance was great too."

Chen An just smiled and patted her head, "Little Emma, ​​you're still young, just be happy."

"Little Emma, ​​what did you think of Director Chen when the movie was being filmed?" David leaned over and asked, wanting to tease the child a little.

Emma imitated Chen An's thoughtful gesture of stroking his chin on set, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "He knows a lot and can manage so many people on set very well, but sometimes he scares me and makes me cry."

"But in the end he would give me ice cream, shield me from my mom, and give me the best fried chicken nuggets, so I forgave him."

After thinking for a long time, she nodded and removed her small hand from her chin.

Chen An patted her speechlessly, "Little Emma, ​​I told you to keep this a secret. Your mother is watching you backstage. You're doomed."

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Emma, ​​realizing what was happening, suddenly covered her mouth in horror.

Her reaction amused the audience, and David couldn't help but laugh and say to Chen An, "Your crew must be very interesting."

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"What's interesting is that the difficulty of filming her keeps increasing," Chen An said, shaking his head helplessly.

After the recording was finished, Emma hid behind Chen An and went out.

She tugged at Chen An's trouser leg and followed him step by step, glancing nervously left and right every now and then.

Chen An looked at the little tagalong clinging to his back and said, "Little Emma, ​​hiding behind me won't help. In the end, you'll have to go home with your mother too."

"No, she won't be that angry in a little while."

"I don't think so," Chen An said to her with a smile.

But his hand pointed behind her, and little Emma followed the direction he pointed and saw her mother standing behind her.

"Hey little Emma, ​​I promise I'll stay angry this time, and you can forget about ever eating ice cream again!" Her mother grabbed little Emma, ​​who was hanging on Chen An's lap, and said fiercely.

Amidst Chen An's smile, little Emma was carried away by her mother, an experience that was bound to be horrific.

Afterwards, Chen An also left the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York and took a pre-booked flight back to Los Angeles.

There's basically no publicity left, except for online promotion and some interviews arranged by Warner.

The theaters where the film will be shown have also been confirmed, which is better than the seven theaters that premiered the film in the previous film.

At least ten theaters in Los Angeles and New York arranged screenings.

It's a pitiful situation, but this is the case for most low-budget films in Hollywood. They gather information through early screenings before scheduling a large-scale release.

Hollywood releases are also a long process, no less demanding than daily life.

However, just like in China, big-budget films generally generate box office revenue in the first few weeks, after which the release scale is reduced, while low-budget films have a longer release period before expanding their scale.

This also means that it will take a relatively long time for Chen An's film to show its effects after its release.

As for the final result, it all depends on fate—whether one can survive this encirclement and achieve the same level of success as in a previous life.

Afterwards, the crew members gathered together for a photoshoot and interview arranged by WarnerMedia, where they shared some things about the filming process.

These photos are also things that Warner Bros. will use for online promotion, and the theaters that have been arranged to film the movie have started to put up trailers for the upcoming release.

It just looks much shabby compared to other movies.

When the program Chen An and Xiao Emma recorded aired over the weekend, it unexpectedly received good results.

Many Chinese Americans found Chen An quite interesting while watching him on television, and some movie fans who followed the film were also interested.

Although I don't know much about Chen An, the DVDs of "Lola Express" are selling quite well here, and the revenue is about to break 50 million US dollars compared to before.

Upon learning that Chen An was so young, I couldn't help but remember this Asian boy from China.

People in the US appreciate individuality, and someone so young who has achieved so much naturally stands out with his unique personality, especially since Chen An is quite humorous.

His comment about coming to my house to see the cat doing a backflip made them think he was humorous and witty.

Some viewers who watched this episode couldn't help but say to their partners who weren't yet living together, "Want to come over to my place tonight? My cat can do backflips."

"Really?"

"You'll see when you come and see for yourself."

But Naomi kept bothering Chen An, asking, "Chen, can you show me the cat that can do backflips?"

"I'll take you to see it now."

Chen An grabbed the other man's hand, hailed a taxi, and rushed to the hotel. He then kicked Zhao Xiong out of the room after Zhao Xiong did a backflip on the spot.

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