Quotes & Sayings About Zheng He

I always follow the rules. No fake co-productions. I know how to make content agreeable and acceptable. — Bruno Zheng Wu

I invest in people. I think: people first, projects second. — Bruno Zheng Wu

I am financing global pictures with global talents. Of course I will bring in the Chinese elements, yet you have to have global talents to create a global picture. — Bruno Zheng Wu

A month before the Treasure Fleet's maiden voyage, at the age of thirty-four, Zheng He commissioned an epitaph inscribed on a stone pillar over his father's grave in Yunnan province. He worshiped his father, who had died in battle. The epitaph, one of only three known testimonials from the admiral, described his father's character:

'He was content as an ordinary commoner, but he was brave and decisive in his ordinary life. There was no one in this community who did not look up to him. When he encountered the unfortunate, including widows, orphans, and others with no one to rely on, he routinely offered protection and aid. He cherished the bestowal of extraordinary favours. By nature, he was fond of doing good.'

This revelation of a softer version of manhood as the ideal in much of Asia provided another piece of the answer to the question of how Westerners came to perceive Asians as less masculine. — Alex Tizon

Is that it?" Jack asked. "No. That is the Xing zheng yuan Hui an Xun fang Shu." "I was just going to say that," Tessa said. — Richard Paul Evans

Chinese naval activity, for instance, was aborted after Zheng He's last voyage, probably as a result of — Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

If you don't have a deal, you wind up losing money. — Bruno Zheng Wu

Hollywood is a symbol of global movies, it's not just American movies. It's become a platform and a melting pot; it's for all the talents and capital from all over the globe. — Bruno Zheng Wu

The moment you have subtitles and you have to speak Chinese, you already limit your global audience. — Bruno Zheng Wu

I'm keen on making English language movies. English is still the global language and we can't change that. — Bruno Zheng Wu

I personally think that Hollywood agencies ought to play a much better role in the development of Chinese films. Otherwise they're missing out on a lot of opportunities. — Bruno Zheng Wu

Long before Christopher Columbus, the celebrated Chinese navigator Zheng He travelled through the south and westward maritime routes in the Indian Ocean and established relations with more than thirty countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. — Patrick Mendis

Aiyaaaa," Zheng said softly.
And if that meant "holy shit," I agreed. — Karen Chance

No land too small to lose, no man too big to fall. — Hong Zheng

The Communist Party of China is a party that seeks peace, harmony and reconciliation, unlike the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union — Zheng Bijian

To make a friend you must close one eye. And to keep a friend, you must close both eyes. — Victor Robert Lee

The voyages of the great Chinese fleet were missions of exploration and commerce. They were not enterprises of conquest. No yearning for domination obliged Zheng to scorn or condemn what he found. What was not admirable was at least worthy of curiosity. And from trip to trip, the imperial library in Beijing continued growing until it held four thousand books that collected the wisdom of the world.
At the time, the king of Portugal had six books. — Eduardo Galeano

I don't believe Chinese movies should only have Chinese cast and talents shooting it with a Chinese story. — Bruno Zheng Wu

I tend not to worry about what the perception is. I think people have their different views over different things. They have different opinions over different business models and over different business interests. — Bruno Zheng Wu

There is credible evidence that a Chinese fleet went as far as the coast of Africa, in present-day Kenya. It was the largest maritime fleet in the world, under the command of Zheng He, a favorite of the emperor. — Russell Freedman

Chinese movies are not just about making Chinese local movies. It's about the Chinese money, the Chinese creativeness participating in a global movie. The problem is not the government not supporting this, they of course support this big time. The problem is whether other people are capable of doing the same thing I'm doing. — Bruno Zheng Wu

If you watch a Chinese movie with subtitles, it's just like watching an Arabic movie with Chinese subtitles. That explains why you can't take Chinese language movies and expect them to go abroad. — Bruno Zheng Wu

I'm a classic movie person. I love action movies, too, but when I grew up I didn't have much action movies. — Bruno Zheng Wu

Can we just do this?" Ray asked tightly, clinging to Zheng's already slightly elongated arm. Because Louis-Cesare wasn't the only one with a master power around here.
"Let go," Zheng told him. "I'm the rubber band; you're the spitball. And spitballs don't hold on to rubber bands."
"Die in a fire," Ray told him savagely. But he let go. — Karen Chance

You don't have to do a lot of quantity. It's the quality that counts. — Bruno Zheng Wu

In addition to achieving outside the industry, agriculture, national defense science and technology modernization, we are faced with the important task of system modernization. — Zheng Bijian

The Chinese people will be busy with their own affairs for generations to come and there is no need at all for the country to threaten anybody or any nation. — Zheng Bijian

I think anybody who tries to follow the conventional Hollywood rule, will probably be better liked than the ones who try to think a little bit out of the box. — Bruno Zheng Wu