Chapter 392: Enlightenment
【6300 words enhanced version two more chapters】
It's early morning.
After Xu Kun and Bao Qiang finished their exercise and came back from the rooftop, they found Jiang Yiyan still sleeping like a dead pig on the bed. They threw the vest they took off at her face and urged her, "Hurry up and get up. Didn't you yell yesterday that you wanted to go to Fan Bingbing for advice?"
Jiang Yiyan is still working on her own. Although she has no worries about resources because of Xu Kun, some things are still troublesome to handle.
For example, reasonable tax avoidance or something like that.
This time, when she heard that Fan Bingbing had opened a studio, she thought about going to Fan Bingbing to learn from him and see if she could set up one by following his example.
Jiang Yiyan was awakened by the smell of sweat on her vest and got up reluctantly.
Yesterday, she heard that Zhu Yawen had been working hard for two and a half years and finally dealt a blow to Liu Yifei and her daughter at the critical moment. She was gloating and behaved more actively than usual.
The consequence is that until now, Jiang Yiyan's legs are still feeling light, as if she had been soaking in the sea for a whole night.
After sitting on the edge of the bed for a while, she changed into non-slip slippers and followed him into the bathroom without any hesitation.
While helping Xu Kun apply shower gel, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Kun, do you think that old woman is really like what Zhu Yawen said, with a yellow skin and a white heart, and she disdains the country?"
"How would I know? I'm not a worm in her stomach."
"Then do you think Liu Yifei will sign with Huayi in the end?"
"How would I know? I'm not a worm in her stomach." After giving the same answer repeatedly, Xu Kun said impatiently, "The outcome of this matter will be clear in a few days. Why are you so anxious?"
"Oh~"
Jiang Yiyan knew that Xu Kun was in a bad mood because he was forced to turn off his phone, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions.
After taking a shower, the two ate the breakfast brought by the assistant, and then sat in front of the dressing table to get dressed.
Although we are not going to walk the red carpet today, I heard that Fan Bingbing has invited nearly half of the people in the Beijing entertainment industry, so we still have to pay attention to social etiquette.
Xu Kun’s job was relatively simple, mainly waiting for Jiang Yiyan.
By the time the two of them went downstairs and headed towards Fan Bingbing's studio, it was already half past nine.
Passing by a newsstand at the intersection, Xu Kun habitually asked Jiang Yiyan to buy some magazines and newspapers.
Although many of the latest and fastest entertainment gossips are now released online, Xu Kun does not have time to surf the Internet intensively. Secondly, when it comes to summarizing and getting to the bottom of things, print media is more professional at this stage.
Jiang Yiyan picked up a newspaper and flipped through it casually, then couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"what happened?"
Xu Kun, who was driving, asked without looking away.
"Listen to this one."
Jiang Yiyan pointed at the newspaper and read: "With Wang Zhaojun in their hands and Xue Baochai at their swords, how deep is the last one of the Teddy Sisters hiding?"
"You're talking about Yang Mi, right?"
Xu Kun commented: "If her face wasn't made so pointed and if she had a few more apple cheeks, she would have been able to play Xue Baochai."
"So you think she'll play Lin Daiyu?"
"Where can you find such a big Lin Daiyu?"
Xu Kun curled his lips. Yang Mi was a low-profile girl among the Teddy sisters, but she was over meters tall and didn't look weak or petite at all.
If it were just an ordinary TV series, it would be okay, but this is the highly anticipated new Dream of the Red Chamber!
"Who do you think is suitable for her to play?"
"Um……"
Xu Kun thought for a moment and said, "Shi Xiangyun should be okay, right?"
In addition to this report, there are many other reports related to the Teddy Sisters Group. Some people are even discussing whether Cheon Ji Hee is considered an overseas branch of Teddy.
Jiang Yiyan watched with great interest at first, but gradually she became unhappy.
Although the outside world still regards her as a member of the "Teddy Sisters", what she cares more about now is her own "Nantianmen". Now that the Teddy Sisters are so highly praised, how can she attract new members to join?
No, we must think of a workaround.
Waiting for the place.
Xu Kun discovered that Fan Bingbing not only invited people from the mainland, but also from Hong Kong, such as Cheng Long, who had just arrived in Beijing and was preparing for "The Forbidden Kingdom", and a short man who liked to perform ceremonies for people.
Although he didn't have a connection with people in the Hong Kong circle, Xu Kun took the initiative to approach Cheng Long and exchanged a few words.
When Cheng Long heard that his new movie was an action film, he gave some advice as a veteran. Although they were all old-fashioned, at least his attitude was quite friendly.
In fact, the real big stars in Hong Kong, such as Cheng Long and Liu Dehua, are relatively friendly to the mainland, but overall...
Naturally, several main creators of "Apple" also came, including Li Yu, Tong Dawei...the only one missing was Yuan Li.
However, thinking about the slap Yuan Li gave her on the eve of the final shooting, it was impossible for Fan Bingbing to invite her over.
To be honest, until now Xu Kun still doesn't understand what Yuan Li meant by that slap. Even if she was against group sex, there was no need to hit people directly, right?
When the two sides got together, they naturally started talking about movies.
According to Li Yu, the finished film of "Apple" is already in post-production. It is highly likely that it will not be released in time for this year, but will most likely be released in June or July next year.
“Can it really be released?”
Xu Kun couldn't quite believe it. With that scale, he thought it was an underground movie.
"Well, the edited version should be fine." Li Yu wasn't very confident, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "Although it won't be released in time, it shouldn't be a problem to register for this year's Golden Horse Awards."
This number of routes is quite normal.
But Xu Kun really had no expectations for the Golden Horse Awards.
While they were chatting, Wang Zhonglei also came over with Huang Xiaoming and Deng Chao.
Because of the huge hit of "Struggle", Deng Chao is now full of energy and has already started a battle with Huang Xiaoming for the position of the second brother of Huayi. So even though the two of them walk side by side, they seem incompatible.
"Second brother."
Xu Kun had just greeted Wang Zhonglei when a pendant appeared on his arm. It was Jiang Yiyan who hurriedly wrapped it around him.
Xu Kun naturally knew why she was asking this, so he asked with a smile, "Second brother, have you dealt with Liu Yifei's contract?"
"It hasn't been signed yet, but it shouldn't be a big problem."
Speaking of this, Wang Zhonglei's face turned a little ugly. Although he had to actively urge Liu Yifei to sign the contract because of those reports, he really didn't think that the mother and daughter of the Liu family dared to play Huayi like a monkey as analyzed in the newspapers.
After all, the current Huayi is much stronger than the Huayi in the original time and space.
In the original time and space of 07, Huayi had not yet recovered from the defection of Wang Jinghua. Although it had signed several popular actors and actresses, it was under considerable pressure due to the failure of "Night Banquet".
Although Huayi in this time and space also has similar problems, the joining of Xu Kun and the popularity of Deng Chao's drama "Struggle" have helped Huayi recover a lot of money.
So Wang Zhonglei could never have imagined that someone would dare to play Huayi as a fool, and do so again and again.
But Liu Xiaoli's perfunctory attitude in the past two days seems to confirm the speculation in the newspapers.
This made Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun somewhat upset.
Even though Liu Yifei is popular with the audience and has great potential, that is just potential. In terms of seniority, she is no match for Li Bingbing, let alone Zhou Xun.
Why should she be so arrogant in front of Hua Yi?
Could it be that the courage was given by Chen Jinfei, who was unable to take care of herself?
Jiang Yiyan became even more excited when she saw Wang Zhonglei's expression, and she added fuel to the fire by saying, "Boss Wang, I don't think Liu Yifei considers herself a Chinese. She will return to the United States sooner or later, so she naturally doesn't take our domestic film and television companies seriously.
I think for safety reasons, it would be better for Huayi to hire your own people. I think Li Bingbing is a good fit."
Not to mention, the candidate she recommended really confused Wang Zhonglei.
As a member of the Teddy Sisters, if you were to recommend someone, you should recommend Huo Siyan, Qin Lan, and Xiong Naijin, right?
However, Wang Zhonglei was used to seeing female celebrities quarreling with each other, so he quickly realized what was going on. He shook his head slightly and said, "Miss Jiang, you are joking. I believe Liu Yifei will make a wise choice in the end."
Seeing that her attempt to sow discord failed, Jiang Yiyan wanted to provoke Liu Yifei again, but was stopped by Xu Kun's eyes.
Then Xu Kun turned to greet Deng Chao and Huang Xiaoming.
Just then, there was a sudden noise at the entrance of the hall.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Zhao Wei who came.
In recent months, the triangular feud between Fan Bingbing, Zhao Wei and Lin Xinru has been reported in the newspapers almost every day. Unexpectedly, Fan Bingbing actually invited her.
…………
at the same time.
Liu Xiaoli is in great distress.
If he hadn't signed with Huayi, the cast of "The Forbidden Kingdom" would have to be replaced. Once replaced, he would have lost the best chance to break into Hollywood.
Although you don't have to worry about role changes when signing with Huayi, you will be tied to Huayi for at least five or even seven years.
Even without mentioning Huayi's reputation in the industry, Liu Xiaoli could not accept the fact that her daughter's future development focus would definitely be in the mainland after signing with Huayi.
After sending her daughter to the crew of "The Forbidden Kingdom", she was very excited and worked out a package plan with Chen Jinfei to break into Hollywood.
hateful!
It was clearly a win-win situation, how come it suddenly became a deadlock? !
Blame those reports!
Otherwise, Huayi wouldn’t have pushed so hard!
The first person Liu Xiaoli suspected was Cai Yinong, because she was the person most motivated to do such a thing.
But even if we can confirm that it was Cai Yinong who did it, what does it matter?
It's of no help at all for the problem we're facing right now.
After thinking it over and over again and still unable to make up her mind, Liu Xiaoli finally remembered to ask her daughter for her opinion.
"Xixi, what do you think we should do?"
Facing her mother's inquiry, Liu Yifei hesitated for a long time before tentatively saying, "Then, let's give up "The Forbidden Kingdom"..."
"no!"
Before she could finish, Liu Xiaoli rejected her suggestion outright: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, you may never get such a good opportunity again!"
At the moment her daughter tried to back off, Liu Xiaoli realized what she was thinking.
Signing with Huayi would at least give me a ticket to Hollywood, but if I missed this opportunity...
It is not uncommon in the United States to see actresses wasting their lives outside of Hollywood!
"But……"
Liu Yifei's face was filled with hesitation and helplessness. Her mother had clearly described Huayi as terrible before and would never let her sign with Huayi, but now...
"do not worry."
Liu Xiaoli held her daughter's hand and resolutely comforted her: "You have your mother here. Even if Huayi is full of wolves, I will risk everything to protect you!"
(End of this chapter)
