Chapter 244: Twenty-One Fei

After the premiere, wait for the guests to leave.

Wang Zhonglei asked Wang Zhongjun about his doubts: "Brother, what do you think he meant?"

Wang Zhongjun answered the question irrelevantly: "You asked him about the role, and he asked you about the listing. Didn't you say anything else after that?"

Wang Zhonglei nodded: "Yes, do you think he wants to subscribe for shares?"

Wang Zhongjun thought for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid that's right, otherwise why would he bring this up?"

"However, given his wealth, even if he subscribes, it will not be a small deal. This has both advantages and disadvantages for us."

Just as the two brothers were analyzing Li Chen's motives, Huang Xiaoming finally found an opportunity to talk to Li Chen and Liu Yifei.

"Director Li, the single you wrote for Yifei has been so popular on all the major music charts since it was released."

"That day I heard a few girls in the company discussing how much they would charge you to compose a piece of music."

Liu Yifei took Li Chen's arm and smiled with interest: "That's impossible. He is not interested in money now."

Before Li Chen could say anything, Huang Xiaoming smiled as if it was natural: "If someone else said this, it would make people laugh, but it is really appropriate for Director Li."

Yes, to invest 12 billion US dollars to acquire New Line, how many people in China can do that nowadays?

Li Chen smiled and said, "Don't flatter me. We are so familiar with each other. If you have something to say, just say it directly."

Huang Xiaoming laughed: "Director Li's style is still as clean and neat as ever."

"Then I'll be frank. What do you think of me, Director Li, as Hu Bayi in The Lost Tomb?"

Liu Yifei held Li Chen's arm and said, "I think Guo'er is a good match."

Huang Xiaoming quickly responded: "Oh, thank you for your kind words, auntie."

Liu Yifei smiled lightly and shook Li Chen: "Brother Xiaoming is asking you a question, so please say something."

Li Chen really couldn't do anything about Miss Liu: "How about this, you don't have to participate in the public audition."

"Wait until the last round, and you can come."

Huang Xiaoming was overjoyed: "It's not in vain that I called you Auntie. Thank you Director Li."

Li Chen was in a playful mood: "If I were you, I would just call you uncle next time we meet!"

Huang Xiaoming laughed loudly, Liu Yifei blushed, and pinched Li Chen's arm hard.

After Li Chen and Liu Yifei left, Huang Xiaoming was very satisfied with his strategy today.

He had already realized that instead of hunting down Director Li, it would be better to build a good relationship with Yifei.

Director Li felt relieved because Yifei spoke up for him just now.

It’s worth the long-term maintenance of favors.

He also wanted to star in Passengers, but the company did not receive any public audition information for the film.

I guess Director Li already has someone in his heart.

"The Lost Tomb" is pretty good, I originally thought it would be a Deng Shao Nong movie.

Unexpectedly, Director Li did not choose Deng Chao, which surprised all the top male artists in the circle.

After getting in the car, Li Chen looked at Miss Liu with a smile.

Miss Liu avoided his gaze and said, "Why are you looking at me?"

Li Chen looked at Miss Liu, but said to Liu Xiaoli beside him: "Auntie, Xixi's acting skills are getting better and better now."

Liu Xiaoli didn't understand the implication of Li Chen's words and just thought that Li Chen was trying to please his daughter.

But Liu Yifei heard it and couldn't stand Li Chen's pressing gaze, so she took the initiative to confess.

"Okay, okay, I surrender."

Mother Liu looked at the two of them suspiciously: "What are you two talking about?"

Seeing that Miss Liu had given in, Li Chen stopped pursuing her: "It's okay, Auntie, Xixi and I were just joking."

After returning to the villa, Liu's mother was tired after a day's work and went upstairs to rest first.

Liu Yifei took the initiative to sit next to Li Chen, leaned against him, and put her arms around his neck: "Brother Xiaoming asked me a few times, although he didn't say anything on his own initiative."

"But I understand what he meant, so I just said something for him."

Li Chen didn't care about these at all. He just hoped that he and Miss Liu could be straightforward with each other and preferably have no secrets.

"It's just this once, it won't happen again."

Liu Yifei understood what was going on and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll just ask you for it next time!"

"See if you dare not give it to me."

Li Chen said with a smile: "Do you still need to ask me? You can handle Zi Xuan, Shu Chang, yourself."

Liu Yifei asked Li Chen to reveal her past, but she refused and started to wrestle with Li Chen.

After a long while, when both of them were out of breath, Li Chen smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let me talk to you about something serious."

Liu Yifei straightened her messy hair and said, "What's the matter?"

"Regarding your album, I've already thought of a name, it's 'Twenty-One Fei', and it will be released on your birthday this year."

Liu Yifei silently said: "'Twenty-One Fei'?" "Does it have any special meaning? Why does it feel so tacky?"

Li Chen laughed: "It's right to be rustic. The most vulgar is the most elegant."

"Twenty-one Fei, the homophonic word for love is one Fei."

"I'll have Yang Siwei connect with Warner Music and hold a grand signing ceremony for you on your birthday this year."

"The location is the French classical architectural style Lafayette Castle in the suburbs."

"Zhou Xun signed the contract with great fanfare. Now it's your turn. You can't be worse than Zhou Xun."

Liu Yifei's heart felt as sweet as if it were covered with honey.

She took the initiative to lean her little head on Li Chen's shoulder: "Why are you so nice to me?"

Li Chen chuckled and said, "If it's not good for you, who can it be good for?"

"Once this album comes out, I will definitely punch Jie Lun and step on Wang Fei, and deal with all kinds of disobedience."

Liu Yifei found it funny and thought Li Chen was bragging: "Look at how capable you are. You are bragging to the sky."

It was not until a few months later that she realized that Li Chen was not bragging at all.

The next day, Li Chen accompanied Liu Yifei to Warner Music.

After the music score was written, Li Chen gave it to Warner to arrange it.

Liu Yifei got the complete album track list, except for "A Sky Full of Stars Is Not as Good as You" and "Flowers Bloom in Parting".

She went through the other six poems, and inexplicably began to believe Li Chen's bold words yesterday.

Because each song is catchy and has a variety of styles.
News

"At the premiere of "The Forbidden Kingdom", Li Chen admitted that the Forbidden Kingdom was only for sentiment, not for acting."

"Double J on stage, worth a movie ticket."

Beijing News
"This month, two Chinese blockbusters, "Yellowstone Children" and "Resurrection of the Dragon", have already hit the screens."

"After the first round of competition, the box office performance of the two blockbusters has begun to show. The box office of "The Dragon" has been soaring, while "Yellowstone Child" has lost to "The Dragon" by a huge margin."

Li Chen received a call from Liu Dehua while he was still on the road.

He is once again labeled as a box office poison.

There's a lot of praise online, but it's been almost three weeks since the film was released, and the box office has just exceeded 6600 million, which is certainly a huge drop compared to "Yellowstone Child"'s 950 million.

But the investment cost of the play "Resurrection of the Dragon" is only 100 million yuan.

The inevitable outcome is another loss of all money.

"Hey, I can't even meet with Director Han and Director Yu anymore."

Li Chen laughed: "What's the big deal? Old Han is used to paying for it. Yours won't hurt."

Liu Dehua also laughed: "That being said, I'm afraid that investors won't dare to approach me again in the future."

Li Chen did not respond to Liu Dehua's words, nor did he have the heart to attack him again.

I heard that the silver spear that he used to wield the character Zhao Zilong cost as much as a Cadillac luxury car.

Old Han and Yu Dong also let it go.

If you don’t compensate, who will?

When he arrived at the company, Li Chen checked the reputation of "Resurrection of the Dragon" on the Internet.

Wow, it’s really bad.

Netizens don’t care whether you are Ouyang Zhenhua or Liu Dehua.

"The martyrs Mr. Chen Shou and Mr. Luo Guanzhong who died one after another can rest assured... We, the younger generation, will definitely think that the original work of this play is Qiong Yao. Just treat it as a great funny war film. Why bother to compare it with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"When I realized that Andy Lau was playing Zhao Yun, I burst out laughing. I thought he was a Royal Guard from that costume!"

As soon as I mentioned Lao Han, he called.

Both "The Sound of Wind" and "Draw the Bow" have passed the review.

"Don't try to squeeze "The Sound of Wind" into the same pit as "Red Cliff". There's absolutely no need for that." Han Saping's voice sounded a little soft.

"You are such a genius, I am not afraid to tell you that someone in the upper echelons watched The Sound of the Wind and The Bow, and they approved of these two films."

"Director Wang and Director Tong also think that The Sound of Wind is of high quality. Let me tell you that the quality of The Founding of a Republic cannot be lower than that of The Sound of Wind."

Han Saping held the phone, feeling really unsure.

A Three Kingdoms-themed film like "Resurrection of the Dragon" is destined to lose a lot of money, so what about "Red Cliff"?

He didn't dare to let Li Chen and Wu Yusen fight each other.

In the end, it was him who got hurt.

Wu Yusen also called him several times, and his words and expressions all implied that he should intervene.

Don't let Li Chen do whatever he wants. He is rich and doesn't mind losing eight hundred dollars, but he doesn't want to suffer a loss of one thousand dollars.

"I'll think about it, Mr. Han, and I'll get back to you tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)