Chapter 257 Ambitious Zhang Ziyi

Sina Entertainment News

"The auditions for the highly anticipated 5.8 million RMB science fiction romance film Passengers have all concluded today. A person in charge of Rongchen Pictures revealed that the cast will be announced before the end of the month."

"Fan Qiaoqiao was in a good mood after the audition. He left hand in hand with One Heart Media General Manager Yang Siwei. It is speculated that he has got the role."

Li Chen hadn't left the company yet, but Pan Yueming arrived.

Just like Zhang Jin did back then, send out invitations.

Li Chen remembered that this guy and Miss Dong seemed to have gotten married because of pregnancy, no wonder Miss Dong was not here.

During this period, he received quite a few wedding invitations.

In addition to the one in front of me, there was also Liu Jialing's one before.

"Are you two going straight to skipping the official announcement and doing it in one go?" Li Chen and Pan Yueming joked.

Rumors about the two have been circulating for several years, but they have never publicly acknowledged it.

Pan Yueming touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "I can't hide it now, I will make it public in the next two days."

"If Director Li has time, he must come to watch the ceremony."

Li Chen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go when I have time."

Li Chen waited for Han Sanping to come back and went to AVIC together to check the progress of making props for Passengers.

A person in charge of AVIC took Han Sanping and Li Chen for a walk and introduced them.

"Boss Han, Director Li, here are the space suits and the hibernation chamber. See if they suit your tastes. If not, there's still time to modify them now."

Li Chen pressed the button of the hibernation capsule, and the isolation window slowly opened.

Li Chen nodded: "Very satisfied, the color is uniformly milky white."

"No problem. The spacecraft model is still being built. It should be completed by the end of this month. We can provide technical support."

"How to present it on the big screen is your business." The person in charge said with a smile.

Li Chen and Han Saping left AVIC.

Since Li Chen had no objection, Han Sanping naturally would not have any objection either.

"This is the script of 'The Founding of a Republic', take a look." Li Chen took out the "Founding of a Republic" that he had written long ago from his bag!
Han Sanping took it and was a little surprised: "So fast?"

Li Chen said with a smile: "That's fast, it's been more than two months."

Han Sanping read it carefully and said, "Not bad. You can tell from looking up the information carefully. You deserve the reputation of being the best screenwriter in the country."

Li Chen laughed: "Boss Han, don't say anything nice. I won't ask you for the screenwriting fee."

"Remember the seven roles you promised me."

Han Sanping rolled his eyes at Li Chen in annoyance: "You are such a freak. Even Wu Yusen wants to be on the show, but you don't want to show your face."

"I am just learning from Director Han. You didn't go there either."

Han Sanping ignored Li Chen's teasing.

Fan Qiaoqiao got the role and felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, I received a call from Zhang Ziyi.

Fan Qiaoqiao was very curious. Wasn't she in Hollywood accompanying her wealthy boyfriend?

"Zhezhe, I'm Zhang Ziyi."

"Yeah, I know, it should be early in the morning in Hollywood now."

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "I heard that you got the role in Director Li's Passengers. Congratulations."

Fan Qiaoqiao didn't know whether Zhang Ziyi guessed it from the news on the Internet or someone told her.

So I neither admit nor deny.

"You must have called me for something, right?"

"Let me get this straight to the point. I have a project in mind and I hope you can act in it with me."

Fan Qiaoqiao was very surprised. He didn't expect that Zhang Ziyi would also start to transform into a producer.

This ambition is no less than hers! Fan Qiaoqiao quickly calculated in his mind, and after a while he said, "Can I ask who the producer is?"

"I plan to decide on the cast first and then look for investors. You are the first actor I look for."

Fan Qiaoqiao remained silent. Zhang Ziyi added, "My boyfriend and I will attend a cocktail party hosted by Warner next week." Fan Qiaoqiao felt relieved and said, "Send me the script and I'll get back to you as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll send it to your email address. It's best if you reply to me before this week."

After hanging up the phone, Fan Qiaoqiao soon received an email from Zhang Ziyi.

After a quick glance, I found out it was a romance drama, and Zhang Ziyi indicated that she was playing the second female lead, a big star.

The role is not challenging at all, I can just play myself.

There is nothing special about the script, but the director is a newcomer.

Fan Qiaoqiao called Mu Xiaoguang again.

"If it's a Warner production, then of course there's no need to consider it. It's OK to be a supporting role for Zhang Ziyi."

"But can she convince Warner?"

Fan Qiaoqiao said uncertainly, "It should be possible. She sounded very confident on the phone. Her friend gave her the pigeon eggs worth 3000 million yuan, and she wanted the whole world to see them."

Mu Xiaoguang added: "Then take it, as long as it doesn't conflict with Li Chen's film Passengers."

New Evening News
"The first part of Red Cliff, the most expensive blockbuster in Chinese film history, was officially released in major theaters yesterday."

"China Film Group announced today the box office revenue for the first day of the film's premiere -- 2200 million yuan in the mainland, which is not much different from the 2305 million yuan of "Painted Skin."

"Some industry insiders have estimated that Red Cliff may not be as good as Li Chen's Painted Skin and Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower, and it is even less likely to surpass Thieves."

When Li Chen saw the box office, he had an idea in his mind.

"Curse of the Golden Flower" was screened for 5 hours on the first day and grossed 1500 million.

This is far from "Red Cliff".

It seems that he, Li Chen, is not a butterfly, but a tornado caused by the butterfly flapping its wings.

As expected, in the first four days of the weekend, "Red Cliff" had a box office of 9450 million, which was lower than the 9600 million of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in the first four days of the weekend.

Not to mention that "Painted Skin" broke the 100 million mark in four days.

As a result, "Red Cliff" also received overwhelming negative reviews from netizens and people from all walks of life.

Tsinghua professor: "The soul-shattering Red Cliff, blockbusters are a disease!"

"In comparison, Feng Xiaogang has greater courage and confidence. After The Banquet, he took the risk to step out of this blockbuster dream and made Assembly."

"But I didn't expect that Wu Yusen would still be in a critical condition due to the 'big disease' he suffered from."

Netizen Babu Tianlong: "You need to bring a lightning rod when watching a movie!"

"The first few lines of dialogue by Cao Cao in semi-classical Chinese were quite good and touching, but why did he have to end up worrying about the pigeons catching a cold? Why?"

"I would also like to ask who is from Hubei. I want to ask around: Is the name "Meng Meng" really from Hubei? Is there anyone around you named "Han Han"?"

There are countless complaints like this on the Internet, but Wu Yusen just laughed it off with one sentence: "I took the photo like this on purpose!"

Liu Yifei also asked Li Chen curiously: "Did he really do it on purpose?"

Li Chen chuckled: "Maybe. After all, he has been in Hollywood for so many years. This kind of joke is also a feature of Hollywood popcorn movies."

It was revealed online that Gong Li has remarried a French man, and that the beautiful lady Li from Hong Kong is also about to enter the marriage hall.

"How come she is so thin? Does she really look good when she is this thin?"

Li Chen glanced at the beautiful lady Li, whose face was almost as long as a horse's.

"If you're this skinny, I'd rather be Chen Shimei!"

Liu Yifei was unhappy and pulled Li Chen's ear: "What did you say?"

"I say, if you become this thin, I will really become Liu Xiahui!"

"That's about right. I'm going to get fat in the future, so don't look down on me! I won't lose weight anyway!"

Li Chen laughed and said, "I have already made preparations for this. If you gain weight in the future, we can change your name. The name Mr. Chen gave you does not have much knowledge."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Then come up with one for me to hear."

Liu Yifei stood up and approached Li Chen, as if she was going to fight if they had a disagreement.

Li Chen took two steps back and said, "How about calling me Liu Yifei if I'm fat?"

After saying that, he ran away.
(End of this chapter)