Chapter 479: Beijing Film Academy Beauty Becomes More Courageous
West China Metropolis Daily reported

"Last night, the famous director Jia Zhangke, who successfully finished the "Huaxi Nanhu Lecture Hall" jointly hosted by Huaxi Metropolis Daily and Nanhu International Community, sat in front of the reporter of Huaxi Metropolis Daily and accepted an exclusive interview."

"Jia Zhangke responded to Feng Xiaogang: Zhang Yimou is still a master no matter how bad his films are! Li Chen is also the only talented director in China."

Yu Miao sent the online news about Jia Zhangke's response to Feng Xiaogang to Li Chen.

Li Chen just smiled.

What a talented director! Director Jia can really flatter Li Chen, but he has lived two lives.

There are groups of paparazzi downstairs of Jinxiu Mingzuan Building.

Today everyone knows about the casting of "The Invisible Guest" and naturally wants to get first-hand information.

But after waiting for a long time, many first-line stars went up, but Zhang Ziyi was not there.

The successive appearances of Fan Qiaoqiao and Li Qiaoqiao caused a stir among the paparazzi.

The paparazzi split into two, one group rushed towards Fan Qiaoqiao, and the other group rushed towards Li Qiaoqiao.

"Qiao Qiao, Passengers is a big hit at the box office. Will you and Director Li join hands for the third time?"

"Qiao Qiao, have you been chosen as the female lead?"

Fan Qiaoqiao smiled sweetly, surrounded by bodyguards and assistants: "You should ask Director Li about this."

"How could it be possible that I was chosen? If I was chosen, I wouldn't come to the audition."

Over there, Li Qiaoqiao was not as grand as Fan Qiaoqiao.

The two of them just smiled at each other, then quickly got rid of the paparazzi and went into the Jinxiu Mingzuan Building.

Entering the elevator, Li Qiaoqiao looked calm and confident.

Her sister Li Yu had already analyzed the situation for her before coming.

It is unlikely that Director Li will choose Fan Qiaoqiao again for this play.

It is also unlikely given that Zhang Ziyi is surrounded by negative news.

Zhou Xun had just left her old agency, so if it were her, she wouldn't need to audition.

As for other female stars such as Zhang Jingchu, Zeng Li, Mei Ting and others, they have no advantages over Li Qiaoqiao.

So the probability of my sister getting the role is very high.

The facts were indeed as Li Yu had expected, but the real reason was that Li Chen was stood up by Zhang Ziyi.

Li Chen was very efficient and basically gave these people results on the spot.

The first person to come in was Fan Qiaoqiao.

It was still a familiar scene, with Yang Siwei and Director Wu sitting on Brother Chen's left and right.

To Fan Qiaoqiao, Li Chen was very frank: "Xiao Fan, you are not suitable."

There were only seven or eight people in the huge audition room.

Fan Qiaoqiao refused to give up, blinked and smiled, "Brother Chen, my biggest wish is to play opposite Teacher Wang again."

"Please take care of me one more time."

I think Fan Qiaoqiao said this in Cannes.

Several assistant directors from Rongchen Pictures who were present at the scene secretly thought that Fan Qiaoqiao was too tactless.

Relying on the fact that he had starred in two films directed by Li, he became more and more aggressive.

Li Chen ignored Fan Qiaoqiao and said that he had already taken good care of him by allowing him to come for the audition.

But this role is indeed not suitable for Fan Qiaoqiao.

Fan Qiaoqiao is beautiful, but her beauty is the kind of beauty that is petite and pretty, lacking a bit of toughness and grandeur.

That is why Fan Qiaoqiao particularly likes the title "Fan Ye".

Yang Siwei glared at Fan Qiaoqiao and winked at her, telling her not to be ungrateful.

Fan Qiaoqiao's heart tightened, realizing that he was getting too carried away.

His expression changed without a trace, and he sighed softly: "Oh, well, then I can only hope for Brother Chen's next play."

Li Chen smiled and nodded, giving Fan Qiaoqiao a way out.

Following closely was Zhou Xun, who came in and sat directly next to Yang Siwei.

Yang Siwei smiled and said, "You don't look like you're here for an audition, you look like you're going back to your mother's house."

"I think so too. I don't need to try it. Director Li, just tell me if it's suitable or not."

Li Chen glared at Zhou Xun and said, "You don't look like you're going back to your mother's house. You look like you're here to mess things up."

Wu Bing also laughed and said, "Brother Xun, if it was suitable for you, there wouldn't be this audition today." Zhou Xun laughed, "I guess so, so I came here today just thinking about Director Li. Didn't you see me come in and sit next to Siwei?"

Zhou Xun came here today not just to visit her parents' home.

I also want to test Li Chen's attitude.

Recently, her former employer and Huayi had a falling out.

She even didn't know whether she should accept Huayi's role.

If she accepted the offer, she wondered what Director Li would think of her, so she might as well ask him in person.

Zhou Xun knew the situation very well. He said hello and left, and made an appointment to have dinner with Li Chen in the evening.

Li Qiaoqiao came in and was also very friendly.

"Director Li, Director Wu, Siwei" Li Qiaoqiao greeted the three of them with a smile.

Li Chen nodded without saying anything. Yang Siwei smiled and said, "Sister Qiao, congratulations. I hope you can bring back a lion from Venice."

Xu Ke's "Detective Dee" became the only Chinese-language film shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Venice Film Festival.

Li Qiaoqiao may become the second Chinese winner of the Venice Film Festival after Zhou Xun.

Li Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "Thank you. I'm glad to hear your words."

The news that Zhang Ziyi was not seen in the audition for "The Invisible Guest" was soon exposed by the media.

Sina Entertainment News

"It has been rumored that Li Chen wanted Zhang Ziyi to play the leading female role in his new drama "The Invisible Guest", but today I didn't see Zhang Ziyi in Splendid Diamonds."

"The reporter called Zhang Ziyi's agent Ji Lanlan and got the reply that because Miss Zhang Ziyi was serving as the image ambassador of the China Red Ribbon Foundation, she could not meet the requirements of "Invisible Guests" and had to withdraw regretfully."

"Inception" and "Earthquake" are fighting to the death.

The stubborn layman Boss Lu also suffered a critical hit of 10,000 points.

The stars were shining brightly, but Boss Lu's office was filled with a gloomy mood.

"My Beauty Boss" was released nationwide yesterday.

Boss Lu also tried his best, not only asking his niece Jing Tianhe to cooperate with the crew to promote the film nationwide.

The publicity expenses alone are in no way inferior to those of "Earthquake"!
He also listened to the advice of "professionals" and had his niece and He Rundong portrayed as a couple during the publicity period.

The results on the first day were touching.

"How much?" Lu Zheng wondered if he had heard it wrong.

Beads of sweat had already appeared on Jingtian's forehead, and she heard it clearly.

"Mr. Lu, nine hundred thousand!"

"You're kidding me!" Lu Zheng couldn't help but swear.

Xingguang's publicity director smiled bitterly: "Boss Lu, it's absolutely true."

Lu Zheng felt dizzy and almost fainted.

"Uncle, uncle, are you okay?" Jingtian was quick to step forward and give him a hand.

Lu Zheng sat down and took a few seconds to wave his hand: "It's okay, it's okay."

We invested 50 million, but the box office on the first day was less than 1 million, which was not even enough for travel expenses.

Lu Zheng, who had recovered from his shock, had a dark face: "Tell me, what should we do now!"

"Mr. Lu, the theaters are currently showing only Inception and Earthquake. I think we need to speak out as well."

"Although we are not as powerful as Director Li, the public is now discussing the box office of 'Earthquake'."

"As the saying goes, the crying child gets the milk."

Jingtian was dumbfounded standing aside.

The movie "My Beauty Boss" starring her did not even make a fraction of the first-day box office of "So Young".

She couldn't hear what her uncle said next.

"It's okay, Tiantian, we still have "Warring States"!"

Jingtian nodded blankly.
Morning News

"My Beautiful Boss is coming out, and there are few screenings for new films. He Rundong is getting anxious."

"My Beautiful Boss has only been released for two days, but the "Beautiful Boss" Jing Tian and He Rundong personally stood up to complain about the small number of screenings when promoting the film in Hangzhou."

"In the past two days, fans have been calling me anxiously every day, complaining that they can't buy tickets!"

Li Chen also heard from Yang Siwei a few days later that Jingtian's film only had a box office of 410 million in its first week.
(End of this chapter)