Chapter 156 Villa, Scarlett's Engagement
The news that Gu Wei and others were leaving for Hollywood soon made headlines, along with a group photo of the group at the airport.

There are also photos of Liu Yifei wearing sunglasses and making the scissors hand gesture.

In the office of Wanda Pictures.

Ye Ning looked at the news online and felt a little envious, but unfortunately he couldn't participate this time and felt a little regretful.

At this time, Lu Zheng brought Jing Tian to the office.

“I went to the China Film Group, but Director Han didn’t agree to change the release date.

There are too many imported blockbusters during this period. Although "The Forbidden Kingdom" is a co-production, it also takes up a quota, so it can only be put on in April."

Ye Ning was not surprised to hear Lu Zheng say this. Lu Zheng's purpose of investing in Wanda Pictures was very simple, which was to make Jingtian famous.

"April is fine too. Don't worry about the scheduling. Wanda will arrange it."

As they were chatting, they talked about the "Cherry Princess".

Some time ago, Jing Tian was designated as the spokesperson for Northwest Cherry by the Northwest Cherry Association of the United States, and was met by the Governor of Washington. During the meeting, the Governor of Washington repeatedly praised her pure and sweet appearance, and it was really appropriate for her to be the spokesperson for Northwest Cherry.

Originally, Lu Zheng wanted to spend 500 million to boost Jingtian's fame, but after seeing the results over this period of time, it seems that the effect is not very good and netizens are not quite convinced.

"I think Tiantian should go to school first to learn and improve her acting skills."

Jingtian was successfully admitted to Beijing Film Academy this year, but he has never enrolled in school.

Jing Tian next to him nodded, as if thinking about something. Gu Wei had also said something similar to Ta.

"Is my acting so bad?"

Jingtian couldn't help but think of these things.

"Tiantian can follow Liu Yifei's path and act in more movies and TV series. As for acting skills, she can follow the teacher's instructions..."

Lu Zheng kept talking. His idea was simple: there was nothing that couldn't be done with money.

Ye Ning looked at Lu Zheng with a somewhat strange look in his eyes. Liu Yifei had the guidance of the great director Gu Wei, but she still had to shoot several TV series before appearing on the big screen. You, on the other hand, want to achieve your goal in one go.

According to him, Jing Tian was criticized a lot in the crew of "The Forbidden Kingdom", mostly because of his acting skills.

"Assembly" has been released for nearly half a month. It has been a box office hit in mainland China, and has also triggered unanimous recommendations from the media and critics in the industry, forming a super "Assembly fever".

However, some netizens commented that the movie’s butt was a bit crooked and felt a bit weird.

According to the fine traditions of our army, why would this mission of covering the rear require any deceptive means? There must have been a bunch of people shouting, "Commander, leave it to me! I guarantee that the mission will be completed." and so on.

As the box office kept getting higher and higher, the incident of Feng Xiaogang hiring a ghostwriter was brought up again, and then there was a heated discussion about Feng Xiaogang.

“Without aesthetics, without lens language, the artistic value is too low.”

Chengtian Entertainment and other companies also added fuel to the flames and exposed a lot of negative information.

Because Feng Xiaogang has no awards, unlike Zhang Yimou, Gu Wei and Chen Kaige, who have no honors, Zhang Yimou has won all three.

At this stage, Feng Xiaogang's films are like amateurish writing, while the works of other great directors are serious literature.

These remarks almost broke Feng Xiaogang's defense.

“Who says I can’t take pictures of artistic value? Wait.”

In Huayi Company, Feng Xiaogang looked at the netizens' comments and muttered to himself.

The online comments had little impact on Huayi Company, which had already begun preparing for a celebration banquet.

"Director Feng Xiaogang has entered the 200 million box office director club."

Thanks to the strong staying power of "Assembly", the daily box office in the last few days of the month has been over 20 million.

The official website of China Film Corporation has announced information about some films that are scheduled to be released in 08.

As soon as the news comes out, many people in the industry will pay attention to it.

There aren’t many movies scheduled for release right now, so you can watch them all in one go.

In the first half, "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "Painted Skin" stand out.

But when people saw the second half, many started complaining.

"Red Cliff", invested by China Film, is divided into two parts, with the first part scheduled to be released in July.

"Mad, you really know how to play."

"The movie is divided into two parts in one step, which is a great operation."

As for "The Forbidden Kingdom", Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Company was also a little annoyed. They had originally planned to schedule it for May Day, but unexpectedly, a document was issued in the past two days, turning the seven-day holiday into three days.

A big schedule was lost just like that. One can imagine how depressed Huayi Company was.

...

Recently, the Internet is full of news about Liu Tao's wedding and marrying into a wealthy family.

The wedding banquet was held like a film festival, with many celebrities attending, including Hu Jun, Ren Quan, Qin Hailu, Pan Yueming and others.

Originally, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei also received invitations, but unfortunately they had to rush to Hollywood and had no time to go.

The other party didn't force it, but I felt a little regretful.

December 12th, Los Angeles time.

After a flight of more than ten hours, Gu Wei, Liu Yifei and others arrived at the airport on time.

The climate in Los Angeles in December is warm, with little temperature difference between day and night, which is much higher than that in the capital.

"boss."

"Crystal, long time no see, you look beautiful again."

Reid greeted Gu Wei and praised Liu Yifei, saying that this guy had good taste.

"Boss, who is this?"

Looking at the other people around Gu Wei, he had seen Liu Xiaoli before, but this was the first time he met Qin Hao.

"An artist under the company, and also one of the actors in Inception."

Gu Wei explained.

"Hello, Reid, I'm Qin Hao." The two stretched out their hands and shook hands. Qin Hao has been taking foreign language classes recently, and he looks really good in it.

After a few pleasantries, everyone walked towards the exit.

When they arrived outside the airport, it started to drizzle. Reid was well prepared. He held up an umbrella and got into the car with everyone else.

"Boss, shall we go directly to the villa?"

"Well, that place is cleaned up now."

"of course."

The vehicle drove slowly and soon arrived at the destination.

Beverly Hills is located in Los Angeles, USA. It has the title of "the most prestigious residential area in the world" and is regarded as the representative and symbol of wealth, fame and fortune.

Located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and at the foot of Beverly Hills.

As the most famous city within a city in Los Angeles, it has the world's most upscale commercial streets and is home to many luxury homes of Hollywood stars.

The finely carved marble, brass doors and arch fountains make this street look even more majestic.

The villa purchased by Gu Wei has an area of ​​1200 square meters, covers an area of ​​5.5 acres, has three floors above ground, a basement underneath, and gardens in front and back.

After purchasing the villa, Gu Wei only came once, and Reid was responsible for the subsequent cleaning and part of the decoration.

"Boss, how's it going?"

Even though it wasn't his first time here, Ryder still seemed excited.

"they are?"

Seeing the housekeeper and service staff in the villa, Gu Wei asked.

"I hired them from a housekeeping company to take care of their daily lives. There is no need to worry about their safety."

Ryder explained carefully.

"very good."

"It's so beautiful, Senior, let's live here from now on."

After a while, Liu Yifei looked at the villa in front of her and asked directly.

As for Qin Hao next to him, he was almost dumbfounded. The luxury villas were still a bit far away from him.

"Well, let's go in and get some rest early today."

After saying that, he strode in.

The villa chosen by Gu Wei is decorated in a modern style. He is not very interested in the European and American style mentioned by Reid.

...

The news that Gu Wei and others arrived in Hollywood was not concealed from the media.

"Director Gu Wei and Chinese actors check into the Beverly Hills villa."

Big headlines appeared in the media, and Warner Bros. and Rising Star Pictures simultaneously announced plans for Inception.

These days, Hollywood has been discussing this matter. With an investment cost of US$1.6 billion and Nolan partnering with Leonardo, it is full of hype.

"I envy Director Gu again. I heard that the villa in Beverly Hills costs at least hundreds of millions."

The next day, Gu Wei did not go to the company, but rested in the villa for a day.

Nolan is currently in the process of casting. In addition to the "dream builder" Leonardo, Liu Yifei will play another "dream builder", the absolute heroine, and Qin Hao will play the "sentinel".

In addition, actors for "The Disguiser" and "The Phantom" need to be confirmed.

"Senior, we are over there."

At the gate of the villa, Liu Yifei spoke reluctantly.

"Go ahead, I'll visit you on set."

After a day's rest, Nolan received news that the crew was about to start filming and the actors had to join the crew in advance.

"Goodbye, Director."

Qin Hao waved and said goodbye.

"Auntie, if you have any questions when you get to the crew, you can go to Nolan. I've told him."

"it is good."

After talking for a few words, they got in the car and left.

According to Nolan, the crew will shoot in Hollywood, Morocco, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and island countries, and the earliest scenes will be set in Hollywood.

After seeing off Liu Yifei and others, Gu Wei and Reid drove to the company. The special effects of "Interstellar" had been completed, and Gu Wei would enter the editing stage next.

In the evening, Gu Wei received a call from Scarlett Johansson.

"Director Gu Wei, I'm Scarlett. How are you doing?"

Could it be that the other party was here to inquire about the movie role? Gu Wei was a little confused: "Not bad, what's the matter? Scarlett."

“I would like to invite you to…”

Scarlett talked on the phone for a while before Gu Wei realized that the other party was getting engaged and was planning to invite Gu Wei to attend.

"Well... I'm busy editing Interstellar. I'm afraid I don't have time to come over. Sorry, Scarlett."

Scarlett paused for a moment, then said, "It's okay. I was planning to introduce Ryan Reznor to you. Let's talk about it later when we have a chance."

Wow, you’re engaged and you’re going to introduce your fiancé to me?
This operation really made Gu Wei a little confused. The two of them had been rumored to be in a relationship by the media before, and now Liu Yifei is also here.

If Gu Wei really went, he probably wouldn't know how to explain it to Liu Yifei.

The casting of "Inception" caused a sensation in Hollywood. Many people submitted their resumes. Nolan was also very fast in casting, and the start time was set, which is January 1th in Hollywood.

Gu Wei plans to attend the event and see which actors have been selected.

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(End of this chapter)