Chapter 325: Dragon's Invitation

"Yeah, okay, Brother Long, I'll think about it carefully."

"what happened?"

"Brother Cheng Long called and wanted to invite me to act in a movie, the one produced by Huayi Film Company, The Chinese Zodiac."

Liu Yifei explained, but her tone was a little absent-minded, and it seemed that she was still thinking about the award ceremony.

"The Chinese Zodiac"? Gu Wei nodded. This was a movie from Huayi Company's "H Plan", and it was Jackie Chan's 101st movie, with a lot of publicity.

There are "Mou girls", "Star girls" and naturally "Dragon girls" in the circle, but Cheng Long's movies are generally male-dominated movies, and the heroines are easily overshadowed.

"Didn't Huayi Company say that the leading actress has been confirmed? Why did Cheng Long call you? Is it the leading actress?" Gu Wei asked curiously. A few days ago, Huayi had leaked that the leading actress would be an artist under Huayi Company.

"Big brother said that he wrote, directed and acted in this movie, and Huayi Film Company invested in it, but he could decide on the role himself.

He also said that he thought of me first and asked me if I wanted to work with him. "

The young lady was wearing a facial mask and her facial expression was unrecognizable as she spoke.

"After ten years, I became a director again and announced an action movie with an investment of 300 million yuan, which cost more than "1942". Will Huayi Film Studio let me play the leading role?
What do you think? "

To be honest, Gu Wei was thinking of letting Liu Yifei have a good rest for a while after the film festival, but looking at the young lady's appearance, he was obviously moved.

"I don't know. I really want to work with Big Brother once. After all, I grew up watching his movies. When I was filming 2012, there were no action scenes, which made me a little regretful."

As she spoke, Liu Yifei also made a gesture, and the muscle lines could be seen on her arms, it seemed that she had put a lot of effort in it.

"Okay, I got it. I'll make the arrangements. I'll talk to Brother Cheng Long when I get back. Since you've been invited to be the leading actress, you need to have a high-profile role and a lot of screen time."

Before, Liu Yifei told him that she wanted to work with Zhang Yimou, Zhou Xingchi, and Cheng Long, and that this movie was quite successful and was a good domestic film.

"Yeah, don't force it. If it doesn't work out, there will be opportunities in the future." After saying that, she blinked at Gu Wei with a cute look.

Seeing this, Gu Wei smiled at her lovingly.

...

At the same time, in the chairman's office of Huayi Company, Cheng Long was also communicating with the Wang brothers.

"Mr. Wang, I chose Yifei after repeated consideration. Our film has a large investment and there is pressure on the box office. Yifei is the most capable actress in the country to carry the box office. With her, we can at least guarantee the domestic box office."

In fact, before calling Liu Yifei again, Cheng Long and Emperor Entertainment's Yang Shoucheng had talked about the movie. Yang Shoucheng was very supportive of Liu Yifei's role in this movie. He was attracted by the relationship between Gu Wei and Liu Yifei, and everything else was not a problem.

"As long as Liu Yifei can perform, investment is not a problem. If Huayi is not satisfied, they can just withdraw their investment and Emperor Entertainment will take care of everything." These were the exact words Yang Shoucheng said to Cheng Long.

Cheng Long knew the relationship between Liu Yifei and Gu Wei, and he hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate with Gu Wei again in the future. In addition, with Yang Shoucheng's guarantee, this happened today.

In the office, Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting on the sofa, became a little annoyed when he heard Cheng Long's words. There was no problem with choosing Liu Yifei, the key was that the main investor of this film was Huayi Company, and the heroine had basically been decided, but he didn't expect Cheng Long to suddenly say that he wanted to consider changing someone.

"Brother Long, it's not a good idea to suddenly change people. The company is just about to announce the candidate, and your change of mind will involve too many things.

Besides, whether Liu Yifei will agree or not has not been confirmed yet, so no one can guarantee it."

This movie was invested with 300 million yuan. Although Jackie Chan himself and Emperor Entertainment Group also invested, the bulk of the money was still paid by Huayi. When he thought about temporarily replacing the heroine, his tone was naturally a little unhappy. Could it be that his company invested so much, but there was not even a heroine?

Wang Zhongjun on the side seemed to be thinking about something. Since Cheng Long could tell them about this, he probably had some confidence in it.

Sure enough, after listening to Wang Zhonglei's words, Cheng Long smiled slightly, "Boss Wang, there's no problem with Yifei. Gu Wei called me. Let's meet and talk when he comes back from Berlin."

In fact, Cheng Long only said half of what he said. Gu Wei did say that they would talk in person when he came back, but he also mentioned the role of the heroine. After all, Liu Yifei's status is high, and the heroines in Cheng Long's movies usually don't have too many roles, so this is something that needs to be noted.

If it were an ordinary person, even the two people in front of him, Cheng Long would probably have started to scold them. However, in order to win over Gu Wei, he not only promised to modify the heroine's role, but also promised to increase Yifei's role. He even gave the script to Gu Wei to read first before making a decision.

"Brother, we just agreed to him so easily. Who knows if Gu Wei will intervene in the investment at that time?" Looking at Cheng Long's leaving back, Wang Zhonglei said impatiently.

"It's a good thing to intervene, even if we have to give up some of our shares. Gu Wei can intervene in our movies, and when he makes the movie, we can also get some of his shares."

"Okay, then I'll go appease the company's artists first. The female lead candidate won't be announced to the public yet."

"Go."

...

After leaving Huayi Company, Cheng Long contacted Yang Shoucheng immediately and told him everything about his meeting with Wang Da and Wang Xiao.

"Hmph, whether they are willing or not, just do it according to your own ideas. If it doesn't work, let them withdraw their investment. I believe Gu Wei must be interested in this project." Yang Shoucheng, who was in Hong Kong Island, spoke bluntly.

"Mr. Yang, let's discuss this. Huayi is the largest private company in China after all. Let's not make things awkward." Cheng Long advised on the phone.

"If a film and television company doesn't make good movies and instead does something messy, I don't think they will last long."

On the other hand, Lu Chuan's long-awaited film "The Feast of Kings" started filming, and held a launch ceremony in the capital. But this guy is really a bit shameless.

At the beginning, she vowed to the media that she would select an amateur in the circle to play Yu Ji.

Then we held auditions across the country for a long time, which attracted a lot of attention and achieved the purpose of promoting the film.

In the end, the candidate chosen was not an amateur, but an actress who graduated from Beijing Film Academy, He Dujuan, who had no fame in the circle at all.

The consequences of fooling the public and the media are predictable. There was a chorus of abuse online, and it felt like we were back to the time when "Nanjing" was forced to be remade.

There were many people in the circle who watched the fun and cursed, especially on the "Legend of the Hongmen Banquet" side.

The two parties already had conflicts, and now that they have been caught, they can't help but make some sarcastic remarks.

Lu Chuan could not bear it any longer and went on a rant on Weibo, saying that "someone is secretly trying to trip up the project and slander "The Banquet" behind the scenes."

Immediately afterwards, Song Guangcheng, president of Starlight International, the producer of "The Banquet", responded on Weibo that "he has his own problems but is throwing dirty water on others."

Since both parties made movies with the same theme and sang the same tune, it was inevitable that it was understood as a war of words, but the publicity personnel of both sides denied that they were "swearing at each other."

Regardless of whether they were really cursing out of anger or pretending to curse and hype, they attracted the attention of netizens anyway.

Coupled with Gao Xixi's currently preparing TV series "Legend of Chu and Han" and Chen Jialin's "Chu and Han Contention", the online promotion of this type of subject matter was extremely lively for a while.

...

On the 20th, the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival officially began.

As part of the crew of "On the Beach at Night Alone" attending the award ceremony, Liu Yifei, Su Chang, Tong Liya and others have been busy since the morning.

Liu Yifei's dress was custom-made by LV, which sent it to her when she participated in the competition. Su Chang and Tong Liya's dresses and accessories were also sponsored by big brands.

On the contrary, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao and others were all wearing suits and didn't need to dress up much.

At the same time, live broadcasts began on the domestic Internet, and everyone was waiting for the red carpet and award ceremony.

"What time does it start? Does anyone know?"

"Come on Yifei (breaking voice), win the Best Actress award, go go go."

"I heard that Director Gu's film received very high praise when it was screened at the film festival. I dare say, could it win Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress?"

Some netizens made comments with their wildest imaginations.

"You want some shit? I'll give it to you, okay? Are the others still going to play?"

Not only netizens, but also employees of Xingchen Film and Television Company and artists under 18th Company have been posting on Weibo one after another, sending their blessings and looking forward to winning the grand prize.

Inside the hotel, Gu Wei, Qin Hao and Chen Minghao sat on the sofa, chatting idly.

After a while, Gu Wei, who was really bored after staying for a long time, looked at his watch, got up and walked to the door of the dressing room.

"Are you done? How long will it take?"

Calculating the time, they had been dressing up for several hours. Gu Wei felt a little tired for them. It is really not easy to be a star, especially for female stars. Attending events and walking the red carpet is simply torture.

In the dressing room, Liu Yifei and two other people sat side by side with a large mirror in front of them and fruit plates and snacks next to them. They would eat something from time to time.

After all, in order to walk the red carpet, none of them could eat, so they could only eat these to replenish their energy.

The makeup artist was applying makeup non-stop and looking at the mirror from time to time.

"Oh, don't rush me. I still have my hair done. Are you guys impatient?"

The young lady said unhappily, and Su Chang and Tong Liya beside her laughed.

Gu Wei touched his nose and said, "Okay, let's go to the room and lie down for a while. Call me when you're ready."

People were coming and going in the hotel. Since it was a foreign film festival, there were not many people from China attending, so no one came forward to say hello or disturb him. Everyone was busy.

"Director, how long will it take?" Qin Hao asked when he saw Gu Wei.

"I don't know. Let's go to the room and stay there for a while."

"Okay." After saying that, several people went upstairs.

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(End of this chapter)