Chapter 269: Not doing your job!
Although the mansion in front of me is less than 100 square meters,
But in Hong Kong, where every inch of land is valuable, it is indeed quite luxurious.

This is a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment with high-end decoration in the popular European style.

Various flowers and green plants are placed everywhere in the house, and there are vines planted on the balcony, which shows the hostess's lifestyle.

Du Sheng joked after reading it:
"You are very generous. The house is very nice."

A brilliant smile bloomed on Zhang Baizhi's face:
"Last time I bought "Wulin" from you and won several million, didn't you suggest that I use the money to invest in real estate? You also contributed a lot to this house.

The renovation was completed last month. Do you like this style? "

Du Sheng nodded:

"That's great. Leave a room for me. I'll come here more often in the future."

A hero's home is anywhere in the world. Du Sheng considers himself a tough guy, so it is not excessive for him to have a few more places to stay in Hong Kong.

Zhang Baizhi said with a smile:

"Then let's live together! Come on, I'll show you the master bedroom."

Du Sheng smiled and pulled her back to the hall, saying:

"Don't worry, I brought you some gifts from Zhejiang Prefecture, try them first."

Although Du Sheng is a romantic man, he is generous and never stingy with women.

He prepared gifts for Fan Bingbing, Liu Tao, Jia Jingwen, Gao Yuanyuan, the four girls, Zheng Ziyan, Lin Zhiling, and Liu Xiaoli, and naturally he did not forget Zhang Baizhi.

He even prepared a copy of the twins.

Du Sheng opened his backpack and took out two sets of clothing:
"This is a unique costume from the Jiangnan water town. I asked someone to tailor it to your body shape. You can try it on later."

Zhang Baizhi picked up the clothes, one set was a cheongsam with ink-and-wash butterfly patterns, and the other set was an embroidered dress. Both were light and flowing ethnic-style costumes, purely handmade, exquisite and beautiful.

Although this type of clothing is not suitable for daily travel, women will like it as long as it is beautiful.

She smiled a little more and asked curiously:

"How do you know what size I wear? What if it doesn't fit?"

Du Sheng immediately retorted:
“You can doubt my aesthetic differences, but you can never question my strengths!
After my hands, there won’t be even a millimeter difference! "

Zhang Baizhi: “…”

Du Sheng took out another gift box, which contained a set of diamond jewelry, including earrings and a necklace.

Zhang Baizhi took a closer look and found that there was no ring. She felt happy but also a little strange.

Du Sheng said:

"This set of jewelry is uniquely designed and very beautiful. I searched for it for a long time before I found it."

Zhang Baizhi happily took the gift box.

Du Sheng took out a classical tassel box and opened it to reveal an exquisite bracelet.

This is a gold-inlaid pearl and jade bracelet that Du Sheng specially picked out from an old shop.

These gifts cost more than 60,000 yuan in total.

After seeing it, Zhang Baizhi liked it very much and put it on her wrist on the spot.

After appreciating the gifts, Zhang Baizhi picked up the ink-and-wash butterfly-flower cheongsam, looked at Du Sheng with her pure and innocent eyes and said:

"Ah Sheng, I'm going to change my clothes~"

Du Sheng cried out in his heart, "Shit!" He couldn't handle this and his blood pressure rose.

Zhang Baizhi's pure eyes are simply killing people!

Sure enough, when Du Sheng entered the bedroom to take a look, he realized that he had made the right purchase.

At this moment, Zhang Baizhi was wearing a slim-fitting cheongsam and a pair of embroidered shoes. Her white and soft skin was exposed under the hem of her cheongsam.
But it was just that small section that made Du Sheng want to open it.

See clearly and clearly...

Just at this moment, a strong wind blew outside the dark window.

All kinds of clothes, shoes and socks were blown everywhere.

Then the sound of raindrops knocking on the window was endless.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

The raging sounds of wind and flute stopped.

Du Sheng leaned against the head of the bed, closed his eyes and remained silent, seeming to be still lost in his reverie.

Zhang Baizhi seemed to be drenched by the heavy rain, lying on the side, soaking wet.

"Ah Sheng, Zhang Yimou invited me to audition for House of Flying Daggers. Do you think I should go?"

There was a hint of excitement in Zhang Baizhi's tone, but more of uneasiness and uncertainty.

Given her current status and popularity, this anxiety is unprecedented.

Because before, she had Oriental Star Entertainment as her backer and had no worries about resources.

But not this time.

Du Sheng was a little surprised, but didn't find it strange:
"This is your chance, give it a try."

Zhang Baizhi bit her lip and frowned:
"But, as far as I know, the auditionees include Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Zhang Jingchu and others from the mainland.

There are also Lin Xinru and Shu Qi from Taiwan, as well as foreign artists Kyoko Fukada, Ayumi Hamasaki, Gong Li...

There are so many famous artists from home and abroad, the competition is too great.”

Everyone has witnessed Zhang Yimou's achievement in last year's "Hero".

Any female artist who has some ambition and ability wants to get involved.

Du Sheng smiled slightly and patted Zhang Baizhi's shoulders gently:
"This is a rare opportunity. Zhang Yimou's film is something many people dream of.

Since Brother Hua and Mei Yanfang both recommended you, it means you have the ability."

In the previous life, this role was played by Zhang Ziyi.

This is currently unknown.

However, considering that Zhang Ziyi is an artist of Huayi's competitor, he has to help his woman even if it means helping the right person.

Zhang Baizhi lay in the man's arms and raised her eyes curiously:

"I heard that you and Brother Hua have signed a contract. Director Zhang is very optimistic about you?"

"The contract has been signed, but it's unclear whether it will be a good deal or not."

Du Sheng knew what she was worried about and said with a smile:

“In fact, my role was originally slated to go to Kim Sung-moo, but it was only given to me some time ago.

With your current status and box office appeal, I think you don’t have to worry too much about other actors except Zhang Ziyi and Fukada Kyoko.”

Zhang Yimou prefers to use familiar faces, such as Gong Li, who has been used for several years except for the scandal.

But as he gets older, he has begun to prefer young actors who are pure and natural in nature.

"Hero", which was shot last year, was a bold attempt by Zhang Yimou to make a commercial blockbuster.

The film has recruited the most box office-appealing actors to join.

The result was indeed unprecedented success.

Having tasted success, he plans to repeat the same trick in this movie "House of Flying Daggers".

As the two leading male actors of the film, he invited Liu Dehua, one of the four kings who is very popular in Asia.

There is also the young boxing champion Du Sheng who emerged out of nowhere this year, quickly became popular, and is gaining momentum.

But Zhang Yimou was conflicted about the choice of the female lead.

Gong Li broke up with him, and being in her 40s, she was no longer suitable for playing the role of the little sister.

But for a commercial blockbuster, using newcomers obviously doesn't work.

So, he could only look among famous actresses.

The only actresses in Hong Kong and the Mainland who can stand out on their own are those born in the 75s and 80s.

Zhang Baizhi was startled and said:
"Are you so sure?"

Du Sheng just nodded and smiled without saying anything.

In fact, Wang Jinhua had said before that apart from Mei Yanfang, Zhang Yimou's favorite should be Zhou Xun.

But Zhou Xun seems to want to terminate the contract recently and has had quite a big fight with Rong Xinda, so it is unlikely that she will be able to perform in the film.

Among the remaining few, Lin Xinru’s costume looks are average, she mostly appears in TV dramas, and her movie box office appeal is average.

Shu Qi's appearance can easily distract the audience and is not quite appropriate.

As for Zhang Jingchu, she has always focused on reality and drama films, and is more suitable for playing women in the country. I don’t know if she can make the switch.

Therefore, after counting and counting, the only relatively suitable one left is Zhang Ziyi.

But the little sister in this drama is somewhat similar to the heroine in "Hero".

Ru Yue in "Hero" is a woman who dares to love and hate, and is willing to sacrifice herself for loyalty and love.

The little sister in this film is also a character who dares to love and hate, and is willing to sacrifice everything for love.

If Zhang Ziyi were to star in the film, it would be like letting the audience watch different versions of the same play.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou simply broadened the casting scope and sent out audition notices to well-known actresses at home and abroad.

Zhang Baizhi, who was recommended by Liu Dehua and Mei Yanfang, is indeed good in terms of box office appeal and acting skills.

Can be used as an alternative.

"Zhang Yimou will be back next week and asked me to meet him. I'll mention it for you then."

Du Sheng knew very well that the movie would be a box office success, and instead of giving it to Huayi, he would rather give it to his woman.

If it weren't for the fact that Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei and the other three girls didn't have the film appeal to match them, he would have planned to recommend them.

But some things can't be rushed.

At worst, I can prepare and do it myself later and promote it however I want.

"Really? Ah Sheng, you are so nice!"

Zhang Baizhi kissed the man happily, then hugged him and started horseback riding again.

Meanwhile, at the other end of Neon Kyoto University.

In dormitory 303, a group of students were making a lot of noise.

Saburo Matsuda sat at his computer desk, typing away angrily:

"Tomorrow night, Hust vs. Eastern Coward, has anyone got a ticket?"

The last time Mark was unfortunately defeated, he had no place to vent his anger. After he came back, he became more and more angry. He had no choice but to pin all his passion and expectations on Just.

He didn't believe that with Just's explosive performance, he could still lose!
So he made up his mind early on to go to the scene and witness in person how Du Sheng was beaten up.

Especially when he thought about Du Sheng being beaten and having his bones broken, a fate even more miserable than his idol Masato, every cell in his body was boiling.

However, what’s funny is that he failed to grab a ticket after four rounds of ticket sales in Hong Kong!

Damn it, this is simply disgusting!
It’s just an oriental coward’s competition, how can it be so popular?
In addition to a few people in the dormitory, there are many people similar to him on the K1 forum.

The organizer released a warm-up post for [Semi-final: Hust VS Du Sheng], and there were tens of thousands of comments complaining about not being able to get tickets.

Apart from those who paid high prices for tickets, most of them blindly supported Just and expressed their "love" for Du Sheng.

"Damn it! I suspect all these tickets were bought by scalpers!"

Kenji Tsuruta also failed to buy a ticket and responded with a curse.

Saburo Matsuda was a little confused and said:
"5 tickets, scalpers hoard so many, are they waiting to go bankrupt?"

He really couldn't understand how an action star who crossed over to boxing could have so many fans supporting him?
This is simply not doing your job properly!
Kenji Tsuruta changed the subject and said:

"It's very likely that the 'Sick Man of East Asia' plaque you made this time won't be delivered. How about we go to the lottery station to support it?"

According to the predictions of most Japanese fighting experts, Just's winning rate is as high as 6.5%. If he doesn't strike hard this time, there won't be a next time.

In a sense, betting on Du Sheng to lose a lot and then make a big profit can be considered as a way to vent one's anger.

As for not being able to be there in person...

In fact, it doesn’t matter much, after all, Neon Public Television will broadcast the entire event live.

Matsuda Saburo did not give up and asked around in the forum. After no one was willing to sell it even at a high price, he gave up the idea and gritted his teeth and said:

"My food allowance will arrive next month, and I will ask the Yamaguchi-gumi to lend me another 300 million, and I will get my money back in one go!"

Last time when the top 8 were in the final 4, they also bet on Mark to win.

As a result, I have been eating instant noodles this month.

But how does the saying go, if you gamble you haven’t lost!

He didn't believe that with such a high winning rate this time, how could he lose even with a dragon on his face?
Must go all in!

"Well, let's beat those losers who are trying to win!"

Kenji Tsuruta gritted his teeth and followed.

However, when I arrived at the lottery shop and saw the odds, I was dumbfounded.

.........

(End of this chapter)