Entertainment 1998

Chapter 451 Chapter 450, Jessica Alba

Although Jiang Feng has become a well-known figure in the Chinese entertainment industry, this was his first time to wish New Year's greetings to his leaders, teachers, and seniors face to face, and he still managed to take everything into consideration.

The gifts were mutton and wine. The mutton was sent by Fan Jiuyi and was fresh.
The wine was brewed by the assistant director Dawei himself. Although it was not a brand name, it tasted good. In a sense, it was even better than the Moutai circulating in the market. After all, most of the Moutai that ordinary people drink is fake...

When you give out gifts, you will instantly reap the rewards.

Wang Jinghua bought back several bottles of red wine;
Han Shanye made a promise: Jiang Feng, on the first day of work, I will ask the finance department of China Film Group to pay you. The distribution rights buyout contract for Saw 1 has been signed with 2 companies, involving an amount of 17 million US dollars. All the money has been received, so let's divide the money first. As for the next distribution rights buyout contract, we will divide it when the money arrives.

Teacher Cui Xinqin said, Jiang Feng, why are you asking for leave? Filming in Hollywood is a research subject of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, so you can go there boldly.

After receiving the mutton and liquor from Jiang Feng, Zhao Laonian told his apprentice to load the car without saying anything. In less than 5 minutes, two boxes of Moutai and 50 kilograms of fresh black pork filled the trunk of the BMW X5.

With Zhao Laonian's return gift, Jiang Feng, who had planned to buy something else, continued to pay New Year's greetings. The next people who needed to pay New Year's greetings included Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yibai, Wang Xiaoshuai, Dou Wei, and Yuan Heping who was in Beijing.

Of course, the biggest gain was from the middle-aged couple Jiang Feng met by chance who came to visit relatives. He gave them 10 kilograms of mutton, stood at the entrance of the alley and chatted with the middle-aged couple about movies for more than ten minutes, and got his cell phone number.

This private mobile number...

Haha, in a few years, it can basically be said to be priceless!
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January 2001, 1, the second day of the Chinese New Year

Before the smell of gunpowder from the New Year's firecrackers had dissipated, Jiang Feng boarded a flight to Salt Lake City, the United States. The filming team that set off at the same time as Jiang Feng, led by photographer Gu Changwei, lighting engineer Xing Jianwei, and prop master Liu Peng, flew directly from Beijing to Los Angeles.

Well, this can be considered as splitting our forces into two groups.

The filming crew went to Los Angeles to make final preparations for the filming of the movie "Seeing Ghosts", and Jiang Feng flew to Salt Lake City, actually to Park City next to Salt Lake City to attend the St. Denis Film Festival. He also wanted to choose the heroine of his movie at the St. Denis Film Festival.

After all, actors who often star in thriller and horror movies will appear at this film festival, especially those who like to shoot low-budget films.

It took a long time. It took 14 and a half hours to fly from Beijing to Seattle. He was delayed for two hours in Seattle, and then after another two hours of flying, Jiang Feng finally arrived at Salt Lake City International Airport.

Since Salt Lake City is only 35 kilometers away from Park City, Jiang Feng is not too anxious. He decides to stay in Salt Lake City for one night and then rush to his destination the next day.

The hotel they stayed in was Hilton, because it was right next to the Salt Lake City International Airport, making it convenient to stay. But when they arrived at the hotel, Jiang Feng was a little disappointed.

I originally thought it was a high-rise building, but the famous Hilton Hotel here is more like a factory building in the mainland, and the tallest building in a large area is only three stories high.

However, the environment is pretty good. There is a natural lake in front of the hotel. The waves are sparkling in the sunlight, and there are a few swans playing on the lake. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, facing the sunset, Jiang Feng sat on a bench by the lake and admired the scenery for a while. He planned to eat something in the restaurant and then go back to the room to rest.

It was difficult to fall asleep due to jet lag, but Jiang Feng still planned to force himself to sleep.

Although there are Chinese people in Salt Lake City, they are not a major gathering place like in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Therefore, even though the Hilton Hotel is a five-star hotel, the menu in the restaurant is still mainly Western, such as steak, barbecue, milk bread, fruit salad, etc.

Sitting in the restaurant and studying the menu carefully, Jiang Feng decided to eat some pasta because, in comparison, pasta is more in line with Chinese tastes.

But just as the pasta came up, a tall blonde beauty walked out of the restaurant. She frowned, looked at the restaurant, and then walked straight to Jiang Feng.

"Hello, can I share a table with you?"

"Of course!"

Jiang Feng turned around and saw that this small western restaurant was indeed crowded, so he motioned for her to be at her leisure. "Thank you!"

The blonde girl smiled brightly, raised her hand and snapped her fingers, calling the waiter in the restaurant over.

"Black pepper steak cooked to medium rare, one serving of watermelon juice, and one serving of chocolate dessert."

"Okay, wait a moment, miss!"

The star-rated hotels here are not like those in China, where beautiful women are generally employed as waiters. Instead, the waiters here are uncles in their 40s or 50s. Although the uncles look strong, they are also very polite. After listening to the beautiful women ordering the dishes, they respond politely and go to the bar to place the order.

The beautiful woman in flat shoes, jeans and a floral sweater seemed to want to smoke. She took out a pack of cigarettes from her coat, put it under her nose, sniffed it, and then put it back in her pocket.

"Well, Chinese, do you smoke?"

"Sorry, I'm from Kyoto." Jiang Feng spoke in Japanese.

But who would have thought that after he finished speaking, the beautiful woman in front of him burst into laughter.

"Feng, I'm a fan of your songs and movies. It seems a bit inappropriate for you to say that you are a low-life Kyoto person in front of me, right? Haha..."

Jiang Feng frowned when he heard the beautiful woman say this. The image of the beautiful woman in front of him did look familiar, but he wrote about Chinese entertainment in his previous life and didn't know much about American actresses.

The ones I know are those with distinctive features, such as Charles Theron, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, etc. Apart from them, I basically don't know anyone else.

Even though it looks familiar, I definitely can't remember its name.

"Oh, really? Thanks."

Although he didn't recognize the beautiful woman in front of him, Jiang Feng was still polite. After greeting her, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and prepared to leave the restaurant.

But at this time, the beauty spoke again.

“Feng, I have seen the films you wrote, directed, and starred in, Moon and Saw, as well as Saw 2 which is currently showing in theaters.

Not only that, last year, when I was filming the thriller "The Last Airbender", I also specifically referred to your performance in "Saw".

But unfortunately, the film was not eligible to be shown at the St. Denis Film Festival, and the total box office of the film, which cost $800 million, was only $400 million.

"Well, what do you want to say?"

"I want to say two things, no, I think three things.

First, why are the movies I performed in your style not doing well at the box office? Can you give me some advice?
Second, I know you are here to attend the St. Denis Film Festival, and will also sneak into Park City to watch a movie, just to see the competitor's movie. Can you take me with you?

Third, let's formally introduce myself. My name is Jessica Alba. I have been working in the film and television industry since I was 14 years old, and it has been 6 years now. "

Seeing the girl standing up confidently, Jiang Feng looked her up and down and asked, "How did you know I was here?"

"Five hours ago, I contacted Jon Fillmore, CEO of Lionsgate, hoping to play a role in your movie, 'Seeing the Ghost.' Then, Mr. Jon Fillmore told me that you were coming to Salt Lake City today."

(End of this chapter)