Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 231 There is no pure friendship between men and women

Liu Xiaoli was not the only one who felt incredible about The Whistleblower's box office performance.

In fact, the Nakamura family, who had been selling red films for three generations, never imagined that an anti-war film produced in mainland China could make 39 million at the box office in 5 left-wing theaters in Japan in just one week.

This means that on average, the single-day box office revenue for a single theater exceeded 180 million yen. Based on the 900 yen ticket price for The Wind, more than 2000 people went to the cinema to watch The Wind every day.

Independent cinemas such as Fukada and Kurokawa are actually old and dilapidated family-run theaters.

The largest Fukada Cinema has only five theaters, while most other theaters have only two or three theaters.

Taro Fukada and Catfish Kurokawa and others who once showed off in front of Shota Nakamura were already stunned by the surging crowds that their shabby movie theater had never seen before.

Because their attendance rate for each game can almost be maintained at over 60%, and there have been one or two full houses during prime time!
Taro Fukada has never seen anything like this since he opened this cinema specializing in showing independent and niche films in the 80s.

But the good times don't last long,
On the first day, after the popularity brought by the advertisement, the box office of "The Whistleblower" also took a strange curve due to the controversy on the Internet.

On the second and third days, many insulting comments about the movie appeared on the Internet.
The Whistleblower's single-day box office fell sharply, with the total Japanese box office closing at over 4400 million and over 3600 million.

How could I not curse?!
The advertisement said it was a good game of wits to catch the traitor, but what did you end up acting out?
You fucking turned the Imperial Japanese Army into ghosts!
Not to mention the right-wingers who were tricked into entering the cinema, most ordinary people who were not hardcore anti-Japanese people couldn't stand it either.

There are even people online calling for a petition to the government to ban the rumor.

When theater owners thought that the grand opening day was just a flash in the pan,
Unexpectedly, on the fourth weekend, The Whistleblower's box office started to make a comeback.

On the fourth day, Friday, it closed at 5900 million.

Day 8600, Saturday: million.

On the sixth day, Sunday, the film achieved the best single-day performance, several million yen higher than the first day, closing at 1.1 million yen.
Day 6500, Monday, million.

So far, the box office has exceeded 5 million Dan in 2000 theaters in seven days.

Once again, everyone was stunned.

According to statistics, this group, the main force contributing to the box office, are mostly students taking a break on the weekend and some working women taking a break.

The reason is that this group of people have the least sense of family and country.

So in their word of mouth, the well-made "The Sound of Wind" is full of various elements that interest them.

First of all, there are many superstars.

In addition to the Japanese veteran superstar Kitano Takeshi who performed his former style in The Wind,

Similarly, Chen Nuo's appearance in Japanese military uniform also attracted many of his Japanese female fans.

In the eyes of these Japanese women, Chen Jun looked very handsome and friendly in his country's military uniform.

As for the more fanatical part, many people would watch it twice or three times during the weekends. As for what does it matter if it is a little abnormal in the drama? Isn't it common in our daily life?

In addition to the appeal of movie stars, there are also exciting scenes, true stories, stunning women, fierce men, as well as ups and downs of the plot and gripping suspense.

When all these elements are added together, it is indeed a good movie, as many Japanese who hate it have to admit.

This time when Chen Nuo came, he learned from the Nakamura father and son that although "The Whisper" was only released on a small scale, the effect was so popular that more than 20 cinemas that had cooperated with the Nakamuras have contacted them again and want to screen "The Whisper".

Chen Nuo finalized this matter before meeting Liu Yifei.

At this time, hearing Liu Xiaoli's surprise at the box office of Fengsheng, he didn't want to say much, but just said lightly: "Everything depends on human effort, Aunt Liu. In fact, as long as you work hard, you can create miracles."

Liu Xiaoli was really angry.

To her, this seemed to be a mockery of her bringing Liu Yifei to Japan in the first place.

But was it because she didn’t work hard enough that Sissi’s plan to become a triple star in film, television and music failed?

Although Chen Nuo's status is a little higher now, for her, the distance between them is closer.

After all, her Xixi has almost become his yes-man. Whenever they chat, she would always mention "Chen Nuo said this and that", which made her feel sour and unhappy recently.

Therefore, Liu Xiaoli didn't say anything polite and replied indifferently: "But, Xiaonuo, I didn't see how hard you worked."

Chen Nuo laughed and said, "Could it be because you didn't look carefully, Aunt Liu?"

Liu Xiaoli also laughed and said gently, "How else can I look, Xiao Chen? Do you want me to use a magnifying glass to scan your entire body?"

Chen Nuo felt that this was strange, so he laughed dryly twice, then turned to Liu Yifei, who had been silent and seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Accompany me to meet a group of guests first, and then I have an appointment with the group of people from TBS for dinner in the evening. You and Aunt Liu can come with me then, and I will introduce you to each other."

Liu Yifei didn't ask any more questions and nodded, "Oh."

Then, she frankly said the thought that had been lingering in her mind, "Chen Nuo, after filming this play, I want to make a movie with you, what do you think?"

At this moment, Chen Nuo was really a little confused.

Why is everyone looking for him to act in movies now? If you count, he has three movies to shoot soon.

After asking, I found out that Liu Yifei didn't want anything from him at all, but just wanted to work hard to become a better person.

"I was in Japan last night and watched The Message again. I think what that person on the Internet said is right. Bingbing's acting is indeed much better than mine."

"I want to find a role that I can devote myself to."

"If it's the kind of vital role that the film review said, it would be best if I could feel the vigorous and deep vitality on the African savannah during the performance. I think I had that feeling when I played The Return of the Condor Heroes with you. Um, so, okay?"

Liu Yifei's words were serious and emotional, which made Chen Nuo serious as well. He looked at Liu Yifei for a while.

Liu Xiaoli watched from the side with a little trepidation.

Liu Yifei told her about this last night. Although she didn't say anything at the time, she was absolutely willing in her heart!

No matter what Liu Yifei thinks, it seems a bit illusory to Liu Xiaoli.

Judging from his net worth alone, being able to play opposite Chen Nuo would definitely be beneficial rather than harmful.

However, even if Liu Yifei told her, Chen Nuo would definitely agree. But in Liu Xiaoli's opinion, this was not certain.

What is friendship or not? There is no such thing as pure friendship between men and women.

Chen Nuo, who has known Liu Yifei for such a long time, has never said anything beyond the boundaries of friendship, nor has he done anything beyond the boundaries of friendship.
It's totally abnormal!

Moreover, according to her most sensitive point of view, Liu Yifei and Chen Nuo now feel that it is a bit inappropriate...

But she also knew that her precious daughter really took this matter very seriously.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to the movies last night after traveling so long. Maybe he had already thought about it before he went there, and he wanted to ask Chen Nuo for this today.

Liu Xiaoli stared at Chen Nuo's mouth anxiously, fearing that he would say no.

"No..." Chen Nuo said, "...It's not good, but I guess I have to wait until next year to find a schedule."

He gasped so hard that Liu Xiaoli really wanted to slap him.

Liu Yifei smiled immediately, with her curved eyebrows and eyes, just like the cherry blossom trees in Ueno that were blown by the wind, shaking off a pile of crimson petals that slowly floated down in the air with the wind, making people's eyes linger on them and reluctant to leave.

She smiled with dimples on her face and said, "Me too. After I finish filming this movie this year and the few commercials that the company has arranged for me, I will be going to Africa. I'm talking about next year."

Chen Nuo was speechless for a moment.

Can’t you make more movies?
Can’t you learn from Fan Binbing?
Africa, Africa, do you really consider Tanzania your home?

But on second thought, it seems that this person has always been like this in his previous life.

Chen Nuo didn't try to persuade him.

Although, this acting talent is inconsistent with his previous career plan for Liu Yifei,

But Chen Nuo felt a little relieved that this lazy female artist in the company suddenly wanted to make progress.

His company currently has a total of four female artists, two of whom are still in the investigation stage.

The remaining ones are Liu Yifei and Fan Binbing. Fan Binbing's current career in both Mainland China and Hong Kong is progressing much faster than Liu Yifei's in Japan and South Korea.

Last year, after filming The Whisper of the Wind, Fan Binbing listened to his advice and did not take on Li Yu's Apple. Instead, she accepted the company's suggestion to take on the role of a vixen in Painted Skin.

According to the progress he understands, after Fan Binbing finishes promoting "The Sound of Wind" and returns to the crew, "Painted Skin" will be completed and should be released within this year.

Afterwards, Qi Yuntian helped Fan Binbing take on a Hong Kong Eagle King commercial blockbuster: "Shinjuku Incident", in which she partnered with Cheng Long and played the leading female role.

At the end of this year, there will be a Hong Kong movie "The Siege of the City in October" and "The Founding of a Republic" with mainland Chinese director Han.

Although they only went in to show their faces, their schedule was already full.

In Chen Nuo's opinion, the film "Shinjuku Incident" was Yang Shoucheng's way of making peace with him after he won the Oscar. He accepted it.

Because Fan Binbing's performance in this blockbuster starring Jackie Chan and starring many superstars means that she has truly stepped into the Hong Kong film industry, which is a crucial step for her career development.

Fan Binbing's feeling at the time about the company helping her get this role was,

I flew to Beijing that night, and under the pretext of celebrating the Golden Globe Award for Chen Nuo, I dressed up as little animals and played with him all night. The next day, I took an early flight back to Shenyang to attend an event.

Therefore, in Chen Nuo's opinion, the company has given enough resources to Fan Binbing, so it is naturally impossible to favor one over the other for Liu Yifei.

Since people ask for it, give it a chance.

If it still doesn’t work this time, I will just follow the company’s arrangements and conquer the idol drama market in the three East Asian countries.

Stop thinking about whether your acting is good or not.

After thinking it over, Chen Nuo said, "Then I'll ask Manager Qi to choose and see if the company has any scripts suitable for you and me to act in."

"Also, remember, you can go to Africa, but you must wear sunscreen well, or you will end up looking like an African girl when you come back."

"Otherwise, I can only let you play the role of Hua Mulan who joins the army to replace her father, and see if you can feel the vitality of being a man."

"Bah, you're the one playing Mulan. How can I be a man?"

Seeing that the matter was finalized, Liu Yifei felt completely relaxed. In Chen Nuo's opinion, she was just starting to play the role of a naive person again.

"Then it's settled. Chen Nuo, who are you going to meet later?"

"It's from a film company. When the time comes, um, Aunt Liu, I'll have to trouble you to act as my temporary agent."

Liu Xiaoli asked curiously, "Why, Xiao Chen, someone wants you to make a movie again?"

"Yes, Aunt Liu, when the time comes, just look at my expression and ask for a salary increase for me. I'll take care of the rest myself. By the way, it's an American company, Aunt Liu, remember to speak English to them when the time comes."

Liu Xiaoli's heart was suddenly filled with turmoil, and she couldn't help but ask again: "Xiao Chen, are you going to cooperate with Hollywood again?"

“Not counting Hollywood, it’s just an independent film company.”

"Which one?"

"It's a small company called Summit Entertainment."

Liu Xiaoli was stunned for a moment. "The publisher of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Memento?"

Chen Nuo was also surprised and looked Liu Xiaoli up and down, "Aunt Liu, you know all this?"

Liu Xiaoli didn't say that after Liu Yifei's appearance at the Oscars, she went to get a deeper understanding of Hollywood.

Although the recent me too controversy made her feel that all crows are black, she never forgot the possibility of Liu Yifei becoming popular in China from abroad!
"Yes, I know. Xiao Chen, did they come from the United States specifically to see you?"

"Yes." Seeing that Liu Xiaoli was about to ask more questions, Chen Nuo interrupted her and said, "Aunt Liu, you only need to say one sentence for me when the time comes. Thank you."

Liu Xiaoli did have many questions she wanted to ask, but they were all blocked by Chen Nuo. She felt like she was being scratched by a cat and was extremely itchy.

Chen Nuo said to Liu Yifei again: "You are just a friend of mine, you don't need to say anything. But those who come here are from the same country as you, so don't be so tactful when the time comes."

Liu Yifei smiled slightly, looking calm and composed, but her hands were already twisted on Chen Nuo's waist, grabbing a little bit of flesh and twisting it clockwise very hard, "Chen Nuo, say it to me again."

"Okay, okay, stop, stop, I won't say any more. You are in Cao's camp but your heart is with Han, this is fine, right?"

Liu Yifei snorted and said, "Don't think that no one can deal with you when Xiaoshan is not around. Oh, by the way, you and Xiaoshan hyped up your breakup, and now two weeks have passed for "The Sound of Wind", and the box office has exceeded 3 million. But how did you end up?"

Chen Nuo sighed and said, "I don't know either. Anyway, we will officially be separated from now on."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "But actually there is no score, right?"

Chen Nuo glanced at Aunt Liu who was gossiping beside him and said calmly, "Actually, they did."

Liu Xiaoli interrupted with a surprised look on her face: "Really?"

If we say that after all these years and going through so many things, Chen Nuo's trust in Liu Yifei can be said to have reached 98 points.

My trust in her as a mother is still only 2 points.

Therefore, he absolutely could not tell the truth in front of Liu Xiaoli. Otherwise, he was really afraid that the headlines of the next day would read, "Informed sources revealed that Chen Nuo personally admitted that he and Wen Yongshan used the breakup as a publicity stunt."

"Of course it's true, Aunt Liu."

If it wasn’t for the Hollywood rich man, oh no, it was his friends who were about to come, Chen Nuo really didn’t know how many lies he would have to tell to deal with the gossipy Liu Xiaoli.

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When they met Chen Nuo, neither Summit Entertainment's president Rob Friedman, vice president Will Richardson, nor Catherine Hardwicke, who had a grudge, showed any disrespect to this star who was so big that they had to fly across countless time zones to meet him on the other side of the world.

Everyone had a warm smile on their face, even Chen's female companion, the beautiful Miss Liu, and his mother, who were all showered with compliments, which made Liu Xiaoli unable to help but smile and forget about the gossip between them.

After the two parties got to know each other and introduced themselves, Chen Nuo explained that Chris, who had previously been in contact with them, had returned to China for some business, so he and his agent Liu Xiaoli would be in charge of the talks.

Therefore, in order to save both parties' precious time, he spoke directly to the point.

"I like the novel Twilight very much. In fact, when I was filming The Dark Knight in the United States, I went to a bookstore and bought a few books, including this one. It gave me some inspiration. I don't know if you noticed that when I played the role of JOKER, I actually added some vampire elements..." Chen Nuo said without blinking.

Joker? Vampire? Upon hearing this, Rob Friedman couldn't help but exchange a glance with Will Richardson, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Regardless of whether it was true or not, what Chen Nuo said now would definitely attract a lot of attention during the film's promotion period.

Chen Nuo continued, "So when Chris told me that you were interested in having me play Twilight, I didn't want to refuse. In fact, I like this novel. I like the fairy-tale love in it, and I am also very interested in playing Edward. However, I was also hesitant. After all, in the book, Edward is undoubtedly a white man. I am very curious, why did you choose me?"

The mystery is solved.

God, even though Susan and he analyzed countless reasons why Chen would be tempted, they racked their brains and never thought that the evil and crazy clown actor actually liked to read girl novels like "Twilight".

Chen, is actually a fan of the book "Twilight"!

Rob Friedman was really stunned. He took a deep breath and said, "Chen, in fact, you don't have to worry about the skin color. I don't think there is anyone in the American film company who will ignore your huge role in the film because of your skin color."

"And Mel has decided to change the setting in her novel for you, making the Cullens more diverse."

Chen Nuo showed a perfectly shy smile and said, "Hearing you say that, then I have no problem." After that, he glanced at Liu Xiaoli calmly.

Liu Xiaoli immediately responded, "Mr. Friedman, I wonder how much you are offering us for the film?"

Rob Friedman glanced at Will Richardson again, and when he saw him nod slightly, he said directly, "Three million dollars."

300 million US dollars, in this era, is equivalent to 2500 million RMB.

Although Liu Xiaoli knew that the Oscar winner was extraordinary and was mentally prepared, she couldn't hold it together and took a deep breath.

How old is Chen Nuo? Only one year older than Xixi.

How long has it been since he debuted? He can earn more than 2000 million for filming a movie! ?

She repeated subconsciously: "300 million US dollars?"

(End of this chapter)