Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 672 What is meant by "international Philippines"?
Director Li was just jokingly saying he wanted Zhang Yixing to make a cameo appearance for him; the production team didn't really take it seriously.

Zhang Yixing is so popular right now, you think he'd just come if you asked him? Or even for free?

Since Li Qiutang said those words, the production team has not contacted Zhang Yixing's team to discuss his cameo appearance schedule.

But they couldn't help taking it to heart.

Zhang Yixing's team proactively contacted the production crew, saying that once filming resumes, they can contact them anytime and they will adjust their schedules to accommodate the crew.

They also got Chen Zhixi's contact information and would greet her from time to time, saying that they were always ready to be called upon by the crew to make a cameo appearance.

The production crew saw that he really wanted to come, so they granted his request.

It's just a cameo role. How much screen time he gets is entirely up to Li Qiutang. If he can really act, he'll get more lines and more screen time. If he can't act, he'll just be a background character.

Given Li Qiutang's status, she can afford to offend Zhang Yixing.

That evening, after filming wrapped up, Li Qiutang was alone in her room, eating and looking at the shooting schedule for the next day.

There was a knock on the door, and Li Qiutang went to open it. He lived in a regular suite; he didn't like to have his assistant stay with him.

"Hello, Director." Zhang Yixing appeared at the door. He was filming his scene tomorrow, and he arrived tonight.

"I thought you wouldn't arrive until tomorrow morning. Come in." Seeing Zhang Yixing's assistant holding up a phone and filming, "What's this?"

"Take a video to record it," his assistant said.

understand.

Let him in. Zhang Yixing didn't come for anything else, just to check in and have a chat.

Li Qiutang's room wasn't particularly tidy; it seemed like even the director's room was messy, with all sorts of random things piled up.

"Have a seat, we just finished our debriefing meeting." The crew's daily debriefing meetings are sometimes held in the producer's room, and sometimes in his room.

“We’re just starting out in acting, so please feel free to criticize us if we don’t do a good job,” his assistant said.

"Everyone starts from not knowing and then learns. If you study hard, you'll eventually learn. Even if someone is not very smart, they can still learn to act, right?"

The two chatted like that, and Zhang Yixing said that he had acted in some dramas before, including many hits, such as "To Be a Better Man" with Sun Honglei, "The Mystic Nine" with Zhao Liying and others, and "Kung Fu Yoga" with Jackie Chan. But he also admitted that he still hadn't figured it out after acting in so many dramas.

"I know I didn't act well, but I don't know what's wrong with it or how to act well." With this kind of clear understanding, there's still hope.

But to say that no one around him understands opera is definitely impossible. But even if someone does understand opera, there's no need for them to tell him that he's the most popular young actor right now. Nobody tells him the truth.

His time is calculated by the minute, and the director can't possibly cut corners on his scenes. He can act out one or two takes, but can he give you three or four? What are you thinking! Just let it pass if it's close enough.

Li Qiutang was pleased that he had such a clear self-awareness, but he didn't know much about Zhang Yixing, hadn't seen him act, and had no way of pointing out his flaws. He could only offer some platitudes to appease him: "Watch more excellent performances, and then try to figure out why they acted that way, how they performed it. Watch more, think more, practice more, take it slowly. Acting is a lifelong pursuit. How many years have you been acting this year?"

"I was born in 91, I'm 26 years old."

It's alright. Li Qiutang debuted after graduating at 22, and at 26, she's not young anymore.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yixing said goodbye: "See you tomorrow, Director."

"great, see you tomorrow."

Before filming began the next day, Li Qiutang was informed that Zhang Yixing only had half a day available for the crew that morning, and he would have to leave by 2 p.m. at the latest.

Zhang Yixing makes a cameo appearance as the new astronaut who succeeds Liu Peiqiang. Liu Peiqiang goes through the handover procedures with him, and he only has one line: "Understood."

These days, young people know how to do favors. Even if it's just a cameo for half a day, or even if there are only two words of dialogue, Zhang Yixing still bought coffee and milk tea for the whole crew and left them at the entrance of the studio.

Since it was just a cameo, Zhang Yixing didn't expect much; he just wanted to show his face and say a couple of lines.

Li Qiutang was giving instructions on set when Zhang Yixing suddenly asked, "Director, what's my character's name?"

"No name yet. If you want, you can call him Zhang Yixing." "Okay."

There are only two people involved in Zhang Yixing's scenes: Liu Peiqiang and Makarov.

However, the background extras are also crucial. Li Qiutang repeatedly emphasized that the extras should not engage in the scene-stealing behavior that happened a few days ago. If it happens a second time, they will be fired immediately.

The moment the words "get lost" were uttered, Zhang Yixing, who was standing nearby, realized that Director Li might still have a temper on set.

"Come on, let's hurry up." Li Qiutang didn't go back to the director's chair, but took the wireless monitor and stepped aside. "This scene is very simple, don't complicate it."

Four hours later, Zhang Yixing, Li Qiutang, Wu Jing, and others took a group photo, announcing the end of filming. They didn't eat lunch on set, removed their makeup, and got directly into the car parked at the studio entrance to head to their next destination.

The crew was having lunch. Wu Jing and Li Qiutang sat together. While eating, Wu Jing kept thinking, and the more he thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. "Isn't this just a cameo role? How come I've been filming for more than half a month and it's still not finished?"
However, he hesitated to ask Li Qiutang directly because of her kindness in helping him film "Wolf Warrior" twice.

Go ahead and shoot. We'll call it a day whenever we're done shooting.

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No one expected that Justice League would lose to Pacific Rim 2 in the international market, and even lose to Pacific Rim 2 in the domestic market.

A week after Pacific Rim 2 was released, Justice League was released in China, but by then, audiences for some big-budget films had already been completely consumed by Pacific Rim 2.

This resulted in Justice League only grossing $2.3 million in its opening weekend in China.

Pacific Rim 2, which has been in theaters for 14 days, has already grossed a staggering 18 billion yuan in China, leading the box office for the entire November season.

It's only a matter of time before it surpasses "Transformers 4," but whether it can surpass "The Fate of the Furious" to become the best-selling foreign film of the year remains to be seen.

Why is it said that it remains to be seen?

Because there is a large gap in the Lunar New Year film season this December.

In previous years, domestic films would be released in early December, but this year, no major domestic films were released in the first half of December. Feng Xiaogang's "Youth" was released on the 15th.

What kind of shows were released in the first half of the month? "The Comedy Movie: I Want Happiness" and "The Huge Phone Call"? Are these even watchable?
There are good films, such as "Darkest Hour," "Paddington 2," and "Loving Vincent," and tickets are available, but these three films are not expected to spark a movie-going frenzy.

Therefore, there is still a chance for Pacific Rim 2.

However, many people overlook the existence of another Hollywood animated film, Coco.

It only grossed 1280 million yuan on its opening day in China, but it achieved an incredible 1.18 million yuan in its opening weekend, and its reputation was even better than that of "Cycle 2".

However, the audience for animated films and the audience for "Coco 2" do not overlap. "Coco" and "Coco 2" may even complement each other and attract each other's audiences.

Liu Yifei has finished the first round of promotions for "Pacific Rim 2" and returned to China from Australia.

Except for Japan, which she couldn't make it to due to time constraints, she visited all the world's most important markets and emerging markets.

However, before she could even rest, her agent came to her door with a stack of scripts.

"So many?"

"These are the ones we've selected for you. Take your time looking through them."

In this month, Red Star House received more than 70 scripts, the furthest of which was scheduled for Liu Yifei in 2020.

"I forgot to tell you, Guo Fan and Disney contacted you tonight to discuss 'Mulan'. They booked a restaurant for you, and I'll pick you up tonight."

"I just got back, sis, I'm still jet-lagged." Liu Yifei tried to act shamelessly.

But the agent wouldn't have it: "There's nothing I can do, we promised them, poor thing."

(End of this chapter)