Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 375 I Miss You Too! Spider-Man Casting
Los Angeles.

"Is Zhang Weiping really willing to invest such a huge sum?"

Gu Bei heard Liu Yifei mention this matter.
It seems that Zhang Weiping has some talent in business marketing.

During the Lunar New Year film season, you can spend twenty yuan to go in and watch a traditional folk opera performance by the master and apprentice from Fengtian, as well as a photography show by director Zhang Yimou.

Thinking about it this way, it's not impossible for the general public to accept.

The two have been linked for so many years

It was clearly not because of any favor Zhang Weiping had done for Zhang Yimou.

Otherwise, Zhang Yimou should repay Wu Tianming's kindness at Xi'an Film Studio.

Rather, it's because over the years, Zhang Weiping must have made Zhang Yimou feel that he's had enough.

"OK!"

Liu Yifei sat on the mattress, hugging a pillow, and nodded. "The newspapers are saying that 'Bodyguards and Assassins' will most likely break 300 million at the box office and become the champion of this year's Lunar New Year film season!"

Gu Bei chuckled softly upon hearing this.

There's no problem with "Bodyguards and Assassins" grossing over 300 million.
For the Chinese film market, the rumor that the film has grossed over 500 million yuan is significant.
It's not just about breaking box office records.

More importantly, it has brought in a new audience by expanding its reach. If these new viewers have a good experience, they will likely make another purchase during the Lunar New Year holiday two months later.

If we can retain these new viewers time and time again, the Chinese film market will be greatly expanded, which will contribute to its future rapid growth.

Unfortunately, just like its original fate, Bodyguards and Assassins defeated all Chinese-language films, only to be replaced by Avatar, a film that transcends the century.

but,

That doesn't stop Gu Bei from enjoying the present moment.

He leaned back against the chair, the ergonomic chair perfectly supporting his back.

He closed his eyes, smiled, and said to Liu Yifei through the microphone, "Say more, I love to hear it!"

"Beautiful!"

Liu Yifei spat lightly.

But she jumped out of bed, jogged over to find the newspaper she had just flipped through, and read it to Gu Bei: "Linlang Entertainment, which was established only a year ago, has now surpassed Huayi, which just went public, and become the leader of private film and television companies in China!"

"Not bad!"

Gu Bei let out a satisfied sound.
He could already imagine it in his mind.

On the other end of the phone, Liu Yifei rolled her eyes repeatedly while reading aloud news articles praising him.

Unfortunately, the two of them were separated by the Pacific Ocean and a fifteen-hour time difference, so they couldn't see her smug little expression.

“From the summer season to the National Day and Lunar New Year seasons, Linlang Entertainment’s films have become the box office champions for Chinese films during the three most important periods in the second half of the year.”

With three films grossing over one billion yuan, accounting for 15% of the total box office in mainland China in 2009, this is the report card that Linlang Entertainment has delivered to us this year!

And next year,

Linlang Entertainment will still be bringing you three films.
The Spring Festival film "Lost in Journey", the summer film "Aftershock", and the Lunar New Year film "Let the Bullets Fly" are all examples of this.

It still features the same setup of one low-budget film and two blockbusters. Just looking at the cast and crew, there are Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Gong Li, Chow Yun-fat, Ge You, Jiang Wen, and Chen Kaige.

"I can already award next year's box office champion to Gu Bei's Linlang Entertainment!"

When Liu Yifei read this far, she finally couldn't take it anymore and threw the newspaper aside. "To be honest, did you hire someone to write this report? It's so exaggerated!"

"The data listed inside is quite impressive!"

Gu Bei sat up straight and said with a smile, "If I were to ask someone to write it..."

I'll have it add the box office figures for artists and stars.
The two films together grossed 300 million.

"So, of the estimated 65 billion yuan in national box office revenue this year, I could account for more than one-fifth!"

"That won't do!"

Liu Yifei heard this,

She immediately stood up, put one hand on her hip, and retorted, "Artists and Stars belong to my Rose Pictures!"

"Go, go, go!"

Gu Bei, thinking of Liu Yifei's possessive expression, smiled and gave her a playful slap, "When is the boss lady coming back?"

The accounts of the artists, the stars, and Twilight 2 are waiting for you to sign!

and……

I miss you too!

Alas, alas, alas!
Liu Yifei, who was just about to start arguing,

Gu Bei's sudden sweet talk completely threw me off balance.

The main reason is that she has spent far too much time with Gu Bei this year.

Starting from the time Gu Bei returned to China before the release of Starship, they traveled from Kyoto to Jiangcheng and then to Hengdian, before finally returning to North America together.

Although Gu Bei was filming La La Land in the middle of the project, Liu Yifei had many jobs due to her rising popularity.

However, since both of them are in North America and there is not much difference in their time zones, coupled with their busy work schedules, they have the illusion that they are in the same space.

After La La Land finished filming, the two returned to China together, promoted Starship together, and faced the enormous pressure from Tencent together.

Following that, he spent his birthday vacation in Europe, attended the Venice International Film Festival, saw the release of The Message, filmed Gravity, attended the Golden Horse Awards, and then finished filming Gravity.
This year, the two of them spent more than nine consecutive months together.

For people in the entertainment industry, this amount of time spent together is already incredibly long!

Humans are creatures that are not easily satisfied.
When they're stuck together, there's nothing particularly special about them.

But when they finally separated, even though it was only ten days, it felt like an eternity.
Even someone as emotionally stable as Liu Yifei felt a bit anxious and wanted to have a fight with Gu Bei to find out her place in his heart.

And Gu Bei's words, "I miss you,"
It instantly soothed Liu Yifei's anxious heart.

She paused for a moment by the phone's microphone, then said softly, "I miss you too!"

"I don't believe it! How much do you want to?"

Gu Bei countered with a direct question.

"Gu! Bei!"

Liu Yifei said angrily.

You ruined the perfect atmosphere with just one sentence!

"How was your experience working on Wong Kar-wai's film set?" Gu Bei asked with a smile.

"A bit boring!"

Liu Yifei twirled her hair with her fingers and said with some distress, "Director Wang's filming style is indeed a bit strange. He's not as clear-cut as you are in giving instructions."

When you chat with him, he doesn't clearly tell you what kind of feeling he needs. In short, he makes you keep trying, trying again and again.

It's fine when I have scenes to film, but it's really boring when I don't!

After a pause,

Liu Yifei seemed to remember something: "Oh right, I met a friend on set, Song Hye-kyo from South Korea. I don't know if you know her, she acted in 'Autumn in My Heart' and 'Full House'!"

Descendants of the Sun!

Gu Bei naturally knew this.

This Korean drama is probably the most popular Korean drama since "My Love from the Star".

This was also the last glimmer of Korean dramas before the ban on Korean entertainment. After that, Korean dramas, burdened by the ban, were no longer able to create any breakthrough phenomena in China. After Song Hye-kyo reached the top in the television drama industry, she began to try her hand at the film industry.

However, she didn't make much of a splash in Korean movies, so in the last two years she has been looking for a breakthrough in Chinese films, appearing in movies like The Grandmaster and The Crossing.

In the movie "The Grandmaster", Song Hye-kyo played Ip Man's first wife. Although she had a lot of scenes, most of them were cut by Wong Kar-wai.

Gu Bei was about to speak, but after thinking for a moment, he changed his words: "Of course I know her, I grew up watching her TV dramas!"

This statement made Song Hye-kyo sound a generation older, even though she was only five years older than Gu Bei. Her words created a distance between them.

"You're being really hurtful!"

Liu Yifei shook her head, seemingly unaware of this.

The two chatted for a while.

Liu Yifei reluctantly hung up the phone.

It was morning on her end, but fifteen hours later on Gu Bei's end, it would be late at night soon if they delayed any longer, and she couldn't bear to let Gu Bei continue to stay up all night.

After hanging up the phone,

Liu Yifei held her phone and stared blankly at the wall for a while.

The anxiety that had just subsided was now surging back, making her feel a little uncomfortable.

Even though we were often separated by the Pacific Ocean before,

And this is an unavoidable characteristic of the professions of actor and director.

But this separation brought even stronger feelings, even stronger than during the honeymoon phase.

"Feelings are so hard to understand!"

Liu Yifei was a little confused.

Scientifically speaking, the dopamine released from love can only last for six months to a year and a half, but the unbearable psychological pain she's experiencing now makes her question that theory.

"Da da da!"

at this time,

There was a knock at the door.

When Liu Yifei opened the door, she saw Song Hye-kyo holding a badminton shuttlecock and inviting her in Korean-accented English: "Xixi, wanna play badminton?"

Wong Kar-wai's filming process is just too slow.

Neither of them, the actresses, have roles to play every day.
So when I was bored, I could only find other ways to relieve my boredom, and that's how I met and became friends with someone through badminton.

"Wait a minute, let me tidy up."

Liu Yifei, unusually, didn't want to be alone, so she packed her things and prepared to play ball with Song Hye-kyo.

Song Hye-kyo noticed that she was holding her phone tightly the whole time, and then she asked with a gossipy look, "Sissi, why are you holding your phone? Is it because of your boyfriend?"

"Yes!"

Liu Yifei glanced at her phone, which she was unconsciously holding, smiled, and agreed.

Song Hye-kyo's eyes immediately blazed with the fire of gossip.

She wasn't quite sure about Liu Yifei's status in the mainland entertainment industry.
But I've also heard that the Message is the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in history, and that The Fault in Our Stars grossed $4.5 million worldwide.

All of this proves that Liu Yifei is a top-notch actress, and her relationship is big news!
However, the female translator next to Song Hye-kyo was even more excited than Song Hye-kyo.

The matter between Liu Yifei and Gu Bei,
That's hardly a secret anymore.

Even if it's something that's already obvious, if Liu Yifei, the person in question, admits it, it's still a huge bombshell!
If it's not Gu Bei on the other end, then this is even bigger news!

"Hey!"

Liu Yifei's assistant sighed.

Her boss made a slip of the tongue, but in the end, it was she who solved the problem.

She grabbed the female translator's wrist, took the translator, who was eager to hear gossip, to a corner, and gave her a warning.

After Liu Yifei saw this scene,
I also felt a little apologetic towards my assistant.

But it also made me more certain of my condition.
My mind is in turmoil!

Meanwhile, Gu Bei, who was in Hollywood at the moment, had just returned to work.

After finishing filming for Gravity, he immediately rushed back to North America. The most important thing he did was to finalize the casting for Spider-Man.

"Bruce, you're finally done!"

Amy Pascal finally got Gu Bei back.

She said to Gu Bei with slight dissatisfaction, "Our time is already very tight, and you're only leaving this little bit of time for the Spider-Man project?"

The filming schedule for Spider-Man

Gu Bei and Sony have confirmed that filming will begin in New York next April.

Apart from a few key plot points that need to be kept secret, most of the exterior scenes will be filmed on location in Manhattan, New York City.

In less than six months, including the Christmas holidays and other events,
This preparation time is significant for a male lead in a project like Spider-Man.
Actually, it's already a bit insufficient!

After all, Spider-Man is only suitable for dramatic scenes.

The most important thing is Spider-Man's action scenes.
This part can be considered Spider-Man's traditional skill; all three generations of Spider-Man are definitely qualified in terms of physical strength.

Therefore, physical training is a very important part of the preparation process after being chosen as Spider-Man.

"Amy, there's no way around it, my schedule is just too tight, the other side is my most important business!" Gu Bei said to Amy with a smile.

"Oh?"

Amy was slightly surprised and asked with a hint of wariness, "Is it Mission Impossible, or Gravity?"

She was naturally aware of the two A-level productions that Gu Bei was currently working on.

One is a Rose Pictures project, and the other is a Paramount project.

When a director is in charge of three A-list productions simultaneously, some of their energy will inevitably be divided among them.
Gu Bei's mention of it actually gave her the opportunity to question him, so that she could force him to give Spider-Man more time. After all, Spider-Man was someone she had outmaneuvered in a power struggle, getting rid of the original producer and giving Gu Bei creative control.

With this trust, Gu Bei should naturally give Spider-Man the utmost attention and energy.

"Of course it's Crystal!"

Gu Bei replied with a smile.

Amy: "..."

The prepared explanations she had prepared were now useless.

As Gu Bei's girlfriend, it's only natural for Liu Yifei to take up Gu Bei's time. Family values ​​are still very traditional in North America, so Amy can't say anything about it.

Moreover, besides his girlfriend,

Liu Yifei is also the owner of Rose Pictures.

Gu Bei is the person who received the most support from Rose Pictures.
It is only natural that Rose Pictures should be treated as the most important thing.

But... why does this sound so unpleasant?

Did they throw dog food in my face?
After a pause,

Amy said helplessly to Gu Bei, "Bruce, you can't provoke me like this. My family is very happy!"

(End of this chapter)