Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 133 Jiang Wenli

After negotiating the schedule with the production team of "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", Li Boda was given three months of free time, since the role of Ximen Chuixue had relatively few scenes.

These three months were just enough time for Li Boda to finish filming Fan Bingbing's "Lost in Beijing".

After negotiating with the production team, Li Boda left the "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" production team and went to the "Lost in Beijing" production team in the capital.

"Bingbing!" Li Boda greeted Fan Bingbing with a smile.

"Boda, you're here! Come, come, let me introduce you to the people in our crew." Upon seeing Li Boda, Fan Bingbing's face beamed with a warm smile. She took Li Boda's arm and was about to introduce the crew members to him.

"Boda, this is our director, Director Li Yu." Fan Bingbing led Li Boda to a woman with a slightly round face and an average appearance, and introduced her with a smile.

"Hello Director Li, I'm Li Boda. I hope you'll take good care of me from now on," Li Boda greeted him with great respect.

"Boda, hmm, not bad, great image, and superb acting skills..." Director Li Yu smiled as she looked Li Boda up and down.

"Boda, come here, you should know this man, right? The Thousand-Faced Actor, Liang Jiahui, the Great Actor!" Fan Bingbing introduced another man around fifty years old.

"Of course I know him, of course I know him. Teacher Liang is my idol. My dream is to be like Teacher Liang and be able to play any role well."

"Haha, you flatter me. What movie star? I'm just an actor. Besides, you're much more handsome than me, young man." Liang Jiahui chuckled.

"Boda, this is Teacher Jiang Wenli. I had a lot of trouble inviting her here." Fan Bingbing's smile was somewhat meaningful, but Li Boda didn't notice her expression.

Jiang Wenli, however, treated Li Boda with even greater enthusiasm, proactively shaking his hand with a particularly kind smile—well, perhaps that's not the most appropriate word, although Jiang Wenli is indeed not young. But at forty, she looked only in her thirties, exuding a charming and elegant aura.

Seeing Jiang Wenli like this, Fan Bingbing's smile grew even brighter.

In fact, Jiang Wenli was not initially among Fan Bingbing's invited guests, or rather, the film was not originally intended for Jiang Wenli to star in.

After all, although Jiang Wenli is an actress, she debuted early, has extensive experience, and has won many awards. In particular, Jiang Wenli's husband, Gu Changwei, successfully transitioned from cinematographer to director. Last year, Gu Changwei's film "Peacock" won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Given Jiang Wenli's abilities, status, and position, she shouldn't have acted in the movie "Lost in Beijing."

However, Jiang Wenli's husband, Gu Changwei, had an ambiguous relationship with a female actress in the film "Peacock" during filming. Jiang Wenli even went to the "Peacock" set and directly assaulted the actress.

Although she had hit the person, Jiang Wenli was still very angry, especially since the movie "Peacock" won the Silver Bear Award, which elevated the actress's fame and status. She felt that she hadn't been able to vent her anger.

At this time, Fan Bingbing wanted to establish her own studio, so she thought about finding connections in advance. The Beijing circle was not an option, so Fan Bingbing first thought of the Hong Kong circle. However, the decline of the Hong Kong circle was obvious to the naked eye, and she could not put all her hopes on the Hong Kong circle. So she thought of the Northwest circle, which was also somewhat declining.

In the Northwest Circle, Gu Changwei was considered a core member, and as Gu Changwei's wife, Jiang Wenli was naturally someone Fan Bingbing wanted to curry favor with.

For a while, whenever she had free time, Fan Bingbing would go to see Jiang Wenli, hoping to use Jiang Wenli's connections to enter the Northwest circle.

Then, while chatting at Jiang Wenli's house, Fan Bingbing happened to see "The Return of the Condor Heroes" on TV and mentioned that she had taken on a film role, with Li Boda playing the male lead.

Fan Bingbing was just saying it casually, but it somehow caught Jiang Wenli's attention.

After seeing that Jiang Wenli was paying more attention to the handsome Li Boda, Fan Bingbing had some ideas in her mind.

After all, Fan Bingbing has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, how could she not know what it's like?

Clearly, Jiang Wenli was somewhat tempted by Li Boda.

After all, this guy is really handsome!

Fan Bingbing intentionally mentioned the story of "Lost in Beijing," which she was going to film, and then jokingly said that she wanted to invite Jiang Wenli to play Wang Ling, the wife of bathhouse owner Lin Dong.

Jiang Wenli, who was already resentful because her husband had cheated on her, impulsively agreed to date Li Boda, a handsome man.

Thus, Jiang Wenli appeared on the set of "Lost in Translation." Fan Bingbing, similarly, also reached some agreements with the Northwest film circle through Jiang Wenli's connections.

Jiang Wenli's decision to participate in this movie was not only impulsive, but also because she was drawn to the handsome Li Boda.

After all, her husband, Gu Changwei, was able to have illicit affairs with actresses through filming opportunities, so she wanted to get revenge. And Li Boda was indeed exceptionally charming.

At least after seeing Li Boda in person, Jiang Wenli found that Li Boda was even more charming than he was in the TV series, which made her even more satisfied.

Although she wasn't sure if something was going to happen, she was definitely in a better mood to film with such a handsome guy.

Li Boda, despite being in the entertainment industry for many years, has indeed become much more open-minded than when he first started, at least in his approach to relationships. He's become much more composed, especially in cases like Liu Shishi's, where Li Boda was the one who initiated things.

However, Li Boda's understanding was still too shallow. He couldn't have imagined that Jiang Wenli came to act in this movie because of Li Boda.

Even though the two of them had never had any contact before and knew nothing about each other.

Although Li Boda has had relationships with many female stars and still maintains contact with them, he is still completely unaware of the intricacies of the entertainment industry.

Li Boda is still too naive compared to the others!

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At the press conference for the start of filming of the movie "Lost in Beijing", a large group of reporters appeared.

The scene was quite lively, even though the film was positioned as an art film aiming for awards.

However, Fan Bingbing herself is very popular and is one of the most popular actresses in China at present, while Jiang Wenli can also be considered a big shot.

In addition, there's Hong Kong's former film emperor Leung Ka-fai and the rising star Li Boda.

Even though it's just an art film, the fame of the four of them is enough to attract so much attention from reporters.

At this press conference, no reporter was so oblivious as to ask any inappropriate questions.

Of course, there were also questions. For example, when asked what she thought of Zhang Jingchu's performance in "Peacock," Jiang Wenli simply didn't answer. She didn't say a word, just quietly stared at the reporter, making the reporter feel uneasy. The reporter obediently shrank back and didn't dare to say a word.

This reporter is an example; the other reporters were all very honest and asked questions about the movie.

For example, why was Li Boda chosen to star in this movie?

What kind of expectations do you have for this movie?

When Li Boda and Fan Bingbing answered the questions, they all gave pretty good answers. Fan Bingbing even mentioned that in order to get into character for this movie, she went to a bathhouse to wash people's feet for a month before filming started.

Then the reporters all said that Fan Bingbing was really dedicated, and that she put in so much effort for making the movie, etc.

To be honest, Li Boda was somewhat surprised when Fan Bingbing told him that she even went to a foot massage parlor to wash people's feet for a month in order to make a good film.

Seeing Li Boda's surprised look, Fan Bingbing smiled at him. After the interview session ended, Fan Bingbing leaned close to Li Boda's ear and whispered, "Boda, how about I wash your feet tonight? I'll be a professional!"

"Uh, sure. I'd also like to see what it's like for a celebrity to wash someone's feet," Li Boda chuckled.

"Dream on. You'd better just go and film your movie. If you do a good job, I might actually wash your feet." Fan Bingbing laughed and slapped Li Boda on the back.

"Then I'll be waiting!" Li Boda said with a smile.

"What are you waiting for?" Jiang Wenli interjected with a smile.

“That naughty boy Li Boda, he even wants me to wash his feet,” Fan Bingbing laughed.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wenli laughed heartily, but her eyes shone even brighter as she looked at Li Boda.

Soon, the crew was ready to start filming.

Fan Bingbing also started changing into the uniform of a foot massage parlor worker.

The filming location for this scene happened to be a foot massage parlor in Beijing, and almost all the people washing feet there were employees of that foot massage parlor.

Dozens of people, dressed in the same clothes, lay there in rows, stretching out their legs, letting the other person wash them.

Among this group of people, Fan Bingbing's expression, demeanor, and actions were remarkably similar to the others.

If Li Boda hadn't known it was a movie shoot, he would have really thought Fan Bingbing was just a foot massage girl. Her movements were so skillful that she looked almost exactly like the staff at those foot massage parlors.

Clearly, Fan Bingbing wasn't lying when she said she had worked there for a month, washing people's feet for a month.

(End of this chapter)