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

Chapter 151 King of Kung Fu
"Li Boda? I didn't expect you to be in this movie too!" Liu Yifei's eyes lit up when she saw Li Boda. She looked especially happy.

“It’s just a small role, unlike you, who plays the lead role in this play.” Li Boda said to Liu Yifei with a smile.

Li Boda could only sigh at Liu Yifei's career development. She used to act in TV dramas, but now she has transformed into a movie star and still landed the lead role, unlike him, who could only play a minor supporting role in "The Forbidden Kingdom".

"I was just a bit lucky," Liu Yifei chuckled, a hint of pride in her voice.

After all, acting alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and even playing the female lead, is something that not everyone can do.

After chatting and laughing with Liu Yifei for a while, Li Boda noticed that Liu Xiaoli hadn't appeared, and he couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"Xixi, where's your mom? I can't see you." Li Boda asked after looking around.

"My mom's putting on makeup! Let me tell you, she's going to have a cameo role in this movie. Guess what role she's playing?" Liu Yifei asked mysteriously.

"Sister Liu is going to make a cameo appearance? Isn't Sister Liu not acting anymore?" Li Boda's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked.

"The director said the role was suitable for my mom, so she took on a cameo role. Anyway, she had nothing better to do. It's good that she's in a cameo role; at least she doesn't have to keep an eye on me while I'm getting my makeup done and filming," Liu Yifei said with a smile.

Li Boda nodded.

"You haven't guessed yet. Guess what role my mom plays?"

"I don't even have a complete script, how would I know what role is suitable for Sister Liu?" Li Boda spread his hands. He came here to play a small supporting role, a small role that would be filmed in a few days. So when the crew invited Li Boda, they didn't even give him a proper script. Li Boda only knew that he was playing a role as a heavenly general, and he knew nothing else.

"Hehehe, this time my mom is playing the Queen Mother of the West!"

"Oh, that's the Queen Mother of the West who separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, right?" Li Boda suddenly realized.

"..." Liu Yifei looked at Li Boda speechlessly, then couldn't help but giggle.

"Why are you laughing so happily? What are you talking about? Or are you two young people a couple?" Cheng Long had just finished filming his scene and, upon hearing Liu Yifei's laughter, walked over and teased her.

Jackie Chan also had a good impression of Liu Yifei, a pretty young girl. After all, Jackie Chan is old but not young at heart. It's just a pity that Liu Yifei is too naive and doesn't play by the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry. In addition, Liu Yifei's mother is always watching over her, so Jackie Chan has no chance at all.

In fact, Jackie Chan also gave a push behind Liu's mother to play the Queen Mother of the West this time.

Mainly, he knew that Liu Yifei was a naive girl who wouldn't do anything underhanded, so he didn't have that thought. But chatting with a pretty girl is also a kind of enjoyment, isn't it?

However, every time Jackie Chan wanted to chat with Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli would be watching him closely, making Jackie Chan very uncomfortable. That's why he used filming as an excuse to give Liu Xiaoli something to do, so she wouldn't be watching Liu Yifei 24/7, as if anyone who chatted with Liu Yifei had ulterior motives.

"Hello, Brother Long. I'm Li Boda. Qianqian and I are just good friends." Li Boda was a little excited to see Cheng Long, after all, he was his idol when he was a child. Although he had heard a lot of news about Cheng Long after entering the entertainment industry, it was still just a matter of nostalgia.

"Uncle Long, don't talk nonsense. We're just friends." Liu Yifei quickly denied it, but while denying it, she couldn't help but secretly glance at Li Boda.

"Hahaha, friend, yes, friend, let's start as friends." Jackie Chan laughed heartily, his laughter sounding particularly ambiguous.

After making a few teasing remarks to Li Boda and Liu Yifei, Cheng Long left with a smile. However, his words made Liu Yifei feel slightly uneasy, and even a little bit of anticipation lingered in her heart.

Unfortunately, it seems that Li Boda really did treat Liu Yifei as just a friend, just as he had told Cheng Long, and had no intention of continuing the conversation, which made Liu Yifei feel somewhat disappointed.

After a while, Liu Xiaoli appeared.

Liu Xiaoli was dressed in gorgeous clothes and headdress. She was already very beautiful, and with this outfit, she really did have a bit of the feeling of the Queen Mother of the West.

Liu Xiaoli sat in front of the camera, subconsciously looking around, and then saw Li Boda standing next to Liu Yifei.

Li Boda noticed Liu Xiaoli's gaze, grinned, and gave Liu Xiaoli a thumbs up.

Seeing Li Boda like this, Liu Xiaoli's mood improved a bit.

After arriving at the set of "The Forbidden Kingdom," Li Boda learned about the plot of the movie from Liu Yifei.

However, after learning what kind of story "The Forbidden Kingdom" was about, he was speechless.

Before coming, Li Boda had high expectations for "Kung Fu King".

A big-budget film co-produced by Chinese and foreign companies.

This marks the first collaboration between Jackie Chan and Jet Li, two kung fu superstars who hail from China.

The Journey to the West is a major IP.

This film might even be released overseas, and it might even bring domestic actors into the spotlight of Hollywood.

With so many accolades surrounding this film, Li Boda originally thought the story would be incredibly compelling. But alas—that's it?
After hearing Liu Yifei recount the complete story, Li Boda was truly dumbfounded.

What kind of ridiculous setting is this?
And why would Sun Wukong's golden cudgel appear in Chinatown in the United States?

Why would we need a foreigner to travel back in time to save Sun Wukong?

And wasn't Sun Wukong imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha? What's with the petrification? Did Sun Wukong fight Medusa, and ultimately lose and get petrified?
There's also the Jade Frontier War God.

If it weren't for the name Sun Wukong in this play, and if it weren't for the weapon being called the Golden Cudgel, Li Boda would have no idea that this play had anything to do with Journey to the West.

Moreover, the Heavenly Palace was made to look low-class.

After the plot of "The Forbidden Kingdom" was confirmed, Li Boda wanted to quit and leave. He didn't want to film even a minor supporting role.

However, when Li Boda saw Liu Xiaoli, dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing a golden crown and a wedding robe, and looking as beautiful as a flower—

Li Boda suddenly realized that this play might not be so unacceptable after all, right?

In any case, the character he played was a celestial general, who could be considered a deity.

If I were to accidentally trigger a cheat code and enter the dream world of "Kung Fu King"—slurp.

Li Boda changed into the costume of a heavenly general, holding a long spear, and stood in front of the camera.

Although he was just a minor supporting character, he was still a celestial general, diligently protecting the Queen Mother of the West and shielding her from wind and rain...

"Stuck! Passed!"

Upon hearing the director's voice, Li Boda immediately went to change his clothes.

Filming is finally finished. It took three days. The scenes for this celestial general are finally filmed. I just don't know how many minutes of screen time he will get in the final movie.

Just as Li Boda and Liu Yifei were saying goodbye to Liu Xiaoli and preparing to leave the "Kung Fu King" crew, he encountered Wang Zhongjun, who had come to visit the set.

As the producer of this film, Wang Zhongjun would occasionally visit the film crew.

After all, this is a big project and we need to take it seriously.

So Wang Zhongjun would come over from time to time to check on the filming progress and situation, and to see the actors' condition, etc.

After all, if the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" is a huge success, Huayi Brothers might continue down this path and try to break into Hollywood through Sino-foreign co-productions.

So this time, Wang Zhongjun encountered Li Boda, who was about to leave the film crew.

"Are you Li Boda?" Wang Zhongjun stopped Li Boda with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I am Li Boda." Li Boda smiled and nodded in response.

"How are you doing? Are you settling in well on set?"

"I'm adapting quite well."

"That's good. In order to film this movie, Huayi specially contacted foreign countries and even took the initiative in filming the movie..." Wang Zhongjun praised his own Huayi company to the skies, talking about how big the company was, how many resources it had, and how good the benefits were.

Li Boda simply maintained his smile, nodding occasionally. He already understood why Wang Zhongjun had been telling him so much.

“Boda, Tangren is just a small company. They can offer you some help with TV dramas, but if you want to enter the film industry, they don’t have the qualifications or means. So, how about coming to Huayi? If you come to Huayi, you’ll have many opportunities to participate in big productions like ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ in the future.” Wang Zhongjun asked Li Boda with a smile.

"Thank you for your appreciation, Mr. Wang, but my contract with Tangren hasn't expired yet, and it wouldn't be good to break it abruptly," Li Boda explained. In reality, however, Li Boda wasn't interested in Huayi at all.

Because of the relationship between Li Boda and Fan Bingbing, Fan Bingbing and Li Boda had talked a lot about Huayi's situation.

Things like Wang Zhonglei's dual-plug system, and what sacrifices are made to compete for resources, etc.

The entertainment industry is chaotic, and Huayi Brothers is chaotic within chaos. Everything the entertainment industry has, Huayi Brothers also has.

If Li Boda really joined Huayi, who knows what he might do when faced with some of the dirty tricks within the organization.

Seeing that Li Boda had no intention of coming to Huayi, Wang Zhongjun didn't say anything more.

After all, he just happened to run into Li Boda, so he just tried to recruit him. If he could recruit him, great; if not, so be it. After all, Huayi had only recently brought Huang Xiaoming over and was planning to promote him properly.

(End of this chapter)