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

Chapter 152 Wu Baige's Disappointment
After leaving the "The Forbidden Kingdom" film crew, Li Boda came to Fan Bingbing's side.

The drama "Rouge Snow" is about to start filming. After Li Boda arrived, the staff quickly did his makeup, cut his clothes, and took his costume photos.

Shortly after, news broke that Li Boda and Fan Bingbing would be starring together in "Rouge Snow".

Both Li Boda and Fan Bingbing are quite famous, so the news attracted a lot of attention after it was released.

Especially online, many netizens are asking when "Apple" will be released; they've been waiting impatiently.

It's fair to say that netizens online are incredibly interested in the movie "Apple" and can't wait to watch it.

Of course, the reason why these netizens are so excited about the movie "Apple" is because they have heard that the movie is very explicit.

Especially those who have seen the original film through special channels, and their posts on the internet, have sparked even more curiosity.

Then, Li Boda and Fan Bingbing's second collaboration on the TV series "Rouge Snow" also garnered more attention, and the TV series "Rouge Snow" became a hit even before it was filmed.

Fan Bingbing was overjoyed.

"Sure enough, I knew it. Hiring you to act in the movie was definitely a good deal," Fan Bingbing said to Li Boda with a smile.

"So, what are you planning to do with the movie 'Apple'?" Li Boda asked.

"What else can we do? Cut those scenes out and release it. After all, the movie is already filmed; it would be a shame not to release it," Fan Bingbing said. "I originally thought that after putting so much effort into this movie, I'd at least win a major award, but alas—"

Li Boda did not comment on this, saying that there are many factors involved, such as which films win awards, which do not, and the external factors that contribute to winning awards.

Given Fan Bingbing's current situation, it's impossible for her to win any major awards in China. No, let alone major awards, she won't even get a minor award or a nomination.

In fact, Fan Bingbing had already put in a lot of effort to ensure the film could be released normally.

As for the rest, given that almost the entire entertainment industry in mainland China rejects her, it would be absolutely wishful thinking for her to win an award.

Therefore, Fan Bingbing initially set her sights on overseas projects, hoping to win a major international award.

Unfortunately, the national conditions are different, or rather, although the film "Apple" is an art film, it doesn't adequately portray the situation in China. The skyscrapers and such in the film don't match foreigners' preconceived notions about China at all, so "Apple" won't be awarded an award.

In the end, Fan Bingbing could only take the "Apple" to an unknown, third-rate film festival and come back with a consolation prize.

The press conference for the start of filming of "Rouge Snow" began soon.

However, because Fan Bingbing is currently being ostracized by the mainland entertainment industry, many media outlets will not attend the opening ceremony of this TV series; instead, only some relatively unknown media reporters will attend.

Fan Bingbing wasn't angry when she saw this, because she had already been mentally prepared.

After finishing the press conference with a smile on her face, Fan Bingbing generously gave each of the reporters present a large red envelope.

These were originally unknown reporters from unknown media outlets, who rarely had the opportunity to make money. Now that Fan Bingbing had given them such a large red envelope, they immediately remembered Fan Bingbing's kindness.

While their newspapers or magazines may not sell well, that doesn't stop them from praising Fan Bingbing and Yan Zhixue to the skies after they get the money.

The next day, these media outlets published their reports, all praising the stories to the skies. However, since they were mostly third-rate media, they didn't cause much of a stir.

Li Boda has already immersed himself in the drama "Rouge Snow".

Li Boda plays the character Xia Yunkai, a handsome, stubborn, intelligent, capable, principled, and dignified man with advanced ideas, erudition, and a somewhat stern and reserved demeanor.

Anyway, they just wrote this character in a positive light.

It's like they want to shower this character with all the charm and allure of men.

Li Boda felt that probably only a man as handsome as him could pull off this kind of role. If someone else were to play the role, they would definitely not be able to bring out the characteristics of this character.

Putting aside all the messy details, Li Boda was fairly satisfied with the character Xia Yunkai.

Because, aside from all the abstract aspects mentioned above, this character initially worked as a teacher at a Western-style school, and later became the Gu family's steward. He was quite adept at managing the Gu family and its personnel.

In the TV series, Xia Yunkai is a butler, but in reality, his abilities are clearly those of a master at managing a company or family!
Li Boda had originally planned to start a company or something in the future, as a side business in addition to acting.

Xia Yunkai's ability can be considered a supplement to Li Boda's abilities.

Therefore, when Li Boda was filming, he took it very seriously and tried his best to play the role of Xia Yunkai well.

Even during filming, Li Boda would occasionally offer suggestions, not to make his character stand out or anything, but simply to ensure the overall quality of the show and make it better.

Fan Bingbing was deeply moved. Li Boda genuinely wanted to improve the quality of this TV series, and wasn't it all for her sake?
Therefore, Fan Bingbing focused on filming while taking breaks and sleeping, and diligently rewarded Li Boda.

This allowed Li Boda to enjoy tenderness while working hard on filming.

"Li Boda, be my boyfriend!" Afterwards, while smoking a cigarette, Fan Bingbing stared at Li Boda with her foxy, alluring eyes, without blinking.

"Ah?" Li Boda was a little confused.

"Be my boyfriend, let's date. I think you're a great person, we can totally—"

"Stop!" Li Boda interrupted Fan Bingbing, "No, Bingbing, are you suddenly sick or what?" As he spoke, Li Boda touched Fan Bingbing's head to make sure her temperature was within the normal range.

"What do you mean?" Fan Bingbing couldn't help but get a little angry. She was a woman, and she had taken the initiative to confess her feelings to Li Boda, but Li Boda reacted like this.

"I'm just curious, you're perfectly fine, you're not sick, so why are you suddenly talking nonsense?"

"Li Boda! You bastard, how could I talk nonsense? I was being very serious, okay?"

"Are you seriously talking nonsense?"

"..." Fan Bingbing was furious and bit Li Boda's shoulder hard.

Li Boda cooperated by letting out an exaggerated scream.

Then neither Fan Bingbing nor Li Boda brought up the topic of their recent relationship again.

Clearly, both of them were intelligent. Fan Bingbing realized that Li Boda was not willing to establish a romantic relationship with her. Since that was the case, she stopped talking about it to avoid Li Boda actually rejecting her outright and making things even more awkward for both of them.

It would be better to maintain this tacit understanding and finish filming the TV series "Rouge Snow".

However, Li Boda eventually left the "Rouge Snow" production team midway through.

Well, it was mainly the film crew of "Red Cliff" who notified Li Boda to come and film.

Although it's still a supporting role, this is "Red Cliff," a huge project with an investment of hundreds of millions, a work by an internationally renowned director who has returned from Hollywood, a gathering of almost all the big stars from two or three regions, and even a project that Han Sanye (the director) is paying close attention to. Almost every department will give this film the green light.

Li Boda was quite lucky to be able to get involved.

When Li Boda went to the film crew of "Red Cliff", Fan Bingbing's eyes were filled with envy.

If it weren't for her current special circumstances and being ostracized by the mainland entertainment industry, she would definitely have tried every means to get into the "Red Cliff" production team.

Driven by Fan Bingbing's jealousy, Li Boda left the "Rouge Snow" crew and joined the "Red Cliff" crew.

When Li Boda arrived at the film crew of "Red Cliff", he found that the crew was really, really big.

Big-name actors from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China gathered together, along with countless extras running around the set.

The scale of this event was so grand that it was dazzling to behold.

Fortunately, Li Boda was a man of the world, especially having received the command abilities of Marshal Xue Pinggui, so he remained calm in such a large-scale event.

However, when Li Boda arrived at the film set and was led by the staff, he saw Wu Baige directing the crew in filming, and he was immediately dumbfounded.

Because he discovered that Wu Baige's abilities seemed a bit off.

It's not that Wu Baige can't act, nor that she's bad at using the camera.

The main issue was that Li Boda discovered that there seemed to be a problem with his personnel allocation.

More accurately, it seems that Wu Baige doesn't have that strong command ability.

He wasn't good at arranging some large-scale scenes.

Even though Red Cliff is a war drama, it should be extremely tragic, spectacular, and magnificent. However, Li Boda, standing next to him, felt that Wu Baige's command was somewhat petty.

Although he was not familiar with camera operation, image quality, plot arrangement, etc., Li Boda could completely overwhelm Wu Baige in terms of personnel management alone. Therefore, Li Boda saw Wu Baige's weakness very clearly.

At this point, Li Boda felt a surge of disappointment towards Wu Baige.

An internationally renowned director, and this is it?

(End of this chapter)