Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 315 The Best Romance Movies (Two-in-One)

How could Cao Jian not love a woman as understanding as Wang Fei?

However, he still had to pretend and asked, "Would you like me to go with you to see your mother? We can watch the movie another day."

"No need, next time. You go and keep this person company."

"My name is Zeng Li."

"Let's go to the movies with Zeng Li. We'll meet at CCTV tomorrow for a rehearsal."

"Ok."

Cao Jian reluctantly agreed and took Wang Fei to the place where she lived as a child. As Wang Fei got out of the car, he whispered in her ear, "Baby, you're so good."

"Is now the time to criticize me?"

Wang Fei glared at Cao Jian, then glanced at Zeng Li, who was sitting in the car looking a little shy, and laughed, "You got a good deal."

"Sister Wang Fei sings well and is a good person too."

Watching Wang Fei's departing figure, Zeng Li felt that Wang Fei was really good to this man.

"Yes."

Cao Jian nodded and finally hugged Zeng Li again: "Let's go see a movie."

Upon arriving at the newly opened Universal Cinema, the two saw that the ticket counter was almost packed with people, demonstrating just how popular "Titanic" is.

Cao Jian went to the cinema manager's office and easily obtained two movie tickets for the best seats.

"Boss, you invested in this movie, how much money can you expect to make?"

Zeng Li looked at the almost full screening room and couldn't help but feel curious.

It is said that this movie not only did well at the box office in mainland China, but was also very popular in other countries around the world.

"It should be around 200 million."

Cao Jian invested $60 million in "Titanic" and had a 30% share of the box office revenue.

If the box office reaches 2 billion US dollars, I should be able to get 200 million. Adding the agreed-upon share from the VCD and theme song, I estimate I could get 260 million or 270 million.

Disregarding the cost of 60 million, making 200 million should be no problem.

"so much?"

Zeng Li gasped in surprise when she heard the number 200 million.

That's money that many people, in many lifetimes, couldn't earn.

Cao Jian's next words almost made her faint.

I was referring to US dollars.

"US dollars?"

Zeng Li did the math: two hundred million US dollars is over a billion.
My future man is so rich, how will he ever spend all his money?
Just then, the lights in the screening room suddenly dimmed, and then a dragon logo appeared on the screen.

Next, the gold logo of 20th Century Fox was displayed, followed by a compass logo.

"Could this compass be the company that Cao Tianwang owns in the United States?"

"should be."

"Cao Tianwang is really amazing, he actually managed to invest in a movie like this."

"His theme song is amazing, and I cried when I watched this movie last time."

"If I have the chance, I'd really like to see Cao Tianwang sing."

"Me too."

A couple sitting not far from Cao Jian were whispering to each other, which made Zeng Li feel amused and proud.

The "Cao Tianwang" you're talking about is actually sitting right next to you.

I've heard him sing live; I've even heard it in person.

As the movie begins, bathed in pale yellow light, a massive cruise ship is docked in the harbor, and countless people on the shore are waving to those aboard.

A girl's mournful singing seems to foreshadow that this ship is heading down a road of no return.

The scene shifts to two exploration submarines navigating the deep, dark seabed, eventually arriving at the location of a shipwreck.

"James's filming technique is really impressive; the transitions are something else."

Laymen watch the spectacle, experts see the details. As a director, Cao Jian really admires James Cameron's skill.

On the sunken ship, some items from that time indicate the ship's luxury, but seem to tell the story of the tragedy that occurred.

Through the words of elderly Ruth, the real story begins.
Beneath a magnificent ship, young Rose stepped out of the car. Sunlight shone on her face, and compared to the older Rose from before, she was so beautiful, even more breathtakingly so.

"What a beautiful female lead."

"So-so, I've seen them, not as pretty as you."

As Cao Jian spoke, he gently took Zeng Li's hand.

"I'll just say something nice."

Regardless of whether it's true or not, Zeng Li was naturally happy to receive such praise.

However, Rose in the movie is not happy at all.

Because she felt that her marriage was like a shackle on her heart, and she didn't like it.

What she longed for was freedom.

Soon, the protagonist Jack appears. He has won a ticket through gambling and plans to go to the United States to make a fortune.

As a result, this very ticket became a death warrant.

It seems gambling really does kill people.

If he had lost, he might not have died.

Then Jack boarded the Titanic, the ship of his dreams, and moved into a third-class cabin.

Unable to bear the hypocrisy and pretentiousness of the upper class, Rose escaped and attempted to jump into the sea, but was rescued by Jack, who belonged to the lower class on the ship.

It was a chance encounter; two people from completely different worlds unexpectedly fell in love.
But at that moment, Cao Jian thought of Yue Yunpeng.
Jack saved Rose, but her fiancé looked down on Jack, a lowly person, and planned to pay him twenty dollars to get rid of him.

"Your fiancée is only worth twenty dollars?"

At this moment, Ruth was completely disappointed in her fiancé.

But because of this remark, Jack was invited to have dinner with them.

This also gave two people who value freedom the opportunity to spend time together.

Rose envied Jack's life and imitated him by spitting on the deck. After the dinner, she even went to the third-class party with Jack and joined in.

This was also the happiest day of her life.

After enjoying her freedom, Rose went to find Jack again after being yelled at by her fiancé.

Then there are the scenes that could be listed as one of the top ten moments in film history.

At the bow of the massive Titanic, Rose stands with her arms outstretched, Jack protecting her from behind, facing the sea breeze and the setting sun, as if she were flying freely.

This shot, accompanied by the music of "My Heart Will Go On," is like a world-famous painting.

"What a nice view!"

Zeng Li was deeply moved by this scene, and she wanted to be like Ruth.

"Yeah, it's beautiful."

Cao Jian nodded. This scene alone, even decades from now, will still be talked about with great interest.

It's no wonder that Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film in history for over a decade before being broken by Cameroon itself.

"so beautiful."

In the movie theater, Rose and Jack kissed on the bow of the ship, and several other couples also started kissing.

Zeng Li turned her head and looked at Cao Jian with deep affection, her eyes full of expectation.

"She's wearing a mask."

Cao Jian's words broke the atmosphere, earning him a disappointed and slightly annoyed look from the woman.

"mua~"

Just as Zeng Lisi was feeling disappointed, Cao Jian suddenly pulled down his mask and quickly kissed Zeng Lisi's forehead.

"Hate."

That one kiss was all it took for Zeng Li to fall head over heels for him.

Tonight, she, too, will experience the freedom of flight, just like Ruth.

When the movie showed the scene where Jack draws Rose's portrait, it was surprisingly explicit and was not cut.

"Wow!"

A gasp of surprise erupted throughout the theater.

I don't know if I was surprised by Rose's good figure or surprised that I could see such a scene in a movie theater.

"It's the uncut version! Amazing!"

Cao Jian recalled that when he first watched it in the cinema, it was an edited version; he later watched the unedited version online.

It seems that film stock for this movie is really in short supply these days, and some theaters are showing the uncut version directly.

Zeng Li saw that the woman in the picture was a naked model, and she covered her eyes in embarrassment, but she couldn't help but look.

"This actor has a great body."

Cao Jian was admiring the scenery when he heard someone around him make this remark: "It's very good, but is it really necessary to exaggerate like this?"

At this moment, Zeng Li leaned over and asked, "Does this woman have a good figure?"

"do not know."

"You're an investor, didn't you try anything underhanded?"

"I wouldn't do that kind of thing."

Cao Jian chuckled: "Besides, there's no need for that. With you guys around, that's enough. And besides, you're definitely not bad in terms of figure."

"how do you know?"

"My guess."

As Cao Jian spoke, he gently put his arm around Zeng Li, thinking to himself, "After watching the movie, I can get a feel for what this woman's figure is really like."

In the movie, Jack and Rose, in order to escape the wealthy man's bodyguards, came to the warehouse and hid in a car.

Here, they finally achieved a great fusion of their lives.
"The handprints on the glass have a really strong feel to them."

In the movie theater, many couples were already snuggling together.

Cao Jian and Zeng Li were no exception.
In the cinema, many viewers were completely captivated by the plot of "Titanic" and wanted to know if Jack and Rose, who had already achieved a profound connection, would end up together.

What will their fate be?

But a danger is already quietly approaching.

"boom!"

Because someone wanted to arrive at the port ahead of schedule, the ship, which was touted as unsinkable, was traveling too fast and struck an iceberg.

People who were just immersed in Jack and Rose's love story suddenly remembered that this was a disaster movie.

The atmosphere in the movie gradually became oppressive.

Panic, fear, the locked doors of the third-class cabin, and a band playing on the deck—all these aspects of life unfold through the screen.

Because the lifeboats were supposed to save women and children first, Ruth, who had already boarded a lifeboat, ran back.

Why did you come down? Why?

"If you jump, I'll jump too, won't I?"

And so, while everyone else was struggling to survive, the two lovers embraced.

Many female viewers were moved to tears upon seeing this.

One girl even asked her boyfriend, "If this situation happened, would you stay with me?"

"meeting."

The boy's answer was not firm at all.

Zeng Li overheard this and asked, "If a disaster strikes, will you abandon me?"

Cao Jian's reply was even more audacious: "The two of them have already achieved a great fusion of their lives together, of course they should be together, we haven't even done that yet."

These are the things on my mind.

Zeng Li blushed, thinking to herself, "If I were with you like that, would you really not abandon me?"
But considering that Cao Jian stood up for Wang Fei during the day, she thought it might be possible.

However, Cao Jian thought that if he and his women really encountered a disaster, Wang Fei would definitely be like Ruth, and would stay with him no matter what.

Yang Yuying should also do it.

As for the others, it's hard to say.

Chen Hong will probably make herself make a will as soon as possible so that she can pass on her assets to her son.
In the film, to the sound of the violin playing "Walk with the Lord," the cold seawater has already submerged the deck, and the film enters its saddest phase.

The captain went into his office, determined to go down with the ship.

Inside the room, an elderly couple embraced, awaiting the arrival of death together.

Another mother, knowing she couldn't escape, was comforting her two underage children.
They all chose to spend the last moments of their lives peacefully.

The entire cinema fell silent as the film entered its most spectacular disaster scene.

The massive chimney collapsed, and those who couldn't escape were swept away by the sea. A priest was still reciting prayers, but God could no longer save them.

As the ship sank, the massive Titanic broke in two with a deafening roar.

Many people fell into the sea like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

However, the ship has already begun to sink and could sink at any moment.

People have seen many disaster movies, but this is undoubtedly the first time they've seen one like this, and the audience's hearts are in their throats.

Rose and Jack went into the sea with the Titanic at the stern.

The water was icy cold and chaotic, but thankfully the two met again and managed to find a plank of wood.

But the plank could only support one person, so Jack gave up his chance to live to his lover.

But her fiancé had already run away.

She was surrounded only by the man she deeply loved, while she was still soaking in the icy seawater.

In just a few minutes, most of the people around had frozen to death in the icy seawater.

Even Jack was almost at his breaking point.

"Winning that ticket was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me; it led me to you."

"You have to do me a favor. Promise me you'll try to live on, and no matter what happens, don't give up."

Never give up

In his final moments, Jack urged Rose to try her best to live.

The sound of searching for survivors awakens Ruth from her coma.

"Jack, Jack..."

"Jack..."

"..."

A heart-wrenching scream, accompanied by the gradually rising saxophone, filled the air. At this moment, Jack was frozen solid.

As her lover sank to the bottom of the sea, Ruth used her whistle, finally attracting the attention of the lifeguards.

At that moment, everyone in the movie theater was moved to tears, including Cao Jian.

Although it wasn't the first time I'd seen it, it still moved me deeply.

The girl in the movie theater was crying her eyes out, and Zeng Li's tears soaked Cao Jian's clothes.

Ruth's wealthy fiancé, in order to survive, even accepted drinks that had been drunk by the lower classes.
What an ironic scene.

When the music of "My Heart Will Go On" played again, the tear-jerking effect reached its peak.
"May I register your name, miss?"

"Dawson, Ruth Dawson"

Using your surname to name me, viewers who understood the meaning of this name felt a lump in their throats.

In the dream of elderly Rose, the camera travels through the Titanic one last time, and the film comes to an end.

All the dead were on the ship; the clock showed 2:25, the exact time the Titanic sank.

Midway up the stairs, Jack turned around. He was still so young, so handsome.
He reached out his hand to Ruth, and the two embraced and kissed, immediately drawing applause from the people on the ship.

Perhaps, at this moment, the elderly Rose has met Jack, whom she deeply loves, once again.
"Every night in my dreamsI see you, I feel you
That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on”

As the credits rolled, the full version of "My Heart Will Go On" finally began, but the audience did not leave.

First, they haven't calmed down yet; second, this song is really good.

"Cao Jian, the lyricist and composer really is Cao Jian."

Suddenly, a sharp-eyed person noticed in the subtitles that the composer of this song was indeed Cao Jian, and immediately shouted it out.

"It's really him!"

"Why did not I see?"

"No, I want to watch it again, it's so good."

Although the movie lasted for more than three hours, the audience was reluctant to leave; they really didn't want to go.

The audience didn't leave the theater until all the lights came on, and many of them had red eyes.

"Boss, how did you know this movie would be a huge hit?"

Stepping out of the movie theater, Zeng Li took a breath of the cold winter air of Yanjing, rubbed her eyes, and asked a question that she had never understood.

"Because I believe in James."

Cao Jian couldn't reveal that he was a reincarnated person, so he smiled and asked, "Is it good-looking?"

"Ah."

Zeng Li nodded: "This movie is the best disaster movie I've ever seen, and also the best romance movie. It made me believe in love again."

As she spoke, she gently took Cao Jian's hand and asked, "Will you love me well?"

"meeting."

"Take me home, okay?"

"it is good."

Cao Jian gently embraced the woman and walked towards home.

It seems Zeng Li also wants to experience a great fusion of life tonight.
(End of this chapter)