This director lacks vision.

Chapter 388: Liu Jicun has been turned into this!
Jiang Yifeng underestimated the influence of the Beast God design.

Not only the women in the crew liked it, but even those who weren't in the cast of "The Legend of Chusen," such as Rela Ai, Jing Tian, ​​and Gao Yuanyuan, knew about it.

These days they've been finding all sorts of excuses to visit the set, and I can't stop them.

It can only be said that when a woman becomes aroused, it is truly terrifying.

Jiang Yifeng had no choice but to unleash the power of the Beast God to teach these sluts a lesson and make them admit their mistakes.

But the beauties did not completely succumb. They used a series of temptations to get Jiang Yifeng to accept their suggestion that he could play other roles later.

Jiang Yifeng always liked to have Liu Yifei and others play the role of Little Dragon Girl, and now he's getting his "karma."

In this pleasant atmosphere, the filming of Jade Dynasty went very smoothly.

By April 25th, the overall filming progress was more than halfway complete.

At 9 p.m., the crew was filming the scene where the Ghost King consolidates the forces of the Demonic Cult.

Chen Daoming unleashed his full power, stunning the entire audience. His Ghost King was both refined and ruthless, with a touch of madness.

When he laughed wildly to the sky, some of the more timid members of the crew were frightened; he brought the Ghost King to life.

Jiang Yifeng nodded repeatedly.

Most male-oriented novels are "feel-good" stories, relying on rapid leveling up and map changes to advance the plot and ensure a certain number of updates.

This characteristic is contrary to the quality of film and television dramas.

To adapt a male-oriented novel into a successful film, simply casting popular celebrities as the male lead is unlikely to make it a massive hit.

We still need to invite some veteran actors to play the supporting roles well, to create a sophisticated atmosphere, and only in this way can we improve the overall quality of the drama.

Therefore, Jiang Yifeng positioned Zhu Xian as an ensemble drama, and the Ghost King's role was also greatly expanded. Not only were his abilities and strength improved, but he also unified the forces of the Demonic Sect.

Chen Daoming thoroughly enjoyed acting in this scene.

After filming wrapped, he walked over and said, "Director Jiang, 'Coming Home' is going to be released during the May Day holiday, so I need to take a week off."

The art film "Return," directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Chen Daoming and Gong Li, will be released on May 1st this year.

As the lead actor, Chen Daoming naturally has to cooperate with the production team for promotion.

Actually, his request for leave was just a polite way of putting it.

The Ghost King's scenes have been mostly filmed, with only some group scenes remaining. Chen Daoming's schedule was also arranged in advance.

However, after Chen Daoming joined the cast of "Zhu Xian," he was shocked many times and grew to admire Jiang Yifeng more and more, so he took the initiative to come over and explain.

Upon hearing Chen Daoming's words, Jiang Yifeng joked, "A week's vacation? At most, a week. Not even a day more."

Our production team wouldn't be complete without Mr. Chen's guidance.

This joke made Chen Daoming feel very comfortable. Although he is a bit dignified, he is indeed very serious when filming on set and works hard to teach young actors how to act.

After chatting with Jiang Yifeng for a while, Chen Daoming left the film crew.

The next morning, he arrived at the LeEco building.

This building was originally the Hongcheng Xintai Building, which was acquired by LeEco and used as the company's headquarters, hence the name LeEco Building.

Today, the cast and crew of "Return" will be giving an exclusive interview to LeTV.com at the LeTV Building.

When Chen Daoming entered the lounge on the third floor, he saw that Zhang Yimou was already sitting inside.

There were three women with him.

The film stars Gong Li as the lead actress, Zhang Huiwen as the newly minted "Mou Girl" (actress discovered by director Zhang Yimou), and Yan Geling, the original author and screenwriter who has returned to the screen.

Seeing Zhang Yi's radiant face, Chen Daoming asked with a smile, "Is there some happy occasion that makes you so happy?"

Before Zhang Yimou could answer, Gong Li said, "LeEco's stock keeps rising, and the case with Zhang Weiping is settled. How could Lao Zhang not be happy?"

Gong Li and Zhang Yimou had some emotional entanglements, but they talked about it during the filming of "Curse of the Golden Flower".

By the time they finished filming "Coming Home," the two sides already had a feeling of being old friends for many years.

Gong Li constantly teased Zhang Yimou on the set of "Coming Home," and everyone was used to it.

Zhang Yimou said with a smile: "LeEco stock is ancient history. We were just talking about LeEco Sports."

Mr. Jia is about to launch LeSports' Series B financing round, reportedly aiming to raise 80 billion yuan, with a valuation reaching 200 billion yuan!

In January of this year, LeSports was officially established based on LeTV's sports channel, evolving from a single video media website business into a full-industry chain sports ecosystem company based on "IP operation + content platform + intelligentization + Internet services".

LeSports raised 8 million yuan when it was founded, with a valuation of 28 billion yuan.

At that time, Zhang Yi and others all invested.

Now that the Series B financing is about to begin, if the valuation can reach 200 billion, then Zhang Yimou and others' investment will have a floating profit of nearly ten times.

This is a huge fortune; no wonder Zhang Yimou is so happy.

Chen Daoming hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How much did you invest in LeSports?"

Zhang grinned and said, "8000 million! I invested 8000 million. How about that? Pretty bold, right?"

Chen Daoming nodded. "It's very bold, such a large investment."

Despite being a renowned director, Zhang Yimou's career in the Chinese film industry was not particularly successful in recent years, and there was also the exploitative Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Yi did not become rich overnight.

In addition, due to his property purchases and spending over the years, Zhang Yimou doesn't have much cash flow left.

If it weren't for the signing fee from LeEco, plus the compensation Zhang Weiping received in his lawsuit, it would have been quite difficult for Zhang Yimou to come up with 8000 million yuan in one go.

Upon hearing Chen Daoming's words, Zhang Yimou said, "Mine is not much. Wu Yusen and Chow Yun-fat each invested 100 million, and many other Hong Kong celebrities have also invested."

Mainland celebrities also participated; Liu Tao and her husband invested 8000 million yuan, and Huang Lei invested 4000 million yuan.

Why don't you invest some too?
Although the Series B valuation was high, there is still significant room for future appreciation. The sports industry is a trillion-dollar market, more than ten times larger than the entertainment market!

Under Jiang Yifeng's influence, the film and television market is now more vibrant than in his previous life, and internet capital entered the market much earlier.

LeEco unexpectedly got involved with the Hong Kong stock market, and its stock price rose even faster than in its previous life.

Wu Yusen and others, who were initially hesitant, saw that the LeEco shares they held had doubled in value and that the Chinese film market was experiencing a visible boom. They all felt that LeEco had a bright future, so they invested a large amount of money.

Zhang Yimou and Liu Tao, a married couple, have invested more than in their previous life.

Even Huang Lei, who joined LeEco, bet his entire fortune on the company.

It's not fair to blame Zhang Yimou and others for being greedy. If LeEco hadn't committed fraud and Jia Yueting hadn't gone into car manufacturing, LeEco would actually be a perfectly fine company, judging from the current development of LeEco Pictures.

It has content production capabilities, an internet platform, and television terminals; its ecosystem is indeed very good.

Watching Zhang Yimou talk at length about appreciation potential and a trillion-dollar market, Chen Daoming suddenly felt like laughing.

He took a sip of tea to conceal his expression, then reminded him, "I won't invest. I heard that Mr. Jia has registered the Faraday Future brand in the United States, and he's preparing to build cars."

He's taking too big a step; you'd better be careful.

Zhang Yi countered, "This news hasn't been widely reported domestically, how did you find out?"

"He said that when I was chatting with President Jiang."

"Jiang Yifeng?"

"correct."

"Isn't Jiang Yifeng taking big strides? In just a few years, he has made Fengxing Media the number one in the market and invested billions of dollars in the Shan Hai Jing Laboratory."

Seeing Zhang Yimou's stubbornness, Chen Daoming smiled and said, "That's true, I don't understand these business matters either."

Gong Li noticed the atmosphere was a bit stiff, so she asked, "How did you feel about working with Jiang Yifeng on this film, 'Jade Dynasty'?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Daoming did not answer immediately.

He thought for a moment before saying, "My biggest feeling is that we are all getting old, and many of our ideas and technologies are outdated. Director Jiang's success was inevitable."

During the filming of Jade Dynasty, I personally experienced the shooting system in Monster Studio, which was truly eye-opening. I never knew filming could be done like this!

A single instruction can set the camera's movement trajectory, and we just need to rehearse according to the plan.

Even my movement trajectory during aerial combat can be pre-set; the wire work is also intelligent.

I dare say even Hollywood might not reach this level!

Zhang Yimou and Gong Li were both surprised when Chen Daoming said this.

I never expected Chen Daoming to give such a high evaluation.

Then Chen Daoming continued speaking at length: "Besides the technology, Director Jiang's philosophy is also very clear, and he has a very clear understanding of the positioning of film and television works."

His talent is terrifying. We can see a script and still be imagining the scene. He can immediately complete the set design and arrange all the characters, bringing abstract descriptions to life quickly and perfectly.

I don't need to elaborate on his control over the visuals and art direction of films and television dramas; you've all seen his movies.

In addition, there is the team from Fengxing Media.

The entire team is the most professional I've ever seen, and their teamwork is the best. Director Jiang's management skills are amazing..."

Chen Daoming has indeed had a lot to say about the Jade Dynasty drama series these past few days. He got more and more excited as he talked, praising it for almost 5 minutes before finally taking a sip of tea.

These words made Gong Li very eager to work with director Jiang Yifeng. She exclaimed, "I really want to work with director Jiang Yifeng once."

Yan Geling also said, "Jiang Yifeng has many fans in the United States, and Stranger Things is a well-known TV series in the United States."

Although Zhang Huiwen, who was standing to the side, did not say anything, her expression was also full of longing.

Seeing everyone praising Jiang Yifeng, Zhang Yi felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He sighed and said, "Film shooting technology is indeed advancing rapidly; film is almost obsolete."

My next film, "One Second," is a tribute to film and to old-fashioned techniques.

Now that Zhang Yimou has filmed "The Great Wall" ahead of schedule, there have been changes to his next film.

He didn't think of the story of "Shadow," but rather the inspiration for "One Second" came to him during the process of returning from filming.

Like "Coming Home," the film "One Second" is adapted from Yan Geling's novel "The Criminal Lu Yanshi."

The story was inspired by Zhang Yimou's own early experiences.

In Zhang Yimou's words, this is a story he has always cherished, and a memory of his youth.

Many people also believe that One Second is an autobiographical film by Zhang Yimou.

To some extent, the prisoner Zhang Jiusheng, played by Zhang Yi, can be seen in some prototypes of Zhang Yimou.

Therefore, Liu's daughter is also the image of Zhang Yimou's imagined daughter.

The online jokes that Liu Yicun is Zhang Yimou's biological daughter are not entirely unfounded.

Upon hearing Zhang Yimou's words, Gong Li looked at Zhang Huiwen and asked, "Have you decided on the female lead for your new movie? I think Huiwen is quite good, why go to such lengths?"

Zhang Yimou said, "Huiwen is indeed very excellent, but the female lead in 'One Second' is a girl, and Huiwen is too old."

Zhang Huiwen is arguably the least noticeable of Zhang Yimou's leading ladies. Although she has had good resources and acted in many films since her return, she still hasn't achieved much star power.

At this point in the conversation, Zhang Yi continued, "For the female lead in this new movie, I screened thousands of people, but I still couldn't find a suitable one."

Do you have any good candidates to recommend?

Zhang Yimou took the female lead in "One Second" very seriously. He searched for a long time but couldn't find a satisfactory actress.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhang Yi described his requirements for the female lead.

After listening, Chen Daoming said, "You've said so much. You need to have a clean temperament, a strong personality, and be intelligent. You also need to be able to endure hardship and not be too old."

Isn't this Liu Jicun?

"You don't need a Cannes Best Actress award that's already there; instead, you keep searching and making things difficult for yourself."

Upon hearing Chen Daoming's suggestion, Zhang Yimou's heart stirred. He had also watched "Youth" and was deeply impressed by Liu Jicun's performance.

At this moment, the image of Liu Jicun appeared in my mind, and the more I thought about it, the more suitable it seemed.

The only concern is that Liu Jicun is not a new actor; he already shows signs of acting.

For Zhang Yimou, he prefers to use new actors, because a blank slate is easier to train.

But Liu Jicun's image is indeed suitable. She is a Cannes Best Actress winner, so her acting skills are definitely not a problem, which is also good for the film's publicity.

Chen Daoming's suggestion still moved Zhang Yimou.

He got up and went outside to call producer Pang Liwei.

Pang Liwei said, "Liu Jicun is currently still under punishment and is not accepting any new activities or new roles."

Zhang asked, "What does 'penalty period' mean?"

Pang Liwei explained Jiang Yifeng's punishment of Liu Jicun and Wang Churen.

Zhang Yimou was very surprised: "Such a young Cannes Best Actress, punished for a year like this? Jiang Yifeng is too willful!"

Pang Li smiled and said, "If you want Liu Jicun to play the female lead, this is a good opportunity. We can poach Liu Jicun to LeTV."

Liu Jicun is a Cannes Best Actress winner; with a little polishing, her future is limitless!

Zhang Yi thought for a moment and said, "We'll talk about poaching people later. Let's invite Liu Jicun to audition first."

After explaining the matter, Zhang Yi began to put on makeup and record the program.

For Zhang Yimou, he was already used to the status of a big director. Asking an actor to audition was already a "favor" and almost no one in the industry would refuse.

Unexpectedly, after the recording of the program, he received a call from Pang Liwei.

"What? Liu Jicun refused to audition?"

Zhang Yi was very surprised, so he spoke a little loudly, which attracted the attention of Chen Daoming, Gong Li and others.

After understanding the situation, Chen Daoming said, "Director Jiang's management and training of artists is very good. If you want to audition Liu Jicun, you should ask Director Jiang."

"As long as Director Jiang agrees, everything is negotiable."

Zhang Yi felt a little guilty thinking about Pang Liwei's words about poaching people. He said, "It was probably Liu Jicun's agent who refused. This kid probably doesn't even know about this. The company is too domineering."

Chen Daoming shook his head and said, "Impossible, this is not the management style of Fengxing Media."

Seeing that Zhang Yimou and Chen Daoming had different opinions, Gong Li's curiosity was piqued, and she added fuel to the fire: "Why don't you call Liu Yicun now and see what her attitude is?"

I also want to see if Jiang Yifeng is really that amazing.

If I won the Cannes Best Actress award at 15 and my company blacklisted me for a year, I would definitely rebel.

Zhang Yi looked at the text message sent by Pang Liwei, which contained Liu Yicun's agent's and her private phone number.

He was curious, so he entered Liu Jicun's phone number.

"Hello, is this Liu Jicun? This is Zhang Yimou." After the call was connected, Zhang Yimou said directly, "I have a new movie and would like to invite you to audition."

Liu Yicun learned about Zhang Yimou's team contacting her through her agent that morning, so she did not doubt the authenticity of Zhang Yimou on the other end of the phone.

She replied directly, "I'm sorry, Director Zhang, I'm currently in a period of punishment and cannot take on any roles for the time being."

Zhang Yimou advised, "A person only has a few opportunities in their lifetime, and this is a great opportunity for you."

"Come audition. If you perform well, you'll most likely get the lead role."

This is already using the female lead's promises to tempt Liu Yicun.

Gong Li, Chen Daoming, and others gathered around, eager to hear Liu Jicun's response.

Liu Jicun said, "Unless the boss agrees, I will not accept new roles."

Director Zhang, please don't contact me again. I'm afraid my boss will misunderstand. Bye~

After saying this, Liu Jicun hung up the phone.

In Liu Yicun's view, as long as she firmly follows the boss, she can steadily become a big star.

After all, her boss helped her win the Cannes Best Actress award.

Moreover, back in the Fanghua training camp, Liu Jicun had already taken advantage of Wang Churan's wavering resolve and tricked her once.

Even if Zhang Yi contacts her this time, she won't waver; if she does, she'll just become another Wang Churen.

Liu Qicun would not make such a mistake.

Therefore, she was very firm in her stance, even telling Zhang Yimou to stop contacting her, fearing that the boss might misunderstand.

Listening to the dial tone on the phone, Gong Li exclaimed again, "Jiang Yifeng is really amazing, he managed to turn Liu Jicun into this!"

He endured a year-long blacklist without complaint, remaining devoted to the company and his boss.

Without a doubt, Zhang Yimou lost completely in this remote duel with Jiang Yifeng.

But what you can't have always stirs your heart.

The more Liu Yicun refused, the more Zhang Yimou wanted her to play the female lead for even a second.

Zhang Yi felt a pang of sadness, especially when Liu Yicun said, "I'm afraid the boss will misunderstand."

He felt an emptiness in his heart, as if Jiang Yifeng had taken his daughter away...

(End of this chapter)