Chapter 256 Huayi Xiaowang Always Wants to Get on Board

After Liu Yifei's 20th birthday party, a piece of news soon spread in the industry.

The rumors about Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan that were hyped up before were not made up by the paparazzi. They were indeed dating.

This news was limited to the middle and upper levels of the industry, such as artists, directors, and producers, but it immediately produced a significant effect.

The most obvious point is that the company soon received a lot of new film contracts, all of which wanted to invite Liu Yifei to play the leading role.

Some variety talk shows on various TV stations also invited Liu Yifei to participate.

For a while, this made Liu Yifei's agent dazzled.

She had no right to accept the role. Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan decided by themselves. She could only report it, but she could make the decision on some normal business activities and variety show announcements.

Thinking that Liu Yifei had indeed lacked exposure in the mainland in the past six months, and had disappeared from the mainland audience's sight since she went to film "Pirates of the Caribbean", she was given a few talk shows.

Now, Liu Yifei couldn't stay at home and do nothing anymore. She started to resume the normal work rhythm of a big star.

She flew to Xiangnan on the 1st, flew to Shanghai on the 3rd, and returned to Beijing TV on the 5th. The recording of the three programs made Liu Yifei quite distressed.

The hosts talked about the same things with her in the three different talk shows, which almost made her speechless.

Just being on these three talk shows made her feel resistant to this type of program. At least in the next two or three years, she didn't want to be on talk shows again.

When she has accumulated a lot of things in her life and wants to share them with the outside world, the public, and fans, she may participate in talk shows again.

But after returning to Beijing, she couldn't be idle. There was also a Bazaar Charity Night to attend.

Bazaar invited her and Wu Yuan before, but Wu Yuan was not willing to go, but she agreed happily.

September 8, 2007, Beijing Huaxia Hotel.

Wearing a Louis Vuitton early autumn couture dress, Liu Yifei attended the Bazaar Star Charity Night in full dress.

Speaking of which, since Liu Yifei signed with Light and Shadow Times, Wu Yuan has replaced her with a professional management team, not only hiring assistants, but also hiring professional stylists and costume designers.

Presumably, Liu Yifei will not cause any "copycat dress" scandals this time.

After several years of development, Su Mang's Bazaar Charity Night has also become more formal from the initial grass-roots team.

Red carpet, reporters, hosts, none of them are missing.

When getting off the car, Liu Yifei was in a trance and thought she was attending the opening and closing ceremony of a film festival, not a fundraising gala for charity.

It seems that this Bazaar Star Charity Night is a little different from what she imagined.

With a formal business smile on her face, Liu Yifei waved to the reporters on the left and right of the red carpet and walked quickly into the hotel.

The first-floor banquet hall has been booked by Su Mang as the venue for the charity night.

Su Mang, who was also wearing a very fashionable haute couture dress, stood at the door to welcome every guest who arrived.

When she saw Liu Yifei, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress, her eyes immediately lit up, and she walked up quickly, smiling and greeting her: "Yifei, thank you very much for coming to our Bazaar charity dinner and contributing to China's charity cause."

"Please come in, Huang Xiaoming is here too."

Su Mang led the way very attentively in front, and all kinds of good words kept coming out of her mouth as if they were free.

This is also normal.

Although Liu Yifei's qualifications are not high, the box office of "Your Name" starring her is high!

And she also starred in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". I don't know how popular she will be next year. Maybe she will become an international superstar.

What's more, Su Mang's network of contacts is very strong. She already knows that Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan are in love, so she has to be more cautious to support Liu Yifei.

Apart from anything else, Liu Yifei's seat was arranged at the main table.

Those who can sit at the main table are the big and small Wangs of Huayi, the boss of Bona, the heads of invited brands, and other capitals behind the Bazaar Charity Night.

In addition, even Zhou Xun, Zhao Junqi, Fan Xiaopang and other top actresses who are ranked among the four Dan and two Bing can only sit at the side table.

There is only one star sitting at the entire main table. Li Binbin of Huayi sits next to Xiao Wang. The two of them are very intimate and don't avoid people at all.

"Is it inappropriate for me to sit here?" Liu Yifei said hesitantly after being led to the main table by Su Mang.

This table is full of capital bosses, which is incompatible with her painting style!

"Suitable, why not?" Before Su Mang could speak, Mr. Wang from Huayi, who was sitting at the main table, said, "Yifei is one of the best actors in our mainland. It is our honor to sit at the same table with you."

"By the way, why didn't Director Wu come with you?"

Liu Yifei kept a smile on her face, but she knew it in her heart. It was just a matter of taste.

If her relationship with Wu Yuan had not been made public in the circle, Mr. Wang would not be so enthusiastic.

"My senior brother is busy with the post-production of "Gravity" recently. This movie will be released next year. The schedule is very tight. He really can't spare time to attend today's charity night, so I came alone."

"Is that so?" Mr. Wang looked enlightened, and there was a bit of pity in his eyes when he looked at Liu Yifei.

When preparing for the project of "The Forbidden Kingdom", he really wanted to invite Liu Yifei to play the leading role, and even wanted to use this role to exchange Liu Yifei for signing with Huayi.

The reason is simple. Liu Yifei is very beautiful and is his favorite type. He has some unreasonable thoughts about Liu Yifei.

Unfortunately, Huayi rejected the offer of filming for the red star Wu Di and even invited Liu Xiaoli to meet privately.

Liu Yifei neither needs the project of "The Forbidden Kingdom" nor wants to sign with Huayi.

Look at Li Binbin sitting next to Mr. Wang. It is hard to say whether the female artists of Huayi are actors or concubines of the big and small Wang.

At first, Mr. Wang was quite angry when he was rejected. It was just because he was lucky to play the leading role in a movie of Wu Yuan. He was so arrogant that he looked down on the leading actress of the Sino-US co-production film?

Then, before he could make any actual response, "Night at the Museum" was released. Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan made a cameo appearance together, playing the emperor and the concubine.

Mr. Wang then felt something was wrong. He inquired through his Hollywood connections and found out that the two of them were actually in love.

Well, Mr. Wang, who had originally planned to use some means to force Liu Yifei and her daughter, immediately lost his temper.

It's not worth it to be jealous of this.

The two companies, Guangying Times and Guangshidai, are larger than Huayi and have a deeper network of contacts. Mr. Wang also wanted to build a good relationship with Wu Yuan and cooperate to enter Hollywood.

After that, the casting of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was announced, and Liu Yifei's name was on the list, which made him completely extinguish the fire in his heart.

It seems that Wu Yuan really supports this girlfriend, not just playing around.

Now that the relationship between the two has been officially made public in the circle, Mr. Wang dares not to make plans for Liu Yifei, and even regards her as a person of equal status.

Although the two may not get married in the future, they are in the passionate love period now, and the pillow talk in the passionate love period is still very scary.

"Come on, come on, sit down." Wang Zhonglei asked Liu Yifei to sit down, and said with emotion: "I am so sorry that Yifei doesn't have time to play in "The Forbidden Kingdom". "

"When I was writing the script for this movie, the heroine was tailored according to Yifei's image and acting style. I wanted to invite you to play this role from the beginning."

"After all, you are the young Chinese actress whose overseas influence is second only to Zhang Ziyi."

"I didn't expect that you would just play in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". There is a conflict in schedule. It's a pity."

"Not only you, but also Brother Cheng Long. Both of you were invited away by Director Wu first, and the project of "The Forbidden Kingdom" almost couldn't be done."

Hearing this, Li Binbin, who had been hugged by Wang Zhonglei, had a cold face. Later, she took over the heroine of "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Say these things in front of her, where can she put her face? Could it be that she, Li Binbin, just relies on picking up roles that others don't want?

However, seeing Wang Zhonglei's unswerving expression, she still didn't dare to talk back, but just smiled stiffly at Liu Yifei.

At first, Wang Zhonglei might just want to greet Liu Yifei, but as he talked, he became more and more resentful.

The preparation of the "Forbidden Kingdom" project was really a series of twists and turns.

At the beginning, it was decided to make a kung fu blockbuster. After the Sino-US co-production, the script had not yet been seen. Huayi immediately contacted Li Lianjie and Cheng Long, wanting to make a "Double J Plan", but was rejected by Cheng Long.

Fortunately, the script had not been written at that time. Cheng Long was not good, so he changed to Chow Yun-fat, and then began to customize the script for the two.

After that, when the script was roughly completed, Wang Zhonglei wanted to invite Liu Yifei to play the leading role, and his lust was aroused.

Cheng Long came to Hollywood with a high standard, so it was okay if he couldn't be invited. You are a 19-year-old young actor from the mainland, it is impossible for you to be unaware of promotion, right?

As a result, he was rejected again.

Wang Zhonglei was so angry that he jumped up and down, but he had no way to deal with it.

Now he could only complain a few words.

"Sorry, Mr. Wang, this is just a coincidence." Listening to his complaints, Liu Yifei felt funny in her heart and had to apologize.

"No, no, no, schedules are something that no one can predict, no need to apologize." Wang Zhonglei waved his hands quickly.

After this setback, he finally understood that although Huayi had money in hand, in terms of influence, the rich local bosses were really not as good as the big directors.

Big directors like Wu Yuan, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige wanted to make a movie and invite a certain actor to star in it. Even if the schedule conflicted, the actor would resolutely choose to give up other movies, and even pay liquidated damages to star in the movies of these big directors.

The real top actors do not lack film and television resources at all, but lack good resources, top resources, and such top resources can only be provided by top directors.

You can't just spend money to make a Hollywood A-level movie, the kind that can be released worldwide?

This experience made Wang Zhonglei more determined to build a good relationship with a big director like Wu Yuan, and find a way to get on Wu Yuan's boat and make Hollywood movies together.

Even if it takes twice or three times the investment, it's worth it. Huayi doesn't have much, but it has a lot of money!

"Yifei, you must come to the premiere of "The Forbidden Kingdom"!"

"If Director Wu is free, I hope he can come and show his support. Our Huayi is doing well in domestic films, and there are some areas where we can cooperate with Director Wu. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to meet with Director Wu."

Liu Yifei smiled dignifiedly and replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I will convey Mr. Wang's intention to my senior brother."

"Haha, that's good." Wang Zhonglei laughed with satisfaction and released his arm around Li Binbin. "Charity Night is about to begin. There will be an auction tonight. Yifei can just bid for whatever he likes. I believe everyone will give Director Wu face and will not compete with you."