Chapter 306: Status? Resources? Undercurrents Surge! The ‘Special Aesthetic Training’ Has Begun to Show Results!

Although there is competition among the young actors, compared with the competition for status and resources among the long-established first-line actresses, their little fights are nothing.

Ever since Huayi announced the preparation of "The Sound of Wind", the company has begun to stir.

As Huayi's currently recognized best actress, Zhou Xun deservedly became the heroine, and paired with Huang Xiaoming to form a CP again.

"Painted Skin" had just finished filming, and the two of them seamlessly joined the crew of "The Sound of Wind".

When it comes to riding on the popularity, the big and small Wangs and Zhang Da Huzi are also comparable.

Wang Zhongjun said happily: "Haha, the popularity of "Painted Skin" can just push up the popularity of "The Sound of Wind". This strategy is so interesting."

The publicity manager held a notebook in his hand, and while laughing, he turned his attention to Wang Zhonglei.

"Mr. Wang? So we will wait until "Painted Skin" is released, and then announce the start of the new movie "The Sound of Wind". Is that okay?"

"Yes, let's do it."

Wang Zhonglei nodded, and specifically reminded: "The work on "The Sound of Wind" can be put aside for the time being. The early preparations will also take a long time. Your recent work focus is mainly on the promotion of "The Forbidden Kingdom". The performance of this movie is particularly important, and it is even related to the company's situation after listing. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

The publicity manager carefully wrote down Wang Zhonglei's words in a notebook, and then turned and left the office.

For a while, only the two brothers were left in the huge office.

"How is the company's internal share subscription going?"

"Except Zhou Xun, everyone else has bought a part more or less."

Except Zhou Xun?

"What do you mean by this? Is there any problem with Zhou Xun?" Wang Zhonglei frowned. This is the current number one sister of Huayi, and there can't be any problems.

"I heard from people below that Zhou Xun seems to be planning to go out and work on his own after his contract expires this year."

Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei immediately thought of Huayi's former number one sister Fan Bingbin and Zhao Yanzi who stood them up.

"Is the news true?"

"There is no way to verify it. I just heard a cameraman say it by chance. He accidentally heard Zhou Xun talking about opening a studio on the phone."

"Go verify it. If this is true, then we have to prepare in advance."

Wang Zhonglei's face was a little gloomy. It's better to believe it than not to believe it!

In order to recruit Zhou Xun, the contract was signed very loosely. If the other party insisted on leaving, they couldn't stop him at all!

At the same time, when the two brothers of the Wang family began to conduct an internal investigation on Zhou Xun, the sisters Li Bingbin also began to plot.

"I only got the role of the second female lead."

Li Bingbin's face was not very good.

Although her acting skills were not so outstanding, her vision was still very good.

The script of "The Sound of Wind" is really great, and according to the internally released cast list, all the actors are top-tier celebrities in the industry!

In addition, the script was made by Feiyue Film and Television, which means that this movie is likely to have a double harvest of box office and awards.

However, if it is really as she predicted, then all the glory will belong to the "female lead", and she, the "female second lead", will not attract much attention at all.

After thinking this through, Li Bingbin was full of resentment.

Everyone is the "first sister" of Huayi. If you really want to rank them by seniority, Li Bingbin is even a senior!

You Zhou Xun is just a latecomer, why can you get the female lead?

Li Yu frowned slightly: "The role cannot be changed. Let's be realistic. You are indeed not as good as Zhou Xun in acting."

"What should I do now? I can only watch him take the "female lead" and all the glory belongs to her?"

Li Bingbin felt more and more unwilling!

"That's not the case." Li Yu's eyes were cold, and she sneered: "Huayi is not Zhou Xun's world. I am still the manager of the artist management department. We are sisters, and we are connected. Can't I shake her position?"

"What do you mean?"

"Let's go to President Wang and ask her to change the script. Just like in "The Forbidden Kingdom", you and Zhao Yanzi can be the two female protagonists, why can't you and Zhou Xun be the two female protagonists?"

"This is a good idea!" The gloom on Li Bingbin's face quickly faded.

With her relationship with the two brothers of the Wang family, it should not be a problem to change the script without shaking the basic framework of the movie.

Even if Zhou Xun knew, what would happen?

Can she still bite people?

...

Time quickly came to mid-March.

A call was made from the Cannes Film Festival to Hollywood.

After taking a look at the name marked on the caller ID, Chen Fei pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Mr. Sean? What's up?"

"Fei, how are you these days? I just happened to be free today, so I came to say hello."

The caller was the famous Hollywood actor Sean Penn, who co-starred with Nicole Kidman in the action crime film "The Interpreter" directed by Sidney Pollack.

He is the chairman of the jury of the 61st Cannes International Film Festival this year!

"Fei? Another reason I called this time is to ask you if you have any suitable works to participate in the selection of this year's Cannes Film Festival?"

It turned out that it was waiting here.

Chen Fei smiled and shook his head to deny: "Sean, I'm really sorry, I may not have any suitable films to participate in the selection."

In fact, "Mulan" is quite suitable for being sent to the three major European awards for selection, but the requirements for the three European awards are: before the film participates in the award selection, it is not allowed to be released in advance.

But "Mulan" has even been withdrawn from both the mainland and North America, and it no longer meets the requirements for participating in the selection.

"Oh, that's a pity, then do you have time to be the award presenter?"

For this request, Chen Fei was a little embarrassed to refuse.

Because under normal circumstances, the winner of the previous Palme d'Or must go to the scene to present the award in the next session.

Although the organizer did not make clear regulations, this has become a recognized fact.

After thinking about it, Chen Fei nodded and agreed: "I will go on time."

"Oh! That's great! Fei! I'll wait for you at the film festival."

After achieving his goal, Sean hung up the phone.

The filming of "Kung Fu Panda" has come to an end, and the martial arts instructors of the Chen family and the Hong family have returned to Hong Kong.

Chen Long is currently selecting a suitable heroine for "12 Chinese Zodiac Signs".

Chen Fei did not interfere too much in the casting, allowing Uncle Long to choose the actress he "likes". After all, they will have a long-term cooperation in the future, and it must be in line with Chen Long's wishes.

At the same time, the post-production team of "Kung Fu Panda" is already in place.

In Hollywood, Chen Fei still chose the original dubbing staff.

As for the Mandarin version, he did not choose to use the previous stars, but found the top dubbing actors across the country and asked them to dub according to the personality and living habits of each animated character.

In his opinion, the audience is watching the picture, not to listen to who dubbed it.

Except for Wang Zhiwen, the dubbing of other stars is not professional. It is better to find top dubbing actors.

It has to fit the taste!

…

So far, all the filming plans of both Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios have started normally.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" was officially announced to be completed a week ago and has entered the intensive post-production again.

The competition in Hollywood's summer season is still very fierce, but Chen Fei is still full of confidence in Twilight.

With the first step as a foundation, he believes that the second part will definitely reap more surprises and box office results!

Natasha is finally not so busy. After finishing the coordination work of several movies, she took a lot of free time to devote herself to the casting of "Inception".

There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. As the casting progresses, some news is gradually revealed.

This morning, a piece of entertainment news from Hollywood suddenly appeared on the front page of Sina.com!

[Hollywood entertainment news exposed: Kate Winslet, who played Rose in "Titanic", revealed in an interview about the movie "The Reader" yesterday that she will work with the famous director "Chen Fei" on a new film, and it is expected to start shooting in May! ]

The news was exposed and immediately attracted the attention of netizens!

After clicking on the title, you can clearly see an interview video.

Sina.com specially edited this interview video, so after netizens click to play, they can directly jump to the appropriate time node.

When the reporter asked her if she had any new film contracts after the filming of The Reader was completed, Kate Winslet said bluntly: "I have indeed decided to star in a new movie."

"Can you tell me briefly?"

Kate Winslet shrugged, "Sorry, I can't reveal too much here because of the confidentiality agreement."

The reporter quickly asked: "What can you reveal?"

"Well~ This movie will be directed by a very handsome Chinese director."

"Is it FeiChen who won the 80th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Animated Feature Film some time ago?"

"I don't think Director Li An can be associated with the word "handsome." Kate Winslet was referring to something.

Once she said this, it was clear as day.

So far, there are only two Chinese directors still active in Hollywood, Chen Fei and Li An, while James Wan and others are Chinese directors.

And then combined with the adjective "very handsome", it can only be Chen Fei.

The saying that he is more handsome than Zun Long when he was young is not in vain!

As for Li An, he is indeed not young anymore, and his gray hair is not related to the word "handsome" at all.

After the news was exposed, Chen Fei once again entered the media's field of vision.

Although he has rarely appeared in the public eye since the Oscars, this interview with Kate Winslet directly pushed him to the forefront!

New movie plan, Kate Winslet is suspected to be the heroine.

Just these two confirmed news are enough to trigger a heated discussion in the mainland and Hollywood!

There are many male protagonists who can match Kate Winslet, but without exception, all of them are top Hollywood male actors, at least the winner of the Oscar for Best Actor.

For a while, many people were speculating, what is the name of this new movie? Who will be the other unannounced actors?

Unfortunately, Chen Fei did not respond immediately.

Liu Yifei, who had just finished a dinner event, suddenly appeared in the animation studio.

After Bruce's many "aesthetic trainings", this girl's aesthetics has finally improved.

She attended the event today wearing a pure white short-sleeved top, a black bow tie around her neck, and black suspender shorts on her lower body. Her long legs are white and slender, and the more you look up, the rounder they look.

"Not bad, this outfit today is very popular with me."

Chen Fei nodded with satisfaction and gave her full affirmation.

"Huh, this is what I matched myself."

Liu Yifei raised her head proudly.

Because of her clothing and aesthetics, she had been criticized by Chen Fei before, but today she finally proved herself!

"Dress up like this in the future, and don't give me that shamatte look anymore. The makeup team at Sony Records can be fired. What the hell is that?"

"Is my previous makeup ugly? But fans all praised me for wearing it well?"

Liu Yifei was a little confused. After all, she has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and no one has said that she is ugly except Chen Fei.

"Most people focus on your face, who will pay attention to what clothes you wear?"

"So you think I look good, right?"

Chen Fei shrugged and stopped in time, not jumping into her trap at all, "Sorry, I am no longer interested in praising others today."

After that, he turned around and was about to continue to do the finishing work.

The filming of "Kung Fu Panda" was officially completed an hour ago. Next, a very detailed review work is needed, and then post-production can be done.

However, seeing Chen Fei turning around to leave, Liu Yifei hurriedly asked, "Hey? Wait a minute!"

"What? Is there something?"

"What should I do next? There are no more movies to shoot, and I'm a little bored recently."

Since "Mulan" became a big hit, film contracts have been pouring in like raindrops, and the pay is higher than the other!

But after reading those scripts, she couldn't help but feel disappointed.

The pay is indeed high, but the roles are not so outstanding, and it is a world of difference compared to "Mulan"!

There are a few scripts that can barely be regarded as tall among the short ones, but the mother and daughter still refused after discussion.

Mulan's starting point is too high, and Liu Yifei is afraid that she will accidentally destroy this honor!

In desperation, she can only come to Chen Fei.

The agency contract has been signed to the agency controlled by him, so he must be responsible. I have to rely on him for the rest of my life~

"Oh? Have you had enough fun?"

"Yeah, I want to make a movie."

"Wait." Chen Fei waved his hand casually, turned his head and walked towards the film viewing area, and said casually: "Come back to China with me in April, the script is already prepared.

I have a pretty good story here, let's continue to work together and strive to win another Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!"

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up and she quickly responded: "Okay, I'll wait for you!"

~

March passed quickly.

New news kept coming from the mainland.

"Resurrection of the Dragon" and "The Forbidden Kingdom" were in conflict, and all kinds of publicity were overwhelming, as if they were going to take over the entire April.

"The Besieged City" followed closely behind, but the current publicity heat is far less than the first two.

The "One Foundation" has started to show up again. Li Lianjie personally announced that starting from "The Forbidden Kingdom", the foundation will donate part of the proceeds from future films invested in by the foundation to charity.

Obviously, he has been trying to eliminate the impact of filming "The Mummy 3".

The movie will be fully released in mainland theaters in September, and fans will be furious.

Zulong has become a villain?

Only Li Lianjie can do such a thing. Since "Wolf Dog", he seems to have begun to have no scruples.

~

Zhou Xun is a busy man!

After the filming of "Painted Skin" was completed, she seamlessly announced that she would participate in the filming of "The Sound of Wind", but within a few days, she announced that she would partner with Chow Yun-fat to shoot a very special art film - "Confucius".

When Chen Fei received the news, he was stunned for a long time.

Confucius' status is absolutely beyond doubt. He is the representative of Confucianism and will be remembered forever.

But this movie...

Chen Fei suddenly didn't know how to comment on it. Compared with his memory before rebirth, he seemed to have cursed it very badly after watching this movie!

~

In late March, Walt Disney Studios held a media meeting and officially announced that Kung Fu Panda had been successfully completed recently.

Chen Fei was going to take this opportunity to strengthen the film and television production companies such as DreamWorks, Pixar, and Disney. If they have the courage, they might be able to fight for real in August!

However, the media attending the meeting seemed to be more interested in his new film.

"Director Chen, can you reveal the plans for the new movie?"

New movie?

Fai Chen was stunned for a moment. He had not prepared for this part before.

But after thinking about it, he decided to give a simple response, just to warm up for his new movie.

"In fact, as reported online before, Kate Winslet, who had a wonderful performance in "Titanic", will participate in the filming of my new movie and play a very important role."

This answer obviously did not satisfy the reporters present.

"Director Chen? How much is the investment in the new movie?"

"220 million US dollars."

2.2? US dollars?

"WTF?"

Although some people had predicted long ago that Fei Chen's new film would definitely be a Class A production, and the investment would not be less than 150 million US dollars.

But when they really heard the figure of 220 million US dollars from him, a group of reporters at the scene were still shocked and could not recover for a long time.

And several domestic media have begun to take a breath.

According to the current exchange rate, the figure of 220 million US dollars means that Chen Fei will spend 1.76 billion RMB to make his new movie!

"Damn, the budget is getting higher and higher. What kind of movie is this? Can it recover the cost?"

There was a heated discussion at the scene, and the reporters asked questions at the same time. The whole venue was in a mess and noisy.

Chen Fei picked a few representative questions and answered them.

"The theme is action suspense science fiction. The English name is "Inception", and the Chinese translation can be described by the four words "Inception".

I am the director. The current tentative actors are Kate Winslet, Tom Hardy, and Leonardo Dicaprio. The rest are still under negotiation."

Only three actors have been confirmed?

The reporters in the audience were a little disappointed. They thought that all the actors who participated in the show could be dug out today.

But the next second, someone suddenly reacted!

"Oh my god! What did I just hear? Leonardo?"

A scream stopped the noisy discussion at the entire press conference!

Most people don't know who Tom Hardy is. After all, he is currently a tool in Hollywood.

But Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet are different.

These two are too famous!

Let me ask, who in Hollywood hasn't seen "Titanic"? Who hasn't heard the story of Jack and Rose?

But today, Chen Fei just said a casual sentence, but broke a big news!

Jack and Rose are going to make a movie together again?

What kind of movie is this?

How can they invite both of them at the same time?

Please keep the monthly tickets in your hands, readers.