China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 75

On November 11, "The King of Kung Fu", co-produced by Huayi Brothers and Hollywood for $20 million, was officially launched in Dunhuang.

A few days ago, a reporter photographed that the main actors of the movie, Cheng Long, Li Lianlian, Liu Yifei, Fan Binbin, etc., had all flown to Dunhuang.

Because Li Lianhua participated in Li Mu's movie "Super Body", the role of the white-haired witch in "The King of Kung Fu" finally fell on Fan Binbin's head.

"I heard that Liu Yifei was able to participate in "The King of Kung Fu" because he was recommended by Huayi Brothers, and the condition was that Liu Yifei wanted to join Huayi?" During the filming of Xiangjiang, Li Mu and Li Lianhua chatted about the movie "The King of Kung Fu" "Some gossip.

In the previous life, there has been a legend that "The King of Kung Fu" was a gift given to Liu Yifei by the Huayi brothers. In the legend, Liu Yifei not only accepted the gift but also rejected Huayi's invitation to join, and finally angered the Wang brothers. As a result, the subsequent film and television resources plummeted.

Li Lianhua heard the words but shook her head and said: "Huayi Brothers can't decide the candidates for a few actors. The movie is a co-production, and Hollywood also has a lot of say. Director Rob Minkoff likes Chinese martial arts movies very much, and especially likes Liu Yifei in the movie. The role of Wang Yuyan played in "Dragon Babu", and the wife of director Rob Minkoff has the same English name as Liu Yifei, so the role of Golden Swallow naturally fell on Liu Yifei's head."

……

In December, the biggest news in the film circle was the official release of director Zhang Yimou's "The Golden Flower".

The box office of Golden A was 1500 million yuan on the first day, and 9600 million yuan in the first four days of the weekend, breaking a series of previous box office records created by director Zhang Yimou himself, but there is still a distance between the box office results and the film "Assassin" directed by Li Mu.

The box office of "Assassin" was 2200 million yuan on the first day, 10500 million yuan in the first three days of the weekend, and a total domestic box office of 3.6 million yuan. Since its release, it has firmly occupied the throne of the box office champion in the mainland market.

Since the box office of "Golden Armor in the City" has exceeded 3000 million, it has continued to grow with an average daily box office of about 3.6 million. Chen Lingjuan, the distribution manager of the film production company New Picture Films, told reporters that with its current box office growth rate, it is expected to break the box office established by "" Assassin set a domestic record of [-] million this year.

When a reporter asked whether Huang Jinjia was expected to break the global box office record of US$3.55 million set by "Assassin" directed by Li Mu, Chen Lingjuan replied that "Assassin" is starring Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, two kung fu superstars. As we all know, Cheng Long and Li Lianlian are Chinese superstars with the most international box office appeal.

On December 12, the first press conference of the film "The King of Kung Fu" was held as scheduled outside the main hall of Qin Palace in Hengdian.

At the press conference, in the anticipation of hundreds of media, film-related main creators Cheng Long, Li Lian, Liu Yifei, Fan Binbin, Michael Angarano, Chow Zhaolong, director Robert Minkoff, martial arts instructor Yuan Heping, etc. appeared one after another.

For the two heroines of the film, Cheng Long is obviously more optimistic about Liu Yifei. When interviewed by reporters, Cheng Long said: "Little girl Liu Yifei is very cute. She has a dancing background, she looks good in fighting, and she is very courageous. Dare to act, which surprised me.”

When talking about Liu Yifei's future development, Cheng Long said: "Liu Yifei's age, height, appearance, and fluent English are the conditions for entering Hollywood! She will have good results in Hollywood, and she can become Gong Gong. Li's successor."

"Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Yang Ziqiong, these Chinese actresses are just the first step into Hollywood, but it's hard to say whether they can keep up later; Liu Yifei is a good actor, serious and humble at work, can speak fluent Japanese, In English, if you want her to jump, she will jump, and if she wants to get on the horse, she will get on the horse, regardless of whether it is dangerous or not, and there will be achievements in the future."

For the past few months, Liu Yifei has been debating whether to join Huayi Brothers Company or a Hollywood management company. Now that she heard Cheng Long's answer to the reporter, the balance in her heart finally began to tilt in the direction of Hollywood.

After the press conference, Liu Yifei specifically told Cheng Long of her decision. William Morris, a famous Hollywood agency, was in contact with her at this time. She had already decided to join this Hollywood management company to seek development in Hollywood.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Long said that it is not necessary to sign a contract with a Hollywood management company to develop in Hollywood. Although Hollywood companies are very powerful, they also have many pitfalls, and they will suffer losses if they are not careful.

After hearing this, Liu Yifei was even more confused. She didn't know the meaning of Brother Cheng Long's words. Didn't she become determined to go to Hollywood after hearing what Brother Cheng Long said?

Cheng Long laughed and said, "You were stupid just after praising you for being smart, and there are people around you who know Hollywood very well, and they won't cheat you, so why do you look far away?"

After Liu Yifei finished listening, a figure appeared in his mind.

……

Xiangjiang, at 10 p.m., the crew of "Super Body" stayed at the hotel.

Just as Li Mu was about to go to bed, the phone beeped. He picked it up and looked a little surprised. It was a text message from Liu Yifei.

"Which one do you think is better, Huayi Brothers or William Morris?"

Li Mu replied: "Brother Huayi."

Liu Yifei: "Why?"

Li Mu: "Because I have never heard of William Morris."

Liu Yifei: "???"

Immediately afterwards, another message came: "William Morris is a well-known Hollywood management company, and Zhang Ziyi signed with this company."

Li Mu: "It's still Huayi Brothers."

Liu Yifei: "?????"

Li Mu: "No matter how good William Morris is, it is a foreign company after all. Your roots are always in China, and you have seen countless audiences who have watched "Dragon and Babu", "The Legend of Condor Heroes" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy". Most Chinese go to There is no future for Hollywood development. At this stage, Huayi Brothers has good resources. Make more movies and TV series that Chinese people like, and then buy some Huayi Brothers shares. After two years, when Huayi Brothers goes public, the probability of the stock will double Skyrocketing, the assets doubled and increased in value within a few months, instantly upgraded from an actor to a capital, and achieved class leapfrogging. After a few years, Huayi failed, and then jumped to other companies. As long as it is popular, there are countless big companies willing to spend a lot of money to grab it. , isn't it better than going to Hollywood as a small supporting role?"

Liu Yifei: "Then you still go to the US to write a book, go to the US to make a movie?"

Li Mu: "Well, my situation is special——no, you want to enter Hollywood that much?"

Liu Yifei: "It's every actor's dream to enter Hollywood, and I'm no exception, so I have to work hard."

Li Mu: "Okay, then you can choose William Morris. Anyway, you have a lot of blood, so it doesn't matter if you delay for ten years."

Liu Yifei: "Thick blood?"

Li Mu: "It's just that there are too many audiences who like TV series such as "The Legend of Condor Heroes" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy". You have played bad movies for ten years and there are still a lot of audiences who like you. This is blood."

Liu Yifei: "Is that why you don't like Hollywood?"

Li Mu: "I'm optimistic, I'm just not optimistic about the vast majority of Chinese going to Hollywood to develop."

Liu Yifei: "Brother Cheng Long is very optimistic about my development in Hollywood."

Li Mu: "Then you can go and decide your own affairs."

Liu Yifei: "You don't necessarily have to sign with William Morris if you want to develop in Hollywood."

Li Mu: "Well, of course."

Liu Yifei: "Maybe joining Huashang will have a better future?"

Li Mu: "Hua... Shang?"

Liu Yifei: "Brother Cheng Long said that Huashang is the domestic company that knows Hollywood best."

Li Mu: "Sister, let's stop for a moment, may I ask if the Hua Shang you just mentioned belongs to me...?"

Liu Yifei: "That's right, it's your Hua Shang."

Li Mu was silent.

After a while, Liu Yifei:
"Why, you don't want it?"

Liu Yifei: "?? Give me a reaction!!"

Li Mu: "Then... let's do it."

Liu Yifei: "That's okay?"

Li Mu: "Okay, come here, I want you - this is the head office!"

Liu Yifei was a little speechless, why did he have to add a sentence after that?

(End of this chapter)