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The day after his wife left the country, which was the first day of December, Zhang Yuanjun, Director Xu Ke and Li Yuchun came to Suzhou as a team to promote the film.

Zhang Yuanjun took time to visit his sister-in-law, who was 6 months pregnant.

The eldest brother is not at home, so she and two nannies are the only ones at home.

Zhang Yuanjun also blamed his eldest brother for this: "It's true, it's been 6 months and I still haven't come back."

"It's okay. Your brother will be back next week. He is busy." Li Ying is also a workaholic. If she hadn't been pregnant, she would still be in the company now. "My mother and my sister often come to see me."

The sister-in-law left Zhang Yuanjun at home for dinner. During the dinner, she asked Zhang Yuanjun about the preparations for his wedding and taught him his experience.

"Just decide on the time, location, dress, and diamond ring. You can leave the rest to the professionals."

"It's almost there."

Li Ying smiled and said, "I heard that Yifei's mother wants to buy you a wedding room?"

Zhang Yuanjun was also troubled when talking about this: "I told her not to buy it, but she didn't listen."

"I want to save face with your parents."

"Yes." Zhang Yuanjun said, "She didn't listen to me. Finally, Yifei told her that she didn't want to change the house for the time being. Even if she bought it, we wouldn't live in it, so she gave up."

"Her mother is very angry."

"Yes." Zhang Yuanjun knew his mother-in-law fairly well, "Yifei's personality is just like her mother's. She looks gentle and gentle on the surface, but in fact she is very concerned about face and refuses to admit defeat to anyone."

"Can you handle such a wife?" His sister-in-law laughed at him.

"You are more powerful than Yifei, why won't the boss marry you anyway." Zhang Yuanjun counterattacked.

For a strong financial woman like Li Ying, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli are no match for her.

Li Ying did not accept his words, but said: "Are you and Yifei childhood sweethearts?"

"Does it count?" Zhang Yuanjun was not sure either.

"Why don't you count it? Your college classmate, Yifei is only 15 years old when she goes to college. She will get married when she is 25 next year. You have known each other for 10 years." Li Ying explained.

"It's true." Li Ying didn't say that Zhang Yuanjun really didn't expect this, "This is a good sign."

After the uncle and sister-in-law had eaten, Li Ying felt heavy and wanted to rest, so Zhang Yuanjun said goodbye and went back.

When Zhang Yuanjun returned to the crew hotel, his assistant Xiao Zhao came forward and informed: "The director is looking for you."

"What is he doing with me?"

"He didn't tell us. He just said he had something to talk about when you came back."

"Okay, I'll go take a look." Zhang Yuanjun contacted Xu Ke, and the two made an appointment to meet at the hotel cafe.

Zhang Yuanjun simply washed his face in the room before going to the invitation.

"I'll go with you. They may be here to talk about work. Your schedule next year will be completely vacant." Xiao Zhao said.

"No need, everyone knows that I will get married next year." Because he is getting married, Zhang Yuanjun has already put forward countless film appointments.

But each crew member felt that they were different and felt that they could impress Zhang Yuanjun, so they still received countless invitations.

Zhang Yuanjun went to the appointment alone. As soon as he entered the coffee shop, he saw Cheng Guofu sitting next to Xu Ke.

Cheng Guofu is not from the crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

Zhang Yuanjun immediately understood that Xu Ke was here to discuss work.

No introduction is needed, of course Zhang Yuanjun knows Cheng Guofu, and Cheng Guofu naturally knows Zhang Yuanjun.The three of them quickly got to the point. Xu Ke wanted to cast Zhang Yuanjun to play the leading role of Dee Renjie in the second part of "Detective Dee" which will be released next year.

Zhang Yuanjun asked doubtfully: "Isn't this movie starring Brother Hua?"

Cheng Guofu laughed twice and said, "We also really want Andy to continue acting, but he doesn't want to be stuck in one role."

Xu Ke added: "In addition, in the second part, we are telling the story of Dee Renjie when he was young, and Andy's image does not fit the same."

These two statements can deceive laymen, but they cannot deceive Zhang Yuanjun.

The investment in "Bongtian Empire" was 1.3 million, and the domestic box office was 2.8 million. Although it ranked sixth in the box office list that year, it still did not reach the profit line. The overseas box office was more than 1000 million US dollars, but it is hard to say how much Huayi will receive.

After such a long time, "Tongtian Empire" may have recovered its money through various copyright operations, but this project has become useless, and it is normal for Hua Ge to despise it.

But Huayi definitely still wants to give it a try. They plan to turn "Di Renjie" into a series. They can accept a small loss. As long as they build up the IP, they can make a lot of money later.

"I don't know when the second part will be launched." Zhang Yuanjun asked the time first.

Cheng Guofu said: "The filming will start in May or June next year, and the filming will take a little more than three months. I will definitely not delay your wedding." He still wants to try his best to get Zhang Yuanjun's schedule.

But Zhang Yuanjun really didn’t want to take it, so he asked Xu Ke: “Will the second part be made into 3D?”

Xu Ke gave an affirmative answer and said: "We will also try underwater 3D. It will definitely look very beautiful by then."

This is what Zhang Yuanjun cannot accept.

"Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" sacrificed the smoothness of the action because of the 3D effect, and the editing also lost the speed and sharpness of Xu Ke's past.

After Zhang Yuanjun watched the finished film, he was particularly dissatisfied with the fight scenes. Due to the presence of 3D and CG, the film used a lot of high-speed and slow motion, which weakened the intensity and rhythm of the action scenes, and the characters' movements began to become unrealistic.

To a certain extent, Xu Ke sacrificed story and characterization for 3D effects.

If "Shendu Dragon King" continues to use 3D, the same problem will definitely arise again, and Zhang Yuanjun asked himself that he could not persuade Xu Ke.

As an actor, Zhang Yuanjun certainly hopes to have his own series, but the "Detective Dee" series is really not a good choice.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "Time is too tight." The rejection was obvious.

Then he said: "Actually, I don't plan to take on the role next year. I want to spend time with Yifei."

Cheng Guofu is still fighting for it. Zhang Yuanjun is the perfect candidate for young Dee Renjie. He is the right age, has good acting skills, and is extremely popular: "We will make 24 films of "Detective Dee". Think about it, you will have an exclusive role in the future." , when everyone mentions Dee Renjie, they will think of you, just like Li Lianjie and Huang Feihong, Donnie Yen and Ip Man."

Blushing again.

The public IP cannot create a universe, and Zhang Yuanjun cannot bind the character of Di Renjie.

In addition, the best Di Renjie came from the hands of teacher Liang Guanhua.

Let's put it this way, if the real Di Renjie in history was not a fat man, it must be Di Renjie's fault.

Seeing Zhang Yuanjun's troubled look, Xu Ke said, "You don't have to answer so quickly. You can think about it again and just reply to us before the Chinese New Year."

"Okay, I'll think about it." Zhang Yuanjun agreed.

The three of them said something else politely and then dispersed.

In fact, the crew was very disappointed in hiring Zhang Yuanjun - he was too expensive!
Zhang Yuanjun's salary is much higher than that of Andy Lau. In addition, the cost of 3D photography technology has not come down yet, so Huayi made a separate budget for Zhang Yuanjun's performance, which is almost 2 million.

But if Zhang Yuanjun can be successfully hired, Huayi will also accept the cost because he is too solicitous.

After Zhang Yuanjun returned to the room, he quickly put "Di Renjie" behind him. When Xiao Zhao asked him, he said nothing happened. (End of chapter)