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"I still like the way your hair looks long." This was the third time tonight that the engine was turned off. The two of them were lying in the bathtub, with Liu Yifei sitting in Zhang Yuanjun's arms.

Zhang Yuanjun is still not used to the short-haired version of Liu Yifei.

"I don't like how excited you are." Liu Yifei gave him a kiss.

"You have to respect a husband's rights." He said it again and was dishonest.

"Don't make trouble, I'm so sore." Liu Yifei pinched Zhang Yuanjun under the water.

"I'll press it for you later." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"Ah."

The two soaked for a while, and Zhang Yuanjun pushed Liu Yifei: "Get up, my legs are numb."

Liu Yifei got up, and Zhang Yuanjun also got up. They wiped each other clean and lay back on the bed to talk.

"I also said I would take you back to celebrate the New Year this year." Zhang Yuanjun said.

Liu Yifei smiled: "I have no choice, I have to film the movie, and I won't finish it until mid-to-late February. Are you going back?"

"Do you want me to go back?" Zhang Yuanjun asked with a smile.

"It's up to you. Whether you want to spend the New Year with me or not, I'll ask my mother to come over. I'm not alone," Liu Yifei said.

"There's nothing going on at home. I can't go back. I have to listen to my wife." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"You should go back." Liu Yifei put down the pillow and prepared to go to sleep. "If you don't go back, others will say that you are not filming, have no activities, and have a wife who has not been back for years. I don't deserve to be this sinner."

Zhang Yuanjun turned off the bedside lamp and lay down: "You are so thoughtful."

"That's right. If your parents don't say anything, it's inevitable that some of your aunts and uncles will talk about it." Liu Yifei understood.

"Why are you so considerate?" Zhang Yuanjun squeezed Liu Yifei's hand under the quilt, teased, and then continued, "When did we get the certificate?"

"Don't all the auspicious days of the zodiac fall with you?" Liu Yifei chose to listen to the arrangements in this regard, "You just pick one."

"You're not getting married, you should give me some advice." Zhang Yuanjun was dissatisfied.

"I just need to be there when the time comes, and you choose the date." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"I have a question." Zhang Yuanjun turned sideways, "Do you think our wedding anniversary is the day we get the certificate or the wedding day?"

This question stumped Liu Yifei, and she thought for a long time before saying: "It should be the day when I get the certificate. It is legal to get the certificate, so it should be this day." Then she said, "But the day of the ceremony was grand and grand, and it was also very memorable. "As he said that, he turned around and hugged Zhang Yuanjun, "How about we celebrate two anniversaries. One is the certificate anniversary, and the other is the wedding anniversary. Both of them are our wedding anniversaries."

Zhang Yuanjun pinched Liu Yifei's nose lovingly and said with a smile: "You are greedy."

"Promise me!" Liu Yifei said coquettishly, "We have one more wedding anniversary than others, and we also have more sweetness than others."

"It makes sense." Zhang Yuanjun smiled.

"You promised?"

"You said it's more sweet. If I don't agree, I will be disrespectful." Zhang Yuanjun must rely on his wife in this kind of matter.

Liu Yifei hummed happily, kissed Zhang Yuanjun gently, and then smiled: "You are a stallion!"

"This is a normal physiological reaction. I want to sleep now, but I don't want to." Zhang Yuanjun explained.

Liu Yifei knew what he said was true, and it was enough for her: "Go to sleep."

Zhang Yuanjun said he was here to accompany Liu Yifei, but in fact he also had his own work.Leonardo is good at filming, but he doesn't seem to be particularly good at producing or investing.

The Appian Way Company mostly gave him reasonable tax avoidance and payment methods, and few of the movies he actively invested in were profitable.

Last year, Appian Trail produced four films, and only "Never Ended" made a profit.

Therefore, when Zhang Yuanjun invited him to work on "Human Purge" this year, he readily agreed. The total cost was only US$300 million. Leonardo listened to the film's conceptual design from director and screenwriter James DeMonaco. Just invested $100 million.

James DeMonaco took the money and prepared to turn on the phone.

Today, he brought another movie to Leonardo.

Leonardo just finished filming "The Great Gatsby" a few days ago. He has just returned to the United States and is planning to go on vacation to an unknown island.

Zhang Yuanjun did not go to the United States to disturb him, but chose a video call.

As soon as Zhang Yuanjun explained his purpose, Leonardo said: "Eddie from your company has talked to me about this movie before. To be honest, Cheng, as a friend I want to advise you to give up this story."

"Why, it won't cost anything to film this story."

"This is not a matter of money, but that Hollywood doesn't like this subject anymore. I believe you have also felt it. Hollywood literary films have been particularly fond of nostalgia in recent years. The story of Ron Woodroffe is exposing and criticizing, and no one is interested anymore. . This story has been wanted to be made into a movie from the beginning, but it was unable to attract investment. For more than ten years, it has passed through the hands of many producers and failed to be successfully made. Cheng, I think you should give up on this movie. "Leonardo had no interest in the story of "Dallas Buyers Club."

"But Ron's story is so cool that it deserves to be filmed."

“His story was really cool, but investors weren’t interested.”

"Come on, Leon, it won't cost much. You pay 200 million, and I'll take care of the rest." The cost of "Dallas Buyers Club" is extremely small. Zhang Yuanjun just wants to solve it among friends. If Leon If others don't invest, he won't look for money from outside. With the company's funds, he can complete the shoot with only 600 to [-] million.

But Leonardo still rejected Zhang Yuanjun's request: "Sorry, I can't agree to this investment."

"It's okay, Leon." Finally, Zhang Yuanjun made a weird joke, "Americans are no longer interested in such cool American stories."

It doesn't matter what Leonardo is said about.

Zhang Yuanjun invited him to attend his and Liu Yifei's wedding, but Leonardo was not sure if he would have time at that time: "Martin and I will start filming "The Wolf of Wall Street" in August this year, but I will try my best to attend."

"Thank you."

The two chatted some more before ending today's meeting.

After failing to get any money from Leonardo, Zhang Yuanjun moved to Nolan and his wife's Simpic. The story of Ron Woodroffe is indeed very famous in the industry. He has been working on it for more than ten years without success. Now Z Studio wants to do it. It’s not that easy to get funds.

The Nolans thanked Zhang Yuanjun's "Never End" for bringing them huge profits, and then refused to invest in "Dallas Buyers Club".

Of course, in business, Zhang Yuanjun sees it very clearly. You can't make people pay just based on friendship. If they don't invest, they naturally consider the risks.

The day after Zhang Yuanjun hit the wall, Eddie received the good news that New Line Cinema, the distributor of "Never Ending", was willing to spend US$200 million to make "Dallas Buyers Club".

Zhang Yuanjun asked Lionsgate if they were willing to give money, and Eddie said that Lionsgate was willing to support up to US$200 million from the film fund.

It doesn’t matter whether it is a fund or its own funds, just give it money.

There is no need to worry about the remaining 200 million vacancies, Z Studio has provided them themselves.

That's how casting for "Dallas Buyers Club" began.

Even Zhang Yuanjun found it funny that the preparations had gone so far. It was a pure American story that the Americans themselves had not done for more than ten years, and finally ended up being the work of a Chinese. (End of chapter)