Actor: My Entertainment Era

When "The Secret of the Dragon" was being finalized, Wu Ershan specifically told the Mojin quartet: "You must maintain your body shape during the Chinese New Year. You cannot lose too much weight, and you cannot eat too much to gain weight."

But Liu Yifei asked Zhang Yuanjun to cook a big meal for her the next day. She had her own reasons, saying that she would just eat this meal to satisfy her cravings, and after today she would resume the body management that an actress should have.

"I believe you." It wasn't the first day Zhang Yuanjun met her, but he still said, "What do you want to eat?"

"Hot pot, spicy hot pot!" Liu Yifei ordered, "Cut more mutton and duck intestines."

Liu Yifei ordered a dozen dishes: "Okay, let's do this for now, go and prepare."

Because of the super star cast of "Pieces of a Woman", most media believe that the film will be shortlisted for one of the three major films.

The facts are correct, "Pieces of a Woman" will indeed be reported to the three major newspapers.

Not Berlin, but Cannes.

But when Zhang Yuanjun knew that China Film Group wanted to submit "Pieces of a Woman" to Cannes, he stepped in to stop it.

In the hot pot game, Liu Yifei was asked to switch to Venice, which was the latest.

"Why?" Liu Yifei actually wanted to vote in Cannes. After all, Cannes has the highest gold content among the three majors, and the time in May is also perfect.

"I can't say, anyway, just vote for Venice." Zhang Yuanjun didn't want to say more.

"I'm your wife, what else can't you tell me?" Liu Yifei was not convinced by Zhang Yuanjun's reasons.

"I can't say it anyway." Zhang Yuanjun gritted his teeth, "Just change it to Venice."

Liu Yifei said: "I will give you a few guesses. Do you think they are correct?" She said, regardless of whether Zhang Yuanjun agreed or not, and continued:
“Is there someone you don’t like attending Cannes next year?”

Zhang Yuanjun said nothing.

"Will you conflict with me at Cannes next year?"

Zhang Yuanjun rolled his eyes.

Liu Yifei then said: "You have work in Cannes next year, do you want to avoid suspicion?"

As soon as Zhang Yuanjun's mouth dropped, Liu Yifei knew that she had guessed correctly: "You want to be a judge?" Liu Yifei couldn't think of a second reason.

Zhang Yuanjun did not confirm but did not deny Liu Yifei's guess, but said: "That's why I tell you to vote for Venice."

Liu Yifei knew that she had guessed correctly. Since Zhang Yuanjun is a judge next year, the film starring him is not suitable for selection in Cannes.

"Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to be a judge?" Liu Yifei blamed him for hiding it from her.

"I only agreed a few days ago." Zhang Yuanjun said, "Actually, it's useless for you to submit to Cannes. The official avoidance system will reject the film or put it in a special attention unit."

"I won't be in a special attention unit." Liu Yifei has high expectations for "Pieces of a Woman" and is not willing to stay in a special attention unit.

"That's it, go to Venice. Director Yimou has two golden lions and one silver lion. You will receive the most solemn official reception when you go to Venice."

"Actually, we received an invitation from Venice." Liu Yifei said at this time, "As soon as the film was completed, the film selector from Venice came to us and said that we would take the film to Venice. However, the filming had just finished and the director Yimou didn't want to think about it. Determining your participation early will affect the later stages.”

Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile: "Look at the mentality of other senior directors. If someone else finishes the project, he will be favored by the top three, and he will jump three feet high."

Although "Pieces of a Woman" is a script written by Zhang Yuanjun, he is not the producer or producer, nor does he participate in the crew as a producer. Liu Yifei is doing many things.

After settling the matter of the film's participation in the awards, Zhang Yuanjun asked about the post-production progress of "Pieces of a Woman".

Liu Yifei reported: "We are already grading the colors, and we will definitely be in time for Venice. How is your "Manchester" doing now?"

"It's difficult." Zhang Yuanjun was very troubled by this script, "I don't know how to change it."

"What's wrong?" Liu Yifei asked concerned.

"It's difficult to solve the problem just because I don't know where the problem is. I don't even know how to change the script after translating it. Don't worry, it's just stuck for a moment. It's not a big problem. You may find a way to solve it after a while." Zhang Yuanjun asked his wife to relax. .

Zhang Yuanjun took two bites and then put it down. Liu Yifei said: "You won't eat so much food? What a pity." "It's not bad. I'll make it tomorrow. You should eat more. I have been filming for 5 months. Thank you for your hard work." ”

"I dare not say it's hard work." Liu Yifei said with a smile. She blanched a piece of mutton and put it in her husband's bowl. "Eat more. It's boring for me to eat alone."

Zhang Yuanjun ate, got up, went to make tea, and opened the sideboard, only to find that the tea he usually drank was gone: "Huh? I saw a box of it a few days ago."

"Which one?" Liu Yifei looked over.

"Just my box of dog brains, I remembered to put them here."

"Didn't you entertain guests at the studio a few days ago with that box?"

"Yeah," Zhang Yuanjun slapped his head, blaming himself for being confused, "Look at my memory."

Liu Yifei smiled and said: "You are only 29 years old, your memory is not good?"

Zhang Yuanjun said: "I'll be 30 in two months, middle-aged."

"How pitiful." Liu Yifei laughed.

"You will be 28 in two months, a married woman." Zhang Yuanjun shot back.

"I'm 28 and my memory is pretty good." Liu Yifei ate hotpot mutton and drank lemonade.

Zhang Yuanjun accompanied Liu Yifei. The two sat opposite each other and ate until 11 o'clock in the evening. The bottom of the pot was so salty that they couldn't eat it. They left the dining table and settled on the sofa to watch TV.

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Within a few days, the studio brought a bunch of things to Zhang Yuanjun for his approval.

One of them is how to hold the annual meeting and how to distribute the year-end bonus.

"They said go to Macau."

"Don't go to Macau." Zhang Yuanjun rejected the plan. "It's not easy for everyone to make some money all year round. You have to play a few games in Macau. It's not worthwhile to throw money there." Zhang Yuanjun quickly thought of a place for himself, "Go to Singapore. Well, it’s over 20 degrees in Singapore now, and the weather is nice. Please hurry up and get everyone visas and hotels."

After looking at the preliminary year-end bonus distribution plan, there was generally no problem. Zhang Yuanjun asked: "I remember that two people in our studio gave birth to children this year. Did they give them red envelopes?"

"Yes, we've also paid for the confinement center."

This is the comfortable place to work for Boss Zhang. Postpartum confinement for female employees is at public expense, and the wives of male employees can also enjoy this benefit after giving birth.

Moreover, Liu Yifei personally selected the confinement centers, which are all high-end clubs.

The studio allows employees to bring immediate family members with them for annual physical exams.

"The red envelopes for the year-end bonus will be based on what you do. You are too stingy with the prizes," Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile, "Everyone has worked hard for a year. Give out more, give out better, and improve it to the next level."

With a stroke of his pen, Boss Zhang allocated another 200 million budget.

After finishing the work, Zhang Yuanjun learned one more thing: "Yang Mi took the initiative to contact the movie "Why Shengxiaomo"."

Zhang Yuanjun knew that Tang Yan was dissatisfied with Yang Mi's role as the heroine in the movie "Why Sheng Xiao Mo", and someone else would have thought the same thing as Tang Yan.

"Do Luo Jin and Tang Yan know?"

"I don't know if they know it, but you can't hide this kind of thing. Tang Yan is also the heroine of a TV series. She would know it just by asking."

That's true for me. I know that my good sisters acted in a TV series and also accepted a movie version and played the same role. How can I meet each other in the future? "

"It's none of our business, we don't care." Zhang Yuanjun said.

After finishing the work, Zhang Yuanjun had other things to be busy with. (End of chapter)