Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 221 Lifting the Roof
Everyone knows about Kaizi's affairs.

Lost the wife and broke down again.

Rumor has it that after Director Kai left Tokyo, Chen Hong, the most beautiful woman in the mainland, stayed in Shibaura Building in Tokyo's Minato Ward for seven days and seven nights.

He cosplayed as Diao Chan and staged a fight between the strongest generals from the sea, army and air force and Diao Chan.

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With the lessons learned from the past, most people were mentally prepared and started to praise Takakura Bunta in various ways.

Some said they were his fans, and they succeeded in chasing their idol;

Some said they had seen Takakura Bunta's performance and were looking forward to working with him;

He also praised Takakura Bunta for being polite and having good character, etc.

In short, no matter what he thought in his heart, he didn't show up in front of the reporters and flatter the crew's top star.

Takakura Bunta also reciprocated the favor by praising each other one by one. Everyone praised each other's business.

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The original version of "The Emperor and the Assassin" was screened in the Great Hall of the People and was criticized terribly.

Now Kaizi has been kicked out and replaced by the fledgling young college director Ning Hao, and Lu Wei has been asked to be the producer and screenwriter. This version of "The Emperor and the Assassin" is definitely better than the original.

Of course, although Takakura Bunta used history books to bring the Ainu people, who were on the margins of history, back to the ancient history of China, he was bound to encounter some negative comments and controversy.

But this does not mean that Bunta Takakura will just lie down and allow himself to be ridiculed. During the filming, he will do his best to shape this character well.

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A group of people were having a happy chat in a hotel private room.

During this time, Takakura Bunta took a special look at Ning Hao and Lu Wei.

Lu Wei didn't react, but Ning Hao had some bad thoughts.

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Two weeks later, the promotion work for the Beasts band came to an end.

Takakura Bunta's Gulfstream G300 private jet arrived at Yiwu Airport, the largest airport in the central and western regions of Lin'an Province, and then arrived at the Qin Palace, the filming base in Hengdian Town, via the Yongjin Expressway.

The construction cost of the Qin Palace was funded by the local government, with the land provided free of charge, One Piece Entertainment providing 50% of the construction cost, and Hengdian Film and Television City contributing 50%.

According to the agreement between the two parties, after the filming is completed, this place will become one of the five sub-scenic spots in Hengdian, and the operation and management rights will be transferred to Hengdian Film and Television Group, and One Piece Entertainment Company will distribute dividends according to the investment ratio.

The Qin Palace is based on the Qin Xianyang Palace, covering an area of ​​800 mu and a construction area of ​​11 square meters. With the city gate, the central palace gate and the main hall as the central axis, the corner towers, arrow towers, que towers, watchtowers, corridors, ladders and other buildings are symmetrically distributed from east to west.

There are 27 magnificent palaces, the main hall "Four Seas Return to One Hall" is 44.8 meters high and covers an area of ​​17169 square meters. The city wall is 2289 meters long and 18 meters high.

Later works such as "Hero", "The Forbidden Kingdom", "The Promise", "A Step into the Past", "Han Wu Emperor", "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor", "Legend of Lu Zhen", "The Legend of Miyue", "Empress Wei", "The Legend of Qin", "The Empress of China", and "The Chinese Paladin III" were all filmed here.

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Bunta Takakura walked around the venue, read the script, and then checked in at a nearby hotel booked by the crew.

Before a scene is even shot, the first thing to do is to change the actors.

Ning Hao's eyelids jumped, and he covered his temple and asked, "Change the actor?"

Takakura Bunta really wanted to say it all in one breath, but knowing the habits of the Chinese entertainment industry, if you ask for opening a window, the other party will definitely refuse.

Therefore, Takakura Bunta made a roof-lifting request: "I want to replace Gong Li. Our inland branch of One Piece Entertainment has also signed many new artists."

Ning Hao was stunned. For this play, Gong Li joined the crew a month in advance to try on costumes and consulted a history professor in the ancient capital about historical knowledge of the Qin Dynasty. Now, Gao Cang Bunta is going to replace Gong Li just because of one word. It was simply nonsense.

Ning Hao said: "Mr. Gaocang, Wang Peigong and Lu Wei designed the lines specifically for Gong Li. Besides, no other artist can replace Gong Li..."

Gao Cangfuntai said nonchalantly: "Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Jingchu, Jiang Qingqing, these artists can be interviewed..."

"After Gong Li broke up with the national director, the quality of her films has been getting worse and worse. I'm worried that she can't carry the banner of a female lead."

"She filmed this movie just because she saw the rich guy in Farewell My Concubine. She wanted to prove that even if she left her ex-boyfriend, she could still maintain her status as an international film queen..."

"Now that Kaizi is gone, she can leave too..."

Takakura Bunta spoke eloquently. Ning Hao, a fledgling college student, had no power to resist facing this Venice Film Festival Best Actor and lead singer of Asia's top band. He blushed and held his breath.

Of course, Ning Hao would not be so stupid as to confront the male lead and big money sponsor alone. He sent someone to call the screenwriter Wang Peigong and the producer Lu Wei, and all at once the three heroes fought against Lu Bu.

The four of them argued in the lounge for more than twenty minutes. Lu Wei was so angry that he slammed the table, but Takakura Bunta remained calm and even expressed his intention to withdraw his investment.

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It is understandable that Ning Hao, Lu Wei and Wang Peigong were very excited.

Gong Li is the muse of the fifth generation of directors. She has a typical oriental female appearance and is honored as the "Empress Gong". She is a national treasure artist in Singapore.

When talking about Gong Li, we cannot avoid a director, one of the pillars of the Chinese film industry and the national master.

A good actress must have a muse to discover her.

And her acting skills can also make a work more perfect and realize all the director's wishes.

This is what the national teacher is to Gong Li. …………

When Gong Li was 22 years old, she was spotted by the national director, who was still a new director.

She starred in his first film "Red Sorghum", playing the female lead Jiuer.

This art film didn't do very well at the box office, but it won numerous awards, and Gong Li became an overnight sensation.

17 major awards at home and abroad, 6 Golden Statue trophies, and the Golden Bear Award.

As the first domestic film to win awards at the three major European film festivals, the status of Red Sorghum is unquestionable.

The national teacher and Gong Li also began their honeymoon period.

To be precise, it is the passionate love period.

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In 1989, their relationship was exposed. The combination of director and muse is already common in the circle. Both parties need to obtain a lot of artistic inspiration through the combination of spirit and flesh.

In the director circle, the director’s exclusive muse is also the exclusive flesh-and-blood Bodhisattva, who can control the clouds and rain and is regarded as a forbidden delicacy.

But each one is a classic, and each one allows her to break through again.

"Ju Dou", "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" and "Raise the Red Lantern" are still the white moonlight in the hearts of many audiences.

Each one brought her closer to the international film scene, setting a precedent for a generation.

Her photo taken at the beach has also become a timeless classic and has been imitated by countless people.

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In 1995, Gong Li broke up with the national teacher.

The duo collaborated on their breakup song, "Rock, Rock to Grandma's Bridge."

A hybrid film that wants to be both commercial and artistic, but unfortunately fails to please both sides.

After the film was released that year, many viewers came with high expectations but left disappointed, suffering a loss of tens of millions.

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Some people even sharply complained that this was the worst film directed by a Chinese director.

Shortly after the film was released, the two confirmed the breakup rumors that had been circulating.

It seems that the poor quality of the film is also related to the deterioration of the relationship between the two.

When accepting an interview with "A Date with Lu Yu", Guo Shi declared: "There can be many Mou girls, she is just one of them."

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After breaking up with the national teacher, Gong Li's career began to fall into a trough. She left the Northwest circle and had to turn to the Beijing circle, which led to the previous life's version of "The Emperor and the Assassin".

This is an important life-saving straw for Gong Li, who has fallen into a career slump.

In the previous life, it was this experience of career lows that made the exclusive muse of the national teacher become the shared muse of great directors.

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In fact, this version of "The Emperor and the Assassin" is written by Wang Peigong, Lu Wei is the producer and screenwriter, and Ning Hao is the director.

Whether it is the scene and shot design, or the music, fight design, costumes, props, or actors' acting skills, they are all first-class, and some of them can even be said to be top-notch in the Asian film industry.

However, Takakura Bunta felt that there was a lack of private work, and during several script meetings, he asked producer Liu Xiaoli to secretly test Lu Wei and Wang Peigong.

The two were noncommittal.

This attitude is very obvious.

Those things in the history books are absolutely unacceptable to traditional screenwriters who have a serious spirit of historical literature.

The fundamental strategic goal of One Piece Entertainment is to control public opinion and provide strategic cover for Mimihaji PMC's garrison economy, Metaverse Planning Co., Ltd.'s new fruit economy, and Totland Capital's capital harvesting...

Before One Piece Entertainment invested, Hokkaido's private goods were not included.

After One Piece Entertainment invested in the company, it still did not include private activities in Hokkaido.

Wouldn’t it be a waste of investment in One Piece Entertainment?
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So they simply cut off the source of the problem and demanded that the female lead be replaced, which was an unreasonable demand that completely blew the roof off the table.

You should know that director Ning Hao, screenwriter Wang Peigong, and producer Lu Wei are all very satisfied with Gong Li. In order to make the film more in line with Gong Li's image and temperament, they have even specially revised the script lines and designed language, actions and scenes in the past month.

Singapore’s Queen Gong is worthy of being the shared muse of the fifth generation of directors.

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However, by the evening, Wang Peigong and Lu Wei did not come to see Takakura Bunta, but Gong Li's agent came to visit Takakura Bunta specifically.

He made an offer that Takakura Fumita couldn't refuse...

(End of this chapter)