"Sister Hua!" Zhang Yuxuan greeted Wang Jinghua with a smile on his face.
The day after Wang Jinghua spoke to Zhang Yuxuan, she came directly to see Zhang Yuxuan.
Obviously, Zhang Yimou's influence is still so great that Wang Jinghua can't sit still.
"Yuxuan. I won't say much else. I just want to hear what you think. After all, this is a play directed by Zhang Yimou, and you were chosen to be the male lead. This kind of opportunity,
I really don’t understand why you refused.” Wang Jinghua asked the reason straightforwardly.
"How to put it, I'm not very optimistic about the success of adapting a foreign film into our national film." Zhang Yuxuan replied.
"What's the reason? Why can't we successfully adapt foreign movies? This kind of reason won't convince anyone." Wang Jinghua shook her head.
"Sister Hua, the main reason is that we have different ways of thinking, different logic, and even different worldviews from foreigners. Based on this difference, we want to adapt a foreign story into our country's story
Do you think the story is normal? If the basic logic and world view remain unchanged, what will it look like if it is adapted into the story of our country? Isn’t it different? If even the logic and world view change, the story will be completely different.
.It will appear even more chaotic..." Zhang Yuxuan explained this way.
But Wang Jinghua shook her head: "If we don't understand the thinking logic of foreigners, then why can their movies get so much box office in our country? Just like Titanic, why can it dominate our domestic box office records for so long?
How many decades? Also, Hong Kong people like the movie Infernal Affairs, and we mainlanders like it. After the copyright was bought, the adaptation into "The Departed" was also a great success. So your statement makes no sense at all.
"
"..." When Zhang Yuxuan heard Wang Jinghua say this, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"So, why did you refuse director Zhang Yimou's film invitation? You must know that you are the leading male lead! Give me an explanation, a reason that can convince me." Wang Jinghua looked at Yuxuan Zhang seriously: "You know, generally
Under such circumstances, I will not interfere too much in your choices, but I am still very serious about some particularly important matters. Just like Bingbing, when she didn't want to act in the movie "Going Home for the New Year", I changed it on the spot.
She scolded her and even slapped her in the face. In the end, she chose to star in that movie and won the Best Actress Award at the Singapore Film Festival. So Yuxuan, don't give me the chance to scold you or even hit you.
"
After all, if the wedding banquet is held in China, it can generate some news and have a somewhat modest publicity effect on the movie.
"I can't say whether it's a bad movie or not, but it's just that feeling. You know that feeling, Sister Hua. Anyway, it's the kind of feeling that makes you not want to act in this movie. It's the same as when I first met
I have similar feelings about "The Promise" and "The Night Banquet"." Zhang Yuxuan said seriously.
"It's over. Is the debtor here?"
"Yuxuan, let's rehearse the sketch for the Spring Festival Gala together."
There are so many examples before. Now that Zhang Yuxuan said that Zhang Yimou's new movie "Three Guns" made Zhang Yuxuan feel bad, Wang Jinghua really believed it.
Mary had a helpless look on her face: "You said that I'm living on tenterhooks every day!"
Even though they had read the script a long time ago, they still couldn't help but laugh as they rehearsed.
"If you pay it back, won't you really have no money?" Zhang Yuxuan said confidently: "Don't worry, they are easy to deal with. They want money. I can't even let him open his mouth." After speaking, Zhang Yuxuan started to walk away at a trot.
Stepping off the stage, well, the stage area designated by Yuxuan Zhang and others.
The total investment in "The King of Kung Fu" is as high as more than 70 million US dollars.
"Hey, where is Lao Zhang?" Wang Baoqi asked.
"Blood sausage!"
"What kind of movie? If it's really suitable for you, don't reject it. And director Guan Hu keeps calling you, which means that the role is really suitable for you. Don't refuse it." Wang Baofu said.
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Then Mary began to welcome the two men.
"It's a story about the Anti-Japanese War, and it mainly talks about raising cows. Actually, if this movie had been shot at another time, of course I would have no problem with it and would have gone there immediately, but now we have to
We are rehearsing a skit, and the skit is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala. How could I delay our skit because of the movie over there?" Huang Bo shook his head.
The main reason is that Wang Jinghua no longer forces Zhang Yuxuan to accept Zhang Yimou's movie, and Zhang Yuxuan no longer has to rack his brains and find excuses to fool Wang Jinghua. This way both of them are relaxed.
"What's the disease?" Wang Bao'er couldn't help but ask after hearing what Mary said.
"What, what kind of disease do you have?" Mary couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuxuan and asked, "Tell me about it yourself."
None of these movies were considered successful, but Yuxuan Zhang also rejected them all.
"Oh, Brother Wang, please give me two days of grace! I will definitely pay you back if you have the money!"
"Yes, yes, rehearse well."
Wang Bao'er nodded vigorously: "This is the bottom line!"
Except for Lin Chiling, few of the other actors who participated in Red Cliff were good at it, and even Wu Baige's reputation began to deteriorate.
"Old Zhang, Old Zhang! The classmate is here, come out quickly." Mary shouted towards the back room.
Don't look at the fact that The King of Kung Fu has a domestic box office of nearly 200 million dollars, and even abroad, it has a box office of 50 to 60 million US dollars.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuxuan has long been accustomed to this.
Originally, many people saw that Liu Yifei was very popular, and many people would look for her to make movies, but now, let's take a look at Liu Yifei's situation.
Although many people made excuses to have a drink with Zhang Yuxuan at the finals banquet, and even wanted to invite Zhang Yuxuan to star in their movies, all kinds of kits were almost freely available to Zhang Yuxuan.
And Wang Jinghua was also really busy. After the exchange with Zhang Yuxuan, she went to the set of "Thailand" and watched Zhang Yuxuan's filming for a while. After saying hello to Ning Hao, Huang Bo and Wang Baoru, she took a plane that day and started again.
Went back to the capital.
This can be regarded as Huang Bo facing a direct choice and making a decisive choice.
People in the entertainment industry, you can say they are superstitious, but sometimes they are not superstitious. But you can say they are not superstitious. But they have special beliefs in some things.
Li Bingbing, even Fan Xiaobing and even Lin Chiling, they all have connections that want to get away from Zhang Yuxuan, and want Zhang Yuxuan to hand over this role to them.
During the rehearsal process, Huang Bo's cell phone kept ringing. Someone kept calling him. Huang Bo looked at it and simply refused to answer the phone. He turned off the phone and then started to devote himself to the rehearsal of the sketch.
among.
"They are all listening!"
Zhang Yuxuan simply rolled his eyes. For the wife in the sketch, Zhang Yuxuan naturally chose Mary. The original choice should be more suitable.
In the end, "The King of Kung Fu" failed, and its reputation was also very poor. I won't say whether this movie had a big impact on Fang Shilong and Jet Li. But its impact on Liu Yifei was extremely profound.
Especially Fan Xiaobing, she is very busy now. She can't stop being busy every day. She has no time to rehearse the show. Although Fan Xiaobing himself said that he definitely has time to rehearse, Zhang Yuxuan does not believe it. Fan Xiaobing's so-called
When there is time, nine times out of ten, it’s just a show.
Two days later, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqi directly found Zhang Yuxuan.
Henry Zhang looked at his photos on his phone and said seriously.
Although part of it is Huayi's fault, part of it is definitely because others feel that Liu Yifei cannot support the movie's box office.
Red Cliff obviously lost money. Moreover, Red Cliff's domestic reputation is as bad as it gets.
"Yes, I think so too. But I think many people will want to have sex with your wife in the sketch." Huang Bo chuckled.
But in Wang Bao's view, Huang Bo's words were a bit Versailles.
Zhang Yuxuan hopes that the other party can devote himself wholeheartedly to things like the Spring Festival Gala.
So they had to rehearse again and again.
"Even if we don't come back, we can't go inside."
After the closing banquet, Zhang Yuxuan took another two days of rest.
So Mary is really particularly suitable.
Henry Zhang looked helpless when he heard the words, but immediately changed his voice: "Invite people in quickly! I have just entered the house!"
Well, in fact, Huang Bo, Wang Baoyu and Mary, the three of them are more energetic than Zhang Yuxuan.
"Neck, someone just kept calling you. What's going on? You didn't answer the phone, and you even turned off your phone?" Wang Baoqi asked Huang Bo after sitting down.
But Huang Bo is different from him Zhang Yuxuan.
"Lao Zhang, let's take a look, let's take a look. Your photos have been posted online. You are already on the list of dishonest people. From now on, whoever calls you Lao Zhang will have to call you Lao Lai."
It’s so shameful, think of a solution quickly!”
After rehearsing for a long time, everyone was tired and their throats were filled with smoke, so they stopped.
But Li Lienjie and Fang Shilong, the two of them participated in the movie, and the salary alone accounted for more than 50 million US dollars, plus the salary of inviting actors such as Liu Yifei, as well as the production of movie special effects, as well as shooting expenses, post-production and publicity, etc.
aspect.
"Yes, he is embarrassed even if he owes money. Why should we be embarrassed if we ask for money?" Wang Bao'er nodded vigorously.
After filming for a period of time, Zhang Yuxuan and Ning Hao took a plane back to China and started the final filming.
The investment is huge and the cast is also very large.
However, they were all pushed away by Zhang Yuxuan, maybe because of preconceptions, Zhang Yuxuan felt that Mary was more suitable than them.
"Why didn't I answer your call? Didn't you call me from another phone and I answered it?"
"Remember. No matter what happens today, you have to get your money back. You can no longer be embarrassed to open your mouth like before." Huang Bo turned to Wang Bao and said.
After Wang Jinghua left, Zhang Yuxuan and the others continued filming.
But who made those investors want to use the closing banquet to create a lively occasion?
"Why is this happening?"
Zhang Yuxuan looked at Wang Jinghua's serious look and was a little speechless, because with Wang Jinghua's appearance, it seemed that if Zhang Yuxuan couldn't give her a reasonable explanation, she might really hit someone!
"...How do I explain this? Sister Hua, ever since I signed the contract under your name, I have made many choices, such as the TV series "Pink Lady" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy". None of them are the same.
Exceptions, they all made me a great success. Especially "Pink Lady", it allowed me to reach a level that ordinary people cannot reach when I debuted."
"Hello!"
Now Wang Jinghua has a weird expression when she listens to the movies mentioned by Yuxuan Zhang. Could it be that the movie "Three Guns Surprise" shot by Zhang Yimou this time is similar to Chen Kaige's "The Promise" and Feng Gangpao's "The Night Banquet"?
In fact, among the movies mentioned by Zhang Yuxuan, Wang Jinghua almost participated in the investment of "The King of Kung Fu" before. However, Zhang Yuxuan was not very optimistic about "The King of Kung Fu" at that time, so Wang Jinghua did not know why.
Choosing to participate in the investment in "The King of Kung Fu", the final facts proved that not participating in the investment in "The King of Kung Fu" was the right choice.
"Alas, alas!" Wang Bao'er and Huang Bo looked shy and embarrassed. Then Wang Bao'er held up the gift box in his hand: "I took some of my family's specialties, pickled vegetables."
Just like the White Dragon King in Thailand, countless people queue up to let the White Dragon King look at it for them.
"Oh, okay, Brother Wang, you go ahead and scold me! When it's over, I'll scold the landlord too."
Another advantage of choosing to wrap up the shoot in Thailand is that holding the wrap-up banquet in Thailand will save a lot of trouble.
As a result, the subsequent communication between Wang Jinghua and Zhang Yuxuan began to become much easier.
Mary's originally enthusiastic face, but when she saw the two gift boxes in her hand, she couldn't help but complain: "I want him to pay with blood!"
Although both Ning Hao as the director and Yuxuan Zhang as the protagonist, in fact, there is no lack of publicity at all.
When Fan Xiaobing appeared and took a photo with Wang Baoyu with a smile on his face, Ning Hao yelled, and then announced that "Thailand" was finished.
After finding him, Mary first thanked Zhang Yuxuan, and then after getting the script, she began to memorize and recite it seriously.
Mary looked like she was hesitant to speak.
Originally, it was supposed to be a simple closing party in Thailand, but now, in addition to the people from the Thai囧 crew, there are indeed a lot of random people at the closing party.
"Happy New Year, happy New Year. It's cold outside, please come inside and invite us!" Mary warmly entertained the two of them.
When Wang Jinghua heard what Zhang Yuxuan said, her expression became more serious.
"Neck~~~Qiang~~~" Zhang Yuxuan shouted the last word of the two people's names in a voice full of exaggeration: "You know I'm sick, so you came here specifically to see me?" Zhang Yuxuan pushed the infusion pole and said
He walked towards the two of them with a crying look on his face.
"If you want to know about any disease, don't you have to spend money to treat it? How can I have any money? I went to the hospital and picked up a few. If there were some leftovers that were not finished, I would come back and treat them myself. After the treatment
Even better, if I can’t fight well, I’ll be like this for the rest of my life.”
And "Red Cliff" by Wu Baige.
"I think Mary is quite suitable. The old woman she played in the Spring Festival Gala last year worked well with you."
"Lao Zhang, it's not like we have no money. If we pay back the money we owe people, won't everything be fine?"
On the other side, Huang Bo and Wang Baoyu also started to appear at this time.
So when Zhang Yuxuan did not explain the real reason clearly, but used this vague way of talking about a feeling, Wang Jinghua actually believed Zhang Yuxuan a little.
"So, do you think Zhang Yimou's movie "Three Shots" is a bad movie?" Wang Jinghua looked at Yuxuan Zhang and asked seriously.
Even though they are quite famous now, things like attending the Spring Festival Gala are really special to them.
"Quick, quick, sit down."
In fact, according to Zhang Yuxuan and Ning Hao's idea, this scene can be shot directly in Thailand. At most, Fan Xiaobing can take a plane and fly to Thailand. In fact, the shooting effect will not have any impact.
"Just talk about family members!"
The box office is not low, but compared with the investment, it is far behind.
When the wedding banquet was over, Zhang Yuxuan was finally relieved.
So far, Huang Bo has only been a really good leading actor in Crazy Racing. Now, his career is just about to take off, but he can't give up the job halfway.
"Don't worry, I've started to list the house with the real estate agency, but the landlord won't let it be sold!"
After notifying Mary, Mary quickly came looking for her.
"But Yuxuan, has your wife been chosen for this sketch?"
"But I have to think of a way and find someone to return the photo. I have dark circles under my eyes."
"Later, I started making movies. I was optimistic about the movie "Crazy Stone", and this movie did make me a big success. Later, I rejected "The Promise" directed by Chen Kaige and rejected Feng Feng
"The Night Banquet" directed by Gang Pao, I also rejected Wu Baige's "Red Cliff", and even rejected the Hollywood-invested movie "The King of Kung Fu" co-starring Fang Shilong and Jet Li. Sister Hua, in the end, these movies
The box office and word-of-mouth have come out, what do you think? Their box office is pretty good, but how about their word-of-mouth?"
Yuxuan Zhang doesn’t really want to keep filming. His situation is that he is famous enough now and has a lot of works. In addition, Zhang Yuxuan is really super rich, so it’s up to him to make movies.
Feeling.
Although their company's Lin Chiling's reputation has risen thanks to this movie, it was also because Lin Chiling's reputation was too low before.
Huang Bo and Wang Baoqi rushed forward, supported Zhang Yuxuan, and placed Zhang Yuxuan on the sofa.
It's a pity that Zhang Yuxuan and Ning Hao don't want to cause too much trouble, but although they are directors and protagonists, behind them, there are also investors, producers, etc. of the movie.
"It's okay! It's my old classmates." Zhang Yuxuan's voice became much more stable.
Mary's energy even feels greater than that of Zhang Yuxuan——
"Be steady!" Zhang Yuxuan said to Mary, and then made a gesture to answer the doorbell.
By the time the jokes are already familiar to them, and they have become completely numb to the jokes, they will rehearse them later, and then there will be no more laughs.
"Hello, we have a visitor at home!"
"Old Zhang!"
Both of them were carrying a gift box in their hands.
"Well, it was Director Guan Hu. He kept calling me and wanted to let me go to the filming. I wanted to rehearse our skit, so I refused, but Director Guan Hu took his fancy.
I'm sorry, you insist on letting me act, and then they keep calling me on my personal phone, which is really annoying." Huang Bo said with a helpless look.
Well, although "The Promise" and "The Night Banquet" had a bad reputation, they did not lose money. Instead, they made some money, but not that much.
"Do you feel it?" Wang Jinghua was a little surprised when she heard Zhang Yuxuan say this.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Yuxuan smiled all over his face, saying that he was busy and didn't have much time to wait.
When Wang Jinghua heard Zhang Yuxuan's words, her expression looked a little strange.
"When did this happen?" Wang Bao'er asked Mary beside him with special concern.
The next moment, Zhang Yuxuan, who was stumbling, grabbed an infusion pole, hugged a pillow, and staggered out of the room.
Zhang Yuxuan held his mobile phone and acted as if he was answering the call.
Mary looked confused. When she heard Wang Bao's question, she couldn't help but said: "It's too sudden. It's too sudden for me."
At this moment, the doorbell rang.
As Zhang Yuxuan spoke, he ran to the window and looked down.
The main reason is that all the choices that Yuxuan made after entering the entertainment industry seemed to be correct.
"Yes, if the role is really suitable for you, don't refuse it." Leslie Cheung also said the same.
But in fact, what Huang Bo said is correct. After the news spread that Zhang Yuxuan was going to rehearse a sketch for the Spring Festival Gala, someone did try to find Zhang Yuxuan and want to play Zhang Yuxuan's wife in the sketch.
After Zhang Yuxuan heard Huang Bo's words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "The story of the Anti-Japanese War? Raising cows? What is the name of this movie?" Zhang Yuxuan always felt that it sounded a bit familiar.
"It seems, is it called bullfighting or something? A cow, what is called bullfighting? Spanish bullfighting, does it know how to fight cows?" Huang Bo complained with a smile.
"Cow fighting?" Wang Bao'er was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but shake his head: "It doesn't sound like a reliable story."
"That's different. After all, director Guan Hu, I think he is quite capable. When he was filming Young You before, his performance was pretty good. I think the neck, you'd better not miss it. It's best.
Let’s have a good talk with Director Guan Hu.” Zhang Yuxuan persuaded.
If Zhang Yuxuan's memory is correct, it seems to be this bullfighting movie. What kind of best actor did Huang Bo get? Was it the Hundred Flowers Best Actor or the Golden Horse Best Actor? I can't remember clearly, but it was an Best Actor anyway!