China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 204 The heroine of "Edge of Tomorrow" (2-in-1)

United States, Los Angeles.

A tall Asian woman wearing sunglasses walked out of the Warner headquarters building, followed by a bald white man in his thirties. He made gestures with the woman while walking and said this with a very excited expression.

The two got into a black car parked at the door. When the man saw that the woman was still silent, he paused, as if he was organizing his words to persuade more effectively.

"Bingbing, what we need to do now is to recognize the reality. Warner is really sincere this time. If you take this role, you will be the first Chinese superhero, and "Legion of Super Heroes" is planned to be a

In a long-term project, this role will only appear infrequently, and the salary for the bundled series contract is not high, but you can get continuous exposure in the global market. This is equivalent to a long-term meal ticket and a stepping stone. With this stable role,

It will be easier for you to find other opportunities."

The woman took off her sunglasses, revealing a beautiful face with bright eyes and white teeth, but there was some hesitation and worry in her eyes. If there were Chinese people present, they would definitely recognize her as one of the top four celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry... Fifth

People's Li Bingbing.

Beside her, her assistant Anderson was trying his best to persuade her to accept a film deal from Warner Bros.

The middle-aged Chinese woman sitting in the front passenger seat seemed to have different opinions from the assistant. She turned back to Li Bingbing and said: "Bingbing, I just checked the role of Phantom. If you ask me to evaluate it, it is really good."

is an out-and-out 18th-line hero, and Phantom is not a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the comics at all. He was added after the second reboot of the animated version. Do you know how many Legions of Super-Heroes there are in the second reboot?

Heroes? 12!"

She is Li Bingbing's domestic agent Wu You. She has followed Li Bingbing in Hollywood for the past two years to look for career opportunities. She is very dissatisfied with the role Warner gave her this time and has never wanted Li Bingbing to take the film.

But Li Bingbing insisted on hearing about Warner's future arrangements for this character and its development in the follow-up live-action film of "Legion of Super-Heroes".

Although Li Bingbing didn't say it explicitly, Wu You could tell from his face and emotions that this meeting was not optimistic.

Could she be willing to end it all in such a dejected manner?

Perhaps Li Bingbing had thought it through herself, or perhaps her manager Wu You's persuasion touched her. Li Bingbing put on his sunglasses again, turned to Anderson and said: "Anderson, I'm going back to the hotel soon, you're right here.

Come on." After saying that, he took out a bunch of banknotes from his pocket and stuffed them into his hand: "That's enough for you to call a taxi."

What's more, domestic media have been reporting that "Li Bingbing has entered Hollywood with her strength and is full of international style", "Li Bingbing: After so many years in Hollywood, why don't the Chinese think she is an 'international superstar'?", "Li Bingbing

"Bing leads the top ten Hollywood superstars" and other public opinions that are either praising, derogatory or satirical.

Even though she was slightly disappointed that it was not Chen Jingxing's new film, part of the news revealed by DreamWorks - "Edge of Tomorrow" is a science fiction blockbuster with an investment of at least 350 million yuan. Naturally, she understood that this was definitely a film.

A piece of pie that can make domestic actresses take over.

Marty Ball, the gold medal agent, didn't care about Li Bingbing at all. He was so arrogant that he didn't even care about the world's second largest market behind her. He has five or six A-lists and ten B-lists.

There are a few actors like Li Bingbing who are not ranked at all. They are purely artists entrusted to him by the company.

"This is no joke, Mr. Ball." Li Bingbing looked at the picture of Hu Ge and Wan Qian kissing under the halo on the cover of the magazine spread out on his lap, and replied with a smile: "Besides, you are wrong, Mr. Ball."

, I don’t plan to ask you to open the door for me. Also, what you opened is not a door, not even a window. Hollywood is not that great. If I want to come back, I will open the door myself without any trouble from you.

Take the trouble.”

She is a highly motivated person. Ever since she determined to create a star in Hollywood, she resolutely terminated her contract and left her domestic film contracts and came to Los Angeles when she had no contact with an American agency. Eventually, she ended up with the largest agent in the United States

The company signed a contract with UTA, and became an artist under UTA's gold medal manager Marty Ball - who has Hollywood A+list actors such as Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for her was not the high-quality resources she had imagined - Top Billing (equivalent to a leading star) did not expect it, and And (equivalent to a special guest appearance, usually a well-known supporting role) did not expect to achieve it in the short term.

, but the role of with (which is equivalent to playing an unimportant supporting role) can't be obtained, which is a little better than a supporting role.

"How's it going? Not bad, right?" Chen Jingxing looked at the picture displayed on the monitor and said to Guo Fan beside him.

Marty Ball looked at the hung up phone with a strange expression - he had not been hung up on for many years, and then shook his head and laughed: "Push the door? Ha, how to push it open? Another wishful thinking Asian girl.

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Anderson retorted: "Doesn't this further illustrate Warner's sincerity? Since the characters are added for the Chinese market, they will not be deleted at will? Didn't "Legion of Super Heroes" just be released in China? I

I just looked at the data. The Hollywood media is very concerned about the Chinese box office of this movie. It is predicted that it is likely to exceed the box office performance of "Young Avengers" and reach more than 300 million US dollars! I have to say that the Chinese market is really amazing.

"Bingbing, this is not the end!

When you were negotiating with Warner, I asked the staff of DreamWorks again. This time, you were very advantageous among the actresses sent to audition by DreamWorks. Zhang Ziyi was pregnant and could not take on the role. You almost didn’t have any strong ones.

A competitor!

If you can win the heroine of "Edge of Tomorrow", you are an absolute winner. Even if you have been away from the country for so many years, you can still win a heavyweight role that many actresses covet. No one can laugh at you, no one dares to laugh at you.

!" Wu You, her manager who has known her for more than ten years, seemed to know what she was thinking and continued to persuade her.

Wu You took out another magazine from the net pocket in front of the car, pointed the cover at Anderson and Li Bingbing, and asked with a mocking face: "What do they mean to each other?"

Therefore, in the past two years, Li Bingbing has not even met her real agent. The audition opportunities were all completed by the assistant assigned to her by UTA to accompany her.

"Yes."

This means that you will appear in the sequel of this movie that is creating box office success in China and even the world, and as the first Chinese hero and the second Asian hero, your compatriots will be proud of you.

!You will become the second Chinese actor to succeed in Hollywood after Zhangziyi!"

Anderson turned to look in the direction she pointed, and saw a large billboard. On the billboard, a young and handsome East Asian face was wearing fashionable clothes and a little makeup on his face. He looked at him through the camera with a cool expression.

Staring at each other.

Dior global brand ambassador, Luo Chen.

However, things are so ridiculous. Is it because of her reluctance? She regrets the sunk costs? Or does she not want her Hollywood journey to end in such a ridiculous ending? After all, for this dream, she has missed too many domestic movies in the past few years.

Film contracts, and the past few years have been a period of rapid growth for the Chinese film market, with domestic films exceeding 1 billion or even 2 billion.

And this is the heroine! Of course, to be exact, it is just an audition opportunity, but she is still the heroine!

In comparison, she is still here begging the producers of Warner Bros. for a role that cannot even be subtitled with libingbing at the beginning of the film. How can there be such a ridiculous thing in the world?

When the ringtone rang, Li Bingbing looked at the call and smiled softly before picking up the phone.

Marty Ball looked a little impatient: "You know this is the role I fought for you with great difficulty. Marvel has no spare role for you at all. It was also very difficult for Warner to agree to play the role in "Legion of Super Heroes".

"To add such a character to the sequel, and this character was originally an Indian hero, I asked them to agree to change it to a Chinese hero. You should know how difficult it is..."

If she doesn't advance in the entertainment industry, she will retreat. The years-long vacancy caused her to lose many film opportunities, and she also lost the opportunity to accumulate box office results. The vacancy she left will naturally be filled by others, and the Chinese film and television industry is not

If I leave her, I won't move around.

In a spacious floor-to-ceiling window office of UTA Company, Marty Ball, a well-known super agent in the industry, frowned slightly and said calmly to the other end of the phone: "Lee? I heard Anderson said that you want to reject the role of Phantom?"

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Anderson stood on the street with a messy face and looked at the Maybach walking away. He spat: "Bitch!" Then he took out his mobile phone and made a call.

Li Bingbing turned to look out the car window, looking at the somewhat dirty street scene in the East District of Luocheng and the various faces walking in a hurry. She had never felt so clearly that she did not belong here. This made her feel ridiculous and sad.

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"Anderson, it's not like I don't know English. I can understand what the producer is saying. The Phantom is basically a character temporarily added for the Chinese market. Even the director is a little dissatisfied with it, so this character can also

It was deleted at any time in subsequent movies! Not to mention the pitiful scenes, there is no stable exposure and development potential at all! Am I right?" Li Bingbing asked politely in fluent English.

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Guo Fan nodded with emotion: "You still have the right vision. Now I feel that even if Zhang Ziyi comes, she will not be more suitable than her."

Marty Bauer's expression was startled, and then his expression turned serious. Although he had not really spent any effort on Li Bingbing, he still felt unhappy at this time: "Lee, I must seriously warn you, I will not

I like to joke around when talking about work.

"Scoff." Wu You, the agent in the front row, sneered and pointed to the billboard outside the car window: "Playing such a sideline role can make Chinese people proud. It is considered a success in Hollywood, so what is he?

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Li Bingbing looked at this picture in rapt attention, while Anderson looked embarrassed. Of course they both knew each other. The cover was a famous scene from the recently released "Source Code", which had grossed hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office in North America and sparked a hot topic on the Internet.

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If you want to go back to China to film, it will be the biggest loss in your life. Don't think what will happen if China becomes the second largest market. The film center of the world is still Hollywood. If you give up halfway, you will never come back again.

It's not easy, and Hollywood won't open its doors to just anyone again."

Of course she was very excited about the audition invitation given to her by DreamWorks - not a film appointment. After all, Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks are already old acquaintances in Hollywood, and it even triggered a "reflection" debate in some Hollywood media.

On the cover, the sun shines gently through the train window, and two yellow faces, a man and a woman, kiss in the halo.

After the male lead of "Edge of Tomorrow" was confirmed to be Wu Jing, the two did not agree on the choice of the female lead. The heroine in the movie was actually quite difficult to interpret. The female lead was a stronger warrior than the male lead in the early stage.

, and the number of action scenes is second only to that of the male protagonist. Of course, as a movie heroine, the best effect is "beautiful, strong and miserable". Beauty is also very important, and it is not a real Olympic competition.

Wu You ignored Anderson's low-pitched quibbling, threw the magazine into Li Bingbing's lap, stared at her and said: "Bingbing, you are not young anymore. The golden stage of your acting career cannot be wasted casually. If you don't

This call from DreamWorks, I won’t say anything now, but a perfect opportunity is right in front of you. As long as you work hard and reach for it, I believe you will definitely get it. Sunk costs are not costs!”

"I'm going back to China to film a movie soon." Li Bingbing interrupted him calmly.

Even if you can't find one who is particularly beautiful - after all, there are not many actors with strong business skills, action scenes, temperament and good looks, and their looks must be passable. After all, this is a commercial blockbuster, and women have always been the aesthetic objects in literary and artistic works. Hua

There is no corresponding political correctness in China. If the heroine in the action drama is not good-looking, the audience will vote with their feet.

The two communicated in Chinese, so Anderson did not understand the content, but he could guess from the tone and expression that the words would not be good. Just when he was about to continue drawing the blueprint, he was interrupted by Li Bingbing.

In addition to being a beautiful woman, of course it is best to have rich experience in filming action scenes, and the temperament must be sassy enough, even domineering. The age must not be too young, and it must not look girly. The movie must also pursue a rationality, a female

An officer and a female war goddess will feel uncomfortable in her early twenties. Wouldn’t that make it an idol drama?

What Guo Fan wants the most is Zhang Ziyi. After all, she is a talented actress who can win both in terms of popularity and business ability. Unfortunately, she is married to Wang Pipong and is pregnant. She will not be able to recover until at least the end of the year.

Although Zhang Ziyi really wanted to take this role, Guo Fan really couldn't wait until then. According to the plan, the actors had to go through months of training before filming started.

Chen Jingxing recommended Li Bingbing. He felt that Li Bingbing was very suitable for the role. His appearance was not to mention, and he had a gorgeous and sassy temperament. He not only took into account the needs of appearance, but also had sufficient business ability - Li Bing

There are quite a lot of fighting scenes in the military drama, and the effects are pretty good.

Chapter 201 is still under review. I don’t know when it will be released.

(End of chapter)