Millennium director

After Liu Yifei's 20th birthday party ended, news quickly spread in the circle.

The scandal between Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan, which has been making a lot of noise before, was not created by the paparazzi out of thin air. The two have indeed been in a relationship.

This news was limited to the middle and upper-level circles of artists, directors, producers, etc., but it immediately had a considerable effect.

The most obvious point is that the company quickly received many new film appointments, all of which wanted to invite Liu Yifei to play the heroine.

Liu Yifei was also invited to participate in some variety talk shows on various TV stations.

This immediately dazzled Liu Yifei's agent.

She has no rights when it comes to accepting roles. Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan make their own decisions. She can only report them, but she can make the final decision on some normal business activities and variety show announcements.

Thinking that Liu Yifei has indeed lacked exposure in the mainland for most of the past six months, and has disappeared from the sight of mainland audiences since she went to film "Pirates of the Caribbean", so she was given a few talk shows.

Now, Liu Yifei could no longer stay at home and work as an idle fish, and began to resume the normal work rhythm of a big star.

Flying to southern Hunan on the 1st, flying to Magic City on the 3rd, and returning to Beijing TV Station on the 5th. The recording of the three programs made Liu Yifei quite distressed.

In three different talk shows, the host talked to her about the same content, almost leaving her at a loss for words.

Just being on these three talk shows made her resist this type of program. At least for the next two to three years, she didn't want to be on any talk shows again.

When her life has accumulated to the point where she has a lot to share with the outside world, the public, and her fans, she will probably participate in talk shows again.

But after returning to the capital, she couldn't take any time off. She still had a Harper's Bazaar charity night to attend.

Bazaar had invited her and Wu Yuan before, but Wu Yuan was not willing to go, but she agreed without hesitation.

September 8, 2007, Huaxia Hotel in Beijing.

Wearing a Louis Vuitton early autumn haute couture dress, Liu Yifei attended this year's Harper's Bazaar Charity Night.

Speaking of which, since Liu Yifei signed with Light and Shadow Era, Wu Yuan has replaced her with a professional management team, not only hiring assistants, but also professional stylists and costumers.

Presumably Liu Yifei will not cause any more scandals about "copycat dresses" this time.

After several years of development, Su Mang's Harper's Bazaar Charity Night has become much more formal than a grassroots team at the beginning.

There is no shortage of red carpets, reporters, and hosts.

When getting off the car, Liu Yifei was in a daze, thinking that she was attending the opening and closing ceremony of a film festival, rather than a fund-raising party for charity.

It seemed that this Bazaar celebrity charity night was a little different from what she had imagined.

With a formulaic business smile on her face, Liu Yifei waved to the reporters on the red carpet and walked quickly into the hotel.

The banquet hall on the first floor has been booked by Su Mang as the venue for the charity night.

Su Mang, who was also wearing a very fashionable haute couture dress, stood at the door to greet every arriving guest.

When she saw Liu Yifei, who was dressed up, her eyes immediately lit up. She walked up quickly and greeted with a sweet smile: "Yifei, thank you very much for coming to our Harper's Bazaar charity dinner and contributing to China's charity." Do your part.”

"Please come quickly, Huang Xiaoming is here too."

Su Mang led the way very diligently, and all kinds of good words kept coming out of her mouth as if she wanted no money.

This is also normal.

Although Liu Yifei has little experience, her starring role in "Your Name" has a high box office!

Moreover, she starred in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" again. I don't know how popular she will be next year. She may become an international superstar.

What's more, Su Mang has a strong network of contacts and already knows about Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan's relationship, so he has to support Liu Yifei carefully.

Without saying anything else, Liu Yifei's seat was arranged at the main table.

Those who can sit at the main table are the big and small kings of Huayi, the boss of Bona, and the heads of invited brands, etc. who are the capital behind the Bazaar Charity Night.

In addition, even top actresses such as Zhou Xun, Zhao Junqi, and Fan Xiaopang, who are among the Four Danshuangbing, can only sit at the side table.

There was only one celebrity sitting at the entire main table. Li Binbin from Huayi sat next to Mr. Wang. The two of them were very intimate and did not shy away from people at all.

"Isn't it appropriate for me to sit here?" Liu Yifei said hesitantly after being led to the main table by Su Mang.

The people sitting at this table are all capital bosses, which is incompatible with her painting style!

"It's appropriate. Why isn't it appropriate?" Before Su Mang could say anything, Xiao Wang, the general manager of Huayi who was sitting at the main table, said first: "Yifei is one of the best actors in the mainland. We can sit at the same table with you." An honor."

"By the way, why didn't Director Wu come with you?"

Liu Yifei kept the smile on her face, but she didn't know what was appropriate or inappropriate in her heart. It was just a matter of choosing what to eat.

If her relationship with Wu Yuan had not been made public in the industry, Mr. Xiao Wang would not be so enthusiastic.

"Brother is currently busy with the post-production of "Gravity". This movie will be released next year. The construction schedule is very tight. I really can't spare time to participate in today's charity night, so I am here alone."

"That's it." Mr. Wang looked at Liu Yifei with a look of realization on his face, and looked at Liu Yifei with a bit of pity hidden in his eyes.

When preparing for the project "The King of Kung Fu", he really wanted to invite Liu Yifei to play the heroine, and even wanted to use this role in exchange for Liu Yifei signing to Huayi.

There was no other reason. Liu Yifei was very beautiful and she was his type. He had some unreasonable thoughts about Liu Yifei.

It's a pity that when Hua Yi was offered a film appointment to the popular star Wu and even invited Liu Xiaoli to meet in private, Hua Yi was rejected.

Liu Yifei neither needs the project "The King of Kung Fu" nor does she want to sign with Huayi.

Look at Li Binbin sitting next to Mr. Wang. It’s hard to say whether Huayi’s female artists are actresses or are the favored girls of Mr. and Mrs. Wang.

When he was rejected at first, Mr. Wang was quite angry. Wasn't it because he was lucky enough to be cast as the heroine in one of Wu Yuan's movies? He was so arrogant that even the heroines of Chinese and American co-productions looked down on him?

Then, before he could make any actual reaction, "Wonderful Night at the Museum" was released, with Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan making guest appearances, playing the emperor and concubines.

Only then did Mr. Wang sense that something was wrong. He inquired through his connections in Hollywood and found out that the two of them were already on good terms.

Well, Mr. Wang, who originally planned to use some means to force Liu Yifei and her daughter, immediately stopped.

It's not worth it to be jealous over this little thing.

The two companies, Light and Shadow Times and Light Times, are bigger than Huayi and have a deeper network of contacts. Mr. Wang also wants to build a good relationship with Wu Yuan and cooperate to enter Hollywood.

Later, the casting selection for "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was made public, and Liu Yifei's name was clearly on the list, which completely extinguished the fire in his heart.

It seems that Wu Yuan really admires this little girlfriend and is not just playing around.

Now that the relationship between the two has been officially disclosed in the industry, Mr. Wang is even more afraid to have Liu Yifei's ideas, and even treats her as an equal.

Although the two may not necessarily get married in the future, they are in the period of passionate love, and the pillow sex during the period of love is still very scary.

"Come on, come on, sit down quickly." Wang Zhonglei asked Liu Yifei to sit down and said with emotion: "I'm so sorry that Yifei is not scheduled to perform in "The King of Kung Fu"."

"When I was working on this movie script, the heroine was customized according to Yifei's image and acting style. I wanted to invite you to play this role from the beginning."

"After all, you are second only to Zhang Ziyi in overseas influence among young Chinese actresses."

"I didn't expect you to be starring in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". There is a schedule conflict. What a pity."

"Not just you, but also Brother Cheng Long. Both of you were asked to leave by Director Wu. The project of "The King of Kung Fu" almost couldn't be completed."

Hearing this, Li Binbin, who had been hugged by Wang Zhonglei, turned cold. She later took over as the heroine of "The King of Kung Fu".

Saying this in front of her makes her lose face. Is it possible that she, Li Binbin, just picks up roles that others don't want to make a living?

However, seeing Wang Zhonglei's unswerving expression, she still didn't dare to speak back, and just smiled stiffly at Liu Yifei.

At first, Wang Zhonglei probably just wanted to chat with Liu Yifei, but as he talked, his resentment grew.

The preparation of the "King of Kung Fu" project really went through many twists and turns.

It was originally decided to make a Kung Fu blockbuster. After the Sino-US co-production, the script was not released yet. Huayi immediately contacted Jet Li and Cheng Long and wanted to create a "double J plan", but Cheng Long rejected it. .

Fortunately, the script hadn't even started writing at that time. If Cheng Long couldn't do it, then Zhou Runmao would be replaced, and then he would start customizing the script for the two of them.

Later, when the script was roughly completed, Wang Zhonglei wanted to hire Liu Yifei to play the heroine, and he became lustful.

Cheng Long is a Hollywood actor with a high profile, so forget it if he can't be hired. You, a 19-year-old young actor from the Mainland, can't possibly be unappreciative, right?

As a result, he was rejected again.

Wang Zhonglei jumped up and down in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Now I can only complain a few words.

"Sorry, Mr. Wang, we bumped into each other by chance." Listening to his complaints, Liu Yifei felt funny in her heart, so she had to apologize.

"Wherever, no one can say for sure about the schedule, so there is no need to apologize." Wang Zhonglei waved his hand quickly.

After this setback, he finally understood that although Huayi had money, in terms of influence, rich local bosses were really not as good as big directors.

If great directors like Wu Yuan, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige want to make a movie and invite a certain actor to star in it, even if there is a schedule conflict, they will resolutely choose to give up other movies and even pay liquidated damages to star in these great directors. movie of.

The truly top actors do not lack film and television resources at all. What they lack is good resources, top-level resources, and this type of top-level resources can only be provided by top directors.

You can't just throw money at it. Can Huayi just throw money at it and make a Hollywood A-level movie that can be released globally?

This encounter made Wang Zhonglei more determined to establish a good relationship with a great director like Wu Yuan, find a way to get on Wu Yuan's boat, and make a new movie together.

Even if you have to pay twice or three times the investment, it is still worth it. Huayi doesn't have much else, it just has a lot of money!

"Yifei, when "The King of Kung Fu" premieres, you must come to attend!"

"If Director Wu is free, I hope he can come and support us. We at Huayi are doing quite well in domestic films, and there are some places where we can collaborate with Director Wu. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to interview Director Wu."

Liu Yifei smiled solemnly and replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "I will convey Mr. Wang's wishes to my senior brother."

"Haha, that's good." Wang Zhonglei laughed with satisfaction and let go of Li Binbin's hand. "The charity night is about to begin. There will be an auction tonight. I'll just bid whatever I like. I believe everyone will sell it." To save face, I won’t argue with you.”