The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 822 Don’t give in for five buckets of rice

"Who are you talking about?"

"Lee Link."

At Cai Zhuoyan's house, Zhou Yi hung up the phone and faced the woman's curious eyes and answered truthfully: "He asked me to have dinner with him. I guess he wants to discuss some cooperation with me, maybe his new movie?"

"A new movie? Oh, I know. It's called Huo Yuanjia. I wanted to compete for the role, but I was rejected right away."

Cai Zhuoyan immediately revealed everything he knew.

As the well-known Chinese Kung Fu Emperor, even though Li Lianjie has been criticized by some media and netizens recently, his new film will undoubtedly be a hot commodity once it returns to China.

But surprisingly, this time Li Lianjie chose an actress who had never acted in a movie before - Sun Li.

A TV actress who became famous with TV series such as "Jade Guanyin", "One Meter of Sunshine" and "Blood Romance".

Zhou Yi was amused: "What do I want to see you for? To sing in a movie?"

"Throw the mine."

Cai Zhuoyan kicked the man directly, trying to kick him off the bed: "If I don't work hard to find a job, will you support me?"

Easier said than done.

If she could make money from music like Zhou Yi, she would definitely not fight for any opportunity.

"Besides, am I a bad actor? At least I can live well."

Not to mention the past, her acting in "New Police Story" still received some praise.

At worst, she is at least better than her teammate Ajiao - Ajiao's acting reputation is purely supported by her face.

"You two are really fake sisters."

The two sisters were supposed to reunite soon, but now she was still complaining about Ajiao to Zhou Yi.

Taking advantage of the fact that Zhou Yi still had some time in Hong Kong, Cai Zhuoyan also hosted a dinner to win over Zhou Yi on behalf of the Emperor Entertainment Group - people like Chen Guanxi, A Jiao, Xie Tingfeng, Zhang Baizhi, and Rong Zuer were all present.

Private dinners are a way to enhance friendships.

In fact, Chef Xie seemed to have completely walked out of the shadow cast by Zhou Yi, and threw away his own little self-esteem to come to Zhou Yi to discuss business -

"I used to run a special effects company and couldn't get away from it. This year it started to get on track. Let's have some tea together when we have some free time..."

As we all know, Zhou Yi's current partner is China Film Group, which is currently the most prestigious film and television group in the mainland.

Chef Xie’s thoughts were obvious.

Zhou Yi didn't care either.

Talking about business.

He has indeed benefited from Yinghuang, so it is not a problem to help with introductions.

Moreover, it must be said that Xie Tingfeng's business skills are indeed much better than his prodigal father's, so there is no need to worry about running away.

However, his business empire really took off after his divorce - which fully illustrates what it means that bad women will only affect the speed at which I make money.

This made Zhang Baizhi extremely jealous, and he asked for exorbitant amounts of money on the pretext of his son again and again.

There is no way. I divorced too early and I feel like I lost out.

In terms of business acumen alone, Chef Xie is definitely at the top of the pyramid in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

I just don't know if the photographer has started producing works at this time...

Zhou Yi's eyes kept wandering around Chen Guanxi, A Jiao, and Zhang Baizhi. Xie Tingfeng, who was very excited tonight, rarely showed off his favorite rock music during karaoke.

As a musician, his favorite music is actually rock.

It was not until Qian Jiang personally drove over to pick up Zhou Yi that this enjoyable party, in which both the host and the guests enjoyed themselves, came to an end.

"Oh, Lao Qian, please spare some time for me after you return to the capital. Li Lianjie has asked me to meet him. I think he wants to discuss the theme song for his new movie."

"Lee Link?"

When Qian Jiang first heard the name, he didn't show any joy on his face. Instead, he frowned. "You just came back from the United States, so you may not know much. Li Lianjie's reputation in the mainland and Hong Kong is a bit problematic. Are you sure you want to cooperate?"

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"Because of a movie he made in the United States, the Chinese name is "Danny the Wolf Dog", and the Hong Kong translation is "The Immortal Dog". It caused a sensation after it was released in France, and the American promotional poster almost killed the whole family..."

Zhou Yi then understood.

"Danny the Wolfdog" is an artistic failure disguised as a commercial film.

Judging from the arrangement of the script, it might be tenable, but Li Lianjie overlooked one point.

In other words, he had to ignore this point——

He is the Emperor of Chinese Kung Fu.

He is a well-known Chinese and a true international superstar whose popularity overseas is second only to Cheng Long among Chinese movie stars.

His representative roles in China, East Asia, Southeast Asia and even in the entire Chinese-speaking cultural circle in the past were Wong Fei-hung carrying a speaker, Fang Shiyu, the Jing Wu hero, and other positive characters that embody the spirit of China's folk heroes of the past.

That's why he has the reputation of being the Kung Fu Emperor.

But in the movie "Danny the Wolfdog", Li Lianjie became the "dog" that his Chinese-speaking audiences could not accept the most.

Even though this "dog" who knew only violence at the beginning became a human being at the end of the film, that happened later in the film.

Besides, the quality of this movie is really poor, especially the plot rhythm, which is ridiculously bad.

The quality is poor, so the public naturally has no interest in reading this bullshit reading comprehension——

When people took a quick look, they saw that Li Lianjie was put on a leash and treated as a dog by Westerners, which triggered Li Lianjie's reputation.

This time, even the Hong Kong movie fans who have always admired Li Lianjie were so excited that they burst into swear words.

Foreigners who don't understand the significance of the heroic roles played by Li Lianjie in the past in the Chinese-speaking cultural circle actually enjoyed watching this movie, which led to the DVD of this movie being well received in the Chinese-speaking regions.

This is also an important reason why Li Lianjie's die-hard fans can never win over Chenglong's fans no matter how hard they argue.

After all this talk, Chenglong fans only need one sentence "Your master is a dog for Europeans and Americans" to break down their defense, and they can even post the official poster of "Danny the Wolfdog".

Don't tell me about the connotation, symbolism, or meaning. I just want to ask you -

Where is Chenglong?
He would never play such a shameful role in foreign movies! Cheng Long even maintained a positive image in American cartoons, even in "The Adventures of Cheng Long" where he was possessed by a demon, there was no shameful scene.

Thus, the lore was completed.

"But Li Lianjie is very good at making up for it. This Huo Yuanjia movie is probably made by him to restore his reputation in Chinese-speaking regions. It may not be a big deal if you participate. On the contrary, you can reserve some exposure at that time."

Qian Jiang frowned and pondered the possible gains and losses.

As an old Hong Konger, he didn't believe Li Lianjie's nonsense that "I have seen too many suicides in the news recently and I want to launch a new movie to encourage people."

It was released not earlier or later, but just when the reputation of "Danny the Dog" collapsed, and the promotional slogan was "Lee Li's last martial arts film". It was hard for Qian Jiang not to have wild thoughts.

"That's for sure. He's not stupid. He's still thinking about coming back to be a big star."

Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head.

Although Huo Yuanjia has some unoriginal adaptations and the plot connection is also very stiff, as a work that maintains its reputation, Li Lianjie has done a very good job in interpreting the role of Huo Yuanjia.

The reputation and popularity that began to collapse due to "Danny the Dog" rebounded after the film was released. The hero Huo Yuanjia overshadowed all the negative public opinion, and he returned to the throne of the Chinese Kung Fu Emperor.

But after that, Li Lianjie also began to think about the fact that he was blocked from naturalization.

He kept struggling with this dream for several years until 08 when he finally gave up on this unattainable dream. After giving up hope, he moved to Singapore in 09 under the pretext of setting up a charitable foundation.

Then, as he got older, various illnesses began to break out and his health began to deteriorate. The Kung Fu Emperor gradually faded out of the Chinese film and television industry.

The large villa located in Shanghai, which was originally renovated to celebrate his successful transfer back to Chinese nationality, was never lived in for a single day from beginning to end.

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"I'm telling you, Ayi, when you come to Shanghai, I'll invite you to visit my collections, which also include treasures by Chopin and other musicians."

April 4, Imperial Capital, Teahouse.

Li Lianjie, 42 years old this year, still looks so elegant. He speaks with full energy and laughs happily when he talks about his collections that have begun to be moved into his villa in Shanghai.

During this period, Li Lianjie felt that he could change his nationality back, so he was very excited when attending various interviews. He was completely different from the Li Lianjie who was very restrained in front of the media cameras before.

He was even so excited that during an interview during the promotion of "Huo Yuanjia" in Hong Kong, he started demonstrating while speaking, and then tore up and threw away the script in the host's hand - this kind of on-the-spot performance was not seen in Li Lianjie in the past.

In the past, only Chenglong could do this - because he has proven over the years that he does have ADHD, and his energy is too high to be controlled.

There is no way. A normal person who suffered the injuries that Chenglong suffered would have been confined to a wheelchair long ago. If it is really impossible, he would have been confined to a wheelchair as he is getting older.

Li Lianjie, Hong Jinbao, and the other Seven Little Fortunes all became sickly as they grew old, but Chenglong was still energetic and able to walk briskly.

"It's hard to say whether I will have time by then. My agent told me that the venue in the United States has been applied for. Next, I have to produce my own album, Yanz's album, and prepare for the New York concert in August."

Zhou Yi smiled and declined Li Lianjie's invitation to guest star in "Huo Yuanjia" as his apprentice.

In the movie "Huo Yuanjia", Huo Yuanjia, who was very talented when he was young, opened a martial arts school and accepted a large number of disciples.

Li Lianjie had no other reason to come this time, he just wanted to invite Zhou Yi to come in and make a guest appearance - to be a disciple of Huo Yuanjia who did not need to perform.

It can also be considered a small Easter egg.

After all, when Zhou Yi visited Sun Yanzi's "Kung Fu" set, he jokingly said in front of the camera that he "learned from Huo Yuanjia". Now in this movie, he can be regarded as echoing this visit scene, which is a good thing.

Seeing that he was politely rejected, the smile on Li Lianjie's face did not change. After all, it was no secret that Zhou Yi's schedule was packed, so after finishing the business, they started chatting about some fun things in the United States.

"Two million dollars for one song. If you're willing to act in the film, the producers are willing to increase it to five million dollars."

After meeting with Li Lianjie, Qian Jiang also officially received the other party's offer -

In addition to the song prices which remain at a friendship price, a simple performance of fifteen minutes can earn you 300 million US dollars, which is more than million RMB when converted into RMB. This contract is simply treating the producers like pigs.

You should know that Li Lianjie himself, as an investor and leading actor, only received a salary of 1000 million US dollars.

But it was the other party who proposed it.

Qian Jiang was somewhat suspicious that this guy was going to sell DVDs under the name of Zhouyi, as the usually thrifty Li Lianjie could offer such an outrageous price.

After all, the most profitable part for Li Lianjie is not the box office share, but the overseas DVD market.

"No doubt about it. Isn't this obvious? He played a supporting role for fifteen minutes. If his role was outstanding, he could be nominated for Best Supporting Actor."

Zhou Yi knows too well how Li Lianjie makes profits.

According to legend, after deducting all costs from the film "Huo Yuanjia", Li Lianjie himself earned nearly 300 million yuan.

In other words, minus his own salary of nearly 100 million RMB, he still made a profit of more than 200 million RMB from the film's box office, copyright and other income.

It’s so great to be able to sell overseas copyrights.

"Just play a small supporting role. Chenglong's guest appearance was a favor I did for him. Just treat this as a flawed beauty. Just say I was too busy to get away."

Everyone knows the role of the apprentice in "Huo Yuanjia", so he had no interest at all, even if Li Lianjie was willing to let the screenwriter change the plot just for him.

It's just 300 million US dollars. When we start promoting it later, we can get a buff that shows that we are not bowing to the temptation of money.

"Row."

Qian Jiang agreed, and then slapped his forehead: "Oh, by the way, this is the final resume of the MV actors selected by the United States. See if you find anyone you like and suitable and come over. By the way, Eva Green has already booked a flight and will arrive in a week.

"As for David Bowie, all the formalities have been completed. I have arranged for your private jet to pick him up."

As a name that cannot be avoided in the history of European pop music, David Bowie is obviously more important than Eva Green.

Even if Eva Green is the muse mentioned by Zhou Yi.

"Ah."

Zhou Yi lowered his eyes and looked at the resumes at hand and began to screen them, picking the ones that caught his eye first.

Ok?
Megan Fox?
Zhou Yi accidentally saw a name and took out the resume. When he looked at the photo, it was indeed the Megan Fox who starred in Transformers in his impression.

She is not yet famous, nor has she been "convicted" for "freedom of speech", nor has she turned herself into Kim Kardashian.

When Zhou Yi flipped down again, he saw the name of a familiar actress -

Teacup dog!
Captain Depp's lifelong enemy, the American angel of protection who stands shoulder to shoulder with Wang Ma Baoguo——

Amber Heard.

(End of this chapter)