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Chapter 548 [113] Zhang Yimou owes Chen Yu a favor!
The two of them stayed together until the evening, and then they were hungry and had a buffet in the hotel.

After going upstairs for a while, Chen Yu started again.

When you are in your 20s, you are at the peak of your sexual life. If you don't enjoy yourself while you are young, you will get splashed with dirt when you urinate in the wind when you are old.

The key is that Liu Yifei was also very cooperative and she enjoyed the physical pleasure with Chen Yu.

She is not a shy person in this regard; she is very concerned about the occasion and dirty words when speaking, but she is really not averse to sex and has many postures to unlock it; however, she is still a bit naive and immature, which can be seen from the interaction between the two people, and her personality is more traditional.

So Chen Yu’s next task is to train her occasionally, such as wearing something sexy, doing some tricks in bed and so on.

This is the only way to avoid the disgusting things she said.

Liu Yifei probably wouldn't refuse.

She is also a girl who likes to accept new things. She has the open-mindedness of a Western woman, but also the tolerance and gentleness of an Eastern woman. They are really a perfect couple.

"Exercise every day, and you'll be full of energy all night long..."

Chen Yu enjoyed his young body so much that he slept until noon and was still full of energy.

Liu Yifei next to him was still sleeping soundly, snoring slightly.

Chen Yu just looked at her beautiful face quietly. After admiring it for 5 minutes, he teased her bare face but still tender face. Liu Yifei blinked her long eyelashes, then slightly opened her eyes and woke up.

The beauty who just woke up looks so cute.

mua!

Chen Yu couldn't help but kiss her. Liu Yifei stretched lazily, revealing her beautiful and appropriate body curves. He couldn't help but ask, "What time is it?"

"I didn't see it, it should be noon!"

"noon?"

Liu Yifei was startled and when she stood up she felt like her whole body was falling apart.

This guy went a little too far yesterday. I was almost killed by him.

It’s been crazy not seeing each other for a month.

But Liu Yifei could feel Chen Yu's love for her, and even with such a fierce look, she could tell that he probably didn't cheat on her on the set. This was of course Liu Yifei's inner thoughts, which she deduced herself.

"What's wrong? Are you surprised?"

"Today's travel plans are all ruined!"

Liu Yifei lay there lazily, looking at Chen Yu's face, and smiled slightly with her head tilted.

"You've made a plan!"

Chen Yu smiled, hugged her and said, "Just take a stroll, we have several days anyway!"

"Okay, it's up to you!"

The two of them packed up, and soon they were on the streets of Tokyo wearing couple outfits. In four days, they visited Tokyo and its surrounding areas, but they did not visit some sensitive places.

The purpose of traveling is to see the world, not to make things difficult for yourself.

Then, whether in Japan or in China, the front page headlines were all photos of Chen Yu and Liu Yifei wearing couple outfits and playing together.

The two of them now appear in pairs, which attracts traffic; Chen Yu's popularity in Japan is so high that even domestic celebrities like Kimura Takuya cannot compare to him, so traveling still brings a lot of inconvenience.

Finally, the two arrived at the main venue hotel of Roppongi Hills Tokyo Film Festival the day before the opening of the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival.

"You two are living a life that is the envy of others!"

In a Japanese izakaya in Roppongi Hills, Jiang Wen brought Zhou Yun to meet Chen Yu.

He came here purely to accompany his daughter.

Because Jiang Yilang is the leading actress of "Extraction", she must have attended the premiere in a few days; her mother didn't have time, so only Jiang Wen could accompany her. Jiang Wen now has a good relationship with her daughter, and his ex-wife also interacts with her from time to time.

From this point of view, he was quite grateful to Chen Yu.

Also present were two directors, Huo Jianqi and Ma Liwen, whose films were shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Eastern Film Festival.

"These past two days, when I opened my phone, I saw the news push notifications about you two!"

Jiang Wen cursed and said, but Chen Yu was used to it anyway: "The media wants to report it, what can I do?"

"How's it going with Yilang lately?"

Jiang Yilang and Liu Yifei went out shopping, and now they are best friends.

"Yes, it's much better than before. I'm not so hostile to my wife anymore and can talk to her for a few words. Thanks, brother!"

Jiang Wen held up the wine glass and clinked it with Chen Yu.

"That's good!"

"Where's senior sister?"

Chen Yu looked at Zhou Yun, who was stunned for a moment: "Me? What's wrong with me?"

"Get married, didn't you say you wanted to get a marriage certificate last time?"

"No hurry, let's talk about it next time we return to Beijing. Aren't we filming a movie now?"

Lao Jiang finally got his account unblocked, so he certainly felt that the director was important. Zhou Yun next to him looked helpless. Chen Yu couldn't do anything about it, so he shrugged and said, "Then I'll have to wait for my wedding banquet!"

"You just owe me this drink?"

"If you want to drink, you can do it yourself. It's not like you can't get married, right?"

Jiang Wen looked at his daughter and Liu Yifei who came in, smiled, and whispered in Chen Yu's ear: "I heard that your wife's family has a strong background, so get her as soon as possible!"

"You are not in a hurry, why should I be in a hurry?"

"Speaking of which, why don't you invite Director Zhang to come over and get together?"

Zhang Yimou is the chairman of the jury for this Eastern Film Festival. He had already arrived and was in the same hotel as Chen Yu.

Chen Yu will have to visit him later.

"Forget it, what can I say to him? We can't pee in the same pot..."

"Haha, are you still upset? Don't you see him these days?"

We may not see each other when we look down, but we will meet each other when we look up. Since we have all come to Dongying, we are bound to meet each other.

And something happened a few days ago. Jiang Wen returned to filming a movie, and Zhang Yimou's "A One Man's Journey" had just finished filming. The reporter didn't mind asking Zhang Yimou what he thought of him. Although Zhang Yimou praised Jiang Wen a lot, he also secretly belittled Jiang Wen's character.

"He is a very good actor, very smart, thoughtful and capable... He wants to be a commander, not a soldier, he has high aspirations and wants to surpass everyone!"

"My opinion is that although he doesn't say it, he may think that Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jia Zhangke and Lu Chuan are nothing. He is really a person with lofty ambitions!"

"I think deep down he wants to surpass all contemporary Chinese directors. He is better than them all. He really thinks so, but he won't admit it. This is my opinion. I also believe he will be the best director in China in the future..."

Jiang Wen was so angry that he almost swore again.

Apparent praise but actual criticism.

Although Chen Yu felt that what Lao Mouzi said was quite right, Jiang Wen clearly had an expression that said "I didn't say that, Lao Mouzi, don't talk nonsense."

"Forget about meeting in private, and then we can have a few polite conversations!"

Jiang Wen waved his hand, obviously not interested in reminiscing about the past with Zhang Yimou; with his personality, do you still expect him to be the chairman of Venice Film Festival and give you the award? Even if there was no letter of recommendation from his daughter Zhang Mo, the grand prize would probably have been given to "Lust, Caution"!
"Lao Jiang, you should know the trend of international film festivals in recent years. The trend is very favorable to us in China!"

"Let's not talk about this year's Eastern Film Festival. The juries of the other A-class films are all Chinese. Let's just talk about the three major films. There are several Chinese jury chairmen. Next year's Cannes chairman will most likely be Wang Jiawei. Every year, there is a Chinese jury member at the three major films. Don't you smell something?"

Chen Yu remembers very clearly that next year at Cannes, Zhang Ziyi was a member of the jury and Wang Jiawei was the chairman. If there was any good domestic film, winning an award would be a piece of cake.

Although Wang Jiawei may be pretentious, he certainly has to weigh his interests.

The year after next, Venice will be Zhang Yimou.

"Your director has just made a comeback. I think we should still gather for some things. I'm not asking you to beg for help, right?"

Chen Yu stopped talking here.

After all, no one likes to be preached, and Chen Yu is just standing in the position of a friend and giving friendly advice.

Whether you listen or not, it’s up to Jiang Wen.

Zhou Yun also gave Jiang Wen a push. Jiang Wen pushed his glasses and smiled, "Okay, I'll see when the time comes... How could it be such a coincidence that I will be attending Venice the year after next and the chairman will be him?"

Haha, what a coincidence.

Chen Yu couldn't help but complain, and now he accidentally "killed" the award-winning favorite "Lust, Caution"; Li An was preparing the script of "Bruce Lee" throughout the whole process, which has to be said to be a butterfly effect, but, would it have been successful without Li An and Jiang Wen?

Not necessarily. Don’t you still have to greet Lao Mouzi? !

If "The Sun Also Rises" can win a Golden Lion, it will most likely not lose money. It will have to sell well all over the world, and the domestic box office should also be better than in its previous life.

Although this movie is profound, it is of very high artistic quality. Jiang Wen is capable of this, and the movie will certainly be welcomed by the judges and the West, and it also has a good reputation abroad. No one will say a word about winning an award, and Jiang Wen still has his place among the world's directors.

"I'll tell you one last thing, don't be unhappy to hear it!" "It's possible, what if..."

"Gong Li won Berlin in 00, Venice in 02, and Tokyo in 03. Lao Mouzi is obviously trying to improve his international status now. He won Tokyo and should be in Venice next year. He will have a lot of potential the year after next!"

Jiang Wen: “…”

After hearing this, Jiang Wen really started to think about it. As he stroked his beard, he felt that Chen Yu's analysis made sense.

Now Zhang Yimou has won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globe Awards, and won the Best Foreign Language Film Award. His international reputation is now high.

"Then I'll meet him later?"

After careful consideration, Jiang Wen covered his mouth and spoke.

"It won't hurt to bump into him. He's the chairman after all, so I have to say hello. But I'll go first, you line up behind me!"

"Fuck you, I'll go first!"

"You just said you couldn't go. What the hell are you doing? Get out of here. I'll go first!"

The two people argued there, and after a while they finally decided who would go first and who would go later. It must be Chen Yu who would go first to explore the way; after all, the two of them had always been in contact privately and had no conflicts. Unlike Jiang Wen, who would act like a gunpowder as soon as they met. When they were promoting "Red Sorghum" in Hong Kong a few years ago, their relationship was very close.

Mr. Anus, Mr. An Yimou's Cantonese nickname is famous all over the country.

It's only been a few years, and it's like we've never had any contact with each other.

"Okay, then I'll make a phone call and ask, are Director Huo and Director Ma going together?"

Huo Jianqi and Zhang Yimou were classmates at the Beijing Film Academy. They often attended classes together during their school years and continued to collaborate after graduation.

"it is good!"

"can!"

Several people immediately stood up, greeted Jiang Wen, and walked towards the Grand Hyatt Roppongi Hotel.

Lao Mouzi happened to be in the hotel and had just finished receiving other people.

Ding Dong!

Chen Yu rang the doorbell of the presidential suite where Lao Mouzi lived. Assistant Pang Liwei opened the door. Chen Yu hurriedly said, "Sister Wei, long time no see!"

Liu Yifei bought a set of skin care products for Zhang Yimou's personal assistant. A few days ago, the two of them had decided to come and meet Zhang Yimou.

"Brother Yu, look at you, you are always so polite!"

Pang Liwei smiled slightly, of course she was well aware of Chen Yu's current popularity.

"I didn't buy it, my girlfriend, Liu Yifei!"

Chen Yu put the cosmetics aside and introduced them to Pang Liwei. Zhang Yimou also came out with a smile.

"Director Zhang!"

Chen Yu greeted him, and Zhang Yimou stared at Chen Yu with wrinkled face and laughed, saying jokingly: "Isn't this Brother Yu, the Asian Grand Slam actor?"

"Ha ha!"

Everyone laughed, and Chen Yu waved his hands: "Director Zhang, I am ashamed to hear what you said. I will always be a junior in front of you!"

"Yimou, long time no see!"

"Director Zhang!"

Huo Jianqi and Ma Liwen also shook hands with Zhang Yimou, and several of them sat down on the sofa outside the suite.

Pang Liwei was making tea there.

A group of people were greeting each other, just chatting and reminiscing about the past; after a while, Huo Jianqi and Ma Liwen left, and Chen Yu was left alone by Zhang Yimou.

"Brother Yu, I want to discuss something with you!"

Zhang Yimou looked very polite. Chen Yu knew what he was going to say and hurriedly said, "Director Zhang, is it the opening film? Sorry, I really don't know. I have asked the organizer to change the time..."

Zhang Yimou's new film "A Solo Journey" is also being screened at the Eastern Film Festival!

Because Chen Yu had already asked Ye Weixing to get the opening ceremony film, Zhang Yimou probably didn't think much about it, thinking that as the chairman of the jury, it would not be easy to get the opening ceremony film, right?

But unexpectedly, Chen Yu suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The investor Zhang Weiping should be a little annoyed. After all, it is located in Japan, and "A Solo Journey for Thousands of Miles" is a Sino-Japanese co-production, starring Japanese national treasure actor Ken Takakura, and most of the scenes were also shot in Japan. He must want to seize this good opportunity for publicity from Tokyo Film Studio.

It's an art film, and the investment amount is not low. It's understandable that Zhang Weiping wants to make a lot of money in Japan.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry about this matter!"

Since Zhang Yimou said so, what else can Chen Yu say?
It doesn’t matter whether his film is held at the opening ceremony or not; Zhang Weiping is now working with Zhang Weiping, and Chen Yu has also come into contact with the other party’s type of people.

It is now in a period of expansion, and it seems that Zhang Yimou’s current status is all due to him.

Being caught in the middle, it is difficult for Zhang Yimou as well.

Otherwise, if they had a breakup in the future, it wouldn't have been like this; Zhang Yimou was involved in a scandal, and the fine for multiple births was all borrowed.

"Director Zhang, it's really nothing. My movie is a commercial action film, so I can show it any day for the closing ceremony!"

Is this a disguised way of making Zhang Yimou owe me a favor?
The original premiere of "Extraction" was scheduled for tomorrow, but now it has been changed directly to the closing film. It will be screened after the red carpet show at the awards ceremony on the last day, and then the awards ceremony will be held. Although it still attracts a lot of attention, the opening film will definitely be more topical and news-worthy than the closing ceremony.

Just like the previous Venice Film Festival, the opening film was "Seven Swords" and the closing film was "If Love".

The opening ceremony is the best form of publicity for the exhibition, as it happens right after the red carpet walk, with the media, audience and the stars participating in the red carpet watching together; the closing ceremony is a little worse, as there is also red carpet media, but all the attention is on the awards ceremony.

However, as Chen Yu said, his movies really don’t matter; they are just for selling money, unlike Zhang Yimou’s art films, which need traffic.

Chen Yu himself is a traffic star, just like when "The Matrix" came to Dongying for promotion, he has his own popularity. In this regard, Zhang Yimou may not be as popular as Chen Yu.

Chen Yu felt that it was worth changing the premiere time to make Zhang Yimou owe him such a favor.

There will always be a day in the future when it will be useful.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Yimou bowed to Chen Yu, who quickly waved his hand: "You're really welcome. Without Director Zhang's "House of Flying Daggers", I wouldn't be where I am today!"

Zhang Yimou liked what he heard, and laughed, "You are right, you have the ability!"

After the two of them praised each other's business, Chen Yu took Liu Yifei away.

"Chen Yu has become much more mature and stable!"

After Chen Yu left, Zhang Yimou said to Pang Liwei, and Pang Liwei pointed at the cosmetics on the ground: "That's right, I was bribed!"

"Haha, this kid!"

Zhang Yimou shook his head and had just sat down when the doorbell rang again.

Pang Liwei opened the door with some confusion, and Jiang Wen's voice came out: "Assistant Pang, Director Zhang is still awake, right?"

This voice made Zhang Yimou turn around, and when he saw Jiang Wen coming in with Zhou Yun, he also smiled.

After all, the two people don't have that much hatred for each other. It's just Jiang Wen's own inner thoughts that are at work. He always wants to surpass Zhang Yimou in international status. Not to mention the audience, many people can see this.

As soon as Chen Yu and Liu Yifei walked out of Zhang Yimou's room, they sent a message to Jiang Wen.

He just came up from his room.

"Senior Jiang Wen and Director Zhang won't have a quarrel, right?"

In the elevator, Liu Yifei asked with some concern.

"Who knows? When these two are together, no one can guess the ending. But after being banned for five years, Lao Jiang is definitely not as young and energetic as he was back then. He shouldn't be as impulsive as before!"

"Is it really that it won't have any impact if the movie is played until the end?"

Liu Yifei was still worried about Chen Yu's movie. Chen Yu pursed his lips and said, "There will definitely be an impact, but it's not that big. My movie is mainly for selling, not for promotion and box office. I will promote the Asian box office before the release. As for North America and Europe, the influence of Dongying cannot reach them!"

"That's fine, I thought you were at a disadvantage?"

"It's profitable. Lao Mouzi will take this to heart. His art film will be released in Japan, and he will definitely need the help of Dongying for promotion, because the audience attending the film festival has a great reputation and bonus for art films; unlike my commercial action films, the box office depends on passers-by!"

"If it was "Departures," I definitely wouldn't let him!"

In the final analysis, art films are only watched by movie-loving audiences in cinemas; while commercial action films rely on pre-release publicity and marketing, and the publicity efforts of film festivals are just like filling a gap in one's teeth.

It's not an award-winning film. Many films are screened just to make money.

Let distributors around the world see the selling points of the film.

The two of them walked out of the elevator and returned to the hotel, where they only had sex once.

Tomorrow morning, at the red carpet ceremony of the Tokyo Film Festival, Chen Yu and Liu Yifei will be the absolute protagonists; they still need to pay attention to their manners and walk...

(End of this chapter)