Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 536: Second Ride with Leon
Sina Entertainment News

"The Hollywood female epic film 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' starring Lee Jo Jo, Jun Ji Hyun and Hugh Jackman has seen strong box office sales since its release, with the cinema chain predicting that its box office revenue in the first three days of the weekend will reach 2500 million."

"However, the film has sparked quite a bit of controversy since its release. Due to the strong polarized reviews on Weibo, the film's popularity on Weibo ranked in the top three of all topics on the day of its release, becoming a cultural phenomenon."

The positive news online did not bring any actual box office increase for "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan".

The first week’s performance of 1700 million made Shanghai Film Huayi feel depressed.

The famous Chinese-American Hollywood director who boasts of being unprecedented and unrivaled is actually totally unknown in Hollywood.

Just because you add Hollywood to your name, you think you are a truck driver?

"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" also opened the eyes of domestic audiences.

Many viewers probably learned a new word because of this drama: lao tong!

The film crew repeatedly explained that the gay men were not lesbians.

"Laotong" refers to two girls who were born on the same day of the same month of the same year. They were married under the witness of a matchmaker. It is a custom in China. Now in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, this custom still exists.

Unfortunately, most netizens don’t buy it. No matter what you say, why should the kissing scene between Lee Joo-joo and Jun Ji-hyun be deleted?
It can be shown in North America, so why does it have to be cut in mainland China?

Even Miss Liu, who was in confinement after giving birth, became curious and wanted to take a look.

"Save your energy. You can watch it whenever you want!" Li Chen ruthlessly rejected Miss Liu's wild idea.

Miss Liu pouted and looked at Li Chen pitifully: "I'm almost going moldy staying at home, and I just want to watch a movie, but some people are still not satisfied."

"Don't give me that! There's no other movie you want to watch in our home theater, why do you have to watch this one?"

"you've changed!"

"What have I changed into!"

"Before we had a son, you were always obedient to me!"

"As long as I have a son, I will obey you in everything, but this kind of unreasonable request is out of the question. Otherwise, I will call mom to see if she agrees!"

When Miss Liu heard Li Chen mention Liu's mother, she immediately threw a pillow at him: "Hate it! I won't watch it anymore, okay!"

"Row!"

"Wow, wow, wow" Miss Liu began to rub her eyes.

She knew that Li Chen was most afraid of her crying during the confinement period, and sure enough, Li Chen fell into her trap.

After pulling Miss Liu's hands apart, it turned out to be just thunder without rain.

Miss Liu burst out laughing.

Li Chen could only shake his head in silence.

Miss Liu who is in confinement is more difficult to serve than Miss Liu when she is pregnant.

After a while of arguing, the couple got back to business.

"You said you wanted to choose Leon as the male lead of Panda?"

"Well, although this movie is mainly about special effects, Leon made a bet with me. If he loses, he will owe me a movie and only take the salary, not the box office. Maybe it's time to cash it."

"Although this guy looks like he deserves a beating, he is indeed a box office draw. His salary is worth every penny."

"If Rongchen Pictures wants to go global, it cannot just use domestic actors, especially for such a large-scale production. I also have to live up to the trust of several investors."

Miss Liu nodded: "What did Mr. Han say?"

"What can Old Han say? As soon as he heard about looking for Leon, his head shook like a rattle."

“But when he heard that Leon didn’t want a share, his attitude immediately changed.”

In fact, Li Chen had already made up his mind when he talked about this matter with Miss Liu.

Miss Liu would naturally not object. She had worked with Leon before in "Inception", so there was no problem in working together again.

Li Chen called Leon directly.

Hearing Li Chen's request, Leon regretted it very much: "Li, the two things I regret most in my life, one is betting with you!"

Li Chen smiled and said, "What about the other one?"

"The other thing is that you're lucky that I didn't get to know Crystal earlier." Leon laughed first after he finished speaking.

Although he knew the guy was joking, Li Chen couldn't help but retort: ​​"You, what you need is a young model who can be replaced every six months. Don't think about our Chinese girls."

Leon laughed: “Okay, since I lost the bet to you, I won’t break my promise.”

"But my schedule won't be free until the end of the year. J. Edgar is coming out in November, so I won't be free until then."

"No problem. I'll let Tim coordinate with you on the schedule and contract."

Now that Leon has been confirmed as the protagonist, there are many domestic actors to choose from for other roles.

The third season of "The Voice of China" has started in full swing.

The recording of the third season of "Running Man" is about to begin.

Yi Xin Media announced the cast for the third season of "Running Man".

There were rumors before that Wu Diyun and Zhang Hanyun would withdraw from the third season of "Running Man", but there were different opinions on who would take over.

Some say it was one of Yang Mi and Tang Yan, while others say it was the big baby.

It was not until the moment of announcement that the truth came to light.

Entertainment News
"The third season of "Running Man" is about to start, and the lineup has been announced: the six running men remain unchanged, and the resident female guest Zhang Hanyun will be replaced by Rongchen Films artist Dilireba."

"This replacement was not without warning. Running Man signed a contract for two seasons."

"After the first two seasons became a big hit, the popularity of the Running Man group has risen. According to reports, the three producers have appropriately increased the pay of the Running Man brothers, which is also one of the main reasons why the Running Man brothers have stayed together."

"As the first popular outdoor competitive reality show in China, Running Man has an immediate effect in attracting popularity and raising its profile."

"The six brothers plus Zhang Hanyun have close to 10 million followers on Weibo, just a hair's breadth away from the popular young actress Yang Mi."

Guli Nazha's good mood just disappeared because she was about to star in "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky".

They were in the same school, from the same place, and both were equally good-looking. Both were also the daughters of heaven who had signed contracts before they even entered school.

Naturally they will be compared.

Her classmates all said that they were prettier than her, and she thought so too.

As a regular female guest on "Running Man", she knew that even the company had fought for Liu Shishi.

Unfortunately, I was directly rejected by Yi Xin Media.

I didn't expect that it would fall on Dilraba Dilmurat in the end.

Is this what they call having someone in the court to get things done?

"Na Ya, don't overthink it. After the broadcast of Xuan-Yuan Sword, it may not be less popular than Running Man."

"Forget what I told you, Liu Yifei and Yang Mi both became famous because of our company's fairy tale drama."

Cai Yinong seemed a little lacking in confidence, but Yang Mi thought maybe she was not exaggerating.

But Liu Yifei's is a bit far-fetched.

Ever since she found a boyfriend who seems to be super lucky, she has not relied on Tang Ren for anything.

On the contrary, I have to take advantage of Liu Yifei from time to time to fool these newcomers and gain attention for the company's artists.

Cai Yinong was also extremely tired. Thinking back to the chat with Lao Hu that day, he sighed: It's too difficult to find a girl like Liu Yifei!

The wet little Liu Yifei is not Liu Yifei after all, although the Na Ya in front of her has outstanding appearance.

But Cai Yinong herself feels that it is impossible to reach the level of Liu Yifei.

Unless she can also find a boyfriend who has great influence in the circle.

"I haven't forgotten, Mr. Cai, I will try my best!" Nazha smiled brightly.

But in my heart I was shouting, one day, she will definitely be the most popular female star in the entertainment industry, definitely!
The news about "Running Man" has not been digested by everyone yet.

The news that "Panda Vientiane Island" is about to start casting exploded in the circle like a bombshell.

Rongchen Pictures announced the casting information.

Many first-line male stars from both sides of the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong and Macau unexpectedly discovered that there was no male protagonist that they were dreaming of.

All brokerage companies have become active.

After asking around, I heard a shocking piece of news.

International online reports
"The domestic monster movie "Panda Vientiane Island", which cost 1.6 million US dollars, recently announced its casting information."

"In addition to Liu Yifei, the male lead has been confirmed to be Leonardo Dicaprio, who worked with Liu Yifei in Inception!"

"So, whether it's Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers of War" or Leo DiCaprio's "The Vientiane Island", the male lead seems to be targeting Hollywood's top male stars."

As soon as this news was revealed, it immediately sparked heated discussions in Hollywood and at home.

After Bell went to the East, Leon went to China again, and combined with the meeting between the old man Murdoch and Li Chen at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Rongchen Pictures has become a hot topic in the film and television circles on the other side of the ocean.

"Leo is still very generous. When Zhang Yimou heard about "The Flowers of War", he wanted to hire Leon. However, Leon's offer scared Zhang Weiping off. Leo is rising to the challenge!"

"Leon and Liu Yifei are working together for the second time. I'm afraid all the female stars in China are envious."

"Huayi found a little-known Chinese-American Hollywood director! As a result, Leo and Zhang Yimou directly found a genuine Hollywood A-list celebrity."

"Looking at it this way, I always feel that Huayi is a knockoff, and Rongchen Films is the genuine product."

Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun looked like they had a layer of black mask on their faces.

“Damn it, we Huayi are not the only investor, why are they all targeting us!” Wang Zhonglei cursed.

Hollywood was surprisingly efficient and quickly confirmed the news from Leon.

To everyone's surprise, Leon actually admitted that in order to fulfill his promise, he only received a salary of 2000 million US dollars for this film.

This again shocked the Hollywood and domestic media.

Leo is famous for being expensive! He is expensive because in addition to his salary, he also gets a big share of the box office revenue.

"Aunt, is what the media reported true?" When Huang Xiaoming learned that the male lead of "Vientiane Island" had been confirmed, he immediately went to visit his aunt under the pretext of visiting her.

If it is true as reported online, he doesn't mind being the second or third male lead.

Although the second male lead, the colonel, is not likable, he still has a lot of scenes.

Although he has just taken on a drama about ancient generals, he is not opposed to wearing modern military uniforms.

"Are you here to see me or to check out the show?"

"Of course I came to see you. Just a coincidence. Just a coincidence. I promise."

"That's more like it. It's true. Li Chen said that if this movie is to be released worldwide, it needs a box office-winning leading man like Leon."

Huang Xiaoming nodded: "Director Li has considered everything."

"1.6 million US dollars, we really can't be careless."

Li Chen also received calls from many acquaintances, including Liu Dehua.

"Yeah, it's true, Brother Hua, compared to me, Little Leo, he is indeed good-looking enough to attract money."

Yang Siwei was so busy that he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

In just one morning, I received at least a dozen calls inquiring about roles.

The only people who can call her are the country's top artists and company bosses.

"Brother Chao, just run peacefully, and we'll notify you about the audition."

"Hahaha, then I'm relieved. Bye, Mr. Yang."

(End of this chapter)