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Chapter 181: When You're Famous, You're Busy

Today's meeting was the first meeting between Zheng Jing and Zhang Yimou after Western Film and Television signed a director contract with Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou has deeply experienced Zheng Jing's tyranny.

No wonder Cheng Kaige was suppressed by Zheng Jing.

In fact, Zhang Yi was mentally prepared for this situation.

He wanted to invite celebrity actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan to join the cast of Breaking the Cauldrons.

In fact, in essence, I still want to gain greater autonomy in the crew.

Extend outward from casting and enhance the voice.

That's why Du Wei disagreed.

Zhang Yi did not give up and wanted to get support from Zheng Jing, but he encountered an even harder setback.

Du Wei was relatively tactful, but Zheng Jing's attitude was very clear.

After entering the meeting room, he sat in the main seat and had the final say in making decisions, even directly assigning tasks to Zhang Yi.

You just need to focus on shooting the movie scenes and large scenes.

The subtext is, you don't have to worry about the rest.

Zhang Yimou understood the situation clearly, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, now that you have made the positioning of the film clear, it will be easy.

I would also like to ask Mr. Zheng and Mr. Du to arrange the audition as soon as possible.

I will first decide on the costumes and props, and select the filming location."

Zhang Yi accepted the task assigned by Zheng Jing.

On the one hand, he had not proven himself in commercial films at that time and urgently needed a successful commercial blockbuster to break the situation.

The treatment and status of Zhang Yimou before becoming a "hero" and Zhang Yimou after becoming a "hero" in the circle are completely different.

On the other hand, on May 5, Chen Ting gave birth to a son for Zhang Yi.

Now that he had an heir, Zhang Yi wanted to make more money.

Although Zhang Yi is quite famous and has made many movies, he has not earned much money over the years.

Not to mention the comparison, Western Films invited Zhang Yi to direct Breaking the Cauldrons, and paid him 800 million just for the director's fee.

This is no small sum of money.

"Let's schedule the audition for three days from now. If you have any actors you like, you can invite them."

After dealing with Zhang Yi, Zheng Jing discussed the action design of the film with Cheng Xiaodong.

As one of the top five martial arts instructors in Hong Kong, Cheng Xiaodong's action design style is very distinctive, which is romantic and beautiful.

He studied drama and pursued the relaxation of movements and postures.

This kind of stretching, when developed into martial arts, becomes free and easy, with every move being very romantic.

In particular, Cheng Xiaodong himself is familiar with film and television special effects, which gives the martial arts movements more room for imagination.

This is very important for martial arts or fantasy movies.

Take the Lord of the Rings trilogy for example.

There's nothing wrong with the movie's graphics and special effects, but the fighting moves are simply clumsy and not powerful at all.

This is also why after Jackie Chan achieved success in Hollywood, he had a high status and eventually won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.

Because Jackie Chan has the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.

The entire Cheng family team constantly innovated and designed various actions, props and scenes. Even the reactions to being beaten were studied thoroughly.

Just to capture the best action effects.

With the existence of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Cheng Long has his own "system" no matter where he films, and can also lead Hollywood to progress, so his status will naturally be high.

Cheng Long once said that nothing is more important than career. Brothers can help him achieve his career, but women cannot.

This is not a joke, it is real.

In comparison, Li Lianjie is far behind because he has no system.

Zheng Jing certainly needs help, but he also has a system in action movies.

That’s the world of scripts.

Zheng Jing can repeatedly experience and try in the world of the script to shoot the best fighting scenes.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything.

Cheng Xiaodong pursues aesthetics, so he ignores the authenticity and scientific nature of the movements.

It may be a little lacking in logic and sense of immersion, lacking the thrill of countering each opponent's moves and punching each other real hard.

But the collaboration between Zheng Jing and Cheng Xiaodong just happens to complement each other.

Zheng Jing has his own scripted world, and has gradually mastered the skills of a weapons master, so there is absolutely no problem with the authenticity of martial arts.

What is lacking is imagination.

Cheng Xiaodong's freehand style can be a great inspiration to Zheng Jing.

The two had a very pleasant chat when they met for the first time.

Zheng Jing even hung on the wire and started practicing some moves on the spot.

Cheng Xiaodong saw that Zheng Jing had excellent physical fitness and could use various weapons with ease, and he immediately had a lot of inspiration.

Zheng Jing also called Li Binbin, and the two practiced together and came up with a lot of new tricks.

It’s just that Li Binbin’s physical fitness is not good enough, and some of his movements are not quite right.

There was no other way, so Zheng Jing had to give personal guidance and pointed out Li Binbin's shortcomings that night.

Li Binbin learned very quickly, especially when playing the role of Ada Wong, he showed his own characteristics, which made Zheng Jing very satisfied.

Only then did Zheng Jing believe that what Li Binbin said in the interview was true: Ada Wang did her own makeup.

The only regret is that Li Xing was busy arranging Fan Bingbing's work and was unable to be with Li Binbin.

The sisters are not together, there is a lack of telepathy, and something is missing.

After spending a night at the racecourse, Zheng Jing came to the company the next morning.

Chang Jihong walked into the office immediately and said, "Mr. Zheng, on the evening of June 6, the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival will hold an awards ceremony.

The organizing committee invites you to be the award presenter."

As if knowing that Zheng Jing was going to refuse, Chang Jihong advised: "You happen to be going to Shanghai on the 16th to record the "This is the Actor" program, and our schedules just happen to coincide.

If you can, it's best to go.

Shanghai TV also helped with the promotion of TV series such as Lüshi Chunqiu and Full House.

And this invitation was sent by Guangdian.

This year's Shanghai International Film Festival is very grand, and it is said that Sophie Marceau will also attend. The authorities hope that you can go there to support the occasion."

Zheng Jing is not alone, he also has the Western Film and Television company.

When you are in a circle, you still have to take care of official matters.

He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go over and promote Break the Cauldrons. Let Li Binbin go with me."

Chang Jihong added: "June 6 is International Olympic Day. Now is the critical moment for Yanjing's Olympic bid. The government is preparing to hold a grand Olympic bid performance at the Workers' Stadium.

You are now an international star. You have been invited to perform. You are expected to sing at least two songs and may even have to attend rehearsals in advance."

Zheng Jing sighed and said, "OK, I will definitely participate."

Bidding for the Olympic Games is a major event that has attracted national attention, and Zheng Jing certainly cannot refuse.

From his performance of shooting the halberd at the gate, to the best-selling success of "The Da Vinci Code", to the popularity of "Full House" in the pan-Asian region, Zheng Jing has gradually become a popular star in China and has also gained considerable fame internationally.

Some invitations and tasks come automatically.

When you become famous, you will be busy. This is something that cannot be avoided.

After finalizing the two most important schedules, Chang Jihong mentioned two more activities, then took out a form, handed it to Zheng Jing, and said, "This is the work schedule I'm working on, Mr. Zheng, please take a look first.

I have sent this form to Li Xia, and she will compile it together with other matters. "

Chang Jihong only cares about Zheng Jing's work schedule as an actor and star.

That alone is already a lot of work.

After she left, Zheng Jing asked Li Xia to summarize his schedule and found that it was really difficult to take a vacation in June.

Even with Du Wei helping to manage the company, Zheng Jing still had a lot to do.

The itinerary was packed.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jing asked, "Who is my secretary today?"

Before Li Xia could say anything, Li Xing walked in wearing formal attire.

Behind her is her sister Li Binbin.

"Boss Zheng, today we have two secretaries, one sister." Li Xing said with a smile, "Double the service, ten times the happiness."

Seeing Li Xing's smiling face, Zheng Jing asked, "You want to be my secretary? Are you not busy with work anymore?"

Li Xing walked behind Zheng Jing and began to massage him skillfully.

"My biggest job is to satisfy you, Mr. Zheng~"

Seeing Li Binbin nodding, Zheng Jing knew that he probably expressed his regret last night, so Li Binbin called Li Xing and asked his sister to come over.

Assistant Li Xia left the office, closed the door and stood guard at the door.

Li Binbin then said, "Mr. Zheng, Xiuxiu's role as Ada Wong is also very beautiful."

Zheng Jing waved his hand and asked Li Xing to sit on his lap. He smiled and said, "Everyone has their own characteristics. Xiuxiu is better at being a strong woman. That's more interesting."

As soon as these words came out, Li Xing was overjoyed and his eyes were moist.

On the one hand, she felt that Zheng Jing understood her very well, and on the other hand, she felt that this was Zheng Jing's promise to train her into a strong woman.

In fact, Zheng Jing meant what he said.

Li Binbin is a professional actor. Her expressiveness is much stronger than Li Xing's. She plays Ada Wong with both form and spirit.

It won’t work if Li Xing comes.

But Li Xing's vigorous and decisive approach to work also has his own flavor.

Just as Li Binbin was about to speak, he discovered that Li Xingren was missing.

She immediately showed her good acting skills, her face turned red, her mouth slightly opened, and she looked charming and affectionate.

Many things seem to be real as they are acted out.

Li Binbin herself could hardly tell whether she and Li Xing really had telepathy.

Anyway, the two of them became more and more devoted to the performance, and their feelings and tacit understanding became better.

Although his work schedule is very busy, Zheng Jing still finds ways to have fun in the library.

Find fun in the cracks of work, find an outlet in the pressure of life, enjoy and experience the true meaning of life.

(End of this chapter)