Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 371 Demonstration
However, no one expected that Zhang Ziyi would actually respond to "Mojin: The Lost Legend".

Zhang Ziyi can be said to have had a double harvest in love and career this year. She confirmed her relationship with Teacher Wang and won the Golden Horse Award, becoming a triple Golden Horse Best Actress.

Her career has rebounded, and her sights are once again set on the stars. She wants to leverage her status as a three-time Best Actress winner to make a comeback in Hollywood.

Shirley Yang, as the female lead in this trio, shouldn't have been her first choice. She was touted as the Chinese version of Lara Croft, but "Mojin: The Lost Legend" isn't a female-led adventure film like "Tomb Raider," so it didn't offer her much room to showcase her talent.

But the director of this film is Li Qiutang, a director who also controls important resources and channels in Hollywood.

Her good friend Deng Wendi is in dire straits herself. She has lost a very important support in Hollywood. Her Hollywood agency can't bring her any resources. It would be better to sell Li Qiutang a favor and get him a role in a movie. Maybe she can use Li Qiutang's connections to set sail in Hollywood again.

Zhang Ziyi is so eager for "Pacific Rim". Doesn't she want the role of Grace? Doesn't she want to work with a great director like Luc Besson?
So, at an event, a reporter told her, "Director Li Qiutang's 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' is currently casting, and netizens think you are very suitable to play Shirley Yang in it."

Zhang Ziyi laughed heartily.

The reporter then asked her, "Would you play a role like that?"

Zhang Ziyi said, "If Director Qiu Tang sends me a call for help, I'm definitely willing to give it a try."

Then the trending topic became "Zhang Ziyi is expected to star in 'Mojin: The Lost Legend'".

Wan Da is very happy. "Mojin: The Lost Legend" has been trending on social media even before filming has started, which shows that the publicity effect is really good.

Hiring a renowned director like Li Qiutang to direct can save a significant amount on publicity costs.

However, the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" production team did not respond to Zhang Ziyi's initiative to petition.

Li Qiutang is currently in New York, sipping hot cocoa while discussing filming deals with a local co-production company.

The 10% tax credit is available, and an additional 5% tax credit is available if filming is done in New York City. However, this requires hiring a certain number of local staff and the crew's spending in New York State must reach a certain threshold to qualify for these tax breaks.

The policies aren't exactly generous, but they're not bad either.

However, as the number one money-making city in North America, New York's prices and cost of living are terrifyingly high, and the production team had to consider the cost issue. Although the budget for "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was quite sufficient, Li Qiutang still hoped to spend more money on production.

Two days later, Li Qiutang led her team north to Toronto.

It's even colder!

Li Qiutang has visited Toronto many times. He became widely known after the Toronto International Film Festival, and it's fair to say that this is his lucky place.

But this was the first time he had seen the city through the eyes of a director, and it was truly a substitute for New York!

so similar!
Canadians love the dollar but hate the United States, yet their cities are so much like America.

Ontario, where Toronto is located, offers much better incentives to film crews than New York, including a 21.5% tax credit. If the special effects and animation production are also located in Ontario, an additional 16% tax credit can be enjoyed on labor costs.

The film crew in Toronto has excellent facilities. Local filming companies rarely accept Chinese film crews. They told Li Qiutang and others that if they wanted to film in Toronto, they had to apply at least six months in advance, and the Toronto side would also review the script.

Do you have an English script?

"No."

"Then you should prepare one."

Filming in Toronto comes with generous subsidies, but also many requirements. Not only is there an 8*5 hour work schedule, but overtime pay is substantial.

Moreover, the film crew can only shoot within the designated area. Once the area is designated as a block, you can't even put your equipment out of the designated area.

Li Qiutang spent more time in Toronto than in New York, carefully exploring several streets in Toronto and also going to Lake Ontario to take photos and enjoy the scenery.

He didn't make the decision in Toronto, but instead led the team back to Yanjing.

When he returned to China, he encountered a heated online debate about whether Liu Yifei or Zhang Ziyi was a better match for Shirley Yang.

The two can be considered the only two remaining actresses skilled in martial arts films in the industry. They are equally famous, but Zhang Ziyi's acting skills are better than Liu Yifei's, and she is a three-time Golden Horse Award winner. It seems there's no suspense.

However, Liu Yifei has a larger public appeal than Zhang Ziyi, and Liu Yifei has greater box office draw. Even Zhang Ziyi's fans admit that although Zhang Ziyi has a higher status and better acting skills, her box office appeal is insufficient.

Few people would go to the cinema just because of Zhang Ziyi's name, but some people do buy tickets because of Liu Yifei.

The two groups discussed the issue, each with their own reasons.

The two women in question seemed oblivious to what others were saying about them.

The turning point came at the premiere of "Police Story 2013". Liu Yifei wore a white casual sweatshirt, a white tracksuit over it, black sweatpants, and white sneakers. The highlight was the pink headband on her head, making her look energetic and vibrant.

The three lead actors of "Police Story," Jackie Chan, Liu Ye, and Jing Tian, ​​are all her friends, so it's only natural that she attends the premiere.

The unusual thing happened after the premiere. Liu Yifei posted a selfie and a group photo with three friends on her Weibo account to promote "Police Story 2013".

However, netizens dug up comments from a few days ago where Liu Yifei's fans asked her to confirm her relationship.

Wearing white clothes, posting selfies, and wearing high heels.

Liu Yifei ignored it then, but today she did everything except wear high heels!

Is it a coincidence?

Isn't that too much of a coincidence?

Or are the fans overthinking it? Liu Yifei's outfit today was very ordinary and normal casual wear, so it doesn't seem very believable that it was a special response to the fans.

But once something happens, there's nothing you can do about it.

Viewers are willing to believe that this is Liu Yifei's way of hinting to the outside world that she is already in a relationship with Li Qiutang.

Viewers are also willing to believe that this is Liu Yifei demonstrating to Zhang Ziyi: "Li Qiutang is my boyfriend, and the role of Shirley Yang is mine."

It's not a protest; Liu Yifei has no such intention, nor is it a response to fans confirming their relationship.

Liu Yifei had just bought this outfit, and that day was the first time she wore it; she was just wearing it out of curiosity.

She couldn't help it if her fans wanted to interpret it that way; in fact, she was secretly pleased when she found out.

Knowing that Li Qiutang was returning today, Liu Yifei made a point of setting aside time for herself. Her assistant and agent also knew that Li Qiutang was returning to China today, so they didn't arrange any work for Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei didn't go to the airport to pick him up; instead, she waited for him to come home.

"You're back?" Liu Yifei greeted Li Qiutang with a smile as soon as she entered the door. "Are you tired?"

"It's alright." Li Qiutang put down his luggage, hugged Liu Yifei, and tried to kiss her. Liu Yifei tried to push him away, but she wasn't strong enough, and he took advantage of her.
"Flying for over twenty hours and then coming back to bully me, how annoying."

"How can you call it bullying my own wife?" He said, slapping her on the butt. "Go get me something to eat, I'm starving."

Liu Yifei pursed her lips, a half-smile on her face, rolled her eyes, and walked away to prepare food for Li Qiutang.

Half a day later, a bowl of egg fried rice was served.

"That's all I know how to make." Liu Yifei still only knows how to make fried rice with eggs and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

"Can you tell the difference between sugar and salt this time?"

"Just eat yours." Liu Yifei turned around and made him another cup of honey water.

(End of this chapter)