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Chapter 97: It’s good that Quan Zhixian is not the water queen anymore [ask for monthly ticket]

Is Jeon Ji-hyun a fan of Zhang Guorong? She really is.

Before the New Wave movement swept the South Korean film and television industry, Hong Kong films were also a major source of box office revenue, and countless South Koreans grew up watching Hong Kong films.

After a brief greeting and a few small chats, we set off when it was time to board the flight.

Li Wenyu entered the first class cabin and sat in his own seat in the second row, 2-2, on the left side by the window. Quan Zhixian grabbed the ticket and pleaded with the middle-aged man sitting next to him in a cute way.

After a moment, looking at Quan Zhixian sitting next to him, Li Wenyu laughed, "We've been together on the set for so long, we're not strangers, right? If you have something to say, just tell me."

It takes more than ten hours to fly from Beijing to Los Angeles.

The female lead in Extreme Job was also decided long ago.

Quan Zhixian smiled gently and flatteringly, "Director Li, do you think I can have a chance to be like Senior Winona?"

Old Li was speechless.

Gong Li, who had just walked over, couldn't help but laugh. "What are you doing following Director Li to Hollywood, little girl? Are you trying to imitate Winona?"

"Director Li, let me put this on the line. If I have the opportunity to work with you and get nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, I will do my best to help you secure the Best Director award at Berlin, Cannes, or Venice."

"Including the Best Picture award, all the costs of the award-winning campaign were paid out of my own pocket."

Sister Gong helped me when I wanted to enter the Central Academy of Drama through the campus network.

But she knew that it was just a small favor and was too insignificant to apply for cooperation on a big project.

This time when flying to Hollywood, there was also an opportunity on the flight. She didn't expect that the seat change was preempted by a South Korean girl.

Jeon Ji-hyun speaks awkward English, and Gong Li also speaks in English.

She just wanted to let Jeon Ji-hyun know her conditions!

The two sides are not on the same level.

She laughed again and said, "You've won the Best Newcomer Award in South Korea and the Best Actress Award at the Daejong Film Awards, but you don't think your acting skills can win the Europa League and the Oscars, do you?"

Jeon Ji-hyun smiled like a little white flower, with a pitiful and cowardly look on her face, and acted as if she was admitting her mistake to Gong Li.

Sister Gong, “…”

Gong Li snorted, then continued to look at Lao Li with a smile, and whispered in Mandarin, "Director Li, what I said is true. If there is another script like Marriage Story, please don't hesitate."

"I can help you run the Europa League and win the trophy."

After saying that, she smiled politely and walked back to her seat.

On the other side of the second row aisle were Zhang Guorong and his assistant. Brother Rong smiled and waved at him, then put on his eye mask and prepared to go to sleep.

After all, it's a flight of more than ten hours.

Li Wenyu took out his laptop from his luggage and placed it on the spacious desk in front of him, ready to start working on his new work, [The Hunger Games]!
He has already mastered all four new subjects to 100. If he wants to study more in the future, he can only add more time and spend more than ten hours copying big IP books again.

With 100 points for writing and screenwriting, etc., he is confident that he can optimize The Hunger Games to be even better than the original.

After he started working, Jeon Ji-hyun was also surprised and full of admiration, "Director Li, you are going to start creating again? You are worthy of being the most talented person in Asia."

"Your works have been extremely popular in recent years, and each one is better than the last."

She has only been learning English for three months and cannot understand works written entirely in Chinese characters.

But it doesn't prevent us from guessing that Lao Li is typing and writing a book.

Li Wenyu looked at Xiaoquan in surprise and said, "If you are bored, you can rest for a while."

Old Li was surprised because the admiration displayed by Quan Zhixian did not seem to be deliberately pretended in acting, but was about 80% real, and there was also some admiration.

I've never seen her like this when practicing boxing on the set. It's just normal and polite cooperation.

He also has a directing attribute of 100 points and an acting skill of 92 points.

Thinking of this, he checked it out.

View target: Jeon Ji-hyun.

Acting, (81/100).

Healthy, (72/100).

Emotional intelligence, (75/100).

Baguazhang routine performance, (55/100).

Xingyiquan routine performance, (51/100).

……

Since the first time I saw Jeon Ji-hyun, her acting skills have improved. At the beginning, Jeon Ji-hyun's acting skills were only 78, but she has won the Best Actress Award at the Grand Bell Awards with "My Sassy Girl"?

The entertainment industry.

Background and connections are more important. Just think about it, a dozen years later, one water queen after another will want to win the Grand Slam, and even boast that it is due to their own strength.

Not winning the Grand Slam means that your acting career is not going well?

The South Korean entertainment industry is even more magical than that in mainland China.

With 78 points of acting attribute, she won the Best Actress award, which is not a big deal, but very good.

Li Wenyu was a little confused. Was this girl just acting? The look in her eyes when she looked at him was nothing but admiration.

Jeon Ji-hyun smiled sweetly, "I read your masterpiece again, Director Li. I feel that this book is very profound. I look forward to the day when it is turned into a film or TV project."

After saying that, she found an English copy of Slumdog Millionaire and started flipping through it.

Lao Li published his books in South Korea one after another, and they were also promoted by the IHQ Group behind Quan Zhixian. The three books have sold more than 100 million copies there, with a retail price of HK$200 per book.

This means that Li Wenyu's gross profit from selling books with a 15% royalty fee is more than HK$3000 million, but IHQ takes 1000%, or HK$ million.

You still have to pay taxes!

Old Li looked at Quan Zhixian twice again and then buried himself in his creation.

…………

Two hours later.

Li Wenyu looked to the side in confusion and whispered, "What are you doing?"

He spoke Mandarin instinctively.

Jeon Ji-hyun glanced around furtively, confirming that everyone was still asleep. She grabbed the elephant and started groaning, speaking in South Korean. "This is impossible! Director Li, you're too rich..."

Old Li pushed Xiao Quan away and, noticing that everyone around him was asleep, whispered, "Are you crazy?"

This girl has a boyfriend, and Director Zheng from IHQ is pretty nice to her.

Quan Zhixian whispered, "I'll ask Director Li, please continue. Don't feel sorry for anyone. Old Zheng has never asked me to accompany anyone."

"But his control was too abnormal. Besides me, he also spent a lot of money on other people, forcing people to entertain older men from TV stations and cinemas. He tortured and depressed several of them."

"I admire you immensely. Besides your talent in film and television, you built a 5100 billion South Korean won terrorist consortium from scratch in just one year. I want to learn from you, my predecessors."

Li Wenyu almost burst into tears. Giving hats to others is immoral! !
He pushed Quan Zhixian away again, "Stop it, you're crazy."

Quan Zhixian, who had originally wanted to be smooth-talking, looked at Li Wenyu again and said suspiciously, "Really? I'm planning to break up with Director Zheng, but I haven't confessed yet."

Li Wenyu served as a stewardess and after a while ordered two glasses of red wine. He smiled and gave one to Quan Zhixian, "Drink some wine and get some more sleep. Just pretend nothing happened. We will continue to cooperate happily in Extreme Pro."

Xiao Quan was very confused. He took a sip of wine and looked around. Even if someone woke up occasionally to see what was going on, there was still snoring. The flight attendant came over and asked, "What's going on?"

She said with a strange expression, "Director Li, I really want to break up with Lao Zheng. I want to sleep with your idol and I don't want you to be responsible. Are you willing?"

"You were obviously very proud just now. It's definitely not that I have no charm at all." Old Li was speechless.

He took a sip of his wine and whispered, "Why are you doing this?"

Quan Zhixian nodded awkwardly, "He's too controlling. Even if there's a text message or a call on my phone, my assistant has to check it out and report it to him."

"It's the same with daily interactions with the opposite sex. My assistant is watching the whole time."

"My assistant and I shared a guest room. We were also monitored when we were surfing the internet. I only dared to flirt with you when my assistant and bodyguards were in economy class."

"And I really admire you, but I don't dare to show it on a daily basis for fear of my assistant finding out. Besides, IHQ is helping you run your cinema chain, and you're still talking about a 15% cut and won't budge."

"Last time, you wanted Song Huiqiao to accompany you. You wanted 16%, right? I'm really afraid that one day I'll end up like that. Of course, I'll definitely make money by accompanying you."

"I'm afraid of those old men."

Li Wenyu calmly covered her face and said, "Are you sure you want to break up with him? You guys are playing a very dark game over there, right?"

He is trying to expand his influence in the South Korean market.

Why did this heroine start to act like a demon?

Quan Zhixian whispered in surprise, "Senior Lin, the daughter of our Elephant Group, married the crown prince of Samsung, and she asked me for advice on how to advertise her products in the internet age."

"Just like promoting Youngor clothing and Tsingtao beer, if all goes well, Senior Lin will become my new backer."

"And IHQ promised you, Director Li, that Samsung's Lee family and Elephant Group will be able to do things more easily and take less commission. I heard from Senior Lin that they want Elephant Food and Samsung to make greater efforts to enter the markets of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and perhaps even India."

“If Slumdog Millionaire were filmed in India, it would probably be quite popular.”

"Even if my contract is still with IHQ, I can change my agent. With the support of Daewoo and Samsung, I'll be fine. IHQ also needs me to make money."

Her family is just averagely wealthy, and she watched up close a handsome guy of her age start from scratch and create a group worth more than 5100 billion South Korean won in just one year. What the hell is that exciting?

Li Wenyu's talent in film and television has spread from Europe to the United States.

The chain reaction of attacking Asian vote banks cannot be stopped.

She is obsessed with Li Wenyu and becomes a little fan girl, which is much stronger than her admiration for Hong Kong male stars in the past.

Jeon Ji-hyun took another sip of her wine and said, "Korea has always had a tradition of learning from China. Director Li, you must carry on this fine tradition again."

"I don't want you to take responsibility either. I just want to convince you."

After a brief hands-on experience, she was so scared that she wondered what to do if she became a Gangjie?
She is super looking forward to it!

Men conquer the world, women conquer men.

She might win on behalf of South Korean girls.

She also has ambitions to leverage the power of Elephant Group and Samsung to break free from IHQ's control.

You mean Samsung and Elephant are controlling us again? They don't need the same level of resources.

Big conglomerates want to take their brands global with the help of blockbuster movies.

IHQ is a bloody pit. She is now under control and has no privacy. If she really turns against me, she will have to cry and laugh while eating with the old men waiting in line.

Li Wenyu shook his head, "Xing, you've already finished filming. Let's work together again next time if there's a chance."

Quan Zhixian was surprised and tested, "Elephant offers 2000 million Hong Kong dollars to reshoot a few scenes and change some scenes?"

Li Wenyu was speechless. "Don't be so anxious. Let's talk about the extreme profession later."

Extreme Occupation itself is also aimed at the Korean market.

There are also a lot of fried chicken and food clips.

Daesang Group is the largest comprehensive food brand in South Korea.

A certain rich girl, Dalin, will divorce Samsung's boss Li in the future and directly return to Elephant to hold more than 20% of the shares, while a pair of sisters hold more than 40% of the shares.

IHQ's commission is indeed too high. They take 30% of his royalties for helping to run the publication.

We've been discussing box office revenue sharing for several months, but it's still just 15% of the total box office after tax!

If Li Wenyu had not already made a lot of money from the off-wall version of Weibo and still needed Jeon Ji-hyun and other South Korean stars to maintain the popularity and users of the off-wall version, he would have wanted to slap Lao Zheng a few times.

This profit sharing has not been cut at all for several months.

…………

The evening of January 2003, 1.

The Hollywood Television and Film Golden Globe Awards ceremony opened grandly at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. Zhang Guorong and Winona Ryder walked on the red carpet, attracting a barrage of flash cameras.

Li Wenyu and Sister Gong walked the red carpet together.

At this award ceremony, Lao Li's seat was in the last row. There was no way he could win the award, so he could only get a nomination.

In the last row, Quan Zhixian, who had sneaked in without going through the red carpet, was still wearing a disguise. After she sat down next to Li Wenyu, she whispered excitedly, "Director Li, you're amazing."

"There will definitely be a day in the future when we'll cheer and award you a prize to celebrate."

Gong Li was there too. She glanced at Xiao Quan and asked suspiciously, "Xiao Xian, what are you doing?"

Sister Gong felt that Xiaoquan could no longer hide his admiration for Li Wenyu in his eyes.

Quan Zhixian nodded readily, "Sister Li, you don't understand how much influence a consortium has in our South Korean society."

"Director Li built a consortium from scratch. It would be abnormal for me not to admire him. Only when Director Zheng and my assistant bodyguard are not here can I be more straightforward."

"I'm a fan of Director Li's books and movies. If Interstellar or The Martian are ever made into movies, I'd be willing to play any small role for free."

These words left Gong Li speechless and unable to refute.

She wants to complain that you also want to star in Interstellar or The Martian?
Were you deliberately showing your admiration to confuse Director Li?
There was some chatting and laughing as the awards ceremony went on. This year's Best Director award went to Martin from the New York Society, and the Best Musical Comedy Award went to Chicago.

The Best Picture - Drama award went to The Hours.

Best Musical Comedy Actress Zellweger from Chicago.

When the Best Actress in a Drama category was announced, Winona Ryder walked up excitedly to receive the award and expressed her gratitude.

The first person on her thank you list was Li Wenyu, and Li also stood up and applauded, and then the whole audience focused on her.

Many film and television groups, including Hollywood male and female stars, are trying their best to show goodwill to him.

I know. I've heard of Li Wenyu for a long time. He won two Best Actor awards at the three major European festivals in just one or two years, and this time he's won another Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards.

This is definitely a highly prolific and tough director!
Even those who didn’t know realized from this moment that Colombia had partnered with someone who could win big.

The Golden Globe Awards is one of the precursors to the Oscars. If you can win the Best Actress award, you are basically guaranteed to be nominated for an Oscar. A nomination is also a great achievement, at least in Hollywood.

If a famous South African diamond star wants to win an award, she has to play a female villain in a disfigured movie to stand out.

In Marriage Story, Winona, a pretty face, is never disfigured. At most, she's haggard and bare-faced, crying about what she's lost in marriage, about herself.

Then she wants to find herself again. Even though she and the male protagonist are still in love, she still has to find the more important self in life, which is similar to the beginner and intermediate stage of boxing performance.

The audience's attention shifted when Winona thanked Zhang Guorong and Columbia.

Li Wenyu sat down, and Gong Li was so excited that her blood was boiling. "Director Li, I still say the same thing. If you get a script like this again, I will use my entire fortune to help you win the Best Director award at the three major European awards."

Li Wenyu, "..."

He actually has such a notebook.

In 2003, he planned two films, a book, and a website.

(End of this chapter)