Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 189 Report to Mr. Zhou

"What are you talking about!"

Liu Yifei noticed Zhang Ziyi's expression and quickly patted Gu Bei's shoulder.

"We did talk about this issue just now, but the age is not right."

Zhang Ziyi's face froze for just a moment.

But she quickly reacted and spoke proactively.

She has been in Hollywood for many years, so Gu Bei's words can't even be considered a grievance.

"You heard it."

Gu Bei grabbed Liu Yifei's hand.
Feel the soft touch of that little hand in yours,

This has been a long time since I last touched it.

He couldn't help but knead her. This was his favorite action when he hugged Liu Yifei.

"Gu Bei, there's someone here!"

Liu Yifei quickly shook her hands.
He wanted to shake off Gu Bei's mischievous hand.

Not only did he fail to shake it off, but Gu Bei held him even tighter.

Gu Bei smiled and leaned close to her ear, whispering softly, "Isn't this because I'm afraid you'll get jealous? That's why I have to show my affection openly!"

Bringing up my embarrassing things again!
Liu Yifei's eyes widened and she rolled her eyes at Gu Bei.

"Xixi and Director Gu are so loving!"

Zhang Ziyi laughed and teased, "It seems a bit inappropriate for me to be here. Let's leave you two alone!"

Liu Yifei blushed at Zhang Ziyi's words.

Showing affection in public like this was indeed beyond her ability to bear.

The thought that anyone in the crew who walked by could see her and Gu Bei holding hands made her feel very stealthy.

She replied to Zhang Ziyi somewhat shyly: "Teacher Zhang's boyfriend came to visit her on set a few days ago, and he also loves her very much."

Zhang Ziyi heard this,

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Her wealthy boyfriend was very considerate in this matter. He flew directly to Kyoto to visit her on set and gave her a big surprise in terms of emotional value.

But in career,

With Gu Bei's support for Liu Yifei,
Still can't compare.

"You guys chat, I'm going to take off my makeup."

After Zhang Ziyi left,

Liu Yifei glanced at Gu Bei's hand, which he was holding tightly. "Still holding it?"

Gu Bei smiled and said, "I haven't held my girlfriend's hand in a long time!"

"Let's talk about it when we get home~"

Liu Yifei acted coquettishly.

She still doesn't like this kind of show of affection in front of the public,
Especially if it is exposed by the crew members, her relationship with Gu Bei will be magnified by the public like other celebrity relationships.

In contrast,

She hoped even more that
Leave the feelings between two people to the two of them, and experience and feel them personally.

"Row!"

Gu Bei noticed Liu Yifei's emotions, and he smiled and let go of her hand.

Then, he pulled out a soundtrack from the back and handed it to Liu Yifei: "Congratulations, Liu Yifei, the first Chinese singer to top the Billboard charts, and also the first singer to win the number one soundtrack sales on Billboard."

"Your songs are still the best."

Liu Yifei played with the soundtrack of Summer,

She knew very well in her heart,
I only have 60 points of singing skills, which is not enough to turn decay into magic.

The most important thing is the songs written by Gu Bei.

The only pity is that

This time the bet failed.

The idea of ​​asking Gu Bei to write another song for him failed!

She suddenly thought of something and looked at Gu Bei with a suspicious look: "You came here this time... not to cash in the bet, right?"

"Da!" Gu Bei gave her a slap on the head, "You actually thought about me like this, you deserve to be punished!"

"Woooooo~"

Liu Yifei pouted slightly.

How could he be so cruel!

"Let's go to the lounge.
I'm here to report my recent work to Mr. Zhou.

Let Mr. Zhou know exactly how much work I have turned down in order to be able to accompany you."

Gu Bei smiled and pulled Liu Yifei to the lounge.

His main purpose,

Or to let Liu Yifei know about the Fengsheng project she was collaborating with Zhang Ziyi,

But she couldn't say it directly, as that would make Liu Yifei reflect on whether she was too stingy.

It just so happened that his projects for the next two to three years had made some progress, and he hadn't talked about these things with Liu Yifei for a long time.

"You tell me, I'll listen."

Liu Yifei sat next to Gu Bei, leaned her head on Gu Bei's shoulder, and found a comfortable position.

She actually wanted to ask what project Gu Bei and Zhang Ziyi were collaborating on.
But she was too embarrassed to ask in such detail, fearing that Gu Bei would tease her again.

It just so happened that Gu Bei wanted to talk to her about these things.

"Let me think about it, let's start with Rose Pictures."

Gu Bei stroked Liu Yifei's black hair.
Because of the role, a small tuft of hair appeared on his head. "500 Days of Summer" was released this month and grossed $1020 million in its first week and $1120 million last week.
The box office revenue is to be deducted from the basic operating expenses such as water and electricity of the theater.

The profits will then be divided according to the contract profit ratio of different theaters.

Anyway, after deducting the share of the theaters and Sony Classics from this $2140 million, we will probably have about $ million left."

“Is this a payback?

I think it cost only $750 million!"

Liu Yifei grabbed Gu Bei's hand to prevent him from pulling her hair.

"Yes, and I also sold the overseas distribution rights to Sony Pictures Classics, earning another $660 million in cash."

Gu Bei smiled and said, "According to what we agreed on before, this is a project that can only be spun off from Rose Pictures. We will each invest 50-50 and split the profits 50-50."

Liu Yifei muttered, "It's like dividing the spoils!"

"Then there's Whiplash next month. Our focus next month will be Whiplash's PR efforts during awards season.

Sony Pictures Classics bought the global distribution rights, and they will definitely do some PR.

But their PR goal is to increase box office revenue, and they consider the input-output ratio more."

Gu Bei was stopped by Liu Yifei from playing with her hair and could only pinch her cheek. "And we must also invest a certain amount of money in public relations operations.

Especially technical awards,
I can't win the Best Film Award or Best Director Award.
Winning some smaller awards where the competition is not fierce will also help us sell our discs."

Liu Yifei's cheeks were pinched.
She glared at Gu Bei and said vaguely, "Why do you feel that what you said is so dark?"

Gu Bei shook his head: "Oscar PR actually has two steps. The first step is to let everyone know you, and the second step is to let everyone vote for you.

We are just starting out,

This year, we will try our best to achieve the first step.
I want all of the more than 5,000 members of the academy to watch Whiplash and know my name."

This year's Whiplash,
Even next year's artists,

Most likely they are used as cushions.
It would be great to win the award, but if not, it would just allow more members of the academy to get to know Gu Bei.

After a pause, Gu Bei continued, "Next year, we have three projects. After the awards season, we will start filming The Artist with Leonardo DiCaprio, and then we will compete for the Oscars starting from the Venice International Film Festival in September.

As for The Walking Dead, which I just bought, I am in contact with HBO and AMC.

Ideally, we'd air the pilot at San Diego Comic-Con next July, and I'd just direct the pilot, and then other people would direct the rest.

The last project we are working on together is The Fault in Our Stars, which is tentatively scheduled to be released in April 2009."

These projects,

In a previous chat,
Gu Bei had mentioned this to Liu Yifei more or less.
It’s just that it hasn’t been sorted out in such detail before.

Subsequently,

Liu Yifei sat up straighter.

Gu Bei noticed her actions and couldn't help but smile.

(End of this chapter)