Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 213 Visiting Team
Although I don't know exactly what's going on.

However, Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures have indeed taken notice of Li Boda. At least, the fact that Li Boda was able to keep the crew so obedient already demonstrates his abilities.

Besides Legendary Pictures and Lionsgate, some domestic investors also frequently visit the "Infinite Terror" production team.

After all, although Li Boda alone contributed 300 million of the 600 million production cost of "Infinite Terror," the remaining 200 million or so was still paid by them, which is no small amount.

Especially since this is a movie that will be shown overseas, they can't help but take it seriously.

To be honest, they were still somewhat uneasy about Li Boda as a director.

Even though Li Boda's films "Night Shop" and "Lost in Thailand" performed very well at the box office, they were ultimately low-budget films. Furthermore, their themes were completely different from "Infinite Terror."

In reality, after they signed the investment contract and transferred the money to the production team's account, they were still somewhat worried or even regretful.

Once the contract was signed and the money was transferred, they had no room for regret.

However, when their people arrived in Hollywood and joined the crew of "Infinite Terror," they saw how smoothly Li Boda had managed the production. They were impressed by Li Boda's abilities and were quite reassured by his success.

The visit of these people did not affect Li Boda's condition. He was still in excellent condition, and the crew was still running smoothly under his control. Filming was still going very well.

The arrival of these investors' representatives didn't have as much impact as Liu Yifei and her mother's visit to the set.

Liu Yifei wanted to participate in the filming of "Infinite Terror" before, but Li Boda didn't give her a chance at all. He even said that he would let her play Zhao Yingkong when they filmed the sequel to "Infinite Terror".

Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli remembered Li Boda's words that had misled them.

After filming "Infinite Terror" for a while, the mother and daughter flew directly to Hollywood to watch Li Boda film.

When Liu Yifei arrived at the film crew, she didn't have any particular feeling. She just thought that Li Boda was a very capable and awesome director.

Seeing the smooth production of the crew, Liu Xiaoli was truly impressed with Li Boda, and her regard for him rose several notches.

After Liu Yifei, who was jet-lagged, went back to her room to sleep, Liu Xiaoli found Li Boda.

"Boda, we had an agreement before, you were going to let our Qianqian play the role of Zhao Yingkong, you can't go back on your word!" Liu Xiaoli said to Li Boda with a smile.

"Sister Liu, don't worry, I always keep my word," Li Boda said with a smile.

"Okay, it's settled then. We'll draft a contract and sign it in a bit," Liu Xiaoli said earnestly.

"...No, sister, the sequel to [Infinite Terror] isn't even confirmed when filming will start yet. Isn't it a bit too early to sign a contract now?" Li Boda couldn't help but say.

"It's not early, we can sign a letter of intent first."

"..."

Seeing Liu Xiaoli's persistent nagging, Li Boda was speechless.

“Boda, sigh! Actually, I didn’t want it to be like this either, but you have to understand Sisi’s situation. Right now, Sisi can hardly get any good resources in China. Don’t be fooled by the fact that Sisi can still film Hong Kong movies and seems to have good resources. In reality, the Hong Kong movie resources that Sisi can get are just so-so. She simply can’t get the really good resources.”

“I know that the reason why Sisi is like this is my fault. After all, Huayi Brothers offered the resource of ‘Kung Fu King’ in exchange for signing Sisi. But in reality, ‘Kung Fu King’ was not given to our Sisi by Huayi Brothers. In fact, Hollywood took a liking to our Sisi first, and then Huayi Brothers intervened and claimed that they had obtained the resource for Sisi, and then used this as a condition to demand that Sisi sign a contract.”

"That's why we refused to sign a contract with Huayi after we learned the truth later."

"As for why we didn't sign with Huayi, it's mainly because Huayi is really not clean. Everyone in the industry knows about CEO Wang's two-way sex scandal. He's slept with almost every female and male artist at Huayi, except for a few. Do you think I would dare to let Qianqian sign with Huayi under these circumstances?"

Liu Xiaoli began to complain to Li Boda.

It's said that she has suffered a lot with Liu Yifei over the years, faced many setbacks, and what lies behind all the seemingly unreliable or even career-ruining choices she made.

Liu Xiaoli has directly portrayed herself and Liu Yifei as the biggest victims.

Although Li Boda also knew that you should only believe five or six parts of what Liu Xiaoli said, and never believe it all.

But seeing Liu Xiaoli like this, Li Boda couldn't help but soften his heart a little; he was more responsive to gentle persuasion than force.

After all, there's a reason why women who are considered "green tea" are popular among men.

Although Liu Xiaoli wasn't exactly a "green tea" type at this point, her vulnerable appearance still made people's hearts flutter and made them want to protect her.

Then, without realizing it, Li Boda had taken Liu Xiaoli to his room.

"How could I do such a ridiculous thing!" The next day, Liu Xiaoli was in a state of utter despair, clutching her hair.

Despite looking completely devastated, Liu Xiaoli's complexion was rosy, and she looked incredibly energetic, as if she had suddenly become ten years younger.

Liu Xiaoli grabbed her hair and wailed, but secretly she felt a little smug.

After all, Li Boda is a handsome young man, no matter what. How could she not be pleased that she, an older woman, was dating a younger man?
Moreover, when she was filming "The Forbidden Kingdom"—no, after the movie was released—she even dreamed of Li Boda. At that time, the image of Li Boda was left in Liu Xiaoli's heart.

Over the years, that dream has not only not faded, but has actually become more and more vivid in my mind.

In addition, Li Boda has now transformed into a director, and even a director of a big-budget film with a budget of 600 million yuan.

Moreover, Li Boda was able to manage such a large production crew in an orderly manner.

Li Boda's various performances were all positive factors.

In addition, Liu Xiaoli did indeed have a desire to secure resources for her daughter, Liu Yifei.

And so, things naturally fell into place!
Liu Yifei, still a little groggy from jet lag, was immediately struck by the sight of Liu Xiaoli, who looked radiant and seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

"Hey? Mom, you look so beautiful today!" Liu Yifei stared at Liu Xiaoli with wide, curious eyes.

"Oh? Really? Do I look really pretty today?" Liu Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat, but she kept a straight face and didn't let Liu Yifei notice anything wrong.

Women are indeed born to act. Although very few actresses can truly showcase this acting skill when they are actually making movies, in real life, women's acting skills are absolutely top-notch.

"Really, Mom, you look exceptionally beautiful today. You seem to have suddenly become younger, at least ten years younger." Liu Yifei nodded earnestly.

A smile appeared on Liu Xiaoli's face. She subconsciously touched her cheeks and found that her skin was smoother and more supple, as if she had just applied a face mask. No, it was even better than if she had just applied a face mask.

"I guess it's because I'm in a good mood. I talked to Li Boda yesterday and we've already agreed that you'll play Zhao Yingkong in his next film, 'Infinite Terror.' I'll get the contract ready for him to sign in a bit," Liu Xiaoli said.

Of course, Liu Xiaoli had her own guesses about why she looked younger.

She thought it was because the sewers had been unclogged.

After all, yin cannot produce life alone, and yang cannot grow alone.

However, she couldn't tell Liu Yifei about this.

Upon hearing Liu Xiaoli's words, Liu Yifei's face lit up and she laughed happily.

Although Li Boda had previously tricked her into playing Zhao Yingkong, she was still able to get the role.

But it was just talk; whether it was true or not was uncertain. However, now that the contract is being signed, it means it's really settled.

Liu Yifei was naturally very happy.

It wasn't just a matter of resources; more importantly, it was about her being able to star in Li Boda's films.

Liu Yifei disliked Li Boda's womanizing ways, but she couldn't erase her feelings for him.

However, because Liu Xiaoli was too strict with her, Liu Yifei and Li Boda maintained a distance that was neither too close nor too far, which made Liu Yifei a little anxious.

Now, she is finally able to film and work with Li Boda again, and Liu Yifei is especially happy.

Let alone a big-budget production like "Infinite Terror," Liu Yifei would be happy to collaborate even on a low-budget film like "Nightclub."

Next, Liu Xiaoli actually found a place to agree to the contract and then got Li Boda to sign it.

Li Boda looked at the contract that Liu Xiaoli had taken out, feeling somewhat helpless, but he still signed it.

After all, he can't just ignore people once he's put on his pants, right?

After signing the contract, Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei did not leave immediately, but decided to stay for a while.

He would go to the film set whenever he had free time.

Unfortunately, after Liu Yifei adjusted to the time difference, Liu Xiaoli didn't have many opportunities to go out on her own. In this way, Liu Xiaoli was effectively kept under Liu Yifei's watchful eye.

(End of this chapter)