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

Chapter 215 Deception
While Li Boda is filming "Infinite Terror" in Hollywood, news about the "Infinite Terror" crew in China is also coming in continuously.

After all, it's already quite a topic of discussion that a domestic director would bring a group of domestic actors to Hollywood to make a movie.

Like Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," although it's considered a Hollywood movie, it was actually filmed in China.

The same goes for "The Forbidden Kingdom".

The fact that the entire crew of "Infinite Terror" was taken to Hollywood for filming is absolutely unprecedented.

Moreover, the main actors in this movie are domestic actors, while Hollywood actors can only play supporting roles. This kind of operation is exciting for most people in China.

So almost every day, domestic media outlets send people to Hollywood to report on filming progress, incidents during filming, and who comes to visit the set.

Anyway, there are news reports about "Infinite Terror" almost every day in China. Although most of the time they are not very interesting reports, every now and then a bombshell will be dropped. Of course, a lot of these bombshells are made up.

In short, the movie "Infinite Terror" has maintained its popularity ever since it started filming in Hollywood.

When Wu Baige filmed "Red Cliff," it generated considerable buzz in China, but "Infinite Terror" is generating even more buzz.

After all, people at that time all yearned for Hollywood, thinking that the moon was rounder and the air was fresher in foreign countries. Therefore, a lot of people were paying attention to the situation of the "Infinite Terror" crew in Hollywood.

Therefore, every day some news, whether true or false, is written out and then read by a group of people.

It's almost like a serialized novel.

For example, now that Fan Bingbing's work has come to a close and she has a little free time, she booked a plane ticket and flew to Hollywood to visit the set of "Infinite Terror".

She did this in a rather high-profile manner; the moment she boarded the plane, related topics were already being reported.

What about Fan Bingbing visiting the set of "Infinite Terror"?

Fan Bingbing will play the female lead in "Infinite Terror".

Fan Bingbing aims to become the second female star to succeed in Hollywood.

These messy news stories keep being reported, and people who don't know the situation might really think that Fan Bingbing is going to descend directly into Hollywood and become a Hollywood superstar.

……

"Li Boda, we're such good friends, yet you won't even let me act in your movies," Fan Bingbing said resentfully, nestled in Li Boda's arms.

“It’s not that I don’t want you to act, it’s just that there’s no role that suits you. Look at you, you’re so beautiful and alluring, you’re a total enchantress. There are only three female characters in this show: Zhan Lan, Luo Li, and even Na’er. Which role do you think suits you best?” Li Boda said with a smile, holding Fan Bingbing in his arms.

"I think any of them suits me. No matter what the role is, I can play it well as long as I'm given it," Fan Bingbing mumbled.

"...Mainly, I think the role of Ming Yanwei is particularly suitable for you. I plan to have you play Ming Yanwei when we film the Ju-on arc of Infinite Terror." Li Boda comforted Fan Bingbing. After all, the two of them were lying in the same bed, and he had to coax her properly.

"Ming Yanwei? Do you think I haven't read the novel 'Infinite Terror'? She's just a supporting character, and she died in Ju-on. She's not an important character at all." Fan Bingbing rolled her eyes.

"You can't say that. The character Ming Yanwei is actually quite complex. Although she died in Ju-on, she was later copied into the Demon Squad and became a key member of the Demon Squad, right? This character is quite charming, and her experiences are also very heartbreaking. If you focus on that aspect during filming, it's easy to evoke the audience's sympathy, and then it will resonate with them, thus gaining more attention." Li Boda said earnestly, trying to persuade them.

“...How about when you're filming [Infinite Terror 2], you change the script and let Ming Yanwei survive and become a key player in the Zhongzhou team?” Fan Bingbing looked at Li Boda with bright and foxy eyes.

"Don't even think about it! Since it's a movie adaptation of a novel, the movie's setting should follow the novel's setting exactly. If I were to change Ming Yanwei into a key player for the Zhongzhou team, wouldn't the book's readers be furious with me?" Li Boda couldn't help but shake his head.

"Which movie adaptation doesn't make changes when turning a novel into a screenplay? It's perfectly normal to make some changes."

"It won't work here, at least not here. Since so many people read and it's so popular, it means the plot is very successful. Changing it would not only make the plot worse, but also offend a large number of fans. That would be a losing proposition, and I'm not going to do it." Li Boda shook his head.

Although he can compromise on some things, when it comes to matters of principle, such as scripts, Li Boda will absolutely not change his mind.

"...So you just want me to play a supporting role, and you don't plan to give me any better roles at all, right?" Fan Bingbing looked at Li Boda, pretending to be angry.

"Actually, after you go back, you can go find Zhang Heng, the author of 'Infinite Terror.' You can ask him to write a spin-off story about Ming Yanwei, adding things that weren't written in the novel. For example, have him write a story about the Demon Team. Ming Yanwei has become a key member of the Demon Team, right? If you get Zhang Heng to write a good story about the Demon Team, and if the story is well-written, you can make a movie or even a series of movies from the Demon Team's perspective. Wouldn't it be great if you could just be the female lead?" Li Boda chuckled, trying to persuade Fan Bingbing. Actually, it wasn't exactly persuasion.

If, if the movie "Infinite Terror" is very successful, then Li Boda really wouldn't mind turning "Infinite Terror" into a series.

Since "Infinite Terror" is being made into a series, the content will no longer be limited to the main storyline of the Central Continent Team. The stories of the Demon Team, the Celestial Team, and even the Americas Team, etc., can be extracted and made into separate movies, thus constructing a powerful cinematic world of "Infinite Terror," just like the Marvel movie series.

Furthermore, "Infinite Terror" could not only be made into a movie, but also into a TV series, with details or plots added. It could even be possible to separate the characters from "Infinite Terror" and make their own solo films. Wouldn't that be great?

Then, under Fan Bingbing's seductive gaze, Li Boda began to speak eloquently about the setting of the [Infinite Terror] world, making Fan Bingbing's eyes shine brighter and brighter.

Fan Bingbing was truly fooled by Li Boda.

Then Fan Bingbing excitedly started thinking about how to play the role of Ming Yanwei, how to film it, and so on.

As she pondered, she wondered if there was a role more eye-catching and more suitable for her than Ming Yanwei.
Did she really have to play the role of Ming Yanwei?

But after thinking about it, it seems there really isn't a more suitable role than Ming Yanwei.

After all, Li Boda had already assigned several female roles to other teams at this point, so he couldn't give them to her.

The more Fan Bingbing thought about it, the more confused she became; the more she thought about it, the more alert she became; and the more she thought about it, the less she could sleep.

Then Fan Bingbing pulled Li Boda aside and started discussing how to film the role of Ming Yanwei.

Fan Bingbing's excited state left Li Boda speechless. He even regretted fooling her like that, at least not at this moment.

In the end, Li Boda simply suppressed her, telling her to sleep when she needed to, and to think about it later.

The next day, Li Boda packed his bags and went to the film set to shoot a movie.

After her initial excitement wore off, Fan Bingbing realized that what Li Boda had told her the day before was nothing but empty promises.

What Mingyanwei, what "Infinite Terror" world movie, what Mingyanwei solo movie.

The first part of "Infinite Terror" isn't even finished filming yet. Who knows how well it will perform after it's released?

If the movie makes money and becomes a box office hit, there will be a sequel to "Infinite Terror". If the movie doesn't do well at the box office and loses money, there will be no sequel to "Infinite Terror" or any "Infinite Terror" movie universe.

Fan Bingbing was quite angry after realizing she had been given false promises.

However, after Fan Bingbing finished visiting the set and left Hollywood, the first thing she did was to contact Zhang Heng, the author of "Infinite Terror".

After all, even though Li Boda was just making empty promises, what if he actually managed to deliver on them?

So prepare early and you'll benefit sooner.

Zhang Heng never dreamed that he, a novelist, would have the opportunity to meet big stars one after another.

Not only did the big star Li Boda buy the rights to his novel, but he also directly adapted it into a movie.

Now that a beautiful and famous star like Fan Bingbing has started contacting him, Zhang Heng is feeling a bit dizzy.

"【Infinite Terror】The Movie World? The main storyline of the Demon Team? A side story about Ming Yanwei?" Zhang Heng's brain was a little overloaded as he listened to what Fan Bingbing told him.

What Fan Bingbing said to Zhang Heng was, of course, the same words Li Boda had used to fool Fan Bingbing, which Fan Bingbing was now using to fool Zhang Heng.

Then Zhang Heng was genuinely fooled and became completely dazed, so he directly made a solemn pledge in front of Fan Bingbing—

"I will definitely write the main storyline of [Infinite Terror] about the Demon Team well, and I will also write the side story of the character Ming Yanwei well, and then expand it into a large world of [Infinite Terror]..." Zhang Heng promised as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

(End of this chapter)