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

Chapter 232 Respecting the Original Work
"I've asked Zhang Heng to help me get the role of Ming Yanwei. When you're filming, you'd better give me a lot of screen time!" Fan Bingbing said to Li Boda with a particularly seductive smile, almost like she was being coquettish.

“Zhang Heng is expanding the role of Ming Yanwei, but that's only in the Demon Squad. Ming Yanwei only has so many scenes in Ju-on, how can you expand her role?” Li Boda rolled his eyes and said.

"When are you going to film the Demon Squad movie?" Fan Bingbing immediately asked.

"We should at least wait until the concept of team battles comes out, or even until Zheng Zha becomes the captain of the Central Plains team and knows about the Celestial Squad and the Demon Squad before filming!"

"Won't that mean we'll have to wait a long time?"

Good things come to those who wait.

"If it's such a good meal, why couldn't it have been served earlier?"

Fan Bingbing knew that it was impossible for her character, Ming Yanwei, to have more scenes for the time being, and even her scenes with the Demon Squad would have to wait a long time.

She's just trying to get closer to Li Boda by acting cute.

However, Liu Yifei, who was not far away, frowned and felt a pang of jealousy as she looked at Fan Bingbing, who was practically clinging to Li Boda.

"Li Boda!" Liu Yifei ran over and called out Li Boda's name.

"Sisi, I've already given you the highly popular role of Zhao Yingkong, and you still won't call me Director Li?" Li Boda teased with a smile when he saw Liu Yifei.

“…Director Li!” Liu Yifei called out, somewhat speechless.

Upon seeing this, Li Boda couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at? Why are you so happy?" Liu Xiaoli walked over with a smile. She seemed normal, but there was a hint of fervor in her eyes as she looked at Li Boda.

After all, women of this age still yearn for certain aspects of life, especially since Li Boda himself is so capable. Once they experience it, it becomes an unforgettable experience.

However, Li Boda had been very busy, and even though Liu Xiaoli made excuses, she still hadn't had a chance to meet with him for so long.

Upon seeing Li Boda again, Liu Xiaoli felt her body slightly flushed.

Fan Bingbing, who originally posted about Li Boda here, didn't intend to keep her distance from Li Boda when Liu Yifei came over. After all, everyone knows what's going on in the entertainment industry, and no one would be willing to let go of a treasure like Li Boda.

However, to Fan Bingbing's surprise, she found that although Li Boda and Liu Yifei seemed to have a good relationship, it seemed that neither of them had crossed the line.

This surprised Fan Bingbing slightly, because she knew that Li Boda was no pushover; he would never hesitate to eat meat that was right in front of him.

Just as Fan Bingbing was wondering why Li Boda hadn't eaten Liu Yifei, this little white rabbit, she suddenly saw Liu Xiaoli walk over to greet Li Boda. Then she noticed that Liu Xiaoli's gaze towards Li Boda was a little off; it was too clingy, like—

Suddenly, Fan Bingbing realized something, and her expression became somewhat strange. So, she hadn't touched the small one, but had directly eaten the big one!
Li Boda also noticed the not-so-deep look in Liu Xiaoli's eyes as she looked at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little restless. After all, Li Boda really missed her.

Of course, these are all minor matters, and are Li Boda's personal affairs.

The most important thing right now is actually the production team of the second season of "Infinite Terror".

The second installment of "Infinite Terror" will have fewer actors than the first one, but will also have more.

Hu Ge, who played Li Xiaoyi, was not in the cast this time, as was Chen Weiting, who played Li Shuaixi.

Among the extra actors, two are considered to be in relatively important roles.

One of them was a man created by Chu Xuan, a guy who was over two meters tall and had a very strong body.

To be honest, it's not easy to find actors who are over two meters tall and very strong.

Fortunately, when Li Boda learned that he needed such an actor, someone quickly brought a guy who was over two meters tall and very strong to Li Boda. Jiang Baocheng was a judo athlete and also an actor. He was discovered by Wu Jing in 08 and starred in Wu Jing's directorial debut film, "Wolf Warrior," in which he played a tall and strong criminal.

Upon seeing this man, Li Boda immediately decided that he was the one for the job.

At the same time, Li Boda also promised Wu Jing that if a suitable role came up, he would be the first person they would think of.

That's right, it was Wu Jing who recommended Jiang Baocheng to Li Boda. Besides Jiang Baocheng, there's another character, Qi Tengyi, the man who's almost always on the Zhongzhou team, but seems to appear very little, merely a background character.

For this role, Li Boda chose Fu Dalong.

Fu Dalong has good acting skills and his image is quite suitable for the role of Qi Tengyi. In addition, his salary is very low and cheap.

To be honest, when Li Boda chose Fu Dalong to play the role of Qi Tengyi, many actors in China were envious, and many even tried to use connections to get the role.

However, at this time, Li Boda was already one of the top directors in the country, and he was also extremely wealthy. He controlled a company called "Magic Cube Technology" and even had a special effects company that rivaled Hollywood. He was now extremely powerful in terms of ability, capital, and technology, and he didn't need to humble himself or beg for help at all.

Therefore, once Li Boda chose an actor, it was a done deal, and no one could change his mind.

After learning about this situation, Fu Dalong thanked Li Boda repeatedly and patted his chest to assure him that he would definitely play the role of Qi Tengyi well.

Aside from Jiang Baocheng and Fu Dalong, plus actresses Fan Bingbing and Liu Yifei, the rest are truly minor characters.

Roles like extras, soldiers, and random characters can be played by any actor you find.

These roles, with slightly more screen time, attracted a lot of struggling actors. Li Boda himself didn't care about these roles and just randomly picked some to fill in.

Then, Li Boda led the entire crew to the Kingdom of Little Days.

The Kingdom of Little Days naturally welcomed the arrival of the "Infinite Terror" crew with open arms, and they proactively helped solve the problems the crew needed, such as finding suitable locations and props.

In "Ju-on," the three actors who played the female lead Kayako, Kayako's husband, and Kayako's son were all prepared well in advance. As soon as the "Infinite Terror" crew arrived in Little Day Country, they immediately joined in, showing great enthusiasm.

With everything in place, the press conference for the start of filming of the second installment of "Infinite Terror" was held in Little Day Country.

At the press conference for the start of filming of "Infinite Terror 2", reporters from China, Japan, and even Hollywood all came over, expressing their high expectations for the second "Infinite Terror" movie and asking all sorts of questions.

The domestic reporters and the reporters from Japan were alright; the questions they asked weren't particularly tricky.

On the contrary, the reporters from Hollywood kept asking director Li Boda why there were no Hollywood actors in the second installment of "Infinite Terror." They wondered if he was worried about the film's box office performance without Hollywood actors.

The implication was that any film couldn't succeed without Hollywood actors.

Li Boda didn't bother with these questions, just gave a few perfunctory replies and moved on, without making any deliberate attempts to refute them.

After all, in this kind of situation, even if Li Boda refutes anything, it will most likely be useless, and might even make people think he is guilty. Everything should be discussed after the movie is released.

However, a reporter who seemed to know a bit about the novel "Infinite Terror" asked Li Boda: "Director Li, have you ever considered making a Hollywood version of 'Ju-on' when you're filming 'Ju-on'? You know, the Hollywood version of 'Ju-on' grossed $1.87 million worldwide, while the Chinese version of 'Ju-on' grossed a pitiful amount."

"I will respect the original work. Since the original work uses the Japanese version of Ju-on, I will choose the Japanese version of Ju-on."

In fact, Li Boda had indeed considered this issue. After all, the movie "Infinite Terror" was released globally, and the Hollywood version of "Ju-on" was indeed much bigger in terms of box office and global popularity than the Chinese version of "Ju-on".

However, Li Boda ultimately chose to respect the original work.

On one hand, [Infinite Terror] is the second installment, not the first, so it doesn't have any fame, and its added value is negligible.

On the other hand, it's still a matter of funding. Although the second part of "Infinite Terror" doesn't lack investment, every little bit saved counts, since the money saved belongs to Li Boda.

Moreover, Li Boda ultimately hoped that his films would feature fewer people of other races; he didn't want to deliberately pander to any particular group.

Most importantly, Li Boda believes that if the movie adaptation respects the original work as much as possible, it may be beneficial to the performance of the cheat ability. What if the version of "Ju-on" is changed, which may affect the performance of the cheat ability to some extent?
Let's try our best to avoid accidents.

The three actors from Little Days Kingdom unconsciously showed nervousness when they heard the question the reporter had just asked. After all, if Li Boda wanted to change the version at the last minute, the three of them would be out of the running.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Li Boda had no intention of changing the version.

(End of this chapter)