HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 62 [062] Luckily, Qi Yuan isn't a woman

Hong Kong, Lam Tin Estate.

Xie Tingfeng, who had just finished filming a scene, was hurriedly called away by Huo Wenxi.

"Sister Mani, what happened?" Xie Tingfeng asked, somewhat confused.

“It’s a big deal, Fengzai. There are rumors that director Chen Kaige, who previously cast Zhang Guorong as Cheng Dieyi, is going to invite Qi Yuan to star in his new movie,” Huo Wenxi said with a worried expression.

Nicholas Tse is the first artist she has taken on, and she doesn't want to mess it up.

But the current situation is heading in the direction of a complete disaster.

Chen Kaige is the director of "Farewell My Concubine," and his achievements surpass those of the vast majority of directors in Hong Kong.

Among directors from Hong Kong, perhaps only Wu Baige, who rose to fame in Hollywood last year with "Face/Off," can be compared to her.

He is currently the only Chinese director to have broken into Hollywood, which is a very prestigious and impressive title.

Nicholas Tse was completely stunned after learning the situation.

How is he supposed to play?
What if Qi Yuan, like Zhang Guorong, plays a replica of Cheng Dieyi, and the film he stars in wins a major award at Cannes? How will he win?

……

Hong Kong Rolling Stone Branch.

The branch relayed the news from here back to Rolling Stone in Taiwan.

The top executives at Rolling Stone in Taiwan are ecstatic.

Ren Xianqi and Qi Yuan's decision to join forces to challenge the Four Heavenly Kings was absolutely the right move.

They agreed to hype up the idea of ​​Nan Ren and Bei Qi challenging Hong Kong's Four Heavenly Kings because they were optimistic about Qi Yuan's long-term development.

With his role in Chen Kaige's film, Qi Yuan is poised for a meteoric rise, even more impressive than Richie Jen's performance in Jin Yong's drama.

……

Hong Kong Warner Music.

Qi Yuan has indeed received a film offer from the production team of "The Emperor's Shadow".

The production team invited Qi Yuan to participate in the movie, but the audition process was waived. Chen Kaige would have the screenwriter write a new role for Qi Yuan.

At first, Qi Yuan thought it was just the media spreading rumors, but she didn't expect Chen Kaige to be serious.

"This is a great opportunity. You've studied at the Beijing Film Academy for over a year and have a certain foundation in acting. We must seize this opportunity to receive a film offer from a top director like Director Chen. Movies can really elevate your status," Zhang Hao said excitedly.

Qi Yuan himself has little interest in it.

Because he knew that the movie "The Emperor and the Assassin" had received mixed reviews and extremely polarized opinions.

With an investment of 70 million, the final box office was only around 10 million, a complete flop.

It was criticized as a bad movie when it was first released, but as time went by and the internet developed, the movie's reputation improved.

In Qi Yuan's memory, there weren't many memorable characters in this movie, only Qin King Zheng played by Li Xuejian and Lao Ai played by Wang Zhiwen.

The other characters didn't have much presence, including Zhao Ji, played by Gong Li.

Therefore, this movie is really useless for Qi Yuan.

If he accepts a role, he'll likely only get to play one that won't leave much of an impression on the audience, and it won't really benefit his career.

Even though Yinghuang used Nicholas Tse to bind him, he still got beaten up by Nicholas Tse after accepting the role in this movie.

Because Nicholas Tse's two films this year have achieved considerable success, winning the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer for his role as Chan Ho-nam and receiving a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in "Half a Cigarette".

Zhang Hao believes that Qi Yuan's role in Chen Kaige's film has a great advantage because he has a strong bias against a great director like Chen Kaige and feels that a great director is unlikely to flop.

In fact, after "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige has repeatedly shown everyone with his actions that he is not only bad at making mistakes, but his mistakes are getting bigger and bigger.

"Forget it, didn't I already say? Right now, I just want to focus on making music, and I won't be getting involved in the film and television industry for the time being." Qi Yuan remained calm and restrained.

I absolutely cannot accept this movie role.

If he dares to take this movie role, Yinghuang will dare to buy articles next year to let Nicholas Tse trample on his head.

"Not accepting?" Zhang Hao was dumbfounded. As a professional agent, Zhang Hao suppressed his emotions in a few seconds and regained his calm expression: "The news that Director Chen offered you a film contract has spread to Hong Kong and Taiwan. If you refuse, wouldn't that be too disrespectful to Director Chen?"

Zhang Hao's intention was to advise Qi Yuan to reconsider.

"Don't worry, he won't. I know Director Chen. He won't be angry if I refuse him," Qi Yuan said slowly.

Chen Kaige considers himself a cultured person, and when he gets into a good mood during a meal, he will discuss European philosophy and contemporary art with the people at the table.

To put it bluntly, they love to show off, can't control their urge to express themselves, and feel uncomfortable if they don't show off.

This can also be seen in his later films. He couldn't control his desire to express himself, and he didn't have the ability to craft good stories, resulting in fragmented plots.

In terms of directing skills alone, Chen Kaige is absolutely top-notch in the country.

He's a good director as long as he doesn't touch the script.

Qi Yuan always felt that although Chen Kaige, who considered himself a cultured person, was not good at handling scripts, he really had the spirit of a scholar, and his style of doing things was in line with the persona of a scholar director.

Lu Tailang's type is the real fake scholar, which brings discredit to the word "scholar".

Furthermore, Chen Kaige is one of the more approachable directors among all the major directors in mainland China; his characteristics are too obvious.

Zhang Yingmou's personal life was controlled by Zhang Weiping.

This is a true story. Media reports have described Zhang Yingmou as being "kept" by Zhang Weiping, with his every move controlled. He even had to report to Zhang Weiping when buying things at the supermarket.

To deal with Zhang Yingmou, one must first go through Zhang Weiping, a shrewd businessman who only cares about profit.

Feng Xiaogang is a director at Huayi Brothers Media Group, and everyone in the industry knows what kind of people the two bosses at Huayi are.

Young male actors who want to act in Feng Xiaogang's movies would probably be so scared they'd jump out of the car.

Compared to these two people, Chen Kaige is much easier to get along with.

Isn't Chen Kaige just a show-off? Just satisfy his need to show off and flatter him a little.

If you could subtly compliment his cultural level, it would resonate even more with his intellectual heart, which yearns for recognition.

Therefore, Qi Yuan personally wrote a letter politely declining Chen Kaige's offer. It was several thousand words long and couldn't fit on a single sheet of paper.

……

Two days later.

Chen Kaige and Chen Hong, who were in Beijing, received a letter from Qi Yuan.

Chen Hong's eyes widened: "He actually rejected us."

It will be many years before the steamed bun incident occurs, and at present, Chen Kaige's films are among the top-tier film resources in China, no less than Zhang Yingmou's films.

If Chen Kaige offers a film contract to an actor, even if that actor is a movie star, he will be tempted.

Chen Hong bit her lip, feeling a little flustered.

She was able to snatch Chen Kaige away from Ni Ping because she understood Chen Kaige's personality.

Chen Kaige, who is so concerned about his image, would be furious if Qi Yuan rejected him.

"Kai..."

Chen Hong was about to say a few words of comfort to Chen Kaige.

Chen Kaige smiled and said, "Honghong, he understands me. Look how well he wrote this letter. Especially his understanding of the script, he's just like me. We're kindred spirits. If all screenwriters were like Ayuan, the script would have been finished last year."

Chen Hong stared in disbelief: "!!!"

He didn't get angry? What exactly did Qi Yuan write in his letter?
Chen Hong took the pages and read them carefully; she was even more alarmed.

As expected, men understand men better. Luckily, Qi Yuan isn't a woman.

If Qi Yuan were a woman, Chen Kaige might have been seduced by her, and even the most beautiful woman in mainland China wouldn't have been able to keep him.

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