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Chapter 808 Three people drink together and get drunk

"Zhou, seeing you so happy today, let me tell you another piece of good news!"

Zhou Xia had a drink with those executives who were working hard to promote the comeback of the film, and just sat down at the side when Harvey came up and said.

"Oh, is there any other good news?" Zhou Xia suddenly became interested.

"You asked me to play Cate Blanchett for you, in Carol, and her assistant called me tonight and said Blanchett wanted to talk to you tomorrow afternoon, listen What do you think of the play."

Harvey looked at the people next to him, lowered his voice and said to Zhou Xia.

"Oh, okay, what's the exact time?" Zhou Xia was overjoyed.

However, although he has no promotional activities tomorrow, he has arranged two talks, which seems to be difficult to coordinate.

But King Kate still has to meet in person, otherwise he will not be able to convince her that if she does not act in this play, Zhou Xia can't think of a more suitable candidate for Carol.

"If it's convenient, she hopes to come to your company at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and then talk to you about the movie. By the way, she has a schedule in October, and you have to seize the opportunity." Harvey said immediately.

"Oh, okay, no problem, I happen to be at the company tomorrow."

Zhou Xia immediately felt relieved. He made an appointment with people from DreamWorks Animation and Legendary Pictures to have a meeting at the company tomorrow, so it would be great.

"Zhou, what do you think about the second female lead Tetris in "Carol" I told you?" Harvey was very happy to see Zhou Xia, and brought up this matter again.

"Oh, let Emma Watson play Terris? She seems a little young and doesn't have enough life." Zhou Xia said tactfully.

"Zhou, in the script, Terris is in her twenties, and Emma is very suitable. You don't have to doubt her acting skills. Look at this, and I don't advise you anymore. Why don't you entrust other casting work to actors What about the union?" Harvey continued.

"Oh, that's fine too." Zhou Xia nodded.

Casting in Hollywood is different from domestic casting, there is a special third-party organization that accepts commissioned casting.

Because some Hollywood blockbusters invest hundreds of millions of dollars, sometimes in order to prevent directors and producers from abusing their power, they choose inappropriate actors, which leads to the ruin of the whole movie and such a large investment. The roles required by one's own script are handed over to a special casting company or actors' union, etc. to do.

If this method is followed, actors will have to go through several rounds of professional auditions before being selected for roles.

Of course, when casting, the entrusted company will also send people to supervise and participate, but the decision-making is made by the entrusted party.

After chatting with Harvey, Zhou Xia had a drink with two female executives of his company and thanked them for their work in promoting the film.

With today's box office performance, Zhou Xia really had confidence in his heart and was in a happy mood, so he drank a moderate amount with everyone.

Counting several executives from the North American branch, plus Li Lianjie, Zhang Zhao, Sisi, Yufei, Harvey and their company executives, Zhou Xia drank a lot without knowing it, and gradually felt a little dizzy.

Fortunately, it was getting late, and everyone stopped continuing, and the banquet ended soon.

Zhou Xia originally wanted to rest in the hotel, but Sisi and Yu Fei insisted on letting him go back to the villa, saying that they had prepared a surprise for him.

Thinking about what they said before, they had prepared a celebration banquet, but he called them to celebrate with everyone. In addition, the villa is closer to the company, and it will be more convenient to discuss things at the company tomorrow, so Zhou Xia readily agreed.

After returning to the villa, Zhou Xia came to the restaurant with three assistants including Sisi, Yufei, and Xiaobai, and found that the decoration was very festive, and there were even dishes on the long dining table.

Then Xiaobai and several other assistants stepped forward and opened the cover.

They were all well-made Chinese dishes, many of which Zhou Xia liked to eat.

"Thank you, who of you did this?" Zhou Xia understood and looked at these people with some emotion.

"Sisi is the chef, and the rest of us will help." Yu Fei explained from the side.

"In that case, let me eat some." Zhou Xia rubbed his stomach, no wonder Sisi and Yufei would persuade him to eat less when he wanted to eat at the banquet earlier.

He is still very relieved of the dishes cooked by Sisi. If Yufei cooks them, it will definitely be dark dishes.

Seeing that Zhou Xia was about to sit at the dining table to eat while Zhou Xia was talking, Sisi hurriedly persuaded: "Let's warm it up, it's been more than an hour."

"What's hot? It's twenty degrees Celsius and it's not cold, so you didn't tell me, otherwise, I wouldn't eat it earlier. By the way, sit down and eat together."

"No, boss, I ate a lot of seafood just now, I'm going to rest first." Seeing this situation, Xiaobai immediately said winkingly.

The other assistants of Sisi and Yufei also understood, and hurriedly left with Xiaobai.

The villa is huge, and there are enough rooms on the first floor. They each have a room, which is more comfortable than squeezing a room in a hotel.

After the three left, Sisi and Yufei became more relaxed.

Yu Fei took out the red wine that had been opened and corked again, poured a glass for everyone, and sat opposite Zhou Xia with Sisi.

"What's the matter, do you want me to say something?" Seeing that both of them were looking at him seriously, Zhou Xia suddenly felt a little unnatural.

"No need, you eat yours." Yufei sipped the wine and shook the glass, quite calmly.

"Do you have something to do, Sisi?" Zhou Xia looked at Sisi.

"No, it's just to celebrate you. You have really been recognized by Hollywood and North American audiences." Sisi rolled her eyes and joked.

"Hehe, that's true." Zhou Xia couldn't help but nodded with a smile.

Back at the hotel just now, what Harvey said to him, "You have proved yourself in North America with this movie, welcome you to officially join Hollywood," Zhou Xia remembers deeply.

This is Hollywood, more realistic and more capable.

In comparison, among the three countries where the three major European film festivals are held, France has New Wave films, Italy has New Realism films, Germany has the New German film movement, and the United States, which has Hollywood and Oscars, is not only more commercial, but also more A superhero blockbuster like no other!

Even if he won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, in the eyes of Hollywood, he is nothing more than a literary director.

But it's different now.

The box office performance of his film will really open the door of Hollywood for him.

Just like when Cheng Nong starred in "Rush Hour 1", which earned 1.41 million US dollars in North America and 2.45 million US dollars at the global box office, Hollywood really recognized him.

At the event at the theater tonight, some people even called him Cheng Nong by his English name.

Zhou Xia was not embarrassed either.

After all, in the whole world, Cheng Nong is now the most famous Kung Fu superstar, and his fame overseas is much greater than imagined.

It is said that when some Chinese encounter problems in Africa, they just say the name of the nong, and then they can get help.

Seeing Zhou Xia's confidence, Sisi and Yu Fei exchanged glances, Yu Fei smiled and said, "Then do you really plan to develop in Hollywood in the future?"

"No, unless there is a particularly good opportunity, I will still make Chinese-language films in China. My goal is to make Chinese-language films more popular in the world!"

Zhou Xia drank the red wine and said half-jokingly.

"In this way, I am relieved. Look at how good director Wu Yusen was back then. "Face Changing" won the North American box office champion. Hollywood is so beautiful, but looking at it now, you'd better not come here to hang out."

Sisi immediately said with a smile in relief.

"Zhou Xia is different from director Wu Yusen, he is still an action star. You didn't read some Hollywood reports today. There are already many rumors that Marvel Studios is planning to invite Zhou Xia to create a Chinese-American superhero blockbuster.

Moreover, Hollywood companies have long been preparing a more global script based on the model of "Rush Hour", and want to ask Zhou Xia to be the protagonist! "

Yu Fei, who usually doesn't talk much, put down her glass at this moment, but said a lot.

Obviously, she and Sisi have different ideas, and they want Zhou Xia to develop in Hollywood.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, the two of you, the emperor is really not in a hurry with the eunuchs." Zhou Xia couldn't help but mocked, deliberately drawing the conflict to him, so as to divert the topic.

Sure enough, when Zhou Xia said this, both Sisi and Yufei snorted coldly.

Sisi took a sip of her wine, but she was not fooled by last week Xia, and turned to look at Yu Fei.

"Yu Fei, what's so good about Hollywood? You just starred in "Pacific Rim" and then you're going to star in "Reunion 2". Don't you really want to enter Hollywood? Don't ask Zhou Xia to help you if you have the ability , and don’t encourage him to come to Hollywood!”

"Hehe." Yu Fei sneered and remained silent.

Sisi, Xiaohu, and Yaya wanted to compete with her for these two roles, but their English was too poor.

"What are you talking about?"

Sisi asked, seeing Yu Fei continued drinking and ignoring her, she looked at Zhou Xia.

"Zhou Xia, tell me, if you don't help her, with a yellow-skinned Asian face, will she be able to act in Hollywood movies in the future?"

"Hehe, this is really possible." Zhou Xia couldn't help laughing when he thought of the later "Mulan".

"Hmph." Sisi saw that Zhou Xia snorted for Yu Fei, thought for a while, and said to Yu Fei and Zhou Xia with a wine glass: "Okay, I won't talk anymore, let's drink, congratulations to Director Zhou, and Yu Fei is a big star, and she will be able to create miracles in Hollywood in the future."

"Sisi, you!" Zhou Xia shook her head and smiled wryly.

"I've finished drinking, you should at least drink half of the glass." Sisi drank the wine in the glass, looked at the two and smiled.

Yu Fei finished the wine in the glass without saying a word.

Zhou Xia was a little dizzy from drinking at the hotel, but after stopping, he went back to the villa to eat something and felt much better, so he had no choice but to drink up the wine in the glass at this moment.

"Okay, then I'll toast you two too."

As Yu Fei spoke, she poured a bottle of wine for the three of them, raised her glass and said, "Congratulations to Zhou Xia, this movie is a big box office hit in North America, and I will be able to shoot more..."'.

In this way, under the fighting spirit of Sisi and Yufei, Zhou Xia drank several glasses of wine helplessly, and soon he fainted again and could not drink anymore.

In a daze, Zhou Xia felt supported by Sisi and Yufei up the stairs, then entered the room, and threw him on the bed.

(End of this chapter)