Chapter 381 Departing for Venice
After being hugged by Cheng Yu'an all night, Liu Yifei felt stiff when she woke up the next morning.
Director Cheng Da is now kneeling on the bed and massaging his girlfriend.
"Take it easy, it hurts. Oh——"
"I'm sorry, I'll be careful in the future." Cheng Yu'an apologized.
Liu Yifei didn't blame him, she just asked him to press it lightly.
After "Thieves Alliance" is completed, the materials will be brought back to China for post-production in the Mainland and Hong Kong Island.
Cheng Yu'an and Liu Yifei stayed in South Korea for a few days and listened to the studio's work arrangements.
After Liu Yifei recovered from her stiff neck, the two returned to China in a low-key manner.
Coming out of the airport, Cheng Yu'an held Liu Yifei's hand. The two wore sunglasses and avoided the reporters' cameras.
As Cheng Yuan walked, he asked Liu Yifei: "Are you ready for the clothes to go to Venice?"
"I've tried it on, and the clothes and jewelry have been shipped to Venice."
"Yifei Yifei," the reporter greeted her, ""Those Years" was released with a box office of 350 million yuan. Can you tell me how you feel now?"
It seemed inappropriate not to answer this question, so before the two got in the car, Liu Yifei stopped and replied: "I'm very surprised. I'm flattered by the love from my fans. I will continue to provide more and better works to everyone in the future. Thank you."
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"Director Cheng, do you have any special hopes for this trip to Venice?"
"I hope I can win the award. After all, we thought the quality of "Hunting" was very good. But it all depends on the wishes of the judges. In fact, it would be very satisfying to be shortlisted."
After answering the questions, the two got in the car and left.
Cheng Yu'an only had time to check the email in the car. After reading it, he sighed: "The end of "Golden Heist" is that I haven't played "Overheard 2"."
This time Ning Hao is only a producer in name, and his current results are not as good as those of The Original Time, being overshadowed by "Overheard 2".
But in fact, the results are enough for novices like Yang Qing and Xin Yukun (directed by Yang Qing and executive produced by Xin Yukun).
After looking at the performance of various companies on the market, the box office of "Transformers 3" has been set at 1 billion, firmly ranking first in the year; "Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" has reached 300 million, and has successfully received an extension.
It will be released until September 25th before the National Day; "Overheard 2" has now reached 150 million. After all, it is still affected by "The Golden Heist" in the same period. The latter's current box office is only a meager 80 million.
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Cheng Yu'an was looking at the data, and Liu Yifei was reading a book aside. Suddenly Cheng Yu'an's phone rang.
"Hmm...how could this happen...what did Warner say...ok, ok, ok, let's go to Venice to talk in detail, I'll tell Yifei..."
After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei asked: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Yuan said: ""Pacific Rim" has been postponed."
"Why is it postponed?" According to the original plan, Liu Yifei will go to Los Angeles for at least 70 days of action training after attending the Venice Film Festival.
"There was an internal struggle at Warner Bros. Jeff Robinoff, who was in charge of "Pacific Rim," was pushed out. The new director was not optimistic about the movie and wanted to withdraw funding or terminate the project."
Speaking of which, Liu Yifei quit: "It's been almost a year, how can we just stop it?"
"Don't worry, we are in the driver's seat for this movie, and his family has no say. Don't worry, Lingfeng and I will talk to Warner Bros. after Venice. But no matter what, the movie will definitely have to be postponed, so be prepared."
Liu Yifei hummed, but even a fool could hear her disappointment.
Cheng Yu'an smiled and took her hand: "I have so many scripts on my computer that I can't just pick one and shoot it. I will definitely give you something to shoot by the end of the year."
The two went home to rest first. As soon as Liu Yifei got home, she hugged her computer and started picking out scripts. She had to be prepared that "Pacific Rim" would be delayed and couldn't be started.
Cheng Yuan first went to the editing studio of "Thieves" and discussed cutting the film with the editor.
Within two days, good news came from the entertainment industry: "Zhu Liqian is confirmed to be pregnant, and Andy Lau is going to become a father."
Friends in the industry sent messages and phone calls to express their congratulations. Even Cheng Yuan called Liu Dehua to express his congratulations: "Brother Hua, congratulations. "Sister Peach" has been shortlisted for Venice. My sister-in-law is pregnant again. It's a double blessing. Congratulations."
Liu Dehua on the other end of the phone sounded happy: "Haha, congratulations on your success in being shortlisted in Venice. Now I can get on the plane with peace of mind. Let's talk in Venice."
"Okay, see you in Venice."
On the 27th, Cheng and Liu appeared at the Capital Airport with their respective assistant teams, preparing to fly to Venice.
"Yifei!" Liu Yifei was holding a tablet and reading the script when she suddenly heard someone calling her.
When she looked up, she saw a tall and beautiful woman - her senior sister Huang Shengyi.
"Shengyi, you're here too." In fact, Liu Yifei and Huang Shengyi didn't have much contact, but Liu Yifei still showed the courtesy that she should have, "Are you going to...?"
"I'm going to Venice too." Huang Shengyi said with a smile, and said hello to Cheng Yuan who was sitting next to him, "Director Cheng."
"Hello." Cheng Yu'an responded.
The two women chatted aside. It was actually clear that Liu Yifei didn't really want to deal with Huang Shengyi, but she couldn't resist the other party's enthusiasm. This was in a public place.
Yangzi climbed up and said, "Hello, Director Cheng."
"Mr. Yang." He extended his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man. Although Cheng Yu'an thought he was not from the same group as him, he still had to say hello when people came to say hello.
It's okay if it shouldn't be, but something will happen with this sentence!
Yang Zi is confident that he can talk to Cheng Yu'an. Now that he is making movies in the Mainland, who doesn't know how to do it remotely?
Who doesn’t want to collaborate remotely?
Yangzi began to brag about Juli Media to Cheng Yuan, saying how rich he was, what movies he would make in the next few years, and what stars he would hire.
"After the National Day, we will release a new drama. It will be action, romance, and comedy. It will be very good. They are all big names and the directors are great."
"Haha, is that so? It's pretty good." Cheng Yu'an responded.
Yangzi was not a fool, and it was not that he couldn't tell that Cheng Yu'an was perfunctory with him, but sometimes he had to be shameless when talking about cooperation. As long as the other party didn't explicitly refuse, there would still be talk.
So he added: "I think at some point, our two families can try to collaborate on a movie. I'll cover the cost, and I can give Director Cheng this amount of remuneration!" He held out two fingers -
Twenty million.
Yangzi would not be stupid enough to spend 2 million to hire Cheng Yuan.
"Haha, let's talk about the future later." Cheng Yu'an was just trying to find some excuse to get rid of Yangzi's entanglement. He could just go to the bathroom.
Just as I was thinking about it, the airport announced the boarding announcement.
"Yifei, let's go." Cheng Yu'an stood up and called Liu Yifei, who was still chatting with Huang Shengyi opposite.
"She is really good at talking." Liu Yifei said softly.
"Isn't that right? Boss Yang is even more talkative. He asked me to direct a play for 20 million."
After boarding the plane.
Chapter completed!