Ji Mingzhe finally persuaded Zheng Xiuyan to educate him, but a few marks on his face made him a little embarrassed. After sending Xiuyan back, she hurried back to her home.

The next day, he took Lee Yong-sik, Liszt and several other mercenaries to Asheville, North Carolina, and got off the plane and took another car to the foot of Cold Mountain in the Pisgar Mountain National Forest Park southwest of Asheville, which was the filming location he chose for "Cold Mountain".

In a flat valley in Cold Mountain, some construction workers are busy and busy, here an American Civil War-era town has begun to take shape, much larger than the original movie Cold Mountain Town, Chi Mingzhe has bought this mountain, and the large forest area behind the mountain. He believes that this place will definitely become a tourist attraction after the movie is released, so the construction of the town here is not only large-scale, but also the buildings are officially habitable and can be rented out to those tourists in the future.

They came to the forest area behind the mountain, where a permanent headquarters training base of the Peace Dove Security and Defense Company will be built, and Chi Mingzhe had great ambitions, and he told Sù Liszt and a few other mercenaries present that he would expand the company's military personnel, and eventually it would be a brigade formation, which made Liszt and others stunned, and asked Chi Mingzhe if he wanted to fight a war, and where to fight? Wouldn't it be because he wanted to do some independence in the United States, but to fight a war with the US government! Of course, this is all a joke, but they have a new understanding of Chi Mingzhe's financial resources, and they dare to boast about how much it will cost to form a brigade of mercenaries?

After inspecting here, the group returned to Los Angeles, and Chi Mingzhe called Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, and the three of them enjoyed a big meal at Chi Mingzhe's house, and then Chi Mingzhe drank coffee with them in the study and took out the script of "Cold Mountain".

"Both, this is the highlight of our MGM this year, the investment is huge, I don't think you will refuse my invitation! ”

Ji Mingzhe and Jude smoke cigars, Nicole holds a lady's cigarette in her hand, and the three of them swallow clouds and exhale mist together.

"I've got to read the script, William, the book is not good, I refuse to join, don't be angry then. ”

"Of course not, Jude! We're friends, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, you can refuse if the book is not good. ”

Seeing that Chi Mingzhe was full of confidence, Jude took a serious look at the script in his hand.

"I'm fine, William, you know, I'll take it when I have a notebook. ”

Nicole Kidman took a puff of cigarette, her sexy lips curled slightly.

"Thanks, Nicole, I'll make you happy with your pay. ”

Nicole Kidman leaned her head sideways on the sofa, holding her chin, looking at Chi Mingzhe with a hint of playfulness in her eyes and nodded, she was wearing a tight long skirt, stacking her legs together in a staggered manner, I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, the underskirt with an oversized slit not only exposed her two snow-white shining thighs, but also exposed pink bottoms between her legs, Chi Mingzhe instantly judged that it was a hollow T-back, because he was as high as "5.0" 's eyesight has seen the swarthy patch, and even a few black hairs are playfully exposed.

Retracting his gaze, Chi Mingzhe felt a little embarrassed, and glanced up at Nicole again, seeing that the other party was still looking at him, but there was obviously a kind of confusion in his eyes, so he chatted with her without words. Jude Law was still reading the script carefully, and it seemed that the conversation between Chi Mingzhe and Nicole did not disturb him.

"I've got this book, William!"

"What?"

Ji Mingzhe asked Jude in surprise, he thought he was having auditory hallucinations, and the guy had just talked to Nicole Kidman about her divorce.

"I said it was a good book, and I had no reason to say no. ”

"That's great! Jude, I'm afraid you'll refuse, I'm ready to break off relations with you. ”

"Haha! William, I'm going to drink the best champagne during the shoot, just like I did last time in Las Vegas. ”

Jude Law laughed and chatted with Ji Mingzhe about the script, and Nicole Kidman opened the script and read it.

"William, who are you going to find to play Ruby in this script?"

Nicole Kidman asked after a quick reading of the script.

"I'm going to get Renee Ziegway to play it, how about it?"

"The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress at the beginning of that year?"

Jude Law asked curiously.

"Yes, don't hide it from the two, I have great ambitions for this movie, and I'm going to the Oscars, you should know that our MGM relationship with them, but we can't perfunctory them at will, the necessary respect is still there, of course, if the script is good, plus good actors and two outstanding acting skills, I think those old guys will give face. ”

Ji Mingzhe's words complimented Jude and Nicole by the way, and the acting skills of the two are really not true. Ji Mingzhe knows that Nicole Kidman will soon win Best Actress for "All the Time" at the Oscars in 03, and then it will bring hype gimmicks to "Cold Mountain".

"Why don't you say it, you have to add your excellent directing skills? William!"

Nicole asked with a smile.

"I have to say, my directing skills are not bad, at least on the Oscar stage, isn't it? It's just that I'm an Oriental Asian, and I'm more reserved. ”

Ji Mingzhe's shamelessness made Jude Law and Nicole Kidman laugh.

The three ended their conversation, and Ji Mingzhe sent them out of the door. Nicole Kidman glanced back at Ji Mingzhe, saw him make a phone call, smiled and nodded.

Now Nicole Kidman is in Hollywood, because of her divorce from Tom Cruise, and is much sympathetic, Tom is bitter and can't say, although his desire to control is stronger, but Nicole also because of his marriage, his career in Hollywood has also become smooth, and finally because of the derailment of the movie "Eyes Wide Open", Cruise wore a green hat and liked to be a father, which made Cruise angry and divorced her, but people didn't know the inside story, so they blindly blamed him for the fault, which was really wronged. Ji Mingzhe does not have any ill feelings towards Nicole, but feels that she is honest, kind, generous, and a woman who is very challenging and good at showing herself.

Two days later, Chi Mingzhe attended a film promotion meeting, his "Hangover" has entered the premiere countdown, he and a group of crew actors, all crew members and MGM-Luen Mei publicity staff, in his Courtyard Beach Villa Hotel, entertained a lot of media reporters and film critics, heads and executives of major Hollywood film companies, theater owners, and many of his fans and big-name movie stars and singers came to cheer 。

The whole scene was like an awards ceremony, when Tyson also appeared, the whole scene was jubilant, and finally the director committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also came, so that many media and heads of major film companies on the scene were sideways, and the executive director of the board of directors, Bruce Davis, he was mainly responsible for the daily administration of the college, when he and MGM Pictures President Perry came together, many film company executives came forward to greet him, and even Perry was also concerned by everyone, mainly he also served as the first vice chairman of the board of directors, which also made many film company bosses sigh MGM's heritage, is too deep.

At the press conference, the movie trailer was screened, which was the final teaser cut by Ji Mingzhe himself, and many people were amused by these movie clips. After the screening, Chi Mingzhe also sang the interlude "AllofMe" in the movie on stage, the beautiful tune and his voice made many people at the scene intoxicated, especially Britney and Christina, who were also present, all stared at him on the stage, and the female stars such as Nicole Kidman, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman and Angelina Jolie were fascinated by the listen.

"I said William, I was so disappointed that I didn't call me for a good script!"

Chi Mingzhe, who had just stepped down, was pulled aside by Leonardo.

"Leonardo, don't worry, I still have a movie to find you here, don't worry! How could I forget you? ”

"Really? when?"

"Really, I never lied to anyone, but I have to wait until the beginning of 04, I sue you, this is also an ambitious work, and it is also used to win awards. ”

Chi Mingzhe's oath was only let go by Leonardo, and he really didn't lie to him, yesterday MGM Asia Branch had confirmed with him that the remake rights of the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs" were obtained, so that Chi Mingzhe was more sure of the Oscars.

"What are you talking about?"

Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and Nicolas Cage squeezed in.

"I tell this guy that the Oscar jury has been bought out by me, and if any of you want to win the award in the future, just say hello, and I will award it to you directly. The outside world doesn't know about this news yet, and I'll make an announcement later. ”

Chi Mingzhe was very strict and said to them.

"Really?"

Several big-name male stars looked puzzled and incredulous.

"Uh-huh! ”

Leonardo and Chi Mingzhe spoke in unison.

"This ...... How is that possible?"

"yes...... It's so bizarre!"

Nicolas Cage was full of surprise on their faces, because Chi Mingzhe was too serious, and with his current status, it was not easy for them to be sure, Jude Law and a group of female celebrities saw Chi Mingzhe and their group of people gathered together, and they also hugged over to join in the fun.

"Everyone knows that I'm the boss of MGM now, so what is our relationship with the Oscars? Take Johnny, for example. ”

Ji Mingzhe paused, looked around, then stared at Johani Depp and said,

"If you want the best actor, call me first, and in an hour I'll ask someone to send the little golden figure to your house, and you don't even have to act in a movie, just use the camera yourself afterwards and make up for it with a short film of yourself taking a shower. ”

"Hahaha......"

Leonardo couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"Hahaha......"

Ji Mingzhe's tears of laughter came out, Johnny Depp himself laughed, and all the stars around him laughed.

Johnny, who was teased by Ji Mingzhe, stepped forward and put his arms around his neck, saying that he had been deceived and asked him to treat him until he was satisfied, and all the stars around him echoed.

At the end of the publicity conference, Ji Mingzhe took the stage to sing the theme song "yes" of the movie, which detonated the audience. Everyone present danced with Chi Mingzhe on the stage, so high!

The next day, Ji Myung-cheol released all the OSTs of "The Hangover" to major music websites, causing a sensation among his fans, and the songs were all great, especially "yes" and "AllofMe", which were widely loved by fans, and soon went crazy to pay for downloads and sing, and finally before the premiere, the two songs were on the Billboard singles chart together, squeezing the song of Baek Ji-young, who had already reached the second place, and won the first and second places, of course, this is a later story.

Ji Mingzhe met Renee Zellweger, a woman with good acting skills, and her movie "Chicago" Chi Mingzhe watched it before coming, and spoke highly of her acting skills, the faster the two sides chatted, and finally the Golden Globe actress left with the script, she only took 40 minutes to watch the script and agreed to join, and even ignored the frequent indications of the agent behind him, Chi Mingzhe knew that this agent was CAA, but he didn't care, with his current status, he didn't have to pay attention to any brokerage company, do you have Lao Tzu Niu B? It's a big deal not to find your actors to act in the future, and it's even more impossible as for the director.

Cold Mountain There is another character in it, a poor female character named Sara who was killed by a ruthless war, and then a child named Sara, Chi Mingzhe hesitated for a while, or handed it over to Natalie Portman, originally wanted Anne Hathaway, or one of the two recommended by Leonardo Kate Winslet to play, and finally he decided to give it to Portman to play, who made Portman and Nicole Kidman have a good relationship, and the night she met him to talk about joining, she went home with Chi Mingzhe, and the pair of huge pairs on her chest made Chi Mingzhe love it and never get tired of playing. Of course, Ji Mingzhe will explain to you that letting Portman play is faithful to the original film.

Ji Mingzhe then met with Donald Sutherland, Ray Winston and Giovanni Ribisi and other characters needed for the film, and soon the film crew of "Cold Mountain" was prepared, and Lee Yong-sik was still Ji Mingzhe's old partner, serving as the film's director of photography and chief cinematographer, Ji Mingzhe is the producer, producer, director and screenwriter of the adaptation, and now waiting for the press conference of "Cold Mountain" after Christmas has passed.