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Fang Jianhui stayed in Japan for about ten days, and left Japan on May 9 and came to Los Angeles, where he was going to start filming "Pretty Woman".

"Pretty Woman" and "When Harry Met Sally", both films are very good, and they are both very suitable for Fei Wenfang, which one to shoot first, Fang Jianhui has already taken it out and let Fei Wenfang choose by herself, Fei Wenfang struggled for a few days, and finally decided to shoot "Pretty Woman" first.

The film will involve a lot of modern fashion elements, which is naturally suitable for all kinds of product placement. Fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and Fang Jianhui designated the clothing part to LB and Dior.

He owns about 20% of LB's shares, and has met several times with the company's founder and chairman, Leslie, and the two sides have a close relationship, and the lingerie worn by the heroine Vivien Fang in the film will all come from LB's 'Victoria's Secret' brand.

Women's clothing will be all used in the Dior brand, the parent company of which has been won by the investment company formed by Fang Jianhui and Arnold for 90 million US dollars, and then Arnold will split the rest of the company and sell it, leaving only the core Dior brand, which will make the company vibrant in a short period of time.

As for the hotel in the film, Fang Jianhui has his eye on the Wilshire Hotel, located in the heart of Beverly Hills, an ultra-luxurious five-star hotel that has long been a favorite of Hollywood stars and international dignitaries, from Elvis Presley to the British royal family.

After contacting the hotel, the hotel not only provided the filming venue for free and the hotel staff fully cooperated, but also provided a month of free accommodation for the main creative staff of the crew, on the condition that there would be three or four frontal close-ups of the hotel in the film.

Another product that could be implanted in the film was the car, and after contacting the major manufacturers, the companies competed fiercely, and in the end, the spot was won by BMW for a whopping $4 million.

In addition, the film also involves jewelry, men's clothing, etc., and after negotiations with relevant merchants, it earned another $2 million.

The film has not yet started filming, not only has the cost been fully recovered, but there is also money to be made, which makes various film companies very envious.

After everything was ready, on May 10, the crew officially started.

The male protagonist Edward, played by Fang Jianhui, is handsome and golden, and is a successful corporate giant. The usual business practice is to buy a company and then split it up and sell it for a profit.

Vivien Fong (Vivian Fang) plays a prostitute standing on the street, and her name in the film is also Vivian. When Edward drove alone and got lost, he stepped forward to solicit business, which was used by Edward to guide the way, and after the two came to the hotel where Edward was staying, a series of stories occurred.

Most of the scenes in the film take place in the hotel, and in order to minimize the disruption to the hotel's business activities, Fang Jianhui decided to gather the scenes of the hotel together and shoot them quickly in a short time.

Although Fei Wenfang has no memory of her previous life, her acting skills have not been lost, her acting skills are as high as 95, it is not difficult to play a smug prostitute, and Fang Jianhui's full score of acting skills are matched together, many shots are passed over and over, so the shooting speed is fast.

Assistant director Schwartz shouted: "Scene 5, Shot 7, First Time, Action!"

Scene: Hotel Song Hall

In the softly lit hall, only a few listeners sat scattered, the male protagonist Edward played by Fang Jianhui was playing the piano intently, and the heroine Vivien Fang approached.

Of course, Fang Jianhui's piano level is not blown, and playing casually is enough to amaze the audience.

"Thank you, thank you very much!" Fang Jianhui nodded in thanks.

Vivien Fang: "I didn't know you could play the piano. ”

Fang Jianhui: "I only play for strangers." ”

Vivien Fang: "It's lonely for me to be upstairs alone. ”

Fang Jianhui thought for a moment and said to the staff, "Gentlemen, please let us stay here alone, okay?"

The staff put down their work and quietly exited the restaurant. Soon, only the male and female protagonists were left in the song hall.

Witnessing this scene, Vivien Fang said: "Do people always listen to you?"

Fang Jianhui didn't speak, hugged Fei Wenfang in front of him, and buried his head in her chest. Then, untie Vivien Fang's yukata wrapped around and rub her body.

Vivien Fang asked herself: "I think so." ”

Fang Jianhui picked her up horizontally and put her on the piano in front of him, and the two began to flirt...

The camera zooms out, the assistant director shouts "Cut!", and the scene ends smoothly.

Originally, it was difficult to shoot a passion scene like this, requiring repeated communication between the director, the actor, and the heroine, and during the actual shooting, they had to constantly change positions to achieve the best results.

During the whole process, not only the hero and heroine are tired, but also the lighting, photography and others are usually tired and sweaty. But for Fang Jianhui and Fei Wenfang, these are not problems at all, the two have already fought many times and are very familiar with each other's bodies.

Fang Jianhui himself is a director, and he is familiar with the use of lenses, lighting, etc., and after explaining everyone's responsibilities in advance, the actual shooting is usually done at one time.

After this scene was filmed, all the scenes in the hotel were over, and it took only seven days.

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Fox Building, small meeting room on the top floor.

Today, a small signing ceremony was held here about the change of ownership of Fox TV Network, as well as the establishment of a series of companies, equity transitions, etc.

In the beginning, in order to circumvent U.S. regulatory policies, Fang Jianhui nominally only held 24% of the shares of Fox TV Network, and Andy held the rest. Now, with Vivien Fang, an authentic American, and a close relationship with Murdoch, Fang Jianhui has a new arrangement for the equity of the Fox TV network.

The first is to change the nominee agreement and transfer the shares held by Andy to Fei Wenfang's name, only this step, if it is announced, Vivi Wenfang, who owns 75% of the shares of Fox TV Network, will immediately become a wealthy person in the United States. After acquiring the shares, Vivian Entertainment Group, with Vivien Fung as the main shareholder, was established, which became the controlling parent company of Fox Television Network.

After some communication with Murdoch, the two sides reached a share exchange agreement, under which Fang Jianhui injected a 24% stake in Fox Television Network for $800 million and injected Murdoch's News Corporation, holding 45% of News Corp.'s shares, and was the second largest shareholder of the group.

Because Murdoch is very talented in the operation of television and newspapers, Fang Jianhui decided that although News Corp. only holds a minority stake, he will still hand over the day-to-day operation of the Fox television network to Murdoch.

In addition, the Fox Holding Group was established, and Fang Jianhui injected all his shares in Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Records into the group, and the group also became the parent company of these two companies.

Andy, his loyal subordinate and film wizard, who was also the biggest contributor to the creation and development of Fox Network, will no longer manage Fox Network, and from now on, his main focus will be on the film company.

Andy has made great contributions to the creation and development of the TV network, and quietly helped Fang Jianhui hold shares behind the scenes, but this time he kicked him away from the Fox TV network, and Murdoch felt that Fang Jianhui had done a little too much. I feel that Andy's classmates will definitely get out of anger, or at least make a big fuss.

But the truth is that during the entire handover process, Murdoch and Andy dealt with each other many times, but he never found that he had a word of complaint, even if he tentatively pretended to 'complain' about Fang Jianhui, he was stopped by Andy in a righteous manner.

made Murdoch sigh greatly, Fang Jianhui, a good brother, is really accurate in terms of looking at people!

Fang Jianhui asked Andy to leave the Fox TV network, of course, it was not ungrateful, but Andy's work was too busy, and Twentieth Century Fox, as the leading film company, had a business all over the world, and all kinds of affairs were complicated. Moreover, the acquisition of MGM Pictures is going well, and it looks like it is about to succeed, and when the time comes, Andy will have a big more piece of work, so it is better to let him concentrate on film.

This change was quietly completed without alarming the press.

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Next, the crew went on to shoot the scene of the opera house.

The crew had already contacted the Los Angeles Theater in advance and invited the Philadelphia Opera Company to perform a performance of "La Traviata" for the filming of the movie.

"La Traviata" is about a love story between a Parisian prostitute and a wealthy man in high society, which is very similar to the situation between the hero and heroine in the movie, so it resonates with the heroine with limited artistic cells, and she feels a lot when watching it, and tears are shed for it!

In this scene, the diamond necklace worn by Vivien Fang's neck was specially designed by French jewelry designer Fred, made of diamonds, white gold and rubies, etc., worth $250,000. Fang Jianhui couldn't see it, so he directly signed a check, bought it, and then sent the stupid bodyguard away.

The red evening dress worn by Vivien Fang was also specially customized by Dior's designer, and a total of five pieces were made, divided into red, black, white and other colors, and Fang Jianhui decided which one to choose.

Fang Jianhui was a little hesitant, so he simply asked Fei Wenfang to wear each one and try it, and after tossing for half an hour, everyone's opinions tended to be unanimous, and finally chose the red dress.

The shooting time is daytime, except for the staff, there is actually no audience in the theater, through clever lens transitions, and the later dubbing soundtrack, you can achieve the effect of fake and real.

As the plot of the opera progresses, she needs to perform different emotions at the right time, first feeling novel, then finding it interesting, devoting herself to it, empathizing, sad, etc., all of which are non-physical performances and rely purely on imagination.

Half a day passed, and the theater scene ended.

After another ten days, after a scene in which Fang Jianhui climbed up to the small building where Vivien Fang lived with a rose, and hugged her affectionately, the whole drama was completed.

At this time, the time is May 31, and it is less than a month from the start of filming to the completion.

After spending two days and finishing the editing work, Fang Jianhui handed over the rest of the work to Twentieth Century Fox, and he was going back to Xiangjiang.