February 24, 2008 at 10 p.m.

Li Mu had already washed up and slept, but suddenly received a call from Liu Yifei.

"Do you think 'The King of Kung Fu' is really as bad as they scold?"

Listening to the voice, Liu Yifei's mood is a little low, it should be caused by a lot of doubts about the movie recently, and a few days ago CNN even publicly wrote an article criticizing "The King of Kung Fu" for being terrible and stupid.

"This movie...... It's not too good." Li Mu continued, "But what does this have to do with you? Don't worry about it."

"Do you think I'm okay? But I saw that many people on the Internet said that my acting skills were embarrassing, and that when I saw the heroine, I knew it was a bad movie." Liu Yifei continued to complain.

"Don't listen to their bullshit, $70 million investment, Cheng Long Li is a movie starring two kung fu superstars, a benchmark for Sino-American co-production, and the pot that is too bad for movies can't be carried on your head."

When Liu Yifei heard Li Mu say this, her heart was also a lot more relaxed, and she felt less depressed, and then she heard Li Mu on the other end of the phone continue:

"What does a bad movie have to do with you? You've only got a few words?"

"Huh?"

Li Mu's words made Liu Yifei untidy, is this a ridicule of her heroine who is not worthy of her name, and has too few roles?

It feels a little hateful.

"Twitter......twitter"

At this time, Liu Yifei's QQ prompt suddenly sounded, and it was Li Mu who sent three screenshots of the negative Douban reviews of "The King of Kung Fu".

"The movie sucks, and the Americans have saved the world again. The lovely Liu Yifei didn't appear a few times."

"Liu Yifei's appearance is still very good-looking, the plot is really Nima crossing, if it weren't for the fairy sister, I would have run away in advance with Nima's urine."

"Two stars, one star for martial arts design, and one star for Liu Yifei."

Then Li Mu said on the phone, "Look, what does the movie have to do with you? The audience is thinking that you have too few scenes!"

Liu Yifei sighed and said, "I used to be super looking forward to working with international superstars, and I was a little vain in my heart. Now I know that there is a lot of pressure to work with international superstars, and if the movie is messed up, many people will come and scold you, as if if you don't act in this movie, the movie will become very good."

"Uh-huh." Li Mu echoed.

"I suddenly feel that the pressure on playing "Inception" this time is also great - an investment of 120 million US dollars, and I have to play against Tom Hanks, who has been nominated for five Oscars and won two Best Actors-if I don't act well, I will be scolded to death by netizens, right?"

Li Mu replied: "You don't have to worry about this, the so-called lice don't bite if there are too many lice, and don't worry if you have too many debts."

"Huh?"

Liu Yifei was a little confused.

Where is this? Not next to each other.

"I mean......" Li Mu explained, "how can you only play against Tom Hanks? Ken Watanabe, who plays Saito, is an RB actor; Marion Cotillard, who plays the hero's wife, Mel, is an Oscar-winning actress; There are at least three of the characters who play opposite you."

"There is also Michael Kane, who plays the actor's father-in-law, a BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award winner, nominated for four Oscars for Best Actor and two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor. So what do you have to worry about? Anyway, it's either the actor or the actress who plays the opponent's role, and the acting skills are endured when they are scolded, and the so-called lice don't bite if they are too much."

Liu Yifei was suddenly under a lot of pressure, she really didn't notice before, did it turn out that there were so many actors and actresses in the crew of "Inception"?

Wrong!

"You liar...... Liu Yifei suddenly reacted, "Marion Cotillard is one of the two heroines confirmed, I know her, her acting skills are very good, but she has never won an Oscar."

"I haven't taken it yet." Li Mu said.

"You're really bad, you know I'm worried now, and you're deliberately deceiving people to put more pressure on me." Liu Yifei said with some dissatisfaction.

Li Mu said with a straight face: "I'm not lying, what day do you say today?"

"What day is it?" Liu Yifei was surprised.

"yes, what day is it?"

"I don't know."

Li Mudao: "On February 24, at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, the 80th Academy Awards ceremony - yes, Marion Cotillard is not an Oscar actress yet, but she will probably be tomorrow."

"Liar."

Liu Yifei clearly didn't believe it.

"Nominees for Best Actress at the 80th Academy Awards: Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth 2; Julie Christie, "Bright Willows"; Laura Linney, "The Savages"; Elaine Page, "Juno"; Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose!"

"Wait, I'll check it out." Seeing that Li Mu said so much, Liu Yifei was also a little shaken.

After a while, Liu Yifei said on the phone: "It turns out that Marion Cotillard really got the nomination, but how do you know that she will definitely win the award?"

"I'm not sure, I just think the probability of her winning the prize is extremely high." After Li Mu finished speaking, he smiled and teased, "But you don't have to worry, when the time comes, you come to my room at night, I will teach you acting, and I, the director, will open a small stove for you and go through the back door, at least you won't be crushed too much in acting."

"Phew!" Liu Yifei hung up the phone suddenly.

The next morning, Li Mu was looking through the cast list of "Inception" in his office, when the name of a supporting actress suddenly caught his attention.

These less important supporting actress roles are in charge of the casting assistant director, and the selected actor Li Mu has not yet been familiar with.

"Chen Zhixi!"

Li Mu read this familiar name in his mouth, and some memories from his past life began to surface in his mind.

The hot post-80s producers, 3 billion sisters, and young directors are "the women behind them".

"Thai Embarrassment" with a cost of 30 million has a box office of 1.267 billion, "Pancake Man" with a production and publicity cost of 50 million has a box office of 1.159 billion, and "Detective Chinatown" has 860 million, and "Hello, Li Huanying" has a box office of 5.413 billion - this woman's later career is really the same as Kaihang.

But at this time, she was just a small actor.

"I know clearly that I can't compromise many things as an actor."

After having the experience of being replaced for refusing the unspoken rules, Chen Zhixi, this woman, finally made a bold decision - if the unspoken rules can't escape, she will be the maker of the rules!

So in 2010, she tried her hand at working as an executive producer for the first time.

"Maybe I should poach this woman and give me a personal assistant for a while, and then let her go and take charge of it when my work ability improves."

After having a plan, Li Mu picked up the phone on the desk and dialed it according to the number on the actor's profile.

"Hey."

"Hello, is this Ms. Chan Tsz Chi? I'm Li Mu, and I just saw your information from the list of actresses in Inception, and I have some new ideas about your role."

"Are you Director Li Mu?"

"That's right, it's me."

The next day.

5:00 p.m. local time on February 24 (9:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 25).

Liu Yifei turned on his computer to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars.

"He said that Marion Cotillard can win the Oscar, and Marion Cotillard can win the Oscar? Who does he think he is?"

Liu Yifei thought a little unconvinced.

At the same time, the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

After introducing all the Best Actress nominees, the black presenters unwrapped the envelope:

"The winner is: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose!"

Marion Cotillard walked onto the stage with tears in her eyes, this was her first Oscar nomination, received the trophy, hugged the award presenters, and then gave her acceptance speech: "Thank you very much, this has changed my life, thank you so much, I don't know what to say, there are so many things I want to thank

Thank you for life, thank you for love, it's so real and beautiful, thank you for ......."

Liu Yifei was a little dumbfounded:

"He really said it, Marion Cotillard, the Oscar-winning actress - but in this way, he played against me - a two-time winner of Hauska, a new Oscar-winning actress, an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and ...... There are also countless Hollywood big-name actors and other film award winners......

Suddenly, Liu Yifei felt so stressed!