"The box office of "The Fall of Hong Kong Island" exceeded 200 million, and Wu Whale will become a new generation of kung fu superstars in the mainland."

"Wu Whale's military is upright, and this is the most correct choice for his career."

"Li Shengyao's new film has been approved and the shooting permit has been obtained."

"Director Li's new film will focus on the border anti-drug elite and pay tribute to the unsung heroes."

"Zhao Yanzi: I am a fan of Director Li, and I hope to cooperate with him."

"Shu Qi: I like Director Li's movies very much, and I'm looking forward to trying different roles."

"'Border Killer' tells the inside story of war that you don't know."

"Zhu Bingbing joins Fenghua's new drama "You from the Stars".

……

Entering August, the biggest news in the mainland is that Wu Whale is on fire.

The military role of "The Fall of Hong Kong Island" is really very suitable for him, so that his index in all aspects has increased slowly through this movie alone.

Many investors have seen that if Wu Whale's momentum continues, he is a new generation of film and television supergiants, directly surpassing the same group of actors born in the 70s.

Next is the establishment of Li Shengyao's new film project.

Director Li had been making movies outside for almost three years before, but this time when he returned to the mainland, he didn't rush back to Hollywood, but wanted to come back to shoot Chinese movies.

Although there are some negative voices, I feel that Director Li's films may not be suitable for the mainland market.

But there are still very actors who openly show their favor and want to cooperate with Lee Shengyao.

At ten o'clock in the morning on this day, a red sun hung in the sky, the weather was dry, and there was an occasional crackling sound in the air, as if it was going to spontaneously combust without fire.

A commercial vehicle slowly moved towards the embassy district, and in addition to the driver, there were three women in the car.

One of them is the famous international chapter - Zhang Ziyi.

She looked smart and capable in a white shirt and a pair of black low-waisted slim trousers with a pair of white shiny high heels.

In front of Zhang Ziyi sat a young woman, with an average appearance, this was her life assistant.

Beside her sat a middle-aged woman in her fifties, dressed ordinarily, wearing a pair of square-rimmed glasses, and a bit of a middle school teacher's temperament.

This middle-aged woman is Zhang Ziyi's agent, her name is Ji Lingling.

When Zhang Ziyi first debuted, the agent was her own brother, but this eldest brother was open-mouthed, and when Zhang Ziyi cooperated with Cheng Long, he shouted to reporters that Cheng Long wanted to find Zhang Ziyi to hype.

Later, Zhang Ziyi replaced his brother with Ji Lingling from Po Village, and his goal was naturally to take the international route.

Although many media think that Ji Lingling is from Pocun and has no connections in the mainland, they did not help Zhang Ziyi.

However, inferring from the results, this agent still has some strength, and Zhang Ziyi's film and television road in recent years has been going up.

But '08 was an inflection point.

Fraudulent donations, splashing ink doors, and beach gates, several news that are not favorable to Zhang Ziyi are flying all over the Internet.

Zhang Ziyi suffered a crisis of confidence.

And although she concentrated on interpreting "Mei Lanfang", she pressed the dawn to death.

But this movie did not hit the box office, and at the same time, Zhao Yanzi and Zhou Xun's "Painted Skin" was born, which made many fans excited.

In such a situation, Zhang Ziyi's pressure is still very high.

In the past, Zhao Yanzi must be far ahead of Zhang Ziyi in terms of nationality and nationality with several high-rated TV series, but in the film industry, Zhao Yanzi is a joke.

And now the joke seems to be coming from behind.

This is what Zhang Ziyi does not want to see.

She and Ji Lingling came over this time to find Li Shengyao of Liangmahe Mansion, and she wanted to win the role of the heroine of "Border Killer".

At this time, Zhang Ziyi took out a makeup mirror, looked left and right, and waited until she felt that there was no flaw, then said to Ji Lingling: "Sister, you can go." ”

According to Zhang Ziyi and Ji Lingling's plan, Ji Lingling will negotiate with Li Shengyao first, and if possible, Zhang Ziyi will come forward.

Zhang Ziyi couldn't go over as soon as she came up, she felt that she was an international superstar, and if she refused, it would be very shameless.

Ji Lingling nodded, "Okay, I'll go." ”

A moment later, the van came to the edge of the street outside the Liangmahe Building and stopped under a big tree.

Ji Lingling pushed the car door and walked out.

Zhang Ziyi glanced at Ji Lingling and couldn't help but ask the assistant, "Do you think Sister Ji is too earthy to dress like this?" ”

"It's okay, she's about the same age as my mom, and she's more hipsters than my mom."

Zhang Ziyi rolled her eyes, "Your mother usually goes to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, Sister Ji is going to see Li Shengyao now, I mean, Sister Ji is like this, will Li Shengyao look down on her?"

She actually wanted to say if she would be embarrassed by this.

The assistant scratched his head, "Probably not, Director Li is quite kind, I took a photo with him at the premiere of "Mei Lanfang" before." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ziyi nodded, Li Dadao really didn't look like a person who tended to be inflammatory.

On the other side, Ji Lingling was introduced by the front desk lady and came all the way to Li Shengyao's office and met Li Dadao.

The first impression is that he is tall and handsome, and then he is young.

To put it mildly, although Li Dadao's appearance is not outstanding in the entire Chinese-speaking circle, he is placed in Pocun, which is a top-notch existence.

So young, so handsome, so talented.

How do you have a girlfriend?

Ji Lingling secretly complained in his heart, then walked three steps quickly, and took the lead in stretching out his hand, "Director Li, look up for a long time." ”

"Miss Ji is polite."

The two parties sat down, and Li Shengyao's assistant served Ji Lingling a cup of tea.

A faint aroma of tea immediately wafted through the room, sweet, fragrant, and very good.

It smells better than Zhang Ziyi's perfume.

"I have long heard that Director Li likes to drink tea, and the tea he drinks is very high-end, I haven't tasted it yet, and when I smell this smell, I feel unusual."

Li Shengyao smiled, "If you taste it, you will like it even more." ”

Ji Lingling then took a sip of the teacup, and it felt very delicious.

She then exchanged a few polite words with Li Shengyao, and then she said her purpose this time.

"Director Li, we heard about the establishment of the project of "Border Killer", the heroine is looking for a capable and neat actress, our Jia Ziyi is very interested in this role, and please consider our Jia Ziyi."

Li Shengyao nodded, "No problem, I'll consider her." ”

Although Li Shengyao agreed very cheerfully, smart people understand that such almost casual words are polite words and cannot be taken seriously.

Replaced by an ordinary director, Ji Lingling was about to shake his face right away.

But in the face of Li Dadao, she didn't dare to do this.

She thought of the notes she had spent three hours taking last night, and then said with a smile: "Director Li, we came here with 100% sincerity, and I think Ziyi is the most suitable." ”

"Needless to say, her fame is not much to say, the movie chooses her, and the topic is definitely enough."

"And we know that you have always valued acting skills the most, although Ziyi is young, her acting skills should be the most guaranteed among this group of young actresses."

She had heard of Director Li's name for a long time, and she had a deeper understanding of Li Shengyao's style requirements.

According to Li Shengyao's previous casting habits, she felt that Zhang Ziyi was indeed very suitable.

"Ziyi has cooperated with big-name directors like Zhang Yimou, Chen Shishi, and Ang Lee before, and she is also looking forward to cooperating with you."

This sentence means that Zhang Ziyi's style is good, and he was a big director before.

Now cooperating with Li Shengyao has the same effect of lifting coffee.

After Ji Lingling finished speaking, he looked at Li Dadao expectantly.

However, she was a little disappointed, Li Shengyao's face did not change, and he sat there, nodding his head, but he didn't say anything.

Ji Lingling immediately turned his brain, and then said: "Director Li, your movies have been screened in Europe and the United States, and our Ziyi has some popularity over there, which will definitely make the film more commercially successful." ”

His family knows his own affairs, although Zhang Ziyi has acted in several Hollywood movies, he is basically a fifth- or sixth-tier star in Europe and the United States, and he has no box office appeal at all.

At the end of last year, Zhang Ziyi also went to Los Angeles to play a small cameo role, and the movie she joined was called "Knight".

played a non-mainstream, swearing-speaking Chinese woman.

Such a role is actually useless to Zhang Ziyi.

But it can't be helped, and now she really doesn't have a project.

This year, in addition to making a cameo appearance in "The Great Cause of the Country", and then filming the romantic comedy "Very Perfect", which she supervised herself.

Although she invited Zhu Bingbing and He Rundong, although she dreamed of replicating "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".

But in fact, Zhang Ziyi and Ji Lingling both understand that the probability of such a movie being able to explode is very small.

That's why the two are so nervous and want to join Lee Shengyao's movie.

What she said just now, Ji Lingling felt that it should be useless, after all, Li Shengyao has been abroad in the past few years, and she knows the reality of mainland stars outside, but she still can't help but say it, after all, there are really few advantages here, and there are too few words to make a move.

Li Shengyao squinted his eyes and looked at Ji Lingling, "Okay, I know, I'll consider her." ”

Still with such an official attitude, Ji Lingling stood up with a wry smile, but she was unwilling to leave like this, thought about it, and then gritted her teeth and said: "Ziyi is in Yanjing today, Director Li doesn't want her to audition." ”

Zhang Ziyi has not auditioned in China for several years.

Before "Night Banquet" and "Mei Lanfang", Feng Xiaogang and Chen Shiren took the initiative to invite her to act, but they did not audition.

Li Shengyao nodded here, "Okay, you let her come over and wear a SWAT combat uniform." ”

Ji Lingling smiled awkwardly and nodded, "Okay, I'll give her a call." ”

Originally, it was agreed that there was an intention to cooperate, and then let Zhang Ziyi show up, but now it has not been determined, and he just called Zhang Ziyi to come over for an audition.

Ji Lingling felt that her neck was cold, but there was no way, considering Zhang Ziyi's current situation, she felt that it was time for the international chapter to let go of the so-called face and force, and honestly come over to audition.

She then went to Fenghua's reception room, closed the door, and took out her mobile phone.

"Hey, Ziyi, Director Li's requirements are strict, he didn't let go, he wants to see you put on a SWAT combat uniform."

"He wants me to audition?"

Zhang Ziyi's surprised voice came.

"Yes, Ziyi, do you want to come over?"

"And he...... Will he use me if he sees me audition? ”

"I'm not sure about that."

There was no sound on the phone for a long time, and Ji Lingling said tentatively: "Ziyi, Director Li is the most successful commercial film director in Asia, come to audition, it's nothing." ”

"Okay, I see."

Zhang Ziyi's voice was cold, and he hung up the phone directly.

Ji Lingling didn't know if Zhang Ziyi was coming, she thought about it and sent a message to Zhang Ziyi's life assistant, and when she learned that Zhang Ziyi had set off, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

Not long after, Zhang Ziyi really came over.

Ji Lingling led Zhang Ziyi to meet Li Shengyao, exchanged a few words, and then took Zhang Ziyi to change clothes.

In the locker room, the life assistant and Ji Lingling carefully checked the surrounding corners to see if there were any hidden cameras.

Wait until they finish checking and make sure there is nothing wrong with the locker room.

Zhang Ziyi changed his clothes with a cold face.

I changed into a SWAT combat uniform and brought a fake submachine gun, which looked quite heroic.

Zhang Ziyi is an excellent actress in the end, and her whole spirit, figure, and body shape are top-notch.

Ji Lingling took out his mobile phone and took a photo, and then praised: "Ziyi, it's great, you are like a real policewoman." ”

Zhang Ziyi smiled proudly, "Let's go, let Director Li take a look." ”

She then went out first, and her cold face was already piled with a smile like spring.

A moment later, the three of them arrived at Mr. Lee's office.

Li Shengyao clasped his hands on his chest and stared at Zhang Ziyi for about ten minutes, looking left and right, and then nodded.

"Ziyi, great, I will seriously consider you, and within a week, I will give you the confirmed news."

Finally, a definite answer was obtained.

Zhang Ziyi nodded and said enthusiastically: "Okay, Director Li, I'll wait for your news." ”

Five minutes later, the three of them returned to the business car, and Zhang Ziyi asked Ji Lingling, "Sister Ji, I just behaved okay, right?"

"Very good, I think Director Li is very satisfied."

Zhang Ziyi snorted.

She was still a little dissatisfied with going to the audition by herself and staring at Li Shengyao.

"I just took a picture of my audition, do you want to post it online?"

"Wait, it's too early, if he doesn't choose me, wouldn't that be a laughing stock?"

Zhang Ziyi paused for a moment, and then said: "When you are sure that he chooses me and signs the contract, I will send it out." ”

The assistant said: "Fenghua may have an employee secretly filming over there, and we can't help the situation over there." ”

When Zhang Ziyi heard this, his face was a little gloomy.

She really didn't want people to know that she was going to audition, but she couldn't order Director Li to listen to her, so she could only pretend not to see it.

"I've been home for the past few days, and there's nothing you don't have to look for me."

She wants to go home and take a break, and she has been worrying too much lately.

She actually has a boyfriend in the beautiful country, who proposed to her last year, but when talking about marriage, the old white man took out a property agreement, according to the agreement, in case the two people divorce, Zhang Ziyi will not be able to share a penny.

She was really unhappy, she was too lazy to see the old white man, and now she just wanted to go home and rest.

She then thought of Li Shengyao and said, "If Director Li looks for me, then call me." ”

(End of chapter)