The last guest Liu Yifei saw before leaving China to go to the United States to promote "Super Body" was Ouyang Baoping, a veteran casting director who has known Liu Yifei for a long time, and Liu Yifei's last production of "Time and Space Traveler" was her studio responsible for casting.

Ouyang Baoping said on the phone that there was something good to find her, and Liu Yifei thought that she might have come to date her with a new role, and she was also more curious.

After Ouyang Baoping saw Liu Yifei, he got straight to the point and said that he was now casting for a movie: "If I don't take other films, you won't be able to watch them." ”

Liu Yifei smiled.

"This time it's different, China and the United States are co-production."

Speaking of this, Liu Yifei became interested.

"There is a lack of a Chinese heroine, and the filmmaker hopes to choose an actor with a certain international reputation. I thought, "Isn't that you?" ”

Being touted like this, Liu Yifei is of course very happy.

But Liu Yifei still has a string in her heart, Sino-US co-productions have been very hot in the past two years, but there are few such co-productions that sell money, and it is said that they are Sino-US co-productions, but in fact, the main source of income is still domestic, and this kind of co-production cannot be released in a large area in North America.

Liu Yifei chose to listen to Ouyang Baoping's introduction to the movie.

It tells the story of a knight from the West who fled to the East and escorted a pair of royal siblings from the pursuit of the enemy to save the world. You may not think it's interesting to hear me say that, but think about it, the princess and the knight fled together, how many stories can be written on the way? There must be action, there is love, and in the end, there will be a brilliant battle with the thief who plots to usurp the throne, and the audience will definitely love to watch it. ”

There's actually nothing wrong with listening to this story like this, a typical adventure drama structure: explain the reasons and let the protagonist meet - the protagonist group upgrades and fights monsters and grows all the way - and finally defeats the villain.

"The Lord of the Rings" was filmed like this, and "The King of Kung Fu" was also filmed like this.

But structure is structure, shooting is shooting, some people can shoot "The Lord of the Rings" with a three-act drama structure, and some people can shoot "Wu Ji".

Liu Yifei nodded, even if she was interested in this story, Ouyang Baoping didn't think that she could impress Liu Yifei by telling a story synopsis when she met her, so he introduced the team of the film, so that Liu Yifei could rest assured: "This movie is a co-production project of the Yunnan Film Group, and the actor is the famous Nicolas Cage." ”

Cage's reputation is rotten, and whoever gets his hands on him now is out of luck.

Ouyang Baoping knew that Liu Yifei knew that Cage was now a cancer, so he said: "Don't look at this, Cage's acting skills must be fine, how can people not be unlucky." Cage is still very well-known in China, and his participation in the show can be regarded as a layer of protection. ”

Not to mention, she's right.

Liu Yifei asked Ouyang Baoping to leave the script: "I'll take a look first, when will this play start?" ”

"If it's early in August and September, it will be started at the end of the year in the evening."

Liu Yifei was stunned, this time is very inconvenient, "Hypnosis Master" is expected to be shut down at the end of August and early September, and "Miss Bai" will be launched in November. Liu Yifei has no time in the second half of the year.

But Liu Yifei did not refuse Ouyang Baoping on the spot, but still accepted the script: "I'll take it back first, and I'll go back to see the rest of the time." ”

After talking about work, Ouyang Baoping chatted with Liu Yifei a few more words, ridiculing her that she was going to "conquer North America" this summer.

"Domestic actresses haven't entered the North American summer file yet, you have two heroines at once, Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi are not as face-to-face as you."

Liu Yifei is very modest: "What kind of face, a small cost, a protagonist to follow." ”

But this is already the best role that Asians can get in Hollywood.

It is impossible for Liu Yifei and Zhang Yuanjun to receive the leading role of mainstream A-level productions in Hollywood.

Think about what Chinese Americans played in Hollywood before, Zhou Yunfa played a despicable supporting role pirate in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", and Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi played an American-invested role in a literary film that spoke English and spoke Japanese geisha throughout the whole process.

This was already the best role that Chinese Americans could receive at that time.

Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei have now received the role, and they can't be better than these predecessors.

But it still hasn't broken into the mainstream of Hollywood.

Separated from Ouyang Baoping, Liu Yifei returned home and happened to see her husband sitting by the pond in the backyard, leisurely drinking tea, fishing, and squatting next to him.

"I'll tell you, this is called fishing, you know fishing, don't you like to eat the most." He can talk to cats.

"Meow." Dongdong really agreed.

"Later, if you catch a big one, you will eat it, and if you catch a small one, it will be yours."

"Meow." Dongdong stared at the water.

Liu Yifei's voice came from behind: "You are so idle, you can talk to a cat for a long time." ”

Liu Yifei took Dongdong in her arms and sat down next to Zhang Yuanjun: "If you have nothing to do, go and change the light bulb on the second floor, and the cabinet in the room is installed, I said that it has been a week, how long do you have to delay." ”

"Wait, go, wait, go." Zhang Yuanjun responded.

"No, go now!" Liu Yifei pushed Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun sighed and glanced at his wife: "Those who take care of their hands and feet, don't give them half a day's leisure." ”

"Go." Liu Yifei sat and thumped Zhang Yuanjun's calf again.

"You show me something, it's up to you whether you can eat fish at night." Zhang Yuanjun handed over the fishing rod to Liu Yifei.

"Go on, I'm good at fishing." Liu Yifei sat on Zhang Yuanjun's small chair with a grin.

Zhang Yuanjun left to do housework, and Liu Yifei sat by the pond drinking Zhang Yuanjun's tea and catching fish.

She said to Dongdong: "He lied to you just now, the small ones are fish fry, and they haven't grown up yet, and he won't give them to you when they catch them." ”

"Meow."

"I have cat food at home, okay I'll give it to you later."

"Meow." Dongdong circled around Liu Yifei.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Yuanjun's voice came from upstairs: "Wife, where is the new light bulb?" ”

Liu Yifei shouted upstairs: "In the utility drawer!" ”

Another two minutes.

Upstairs shouted, "I didn't find it!" ”

Liu Yifei shouted again: "In that white box!" ”

There was no sound upstairs, so I guess I found it.

Liu Yifei whispered to herself: "I can't do anything." ”

Zhang Yuanjun vaguely heard someone downstairs shouting, didn't care, and continued to work.

When Zhang Yuanjun repaired the cabinet and replaced the light bulb, and went down to see his wife, he found that Liu Yifei was holding a long bamboo pole to reach something in the pond.

Zhang Yuanjun walked in and smiled: "I can't even hold a fishing rod." I got it. ”

Liu Yifei was embarrassed: "I was just careless, I got rid of it, and I caught a fish." ”

Zhang Yuanjun hooked the fishing rod back: "Okay, I won't have any fish to eat today." He put the fishing rod and put his arm around his wife's shoulder, "Let's eat bacon." ”

The two went in, meowed, and followed. (End of chapter)