Deng Chao adjusted for a while.
He proactively approached Li Chen and reported, "Director Li, Sister Manyu, I'm ready. We can continue."
Li Chen smiled, "Then let's begin."
Everything was set, and the clapperboard snapped.
"Action!"
This time, Deng Chao still didn't perform the feeling Li Chen wanted.
Li Chen called "Cut!" again.
Deng Chao grew a little anxious, repeatedly apologizing.
Acting opposite Maggie Cheung put a lot of pressure on him.
Maggie Cheung also noticed Deng Chao's nervousness.
She pulled out a cigarette and offered it to him, "Want one? You're too tense."
Deng Chao took the cigarette and twitched the corner of his mouth, "Thank you, Sister Manyu. It's my first time acting with you, how can I not be nervous!"
Deng Chao laughed at himself.
"And Director Li is standing in front of me, which makes me even more nervous."
Li Chen laughed good-naturedly, "Look at you, still so timid. You're the male lead of a two-hundred-million-yuan movie, after all."
The crew members also laughed.
china partner had been released for ten days.
Its box office had already reached 185 million yuan.
Breaking two hundred million was a foregone conclusion.
Although The Devil Wears Prada was released yesterday, it still posed no threat compared to china partner, which had all the advantages of timing, location, and popular support.
Deng Chao took a deep drag from his cigarette.
The taste of nicotine relaxed his taut nerves considerably.
Li Chen walked over and patted his shoulder.
He laughed in front of Maggie Cheung, "In the next scene, you're going to make a pass at Sister Manyu."
"With your demeanor, do you dare touch Jin Xiangyu? Be careful your wandering hands don't end up as baozi filling!"
Maggie Cheung also laughed, "It seems Director Li is truly my fan, still remembering Jin Xiangyu."
"If you say that, Little Deng will be even more inhibited later."
Maggie Cheung clearly separated public and private matters.
On set, she addressed Li Chen as Director Li, just like everyone else.
But in private, she would call him by his name like an old friend and tease him casually.
"Exactly, Director Li, don't scare me."
Deng Chao said with a chuckle.
After Director Li's teasing, he felt much more relaxed.
"Sister Manyu's Jin Xiangyu is truly a classic. Let alone Director Li, even I have watched it no less than three times."
"Full of charm, enchanting and seductive, she's the complete opposite of Ruan Lingyu."
Li Chen said with an amused laugh, "Alright, that's enough from you. Don't be a lovesick fool, you're even making up sentences now!"
Maggie Cheung also laughed.
During the filming of pieta, Sun Li also visited the set.
Deng Chao took off after china partner.
He, along with Lu Yi and Tong Dawei, became the hottest first-tier male stars of the moment.
Even Huang Xiaoming, who had just finished filming the deer and the cauldron, couldn't compare.
This was the difference between movies and TV dramas.
Both of them were immensely grateful to Li Chen.
No one had expected china partner to be so popular.
The box office actually surpassed two hundred million yuan.
The domestic two-hundred-million-yuan director's club gained another member.
That was Wu Bin!
All in all, excluding Li Chen himself,
there were currently four people in the Chinese film industry's two-hundred-million-yuan box office club.
Among them, the scripts for three of them were from Li Chen alone.
Now there was an unwritten rule in the industry:
starring in a film produced by Rongchen Film and Television
one film would make you a second-tier star.
Three films would firmly establish you as a first-tier star.
If you directly starred in a film by Director Li,
then the latter two films could be skipped.
One film would directly propel you to a first-tier position.
Because the films Li Chen made were either box office hits or award-winners.
Even if they didn't go to the big three European film festivals, they still sold well overseas.
The two insisted on treating Li Chen to a meal at the Peninsula Hotel.
The two who arrived first were still arguing incessantly.
Deng Chao felt it was a bit redundant.
He grumbled for a long time.
"I'm Director Li's person sooner or later, so whether we treat him to this meal or not doesn't really matter, right?"
Sun Li rolled her eyes in exasperation, feeling that all men were simple-minded.
"Is this about a meal?"
"Is Director Li short of this meal, or are we short of this meal?"
"It's about sincerity! Do you understand?"
"Are you only six-sevenths intelligent?"
"We can't control what Director Li does, but what we do is our own attitude and sincerity."
"Director Li is a discerning person, what can't he see?"
Deng Chao realized, and with a fawning smile, he said, "Oh, Lili is still the most thoughtful."
"How could I not have thought of this? With you, what more could I ask for!"
Sun Li snorted softly.
Just as she was about to further educate her man, they heard footsteps and the waiter's 'This way, please' sound.
"Director Li is here."
Both stood up simultaneously.
Li Chen also pushed open the door and entered the private room.
Seeing the two standing together with smiles on their faces, Li Chen also smiled, "Sit down, don't be formal, we're all family."
Deng Chao deliberately said, "That's what I said too, but Lili said since Director Li supports me so much, we should also show some sincerity and not be indifferent!"
Li Chen was amused by Deng Chao's demeanor.
He glanced at Sun Li and nodded, "Sun Li has the look of a prosperous wife, you are blessed."
Sun Li was overjoyed to hear this, "Director Li can also read faces?"
Deng Chao couldn't help but interject, "Look at you, Director Li is just teasing you, and you're taking it seriously!"
"Don't interrupt, I'm talking to Director Li!"
Sun Li pushed Deng Chao's face aside and looked at Li Chen with great interest.
Li Chen shook his head and chuckled, "I can't read faces, but I can read people."
Deng Chao nodded and smiled, "I deeply agree! Otherwise, artists wouldn't call you the encyclopedia of the entertainment industry."
Li Chen scoffed at the title of 'encyclopedia of the entertainment industry'.
However, seeing Sun Li reminded him of a small matter from not long ago.
Zheng Xiaolong's wife had become obsessed with the novel hou gong zhen huan zhuan (empresses in the palace).
She instigated Zheng Xiaolong to adapt the novel for the screen.
As a result, Zheng Xiaolong inquired.
The copyright to this novel had already been acquired by Rongchen Film and Television.
Zheng Xiaolong was helpless and could only give up.
Because he knew that Rongchen Film and Television was not short of money.
And Li Chen and Wang Shuo were not on good terms.
But Zheng Xiaolong's wife was not giving up.
Knowing that Wu Bin was a senior executive at Rongchen Film and Television,
she contacted Wu Bin's mother, Lu Zhong, through Li Xuejian.
Hoping to buy the copyright for hou gong zhen huan zhuan (empresses in the palace).
This copyright was originally bought by Wu Bin.
At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it.
Because Director Li had asked him to buy it.
He was just following orders.
He didn't expect Zheng Xiaolong's wife to come knocking.
He knew very well who Zheng Xiaolong was.
After some inquiry, he learned that Zheng Xiaolong's wife had taken a liking to this novel.
Wu Bin conveyed the message on behalf of Zheng Xiaolong.
Li Chen naturally refused.
Li Chen had no intention of finding Zheng Xiaolong for this show.
He had Donghua Noon Sunshine, a large number of TV drama directors.
He simply didn't need these people from the Beijing Circle.
He didn't even want to find Cao Mengde to play the role of the emperor.
With his current reputation and strength, what kind of actor couldn't he find?
pieta wrapped on March 17th.
Li Chen directly called Marco Müller.
Old Markel was, of course, infinitely welcoming when he heard that he was indeed coming to Venice.
At the same time, he didn't hide anything from Li Chen.
It turned out that Li An's "lust, caution" was also aiming for Venice.
Presumably, after Venice, it would be the Oscar.
However, "lust, caution" representing Taiwan to compete for Best Foreign Language Film should not be eligible.
The two producers of "lust, caution".
One was Shanghai Film Group from the mainland.
The other was Focus Features from the United States.
Among the main creative personnel, only Director Li An and two screenwriters were from Taiwan.
It completely did not meet the selection criteria for countries and regions.
Unless he could represent the mainland in the Oscar foreign language film selection.
However, it did not prevent him from being nominated for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and other awards.
Li Chen felt quite amused. Could this be considered an encounter with an old rival?