The national goddess of Korean entertainment

Chapter 149 Close Contact with China

Since it is a director from China, Xu Zhiyuan suggested that Christian arrange the meeting place at a Chinese restaurant.

At first, Christian thought it was not good. Generally speaking, such meetings in the United States are usually held in hotels or coffee shops.

But for Xu Zhiyuan, who is familiar with China, in China, many business deals are negotiated at the dinner table.

No matter how big the business is, no matter how serious it is, it can be discussed at the dinner table.

Although it is opened in the United States, the name of this restaurant is very Chinese.

"Fumanlou", even if the taste is not entirely Chinese, but the name is a Chinese name.

Xu Zhiyuan and the proprietress are fairly familiar with each other because of the relationship between ordering soup and water before. When ordering the meal, I specifically mentioned the name and asked for authentic Chinese flavors. Don’t use the fried chop suey that is sold to Americans who don’t know how to eat, so that Americans think it’s Chinese. Dishes are those things.

Although she had made preparations early in the morning, Xu Zhiyuan was still taken aback when she actually met the director from China.

Zhang Yimou, this is not only a great director in China, he is also well-known in Asia and even the world.

Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly very sincere to be able to come to the United States to meet Christian in person.

Maybe because he had watched "Inception" before, Zhang Yimou didn't recognize Xu Zhiyuan at a glance. He was very surprised that she accompanied Christian to meet the guests.

When Xu Zhiyuan greeted her in Chinese, he smiled.

Although Zhang Yimou can speak English, and he also brought a translator, being able to communicate in Chinese undoubtedly made this great director feel more comfortable.

Apart from Zhang Yimou, there is only one translator and another person who should be a production assistant on Zhang Yimou's side, while on Christian's side, only Xu Zhiyuan is the assistant.

It's just a meeting, and we haven't talked about cooperation yet. At this stage, it's too early for the agent to act. When the negotiations really start, the agent will act as the trump card.

Zhang Yimou spoke very directly, and did not deliberately go around, directly and seriously expressing his hope for a chance to cooperate.

Can understand Chinese clearly, Xu Zhiyuan can almost be a simultaneous translator, but her translation has a lot of personal touches, which is much more stylized than Zhang Yimou's translation.

When talking to Christian, she also brought a lot of meanings that she heard.

Zhang Yimou is going to make a big production this time. This movie is adapted from the novel "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" by female writer Yan Geling.

What is described is the story of the Nanjing Massacre, telling that period of history from another perspective, and he hopes that Christian can play the leading actor, the American priest John Miller.

Christian's debut work "Empire of the Sun" is a movie with this theme. Zhang Yimou chose Christian this time, not only because of his own strength, but also because he thinks he is the most suitable actor for this theme.

In fact, Zhang Yimou did make the right choice. Christian was really touched by this period of history. Although he could not fully understand that period of history when he was acting in "Empire of the Sun", the filming experience at that time was very important to his actors. Life has a lot of shock.

He likes to shoot meaningful characters, so he has always been very picky about his works and characters, even to the point of being harsh.

There was a time when, because there was no suitable script, he would rather be unemployed and stay at home. Due to financial constraints, he had to move to live in a house under his wife's name.

But even so, he still did not change his pursuit of art.

And the script translated into English that had been sent before was still very tempting to Christian.Otherwise, this meeting would not have happened.

The atmosphere of the meeting between the two parties was very good, and after parting, Christian naturally asked Xu Zhiyuan what he thought about it.

"First, Director Zhang is very sincere. Second, this is a meaningful movie. Third, the Chinese market is huge. Fourth, this is a good character..."

Blinking, Xu Zhiyuan laughed and teased, "Although you don't need to lose weight and gain weight, this is really a good role."

Christian laughed out loud at her words.

Christian is a very serious actor. The roles he has played in the past few years are not required to be skinny, or to be strong enough to be a hero.The worst thing is that in "The Mechanic", I lost 63 pounds (57 catties) within two weeks, and in the next movie, I quickly gained another 60 catties for Batman. Fat, the current Christian has just finished acting as a fighter, and he is more than 40 catties lighter than his last film. It is rare for an actress to toss himself like this, let alone an actor.

But Christian is so cruel to himself, as long as it is for the role and the movie, no matter how hard he is, he can do it.

Xu Zhiyuan didn't think her suggestion could play a decisive role. In fact, before Christian met Zhang Yimou, most of the drama had already been decided.

Although the official contract will not be signed until Christian goes to China, but in fact, if there is no accident, this movie should be his next movie.

It happened that Xu Zhiyuan was going to China to participate in the promotional activities of "Inception" in early September. At that time, "Dark Angel" would also be filmed, and Christian naturally became a non-staff member.

In fact, Nolan also preferred Christian to "Inception" at the beginning. After all, the two had a good cooperation in "Batman" before, but because of "Terminator 2018", Christian missed "Inception". the play.

Xu Zhiyuan sometimes thinks, if Christian plays Cobb, it will be a different style, right?

However, these speculations naturally cannot be made public. Even if she secretly compared the two big names in cooperation, it was just a comparison in her heart, and she would never talk nonsense on the surface.

Joseph was direct, and when he saw Christian Xu Zhiyuan beside him, he immediately had a sad face, "Honey, did you completely forget about me when you saw Chris?"

That embarrassing expression made Xu Zhiyuan dumbfounded, she pushed his head that was leaning over, and couldn't help laughing, "You guy, don't you know how to be serious when acting?"

In China, the promotion of "Inception" also adopted a viral strategy. It was spread on the Internet from the beginning. Many people thought it was a game at first!Whether it's SNS or Weibo, you can see the promotion of "Inception" everywhere.In addition, the various posters posted in Dijiao Station, bus station, and shopping malls allow "Inception" to gradually occupy the living space.

Although there are already various versions of pirated videos in China, there are still many viewers who expressed their willingness to go to the cinema to enjoy a more shocking movie effect for such a movie.

In several major cities, distributors held small meet-and-greet events to boost the film's box office.

I don't know how the publisher thought about it, and specially arranged a TV interview.

It was CCTV's "Art" column. For Xu Zhiyuan, this TV interview was not very successful.

This show is neither as relaxed and casual as Korean shows, nor as casual and sharp as American talk shows. The host is too gentle, focusing on sensationalism, and not very comprehensive in professional knowledge. The strangest thing is, is to call them artists.

Artist, since when did the word set the bar so low?

Xu Zhiyuan could even feel Joseph raising his eyebrows, they were just a group of actors, a group of ordinary people who had dreams in their hearts, but also regarded acting as a job.

Artist, it seems a bit exaggerated, right?

Before Xu Zhiyuan left China, Christian had already met with Zhang Yimou and finalized the cooperation intention. Although there are still many details that need to be revised later, the matter is basically settled.

Moreover, she also heard that a large-scale audition has already been held in China to select the leading actresses of "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".

This is really a good method of hype. Although Xu Zhiyuan thinks that the final winner must be the actor who has already been appointed, but from the beginning of the audition, countless eyes will be on this movie, which means that there is no need to do the pre-promotion of the movie. up.

Christian's next play has been finalized, and Seo Ji-won has also confirmed her next work.

However, this time she will return to Korea, not in a movie, but in a TV series.

Before mid-June, Kim Eun-sook had passed on the new script to her.

Just looking at the character design and the plot of the first few episodes, Xu Zhiyuan can't put it down.

Kim Eun Sook said to tailor it for her, and it really is!

The heroine in the play is a stunt performer. In the TV series, there will be some action dramas as doubles. Although there are still some inferiority complexes of Cinderella, this character is really the coolest and most handsome Cinderella in history. .

Moreover, the most wonderful thing is that there will be a soul swap plot between the male and female protagonists later. The male protagonist’s body is the heroine’s soul, and the female protagonist’s body is the male protagonist’s soul. Oneself, but also to play the role of the other party.

Xu Zhiyuan has never played a male role before, and she is really looking forward to this kind of performance.

An excellent script, how can there be no excellent director.

Shin Woo-chul, the director of "Secret Garden", is an old partner with Kim Eun-sook, and all her previous works were shot by this director.

And as far as Seo Ji Won knows, Hyun Bin has been confirmed as the leading actor in the drama, along with Kim Sa Rang, Yoo In Na, Yoon Sang Hyun, and Lim Pil Li.

Lin Bili played the role of Qinglong in "The Tale of the Four Gods of the King" before. Although he was not filmed on the same scene as Xu Zhiyuan, who played the heroine's girlhood at that time, he can be regarded as an old man who has worked together.

Although Yoon Sang Hyun and Kim Sa Rang have not worked together, they are also actors who have appeared in popular TV dramas.

Although Yoo In Na is a newcomer, I heard that last year she attracted a lot of attention.

All these were told to her one after another by Kim Eun Sook and Kim Dae Jong.

After Xu Zhiyuan returned to Korea, when she started styling, taking makeup photos, and shooting promotional posters for the new drama, she discovered that there was a newcomer in the crew, an old acquaintance.

When she heard the "Miss Zhiyuan", she didn't even realize it. She didn't realize it until she saw the gentle smile. The handsome guy with long legs who walked over was actually Li Zhongshuo.

When she met on the catwalk before, she knew that this kid would become an actor, but she didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Miss Jiwon doesn't care about me at all. I made my debut last year, okay? I even starred in "Princess Prosecutor" in the first half of the year!" Lee Jong Suk complained, with a slightly coquettish tone.

Although the handsome young man was almost two heads taller than her and only a few months younger than her, when he made an expression of grievance, he was really helpless.

Are the current juniors so cute?

"Okay, it's my fault. My sister will treat you later! Well, everyone here has a share..."

The current Seo Ji Won already looks like a senior.

Although to be honest, she only debuted for five years, but these five years are worth ten years for others. She has experienced everything, from being a nobody to becoming famous, but being reborn in waves, directly After being photographed sinking to the bottom of the sea, he tried his best to get up from the bottom of the sea, and finally became famous.

Being liked, cast aside, scolded, praised, and now being praised as a national goddess - her acting career can really be written into a novel.

The mentality also really has the feeling of going through vicissitudes. Now when I look at the newcomers, whether it is Yoo In Na or Lee Jong Suk, I feel like I am looking at my own yesterday.

Although Yoo In Na is much older than Seo Ji Won, but the showbiz talks about qualifications, not age.

It's like Xu Zhiyuan has to show some respect when she sees Hyun Bin.

"Ah, senior, are you trying to lose weight?" Xu Zhiyuan also met Hyun Bin before. Although they are not friends, they have participated in activities together, so naturally they are very familiar with Hyun Bin's appearance.

But looking at it now, Xuan Bin really seems to be losing weight, he has lost a lot of weight, and he looks a little out of shape.

With a raised eyebrow, Xuan Bin stretched out his hand to pull Xu Zhiyuan's hair, "Girl, haven't you read the script yet? Do you know that I'm sick?!"

Yoo In Na who was standing beside him was taken aback by his rude actions, but Seo Ji Won reacted immediately.

It is not Hyun Bin who is sick, but President Kim. Because of mental illness, President Kim is a little nervous. This character is very thin, which is normal. Obviously, Hyun Bin lost weight for the role.

Staring at him, Xu Zhiyuan directly knocked off Xuan Bin's hand, "Who are you calling?! Who do you think you are?! Is it amazing to be rich?!"

After being opened by Xu Zhiyuan, and hearing her drink, Xuan Bin laughed instead, with a much more lively expression.

Li Zhongshuo, who also realized what happened, turned his head and couldn't help laughing. The cameraman in the distance kept shouting: "Take a picture—stop making trouble, okay?"

Naturally, there will be no more trouble, Xu Zhiyuan stared at Xuan Bin, and kept asking: "Senior, are you hungry, losing weight is so miserable!"

She had experienced this when filming "Cyborg Love" before, so it goes without saying that it was miserable.

"I feel miserable if you don't tell me..." Xuan Bin put on a straight face, as if Xu Zhiyuan said something, and he would call out.

Xu Zhiyuan didn't seem to see it, "I'll treat everyone to dinner later, do you want to go? Barbecue...Senior!"

Calling innocently, looking at Xuan Bin's cold eyes, Xu Zhiyuan still had an innocent face.