Entertainment 1998

Chapter 360 Chapter 359, How about you star in "Hero"?

Beijing, Xingtan Road
Jiang Feng, who originally planned to go directly back to Nanluoguxiang, asked Qin Chuan to drive the car to the entrance of Xinfusheng Restaurant.

There’s no way, the big director has an appointment.

I have to come here anyway.

Although Wang Jinghua did not say clearly on the phone what Zhang Yimou wanted to talk to her about, Jiang Feng had already guessed most of it.

Some time ago, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released one after another in Europe, Southeast Asia and even South America... and achieved impressive box office results in every country.

As Zhang Yimou had been paying attention to the overseas performance of this movie, he naturally wanted to talk to me. At the beginning, when all directors and producers were not optimistic about the prospects of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I was the only one who insisted on my own opinion and believed that it would definitely be a hit at the box office abroad.

In this situation, if Zhang Yimou doesn't have a good talk with me, it can basically be concluded that he really has no ambition in his career.

Doesn’t Zhang Yimou have any ambition in his career?
How can this be?

You have to know that in his previous life, he was already over 70 years old, but he was still shooting one movie after another!

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Feng got off the car in front of Xin Fusheng Restaurant. He thought he had arrived early enough, but who knew that the two agents, Wang Jinghua and Li Xing, were already standing on the steps at the door waiting for him.

"Hello, Sister Hua!"

"Hello, Miss Qi!"

When he saw them, Jiang Feng immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Well..., it came quickly enough."

Wang Jinghua came up and looked at Jiang Feng with a smile.

This is the most famous star under his command, no doubt about it. Even if Jiang Feng only hands over 10% of his income commission, he is still the most profitable artist under his command. Last year, the income that Jiang Feng brought to him alone exceeded the total income brought to him by all the other star artists under his command.

"How was it? Did the collaboration with Director Ann Hui go smoothly?"

However, Wang Jinghua frowned as soon as she said greeting to Jiang Feng, because at this moment, she suddenly saw the graceful Shu Qi getting out from the other side of the car.

"Jiang Feng, what are you doing?"

"Oh... Miss Lin was originally going to the Ghost BBQ restaurant in Nanluoguxiang to experience life, so I brought her here from the crew.

But don’t we have some urgent matters here?
So I asked her to wait for me and leave after we had dinner together."

"is it?"

Although Jiang Feng looked calm and Wang Jinghua's expression eased a little, worry soon appeared on their faces.

Men and women in the entertainment industry are quite casual about their private lives. It doesn’t matter if he is with her today and with someone else tomorrow.

However, there are some people in the entertainment industry who cannot be touched, such as Shu Qi. Since last year, a piece of gossip has been circulating, saying that the Chinese pop music superstar Li Ming once committed suicide for this beauty.

If someone were to spread a rumor now that Li Ming committed suicide because Jiang Feng intervened in the relationship between him and Shu Qi, that would be really funny.

Jiang Feng would not be the person standing at the top of the entertainment industry like he is now.

"Of course it is."

Knowing what Wang Jinghua was thinking, Jiang Feng smiled and walked with them to the second floor of Xinfusheng Restaurant. As Li Xing said just now, Zhang Yimou, who had come here a long time ago, was now sitting in the private room of "Saw" waiting.

……

"Good director!"

Arriving at the door of the Saw room, he knocked on it and heard Zhang Yimou shouting "Come in". Jiang Feng pushed the door open and greeted him.

Jiang Feng thought that the director came by himself, but unexpectedly, there was a quiet-looking girl sitting next to him, but her appearance was a bit ordinary.

"Jiang Feng is here?"

Zhang Yimou stood up with a smile and shook hands with Jiang Feng.

"Let me introduce you. This is my daughter Zhang Momo, born in 83. She is currently studying architecture at Columbia University in the United States. It's summer vacation now, so she came back to China to accompany me." "Well, hello, Miss Zhang."

Not knowing the girl's temper, Jiang Feng did not extend his hand to her at the first time, but Zhang Momo extended her two hands generously.

"Hello, Brother Feng. Let me report to you. I am Zhang Momo, the president of the North American branch of the Jiang Feng Global Fan Club. The reason I came back to China this time is to meet you and chat about the sales of your music albums in the United States."

"Uh... yeah?"

Jiang Feng suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He thought that [Jiang Feng Global Fan Club] was just a gimmick created by a few of his female fans, such as Chen Xi from Northeast China and Liu Fangfei, who is currently an intern host at the national television station. He didn't expect that there really was such an organization, and that the branch of this organization seemed to have spread to North America.

"Brother Feng..."

"Ok?"

“When I came here, several international students from our school were discussing online and wanted to ask you when you could release an English album so that we could promote it for you in North America.

Now that I've met you in person, can I ask for them?"

After Zhang Momo finished asking, Jiang Feng hadn't spoken yet, but his manager Li Xing smiled and said, "Ms. Zhang, I was just about to talk to you about this. According to Universal Music's plan, in September of this year, Brother Feng will release two albums at the same time. One is a Chinese rock album aimed at China and Southeast Asia, Japan, and South Korea; the other is an English album aimed at the world."

"really?"

When Zhang Momo, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, heard the news, she suddenly became happy.

"Of course it's true."

Wang Jinghua walked over, took Zhang Momo's hand and sat down. Shu Qi, who followed Wang Jinghua in, greeted Zhang Yimou and sat down next to Jiang Feng's other agent, Li Xing.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

"Let me tell you a story."

Zhang Yimou was very direct. As soon as everyone sat down in the private room, he started talking with a smile, without caring whether Jiang Feng was happy to listen or not.

“During the late Warring States period, there were wars and many heroes emerged.

Among the seven major powers in the Warring States Period, only Qin was the dominant power. In order to unify the world, King Zheng of Qin launched a war of conquest against Zhao and other six vassal states.

The ambition of King Qin Zheng aroused strong dissatisfaction among the knights of various vassal states, and they all looked for opportunities to assassinate the King Qin..."

Zhang Yimou has good eloquence. When he tells a story, it is very pleasant to listen to and his logic is clear. He can even lead people back to the time when Qin King Ying Zheng unified the world.

Although Jiang Feng was listening carefully, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This movie, which received mixed reviews, finally came.

After the film was released, it was widely criticized by the Chinese people.

People like Wang Shuo, Feng Xiaogang and Kaige directly ridiculed him as a decoration master when facing media interviews.

However, this film has received extremely high praise in the global film market. It was ranked first in the top ten best films in the world in 2004 by Time magazine in the United States, and won many honors such as nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.

Of course, "Hero" also performed well in China, directly leading domestic films into the blockbuster era.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Jiang Feng..."

"Director, tell me."

“I have finished telling the story, and I will not ask you, how do you feel about this story?
I'm here today to invite you directly to star in this movie with a $3000 million investment. The other lead actor is Jet Li. I've already spoken to him on the phone and he's very interested in this movie."

"what…"

Hearing these words from Zhang Yimou's mouth, Jiang Feng was suddenly stunned.

Then, Jiang Feng had a feeling from the bottom of his heart that in his previous life, he had underestimated this film director who was later revered as the national master.

So fucking courageous!
(End of this chapter)