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Chapter 129: Wei Xiaobao can defeat seven people at once, so how am I, Yan Li, any worse than him?
"Welcome Teacher Li Bingbing to the crew."

After the Spring Festival, Li Bingbing finally joined the crew, and Yan Li attached great importance to him.

Not only did he drive to the airport to pick people up personally, he also held a small welcome ceremony on the crew.

This caused several actresses from the Seven Fairies to grumble among themselves.

Yan Li usually keeps his distance from the other young actresses on the crew, except for Dong Xuan who receives some special care. Although he doesn't treat them rudely, he does so in a businesslike manner and handles their affairs in a professional manner most of the time.

On the contrary, male actors such as Pan Yueming and Qiao Zhenyu have a good relationship with Yan Li.

Now that Li Bingbing has suddenly appeared and Yan Li looks at him differently, and the two of them have had a scandal, how can everyone not think about it?

People like Huo Siyan, who didn't have a good relationship with Dong Xuan, began to imagine the two of them fighting and then she would watch the fun while cracking melon seeds.

Jiang Xin and Yang Xue, who have a good relationship with Dong Xuan, are worried. What if a fight breaks out? Will they be able to join in?
Li Lin, who did not help either side, is now very grateful that she did not get involved, otherwise she would be in trouble now.

However, Dong Xuan herself, as well as Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing were relatively calm.

They knew the inside story and understood Yan Li's character.

This guy is purely for hype. At the same time, he sees that Li Bingbing's popularity due to "Cell Phone" can bring benefits to "The Seven Fairies", so he treats him differently.

Around late December last year, "Cell Phone" was released and dominated the entire Lunar New Year box office.

As of now, the box office of "Cell Phone" has exceeded 5000 million, officially becoming the box office champion of 2003.

In the current film and television industry, if you want to be famous and make money, you can make TV series, but if you want to improve your status, you have to make movies.

This is the ecology and consensus of the film and television industry.

No matter how well-made or popular a TV series is, it is just mass entertainment; movies are high art.

Moreover, compared with the TV drama industry, the film industry is more closed, has stronger barriers, and its audience tends to be elite.

Therefore, popular movie actors have a high upper limit on their pay, a wide range of acting skills, a long career cycle, are valued by the industry, can gain the favor of some commercial resources, and have the opportunity to enter the international market, etc.

These reasons have led to actors flocking to make movies, which in turn has led to extremely fierce competition for film resources.

Previously, the Four Little Flowers were able to stand out from the crowd of popular young actresses and be ranked in a separate tier.

Most of them are not only well-broadcast in TV series, but also have high popularity and fame, and their film performance is also a huge plus.

Especially Zhang Ziyi, who has never acted in a TV series and relied entirely on movies to raise her status. If Xiaoyanzi had not been so popular and had not acted in some movies, she might very well have been the leader of the Four Little Flowers.

Li Bingbing had performed well in TV dramas before, but his performance in movies was a weakness.

Now that "Cell Phone" has won the box office championship in 2003, Li Bingbing's popularity has naturally risen as well.

Not only did she break through her previous image of a heroic and straightforward female knight with the role of Wu Yue in the movie, she also broadened her acting range and received some recognition and approval. Her fame, commercial value and status also increased to varying degrees, and her career prospects are bright.

This also made Li Bingbing the most popular actor in the crew of "The Seven Fairies", except for the special case of Liu Xiaoqing.

When promoting and selling the drama, most people will point to Li Bingbing. Can Yan Li not give him more praise?

If Huo Siyan and the others could make money for Yan Li, they would also be able to see the smiling and amiable Producer Yan.

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"That's enough. Wouldn't making such a big fuss just make me offend people?"

Seeing this scene, Li Bingbing would be lying if he said he was unhappy, but he was indeed a little panicked.

Although she is famous, she is not so famous that she ignores people like Fan Xiaopang, not to mention that there is also the great Liu Xiaoqing in the crew.

Putting Hong Kong and Taiwan aside, among mainland actresses, except for the older generation, there are really few who can compete with Liu Xiaoqing in terms of resume and honors.

She won three Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actress, one Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, and several Huabiao Awards.

This is because when she became popular, many awards had not yet been established or had just been created, and there were many barriers between Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland. Otherwise, there would definitely be more awards.

Not to mention her fame and popularity, in the 80s, Liu Xiaoqing could definitely be said to be the number one female star in mainland China.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention in the film and television industry where seniority is paramount.

Even if Liu Xiaoqing is in a low point, it is not Li Bingbing's turn to act arrogantly in front of her.

"Don't worry, Teacher Xiaoqing doesn't care about these things."

After filming together for more than a month, Yan Li got to know Liu Xiaoqing a little.

What a broad mind!

If you put yourself in his shoes, if he encountered these things, he would not be completely devastated, but he would definitely be depressed and entangled for a while.

Although this person was also affected to some extent, he still had the fighting spirit. He blocked out the outside voices and focused on making money to pay off his debts.

So apart from filming, Liu Xiaoqing is not paying much attention to other messy things at the moment, and he is too lazy and doesn't care about the size of Li Bingbing's show.

"Then it's better to keep a low profile. There are so many people watching me now, why are you holding a welcome ceremony? Why don't you call the reporters over?"

"Yes, after the makeup trial tomorrow, you will have three interviews. Two for print media by yourself, and one for TV with Xiao Fan."

Li Bingbing: “…”

She finally understood why Yan Li became rich!
After the welcome ceremony, Li Bingbing also met his "sisters".

No matter what they thought in their hearts, everyone was very warm and friendly towards Li Bingbing, the oldest and most popular sister among them.

Of course, there are also those who perform reluctantly, such as Fan Xiaopang.

The more popular "Cell Phone" became, the deeper her resentment towards Li Bingbing became. If it weren't for a coincidence, this role and all the benefits should have belonged to her.

As a result, Li Bingbing not only snatched the female lead in "Cell Phone", but now he is trying to snatch the female lead in "The Seven Fairies".

When Li Bingbing was away, Fatty Fan was considered the most popular of the seven fairies. But when Li Bingbing arrived, Fan's limelight was stolen and even his name was lost.

She used to be the only Bingbing in the crew, but now Li Bingbing has become "Sister Bingbing", and she seems to have become a fake Bingbing.

Fan Xiaopang dislikes Li Bingbing, and Li Bingbing also dislikes Fan Xiaopang.

These days, Yan Li and Wang Jinghua have not given up on the hype of "Double Soldiers".

"Cell Phone" was a hit, and Li Bingbing improved significantly in all aspects, but he gave some of the exposure to Fan for free and helped to raise his profile.

Although it was within the plan and he was mentally prepared, Li Bingbing still felt a little uncomfortable.

Really, the so-called double battle actually did not require Yan Li to add fuel to the fire.

Given their personalities, names, careers, and other conflicts, even if someone tried to persuade them every day, they would still start a fight...

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In addition to his incompatible aura with Fan Xiaopang, Li Bingbing's attitude towards Dong Xuan is also worth pondering.

It’s not hostile, but it’s definitely not close, and there’s even a slight sense of scrutiny.

Anyway, Dong Xuan had a bad impression of him and complained to Yan Li twice in private.

Of the seven fairies, she originally disliked Huo Siyan the most, followed by Fan Xiaopang. The reason for her dislike for Huo was self-evident; she had caught him poaching, and not taking action or targeting him was a measure of consideration for the greater good.

Dong Xuan doesn't like Fan Xiaopang because she is too beautiful, and Yan Li admires her beauty very much, so she inevitably feels a sense of crisis.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them bickered from time to time and had a mediocre relationship, and that Fatty Fan didn't seem to have any feelings for Yan Li, maybe Fan would be ranked before Huo.

Now that Li Bingbing has arrived, he seems to be able to surpass Fan Xiaopang.

After all, Dong Xuan was more wary of Fan Xiaopang, and because he was too handsome, she had some female instinctive rejection of him, but she didn't hate him that much, and sometimes even thought that Fan Xiaopang had a pretty good personality.

Li Bingbing, she really can't get along with her.

Dong Xuan even suspected at one point that this woman was so into the role by creating a scandal that she had her eyes on Yan Li and regarded her as a love rival.

Therefore, every time Dong Xuan faced Li Bingbing, she would deliberately try to pull Yan Li aside to show their love.

The more this happened, the colder Li Bingbing's attitude towards her became, and Dong Xuan's inner guess became more certain, and she became more unhappy and hostile towards Li Bingbing.

Yan Li saw all of this.

In other words, he himself didn't care much and didn't have time to observe the undercurrents between the women, but he couldn't resist the system reporting to him every day.

He had known for a long time that two soldiers did not get along.

It is understandable that Dong Xuan resists Li Bingbing. He is involved in a scandal with the other party, and Qin Lan also has opinions about Li Bingbing in private.

But Li Bingbing and Dong Xuan actually didn't get along, which was somewhat beyond Yan Li's expectations.

What made him even more confused and speechless was that the reason why Li Bingbing had such an attitude was because of her sister.

No?

You kept telling me to stay away from your sister, and then I really did, and then you disliked my girlfriend.

What does it mean? Let him become a monk to keep Li Xue’s chastity!

As for Li Bingbing being obsessed with Li Xue sleeping with him and kicking her around after they were done, Yan Li didn't take it to heart at all.

What's the point of the two sisters swearing harsh words behind each other's backs? If they have the guts, they can actually sleep with them...

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Li Bingbing joined the crew, and some group scenes of "The Seven Fairies" were also filmed.

For example, the seven fairies dance, the seven fairies coax the Queen Mother, the seven fairies join forces to fight, etc.

The crew also took out the most valuable costumes, such as the palace dress used as the princess of heaven, which is elegant, dignified, exquisite and gorgeous, and the rainbow armor used in the final battle state of the Seven Stars in a Conjunction, which is sexy and heroic, yet sharp.

Especially the rainbow armor, which referenced some anime and game elements. When several fairies appeared, there was an exclamation at the scene.

Even Yan Li, the initiator who personally participated in the design, was somewhat amazed and feasted his eyes.

Then he made up his mind to keep all seven sets of armor for himself, as they might come in handy in the future.

If it really doesn't work, let Qin Lan and Dong Xuan take turns wearing it.

Well, the three fairies wearing the armor of the big fairy or the seventh fairy is absolutely exciting...

Yan Li and the others enjoyed the show, but the actors who played the seven fairies cursed a lot.

It's the first month of the year now, and the armor is designed to be thin and revealing for its aesthetic appeal, and some metal materials are used. After a long time, it will become cold.

Especially when they were filming the fight scene with the Yinxie King, they were hanging on wires in the sky and blowing the wind.
The taste is so sour and refreshing!

After this scene was filmed, Li Bingbing and Fan Xiaopang looked at Yan Li with sharp eyes, and the other actors were also full of resentment. Even Dong Xuan, who usually sided with Yan Li, did not give him a good face and followed suit to scold him for being a scoundrel.

Yan Li was also a little embarrassed.

It’s not that he is a bad person, it’s just that all the actors will be ready in a month or so after the Spring Festival.

The filming became more difficult due to various reasons, such as some actors' schedules were full, they had to take leave, or they had tight individual scenes.

Therefore, while everyone is here, we should quickly finish filming these large group scenes to avoid any accidents.

Time is limited, and the weather conditions can only be overcome. He carefully selected a good temperature. If it was cloudy or cold, these people would suffer even more.

But no matter what, it's normal for people to complain and turn their faces down after being in the cold for so long.

If he were to wear only a single layer of clothing and hang on wires for several hours in the middle of winter on the set, the producer and director would have to be cursed by him several times.

It was very respectful of the girls to not give up and to persevere and finally take the place down for him.

So Yan Li paid for a meal out of his own pocket to treat the fairies to a meal as a token of his gratitude.

The few people were not polite at all. They even looked down on the restaurants in the film and television city and dragged Yan Li to a high-end hotel in the city center of Wu City. When ordering food, they were even more ruthless.

Dong Xuan couldn't bear it any longer: "That's enough. We can't finish this much."

“If you can’t finish it, take it away.”

Fatty Fan glared at Yan Li fiercely: "My legs are numb from the cold, I have to eat more to make up for it."

Li Bingbing also stood on the same side as Fan Xiaopang: "Boss Yan has a big family and a big business, he can afford a meal and some lobster porridge."

The other actresses didn't dare to criticize Yan Li, so they all tried to persuade Dong Xuan.

Dong Xuan and Yan Li are a family and they don’t mind spending money. The more they spend, the better they feel.

"Let them order."

Since Yan Li dared to treat him, he was prepared to spend a lot. Besides, it was just a meal after all. No matter how much he ordered, it would not empty his wallet.

Let the women order food, and Yan Li turned on the TV in the box to watch the news without being bothered.

After the dishes were ordered, the women ate with relish. Fat Fan still felt it was not enough and urged Li Bingbing, Huo Siyan and Jiang Xin to give them some ceremonial wine.

Yan Li didn't take it seriously at first, but he felt pressured when he started drinking.

He had seen Fan Xiaopang's drinking capacity in "Cornucopia" and it was indeed quite good. Li Bingbing had also drunk with him and knew that he was quite good.

But unexpectedly, Huo and Jiang could drink more than these two people, especially Huo Siyan, who could drink a glass of wine dry. Any man with a good alcohol tolerance would be defeated by her.

However, Yan Li could drink better, and although there was some pressure when several people joined forces, they were not completely defeated.

It’s a pity that Dong Xuan, Yang Xue, Li Lin and the others refused to drink, otherwise Yan Li would have gone all out and knocked these women down.

Wei Xiaobao could collect six beauties in Lichunyuan, so it is understandable that the producer Yan got drunk and killed seven of them in a daze.

I guess Dong Xuan and the others didn't join the drinking contest because they were wary of this. Yan Li is not the only one who has watched "The Deer and the Cauldron".

Including Shuangbing and the others, seeing that Yan Li's alcohol tolerance was unexpectedly high, and that killing 800 enemies would easily result in the loss of 1,000 of his own men, they all stopped fighting.

This made Yan Li feel a little disappointed. There were too many people, and he didn't dare to reveal his thoughts. If there were only one or two people, under the influence of alcohol, there would be an 80% chance that Yan Mo Fu Xian would play out today...

(End of this chapter)