This celebrity is overly enthusiastic!

Chapter 86 The Four Little Actresses Actually Number Five

Initially, a group of Southern media outlets, which are accustomed to educating the public, did stand up to criticize.

Fan Binbin is just Chen Yuan's girlfriend, she has no works to her name, yet she tried to crash the Oscars red carpet. This behavior is very rude and makes her lose face internationally.

Before these unscrupulous media outlets could spread their harmful influence,

The newly established online public opinion department of Yuan Universe has brought back articles and reports from abroad praising Fan Binbin's fairy-like look, as well as comments from foreign netizens, to China.

The day after the Oscars, People magazine named Fan Binbin's red carpet look one of the "Top Ten Red Carpet Looks".
The fashion authority Vogue magazine even featured her photo on the cover of its next issue;

Some well-known figures in the international fashion industry have even called her the 'Oriental Princess'.

Foreigners gave Fan Binbin's outfit extremely high praise, saying that he embarrassed himself abroad is laughable. He was clearly "bringing glory to the country"!
As public opinion grew, Binbin's beautiful photos spread rapidly across China, quickly becoming a nationwide topic.

Very few female celebrities from mainland China have received high praise from Western media. Basically, there are Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, and now Fan Binbin has been added to the list.

In terms of actual achievements, Zhang Ziyi can crush Fan Binbin to dust.

However, comparing Fan Binbin's red carpet makeup and styling with Zhang Ziyi's 2000 Cannes red carpet halter top look and her 2001 Oscar red carpet modified cheongsam look, the effect is equally disastrous.

At the beginning of the year, the Southern Metropolis Daily held a media selection of the "Four Little Actresses".

Based on popularity, fame, talent, and charisma, Zhao Yanzi, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, and Xu Jinglei were selected for bundled marketing.

Chinese people have virtually no resistance to the "Four Little Actresses" (a term referring to four popular young actresses). Aside from Xu Jinglei, who seems somewhat like a filler, the other actresses selected for the "Four Little Actresses" are all quite talented.
This title had a great influence and was quickly accepted by the public.

Fan Binbin is one of the most unique female stars in China. She basically has no works, but she has a beautiful face and a boyfriend who is the best at shooting commercials and marketing in China.

Through various means, Fan Binbin's beauty has become deeply ingrained in people's minds. Although she lacks substantial work and is subject to much criticism, her advertising endorsement fees remain among the highest in China.
Moreover, companies flock to it, claiming that the endorsement fee is the most cost-effective, even though it's so high.

This fairy-like outfit was so stunning that it was quickly imitated by photography studios and wedding photography shops all over the country, all under the name "Flower Fairy."
This is enough to demonstrate Fan Binbin's dominance in terms of beauty in the country!

Many media outlets that were fiercely criticized by Fan Binbin's fans and CP fans were helpless. As long as Chen Yuan firmly stood behind Fan Binbin, she was almost invincible. The more they criticized her, the higher her popularity became.

Some people have changed "Four Little Flowers" to "Four Dan and One Bing".

Since Chen Yuan dotes on his girlfriend so much, hopefully Fan Binbin won't disappoint when she becomes the female lead in his 100 million yuan TV series.

If the ratings are not ideal, both Fan Binbin and Chen Yuan will pay the price for their high-profile marketing.

Chen Yuan and Binbin spent two days traveling and relaxing in the United States, and on the way, they bought the film and video game adaptation rights to the board game "Cyberpunk 2020" from Mike Poundsmith, the designer of the game.

He only remotely directs domestic public opinion and doesn't fully understand it.

Three days after the Oscars ceremony, Chen Yuan arrived in Culver City, California, the headquarters of Columbia Pictures, with his carefully prepared materials.

John Culley personally took time to receive Virgil.

Virgil had briefly mentioned that it was a science fiction movie, and John had assumed it would be some ingenious and mind-bending story. But when he saw Virgil's proposal, he was surprised to find that he actually wanted to make a big-budget cyberpunk sci-fi romance movie!
Is this the kind of film a Chinese filmmaker, who can't even fully recoup the costs of an excellent animated film like "Kung Fu Panda" and whose film market is still very weak, should be considering?

"Corporate warfare, Amelia's civil war against Virgil, you really have a vivid imagination. Did you really grow up in China?"

John flipped through the comic book that Chen Yuan had specially drawn to introduce the movie, suppressing his surprise and asking with a smile, "Actually, I came across an American board game called Cyberpunk 2020 by chance, found it very interesting, so I directly bought the film and video game adaptation rights and came up with this story that takes place in Night City."

"Oh, so it's a board game native to the United States."

John adjusted his glasses, flipped through the comics, and looked at the exaggeratedly designed cybernetic new humans with various modifications, as well as the concept designs of firearms and vehicles.

"Are you following the Wachowski brothers' example, deliberately drawing story comics and concept art to make it easier for others to understand?"

"That's right, haha, I didn't expect you to see right through me!"

"The Matrix was a huge success, and the investment story behind it naturally spread throughout Hollywood."

These concept art designs are highly consistent and harmonious, it seems you really put a lot of effort into designing these things.

It's different in style from other cyberpunk sci-fi movies I've seen, like Blade Runner and The Matrix.

The story of The Matrix is ​​too profound and obscure to be explained without the aid of comics.

But Virgil, in your *The Edge Walker*, Night City is a city of sin.
The story you told deliberately avoided any philosophical depth; it was just a very standard and clichéd love story about a boy meeting a girl.

It can be easily understood even without drawing comics.

This is comparing The Edgewalker to The Matrix! How can you even compare them like that?

Chen Yuan sensed the other party's pessimism and felt somewhat disappointed.

To be honest, although John thought Chen Yuan was very capable, he was clearly not comparable to geniuses like the Wachowski brothers.

If "The Edgewalker" could explore more of the philosophical depth of the cyberpunk world and rival Warner Bros.' "The Matrix," he would be willing to take the proposal to a high-level meeting to discuss the possibility of production.

But it's just a tragic love story disguised as science fiction, something Hollywood has made to death.

The young people achieved a brilliant success and then underestimated Hollywood.

However, Night City, this sinful metropolis, is full of dramatic tension, and Virgil's imaginative concept design looks pretty cool and should appeal to young people.

It seems a bit of a waste to kill him outright. Rewriting a story that takes place here might offer some hope, but we also need to curb his arrogance. John found another reason to refuse:

"Virgil, in your story 'The Edge Walker,' the main villain, the Arasaka Group, is a Japanese company, while the owner behind Columbia Pictures is Sony Pictures Entertainment."

Although Columbia Pictures is highly independent, it still needs to consider the attitude of its parent company.

Upon hearing John's words, Chen Yuan was immediately filled with utter disbelief!

Grandma!
Columbia Pictures is backed by Sony, yet they completely overlooked this consideration!

Wait, no, the anime "The Edge Walker" was originally made by the Japanese, and I don't think I heard any criticism of the anime being anti-Japanese back then!

(End of this chapter)