Facts have proved that, except for Zhang Yuanjun's fans, the domestic mainstream audience does not like "Buried Alive".
It barely exceeded a million on the first day, and it earned 4 million at the box office in the first three days of the weekend—China Film has already recovered its money.
Zhang Yuanjun is currently worrying about the casting of "Transcendence", and even on a date with his girlfriend, he is still looking through actor information.
"Who should I choose?" Zhang Yuanjun muttered without even taking a few bites of the meal.
"Let's eat first. Don't we have several intentions? Let's make an appointment to talk slowly." Liu Yifei served him a bowl of soup.
"Let me take a look at your actor information." Liu Yifei stretched out her hand.
Zhang Yuanjun handed her the folder and ate first.
Liu Yifei looked through the list, some she knew, some she had heard of but not seen, and many she didn't know at all.
"Who are you sending?"
"The first and second girls are both bad. If you have a discerning eye, help me choose."
Liu Yifei is really considering it.
Liu Yifei started to make trouble: "How about Zhang Li? She plays the second female lead Jenny Li."
Zhang Yuanjun rolled his eyes at her and said with a smile: "If I choose Zhang Li, I might as well choose Zhou Yang. After all, I am in the same class."
"Zhou Yang is fine too," Liu Yifei said.
"You have some quirks. Do you get pleasure from seeing your boyfriend with his former romantic partner?" Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile.
"You're kidding." Liu Yifei laughed, "You want to choose Zhang Li or Zhou Yang, but I won't agree yet."
"That's it."
"Then you still put the two people's information here."
"It was placed by the casting team. What does it have to do with me?"
"Hey, this girl named Tang Yan is so beautiful. She was even selected as an Olympic baby."
"This Tong Liya is a bit dark."
"This girl looks a lot like Zhang Ziyi and Tong Yao."
Liu Yifei seemed to enjoy this feeling: "I now understand why you want to do your own show. It feels so good to look at the artist's information and click on it one by one. It's like, like..."
"The emperor chooses a concubine?" Zhang Yuanjun asked.
"Yes, it's like an emperor choosing a concubine. You have the power, and it's up to you to decide who to use and who not to use. Who doesn't love this feeling? How about the three I just mentioned?"
"The three you just mentioned were all successful."
"Ah? Really?" Liu Yifei went back and looked at the information of the three people. Sure enough, two were 02 and one was 04.
"If this is the case, Teacher Wang will talk about me again the next time he sees me." Zhang Yuanjun imitated Teacher Wang and said, "There are not enough film schools for you to choose from. Both of your heroines are in the middle of the movie."
"Would Teacher Wang say that?" Liu Yifei smiled.
"I would definitely not say that, but I will definitely be murmuring in my heart." Zhang Yuanjun said.
"Then let's take Wang Jia." Liu Yifei suggested. Wang Jia, the class monitor, is one of the few friends she can hang out with in the class. "The role of Jenny Li does not require high acting skills, so she should be able to do it. The heroine Shanshan, I I don’t know, it’s up to you to choose.”
Zhang Yuanjun really listened to Liu Yifei's words.
On the second Wednesday after "Buried Alive" was released, Zhang Yuanjun signed an acting contract with his class monitor Wang Jia in Beijing, confirming that she would play the role of Li Jenny, the female teacher who has an affair with the protagonist in "Transcendence".
Zhang Yuanjun doesn't shy away from anything when it comes to casting, he will definitely choose among his friends first.
Jenny Li's role is good, and Liu Yifei is right. This role doesn't require so high acting skills, so it's better to take advantage of your own friends.
"Should I thank you or Yifei?" Wang Jia said with a smile.
"I chose you, what does it have to do with her?" Zhang Yuanjun refused.
Wang Jia pointed out: "Stop pretending in front of me. I found something was wrong between you two in school. Such a beauty only took action after graduation. You can't bear it."
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Zhang Yuanjun simply pretended to be stupid.
"Forget it if you don't understand." Wang Jia said with a smile, "Be kind to others. Yifei is simple and kind-hearted. You will never meet such a good girl in the future."
"Why are you the same as her mother? Her mother didn't say that." Zhang Yuanjun said.
"Have you all met your parents?" Wang Jia attacked him.
"Are you leaving? If you don't leave, I will break the contract and change the actor."
"Let's go," Wang Jia said with a smile, "I'm not happy to hear a few words from you."
Zhang Yuanjun sent Wang Jia's information back to Hong Kong, saying that he had signed a contract with Wang Jia and confirmed that she would play the second female lead Jenny Li.
Neither Li Yang nor Song Dai had any objections. At the same time, the two of them also synchronized the casting situation in Hong Kong Island during this period to Zhang Yuanjun.
They were very fond of Hui Yinghong for the role of the headmistress, but Ye Tong was also well-known in the field of literary films, and both of them had schedules and expressed interest in starring in "Transcendence".
"Then let's pack two together, one principal and one teacher." The remuneration for the two of them in literary films is really not high, and the crew of "Transcendence" can completely afford it.
Then Zhang Yuanjun told Li Yang that he was going to fly to the United States in the next few days: "I have some things to deal with at the American studio. I will be back in ten and a half months."
When he said he wanted to fly to the United States, Li Yang asked him: "Are you in Los Angeles?"
"Is something wrong?"
"Huang Lu happens to be in the United States. I asked her to find you."
"What are you looking for me for?"
"I want her to play the role of Shanshan. You can try a part for me." Huang Lu is the heroine of his "Blind Mountain". She has been acting in literary films. She is also Zhang Yuanjun's 03 junior sister. Although she is young, she has many works and is well-known in the industry. The internal reputation is very good.
Zhang Yuanjun was deeply impressed by this junior sister's performance in "Blind Mountain": "It's up to you, I may not have time to meet her in the United States."
Li Yang was suspected of sending his daughter away, but Zhang Yuanjun refused to accept her because Liu Yifei would fly to the United States with him.
When Li Yang saw this, he didn't say much. He only said that he would ask Huang Lu to return to China and try out her acting himself.
Liu Xiaoli is packing her daughter's luggage for the United States: "Do you have to go with me?"
She can still take care of her daughter at home, but once she goes abroad, she is afraid that her daughter will be bullied.
"'Buried Alive' has a global box office of US$70 million. His studio became an instant hit. I won't go because I'm afraid he will be eaten up by American women." Liu Yifei doesn't usually talk to her mother like this.
"How are you talking?" Liu Xiaoli scolded, "I don't think Xiao Zhang is the kind of person who plays around."
"He doesn't play around, but he can't resist an American girl from jumping on him."
That's right, so Liu Xiaoli quietly stuffed a box of things in her daughter's suitcase in case of emergency.
Then Zhang and Liu staged a chance encounter in front of reporters at the airport.
At that time, Zhang Yuanjun was chatting with reporters while walking, saying that he went to Los Angeles to deal with some work matters. "Suddenly" he saw a familiar figure in front of him, and asked the reporter's camera: "Is that Yifei?"
The reporter's camera followed her, and the figure was really similar, so Zhang Yuanjun went up and patted Liu Yifei on the shoulder: "Hi!"
"Hey, why are you here?" Liu Yifei said in surprise.
"I'm flying to Los Angeles, how about you?"
"I also fly to Los Angeles."
"We won't be on the same flight."
The two of them checked their boarding passes and it was indeed the same flight.
Zhang Yuanjun told reporters: "This is so coincidental that it seems fake."
Then Zhang and Liu were waiting for the flight at the airport, sitting together and chatting, all under the supervision of reporters.
Today's entertainment reporters are not that complicated in their thinking. They really didn't think about it in that aspect. They really felt that the two met by chance at the airport.
After all, in the past month, the media has not photographed the two of them together, and the scandal is not that big.
The two said goodbye to the reporters and boarded the plane together without further ado. (End of chapter)
