Chapter 185 Shocked
In any case, the box office and performance of "Memoirs of a Geisha" are here, and Zhang Ziyi is the only Chinese actress who is expected to carry a box office of over 100 million US dollars with her own performance.

In addition, she won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress last year for "Jasmine", and this year she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for "2046", as well as his previous accumulation.

In the same age group, she has now surpassed Zeng Li and Boss Zhao, becoming the undisputed number one star in the mainland.

If it weren't for her mediocre popularity and reputation, she would have already firmly established herself as the top actress in mainland China.

Zeng Li has not had any outstanding works in the past two years, except for "Seven Swords" which was released in this summer.

Although "Seven Swords" earned nearly 90 million yuan at the box office, its reputation was not very good.

Moreover, this movie has almost no added influence on the heroine, at most it can just stabilize her status.

So as one gains while the other loses, Zhang Ziyi has surpassed Zeng Li in both awards and achievements.

Currently, Zeng Li’s only advantage is her popularity and national recognition in mainland China.

Therefore, this period was the most glorious time for Zhang Ziyi.

By next year, he will be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for "Memoirs of a Geisha", which will help her break into Hollywood and even give her a foreign boyfriend.

This foreigner has some power in Hollywood. He is the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros.

Although the title sounds a bit intimidating, just like Liu Zhou is the largest shareholder of Sina, his influence on Sina is limited.

Not to mention that the foreigner is only the largest individual shareholder and his influence in Warner is even more limited.

The famous beach gate of Zhang Ziyi in later generations was taken when she was traveling with her boyfriend.

But now, Zhang Ziyi doesn’t have so many doors. She is still the second largest female star in mainland China after Gong Li.

At this time, Zhang Ziyi heard Liu Zhou's joke and said softly:

"Boss Liu, please stop joking with me. If Mr. Zhang really puts me on ice, then I'm done for."

"You're still pretending to be pitiful in front of me. Everyone knows that you, Zhang Ziyi, have started to be your own boss."

Zhang Ziyi's contract with New Picture is about to expire. She did not sign with any company this time, but is preparing to work alone.

The two of them joked with each other, which helped to eliminate some of the strangeness after not seeing each other for a long time.

"By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet. Your first movie in Hollywood has grossed over 100 million."

"Thank you, it was also a fluke, haha."

Just at the beginning of December, "Source Code", which had been screened in North America for nearly four months, was officially taken off the screen. The total box office barely exceeded 100 million, achieving a box office revenue of 103 million.

This result currently ranks 20th on the North American box office list, and this ranking will probably be the final ranking.

It can be said that Liu Zhou became famous in Hollywood overnight.

Not only did Lionsgate want to work with him on a new project, but four of the seven major Hollywood studios also extended olive branches directly to Liu Zhou.

But now Liu Zhou has no time to go to the United States, so he has temporarily put these invitations on hold.

The reason why Liu Zhou's version of "Source Code" had a higher box office than the original version and eventually exceeded 100 million yuan was not only because the subject matter was relatively novel, but also because of Lionsgate.

Lionsgate has been able to carve out a niche in Hollywood as an independent production company, which shows that it has some real talent.

Especially its publicity and promotion, which is not inferior to the Big Seven in Hollywood.

In addition, this time the film was able to take advantage of the popularity of Christian Bale, which led to this good result.

This is certainly good news for Liu Zhou. If his next movie is also successful, he will be able to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.

"You're still installing this." Zhang Ziyi rolled her eyes.

"You brought this up yourself, so why don't I pretend?"

"Okay, I'm not kidding you anymore. If you have a good opportunity in Hollywood, don't forget to help me. In the next few years, I plan to focus my career on Hollywood."

"No problem, we are classmates."

Liu Zhou himself doesn’t know what his next movie will be about, but it’s okay for him to say some nice words.

The two didn't talk much afterwards because the premiere ceremony of "The Promise" finally began.

On stage, poet Chen talked about the original intention of making the movie "The Promise":

About redemption, and singing praises of love and freedom!

Liu Zhou now thinks that he has been reborn. He has been reading various books and has written several relatively best-selling novels. He should not be criticized for calling himself a cultured person.

But today, he could understand every word that Director Chen said, and he could also understand certain sentences and paragraphs.

But when combined together, Liu Zhou felt a little confused andCurrently there was nothing he could do.

Liu Zhou quietly glanced at the audience next to him and happened to see them looking at the stage, nodding, smiling and applauding from time to time, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Is it really because I am too rubbish to understand the master?
Are you just a self-proclaimed fake intellectual?

But when Liu Zhou looked carefully, he noticed that although they were smiling, there was confusion in their eyes, and he immediately felt relieved.

Damn, it seems like they are all pretending to be stupid!
After nearly an hour, poet Chen finally ended his long speech on love and freedom, and finally mentioned Liu Zhou and Zhang Yimou.

“Fortunately, Director Zhang and Director Liu are here today. I’m especially happy that they came to support ‘The Promise.’ After the movie, please ask them to share their thoughts with everyone.” Liu Zhou and Zhang Yimou couldn’t help but look at each other from a distance, and saw the helplessness in each other’s eyes.

So fucking pretentious!
When the movie comes out, you will cry.

When the camera was facing the two of them, Zhang Yimou just smiled and nodded.

As a junior, Liu Zhou had a particularly upright attitude, as if he were a student seeking advice:
"Director Chen, rest assured, I will study hard."

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, poet Chen nodded with satisfaction, then walked off the stage with the main creators.

The extra-large screen built on the stage also officially began playing the movie "The Promise".

The opening scene is the heroine Qingcheng, played by young Guan Gege, a cute, dirty girl, eating steamed buns among a pile of dead bodies.

Then suddenly a cocky little boy wearing a cockscomb helmet appeared. He captured Qingcheng and forced her to be his slave. Qingcheng lied to him, then knocked him out and ran away with the steamed bun.

Most of the audience watched the movie seriously, but they didn't know that what they thought was a small opening was the most important clue of the whole movie.

Then the goddess played by Chen Hong, who was originally very beautiful but was made to look awfully ugly by poet Chen in the movie, appeared and made a deal with the little girl.

Then, about ten years later, General Guangming and slave Kunlun appeared.

Kunlun was carrying the light and charging back and forth in the enemy's bull formation, but in the back, Wuhuan, the Duke of the North, played by Chef Xie, rebelled and surrounded the Ring-in-Ring Royal City.

Qingcheng, Guangming, Kunlun, Wuhuan, these names are full of Guo Xiaosi's style. If you don't know, you might think they are Guo Xiaosi's movies.

Seeing Wuhuan's look, Liu Zhou couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

This is so charming, it looks just like a big white rooster. The weapon in its hand is even more interesting, it is an iron palm.

In particular, when Zhang Baizhi, who played Qingcheng, appeared on the roof and took off her clothes seductively, Wuhuan's men laid down their weapons one after another.

Wuhuan was not angry at all. Instead, he gave a thumbs up with his palm weapon and clicked the "like" button.

Others didn’t know how they felt, but Liu Zhou couldn’t help but laugh out loud when he saw this.

Then Kunlun appeared in the Ring within Ring City wearing bright clothes to save the king.

But for some inexplicable reasons, Kunlun killed the king.

Kunlun kills the king, a core plot that directly affects the entire movie, is so inexplicable that people are almost unwilling to even deal with it perfunctorily.

Just for this reason alone, the bad film attribute of "The Promise" can never be washed away.

The rest of the plot was an even bigger mess. Liu Zhou had no intention of continuing to watch it. He felt dizzy.

Now Liu Zhou finally understands why, after watching this movie, everyone feels that "Farewell My Concubine" was not directed by him.

The gap is really huge!
Many professional commentators in later generations may have included Mane in an attempt to whitewash “The Promise”, but as they spoke, they couldn’t help but experience a spike in their blood pressure.

In the end, Wuhuan caught everyone.

He spoke his mind, and all the audience knew the motives behind everything he did.

Because when he was a child, Qingcheng cheated him out of his steamed bun, so he never received love again and no longer trusted anyone, so he wanted to take revenge on Qingcheng.

Wuhuan felt very aggrieved and even cried, but Liu Zhou smiled!
He was laughed out of anger!
He really couldn't understand how poet Chen could make such a movie.

Although poet Chen is rather ambitious and pretentious, it is true that he won the Palme d'Or.

From a director's perspective, Liu Zhou actually respects him very much in his heart.

In my previous life, I watched this movie as a viewer. Although I thought it was bad, the most I could do was to complain a few words.

But now, Liu Zhou really felt angry at the other party for not fighting back.

After taking 300 million in funding, this is what they ended up with?
If big directors are like this, then the people behind them will have to follow suit to make money.

Liu Zhou seemed to have also heard the sound of the worldview of the people around him collapsing.

No one would have expected that the big villain in the end would try to kill the heroine for more than two hours, all because of a steamed bun.

In the end, Wuhuan let Guangming and Kunlun go after Guangming's verbal attack, and then he fought one against two and was finally beaten to death.

Such a stupid death can only be explained if it was arranged by the director.

Guangming and Wuhuan both died. Then Qingcheng hugged one and cried, then hugged that and cried, then she and Kunlun flew away in love. The movie ended.

The scene suddenly fell silent, then there was sparse applause, and finally, perhaps everyone was awakened, and warm applause broke out in the hall.

Poet Chen stood up in high spirits, thinking that the audience was shocked by the movie, and then walked onto the stage with a smile on his face.

The first person he looked at was Zhang Yimou, his lifelong enemy, and signaled him to express his thoughts.

But Lao Mouzi kept waving his hands and pointing at Liu Zhou.

When Liu Zhou saw poet Chen looking at him, he stood up and said after a long pause:

"I couldn't understand it, but I was shocked!"

(End of this chapter)