Chapter 158: Internet Winds and Clouds, Signing Yifei

Wherever there are people, there is a world; wherever there is fame, there is profit.

This is an unbreakable truth.

Although Takeshi Kitano and Wong Kar-wai perhaps only wanted to hold a simple private gathering at the beginning to connect and build feelings.

However, as things slowly spread and more and more celebrities got involved, the power of capital inevitably intervened.

"'Sheshan Night · Film Festival' will be held at Sheshan Villa on the evening of March 20th at 7 PM. Takeshi Kitano, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou, Li Cangdong, Bong Joon-ho, Chen Kaige, and other major directors, as well as Tomokazu Miura, Jiang Wen, Zhang Ziyi, Cui Min-sik, Jeon Do-yeon, Chen Nuo, Tang Wei, and other stars will attend this grand event. At that time, major portal websites such as Sina, NetEase, Sogou, and Yahoo will provide full coverage. This East Asian film grand event will be fully sponsored by Shanghai Sheshan Villa."

It was originally news spreading internally in the circle, but on March 12th, the day after Chen Nuo returned to Beijing from Laishui, it spread rapidly on major portal websites.

One star-studded name after another instantly ignited the entire internet.

Not only in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, but also including Japan's most popular Yahoo and Korea's Naver.

What made mainland Chinese netizens discuss it heatedly were those two newcomers on the list.

In the "Gossip World" of Tianya, the hottest forum in 2007, many posts were made for this, the hottest of which was posted by the moderator of Gossip World, "Looking at the Kandan Hongchen."

"Undoubtedly, this Sheshan Night is indeed worthy of being called a grand event. The most surprising guest is Tomokazu Miura. In the 80s, he became popular all over the Divine Land with *Blood Suspect*, and later married the Oriental Goddess Momoe Yamaguchi; he is my mother's idol.

Takeshi Kitano actually invited him to come along; I can understand this as a gesture of goodwill from him to our mainland fans.

Besides that, Korea's Director Li Cangdong and Director Bong Joon-ho, as well as Cui Min-sik and Jeon Do-yeon, can be called the pillars of Korea's Chungmuro, national filmmakers. Being able to come this time, it must be said that Wong Kar-wai and Director Takeshi Kitano still have enough face in East Asia.

Our Chinese filmmakers are not bad either; whether it's Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, or Jiang Wen and International Zhang, they are all already famous, and compared to the other two countries, they are even better in terms of awards and international fame.

However, LZ is still a bit surprised that Chen Nuo could enter this list. Although he became popular all over the country relying on *The Legend of the Condor Heroes* and has the honors of Berlin and Golden Horse, in terms of qualifications and works, Chen Nuo is still a long distance away from the seniors.

Chen Nuo has only debuted for a mere two years, has filmed a few works, and is still a student at the Film Academy, and has never taken the lead in a commercial film to prove his strength. Including *The Zhang Yaba Man's House* as his debut, although it was recognized by the Berlin judges, whether it was his own strength or a lucky hit is still controversial.

*If You Are the One* sold his face, *The Legend of the Condor Heroes* sold his body, *Batman 2* hasn't revealed his true face yet, and *My Blueberry Nights* will be released next month.

Chen Nuo being able to step onto Sheshan is indeed due to Wong Kar-wai's special care, and it may not be without the intention of promoting *My Blueberry Nights*.

Although LZ also looks forward to the future of this young actor, Chen Nuo, is it a bit like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, or "killing with kindness," to rashly raise him to this position alongside others on the list?

In comparison, LZ personally feels that Gong Li, Chen Daoming, or Hong Kong's Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat would be more suitable candidates.

Just one person's opinion, don't spray if you don't like it."

1st floor: Did LZ forget there is another name on the list that isn't recognized?

OP reply: That woman is brought by Ang Lee to promote his new film; she is not worth discussing at all and can be ignored.

2nd floor: "*My Blueberry Nights* is officially scheduled for release on April 30th. Welcome everyone to come and support. Moderator is a retard, identification complete."

OP reply: "Nuo Rice" (Chen Nuo fans) coming to spray people without reason again, right?

3rd floor: Let me say a fair word. I used to be a "Mature Nuo Rice," but after Wen Yongshan, I'm half-mature. Objectively speaking, the OP is not wrong; Chen Nuo's qualifications are indeed not enough. However, Wong Kar-wai loves to invite whoever he wants; what does it have to do with you?

OP reply: It has nothing to do with me. Is it wrong to express personal views?

4th floor: The moderator dares to tell the truth. Chen Nuo was blown up in the first place; didn't he get shit in Cannes? Just wait and see, the day *Batman 2* is released will be the day the "Nuo Rice" are speechless.

OP reply: Thanks for the encouragement.

5th floor: The moderator is right. Coming from the NetEase comment section, that side is completely unwatchable. I have the same view as LZ; the higher you are lifted, the harder you fall!

6th floor: 【Picture】【Picture】【Picture】【Picture】

7th floor: Holy shit, who is Jeon Do-yeon? This woman is so miserable; Chen Nuo is harming people!

8th floor: Korean men are really crazy! However, saying she was harmed by Chen Nuo is too far-fetched, right? Although I also think Chen Nuo being sandwiched between these names is really too strange. It may also be that my impression of him is still stuck on *The Zhang Yaba Man*. Finally, I'm glad I wasn't born in the Stick Country (Korea).

Starting from this floor, the building became more and more crooked. This post became more and more popular. "Looking at the Kandan Hongchen," who had worked hard to type for half a day, was also in pain and happy.

The cause of Jeon Do-yeon being scolded was a photo.

It was a double photo of Jeon Do-yeon and Chen Nuo sitting together at the Cannes awards ceremony. In the photo, Jeon Do-yeon was facing Chen Nuo, her body leaning forward, seemingly saying something slightly diligent.

While Chen Nuo had a look of looking straight ahead.

This was actually the scene where Jeon Do-yeon greeted Chen Nuo at the beginning of the Cannes awards ceremony.

It was originally a small matter, but it was inadvertently captured by the photographer.

Now hearing that Li Cangdong, Bong Joon-ho, Cui Min-sik, and Jeon Do-yeon—these top Korean filmmakers—were going to East Asia, I don't know who it was, but they dug this photo out from some corner.

Instantly, Korean men had a collective feeling of being NTR'd.

First, they dug up Chen Nuo's information, searched for a while, and really couldn't find any place to blacken him. So they had to scold their own women.

Words like "watery and flowery" (promiscuous) and "shameless" were all beautified Chinese translations, asking her if she was going to seduce Chen Nuo again this time, saying if she still knew shame, she should quickly withdraw automatically and let Lee Jung-jae, Song Kang-ho, etc., replace her to accompany Director Li Cangdong to the meeting.

In short, they blackened Jeon Do-yeon without limit.

But Jeon Do-yeon was also truly tough, holding on and not letting go.

This made it bigger and bigger.

"Jeon Do-yeon is Chen Nuo's dog!"

"Haha, rushing to China to find your master, dog cub Jeon Do-yeon."

"This slut wants to seduce Chen Nuo, but others don't like her, hahahaha."

"Didn't get the Cannes Best Actress, so she went to seduce men, hahaha."

This kind of cyberbullying language was still rare in the current domestic scene; using sarcasm to come from behind was a later thing. Now, the cyberbullying method of Korean netizens really refreshed one's worldview.

No wonder it would cause heated discussion on the gossip section of Tianya.

Mainly because there were too many people watching the excitement.

After all, Jeon Do-yeon wasn't some small character; she just won the Korean Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress last year.

At the age of 30, her appearance was still sweet and lovely, her charm remained, and she was a rare pure natural beauty.

That she would be cyberbullied by Korean men because of Chen Nuo made people have to sigh that the scandals on this man were getting more and more.

Furthermore, some people suspected whether it was because of this that Chen Nuo would make his relationship public. After all, judging by the current trend, he was destined to be unable to escape the fate of being entangled in scandals, so it was better to set up a "proper palace" (official girlfriend), which could be considered a basis for the "Nuo Rice" to argue for him.

A certain expert threw this point of view into the post, and that post suddenly became even more popular.

Because it really made sense.

This was preparing to be both a whore and build a memorial archway!

Jeon Do-yeon's scolding and the controversy he caused himself were all unknown to Chen Nuo for the time being, because he was very busy. Busy confirming the various matters of *The Message* crew.

Especially before going to Shanghai on March 20th, he had to finalize the actors who should be finalized.

For example, Liu Yifei.

"The expected time to join the crew is at the end of June, the filming cycle is about 3 months, which means if everything goes smoothly, it can be wrapped up before National Day. But it also depends on the filming progress. Um, you know the specifics, I won't say much, let's talk about the salary; we tentatively set it at 2 million. If you think it's low, we can discuss it again."

Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, then didn't respond, stretched, her graceful curves under her sweater fully visible, and said: "Let's rest for a while. I'm tired."

Chen Nuo was startled, not knowing what this young lady was doing again, and nodded in agreement: "Okay."

Liu Yifei didn't believe Chen Nuo didn't know her current salary level.

When *The Legend of the Condor Heroes* just finished airing last year, she could indeed get this price of 2 million.

However, after more than a year of silence, audiences were all forgetful existences. Last year, after releasing the album in Japan, the film offers that reached her mother had all dropped to around 1.5 million, and at a glance, they were all rotten films, the kind that used her name to cheat investors out of money. Although she logically became independent because of this, what she didn't tell Chen Nuo was that she had a two-year agreement with her mother.

Two years as the term, she could develop according to her own wishes.

But if her career development in these two years didn't reach the standard agreed upon with Liu Xiaoli, then she would still have to listen to Liu Xiaoli's arrangements.

Liu Yifei didn't think that much at all.

Since she was a child, she had never been so free, going wherever she wanted, doing whatever she wanted, going to Antarctica, going to the Arctic, and she still wanted to go to Africa.

In short, she had to play back everything she hadn't played all these years.

Anyway, it was a two-year agreement; let's play for a year first.

It was just that occasionally thinking about her career, she couldn't help but feel worried.

Should she find another agency?

When she was looking at the Antarctic glaciers, this question flashed through her mind.

But she had never been able to make up her mind.

Who didn't have a little bird of freedom in their heart? After flying out of the cage, who wanted to be locked back in?

However, most of her savings over the years were with her mother.

Speaking of freedom, if she wanted to use money, she still couldn't avoid reaching out and begging.

This point also made her feel more and more restricted.

"Chen Nuo, can we talk alone?"

"Sure."

"Then find a place with no one, I want to get some air."

This young lady had so many things.

However, from the perspective of *The Message*, the flavor on Liu Yifei really matched Gu Xiaomeng quite well.

The daughter of the Gu shipping tycoon, didn't it just match the temperament of Liu?

Chen Nuo felt more and more that this role was really suitable for Liu Yifei.

Especially, he hadn't noticed it before, but a few days ago when he saw her standing with Fan Fan Binbing...

Chen Nuo felt that there was really a kind of inexplicable CP feeling. Pure sister and seductive sister, seven parts different and three parts connected.

People all say gay men understand women better than men, and also understand women better than women; it was true.

Acting skills and so on, wasn't there still three months before filming started?

The big screen was indeed more demanding of acting skills than the TV screen, but anyway, he was also in Beijing, and there was plenty of time after class; taking Liu Yifei and Wen Yongshan to practice acting together, it was impossible not to have progress.

Since that was the case, since Miss Liu wanted to get some air, Chen Xiaoer had to find a place to get some air.

Finally, after thinking left and right, he went downstairs, went out from the side door of the office building's safety passage, and at the entrance was a quiet alley where almost no one would pass by.

Chen Nuo occasionally took this route upstairs to avoid people, knowing that many office workers upstairs would come here to smoke during their lunch break.

At this time, no one should be in this place.

After Chen Nuo brought Liu Yifei there, he inexplicably felt that this scene was a bit familiar, similar to a very popular literary romance film he had seen in his previous life.

The alley downstairs of the company, cigarette butts all over the floor, chatting men and women; if he and Liu Yifei each had a cigarette in their mouths, wouldn't this be *Love in a Puff*?

Come to think of it, what is Pang Fatty doing now? Has *You Shoot, I Shoot* been filmed?

Chen Nuo's thoughts flew, but Liu Yifei didn't know his thoughts had already flown to Hong Kong.

Liu Yifei was not a woman who would beat around the bush; the first sentence was to say what was on her mind: "Chen Nuo, after filming this movie, I'll sign with your company."

Chen Nuo never expected that what Liu Yifei said to him was this!

Holy shit.

"Why?" Chen Nuo couldn't be unwilling, but he also had to ask clearly.

Liu Yifei pursed her lips and smiled, saying: "Because you gave me a 2 million salary."

Chen Nuo laughed.

He naturally knew that 2 million was actually a bit high for Liu Yifei's current market value.

However, he gave one call, and she came from North America from thousands of miles away, letting him decide the salary; did he really just decide it?

Wasn't this teasing?

Chen Nuo said seriously: "Actually, 2 million isn't much; I think if you really sign with me, whether it's movies or TV dramas in the future, if it's less than this price, I think the other party is committing fraud."

"Who are you? You're Wang Yuyan, Little Dragon Maiden, Zhao Linger, three-in-one; don't say cross-strait and three places, even in the whole of Asia, who is qualified to stand next to you and say 'I am more beautiful and more fairy-like than Liu Yifei'?"

"Heh, if any woman dares to shamelessly say so, I will be the first to stand up and spit on her face, telling her to go to the bathroom and look in the mirror."

From the moment Chen Nuo said the first word, Liu Yifei felt very happy.

If she remembered correctly, this should be the first time he praised her for being beautiful.

Although there was no sincerity, and it sounded very exaggerated, for some reason, Liu Yifei just felt beautiful in her heart. Happier than anyone else praising her ten thousand times.

Liu Yifei kept pursing her lips, holding back laughter, especially when she heard "fairy," her dimples appeared on her cheeks again.

Was it that exaggerated? Ah hahaha.

Hearing the last sentence, Liu Yifei couldn't hold it anymore, smiled beautifully, revealing her snow-white teeth, and asked: "What about Wen Yongshan?"

This stunned Chen Nuo.

I'm telling you a fairy tale, and you're pulling me into reality, right?

However, when he started this garbage studio, he just wanted to pay taxes and never thought about having any development one day.

As a result, until now, he had signed Fan Fan Binbing and Ning Hao, and it looked like he could recruit Liu Yifei under his command.

This start, placed in front of any reborn person, wouldn't they smile until their face broke?

In view of the bright prospects, Chen Nuo endured the woman's lack of appreciation and smiled: "She was educated by me to be very humble, it's impossible to do such a thing."

Liu Yifei seemed to be just saying it casually and didn't intend to delve into this topic.

She thought for a moment and said: "But my contract can only be signed for two years first."

Chen Nuo was a bit disappointed and asked: "Why?"

Liu Yifei sighed and said: "I agreed with my mother."

After listening to what Liu Yifei said, Chen Nuo scratched his head and said: "Doesn't feel very difficult, let's find an opportunity."

Liu Yifei didn't know why either.

Clearly Chen Nuo didn't make any promises, didn't pat his chest to guarantee how things would be in the future, and even seemed a bit embarrassed.

But after she told him about the matter, the heavy stone that had been hidden in her heart seemed to vanish instantly.

Hee hee, now she can play happily!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 159 =====