Chapter 225: Olympic Bid Ambassador

After the review by the big scissors was passed, Wu Yuchen planned to arrange for *Infernal Affairs* to be released simultaneously in the three places across the strait this time, which could be considered as not failing this classic.

Oh, by the way, I must specially mention one thing: because of Wu Yuchen's modification of the film script, the crew specially added Wu Yuchen's name to the list of screenwriters and added his name to the producer column.

After Wu Yuchen learned about this, he just smiled. He knew that on one hand, this was the flattery of Liu Weiqiang and others, and on the other hand, it was naturally to borrow his fame as the current number one Chinese director to increase the exposure of *Infernal Affairs*. He didn't oppose this; anyway, it was beneficial to the film! The film was invested by him, so wouldn't the extra money earned all be his?

Speaking of this, Cai Yinong paused, then spoke again: "Wu Dao, it's just that *Shaolin Soccer* has encountered some trouble."

"What's wrong?" Wu Yuchen asked.

"There were some problems with the review, and it got stuck."

Hearing Cai Yinong say this, Wu Yuchen also remembered that in his past life, *Shaolin Soccer* was not introduced to the mainland, so he asked: "What's going on?"

Cai Yinong explained:

"I went to ask someone about it, and there are two aspects to the reason. On one hand, some people feel that the subject matter of our film is a bit sensitive; that is, the description of the football league part in the film is too dark, and some people were not happy after hearing about it."

Everyone who has watched *Shaolin Soccer* knows that the Devil Team inside is the big boss, not only taking banned drugs but also involving various dark curtains such as gambling on football and black whistles.

Jiang Qinqin heard this and also showed a satisfied smile, then asked Wu Yuchen: "Hey, you're not going back tonight, right?"

In his past life, Zhou Xingxing couldn't handle it because he had no foundation on the mainland side. He, Wu Dao, ran to the big scissors, and people still had to give him some face.

In fact, Hong Kong Island films have always carried many spoof elements, not to mention this nonsense style of Zhou Xingxing. But if you say he is intentionally disrespectful to Buddhism, that is definitely not the case. Hong Kong Island is far more superstitious than the mainland, and many people dare not be disrespectful to these ghosts and gods.

After letting go, Wu Yuchen asked with a smile: "Did you miss me?"

Wu Yuchen saw Jiang Qinqin, who had clearly treated Fan Bingbing as a good sister, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Fan Bingbing, you girl have a trick!

Wu Yuchen raised his eyebrows upon hearing this. This was a fictional league in *Shaolin Soccer* that could poke the sore spot of some people? However, he thought about the current football environment in the country, which had always been in the mud pit and never clean. In these years, it was openly black, and everything was colluding with each other.

Wu Yuchen said with a smile: "If you really like listening to his songs, when I come back, I'll ask him to sing to you in person~"

Jiang Qinqin hurriedly walked two steps over to turn off the playing music, explaining: "It's just a little singer who just got a bit of fame recently. I'm just listening blindly!"

Jiang Qinqin hummed softly: "I didn't miss you at all~"

I don't want to think about it anymore, I don't want to think about it anymore

As Wu Yuchen followed her into the room, he only heard the singing coming from the speakers:

Can't bear it, I have nowhere to hide

*Shaolin Soccer* is clearly an exaggerated nonsense comedy film, but the result is that this exaggerated effect happens to poke the sore spots of the two groups of the domestic football circle and the Shaolin Temple. It's no wonder it couldn't be introduced to the mainland in his past life.

However, to be honest, the year 2000 was in the golden period of the Chinese music scene, not only with Jielun's new album but also with many works of brand-new styles pouring into the market. Sun Yanzi's *Darkness* overwhelmed Jielun to win the Best Newcomer, Liang Jingru's *Courage* became popular, Doctor Chen belted out *King of K-Song*, Mayday's *Gentleness* at this time was still live singing, and Lihong hadn't been collapsed yet, with *Descendants of the Dragon* being sung across the two shores and three places. It was truly a hundred flowers blooming.

Jiang Qinqin said with a smile: "Bingbing is very good. She comes to my place to visit and see me when she has nothing to do, accompanies me to chat, and every time she comes back from going out, she brings me gifts. And she often humbly asks me for acting advice. Unlike you, who left for months~"

And little Zhou's boss, Wu Zongxian, was probably in these two years when he directly packaged and sold the Alpha Entertainment Company where Zhou Jielun and Fang Wenshan were located. Therefore, when the time comes to buy Zhou Jielun over, it would be no problem to let Jiang Qinqin go to the scene to listen to him record songs.

After Jiang Qinqin finished speaking, she also rolled her eyes at Wu Yuchen to express her dissatisfaction.

As the door pushed open, Jiang Qinqin threw herself into Wu Yuchen's arms, hugged him, and took a bite.

Wu Yuchen didn't comment and asked again: "What about the other reason?"

This was not Wu Yuchen bragging. He had just been thinking about whether to let Cai Yinong dig Zhou Jielun to Bai Xiong. The current Zhou Jielun had just released one album and was not very famous yet. The current Bai Xiong Media Company had quite a reputation on the Hong Kong and Taiwan side, with the popular combination F4, which was successfully operated, placed here. Naturally, many artists yearned for Bai Xiong.

Cai Yinong continued: "Some religious people expressed that this film makes fun of the Shaolin Temple, hurting the feelings of some people in the religious circle."

Jiang Qinqin patted Wu Yuchen and wrinkled her nose, saying: "What's wrong! My craftsmanship is very good!"

However, Wu Yuchen was not too worried, because this thing actually couldn't be elevated to the level of principle. I'm a funny nonsense film, why are you being so serious with me?

At this time, a sentence popped up in Wu Yuchen's mind: Lies won't hurt people, but the truth is the sharp blade.

Jiang Qinqin immediately showed a bright smile upon hearing this and pulled Wu Yuchen toward the dining table: "Come, come, let you taste the special dishes of our Shancheng. I've been preparing for a long time!"

I don't, I don't, I don't want to think about you anymore"

"Love goes too fast, just like a tornado

"President Cai, regarding the matter of *Shaolin Soccer*, I will solve it when I have time. I'll let you know when there is news."

In '98, Wang Jianlin's Wanda was so angry because of the dark curtain that it announced it would withdraw from the Chinese football circle forever. Even now, the aftermath of this matter was still not calm. It's no wonder that some people were not happy after hearing about *Shaolin Soccer*. Isn't this just afraid that everyone will associate them with them after watching the film!

"Good, good, good, just let me taste the fairy's craftsmanship!"

It's just that this Chinese music scene period where gods fight is really something to cherish. It's one year less after one year.

Wu Yuchen immediately laughed: "That's great. I'm almost starving for Chinese food in the old American side. Even if you make it worse, I can swallow it!"

Hearing Wu Yuchen's words, Cai Yinong was relieved. As long as Wu Yuchen took action, this matter should be solved.

Hearing Wu Yuchen's words, his heart moved, but he still kept a smile on his face and asked: "Oh? You have a good relationship with Fan Bingbing now?"

Jiang Qinqin immediately shook her head: "I don't need to~ This CD wasn't bought by me, it was sent to me by Bingbing. I'm just listening to it for fun!"

Wu Yuchen planned to ask in person when the time came. To put it bluntly, these two groups of people were also cross-border, and there was no direct control power. It mainly depended on the opinion of the big scissors.

"Not going back. I told my parents I'd go back to see them tomorrow. I'll accompany you well today!"

Wu Yuchen pinched Jiang Qinqin's small waist: "Yo, you really don't want to? It's in vain that I didn't even care about my parents the first time I came back, and ran here to see you~"

Wu Yuchen tutted twice upon hearing this. The current Jielun is just a little singer in people's mouths! Who would have thought that he would directly become the king of the Chinese music scene later?

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but shake his head upon hearing this. This sounds like that group of people in Buddhism. Eight out of ten feel that the football players and monks from the Shaolin Temple in the film are too unserious, smoking, drinking, perming hair, and clubbing, all of which are complete, which is a shame to their clean name.

Wu Yuchen also echoed and nodded: "Very good, very good, then I will take care of her more in the future."

The next day, Beijing New Otani Hotel. After the establishment of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid Committee in 1999, the relevant personnel were all working on the sixth floor here.

When Wu Yuchen arrived, someone came to welcome him, took the initiative to shake his hand, and said with a smile: "Wu Dao, you have finally come back. We are all waiting for you to come and receive this certificate!"

Wu Yuchen also immediately apologized: "It's my fault, it's my fault. Things on the old American side weren't finished and they wouldn't let me go. I rushed back and finally made it back. I delayed everyone's time! I'm really sorry!"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, we know you are busy. It doesn't matter that we have always been here. It's just that Cheng Long's time is not easy to gather. Fortunately, you rushed back this time!"

A moment later, Wu Yuchen followed the people from the Olympic Bid Committee to the office, and then they took out a certificate. They didn't give it directly to Wu Yuchen, and then took Wu Yuchen to the second floor of the hotel.

In the conference room here, he saw Cheng Long just happened to be here. After seeing Wu Yuchen, he immediately walked over and hugged him warmly: "Wu Dao, it's really fate to be hired as an Olympic Bid Ambassador with you this time!"

After he let go, he joked to Wu Yuchen again: "But this time I arrived earlier than you, and I occupied the first spot, getting the employment certificate first. I am the first image ambassador for Beijing's Olympic bid this time, oh!"

Wu Yuchen laughed loudly: "Brother Long, you are so glorious now, an international superstar, your reputation has spread all over the world, representing the image of our Chinese people, so naturally you should be the first!"

Although Wu Yuchen had successively shot films with successful box office and won an Oscar, he was, after all, a director behind the scenes. If he really compared popularity, he would definitely still be behind Cheng Long. Therefore, Cheng Long, as the first Olympic Bid Image Ambassador, was indeed well-deserved.

However, Wu Yuchen's influence was also not small now. In view of his achievements in the international arena, especially after winning the Oscar, the Olympic Bid Committee specially hired him as an Olympic Bid Image Ambassador this time.

To put it bluntly, it was to borrow the popularity and international influence of Wu Yuchen and Cheng Long to try their best to promote Beijing's Olympic bid and use their international relationships to help Beijing win the competition for the 2008 Olympic Games.

"Brother Long, how is the situation with *Rush Hour 2* now?" Wu Yuchen asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, Wu Dao, it's already no problem. I will go to America to join the crew and start filming immediately after I leave Beijing. And thank you for your advice, Wu Dao. I think you are right. 5 million dollars doesn't have much impact on me. I should fight for it!"

Previously, Cheng Long had specially called to consult Wu Yuchen, not about filming problems, but about his personal salary for *Rush Hour 2*. After negotiations, New Line Cinema gave him two choices: Plan A was a 20 million salary plus a 5% box office share, and Plan B was 15 million plus a 10% box office share.

Cheng Long himself was a bit unsure, so he called to consult Wu Yuchen. Wu Yuchen naturally recommended him to choose Plan B. After all, he knew that *Rush Hour 2* was quite profitable. Cheng Long got 26 million relying on this 10% share plus the disc share, and if he added the 15 million fixed salary, it was an income of 41 million dollars for one film.

Don't think New Line Cinema is stupid. They did this to reduce risks. After all, although *Rush Hour 1* was successful, who could guarantee that the sequel would also be successful? Especially since the lead actor Cheng Long was a yellow-skinned person. What if the audience was just looking for something fresh this year, and by the second part, they wouldn't like Cheng Long, this yellow-skinned person?

It was only Wu Yuchen, who had the experience of his past life, who was very firm and urged Cheng Long to choose Plan B.

Wu Yuchen smiled at Cheng Long: "Brother Long, I have confidence in you. You are very popular now. The share is definitely more cost-effective than the fixed salary!"

The *Rush Hour* series of films was a partnership between Cheng Long and the black star Chris Tucker. Now there are still many people saying that Cheng Long is the second lead in this film, and the black brother Chris Tucker is the first lead.

Those who say this are really brainless, even licking the black brother. Think about it, Cheng Long is irreplaceable in *Rush Hour*, and black brothers like Chris Tucker are everywhere in Hollywood! This black brother was just a third-tier small star in Hollywood before appearing in *Rush Hour*, and he only got his highest career salary by sticking to this series of films. Besides this film, he had no other representative works.

Cheng Long heard this and said to Wu Yuchen again: "Wu Dao, I heard that you also chose the share mode. It seems that you are also full of confidence in *Pirates of the Caribbean*. I'll wait for your good news in a few months!"

"Brother Long, you must come to support me at the premiere!" Wu Yuchen hugged Cheng Long and invited him.

"Rest assured, rest assured, I will definitely come to help out!"

Cheng Long patted his chest and guaranteed, then he turned to scratch his head and explained to Wu Yuchen:

"Wu Dao, that female character in my film, I'm really sorry, I had already promised it to Zhang Ziyi at the time."

Before, when the two were in contact, Wu Yuchen asked by the way if the Chinese female supporting role in his film was still there. If it was, he was thinking about whether he could ask for it for the people around him. Although it was just a villain female character, even if Jiang Qinqin, Li Xiaoran, and others didn't want to act, Fan Bingbing would probably be begging for it.

Wu Yuchen waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, these are small things, don't take it to heart."

Actually, after Wu Yuchen heard this, he roughly understood what was going on. It was highly probable that International Zhang had already dedicated herself to Cheng Long for the sake of progress and breaking into Hollywood; otherwise, Cheng Long wouldn't have rejected his face for this.

Just look at that photo that was spread in his past life, the way Cheng Long was unscrupulously hugging International Zhang and kissing her on the set. With Cheng Long's romantic nature, who would believe that the two had nothing to do with each other!

Wu Yuchen wouldn't look down on International Zhang because of this. Didn't Fan Bingbing also progress and dedicate herself to him? Both women were people with a strong desire for progress. The entertainment circle is like this. Dedication is not the point; the point is whether it is worth dedicating. It just depends on whether you can mix it out in the end.

Later, Yang Mi once accepted an interview and bluntly said that this kind of unspoken rule is normal in the entertainment circle, and directly stated that if it were Zhang Yimou and Li An, she would be willing to accept their unspoken rules.

Wu Yuchen and Cheng Long walked and talked all the way to the conference hall, immediately welcoming the flashing lights of the many reporters waiting in the conference hall. Both of them were already used to this scene and smiled and nodded to the reporters.

However, this time, neither of them sat in the C-position in the middle. Because the C-position was occupied by the director of the Olympic Bid Committee, and the two sat on his left and right sides, and then this director spoke to the people below.

"Thank you very much to all the reporter friends for being able to participate in our Olympic Bid Ambassador appointment ceremony today..."

Everyone present was very patient, listening to this director's long speech first. When he picked up the certificate in his hand and stood up, the reporters at the scene were refreshed, knowing that the key point was coming.

"Now, on behalf of this Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid Committee, I officially appoint Wu Yuchen as the Beijing Olympic Bid Image Ambassador for this session!"

The reporters at the scene had long aimed their prepared cameras at the stage and kept pressing the shutter. Wu Yuchen followed suit and stood up, smiling and receiving the appointment certificate from this director's hand. Of course, this wasn't received all at once. The two opened the appointment certificate at this time, each holding one side, and then smiled directly at the reporters for them to record it well.

A moment later, after Wu Yuchen sat down with the appointment certificate, it was the question session. A group of reporters began to ask questions. In fact, the questions could be guessed: "Mr. Wu Yuchen, may I ask how you feel after being selected as an Olympic Bid Image Ambassador?"

Wu Yuchen showed a warm smile:

"The Olympic Games are a dream we have had for decades, and our country has made a lot of efforts for this. Now, with the rapid development of the country, our Chinese land is also changing with each passing day. I believe that our chances for Beijing 2008 Olympic bid are very high.

And being able to participate in this Olympic bid as an image ambassador, my mood at this moment is very excited, very happy, and also very honored! I will do my best to cooperate with the work of the Olympic Bid Committee and contribute my own strength to this Olympic bid!"

Click, click, the flash lights below didn't stop. Because this was an official activity, no reporter had the brainless idea to ask irrelevant questions, and they all focused on the Olympic bid.

"Wu Dao, since you have been elected as an Olympic Bid Image Ambassador, will you participate in the filming of this Olympic bid promotional film?"

Listening to the reporter's question, Wu Yuchen thought for a while and said:

"First of all, the Olympic bid film has a very clear purpose, which is to serve the Olympic bid. The most important thing is to report to all members of the International Olympic Committee, introduce our Beijing, and show that our Beijing has the ability to host the Olympic Games, and that it meets the conditions in both hardware and software aspects.

Secondly, this Olympic bid film needs more than 30 sets, of different lengths, for different fragments for various purposes. Not only one director, including me, participates in it. For example, there will also be Director Zhang Yimou.

I will participate in it and undertake a part of it. For example, this part of Cheng Long is a film with public welfare nature, which is to show our Chinese public welfare image to the International Olympic Committee and the whole world. Therefore, we will choose Cheng Long to represent the image of our Chinese nation for promotion and popularization!"

Then the reporter asked about Cheng Long's feelings. Cheng Long was no longer laughing and joking now, with a face full of righteousness:

"The Olympics are very important to our China. I think this is a matter for all Chinese people. We must strive for the Olympics with the whole nation, because this is very good for the image of our China and all Chinese people.

Being able to participate in this international grand event, I also feel very proud and proud! At the same time, being able to cooperate with Wu Dao to shoot the promotional film can really be considered as fulfilling one of my dreams. Before I came, I was talking to Wu Dao that no matter how busy I am, I must fly over!"

After the press conference was over, Wu Yuchen directly started shooting his promotional film segment with Cheng Long. Because Cheng Long's time was also quite tight, Wu Yuchen had to go up immediately.

However, this part of Cheng Long was not very difficult, and the tone and style of these promotional films had already been discussed. Therefore, Wu Yuchen wouldn't mess around and shoot some unique things.

And this segment itself didn't need to be long. After he finished shooting, it might be cut shorter according to the length when the time came. Therefore, it was to make people have a deep impression in a short time.

What is Cheng Long's image? Chinese people, Kung Fu. These two are the biggest labels. Therefore, his shooting this time must definitely have Kung Fu. But this time it was shooting a relatively formal promotional film, and it was impossible to follow his past funny Kung Fu comedy style. Therefore, a very simple content was set, which was to let Cheng Long do Tai Chi.

Of course, in the process of his doing Tai Chi, he had to connect different locations through his moves and action changes to show some classics of Beijing. For example, on the Great Wall, he could do it alone; in the Forbidden City, he could take a group of children to do it; in the Temple of Heaven, he could do it with a group of old men.

Originally, Wu Yuchen thought this shouldn't be difficult, but he didn't expect...

"Wu Dao, I'm sorry, I haven't learned Tai Chi..." Cheng Long scratched his head with an embarrassed face.

This made Wu Yuchen have a face full of question marks: "Brother Long, really or fake? Don't lie to me?"

"Really, Wu Dao, I don't joke about this kind of thing. If you let me play a few simple Tai Chi moves, I can do it. But this thing is shot for the whole world to see, so I haven't learned it professionally and dare not fool you. Otherwise, it will be shameful when it is released!"

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but feel helpless after hearing this, and then said: "This matter is also my fault. I thought you would definitely know! Like this, find an expert to teach you now, and we will shoot while you learn!"

And so, their crew hurriedly invited a professional Tai Chi master to teach Cheng Long Tai Chi hand-in-hand. They shot while teaching, and the crew also moved to several different scenic spots in Beijing. After two days of shooting, they finally finished Cheng Long's promotional film segment.

Next, Wu Yuchen still had a few other segments to shoot, but after Cheng Long's part was finished, it wouldn't be so tight. He could slow down the progress and shoot slowly. ===== CHAPTER 226 =====