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Chapter 82 The Lunar New Year Arrives, Two Renowned Directors Clash

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10 month 8 number.

Fang Yi flew to Hong Kong Island to continue filming "Taken".

As I boarded the plane, Liu Yifei sent me a text message.

"You're lying. Kim Sun-hee is clearly 28 years old. She's practically an old maid."

After taking a shower last night, she specifically looked up the ages of the male and female leads in "The Myth" online, hoping to reminisce about the love story in the movie.

Fang Yi held his plane ticket and replied to text messages while boarding the plane.

"So when are you planning to get married?"

28 is considered an old maid, 40 is!

He couldn't help but think of the "old maid" in his previous life who was still unmarried at the age of forty.

Inside the villa, Liu Yifei, who had just finished her morning exercise, blushed and quickly put her phone in her pocket.

It was as if there was something naughty on the phone, making her heart flutter.

Once on the plane, the beautiful flight attendant asked him to turn off his phone. Fang Yi secretly chuckled when he saw that she hadn't replied to his message.

.......

"Click!"

"Okay, that scene is over!"

A small auction house in Kowloon, Hong Kong Island.

Inside the auction hall, Fan Bingbing put on a coat and swayed her hips as she walked toward the monitor.

Along the way, the crew members around her cast admiring glances. In this scene, she was to be placed on an auction stage, wearing only a thin, transparent silk nightgown over her underwear—sexy, alluring, and stunningly beautiful.

She tightened her clothes and sat down in front of Fang Yi.

"Director, I think there's a problem with the plot?"

"What's the problem?"

"Look, my character is a beautiful young woman who is kidnapped by human traffickers and then rescued by her husband within 96 hours."

"Here's the problem: during the time Qin Lan and I were kidnapped, how could the criminals not have made a move? They're not monks!"

Fan Bingbing's mouth was like a machine gun, voicing all her confusion and doubts in one breath.

Fang Yi smiled faintly: "I discovered this problem when I was writing the script. The first draft's female lead was Jiang Xue, the daughter played by Zu'er, a 16-year-old virgin."

Because she was a virgin, she wasn't violated by the criminals, but instead was auctioned off for a high price.

"hiss.."

Fan Bingbing took a deep breath and suddenly realized.

I see, you deliberately changed the settings.

She felt relieved and asked curiously, "Why make changes? The father-daughter relationship can be just as touching, especially for a 16-year-old underage girl."

"This is a question that the media and audience will definitely raise after the movie is released."

Fang Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he wore an expression of a fortune teller.

He thought for a moment and replied, "This question involves the professions of criminals. The main businesses depicted in the movie on Hong Kong Island are smuggling and human trafficking."

Given this situation, Vietnamese criminal leaders imposed a rule on their subordinates in Hong Kong: they were to control their lustful desires and could only engage in sexual acts with kidnapped individuals outside of Hong Kong Island.

"You and Qin Lan barely escaped from the clutches of criminals because you were too beautiful, but that's all. Qin Lan's character is about to be brutally attacked in the movie."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the protagonist's dissatisfied voice rang out from behind him.

"Why!"

Qin Lan stood behind Fan Bingbing, her brows furrowed, her face full of resentment.

"Why are there so many 'whys'?"

Fang Yi turned his head and glared at her, then said seriously, "After you are kidnapped by criminals, you may have some luck for a while, but you are ultimately in danger. Do you really expect the criminals to listen to their boss?"

"You're so beautiful, which man wouldn't be tempted? Especially a criminal who lives on the edge of a knife; there are always a few lustful people who can't resist."

He didn't say one more thing: if the movie were set up to involve selling drugs as a crime, you two would only be in even worse shape.

Even with his immense abilities, the male protagonist Jiang Fang could only save a broken wife.

"Sigh...it's always the supporting characters who get hurt."

Qin Lan sighed, pulled Fan Bingbing to her feet, and first changed out of the flesh-and-bone clothes she was wearing.

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Time flies, and November has arrived before we know it.

The 2005 Lunar New Year film season was fast approaching, and leading the charge was none other than Chen Kaige's "The Promise".

This blockbuster, which claims to have an investment of 30 million US dollars but actually cost more than 20 million US dollars to produce, has announced that it will be released in mainland China on December 15.

Premiere venue: CPPCC Auditorium

Director's wife, Chen Hong, revealed to the media that this was a grand and star-studded premiere celebration, destined to be remembered in film history.

She believed in Chen Kaige and in "The Promise".

At the same time, the investors and distributor, China Film Group, also held a brief media briefing to announce that "The Promise" had secured its ticket to the Oscars and would represent mainland China in the competition.

Chen was defeated by Zhang Yimou in the competition for the chief director of the Olympics, but he turned around and won back his chance to be nominated for the Oscars next year.

In addition, "The Promise" will also participate in next year's Golden Globe Awards.

The dual nominations further boosted the momentum of "The Promise," and with the support of China Film Group, the hype intensified, reaching explosive levels.

Countless viewers and movie fans eagerly await the film's release, wanting to witness Chen Kaige's masterpiece, three years in the making.

Coincidentally, a week later, another renowned Chinese-language film director also announced the release date of his new film.

In 2004, Zhang Yimou began preparing to film "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles," which was scheduled for release on December 25, 2005.

One is an epic Eastern fantasy production.

One is a heartwarming art film.

Two works by renowned directors will face off at the end of the year, vying for supremacy amidst media hype.

Some media outlets have also been subtly stirring up trouble, saying that Zhang Yimou was afraid of Chen Kaige and deliberately postponed the film's release by 10 days.

By giving up an Oscar nomination and rescheduling a film release date, Zhang Yimou is admitting defeat and getting scared.

The audience also joined in the commotion, making sarcastic remarks such as "two tigers cannot share one mountain" and "when two tigers fight, one will surely be injured."

However, the truth is that Zhang Yimou originally wanted to release "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" earlier, proposing a release date of the end of October.

Zhang Weiping, the owner of New Pictures, disagreed and advised Zhang Yimou to focus all his efforts on preparing the Olympic creative ideas, leaving everything else to him.

Who is Zhang Weiping? He's nothing more than a bandit-like businessman who naturally chose the Lunar New Year film season for box office success.

He deliberately delayed the release of "The Promise" by ten days, ignoring the media's sarcasm.

New Picture Company.

Looking at Zhang Weiping's sullen expression, Zhang Yimou smiled helplessly: "See, gossip is starting to circulate."

"If it had been released earlier, none of this mess would have happened!"

"You're just too honest."

Zhang Weiping's expression shifted, he muttered a complaint, then took out a cigarette, lit it, and said eagerly, "【The Promise】is indeed making a big splash, but so what? Old Chen hasn't had a good film in years, what are we afraid of?"

"And I deliberately chose to release it 10 days later, hehe. If 'The Promise' is a big hit, it'll be good to avoid it; if it's a complete disaster, then we'll be the ones who benefit!"

"Old Zhang, focus on preparing for the Olympics, I'll take care of everything!"

Zhang Weiping patted his chest, a smug look on his face indicating that he had everything under control.

Zhang Yimou shook his head helplessly, too lazy to say anything more.

Now that things have come to this, we can only let the media and the audience report and speculate wildly.

Just as the works of two renowned directors were causing a stir online, another comedy film also announced its release date.

"Crazy Stone" will be released on December 20th.

It was released 5 days later than "The Promise" and 5 days earlier than "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles," placing it right between the two renowned directors.