"Also, I owe you a favor for this role." Liu Yifei is really clear about grudges and gratitude.

Not bad at all.

Better than most people in the entertainment industry.

Especially since she no longer has her mom meddling in everything.

"You don't have an agent now?"

Seeing her come alone to the banquet, Sun Dasheng asked out of curiosity.

This time, she came alone, and it really surprised Sun Dasheng.

It was unexpected.

The first thing she said when she approached was, "I want to act in The Wandering Earth 3, can you help me out?"

Wow.

So straightforward.

Aren't you afraid I'll just outright refuse?

Wouldn't that be awkward?

At least find a middleman to test the waters, then come to talk yourself.

Unexpectedly, she just charged over directly.

Sun Dasheng was stunned for a moment before nodding in agreement.

Fairy Sister made a request; what else could he do? He could only agree.

As for whether he has any thoughts about her?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

He's a gentleman.

No ulterior motives of repaying kindness with evil intentions.

Cough cough...

All the bad things are President Sun's doing, what does it have to do with me, Sun Dasheng?

Then, she offered to treat Sun Dasheng to a meal to express her thanks.

So, here they are at this meal.

"An agent? Still my mom." Liu Yifei said while eating a big piece of beef.

Wow, she has quite an appetite.

Seeing her slightly chubby figure, Sun Dasheng couldn't help but tease:

"You're not worried about your figure at all, are you?"

Liu Yifei put down her chopsticks a bit embarrassed: "You think I've gained weight too?"

What do you mean I think so too?

Clearly, you have gained weight, okay?

This is a fact. Haven't you weighed yourself?

"Ah... everyone says I've gained weight, I didn't believe them, I thought they were lying to me. Didn't expect you to say that too, then it must be true, I can't keep eating like this, I have to lose weight."

Liu Yifei raised her fist and vowed.

But seeing the juicy beef in the bowl, she couldn't help but swallow and cautiously said to Sun Dasheng:

"After this meal, then I'll start."

Sun Dasheng had black lines all over his forehead.

He gestured with one hand: 6.

"It's okay, you can eat more recently." Sun Dasheng said.

"Oh? You think I'm not overweight?" Liu Yifei's eyes lit up.

As if she found a like-minded person.

Who knew Sun Dasheng shook his head: "Because in just a few days, you'll be going to The Wandering Earth 3 for six months of intensive training, you'll definitely slim down by then."

"Ah? Six months? And intensive?" Liu Yifei was very surprised.

But she understood. After all, when she filmed that drama with the bearded director, she had to practice a lot in advance. She handled the action scenes pretty well, at least better than those now who rely entirely on slow motion and special effects.

She just didn't expect there was still such a dedicated filming crew.

"Can you handle it?" Sun Dasheng asked.

"Of course, who do you think you're underestimating? Hmph!" Liu Yifei was slightly displeased, feeling underestimated.

So she began recounting her 'glorious days' filming action dramas.

The most dangerous was while filming The Condor Heroes in the famous Jiuzhaigou.

During a scene at the ancient tomb, while "Little Dragon Lady" chased "Li Mochou" across a waterfall, there was an accident: water cascaded down, and before Liu Yifei could steady herself, the rushing current knocked her over, and she was swept seven or eight meters away, making her scream in fright.

Fortunately, Huang Xiaoming was quick to react and saved her, otherwise, it would have been a cliff right ahead, quite dangerous indeed.

A slight misstep, and it could have been life-threatening.

This shows that back in the day, the people filming were daring and hardworking.

Unlike now, where a young actor injures a finger on set and needs to rest—so 'serious' that if not treated immediately, it becomes a big deal, which is truly shocking.

After dinner.

Liu Yifei left.

Her mom called.

Not being able to take a walk together was a bit of a pity.

Sun Dasheng found it a bit hard to understand: At her age, almost an old maid, why does her mom still keep such a tight rein?

Really a bit incomprehensible.

The news that Star Point Media made a big investment in The Wandering Earth 3 got out.

Of course, it attracted a lot of jokes.

"Are you kidding, a 2 billion investment? Is that an investment that could be earned back from the box office in this country?"

"I think Star Point Media is floating, probably been fooled by someone, even if it's a sci-fi film burning money, it can't cost 2 billion, right?"

"Not necessarily, it's said that America's Avatar 2 had a budget of 310 million US Dollars, which is also in the neighborhood of over 2 billion."

"Can you compare? Look at their conditions, and look at ours."

"That's true, America is still the global leader, can earn back box office worldwide, even if such a huge investment is made, it can be recovered, but we only have a single domestic audience, how can we possibly recover such a huge investment?"

"I have to say, it's still because we Chinese aren't competitive enough, can't make movies that are loved worldwide."

"The Wandering Earth is indeed good, but it can only strut in our little pond, can't fight outside at all."

.....

The outside noise did not affect the preparations for The Wandering Earth 3.

The cast was all in place and gathered for secret training.

All interviews and outside interruptions were declined, so they could focus on their training.

The film director Guo Fan was accompanying the biggest investor, Sun Dasheng, on a tour of the filming base.

It's really big!

That was Sun Dasheng's first impression of the filming base.

He had previously been to a filming base in Hong Kong, and it was impressive too.

But compared to this, that was child's play, it seems you really have to look to the Mainland for movie industry stuff.

The Wandering Earth and Guo Fan have really raised the domestic film industry's level by over ten years with their own efforts.

"Your base must have cost a lot of money, right?" Sun Dasheng asked as he walked.

"Yes, we gathered investments from several movie companies, and slowly built it up." Guo Fan replied.

It's like when Brother Kai filmed that scene in Jing Ke Assassinating the King of Qin, he spent 100 million to build a Palace of the King of Qin in Hengdian.

Whether the film made money or not is unsure, but later on, the Palace of the King of Qin made a killing with ticket sales.

"Pretty good, later renting it to other crews for filming, or opening it for ticket sales, all excellent businesses." Sun Dasheng praised.

The dreamy landscape here is indeed worth seeing.

At least it's hard to find such scenery elsewhere in the country.

Strolling around, it feels like being in the future world.

Really nice!

After getting tired from strolling, they found a place to sit down.

Guo Fan first asked, "With the noise outside, President Sun, are you not worried?"

Sun Dasheng sat casually: "What is there for me to worry about?"

Guo Fan hesitated for a moment but still spoke honestly: "The current domestic box office record holder is Changjin Lake with 5.697 billion, which means if my film's box office surpasses the record, then it barely breaks even, are you not worried at all?"

"And the previous two didn't perform well abroad, the second one only managed to get 10 million US Dollars at the box office."

Sun Dasheng gave him a somewhat surprised look.

So honest?

Aren't you afraid I'll pull my investment hearing this?

"Of course I have confidence in my movie, but with all the overwhelming negative news about this film, I'm just afraid..."

"Afraid this investor gets influenced?"

"Yeah... if you, this investor, pull out, then our film is doomed." Guo Fan said honestly.

"But, I dared to invest such a high budget because I'm confident." He started persuading again, to avoid having the investor actually pull out.

He had to give him a good vision.

"Oh, tell me about your confidence." Sun Dasheng asked curiously.

Actually, he didn't intend to profit from the investment, if it lost, it lost, he just wanted to gain some fame, and meet some babes... ahem... no, to get acquainted with some heavyweight female stars in the entertainment circle.

"The reason the first two didn't sell well abroad was because there was too much drama, and it was all our Chinese-style narrative, naturally foreigners didn't quite like it; for the third one, I want to change the style, shoot more grand scenes, some exciting imaginative content, like Three-Body Problem, of course, I can't come up with those imaginations, but I invited Liu himself over as the screenwriter."

Hearing this, Sun Dasheng did feel a bit more anticipation.

Certain people understand, Liu is indeed very imaginative.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." Sun Dasheng gave him a reassurance, indicating that he definitely wouldn't withdraw his investment.

"Not only will I not withdraw my investment, but if you run short of funds during production, you can come to me, I just have one requirement, make this movie well, and let those foreigners know that our China's sci-fi films are not inferior to theirs."

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