Chapter 300 Preparations for "Three-Body One"

After returning to Tianxia, ​​Cheng Cheng began to form the crew of "The Three-Body Problem".

The "Three-Body" series is a big part of Cheng Cheng's plan. He is not satisfied with releasing it only in China, but wants to release "Three-Body" simultaneously on Netflix and around the world.

Jiang Wang and Lemon Video are both very interested in this and are working together for Cheng Cheng.

In the first part of "The Three-Body Problem", there are four main characters: young Ye Wenjie, old Ye Wenjie, Wang Miao, and Shi Qiang.

Six less important characters: Chang Weisi, Shen Yufei, Ding Yi, Yang Weining, Mike Evans, and Bai Mulin.

Young Ye Wenjie has already decided on Yan Gouer.

However, there is no candidate for the position of Cheng Cheng among the elderly Ye Wenjie, Wang Miao, Shi Qiang, Chang Weisi, and Ding Yi.

These people are all resisting the role. The actors under Cheng Cheng are either of unsuitable age or their acting skills are not up to par.

Letting Li Zhuo help him put on his clothes, Cheng Cheng called Liu Weichi.

Liu Weichi was very excited when he received the call.

Very very very excited.

"Hello, Director Cheng? You, you need me for something?"

Since missing out on "To Live" last time, Liu Wei Chi has been feeling regretful, especially after seeing Chu Qing win the Cannes Best Actor Award for "To Live", it has become the biggest demon in his heart.

He is not willing to give in, he really is not willing to give in.

It would be fine if Cheng Cheng hadn't asked him to audition. He would have just been envious when he saw Chu Qing win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, but the problem was that Cheng Cheng had asked him to audition!

He still feels that he did have a chance. If he had gotten deeper into the character and immersed himself in the play, he might have been the one to receive the award in Cannes.

He always felt that he had not done enough or well enough.

He has worked really hard throughout his life. After becoming famous at the age of 20, he has been on the front line of filming and has never slacked off.

This also made him popular for 40 years.

Now that he is in his old age, he wants to put a perfect end to his brilliant life.

And winning the Best Actor award is a perfect ending.

Cheng Cheng took Li Zhuo's hand, touched her lips and said:
"I have a TV series here, and there's a role that's perfect for you. Would you like to come over and audition?"

"A TV series?" Liu Wei Chi's voice was a little hesitant.

Liu Wei Chi has acted in many TV series, but those were all before 90. Since he became famous, he has not acted in any TV series, not even a guest appearance, just to maintain his status.

Cheng Cheng said: "Yes, it's a TV series."

Liu Wei Chi gritted his teeth, his heart was in a wild conflict.

If he agreed to Cheng Cheng, then his decades of practice would be broken. How would the outside world view him?

But if I refuse Cheng Cheng, will that offend Cheng Cheng?

Now Cheng Cheng is the most popular director in Tianxia. He is not afraid of offending Cheng Cheng. What he is afraid of is that Cheng Cheng will not consider him when he has a role in the future.

This is the most serious consequence!
There are not many directors who can help him win the Best Actor award!

Finally, Liu Weichi made up his mind and agreed:
"Okay, Director Cheng Cheng, are you in Imperial Capital now? How long will the filming take? I'll make time to meet you in Imperial Capital right away."

Cheng Cheng said:
"No rush, I'll send you the role script first, take a look, the shooting time is tentatively scheduled for July, for a period of 20 days."

Liu Weichi said: "Okay, I'll study the script first."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhuo asked, "Did he really agree?"

Cheng Cheng said: "Well, he agreed. I know he has something to ask for, but he doesn't want to act in my TV series, so why should I make a movie for him?

He agreed so readily, I am now really considering helping him win the Best Actor award."

Cheng Cheng has a good impression of Liu Weichi. He has representative works, is well-known and popular among the people, has good character, is dedicated, has good professional skills, and has a positive image. There is indeed a reason why he has been popular for forty years.

To some extent, before Cheng Cheng, he was the star who best represented the benchmark of Tianxia entertainment industry, even Chu Qing could not compare to him.

Chu Qing has the aura of an artistic person, but this aura both elevates him and limits him.

But Liu Wei Chi is different. He has truly worked his way up from an idol to a talented actor step by step. He has honed his acting skills in countless bad movies, and his fan base covers all age groups.

This time, Cheng Cheng assigned him the role of Chang Weisi, the person with the best apparent status in the first part of The Three-Body Problem.

Although it's a TV series, it doesn't diminish his status.

After Chang Weisi's role was decided, Cheng Cheng began to think about other roles.

In his previous life, when Cheng Cheng was watching The Three-Body Problem, his image of Da Shi (Shi Qiang) was different from that of others. Others imagined a tall, muscular man with a broad back and strong arms.

But Cheng Cheng was thinking of Li Yunlong, played by Li Youbin.

In his opinion, Dashi is a person similar to Li Yunlong, who has a low level of education but a quick mind, speaks directly, and is frank and generous.

But at the same time, he is rough but meticulous, able to make decisions quickly in many situations, wise and brave, far-sighted, and hates evil.

He once fantasized about letting a younger Li Youbin play the role of Dashi, how explosive that would be!
However, after the TV version of "The Three-Body Problem" came out, he felt that Yu Hewei's performance was also good.

As for the elderly Ye Wenjie and Wang Miao...

Elderly Ye Wenjie Cheng Cheng wants to choose an old actor with real talent.

Wang Miao also needs to think carefully and choose an actor who has the temperament of a scientist and has good acting skills.

After all, in the first part of "The Three-Body Problem", most of the scenes are about Wang Miao.

So Cheng Cheng selected a few actors according to the image in his mind, gave them to Li Zhuo, and asked her to contact them.

Half a day later.

Inside the circle.

The news that Cheng Cheng was going to make a drama began to spread.

All of a sudden, all the major film and television companies, producers, actors, and manufacturers became agitated, trying to find out the news and confirm the source of the information.

A film set.

After a scene was finished, the female lead asked while drinking water:

"Is it true that Director Cheng is working on a new movie?"

The agent replied: "It is absolutely true. I got the news from the head office. Our company has also received an internal invitation."

Hearing this, the female lead paused for a moment as she held the cup in her hand.
"Already got an internal invitation? Who is it?"

The agent said, "It's Teacher Min Jie."

After hearing this, the female lead's eyes flashed with envy. She put down her water cup and asked again, "What role is it?"

The agent shook his head and said:
"The specific role has not been announced yet, but it is definitely an important character in the play. This is Cheng Cheng's first work directed by himself since "Those Years" and "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils". Now the whole industry is watching."

The leading actress was fascinated by what she heard.

The agent was mysterious again, covering his mouth with his hand, and said:
"I also heard that Cheng Cheng plans to promote this drama overseas and release it simultaneously in China and abroad. For this, he risked everything, with the cost of a single episode reaching 3000 million RMB! Therefore, our company attaches great importance to this cooperation."

The female lead was stunned:
"The cost of a single episode is 3000 million RMB?! Is that crazy?! That's almost as much as a low-budget movie, right?"

The agent said: "So, Cheng Cheng is very generous this time!"

The female lead asked, “How many episodes is that?”

Agent: “No less than 20 episodes.”

The female lead calculated quickly: "That means at least 6 million, right?"

The agent sighed, "Six hundred million is too little! Shinhwa is very wealthy. In the entire domestic entertainment industry, only Shinhwa has such courage. They are completely comparing themselves to Hollywood production companies."

The actress' eyes were dazzled:
"When can I act in a play directed by Cheng Cheng? Unfortunately, they are only inviting guests internally this time, so I don't even have a chance to audition."

The agent sighed:

"Cheng Cheng has a favorite heroine. However, if Cheng Cheng is willing to give her a chance, this kind of thing might happen."

At the same time, the entire domestic entertainment industry was shocked by Cheng Cheng’s new play.

Serbia.

Century Magazine also issued an apology.

However, the apology statement of Century Weekly was only published on the Chinese Internet, and their account on the Serbian Internet was not updated.

The apology statement only contained a few lines:

first row:
Century Weekly respects Mr. Cheng Cheng and East Asian countries and opposes all acts of racial discrimination, as always, unwaveringly.

second line:
CEO Jonathan Honatan used unfriendly remarks during the interview, but after being reminded of his mistake, he realised it and expressed his deep apologies for the error.

The third row:
We sincerely thank netizens for their supervision and have actively contacted Mr. Cheng Cheng, hoping to gain his understanding.

The fourth line:
Hereby declare.

Then--

Then it was gone!
After seeing this statement, netizens were so angry that their heads were about to explode!

How arrogant!

How arrogant!

How high and mighty!

The netizens shouted "Keys are coming" and then angrily sprayed:

"Draw it up!"

"If you don't want to apologize, get out!"

"I do not accept!"

"Are you apologizing?"

"No sincerity!"

"It's just one word: 'cheap!' You apologize after being scolded. Who the hell wants to apologize?"

“Can you please make a statement on the global platform at the same time, and not just make an apology visible to Tianxia!” “And actively contact Mr. Cheng Cheng, hoping to gain forgiveness. The implication is that you haven’t gotten forgiveness yet, right? Then why don’t you post it to your mother?!”

"The signatures are all from Century Weekly Tianxia, ​​not from the headquarters. And you're still thinking of releasing it globally. That's not very realistic!"

"There's no way to justify this! This is a blatant insult to East Asians. It's completely against the bottom line! If this kind of behavior can be forgiven, then we really have no bottom line!"

"There is no sincerity at all. I can imagine that when they issued this statement, they acted as if they had already apologized and asked you to just shut up. I personally think that the key to this kind of thing is to boycott it. If you don't allow their weekly magazine to enter Tianxia, ​​they will learn their lesson!!!"

"That's right, some actual punishment!"

"The title should apologize and write a statement? Haha! You're not even willing to pretend?!"

"Will you apologize? Just come up and make a statement. Who are you trying to show your face to?"

"Brothers, follow me to attack the Internet again!"

Not only the netizens of Tianxia, ​​but even the netizens of Neon and Bandao refused to accept the apology.

So the whole thing got worse and worse!
The enraged East Asian netizens launched a new round of attacks.

This attack was much more drastic than the previous ones, and more and more people declared their boycott of Century Weekly.

Time magazine had no choice but to close the comment section and play ostrich.

Poor Jonathan, he had hoped that issuing this apology statement would resolve the matter.

But unexpectedly, things did not develop in the direction he expected, but became more and more serious.

He just received a call from a director, and the director scolded him harshly on the phone.

"Have you contacted that East Asian star? Have you reached an agreement?" Jonathan asked his secretary.

The only way now is to deal with that East Asian star!
As long as you have an agreement with that East Asian star and let that East Asian star stand up and say that he doesn't care, it doesn't matter how harshly he is scolded online.

After all, the parties involved have said that they don’t care, so what does this have to do with those mobs?

The secretary was a black woman with a nice figure. She shook her head and said:
"We got in touch with him. The person who communicated with us was a senior executive of his company, but he was not satisfied with our proposal."

"Not satisfied?" Jonathan was puzzled. "Why? Are you not satisfied with him being the cover character? This is a great opportunity for him to become famous in Serbia!"

The secretary said: "But the other party did reject our proposal, and they have no intention of reconciling with us."

Jonathan was so angry that he slammed the table!
He asked his secretary to call Huang Zheng to the office again.

Huang Zheng is now in a completely fun-loving state of mind.

He had said long ago that Jonathan's apology plan for East Asia would not work. East Asians are not fools. They will go online! But he tried his best to persuade him, but Jonathan didn't listen at all!

There is nothing we can do. His influence is insignificant and we can’t do anything about it. We can only watch Jonathan go further and further down the road to his own death.

We can't let him stop Jonathan, can we?

Can't stop it, can't stop it at all.

Besides, why would he stop it?
Sure enough, the development of the matter did not exceed his expectations. Once Jonathan's apology statement was issued, it not only did not help, but also aroused greater anger. Adding fuel to the fire.

To be honest, it would be better not to issue this statement. It would be better than the current situation.

But then, after Jonathan told Huang Zhengyi about the cover character, Huang Zhengyi couldn't even keep his funny attitude anymore.

Huang Zheng asked in disbelief:
"You actually asked someone to contact Cheng Cheng and said you could put him on the cover?"

"Yes," Jonathan said, "but I don't understand why he doesn't agree. John, you know East Asian stars. Don't you East Asian stars all want to prove yourself in Serbia? Being on the cover of Century Weekly is such a great opportunity! There's no reason for him to disagree, right?"

Huang Zheng was speechless and choked up. He asked:
"You really don't see the problem?"

Jonathan was puzzled: "What's the problem?"

He really didn't know, he wasn't pretending.

"What are you asking?" Huang Zheng was about to collapse. He said, "Honatan, have you read the information I gave you? Do you understand what level of star Cheng Cheng is? He is a superstar in Asia! He has fans in nearly ten countries! In Serbia, he is Krina or Alfred Jr. (Oscar winner)! Why do you think he needs to be on the cover to prove himself? Moreover, there is only one cover per week, which is nothing compared to the Person of the Year. Don't you think this is very insulting?"

Jonathan was confused: "But we are Serbia."

Huang Zheng cursed him in his heart as a big idiot.

He was powerless to argue with Jonathan and said:

“Honatan, I have no intention of correcting you or changing your mindset of white supremacy and Cyprus supremacy. It is deeply ingrained.

I just want to remind you that if you really want to end this matter, the first thing you have to do is to treat Cheng Cheng the same as Crana and little Alfred, and your apology must be sincere. "

Jonathan felt that Huang Zheng was exaggerating a bit.

Treat Cheng Cheng the same as Crana and little Alfred?

In fact, they are not equal, so how can they be treated equally?
Huang Zheng knew from Jonathan's expression that he was talking to a deaf person, so he shook his head and walked out of Jonathan's office.

Let him do whatever he wants, he doesn't care anyway.

Over the next two days, the incident between Cheng Cheng and Century Weekly continued to ferment, and East Asian netizens were still scolding them, but Century Weekly seemed to have learned its lesson and started to play dead and not move.

But what most interests major media, Peninsula and Japanese netizens is:
Why has Cheng Cheng, the protagonist of this incident, remained silent?
You know, he is a person who will argue even if he is unreasonable, and even more terrifying when he is reasonable.

When he was in a reasonable state, he was no less capable than ordinary people in mastering nuclear weapons. Why was he so quiet this time?

Outside the set of the second season of "Love Apartment", the reporters finally caught up with Cheng Cheng after much hardship.

Facing this question, Cheng Cheng accepted an interview and said:

"I don't want to have a verbal fight with them, because I really can't do anything to them right now, and there's no point in having a verbal fight. This year I have a TV series and a movie that will be released worldwide, and I'd rather give them a slap in the face! Just like Xianghua Entertainment and Kunshan Beer, once I become popular in Serbia, they will have no room to survive."

After the interview was posted online, the morale of netizens was boosted, and the frustration that had accumulated over the past few days was swept away.

The little black guys were all shouting loudly.

"Brother Frog is so domineering!!!"

"That's awesome! Brother Frog is right. What's the point of just talking nonsense? We should give them a slap in the face!"

“Sometimes, the weapon of criticism is not as good as the criticism of the weapon!”

“I hope this day will come sooner!”

"I knew that Frog Brother would not back down! Just wait, Century Weekly will regret what it said today!"

"Century Weekly, remember, Xianghua Entertainment and Kunshan Beer are watching you!"

"This time the revenge list is definitely on. It's not that I won't take revenge, it's just that the time has not come yet, brother!"

Previously, the thirteen companies on Cheng Cheng’s revenge list have now gone bankrupt, closed down, or become out of date.

Because no one in the entertainment industry dares to endorse them anymore.

Whoever dares to answer will be against Cheng Cheng.

No one can afford this price.

Among them, Xianghua Entertainment and Kunshan Beer were the most tragic.

Xianghua Entertainment, a once prosperous entertainment company that once produced top stars such as Cheng Cheng, has completely closed down, and the original company building has been rented to another company.

Kunshan Beer, a first-tier beer brand, has also been reduced to a third-tier brand. It can only have some sales in the local area, but it is completely unsellable in other places. This is because Cheng Cheng holds a grudge too much and is often dragged out to be beaten.

No one can stand this.

Along with Sung Cheng’s interview, a statement from Shinhwa Entertainment was also released.

Shinhwa's statement said:

Century Weekly proposed the condition of making Sung Cheng the cover character, and also required Sung Cheng to publicly express his understanding of the magazine and mobilize his fan base to assist Century Weekly in restoring its image.

Shinhwa Company stated that it rejects any form of compromise and sacrifice of principles. At the same time, Shinhwa Company will not only not accept the unreasonable demands of Century Weekly, but will also permanently ban any form of cooperation with Century Weekly.

As soon as the statement came out, there was another round of applause.

Netizens were also puzzled while they were excited:

"I finally understand. Century Magazine really doesn't take Brother Frog seriously. They've come up with such outrageous conditions. Does they think being the cover character is such a big favor? To put it bluntly, even if they really offered him a Person of the Year title, Brother Frog might not agree."

"It's so funny. I can imagine how angry Frog is. It seems that he has never been insulted to this extent since he became popular again?"

"To be honest, even Lu Zhuofeng wouldn't dare to insult him like this."

"Indeed, it was a series of insults. I can't imagine how badly Century Weekly will end up."

"It's really interesting to have a new cover character every week. It really shows the arrogance and conceit of Westerners. They are not criticized for nothing."

"Brother Frog, please unify the entertainment industry in Serbia. I can't stand it anymore. I want to slap them in the face. How dare they do that?"

What can Century Weekly do in the face of Shinhwa Company’s response?

There’s nothing I can do!

I can only continue to pretend to be dead!

In the next week, Cheng Cheng visited the set of "Love Apartment 2" and "Underground Traffic Station", and also flew to Fu Hai to meet his good brother Jiang Nan and sleep with him for a night.

In the crew of "Underground Traffic Station", the new actors in training strongly asked Cheng Cheng to teach them something, but Cheng Cheng only left them one sentence:

“A strong actor relies on 100% concentration. Only when you are extremely focused and desperate to succeed, can you succeed.”

In addition, during this week, every actor who received an invitation to star in "The Three-Body Problem" has been stepping up their time to study the role, improve their condition, and prepare for the upcoming auditions.

Beret also came out and served as Cheng Cheng's assistant director, taking the crew members to select locations all over the country.

July 7nd, audition for "The Three-Body Problem".

Same day, neon.

The first episode of "Unnatural Death" is finally online!
Countless fans of Cheng Cheng were watching in front of the TV.

Oscar Communication's president Yoshihiro Koyama and department manager Kenichi Sato; Unnatural's director Keita Kawauchi, lead actress Tamako Miyazaka, and second male lead Riki Watanabe; Goto Risa, who is related to Cheng Cheng; and the station director and director of Fuji TV, the TV station where Unnatural was shown. All of them are waiting for feedback from Unnatural.

There are also Neon Television (NTV), TV Asahi (EX), Kyoto Metropolitan Television (Tokyo MX), TBS TV, TV Tokyo, as well as major directors, major stars, and major artist agencies have also cast their attention.

I want to see the quality of Cheng Cheng’s first Japanese drama.

After all, the East Asian literary giant is crazy about Japan.

Or maybe the dragon from Jiangjiang is not used to the local climate.

It all depends on tonight!
(End of this chapter)