This kind of opportunity to suppress Tao Cen is extremely rare. Given their status, the possibility of them acting together may never come again after the filming of "Criminal Suspect" is completed.
In Jiang Se's opinion, if she cannot perform to her satisfaction in "Criminal Suspect", she will feel regretful no matter how far she goes on this path in the future.
That feeling was the reason why she wanted to perform her best regardless of everything. When Huo Zhiming asked her to cut her hair, she agreed resolutely.
"I know I'm being willful." She kissed Pei Yi's lips, a little coquettishly: "I also understand that if I refuse, you and Sister Chaoqun will definitely have a better way to help me get out of this situation."
But that's not what she wanted.
Tao Cen is her opponent, not Xia Chaoqun and Pei Yi.
If both parties compete for endorsements and resources, that is Xia Chaoqun's business. She will not interfere or speak in a smart-aleck manner. But when it comes to making movies, she needs to face it instead of avoiding it and being afraid of everything. If that is the case, her insistence on taking this path will lose its original meaning.
After all, at her point in life, fame and fortune are enough. She has works to make a living. "Beijing Events", "About My Love for You", "Devils" and "A Glimmer of Hope" are all things she can show off. "Divine Redemption" co-produced with Cesare is about to be released. These are her brilliant resumes. When she renewed her contract, Luo Yin gave her shares in Century Galaxy.
She is a household name in China, and the advertisements she endorses are also extraordinary. If she is content and knows when to quit, these things will be enough to ensure that she will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, and enjoy both fame and fortune. However, what she wants is more than just these.
She didn't want Pei Yi to interfere in the competition between her and Tao Cen, even though she knew it was not easy to convince Pei Yi.
"Are you bullying me because I can't do anything to you?"
Pei Yi's tone was a little dull, and Jiang Se was a little surprised: "How could it be?"
In fact, when he lost his temper this time, she was somewhat nervous, so she told him what she was thinking.
"I think what Aunt Ning said before the last Leopard press conference is very right." She reached out to grab her boyfriend's hair. He was comforted and extremely obedient. He put his forehead against hers and listened to her saying: "Aunt Ning said that Grandpa Pei once said that when children have disputes, adults should not interfere."
"Just like if I hadn't been reborn, if I was still the me a few years ago, I would have listened to my family's arrangements and met Zhao Junhan..." She made an analogy for him, but before she finished her words, he said firmly: "That won't work! You are mine."
"Even if that's the case, I have to like you first. I can't deal with Zhao Junhan first, right?"
After she said this, Pei Yi laughed: "That's not necessarily true."
When he was young, the fact that Feng Nan and Zhao Junhan had dinner together made him furious for a long time, like a bomb that could explode at any time.
He licked his lips and said with a half-smile: "How do you know I haven't thought about cleaning him up first?"
Many years later, when Zhao Junhan was mentioned, he still looked unhappy. Jiang Se couldn't help but wanted to laugh, but then he looked at his expression and said, "I've said it all, don't be angry with me anymore."
She seldom coaxed people like this, but she knew that Pei Yi liked her to act like a spoiled child. She would not act like a spoiled child to him easily at other times, but would make him unable to resist at such a critical moment.
In fact, he couldn't bear to be angry with her all the time, but he felt a little unwilling to let it go.
"Has the school decided which tutor you should choose?" He stopped talking about "Criminal Suspect" and started talking about her studies instead.
Jiang Se nodded. She had decided to pursue graduate studies with a professor named Xia in the history department.
This professor has made great achievements in historical research. It was not easy to become his student. However, although Jiang Se has entered the entertainment industry in recent years and her job has nothing to do with the knowledge she has learned, her grades have not fallen behind, and her graduation thesis also left a good impression on Professor Xia. So before returning to school this time, Jiang Se called Professor Xia in advance, and Professor Xia reserved a place for her, which solved a problem for her.
"Then accompany me to Xijiuzhou and live for a while." He made the request, and Jiang Se naturally nodded in agreement.
He was still a little unwilling, so he touched her hair and sighed: "Next time, even if you cut your hair, you must tell me." His voice was very low, and his eyes were full of affection: "Otherwise, I will worry about whether you are hurt or whether you are wronged."
"Well..." If Pei Yi spoke harshly, Jiang Se might feel better, but when he begged in a low voice, her heart softened: "Next time, I'll tell you everything first, and I won't let you worry."
She rubbed her face gently on Pei Yi's chin: "Ayi, don't be angry." In fact, in love, both parties proceed by groping and adapting to each other.
"Sese." He nodded, holding her face and acting coquettishly: "Kiss me."
She breathed a sigh of relief, followed his wishes and kissed him, and the matter was successfully resolved.
Originally, Jiang Se felt that he would inevitably be scolded by Feng Zhongliang, but with Pei Yi's help and cover, he avoided it smoothly.
Pei Yi personally called Feng Zhongliang and mentioned that Jiang Se would accompany him to live in Xijiuzhou for a period of time. Their wedding date was approaching, and it would be an opportunity to cultivate their relationship before marriage. Feng Zhongliang naturally agreed.
Jiang Se returned to the capital after school started in September. During her stay in Xijiuzhou, the dietitian arranged by Xia Chaoqun had been preparing a diet that would help her hair grow. In about half a year, her hair had grown below her ears, and after trimming it, she left some bangs, giving her an ethereal temperament.
The newly grown hair was as smooth as silk. When she met Feng Zhongliang, the new hairstyle surprised Feng Zhongliang a little, but because he had not seen that Jiang Se's hair had just grown out, he did not think too much about her hair cutting.
Although there were originally more class time during the first year of graduate school, Xia Chaoqun took the initiative to ask Jiang Se to take the three-month vacation from October to January during the promotion period of "God's Redemption".
The release date of "God's Redemption" was full of twists and turns. At the beginning, the film company was not sure about this movie starring the Chinese girl Jiang Se.
Jiang Se has gained some fame abroad in recent years. First, she brought the image of China's graceful and classical beauty to Europe and the United States in the film "Beijing Events", which caused some waves.
Later, she took over the endorsement of Hong Kong & China Jewelry. Hong Kong & China used the two black-and-white photos taken in France that year as its classic signboard and placed the two unique posters in every Hong Kong & China jewelry store around the world.
Chapter 2
But what really made Jiang Se famous was that she was nominated for the "Best Actress" at the French Film Festival for two consecutive years, and was favored by Cesare. Later, she became the Chinese spokesperson for Federer watches. As the first Chinese actress to sign a contract with the Federer brand, Jiang Se really earned a lot of glory that year.
Her road to fame did not stop there. Instead, she later won the endorsement of ELYSEES' sports car again. She is the only girl whose name can be called out by European and American audiences among Chinese stars.
Several of the movies she starred in were released overseas and achieved good results. "Devil" and "Silver Lining" both earned tens of millions of dollars at the North American box office.
But even so, the investors of "God's Redemption" are still worried.
Cesare is very famous abroad and has a huge fan base. When the filming of "God's Redemption" started, it attracted a large number of fans.
When they learned that Cesare was going to shoot such a work, many fans forwarded the news immediately. At that time, the investors conducted rigorous market research and spent nearly a year to select the Hollywood sweetheart Laura based on the audience's preferences and the image of Lanny in the original plot of "Prisoners".
When the official cast of "God's Redemption" was announced, many fans who paid attention to the crew of "God's Redemption" at the first time expressed their satisfaction. Laura has been very popular in Europe and the United States in recent years. She is young, beautiful, has a hot body, and a sweet smile. She is very popular among young people and has a certain box office appeal.
With her starring in the film and collaborating with Italian film emperor Donald, it is like combining top-notch traffic with god-level acting skills.
Donald's existence is to attract the middle-class elites in Europe and the United States and to satisfy their spiritual needs regarding human nature, reincarnation, morality, religion, etc. in the movie. The existence of Laura is to cater to the simple and direct aesthetic views of the young people in Europe and the United States. The combination of the two made Borgia and Roundabout Company full of expectations for "Salvation" during market research at the time.
The early team is undoubtedly perfect in the eyes of investors, combining art and business, and taking into account both classics and box office. Investors will eventually make a lot of money.
However, no matter how good the early plans were, no one at Borgia or the Roundabout Company had expected that during the filming process, Cesare and Donald would eventually join forces and kick Laura out.
The unsmooth cooperation process caused twists and turns in the filming of this movie. The temporary replacement of the female lead made this movie, which had an investment of more than 200 million US dollars, full of variables.
Even though Cesare later gave repeated assurances, and even a Chinese film and television company signed an agreement in advance to introduce the movie "God's Redemption" to China with a very low profit-sharing contract, the investment company was still full of worries.
For Cesare, "Divine Redemption" is of great significance. Choosing an actress with a commercial perspective may not necessarily be the role that satisfies him the most.
Therefore, in the eyes of Borgia and the top management of the island, Cesare must have been full of prejudice against Laura from the beginning. The subsequent unpleasantness in cooperation led to Laura's elimination to make way for Jiang Se, whom he admired.
He has been preparing to shoot "God's Redemption" for many years. He only needs to be responsible for the shooting. Whether the film makes a profit or a loss is not within his consideration.
Although Jiang Se has influence in China and China's box office data in recent years is also quite good, the main market of Borgia and the Island Company is still in Europe and the United States, and they still need to consider the acceptance of foreign audiences.
Although the response to the initial advance screening of the film to senior management was mostly positive, it was still unknown whether a girl from China could be accepted by the European and American markets.
Taking all the above factors into consideration, the senior management of Huandao Company initially discussed with the Borgia family and proposed to use a different marketing method to launch "God's Redemption" in the market.
In other words, instead of launching the film all at once in the familiar global simultaneous release format, it will first target a small audience and try a small-scale preview in North America.
The main duration is ten days, during which time "God's Redemption" will be gradually promoted to a small number of theaters for screening.
In the eyes of investors, relying on Donald's status in the eyes of middle-class intellectuals in Europe and the United States, and Cesare's influence in Europe and the United States, coupled with appropriate marketing, they can first attract a group of media and film critics, generate a wave of positive reviews, and give the audience a buffer period for acceptance.
Once "God's Redemption" becomes famous in North America, it will be gradually promoted to Europe and the United States until its global premiere ten days later. It will open up the market bit by bit, expand the scale of distribution, and the audience will gradually accept it, which will make it possible to usher in the final harvest.
This is the best release method that investors came up with after conducting market research for more than half a year and coming up with countless plans.
But Cesare disagreed.
He believes that the emergence of the advance screening method is just a move by investors to reduce losses, promote the popularity of the film, and attract audiences to the cinema. It is a kind of film distribution and marketing method.
Cesare is ambitious and has high expectations for "God's Redemption". Jiang Se's performance in "God's Redemption" is witnessed by everyone in the crew.
She brought the character of Lanny in the movie to life, as if such a character really existed in the world, and her collaboration with Donald was seamless.
What she lacked was just an opportunity for the world to know her. Compared with Laura, she was undoubtedly much more suitable for the role of "Lanni".
"God's Redemption" is of great significance to him. It is all for the purpose of promoting the fame of the movie. Instead of relying on film critics and media professionals to spread a wave of goodwill through previews, why not use a more convenient and more eye-catching way
The investors wanted to open up the market by previewing the film, but Cesare wanted to take the "Salvation of the Divine" team to compete in the triennial World Centennial Film Art History selection event in the United States.
The World 100 Years of Film Art History is an award established 96 years ago by several major American financial groups with the slogan of "100 Years of Filmmakers". It aims to collect the best films in the world and to recognize the achievements of filmmakers. It has an extraordinary influence on the history of world cinema.
For nearly a hundred years, all the films that have been included in the history of film art and won awards have been classics.
A film that can qualify for an award in film art history is equivalent to having already gained true recognition from filmmakers, and can easily achieve both box office success and good reputation.
It is officially held every three years in early December for a period of 20 days. The participating films must be completed and not yet released. (To be continued)