Chapter 95 93 Voluntary Dedication

Chapter 95: Active Dedication

The door of the box was pushed open, and Zhang Ziyi widened her eyes and looked at the young man in front of her who was younger than herself in surprise.

She seemed to have heard the number 5 million just now, and the unit was still US dollars.

This number came out of Eric Cooper's mouth, as if it was light and weightless, no different from 500 yuan.

In contrast, when I was in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", my salary was 130,000 RMB. Later, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became a big hit and I became famous. When I took on "Hero", my salary had risen to 1.6 million RMB.

But 1.6 million RMB is the peak I can get at present, because "Hero" is a commercial blockbuster with high investment. If it is changed to an ordinary domestic movie, it can't give this salary at all.

But look at the young master of MGM in front of him, he opened his mouth and asked for 5 million US dollars, which is more than 40 million RMB if converted into the exchange rate, which is equivalent to her shooting 30 "Heroes", but this money is just a drop in the bucket for him.

At this moment, the long-lost huge sense of gap rushed into her heart again. The last time she had this feeling was when she met Gong Li.

But since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made her famous internationally, the sense of gap disappeared, and now it suddenly popped up again.

"Hollywood, only Hollywood can make me truly realize my own value, this is the best opportunity."

With this thought in mind, Zhang Ziyi looked at Eric with more and more enthusiasm.

And she was not the only one who was shocked at the scene. Han Sanping, Zhou Xiaopeng, and Deputy Director Chen also widened their eyes.

There are some things that Eric doesn't know, but Zhou Xiaopeng, as a person in the system, understands how big this number is, so big that it has exceeded the aid of many countries.

So far, the donations and aid from the world to China are only more than 20 million US dollars.

For example, the United Kingdom provided 5 million US dollars in aid, Italy 1 million US dollars, Australia provided 1.7 million Australian dollars worth of supplies through the World Health Organization, Canada provided 3.14 million US dollars in supplies and research expenses, and South Korea provided 300,000 US dollars in free aid.

This is the case abroad. Although the enthusiasm in China is higher, the largest donation by China Petroleum Group is only 20 million RMB so far.

The main reason is that the economy had not really taken off in 2003. For example, in Yanjing, a leading city in the country, the average annual salary of employees last year was only about 40,000 yuan.

So it would be abnormal if they had no reaction when they saw Eric casually waving his hand and giving away 5 million US dollars.

Zhou Xiaopeng swallowed his saliva: "Eric, 5 million US dollars may not be appropriate."

"Why? I think 5 million is already a lot."

Eric felt a little unhappy. If he still thought it was too little, it would be a bit greedy. He wanted to make some contributions, but he didn't want to be a big victim.

Zhou Xiaopeng waved his hand hurriedly: "No, no, you misunderstood. It's not too little, but too much."

"What?"

I have seen people complaining about too little money, but this is the first time I have seen people complaining about too much money.

"Eric, there are some things you don't know, and I'm not in a position to say it clearly, but I can draw a line for you, 2 million US dollars is about right."

As a government official, Zhou Xiaopeng is thinking about not only economic issues, but also face issues.

If a foreign-funded enterprise is really asked to donate more than 40 million yuan, while the highest donation in China is only 20 million, whose face is this being slapped? Many people will be ashamed.

Not knowing what Zhou Xiaopeng was thinking, Eric could only smile helplessly: "Well, since Director Zhou said so, let's just give 2 million US dollars."

"Okay, then Lao Han and I will do our best to complete the preliminary procedures for you within a week. Before you return to the United States, we will try to hold a press conference, and this will be considered a deal."

After the business was said, the rest was just chatting and gossiping. Zhou Xiaopeng became a listener. Han Sanping and Eric began to talk about the development of the film industry. Zhang Ziyi wanted to interrupt, but it was obvious that no one took her seriously.

After a few words, she was too embarrassed to interrupt, so she could only chat with Susan to get closer while secretly observing Eric.

The two clinked their glasses, and Han Sanping drank the remaining wine in one gulp. Now his glass has been replaced with white wine. According to him, red wine is boring and tastes wrong.

Eric still drank red wine, but he didn't drink it all, just took a small sip.

The first three glasses were considered to be in line with the local customs, and then they each had their own way.

Zhang Ziyi hurriedly filled Han Sanping's glass again, and the latter was obviously a little drunk at this time.

"Mr. Cooper, if our joint venture can be established, it will definitely be established."

"I have a hope in my heart, that is, I hope MGM can help China cultivate a group of talents, especially technical talents. The gap between China and Hollywood in this regard is really too big."

"Don't be afraid of you laughing at me. To be honest, judging from the current special effects level on the mainland, it can't even compare with "Terminator 2", but that was a movie in 1991, 12 years ago."

"And the future must be an era of special effects blockbusters. If we can't break through the technical barriers, it will be too difficult for Chinese films to go abroad! It's even impossible."

Eric couldn't help but sigh at the accuracy of Han Sanping's vision. According to his memory, the next ten years will indeed be the world of special effects blockbusters. Hollywood will bombard the global market and no country in the world will be able to compete with it.

But the reason why Chinese films cannot go abroad is that although technology is a factor, everyone knows the root cause and there is no need to say it out.

There are also things like the film rating system. The reason why it has been unable to withdraw is because everyone knows the reason.

Chatting and spanking, bragging, just say some curb words. Even if you are in a small circle, you must be careful that walls have ears, and there are many people who fall over.

"Director Han, what you said makes sense, but in my opinion, the story is actually more important than the technology, because a good script is the cornerstone of a good movie."

"I can help Huaxia cultivate technical talents and connect China Film and Weta Digital, but I hope that China can pay more attention to screenwriters. As far as I know, the status of screenwriters in the Chinese film market is really difficult to describe."

"If you really want your movies to go global, it's more important to capture screenwriters than special effects. Otherwise, think about why there are so many American TV series that can be sold all over the world before special effects have even emerged."

After chatting for a while, Han Sanping, who was originally in high spirits, became more and more depressed, and finally drank another glass of white wine.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, when the dinner was over, Deputy Director Chen took Zhou Xiaopeng, who had drunk a lot, and left, while Zhang Ziyi drove away Han Sanping, who was almost drunk.

The three Erics stayed in Fengzeyuan, which is not only a hotel, but also a hotel. The environment is very good.

"Okay, you guys should go to bed early and we'll talk about anything tomorrow."

After sending Chen Xing and Susan away, Eric took a good bath to get rid of the smell of tobacco and alcohol.

For a non-smoker, smelling other people's second-hand smoke is simply torture, but if you don't smoke at dinner, you can't stop others from smoking.

"Oops, I left in a hurry and forgot to bring clothes. I have to ask Chen Xing to buy some clothes tomorrow."

Shaking his head, Eric lay on the bed and turned on the TV. The first channel that caught his eye was CCTV 8, which was playing the trailer for the next episode of "The Golden Family".

On the screen, looking at the young Chen Kun, Dong Jie who has not yet gotten close to Wang Dazhi, and the young Crystal Liu, Eric can't help but feel sad and amused at the same time.

Recalling the past, he and Chen Kun worked together in a movie, "Tiansheng Changge". At that time, he was not even an assistant director, just an assistant to the director.

At that time, it was an era when capital invaded the entertainment industry the most and traffic was king. The crew had actually changed from a director-centered system to an actor-centered system.

Except for the top directors, everyone is being kidnapped by capital, and he naturally plays the role of being ordered around.

But things are different now. As long as I lick my fingers, I don’t know how many film and television company bosses will come to kneel and lick me.

As for those actors, they are not even qualified to kneel and lick.

In today's era, Hollywood is a place that stars all over the world aspire to, and it also crushes China.

It’s heartbreaking, but it’s the truth!

bell

Just when Eric was about to fall asleep, the phone rang suddenly.

Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, and it was a call from Huaxia, Eric hung up immediately. An unfamiliar number at night was either raped or stolen!

As soon as I hung up, the phone rang again, with the same number.

Eric hung up a second time, but the phone rang a third time.

"Huh? Is there something wrong?"

After hesitating for a moment, Eric chose to answer the call, and a familiar voice immediately came from the other side of the phone.

"Mr. Cooper, I am Zhang Ziyi."

"Oh, is something wrong?"

Eric frowned when he heard it was her, this girl was not an innocent character.

But then again, there are no pure characters in the entertainment industry. This place is originally a chicken coop and the actors and directors are the little animals looking for food in it.

And people like myself naturally play the role of breeders.

Sprinkle water and throw rice on the little animals yourself. When the chickens and ducks are fattened, you can eat them yourself or sell them for money.

"That's it. Director Han noticed that you didn't seem to have any change of clothes with you and asked me to send you a few sets."

"Then you leave it at the front desk and let the waiter bring it up."

"Uh, Mr. Cooper, can you reveal your room number? I think it's better to send it up myself."

"Why?"

"Besides clothes, there are actually other things. It's not convenient for others to give them away."

After hesitating for a moment, Eric said: "Then you come to 301."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

In the lobby on the first floor, Zhang Ziyi's face glowed with joy, and then she did not go directly to the elevator, but went to the bathroom.

Take out the makeup box from your bag and dress yourself carefully in front of the mirror to make yourself look more beautiful.

I took out the perfume spray and sprayed it into my mouth. I breathed into my palm and smelled it. The smell of alcohol was much lighter, which was good.

After finishing the preparations, the corners of her mouth raised slightly.

In the dead of night, drunken sex, food and sex!

When she went to participate in activities abroad, she didn't know how many foreigners looked at her longingly. She believed that with her charm, it would not be a problem to win over a young boy like Eric Cooper.

dong dong dong

Hearing the knock on the door, Eric walked to the door and opened it. When he saw the woman in front of him, he couldn't help but wonder that she was wearing makeup. It was clear what the purpose was.

"Thank you, please make a special trip and have a rest early."

After taking the clothes from Zhang Ziyi, Eric was about to close the door. He had no intention of getting involved with this bitch.

The reputation is not good, he likes to stir up trouble and trouble too much.

But he didn't want to, but Zhang Ziyi couldn't, so the woman squeezed into the room sideways.

"What are you doing? Is there anything else?" Eric's tone was a little unhappy.

Zhang Ziyi lifted her hair, and her eyes began to send affectionate electric sparks, and she was pretending to be so!

"Eric, there were too many people at dinner. In fact, I have always wanted to ask you about movies. Now that no one is disturbing us, can we talk about it?"

Eric yawned: "It's too late, and I'm tired from the flight. Let's talk about the movie tomorrow. You can ask Mr. Han to organize a seminar and we can discuss it."

Zhang Ziyi was stunned for a moment, thinking, do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand? The actress came to study movies in the middle of the night. Is it really for the movie?

"Isn't it obvious enough? He is still so young and just joined MGM last year. He may not have experienced this kind of thing. It must be like this."

After thinking about it, Zhang Ziyi decided to work harder.

She pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Eric, can I use the bathroom? I drank too much and I'm not feeling well."

Eric was about to say that you can just go to the lobby, I can just close the door.

But Zhang Ziyi had already rushed into the bathroom pretending to be nervous, not giving him a chance to refuse, and then heard the sound of running water in the bathroom.

"Mr. Cooper, I seem to have encountered some difficulties, can you help me?" A moment later, Zhang Ziyi's voice came from the bathroom.

"What! This is inconvenient, what's wrong with you? I'll call room service for you."

"No, you can't let them see me like this now, it's too embarrassing!"

This sentence can't help but make people think about it, why is it embarrassing? Is it because of the posture?

"Then I'll call the police for you, the police will definitely protect your privacy, don't worry, I'll call right away!"

"Ah? Wait, don't call the police, it doesn't seem too difficult, I seem to be fine."

Zhang Ziyi walked out of the bathroom with a complicated expression on her face. Looking at Eric's innocent face with a little concern, she was even more angry.

"Impossible, he can't possibly not understand, is it because I haven't done enough?"

"Is this guy a gentleman? No, that's even more impossible!"

Zhang Ziyi's mind was turning. In fact, at this point, unless she was really confused, she should have given up.

But she was still unwilling to give up. She didn't know when she would get such a good opportunity next time.

Thinking of this, she decided to give it a try. She didn't believe there was a cat that didn't steal fish!

"Mr. Cooper, in fact, in addition to clothes, Mr. Han said he had something else to give you."

"Oh, yes, you just said it. What is it?"

"Me!"

After that, Zhang Ziyi took off her sweater and untied her belt in Eric's surprised eyes.