On August 24, with "Ant-Man and the Wasp", the domestic summer season basically came to an end.

There will be no major domestic blockbusters released during this period, and the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies has been basically exhausted. It's just a good time to let a Hollywood blockbuster come in and stir up the market to prevent the market from being deserted.

As of the day "Ant-Man 2" was released, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" had been in theaters for 52 days and had grossed a total of 3.1 billion in box office, becoming the biggest winner in this summer's summer season.

The runner-up also came from a remote location. "Along with the Gods 2", which was released for 22 days, earned a box office of 2.724 billion. The total box office of the two films successfully exceeded the 5 billion mark, fulfilling the original ambition.

The third place is Kaixin Mahua's "The Richest Man in Xihong City", with revenue of 2.677 billion, slightly behind "Along with the Gods 2".

The fourth and fifth places are "A Good Show" and "The Meg", both of which exceeded 1 billion. However, due to the influence of "Along with the Gods 2", both movies only achieved a score of just over 1 billion.

The film crew is quite satisfied with this result.

Especially Zhang Ziyi.

Nowadays, the country no longer cares whether you are qualified or not. Besides, Zhang Ziyi is indeed full of talents in terms of qualifications, and has won all three gold medals in Chinese.

Unless she gets three major awards or an Oscar, her career in film awards is basically over.

What she is lacking now is her box office performance.

Although "The Meg"'s 1 billion achievement is far from enough compared to those movies worth 3 to 5 billion.

But 1 billion is an important step. Don’t look at the current movie prices of 2, 3, 4, 5 billion, but if you look carefully, you will find that 1 billion is a very important threshold.

It’s these people who get 1 billion, and it’s the same group of people who get 2 billion to 3 billion.

Therefore, Zhang Ziyi is quite satisfied with the result of 1 billion.

A borderline heroine is a borderline heroine, a Hollywood movie, not shabby.

The film cost US$130 million and the global box office exceeded US$500 million.

She didn't mess up. With this result, she has the confidence to try Hollywood again.

However, before breaking into Hollywood, she had to find a new backer, and her best friend Wendi Deng was no longer available.

Who else could it be, of course it would be her good neighbor Cheng Yuan.

But when she and Liu Yifei were whispering about Cheng Yu'an's itinerary, Liu Yifei told her that Cheng Yu'an would be very busy in the coming period.

"The final stage of "The Wandering Earth" has come to an end, and he has to watch the whole process; he also has to watch the preparations for "My Motherland and Me"; in the United States, both "Mulan" and "Green Book" need his support.

, and there are countless supervision and planning tasks, so he may not have time to go home in the past few months." After Liu Yifei finished speaking, she asked Zhang Ziyi, "Sister Ziyi, does she need to see him for anything?"

"It's okay," Zhang Ziyi said carelessly, "I can come to him if I have anything to do. I just want to treat you two to a meal."

"How are you doing? Treat us to dinner?" Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Yes." Zhang Ziyi said, "Thank you Yu'an for recommending me to act in "The Meg" and "Godzilla 2"."

"Oh," Liu Yifei sighed, "don't you also agree to participate in "I Am an Actor"?"

Zhang Ziyi, who is not in the group, has maintained her exposure through this phenomenal variety show. The strict requirements for the profession of an actor and the professionalism in her acting career that she showed in the show have really attracted a wave of fans for her.

Zhang Ziyi said beautifully: "I also have good intentions after watching this show." After saying that, he also invited Liu Yifei to join the show, "You can also go to the second season next year and be a guest commentator."

Liu Yifei shook her head after hearing this: "Please spare me, I don't want to go to variety shows anymore."

Liu Yifei has been shadowed by variety shows ever since she went to "Running Man". She can't do these things and chooses to stay away from them.

Shooting a variety show feels more tiring than a day of filming on the set.

After joking for a while, Zhang Ziyi wanted to get some information about Hollywood from Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei saw what she meant, but she really had no news to share with Zhang Ziyi.

"In the future, I will focus my work on China, the Chinese people in the United States.

There are too few opportunities." Liu Yifei will still not be able to get any decent roles in Hollywood unless the company customizes a heroine for her.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Liu Yifei said that she will focus on China in the future. Does this mean that she has the opportunity to take the share Liu Yifei vacated in Hollywood?

Zhang Ziyi attaches great importance to establishing a good relationship with Cheng Yuan and Liu Yifei. Even if Cheng Yuan is not at home, Zhang Ziyi still invites Liu Yifei to dinner alone.

When she heard that Liu Yifei was going to put Cheng Mufan in the kindergarten outside her home, Zhang Ziyi said, "Why not put her in an international school?" Their family, Xingxing, was now two and a half years old.

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"Is there any difficulty? I'll solve it," Zhang Ziyi said.

"Actually, it's not difficult," Liu Yifei said. "Her father originally said to put it in an international school, but I didn't agree, so he put it in front of the house. It only takes a few minutes to go back and forth, and it's convenient to take care of it."

"I visited that school a few days ago. The conditions are quite good. Many children in the community study there. I know several of them in Qiqi.

"I paid the registration fee to Qiqi in advance."

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On Saturday, the crew of "The Wandering Earth" released Uncle Da's personal poster.

The crew of "The Wandering Earth" will start promotions one after another.

The next day, Disney officially released the stills of "Mulan" and Liu Yifei's makeup photos for the first time.

In the stills, half of the face of the real-life Liu Yifei and half of the face of the 1998 animated version of Mulan are put together, indicating that the live-action version of "Mulan" will inherit the animated version.

Liu Yifei's personal makeup photo uses a pure black background. Liu Yifei is dressed in red with her hair down, holding a knife in her right hand, making a gesture with her left hand, and looking straight ahead with a serious look.

Disney Pictures does not have an official Weibo account in China. Liu Yifei posted these two pictures herself and said: See you there on March 15, 2019.

"Mulan" is still undergoing intense post-production work. Disney Pictures has seen the final cut and is very satisfied with Cheng Yu'an's filming and Liu Yifei's performance, praising: "I believe this will be Disney's best live-action movie."

At the end of the month, Cheng Yuan held a topic selection meeting with the preparatory team for "My Motherland and Me".

Seven directors have been confirmed, and the topics have been screened down to only fifteen.

Today we will assign plays to each director.

Guo Fan chose "The Night Before"; Han Yan asked for "Encounter"; Xu Shan competed for "Win the Championship"; Xue Xiaolu wanted to film "Return"; Ning Hao decided to film "BJ Hello"; Wen Muye was very interested in the Air Force

, "Convoy" is to his liking.

When it was Zhang Yimou's turn, he smiled and said: "You guys are all shooting urban stories, let me shoot a rural scene..."

Cheng Yu'an's eyelids twitched. Zhang Yimou wouldn't have chosen the theme of Shenzhou 11.

This theme is "Daytime Popularity" by Chen Kaige of the original time and space, a serious rural drama.

Cheng Yuan actually wanted to see how Zhang Yimou would write the script for this story, but it was a pity:
Chapter completed!