The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 578: No Youth Again

"congratulations!"

"Thank you."

"Now that I have my first Best Actor trophy, I will definitely win the Grand Slam someday."

Huang Bo was close by, and he heard a lot of Liu Shishi's excited shouting on the other side.

To achieve the Grand Slam, a Chinese-language film must win five major awards: the Golden Horse Awards, the Golden Image Awards, the Golden Rooster Awards, the Hundred Flowers Awards, and the Huabiao Awards.

Because the latter two are of lower value and their recognition is questionable, the Triple Gold Slam is a more convincing statement.

Currently, there is no actor from both sides of the Taiwan Strait who has won the three major award-winning actor award, and except for Zhou Xun, there is only one actor from the three major award-winning actress award.

"This is just the beginning." Lu Yuan handed the phone to Zheng Qian.

When he transitioned to the big screen, he didn't expect to win an award in a short period of time, so winning the Hundred Flowers Award was really a surprise.

For the big screen, to gain a foothold, there are only two indicators to look at: one is the box office, and the other is the awards.

The award is ranked second because although movies have some artistic flavor, they are still commodities in essence. Without box office, the industry will collapse.

Compared to TV dramas, the film industry is much more cruel.

Even if the ratings of a TV series are not ideal, you can still continue to act in the next one, the only difference is that the troupe you get will be worse.

If you have a hit drama and are popular with the public, you will never lack for dramas to shoot in the next few years.

It is different with movies. If two films fail in a row, they will be returned directly because this not only harms the interests of the investors, but also affects the share of income of the theaters.

Therefore, since Lu Yuan's transformation, he has only taken on commercial films in recent years, including "Love Is Not Blind", "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "Time and Space", "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".
Fortunately, the commercial performance is good, with the total box office accumulating over 30 billion.

It is no exaggeration to say that he has established himself on the big screen and is at the top.

Now he is qualified, or has the ability to try and fail, to pursue awards.

He had no choice before, but now he wants it all, both box office and awards.

On the set, Lu Yuan's last scene before wrapping up.

In fact, it was a reshoot. Zhou Xinchi was not satisfied with the original version of the lines, so he added some new content.

It is said that Chen Xuanzang was induced by Sun Wukong to release the seal.

When the war broke out, Chen Xuanzang was pulled bald by Sun Wukong. Miss Duan was heartbroken and avenged him.

Unfortunately, the gap in strength between the two sides was too great. The Wuding Flying Ring was blocked by Sun Wukong, and Miss Duan's right fist was twisted and her left leg was broken.

She still refused to give up and continued to attack while dragging her broken body. However, Sun Wukong hit her in the temple with his "Double Peaks Piercing the Ears" move and pushed her out.

Xuanzang crawled over with difficulty and looked at her in agony.

"I caught you again, and you still refuse to admit that you love me."

Miss Duan was dying and vomiting blood. Through Xuanzang's expression, she once again caught evidence that he loved her.

Her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Xuanzang, with tears in his eyes, put his ear to her lips and confessed his love for her, "I love you. I fell in love with you the first time I saw you."

"How much love."

"My love, there's not a day that goes by that I don't think about you."

"How long does love last?"

"A thousand years."

Tears flowed down Xuanzang's cheeks. He didn't bother to wipe them away. He said sadly but firmly: "Ten thousand years."

"Ten thousand years is too long. Just love me now." When Miss Duan was dying, her voice was intermittent and getting smaller and smaller until she completely died.

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The scene ends.

Lu Yuan kept moving, waiting for Zhou Xinchi to call out "Cut". Shu Qi, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, twitched his eyelids.

Both of them are considering whether to continue acting.

Outside the venue, co-director Guo Zijian didn't hear the director call for the end for a long time, so he looked to the side and found Zhou Xinchi with his head down, silent.

"Director." He called softly.

"Ah?" Zhou Xinchi looked up blankly, his eyes red. When he realized something, the sadness in his eyes instantly disappeared.

"Okay, pass!"

He exhaled, and seeing the crew members looking at him eagerly, he waved his hand again: "I declare that the filming of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons has officially finished!"

"It's finished, hooray!"

"Phew, after two and a half months of filming, it's finally finished."

"What the hell, I have to get up at six in the morning every day and I can't sleep for five hours a day. Tomorrow I'm going to sleep all day."

"I can finally go home. During this time I was away, my wife got pregnant again."

The crew was instantly in an uproar, everyone cheered in unison, with smiles on their faces.

After more than two months of getting along, everyone has realized that Zhou Xinchi's character is not as mysterious as the media has said.

Apart from being hands-on during filming, he would also get angry with people over details, but he is not personally critical of the person, and overall, he has a good personality and is smiling all day long.

So everyone started asking questions at once.

"Director, is there a wrap party tonight?"

"Can we order some food? I want abalone and hairy crab."

"All, all. Let's pack up and go back to the hotel. We've booked a restaurant. You can eat whatever you want tonight. We won't go home until we're drunk." Zhou Xinchi forced a smile.

"Well, long live the director!"

Everyone dispersed and went about their own business.

At this time, Guo Zijian took out a piece of toilet paper from his pocket and said, "Director, here you go."

Zhou Xinchi glanced at it, it was wrinkled and he didn't know how long it had been in his pocket, so he rejected it with disgust.

He took a step forward, thought for a moment, and then stopped, explaining: "Nothing happened just now. It was mainly because the wind was too strong and the sand blinded me."

Guo Zijian took back the toilet paper he had brought from the hotel and stretched out his hand to feel the air for a moment.

This scene was shot indoors and the blower wasn't turned on. Where did the wind come from? Are you lying?

Zhou Xinchi was too lazy to pay attention to him.

The ten thousand years in Lu Yuan's lines just now were intentionally added by him to express his guilt towards Luo Huijuan.

Isn’t Xuanzang the same as he was when he was young?

Only after Miss Duan really left did he realize how much he cared for her, and finally understood that there is no distinction between big and small love in the world.

At this moment, Lu Yuan was holding the flowers prepared by the crew and taking photos with the extras.

The crew was about to disband, but he did not object to becoming the topic of conversation among others. Instead, he was willing to help them.

After taking the photo, Zhou Xinchi was seen standing there in a daze, humming a song.

He walked over and listened for a while, and found it quite familiar. It was the lyrics of the ending song of "A Chinese Odyssey", "Love of My Life".

"Love and hate arise from the sea of ​​suffering. It is hard to escape fate in this world. From the past to now, love still exists."

Zhou Xinchi revealed the reason why the scene was reshot. Zhou Xinchi was previously signed to TVB and was a TV actor when he first debuted.

At that time, he was having an underground love affair with Luo Huijuan, an actress from the same company. Zhou Xinchi gave her his first screen kiss. He had double eyelid surgery a few years ago and even hid in her house for a while. Their relationship was very boring.

Later, Zhou Xinchi's film and television career suddenly exploded, and he was successful on the big screen, while Luo Huijuan was still quietly filming TV series at TVB.

When it came to the stage of discussing marriage, the woman had no objection, but the man had problems.

Zhou Xinchi's career was at a critical moment. He weighed the pros and cons of love and career and chose the latter.

Luo Huijuan passed away due to illness in June this year. Zhou Xinchi lamented that things have changed and people have changed, which brought back memories of his youth.

When talking about the play last night, Zhou Xinchi also said that Lu Yuan was luckier than him, as he and Liu Shishi were a pair and had been together for so many years.

"Are you going to use this song again?"

"Yeah." Zhou Xinchi nodded: "It's mainly because I personally like it."

Lu Yuan found a chair and sat down, humming along: "I don't seem to remember the lyrics 'From the past until now, love is still there'."

"I changed it. It's not good to be too hopeless. We need to have a little hope."

Zhou Xinchi smiled, not caring whether he understood or not, and asked abruptly: "Just curious, when do you and Liu Shishi plan to get the marriage certificate?"

Even though Lu Yuan was used to his jumping thoughts, he was still stunned for a moment. After a while, he slowly shook his head and said, "I don't have any plans yet."

"Because you're too busy?"

Lu Yuan frowned: "There is a reason."

"Oh, I used to think so too." Zhou Xinchi said in a voice that only he could hear.

"What?" Lu Yuan asked.

"No, don't forget to send me an invitation when you hold your wedding. I will definitely be there."

"Okay." Lu Yuan agreed, hesitated for a few seconds, and asked, "What about you?"

"what?"

"Get married."

Zhou Xinchi smiled bitterly, took off his hat, revealing his gray hair: "I don't think I have a chance. At my age and in this state, do you think I still have a chance?"

"Why not a chance?"

Zhou Xingchi waved his hands, not wanting to continue talking about this topic, skipped it, and said, "I really envy you. I have bad luck."

"Luck?" Lu Yuan glanced at him and borrowed a line from "A Chinese Odyssey": "No way, didn't the media say that there was a sincere relationship in front of you, but you didn't cherish it?"

Zhou Xinchi is very low-key when it comes to love, but he has had four known relationships.

"Well, I think it's just bad luck." Zhou Xinchi repeated, putting his hat back on. "I neglected a lot during my busiest time. If I could do it again, I wouldn't be so busy."

Lu Yuan rolled his eyes secretly. This kind of talk is like a young person who dropped out of school early to work, got drunk and said that he would study hard if he could go back to the past. He just couldn't concentrate on reading.

"What would you do if you could go back in time?"

"I did what I liked to do, because at that time, all I remembered was work. Now looking back, I found that I had given up too much along the way. I am now fifty years old, and I suddenly realized that there are still many things I have never done properly."

“Flowers may bloom again, but people can never be young again. In life, when we are young, we always have too many dreams to realize, but it is easiest to let down the people around us who have accompanied us through the ups and downs.” Lu Yuan concluded.

His real thought was that this man was simply old.

When men reach a certain age, they will miss the past, like to listen to old songs, and miss old things and people.

When you are young, you want to be old, and when you are old, you want to be young. In fact, it is a contradictory psychology. You are unwilling to accept it, but you can't expect it.

The past is past. The most important thing is to focus on the present or the future and take every step carefully.

Zhou Xinchi turned his head and looked at him.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan took out his phone and shook it. "Every time Shishi gets mad at me, she'll copy some inexplicably sad sentences from Baidu and send them to me, without changing the punctuation. They're mostly the same kind of sentences as before, about how we should learn to cherish each other, how we should understand each other, and so on and so forth, hoping that I'll quickly coax her."

Zhou Xinchi: “.”

On October 10, the crew of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" held a wrap party in Hengdian.

Everyone got drunk.

The next afternoon, Zhou Xinchi sobered up and flew back to Hong Kong to busy himself with the post-production of the film.

Lu Yuan boarded a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, to meet Xu Zheng.

After the huge success of "Lost in Thailand", the box office exceeded 1 billion yuan, and people in the arts and entertainment circles were very excited about it. At the same time, people in the tourism industry in Thailand and other countries were also very happy.

Many domestic tourists flocked to Thailand to experience the unique Buddhist culture and charming tropical scenery in the film.

Especially during the National Day holiday.

Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket are packed with people, making major travel agencies earn a lot of money.

1000 tour guides are totally not enough.

According to data released by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, China has surpassed Malaysia to become Thailand's largest source of overseas tourists. Compared with last year's National Day, the number of Chinese tourists traveling to Thailand this year has increased several times.

A movie can actually boost a country's tourism, even more than a commercial advertising campaign with huge investment.

This came as a surprise to the Thai government, as tourism is the mainstay of the Thai economy.

After careful consideration, Prime Minister Yingluck decided to meet with Lu Yuan and Xu Zheng in Bangkok.

On the morning of the 17th, led by the Thai Ambassador to China, Lu Yuan and Xu Zheng paid a visit to Prime Minister Yingluck at the Thai Prime Minister's Office.

Coincidentally, both of them had bald heads this time.

During the meeting, Yingla thanked the crew and said that the film was a good promotion for Thailand's tourism industry.

She also cordially invited other Chinese film producers and directors to shoot in Thailand, and promised that the Thai government would provide relevant conveniences.

Lu Yuan and Xu Zheng praised Thailand's natural scenery and traditional culture.

He said this was one of the important factors that enabled Lost in Thailand to present beautiful pictures to the audience.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Thai government for its support and promotion of the film industry, and promised to return to Thailand for filming in the future if he had the chance.

The whole process was very short, very official and very boring. By the time Xu Zheng left the Prime Minister's Office, his back was covered in sweat.

Lu Yuan's situation is similar to his.

It's not that they are nervous, the main reason is that they both represent China to a certain extent in this meeting, and this matter is bound to be reported extensively in domestic media, so there can be no room for any mistakes.

On the other hand, the weather in Bangkok is too hot.

On October 10, Lu Yuan and Xu Zheng returned to China together.

Xu Zheng returned to Shanghai, saying that he wanted to go into seclusion and prepare a new script.

After Lost in Thailand became a huge hit, he became China's first billion-dollar director. Countless investors approached him and offered him extremely high salaries, which gave him some ideas.

As for whether it was the second part of "Lost in Thailand", Lu Yuan asked, but Xu Zheng kept it a secret.

Lu Yuan didn't care much. He was in a hurry to go back to see his girlfriend. What Zhou Xinchi said made sense after all.

He is busier than ever this year. "Chinese Partners" is still waiting for him to join the crew. The drama has to be filmed abroad, and they won't be able to meet for several months. The company is going to start a new drama, and Ning Hao is going to join the company. There are a lot of things to do.

But before he could return to the community, he received a phone call.

Chen Zhixi called and said it was related to one of her friends.

(End of this chapter)