Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 774 A Day with the Younger Sister

In the entertainment industry, just because you are a big star doesn’t mean others will flatter you.

For example, between Liu Yifei and the current popular young actress Di Lieba, Liu Yifei is undoubtedly far superior to Di Lieba in terms of status in the circle, personal influence, and works. But Di Lieba can completely stop praising Liu Yifei except calling her "Sister Yifei" when they meet.

To put it bluntly, the two of them could just ignore each other.

Because the two of them are players in completely two different tracks, and they have become the top players in their own tracks.

Although they are in the same entertainment circle, Liu Yifei is in the film industry and is a top star in the film industry.

But I don’t rely on you, Liu Yifei, for a living. My circle is different from yours, so there is no need for me to support you.

Just like Yang Mi and Zhang Ziyi, would Yang Mi be afraid of Zhang Ziyi? What can Zhang Ziyi do to Yang Mi?

Therefore, Liu Yifei's name is sometimes very useful, because everyone knows that Liu Yifei has box office appeal, and it is easier to achieve results by working with her.

But sometimes it doesn't work, because many people have their own plates and there is no need to cooperate with Liu Yifei to gain fame and benefits.

Do people rush over to you as soon as they hear your name? It's not that simple.

In this industry, you can find all kinds of people. There are idealists who don't seek money or fame and just want to do a good job. There are also people whose friendship is worth more than gold and who will help out regardless of fame or fortune when a friend calls them. There are also egoists who calculate everything and are afraid of losing out in everything. Of course, there are more ordinary people in this industry.

Zhu Yawen is such an ordinary person, or rather, Yi Xin Entertainment, where Zhu Yawen works, is just like this.

Zhu Yawen had no shortage of roles to play. When "The Birth of a Witch" approached him, he heard from Xinli people that it was Liu Yifei who recommended him. He was quite happy, thinking that since they had been classmates for more than ten years, he was really willing to help Liu Yifei.

Luo Jin and Lu Fangsheng both got a lot of opportunities from Zhang Yuanjun. Zhu Yawen developed well and did not rely too much on the help of his old classmates, but he still had some ideas in his mind.

He was quite satisfied that Liu Yifei could think of himself now.

But Yi Xin Entertainment doesn’t see it that way.

Old classmates are old classmates, but when we talk about work, we should talk about work.

Yi Xin Entertainment is not optimistic about the attempt of "The Birth of a Witch" and feels that domestic urban superpower movies have no future. Yi Xin Entertainment does not know how Penguin passed the review, but this kind of movie is undoubtedly dancing on the red line and may be cancelled at any time. The risk is too great.

In other words, if Penguin has confidence in this subject, why doesn't it promote its own newcomers, but instead brings in big star Liu Yifei to protect it?
It was revealed by insiders in the industry that the cost of this film is not high and it is more suitable to use it to promote newcomers, so why bother inviting Liu Yifei?

After hearing what Yi Xin Entertainment said, Zhu Yawen was also shaken, and he was not so determined to help his classmates.

Then Yi Xin Entertainment naturally pushed "The Birth of a Witch" off the air.

When Zhang Yuanjun was on the plane, Liu Yifei was contacting Penguin for new actors.

Yi Xin Entertainment refused. Penguin wanted to promote Xiao Zhan, a newcomer in whose stock it had bought, but Liu Yifei was unwilling to bring two newcomers to Penguin for one play.

Penguin had no choice but to find actors from outside.

Finally, Huang Xuan was found.

Huang Xuan has good film resources. He has starred in two big productions directed by big directors, "Youth" and "Legend of the Demon Cat", both of which will be released this year. As for the olive branch thrown by Penguin, he was quite willing to accept it when he heard that the heroine was Liu Yifei.

But whether she can act or not still needs Liu Yifei's approval.

Liu Yifei's side finally compromised. The film will start shooting in July. It's almost June now and it can't be delayed any longer.

Huang Xuan was also a good choice, so they agreed to let him play the role.

After agreeing on "The Birth of a Witch", Liu Yifei continued to prepare for the play.

But in her spare time, she had another errand, which was to go to Qingdao to inspect the crew of "The Wandering Earth".

In Liu Yifei's words, "My family invested more than 2000 million yuan, so I have to see what it's about."

When she arrived at Oriental Movie Metropolis, she was a little confused.

Is this the scale of production for a domestic film? The crew of The Wandering Earth was very large, with a lot of equipment and many props that she couldn’t understand.

There has never been such a crew in domestic films before.

Guo Fan smiled and said, "You are also considered half the boss lady of our crew, so feel free to watch."

Liu Yifei then asked, "Can I take anything I like?"

"No, that won't work," Guo Fanke said stingily, "At most I'll let you play with it, but you can't take it away."

"The Wandering Earth" started filming before the Dragon Boat Festival, but the main actors are not all present yet.

"The guy from your family said he would train us actors, but he only came two days before the filming started." The assistant director also complained to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei said: "Isn't Mr. Zhang Songwen here? He is the real acting coach of the crew."

"Hey, Yifei is here." Wu Jing walked in from outside the studio.

"Brother Jing, you are here too." Liu Yifei said with a smile, "I brought some fruit, you can have some."

"Okay." Wu Jing casually took out a handful of money from the plastic bag, "Did the third brother go to India?"

"Yeah, finishing up over there. What are you doing in this crew?"

"I'm just a guest star and will leave in two days." Wu Jing was eating fruit happily.

Wu Jing ate some fruit while saying, "My movie Wolf Warrior 2 will be released next month. You and Lao San can come and watch it. I'll save a seat for you."

Liu Yifei even put it on the shelf, and said proudly: "Then I have to see the schedule, I may not be free."

"When the time comes, I will come to invite you in a sedan chair carried by eight people." Wu Jing said with a smile.

Liu Yifei asked: "When will it be on?"

"The 27th," Wu Jing said, "but I'm going to do a campus roadshow in a few days."

"So early?"

"It's not early. If it's any later, the school will be on holiday." Wu Jing said, "So I hurried here to shoot for a few days. I will shoot as much of my cameo as I can. I'm afraid I won't have time later."

Liu Yifei promised that she and her husband would go to support Wu Jing when Wolf Warriors 2 premieres: "He will be able to finish filming this month, and there will be nothing else to do afterwards."

Wu Jing added: "You should come as well. Lao San invested a lot of money in me. You can be considered as supporting your own film."

It’s not convenient to say how much money was paid on the set of “The Wandering Earth”, but Zhang Yuanjun’s contribution will not be small anyway.

In the first part, Zhang Yuanjun supported Wu Jing with 2000 million yuan, and in the second part, he invested in Wu Jing when Wu Jing couldn't raise any money. If we can't say he is his adoptive father, then we can say he is his half-brother.

Someone at the scene was "stirring up trouble" between the couple: "Teacher Zhang Yuanjun invests in movies like this, and you don't care?"

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "Why should we care about this? We only invest in one movie every two or three years. Why should we care about this?"

"The things he spent the most money on were antiques and paintings. They really flowed like water."

How much money can be spent on investing in a movie? As a single investor, Zhang Yuanjun can only invest 10 or 20 million yuan in a movie at most. But if he takes a fancy to an antique painting, it will not be something that can be purchased with just 10 or 20 million yuan.

Liu Yifei doesn't care much about her husband's spending, and correspondingly, Zhang Yuanjun doesn't care about Liu Yifei buying a car.

After staying in Qingdao for half a day, Liu Yifei said goodbye: "I have two children at home and can't leave them alone. I still have some work to do in Beijing."

On the way to the airport, Liu Yifei sent a voice message to her husband, reporting to Zhang Yuanjun what she had observed on the set of The Wandering Earth.

(End of this chapter)