Actor: My Entertainment Era

The Zhang family's twin boy and girl are probably the dream babies of many parents. Except that they are a little shy and cannot be away from Liu Yifei for too long, they seldom cry or make a fuss.

After drinking milk, the two siblings would quietly suck their hands and feet and play with toys together. Many times, the younger sister would nibble on her brother's face with saliva.

Now he sleeps much more quietly at night. He goes to bed on time at 9pm. I only need to feed him once at night and he can sleep until 8am the next morning.

When others talk to them, they like to respond with "oh" and "ah". They are two little chatterboxes.

There is only one bad thing about it, his hair grows slowly. It's been almost 5 months, but he still has two little bald spots.

The night Zhang Yuanjun came back, Zhang's mother took her grandchildren to bed. Before going to bed, she said in a suggestive way: "Dad is back today, grandma will take you to bed."

This made Liu Yifei blush with embarrassment.

After Zhang Yuanjun came back, he wanted to stay at home to exercise, lose weight, and spend time with his wife and children, but his identity as an actor prevented him from doing so many times.

The next day, Zhang Yuanjun went to Oriental Movie Metropolis to visit the set of "The Wandering Earth", and Liu Yifei went to Shanghai to attend the Shanghai Film Festival.

This year marks the 20th birthday of the Shanghai Film Festival. The official event was very grand and many big names were invited.

Liu Yifei did not walk the opening red carpet. After arriving in Shanghai, she went straight to the Penguin press conference.

Penguin Films will officially announce "The Birth of a Witch" on the stage of the Shanghai Film Festival today.

The keynote speaker at the press conference was Sun Zhonghuai, CEO of Penguin Films.

At the press conference, Sun Zhonghuai released the concept poster of "The Birth of a Witch".

The poster is a black bust silhouette of a woman with long hair and a side profile, and you can vaguely see that she is smiling.

Movie title: "The Birth of a Witch".

Sharp-eyed fans have actually recognized that the silhouette in the poster is Liu Yifei.

"Is it Yifei?"

"Yeah, very similar, her nose is easy to recognize."

In fact, before the film festival, Penguin had intended to hype up the early attention for "The Witch", and many people in the circle already knew that the heroine was Liu Yifei.

Sun Zhonghuai introduced the project on stage:
"This is a completely new genre for Chinese. Before I started this project, many colleagues in the company advised me not to do it, saying that the risk was too great and that I might not be able to get my money back. But I don't think so. I think compared to creating a completely new genre, I am willing to take this risk.

"Is there any business that is guaranteed to make money? So I convinced my colleagues to make this movie with me. Of course, after getting started, we still have to calm down and think about how to reduce the risk of the movie, so we invited this actress to play the leading lady for us."

Sun Zhonghuai smiled: "I have heard fans in the audience shouting her name. I won't waste your time. Please welcome Liu Yifei!"

"what--"

"Yifei!!"

The audience burst into applause.

Liu Yifei walked onto the stage wearing a red long dress from Valentino's 2017 Early Fall collection.

"Hello everyone, I am Yifei." Liu Yifei's unchanging opening line.

Mudstone Liu is notorious in the journalist circle. The host was afraid that Liu Yifei would speak in a very unpleasant way again, but she couldn't control Liu Yifei. She had to follow the procedures. The host asked her to share about the cooperation with Penguin. Liu Yifei picked up the microphone and said, "Mr. Sun gave me the script a long time ago. I was pregnant and had nothing to do at home. I saw the script of "Witch" and thought it was very novel, so I asked Mr. Sun to talk about it. Well, that's it."

I was pregnant and had nothing to do at home, so I took the job when I saw the script.

What a dry answer! Sun Zhonghuai could only smile when he heard Liu Yifei talk about their collaboration.

The host then asked her, "Mr. Sun just said that this is a brand new genre in the Chinese film industry and there will be relatively large risks. Did Yifei consider this risk in advance?"

Liu Yifei shook her head and said, "When an actor accepts a script, the first thing they consider is definitely the quality of the role, the risk of the project, and whether there are professional producers in control. I don't need to consider these for now."

Then, the host guided Liu Yifei to reveal a little bit about the characteristics of Yang Jiaxin's character: "Yang Jiaxin is a college student who just graduated, but the title of the film is "The Witch". There will be very exciting reversals and conflicts later, as well as many huge conspiracies. It is a very exciting story." This is all she could say.

At this point, Liu Yifei has almost completed more than half of her task as an actor. The host then invited the film director Lu Yang to the stage, and the two shared some information about the film's preparations so far.

In the second half of the press conference, Sun Zhonghuai returned to the stage and announced Penguin Pictures' film list for next year, of which "The Witch" was the main one.

Sun Zhonghuai once again recommended "The Witch" and shouted the slogan "We want to create China's "X-Men"."

Some people in the industry have discovered that among Penguin's film list, it seems that only "The Witch" is controlled by Penguin, and the rest are films in which Penguin co-invests or participates in distribution and marketing.

It seems that Penguin is still conservative when it comes to making movies.

The first purpose of this kind of press conference is naturally to release the project and attract market attention in advance, and the second purpose is to attract investment.

It is true that Penguin is in charge of producing "The Witch". Although the cost is not high, Sun Zhonghuai also wants to bring in more investors to share the risk.

But Sun Zhonghuai's plan failed. Even with Liu Yifei there, only a few companies approached him to discuss investment after the press conference.

It seems that everyone is wary of this new type and new subject matter. There has never been a superpower action movie in China, and no one is willing to be the first to try it.

After the press conference, Liu Yifei was interviewed by reporters and talked about taking on this kind of innovative and risky film. She said: "It was the same when I was filming "Hypnotist". There had been no psychological thrillers in China before, but I still filmed it. Compared with the risks, I care more about this type of film because I have never filmed it before, and I want to give it a try."

Liu Yifei said: "For me, as an actor, my life is moving forward. I don't think that playing a pervert is a breakthrough, or playing a role that seems to be more challenging is a breakthrough. Everyone here has a story, and it is worth exploring, but how deep to dig is what an actor needs to do."

When talking about her age, Liu Yifei said, "I am not young anymore. I will be 30 in two months. I am far from being young. When I was young, I could still play safe and steady and act in some safe movies, but now I am 30, I feel I can be more willful and take on roles with innovative themes."

The reporter asked her, "What does Mr. Zhang Yuanjun think of you taking on "The Witch"?"

"Oh, he doesn't care whether I take the role or not." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

The reporter asked again: "'The Witch' is your first drama after giving birth. Your child is still young. How do you balance work and your child?"

"It's hard to strike a balance." Liu Yifei didn't follow the reporter's line of thought at all, "But I have to try my best to do it well. It will be much easier if my family helps me."

"When you were filming 'Dying to Survive' in Jinling, you brought your child with you. Will you also bring your child with you when you are filming 'The Witch'? Will Teacher Zhang Yuanjun go with you?"

"Yes," Liu Yifei said with a smile, "He is very satisfied with his new role as a nanny. He would not want to be taken care of unless he is allowed to do so."

After the interview, Liu Yifei left.

On the other side, in Qingdao, Zhang Yuanjun brought a truck of drinks to visit the crew of "The Wandering Earth". When Guo Fan saw him, he was as excited as if he had seen a New Year pig!
Thank you Teacher Zhang for sending us money, no, drinks. (End of this chapter)