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On the day of Lesser Heat, the first Chinese urban superpower action film "The Witch", invested by Penguin Films, directed by Lu Yang, and starring Liu Yifei and Huang Xuan, held its start-up ceremony in front of Studio 5 of Chedun Film and Television City in Shanghai.

The film's title has been changed from "The Birth of a Witch" to "The Witch".

A banner that read "Good luck to the crew of "The Witch"" was hung on the scene, and Lu Yang distributed red envelopes to the crew and actors, wishing a smooth start.

As Liu Yifei's first drama after giving birth, the opening ceremony attracted many fans and media to watch.

Liu Yifei was not wearing any stage makeup and was wearing a simple white T-shirt and jeans. She didn't look like a mother of two children at all. People would believe her if they said she was a college student.

Liu Yifei was undoubtedly the focus of the entire opening ceremony, even though the film's leading actor was the currently popular and talented actor Huang Xuan.

The reporters had too many questions to ask Liu Yifei.

“What attracts you most about this movie?”

"The genre," Liu Yifei said. "Mr. Sun just said that this is the first superpower action film in China set in a modern urban setting. It's very similar to X-Men. I also want to try what it's like to shoot this kind of film."

"Your last action film was Mojin: The Lost Legend. In between, you made a lot of art films. Now that you're making an action film again, do you feel any different?"

"It doesn't feel any different. I've shot quite a few action films, and this year I shot The Witch again, and I felt like I was back to the familiar feeling."

"Did you do anything special to prepare for this film?"

Liu Yifei said: "I have been working out and getting in shape for a month before filming started, as the director has very high requirements."

At this time, the reporter turned around and said, "There is a ranking of actresses' pay on the Internet, and you are not among the top 20. Have you seen it?"

“I didn’t see it.”

"Then why are you not here? What do you think is the reason?"

"Then, then it's not valuable. What should I do then? Hehehe." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

When Liu Yifei said this, Huang Xuan, who was standing next to her and being interviewed, couldn't stop laughing.

"Aren't you afraid that the audience will forget you? You haven't made many movies in the past two years, and you disappeared for a long time because of having a child."

"Ah, if you forget, just remember it again." Liu Yifei said politely.

This reporter was almost vomiting blood because of Liu Yifei's scolding. He originally wanted to secretly say that Liu Yifei disappeared for more than a year or two due to pregnancy, the market was unpredictable, she could not afford the pay and had no traffic, but he did not expect Liu Yifei to answer him like this.

Regarding that ranking of actresses' highest paid jobs, there are countless similar lists on the Internet.

But many lists do not include Liu Yifei.

Let's take a look at the actresses who have become famous for their pay in recent years:
Yang Ying, "The Princess Weiyoung", 8000 million yuan crew to raise a baby.

Sun Li, "Nothing Gold Can Stay", 6000 million!
Zhou Xun, "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", 5300 million!
Yang Mi, because Jiaxing was the investor of "Eternal Love", she only received a salary of more than 3000 million yuan.

Looking at these data, Liu Yifei, who took a two-year break due to pregnancy, is indeed not as good as the others.

Not to mention that she can't compare now, even before Liu Yifei became pregnant, she had never received a film salary of more than 5000 million.

Two years ago, no actress could get more than 3000 million yuan for a single film. Even Zhang Ziyi, the triple-Award winner, couldn't get it, and Gong Li and Zhou Xun didn't get that much either.

The highest pay Liu Yifei ever received was when she was on the set of "Mojin: The Lost Tomb". The crew paid her part of the pay due to overtime reshoots, and Liu Yifei's pay at the time was barely close to 3000 million.

This level was already the highest pay for an actress in 14, in the film industry.

Of course, excluding the possibility of laundering gold coins for others, the money Liu Yifei took actually went into her own pocket.

Those who report 1 million but actually take 500 million do not count.

Liu Yifei's latest movie is "Wang Xiaofang, Born 82", for which she only received 207 million yuan. It is normal that Liu Yifei did not make the list.

From this perspective, people who make TV dramas still have more money.

After finishing the media interviews at the opening ceremony, Liu Yifei turned around and went into the studio to start work.

"Xixi!" A fan not far away called out to her.

Liu Yifei turned her head to look at the group of fans and waved to them.

"Ah-Yifei!"

"Sissi!"

Liu Yifei's wave made her fans even more excited and they shouted at the top of their lungs.

Seeing this, Liu Yifei simply walked up to the group of fans and gave them autographs.

"Xixi, how long will you be shooting in Shanghai?" a fan asked.

"It will take more than a month to shoot, and we will keep shooting in Chedun." There is nothing hidden from saying.

"My friend will also come to Shanghai at the end of the month. We will come to the set to see you then."

"Okay, thank you." Liu Yifei signed autographs for most of the fans who were watching.

Everyone also took a group photo, and then Liu Yifei went into the studio to start work.

Liu Yifei could never have imagined that the first scene filmed in "The Witch" was the scene where the witch Yang Jiaxin was captured and brought back to the laboratory, and several forces fought each other in the laboratory.

Most of the time that "The Witch" spends in China will also be spent in this scene.

In fact, according to Lu Yang and Penguin's original idea, this battle must be fought until the blood is blurred, so that it will be exciting and interesting.

But for well-known reasons, domestic action films are very restrained in the use of plasma.

But it’s not as exaggerated as Marvel, where they fight to the death in heaven and earth without shedding a drop of blood in the end.

"Yifei, go put on makeup and change clothes. Let's shoot Sister Hong's scenes first." Lu Yang quickly organized everyone to start work.

In fact, most actors would probably prefer to shoot outdoors, as shooting in the studio can be very exhausting sometimes - there is no concept of time or weather in the studio. If possible, the crew could just keep working in the studio, thinking that because it’s getting late or the weather on site is bad, they can be lazy and even finish work early. That’s impossible!
Liu Yifei felt a little uncomfortable on her first day at work. She laughed and said it was because she hadn't worked for a long time and she needed to find the feeling.

Everyone understands this.

The few days before filming starts are basically used to get into shape and get the crew in tune with each other.

We finished the first day of shooting at 11pm without completing a single shot.

Liu Yifei took a car back to her home in Tangchen Yipin, and the child had already been taken to sleep by Liu Xiaoli.

The two children's separation anxiety is not serious, thanks to the fact that since birth, four adults, including father, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, have been taking care of them. They are not too dependent on their mother personally, and other people can take care of them when Liu Yifei is not around.

"Maybe we are not used to the new house for a while," Zhang Yuanjun waited for his wife to come back, "the two of us played with our eyes wide open until after 10 o'clock before we went to bed."

"It's a new environment, it looks fresh." Liu Yifei smiled, "You didn't cry, did you?"

"I saw you weren't here. I whimpered for a while, but I didn't cry much." Zhang Yuanjun said, "Do you want to have some midnight snack?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything. Once she did, she felt a little hungry. Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Eat something. We'll start work at 9 a.m. tomorrow. It's okay to sleep a little late."

They didn't eat much, just two small bowls of wontons, and they chatted about personal matters while eating. After eating, they washed up and went to bed. (End of this chapter)