Actor: My Entertainment Era

"Yesterday morning, relevant departments of China and Thailand held an exchange activity for film culture masters of the two countries at Bangkok University in Thailand. At the invitation of Bangkok University, famous Chinese actors Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei participated in the activity as representatives of Chinese filmmakers. Participants in the activity included famous Thai director Apichatpong, actor Tony Jaa and others."

"Yesterday at 10 a.m., Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei were invited to attend the China-Thailand Film Master Class Dialogue held at Bangkok University. Princess Sirindhorn of the Thai royal family, as a China-Thailand friendship envoy, and Thai Minister of Culture Wira and others welcomed Zhang Yuanjun, Liu Yifei and other Chinese representatives."

"Yesterday, the China-Thailand Film and Culture Exchange was held at Bangkok University in Thailand. Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei, as representatives of Chinese filmmakers, had a dialogue with outstanding Thai filmmakers such as Apichatpong, Tony Jaa and Sachu. The two sides discussed topics such as their own filmmakers going global and film creation. After the event, the Chinese and Thai representatives exchanged gifts. Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei signed autographs and took photos with fans at Bangkok University."

The next day, Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei's participation in the event was reported in domestic news.

Forget about the news broadcast. Thailand has never been taken seriously in China, but it was included in the news channel’s midday program, and the movie channel also reported the news.

The entertainment industry doesn’t actually take this kind of activity seriously. This kind of official activity has always had little substance and the gilding effect is not good.

However, some netizens with sophisticated means managed to climb over the wall and brought the full video of yesterday’s conversation to China.

Among them, Zhang Yuanjun said that he was writing a science fiction story which was particularly worthy of attention in the circle.

Zhang Yuanjun's scripts are very popular in China. He can write stories with male protagonists or female protagonists, and he can write genre films as well as art films.

The problem is that his output is too small, and it is basically not circulated. He either writes his own scripts himself, or gives them to directors he is familiar with and invests in them himself. If you ask him to write a story for you for money, he basically won't take such a job.

Although Zhang Yuanjun said that he was "still writing", many producers, companies and actors in the circle have already called Zhang Yuanjun's studio.

"Sorry, this is Yuanjun's own creation, and we don't know the specific progress."

"Sorry, we are not in a position to disclose Yuanjun's itinerary."

"He said he was still writing, which means it's not finished yet, and we don't know any more information."

The staff said this whether they knew it or not.

I called Zhang Yuanjun himself, but either no one answered the phone or his agent's assistant answered, who remained tight-lipped about the science fiction story and refused to say a word.

What is Zhang Yuanjun doing?

Busy visiting various Chinese groups and representatives in Thailand.

It was mainly invitations from various chambers of commerce. Even Zhang's father told him to go if he could.

By the time he finished serving the guests and returned to Chiang Mai, Liu Yifei had already shot almost half of the material.

Today Liu Xiaoli brought her two children to the crew, and Zhang Yuanjun also went directly to the crew.

"Yifei, look over there." After the afternoon shoot and before lunch, the assistant director called Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei turned her head and saw her assistant holding a cake and the producer holding flowers walking towards her.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!"

Today is Liu Yifei’s 30th birthday.

"Ah, thank you." Liu Yifei bowed slightly to express her gratitude, "Hubby, take a picture for me."

"We're filming, we're filming." Zhang Yuanjun had been waiting with his cell phone in hand.

The two siblings sitting in the stroller didn’t understand what it was, but when they saw the candles on the cake flickering, the colorful flowers, and people singing, they happily kicked their legs and waved their hands in the stroller and shouted “Ah hey”.

Zhang Yuanjun, who was filming, said: "The baby went over and blew out the candles with his mother."

"Yes, baby, come here and be with mommy." Liu Yifei waved her hand, and Liu Xiaoli pushed the two siblings over.

"Ah, ah, ah." The child shouted in surprise when he saw the candle and reached out to grab it.

"Yifei, make a wish." said director Lu Yang.

"Yes, Yifei, make a wish quickly." Everyone cheered.

"Okay." Liu Yifei closed her eyes obediently and silently prayed in her heart.

She opened her eyes and smiled at her two children, "Come, blow out the candles with mom."

"You blow it yourself," Liu Xiaoli said with a smile, "They're delaying your work." Liu Yifei blew out the candles, and everyone applauded to celebrate her birthday. The two babies also waved to cheer her on.

Zhang Yuanjun helped distribute cakes to the staff and teased the two siblings with the cakes: "Do you want to eat it? It smells so good."

"Wow!" Obviously they smelled the fragrance of the cake.

"I won't give it to you." Zhang Yuanjun took the piece and gave it to the staff.

"Hey, hey."

"Stop teasing them and divide the cake quickly." Liu Yifei said.

"Yifei is 30 years old?! You can't tell at all." The staff member said with a smile while eating Liu Yifei's cake.

"She has two children, so it doesn't feel out of place to play a young girl who just graduated."

What's more, at the age of 37, she doesn't look out of place in playing a young girl who just graduated.

Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile: "Stop talking, if you talk too much she will really take it as a tonic."

Liu Yifei was dissatisfied and said, "I am naturally beautiful. You are allowed to play a miserable middle-aged person in your twenties, but you are not allowed to play a college graduate at the age of 30?"

Liu Xiaoli patted her on the back and said, "Eat your cake. You're 30 years old, but you're still bickering like a little girl."

"You're the only one talking about him, not me." Liu Yifei pretended to be angry.

"I'm talking about you." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile.

Seeing grandma hit her mother, Zhang Yuyi, who was sitting in the stroller, giggled and screamed loudly.

When he shouted, everyone around him laughed.

"He's only 7 months old, but he's as smart as a human. You and your wife have done a good job in teaching him." Lu Yang said.

"Hmph, bad boy, you don't stand on your mother's side either." Liu Yifei pinched her son's face.

"what."

"Hahaha." Everyone laughed even more happily.

When celebrating birthdays on the set, everything is kept simple, just have a cake and receive flowers.

After eating cake and having a simple dinner, everyone went back to work.

"Come on," Lu Yang clapped his hands and said, "Today is Yifei's birthday, let's be more efficient and finish work early."

That being said, the crew's progress will not be delayed because of someone's birthday.

Liu Yifei asked her husband and mother to take the child back home: "This won't be resolved in a short time. A mosquito bite will take several days to go away."

Liu Xiaoli took the child back home, and Zhang Yuanjun stayed in the crew to watch his wife filming.

Sun Zhonghuai, who happened to be visiting Thailand to visit the production, said with a smile: "If I tell this to others, no one will believe it."

"What don't you believe?"

"He has won three major awards, and he has won the Best Actor award at both the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals. He does nothing but accompany his wife and children on the set. You can even say you are an assistant." Sun Zhonghuai said with a smile.

"Why don't you believe this? Isn't the movie emperor also someone's husband and father? It's his duty to take care of the children and accompany his wife." Zhang Yuanjun said after taking a sip of water.

Liu Yifei heard every word of this and said, "You are just a smooth talker, saying nice things like this to please people."

"Look," Zhang Yuanjun said to Sun Zhonghuai, "this is what women are like. If I say something nice, they'll say I'm a smooth talker, but if I don't say anything, they'll say I don't understand romance. It's really hard to please them."

Liu Yifei wanted to argue with him for a few more words, but Lu Yang sent her away: "Yifei, come in, all right." (End of this chapter)