director of the millennium

Chapter 128 Mother and daughter talk, "Sword" starts.

I'm jealous!
Liu Ye was always envious.

In the middle of playing cards, a movie was confirmed in Wu Yuan's mouth.

Zhou Xun had a female lead, Chen Kun had a male lead, and even Zeng Li, who was not present, had another female lead.

But he got nothing and lost money
Obviously the three of them filmed "Balzac and the Little Tailor" together back then, but now that both of their companions have ascended to the top, he is the only one who is still standing still.

Well, we can’t say that we are standing still. “Blue Rain” was still very well shot, and it even won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.

Chen Kun, who was also taking money out of his pocket, noticed Liu Ye's envious expression on the opposite side, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yuan'er, we all have to act in this, let's bring Yezi along."

"Is there any supporting role in the movie suitable for Yezi to play?"

Among so many friends present, only Chen Kun dared to call Wu Yuan "Yuan'er" directly, and he was the only one who dared to ask for a role in front of Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan wasn't annoyed either, on the contrary, he thought it was interesting to have friends like this.

He touched his chin and looked at Liu Ye.

Being looked at by Wu Yuan with "scrutinizing" eyes, Liu Ye also became nervous.

Although everyone was more casual at the poker table, he did not forget Wu Yuan's identity.

He looked at Wu Yuan nervously and expectantly, hoping that the great director would "reward" a role.

Unfortunately, after watching him for a while, Wu Yuan shook his head: "There is no suitable character for Yezi in "Painted Skin", at least not in the first part."

Another important role in "Painted Skin 1" is Pang Yong, the one played by Donnie Yen, whose personality and image do not quite match Liu Ye.

Since the male protagonist is Chen Kun, then this important "villain" should be played by someone who is more powerful. Liu Ye and Chen Kun have very similar temperaments, at least for now. violation.

But Hu Jun, who played "Blue Rain" with Liu Ye, was pretty good.

Liu Ye immediately showed a disappointed expression on his face.

Seeing this, Wu Yuan had no choice but to persuade him, "Didn't you also accept the movie "Bloody Romance"?"

"I think this TV series will become a big hit. There will definitely be many movies and TV series looking for you to act in it, so you don't have to worry about running out of movies."

The TV series "Bloody Romance" is too good, and it is extremely important to Liu Ye, even more important than his debut film "That Mountain, That Water, That Dog" and "Blue Rain", which won the Best Actor.

Although this TV series was criticized by the author of the original novel when it was aired.

But the influence and classic degree of this drama are really very high.

Maybe the audience 20 years later may not know the mountain village boy in "That Mountain, That Water, That Dog" or Lan Yu, but they will definitely remember Liu Ye's Zhong Weimin.

With this TV series as the foundation, Liu Ye will also enter the highlight period in the future.

But now, no one really likes this TV series.

It was filmed in an era when educated youths went to the countryside. No matter how you look at it, you feel like not many people will see it.

Liu Ye didn't have much confidence, and sighed: "I hope, I will work hard to perform this drama well."

Wu Yuan nodded, pushed the mahjong, and reshuffled the cards.

While washing, he suddenly thought of something: "Hey, sister Xun, why don't you go buy some sesame sauce with sister Yuan Quan?"

"There is no sesame paste at home."

Zhou Xun rolled his eyes: "I said Director Wu, you people in Beijing eat hot pot, can't you live without sesame sauce?"

"It'll be fine with something else."

"Hey, you are really right." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "This hot pot is not dipped in sesame sauce, so it is equivalent to not eating it!"

"And you have to eat [-] sauce, [-]% peanuts, [-]% ground sesame, don't buy it wrong."

"That's it." Zhou Xun made a blessing, and deliberately said with his throat closed: "Master Wu ordered, slaves will go buy it now."

"Virtue." This time it was Wu Yuan who rolled his eyes, as for Zhou Xun's broken voice, it would be better not to pinch it.

Just as he was about to say a few more words to her, the phone in his pocket rang suddenly. Wu Yuan had no choice but to wave his hand to tell her to go buy it quickly, and then took out his phone to answer it.

"Hey?"

"Director Wu, our "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has already been prepared, and it will officially launch in Hengdian in two days!"

On the other end of the phone, it was Cai Yinong's voice.

Unlike Wu Yuanmeng, the preparations for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time went very smoothly, and there was no situation where the crew started filming other people's scenes in Hengdian before the male and female protagonists were decided.

As early as September, Cai Yinong basically confirmed the cast of this drama.

Basically, there is not much difference from Wu Yuan's impression, that is, Tang Yu Xiaobao was replaced by Yuan Hong, and the other roles basically remained the same.

There is no way, even without the influence of Taiwanese capital, when filming TV series in the Mainland these days, except for CCTV dramas, they really don’t dare to use all Mainland actors.

Cai Yinong is already very courageous to be able to use mainland actors for both important male and female protagonists. Adding Yuan Hong is really trying his best.

"Director Wu, in order to ensure the progress of the filming, the filming crew will be divided into three groups for filming. It is estimated that the filming will take three months."

"The production will be officially launched on December 12st. As one of the investors, would you like to attend the opening ceremony?"

Is the co-author asking about this?
Wu Yuan fixed his eyes on the game of cards, and said casually, "Start on the 31st?"

"I'll take a look when the time comes, I'll go if I'm free."

He knew what Cai Yinong was thinking, and wanted to bring him, a great director, to the crew.

Domestic TV dramas usually invite a lot of reporters to do interviews and reports during the opening ceremony, and most of them are stuffed with money to create momentum for the TV drama.

If Wu Yuan could appear at the opening ceremony, one can imagine how these reporters would write their articles.

Before, Cai Yinong asked euphemistically whether he could invite Wu Yuan to be the producer of "Sword of Heaven", but Wu Yuan refused.

However, it is still possible to stand on the platform for this drama.

After all, the company also invested 3000 million, and Wu Yuan also hoped that "Sword of Heaven" would be more expensive than what he had dreamed of selling, so as to make more money.

"That's it for now, I'll let you know when I go."

After finishing speaking, Wu Yuan hung up the phone and continued to participate in the mahjong battle.

That day, he played with his friends until very late, and they didn't leave until after eating hot pot late at night.

On the other side, the crew of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is far away in Hengdian.

Although it was only started on the 31st, the cast and crew of the crew basically arrived on the 26th.

Before starting the machine, you must first take a photo of the makeup.

And on the first day when the leading actors of the crew met to take makeup photos, Liu Yifei, the heroine, gave the other actresses a "dismissal".

Because it was the first time for An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan to shoot a costume drama, they didn't know how to put their hands and feet and how to hold a sword when they were shooting the set photos.

The on-site staff couldn't laugh or cry, and taught them hand in hand for a long time before they took a normal set photo.

But Liu Yifei, who has a foundation in dance, is different. Wearing a light green costume, she looks beautiful in casual poses, just like a classical fairy walking out of a painting, which made An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan extremely admirable.

Liu Yifei, the young heroine, can be regarded as gaining some face, proving that she is indeed worthy of the status of a heroine.

Of course, Liu Yifei was also very happy when she met other actors for the first time in the makeup photoshoot, not because she took a good shot, but because she saw that Liu Pinyan was younger than her.

There is another actor younger than her in the crew!
This feeling is very wonderful, at least for the 16-year-old Liu Yifei. She put Liu Pinyan's shoulders with a smile: "Sister Pinyan, if you have any sad or unhappy things in the crew in the future, you can tell my sister, and my sister will cover you up." you!"

This made Liu Xiaoli and Liu Pinyan's mother, who were following them, very happy to see it.

It is indeed a good thing that the crew has actors of the same age, at least the crew will get along more happily in the next few months.

"Sissy, let's go back to the hotel."

After taking the makeup photo, Liu Xiaoli dragged Liu Yifei, who was reluctant to part with her and was still chatting with Liu Pinyan, back to the hotel.

Once back at the hotel, Liu Yifei went straight to the laptop on the bed.

Because Liu Yifei has never played the fairy sword game, after joining the group, she not only consulted the screenwriter every day to understand the story of the script adaptation, but also played the game "Sword Sword", trying to enter Zhao Linger's world as soon as possible.

Absolutely not because I want to play games!
Seeing her daughter lying on the bed with her legs crossed and playing games, Liu Xiaoli shook her head helplessly.

After thinking about it, she said softly: "Qiqian, I heard from President Cai today that Director Wu might come to attend the launch ceremony of this TV series."

"Ah?" Liu Yifei turned around in surprise, and stood on the bed with a snap: "Why did senior brother come to the opening ceremony?"

"I just found out that Director Wu's company invested half of this TV series."

Liu Xiaoli looked at Liu Yifei with a complicated expression. Seeing the surprised and happy expression on her face after hearing Wu Yuan's name, her heart felt as if she had knocked over the spice cabinet, with mixed emotions.

Originally, she thought that after "Your Name" was finished, Liu Yifei would have a rare chance to see Wu Yuan again, and the nostalgic affection for Wu Yuan would gradually fade away.

But now it seems that Liu Yifei's attitude towards Wu Yuan has not changed.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Xiaoli asked melancholy: "Qiqian, tell mom the truth, do you like Director Wu?"

"Mom!" Liu Yifei blushed and said blushingly, "I didn't!"

"It's just that Shi Ge taught me how to act seriously and responsibly, and even invited me to act in his movie, so I'm just very grateful to him."

"Really?" Liu Xiaoli looked into Liu Yifei's eyes with burning eyes.

Under her gaze, Liu Yifei was quickly defeated. She stretched out a hand, put her thumb against her little finger, and said flatteringly, "A little bit, really only a little bit."

"Senior brother is handsome, gentle and considerate, and he is such a powerful director. It's really hard not to like him."

The more she talked later, Liu Yifei became more confident, with her hands on her waist: "Mom, don't you like me?"

"I've grown up, I'm not a kid anymore, it's normal to have someone I like!"

"Hey" Liu Xiaoli sighed and walked in front of Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei standing on the bed was much taller than Liu Xiaoli, but she still stood on tiptoe and touched Liu Yifei's head.

"Cissy, it's normal to have someone you like. When your mother was your age, she also liked a boy."

"However, you are still too young to fall in love, and you can't clearly judge whether this liking is just a superficial liking for the other party's external conditions, or you really like him as a person."

"Mom has suffered a lot emotionally, so I don't want you to make the same mistakes I did."

"Of course, mom didn't deprive you of the right to like someone, but mom wants you to promise me that if your liking can persist until you are 18 years old, can you take action for it?"

"Give yourself two years to think clearly, and observe him more to make sure your own heart, okay?"

"If you still like him two years later, then your mother will support you, but not now."

Liu Yifei pouted, not agreeing with her mother's idea.

If you like it, you just like it. What else is there to distinguish?

But she understood her mother's concerns.

Liu Yifei and her mother have been dependent on each other for many years. Liu Yifei knows that everything her mother does is for her sake and for her own good, and she has paid a lot for it.

In her heart, she should listen to her mother's words.

She lowered her head sullenly, but still agreed: "I know Mom."

"I'll think about it carefully."

"but."

"What if senior brother has a girlfriend in two years' time?"

Liu Xiaoli interrupted: "That means you two are not destined to be together. Who said he is five years older than you?"

Liu Yifei felt even more aggrieved, her pouty mouth could hang a soy sauce bottle.

"Okay, okay, that's the end of this topic, anyway, you just remember what your mother said."

"Let's go, let's go down and eat something. You didn't eat much all day to take a makeup photo today. Eat more at night."

December 12st is the opening day of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Wu Yuan came to Hengdian from the capital with his newly recruited assistant Xiao Zhang.

Take your own fame, sometimes you should use it or use it.

He is still willing to do such things as being able to show his face will bring more attention to the TV series he invests in, and even increase his social status.

He met the reception staff of the "Sword and Sword" crew. Under his leadership, Wu Yuan rushed directly to the hotel where the opening ceremony was held.

On the way, the staff member carefully introduced to Wu Yuan: "Director Wu, President Cai invited more than 20 domestic media for the opening ceremony of "Sword", including Southern Metropolis Daily, Xinmin Evening News, and Yangcheng Daily. "

"They all came here specially when they heard that Director Wu would attend the opening ceremony."

The media listed by the staff are all the top large-scale newspapers in the country. It is useless to rely on the face of the Tang people to invite them, even if they pay for them.

But as soon as they heard that Wu Yuan would also attend the opening ceremony, they immediately took the initiative to come.

Oh my God, Wu Yuan really doesn't like being interviewed by various newspapers. It's really too difficult for these reporters to meet him and interview him once.

The last time reporters interviewed him was when "The Undertaker" was nominated for an Oscar. Wu Yuan was interviewed by some mainland media at the backstage of the Oscar ceremony.

But what level of media can go to the Oscars?
Either it starts with the word "中", or it starts with "people" twice, and the TV reporters are only CCTV.
To these ordinary media, Wu Yuan is simply aloof and untouchable.

Now that he finally has a schedule for his public appearance, don't you seize the opportunity?
When Wu Yuan's car drove to the entrance of the hotel where the launch conference of "Sword of Heaven" was held, what he saw was a mass of reporters and media holding long guns and short cannons.

Fortunately, this hotel has an internal parking lot, and the car still uses anti-peeping glass, otherwise Wu Yuan might not even be able to enter the hotel, and would have to be blocked by reporters.

Cautiously avoiding the reporters all the way, Wu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief from the internal passage that only the hotel staff could go to the backstage of the banquet hall on the second floor.

The starring actors of "Sword and Fairy" who were sitting backstage waiting for the start-up ceremony to start, all stood up when they saw Wu Yuan arriving, restrained and nervous.

"Hi Director Wu!"

"Director Wu!"

"Hi Director Wu!"

A group of actors with an average age of around 20 years old didn't even have the courage to introduce themselves to Wu Yuan, a top director. They didn't dare to say anything except bowing to say hello.

Only Hu Ge, Yuan Hong and Liu Yifei who have worked with him are more comfortable.

Hu Ge, who is currently playing an optimistic and cheerful boy, took the initiative to step forward: "Director Wu, why are you here?"

"I invested half of the money in this TV series, can I not watch it?" Wu Yuan said angrily:
"Your boy's leading actor, I still nod."

Without Wu Yuan's support, Hu Ge would not be able to play Li Xiaoyao now.

The crew would rather shoot first without the leading actor, than not use him!
I had to wait until March 04. I was so desperate that I couldn't choose, so I asked Hu Ge to try on the shape, and then I was caught by the father of Xianjian.

With the support of the father of Xianjian and the support of Cai Yinong, he played Li Xiaoyao.

But even this time, Hu Ge knew very well that without Wu Yuan's support, he, a new actor from the Mainland, would not be able to act as the leading male lead in a TV series with an investment of 6000 million!
"Oh, Director Wu, I'm really under a lot of pressure." Hu Ge scratched his head and said with a bitter look on his face: "I played the Fairy Sword game when I was in junior high school, so I know how popular this game is."

"I'm really afraid that if I don't act well, I will be scolded to death by game fans."

"Don't get cheap and act good!" Wu Yuan rolled his eyes: "If you don't want to act, it's still too late to switch with Yuan Hong. I believe he is very willing to play the male lead."

Yuan Hong on the side smiled cooperatively: "Yes, Lao Hu, if you don't act, I will act. I can bear the hardship!"

"That won't work!" Hu Ge jumped up and said, "I've been learning swordsmanship from my martial arts instructor for half a month. Tang Yu Xiaobao doesn't use swords!"

"Hahahaha." Everyone else laughed together.

This guy is really cowardly and cowardly, just like Li Xiaoyao.

Wu Yuan shook his head with a smile, he was too lazy to care about this trinket, and looked at Liu Yifei who had been standing quietly by the side all this time.

Strange, Liu Yifei is a little quiet today.

In the past, as soon as he appeared, Liu Yifei should have approached him to say hello, and then smiled sweetly at him.

Why is Liu Yifei so quiet today, she just obediently stood beside her mother, and looked at him with a more restrained smile.

However, she is really beautiful in this dress today.

The main creators all wore the costumes in the play to participate in the opening ceremony, and Liu Yifei's light green floral dress is the most beautiful among them.

At least it was much better than the costumes of An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan.

Sure enough, a beautiful talent like Liu Yifei, paired with simple and solid-colored clothes, is beautiful enough to surprise.

Wu Yuan nodded to Liu Yifei: "Our sister Ling'er is so beautifully dressed today."

"Just for sister Ling'er, the ratings of this drama will not be bad!"

dong dong dong...

The backstage door was pushed open, and Cai Yinong walked in.

"Fellow creators, the opening ceremony is about to officially begin, everyone go to the front desk with me, the reporters and friends are all waiting impatiently."

　Today is tens of thousands.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)