director of the millennium

Wu Yuan's home in the capital.

"You've been quite lazy lately."

"I gained some weight, too."

"Not bad!"

Liu Yifei smiled and pinched Wu Yuan's cheek, saying with relief: "I was so worried about your haggard appearance some time ago. I was afraid that you would die suddenly."

"Fortunately, I have recovered during this period and have had a good rest."

"Brother, you are already middle-aged now. Don't treat yourself like a youngster. It's bad for your health."

"Hey!" Wu Yuan, who was lying on the sofa like Ge You, rolled over and stood up, "How come I'm middle-aged already? A man stays young until he dies!"

"Tsk." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes. "Anyone over 30 is considered middle-aged. You should start to pay attention to your health. You are already 33 years old this year. If you don't take care of your health now, you will end up with a lot of diseases when you are old."

"The United Nations World Health Organization has said that people over 45 are considered middle-aged," Wu Yuan said unconvinced.

"Okay." Liu Yifei patted Wu Yuan's arm unhappily: "I don't want to argue with you."

"Aren't you going to the company to edit the video today?"

Wu Yuan shook his head, continued to lie back down, picked up the remote control and kept changing channels casually: "I'll take a day off today. There's no need to go to the company every day to monitor the post-production."

The post-production of "Riding the Wind" and "Ready Player One" are both in orderly production. Compared to the shooting period, although Wu Yuan now has to focus on the post-production work of two films at the same time, it is still relatively easy overall.

After all, both films have a post-production editing team in charge, and he only needs to take charge of the overall work.

Again, if it is not an art film that is infused with his artistic ideas, there is really no need for Wu Yuan to personally edit the film frame by frame.

So he can also take some time out from his busy schedule to rest at home.

"Xixi, the weather is getting warmer now. Liu Ye asked me to play mahjong with him. Do you want to join me?" Wu Yuan asked casually while dozing off in front of the TV.

Just as he guessed, Liu Yifei quickly shook her head and refused: "Forget it, go by yourself."

The two have been dating for so many years, but their circles of friends have never been very integrated.

Wu Yuan’s circle of friends and Liu Yifei’s circle of friends are almost separate activities.

Liu Yifei was basically not interested in Wu Yuan and his friends' activities such as playing mahjong, eating hotpot around the fire, and playing billiards.

Wu Yuan was not interested in joining Liu Yifei and her friends in shopping, karaoke, and dining.

Over time, the two of them have become accustomed to "playing their own games", but Wu Yuan will still take the initiative to ask every time, just for the sake of courtesy.

After getting an answer that was not surprising, Wu Yuan shrugged, stood up, put on a coat casually, and prepared to go out.

"Then I'll go by myself. Come to think of it, it's been quite a while since Ye Zi, Brother Kun and the others and I have been together."

Wu Yuan has been very busy in the past two years. He rarely gets together with his friends. Now that he has some free time and there happens to be an event, he naturally will not refuse.

An hour later, Wu Yuan arrived at a courtyard house in Dongcheng District.

From the outside, this courtyard looks like an ordinary house, but in fact it is a private club specially designed to entertain high-end clients.

Now Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Xia Yu and others and their families have all arrived in the yard, but Wu Yuan was the last one to arrive.

"Oh, our great director is different. He has to be the last one to appear."

As soon as Wu Yuan entered the door, he heard a familiar mocking voice.

He waved his hands in annoyance, "Brother Kun, your ability to mock has improved in the past two years." "How is your "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" going?"

Xia Yu, who happened to be walking out of the main hall, immediately took over the conversation: "It's pretty good."

"Director Wu Ershan is quite good, and he particularly values ​​Kun'er and is full of praise for him."

Of course, Wu Yuan, who knew the inside story, laughed secretly in his heart.

If he had not snatched the IP of "Painted Skin" in this life, Wu Ershan would have hooked up with Chen Kun long ago.

However, even if Chen Kun and Wu Ershan did not meet because of "Painted Skin 2" in this life, after Wu Ershan took on "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin", he finally found Chen Kun to star in it.

After all, he is one of the few mainland male actors who has played the leading role in magic and fantasy blockbusters and can carry the box office.

"'Mojin: The Lost Tomb' is a collaboration with Huang Bo, right?" Wu Yuan asked again.

"Yes." Chen Kun stopped joking and said seriously, "Huang Bo is indeed a very good actor. What's more amazing is that he has not received formal training, but he can still act so well."

"No wonder you would use him too."

"Indeed." Wu Yuan nodded without refutation.

For someone like Chen Kun, who is a professional actor from the 90s, it is difficult for them to recognize non-professional actors. In their eyes, self-taught actors are just acting randomly, after all, they have no systematic training.

So it is really not easy for them to recognize an unconventional actor.

Chen Kun really admires Huang Bo. He was "conquered" by Huang Bo after just this one collaboration with him.

"Hey, hey, hey, we're here to have fun, why are we talking about work?"

At this time, Yuan Quan walked out from the main hall and said helplessly: "The mahjong table is already set up, what are you still doing in the yard?"

Hey, Wu Yuan immediately walked into the main hall with a big smile on his face: "Sister Quan, long time no see, you have retired completely in the past few years."

"Ah?" Yuan Quan was stunned for a moment, and said somewhat unsatisfactorily: "I haven't retired. I even filmed a new movie last year. It's just that you don't pay attention to me."

"Really?" Wu Yuan touched his head. He really couldn't remember what movie Yuan Quan acted in last year.

"Lost in Thailand!" Yuan Quan rolled her eyes at him and said, "It was also starred with Huang Bo. Huang Bo filmed this movie right after he finished filming your movie Dear!"

"I'm the heroine, you don't pay any attention to me?"

Wu Yuan then remembered and laughed awkwardly a few times. He had never had the time to go to the cinema to watch "Lost in Thailand" in his life and completely missed the movie.

He had only watched this movie once in his previous life and had almost forgotten it.

"Well, "Lost in Thailand" was released during the National Day holiday last year, right? At that time, I was busy preparing for "Riding the Wind" and didn't have time to watch this movie, so I missed it."

"Okay." Yuan Quan waved his hand, "A road comedy is really not worth your attention."

"Hey, Director Wu, when will you make another art film? I haven't seen one of your art films in several years. What a pity."

"I did watch the movie Love Letter that you and Sissi did last time, but it was too commercial and lacked some meaning."

"What on earth are you thinking? Are you not going to make art films anymore?"

"Well..." Wu Yuan paused, raised his head and looked at the mahjong table that had been set up in the side hall, and Huang Xiaoming, Liu Ye and others who were playing mahjong at the table. He rolled his eyes and changed the subject:
"Aren't we here to play mahjong today? Let's not talk about work. Let's not talk about work."

"Let's start touching!" (End of this chapter)