director of the millennium

Chapter 771 "The Great Sage" starts filming!
[Wu Yuan & Liu Yifei held a grand wedding in Beijing, and friends in the circle came to support them! ]

[Contracting Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Wu Yuan & Liu Yifei's luxurious wedding revealed! ]

[The wedding expenses were not as good as Huang Xiaoming's. This time, Guoer won over his aunt! ]

[Zhang Yimou attended Wu Yuan's wedding and gave a speech, revealing that he will be working with Liu Yifei on a new play! ]

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In March of 2018, a big news broke out in the entertainment industry. The Western-style wedding held by Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei in Beijing eventually caused a sensation throughout China.

Although the cost was not disclosed and the media did not know the exact amount, the scale of the event was still grand, with half of the entertainment industry present.

However, because Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei did not want their wedding to become the focus of media carnival, they strictly prohibited reporters from entering the venue. Therefore, the reporters' reports this time were more or less sour, and they often compared their wedding with that of Huang Xiaoming and Jay Chou.

Moreover, because the two did not disclose the cost of their wedding, as well as the most important value of the diamond ring, betrothal gifts and jewelry, the media generally believed that their wedding could not be compared with Jay Chou and Huang Xiaoming, and there were many voices of ridicule and mockery.

In this regard, the two people who had been busy with wedding arrangements all day didn't take it seriously when they saw the report the next day.

Is he going to ask Wu Yuan to find a media outlet to reveal that he gave her a diamond ring worth hundreds of millions of yuan, and also gave her a full set of customized black pearl jewelry and gold jewelry?

No need, really no need.

Other stars use their weddings as a hype or even a commercial event. Neither Wu Yuan nor Liu Yifei want to comment on this behavior, but neither of them wants their weddings to turn out like this.

At least because the media was not allowed to enter, the friends in the circle invited by the two felt more comfortable at the wedding, and their blessings to the couple were more sincere.

"However, it's a pity that we don't have time to go on a honeymoon." Wu Yuan said with some emotion while browsing the trending searches on Weibo early in the morning.

Liu Yifei, who was preparing breakfast for him, brought him a plate of Western-style bacon and fried eggs and said indifferently, "You can go on your honeymoon anytime."

"It's tiring enough just to prepare for these two weddings. I don't have the energy to travel anymore. Let's wait until you finish filming The Monkey King."

“No way.” Wu Yuan smacked his lips. “When I finish filming The Monkey King, you’ll almost be joining the crew to film Director Zhang’s movie.”

"I guess after we finish these two dramas, it will be the end of the year again."

"Maybe this honeymoon trip will have to be postponed until next Spring Festival."

Well, this pole was indeed far enough, but Liu Yifei just rolled her eyes and did not show any dissatisfaction.

"It doesn't matter, maybe next year."

Hey, Wu Yuan smiled. His newlywed wife seemed to be more sensible and gentler than before since they got the marriage certificate. At least the little temper that only little girls have is no longer seen now. She looks like a mature beauty.

"Your current mentality is somewhat like Cai Wenji, a gentle and graceful lady, quiet and graceful." Zhang Yimou's biographical movie has been confirmed. Among the talented women in Chinese history such as Li Qingzhao, Cai Wenji, Ban Zhao, Shangguan Wan'er, Lin Huiyin, Yu Xuanji, and Xie Daoyuan, Cai Wenji was finally chosen.

Because although these talented women had very difficult lives, Cai Wenji's life was the most difficult among them. She lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, an era full of legends.

If her story were made into a movie, it would not only involve the biography of the character, but also the turbulent colors of the late Han Dynasty.

From the late Han Dynasty, which was turbulent when Cai Wenji was young but relatively stable for nobles and high-ranking officials, to the rebellions of Dong Zhuo and Li Jue when she was young, to the division of the world into three parts during the Jian'an period in her middle age, the era she lived in was undoubtedly very special.

Of course, it is a very difficult test for an actor to grasp the role of a woman who lived in a turbulent era and left her name in history.

Liu Yifei needs to perform three states of Cai Wenji: the innocence of a girl, the humiliation of being captured by the Huns as a young man, and the loneliness of returning to the Central Plains in middle age when she is alone and everything has changed...

At the same time, the talent of this talented woman must be shown.

This is definitely a major challenge for Liu Yifei. Although the script is still being polished and improved, she has been constantly understanding and trying to understand Cai Wenji's life and trying to immerse herself in the role.

She is almost 31 years old this year. Although her life experience is not rich enough to see through the world, she is no longer the girl she used to be. After so many years, she still has some life experience and can resonate with some characters to some extent.

As for whether this movie can be made well and this character can be played well, it all depends on the training level of the great director Zhang Yimou.

Wu Yuan is quite looking forward to this. After all, Zhang Yimou can be said to be the best director in China at training actors. Regardless of how the actresses trained by him develop later, at least in his movies, everyone gives a thumbs up for their acting skills, and they can never be faulted!
Wu Yuan has always admired him very much!
"But the movie script hasn't been completed yet, so you should have more time to relax during the next period of time. Do you want to join the crew with me?" Wu Yuan asked with a smile.

Having just gotten married, he is still somewhat reluctant to leave his new wife. The filming of "The Monkey King" is about to start and he has to join the crew to film. If his wife can go with him, it would be the best of both worlds.

Hearing her husband's request, Liu Yifei wrinkled her pretty nose and poked Wu Yuan's arm with a finger: "Why, our big director can't bear to leave his little wife at home?"

"Little? Darling wife?" Wu Yuan cast a glance at Liu Yifei with pretended disdain.

"Why, is there something wrong with what I said?"

"Well, no problem. Although you are already 30 years old, you will always be a girl in my heart. Is that okay?" Wu Yuan said helplessly.

"That's more like it." Liu Yifei hummed a few times, then lay in Wu Yuan's arms and nuzzled him, then said, "It's not that I can't join the group to accompany you, but I should only be with you for a month at most."

"I should be able to get the script in a month. By then I will go back to Beijing to consult with Director Zhang. Director Zhang plans to train the actors for a period of time before filming begins."

"After all, Director Zhang is very ambitious about this film, and he wants it to be accepted at Cannes."

"Well, I'm already very happy to have a month." Wu Yuan nodded with a smile and patted Liu Yifei's slender waist: "Then hurry up and pack your luggage. We will fly to Shanghai in two days."

"The crew, Zhang Yishan, Tang Yan and others are already waiting in Shanghai. The only one missing is me, the director."

(End of this chapter)