During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 550: The Sorrow of a Middle-Aged Man Is Too Deep in the Play
Last Spring Festival, Wanda and China Film Group, without knowing who had fooled them, invested in a Sino-US co-production.

Wei Jin was invited to join in at that time, but he was on a road trip with Jing Tian at the time and had no time to find out, so he directly refused.

Now, Man of Tai Chi, a Sino-US co-production with an investment of 2500 million US dollars, has officially announced its release date.

However, thanks to the consideration of China Film Corporation, this film was deliberately staggered one week away from "The Dragon King of the Capital of Gods" and released in mid-July.

But no matter what, a co-production film with a cost of over 100 million yuan suddenly landed in the summer season, adding a bit of smoke to the already turbulent film market.

Wei Jin no longer cared about the turmoil in the outside world, because directing and acting were really exhausting.

Fortunately, the filming of "Star Luck" is going smoothly these days.

As the hero and heroine expressed their feelings to each other, everything seemed to be developing in a good direction. Even the heroine's condition was under control again.

According to the plot, today's scene will be that the hero and the heroine are traveling, and the hero makes a passionate confession.

On the surveillance camera screen, in the warm coffee shop, Wei Jin's hands were intertwined, holding the girl's right hand.

“I love you. Although I know that the word “love” may be drowned and forgotten by the little time left, I still want to say, I love you.”

As the confession lines were spoken, the two people's profiles got closer and closer in the camera, and finally they kissed each other.

When it comes to kissing scenes, Wei Jin and Liu Yifei are quite skilled and they passed this one smoothly.

"Take a half-hour break and prepare to move on."

After finishing a day's shooting, Wei Jin took Liu Yifei back to the Xishan Villa.

As soon as she entered the room, Liu Yifei couldn't help but kiss Wei Jin with a fierce and greedy move, and the latter responded enthusiastically.

There is no way, the last scene of the day is an indoor passionate scene.

Although the script is based on the Wei and Jin dynasties and the lead actress is Liu Yifei, there naturally won't be too many exposed scenes.

Even the biggest scale is just that the male and female protagonists are so aroused that they take off each other's clothes, and then the male protagonist hugs and kisses the female protagonist with his naked back.

As for the subsequent plot, it will be expressed using camera language, such as those commonly used in movies, such as clothes falling, emotional sounds, and so on.

But no matter what, there was a lot of intimate physical contact in the process, and the two had been working together for many years and were familiar with each other.

So at this moment, both of them couldn't help themselves and walked from the entrance to the sofa in the living room, and then to the window where the breeze was blowing.

Liu Yifei hadn't had time to change her shoes at this time. Her white little feet stepped on Wei Jin's instep and she kissed him all the way.

Finally, she pulled the translucent tulle curtains, then stood by the window. With the witness of the breeze, she finally raised her head and let out a long sigh, feeling satisfied.

After the clouds and rain stopped, Liu Yifei leaned lazily in Wei Jin's arms, like a docile kitten.

Wei Jin, who was in the sage time, hugged the girl's soft body and couldn't let go.

After a long while, the girl's clear voice rang in my ears.

"Brother, are we halfway through filming our scene?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Wei Jin nodded and answered affirmatively.

As an art film, "The Fault in Our Stars" is basically composed of literary dramas. As long as the actors are dedicated enough, the filming can be done quite quickly.

"But Yifei, the subsequent scenes will be more of a test of your acting skills, so you have to be prepared. If everything goes well, I estimate that it will be done in about half a month."

"Yes, I know. I will definitely behave well."

Liu Yifei nodded heavily, obviously knowing that the subsequent plot would depend on her.

Seeing the girl's serious look, Wei Jin was about to say something when the cell phone on the bedside table vibrated and Liu Yifei handed it to him.

"It's Director Ning."

Wei Jin nodded and answered the phone.

"Hello, senior brother?"

"Junior brother, "Lost in Thailand" can be started now."

"Ok?"

Wei Jin paused while holding Taozi's hand, "Didn't you say we should wait until No Man's Land is out of theaters? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Hey, if you don't find something for your sister Na to do, I'm going to die at home."

Listening to Ning Hao's complaints, Wei Jin couldn't help but laugh.

The late-night drinking incident of the Iron Triangle was far more serious than expected. Ning Hao was called back home by Xing Aina the next day. He had not left the house for three days and had paid his taxes countless times.

In Ning Hao's words, his kidneys were almost broken, it was so tragic.

"Brother, who told you to go out and play without paying attention to the occasion?"

Wei Jin made a sarcastic remark, which earned him a punch from Liu Yifei, while Ning Hao on the other end of the phone cried out that he was wronged.

"God knows, I was really screwed by that bald guy Xu. Who the hell knew that he would invite six people to drink with him when we went out to celebrate? They were all students from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Dance Academy. I feel more wronged than Dou E."

Wei Jin believed this. After all, Xing Aina had always been strict, and Ning Hao would never go to a nightclub to have fun. However, he still joked.

"Brother, if you are out there, you should stand at attention when you are beaten. How about I give you some northern Xinjiang black wolfberry to nourish you? Haha."

"Hey, Director Ning, which 'good sister' are you calling again?"

Xing Ai's sarcastic voice across the phone scared Wei Jin.

Ning Hao only heard a weak voice, "It was Wei Jin, who was talking to me about the new film. I told you, there is no such thing as a messy 'sister'. Why don't you believe it?"

"Wei Jin? Is that true? Give me the phone number."

My goodness, has the trust crisis of this middle-aged couple begun? Or has it been menopause? Or is it that Ning Hao's kidneys are not strong enough?
"Hey, Sister Na, it's me."

Hearing Wei Jin's voice, Xing Aina greeted him and returned the phone.

Perhaps because the tigress was right next to him, Ning Hao didn't dare to chat anymore and went straight to the point of talking to Wei Jin about his ideas for the new film.

"This time I plan to use a combination of old and new faces. I can't always use the same old faces. However, Huang Bo and Xu Zheng will still be the leading actors. For the rest, I plan to hold open auditions."

"Okay, I'll arrange for the company's artists to come over then."

"Then you have to choose carefully. I won't take care of those whose acting skills are not up to par."

"Don't worry, I know."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin noticed the strange expression on the little girl's face. After a moment's thought, he guessed what she was thinking. Without saying a word, he turned over and pressed her under him.

"Hey, brother, why are you here again?"

"Yifei, this is to increase the trust between us"

Perhaps because he was really tortured beyond recognition, Ning Hao was very efficient and announced his new film plan the next day.

"Jointly invested by Bad Monkey and Shanhe Media, directed by Ning Hao, and produced by Wei Jin, the road comedy "Lost in Thailand" with a production cost of 50 million yuan has been officially approved and casting has begun"

As soon as the news came out, people in the circle who didn't know the reason were amazed. Ning Hao's efficiency is really high. "No Man's Land" is still in theaters, and the remaining "Nobody" has not been released yet, but he has already started a new film.

However, actors in the industry can't care so much. It's so rare to see a new film from a big director, and even rarer still, it's an open casting call, so everyone is rushing to take action. Wei Jin received calls from Han Sanping and Wang Changtian, but unfortunately the investment had already been decided, so he was doomed to not get involved.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin began a new role.

According to the plot, after returning from the trip, the male protagonist played by Wei Jin obviously felt unwell and went to the hospital for a check-up.

Generally speaking, scenes of the same scene will be shot at the same time when making a shooting plan to avoid frequent transitions.

However, art films and commercial films have different focuses, and the actors' condition is more important, especially since it was Wei Jin's first time acting.

So this time the filming basically followed the plot, so that the actors could better put themselves into the current situation.

On the monitor screen, Wei Jin and the doctor were talking.

"Doctor, is my condition serious?"

After some hesitation, the doctor finally told the cruel truth.

"The amputation was done to inhibit the spread of cancer cells. Normally, the probability of recurrence is very low, less than 15%. But unfortunately, it has spread now."

Listening to the doctor's treatment plan, Wei Jin was silent for a long time, and finally spoke hoarsely.

"Then let's go with chemotherapy. We'll hold out as long as we can."

"Click."

Lu Yang, who was standing behind the monitor, watched the filming situation repeatedly and then waved his hand.

"This one passed."

According to the outside world, after reaping the dividends of the last weekend, "Partners" was successfully released and the final box office closed at 5.28 million.

Huang Xiaoming, who had been a box office failure since last year's Lunar New Year holiday, turned himself into a leading actor with a box office of 5 million yuan, successfully getting rid of the label of "box office poison".

As for Qiao Zhenyu and Tong Dawei, they received less support. After all, although there are three male protagonists, everyone knows that there is only one core protagonist, Huang Xiaoming.

But the one who is even more proud than the actors is, of course, the director Chen Kexin.

Not only did it prove itself with a box office of 5 million yuan, it also successfully won the favor of a lot of mainland capital, which put an end to all the outrageous operations in previous years.

Sometimes we really have to admit how shameless the Hong Kong media is. At this moment, Chen Kexin has become the leading director of Hong Kong.

In the media reports, words of flattery and praise are simply overflowing.

In addition to "Partners", the films currently worth paying attention to in the film market are "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" and "No Man's Land".

As Wei Jin had expected, the negative consequences of reverse marketing have already appeared.

"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" was released for 8 days and the box office grossed 2.33 million yuan, but the single-day box office has fallen below million, which can be called an avalanche.

At this rate of decline, the film will definitely not last the entire one-month theatrical period.

On the contrary, "No Man's Land" performed well. Even though Ning Hao and others caused some trouble, it did not affect the box office trend at all.

In 10 days, the box office exceeded 2.13 million, closing at million, and maintained a high of million per day.

A box office of 3 million is already in the bag, and even 4 million is within reach.

During this period, Han Sanping had mixed feelings. It was certain that "No Man's Land" would make money, and his four years of waiting were worth it.

But it seems that most of the money earned will be invested in "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

The one who is even more sad than Han Sanping is King Liu.

The good reputation accumulated from "The Martian" and "Saving Mr. Wu" was completely destroyed by "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

Even another movie he starred in, "Blind Detective", which is scheduled to be released on July 7, has been greatly affected.

Some movie fans online have spontaneously boycotted "Blind Detective", calling on everyone not to encourage this unhealthy trend of "only want money, not shame".

There is no other way. If you take on a bad movie for the sake of favors, you have to be prepared to endure the audience's anger.

This wave of King Liu has already created a customer-driving effect. Even with the title of one of the Four Heavenly Kings, his commercial value will be greatly affected.

The crew of "Star Luck" ushered in a climax scene.

However, the heroine Liu Yifei encountered some small problems. While the crew was making arrangements, Wei Jin came to the girl.

"Yifei, are you feeling better?"

Liu Yifei took another sip of the brown sugar water and nodded: "Yeah, much better, we can continue shooting later."

"Well, don't worry, take a rest for a while."

In fact, if the girl hadn't insisted, Wei Jin would have planned to take a day off.

Wait for the crew to get ready again, this time on a park bench.

In the camera, the heroine leaned on the hero's shoulder, and the two held hands.

After thinking for a long time, the hero told the heroine that the cancer cells had spread throughout his body.

In an instant, the heroine seemed to have all her strength drained away and collapsed on the bench.

She leaned in the hero's arms with a pale face, unable to hold back her tears.

"Don't cry. Write a eulogy for me. Let me hear your voice again at the funeral."

Wei Jin gently stroked the girl's pretty face, wiped away her tears, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"But... Why does fate play such a trick on us? What have we done wrong? Why? Why?"

Liu Yifei was completely immersed in the role and cried heart-wrenchingly.

After great difficulty, her condition was under control, and the two were heading towards a beautiful and happy life. However, God played such a big joke on them. Who could accept this?

Lu Yang, who was behind the monitor, did not call for a stop. Wei Jin and Liu Yifei did not care either. They snuggled up to each other on the bench, immersed in their roles, and the latter still couldn't stop sobbing.

After a long time, Lu Yang finally shouted "Cut", ending this shot.

"Brother, I've acted in so many dramas, but I never cried as much as in this drama."

Liu Yifei and Wei Jin came to the RV to tidy up their appearance, their tone was a little sad, and it was obvious that they had not recovered yet.

"Yifei, you performed very well this time."

Wei Jin smiled and gave Yu his affirmation, saying that the girl's progress over the years was reflected in this play.

"Brother, I'm not acting. If..."

Before the girl could finish her words, Wei Jin hugged her in his arms.

"Yifei, there won't be any ifs. We will always be together."

“Well, we’ll be fine.”

PS: Some words were deleted, and I added some nonsense to ensure that I will write all 9 words. I was badly cheated in September, so please forgive me (this is free of charge)

(End of this chapter)