Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 768: The Butterfly Effect Again
When he opened his eyes, it was dark and his vision was blocked by Chu Xuan's body.

Looking up, although the sunlight was blocked tightly by the curtains, the soft light shining through the curtains indicated that it was already bright outside.

Liu Yifei, with hazy eyes, fumbled for her cell phone under the pillow, took it out and checked the time. It was already past nine in the morning. In order to let Chu Xuan have a good sleep, she did not set an alarm yesterday. Fortunately, they were not filming until this afternoon, so a good rest was the right thing to do.

She scratched her hair. It was dry and uncomfortable because she had not blow-dried it after taking a shower last night.

She lowered her eyebrows to look at Chu Xuan who was still sleeping, curved her eyebrows and leaned over to kiss Chu Xuan, then got out of bed and walked into the bathroom, washed her hair again in the sink, took the hair dryer to the living room to dry it, returned to the bedroom to get dressed and go out.

I have been in Shenzhen for only a few days and the temperature here is getting higher and higher, approaching 30 degrees.

Liu Yifei had just come from Beijing and needed to adapt to the temperature and put on a coat. Today, she only wore a white short-sleeved shirt. She walked with her long legs, which were highlighted by black casual loose pants. The crisp sound of her black high heels on the ground was like melodious notes echoing in the hotel corridor.

"Production."

Concubine Liu Yi turned her head and saw Song Qian walking towards her from behind. She looked tired and knew that she had just woken up.

Song Qian was the same age as her but a few months older. When she heard Song Qian calling her "producer," which was not an awkward title, she said, "Just call me Xixi."

"Yi Fei." Song Qian said with a smile. After working in South Korea for several years, some unwritten rules were deeply ingrained in her bones. Calling the producer by his nickname when she was not that familiar with him was a bit over the line.

Seeing that Song Qian didn't dare to call her "Xixi", Liu Yifei felt helpless. It would be great if friends could communicate more easily and casually. Why put so many burdens on them? But she couldn't change other people's ideas and could only let things take their course.

"Are you just getting up too?" she asked.

"Yes, I read the script until very late." Song Qian came to her side.

"Let's go have dinner together," Liu Yifei invited.

"Okay, I'll treat you." Song Qian nodded.

"What are you treating me to? My meal is free. It would be a waste if I don't eat. I can save money." Liu Yifei said.

Song Qian smiled and said nothing more.

Meals are provided when the crew is working, and meals are at their own expense when not working. Only the director team can eat and drink for free at the hotel at any time, with the exception of alcohol.

Liu Yifei came to the elevator entrance and pressed the down button, actively looking for a topic: "By the way, I've always wanted to ask you, what is the situation of you trainees who are training in South Korea in South Korea?"

Although she took the initiative to bring up the topic, this question was also something she and Chu Xuan had been curious about.

Song Qian's audition resume mentioned her experience as a trainee in South Korea. When asked why she turned to develop her career in China, Song Qian simply said that it was difficult to develop in South Korea and she wanted to look for opportunities in China.

She and Chu Xuan had briefly speculated whether it was the repercussions of the "Korean Wave" incident that year, which affected trainees like Song Qian who were developing in South Korea?

She and Chu Xuan were not trainees, so they didn't know the specific situation and just chatted for a few words before leaving.

Now that I happened to meet Song Qian, I had the opportunity to ask this question in my free time. I hoped to find the answer from Song Qian to satisfy my curiosity.

The elevator door opened and Song Qian followed Liu Yifei in.

In the face of Liu Yifei's question, Song Qian, who had already terminated her contract with the South Korean company, had nothing to say, and said bluntly: "We Chinese trainees have a low status in South Korea. We are always inferior to South Korean trainees. The priority resource rule of South Korean trainees first and us trainees later makes it difficult for us to develop there."

Liu Yifei nodded. This sounded cruel, but it was also understandable. People in the South Korean entertainment industry have always been arrogant. It would be strange if they gave priority to resources to talents from other countries.

This is unlike some Chinese companies that prefer foreign stars and ignore domestic stars, which reflects a lack of cultural confidence and is also a manifestation of worshipping foreign things. This situation has changed after the "Korean Wave" incident.

But now it seems that things are slowly changing back, just like the "Full House 2" that has already started cooperation with Blue Channel and the unreleased variety shows. If the Korean wave sweeps back again, it will mess up the entertainment market that has been stable for two years. It is foreseeable that Korean stars will once again squeeze the living space of domestic artists.

"If it's so difficult, why do you still want to go? Don't you know it in advance?" Liu Yifei asked.

Song Qian said: "I have learned that letting us Chinese debut is a plan of South Korean capital, using us to perform in China to make money."

Liu Yifei thought for a moment, and the elevator stopped at the restaurant floor. She walked out: "I understand. South Korea's intention to train Chinese artists is to get you to come to China to make money for them. After all, it is more down-to-earth and more in line with the audience's intentions for Chinese faces to make money in China, so there will be some inclination in terms of resources, so as to draw a pie to induce you to go to South Korea for training and development."

She understood and said that South Korean capital was not so generous that they did not train so many of their own artists and had no time to train artists from other countries. It turned out that they were adapting to local conditions and taking advantage of the fact that it was easier for Chinese artists to make money in China, so they planned to train Chinese trainees like Song Qian.

"Yes, that's right." Song Qian followed Liu Yifei to the restaurant. She admired Liu Yifei's strong thinking ability. She only said one sentence and Liu Yifei figured out most of it. She was worthy of being Producer Liu.

The two found a private seat and sat down. Liu Yifei flipped through the menu and ordered food: "In this case, you can get resources. Capital wants to use you to come to China to make money, so it must be used to train you with real money. This shows that you can really be trained, but why did you return home halfway?"

"Ah, it's all tears if I talk too much." Song Qian sighed and said helplessly: "We were supposed to make it through, and I would lead the group to debut as the captain, but there is a prerequisite for our Chinese artist group to debut in China, and that is that it cannot overshadow the local singing and dancing groups in South Korea."

Liu Yifei ordered a few dishes and the waiter took the menu and left.

After hearing what Song Qian said, she asked curiously, "What do you mean? You mean you can't overshadow the local singing and dancing groups...?"

"It means exactly what it says." Song Qian said, "For example, group A is a South Korean group, and group B is a Chinese group. Group B cannot be more popular than group A, otherwise the South Korean artist circle will have objections, and the South Korean entertainment industry capital will not allow such a situation to happen."

Liu Yifei said "Oh~" and suddenly realized: "I understand. Even if they want to train you to make money, their local South Korean artist group is the core. If the core is a first-class resource, then you are equivalent to a second-class resource."

"Yes, that's understandable." Song Qian nodded. "Moreover, Category II resources can never exceed Category I resources. Once there is a sign of exceeding, they will be eliminated. In the eyes of those people in the South Korean entertainment industry, South Koreans always want to be number one. They train us just to make money and that's all. They don't plan to develop us in the long run."

"I understand." Liu Yifei nodded: "Is this consistent with what you just said about being able to get through it... and then something unexpected happened?"

"Yes." Song Qian said bitterly, "Originally, China had big bands like TVXQ. Our new band could never compete with them. Everything was going smoothly and I was going to debut as the captain. But the 'Korean Wave Gate' incident came out and ruined all the Korean Wave bands developing in China. Under such circumstances, if we launch a second-class resource like us, wouldn't it be equivalent to a first-class resource? South Korean capital will not allow it."

Liu Yifei laughed in her heart. It turned out that it was because of the "Korean Wave" incident led by Chu Xuan.

After the "Korean Wave Gate" incident in the first half of 07, there have been almost no Korean Wave artists active in the Chinese entertainment market in the past two years. This is equivalent to the domestic Korean Wave market becoming blank overnight. Under such circumstances, how could South Korean capital, which emphasizes Korean Wave first, launch a Chinese group like Song Qian?
"The company has changed its strategy and wants to hide us. They will consider Chinese groups like us after they launch a Korean wave group in China again." Song Qian told the truth and pouted in a venting manner: "Fuck you, I've been working hard for several years and I'm about to debut, and now this happens to me? All my years of hard work have been wasted. I quit and I won't sign the captain's contract. I'll go back to China when the contract expires."

Damn it... Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing. This little sister Song Qian is quite cute, but you can also tell that she is quite resentful about South Korea's situation.

Song Qian continued, "Not only me, but also some people have returned to China. I don't know if you know them, Han Geng, Zhang Yixing, Lu Han... They are all Chinese. Han Geng and I are in the same group. He also wanted to be the captain. He had no chance like me, and the others had to endure. When they saw that we had no chance, they all quit."

Song Qian laughed: "This is quite interesting, it shows that Chinese people are still quite united abroad."

Liu Yifei nodded slightly, but in fact she was worried about Chu Xuan in her heart: Director Chu, Director Chu, you didn't expect that the chain reaction caused by the incident you triggered back then would make it impossible for Chinese trainees like Song Qian to survive in South Korea.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Chu Xuan. It was those Korean artists at the time who were the first to cause trouble. Seeing her being hacked made Chu Xuan completely furious and she had no idea about the chain reactions.

But then again, people like Song Qian are innocent, and they have indeed been influenced by Chu Xuan, so this cause and effect does exist.

At this point, Liu Yifei considered Song Qian and thought of one thing: "Mango TV will launch a national style stage in the next one or two years, and it needs outstanding people who can sing and dance to join. You can try it when you get the news."

"She contacted me." Song Qian was surprised how Liu Yifei knew this news, but then she thought that important people are always well-informed and gave up.

Seeing that Liu Yifei was talking about this with an attitude of caring for her, she said with a little gratitude: "After filming this drama, I will go to negotiate with Tianyu to see what the specific situation is. If we have such a stage in our country, it would be the best thing for us. Then I will call Han Geng and others over. Since South Korea looks down on us, we will use what we have learned from South Korea to prove to them what Chinese style singing and dancing is...

She slammed the table: "It's blinding their eyes!"

Liu Yifei smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Come on, Chu Xuan and I support you."

It seems that Tianyu Media, a subsidiary of Mango TV, has made some preparations. It seems that Song Qian doesn't know that there is the figure of Brilliant Times behind this national style stage. Just looking at Song Qian's resentment towards the unfair situation in South Korea and her desire to prove that she is no worse than anyone else, she also sincerely encourages and blesses Song Qian in her heart.

The accumulation of affection between girls is often very simple. Just one meal was enough to make the relationship between Liu Yifei and Song Qian much better.

After the meal, the two sides said goodbye to each other temporarily.

Song Qian rushed to the set, and Liu Yifei went upstairs carrying the food she had packed for Chu Xuan.

"Good afternoon, Producer Liu."

"Good afternoon, are you going to set up the scene?"

"Correct."

"Thank you everyone."

"It's not hard."

After saying hello to several crew members passing by and then passing by each other, Liu Yifei turned a few steps, pushed open the half-open door with her arm and walked in.

She put the packed food on the living room table. When she heard the noise in the bedroom bathroom, she walked to the door of the bedroom bathroom. Seeing Chu Xuan brushing his teeth and washing his face, she folded her arms and said, "Dear Director Chu, are you willing to wake up?"

Chu Xuan finished brushing his teeth and spit out the water in his mouth. The faucet was gurgling. He said, "I'm still very tired."

I slept until I woke up naturally, around noon, but the fatigue from two days of hard work had not yet gone away. After sleeping for more than ten hours, I still felt tired.

Liu Yifei shook her head and said, "I told you yesterday that since you don't have any scenes to perform these days, it will be much easier for you to direct. Just come back on time every day and have a good rest for a few days to replenish your energy."

"Yeah." Chu Xuan responded and wiped his face with a face towel.

"The meal is in the living room. Eat first. I've packed it for you." Liu Yifei turned and left.

After taking only one or two steps, my body was wrapped by a force, and then I was kissed on the lips by a surprise attack: "My wife is so good."

Liu Yifei pinched his face with her backhand and said, "Okay, don't leave me alone when I need care someday."

"How is this possible? God will strike me down." Chu Xuan sat down on the sofa. He was really hungry after not eating for more than ten hours. He quickly opened his pocket and the lunch box, picked up the lunch box, picked up the food and started eating: "Where's Mom?"

"She?" Liu Yifei sat next to him and watched him eat. She said, "Do you even need to ask? She went to look at houses with Sister Zeng and Brother Lu early in the morning. Our wedding house is her top priority."

Chu Xuan took a bite of food and said, "You should at least take some time to read the script. You are an actor who needs to film a movie after all."

Liu Yifei blinked and said, "Then go and talk to her."

Chu Xuan shook his head repeatedly: "I dare not. If I tell her, she will definitely say: Is your wedding more important or filming a movie? This is asking for trouble."

Liu Yifei said happily, "Then you can only temporarily direct the play for her. Actually, you don't need to direct it in any way. You are the mother yourself. You can just play the mother in the play and act like yourself."

"That's right." Chu Xuan nodded: "Let mom do whatever she wants, as long as she is happy."

Chu Xuan respected his mother as always, which made Liu Yifei feel very happy. She crossed her legs, turned sideways to face Chu Xuan, and repeated what she had just talked about with Song Qian.

Especially since Chu Xuan's actions made it difficult for people like Song Qian to survive in South Korea, she just took pleasure in joking with Chu Xuan.

"Without me, they can't develop in South Korea. There is no place for Chinese artists in South Korea. They can only focus on the mainland market. The development base still has to rely on the domestic market. Even without the support of South Korean resources, the first generation of singing and dancing variety shows in the domestic entertainment industry can make them popular."

"If you insist on linking me to a causal relationship, then I can just help them when they develop in the future. I am more interested in this chain reaction."

"The 'Korean Wave' has caused the domestic Korean Wave to regress to the millennium. South Korean capital has to re-plan and develop Korean films and Korean Wave groups in China, which has slowed down their entertainment invasion of China and given our domestic market the opportunity and time to respond."

"Like the variety shows that Blue Channel and KBS are doing, Mango TV said that they are singing and dancing variety shows that have never appeared on the market, so Mango TV is countering with traditional Chinese style stage variety shows. I heard that you have already greeted Song Qian and other trainees who have studied in Korea."

"This is equivalent to Mango TV using Chinese artists trained in South Korea to defeat local artists trained in South Korea. If Mango TV wins, South Korean capital will be furious. This is very exciting."

Seeing Chu Xuan's interested look, Liu Yifei narrowed her eyes and said, "Chu Xuan, is it because of the hacking incident that happened to me that you hate South Korea?"

Chu Xuan took a bite of rice and said, "That's one reason, but there's more reason because the behavior of the people in this country is annoying. They own Confucius, kimchi, rice, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and everything else. This is disgusting."

Liu Yifei thought about it and felt that this was indeed the case. Some of the news about South Korea stealing Chinese culture was indeed disgusting.

"Let's go." Chu Xuan finished his meal quickly and put the lunch and vegetable boxes into the bag. "As old rivals for many years, it's normal for Mango TV and Blue TV to compete with each other. Our "My Love from the Star" was inexplicably matched against "Full House 2". The most important thing is to make our own works well, and we can worry about other things later."

Liu Yifei stood up and helped to clean up the mess: "I know you have a heavy burden and great pressure, but everything depends on human effort. We just need to do what we should do and do our best to do it. The specific results will be judged by the market. We just need to do our best and don't think too much."

Chu Xuan picked up the bag and threw it into the trash can, then stretched out a hand to Liu Yifei: "My wife, your words are good, and I will remember them as your husband."

Liu Yifei smiled slightly, put her hand in Chu Xuan's palm, and walked out hand in hand with him.

The crisp sound of high heels made Chu Xuan tease her.

"You are used to wearing high heels now. Didn't you always complain about your feet hurting when wearing high heels before?"

"I can't help it. As both the producer and Mr. Liu, I have to be a little more mature. As the producer and Mr. Liu, I also speak in a tough manner."

"Ha, sure, but don't make yourself too uncomfortable. I'll give you a foot massage tonight."

"Yeah, you said it. I want to massage my feet while soaking them. Ten minutes is the minimum."

"No problem, the storage service is comprehensive."

The couple chatted sweetly all the way until they met up with the director crew, stopped communicating about daily life, and walked into the elevator together to leave for the set.

(End of this chapter)