Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 805 Trip to Wuhan (I)

Wuhan, Chu Xuan came back several months after the Chinese New Year. The bitter cold during the Spring Festival has now turned into a scorching summer.

In such weather, there were many beautiful girls with fair skin and long legs entering and leaving the airport, which made the men passing by turn their heads up. In this situation, many of the "long-legged girls" looked uncomfortable, while many of them enjoyed being the center of attention.

Chu Xuan mingled among a group of "upturned lips" and "long legs". Fortunately, the inexplicable connection between the two distracted attention. He was not recognized as he was only wearing sunglasses, which made him feel comfortable and relaxed.

"Hey, hey, hey, the person in front looks like Chu Xuan."

There was a girl whispering behind him, and Chu Xuan's heart tightened. Was he recognized?

He came to Wuhan alone this time, without any team. If he was recognized, it would probably take some time to deal with it.

"No way, Chu Xuan should be whiter, okay? How could he be Chu Xuan?"

Chu Xuan felt interesting when he heard the voice of another girl behind him.

All his stills are taken with makeup on, and he himself has been filming in Shenzhen under the scorching sun for more than two months. His skin has become a little darker, or his yellow skin has become a deeper color. I guess this girl has seen too many stills of his and couldn't tell the real him from the real one.

"Besides, every big star brings a large group of people with him when he goes out. How could this person be Chu Xuan?"

"Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are different from other celebrities. They are not so high-profile when they go out."

"But what about Concubine Liu Yi? If he is Chu Xuan, then there must be a Concubine Liu Yi next to him? Let's go, how could this person be Chu Xuan."

"Yeah, let's go, I thought we met a big star."

The murmurs at the back disappeared in the noise, but Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing.

My goodness, without Liu Yifei by my side, I can’t be Chu Xuan, right?

It was the first time that he witnessed with his own eyes that so many fans had such an understanding of him and Liu Yifei.

Combined with the public opinion about Zhang Shaohan, it gave him an idea. If Zhang Shaohan and Fan Weiqi's previous route was bundled marketing, then he and Liu Yifei should be indispensable?

Initially, under Sister Hua's manipulation, the promotion of him and Liu Yifei as the "national couple" began at Liu Yifei's coming-of-age ceremony. It has been nearly three years since 06, and the effect of this long-lasting promotion, which has had a subtle influence on the public, is evident.

I can only say that the influence of the media is truly terrifying. Judging from the small, many people now probably already view him and Liu Yifei as a pair.

"Beep, beep--" Two car horns sounded in the parking area of ​​the square, passing through the flow of people and into Chu Xuan's ears.

This is a signal.

Hearing this signal, Chu Xuan, holding the leather luggage bag in his left hand, looked to the right. Not far away, there was a BYD parked with the window next to the driver's seat half open. Yuan Hong, wearing sunglasses, waved at him.

Chu Xuan smiled and walked over.

He came to Wuhan alone and no one helped him arrange travel.

He can ask his uncle and aunt from his grandmother's side to pick him up, or his aunt from his grandparents' side to pick him up, or he can ask a company in Wuhan that has cooperated or has business connections with Brilliant Times to help arrange it.

However, it would be inappropriate to ask an elder to pick up a junior like him, and asking a business company to make the arrangement would involve personal relationships and accidents. Although he had many friends in the circle who lived in Wuhan for a long time, the most familiar and closest friend was only Yuan Hong.

I received a phone call yesterday and Yuan Hong hasn't joined the crew for filming yet. He's staying at home in Wuhan with his family. So I'd like to ask a good friend to pick him up so that we can have some fun and get together.

With a "bang", Chu Xuan sat in the passenger seat and closed the car door.

Yuan Hong raised his hand to remove his sunglasses, put them on his head, looked at Chu Xuan carefully, and then joked: "Director Chu, you have worked hard, you are a little tanned, is Shenzhen very hot?"

"It's hotter than Wuhan. The temperature in Wuhan is only 25 degrees now, while it's over 30 in Shenzhen." Chu Xuan threw the luggage bag on the back seat and turned around to fasten his seat belt.

"That's quite hot." Yuan Hong nodded and exchanged a few words casually to ease the awkwardness of not seeing each other for months even among good friends. He then got to the point: "Shall we eat first or where shall we put our luggage first?"

"Let's go to my grandma's house and have a meal together." Chu Xuan invited.

Yuan Hong started the car and said, "I'll treat you to a meal. As soon as you come, I'll go to my grandmother's house for dinner. What kind of talk is that? Either I treat you to a meal, or I'll drop you off and leave. Forget about the meal. I'll treat you tomorrow."

Chu Xuan was the guest, and he, a native of Wuhan, was the host. It was not a good idea to ask Chu Xuan to eat with the guest as soon as he arrived.

"It's not like you don't know her. Didn't you greet my grandmother on the day I proposed to her?" Chu Xuan said.

"We know each other, but I would feel awkward in front of such an elder. I'll just drop you off and leave. That's it." Yuan Hong said.

Chu Xuan shook his head and stopped being polite with Yuan Hong. After telling him the place name, Yuan Hong drove him out of the airport and onto the main road.

“How many days will you stay in Wuhan this time?”

"I don't know either. Let's see when we can finish this."

"I'm somewhat familiar with the cultural center, but I'm not sure about the theater. I'll go with you in the next few days."

"Thank you brother."

"It's nothing, thank you for nothing."

Any artist with a little fame in China will have some connection with cultural centers, cultural tourism and other cultural-related departments or units in their hometowns. Mainly, when these units are promoting the city, they will contact local artists to help promote it.

Promoting your hometown is free, but almost no artist will refuse. One reason is that they are invited by state-owned units, and the other is that helping their hometown can improve their market image.

Based on this situation, Chu Xuan had a plan for the days he would be staying in Wuhan. In addition to asking his good friend Yuan Hong to drive him there and back, he also asked Yuan Hong to take him to the Cultural Center and Wuhan Theater to inquire about information, in order to try to find some past photo materials of his mother or get some old photos from his mother's old acquaintances.

As the old saying goes, it’s easier to get things done if you have acquaintances.

Chu Xuan was unfamiliar with Wuhan except for the two families. He didn't even know where the cultural center and the theater were. Fortunately, he had Yuan Hong, a good friend and local, to help him, which saved him a lot of trivial matters on this trip.

As the car sped away, Chu Xuan looked at the scene outside the window that was rapidly receding, and suddenly thought of something interesting: "Old Hu gave up the male lead to play the male second, which is quite unique."

When Tang Ren decided on the actors for "Xuan-Yuan Sword", Hu Ge was originally scheduled to be the male lead and Yuan Hong would be the second male lead.

He didn't know the specific situation, but he learned from a phone call with Yuan Hong yesterday that Hu Ge felt that the role of the male lead was not challenging to play, and chose the male second role, which was more challenging in acting.

Cai Yinong had no way to deal with Hu Ge, and both Hu Ge and Yuan Hong were their own artists. Since Hu Ge had insisted on playing the second male lead, he swapped their roles and Yuan Hong played the first male lead.

Yuan Hong smiled and said, "He is helping me."

"Maybe." Chu Xuan nodded slightly: "But he has always wanted to challenge himself, and this is also his pursuit. It can only be said that taking friendship and pursuit into consideration is the best of both worlds."

Cai Yinong has a clear preference for Yuan Hong and Hu Ge, and is more optimistic about Hu Ge, resulting in Yuan Hong never playing the male lead since Yuan Hong and Hu Ge debuted at the same time.

Hu Ge's initiative to give up the C position seems to have helped Yuan Hong, but it is also a fact that the second male lead in "Xuan-Yuan Sword" has higher requirements for acting skills than the first male lead, which satisfies Hu Ge's pursuit of performance.

From this perspective, Hu Ge's move can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

Old Hu has always been a man of vision, high emotional intelligence and loyalty. This choice is in line with his style of doing things.

"Xuan-Yuan Sword" will start filming during the summer vacation next month, so Yuan Hong only has free time to stay in Wuhan in June.

Another work by Tang Ren, "Startling by Each Step", has already started filming in Hengdian, with Tang Yan as the female lead and Luo Jin as the male lead.

"Have you ever been to the filming site of Luo Jin and Tang Yan? Do they look good together?" Chu Xuan became interested.

Cai Yinong followed his advice and really found Luo Jin for the role of the fourth prince, the male lead in "Startling by Each Step", and successfully signed Luo Jin to Tang Ren after the first month of the Chinese New Year.

Perhaps the fact that Luo Jin was his roommate and was mentioned by him played a role and influenced Cai Yinong's judgment and decision, but Luo Jin is indeed an excellent actor, and I believe that with Cai Yinong's vision, he would have discovered something.

If Cai Yinong signed Luo Jin just because of him, then Cai Yinong would most likely call him to "take credit".

But Cai Yinong has not called Luo Jin even once even after signing him for several months. This only shows that Cai Yinong discovered Luo Jin's potential as an artist and was not just considering his face.

This was just a small matter. What interested him most was that he, the butterfly, had influenced many people and many things. Thanks to his careful thinking, Luo Jin and Tang Yan were able to get together in a similar way to the original trajectory, which was considered the first step in getting things right.

However, he was very interested in whether these two people could create sparks by working together like before.

"When you came to Shenghai last year, you suddenly suggested to Sister Cai that Luo Jin play the male lead of Tang Yan. Combined with your current sinister expression, it seems to me that you want to bring them together?" Yuan Hong couldn't help laughing.

Insidious? ... This word made Chu Xuan laugh and cry: "It was because Tang Yan disliked Wu Qilong's age that I suggested to Sister Cai to consider Luo Jin. What do you mean by matchmaking? This is called recommendation."

Although he did want to bring the two together, some things were hard to talk about, so he could only find a reasonable excuse.

Yuan Hong smiled and said, "Don't mention it. I went to Hengdian to see their live show some time ago. These two people are really a good match in terms of their body shape and temperament. If you have time, you can go and visit them after get off work. They have a sense of couple."

Chu Xuan nodded: "You and Lao Hu's "Xuanyuan Sword" is also in Hengdian, right?"

"Yes." Yuan Hong said.

"Okay, I'll come to see you guys later." Chu Xuan said.

Wang Yuan wanted to industrialize screenwriting with Brilliant Times. On the day of the launch conference of "My Love from the Star", the two sides met and had a brief chat about this matter. They also agreed to find a time in the middle of this year to meet and discuss in detail.

Now that "My Love from the Star" has been completed, after taking care of his mother's 50th birthday, he and Liu Yifei will go to Shenghai to talk to Wang Yuan again.

I promised Liu Yifei a few days ago that I would have fun and pursue my career at the same time in the future, which can be considered a combination of work and rest.

Shenghai is not far from Hengdian. When the time comes, he and Liu Yifei can also go to Hengdian to visit friends and see the scenery.

"How about here?" Yuan Hong drove the car to the gate of his grandmother's house.

"Yes, let's have dinner together. There's nothing to be awkward with me here." Chu Xuan turned around, picked up the luggage bag from the back seat, and invited Yuan Hong to have dinner together again.

"No, no, no, no." Yuan Hong said repeatedly. It was okay to go to someone else's house for dinner, but if there were elders at other people's house, the situation would be very embarrassing. "If you want to go out tomorrow, call me and I'll pick you up. Bye."

Seeing that Yuan Hong was very resistant, Chu Xuan stopped persuading him. He got out of the car, slammed the door, and waved goodbye to Yuan Hong through the window.

Yuan Hong reversed the car and turned to leave, and he walked into the open gate that seemed to be specially welcoming him.

The yard was quiet, but there were some movements in the house.

"Go and cook two more dishes. Xiaoxuan has finally come home, so how can these few dishes be enough?" This was the grandmother's voice, wanting to fill the table with dishes to welcome her grandson-in-law.

"Isn't this enough? There are seven dishes. There are only a few of us. We can't finish all seven dishes. It would be a waste to cook more." This was my aunt's voice. She said it silently but with a helpless smile, trying to dispel my grandmother's idea of ​​continuing to cook.

"We are all family, and Xiaoxuan is not a stranger. Who are you showing off to? That's enough." This was my uncle's voice, "criticizing" my grandmother in a joking tone.

Chu Xuan took in all these words, and felt touched and warmed, as well as amused and interesting.

"Grandma, uncle, aunt." He stepped into the house and shouted to his grandmother and others.

The three elders in the restaurant on the right stopped talking, looked towards the door together, and immediately smiled.

"Xiaoxuan is here." Grandma was extremely happy. She walked over quickly and took Chu Xuan's hand in the doting way that old people usually do to their grandchildren, and immediately snatched the luggage from Chu Xuan's hand.

"Xiaoxuan, you're here at the right time. Go and sit down and eat first." My aunt came in, snatched the luggage bag from my grandmother's hand, and put it on the sofa in the living room.

"Xiaoxuan, come here, let's have a few drinks." Uncle opened the wine at the dining table.

"Xiaoxuan, come and sit down." Auntie came back from the living room, and she and my wife took Chu Xuan to sit down, one on each side, like a moon surrounded by stars: "I have prepared the bedroom on the right upstairs for you. You will live here during your stay in Wuhan."

"Stay a few more days and play more at grandma's place." Grandma stroked the back of Chu Xuan's hand, just like the way an old person treats children, always with full of love.

It was the first time that Chu Xuan came to his grandmother's house alone. He had thought about some ways to welcome him on the plane, but he didn't expect it to be like this. As soon as he entered the house, he called out to the elders. After that, he didn't have a chance to speak the whole time. It was all about the enthusiasm and care of his family members for his arrival, which was really heartwarming.

My uncle and aunt's two children called him "brother-in-law", then picked up the dishes and went to the living room with their bowls to watch TV.

His uncle and mother drank a glass of wine with him, and his grandmother drank a sip of tea. After putting down the teacup, she looked at Chu Xuan and said, "Xiaoxuan is such a good boy. He has put so much thought into Xiaoli's birthday. Such a good son-in-law is rare."

My uncle and aunt smiled and looked at Chu Xuan with admiration.

Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei, mother and daughter, went to the United States. Liu Yifei was preparing for graduation, and her family knew about it.

So, when the mother and daughter were away, Chu Xuan called and said that he would come to Wuhan to live for a while, which made them welcome and surprised.

After all, it is rare for a son-in-law from outside the country to take the initiative to live in his mother-in-law's hometown without the company of his wife.

They only heard Chu Xuan say on the phone that he was preparing a surprise for Liu Xiaoli's 50th birthday and was coming to Wuhan to find some old photos. This made them understand the purpose of Chu Xuan's trip, but they were also very surprised, and at the same time they greatly admired Chu Xuan.

Son-in-law prepares a birthday surprise for his mother-in-law? There may be many such sons-in-law.

However, it is rare to find a son-in-law like Chu Xuan who spends some time and energy to make careful preparations in advance.

From the perspective of their peers, it is a blessing for Liu Xiaoli to have such a son-in-law.

Before Chu Xuan came, they sighed: Xiaoli suffered in the first half of her life, and now she will enjoy a peaceful life in the second half.

"Your mother-in-law never takes her own affairs seriously, you must know this." Aunt said: "Your uncle, your grandmother and I have discussed that we will go to your home in Beijing on the 18th of next month, or find some reason to call you over, and then celebrate your mother-in-law's 50th birthday together."

Liu Xiaoli herself doesn't take her birthday seriously, and they don't remember it very well, but her mother at home remembers it clearly.

It’s okay to not take birthdays seriously in ordinary years, but 50th is a big birthday anyway, so I had some ideas and wanted to celebrate Liu Xiaoli’s birthday this year.

"Yes." My uncle nodded: "But since you called, it seems that this matter has to be handed over to you now."

Chu Xuan is a good son-in-law. His idea of ​​celebrating Liu Xiaoli's birthday coincides with my mother's. Chu Xuan also has plans to prepare a surprise. So let Chu Xuan do it. They will help if they can.

Chu Xuan took a bite of food and said, "I'll take care of it. Then my uncle, mother, and grandmother can come to my house in Beijing and have a meal together."

"What a good boy." Grandma's kind face was filled with joy, and she touched Chu Xuan's head: "It is a blessing for your mother-in-law to have a son-in-law like you."

"No way." Chu Xuan felt embarrassed by the compliment and said to his grandmother, "Mom is so good to me, I am doing something for her to make her happy. Besides, Mom is very good, kind and loving, but this is definitely due to the good teaching of grandma. The root of the problem lies with grandma. So, if grandma is good, our whole family will be good and blessed."

"Haha..." Chu Xuan's words made grandma overjoyed, and also made uncle and aunt very happy.

"Pour the wine! I want to have a drink with Xiaoxuan!" Grandma slapped the table and instructed her uncle to pour her wine.

"No, no, no, drink your tea, don't be impulsive." My uncle was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and moved the wine to the other side to prevent my grandmother from getting it herself.

The aunt was very happy and gave Chu Xuan a thumbs up: "Xiao Xuan, you can do it. You are the first person who can make your grandma so happy and make her want to drink on her own initiative."

There are advantages to being sweet-talker and there are charms in being good at speaking. The elderly like to hear this.

Chu Xuan's words brightened the atmosphere at the dinner table and also dispelled some of the awkwardness of him coming to his grandmother's house alone.

As she drank and chatted with her uncle and aunt, the smile on my grandmother's face never faded.

The family dinner did not end until nightfall.

At this time, grandma said something from her heart: "Xiaoxuan, don't drink too much. Wine is a good thing at some times, but not so good at other times. Listen to grandma, you should drink less at ordinary times."

Chu Xuan originally thought that his grandmother meant well, but the next sentence almost made him stumble: "When you and Xixi have a child, it doesn't matter if you let go a little more when drinking."

Under the smiling gaze of his uncle and mother, Chu Xuan went upstairs with a little embarrassment and without looking back. It turned out that asking me to drink less was not for my own good, but for the future children?

As expected, old people are obsessed with babies.

(End of this chapter)