Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 820 Departure to Shenghai
"Bye." After leaving the literary company, Chu Xuan drove Li Qiaoqiao to a restaurant. After getting out of the car, Li Qiaoqiao waved goodbye and walked towards the restaurant.

This restaurant is her own and is also a property of the partnership between her and Ren Quan.

The various doubts about "Ghost Blows Out the Light" have been resolved, and the rest is up to her to consider on her own.

I went to the literary company with the couple again, and when it was time for dinner, I came to my own place to have a meal.

It was just that she was impressed by Chu Xuan's growth and changes in the literature company. She went upstairs to the private room where Ren Quan was and sighed: "You don't know how much Xiaoxuan has changed. He has a great vision and foresight. He is amazing. He will definitely be a big boss in the future."

Hearing this, Ren Quan just smiled and said normally, "How could Mr. Han value Xiaoxuan so much if he is not so outstanding? At every dinner, it is obvious that Mr. Han likes Xiaoxuan, as if he wants to treat Xiaoxuan as his successor. I have talked to Xiaoxuan several times about my thoughts after retiring. He is really good at judging and planning some things, and he can always grasp the details."

"That's awesome. If you have any problems in the future, ask Xiaoxuan to analyze them. It's absolutely a blessing to have such a younger brother." Li Qiaoqiao sat down and said, "By the way, please help me think about the matter of "Ghost Blowing Out the Light"..."

After listening to Li Qiaoqiao's story, Ren Quan, who learned about the situation, thought without hesitation: "What is there to consider? Xixi is right. The film cycle is long and there is no guarantee of success. With our company's all-round strength, TV series can help artists recover after entering a period of decline. Just like Xixi said, even if you hit rock bottom, you can recover with full blood. Just act, and intersperse it with movies."

"That depends on whether the role is suitable for me." Li Qiaoqiao said, "Help me read the script these few days. You have always had a good eye."

"No time, maybe later." Ren Quan said, "The company has been busy these past two days, and in two days I will leave for Shenghai with Xiaoxuan, Xixi and the others. This year's Magnolia Festival will start."

"Magnolia, around the end of June..." Li Qiaoqiao pondered and nodded, "Yes, it's time. This is the first time that Xiaoxuan and Xixi have been shortlisted for the Magnolia Awards. I'm afraid they will have double happiness this time."

"It's uncertain." Ren Quan shook his head. "The Magnolia Awards are not Golden Eagle Awards. Professionalism is more important. Xiaoxuan is nominated with Sun Honglei, Yu Hewei, and Zhang Jiayi. Which one of them is fake? It's even scarier to be nominated with Xixi, including Yan Ni and Song Dandan. It would be amazing if Xixi could win the award. It's really worth it."

"Oh my god, there's also Song Dandan..." Li Qiaoqiao chuckled, "This year's Magnolia Awards will be worth watching, with two popular artists competing against talented artists."

"See, anyway, I'm probably just going to run along, and go to the theater with Jiang Xin, Su Chang and the others." Ren Quan felt playful and had a sense of fun and anticipation in watching the theater.

Li Qiaoqiao and Ren Quan, the close friends, chatted about gossip. Chu Xuan drove Liu Yifei and his cousin back home and had a happy dinner with his family.

I helped Li Qiaoqiao temporarily solve the issue of actors for "Ghost Blows Out the Light". As for the literary company's matters regarding the novel website, I got to know its situation, planning and development direction, and also provided a blueprint in a framework manner.

The post-production of “My Love from the Star” is going on smoothly and there are no difficulties at the moment.

The development of the entire group is also progressing steadily. With Sister Hua and the group's senior management in control, the couple doesn't have to worry too much.

With their leisure time, the couple and their mother accompanied their family to travel around the capital for several days.

According to my grandmother, "Summer vacation is coming soon. Let's take advantage of the free time before the crowds come to play and walk around."

My family came here during the Olympics last year. It was summer vacation and all the attractions were crowded. Although we watched all kinds of competitions, it can't be called a trip. After all, we didn't go to any fun places or beautiful scenic spots.

Now we are entering the summer vacation of July and August, so why not take advantage of the good time when the whole family is together to travel around? This is also a way to enjoy the warmth of family happiness.

It is a harmonious and warm scene when a family sets out together to travel and enjoy the scenery. The wonderful feelings among the family members are only known by this family and cannot be told to outsiders.

During their trip, the couple took their family to see the construction of the group's park.

"Wow, is this land all yours? How big is it?" My cousin exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the vast expanse of yellow land waiting to be developed.

"56 square meters." Liu Yifei said.

"56? My house is only 300 square meters! My God, this is too big." My cousin was shocked.

"0.56 square kilometers." Chu Xuan converted.

"0.56? This doesn't seem that big." When my cousin heard the decimal point of the conversion, her perception of the land changed dramatically.

My cousin is also a little cutie. Seeing how quickly her expression and attitude change, everyone in the family smiles knowingly.

"We can move in once the building is completed. I want to have a big office on the top floor." Liu Yifei had some aspirations.

"We will be away from the company for a long time, so why should we have a separate office? We can just work with Sister Hua to get a bigger space and then set aside a partition for our own use." Chu Xuan was more rational.

"Okay, that's it." Liu Yifei agreed with Chu Xuan's statement.

Developing 56 square meters of land is considered a large-scale project.

However, as long as the money is in place, the efficiency of manpower and material resources will also be in place.

Even so, a five-year plan was made to completely build the group park according to the design drawings.

The project is a three-phase project over five years. The first phase is the main office building, and the rest of the land will be processed and the foundation will be laid. The second phase is the other functional buildings and greening. The third phase is the construction of several studios and greening of the surrounding environment.

According to Sister Hua, after the main office building is constructed and decorated, they will move from the office building in Nanying Building. At that time, the site will be operated and constructed at the same time.

The reason why they didn't wait until it was completely built before moving in was because Sister Hua couldn't wait any longer. After all, Brilliant Times is now one of the top entertainment companies in the industry, and it has been renting offices outside to run such a large enterprise. This face-saving project is a bit of a letdown, so she can't wait to move in.

However, no matter how anxious they are, it will take at least one or two years for the main building to be completed. The couple can only suppress their expectations for the time being, hoping to enjoy the view themselves by then.

After playing with the family for a week, my aunt, uncle, and cousin had to rush back to Los Angeles to take care of their clothing factory business. The absence of family also made my grandmother lose interest in continuing to play.

The old lady at home didn't want to play anymore, and the couple, my mother, and my uncle and aunt also lost their enthusiasm.

With the hope of a long future and reunion, the family members some returned to Los Angeles and some returned to Wuhan, accompanied by the three of them.

"Xiaoxuan, Xixi, the divorce date is getting closer~" Grandma did not forget to tease the couple before leaving. There are only nine months left to the couple's wedding date, which seems a bit far away, but time flies so fast that it may only be a blink of an eye, which makes grandma and the family look forward to it even more.

In this regard, Liu Yifei no longer looked shy and coquettish like she did during the Chinese New Year. Today, she has gradually become familiar with her married life with Chu Xuan, and is also familiar with the feelings of a couple after establishing a family. She said openly: "Grandma, I will come to see you during the Chinese New Year, and then come to attend my wedding with Chu Xuan. Please take care of yourself."

Just like that, the family left with anticipation, ending the happy journey brought by the eldest daughter's birthday.

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli returned home, and the house once again returned to the cozy atmosphere of the three of them. Although it lacked the liveliness and joy when the family was present, this was always a harbor for the three of them, and they had to enjoy life alone.

Now that the family members have left, the three of them have to do some of the things they had planned, and it’s time to start some of the planned itineraries.

……

As we approach the end of June in Beijing, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

The bedroom, which is shielded from the high temperature by air conditioning, is full of coolness.

Lying in bed, the thin quilt that was not tightly covered revealed a touch of white and crystal shoulders. The shoulders shrugged a little, and then a jade-like hand stretched out from the quilt, and then raised and stretched straight, stretching lazily to dispel the bad mood after waking up.

Even though it was such a normal action, the delicate and fair skin revealed by the quilt that slipped off was also very charming.

only……

A "pop" sound broke the charming atmosphere.

Liu Yifei raised her hand to stretch her body, and subconsciously brought it down heavily, hitting Chu Xuan's face accurately.

"Hiss~" She opened her eyes, took a breath, and said in a hazy voice: "My hand..."

She wanted to say that her hand hurt, but she saw Chu Xuan in front of her sitting up in shock, covering his face with his hand in pain. She immediately took back her words and realized what was going on.

"What are you doing?" Chu Xuan was confused. He was sleeping soundly when he was slapped. Not only did he wake up immediately, but he also didn't have any bad temper. He was just completely confused.

Liu Yifei held back her laughter, and pretended to be a little pitiful. She moved her body closer to Chu Xuan and hugged him tightly, seeking forgiveness: "Husband, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Chu Xuan's tense face collapsed due to the sudden slap, and he was speechless and helpless: "Are you having a nightmare? Kayako and Ultraman teamed up to hunt you down, and you came to me for help because you couldn't beat them?"

Liu Yifei burst out laughing. She didn’t know if it was because she watched too many horror movies at home. She also dragged her cousin to watch a few movies together in the past few days. Anyway, all kinds of weird dreams caused by horror movies would be inexplicably rearranged in her mind and turned into all kinds of nonsensical pictures.

Every time she told Chu Xuan about this, Chu Xuan would always laugh at her and say that her imagination had broken through the boundaries of the universe. This was also a source of fun for the couple.

When she saw Chu Xuan making fun of her again, she immediately punched and kicked Chu Xuan in bed and started playing with him.

This couple acted as if it were a child's play after waking up. Children would laugh when they saw it, but this is ultimately their own way of pursuing happiness and joy, and it also shows that they are still in love as always.

After playing for a while, the couple got up, took a shower, washed up, dressed, packed their luggage, and went out.

They each wore a hat to block the sun, sunglasses to avoid the light, and white patterned couple T-shirts to show their love as they prepared to go to the airport to catch their flight.

"Mom, let's go."

"Wait a minute, Lu Tao will be with you."

At the door of the villa, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei said goodbye to their mother.

The couple are going to Shenghai today. One reason is because "The Legend of Red Flame" has been shortlisted for the Magnolia TV Awards. The second is to meet with Wang Yuan to discuss the screenwriting industry in detail. The third is to visit Tang Ren's two major crews in Hengdian and hang out with friends. They can also visit nearby tourist attractions.

This was Chu Xuan's plan. Liu Yifei gave it a big thumbs up. This is called combining work and rest. Having fun while handling work is the real happiness.

But my mother was not going with them. She was not joining the filming crew, so there was no need for her to take care of the logistics. Besides, she had more important things to do, which was to go to Shenzhen to look at wedding houses and help my aunt-in-law deal with wedding matters.

For my mother, this is the top priority.

In addition, who should be invited to the wedding, which hotel should be invited to prepare the dishes, whether the dishes should be in ancient style or modern style, whether ancient style banquet tables and chairs can be purchased or need to be customized, what should the invitation template be, and what should the ancient style wedding process be like...

A lot of things have not been decided yet, and I have to wait for my mother to find out and arrange them.

Originally, my mother was thinking about going to the company and learning how to handle some matters with Sister Hua during her less busy time. However, when she realized that their wedding matters were so complicated, she gave up the idea and prepared to concentrate on handling their wedding matters in the second half of the year.

"Brother Lu is going with us? What about you? Only Sister Zeng is helping you and your aunt. Isn't this even more inconvenient for you guys?"

"We still have Teacher Qi Mu's team here, so how can it be inconvenient? But if you two go out together with your popularity and want to visit scenic spots, I would be worried without Lu Tao to protect you!"

After hearing what their mother said, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei said no more.

"Has Brother Lu bought the ticket?"

"Bought."

After a while, Lu Tao packed his luggage and went downstairs to meet Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei at the door.

"Mom, let's go."

"Okay, have fun."

"Mom, you and Sister Zeng have fun in Shenzhen too."

"Well, Tang Ren will send a car to pick you up when you arrive at Shenghai. If you need makeup for the award ceremony, please contact Tang Ren. Contact Tian Zhen. I have already told her over the phone."

"Okay! Bye, Mom, Sister Zeng!"

Even if she doesn't go out with her two children, Liu Xiaoli always arranges everything in advance so that the couple can focus more on doing what they want to do.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are dependent on their mother in this regard, they are used to it, and they very much enjoy this care and maternal love.

Just like that, in the sunny morning, the family split into two groups according to their schedule.

Liu Xiaoli and Zeng Ni were going to Shenzhen in the afternoon to take care of the wedding arrangements, while Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei left first under the protection of Lu Tao and were picked up by a car sent by the company and headed to the airport.

Arriving at the airport, I got off the car and walked towards the terminal. After walking a few steps, Chu Xuan seemed to remember something and said with amusement: "Last time I went to Wuhan, I was not recognized. Several women secretly talked about me behind my back, saying that I couldn't be Chu Xuan without Liu Yifei next to me."

"Ah?" Liu Yifei was surprised that the fans had such feelings, but she was happy to see that such a view seemed to express the inseparable relationship between them. She slid the suitcase with her right hand and raised her left hand to smooth her hair: "Really? Let's try it later to see if anyone can recognize us at the first time, or if no one can recognize us."

The interesting thing that Chu Xuan suddenly remembered aroused Liu Yifei's interest.

As it turns out, the public's perception that they are "indispensable" is gradually becoming more widespread.

"Chu Xuan!"

"Liu Yifei!!"

"what--"

Sure enough, with Liu Yifei's presence, the passengers instantly locked onto and recognized Chu Xuan.

The logical thinking is that this person's figure and facial features under the sunglasses resemble Chu Xuan. If he is alone, it would need further confirmation. But next to him is a woman with excellent temperament and tall figure who is obviously a beauty, so this person is definitely Chu Xuan. On the other hand, looking at this woman, it must be Liu Yifei.

The fact shows that when there are two people together, they will be recognized instantly by passers-by.

Such an effect made Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei feel interesting.

"Chu Xuan, Legend of Red Flame has been nominated for the Magnolia Awards. He will definitely win the Best Actor award. I'm watching it on TV!"

"Liu Yifei is also shortlisted. I wish you win the grand prize. It would be best if both of us can get the honor!"

"..."

The Magnolia TV Awards are very authoritative, but not as well-known as the Golden Eagle TV Awards.

In addition, most audiences are not interested in film and television awards. Many people only know that there is an award called the Magnolia Award, but they don’t know what it is specifically about, so they don’t pay attention to it.

But among the passers-by who gathered around to take pictures, there were obviously some people who paid attention to this award and gave their blessings to the couple.

When the people nearby heard about this, they more or less became interested in the Magnolia Awards. This is the star effect that is becoming increasingly obvious and straightforward in today's era.

Practice makes perfect. The market era in which artists were proud of an award is slowly disappearing, and the popularity era in which an authoritative award is only paid attention to by the market because of so-called stars is showing its potential.

This shows that the audience is no longer concerned about the award itself, but about their favorite stars. As long as their favorite stars win the award, it is none of their business whether other stars win the award or not.

This also indicates that the market is brewing an era of huge traffic. As long as we wait for an opportunity, we can set off a huge wave and completely break the distinction and cognition of so-called professionalism, authority and strength.

As long as the audience likes it, professionalism, authority, strength and so on are no longer important.

This is a sad thing, but it is also an irresistible trend.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were in it, witnessing the various stages of the times from the past when strength was respected, to the stage when strength and popularity were half and half, to the stage in the foreseeable future when popularity was the only thing that mattered. They could only try their best to remain sober and were unable and had no intention of intervening in the torrent of changing times beyond their capabilities.

"Thank you."

In response to the blessings from passers-by and friends, the couple expressed their gratitude, and later went to the lounge to meet up with Su Chang, Jiang Xin, and Ren Quan, all of whom were invited by Bai Yulan. Since they were all in Beijing, they agreed to set off for Shenghai together today.

(End of this chapter)