Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 840: A spontaneous trip (Part )
The bright morning sun broke the silence of the village. Han Hong, who had just woken up, ignored her strong grumpiness and her hearty laughter spread throughout the yard.

In Han Hong's left hand was a check for 100 million yuan, and in her right hand was a voluntary donation form. In addition to the normal content, there was also a note: Sincerely!
Then the next line: Repair the road quickly, looking forward to it.

Not long after yesterday's wedding banquet, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei left with the crew and went to Hengdian.

She and her team members accompanied the bride and groom and the teachers to get drunk. After a night's sleep, she woke up and just stepped out of the house. A team member ran over happily and excitedly and handed her the two toys.

This is the donation check and receipt from the young couple, which they privately asked the team members to handle before they left yesterday afternoon.

I didn't tell her in person, but because I saw her, the bride and groom, and the teachers were all having a good time drinking, so if I told her about it, I would have to thank them.

This couple is really interesting. They are kind-hearted and pure-hearted at a young age. They think good things are good things and don't like the situation of having to thank others.

So she found out about this when she woke up today, and was very amused by the words in the postscript: "Fix the road quickly, I look forward to it." Just from this simple sentence, one can feel the sunshine, longing for a better future, and kindness of this young couple.

At the same time, this is also a trust in her.

The young couple had only spent one day getting to know the situation here, but they left such a generous donation before leaving. Although they had known each other for many years, they really started to get to know each other yesterday.

Under such circumstances, the young couple waved their hands without taking away a cloud of their own and gave her such a surprise and gift. It was also a support for her career and a care for the people and places in the country who needed help. She was moved and felt honored to be trusted.

Of course, you can’t just withdraw the check once you get it. The bank needs to confirm with the couple several times, which is also a guarantee of trust.

What she found even more interesting was the signatures of the donors: Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, and the 'Chu Yifei Xuan' enthusiastic group.

Chu Yifeixuan? The names of these two people are put together. What is this weird thing?
Through the explanation of the team members, she realized that this was the name of the couple's fan team.

This was very interesting and unexpected, and it further elevated her already good impression of the couple.

She has been doing charity and public welfare for so many years. Although she doesn't have many friends in the circle, there are many celebrities who have donated money one after another. The couple who signed their name with "fans" are the first and the first one she knows.

In today's entertainment era where popularity is increasingly dominant, it is not an exaggeration to compare fans and audiences to the stars' breadwinners.

Fans seem to have no direct connection with the income of stars, but fans are largely a subjective factor in judging the commercial value of stars.

In this circle, there are many people who are extremely arrogant and self-righteous. They all have the mentality that their success depends entirely on themselves and not on any support from fans. They only regard fans as leeks to make money. Such people will be doomed sooner or later, or their reputation will collapse.

There are also many people who are grateful, like Tian Zhen, Tengger, Dao Lang and others. Apart from doing charity work, they treat the stage and their fans with sincerity and authenticity.

However, now she has found a more sincere couple. This young couple donated money and also brought their own fan club along, as if to say that everything they have nowadays is inseparable from the support of fans, and that fans should also have a share in this good deed. This really made her speechless and she didn't know what to say.

She thought of an Internet slang: This situation is at its maximum.

What is an idol?

In the environment of their debut in the era when she, Tian Zhen, Cai Guoqing and a group of others went to military areas to sing praises to morale, went to disaster areas to comfort souls, went to the mountains to sing hope, and went to the world to sing for the motherland, and therefore they were regarded as idols by people.

Now, what are some of the people who are regarded as idols in the industry?
The 21st century that began with the millennium is a new era. If you ask her who the idols who have emerged in this new era are, she would not be able to name many names in the past.

Now that she has it, if someone asks her about this topic again, she will say the names Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei without hesitation.

"I have made friends with these two kids. I will bring them out to play more often in the future." Han Hong smiled naively and picked up his phone to call Chu Xuan. He gave the 100 million yuan as soon as he said so, so he definitely had to express his gratitude.

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Ninety kilometers northeast of the village is the hotel where the crew of "Startling by Each Step" is located in Hengdian, Dongyang.

In the bedroom of a suite, Liu Yifei came out of the bathroom after washing up, holding her hair behind her head with both hands, and walked slowly towards the bed.

"What do you say?" she asked.

Chu Xuan leaned against the bed and put down the phone next to his ear: "I just thanked her and said that I would go play with her when I have time and am ready to endure hardships in the future."

Liu Yifei took off the rubber hairband on her wrist, which was still the black crystal hairband that Chu Xuan bought. She tied her hair up and said, "Sister Hong still looks down on us, afraid that we can't endure the hardship."

Chu Xuan put his phone on the pillow: "It's normal. She does charity work personally. The places that need help are all remote areas. It's tiring to think about it. I haven't been to such places very often. Isn't it normal for her to think that we can't endure hardships?"

"That's right." Liu Yifei said, "When I have time in the future, I will go for a walk with Sister Hong. It will be like traveling. It can also be regarded as a way to appreciate the local environment and see the local culture."

"Yeah." Chu Xuan nodded. They wanted to travel around and broaden their horizons, but if they really wanted to follow Han Hong to every project, they definitely didn't have the time. They could only go and take a look occasionally when they had time and opportunity.

In the city where the local environment and culture are mostly the same, it is difficult to discover and appreciate what happened in the village yesterday.

Just as Liu Yifei said, while doing charity and public welfare, we can appreciate the local environment and culture, and do our best to help those who have been forgotten by the times. This is also a kind of art that is the purest and most natural from life, and it is always meaningful.

It's just that I'm going to be busy in a few days, and I guess the whole second half of the year will be busy. I don't know when I'll be free to enjoy the world with Han Hong next time. I'm looking forward to it, but I also have to finish the things that are about to happen first.

"Get up, why are you still lying down?" Liu Yifei tied her hair into a straight pigtail.

When Chu Xuan saw this hairstyle, he thought of Xiaolongnu's pigtail and Lin Yi's pigtail in "Enemy at the Gates". At the beginning, he thought that this simple hairstyle would look good on Liu Yifei. More than a year has passed, and Liu Yifei has really learned how to do this hairstyle.

It is not easy to braid your own hair, which requires blind braiding. Since getting married, Liu Yifei's ability to do her makeup has greatly improved. From being slightly rough before to being more and more refined now, I don't know if she will return to being rough again in the future.

Given Liu Yifei's hidden character of being averse to trouble, this is very likely.

Chu Xuan put aside his interest in predicting the future, looked at Liu Yifei who was urging him to get up, and said, "Just give me a kiss and I'll get up."

"No, I haven't brushed my teeth yet, they stink." Liu Yifei didn't indulge him: "Hurry up, get up."

Chu Xuan was indifferent and said with a few "tsk tsk" sounds: "Now you think it stinks, but who insisted on a good morning kiss every morning before?"

He shook his head sadly: "The feelings have faded."

Liu Yifei smiled, walked over to sit at the head of the bed, and looked at Chu Xuan with interest: "Are you acting like a spoiled child?"

"If you say yes, then yes." Chu Xuan said, "Anyway, if you don't kiss me, I won't get up. You can do whatever you want."

Liu Yifei was having a lot of fun. Chu Xuan rarely acted like this before. Most of the time, she was the one who took the initiative to ask for intimacy. This trip was really worthwhile. She felt the natural scenery and the simple local culture. It was different and made her teacher Chu quietly undergo some very lovely changes.

Liu Yifei came forward and gave Chu Xuan a sweet kiss, but Chu Xuan hugged her, pushed her down on the bed, and kissed her forcefully.

After about ten seconds, their lips parted. Liu Yifei sat up with bulging eyes and frowning brows, raising her hand to smooth her hair: "Look at you, your hair is messy again after you just tied it up. Hurry up and go out for a walk while you still have two days to play."

In two days, people from the company and some actors from "Enemy at the Gates" will come for a roadshow. Chenglong has promised to help and promote his own movie, so the two of them will be busy.

Taking advantage of the two days of free time, I can enjoy the remaining heat before the end of this trip, which can be regarded as a perfect end to this journey.

Just like that, Chu Xuan got out of bed, dressed and washed up, then he and Liu Yifei left the hotel hand in hand.

"Chu Xuan! Concubine Liu Yi!"

The couple was going to visit two major film crews in Hengdian. The crews were all people from their own company's circle, and many of the actors filming were also their friends. Before they went, they thought about buying some iced fruits, milk tea and other food to bring to the crew, which could be regarded as a small benefit for the crew.

The two people showed up to buy fruit without any disguise, and within seconds they were recognized by a group of passers-by. They all took out their mobile phones to take pictures or watch.

"Are you guys here to film in Hengdian? Are you going to film a new drama?"

"No, just come to have fun."

“When will My Love from the Star be aired?”

"I don't know yet, it will be announced when the time comes."

"Chu Xuan, your movie with Cheng Long is about to be released!"

"Soon, the news will be announced soon."

The couple picked the fruits, answered a few questions asked by passers-by, and left under Lu Tao's care.

"Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, are you married?" A passerby asked loudly at their backs with great interest.

Liu Yifei turned her head and asked, "Why are you more anxious than us? Do you want the gift money?"

The onlookers burst into laughter. They all said that Fairy Sister was great at interviews, and it seemed to be true. Her responses to the crowd were so interesting and generous. She had a beautiful appearance and an interesting soul. She was truly a person with unique personality.

After a little episode, the couple arrived at the film and television area. After being received by the crew, they showed their work ID cards to the guard to let them in. Then they came to the set where "Startling by Each Step" was being filmed today.

"Director Zheng, Director Gao, Teacher Li..."

The couple greeted the teachers and were warmly welcomed by the director team. They also brought a lot of chilled food, which made people feel comfortable on such a hot day and livened up the atmosphere.

They had been staying with Gao Jun and Teacher Li for the past two days. They had also met Zheng Xiaolong at the Magnolia Ceremony a few days ago, so there was no need for them to exchange pleasantries. The couple just chatted with the actors.

Tang Yan and Luo Jin are the male and female protagonists, and the rest of the actors present are all male supporting roles.

Zheng Jiaying plays the Eighth Prince, Han Dong plays the Ninth Prince, Ye Zuxin plays the Tenth Prince, Lin Gengxin plays the Thirteenth Prince, and Zhang Ruoyun plays the Fourteenth Prince.

There is also an actor who plays the prince who is not there, and with the male lead Luo Jin, this is a drama of Tang Yan, a woman, VS seven men.

Chu Xuan found it funny and had the same sense of déjà vu he had after reading the script a few days ago. Are there no women in the palace in this drama?

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Chu Xuan and his old friend Han Dong haven't seen each other for a long time. Han Dong is Huang Bo's brother and the person who brought Huang Bo to debut. He is also an old friend of the couple who met in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

Han Dong, who was not very famous for his role as Xu Zhu in the past, but was also quite popular, can now only play the third or fourth male lead in this drama. Although we don't know what he has experienced over the years, it is still very sad to see his current situation.

"Hello, Teacher Zheng. I've heard Zhiying and Aida mention you a lot before. I finally meet you in person."

"Lin Zhiying? Cai Shaofen?"

"Correct."

“Ha, they are all old friends.”

Zheng Jiaying is a TVB actor. He is a colleague of Cai Shaofen and an artist of the same generation as Lam Chi-ying and So You-peng. His most famous role should be Jiang Yulang in "The Twins". At that time, his appearance was once considered by the audience to surpass the protagonist Lam Chi-ying and he was very popular for a time.

It can be seen from TVB's efforts to promote Cai Shaofen's business in mainland China that Hong Kong is paying more and more attention to the mainland market. This time, Zheng Jiaying's joining "Startling Heart" is another strong push by TVB. Tang Ren introduced the actor Zheng Jiaying into the crew in order to allow the drama "Startling Heart" to break into the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets. This is also a cooperation between Tang Ren and TVB.

I greeted Ye Zuxin and Lin Gengxin, two actors whose names both contain the word "Xin". The two of them were a little flattered and called me "brother" and "sister" as if they were fans.

Chu Xuan stretched out his hand, and the two of them shook hands excitedly, but when Liu Yifei stretched out her hand, the two of them were a little hesitant, and they looked at Chu Xuan with a little fear and a smile in their eyes.

This is the case for new actors. During their debut stage when they are not famous, they are always very cautious and have too many concerns, just like people who have just entered the workplace. When facing people who are much higher than themselves, even if it is just a friendly greeting, they will waste their time thinking about how to do it properly. If they can't think of an appropriate behavior, they can only face it with a smile. They may look silly, but in fact, they have a lot of thoughts in their minds.

"Brother Chu, Sister Xixi." Compared to the two "new" people who were reserved, Zhang Ruoyun was much more casual. He greeted the couple while eating a piece of watermelon.

He played Liu Yifei's younger brother in "The Legend of Red Flame" and later made a name for himself in the second season of "I Am an Actor". He just finished filming a small supporting role in "My Love from the Star" two months ago. During the filming, he joined Li Qiaoqiao's studio and was recommended to the crew of "Startling by Each Step" within his own company's resource circle to play a supporting role.

The reason why he joined Li Qiaoqiao's studio was because of the recommendation of Wang Zhengyu, chairman of the variety show company Star Culture.

Wang Zhengyu previously said in the second season of "I Am an Actor" that the second season of the variety show began to be capitalized, and many of the participating students were brought in by major companies. Naturally, there was water injection in the voting and popularity promotion under capital operation, which led to unfairness to some actors who had no background but potential.

As one of the people in charge of variety shows, although Wang Zhengyu has the initiative in the hands of Tianyu Media, which is owned by Mango TV, it is easier for him to do things with the support of the big collective of Brilliant Times - if Tianyu uses bad money to drive out good money, then we Brilliant Times can enjoy the good money ourselves.

That is how some "good coins" were introduced to various studios in Wang Jinhua's artist circle, which were separated from the shareholder layer of Brilliant Times by Li Qiaoqiao, Hu Jun and others, but were also affiliated with Brilliant Times.

Li Qiaoqiao was filming a movie in Hollywood at the time. He came back two months ago to deal with this matter and took a fancy to Zhang Ruoyun and Li Xin.

The studio was affiliated with Brilliant Times. With the endorsement of this big company, Zhang Ruoyun and Li Xin had no reason to refuse and thus joined the circle of big sister Li Qiaoqiao.

"Hey, the third season of I Am an Actor has already aired, right?"

"It should be aired. We have been positioning the show for the summer vacation slot since last year. It should have aired two or three episodes by now."

The couple walked on the road in the ancient style area of ​​the film and television city, visited the crew of "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky", and chatted briefly about variety shows.

There's nothing to talk about. It's been completely capitalized and has lost the meaning of the show itself.

Perhaps due to Chu Xuan's butterfly effect, Mango TV's development strategy has changed slightly. It has refused to cooperate with Korean Wave and is also planning to develop a Chinese style variety show. This is the development and change of Mango TV, but what remains unchanged is its capital nature.

Mango TV is very ambitious and wants to take Tianyu Media public, which requires good financial report data. "I Am an Actor" naturally focuses on maximizing profits, and will do shady things with major entertainment agencies that have interests related to the program and media companies that engage in marketing and hype.

It doesn’t matter who the actor is or how good he is. What matters is who to promote and push to maximize their interests.

The profits are maximized, the financial report data looks good, and the success rate of IPO application will be high.

This is a simple logic of interest relationship, and it is also what many companies in the industry are competing for.

Therefore, it is an inevitable result that the program has lost its original intention under the impetus of profit.

The couple watched one or two episodes of the second season last year, but they didn't even pay much attention to the third season this year, let alone watching it.

If you are just a spectator and don't know the twists and turns involved, you can still watch it for fun.

But the twists and turns are very clear, which makes people lose interest in watching and paying attention.

At present, Brilliant Times can only go with the flow in this regard. The industrialization of film and television is already unique, but at least it has not immediately affected the market from within.

Variety shows are something that directly faces the market. If they are to be made into a fair and just clean stream, the impact on the capital market will be so great that they will be targeted and suppressed by the capital market everywhere.

The consideration is still the same as before. Only by controlling an outlet for online video broadcasting can the company take the initiative.

Currently, the company has full control over the initiative in TV dramas.

As cinemas have developed to this day and the movie "Enemy at the Gates" is about to be released, the company will face the challenge of how to take the initiative in all aspects of the film in the next few years.

Let's put the initiative of variety shows at the end. The best competitive opportunity and opportunity will come when online videos adapt to the trend of the traffic era. This is the current situation in variety shows. Just follow the trend and develop.

“You two are really happy, traveling from north to south, from west to east. We who work for you are just a bunch of poor guys.” When arriving at the set of “Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky”, Hu Ge started with a series of complaints, then gave Chu Xuan a hug, helped take some iced drinks from Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and walked towards the set together.

"Explain what is meant by a double act in a love scene?" Chu Xuan jokingly questioned Hu Ge about the new adjective he learned from Tang Yan.

"Huh? You know? Tangtang told you?" Hu Ge said.

"What do you think?" Liu Yifei asked back.

"I am praising you, double-act artists, top players in the national team of the art world, how great." Hu Ge was very funny.

“What the hell, if I tell anyone about it I’ll either be laughed at or beaten.” Chu Xuan shook his head and laughed.

"That's right!" Liu Yifei echoed, putting pressure on Hu Ge.

Hu Ge smiled and said, "Come in and play. Let's have dinner together tonight. I don't have any scenes these two days, so I'll drink with you guys."

Since Hu Ge was not wearing any costume, the couple knew that Hu Ge was temporarily free.

The crew of "Xuan-Yuan Sword" is currently filming the scenes between Yuan Hong, the male lead Chen Jingchou, and Liu Shishi, the female lead Tathagata Yuer.

When they noticed the couple had arrived, Yuan Hong and Liu Shishi didn't have time to say hello. After saying hello, they went to the set and were busy.

After meeting and greeting two old acquaintances, director Li Guoli and assistant director Wu Qingyuan, the couple did not bother them and just walked around to the side to take a look.

"Isn't Liu Shishi your partner? Isn't she the supporting actress? Why has Sister Cai made her the leading actress again?"

"Yes, the order has changed."

Chu Xuan said it was a bit strange that the supporting actress Liu Shishi had intimate scenes with the leading actor Yuan Hong. This supporting actress should be the woman of Hu Ge's character, but it turned out that their roles were swapped.

It has to be Cai Yinong. It is obvious that Liu Shishi is more suitable for the second female role, but she was adjusted and promoted to the position of the female lead.

It is true that Cai Yinong is good to artists, but deep in my memory, Tang Ren's company cannot retain people, which is amazing.

"Who is the actress you're with?"

"Your underclassman, Jingtian."

"Jingtian?" The couple was slightly surprised.

Chu Xuan thought for a moment and said, "She should be a junior. I met her at school last year. She was still a newcomer and hadn't signed a contract with any company. Now she's joined a big crew and is playing the second female lead..."

He looked at Hu Ge: "Who is the person who is praising her behind the scenes?"

Hu Ge shrugged: "How should I know? Ask Sister Cai."

Chu Xuan shook his head: "Forget it, I'm not interested."

"Sister Xixi!" A cheerful voice came. It was Gulina who ran over happily, holding Li Xin's hand.

Following Luo Jin, Gulina is the second new artist added by Tang Ren after joining the Brilliant Times system and gaining resource expansion. Gulina also believes in the couple, and signed a contract with Tang Ren after the filming of her role in "My Love from the Star" was completed. She is currently playing the role of Xiaoxue, the descendant of Nuwa, in the crew of "Xuan-Yuan Sword".

Li Xin and Zhang Ruoyun are both artists from Li Qiaoqiao Studio. Zhang Ruoyun was assigned to the crew of the neighboring TV series "Startling by Each Step", while Li Xin was assigned to "Xuan-Yuan Sword", playing the role of Ruyan, a bar girl who fell into the evil path because of love.

These two crews are a bit funny. One has more men than women, while the other has more women than women, all of whom are beauties. They can consider getting together to complement each other.

It was a pleasure to meet friends. We strolled around and chatted, and then went to the hotel for dinner together after the crew finished work.

The actors from "Startling by Each Step" were called over, including Tang Yan, Luo Jin, and Zhang Ruoyun from the "Brilliant Circle", as well as Zheng Jiaying, Lin Gengxin, and Ye Zuxin.

When eating, you don’t mind having too many people; when drinking, you don’t mind having too few people. Those who know each other can have fun together, and those who don’t know each other can make new friends. In short, it is a very pleasant dinner.

It was just that Hu Ge had a poor alcohol tolerance and fell down after drinking just three or five ounces of wine. The person who was supposed to pay the bill was carried away, and it was Jing Tian who joined in halfway and settled the bill quietly.

A junior student, with no previous business experience, swiped a credit card for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan without blinking an eye. She is truly a rich and beautiful woman.

"Brother, sister, go out and have fun. I'll pay for it!"

"Do you think I'm short of money?"

"No, we finally met. What's wrong with a junior sister inviting senior brothers and sisters to play? Hu Ge, let's go and have fun together!"

Hu Ge and Jing Tian had no work to do these two days. Under the leadership of the generous Jing Tian, ​​the couple had two days of free time and also felt the "filial piety" from the younger sister to the older brothers and sisters.

Liu Yifei was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. After playing for two days, she had two more LV bags and a set of expensive cosmetics. Even though Jing Tian was the second female lead, how much could a newcomer get paid? Was she here to make money or to lose money?

"If you want to use a backdoor, just tell me. Forget about bribes. Your senior sister doesn't need these things."

"Really? Then I'll find you when I need a backdoor in the future, Senior Brother!"

"That depends on your ability. Otherwise, even if I open a back door for you, there will be a sewer behind the door."

“Hahaha…” Hu Ge was amused by these words. Jing Tian’s face was also full of embarrassment, but she was finally able to get along well with her senior brothers and sisters, which made her happy beyond words.

Chu Xuan also felt a sense of amusement watching the two people's backs as they said goodbye and went to the crew to film. Jing Tian openly flattered and bribed Hu Ge, and ignored the existence of Hu Ge, an outsider who was not to be flattered. His little tricks were almost written on his face. She was truly a natural fool among the group of rich and beautiful girls, and also a middle school girl. It was really funny.

As fellow Beijing Film Academy graduates, it is common for those who are doing well to guide newcomers or for those who are not doing well to guide newcomers in any circle. It will be easy for me to guide this junior sister if I have the chance in the future, but how far she can go depends on her own ability.

"Let's go."

That morning, the couple took a short rest and then set off for the hotel booked by the company.

The people from the company arrived, and actors such as Zou Zhaolong, Kara Hui, An Zhijie, and Zhang Yuqi also arrived, and the couple rushed over to meet them.

The movie promotion of "Skyfall: Enemy at the Gates" is about to begin, which also means the end of the couple's trip which lasted more than half a month.

(End of this chapter)