The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 552 Indeed
Magic City, Yongjia Road.

The Japanese restaurant invested by Hu Quan is called FOUNT.

The small Western-style building, built with blue bricks, has a small open-air courtyard with wooden floors and neatly arranged square tables and chairs. There is also a small bamboo forest on the left side of the entrance.

When Lu Yuan and Liu Shishi arrived, Hu Quan was saying goodbye to someone at the door.

Probably noticing them, the man got out of the car, waved with a smile, and said, "Lu Yuan, nice to meet you. I'm Joey Yung. Congratulations on winning the Magnolia Award for Best Actor again."

This person is the number one singer of Emperor Entertainment Group and the current number one singer in the Hong Kong music scene, Joey Yung.

Her Mandarin was not standard. Lu Yuan pondered it carefully before he understood: "Thank you. Actually, I quite like your song "Girl with Wings"."

After the millennium, the Hong Kong music scene declined, and a large number of musicians transformed or moved north to the mainland to develop. Joey Yung became so popular in 05 with the song "Girl with Wings" that she was even performed on the Spring Festival Gala. Many people could sing it, but she gradually disappeared afterwards.

Lu Yuan didn’t quite understand it before, but now he finally understands.

Joey Yung’s pronunciation in Mandarin is very stiff, most of her songs are in Cantonese, and her looks are not outstanding, so she has never been able to open up the mainland market.

"Really? Thank you." Joey Yung smiled at Liu Shishi as a greeting. After exchanging a few pleasantries, she got back into the car and reached out of the window: "Wu Ke, see you at the film festival tomorrow morning."

She and Hu Quan filmed a movie called "After the Splendor", in which Hu Quan played a blind person. The two will go to the film festival tomorrow to promote it.

When the taillights of the car disappeared, Liu Shishi asked in confusion: "What Wu Ke? Who is Wu Ke?"

"You're calling me." Hu Chuan grinned.

"You, Wu Ke, your Mandarin is hopeless, hahaha." Miss Liu bent over with joy.

The three of them walked into the restaurant. The interior style of the restaurant was tough, with wooden strips staggered on the walls. There was an open bar at the entrance, dotted with simple and unique decorative lights, and outside the large glass windows was the bamboo forest and waterscape of the garden.

"The environment is nice." Lu Yuan praised sincerely.

He didn't have time to come for the opening in 2010, but Liu Shishi did come to show her support and presented a flower basket on his behalf.

Hu Chuan explained: "I used to live nearby and went to elementary and middle school here."

“How did you come up with the idea of ​​opening a restaurant?”

"When I was in high school, I had a deskmate who I was very close to. We agreed that whoever became rich would invest in a store together and become their own boss, and would never work for others. Later, I was lucky enough to have some fame in the circle, so I paid to fulfill the agreement."

Liu Shishi looked at the decoration of the restaurant and said, "Old Hu, the restaurant has been open for more than a year. Has it made any money?"

"We have scientific calculations for this location, including passenger flow, and we have a plan." Hu Can rambled on and on, avoiding the question.

"So did you make money?" Liu Shishi asked.

"To be honest, I didn't open this restaurant to make money. I don't rely on this for a living. I opened the restaurant just for fun. I want it to be a base for my friends and to fulfill a promise I made back then."

Hu Jian noticed the contempt in Lu Yuan's eyes and simply admitted, "Okay, I lost money, I lost a lot, are you satisfied?"

"It's just as Tangtang and I expected." Liu Shishi was amused to see him embarrassed: "With your habit of giving discounts to everyone who comes, it would be strange if you don't lose money."

After the restaurant opened, Hu Chuan did not deliberately promote it in the media, so most of the people who came to support it were people in the circle.

In addition, Hu Can is very concerned about his reputation and will give big discounts to friends who come to support him and spend money. It doesn't seem like he is doing serious business at all. Just as he said, it's purely for fun.

The restaurant has both scattered seats for 2-4 people, sofa seats for large gatherings, and private rooms.

The three of them entered the private room.

"Look, the plug is here." Hu Can pointed to the wall near the window.

Lu Yuan charged his cell phone first. After the Magnolia Awards Ceremony, many colleagues called to ask if he needed any investment, what type of TV series he was doing, and some even recommended themselves. His cell phone was smoking from working so hard.

While fiddling with his phone, he casually asked, "I heard from Shishi that Xuan-Yuan Sword will be aired on Mango TV at the end of July. It will be broadcast weekly, only on Fridays and Saturdays, with four episodes a week."

"That's right." Hu Chuan nodded in confirmation.

"The pace of modern life is so fast. A TV series has at least 30 episodes, four episodes a week, and it takes 8-9 weeks to finish, which is nearly two months. Isn't this challenging the audience's patience? In addition, Mango TV likes to insert commercials, so this drama will probably be criticized after it is broadcast."

"What are you talking about!" Liu Shishi pinched him. The bastard actually looked down on the TV series she starred in.

Lu Yuan gave Hu Can a look that meant, look, women are unreasonable.

Hu Chuan watched with glee, smiling but saying nothing.

After chatting for a few minutes, a waiter came in with dessert.

"Come, try the Nine-Grid, a new product launched in the store." Hu Can hurriedly introduced.

The so-called Jiugongge is a wooden box divided into nine small compartments, which contain different kinds of desserts, such as Swiss rolls, puffs, tiramisu, caramel pudding, double ice cream, milk jelly, matcha hot cake, cheesecake.
Liu Shishi poked a piece of cheesecake with a fork, took a bite, and passed the remaining half to her side.

"This is delicious, try it, open your mouth."

"what."

"Well, it's really good."

Seeing them being so affectionate, Hu Jian suddenly felt jealous and asked, "Are you really going to return to the small screen to film a TV series next year?"

"Yes." Lu Yuan gestured to Miss Liu and pointed to the Swiss roll in the box.

"But you're doing well on the big screen." Hu Chuan didn't quite understand.

There is a chain of contempt in the entertainment industry. Drama actors look down on movie actors, and movie actors look down on TV actors.

Domestic actors all have a movie dream deep in their hearts.

Generally speaking, the development path of an actor is to first gain a certain degree of fame in the field of television dramas and then enter the film industry.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, has now established himself on the big screen and actually wants to return to the small screen.

This kind of behavior is seen as lowering one's own value in the eyes of people in the industry, and only out-of-date actors would do this.

Hu Can followed the Magnolia TV Festival throughout. He felt unbelievable when he first heard the news. He tried his best to get on the big screen and begged everyone for help. Unfortunately, Tangren had no resources, so this guy ended up doing the opposite.

Too sour.

Lu Yuan knew very well what Hu Chuan was thinking, which was probably what many people in the industry did not understand.

On the way here, there were colleagues who asked me questions.

However, TV series involve the company's plans for next year, and they need a good start to establish their reputation, and "Cliff" is a drama that has been scheduled for a long time. He said with a smile: "I have never said that I will not shoot TV series, and I don't think TV actors are worse than movie actors."

Hu Chuan glanced at him and complained wildly in his heart.

From the perspective of ordinary actors, in the current market, there is no doubt that the value of movie actors is higher than that of TV actors.

But this only represents ordinary actors. People like Lu Yuan, who are at the top of the pyramid in the TV drama industry, are not included.

As far as Hu Chuan knows, Lu Yuan's salary for small-screen roles starts at 2500 million yuan, which is unaffordable for most film crews.

For 99% of domestic movie stars, this is an unimaginable number. The film pay of Andy Lau and Tony Leung is only 1500 million to 2000 million.

"Well, well, is there a role suitable for me in next year's TV series?" he asked tentatively.

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "I remember you said in an interview that you would reduce your output from this year onwards and go to rehearse drama for further study?"

Hu Chan: "."

The next morning, the Shanghai Film Festival officially opened.

The venue is still the Cultural Square where the Magnolia TV Festival awards ceremony took place last night.

The Shanghai International Film Festival is the only Class A film festival in China, and its opening ceremony is known as "Asia's No. 1 Carpet".

Participants on the red carpet of the opening ceremony included Hollywood's Aaron Eckhart, Shing Long, Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat, Lu Yuan, Zhang Baizhi, Huang Xiaoming, Xu Zheng, Liu Shishi, Zhao Wei, Yang Mi, and more than 400 other Chinese and foreign stars, as well as many directors, producers, and heads of film and television companies. It was a star-studded event.

In fact, everyone came to promote their works. There were hundreds of reporters and newspapers from all over the country on the scene, and the sound of shutter clicks could be heard constantly.

In the crew of "Search", Liu Shishi was also surrounded by a circle of reporters for interviews. Based on the box office success of "Out of Time", she is now very popular.

Although the dress was conservative and wrapped her body tightly, not as generous as other actresses, she still got all the necessary shots.

In the entertainment industry, for female stars, their works are their biggest asset, and everything else is just embellishment at best.

"Liu Shishi, can you briefly tell me about your role in the play?"

"In the movie Searching, I play a newcomer to the workplace. In the early days of employment, I suffered a lot of grievances and hardships because of my ignorance and the life of living under the roof of others. This corresponds to the current post-80s generation."

The reporter tried to bring the microphone closer: "As far as I know, is this your first time working with director Chen Kaiquan?"

Liu Shishi answered many similar questions during the promotion period, so she seemed confident.

"Yes, this is my first collaboration with director Chen Kaige. The director is very strict on the set, but also very responsible. The subject matter this time is very down-to-earth, focusing on cyber violence."

"Liu Shishi"

After finally getting rid of the reporters, Miss Liu explained to Chen Kaiquan and rushed to the "So Young" crew to meet Zhao Wei. She was very busy today and had to walk the red carpet twice.

He took a quick glance at the crowd, looking for his own dog as usual, but saw that he was not standing with Xu Guangtou and Wang Baoqiang, but was standing in a group with Liu Yifei and Huang Xiaoming.

She tilted her head, thought about it, and walked over.

After Lu Yuan, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang walked the red carpet, they emerged from the crowd of reporters. The three of them separated and went their separate ways.

Then, he met Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei.

Huang Xiaoming was buzzing like a mosquito, "Junior brother, you are too tight-lipped. What is the theme of the TV series? Is there a role suitable for me? The pay doesn't matter."

Since last night, Lu Yuan had heard too many similar words, and he had a headache. He glanced at him and said, "Brother, what about the film festival? Can we talk about some related topics?"

"What's there to talk about?" Huang Xiaoming curled his lips. "After all, it's the only Class A film festival in the country, but now apart from a red carpet opening ceremony, what else is there to praise?"

He raised his chin towards the crowd and said, "Everyone just came here to see the reporters to get enough exposure and promote their work."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment and really couldn't refute him.

There are 15 international A-class film festivals in the world, and the Shanghai Film Festival is one of them.

The most important thing about a film festival is the trading market. The organizers will build a bridge and invite producers, distributors, sellers, etc. from all over the world to come so that every filmmaker's work can be displayed to the world.

However, the quality of films in the competition unit of the Shanghai Film Festival is really not that good, and the industry also calls it "Class A embarrassment."

Because all international A-category film festivals have regulations that a film can only participate in the competition unit of one international A-category film festival.

That is to say, you can still participate in Category B film festivals, but you can no longer participate in Category A film festivals.

Therefore, for any director, after making a film, the Cannes, Venice or Berlin Film Festival must be their first target, and they will try their best to send it to the competition.

Of course, the quality of the films left for the Shanghai Film Festival will not be very good.

As a result, the Shanghai International Film Festival has completely become a place for domestic filmmakers to entertain themselves, and even film and television companies such as Huayi and Guangguang are unwilling to come to select films.

Every opening ceremony is quite grand, but these are all that’s left.

Lu Yuan felt a little sad for a moment, looked at Liu Yifei, and asked: "Just now when I saw you walking on the red carpet, you looked at Jiang Yiyan with a strange look in your eyes. What's wrong? Are you unhappy with her?"

Liu Yifei was speechless. "Don't mention it. A few days ago, when we were promoting The Four, Deng Chao and I went to Bass Fish with the three of us. She actually said in front of the camera that I seldom come to school."

"This is too much. We are classmates. How can we talk nonsense like this on the show?" Huang Xiaoming spoke up for the injustice.

"Uh." Lu Yuan smiled at the photographer's camera, and after the shooting, he explained: "Actually, she is not talking nonsense. When Yifei was in school, she often went out to film and was rarely in school."

"You!" Liu Yifei was choked and rolled her eyes fiercely: "Don't talk to me next time."

She turned and left, and Liu Shishi happened to approach. The two of them got together and waved at the camera like flowers.

Lu Yuan and Huang Xiaoming looked at each other and shrugged, not surprised by her experience.

Being excluded by the mainland, you ran to the Hong Kong circle. You have no one to support you and are not liked by both sides. So anyone can step on you. What can you do if they do?

"Jiang Yiyan seems to have replaced many actresses' endorsements and roles in the past two years." Lu Yuan recalled the gossip in the circle that Wu Lang updated from time to time in the group.

Huang Xiaoming said: "She has some unclear relationship with the CEO of a cake company outside the industry."

"Is there still such a thing?"

"I also heard from Zhao Wei that when casting for So Young, the second female lead had not been decided. Someone contacted her at the time and said that if she wanted to use Jiang Yiyan, they would invest 1000 million yuan. Later, Zhao Wei used her connections to check and found out that it was a cake company with more than 600 chain stores across the country and annual sales of nearly 20 billion yuan."

At this point, he added mysteriously, "He has a wife."

(End of this chapter)