The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 652 Fuck You
"How is he today?"

"Okay, I'll go there in a few days."

Walking out of the dressing room, Lu Yuan happened to run into Cheng Yu who was on the phone.

His attention stayed on Cheng Yu's face for a moment.

With the advancement of film and television technology, each crew has been constantly improving their costumes and props.

Makeup is used to modify the imperfections of actors' facial features, or to express the mood and state of characters in different scenes.

Some actors even go under the knife to make themselves look better on camera.

But Cheng Yu has a quirk. He doesn't like to wear makeup. He always goes on stage with his bare face and faces the camera with his truest appearance.

In his own words, one should bring the character to life rather than relying on foundation and eye shadow to shape the character.

"Okay, let's talk tonight."

Cheng Yu hung up the phone, turned around, saw Lu Yuan, was stunned, and his eyes moved around him.

Because of the huge height difference, he had to tilt his head slightly to detect the subtle changes in the other person's temperament, and the pressure in his heart was greater than before.

The two of them walked towards the set without saying a word.

Cheng Yu glanced to the right, unsure of how to get along with Lu Yuan.

In terms of age, he and Lu Yuan's parents are of the same generation, and his son is less than ten years older than them.

In terms of seniority, Lu Yuan is his junior.

But in terms of status in the circle, he is far inferior to Lu Yuan.

They are also investors in this drama.

As they walked, Lu Yuan was the first to break the silence and asked casually, "Was that Teacher Han's call just now?"

He was referring to Cheng Yu's daughter-in-law Han Xuesong.

Cheng Yu's expression was obviously dazed for two seconds.

I had heard from people in the circle before that Lu Yuan would know everything about his co-stars before joining the crew. When I saw him this time, it was true.

"Correct."

He responded and continued, "She took my brother to the hospital for dialysis today."

Lu Yuan nodded. Cheng Yu has a younger brother with leukemia.

At that time, medicine was not well developed and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation surgery was not yet mature. Many people believed that leukemia was an incurable disease.

In order to save his brother's life, Cheng Yu was willing to do any job at the age of twenty.

Unfortunately, he is not handsome and does not make money in the drama theater, so he is still single at the age of over 30. His blind date thinks that his family burden is too heavy and doesn't even want to meet him, so it seems that he will remain single.

Han Xuesong graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and was transferred to the Harbin Theater as a director. On his first day of work, he bumped into Cheng Yu.

In the end, she didn't care about these material things and married him. For more than 20 years, the two of them used their meager salaries to help their brother who had leukemia.

"What Mr. Han has done is admirable."

Cheng Yu heard him say this and sighed: "When we first got married, all the money was used to pay for my brother's medical expenses. The wedding room was the dormitory of the unit, and the furniture was also the unit's. She suffered a lot over the years."

Seeing him like this, Lu Yuan pursed his lips. Why did they end up talking about dog food?

Cheng Yu noticed his expression and smiled, "Actually, when Director Jiang came to me with the script, I was quite hesitant. I liked the role of Gao Bin right away, but in recent years I have played roles like policemen and village party secretaries, and rarely played villains. It was she who grabbed my ears, talked to me a lot, and decided to let me find Director Jiang to sign the contract."

Lu Yuan curled his lips, and his eyes almost showed the words "you are controlled by your wife".

Cheng Yu didn't care: "She is my leader, both in life and work."

Lu Yuan thought about it and realized it was true.

The two were from the same drama theater. Cheng Yu was an actor, and it took him more than ten years of marriage to become famous. Han Xuesong was promoted quickly and became the vice president of Harbin Drama Theater, who happened to be in charge of Cheng Yu and was his direct leader.

When we arrived at the set, the staff were doing the final finishing work.

This is a luxuriously decorated wine room with a strip table in the center, six chairs on each side, and dishes on the table.

In the first scene of the filming, Zhou Yi was sent by the Harbin Police Department to work in the mainland for two years.

Because of his extraordinary abilities and outstanding achievements, when he returned to Harbin, the Police Department gave him a welcome reception and promoted him to captain of the special operations team.

Jiang Wei stood in front of the table, holding a bottle of wine.

Cheng Yu poked his head out from behind him and took a look: "Qian Tairun!"

"Hey, Old Cheng, do you know this?" Jiang Wei looked surprised.

In order to make the play as realistic as possible, he went to Harbin for half a year for field research and read a lot of historical materials, just to restore the original historical appearance of that time.

I can say responsibly that every torture instrument, every gun, every radio station, every building, even the internal structure of the police station and the protagonist's daily necessities are all written based on historical materials.

Including the bottle of wine in his hand, this is the style that traitors of the puppet Manchukuo government loved to drink in that era.

Although Cheng Yu was a henpecked man, he never put down his cigarettes and alcohol. He was quite experienced in this area and took the bottle of wine impatiently.

"There was no concept of liquor in our country before. The name of liquor was used uniformly only after the founding of New China. Before that, it was called Shaojiu, Gaoliangjiu and so on."

Jiang Wei and Lu Yuan nodded. The former truly understood, while the latter was just parroting.

Cheng Yu raised the light green prismatic bottle in his hand and said, "Qian Tai Run was a leader in shochu during the Guangxu period. It was a big brand. During the puppet Manchukuo period, the Japanese implemented food control, which restricted the corn, sorghum and other raw materials for shochu produced by Qian Tai Run. At the same time, the Japanese continued to increase taxes and levies, and Qian Tai Run's business gradually declined.

In 45, our party took over the Japanese puppet regime and established the TH Municipal People's Democratic Government. In order to restore production, the government nationalized Qiantairun Distillery and recruited some employees from three distilleries including Qiantairun to establish Dongdistillery, which is now the TH Municipal Liquor Factory located in Xiguan, Tonghua.

"Boom."

Cheng Yu unscrewed the cap of the bottle, his nose quivered, and he sighed: "I thought it was Maotai, but it turned out to be Lao Baigan."

"What are you daydreaming about?" Jiang Wei rolled his eyes to the sky.

The funding for this play is indeed sufficient, but he is not a sucker, so the wine bottles are all imitations, and it is very good that they are not diluted with water.

As the three grown men were circling around the wine bottle, Song Jia and Yong Mei walked out of the dressing room arm in arm.

Yong Mei, a native of Inner Mongolia, became famous for her performance in "Chinese Divorce".

In the play, Zhou Yi's first wife is named Sun Yuejian, a woman who is his nominal partner but not his real companion, played by Yong Mei.

There are not many female characters in "The Cliff", and the two of them have become familiar with each other just now.

Yong Mei looked at Song Jia, who was tall and dressed like a noblewoman, and was amazed: "I saw media reports before and thought you were a female man, but I didn't expect..."

Song Jia smiled and said, "I am from Northeast China. I am straightforward, honest and sincere. I don't play tricks, but I am really not a tomboy. If I live like a tomboy, my mother will scold me to death. Once she asked me what I would wear to receive an award, and I said I would wear pants. She was scared and begged me not to wear pants, as it would make me look like a man."

"Auntie is so funny."

"That's right. Sometimes I even doubt that I'm not her child."

After Song Jia finished speaking, he saw her staring at him and subconsciously pinched the pendant on his ear: "What's wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?"

Yongmei circled around her twice, curiously asking, "Why did you take on such an unlikable role?"

She really didn't understand why the most disgusting character in "The Cliff" was Gu Qiuyan.

Although he was skilled in sending telegrams and was proficient in multiple languages, he always made mistakes due to impulsiveness and stubbornness. He was conceited and proud, which indirectly caused Zhou Yi's sacrifice, making people hate him.

Song Jia pondered. She had been asked similar questions many times by her colleagues and reporters.

The entertainment industry is most afraid of talking too much with people who are new to the show, so she certainly wouldn't say she came here for the award. The production and cast of the show "The Cliff" are both top-notch.

But even if the ratings exploded and it became the best-selling drama in 2013, as the leading male actor, Lu Yuan would not be able to win any prestigious awards.

Because he won all three major awards with the spy drama of the same type "The Disguiser".

At a time when the quality of TV dramas is generally declining, there is no doubt that "The Cliff" is a godsend and will win some awards.

Since Lu Yuan has no hope of winning the award, who else could be left? Of course, the heroine.

This is why Song Jia volunteered.

She wanted to take a gamble and didn't expect to win a grand slam by playing the role of Gu Qiuyan.

Too unrealistic.

She would be satisfied if she could take one from Feitian and Baiyulan.

Therefore, she replied: "I entered the industry in 01 and have been in the industry for 12 years. Now the standard for choosing roles is to challenge myself. I can't play frivolous roles like when I first entered the industry. I think as life experience accumulates, actors must play relatively complex roles."

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Yong Mei raised her eyebrows slightly and pinched her chin: "If I were Zhou Yi, I would definitely choose you. So, do you think Zhou Yi loves Sun Yuejian more or Gu Qiuyan more?"

"Needless to say, it's Sun Yuejian." Song Jia blurted out.

"Then why did he send his wife and son away, and then come back by himself, willing to be arrested?"

"Responsibility. He wants to save Shasha."

"So he let his children lose their father and his wife lose her husband. Isn't that irresponsible?"

"Because he treats Shasha as his own daughter in his heart." Song Jia replied.

Having said that, she herself doesn't quite agree with this explanation.

After all, according to her idea, in reality, if a man and a woman lived together for six years, they would have been exhausted by the demands of food, sex and nature.

"He definitely fell in love. In the biography I wrote for Sun Yuejian, Zhou Yi fell in love with Gu Qiuyan."

Yong Mei insisted on her own idea, glanced at Lu Yuan again, changed the subject, and asked: "Then do you think Gu Qiuyan is in love with Zhou Yi?"

"Hmm." Song Jia was silent and shook his head: "I don't know."

"How can you say you don't know the role you played yourself?" Yong Mei teased.

Song Jia looked into her eyes and said, "What I mean is that Gu Qiuyan herself doesn't know either."

This time it was Yongmei's turn to be stunned.

She didn't expect this to be the answer. Gu Qiuyan herself wasn't sure either. Perhaps this was the answer that best fits the character's psychological state.

Inside the venue, the staff completed the final inspection.

The actors were in place, and Jiang Wei signaled to the script supervisor to start filming.

"'Cliff', one scene, one shot, one time."

"Action!"

In the film market in May, following "So Young", "Iron Man 3" was officially released.

Under the banner of Sino-US co-production, it has a stronger momentum than "So Young", and the number of people at the midnight show is twice that of "So Young".

On the day of its release, theaters scheduled nearly 40% of the screenings, while Zhao Yanzi's debut film "So Young" took the top spot with only 30% of the screenings.

But to everyone's surprise, Fan Bingbing, who has always been high-profile, did not attend the premiere of the film this time.

He did not make any comment when faced with media interviews.

Wang Xuexi said excitedly at the premiere of Iron Man 3 in Taimiao: "When Iron Man was most desperate, it was our Chinese acupuncture that saved him!"

Fan Bingbing's abnormal behavior has aroused doubts among many netizens.

While the truth was still unclear, netizens gradually revealed the truth.

It turns out that this Marvel movie was treated differently and released in two versions, an overseas international version and a domestic special version.

The Chinese version is 133 minutes long, 130 minutes longer than the overseas version of 3 minutes.

At first glance, it might seem like this is a benefit for Chinese fans, but these three minutes would be better off not having them.

Because the extra 3 minutes are concentrated on Fan Bingbing and Wang Xuexi.

In the overseas version, the Chinese doctor played by Wang Xuexi only said "Hello" at the beginning, and Fan Bingbing did not appear at all.

But in the Chinese special edition, Wang Xuexi not only called Iron Man several times to express his condolences, but also had an "intern-style" heart-to-heart talk with Fan Bingbing in the operating room.

Not to mention that the plot and style of these 3 minutes are independent of the film.

The most unbearable thing is that even though there was only 3 minutes, a certain milk brand did not forget to insert a crude advertisement.

It wasn’t like this during the promotion period.

The producers mentioned Fan Bingbing's wonderful appearance in "Iron Man 3" countless times.

Such differential treatment has made netizens and Fan Bingbing's fans dissatisfied.

At this time, another revelation came out that the Chinese special version submitted by the mainland producer DMG to the American film producer was originally 20 minutes long.

In the final released version, it is only 3 minutes long and can only appear in the China special edition.

The Chinese film company DMG also tried to keep these 20 minutes only in the China special edition, but it was not realized.

The US believes that the "specially provided clip" was originally just an "easter egg" that was exclusively available to mainland China.

As soon as these remarks were made, netizens were in an uproar.

It's completely rubbing everyone's IQ into the ground.

Fan Bingbing is a top domestic actress. Even though she has numerous negative rumors in the eyes of Chinese people, she represents the Chinese people when she goes abroad.

The producers should either not invite her to act, or if they did, she would only appear in a few small shots, which were not only edited but also in the domestic special edition!
What is this? This is a naked humiliation. This is contempt from the bottom of my heart.

As a result, everyone was pumping out a lot of support for "Iron Man 3", and the film was pushed to the forefront and became the target of public criticism.

"How cheap! You want the Chinese market, but you're not willing to give me a role. Is this just to earn advertising fees from a certain milk brand?"

“Imported blockbusters are amazing.”

On this occasion, the unknown director Cheng Er posted a message on Weibo with sharp words.

"Only in China is there a situation in the world where a film is specially edited for a particular country's market.

The main reason for the emergence of special editions has a lot to do with the growing influence of the Chinese film market and the higher investment capacity of Chinese capital.

They want to please Chinese audiences.

But they arrogantly believe that Chinese movie fans' ability to appreciate movies is still at a relatively low level and they can just fool them a bit.

To put it bluntly, in their eyes, the Chinese market is basically what everyone often says: lots of money, stupid people, come quickly.

But I still want to say something to these bird people.

Fuck you! ! "

(End of this chapter)