The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 656 Face
"When does the crew plan to start filming?"

"It's mid-May now," Ning Hao calculated with his fingers, and said, "Next I have to select actors, and go to Yunnan with Xiaojun to scout locations. The official start of filming will be in July at the latest. By the way, don't forget to make a cameo appearance. You agreed to it last time. That role is quite interesting."

"Don't worry, I remember."

Ning Hao put his hands in his pockets, thought for a moment, and suggested, "There's a female character in the play who has a lot of scenes, and is considered the female lead. Why don't you let your girlfriend try it?"

"Is she suitable?" Lu Yuan tilted his head slightly, with some doubt.

Most of the films directed by Ning Hao are male-dominated, with several grown men getting together, having no taboos, and talking about topics that would make men smile.

Female characters will never be the focus, and he himself is not capable of portraying female characters because he does not have that talent.

"I think it's quite suitable. I only found out after I came back and read the script. My wife wrote the role specifically for her personality, with a bit of manliness, like Shi Ye."

Lu Yuan raised his brows slightly. He didn't want to tell whether this was true or not, but he had seen similar scenes many times, with different directors and producers, but he was still a little confused.

"When did you know her nickname when I told you?"

"How strange." Ning Hao laughed.

"Didn't she film "A Man's Martial Arts" in Hong Kong during this period? Director Chen Desen praised her in an interview, saying that she was hardworking and able to endure hardships. Not only that, the media also took photos of her having dinner with Bai Bing, with her arm around Bai Bing's waist. Wow, if you don't know, you would think they are a couple."

Lu Yuan's mouth twitched: "Okay, I'll talk to her later."

The two continued chatting, and the topic once again revolved around "Border Storm" and Cheng Er.

When talking about the conflict between Cheng Er and Jia Zhangke on Weibo, Ning Hao's expression was meaningful: "Do you know that the list of winners of Cannes has been announced?"

"I've seen similar reports on my phone, but I'm not sure about the details." Lu Yuan has never paid much attention to foreign awards.

"Jia Zhangke won the Best Screenplay Award at the 66th Cannes Film Festival for "A Touch of Sin."

Lu Yuan was surprised: "Is there a chance that it will be shown in the country this time?"

"He himself said in an interview with the media that it is possible, but I personally think the hope is slim."

"Really? You've seen this movie."

"I've seen it. I found the original film when Cheng Er and he had a quarrel a few days ago. As for the content, I don't know."

Ning Hao frowned. "It's hard to say. It's too realistic and too marginal. Some things are better not to touch lightly. Anyway, after No Man's Land, I won't touch these themes again. I'll just make some money honestly and shoot what the audience wants to see."

Lu Yuan glanced at him. The fact that No Man's Land had been under review for several years was a big blow to him, even though it had been confirmed that it would be released at the end of the year.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, it makes me upset."

Ning Hao waved his hand and looked at Song Jia and others standing not far away: "When will the filming of "Cliff" be completed?"

"If it's fast, it will be the end of June, if it's slow, it will be July, and we have to go to Russia in the middle."

Ning Hao nodded. The news that "The Cliff" was going to Russia for location shooting had already spread in the media. This was handled with the assistance of Harbin officials through special channels.

Harbin gave the green light to the film "The Cliff".

As if he suddenly remembered something, he uttered a sigh and asked, "Then you won't be able to attend the press conference of Han Han's "See You Tomorrow"?"

"No, I didn't go to Cheng Er's Border Storm press conference either, so how could I go to See You Tomorrow alone? Cheng Er didn't say it, but he must have some thoughts in his mind. So let's just not go to either of them."

"But." Lu Yuan paused for two seconds and kept it a secret: "If I don't go, you can send someone else."

Ning Hao raised his eyebrows, obviously guessing who the other people he was referring to were.

June 1st, Children's Day.

Around six o'clock in the evening, a black G-Class slowly drove into the residential area and stopped downstairs of the building where Lu Yuan lived.

The rear doors and the passenger door opened almost at the same time.

Zhou Yaoyao jumped down first, followed by the old woman and Lu Jing. After getting off the car, they went straight to the trunk and took out the spoils from today's shopping mall.

Liu Shishi opened the driver's door, got out of the car, turned around and glanced: "Do you need help?"

"No, wake up Qiqi."

"Okay." Liu Shishi bent down and got into the back seat. She pinched Zhou Qi's nose, but there was no response. The little bastard continued to sleep soundly.

She finished filming her role in "A Man's Martial Arts" and just returned a few days ago.

First, he attended the celebration banquet of "So Youth" held in Beijing. "So Youth" was released for 7.07 days and the final box office accumulated million.

Because choosing to invest in the company based on her film pay means she can get a large sum of money.

After the celebration banquet, we rested for only two days and it was Children’s Day. Yaoyao didn’t go to school and Zhou Qi’s kindergarten was closed.

The three of them made an appointment to take their two children to various amusement parks, camp, and go on a spring outing.

Maybe because he played too wildly during the day, Zhou Qi fell asleep on the way back in the car.

After a while, Zhou Qi rubbed his eyes, called out "Aunt", and looked dazed, as if he was in the boot buffer state.

Liu Shishi thought he was cute and pinched his chubby face. Seeing that he didn't want to move, she simply held him in her arms.

"How tiring this is."

Lu Jia noticed this and said hurriedly, "Hurry up and let him walk by himself. Qiqi, be a good man and walk by yourself."

Zhou Qi turned his head and changed direction. His old mother was too noisy.

"Sister-in-law, let me do it." Lu Jing was about to put down what he was holding.

"It's okay, he doesn't weigh that much." Liu Shishi held her nephew and went upstairs: "We'll be home soon."

Lu Jing and Lu Jia looked at each other, said no more, and followed with their bags.

"Where's Yaoyao, Yaoyao!!"

"Mom, I'm upstairs." Zhou Yaoyao's voice came from the corridor, accompanied by stomping feet and humming. All the lights in the corridor were on.

Liu Shishi was holding Zhou Qi and walking in front. Lu Jia was following behind. Then she remembered something and asked, "Qiqi, when I picked you up from school yesterday, the kindergarten teacher complained that you slept in class. Is that true?"

"Yeah!" Zhou Qi was quite honest.

"How can you sleep in class? Don't sleep in class from now on, or you will end up like your sister, failing math, and your aunt, who will never get into college and remain single forever."

Lu Jia used her cousin and daughter as examples.

My daughter is already on the path of being a poor student, and my son can’t follow in her footsteps.

Lu Jing was speechless. What had she done to offend anyone every day? Wasn't it unfair?

Liu Shishi patted Zhou Qi on the back of the head and agreed: "Your mom is right, you can't sleep in class. If you are really sleepy, just sleep after class."

Zhou Qi yawned, and put his cheek against her shoulder, letting the pendant on her ear rub against his other cheek, and muttered listlessly: "Aunt, but it's too noisy after class, I can't sleep."

Liu Shishi: "."

After going upstairs, the three of them got busy again before they had time to eat dinner.

After helping to wash the vegetables, Lu Jia drove the two people out of the kitchen who were more likely to cause trouble than to help.

Lu Jing took out the branded clothes, shoes and bags he bought in the afternoon and fiddled with them happily.

Liu Shishi sat on the sofa to rest for a while, then took out her cell phone and made a WeChat video call to Lu Yuan.

When the call was connected, she raised the phone high and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"No, Song Jia made a fuss yesterday saying that the crew's chef is from Shaanxi and that they eat noodles every day and have become fat. We need to change the taste today, so we have to wait until later."

"Oh."

"How was your day today?" Liu Shishi tapped her knees. "Not bad. I went to several malls and bought a lot of clothes. My legs are a little sore. I'll wear them for you when you come back."

"Huh?" Lu Yuan was puzzled: "Isn't it Children's Day? Why are you going shopping in the mall?"

"Uh," Liu Shishi said calmly, "We went to the amusement park first, and when they got tired of playing, we went to the mall in the afternoon."

"Okay, where are you now?"

"Your sister's house, look." Liu Shishi turned on the rear camera of her phone and walked around the living room.

"Why is it so quiet? Where are those two little ancestors?"

"Yaoyao is watching anime, and your nephew is sleeping on the sofa." Liu Shishi said as he pointed the camera at Zhou Qi.

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Wake him up."

"What?"

"Waking up a heavy sleeper."

"Why are you so idle?" Liu Shishi rolled her eyes, but still reached out and pinched Zhou Qi's nose indulgently.

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Zhou Qi felt so uncomfortable that his cheeks were round. He opened his eyes suddenly, but before he could understand what was happening, he saw his evil uncle wrapped in a big cotton coat, staring at him with a smile on his face on the phone.

He closed his eyes and began to snore.

"huh, huh"

"Hey, wait for me to come back." Lu Yuan threatened from the other end.

Zhou Qi had no choice but to open his eyes again and weakly called out, "Uncle."

"Hmm, did you miss me?"

"I do." Zhou Qi thought to himself, how could he say he didn't want to, but he didn't dare.

Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction: "Be good, I'll go back and buy you a gift, go to sleep."

Lu Jing stood aside and witnessed the whole process of the two people's bad taste, and mourned for Zhou Qi's young heart.

She was wearing a newly bought long skirt and high heels. She came closer and said, "Brother, according to your instructions, I went to see Director Kong Sheng and Shan Ying. After negotiation, PPS will participate in part of the investment in the two TV series "Battle of Changsha" and "Parents' Love", and has already obtained the online broadcast rights."

Lu Yuan nodded: "Just get them. The scripts of these two dramas are good, and the genres are also the areas that Director Kong Sheng is good at."

Lu Jing opened his mouth and was about to continue speaking when a staff member shouted, "Teacher Lu, the filming has begun."

"Okay, the next scene is about to start. I won't chat with you guys for now. Call me when I have time." Lu Yuan hung up the video in a hurry.

"When have you ever called me when you were free?" Lu Jing muttered.
Seeing this, Liu Shishi asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"I had planned to take this opportunity to report to him on the performance of PPS in the past two months, including which TV series were chosen to be broadcast on our platform due to the revenue-sharing agreement, and the broadcast data. Including some short films in the form of mini dramas in the past few days, I am also in contact with colleagues in the content department."

"Send him an email."

"Sister-in-law, you don't know that my brother hasn't read any emails since he joined the team." Lu Jing complained.

"Well, he's probably too busy." Liu Shishi subconsciously tried to help her boyfriend, but she was also curious: "What kind of mini-film is this?"

"It's similar to Sohu's "Diaosi Nanren", with a few minutes per episode, a comedy style, mainly interspersed with some jokes, quite funny, called "Never Expected"."

After Zhou Qi was woken up by his bad uncle, his sleepiness disappeared and he went to play with his sister.

Zhou Yaoyao was watching anime on her iPad. She found him annoying, so she stood up and sat next to Liu Shishi.

Zhou Qi came over again like a follower.

Zhou Yaoyao nudged her brother with her elbow while listening to their conversation. She looked away from Balala the Fairies and asked curiously, "What is a micro-movie?"

Lu Jing explained: "A film with a small investment, a small number of actors and a short duration is called a micro-film."

"Oh." Zhou Yaoyao asked casually and continued watching anime.

"I know!" Zhou Qi saw that everyone was ignoring him, especially his sister, who didn't let him watch anime and even squeezed him. He raised his hands and complained.

"Dad also has a lot of movies on his phone. He always watches them secretly with mom and won't let me go into the bedroom. The teacher said that adults should learn to share. I said I wanted to watch them too, so dad carried me to my sister's room, and mom clapped beside them."

Liu Shishi: "."

Lu Jing: "."

On June 6, the crew of "Border" held a celebration banquet in a restaurant in Wangfujing area.

In more than 2.7 days since its release, the box office of "Border" has accumulated to 3 million yuan, and with the current daily box office trend, it is just a matter of time before it breaks the million mark.

With an investment of 1700 million and a box office revenue of 3 million, "Border" is undoubtedly a success.

It is particularly worth mentioning that this film, with its unique style, will show strong competitiveness in the competition for major awards.

As an investor, Lu Yuan missed the premiere, and Liu Shishi attended the celebration banquet on his behalf.

Director Cheng Er, leading actors Deng Chao, Luo Jin, Yuan Chen and other core members took the stage one after another to give their speeches.

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, Liu Shishi, wearing a silver long dress, gracefully walked into the center of the stage, holding a bottle of champagne in her left hand and a goblet in her right hand.

She smiled at the audience and said: "You may be curious why I came up with a bottle of wine, because I think I have to toast you three times tonight."

She looked around and said in a crisp voice: "The success of Border has exceeded many people's expectations. The media often attributed it to Mr. Lu's unique vision, but I don't think it is accurate. The real heroes are all of you who have worked hard day and night. The first glass, on behalf of Mr. Lu, I toast to you all!"

After saying that, she raised her head and drank it all in one gulp.

"The boss lady is so awesome!" There was cheering from the audience.

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

"The second cup..."

Chen Zhixi, who was sitting in the audience, stared at Liu Shishi on the stage, his heart full of surprise.

Tonight, Liu Shishi is very different from her usual gentle image. She shows unprecedented confidence, her aura is fully open, and her whole body seems to be glowing.

In recent years, Lu Yuan has not only achieved a leap in wealth, but also a significant increase in influence.

In the eyes of many people, the relationship between the two is not equal. Liu Shishi is in a weaker position and is only responsible for providing emotional value.

As a member of the company and Liu Shishi's best friend, Chen Zhixi knew very well that Lu Yuan doted on Liu Shishi and they were very loving.

But she also agrees with the outside world's views.

But what happened tonight made her realize that her past views might have been too superficial.

As a person's wealth grows and his/her status improves, his/her experiences and past will inevitably lead to changes in his/her way of thinking and the way he/she does things.

Lu Yuan's growth is obvious, from being an actor at the beginning to now using capital to demonstrate his power without any expression.

And his other half, Liu Shishi, is also quietly transforming.

Perhaps in front of Lu Yuan, Liu Shishi will always maintain the gentleness and arrogance of a little wife.

But where Lu Yuan couldn't see.

She had quietly cultivated another face, one that was stronger and more confident.

This is also a necessary ability for the wife of a billionaire CEO, Chen Zhixi sighed in his heart.

Not far from her, Deng Chao, the leading actor of "Border", seemed a little absent-minded.

PS: Due to the company's routine overtime at the end of the year, this chapter was written in a hurry, so it is a bit rough and needs to be revised.

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