The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 741 Nirvana in Fire

Suburbs of Beijing, Shunyi.

The thousand-acre manor has been handed over.

After Lu Yuan came back from Shanghai, he picked a day with nice weather and invited his sister's family, as well as Liu Shishi's family, to go camping.

It happened that Hu Jian came to Beijing to prepare for the performance of the drama "Dream Like a Dream". He had already seen Liu Shishi's circle of friends on WeChat, so he made an appointment to go along.

In the manor, there is a small ginkgo forest behind several small Western-style buildings.

It was autumn, the clouds were light and the wind was gentle. The sunlight shone through the leaves. It was not dazzling but a little warm, making people drowsy and feeling much more comfortable in their hearts.

There were swings tied to the two thickest trees in the ginkgo forest. Zhou Yaoyao and Zhou Qi took turns sitting on them and swinging.

"Sister, it's my turn now. Don't be a scoundrel. I've pushed you a hundred times. It's your turn to push me ten times."

"quack"

A breeze blew by, and golden leaves swirled and fell, like a grand golden rain falling on the earth.

Lu Yuan sat on a park chair by the roadside, his feet stepping on the thick fallen leaves, making a rustling sound.

Hu Quan was half-squatting on the side, holding up his SLR camera, changing the angle, taking a few clicks, before putting it down with a lingering feeling.

He looked at the scenery in front of him and praised it repeatedly: "It's so beautiful, the air is fresh, and it's so quiet. It's like a paradise on earth."

"I like it. You should save up money and buy one now while the land price in Shunyi is cheap." Lu Yuan said as he waved to the two kids.

"Come down, let's go back and eat grilled fish!"

"It will cost several hundred million. The annual maintenance fee is not a small amount. It's too expensive. I can't afford it." Hu Chuan didn't even dare to ask about the price.

He and Lu Yuan are not on the same level. The other party is now the boss of a film and television company, with an annual income of hundreds of millions. He is very wealthy and has made a lot of money investing in movies and TV series.

And he is just an ordinary first-line actor.

Although he holds shares in Tangren, the company's listing is nowhere in sight. The company might go bankrupt one day and he would be out of fashion. He dare not spend the money he has saved recklessly.

Lu Yuan shrugged and looked at the two little rascals. He saw that they were playing deaf and dumb, staying on the swing and refusing to get down.

He walked closer quickly, stretched out his hands, and pointed them at the ears of the two men.

Zhou Yaoyao felt something was wrong, so she flexibly protected Qiqi in front of her and pushed her brother in a malicious manner.

"Ouch, uncle, it hurts."

Lu Yuan glared at Yaoyao who was dodging, grabbed his nephew's ears and said threateningly, "I told you to leave, are you deaf?"

Qiqi tilted her head, raised her right hand high, made a middle school gesture, and said loudly: "Uncle, how do you know I am a dragon? Mom said that my sister, dad, and I are all descendants of the dragon!!"

Lu Yuan was speechless and kicked him in the butt.

"piss off!"

Seeing Yaoyao giggling beside me.

He picked up a fallen ginkgo fruit from the ground, pinched it lightly with his fingers, and suddenly touched her upper lip.

Yaoyao's laughter stopped abruptly, and she wrinkled her nose belatedly, as if she realized something was wrong. Her brows gradually furrowed, and she pursed her lips and took a deep breath. Suddenly, her eyes widened, she squatted down, and began to retch.

"vomit!"

Lu Yuan laughed and looked at Hu Ge.

Hu Ge jumped away in a hurry, his eyes fixed on his right hand, which was filled with the stinking juice of the ginkgo nuts.

"Fuck, don't come over here."

Lu Yuan rolled his eyes. Is he that kind of person?

Qiqi trotted back and squatted in front of Yaoyao, sticking out her butt, stretching her neck, and looking concerned: "Sister, what's wrong with you, sister, are you okay, ugh, sister, did you eat shit?"

"Zhou Qi, get out of here!!"

Yaoyao wore a mask of pain and gritted her teeth. Qiqi was punched and ran ahead in panic.

"Mom, my sister is eating shit, ha ha ha."

"Ahhhhh!!"

Lu Yuan laughed so hard that he peed himself. He followed behind and asked, "After the tour of "Dream Like a Dream" in Beijing, where is the next stop, Guangzhou?"

Apart from doing charity work and filming movies this year, Hu Ge has been spending the rest of his time choreographing Taiwanese dramas.

In 2000, "Dream Like a Dream" premiered in Taipei and received great response, but director Lai Shengchuan was never able to fulfill his wish of commercial performance. In 2002, with the help of Hong Kong drama director Mao Junhui, the Hong Kong version of the play was staged.

However, as the drama market gradually declined and became more niche, Lai Shengchuan targeted the mainland market and found idol actor Hu Quan, singer Li Yuchun, actor Xu Qing and others to participate in the performance, attempting to bring these people's fans into serious theater, but unfortunately the response was mediocre.

"No hope. The talks broke down." Hu Chuan shook his head.

"how to say?"

"The cost is too high. The whole play of "Dream Like a Dream" has 32 actors and hundreds of characters. The performance lasts for 8 hours. There are 400 sets of costumes for the whole play. No performance company in Guangzhou dares to take it over."

Lu Yuan nodded, wiped the stench from his fingertips, and asked, "What are your plans next?"

Hu Quan pursed his lips. He had actually had a difficult time in recent years. Although he was over 30 years old, the audience's impression of him had always been Li Xiaoyao.

He knew very well that he couldn't always be an idol actor, and with the stimulation from Lu Yuan, he had long had the idea of ​​transforming himself.

While transitioning from ancient costume dramas to urban dramas, in order to improve his professional capabilities, he spent most of his time on the drama "Dream Like a Dream".

But his transformation was not smooth.

Tang Ren's main themes are costume dramas. He couldn't get many good urban drama scripts, resulting in no good works in the past two years and a rapid decline in popularity.

This time, "Three Lives Three Worlds" and "Gu Jian Qi Tan" became very popular, and Zhu Yilong and Li Yifeng broke into the ancient costume fantasy drama track.

The two newcomers are so popular that he already feels a huge threat.

The new generation is coming with great force, and if he doesn’t transform, he will be finished.

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Yuan was a little curious: "What's the matter?"

Hu Chuan held up his SLR and took another picture of Yaoyao beating up her brother with three punches. "I do have an interview invitation, but I'm hesitating whether to go."

"Ancient costume theme?"

"Ah."

"Tell me."

"A screenplay adapted from a female-oriented novel, called Nirvana in Fire."

"Oh, I have some impression of it." Lu Yuan frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Is it the script of Noon Sunshine?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Did they invite you too?" Hu Chuan seemed a little nervous.

If Lu Yuan had the idea of ​​acting, then he would have no chance at all.

Lu Yuan shook his head: "No, Brother Xiao Ming received an invitation, but he is also considering whether to go. I guess he can't make it."

"Is that so?" Hu Ge breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In fact, I knew about this novel a long time ago."

"Oh?"

"After Nirvana in Fire was published, many fans thought Mei Changsu was a good fit for me and hoped I could play the role. But as you know, I have played almost every type of role in costume dramas, and my roles have become homogenized. I reject costume roles." "Since you don't want to play it, what are you hesitating about?"

Hu Chuan slowed down his pace: "When I was filming "Life Revelation" with Yan Ni this year, a fan came back from Singapore and visited the crew. He gave me a complete set of "Nirvana in Fire" novels. After I went back, I read the novel carefully and found that...

"Both the script and the role are pretty good?"

"Ah."

Lu Yuan stopped, crossed his arms, and looked at him with a playful look: "So you have an idea about the role, but because the slogan of transformation has been shouted out a long time ago, if you play a costume drama again, you will go back on your word. In front of reporters and various media, you are worried that you will not be able to save face."

"Hey, you." Hu Chuan's thoughts were exposed, and he became angry and embarrassed: "Let's go, let's go. I'm here to have fun today, not to talk about work."

Lu Yuan grinned, looked at his rather embarrassed back, and fell into thought.

PPS's next work will try to match the tastes of male audiences.

Hu Chuan’s fans are mostly male, so he is a good candidate.

He is also very familiar with Noon Sunshine. The director of "My Love from the Star" is Kong Sheng.

During the filming of "Stars", Kong Sheng invited him to star in the war-themed drama "Battle of Changsha".

However, he didn't have time, but after reading the script, he chose to participate in the investment. In addition to investing in "The Battle of Changsha", he also invested in "Parents' Love".

Having worked together before, he is very clear about Noon Sunshine's strong ability in producing film and television dramas.

The quality of "Nirvana in Fire" should not be too bad.

Although Hu Can's professional ability is not outstanding, he is good enough to play ancient idols. It will be a good gimmick for him to lead the role in a costume drama again.

Maybe PPS can intervene.

In front of the residential building is a large lawn, on which are placed barbecue grills, camping tents, portable tables and chairs, etc.

Zhou Mingyuan, Lu Jia and Liu Shishi were busy in front of the barbecue grill.

Yaoyao was probably tired from playing, so she lay lazily under the parasol, drinking juice and pouting her lips to take a breath from time to time. Seeing her bad uncle approaching, she turned over and ran to Liu Shishi to complain.

At the end of the lawn is an artificial lake, the size of eight standard football fields.

The lakeside is lush with trees and has a fence. In the sun, the lake is sparkling and there are small boats floating on the shore. Liu's father is standing outside the fence fishing leisurely.

"Here it comes!" Father Liu saw the float sinking and lifted the rod with full confidence, but unfortunately it was empty-handed again.

Ever since he knew that his future son-in-law spent hundreds of millions to buy a manor with an 80-acre lake, he couldn't wait any longer. He brought enough equipment today and went for a big fight.

When Lu Yuan and Liu Shishi came over, Liu's father was bragging to Qiqi about his glory days.

Kiki squatted aside, holding an orange-red plastic toy fishing rod in her hand, pretending to fish and listening to the story with her ears perked up.

"Qiqi, in grandpa's time, there were no smart phones or iPads. The only legitimate entertainment for ordinary men in Beijing was playing with birds and insects, and fishing. In the old days, our Beijing was densely covered with water networks, and there were fish everywhere. The management was also loose, so you could fish everywhere, even in the inner moat today, where people can still fish with poles."

"Grandpa, were you good at fishing in the past?" Qiqi was curious.

"You guessed it, Grandpa even made his own fishing rods, and used sewing needles from home to hook fish."

"Wow!"

Qiqi exclaimed, "It must be amazing, but why do you have to do it yourself?"

"Because it's expensive. When I was young, a set of poles like this would cost more than 30 yuan, which is half a month's salary. An apprentice would have to go without food or drink for two months to afford it."

"Oh."

"You have to dig your own bait. When my grandfather was a kid, he would look for bloodworms and earthworms everywhere, and then go fishing with his friends."

“What is wild fishing?”

“Just go to places where there are no people and find natural lakes and ponds.”

"Are there any mermaids?"

What is this? Father Liu couldn't keep up with his train of thought: "There are no mermaids, but some crucian carp, crucian carp and the like. However, whenever grandpa goes out fishing, he will always come back with a full load. This is the biggest fish grandpa has ever caught."

Lu Yuan listened for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Gaga, how many fish did our dad catch this morning?"

Liu Shishi opened her mouth to answer, but suddenly realized what was happening, clenched her fists, and said angrily: "Don't give me random nicknames."

"Okay, Gaga."

"Boom!"

Lu Yuan was hit by a punch.

Father Liu looked back and said unhappily, "Shishi, can you please speak a little more quietly? The fish are scared away."

Liu Shishi was like a black-hearted little cotton jacket, stabbing him in the heart mercilessly: "Dad, hurry up, it's been a whole morning, and my mom is still waiting for your fish to be put in the oven, at least give me one."

"Ah, this." Liu's father was embarrassed. He looked at his future son-in-law and blinked desperately, suggesting, "Xiao Lu, is there no fish in your lake?"

"Yeah, yes, yes, there are not many fish here." Lu Yuan understood immediately and gave the air force's accustomed father-in-law a way out.

That being said, there are actually a lot of fish here. Mr. Wang, whose last funding chain was cut off, was a fisherman himself. When he planned to build a resort, he prioritized releasing a lot of fish into the lake.

"Really?" Liu Shishi was skeptical: "Didn't you say there were fish before we came?"

"You remembered wrong."

At this moment, Qiqi suddenly found the fishing rod in her hand moving forward, so she grabbed it and shouted excitedly: "Uncle, look, there's a fish!"

Lu Yuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the plastic fishing rod in Qiqi's hand had the fishing line pulled straight.

Father Liu: "."

There were four people in the group, but only Qiqi was walking in front, carrying a palm-sized crucian carp and shaking her head.

When they returned to the barbecue area on the lawn, they saw that Liu's father had nothing in his hands, and everyone tacitly skipped the topic.

As Hu Quan was busy with a drama, he ate a few skewers of barbecue and then left.

Liu Shishi held it in for a long time, until the other party left, then she said: "So after all, Lao Hu wants to shoot a costume drama again, but he can't save his face."

Lu Yuan handed her the golden-brown grilled fish and said, "It looks like this."

Hu Can’s current position in the circle is very awkward. The Tang people cannot provide him with the resources he needs, so he can only go out and find them on his own.

But the drama circle doesn't think highly of him at all, and he doesn't get any good resources in modern urban dramas. He is neither up nor down, and is about to lose his basic base. No wonder he is anxious.

"You're just being too pretentious and wanting to save face. You're just suffering in the end. How hypocritical!" Liu Shishi muttered as he put the grilled fish in front of his old father.

Liu's father was about to refuse, but when he heard this, his face instantly turned green. He stared at his daughter and asked, "Who are you scolding?"

Liu Shishi blinked quickly, realizing that she seemed to be teasing her old father, and pretended to be calm and returned to the grill: "What do you think?"

"Let's talk to Mr. Kong tomorrow." Lu Yuan was about to continue speaking when Zhou Mingyuan, who was answering the phone, came over.

"Brother-in-law, wait a minute, the fish isn't done yet, but the leeks are cooked, you can take them."

"I just ate." Zhou Mingyuan explained, and then said: "Xiaoyuan, Tencent wants to invest in our mobile game."

Lu Yuan was flipping and basting the grilled fish when he paused. Tencent wanted to invest in more than just mobile games.

(End of this chapter)