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Chapter 947: Life's delicious ramen, its power is unparalleled

This year's MAMA will be held in three locations: Vietnam, Japan, and Hong Kong.

The event held at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong was the core and finale of the awards ceremony.

Many celebrities came that night, and the Jiangdong girl group reunited again, causing a small sensation and winning a popularity award.

IU is also very popular. This year, she released hit songs such as "25", "Night Letter", and "Autumn Morning", and won the Best Female Singer Award.

Hearing Zhou Yutang praising her, IU smiled brightly: "Oppa, it's a pity that you are not here, otherwise you could take me to eat delicious food."

Zhou Yutang smiled and said, "I will definitely take you there next time I have the chance."

"Oppa, next time I will definitely mean not to take me with me."

IU pouted her lips and said, "Right?"

Unexpectedly, she even understood this joke. Zhou Yutang smiled slightly and said, "Not bad, your Chinese has improved a lot. I'll let Little Koi take you there later."

"Oh, yes, Chao Yue is here too. It seems like someone came in."

I was chatting with IU sister, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.
For celebrities like IU, when they attend events, the organizers will usually provide them with a separate lounge.

"Hello, IU-senpai. Sorry to bother you!"

"Oh, come in."

IU raised a slender finger, placed it across her lips, made a hushing gesture, and then adjusted her skirt.

He returned to his dignified senior appearance.

Four girls in performance costumes filed in and bowed respectfully to IU: "One, two, three, we are Red Velvet!"

"Hello everyone."

IU didn't turn off her phone. From this angle, Zhou Yutang could just see the person leading the group, and he seemed to be an old friend.

After the respectful greetings, the captain, Bae Joo Hyun, spoke up: "I heard that the senior wanted to see us."

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Iu smiled and said, "My agent is a fan of yours. If it's convenient, can I take a photo with him?"

"what?"

The expressions of the girls were a little subtle. They seemed to want to laugh but didn't dare to.

Zhou Yutang chuckled.

Of course, he is no stranger to the several agents around IU.

I often hear IU talk about trivial things around her, and she jokingly complained about her agent named Hunter.

This was the agent assigned to IU when she joined the company. He has been with IU through all the ups and downs and witnessed her rise to the top of the South Korean music scene.

However, the queen’s manager, who works with her every day, is actually a big fan of the younger girl group!

It's quite fanatical, and it's a bit funny to tell others about it.

IU blinked and said, “Is that okay?”

"It would be our pleasure, of course."

Pei Zhuxuan reacted and spoke quickly.

After taking a photo with IU’s sister’s agent and receiving a signed new album, he left the lounge.

The four girls in the Red Velvet band were not so reserved.

Because there were activities the next day, after the activities that night ended, he did not even attend the dinner arranged by the organizer. He got on a business car and went straight to the airport.

"Wow, the night view of Xiangjiang is so beautiful."

Joy, who has the longest legs in the group, was admiring the flickering lights of high-rise buildings outside the car window and taking pictures with her mobile phone.

"Sister, haven't you been to the capital?"

The youngest, Kim Ye-rin, asked.

"Beijing has more heritage and feels completely different from Hong Kong."

Joy said with emotion: "My sister told me that Shanghai is also very fun, and so is Chengdu."

"Is it the Rongcheng mentioned in Senior Zhou Yutang's song?"

"Yes, China is really huge. If I have the chance in the future, I must go and see it."

Joy's younger sister is studying abroad in Beijing.

She had been there several times with her family and was deeply impressed.

Another member, Jiang Seulgi, was eating potato chips, her cheeks puffed up, and she said incoherently, "Did you see IU senior just now seem to be chatting with a man?"

"Is there any?"

"I didn't see it clearly. It seemed like the senior was on video. I heard someone laughing."

"What a joke! She just finished the award ceremony and she video chatted with someone. Could he be IU's boyfriend?"

Jin Yilin was a little too lively: "Sister Zhu Xuan, you are the closest, did you notice anything?"

"No, you must have heard it wrong."

Although Bae Joo-hyun saw everything, she said nothing at this time.

The group members were still excitedly gossiping.

Let’s talk about the gossip and love life of national sister IU, and the delicious food we ate in Hong Kong these two days.

Kim Ye-rin and Joy started arguing about which one was better, hot pot or roast duck. Kang Seul-gi ate potato chips and turned into Captain Dragonfly, saying that they were evenly matched.

"Sister Irene, what do you think?"

"Instant noodles."

Bae Joo-hyun responded casually and turned to look out the window.

The night scene under the bright lights and nightlife of Hong Kong cast a thin layer of soft light on the slightly cold and delicate face.

"Almost ten years, right?"

Bae Joo Hyun murmured softly in her heart.

Every step she took was not easy.

From a difficult debut to trying her best to barely hold the position of a member of a second-tier girl group.

It is precisely because she knows how difficult it is to take a step forward that she looks up to that man as if she were looking up to a god.

Watch him grow from being full of vigor and ambition in the beginning to being the ruler of the world today.

Bae Joo-hyun can no longer remember when she first met him.

She only remembered that night.

It was probably the most delicious ramen she had ever eaten in her 26 years of life.

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The news that the Chinese sisters Xiao Jinli and Cheng Xiao took three members of their group and IU on a night cruise on Hong Kong soon made headlines in the entertainment pages of both countries.

Fans of several companies celebrated the Chinese New Year together, and the New Year melee in the film market began. In the middle of the month, "Wushuang" competed against "Youth" and "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia".

Mr. Yuan left the stage first in disgrace.

The remaining "Wushuang" and "Youth" fought until the second half of the month, and "Legend of the Demon Cat", which had built up enough momentum, finally made its debut.

Xinli has placed great hopes on this project, including director Chen Da himself.

Brother Chen Kai is quite active. He has given lectures at several universities in China, showing the style of a film master.

After the premiere of "Legend of the Demon Cat", the next day, "Criminal Mind" and "Blood Steel" held their premieres simultaneously.

The three films were released on the same day, and each of them received maximum publicity.

Seven out of ten hot topics on the Internet are related to the box office of these three movies.

What remains is the last song of the Lunar New Year trio scheduled for the end of the month, and several movies have also begun to work at full speed for the final promotional sprint.

Huayi's "Ex-Files 3" continues the popularity of the previous IP and is gaining momentum; Huanxi Media's "The Bell" is directed and starred by Shisanmei herself, and even invited Shen Teng to participate; Song Ge is behind the scenes in "The Second Generation of Fairies" controlled by Jingxi Culture, and has a popular actress Zheng Shuang; Wanda and Shanghai Film produced "The Convenience Store of Sorrow" starring Reba and Wang Junkai.
This is the second battle between Jiangdong and Huayi, the new and old leaders, with Happy Twist's "The Shameful Iron Fist" attracting the most attention.

"The trailer for 'The Shameful Iron Fist' is hilarious." "Come here! Shen Teng is really funny!"

As the face of Jiangdong comedy, Happy Twist reached its peak as soon as it debuted.

She established her position in the industry with "Charlotte's Troubles".

Through the national tour of the drama, he also accumulated a large number of fans.

A large number of movies are gearing up to be released, which can be described as a situation of fierce competition among many players.

While the outside world is bustling with activity, the crew is experiencing a peaceful and tranquil time.

The science fiction film shot this time is somewhat different from previous ones.

Many plot scenes are connected by special effects, which undoubtedly places higher demands on the actors.

Wu Mengda has long been fascinated by Governor Zhou and has also met Zhou Yutang at some Hong Kong circle dinners, but this is his first time working with him and he has some different feelings.

"Crack!"

Zhou Yutang shouted stop behind the monitor.

Wu Mengda immediately put on a 70-pound protective suit and walked over slowly: "Director, do you have any questions?"

"Uncle Da, come and take a look."

Zhou Yutang pulled up a chair and greeted him warmly.

A fully green screen environment with no opposing actors.

This scene required him to look up at "Jupiter" in horror, but in fact there was only a green cloth and a circle drawn with a marker on the set as a mark.

Wu Mengda’s eyes were as big as bells.

The emotions flowed naturally and it was very well done.

It's a pleasure to work with such veteran actors.

Zhou Yutang only conveyed his requirements before filming began. He was able to achieve this level just by imagining it, and it passed in three takes.

Xiaolu and Zhao Jinmai both still have a lot to learn.

"Haha, that looks a little silly."

Wu Mengda laughed at himself: "I stared at the air, like an old man in a daze in the park!"

Zhou Yutang saw that he was struggling, so he asked with concern, "Uncle Da, the next scene is in the afternoon, do you want to take off your clothes and rest first?"

"No need to bother."

Wu Mengda waved his hands repeatedly: "Just wear it."

The crew worked at high speed all day, and the exoskeleton armor + protective suit worn by Wu Mengda weighed more than 70 kilograms.

Not even taking it off when eating.

It takes more than ten hours to wear it, and you can imagine the consumption. It is obviously a bit tiring for old comrades.

Because it takes one or two hours to take it off and put it on again.

Wu Mengda's professionalism is still very good. During one high-altitude scene, he was suspended in the air by wires many times.

Young people might not be able to bear it, but he said nothing, gritted his teeth and insisted on finishing the filming, and was so tired that he needed oxygen.

Zhou Yutang was quite caring towards the old comrade and hired medical staff to look after him just in case.

"Uncle Da, thank you for your hard work."

Next was the scene with Lu Han and Zhao Jinmai. The scene was changed again and Zhou Yutang handed Wu Mengda a bottle of water, but the latter just wet his lips with it.

He was wearing an adult diaper under his protective suit, and he didn't even dare to drink more water. After all, he was an old hand, and his emotional value was revealed as soon as he opened his mouth.
"My ability is nothing. It's far inferior to that of CEO Zhou. I'm busy shooting during the day, and I have to have meetings with the special effects team after work. It's really not easy."

The most important thing is to comfort the big fish in the fish pond that are as fierce as wolves and tigers.

Teacher Fan made the entertainment headlines after visiting the class, and Tang Yan, one of the beauties in "Legend of Sword and Fairy III", also came by.

Governor Zhou worked day and night without any complaint.

In between work, I also have to take time to video chat with my beloved.

The Tiger of the Serious Crime Squad had run into Liu Tianxian, Yijie, and Da Mimi, and he was naturally very impressed with them.

During the most glorious era of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, the trend of the times created a group of wealthy people, who had many romantic stories with female stars, which became the laughing stock of later generations.

But most of them are used to swipe the supplementary gold cards for female celebrities, after all, none of them have the magical powers like the Grand Commander of Jiangdong.

"I don't know if the kidneys can handle it. I heard that Liu is not doing well anymore."

When he was young, Wu Mengda was also very extravagant and unreliable and was involved in gambling.

Later, the prodigal son returned home, and as he grew older, he became more kind-hearted.

Zhou Yutang also showed great respect to this old senior who had three children to support at home and had extremely high professional qualities.

Of course, the Tiger of the Crime Squad did not take advantage of his seniority or act like a senior in the crew. He was very friendly and easy to talk to.

He joined the crew right from the start.

It has been nearly a month since the filming started, and I haven't taken a single day off. I have become familiar with all the staff, including Zhou Yutang's secretary.

At noon, the crew had lunch.

Seeing Chen Duling pick up a few bites of food and then stand up in a hurry without even taking two bites, Wu Mengda put down his chopsticks and asked with concern: "Dudu, don't you eat more?"

"Uncle Da, take your time eating. I'm full."

Chen Duling smiled and said, "I have to help Mai Mai with her homework."

"what?"

Wu Mengda was confused and didn't understand what was going on.

"Maimai is in the third year of junior high school this year."

Zhou Yutang explained to him the mainland's high school entrance examination system.

"Wow, that was really easy."

Uncle Tat said: "Hong Kong junior high school students from Form 1 to Form 3 do not need to take the mainland's high school entrance examination. They can go to higher education through school assessment. For high school, they can take the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, which is much easier."

“No wonder many smart people from the mainland try every possible means to settle down in Hong Kong.”

While talking about the exam, Guo Fan suddenly asked, "Boss, I heard that you tutored Zi Feng before?"

"Where did you see it?"

"Sister Zifeng said it herself in the Mushroom House."

"really."

Zhou Yutang nodded and smiled.

When "The Man from Nowhere" was being filmed in Hong Kong, he personally took part in the filming. After work, he even played the role of a tutor, helping primary school students with their homework.

There is no need for him to do it himself now. Chen Duling is a top female student at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She is very capable of teaching junior high school students.

This can be considered as a fine tradition of the Jiangdong family.
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"After years of hard work, Chen Kai made a stunning debut with his film Legend of the Demon Cat, which grossed 9225 million yuan on the first day, and received polarized reviews, winning the title of the third place in the Lunar New Year film category!"

"The Jackie Chan effect is significant. Bleeding Steel grossed 5840 million on its first day, but its quality was criticized!"

"Deng Chao and Ruan Jingtian challenged the bottom line of censorship. The first-day box office of "Psychological Crime: City of Light" was 5630 million, which was a mediocre performance!"

Compared with Director Chen's works in recent years, this box office data is only second to "The Great Wall".

During the same period, Yuan Baye's "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" had a cumulative box office of 3.12 million yuan, and the number of screenings had dropped to single digits, which was almost negligible.

It’s a pity that there are still two fierce beasts, "Youth" and "Wushuang".

After one week of release of these two films, the total box office of the former exceeded 7.58 million, which is quite impressive.

"Wushuang" is even more terrifying. It has been the daily champion on weekdays, and its average daily box office has never dropped below 1.02 million. Taking into account the 9.14 million box office on that day, the total box office has accumulated to million.

Its power is unparalleled!

The Lunar New Year duet was completely silenced!

(End of this chapter)