It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 1156 So, the fight began!

"Happy full moon to little Shitou. Hehe, hurry up, let me hug this little cutie first. Oh, so cuddly!"

"I want to hug him too. Sister Xun, give him to me after you hug him. He smells so good and has a round face. He must be nice to pinch, hehe."

"This little guy will definitely be a handsome boy when he grows up. Look at his double eyelids, so handsome!"

"Come here, let me put this red string around his neck. This is the full moon red envelope your aunt gave you."

"Ah! He actually kicked me!"

The huge villa was extremely lively at this moment.

Especially in Liu Yifei's bedroom, a large group of women were chattering around the baby, vying to hold him, and they couldn't let go of him.

Today is the day of the full moon in Little Stone.

Chen Fei originally had no intention of making a big fuss, but he couldn't resist these people running over spontaneously.

Helplessly, he had to contact a nearby restaurant and order a table of food to be delivered to his home.

"Everyone, you can still hold the baby later, but you can't eat the food if it gets cold. Go eat first and then come up, okay?"

He shouted earnestly at the door, but in return everyone ignored him.

If Little Shitou hadn't been hungry and crying for milk, this group of people would definitely not have stopped.

"Wow! He's so young and he already recognizes his mother?"

Seeing that little Shitou stopped crying as soon as he returned to Liu Yifei's arms, the group of girls widened their eyes in surprise!
Liu Yifei urged with a smile: "You guys should go eat first. He will take a nap after feeding. With so many people gathered here, he will be scared and cry again."

"Okay, then remember to come out and eat after you finish feeding."

"All right."

Soon, only Liu Yifei and Xiao Shitou were left in the bedroom. As for the others, they were all taken to the restaurant downstairs by Chen Fei.

"Sister Xun, if you like children so much, why don't you have one yourself? You've been married for four years, isn't it time for you to have a baby? If you put it off any longer, you'll become an elderly mother."

Hearing Chen Fei's joke, Zhou Xun, who had been smiling brightly, was stunned.

At this moment, her mood suddenly became much lower, but her face did not show any sign of abnormality.

"I've been too busy in recent years. After finishing the two projects of Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace this month and Hello, Zhihua in November, I will prepare to give birth..."

Zhou Xun didn't seem to want to talk about this topic. After he finished speaking, he directly and abruptly changed the topic to someone else.

The target she chose was Jing Tian: "Tian Tian, ​​your cheongsam is quite beautiful. Is it the costume in "Sito"? "

"Yes."

Jing Tian smiled brightly.

The post-production of "Sito" has been completed, and the release date will be officially announced in the next two days.

As a fantasy TV series with a strong female lead, the main selling point of this drama is her!

Because of this, whenever she attends an event, she chooses to wear a cheongsam to promote the drama from all aspects.

Now, even the casual clothes she wears when meeting friends have been changed into more casual cheongsams.

This is also why Zhou Xun noticed her.

“When will Si Teng be online?”

"At the end of September, my goal is the National Day holiday."

"Ah? TV dramas also have National Day releases?"

"No, it's just that everyone is on vacation during this period. They will naturally have more free time, which will definitely have a certain bonus on the ratings."

The two girls chatted back and forth, and the topic soon shifted away from the children.

Chen Fei looked at Zhou Xun deeply and didn't say much.

Because if he remembered correctly, Zhou Xun not only did not give birth to a child in the next few years, but also divorced her husband one day in the future!
Although he didn't know the reason for the divorce, it might be related to the child.

He was a director, so he easily caught the changes in Zhou Xun's expression and eyes just now.

If his guess was correct, Zhou Xun's marriage life might not be as happy and harmonious as she appeared to be.

Of course, this is someone else's family affair, and he has no right to interfere.

He quickly ate two mouthfuls of rice, and when Liu Yifei sent him a message telling him that the baby had fallen asleep, he quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and went to take over the job of looking after Xiao Shitou.

This behavior naturally won praise from everyone at the dinner table.

"Fade Chen is indeed a model husband!"

Zhou Xun said this with envy, especially after comparing her own man's behavior, the psychological gap became even greater.

"I'm going to look for a husband like this in the future!" Han Jianu made this statement with great confidence.

"Everything is possible in dreams, and it is imagined during the day. This man is no longer one in ten thousand, but one in a billion!"

"Girl, why don't you stay single like me? We two sisters can depend on each other, how about that?"

"Forget it, I don't dare. If I don't get married, my father will definitely beat me to death..."

Han Jianu said this with lingering fear, shaking her head repeatedly, saying that she absolutely did not want to be alone.

She couldn't accept the idea of ​​living out her life alone in a nursing home at the end of her life.

……

Inside Wang Baoqiang’s studio in the capital.

"This movie contains my autobiography, but also your shadow. I need someone who truly understands the 'little people', and you happen to be the most suitable person..."

The heroine of "The New King of Comedy" has been confirmed, but the hero has not yet been confirmed.

Zhou Xingchi intends to pass on the mantle of "King of Comedy" to a new generation of actors, and Wang Baoqiang, who became famous with the "Lost on Journey" and "Detective Chinatown 3" series, has a grassroots background and experience as a supporting actor, which is undoubtedly highly consistent with the theme of the film.

In order to successfully "get" him, Zhou Xingchi did not even invite Wang Baoqiang to audition by phone, but chose to visit him in person.

At this time, after reading the script outline, Wang Baoqiang was indeed moved by the setting of "an out-of-date actor restarting his life" in the script.

However, Zhou Xingchi's creative method made him a little hesitant.

According to what the other party just said, the filming of this movie requires the actors to improvise, reshoot repeatedly, and even blur the boundaries of the script...

This "nonsense" style undoubtedly created a huge conflict with Wang Baoqiang's usual realistic performance!

So, after Zhou Xingchi finished speaking, he subconsciously expressed his inner doubts from a director's perspective: "But Director Zhou, from what I have learned, the audience now seems to prefer real stories. Isn't the design of your "New King of Comedy" a bit too old-fashioned?"

The two people's ideas suddenly collided!

Zhou Xingchi frowned and said bluntly: "No! You don't understand what I mean. I think that this kind of design can be truly called 'art'!"

Art?

This word has not appeared in Wang Baoqiang's ears for a long time.

He vaguely remembered that the last time he heard the word "art" was when a film critic commented on him after the release of "Hello, Mr. Tree".

The other party said that his role as "Mr. Tree" can definitely be regarded as a new peak of "performing arts" in the entire Chinese film and television industry!

Since then, he has never heard the word "art" again.

Well then, can "The New King of Comedy" be called "art"?

Wang Baoqiang subconsciously looked at the introduction of the role "Marco" that Zhou Xingchi asked him to play.

In the setting, Ma Ke was the idol of the heroine Ru Meng when she was young. He was once very popular, but his popularity gradually declined, which made Ma Ke become inferior and manic. So when Ru Meng and him acted together, he kept attacking Ru Meng, but in the end he became popular again because of a short video...

No matter from which angle he looked at it, he couldn't see the word "art" in this character.

And the most important thing is that he will fly to Japan at the end of the month to shoot "Detective Chinatown 3".

The release date of this movie overlaps with that of "The New King of Comedy". Although given his current worth and status, it would be no problem for him to double-team, he does not want to do so.

On the scale in his heart, "Detective Chinatown 3" is far higher than "The New King of Comedy".

In the former, he is the most important male lead.

But in the latter, he became the third male lead.

Although the latter has the fame of Zhou Xingchi, at this time, the value of the three words "Zhou Xingchi" has already dropped to the bottom.

Thinking of this, Wang Baoqiang closed the project book and gently pushed it in front of Zhou Xingchi: "I'm sorry, Master Xing, I have to go to shoot "Detective Chinatown 3", so I'm sorry I can't take this project."

Zhou Xingchi was slightly stunned, his eyes were extremely complicated: "I thought you understood the meaning of 'The King of Comedy'... Commercial films can bring you fame and profit, but this movie can make you a real actor."

"Thank you for your recognition of me, but I have decided to continue to be a director after finishing this film, filming the stories I want to tell, instead of just being an actor."

Having talked about this, the topic of discussion between the two sides has come to an end.

Zhou Xingchi said goodbye and left Wang Baoqiang's studio and went straight to the company.

Although he felt very sorry for not being able to get Wang Baoqiang, this role is not something that only Wang Baoqiang can play. At worst, he could just find another actor.

In order to catch up with next year's Spring Festival, he must race against time and cannot relax for a moment!

The regret did not stay in his heart for too long. His assistant presented him with a list of other grassroots male actors and allowed him to make a new choice.

Except for Wang Baoqiang, most other people don't have any messy ideas.

After all, the name Zhou Xingchi is quite valuable to another group of people!
……

"After one week of release, the comedy film "The Richest Man in Xihong City" starring Shen Teng and Ma Li has successfully earned 15.69 billion yuan at the box office!"

"The new box office revenue of Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings officially fell below 5 million yesterday, and the million investment may be difficult to recover."

"The fantasy romance TV series "Sito" produced by Feiyue Films and starring Jing Tian will be premiered on Youku at 9:30 on September 20. Please stay tuned!"

"The inspirational love idol drama "Dear, Beloved", produced by Feiyue Films and starring Yang Zi and Li Xian, was officially announced to be completed yesterday."

"As of the end of the show, the sci-fi youth drama "My Classmate is 5 Million Years Old" starring Li Gengxi has been viewed over million times online! The show combines youth and science fiction, with a lighthearted and humorous plot, and allows the audience to see the protagonist's thoughts on love and responsibility. It has received a lot of praise and attracted the attention of many viewers.

At the same time, the urban romance drama "You Are Still Here", starring Li Gengxi, has been announced to be broadcast on iQiyi on November 11..."

Today is the premiere of "A Good Show" directed by Huang Bo.

As an investor, Chen Fei naturally could not be absent.

It would be fine if he was abroad, but now that he is in China, it would be somewhat unreasonable for him not to attend.

On the way, while browsing the news, his eyes subconsciously fell on "Li Gengxi".

This young actress who was forcibly promoted by "Xu Cairen" and the future "pre-prepared food queen" has now officially shown her unique style in the circle. In the past, Chen Fei would only follow netizens to play memes online and call her the "pre-prepared food queen".

But now, as a member of the film and television industry, he undoubtedly has the convenience of eating melons up close.

He was actually quite curious about how this "pre-prepared meal queen" would successfully become the best actress with the help of Xu Jinglei.
In her previous life, she could devour plate after plate of "pre-prepared meals" continuously, so can she do it in this life?
……

In Shanghai, Lemon Pictures, the audition site for the family education TV series "Little Joy".

Director Wang Jun, screenwriter Huang Lei and producer Xu Xiaoou are currently busy organizing today's actor audition materials.

Looking around, all that was placed on the table were audition resumes sent in by actors born after 00.

"Little Joy" is an educational drama focusing on families taking the college entrance examination. It continues the production team of "Little Farewell" and is particularly strict in the selection of teenage roles!

The main audition today is for the role of "Qiao Yingzi".

In the play, "Qiao Yingzi" is a senior high school student with a complex personality. She gradually falls into depression due to her parents' divorce and her mother's over-control. The role requires the actor to have both youthfulness and emotional explosiveness.

The casting team selected hundreds of young actors from across the country, requiring them to be able to both showcase the youthfulness of students and handle deep psychological drama.

Under such high requirements, the audition for this role was destined not to be easy!

The three of them seemed to be ready to fight a "tough battle" today.

At this moment, outside the audition room, many actresses born after 00 were waiting for the audition to officially start.

Among them, Li Gengxi and Zhao Jinmai are undoubtedly the two most popular candidates.

Because of signing with Xu Jinglei's company, Li Gengxi was actually recommended to the crew very early.

After seeing her performance video on a social platform, director Wang Jun initially thought that her temperament was similar to Qiao Yingzi, so he specially invited her to Shanghai for a face-to-face audition.

However, during her first audition, because she did not fully understand the complexity of the character and only showed Qiao Yingzi's cheerful side, the director team directly gave her feedback that her audition result was "lack of emotional levels" and asked her to further explore the character's inner world.

After returning, with the help of Xu Jinglei, I conducted a period of one-on-one training.

So this is her second audition. Compared to others, her advantages are undoubtedly very obvious, which also makes her very confident.

However, when she saw Zhao Jinmai at the audition site this morning, the tension in her heart suddenly solidified again.

She knew that Zhao Jinmai's strength should not be underestimated and this audition would be a tough battle!
In order to get this role, she had been preparing for a long time. She had repeatedly pondered Yingzi's psychological changes in countless late nights, trying to completely integrate herself into this role.

Until this moment, she was still imagining Yingzi's helplessness in the face of family pressure, her persistent pursuit of her dreams, and the complex and subtle emotions between her and her parents.

She doesn't want to lose to Zhao Jinmai, she wants to win!

But what she didn't know was that Zhao Jinmai on the other side was also fully prepared.

She had already obtained the complete script, and she also spent countless days and nights preparing for the targeted training for the role of "Qiao Yingzi".

In addition, Guo Fan would give her special training from time to time and arrange for her to study with veteran actors in various crews, so her acting skills have improved a lot compared to when she was in "The Wandering Earth".

Like Li Gengxi, he is also determined to win this audition!

"Everyone, get ready. Listen to my call and come in for the audition one by one..."

The door of the audition room was suddenly pushed open, and a staff member leaned out and shouted something to the outside.

In an instant, everyone's heartbeat began to accelerate!
They all understand that the time has come to test whether they have the real talent!

……

The premiere of the movie "A Good Show" in the capital.

"Rather than saying today is the premiere of A Good Show, it's better to say this is Zhang Yixing's fan meeting. Are you shooting a music video for him?"

Looking back at the glow sticks held by the audience in the back row, Chen Fei immediately began to tease Huang Bo.

Huang Bo chuckled and didn't object: "Yixing's acting is very good. He is also a popular artist and can bring a bonus to the film's box office. I don't regret choosing him."

"Really?"

Fade Chen raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything more because the lights in the theater had dimmed.

On the big screen, the story unfolds in an absurd yet real atmosphere.

A dilapidated fishing boat is tossing on the rough sea. On board is a group of people who originally lived an ordinary life but were accidentally caught up in an unknown fate.

Ma Jin, a small man who dreams of winning 60 million yuan in lottery tickets, and his cousin Xiaoxing, embark on a ridiculous and emotional journey in this sudden adventure...

In fact, the story of "A Good Show" easily reminds people of "Lord of the Flies", a famous work by Nobel Prize winner in Literature William Golding.

But this movie is actually the opposite of "Lord of the Flies", including the character setting, the development of the story, the theme of human nature and so on.

To use a fashionable adjective, "A Good Show" is "the reverse Lord of the Flies"!
However, the core message that this movie ultimately wants to express is almost exactly the same as the latter.

This is not meant to be derogatory, but rather a different point of view.

Both works are classified as "allegorical works" due to some symbolic and symbolic settings within the stories.

If Lord of the Flies is a realistic fable, then A Good Show is more like a utopian fable.

An isolated desert island - there are not many movies with this background, but they are diverse and rarely the same.

In this environment, the story of one person is called "Survival on a Deserted Island", the story of a man and a woman is called "Youth Coral Island" or various love action films, and the story of an unbalanced gender ratio such as one woman and multiple men is called the movie "Anatahan Island" adapted from real events.

But in a movie like "A Good Show", where a group of men and women come to an isolated island, the final result can only be - "Chicken Eating"!
All the "isolation" in the past was relative. Whenever such a scene was set up, everyone would eventually be discovered.

But "A Good Show" is different.

Because of a meteorite gift, more than half of the group of people believed that the outside "world no longer exists".

This is also the reason why Wang Baoqiang began to order everyone to obey him in the way of "managing monkeys".

But for the protagonist Ma Jin, the existence of the lottery ticket made him insist on "going out" and successfully getting the money.

So, the fight began!

At the same time, the good and evil of human nature begin to emerge in laughter, hope, cruelty, and reality, making people laugh while experiencing the profound themes expounded in the film.

It can be clearly seen that Huang Bo really hopes to show through the film story that a person can bravely face the evil side of human nature and recognize the meaning of his own imperfections.

This is naturally a good thing, and it is also the core that comedy movies need to show if they want to gain high reputation.

However, Huang Bo was so eager to succeed that he put all his eggs in one basket.

In addition to the necessary themes, the film also contains absurd satire and criticism of some things, such as Wang Xun's fence-sitter, experts who talk nonsense, and indirect criticism.

But it is understandable, after all, this is the first time he has released his own work by directing, writing and performing it himself.

This is what a new director and new screenwriter combination is like. They always want to express everything they think, so the movie looks very "full" and contains a huge amount of information, which will undoubtedly become a point of criticism from the audience.

But overall, the story has been presented very well.

As for Zhang Yixing's acting skills, which Huang Bo constantly praised, in Chen Fei's opinion, were only slightly better than Lu Han and Wu Yifan.

As for the even better performance, unfortunately, he really didn't notice it.

"Clap clap clap!"

More than two hours later, the movie ended and applause broke out from the audience.

Huang Bo enjoyed everyone's encouragement while looking towards Chen Fei expectantly.

Of course Chen Fei knew what he wanted to ask.

After thinking about it, he said, "Let's not talk about the distant future, a box office of 10 billion is definitely no problem."

As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Huang Bo's face became even brighter.

He really likes the word "10 billion"!

……

Magic City, the audition site for "Little Joy".

Li Gengxi's audition has ended at this time, and Zhao Jinmai's audition is currently underway.

As soon as she came on stage, she gave people a different feeling, and her watery eyes seemed to have a kind of determination and confidence.

Under Wang Jun's guidance, she first began to perform the performance she was best at.

She skillfully used her body language and micro-expressions to fully demonstrate Qiao Yingzi's intelligence, sensitivity and kindness.

Then, when the performance reached its climax, she had successfully and thoroughly immersed herself in the role of Qiao Yingzi.

When she said "Mom, I'm really tired", her voice trembled and tears welled up in her eyes, as if she was the Qiao Yingzi who was bound by family pressure.

At this moment, she suddenly recalled the days when she had worked hard for her dreams... Especially her desire for understanding from her loved ones, as well as her inner struggle and pain, which were portrayed vividly by her!
For a moment, Wang Jun, Huang Lei and others in the audience were moved by her performance, as if they really saw a girl struggling in adversity.

At this moment, she was in tears and sobbing, which was very moving. There seemed to be a unique magic in that sincere performance, which successfully brought several people into that family full of joys and sorrows.

After a performance, Wang Jun, Huang Lei and Xu Xiaoou all gave satisfied applause.

However, it is impossible to determine the role so easily.

Although they were very satisfied with Zhao Jinmai's audition results, the acting skills shown by Li Gengxi before were not inferior at all.

In addition to the actor's acting skills, factors such as the role's suitability, the actor's schedule, and market response must also be considered. These all need to be taken into account for comprehensive consideration.

At the same time, there is actually an unwritten rule for crew auditions.

That is - auditions don't just happen inside the audition room, they also happen outside of it!
For example, at this moment, Li Gengxi, after noticing Zhao Jinmai's relaxed and confident state when she walked out of the audition room, immediately called Xu Jinglei.

Although she was very satisfied with her audition results, she could not resist the fact that her "opponent" was more popular and famous than her.

Under such circumstances, if she didn't use her connections privately, she would probably miss out on the role.

However, what she didn't know was that at the same time she was calling Xu Jinglei, Zhao Jinmai was also calling.

"Director Guo, I'm leaving it to you from now on!"

On the other end of the phone, Guo Fan responded, "Okay, you don't have to worry about what happens next. I'll give a heads-up to President Jiang and ask her to talk to the chairman of Lemon Pictures. It just so happens that the two companies have business dealings, so I believe they will give Feiyue Pictures some face."

"Yeah, ok, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Jinmai did not stay here for too long. He went downstairs and took a car directly to the audition site of "Life of Pi".

She was quite confident about getting the role of "Qiao Yingzi".

After all, in the predecessor of "Little Joy", "Little Farewell", she played a role that was very similar to "Qiao Yingzi".

And this time, Feiyue Film and Television is behind her to cheer her on.

With so many buffs stacked up, no matter how she thought about it, she felt that there was no way she could lose to that Li Gengxi!
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