During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 744: The Office Trip of the Bewitched Big Sister

Compared to ordinary premiere ceremonies, "The Crossing (Part 1)" was indeed different.

The first program was a group of children wearing school uniforms from the Republic of China, singing on the stage, accompanied by dancers.

Then, more than a dozen pairs of men and women appeared, wearing suits and evening gowns that represented the upper class in that era, and started ballroom dancing.

All the opening programs are quite characteristic of that era and can be described as unique and creative.

Even Gao Yuanyuan, who is used to all kinds of premieres, found it quite novel.

But the Wei and Jin dynasties had only one comment on this: it's all flashy and just a facade.

This is no different from The Promise. What’s the result? After all, the quality of a movie still matters.

After nearly half an hour of boring performance, the host Cao Kefan finally came on stage.

Perhaps knowing that the guests had been waiting for a long time, Cao Kefan did not give a long speech. After a brief opening remark, he invited the main creators to come on stage.

Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye Kyo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi were paired up, either holding hands or linking arms.

However, the most lucky one is Tong Dawei, who was surrounded by many beauties from China and Japan, including Nagasawa Masami, Kuroki Hitomi, Qin Hailu, Yu Feihong, etc.
"Eh? Xiao Jin, did you notice? From this distance, Mengying and Nagasawa Masami actually look somewhat similar."

Da Meiyu seemed to have discovered some new world. She turned her head and whispered into Wei Jin's ear.

"It is a bit similar." Wei Jin commented.

In fact, they don't look alike, but their temperament and charm are similar. They are both women with big facial features, short faces, and dignified temperament.

However, Han Jianu saw the interaction between the two and felt inexplicably uncomfortable, so she made a sour remark.

"Brother, Sister Yuanyuan, please pay attention, there is a live broadcast of the movie channel here."

Upon hearing this, Da Meiyuan thought that the girl was just concerned about Wei Jin and herself, so she smiled and nodded, then sat upright with a dignified look on her face and turned her attention back to the stage.

At this moment, the host is interviewing Huang Xiaoming, asking him who he would fall in love with at first sight between Song Hye Kyo and Yang Ying?
Perhaps out of considerations of publicity or perhaps because of the plot setting, Huang Xiaoming insisted that it was Song Hye Kyo, and the latter's face was full of shyness.

The host took the opportunity to make fun of them, and the two of them danced shyly on the stage, but because they had to look affectionate, they laughed all over the place.
This scene made Wei Jin feel so embarrassed that he almost got a attack of embarrassment, so he held Da Meiyuan's hand and daydreamed about.

The following interview was also quite boring, as it involved actors from China, Japan and South Korea. Sometimes they spoke Chinese, sometimes Korean and sometimes Japanese, and I don’t know how many people in the audience understood it.

After nearly half an hour of interview and interaction, this part finally ended, but Wu Baige started to show off again.

He talked about his understanding of the war, his interpretation of that period of history, and his praise and eulogy for beautiful love.
Ten minutes later, the lights in the theater dimmed and the main movie finally began playing.

Wei Jin has to admit that as an "international great director", Wu Baige's aesthetic attainments and composition and camera skills are indeed good.

Great care was taken in every detail, including the costumes and props, which truly restored the war-torn era and the decadent life of the upper class.

But this is a war film, and it's an epic war film, but the core of your film is actually anti-war? Isn't this funny?

Tell me, in that special context, if you wanted to oppose the war, where did you sit?
This is just like the original "Red Cliff", during the Three Kingdoms period, there was no pursuit of unification, but a call to stop the civil war.

After that, are you planning to turn China into one of the 15 European countries? Can you use some brains?

What made Wei Jin speechless was that Wu Baige didn't know if he had been fed pigeons so much that he became stupid and actually gave up his greatest advantage - [Aesthetics of Violence]

The "violent aesthetics" that once shined in "A Better Tomorrow", "Once Upon a Time" and "A Better Tomorrow", and even became Wu Baige's label, is now completely gone.

After the large-scale battle in this drama, although the scene was full of piles of corpses and broken walls, there was no blood, which greatly weakened the impact.

Perhaps it is just as the subtitles at the beginning of the film say: Rather than devoting your life to war, it is better to dedicate it to love.
All I can say is that this person has completely gone crazy on the path of "love and peace".

However, the guests at the scene were all very considerate. Regardless of whether they understood it or not, or how they felt about it privately, after the movie ended, the applause was like thunder.

Perhaps it was this kind of on-site reaction that gave Han Sanping the illusion, and he turned around with an excited look on his face to ask Wei Jin's opinion.

"Director Han, let's leave this question to the audience, haha"

After all, it was a happy day, and Wei Jin did not want to embarrass Old Han in person, so he happily smoothed it over.

He could see that Han Sanping's knowledge of movies was still very shallow after all these years.

Especially for blockbusters, they are still immersed in the rut of big directors, big investments, big casts and big special effects.

As for the core and plot of the script, he doesn't care at all!

The premiere ended and it was time for the socializing at the Western-style cocktail party.

However, Wei Jin never expected that he would be one of the protagonists in such a grand occasion today, and he was extremely busy.

The actresses from the main creative team came over one after another to socialize, as if they had discussed it beforehand.

Zhang Ziyi's purpose for coming was simple. The Oscar voting was about to begin, and she solemnly promised that she would vote for her mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang's "The Distinguished Citizen" for the Best Foreign Language Film.

She even expressed some regret that it was a pity that Wei Jin and Gao Yuanyuan's movie "Vanish Girl" was not registered for this year's Oscars, otherwise she would definitely vote.

In response, Wei Jin politely thanked him and did not pay any further attention.

After all, this woman has too many weird things going on. Even though her acting skills are good, she is not the first choice for Wei Jin to work with.

As for her friendly relationship with Jing Tian and Zeng Li? Wei Jin didn't care about that.

However, Qin Hailu, who is also one of the seven golden flowers of 96 at the Central Academy of Drama, came to express her gratitude this time.

The drama Red Sorghum, in which she collaborated with Zhou Gongzi, had quite good ratings, which were about to break 2, and it also had very good reputation.

Although it has not yet concluded, Red Sorghum has already been invited to this year's National Drama Festival, and winning an award is a high probability event.

Even next year's Magnolia Awards will probably be a hot favorite.

Qin Hailu, who has a lot of roles in the drama, may also have a chance to win a supporting actress award.

This is one of the few works of Qin Hailu on the small screen in recent years that has both great reputation and high ratings. It is no surprise that she thanks Wei Jin as the producer.

Wei Jin did not take credit for this. After all, this was Zheng Xiaolong's choice, and Sister Li had already paid the price.

In addition to Zhang Ziyi and Qin Hailu, the two golden flowers related to Sister Li, Gao Yuanyuan's good friend Yu Feihong also came over.

However, although this sister was chatting intimately with Da Meiyuan on the surface, her big eyes were constantly looking at Wei Jin.

It's quite obvious what the plan is.

But at the moment, Wei Jin didn't have much time to pay attention to Ai Cao's sister. He was receiving international friends.

To be honest, when it comes to external etiquette, Japanese and Korean actors are truly impeccable.

Nagasawa Masami and Song Hye Kyo both bowed 90 degrees to greet Wei Jin.

Including their agents in mainland China, they also respectfully handed over their business cards and expressed the same meaning - if there is an opportunity to audition, please ask Director Wei to invite you, and the remuneration is not a problem. And Nagasawa Masami's agent even hinted to Wei Jin in Japanese that it was totally fine if he wanted to "audition".

I have to say that the pimp was really well-trained, the Japanese actors were very obedient, and there was no expression of any strangeness on Masami Nagasawa's face.

It's just a pity that these two are considered to be the most famous Chinese and Japanese actors in mainland China, and their acting skills are also quite good.

Whether it is Song Hye Kyo's performance in "God of War" or Nagasawa Masami's performance in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which won her the Japan Blue Ribbon Best Supporting Actress Award, both are remarkable.

But Wei Jin was not very interested in them. It was not because they were not good-looking, but because they were not within his aesthetic range.

There are more and more women around him nowadays. Unless one of them is really top-notch or has a huge buff, it is difficult to arouse Wei Jin's interest.

So after saying a few polite words, Wei Jin walked towards Da Meiyuan and Yu Feihong amid the disappointment on the faces of the two Japanese and Korean beauties.

"Hey, our great director, it seems like we have gained something else today."

Yu Feihong blinked and gave Wei Jin a mischievous smile, who immediately rolled his eyes.

"Senior Sister Yu, if you say that, I won't approve the script you submitted."

In the nearly half year since "Vanishing Lover", Yu Feihong, in addition to following the crew's publicity, has spent most of her time studying at the Beijing Film Academy's directing department, obviously wanting to prove herself.

Some time ago, she saw a comic book in the company's copyright library and planned to adapt it into the big screen.

The script adaptation has also been completed with the help of the screenwriting department.

However, for this attempt at comic adaptation, the script still needs Wei Jin's approval.

So after hearing this, Yu Feihong immediately got angry and said, "Junior brother, how could you do this? You are putting personal interests above public ones and retaliating."

At this point, Yu Feihong pouted at Gao Yuanyuan again, "Yuanyuan, you see he must have some ideas, otherwise how could this happen?"

Da Meiyuan was not fooled, and even seemed to be gloating, as if she was watching a show.

"Sister Feihong, the mouth can cause trouble. Good luck to you. I can't help you. Hahaha."

After the premiere of "The Crossing (Part 1)", for two days in a row, all major portals and film and television information were flooded with related reports.

Perhaps it was because the travel expenses were sufficient, or perhaps it was because the major producers had considerable power, but there was not a single negative review from either the industry or film critics.

Even in many media reports, the producer's slogan was directly quoted. Titles and press releases such as "epic masterpiece" and "Eastern Titanic" directly praised the movie to the sky!
This kind of publicity and industry evaluation have indeed attracted many viewers' desire to watch the movie!
“I just hope that after these audiences enter the venue, they can still maintain this expectation, tsk tsk tsk.”

After expressing his emotion, Wei Jin continued to browse the industry information and saw something really ridiculous.

"Myeongryang", which previously topped the box office in South Korea and was regarded as a masterpiece by Koreans, was a complete flop in China, with its first-day performance less than four million!

You know, Zhou Gongzi's "The Coquettish Woman", which was released at the same time as it, also won nearly 2500 million on the first day box office.

This data comparison made Koreans unable to sit still. Whether it was the film and television industry, the media, or even ordinary people, they all seemed to have been insulted.

Their officials even publicly called on relevant mainland departments to protest against the mainland's disrespect for their history and their heroes!

The Korean media was more direct, and they stated with certainty:

In a vast market where a single film can earn 25 billion, it is absolutely impossible for "Myeongryang" to perform like this. It must have encountered artificial suppression. I call on relevant domestic departments to conduct a strict investigation!

As for the comments of ordinary people, they are even funnier.

They said: This is because China does not have Yi Sun-sin, and they are jealous.
From the government to the industry to ordinary people, South Korea's bizarre operation made domestic netizens burst into laughter.

Many people have mocked and criticized him online, listing famous generals in Chinese history, from Bai Qi, Li Mu, Meng Tian and others in the Warring States Period to Xiang Yu, Han Xin, Ying Bu and Peng Yue in the Chu-Han Period.
The historical figures and battle records one after another made the opponents speechless, and they broke down in anger and said that these were all fake! ! ! !

"Junior brother, what are you looking at? You look so happy."

A crisp voice pulled Wei Jin back from his trance. He looked up and saw that it was Yu Feihong, whom he had met at the premiere two days ago.

"Senior Sister Yu, why are you here? Please take a seat."

Although Wei Jin was a little surprised, he still asked her to take a seat. However, Yu Feihong ignored him and locked the office door.

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Wei Jin fell silent, but Yu Feihong answered the first question with a smile on her face.

"Didn't you invite me to come? If Boss Wei wants to block my script, I have to come to your house to smooth things over."

While speaking, this intellectual older sister had already walked behind Wei Jin's desk, her eyes full of teasing.

"Sister Yu, not really, not really, that was just a joke."

Wei Jin stopped immediately. He was still a little hesitant about having any contact with Yu Feihong.

"How can that be? Mr. Wei is a distinguished person. He can strike back if he says he wants to strike back."

Yu Feihong seemed to enjoy the feeling of teasing Wei Jin. Her slender hands were playing around his chest and her face was full of seductiveness.

"So, Junior Brother, I am here to apologize for my crime, you can do whatever you want."

It has to be said that mature sisters are really good at flirting. The scent of high-end perfume, coupled with her demanding look and tone, made Wei Jin determined.

No one is afraid, why are you hesitating as a man?
The driving experience of the old A8 is also good, not to mention it’s in the office?

So Wei Jin stood up, put his arm around Yu Feihong's slender waist, and with his other hand held her soft buttocks and kneaded them.

"Sister, I'll have to trouble you from now on."

"Well, I have offended President Wei, this is the punishment I deserve, Junior Brother, please don't show me pity."

It can be seen that this sister hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and her whole body is ignited by fire.

So Wei Jin didn't waste any more time and just put one hand on the woman's shoulder and pressed down hard.

"Senior Sister Yu, since you are not good at talking, let's fix your mouth first."

"It should."

Yu Feihong swallowed her saliva and squatted down following the force. With anticipation, she finally met her long-missed friend.

Just the familiar smell made Yu Feihong feel like she was about to faint.

After licking her dry red lips, she kissed him gently.

"Well"

That afternoon, in Wei Jin's office, the old A8 was driven on the highway again. After more than two hours, the cylinder was about to burst.
(End of this chapter)