Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 696 China's Gift to the World

The premiere of "The Hunger Games 2" has ended, and the second review of the Spring Festival Gala is getting closer.

Those who are interested use various means to connect and unleash their energy.

At the scene of the "Direct to the Spring Festival Gala" program, Mango TV had already completed its controlling stake in Tianyu, and the Happy Boys were considered their own.

On the stage was Hua Chenyu, a member of the Happy Boys, singing with all his heart and veins exposed, while below the stage were Zhang Yong from Mango TV and Director Li, the head of the program group Direct to the Spring Festival Gala, chatting and laughing.

"Director Li, the three of them are very popular! Especially Hua Chenyu!" Zhang Yong said with a meaningful smile.

Director Li nodded in approval and said, "Yes, not bad, not bad. They are all young people and there are many opportunities."

Zhang Yong thought that Director Li's "many chances" was a hint that Hua Chenyu, Bai Jugang, and Zuo Li, the three boys from the Super Boys Contest, had a high chance of winning in the end, so he immediately raised his eyebrows and complimented him, "Director Li is right."

The situation is stronger than the person. Zhang Yong has always been the object of flattery, but when compared with the directors of the program groups of CCTV, he is far inferior.

Director Li also thought that Zhang Yong understood what he meant. He actually wanted to subtly encourage Zhang Yong that if he failed to be elected this year, he could keep working hard next year. However, Zhang Yong misunderstood his meaning.

Zhang Yong and Li Chen can't communicate, but there are people who can, such as He Jiong.

Li Chen thought that choosing He Jiong to host was a win-win situation.

The first is to dispel the rumors about his discord with Mango TV and show his overall view to the national audience. The second is to give back to He Jiong for his hard work in promoting Rongchen Pictures' films.

Media Hotel, the second review of the Spring Festival Gala was moved from the Film and Television House to this place. Compared with the Film and Television House, it is more convenient to keep confidentiality here.

He Jiong strictly abided by Li Chen's confidentiality principle. Except for the director of Mango TV, even the Happy Family members were kept in the dark.

After checking in at the Media Hotel, He Jiong found the right opportunity to take the initiative to thank Li Chen.

However, he did not mention a word about Zhang Yong's request. In his opinion, if Mr. Li wanted to choose the fast boy, he would choose him even without his help.

If Mr. Li insists on not choosing, then his pleading will be of no avail.

In fact, he also understood that if President Li chose him to host, he would most likely not choose Happy Boys and Super Girls from the station.

Seeing Zhao Benshan and Zhang Guoli coming towards him, they were talking about something and Zhao Benshan seemed a little absent-minded.

Zhang Guoli also came over and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Someone is looking for you."

In the past few days, countless people have come to look for him, including Li Chen, Yao Chen, and even his old friend Zhang Tieling was tempted.

However, Yao Chen and Li Chen are both artists of Huayi, and Wang Zhonglei was too embarrassed to do so, so he let the artists find a way themselves.

Now that he is a shareholder of Huayi, he cannot refuse.

Zhao Benshan smiled and said, "It's okay. I understand that children want to be on the Spring Festival Gala. However, as their teacher, I can only speak to Li Chen for them. Whether they can be on the show or not depends on Li Chen."

Zhang Guoli laughed and said, "You're right. If a director has an assistant, his farts won't even make a sound."

"Who said it wasn't? This isn't the set of Country Love!"

Zhang Guoli wanted to laugh again, and asked curiously, "Which disciple of yours is looking for you?"

Zhang Guoli thought it was Zhao Benshan’s disciples from the Northeast.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Benshan said without comment: "Huang Shengyi and Dapeng."

When Zhang Guoli heard this, he couldn't remember it for a long time. It took him a long time to react. It seemed that this happened before. The star girl knelt down on the spot in front of the sketch master in front of her.

At that time, he and his wife sneered. Such a famous actor, yet he bowed down and became Zhao Benshan's apprentice. Was he really doing it to learn skits?
"Xing Girl? Don't blame me for being nosy. I advise you not to waste your breath. Li Chen and that Yang Zi have never gotten along."

"If I remember correctly, your apprentice has never participated in any project of Rongchen Films."

Zhao Benshan nodded and said, "So, I didn't plan to mention it to Li Chen. I'll try to find out what he thinks. She has come to me, her master, for help. I will help her if I can."

When Zhao Benshan mentioned Huang Shengyi to Li Chen intentionally or unintentionally, Li Chen simply did not respond to him.

He just smiled and replied: "Teacher Zhao, the script of "Not Short of Money 2" can be reconsidered."

After hearing this, Zhao Benshan immediately tactfully stopped mentioning Huang Shengyi.

Peninsula Morning Post reported
"Break the convention and hire an external host!"

"Since Li Chen took office, there have been many versions of the candidates for the host of the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse. The most common one is that an external host will be invited to break the tradition of using CCTV's internal hosts for the Spring Festival Gala in previous years."

"Reporters learned that the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse will definitely have "foreign aid" hosts. Zhu Jun, who has hosted the Spring Festival Gala for 17 years, also expressed his feelings at a new book signing event if he didn't appear on the Spring Festival Gala."

"From a selfish point of view, if I continue to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, I will miss my son's childhood. He is already 12 years old. It seems that Zhu Jun, the veteran host of the Spring Festival Gala, is also eager to take a break."

Beijing News
"Yesterday, the 2013 Grand Finals of Avenue of Stars was held in Beijing. The host Bi Fujian and the outstanding contestants of the year all appeared, and whether "Grandpa Bi" would host the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse also became the focus of attention at the scene."

"In response to this, Bi Fujian said that it is still uncertain. "I am old enough to be on the show, so I will definitely be happy. However, all previous Spring Festival Gala hosts have been revealed later. I have not received any notification yet."

"Regarding the new Spring Festival Gala director Li Chen, Bi Fujian said, "As the head coach this time, no one can figure out what he is like."

Shenyang Evening News reported
"The 3 boys of the Super Boys PK of "Direct to the Spring Festival Gala" became the focus."

"Last Saturday night, the variety show "I Want to Be on the Spring Festival Gala - Direct to the Spring Festival Gala" was broadcast live for the first time to inject fresh blood into the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse. Representative teams from 32 provinces across the country appeared one after another to try their hand at it."

"There were no eliminations in the first live broadcast. Around 22: on the same day, the most watched "Super Boy" contestants Hua Chenyu, Bai Jugang and Zuo Li represented the Hunan team on stage."

"However, Wang Xiaomin and Yu Kewei, contestants of The Voice of China who were expected to compete with Hua Chenyu, were absent from their debut due to some reasons. It is reported that Yu Kewei will make way for Wang Xiaomin, who also debuted on The Voice of China."

"The absence of Wang Xiaomin and Yu Kewei left the live broadcast spotlight to Hua Chenyu, Bai Jugang and Zuo Li, who are known as the "Three Young Super Boys". When they appeared on stage, the whole audience went from quiet to boiling in an instant."

Beijing Morning News reported
"Recently, the Tianzhu brand founded by Yang Zi was unveiled at the China Cultural Relics International Expo, and my "good friend" Huang Shengyi personally supported Yang Zi as a senior collector."

"Although the two deliberately accepted separate interviews, the topic of their relationship still continues to be heard. Yang Zi is deeply grateful to the media for their continued attention for 8 years. Thank you for always making us the headlines."

"As for whether he would ask his master Zhao Benshan to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, Huang Shengyi said, "Now I just want to do every job well, cherish every opportunity, do my best, and let everything else go with the flow."

Sina Entertainment News

"As the second review of the Spring Festival Gala approaches, yesterday, the official Weibo account of the Peninsula Morning Post's entertainment department released a message saying that someone broke the news that Wang Feng might lead this year's "Voice of China" student Li Qi and "Super Boy" contestant Hua Chenyu to appear in the 2014 Spring Festival Gala as a group together with Shang Wenjie."

"But Sina Entertainment quickly contacted Wang Feng, Shang Wenjie, Li Qi and Tianyu, and they all said they had not received any relevant notifications, and whether they would appear on the Spring Festival Gala would depend on the official announcement in the future."

On the 19th, the second review of the Spring Festival Gala was held at Media Center.

It was already dark, and the reporters who had been waiting all day finally spotted a minibus carrying stars such as Cai Ming, Yue Yunpeng, Dapeng, and Hua Shao driving out of the CCTV compound.

"What's going on? Why are they still traveling in a group???" "Really? Aren't they all traveling alone? When has there ever been a situation where actors traveled in a group like this?"

"Could it be that they are going to put on a show?" the Legal Evening News reporter made a bold guess.

"Impossible? These people are totally unrelated!"

"One is Guo Degang's favorite disciple, one is Zhao Benshan's 53rd disciple, and one is Li Chen's Chinese Good Tongue."

"So Pan Changjiang has no chance!"

"Who said that? Maybe even Cai Ming's two programs are hard to say!"

"No way, one person has two programs in the Spring Festival Gala?"

"What can't he do? Others may not be able to do it, but Leo never plays by the rules." This sentence from the Sina reporter silenced many of his colleagues.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. It was undeniable that the Sina reporter's words were not groundless.

In the CCTV studio, Liu Yifei, the heroine of "Knowing Your Destiny", heard the theme song of "Knowing Your Destiny" for the first time.

Her feeling can only be described in eight words: like the sound of nature, like a dream.

Not only her, everyone at the scene seemed to be impressed by her husband's skills and methods. This was not the Spring Festival Gala, but a costume drama.

It’s hard for “Knowing” not to be popular now.

Zhang Xiaohai's eyes sparkled and he nodded frequently.

At first, he was not convinced by Li Chen's suggestion to use a virtual-real fusion high-definition production system to break the traditional Spring Festival Gala stage scene.

Even the master might regret having invited the great god Li Chen. Now it is easier to invite a god than to send him away.

In fact, it doesn’t cost much to invite stars to the Spring Festival Gala. For example, the most expensive one, Wang Fei, only cost 5,000 yuan.

Who would have thought that with Li Chen's arrival, stars became cheaper, but the Spring Festival Gala stage is almost as good as the sum of the previous 30 years' Spring Festival Gala.

But after seeing this effect, Zhang Xiaohai was completely convinced.

He believes that Chinese people around the world and even audiences from all over the world will open their eyes wide when they see the stage of this year's Spring Festival Gala. The effect will definitely be comparable to the sudden appearance of "Avatar".

The ancient building complex presented on the stage in front of us is said to be a joint effort of a technology company and Zhizhen Painting Art. Not only did it carry out large-scale scene scanning and three-dimensional modeling, it also created an infinitely extended virtual stage space.

After Yu Kewei and Yang Zongwei finished singing the song, they seemed to have not yet come out of this beautiful scene.

It was Li Chen's words that brought the two back to reality from their dreams.

"Kewei, your movement just now was a little slow!"

Yu Kewei came back to his senses and hurriedly trotted to Li Chen's side. Liu Yifei praised sincerely: "You sing really well."

Yu Kewei was excited about the boss lady's praise. While holding Liu Yifei's hand, he approached Li Chen, bent down and looked like he was humbly asking for advice: "I was too nervous just now, boss, let me take a look."

Yang Zongwei also walked down the stage, met Liu Yifei, and took the initiative to ask for her WeChat.

Liu Yifei looked at her husband's serious expression and actually thought he was so handsome like a crazy fan. Even without his looks, he was so handsome that her heart was moved.

It was not until 11 o'clock in the evening that the couple left Media.

After getting in the car, Liu Yifei took the initiative to hold her husband's arm and gently leaned her face on his shoulder, looking like she didn't want to be separated for a moment.

Li Chen looked sideways curiously at his happy-looking wife and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing?" Liu Yifei closed her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering like butterflies, and her beautiful facial features seemed like a gift from heaven, which made Li Chen secretly fascinated.

Li Chen couldn't help but bend down and gently kiss his wife's seductive red lips, which felt sweet and delicious.

Liu Yifei raised her head actively, her eyes blurred, and allowed her husband to take whatever he wanted.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

"Sweet and delicious, with a long aftertaste. I'll take care of this delicacy!" Li Chen frivolously lifted the tip of Miss Liu's chin while she blushed.

The two looked at each other.

To Liu Yifei, Li Chen's pupils like black diamonds seemed like an eternal mystery that could never be solved.

She couldn't figure it out, nor did she want to.

I just want to be with him in this life and the next.

Her husband was right, forever was too far away, she just wanted to accompany him to the end of the world.
On the 21st, "The Hunger Games 2" will be released in domestic theaters first, and on the 22nd in North America.

When the good news came, Liu Yifei had already reluctantly left her husband and flew to Taiwan to attend the 50th anniversary celebration of the Golden Horse Awards.

Sina Entertainment News

"The Hunger Games 2 topped the North American box office charts on Friday with $7450 million on its first day of release, setting not only the highest first-day opening record in November in North American film history, but also surpassing the previous film, The Hunger Games, which grossed $11 million."

“It also surpassed the first-day box office record of Chiyou Pictures’ previous best-selling series, the Twilight quadrilogy.”

"At the same time, the 'cool girl' style represented by the heroine Katniss played by Liu Yifei is also becoming a new popular trend in the United States."

"US media called Liu Yifei a gift from China to the world."

The box office of "The Hunger Games 2" in mainland China on the first day was less than million, which is completely insignificant compared to North America.

But it was this "not worth mentioning" that overshadowed the other big stars who arrived in Taiwan one after another.

When Zhang Ziyi landed at Taoyuan Airport, her original intention was to show off her "Grandmaster" style.

As a result, the reporters just kept talking about things that were not related to the topic.

"Zhang Ziyi, Liu Yifei's box office for The Hunger Games alone has surpassed the North American box office of all your works, and the first-day box office of The Hunger Games 2 has also surpassed the first-day box office of all your works in North America."

“Do you feel any pressure about this?”

"The US media called you China's gift to Hollywood, but Liu Yifei was called China's gift to the world by the US media. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Zhang Ziyi felt like a thousand horses were galloping through her heart. If it were someone else, she would have ignored it and turned her face away.

But when it comes to Liu Yifei, she dare not.
(End of this chapter)