Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 329 Kidnapping?

Liu Xixi actually didn't have a very comfortable life in Japan, or rather, she always felt very tired after going abroad.

Only when I talk to Xiaofeng every night can I truly relax and feel happy.

Because she was the leader of the team, those who followed her, such as Huang Xiaoming, Shu Chang, Shi Xiaolong and others, were only famous in the country.

So whether she is being interviewed or appearing on variety shows, everyone's focus and questions are directed at her.

He rarely asked Shi Xiaolong questions because he was Chen Linfeng's brother.

Foreign audiences will be curious and want to know what the famous Chen looked like when he was a child.

Of course, after arriving in Japan, "Reply 1990" was gradually broadcast overseas. At this time, Xiaolong and Shu Chang, as the protagonists, also began to gain some popularity.

But despite this, without Xiaofeng around, I always feel like I have to worry about everything by myself.

After all, Sister Mei and the others cannot appear in public.

As a result, the pressure instantly increased.

Today's program is a relatively routine promotional program.

Liu Xixi only knows a little bit of Neon language, so she has to rely on translation most of the time.

In an unfamiliar environment where you can't understand what the other person is saying, you always appear relatively restrained, and the same goes for the other people.

The host is almost entirely in control.

Talking about “My Love from the Star” two years ago, the fans and audiences responded very enthusiastically. However, since Liu Qianqian didn’t understand what was being said, she was always a step behind in her reaction.

Fortunately, the character of An Xi itself is a stupid image, and most people’s impression of Liu Xixi overseas is based on “My Love from the Star”.

This is to some extent true to the character.

The host asked some questions about "Please Answer" as a promotion, and other times asked about opinions on various things in Japan.

At this time, just express your love and respect. Liu Qianqian understands this very well.

The last time I went abroad for promotion, I had the experience of Xiao Fengjiao.

The previous content was just spent in such an ordinary way.

The next step is to make phone calls.

The host suggested, "We can use the staff's phone to contact Professor Chen, pretend to have kidnapped Liu Xixi, and demand a ransom from him. Miss Xixi, what do you think of this idea?"

Liu Qianqian was shocked. Before this, they only said that they would make a phone call on the spot, but they didn't say that they would play it this way.

But things had come to this point, and she had no choice but to agree, so she nodded.

The call was connected, and the person on the other end asked in Chinese, "Hello, how are you?"

The host cleared his throat and fully entered the role of the kidnapper.

He said in Neon language, "Hello, I am a kidnapper from Neon. Liu Xixi is in my hands now. I need you to prepare 10 billion yen in cash for me, otherwise I will kill her."

After saying this, he laughed "hehehe".

Chen Linfeng frowned. He heard the sound of clearing the throat at the beginning of the phone call and was sure that it must be a show.

So, he continued to speak in Chinese, and said in a very strange tone, "I'm sorry, I don't understand Neon language, you should be speaking Neon language, right? Is it a typo?"

At the Neon site, there was a translator backstage, and the program crew directly displayed what Chen Linfeng said on the big screen at the back.

The kidnapper saw the meaning of the reply on the big screen and pointed it out directly, "Hmph, stop pretending. You are Teacher Qilin, how could you not understand Neon language? I have seen you on the show."

Chen Linfeng switched to Japanese, "Then you shouldn't understand what I just said in Chinese. Are you a bilingual genius?"

The host stuttered, "I...just understand. What can you do about it?"

"Then just tell me, 'Eat grapes without spitting out the skins,' and I will believe you understand."

Laughter began to be heard from the audience below.

The kidnapper: "..."

He asked curiously, "I'm a kidnapper, do you think this is a joke?"

"Um, okay, you said you watched my show. How was my performance in it? Was it good?"

"It looks good..." the host answered smoothly, and then immediately reacted.

"Is this the time to ask that? Your girlfriend is in my hands!"

The laughter got louder, and the kidnappers quickly asked the audience to be quiet.

This is kidnapping, be serious!

"Then let me squeak."

The host quickly signaled her to cooperate.

Liu Qianqian suppressed her laughter and said, "Squeak~"

?

Is this what squeak means?
But the kidnappers can't care about this now.

Having proved that he had someone on his side, he became more confident.

"Well, are you sure? You have to hand over the money quickly, otherwise, hmph."

Chen Linfeng was completely sure that there was no one in ten thousand possibility.

He put his mind at ease and argued with the other party.

"I don't have much money, how about I give you 100 yen?"

The kidnapper was incredulous and said, "Are you kidding? Believe it or not, I will kill you right away."

"Sorry, I'm used to bargaining."

Chen Linfeng's hesitant voice came, "How about I add a zero for you?"

"You are making a fuss, I really killed you!"

"No, no, no, how about I add another zero for you? My Sissi is worth 12 yen, which is good value for money. It's like giving her the money back.

She is actually very difficult to feed. She can burn a pot through when cooking. This price is already the highest price."

The audience couldn't hold back any more and burst into laughter.

The above sentence is full of jokes from "My Love from the Star".

Liu Qianqian had been listening to the translator. When she heard this, she couldn't help herself and said, "You are only worth that much."

Seeing that he could no longer perform, the kidnapper resumed his role as host and said.

"Teacher Qilin, we are from the Neon Happy Sunday program team, greeting you. We were just doing a program, please don't mind."

"It's okay, I understand."

The audience in the audience finally stopped suppressing their excitement and started shouting, "Professor Chen," "Teacher Qilin," "Chen Linfeng," and so on.

Japanese fans now also remember his Chinese name.

But overall he is still Mr. Kirin, this is his main name in Japan.

Even as an actor, the subtitle translation in Japan is directly Qilin.

Huang Xiaoming couldn't help but sigh, he is worthy of being Xiao Chen, in Neon, he feels almost the same as Brother Fang Long.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Almost all the older generation know Fang Long, and among the younger generation, there are not many who do not know Teacher Qilin.

Chen Linfeng then greeted the guests present one by one.

It is obvious that the Japanese actors outside the "Reply" crew behaved very respectfully.

The more famous Mr. Qilin's novels become, the higher his status in Japan becomes.

"Police Incident" was also just released in Neon during the Christmas period.

The result is very good, exceeding 10 billion yen, which is equivalent to about 6 million RMB after conversion.

However, because it was a buyout, Qilin could not receive any share of the profits.

But for the Japanese industry, this result is very good. There is no bonus, it is purely based on the quality of the film itself and the fame of the director.

If there are one or two more movies with such performance in the future, it will have firmly established its foothold.

For Japanese actors like them, no matter whether they are writers or directors, both identities are people they have to look up to.

The same goes for the host. He was quite comfortable when he played the kidnapper just now.

After revealing his identity, he immediately became respectful.

At this time, Liu Qianqian became active instead, completely losing her previous restraint, as if she had found a backer.

For a while, the show's effect was actually brought about by her.

The audience below clearly noticed this change.

Chinami sighed, "It seems that this Miss Liu and Teacher Qilin have really become a couple, and it's not just for the sake of promoting the work as rumored."

"Yeah," her friend sighed.

They are all fans of Teacher Qilin and like him from the bottom of their hearts.

Regardless of whether he is a young genius or a person who is self-disciplined and hardworking as evidenced by various news coming from China, they love this kind of pure and flawless idol too much.

But the news that came from China last month was like a bolt from the blue, directly piercing their hearts.

At that time, there were even some extreme fans who held up signs at the Chinese Consulate, demanding that they stop Teacher Qilin from dating.

That is to say, there was a similar explosion in China at that time. In order to avoid causing a social incident, the authorities deliberately concealed the news, which is why it did not cause any waves in the country.

There was a lot of commotion in Japan, but then the fans reached a consensus that the news of the two being in a relationship was definitely just a show and a decision made to promote the new drama.

But this caused dissatisfaction among the CP fans. You know, "My Love from the Star" was very popular, and the largest number of CP fans overseas were the two of them.

Only Japan is a little special, because Teacher Qilin is too deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The two sides engaged in a protracted debate, and neither side could convince the other.

Chinami and the others were originally inclined to the view that it was just a casual affair.

But now seeing Liu Qianqian on the stage and her interaction with Teacher Qilin on the other end of the phone, I feel like I can no longer lie to myself.

"Ah~" They both sighed at the same time.

After Chen Linfeng finished the call, he continued writing the script.

Although the TV series is no longer being filmed, it doesn’t mean that we will completely stop contacting it.

The script still needs to be written.

The script he is writing now is "The Glory of the Ming Dynasty", which is the one with the same name in his previous life.

The first half of that drama was actually pretty good, but it was dragged down by the second half and the heroine's long and boring romance content.

Chen Linfeng cut out the second half, streamlined the first half, and only wrote the main outline, then handed it over to the screenwriter team for the rest.

Zhouyi Film and Television has shown signs of decline this year, and Chen Shantong has begun preparing to take over the other party's elite screenwriters at the appropriate time.

Of course, the screenwriter team now only consists of a few small teams and can only do some expansion work.

Chen Linfeng only took three or four days to write a relatively detailed outline.

After that, the crew completed all preparations and started filming "Sunset" in a low-key manner.

There is no need to promote a movie made by two people together. Keeping a low profile and keeping the news secret will actually have a better publicity effect.

It has to be said that You Benchang and Mr. Lu Zhong’s acting career over the years has not been in vain.

In order to play this role, Lu Zhong went to the hospital to observe and study the condition of stroke patients.

Including those interactions between patients and their families.

The same thing went for Teacher You Benchang. He made sufficient preparations. He directly found a caregiver and learned all kinds of care knowledge.

At the same time, we also understand the emotional state of some corresponding patients.

Basically, no matter what effect Chen Linfeng wanted, the two of them could perform it perfectly.

Take a few more shots, and then it’s a question of making choices.

Zhang Yimou was not used to the situation where there was someone in the crew who had the same power as him.

In fact, Chen Linfeng was not used to it either, but there was nothing he could do but to get used to it.

The two have very different directing styles.

Chen Linfeng prefers to let actors perform.

Because since his first time directing, he has liked to use good actors, and those actors can often easily understand the director's intentions.

As long as you act as close as possible to the scene in the director's mind, it can basically be finalized quickly.

Zhang Yimou is different. He doesn't have such a clear concept of the finished film, so he focuses more on guiding the actors' emotions, letting them make reasonable reactions, and then making judgments.

A more extreme version of this method is like the one played by King of Sunglasses, where the actors come over and over again and he makes the choices.

Director Zhang was very conflicted, and often when he was still hesitating, Director Chen would call "cut".

He also tried to have two more actors do it a few more times, but the result was usually the one that Director Chen called for "stop".

When it came to arranging shots and lighting, Director Zhang completely overshadowed Director Chen.

He is more professional than people like Liu Qingshan and Cao Yu when it comes to lighting and operating the camera.

Director Chen could only watch Director Zhang perform.

(End of this chapter)