HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 209 [209] Huang Xiaoming: Damn! Qi Yuan can also do business acting?

Qi Yuan's status at Warner Bros. is not comparable to that of a major director at a film company.

However, Qi Yuan made Dai Pei Ni famous last year with two songs, creating a new artist that Warner Music could make money from.

Zhou Jianhui is hoping that Qi Yuan can help him make Sun Yanzi famous next year.

Qi Yuan wants to promote Zhang Shaohan. Even if the probability of losing money is not high, or even if it is 100% loss, he will still go all in with Qi Yuan.

If it weren't for the huge age gap, Zhou Jianhui would have liked to become sworn brothers with Qi Yuan.

If Qi Yuan can make Sun Yanzi and Zhang Shaohan famous next year, and his own entry into the Japanese music scene goes smoothly, he will accept Qi Yuan calling him "brother" both outside and inside the company.

To accomplish great things, one must be able to be both flexible and resilient.

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set.

Today we're filming the battle between Xiao Yu'er and Hua Wuque at Yihua Palace, where Jiang Yuyan, dressed in a dragon robe, is the scene.

That row of memorial tablets was either killed by Jiang Yuyan herself or indirectly by her. The woman who killed so many that only the title of the drama remained truly lived up to her name.

Sha Yi was suspended in mid-air. According to the plot, Jiang Yuyan used the "Transplantation Technique" to absorb his internal energy.

Qi Yuan, suspended by wires, unleashed a palm strike that descended from the sky.

In this scene, Qi Yuan provides some suggestions to the action director and Wang Jing, referencing Stephen Chow's Tathagata Palm, with the main focus on looking cool.

This isn't some serious drama; as long as the action scenes are cool, the men and women are handsome and beautiful, and the plot is engaging, that's enough.

Qi Yuan's master-level martial arts skills were enough to support him in performing complex movements in mid-air, which Wang Jing praised.

Qi Yuan's fighting style was impressive, and it served to highlight Jiang Yuyan's strength within the storyline.

Jiang Yuyan has absorbed hundreds of years of internal energy, making her the number one expert in the world with the deepest internal energy.

Her skillful use of the "Transfer of Flowers and Grafting Trees" technique to easily suppress the seemingly formidable Hua Wuque further demonstrates the boss's power.

"The first person I killed was my sister, the second was my father, then I crippled Su Ying, then I killed Lian Xing and Yao Yue, I'm capable of anything... Tell me, do you love me? Do you love me?!

Yang Xue and Jiang Yuyan are such a perfect match. They wear innocent makeup, shed tears, say the cruelest words, and do the cruelest things.

Qi Yuan's 50/50 characteristic was also activated, keeping up with Yang Xue's rhythm, and the two's acting skills were very exciting!

Wang Jing felt that being a director was too easy.

During the filming of this movie, Fan Xiaopang and Li Bingbing were very competitive, while Qi Yuan performed very well with every actor. He basically didn't need to call "cut," and 80% of the time he got it in one take.

However, Wang Jing also discovered some problems with Qi Yuan.

When Qi Yuan acts alongside Fan Xiaopang and Sha Yi, his acting skills are somewhat lacking.

When acting alongside actors with good acting skills like Li Bingbing and Yang Xue, his acting skills will be far superior.

Finally, Wang Jing concluded that Qi Yuan's skill was called "business acting," as she could perfectly match the other person's acting skills regardless of their quality. This ability to control her performance was truly exceptional!
Sha Yi also noticed this, and he was somewhat touched: "President Qi, you are such a kind person. When we were acting together, you always deliberately went easy on me. You were taking care of my feelings, weren't you?"

"Yes, President Qi's acting skills are excellent. Every expression and detail in that scene was spot on."

“I also think that President Qi’s acting skills are very good. Sometimes he deliberately only uses a few-tenths of his strength.”

Qi Yuan: "..."

Qi Yuan smiled but remained silent in response to such comments.

On that day, a reporter visited the set and happened to overhear people discussing the matter, so the reporter conducted some brief interviews with the actors.

As a result, an article reporting on Qi Yuanyou's respect for his seniors and care for his juniors appeared.

This article praises Qi Yuan for never using her acting skills to intimidate others, being considerate of actors with poor acting skills, and giving her all to actors with good acting skills. Actors who have worked with Qi Yuan on set all give her high praise.

Huang Xiaoming, who was in Beijing, was shocked when he saw the article: "Could it be that A-Yuan is secretly in agreement with me?"

……

Wang Jing kept his promise.

Qi Yuan joined the crew in mid-October and finished filming on December 1st.

It was exactly one and a half months, no more and no less.

Actually, if Qi Yuan and Wang Jing had been willing, filming could have wrapped up long ago.

Wang Jing added a lot of scenes for Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan himself added a lot of action scenes, which is why it took a month and a half to film.

If the original script had been followed, it wouldn't have taken a month. The famous Hong Kong director, known as a "Super Boy," is no exaggeration.

Other actors don't have the same privilege as Qi Yuan, whose scenes are filmed all at once. It's estimated that filming won't be completely finished until before the Lunar New Year.

Like Li Bingbing and Fan Xiaopang, Qi Yuan left, but they have to keep filming and stay with the crew. They can come and film whenever there is a scene to film, and they can rest for a day or two when there is no scene to film.

By the way, before Qi Yuan left the crew, Wang Jing told her something.

A Hong Kong director named Hu Mingkai came to the mainland to film a movie, bringing with him a script called "Young Justice Bao".

Hu Mingkai secured an investment from Yangcheng Oriental Pearl Culture Communication and also sought additional investment from other investors. Currently, he faces a funding gap of approximately 700 million yuan.

Knowing that Qi Yuan was interested in investing in TV dramas, Wang Jing simply mentioned it to him. If Qi Yuan was willing to invest, he would be doing Hu Mingkai a favor.

Hu Mingkai and Wang Jing have a good relationship. In Wang Jing's own words, half of the directors who went north to the mainland to shoot TV series either worked with him or with his father.

"Director Hu is a trustworthy person. I have worked with him before, and he was very well prepared this time."

Wang Jing spoke quite sincerely; he wouldn't introduce any obviously fraudulent projects to Qi Yuan.

He wouldn't introduce projects that seemed guaranteed to make money to Qi Yuan; he would just do them himself.

He could only tell Qi Yuan that Hu Mingkai was very serious, and whether or not to vote for him was up to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan pondered for a moment. "Young Justice Bao" should be the one starring Zhou Jie. It was this drama that made Li Bingbing famous in his previous life.

Ling Chuchu was Li Bingbing's first well-known role.

It was also because of this drama that Li Bingbing and Fan Xiaopang had a falling out, and afterwards the two began to compete for resources.

If Qi Yuan remembers correctly, Li Bingbing acted in episode 1, while Fan Xiaopang took the role in episode 2, playing a character with a similar personality to Ling Chuchu.

In retaliation, Li Xue devised a plan to steal Fan Xiaopang's film "A World Without Thieves".

Fan Xiaopang broke down in her defenses and went to the press conference for "A World Without Thieves" to publicly criticize Li Bingbing, saying that the role was originally hers and that she told reporters she was too busy, so the production team approached Li Bingbing instead. The implication was that if she had the time, Li Bingbing wouldn't have been involved at all.

The TV series "Young Justice Bao" had an investment of about 1700 million yuan, which is much smaller than "The Legendary Flower".

The production of "Hua Wuque" boasted a budget of 50 million yuan, but in reality, it cost 30 million yuan, making it a substantial investment.

Qi Yuan knew that this project could make money and that the show would also promote its creators.

However, the broadcast was quite controversial, with some media outlets pointing out that many of the crime-solving plots were copied from the Japanese anime Detective Conan.

What does all this have to do with Qi Yuan, the investor, and the actors from Starry Sky Films? People are criticizing the screenwriter and Hu Mingkai.

For him, this was a good project to make money, so it was worth investing in.

(End of this chapter)