HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 232 [232] Two months have passed, and finally, Qi Yuan's absolute dominance in the music scene can be shaken.

There is no doubt about Leung Ka-fai's serious attitude towards his work and roles.

Three years ago, in order to play Zhou Chaoxian in "Black Gold" well, he wrote a 100,000-word character biography.

This time, having taken on the role of Chen Yongren, his character biography was written in greater detail.

He had played many villains and supporting roles in movies before, but this time he finally got to play the lead role, and a good guy at that, so he took it very seriously.

He originally intended to go easy on Qi Yuan.

Regardless, Qi Yuan was his benefactor.

He heard that Qi Yuan, Alan Mak, and Lau Wai-keung had recommended him, which is why the two directors decided to cast him.

However, Qi Yuan refused to go easy on him, so he had no choice but to give it his all. Giving his all to play the role well was the greatest respect he could show to his benefactor, as well as to the film and the audience.

After the scene at the audio equipment store in the previous life, many viewers felt that Andy Lau had already lost the Best Actor award.

Because his co-star delivered a nuanced performance, he failed to convincingly portray the character of a senior inspector.

Qi Yuan learned from Andy Lau's experience and didn't make many movements when she appeared on camera. She simply glanced at the machines in the store a few times and then said her lines, asking if anyone was there.

With her 'ultimate visual' ability, Qi Yuan has a strong sense of camera presence and can always perceive the real-time position and angle of the camera, ensuring that her expressions and movements are captured from the best angle.

Liu Weiqiang and Mai Zhaohui witnessed Qi Yuan's strengths a couple of days ago.

A natural ability to be in front of the camera is a talent; a small number of actors are born with the ability to naturally express emotions and expressions in front of the camera.

Those who have a natural flair for the camera are born actors.

In Mai Liu's view, Qi Yuan is such an actor.

On screen, Qi Yuan's portrayal of Liu Jianming is aloof, confident, noble, and arrogant, befitting the status of someone in a position of power.

This is the kind of presence Lau Kin-ming should have; the timeline of this scene is already ten years later.

Over the past decade, with the help of intelligence provided by Han Chen and his own abilities, Liu Jianming has risen through the ranks to become a senior inspector in the police force. He is no longer the hoodlum he used to be.

Liang Jiahui appeared and said a line.

Qi Yuan casually mentioned that he wanted to try out a tube amplifier.

"This Hong Kong-made tube amplifier costs over ten thousand dollars. With a local cable costing around a thousand dollars, it's comparable to a European product costing over ten thousand dollars."

Leung Ka-fai is known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" actor. He always delivers a performance of the highest caliber. In this scene, he is passionate and professional, with natural and fluid movements and expressions. Watching him act is a true pleasure.

Looking at Qi Yuan again, directors Mai and Liu were surprised to find that Qi Yuan's acting skills had improved dramatically.

Liu Jianming definitely knows more about music equipment than Chen Yongren, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Chen Yongren to change the cable later.

When Liang Jiahui introduced the tube amplifier, Qi Yuan's eye acting and facial micro-expressions were handled exceptionally well. It was clear that he appreciated it to some extent, but not entirely agreed with it.

He remained calm and listened attentively to the music played by Liang Jiahui, then took a new string.

"Try this, listen to old music, this might be better."

Qi Yuan successfully portrayed a calm, collected, and highly capable senior inspector.

Throughout the subsequent scenes, Qi Yuan maintained this rhythm.

Liang Jia used eight-tenths of his strength, but Qi Yuan handled it with ease.

Liang Jiahui increased his score to ten, but Qi Yuan was still able to keep up closely.

Qi Yuan held his own against this veteran actor, holding his own against the Liang family with his soaring acting skills and excellent on-screen presence. Mai and Liu were stunned.

Could it be that Qi Yuan was holding back for the past two days, and today is Qi Yuan's true level?
They didn't take Qi Yuan's Golden Horse Best Actor award too seriously, as the Golden Horse Awards have always been quite supportive of newcomers.

When performances are roughly equal, newcomers have a slightly higher chance of winning an award than veterans.

In other words, Mak Lau acknowledges that Qi Yuan's acting skills are quite good, making him one of the best among the younger generation. If they were to bring in the not-so-young Andy Lau, Qi Yuan might just beat him up.

However, they didn't really regard Qi Yuan as a true movie star, believing that Qi Yuan was still some distance away from being a true movie star. Qi Yuan proved them wrong with his actions.

Veteran actor Leung Ka-wai delivers a performance that rivals Qi Yuan's; the two are evenly matched. What else could Qi Yuan be but an actor?
"Old Mike, I feel like our movie is going to be a huge hit. President Qi and Jia Hui's performances were superb; the upcoming scenes featuring the two heroes are sure to be exciting."

Liu Weiqiang became more and more confident as he filmed, feeling that he could really make a masterpiece this time.

If these two can maintain this level of skill, a masterpiece is not impossible.

After filming this scene, some additional shots were taken. Liang Jiahui couldn't help but praise Qi Yuan: "When I was your age, I didn't have such good acting skills."

Leung Ka-fai won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor at the age of 26, which shows he is an exceptionally talented actor.

Compared to Qi Yuan, he realized that he had been downgraded from a top genius to an ordinary genius.

"Keep up the good performance, and you may win Best Actor again."

Liu Weiqiang made a big promise to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan must hold on! Whether he can win Best Director like Du Qifeng depends on Qi Yuan's performance.

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Qi Yuan is busy filming "Infernal Affairs" in Hong Kong.

There's been a new development in the music scene: Liu Ruoying of Rock Records released her album "I'm Waiting for You" in January.

After more than a month of development, one song from this album became a hit: "Later".

"Later" simultaneously entered the music charts in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

To everyone's surprise, this song broke Qi Yuan's monopoly on the top three spots on the music charts.

At the end of December last year, Qi Yuan released his third album "Wish". Many of his songs entered the top ten of the charts, and at one point, six or seven of his songs occupied the top ten spots.

As more and more singers such as Chen Xiaodong, Liu Dehua, and Xu Huaiyu release new albums, songs like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Little Love Song" are gradually being pushed out of the top ten of the charts.

However, Qi Yuan has always firmly held the top three spots: first, "Fairy Tale"; second, "At Least I Still Have You"; and third, "Nocturne".

No matter how many albums they release, the ranking of these three songs remains unchanged.

The situation changed when "Later" became a huge hit. "Later" surged to fourth place, first taking a few days to pull "Nocturne" down, and then taking a few more days to push "At Least I Still Have You" down as well.

The top four songs on the list became "Fairy Tale", "Later", "At Least I Still Have You" and "Nocturne".

Liu Ruoying, who gained popularity in the past two years with "I Love You Very Much", officially declared herself a queen of pop by defeating "At Least I Still Have You" and "Nocturne".

People in the Taiwanese music scene finally got excited, and Rolling Stone Records started heavily promoting Liu Ruoying and "Later".

It's been two months. We've been suppressed by Qi Yuan for two whole months. Do you know how we've spent these two months?
Finally, a Hong Kong and Taiwan singer has emerged to shake Qi Yuan's absolute dominance; it's truly gratifying.

Liu Ruoying is running around promoting the show, hoping to take advantage of filming on set to churn out "Fairy Tale" in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)