Reborn in the Chinese Entertainment Industry: You're a Director, But You're a Casanova?

Even Liu Yuehua was a little surprised when he saw this person.

Because this person is none other than Professor Xie Fei, a senior figure at the Beijing Film Academy.

Just a year ago, when Liu Yuehua had just finished filming that borderline fried rice GG, Professor Xie Fei grabbed him and gave him a severe scolding, accusing him of disgracing the family and making commercial garbage.

As a result, Liu Yuehua played the role of Zhao Zhenji and acted as a non-stick pan.

In everyone's eyes, this old professor was intolerant of any wrongdoing, and he especially hated Liu Yuehua, a commercial scalper who reeked of money. It wasn't until he was shortlisted for Berlin that his attitude improved slightly.

But today, this same old man who once berated Liu Yuehua mercilessly is now pointing his finger at Old Man Lu and launching a direct attack.

"You're getting worse and worse, aren't you? Your eyes are blinded by your shameful vanity, aren't they?" Old Xie said in a loud voice, spittle flying everywhere.

"You call this a flawed script? This is a classic pressure-filled, confined space structure!"

"You call Chen Guanxi's behavior just 'staring and trembling'? That's a physiological tremor that occurs when a person is on the verge of guilt and mental collapse, an uncontrollable physiological tremor of the muscles—it's instinct!"

Xie Fei cursed angrily, showing no respect whatsoever to the Beijing elites.

"I, Xie Fei, have spent my whole life making films and teaching for decades."

"I criticized this kid for taking those awful photos before because it was disrespectful and a waste of film!"

"But the film presented today has clean and crisp camera language, and the depth of field in enclosed spaces is more precise than that of many directors who graduated a few years ago."

"You bunch of old bones, you just lie through your teeth because you have a bit of a voice!"

"What's wrong? You can't film it or write about it, huh?"

"Hey Lu, what else can you do besides writing down orders and sucking up to superiors?"

"Taking advantage of their age, they're blatantly distorting the truth and calling a deer a horse!"

"Chinese cinema has been ruined by people like you!"

……

"Well said!" A boy in the back row suddenly shouted and started clapping, which immediately triggered a tsunami of applause from the entire audience.

After all, this is the home ground of the Beijing Film Academy, and most of the young students who came to support it are people who despise authority and believe in the truth of seeing is believing.

I can tolerate being criticized by Old Deng because I've seen the film with my own eyes and I'm embarrassed. But now that even the professors at my own school are starting a group tour, why not join in?

Liu Yifei, sitting in the back row, glared at Luo Jin, who had suddenly started cheering and stirring things up. "You scared me!"

"Sorry, I really couldn't help myself just now." Luo Jin chuckled.

Liu Xiaoli, standing beside her, said with displeasure and anger, "Qianqian, mind your image."

Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue and continued watching the commotion.

……

Xie Fei stared at Old Man Lu.

"If this film is garbage, then all the pretentious, affected whining you've written in your life isn't even worthy of shining his shoes!"

These words were so harsh and blunt; they practically stripped Old Lu naked in public.

Old Man Lu was trembling with anger, his lips shaking as he pointed at Xie Fei.

"Xie Fei! You're just protecting your own! Liu Yuehua is a student of your Beijing Film Academy, and you're willing to throw away all your dignity to protect his ten million!"

"To condone this kind of commercial dregs! Besides creating some commercial hype, does this film have even the slightest bit of artistic value?"

They started talking about artistic value when they couldn't win in terms of commercial value. Liu Yuehua almost burst out laughing.

While the people in the front row were arguing fiercely, Lao Tian and Lao Xie, sitting not far to the side, remained calm and collected. They exchanged a glance, their expressions a mixture of helplessness and amusement.

"Old Xie still has such a fiery temper, he's easily provoked," Xie Xiaojing muttered in a low voice.

Old Tian glanced at Liu Yuehua, who stood as steady as a mountain on the podium:

"Professor Xie is a very down-to-earth person. He only cares about movies and can't stand seeing good things being ruined."

"But he doesn't understand this little bastard."

"Look at Yuehua's expression, doesn't he seem a little panicked?"

"If he's willing to gamble ten million, he must have some trump cards up his sleeve."

indeed.

On his way back from Japan, Liu Yuehua and Li Yun'er had already prepared this play, but the sudden appearance of Professor Xie, who took the initiative to defend him, was a bit unexpected.

He knew that arguing with these old fogies who only cared about face and interests was a waste of breath.

To deal with them, you need to use real resources.

"Professor Xie."

Liu Yuehua stepped down from the podium, reached out to support Xie Fei, who was panting heavily, and spoke with the respect due to a junior.

"Take a rest, it's not worth getting angry over such a small thing."

You can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep.

Old Lu sneered, thinking that Liu Yuehua was about to back down.

"What's wrong, Director Liu? Even your teacher couldn't protect you. Now you're planning to cash in that ten million?"

"Ten million is right here, if you have the ability, come and take it."

Liu Yuehua quietly planted a thought in Old Man Lu's mind, then looked towards that inconspicuous corner in the last row.

"Yoona." Liu Yuehua smiled kindly.

"Since the seniors in China don't think much of this garbage script, then please bring up those American friends you met on the set of 'Kung Fu Hustle' so everyone can hear Hollywood's offer."

As he finished speaking, Lee Yoon-ah, who was in the corner, stood up.

Kung Fu? American friends?

That's right. Lee Yoon-ah accompanied Liu Shishi to Hong Kong to film "Kung Fu Hustle" until the female lead's scenes were finished before the two flew to Japan.

The biggest investor and distributor behind "Kung Fu Hustle" is Columbia Pictures, one of the Hollywood giants.

As Liu Shishi's temporary agent and assistant, Lee Yoon-ah was busy running around the film set every day. With her business acumen and connections as a chaebol heiress, she had already become familiar with several female executives in Columbia's Asia region.

At Liu Yuehua's behest, Lee Yoon-ah sent the sample footage of "The Invisible Guest" and the English script outline directly to the email address of the Vice President of the Asia region a few days ago.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, Lee Yoon-ah walked steadily toward the stage with two middle-aged white women.

Old Tian's hand trembled, and he almost spilled the tea on his crotch.

Old Man Lu's eyelids started twitching uncontrollably.

The foreign executive walked onto the stage, took the microphone from Liu Yuehua, and spoke in heavily accented Chinese.

"Brother didn't mention friends, fighting is good."

"I'm the copyright holder responsible for all the movies that end with that 'big shot,' Mary."

"I've been staying here in Kindaichi for a while now, because a few days ago I got a huge suspense script and some foreign films that are sure to impress people."

Mary's gaze swept over the old Beijing elites in the first row, her eyes revealing the arrogance of capital.

"In Hollywood's script rating system, we gave it the highest level, S-grade."

"The film, titled 'The Invisible Guest,' features a tightly woven locked-room mystery and a textbook example of psychological warfare."

"We immediately reported to headquarters that we must not let go of the ideas of qualified geniuses."

"Headquarters granted me the highest level of authority."

Mary pulled an English contract and a cash check from the bag of the person next to her.

"After watching the entire film today, we proposed to Director Liu that we buy the North American remake rights to the script for two million US dollars!"