Huayu 2015, the Artist of Light and Shadow

Chapter 206 Coconut is the real resource star! Xiaotian's sister plays "Little Orange"! Cunzi sings a solo on the Spring Festival Gala!

The apartment Wang Junkai rented was in an old neighborhood, and to be honest, it was rather dark and never got any sunlight.

Zhou Ye stayed for a while, but then she felt she couldn't stand it anymore.

She said goodbye to Wang Junkai and walked out the door, just as school was letting out at a high school across the street.

It was drizzling today, and the students' feet waded through the puddles, getting their shoes wet in no time.

There was a girl in a school uniform, with a ponytail, petite figure, fair skin, and pretty appearance. She frowned slightly when she saw that her shoes were soaked.

Just then, a boy behind the girl seemed to have spotted her. His eyes lit up, and he quickly walked over, holding a large umbrella.

He walked incredibly fast, like a gust of wind.

Rainwater splashed everywhere where his footsteps landed, eliciting a series of impatient gasps from those nearby.

A few seconds later, the boy, holding a large umbrella, deliberately came behind the girl, but didn't lean on her. He even stretched out his hand to shield her from the raindrops falling on her head.

The way they handled her so carefully was as if they were holding a rare treasure, not daring to approach her or leave her in the hands of outsiders.

After walking for a while, the girl finally realized that she was different from others. The rain that fell from the sky no longer dripped onto her shoulders and hair.

She turned around in confusion.

The boy immediately stopped and revealed a smile that was radiant beyond compare.

The girl, speechless and impatient, pushed the boy aside: "Don't follow me, you're a nuisance."

After saying that, the girl turned and left.

She even deliberately took large strides, intentionally stepping into the puddles, letting the splashing water wet her trouser legs.

Even if it meant getting soaked, she didn't want to be ridiculed.

Seeing this, the boy froze on the spot, gripped the large umbrella in his hand tightly, and silently watched the girl disappear into the distance. In the end, he didn't say anything, lowered his head, and walked in another direction.

Amidst the laughter of the crowd and the boy's bowed head, Zhou Ye suddenly realized that Chongqing, even in the rain, seemed quite cold.

These kinds of youthful memories are better left unfulfilled.

Fortunately, she is different.

She is about to become Wang Junkai's mother.

The ending where she licks her boots and ends up with nothing will never happen to Zhou Ye.

"Find the sun where there is no wind."

"To be a warm sun in your cold place."

"People come and go, you're always too naive."

"For the rest of my life —"

Zhou Ye stopped singing when the melody reached this point. Because she wasn't qualified to sing the last line yet.

After leaving Wang Junkai's rented room, Zhou Ye turned two corners and arrived at the hotel where the film crew was staying. She bought two coconuts at a nearby fruit shop and went upstairs with great interest.

Ever since Zhou Ye learned that Lu Yunzhou especially liked drinking coconut, she was in an exceptionally good mood, feeling that this was a destined marriage arranged for her by God.

Inside the hotel room.

"Brother Chuan, I had the screenwriters revise it overnight. I'd like you to take a look and give me some feedback."

The machine was about to be turned on, and Lao Dong was incredibly nervous.

He couldn't sleep every night, and his anxiety almost made him want to take sleeping pills.

The film "A Writer's Odyssey" had an investment of 300 million yuan. Lu Yunzhou's company contributed more than half of the investment, and the remaining share was distributed to various production companies as usual.

Huace Film & TV, Sony Media, Wanda Group, China Film Group, Enlight Media, Shanghai Film Group—every major company with a name or reputation is represented.

At Lu Yunzhou's enthusiastic invitation, these companies made some investments.

These companies were very generous with their funding—because Lu Yunzhou starred in and produced this film.

Lu Yunzhou essentially used his fame and accumulated reputation to vouch for Lao Dong.

If this movie flops, Lu Yunzhou will have to repay the favor.

Lu Yunzhou's all-out support deeply moved Lao Dong.

If this movie flops, his dream of becoming a director will be shattered, and he can just settle down as a screenwriter from now on.

Alternatively, he could become Lu Yunzhou's assistant director on set.

In short, he absolutely could not afford any mistakes; he had to do his best and not let this dream end in such a hasty manner.

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"I've looked at the general plot, and I think it's alright. However, there are some parts that I think could be improved."

Just as Lu Yunzhou finished speaking, a beautiful figure appeared at the door.

"Brother Zhou, may I come in?"

The door to the room was open, and Zhou Ye knocked gently before coming in with two coconuts.

Lu Yunzhou didn't take it to heart. Zhou Ye often came to visit, and her little scheme was written all over her face—wasn't she just trying to get more screen time?

Lu Yunzhou considered himself quite familiar with the actresses' little schemes.

Zhou Ye is a good friend of Cai Xukun, so it doesn't matter if she has a little more screen time, as long as it doesn't affect the overall structure of the movie.

Looking back at Zhou Ye, Lu Yunzhou continued to ask Lao Dong, "How much do you know about Hitchcock's compression theory?"

Old Dong pondered for a moment, then asked, "Brother Chuan, are you referring to the screenwriting theory of 'late arrival, early departure'?"

Hitchcock's film school prioritizes visuals, minimizing dialogue and cutting lines whenever possible.

Filming in the style of Jiang Wen, where two people sit together eating hotpot and chatting, relying on a lot of dialogue like a stand-up comedy routine, would be heresy for Hitchcock's school of thought.

Because this kind of shot has no visual impact.

In the style of Hitchcockian filmmaking, the opening scene is a fight. After the fight, the scene changes, and the female homeowner returns home to find a card and a flower left for her.

There are no lines.

However, it will make the audience realize that there must be key information in this card or this flower.

Film and text are two completely different mediums.

The most important thing about movies is their visual presentation.

"Old Dong, the original story of *A Writer's Odyssey* is written in a very literary style, and it needs a major overhaul by you. Fortunately, the characters in this novel are filled with emptiness inside."

"And these voids can be projected into otherworldly stories."

"In another world, visual spectacles can be used to explore the obsessions projected into the characters' hearts."

"In typical dramatic conflicts, the protagonist's actions are often hindered by their obsessions. And these obsessions are often a real past event that they cannot face."

"For example, the male protagonist, Guan Ning, finds it most unacceptable that his daughter, whom he has been searching for for six years, is already dead. He would do anything to find his daughter, including murder."

"What the villain Li Mu finds most unacceptable is that, at the peak of his life, he is inexplicably entangled with the fate of the villain Red-Haired Ghost in a certain flop novel, and dies along with the novel's villain. In order to avoid dying, of course he has to kill the novelist."

"But what about the novelist Lu Kongwen? What is his obsession? Is it merely to finish writing the novel? It seems that he lacks something he feels compelled to do?"

"I think the character's backstory needs to be slightly revised. Otherwise, it won't be able to support the narrative logic of the entire film."

"In addition, there is a very important logical flaw."

"Why does the villain Li Mu insist on having Guan Ning kill Lu Kongwen? He clearly recruited many people with extraordinary abilities. Even the orphan girl he adopted, Tu Ling, could have done it. Why must it be Guan Ning?"

"Your script says that Li Mu set up this whole thing. After Guan Ning kills Lu Kongwen, you say he went insane because he couldn't find his daughter, so he killed indiscriminately—do you think this logic makes sense?"

"Since they can frame someone out of thin air like this—why not just find someone to kill Lu Kongwen, then frame him for committing suicide because his novel flopped?"

"Don't you agree?"

"This part of the plot has major logical flaws. It doesn't make any sense at all. And this is precisely the main plot."

"If the main plot doesn't make sense, the whole story falls apart."

"To prevent the story from falling apart, we need to delve deeper into the fates of Guan Ning and Lu Kongwen. This requires you to make some structural changes."

Seeing Old Dong looking at him with such longing, Lu Yunzhou shrugged and said sorry.

He stood up and took a coconut from Zhou Ye.

After talking for so long, I am indeed a bit thirsty.

While sipping a coconut, Lu Yunzhou said helplessly to Lao Dong, "I'm not particularly good at screenwriting. It's just that I've watched a lot of movies and I'm good at finding fault."

"You are the screenwriter yourself, so you should try to solve these structural problems yourself."

"After all, you're the director of this film. I'm just the supervisor."

"The supervisor is responsible for finding problems, and the director is responsible for filling in those problems completely to avoid being criticized by the audience after the final product is filmed."

"Old Dong, you should really experience how tough it is to be a director."

Lu Yunzhou gently patted Lao Dong's shoulder and stretched.

Watching others direct while you stand there giving instructions—that feeling is really quite satisfying.

Moreover, all he needs to do is point out what he's unhappy about, find the real logical flaw, and then let someone else fix it.

In the end, the movie I made turned out to be the kind of movie I liked.

The profession of "producer" is just perfect for him.

Lu Yunzhou is now even considering giving up his role as a director and becoming a producer, specializing in finding fault with others.

On the other side, Old Dong, with bloodshot eyes and his hands covering his head, paced back and forth on the balcony, one hand involuntarily reaching for his pocket.

He wanted to smoke.

With so much pressure, it's impossible not to smoke.

But then he suddenly remembered that Lu Yunzhou didn't like people smoking in front of him, forcing him to inhale secondhand smoke—at this moment, Old Dong could only hold the cigarette in his mouth, but he dared not light it no matter what.

Ahhhhh, just kill me!

Making movies is so difficult.

Yesterday I was given a lesson on light and shadow and color, and today I was given a lesson on script structure.

Old Dong suddenly realized that Chongqing in November was the biggest tribulation of his life—once he survived this tribulation, he would soar to great heights.

If you can't overcome it, you'll be back to square one!

When Lu Yunzhou makes his own movies, he rewrites the script at least 30 times—he always finds out the logical flaws in it.

These situations leave the scriptwriting department with a difficult situation to explain.

Now, he will face the storm alone.

No wonder Lu Yunzhou just said to use as few lines as possible and to use more visual actions to guide the whole scene.

The more lines there are, the more useful information there is, and the more loopholes there are.

He's right.

Several characters in "A Writer's Odyssey" have more and more logical flaws because they talk too much.

Thinking about it that way, filming "Wolf Warrior 2" is still more enjoyable.

Wu Jing fought from beginning to end, without needing to consider logic or destiny—whoever blocked their way home, they would be killed!

"Wait a minute, I've got it!"

Just then, as if struck by lightning, Lao Dong said excitedly, "Brother Chuan, can we set it up so that the reason Li Mu found Guan Ning is not for any other reason, but because Guan Ning, like him, has become a character in a novel?"

"The novel was started six years ago. Let's assume that the first chapter Lu Kongwen wrote was about a mysterious samurai who lost his child and, driven mad like a wild dog, wandered the capital of another world, asking everyone he met, 'Have you seen my child?'"

"Later, the samurai disappeared—some say he became the Red-Haired Demon's henchman, and the Red-Haired Demon promised to help him find the child."

"In this way, the Red-Armored Warrior has a 'past,' rather than being a character who appears out of thin air."

"Guan Ning, like Li Mu, was drawn into this novel. His reality was completely intertwined with the fate of the red-armored warrior in the novel."

"If Lu Kongwen's novels really can influence reality, as Li Mu says—following this logic, if Guan Ning's daughter disappears without a trace, he'll think that Lu Kongwen killed his daughter?"

"He'll do anything for revenge! What's so strange about killing someone?"

Old Dong clenched one fist and gently pounded his other hand, then frowned: "This solves the problem of one character's motivation—but what is Lu Kongwen's obsession? Could it be that he simply wants to write a groundbreaking book that no one will read?"

This obsession is clearly not enough.

"Old Dong, keep thinking—just a friendly reminder. Guan Ning is a father who lost his child. Lu Kongwen, on the other hand, is a tragic child who lost both his parents."

"This is a perfect symmetry."

"Guan Ning's obsession is finding her child—so, what do you think Lu Kongwen's obsession is?"

In fact, Lu Yunzhou had some thoughts in his mind.

But this is not his film after all, and he needs to respect Lao Dong's creative work as a director—he has no intention of seizing the right to speak.

He genuinely wanted to nurture Lao Dong into a successful person!

Once his subordinates have become competent, he can be a boss with peace of mind, just like Ning Hao.

Following Lu Yunzhou's train of thought, Old Dong suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed excitedly, "He wants to know the truth! He wants to know why his parents died back then? Did Li Mu kill them?"

Immediately afterward, Old Dong's mind opened up completely, and he spoke fluently: "But Li Mu is now a super boss, he has no way of knowing the truth."

"So he wrote Li Mu as the Red-Haired Demon, and wrote that he killed the protagonist's parents and took the opportunity to become a god for himself!"

This is his internal logic.

"He longed for a hero to appear in the world of the novel, to kill the Red-Haired Demon, and to restore peace to the world. He also wanted to restore the hero's honor to the protagonist's father, [Jiu Tian]."

"In reality, he has no ability whatsoever; he's just a loser. The only thing he can do is use his writing to take revenge on Li Mu's stand-in, the Red-Haired Ghost, in the novel—even if it's just wishful thinking, at least he's found an outlet for his inner obsession."

"So, even if no one reads this novel, he will continue writing it. Because he is using this novel to heal his inner wounds!"

Pretty!

This logic makes sense.

Lu Yunzhou clapped lightly: "This concept is much more reasonable than before. All the characters' driving forces and obsessions, as well as the projection of their inner stories, are included."

"Now, film at your own pace!"

At this point, Lu Yunzhou stood up and patted Lao Dong on the shoulder: "A ray of light piercing through fate—sometimes, you don't have to force Caravaggio. The rain in Chongqing, the rolling Jialing River, the city's skyline—all of these can be utilized."

Old Dong nodded vigorously!

He felt that his comprehension, if not unparalleled throughout history, was certainly rare among people.

He felt that there shouldn't be any major problems with the movie!

When he read the script for this movie before, he always felt that something was wrong—but after Lu Yunzhou broke it down, he realized that many of the characters lacked inner motivation.

As a director, if he doubts the authenticity of the character's motivation, he will naturally feel constrained and self-doubting when filming.

Now, he begins to understand and believe that this is the driving force behind the characters, their inner obsessions and emptiness.

In this way, filming naturally became a smooth process.

"Brother Chuan, thanks for the guidance, I'll get back to work now!"

Just as Old Dong was about to leave, he suddenly saw a cute little girl standing awkwardly at the door.

He looked at the little girl and saw that she resembled Tian Xiwei by a third, especially her eyes, which were round, big, and black—absolutely adorable.

Old Dong suddenly realized something, squatted down, patted the little girl's head, and called out to Lu Yunzhou, "Brother Chuan, our little Orange is here."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yunzhou got up and walked to the door, where he saw a younger version of "Xiao Tian," and couldn't help but feel quite surprised.

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He seemed to see another Tian Xiwei.

Tian Xiwei, 9 years old.

This is Tian Xiwei's younger sister, Tian Xiyue, who is preparing to play the role of "Little Orange" in this movie.

This movie needs a little girl of a similar age.

It was filmed in Chongqing again.

"Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders," Lu Yunzhou immediately gave this opportunity to Tian Xiwei, who also has an incredibly cute younger sister.

Tian Xiwei's younger sister was standing at the door, accompanied by her mother, looking at Lu Yunzhou with a curious expression.

After Lu Yunzhou arrived, encouraged by her mother, she called out in a clear voice, "Big Brother."

Tian Xiyue's pronunciation is kind of cute, and her older brother is called "Big Pot".

Upon hearing this pronunciation, Lu Yunzhou couldn't help but smile.

"Little Tian, ​​you're such a good boy."

This is his sister-in-law! Lu Yunzhou immediately squatted down and rubbed Tian Xiyue's cheeks, unable to put her down.

He searched the hotel room, took out a lot of snacks, put them in Tian Xiyue's hands, squatted down and hugged Tian Xiyue in his arms: "Little Tian, ​​you can play here with your big brother for the next few days."

"Your sister will be here tomorrow."

"Don't be afraid."

"Wait a minute, I'll introduce you to the entire crew."

As they spoke, Lu Yunzhou left Zhou Ye behind and, holding Tian Xiyue's hand, swaggered through the entire hotel.

Whenever they met, Lu Yunzhou would introduce the girl as Tian Xiwei's younger sister.

Next, she will play the second female lead, "Little Orange," in their movie.

If there is a sequel to this movie, "Little Orange" might become the female lead.

Upon hearing Lu Yunzhou's words, everyone realized that this young girl was not to be offended.

This is the little darling.

"President Lu is a really nice guy. It seems Weiwei wasn't lying; she's been living a life of luxury ever since she joined the company. No wonder she doesn't go home."

Others who go to university can't wait to go home every few days.

After Tian Xiwei went to university, she rarely went home. Even during winter and summer vacations, she wanted to stay with Lu Yunzhou.

This left Tian Xiwei's mother speechless.

Although Tian Xiwei wanted to beat her daughter when she was at home, she missed her after being away from home for so long.

I don't know if letting my youngest daughter debut as a star is a blessing or a curse.

I've heard that the entertainment industry is a murky place.

However, Lu Yunzhou doesn't seem like the kind of demanding boss.

After all, every time I call Tian Xiwei, that brat is always so happy; she's probably having a very comfortable time at Lu Yunzhou's company.

So be it.

It's just making a movie, and it's filmed in Chongqing, so what problems could possibly arise?

At worst, I can take time off work every day to accompany my youngest daughter to the movie shoot—as for whether I'll get fired?

It doesn't matter.

Tian Xiwei, their eldest daughter, gave them 500 million yuan last year alone.

Zhou Ye is a good friend of Cai Xukun and receives some preferential treatment on set.

However, ever since Tian Xiwei's younger sister arrived, Zhou Ye has realized what it means to be infuriated by comparing oneself to others.

She suddenly became a neglected straw.

"She's already a resource-rich star at just 9 years old! Tian Xiwei is destined for greatness!"

Zhou Ye debuted at the age of 19 in an art film that went largely unnoticed. Tian Xiwei's younger sister, on the other hand, became a key character in a special effects blockbuster at the age of 9.

That's something to be envious of.

However, Lu Yunzhou didn't fool around with other actresses. Instead, he took the 9-year-old girl with him and paraded around the film set, showing her all his love and affection.

This put Zhou Ye at ease.

With only two or three days left before construction begins, everyone is making final preparations.

Zhou Ye's role is small, with only a few scenes. Normally, filming would be completed in two days, so she shouldn't be so active.

She's always running around the film set—anyone who didn't know her would think she was the boss's wife.

However, today, her limelight was stolen by Tian Xiwei's younger sister.

Feeling neglected, Zhou Ye felt bored and chatted with her good friend Meng Ziyi in her hotel room.

"Sister Meng, your starring role in 'Ever Night' is so popular lately. I've seen so many clips of you. Your portrayal of Ye Hongyu is superb."

"Coconut, please stop talking."

Meng Ziyi immediately replied: "Speaking of this, it makes me feel terrible. I thought I would become famous after playing this role. Who knew that when we were filming 'The Untamed' during the summer vacation, the issue of bringing investment into the production was brought up again and again."

"Many people are boycotting online, saying that they were watching it just fine, but then they discovered the meaning behind my name, Meng, and they no longer want to watch it."

"What exactly do you mean by these people?"

"Isn't it an open secret in the industry that actors bring their own funding to the project? Didn't Cai Xukun bring his own funding to the project? Didn't Fan Chenchen bring her own funding to the project?"

Why are they targeting me alone?

Meng Ziyi knew that male viewers wouldn't be that bored.

This is because male viewers are more aware of social rules and know that bringing money into a production is not a heinous crime.

Everyone is competing in an open arena, relying on their own abilities.

You brought your own investment to the group.

Maybe someone else has already slept in the director's bed.

Who is nobler than whom?

"Sister Meng, why are you only looking at the negative comments? That's not what I'm seeing."

Zhou Chi comforted Meng Ziyi with a few words: "I'll show you a screenshot. This comment says that I was initially indifferent to 'Ever Night' until Ye Hongyu appeared. Her red dress was so cool!"

"Look at this one—Ye Hongyu appears far too infrequently. I wait for Ye Hongyu to appear in every episode. Because of Ye Hongyu, I've fallen in love with Meng Ziyi!"

Zhou Ye sent out screenshots frantically.

Clearly, Zhou Ye had collected a lot of positive reviews for Meng Ziyi, and this time she gave them all to Meng Ziyi at once, making Meng Ziyi extremely happy.

"Whoa~~"

Meng Ziyi couldn't hold back any longer and called Zhou Ye directly on WeChat, grinning from ear to ear.

After enjoying himself for a while, Meng Ziyi inquired about Zhou Ye: "Coconut, how far along is your plan to become the eldest sister-in-law?"

"Only when you become the eldest sister-in-law will I truly be considered a resource-rich person."

"What's the little bit of screen time added to 'The Untamed'? It was all suggested by the director himself; I didn't do anything underhanded."

Meng Ziyi feels that being labeled a "resource-backed actress" is purely a label forced upon her by netizens.

She really didn't ask the director to add any scenes.

The main reason is that she feels that it's useless to add more scenes for her in "The Untamed," a drama adapted from a BL novel—she herself even ships the "Seaweed Rice Roll" couple.

Nobody would be interested in her as the female lead.

To be honest, Zhou Ye is the best.

At this moment, Meng Ziyi asked curiously, "Coconut, I heard that you were originally just playing a nurse in 'A Writer's Odyssey,' a minor character who only made a brief appearance at the end—but you ended up having more screen time and becoming the male lead's mother? Playing husband and wife with Brother Zhou? Having a love story that could topple empires?"

"You're the real deal!"

"A minor extra, given extra screen time, became the protagonist's mother and Brother Zhou's wife—although this role doesn't have many scenes, you're the most beautiful flower beside Brother Zhou. After the movie is released, once a screenshot of you and Brother Zhou is posted, you'll probably steal the spotlight from the female lead!"

"I admire you so much. How did you do that?"

Meng Ziyi has many good friends in the industry, but she gets along best with Zhou Ye.

Because their family circumstances are similar, they don't feel envious or jealous of each other.

Women hate it when they compare themselves to each other.

Zhou Ye was never jealous of her, and she was never jealous of Zhou Ye; they were both beautiful and wealthy young women.

Most importantly, Zhou Ye doesn't like her boyfriend, and she won't compete with Zhou Ye for Lu Yunzhou, so there's absolutely no competition between them.

"It's all thanks to Brother Kun's help."

Zhou Ye mentioned it briefly, but didn't go into further discussion.

She was actually afraid that Meng Ziyi would go crazy and go to Cai Xukun, and she also wanted to act in the visual blockbuster produced by Lu Yunzhou's company!

Meng Ziyi's relationship with Cai Xukun was even better than his own.

For any actor, the opportunity to star in a blockbuster commercial film, especially one directed by a renowned director, is incredibly appealing.

Films produced by Lu Yunzhou boast top-notch lighting teams, top-notch art directors, and top-notch camera work—once an actor experiences it, they can't resist it.

Being carried by a pro is just so awesome.

After being honed by such a top-notch team, I wouldn't want to film a single minute on those trashy production crews.

It's pure torture.

"Sister Meng, the main reason I'm calling you today is because I've discovered that Brother Zhou seems to be having some issues."

"He was particularly enthusiastic towards Tian Xiwei's 9-year-old sister. As soon as she arrived, he would give her snacks and drinks, and even hold the little girl's hand, introducing her to everyone like a street vendor."

"Even towards Tian Xiwei's sister, there was a certain feeling—I can't quite put my finger on it, it was a bit like introducing her to my own daughter."

Zhou Ye's intuition is quite accurate!

Lu Yunzhou took Tian Xiwei's younger sister around to introduce her, and he genuinely felt a sense of pride, as if he were introducing his own daughter.

After all, she's his sister-in-law.

With his sister-in-law being so adorable, Lu Yunzhou, as her brother-in-law, felt incredibly proud.

However, in Zhou Chi's eyes, Lu Yunzhou's behavior was particularly strange. It gave off a feeling of a weird uncle.

"this----"

I don't know how to explain the meaning of the character "孟".

She really wanted to ask Zhou Ye, "Have you ever thought that Tian Xiwei is the real sister-in-law?" But never mind, Zhou Ye wouldn't believe it.

Women in love are just that blind!

Zhou Ye won't turn back until he hits a brick wall.

Besides, he couldn't speak ill of Lu Yunzhou in front of Zhou Ye. If he said too much, Zhou Ye might think he was trying to steal Lu Yunzhou away.

"Coconut, Brother Zhou is a really nice guy. Don't overthink it."

Meng could only subtly remind Zhou Ye that Lu Yunzhou was not that kind of person.

If Lu Yunzhou were that kind of person, Zhou Ye wouldn't be on the phone with him right now; she would already be in Lu Yunzhou's bed.

Zhou Ye's act of sending that thing from afar—who in the entire crew couldn't see through it?

Lu Yunzhou must know that too.

He only needs to beckon with his finger, and Zhou Ye will definitely take the bait.

However, he did not do so.

In Meng Ziyi's view, Lu Yunzhou is already a very upright gentleman, a moral exemplar, and a breath of fresh air in the entertainment industry.

On the contrary, Zhou Chi wanted to sexually harass Lu Yunzhou in front of so many people in the crew?

It's practically an SSS-level hellish difficulty level!

Yanjing.

Zhang Jingyi, who had just finished class, suddenly received a call from Liu Haocun: "Jingjing, come to my house tomorrow. I've prepared a big meal, and we'll celebrate properly."

On the phone, Liu Haocun sounded exceptionally excited.

Zhang Jingyi could even imagine Liu Haocun jumping around at home right now, wishing he could do a few backflips in mid-air.

Suppressing her curiosity, Zhang Jingyi tentatively asked, "What good thing happened to make you so happy?"

"I'm going to be on the Spring Festival Gala!"

Liu Haocun couldn't hold back. He originally wanted to show off to Zhang Jingyi in a low-key way, but after he finished speaking, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

I'm 18 years old and I'm going to be on the Spring Festival Gala!

Moreover, the production team gave me the opportunity to sing a solo.

The theme song of "The Fairy Castle of Dresden," titled "So Many People in This World," will be performed on the Spring Festival Gala by Liu Haocun.

In another time and space, Han Hong sang this song on the Spring Festival Gala, captivating many people.

However, Liu Haocun is the original singer of this song in the movie, so why give up the singing opportunity to someone else?

She's not as easy to bully as Mo Wenwei!

Of course, the main reason is that the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala is Jiang Bing's long-time partner, the vice president of kiwifruit.

Before joining kiwifruit, Jiang Bing was the production director of a CCTV variety show and had worked with the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala to prepare for three Spring Festival Galas.

We're old friends.

In fact, Liu Haocun's opportunity to sing solo was almost stolen by someone else.

Upon learning of this situation, Jiang Bing immediately called the director in charge of the Spring Festival Gala and, after much persuasion, managed to retain Liu Haocun's opportunity to sing a solo.

If Liu Haocun's opportunity is snatched away by someone else, and this song appears on the Spring Festival Gala stage—Jiang Bing will be too embarrassed to greet Lu Yunzhou the next time they meet.

And so, 18-year-old Liu Haocun appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, dominating the stage all by himself!

This kind of treatment was previously only received by Huang Shengyi, a major sponsor of the Spring Festival Gala.

"Big brother, you really spoil me!"

"Send me straight to the Spring Festival Gala, to sing a solo!"

Liu Haocun kept bragging to Zhang Jingyi about how rare this opportunity was.

After all, this is a solo performance.

During the nationwide live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, she was the sole focus of attention on the stage for at least three minutes.

This is going to be a huge moment for me!

If it weren't for Lu Yunzhou—Liu Haocun knew he would never have had this opportunity!

"You're going to be on the Spring Festival Gala? Congratulations! But does going on the Spring Festival Gala mean you won't be able to go to Italy during winter break?"

"What a pity."

"I thought we could go skiing together."

Liu Haocun got this opportunity, and Zhang Jingyi wasn't jealous at all.

Because if Liu Haocun goes to the Spring Festival Gala, he will have to stay in China during the winter vacation, and it is impossible for him to be in Italy at the same time.

Since Liu Haocun is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala, what about the others?

Tian Xiwei will probably be on Chongqing's Spring Festival Gala as well.

Wang Ran is probably going to be on the Spring Festival Gala in Shanghai?

good good!

During the entire winter break, I went to Italy alone to stay by Nan's side and try to win her favor, even changing diapers for her son—hoping that Nan would like me.