China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Liu Qianqian was delivered to Lu Ping'an like this.

But the matter is still far from a perfect solution.

After all, the actual situation of Lu Ping'an is more complicated. If Liu Xiaoli knew about it, she would definitely escape with Liu Qianqian.

Not to mention Liu Xiaoli, Lu Pingan's relatives, such as the eldest uncle, knew that Lu Pingan had two more women and two daughters, so he ignored him these days. The aunt said that she was angry there, and felt that Lu Pingan had done something wrong. That's a little too much.

Also, if this kind of thing is revealed, Lu Pingping will never be able to live happily in the future.

Fortunately, this matter can be covered up. What is difficult is how to make Lu Ping'an and the women's relatives accept it.

After all, they are family members. If others can hide it, how can they continue to hide it?

Lizi, Liu Qianqian and others expressed concern about this.

I feel like things have become a powder keg that will explode if not handled properly.

The good news is that Ping An also has a solution.

When I was filming "The Bucket List" earlier, I got a reward, and I could use "The Embalmer" to complete a certain degree of "brainwashing."

Lu Ping'an has no doubt about the function of golden finger.

So the problem can be solved as long as "The Embalmer" is filmed next.

In fact, even without this trick, Lu Ping'an is still confident in completing the Great Harmony mission.

Because again, I have children, and I can drink a bowl of water on my own, and my life can always go on, but I will just be a little tired.

Of course, now that we can take shortcuts, we must make good use of them.

So the next step is to film "The Embalmer" first.

As for the originally planned "Inception", I still have the IP for this film, so it doesn't matter if I push it back.

Once the matter was settled, the project would soon begin.

Hu Qingquan was very excited when he learned that Lu Pingan was going to shoot a literary film to hit Cannes.

Because Lu Ping An is now only one Cannes Palme d'Or from the three major European Grand Slams.

If he can achieve this, he will completely become one of the top figures in the international literary and artistic film industry.

Not to mention domestically, there is only one Palme d'Or in China, and Poet Chen has been proud of this trophy for so many years.

There are still many old guys who feel that Lu Pingan is not as good as him, even if Lu Pingan holds the Golden Bear and Golden Lion and such a high personal box office.

Of course Hu Qingquan didn't care about the opinions of these old guys before, but now that Lu Ping An is going to hit Cannes, the situation will naturally be different.

"If I really want to win the prize, I will set up a table in a fly house and invite them all to see what the Palme d'Or looks like!" Hu Qingquan said bitterly.

"Okay, you have to be careful when the time comes and don't let others dig out gold." Lu Ping'an agreed with a smile.

Hu Qingquan laughed, but both of them knew it was a joke.

Although the two of them are looking forward to awards and the like, overall they are already very open-minded.

It's the best if you can get it, it doesn't matter if you can't get it.

Making a good movie is the most important thing.

So after joking, the two quickly got down to business.

"Has the script been written?"

"wrote."

"I'll find whoever you need."

"I want something special this time."

"How to say?"

"I want to be the starring role myself."

Goldfinger shows that if Lu Pingan himself stars in the film, the emotional impact will be doubled.

Although Lu Pingan has never been that eager to participate in roles, the most he can do is make guest appearances.

But this matter is related to the great harmony of the future, so of course I have to go to a safe road myself.

Hu Qingquan was very surprised after hearing this: "You do it yourself?!"

"Yes." Lu Pingan's eyes were firm.

After Hu Qingquan was stunned for a while, he quickly nodded: "It's okay, you have the experience of directing and acting. It will be of no harm to you. I support you!"

"You need to support me more."

"you say."

"You can come and act too, let's do it together."

"No problem, just don't do any action scenes for me."

"There are still action scenes, and there are a lot of them."

"You kid really want to torture me to death?" Hu Qingquan laughed angrily.

Lu Ping'an touched his nose and said, "You are really going to death."

Hu Qingquan: "???"

Then the next second, Lu Pingan took out the script from the drawer. On the cover of the script were three words "Encoffiant" written in big letters.

Hu Qingquan: "!!!"

After the project was finalized, the news that "Lu Ping'an is going to film a new movie, and he will direct and act in it himself!" quickly spread in the industry.

Those who are more informed already know that this is a literary film that is competing for awards, and that the script was written by Director Lu for more than ten years!

I don’t know whether the news is true or false, but it is certain that it is “self-directed and self-acted”.

Just because of this, everyone will not think this is a simple movie.

It is not uncommon for directors to direct and act in their own films.

But Director Lu has never directed or acted himself, and now he suddenly wants to do so, so the design of this movie is extraordinary.

After Lu Pingan's friends and actors in the industry learned the news, they were only briefly surprised for a while, and then quickly sent Lu Pingan's "support" message.

Everyone's attitude is very unified.

If you need someone, come to me anytime, even if you want to act like a corpse!

Such polite words are very common in the industry, but in this movie, they are really just half-hearted.

Hu Qingquan laughed and said: "Even the corpse has an all-star cast, and I probably won't be able to find a second one in a hundred years."

"Forget it, give priority to amateurs for corpses, they can easily steal the spotlight."

Lu Ping'an smiled and waved.

Although the all-star cast of Corpse is indeed interesting, and those who support it will not refuse it after knowing it, in the end, this is an artistic film after all, not a commercial film, so the more important thing is to consider the film itself.

Of course Hu Qingquan agreed. He just made fun of him. Tian Zhuangzhuang on the side was even more relieved. What an all-star lineup. The Palme d'Or won't give you extra points just because of a few Chinese stars, so it's best to be more serious. Nothing better.

Next is the early casting.

Lu Ping'an and Hu Qingquan have already decided that their "wife" will be Yan Danchen.

Zhang Songwen will also be there. This time he will be mainly responsible for directing Lu Ping'an's acting skills and playing the role of the male protagonist's hometown boy, the son of his grandmother who died in the bathhouse.

The rest of the roles will be chosen slowly, and there is no rush, because Lu Ping'an still has a few things to do before filming starts.

The first is to sort out and study the domestic funeral folk custom system and make reasonable modifications and replacements; the second is to select the venue; and the third is to practice the cello and "emberment".

As for the cello, let’s not mention it. The original owner actually practiced it for a while when he was a child, but he didn’t practice it for as long as the male protagonist in the movie, but only practiced for half a year.

So Lu Ping An actually has a basic foundation, and then he can practice until he can appear on camera, which will probably take a few months.

As for the music.

That is naturally "original".

Anyway, his musical talent has been demonstrated before, not least this time.

Then the entire project team started to work.

The task goal is to complete the production before the deadline for sending the film to Cannes in April next year. There are still 9 months left, so there is plenty of time.

After the "Encoffiant" project team started, the company's other projects are also in progress.

In late July, "Wonderful Night 3" and "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" were launched simultaneously in Beijing and Hengdian respectively.

The former uses fewer special effects and can be released in time for the Spring Festival, while "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" is directly targeted for the 2013 Spring Festival release.

The casting decisions in the film were all decided by Zhou Xingxing. Lu Ping An did not interfere too much in this regard. Zhou Xing Xing was very independent, so the protagonist was still the protagonist. Lu Ping An didn’t have much opinion on this, but for Xiaozhu It was completely different, and eventually it was replaced by Deng Chao

After the two movies were launched, Cheng Long's "Zodiac" also attracted big action before its release.

In early August, Lu Pingan and Cheng Long went to Britain and other places together and brought back several cultural relics.

Four of them are for "Zodiac" and the rest are for "Wonderful Night 3".

Two movies about cultural relics were released during the Spring Festival. It cannot be just talk without practice, so bringing back some national treasures in reality is of great significance in all aspects.

In addition, there will be a linkage between the two movies this time.

Cheng Long in "Twelve Zodiac Signs" will eventually bring cultural relics back to China. In addition to the dragon head, there is also an unknown turtle back plate.

This scene will appear in the easter egg, so "Zodiac" can also be regarded as the "prequel" of the "Wonderful Night" series.

This idea came to Cheng Long himself, and Lu Pingan happily agreed after hearing it, because at that time he had decided not to do a "prequel" because there was no suitable work template. Now with "Zodiac", this problem has been solved.

On August 3, "Bu Bu Jing Xin" was released on four satellite TV stations across the country.

In this time and space, "Bu Bu Jing Xin" has no direct rival to "Palace", and with the blessing of four satellite TV stations, the ratings and attention of the show after its release far exceeded that of the original time and space.

As a result, Liu Shishi officially became popular.

So far, Liu Qianqian, Tang Yan, Yang Mi, and Liu Shishi have all stood on the front line of the Four Beauties of the Immortal Sword summarized by netizens of this time and space, and the "85 Flowers" top four pattern has been completely formed.

Among the top four, the strongest one is of course Liu Qianqian.

On August 6, the Chinese Valentine's Day, "The Girl We Chased Together All Those Years" was officially released simultaneously in the three places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

The film was directed by Lu Ping'an and starred by Liu Qianqian and Hu Ge. It was originally the most popular film during the entire summer season, and was even more popular than last month's "Transformers 3" and "District 9" to a certain extent.

Now that it has finally been released, the film lives up to expectations.

When "Those Years" sung by Hu Xia resounded throughout the streets, it was announced that "Those Years" had taken over the youth romance movie scene.

In the end, "Those Years", one month after its release on September 6, took in a box office of 670 million yuan in the mainland. In Hong Kong, it set a box office record for Chinese-language movies with 63 million Hong Kong dollars in many years. Mathais and other places also achieved amazing results.

With this film, Liu Qianqian's fan base has been further expanded, and her commercial value has surpassed that of Fan Binbin after "Star You". In this September, she ranks first in Asia.

Also experiencing a surge in popularity in August was Chen Sicheng and his "Northern Love".

Although the ratings of "Northern Love" are not as good as "Step by Step", due to the different subject matter, Chen Sicheng still achieved a perfect debut.

In September, Zhu Yilong, who had been running for nearly 10 months, could finally take a break.

In 10 months, he fully digested the dividends from "Star You" and completed a revenue of 450 million.

According to this data, there is no objection to Zhu Yilong becoming the highest-paid actor this year.

And the other bonuses brought by the top level are also very powerful.

In mid-September, Chen Hong met on Lu Ping'an and mentioned the new movie "Search" that the great poet was going to shoot. As for the male lead, Chen Hong and the great poet chose Zhu Yilong.

Obviously, this is not entirely due to Lu Ping An's relationship, Zhu Yilong's own traffic is even more critical.

The great poet has been losing money since "The Promise", and this time he is thinking of using this method to reverse the decline.

This is not the first time that a major director has taken advantage of traffic. He used Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Baizhi in "The Promise".

This time he originally wanted to find Xie Tingfeng, but unfortunately, Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Baizhi divorced in August.

Finally, Chen Hong told me that he found Zhu Yilong, the most lucrative actor at the moment.

Ping An certainly agreed to this and said it would provide all support.

Of course, although great poets are not as prosperous as before, they still have no shortage of support resources.

But since Lu Ping'an said so, the other party readily agreed.

Because this is not just a matter of simple business cooperation.

It was a historic moment when the great poet and Lu Ping'an completely settled their differences - at least that's what the great poet himself thought.

Lu Ping'an doesn't care about this, as long as he can make money anyway, the return rate of "Search" in the original space and time is quite high, with a box office of 40 million, which brings in nearly 200 million, which is an excellent harvest, so if you don't make money, you won't make it in vain.

After the male protagonist was decided, Chen Hong originally planned to find Gao Yuanyuan as the female protagonist, but Gao Yuanyuan was not interested because all her attention was now on her child.

Gao Yuanyuan has even told Lu Ping'an twice that she wants to retire.

Obviously, after having a child, the literary young woman Gao Yuanyuan gained a great understanding of life and felt that children are the treasures in the world.

Lu Ping'an didn't persuade her, she could afford it anyway.

Pear also has similar thoughts.

It's a pity that Lizi still has to film "Wonderful Night 3", and because there are many night scenes in the movie, she can't be with her daughter during the night scenes. Lizi has cried several times because of this.

Therefore, a woman's personality will really change greatly after giving birth to a child.

The premise is to give birth to a daughter.

The two daughters are less than three months old now, but An Jingjing is so beautiful and cute that even adults can't move when they look at her.

But it would be different if I gave birth to a son.

Such as Yan Danchen.

Lu Jianqing is now one and a half years old.

The whole person is full of energy and can run around the house in various ways.

So after Yan Danchen knew that he could act with Lu Ping'an, he was as happy as he was on the eve of his childhood spring outing.

Of course, Lu Ping'an was a little speechless. She thought she was happy to act with him, but it turned out that she was hiding from her son.

What troubles him even more is that his son is so energetic when he is only one and a half years old. His favorite toy is a ball and he will kick it whenever he sees it. So what should he do in the future? Is it possible to really let him play football?

Depressed Director Lu shook his head and played the cello. The cello teacher from the Central Conservatory of Music applauded: You played well this time, the emotion is in place, keep it up!

The road is safe: ε=(ο｀*))) Alas!

Time flies and it’s November.

"Wonderful Night 3" is wrapping up, and Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" is also wrapping up.

Lu Ping'an's "The Embalmer" also officially started filming this month.

The main location was chosen in the Northeast because Lu Ping'an wanted to restore the original snow scene, and the filming location was in the capital.

In fact, the filming of the film has already started in August.

Because it is necessary to show the scene of spring coming to the east, the real scene must try its best to follow the seasons.

So in August, Lu Ping'an had already played the cello several times on the field ridge.

And now it’s time to actually start filming the plot.

Among them, funeral customs will be diversified in general, showing more of the characteristics of various regions in China, but there will be certain changes and unification in the "encoffining ceremony" of the main context to better fit the visual look and feel of the original artistic display.

In addition to a few previously mentioned characters in the film, a number of celebrities make guest appearances.

For example, Jiang Wen once again wanted to take advantage of Lu Ping An and acted as a "father" no matter what. With his statement like this, others would dare to compete with him? Northeastern old Zhao couldn't get it, so Lu Ping'an cursed and didn't agree.

This matter is not a question of whether to take advantage, but a question of whether or not something will happen.

When the audience takes a look, good guy, the protagonist’s father turns out to be Zhang Mazi!

Wouldn’t that completely ruin the atmosphere?

But this is also the reason why Jiang Wen doesn't know the plot.

After some explanation, Jiang Wen immediately apologized and then chose the role of "band boss".

The "father" role is played by the uncle.

When the uncle first found out about this, he was unusually silent for a long time, and he didn't agree until the next day.

The eldest aunt said that the uncle didn't sleep that night.

Northeastern Lao Zhao also made a guest appearance as a family member of a deceased person this time. It was the one who first accused the protagonist of being late in the original version and was moved by it in the end.

Zhou Yiwei made a guest appearance as a "Ghost Fire Boy", who was the boyfriend of the dead "hot girl" who played Yang Mi in the film.

Wu Yanshu plays the role of the bathhouse grandma, and Li Xuejian plays the role of the "burning fire" uncle.

Mr. Zhou plays a guest role as the female secretary of the protagonist's company. Li Binbin can't compete with her. Who brings Mr. Zhou and Lu Ping'an closer together.

Dong Xuan, whom she hasn't seen for a long time, guest stars as the wife of Zhang Songwen's character.

In addition, there will be a group of "dead people" and "family members of the deceased", and there will be many celebrity guest appearances, including Guorong's guest appearance as a "dead person".

Lu Ping'an was shocked at first when he heard that Guorong had recommended himself, but Guorong's reason was very strong: He didn't know that it would be decades before he died in reality, so he wanted to experience his own funeral in the movie first.

So his "family members of the deceased" include Aunt Mei and other Hong Kong celebrities.

Everyone came to cheer and "play", but they left Lu Ping'an with endless emotions.

The roles have been finalized, and at a glance, it can be said that this film is a large gathering of friends who have been "helped" by Lu Ping'an.

As for movies, everyone is also paying close attention to them.

After all, funeral themes are rare in the world, let alone in China.

Everyone wants to know what kind of story Lu Pingan will tell and what method he will use to present the movie.

Of course, Ping An Lu cannot reveal the plot to everyone in advance.

We will not start filming the "Encoffining Ceremony" directly at the moment.

However, after Lu Pingan played "Memory" for everyone, which is the theme song of "Encourage Master", everyone finally got a taste of it, and then looked at Lu Pingan, and fell silent without knowing the plot.

Of course, the wives who knew from beginning to end why Lu Ping An wanted to make this movie were already in tears.

Filming officially begins next.

News about the launch of Lu Ping An's new film has also spread in the market, but there is no title and no clue about the subject matter. We only know that there are many celebrity guest appearances.

The discussion is still very high, after all, he is Lu Ping'an.

Everyone is looking forward to the new movie.

And Lu Pingan also started his first leading role career.

It's just that it's almost no difficulty for him.

Because he has a golden finger.

As long as you play the main role in your own movie, you can fit into the role perfectly.

He discovered this feature as early as August when he was shooting the first scene.

It was also at this time that Lu Ping'an discovered that Goldfinger actually had such a hidden function.

No wonder I didn’t notice it when I made a guest appearance before!

In this regard, Lu Ping'an could only shake his head.

Pity.

If given to a host who loves acting, this function will shine.

But Lu Pingping doesn't like to show his face.

That is, this time we did this for the sake of "great harmony."

As for the future?

He still wasn't interested.

As for why?

You have to leave a way for Zhang Songwen and the others to survive~

"Right Awen?" Lu Pingan said to the surprised Zhang Songwen with a smile.

"necessary!"

Zhang Songwen gave a thumbs up and then quietly wiped his sweat

The filming of "The Embalmer" started smoothly.

A few days later, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was completed.

On the same day, "Thirty-day Love" was released.

Like The Original Time and Space, after months of creating a "lovelorn" atmosphere, "Love is Lost" has had an amazing start, with pre-sale box office exceeding 100 million.

This is simply a miracle for a movie with a cost of only 8 million.

In fact, this is also thanks to the foundation laid by "Those Years" in August.

The theme of first love has awakened everyone's deepest memories.

And first love is often accompanied by lovelorn.

So in August, the first love wind blew all over the earth. When he saw that the market response was so good, and countless companies on the market began to follow the trend of this theme but the projects had not yet been launched, Xingchen himself once again harvested the popularity with a lovelorn theme. market.

So the whole of November was all about "Broken Love".

In its first week of release, "Broken Love" grossed 200 million at the box office.

Among them, the one who benefited the most was Yang Mi.

Last year, her "Bottom Hot Girl" also had a high box office, but because Guorong and Lu Ping'an personally directed it, Yang Mi was naturally considered to be a favorite.

And now "Love Lost" has exploded at the box office. There are not many serious movie stars in the film, the director is even unknown, and Lu Ping'an was not involved in the script.

Therefore, Yang Mi took this opportunity to completely consolidate his box office appeal.

As a result, Yang Mi became the second in command among the top four 85 Flowers.

In addition to Yang Mi, Guo Jingfei also became famous because of the "Wang Xiaojian" who is both a girl and a man.

But when it comes to the most popular, outstanding and amazing actor in November, it still has to be Bao Qiang.

In late November, Baoqiang's "Hello Mr. Tree" was released.

The box office of this film was mediocre, and I was under pressure to make back the money.

But Bao Qiang's performance in the film shocked many industry insiders and movie fans.

The same is true in the original time and space. Before "Mr. Tree", Baoqiang was always considered to depend on God for food.

Just with his face and those big white teeth, many characters can come to life without much acting.

Such as Shagen, Xu Sanduo, and Shunliu.

So everyone actually has question marks about Bao Qiang's acting skills.

It wasn't until Mr. Shu appeared that everyone realized that Baoqiang's acting skills were truly top notch!

Just like Duan Long said in a talk show once: Many professional actors want to act so much, want to show themselves so much, they can't wait to smoke and do eighteen tricks, but Baoqiang only made one move, but he was able to make the class The actor who was born is thrown thousands of miles away.

Nortel even included Baoqiang's performance in "Mr. Tree" in its teaching materials.

This has completely refreshed the view of Baoqiang among industry insiders.

At this point, many people have fully realized that Lu Pingan's vision was really accurate when he recruited Bao Qiang as his first artist!

For Baoqiang, this month is also a double blessing.

End of November.

Baoqiang visited the crew of "Encourage" and made a guest appearance as "the family of the deceased".

After the cameo ended, Baoqiang happily told Lu Pingan that he was getting married.

The marriage partner was his original girlfriend, Wang Qing, who was also his fellow countryman.

Zhang Songwen and others were very surprised after hearing this and expressed congratulations.

Lu Ping'an also showed surprise, but in fact he was quite clear about the progress of their relationship.

It sounds a bit insidious, but it is also for his own good. People have been watching him since they knew he was in love. The purpose is also very simple. They are worried that this Wang Qing is Ma Rong from the original time and space.

But now it seems that although this girl is not so perfect in Lu Pingan's opinion, she is still better than Ma Rong.

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that Bao Qiang will still suffer a calamity in his life.

It’s just that this is something for the future.

As for now, of course I just want to congratulate everyone.

Baoqiang's wedding is scheduled for February, which is two years later than the original time and space.

The wedding will be held once in my hometown and once in the capital.

Lu Ping'an waved his hand, and he was in the capital.

Baoqiang knew Lu Ping'an's character and happily accepted without refusing.

After Bao Qiang left the next day, Zhang Songwen also scratched his nose and said to Lu Ping'an during the break in filming: "I might be getting married soon."

Lu Ping'an frowned, and Zhou Yiwei on the side was even more shocked. A thousand-year-old bachelor actually launched a surprise attack? !

Under questioning, Zhang Songwen confessed.

It turns out that he met a girl a few months ago, and they got along very well with her, and they developed quickly.

After hearing this, Lu Ping'an knew that this was his girlfriend from the original time and space. She was engaged in computer science at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

So this marriage is probably not over.

What else is there to say? Lu Pingan waved his hand again: Got it!

Zhang Songwen chuckled and waved his hand: "No, no, we are not planning to do anything big, just something simple will be fine."

Lu Ping'an also knew his character, so he didn't say much, but a big red envelope was definitely indispensable.

After Zhang Songwen finished speaking, Ning Hao, who was with the team, also sighed quietly: "It seems that I have to have a wedding too!"

Everyone waved their hands "oh, oh".

This kid has been married a long time ago, and now he actually has a child, a son who is almost four years old.

But regarding the wedding, the couple seemed to be very "avant-garde" and didn't do anything about it.

Now suddenly it happens.

Lu Ping'an and Yiwei Yiwei certainly didn't think he really wanted to do it.

Just for the sake of excitement, it’s enough to go around for a while.

Sure enough, Zhou Yiwei started to sigh.

These brothers all have happy families, and now he is the only one left.

"My true love, where is it!"

On Monday, the sky was filled with roars.

Of course it's at Lantai.

Lu Ping'an smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay. Love is not good, but career is definitely good. I will arrange a role for you later."

"What role?"

Zhou Yiwei immediately put aside love and asked with piercing eyes.

"I'll arrange one for you that will make you famous."

"Really? It's agreed!"

"It's a must! And it's the kind that can become a hit with just one line!"

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"Do not believe?"

"Believe it! Of course I believe it! You are Director Lu, and you are as good as your word. Who dares not to believe it? I've thanked you here. If you need anything, Director Lu, tonight, I'm always here for you."

"Go away, go away!"

"Okay!"

While laughing, continue shooting.

And the drama about Zhou Yiwei has indeed been decided.

Just in time to take advantage of Liu Shishi's rising popularity, "Xiu Chun Dao" can be released.

Someone has already submitted this project a few days ago, and it is our director Lu Yang. Of course Lu Ping An has to accept it.

Time flies, and soon it’s January. Five days before the Spring Festival, “The Embalmer” was completed after a total of 102 days of shooting.

[Congratulations on finishing "The Embalmer". Since the host plays the protagonist and uses system functions to complete the performance, the completion level will not be recorded in the reward assessment, so this reward will be cancelled]

So there is no way to fix the bug!

Just when the road was safe and helpless, the golden finger's prompt sounded again:

[Congratulations on completing the achievement of self-directing and acting, and you will be given a super reward]

When I saw the prompt, the joy of regaining something suddenly rushed into my heart, and then I looked directly at the reward.

"The Embalmer" super reward: a set of high-scoring series of movies from any timeline.

Another lottery draw.

Counting the previous ones, I now have four blind boxes in my hand.

Lu Pingping accepted the reward.

Still the same approach.

Wait for the right time to draw again!

That night, the crew of "The Embalmer" held a private closing banquet.

Everyone returned to the company the next day, and Lu Pingan set his sights on the Spring Festival stalls.

The Spring Festival of 2012 is here. (End of chapter)