Millennium director

Hengdian Hotel, banquet hall on the second floor.

A large red banner hangs on the front desk.

[The press conference for the launch of the large-scale fairy tale TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" jointly produced by Tangren Film and Television and Light and Shadow Times! 】

The banquet hall was already filled with reporters and media, carrying long guns and short cannons, looking expectantly at the side door.

"squeak--"

In full view of everyone, the side door was pushed open, and Cai Yinong and Wu Yuan led the starring actors of "Sword and Fairy" into the banquet hall.

In an instant, the entire banquet hall was filled with the sound of cameras clicking, and countless flashlights were constantly exposing, making people unable to open their eyes.

Unlike celebrities who are used to this scene and have received professional exposure light training, Wu Yuan has always hated this kind of high-explosive scene, so he prepared a pair of sunglasses in advance.

With a smile on his lips, Wu Yuan walked calmly to the interview seat on the stage and sat in the middle without hesitation.

"Director Wu is so handsome." A female reporter couldn't help shouting.

Well, the smile he just showed was immediately taken back by Wu Yuan, and he glanced at the reporter who spoke out awkwardly.

I'm a director, so I don't rely on looks to make a living.

"Ahem, everyone, please sit down." The host of the opening press conference was a guest director from the crew. He quickly greeted the crew and creators to take their seats.

Director Li Guoli sat on Wu Yuan's left hand side, Cai Yinong sat on his right hand side, and the remaining actors were arranged on both sides according to the importance of their roles.

After everyone was seated, the reporters in the audience immediately became agitated. They all raised their hands and rushed to interview and ask questions.

"Reporters from Sohu Entertainment in the first row, please ask questions first." The host extended his hand to indicate.

The person who just called Wu Yuan handsome was this female reporter from Sohu Entertainment.

Sure enough, she stood up and raised the microphone to Wu Yuan: "Director Wu, the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" you shot in the United States has been released in the mainland for a month and a half, and the box office has exceeded 35 million yuan."

"The film's North American box office total is US$350 million, and its global box office is US$650 million."

"You once again set a box office record for a mainland director's movie."

"What do you think of the mainland film market? Do you think the mainland film market has the opportunity to develop to the scale of North America?"

I didn’t expect that the first question would be this.

Wu Yuan shook his head with a black line on his face: "Now is the launch ceremony of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". I will not answer any questions that are not related to this TV series."

"Journalists, please focus on our new TV series."

But he thought about it, and when the female reporter sat down in disappointment, he added, "Well, I'll just answer this one question. Please don't touch on irrelevant topics in the following questions."

"I have always been very confident about the film market for our Chinese-language films."

"China is a country with a large population. Since joining the WTO, the economy has been growing rapidly, and movies, as a form of mass entertainment, have become more and more popular."

"There are now dozens of new movie theaters being built across the country every year. I believe that in the near future, our mainland film market will catch up with or even surpass that of North America."

"After all, we have a larger population and greater potential for movie consumption!"

"I believe that the mainland's film market will get better and better in the future, and I will also bring more good-looking Chinese-language movies to mainland audiences!"

Considering that it seemed inappropriate to just talk about his own affairs, Wu Yuan looked at Hu Ge and Liu Yifei sitting on both sides with a smile. ׺°”˜˜`”°º×

"Let me tell you some news. Hu Ge and Liu Yifei, the male and female protagonists of our "Legend of Sword and Fairy", are not only the male and female protagonists of this TV series, but also the male and female protagonists of my new movie."

"The filming of this new movie has been completed and we are in the post-production process. We will meet our mainland fans soon!"

"So, don't think that because Hu Ge and Liu Yifei are newcomers, they can't perform well in this TV series!"

The filming of "Your Name" was almost completely confidential. Wu Yuan did not hold a press conference, nor did he notify any reporters.

Not only did he miss the early publicity, but he also resented trivial matters such as being interviewed by reporters during filming.

Wu Yuan prefers to focus on publicity work one or two months before the movie is officially released.

Nowadays, mainland journalists are not so sharp-nosed, and they are even more incomparable with Hong Kong paparazzi.

So now the outside world doesn't know that he has made a new movie.

Wu Yuan threw this bomb, and the reporters who were originally not interested in interviewing Hu Ge and Liu Yifei immediately lit up their eyes and looked at the two of them.

"Okay, next reporter."

Immediately, the next reporter who stood up to ask a question pointed the microphone at Hu Ge: "Hello Hu Ge, I am a reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily."

"As a newcomer, you can play in director Wu's movie for the first time, and now you are the leading actor in the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy". How do you feel about it? Can you talk to us?"

"Of course I feel honored, but apart from being honored, I am also under great pressure." Hu Ge seemed to have some kind of interview syndrome. Although it was his first public interview with the media, he was not nervous at all.

Not only did he talk to reporters about the pressure he felt on the set and the pressure on the male protagonist of "Sword and Fairy", he also highly praised Wu Yuan's directing skills and Li Guoli's directing ability. He didn't look like a newcomer at all, but more like He is an old celebrity who is used to interviewing.

Not to mention the other heroine Liu Yifei. This interview focuses on sincerity. She will say whatever the reporter asks, and she will say it very seriously.

"When I was filming Director Wu's new film, I had a great insight. The director told me."

"As an actor, if you blindly pursue things like performance and explosive power, it is actually a superficial performance."

"That is to say, very difficult performances require the most natural reactions, not what the so-called explosive power can bring."

"And this kind of performance, which is the most traceless and natural, is also the most precious and difficult. I am still in the process of learning."

"Actually, I think filming is also a learning of different forms of acting. This is what Director Wu taught me."

"Then the teacher would ask me to write down my performance experience after every filming."

"I'm not the kind of person who sharpens his skills on the spot. I write every day during the filming process, and finally accumulate an article of experience."

"After filming Director Wu's scene, I wrote a very good review and gave it to the teacher, and the teacher praised me in class!"

"This time during the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", I will also study the performances of my seniors carefully on the crew and write about my experiences."

It sounds a little too fake.

But the reporters at the scene looked at Liu Yifei's sincere eyes and felt inexplicably that this little girl was not telling lies. She really summed up her experience and wrote about her experiences every time she filmed.

Even in 2004, actors who took their acting seriously were very rare.

"Dragon" has been aired in November, and Liu Yifei can no longer be regarded as an unknown actor.

Her role as Wang Yuyan in the play left a very deep impression on the audience.

Although there are not many scenes overall, the focus of discussions among netizens on the Internet now about the TV series "Dragon" is inseparable from Wang Yuyan.

She has even been hailed as the most beautiful Wang Yuyan in history, and the title of "Fairy Sister" has been widely circulated on the Internet.

However, reporter friends are still relatively unfamiliar with Liu Yifei and don’t know what this little girl is like in reality.

This press conference gave them the opportunity to get to know Liu Yifei.

The more they got to know her, the more they discovered that this little girl, who was only 16 years old, was far more mature and real than her peers.

Not just her, but the entire starring team of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are mostly actors who are not well-known in the mainland, including An Yixuan and Liu Pinyan.

For journalists, there is too much news content to write about in this opening press conference.

In comparison, Wu Yuan was left out in the cold in subsequent interviews.

There was no way he could answer any questions that had nothing to do with "Legend of Sword and Fairy" except for his identity as an investor. After several probing questions, several reporters had no choice but to give up asking Wu Yuan.

Anyway, he revealed his new movie, which is already big enough news for everyone to go back and write reports.

In this way, during the entire one-hour press conference, except for the first ten minutes, Wu Yuan was leisurely and relaxed watching other people being interviewed.

"Okay, thank you all journalists for coming to this opening ceremony."

"This is the end of the interview. Please move to the restaurant next door. Our "Sword and Fairy" crew has prepared a sumptuous lunch for everyone."

At a little after 11 o'clock at noon, the press conference ended. Cai Yinong left these reporters to pay for the traffic and asked them to write more good things for "Sword and Fairy".

Other crew members quickly left the hotel after the show.

Wu Yuan also took his assistant Xiao Zhang on the crew's bus and headed to the hotel where the actors were staying.

Next, the crew of "Sword and Fairy" will have nothing to do with him, but he plans to take a rest today and return to the capital tomorrow.

You are such a big director, and there is no busy work to do next, so why rush it?

Cai Yinong had already opened a room for him, which was the most upscale suite in the hotel. He lived in the inner room, and his assistant Xiao Zhang lived in the outer room.

This arrangement actually has connotations.

Nowadays, in the mainland entertainment industry, unspoken rules are gradually blowing.

Some young actors on the crew want to climb into the bed of directors, producers, and assistant directors every day in order to get more and more important roles.

It is common for actresses wrapped in bath towels to knock on the doors of directors, producers, and investors in the middle of the night.

For directors who don't want to accept this unspoken rule, or don't want to play with such "dirty" women, it is very important to have a dedicated assistant living outside at this time.

In particular, it can prevent some actresses with ulterior motives from getting the director's room key from the front desk and sneaking into the director's bed in the middle of the night.

Otherwise, if something like this happens, it will just be yellow mud on your crotch, which is either shit or shit.

With an assistant standing guard outside, even if Wu Yuan was drunk, he would not be afraid of being taken advantage of, and he could sleep peacefully at night.

He really doesn't think much of this unspoken behavior now.

In previous dreams, he had passively accepted this unspoken rule several times, but what level was he at that time? He was just the deputy director and executive director of the crew.

I have some power in my hand, but not much. No one will suffer if I make a consensual deal with some 18th-tier actresses.

But when he reached Wu Yuan's status and status, he would no longer do this.

Whether it is great directors such as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen, and Chen Kaige, or later directors such as Wu Ershan, Ning Hao, Wu Jing, Wen Muye, and Guo Fan.

Anyone who has made achievements will not make unspoken rules in his crew.

Even if they want to play with women, they are mostly looking for some young models and other direct monetary transactions.

Or let’s talk seriously about mistresses, mistresses, and mistresses.

Why?

The simple reason is that because they are responsible for their own film projects, they cannot assign roles to women just to sleep with them.

At their level, the role assigned is too expensive, at least it is an important supporting actress or even the heroine.

Great directors are really reluctant to pay such a price.

And they don't like those young actors who knock on the director's door just for a small supporting role.

Those in the industry who like to engage in such unspoken rules are mainly TV drama producers and assistant directors. TV drama directors do not engage in such unspoken rules, which is not cost-effective.

Not to mention a movie director.

In their eyes, the most important thing is that the movie is well made and a hit at the box office. They will not assign a role to a woman just to sleep with her.

That is to say, assistant directors. They are not the person in charge of the film, so their lower body dominates the brain.

But the assistant directors cannot decide who will be the leading actors and the main supporting actors, so they can only choose to cast in the 18th line or even as extras.

The hardest-hit areas with truly unspoken rules are mainly TV drama producers and the vast number of assistant directors.

Wu Yuan once belonged to this group, but he has now separated from it.

After returning to the hotel with his assistant, Wu Yuan said to him: "Xiao Zhang, if there are any unknown people knocking on the door later, just send them away."

"Especially actresses."

"I'm going to take a nap first to catch up on my sleep."

He didn't sleep well last night and came to Hengdian from the capital early in the morning. Wu Yuan was now a little sleepy.

"Okay Director Wu!" On his first day on the job, Xiao Zhang, who heard Wu Yuan talk about some chaos in the industry, immediately promised: "I will never let others disturb your rest!"

Wu Yuan waved his hand, took off his coat, and walked inside.

He slept until after nine o'clock in the evening.

The dinner Xiao Zhang ordered for him was cooled and reheated three times before Wu Yuan woke up.

"Phew, I had a good sleep this time." He shook his stiff neck and got up from the bed.

"Director Wu, you're awake."

"I've ordered dinner for you and put it on the table."

"Okay, please excuse me." Nodding to Xiao Zhang with a smile, Wu Yuan walked directly to the dining table and enjoyed his dinner.

But before he could take a few bites of food, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Xiao Zhang, who had been remembering Wu Yuan's instructions, immediately stood up from the sofa, walked to the door in three steps and two steps at a time, lay down in the peephole and looked outside.

Two figures, one large and one small, were standing outside the door of Wu Yuan's room, and they were all women!

Xiao Zhang's heart immediately became nervous.

But when he saw clearly who was standing outside the door, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and shouted inside: "Director Wu, Liu Yifei and her daughter are outside the door. Do you want to let them in?"

Wu Yuan, who was stuffing prawns into his mouth, was stunned for a moment. Why are they here?

But he still said immediately: "Invite them in."

Soon, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli walked into Wu Yuan's suite one after another.

Xiao Zhang even stuck his head out to look at the corridor to make sure no one was peeking outside, and then he closed the door with confidence.

"Qianxi, Aunt Liu, do you have anything to do with me?" Wu Yuan asked with a smile.

Liu Xiaoli did not reply, but stood behind Liu Yifei with her arms folded, looking at Wu Yuan with a half-smile.

Liu Yifei walked over to Wu Yuan and sat down next to him with a smile. She held her face in her hands and looked at him with bright eyes: "Brother, New Year's Eve is coming soon."

"I heard there will be fireworks outside today. Let's go to the rooftop to watch the fireworks!"

"Huh?" As a true Chinese, Wu Yuan didn't care much about the New Year's Eve. In addition, he had no relatives at home, and he didn't love the Lunar New Year very much.

So he didn't even care that today was the last day of 2003.

Looking at his watch, Wu Yuan felt helpless: "Qianqian, it's only around nine o'clock now, it's still early before 12 o'clock, right?"

"But fireworks have started to be set off outside." Liu Yifei muttered and pointed out the window.

Looking along her hand, Wu Yuan happened to see a firework rising into the sky from a distance, exploding into a brilliant display.

"Okay." Wu Yuan nodded and speeded up his dinner.

This is an invitation from the fairy sister. It’s really hard to refuse.

After finishing dinner in a hurry, he took Xiao Zhang and followed Liu Yifei and her daughter out of the house, and went up to the rooftop from the emergency passage.

Coincidentally, just when they stepped onto the rooftop, a firework shot into the sky from very close and exploded in front of their eyes.

The colorful colors magnified and bloomed in their pupils.

Liu Yifei raised her head and looked at the fleeting beauty with a bright smile.

"So beautiful~!"

"Yes." Wu Yuan also smashed his mouth and said in agreement.

It’s really cold in Hengdian in December. Even if I’m wearing warm clothes, I still feel the cold wind blowing into my neck while standing on the rooftop.

But neither Liu Yifei nor Wu Yuan was cold at all, they just looked up at the fireworks that kept blooming.

Behind them, Liu Xiaoli and Xiao Zhang stood together.

Ignoring Xiao Zhang's constant rubbing of his hands and stamping his feet, Liu Xiaoli looked at the backs of the two of them absentmindedly.

Liu Yifei, who has grown to 17cm tall, looks really good when standing next to Wu Yuan. Just looking at her back, she looks very harmonious, looking like a handsome man and a beautiful woman.

But a few years ago, she was still a little girl who would hug her mother's thigh and act coquettishly and ask for sweets.

Why did she grow into a tall and graceful girl in such a blink of an eye?

Liu Xiaoli's mind was filled with thoughts, melancholy mixed with sourness.

Liu Yifei's mood at the moment was very pure, only happiness and joy.

The new year is actually not special and does not deserve her to be so happy.

What’s special is the people who accompany me during this New Year’s Eve.

Turning her head and looking at Wu Yuan's side face quietly, Liu Yifei said softly: "Brother, Happy New Year."

Wu Yuan also turned around.

Under the illumination of the fireworks, he saw Liu Yifei's bright and hot eyes.

For a moment, he felt his heart stop.

Pursing his lips, Wu Yuan looked away with a guilty conscience.

"Well, Happy New Year."