The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 368 Movie
Liu Hua finally remembered his tenants. Over the years, the tenants had changed several times, but they were all involved in the entertainment or music industry, so they were related.

Among them, Cui Yongyuan is currently the most successful. He has earned the title of "Godfather of Rock" and is considered a prominent figure in Beijing's relatively small art scene.

"Xiao Cui, do you have time for a drink?"

"Uncle Liu wants to have a drink with me, so I definitely have to make time." Cui Jian readily agreed: "Let's go to Uncle Zhu's hot pot restaurant, I've been craving it for days."

"Let's go eat, it's not like anyone's going to refuse you food."

Cui Jian complained, "My agency got me a huge job, and I've been traveling all over the country for more than three months. Otherwise, would I be in such a sorry state?"

Cui Jian arrived a little later in the evening. Han Yufeng was at the counter when he entered.

"Auntie, give me a super spicy hot pot."

Han Yufeng waved her hand: "Old Liu has already ordered in the private room. He ordered a 'Yuan Yang' (half spicy, half mild) meal, one extra spicy and one mild."

"Doesn't Uncle Liu also eat extremely spicy food?"

"He also brought a girl with him, who is quite pretty and is said to be some kind of celebrity."

Cui Jian nodded: "Oh? Let me take a look."

Cui Jian pushed open the door to the private room and immediately saw Rosamund Kwan, but he didn't pay any attention to her and just casually greeted her.

"Auntie is here too. She looks great today."

After saying that, Cui Jian realized, "No, you're not my auntie, you're much younger than my auntie."

I remembered what Han Yufeng just said: Liu Hua brought a pretty celebrity with him, and this woman looks so much like Liu Feifei.

They had once said that Liu Feifei and Rosamund Kwan looked very similar, so I immediately realized it.

"It really is Rosamund Kwan."

Rosamund Kwan stood up and shook hands with Cui Jian: "My brother-in-law introduced you to me, saying you are the godfather of rock in mainland China. It just so happens that I know our Xiangjiang rock superstar, Ka-Kui."

"Beyond, we've known each other for a long time," Cui Jian said politely. "Who's your brother-in-law?"

Liu Hua nodded: "It's me, isn't it? She's your aunt's distant cousin."

"No wonder they look so alike, it turns out we're quite destined to be together."

Han Yufeng directed the waiters to bring out all the hot pot ingredients. Liu Hua smiled and said, "I've had your hot pot in Hong Kong, but you've never had Sichuan hot pot in mainland China. Today, I'll let you experience what true excitement is."

While eating, even the mildly spicy version was too hot for Rosamund Kwan to handle. The hot pot restaurant had plum juice, some made with plum extract and others made by Sha Zhu himself.

Liu Hua, the plum juice you ate at the hot pot was of course made by Sha Zhu himself, and Guan Zhilin guzzled it down.

Liu Hua said with a smile, "That's why Sichuan cuisine isn't served at state banquets. It would be too impolite for us to be sweating so much while eating."

After clinking glasses with Liu Hua, Cui Jian asked curiously, "Uncle, what did you call me here for today? You couldn't have just called me here specifically to treat me to hot pot, could you?"

"Your aunt wants to develop her career in the mainland, but I don't know anyone in your entertainment or music circles. Do you have any connections?" To his surprise, Cui Jian didn't believe him at all and shook his head, saying, "Uncle, don't be ridiculous. The entertainment industry in Hong Kong is so lucrative. You can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars for a movie there, but here you only earn tens of thousands of dollars, and that's already considered a lot."

"It's just to lay a foundation for the future. Our economic development will definitely be better than Hong Kong's in the future, so she wants to get her face known first."

"Oh." Cui Jian suddenly realized, "Then I'll have to find out. After all, I don't act in movies. If she wants to sing, I can write a song for her."

Liu Hua looked at Rosamund Kwan. She was known as a porcelain doll or enamel doll in the entertainment industry. If she sang a restless rock song, what a contrast it would be!

Liu Hua asked with a smile, "Do you want to sing rock? Xiao Cui is really good at writing rock songs."

"Okay."

Rosamund Kwan readily agreed. People who only focus on Rosamund Kwan's beauty and acting skills generally don't know that she actually released an album in 1994. It can only be said that her singing skills are not outstanding among professional singers.

Liu Hua was inexplicably a little excited. What would it be like for such a porcelain doll to sing rock?
Later, Cui Yongyuan actually wrote a lyrical rock song for her, which unexpectedly became Rosamund Kwan's signature work.

Three days later, Xiao Cui came to Liu Hua's house and said with a smile, "Uncle, this time I'm going to have to put in a lot of effort. I've been looking around and found out that Wang Binglin from the Beijing Film Studio has put together a script and is raising money to make it. The lead actor is Liang Tian, ​​but the female lead hasn't been decided yet."

"Just help me make a connection, and I'll invest money, right?"

"Alright." Xiao Cui nodded: "I'll pull some strings and invite screenwriter Wang over for a chat. There's also a movie involved, that would be even more amazing."

"What movie?"

“Bethune, the growth of a hero.” Xiao Cui nodded as he spoke: “This store is a joint production of August First Film Studio, China Film Group, Maple Leaf National University, and French Chicken.”

"They're already filming, aren't they?"

Xiao Cui nodded: "It's just started filming. Uncle, with your connections, it shouldn't be too difficult to find someone to get Miss Guan in. Being able to participate in the filming of this movie would be incredible."

Just by hearing the name, you can tell that this movie is definitely a patriotic film. If a Hong Kong or Taiwan actor were to join the cast of a patriotic film, it might have a different kind of significance.

The next day, Liu Hua inquired with Ma Shan and learned that although Ma Shan was not from the August First Film Studio, he was at least a real soldier.

Liu Hua was his old friend, and Rosamund Kwan was a relative of his old friend. Ma Shan didn't think it would be much trouble to ask around.

So he contacted the August First Film Studio and explained the matter. The people at the August First Film Studio felt that the fact that a Hong Kong actress was willing to come to the mainland to film a patriotic movie, and that Hong Kong would return to China in just a few years, was very symbolic.

So they contacted Liu Hua directly and asked Rosamund Kwan to audition. These days, filmmakers are really aiming for art when they make movies for you; they don't really care about box office numbers.

Unexpectedly, Rosamund Kwan was not very qualified after the audition. Her acting style was not the same as that of mainland China, and her Westernized style clashed with the historical background of the film.

Director Wang Xingang was prepared to reluctantly decline, but after receiving a phone call, he ultimately decided to give Rosamund Kwan a small role with only a dozen minutes of screen time.

Director Wang Xingang later gave an interview in which he said that this ten-minute segment was the most difficult part of his life to film.

It wasn't that Rosamund Kwan's acting skills weren't good enough, but rather that her performance was out of place on screen. As a result, the director spent a lot of effort teaching Rosamund Kwan.

Wang Xingang was an actor before, and he only directed this one film. After directing Rosamund Kwan, he lost interest in directing other films.

(End of this chapter)