Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 410 On the Film Set

One of the key slogans for "Lucy" in China is "Liu Yifei transforms into a superhero" or "Liu Yifei becomes a super-powered goddess," basically just riding on the superhero name.

It's not that I'm forcing this association; Lucy is indeed a mutant with superpowers, so why can't she be called a superhero?

The production team of the upcoming film "The White-Haired Witch" quickly capitalized on Liu Yifei's popularity. Logically speaking, with two big names like Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing in "The White-Haired Witch," and with "The Invisible Guest" steadily climbing towards the 6 million yuan mark, Huang Xiaoming himself doesn't need Liu Yifei's popularity.

But "Lucy" is an international blockbuster after all, so it's different.

Liu Yifei was invited to attend the premiere of "The White-Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom". It was just a reciprocal gesture. Fan Bingbing and she usually have a good relationship. It was just a return gift. She is also good friends with Xiaoming. There is no need to say more.

In the dressing room, Fan Bingbing was still probing her about "Mirage": "How could you not know what he's filming later?"

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "He has twenty or thirty outlines and creative drafts on his computer. How would I know which one he'll film later?"

Liu Yifei wasn't exaggerating. Which director or screenwriter doesn't have some unformed ideas? They write down any interesting ideas that come to mind; twenty or thirty isn't a lot.

Fan Bingbing guessed that Liu Yifei probably didn't know what Li Qiutang was going to film next, so she didn't ask any more questions and went off to chat.

After "Lucy" grossed 1.6 million yuan in its opening weekend in China, it surpassed 2 million yuan in total box office revenue the day before the official release of "The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom". Liu Yifei ended her film promotion and returned to the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" crew.

Liu Yifei will also receive compliments when she returns to the film set.

"Wow, amazing! A super goddess!"

"International Fiona".

Especially Li Qiutang, this guy never knows how to say nice things: "You've become an international superstar, you're not going to dump me, are you?"

Although their relationship was not public and they did not hide it from others, this was a rare instance of Li Qiutang being so proactive in front of others.

Liu Yifei said, "Don't worry, I won't look down on you."

"Hahaha--"

Li Qiutang pointed at Liu Yifei and said to the staff around her, "She's even looking down on me!?"

The staff member retorted to Li Qiutang, "She's an international superstar now, you'd better put up with it."

After exchanging a few jokes, everyone rushed back to their posts, ready to start filming.

But actually, Liu Yifei has already finished filming her scenes on the grassland. All she needs to do next is go to Moon Lake.

Even so, Liu Yifei still went to work and finished work together every day, and she stayed by Li Qiutang's side even late at night.

Liu Xiaoqing was slow to react, and privately she even asked the producer for gossip: "What's the relationship between Director Li and Yifei? Is the director pursuing Yifei, or is Yifei pursuing the director?"

The producer assumed Liu Xiaoqing already knew and laughed, "They've been together for so many years, they've even met each other's parents, all that's left is to get their marriage certificate. Haven't you noticed they live together?"

Liu Xiaoqing then realized that she would never pay attention to such things normally: "Oh, I was wondering why they looked like a couple."

Today we started filming the last scene on the grassland. Wang Kaixuan blows up the grassland to locate the burial site. After a few days of filming, the crew will go to the Ulanhada volcanic cluster and Moon Lake.

"Our group has rented this area of ​​two hundred miles. We can conduct geological surveys at any time. We're just waiting for the tomb raiders to make their move."

Li Qiutang added two lines of dialogue for Big Gold Tooth here:

“Brother Kai, I’ve heard that many foreigners are using the guise of geological exploration to conduct illegal surveying. Could these foreigners be spies? We’re here to plunder tombs for money, but we can’t do something like treason.”

Wang Kaixuan said nonchalantly, "I doubt they have the guts. If they really are spies, I'll arrest them myself."

Xia Yu and Chen Minghao nailed this dialogue in one take, and Li Qiutang was also eliminated, so they immediately moved on to the next scene. The only Hong Kong actress in the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" cast was Chen Kailin, the 13 Miss Hong Kong winner, who got the role through Chen Guofu's connections, playing Yangzi, Ying Caihong's sidekick.

Before filming began, Li Qiutang instructed Chen Kailin to memorize her Mandarin lines in advance.

Today is her first day on set, and also her first time filming a mainland Chinese drama.

"Come again."

"wrong."

When Grace Chan got to the third take, Michelle Lee couldn't sit still any longer and got up to go to the set to give her some pointers on the scene.

He disliked the original Yan Zhuoling's arrogant demeanor, where the words "I am the villain" were etched on his face—this style does allow the audience to quickly remember the character without having to think, and it's a common way of portraying villains in genre films.

But Li Qiutang didn't like it. "Don't use this old-fashioned Hong Kong film acting style." Many old-fashioned Hong Kong films use this kind of acting style, and some viewers actually think it's very good and that it's the style of veteran actors.

"Acting like that will only ruin you. Just act like you normally would and add a little bit of flair." Chen Kailin is a rich second-generation herself, and as long as Yangzi, a rich second-generation henchman, passes the action scenes, it shouldn't be difficult for her.

"You can learn from this Cao Cao. He acted very well." To be fair, this American Cao Cao's acting is really good. "Remember, don't wear your evil intentions on your face."

Chen Kailin's Mandarin is still very poor; she can understand it but not speak it very well. After listening to Li Qiutang's explanation, she nodded: "Okay, I'll adjust."

Before leaving, Li Qiutang said one last thing: "Practice your lines well."

If it weren't for the fact that changing actors at the last minute is a major taboo in film crews, Li Qiutang would have really wanted to replace her.

If Li Qiutang couldn't master these few lines of Mandarin in three or four months, she could only conclude that Li Qiutang didn't take the role or the play seriously.

Chen Kailin clearly noticed the disappointment in Li Qiutang's eyes.

Miss Hong Kong winner? Who in mainland China recognizes that title now?

"Old Liang, go over the movements with her again."

After saying that, Li Qiutang left the film set.

However, the state of a new actress like Chen Kailin cannot be adjusted so easily. She does not have mature skills. Even though Liu Xiaoqing is her teacher, correcting her step by step, and even personally acting out her scenes for her to see, she still cannot find the state that Li Qiutang wants in a short period of time.

Unfortunately, Li Qiutang had no choice but to skip her scenes and film Wang Kaixuan's scenes first.

This took another hour or so to make adjustments.

Chen Guofu has already left the production team. Li Qiutang said, "I wish I had made that choice."

Liu Yifei comforted him, "It's no use saying these things now, let's take it slow."

Sometimes you really have to admire those reporters. They traveled from Beijing and Shanghai, changing trains again and again, to the hotel where the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" film crew was staying, just to interview Liu Yifei.

They did want to visit the film set, but the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" production team declined their request.

"Lucy" was a hit in North America and Hollywood. Liu Yifei is really different now.

You could say she was just a pretty face in Pacific Rim, and that the audience was watching the mechs, but Lucy is different. She's definitely the leading lady, an absolute superheroine.

Liu Yifei was interviewed at the hotel where the film crew was staying, while Li Qiutang went to work on set.

(End of this chapter)