Huayu: When the director changed his major

After the three girls arrived in New York, their cell phones were no longer monitored like they were at school.

After editing the photo, the three of them posted a nine-grid Weibo post together.

They also tagged Cheng Xi's "Drunken White" account.

TFgirls-Zhou Ye/Tian Xiwei/Cheng Xiao:

I came to New York to film a movie and went up to the observation deck.

Today was such a happy day.

The only problem is that the older man is a bit ugly! It's affecting our filming!
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@醉白

Because of the 10-hour time difference, it's around noon in China.

It was the time when everyone was slacking off before leaving get off work, waiting for lunch.

As a result, many people saw these photos posted by TFgirls when they browsed Weibo.

Cheng Xi's group photo with them was placed in the most prominent center position.

Zhou Ye now has nearly ten million fans, while Cheng Xiao and Tian Xiwei each have several million fans.

The fact that all three of them tagged each other at the same time is quite a show.

Moreover, Cheng Xi now seems to have a built-in "hot search icon," making everything she does trend.

Everyone's gotten used to it.

So immediately, many fans started gossiping about all sorts of issues.

Wow, our three little ones have such beautiful smiles! We're rooting for you!

[This is in Manhattan, right? TFgirls are also filming "Detective Chinatown 2" with Director Cheng?]

[Wasn't it said that only Cheng Xiao played a role? Now it's a trio of stars reunited! Plus, with cameos from Bingbing and Fan Bingbing, this movie is bound to be a blockbuster.]

[Sigh, your focus is really different from ours, old men. Am I the only one who envies Director Cheng? He always has at least two beautiful women wherever he goes, and this time there are three!]

[I envy neither the lovebirds nor the immortals, but only Director Cheng every single day. Don't forget, Zhu Zhu was always there for you during filming!]

[Please stop talking upstairs, you're making me so envious I'm almost crying.]

[Sigh, I bet the most envious person is Wang Banbi. Director Cheng is like he's bought a house on the trending topics list; he's on it every day, and every day it's a different story.]

The three boys posted on Weibo in front of Cheng Xi.

It was discovered that the netizens' reactions this time were much stronger than the standard Weibo posts and articles written by the company's operations team.

He immediately became excited and chatted with netizens.

But Sister Feng immediately came to Cheng Xi's room and knocked on the door.

Cheng Xi opened the door and saw Sister Feng nervously saying:
"Director Cheng, I'm sorry to bother you so late!"

After saying that, he immediately turned to the three little ones who were lying on the sofa laughing and joking, and shouted:

"My ancestors, it's one thing for you to post on Weibo without asking beforehand, but why are you even chatting with netizens?!"

You guys almost scared me to death!

"My phone! Give me my phone now!"

Seeing Sister Feng's nervous expression, Cheng Xi quickly picked up her phone to check as well.

[Xiao Ye, are you guys filming "Detective Chinatown 2"? @TFgirls-Zhou Ye]

[Yes, I had a cameo role! Director Cheng personally invited us, so we had to give him face!]

Wow, Tian Xiwei, some of your photos are absolutely gorgeous! Who took them? @TFgirls-田曦微

[Hehe, it was Director Cheng himself who directed the filming, and he even acted as our bag carrier today~~]

These replies gave Cheng Xi a headache.

This probably generated some buzz for "Detective Chinatown 2".

But that would seriously damage my image as a righteous and noble person.

Who has ever worked as a bag carrier for me, Director Cheng?!

Be careful, or I'll sue you for defamation!
They even made a movie to give me face; it's practically turning against the heavens.

So Cheng Xi didn't stop Sister Feng and let her catch the three little ones and confiscate their phones.

Even when Zhou Yetianxi hurriedly ran to Cheng Xi's side and played hide-and-seek for help.

Cheng Xi didn't bother with it.

When the three little ones left with Sister Feng, the room instantly fell silent.

Cheng Xi was still a little unaccustomed to this.

So I wanted to open Weibo to take another look at the photos they had just posted, but unexpectedly, Jin Chen called me at that moment:
"Cheng Xi, you're shameless!"

"Huh!? What the hell?!"

"How could you do that to someone who's not even a minor!"

"Great! You have to be responsible for your words. I'm an innocent person!"

"Hmph, I know you too well. You dare to say you have no feelings for Xiaoye and Xiaotian?"

"this."

When asked this question, Cheng Xi was a little stumped.

Da Xi, you can't do this to me! You hit the snake right where it hurts, without giving it any time to react.

I can't even make up an excuse for it anymore.

But I don't really have that idea right now.

"See, you're speechless now?"

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense. I really don't have that idea right now. You know me, I'm a law-abiding and honest person."

"Okay, I don't have that idea now, but what about later?"

"hiss"

"Out of things to say again?"

"The future is uncertain, but everything should be fine. I'm content with you."

"Pah, what a jerk. Fine, I'm not going to bother with you anymore. I saw your photos, and I'm jealous. I want to go to New York too!"

Good guy.

So this is where Jin Daxi's final decision came from.

Perhaps it's because he feels guilty.

Cheng Xi, unusually, didn't criticize Da Xi, but instead said:

"Okay, okay, as long as your schedule is okay, but I might be too busy to spend time with you."

"Hmph, you don't have time to spend with one, but you do have time to spend with three, huh?"

"Fine, fine, I surrender!"

After hanging up Jin Chen's call.

For a moment, Cheng Xi felt a toothache.

There was a slight embarrassment at having one's dirty thoughts exposed.

Well, you were definitely smiling a little too brightly tonight.
I wonder what Dilraba and Gulnazar will think when they see that photo.

I hope you won't misunderstand me like Kim Dae-hee did.

I am a righteous gentleman!

Thinking of this, Cheng Xi took a break and made a video call to Er Mei while washing up.

It seems to be self-justifying:

Look, I'm all alone in the room, there's no one else here.

However, neither of them seemed to react, as if they hadn't seen the photo at all.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised by the video call from Cheng Xi.

They kept asking about the fun things that happened while filming in New York.

Then I shared some with myself as well.

Cheng Xi thought to herself, "I wish the three of us could be completely bound together someday."

We wouldn't have to video call each other one by one; we could just call them together and see two absolutely gorgeous faces. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
As she pondered this beautiful scene, Cheng Xi drifted off to sleep.

In June, the heatwave has already begun to hit New York.

Cheng Xi was riding slowly down the road in a Hummer limousine, with Wang Baoqiang sitting opposite him.

He was surrounded by a group of voluptuous Western women and burly Black bodyguards.

Today's scene is the opening scene of "Detective Chinatown 2," where Tang Ren, showing off, uses Uncle Seven's luxury car to pick up Qin Feng and take him to the villa.

The extended Hummer is indeed luxurious, with rows of sofas and a bar for various wine glasses.

And the car was driven very steadily.

Add to that the five or six eye-catching American beauties, and it's truly impressive how much money you can spend to enjoy yourself.

But for Cheng Xi, who needs to film, it is indeed a bit difficult.

why?
While the black bodyguards and the Western women did look good, the smell was indeed a bit too strong.

Moreover, the character Qin Feng, whom he plays, has to appear very weak among everyone else. He's basically caught in the middle.

At this distance, no amount of deodorizers or perfumes can help.

The taste hits you right in the head.

Moreover, the girls were all dressed in short skirts and V-necks, like nightclub girls.

But up close, you can clearly see the faint shimmering golden fur.

There were also several large foreign women who were clearly looking at Cheng Xi with lustful eyes, and they even rubbed their legs against his hands.

It felt like touching a row of barbs.
They're all tough opponents!

This immediately calmed Cheng Xi's somewhat agitated state.

Fortunately, the car was spacious enough to comfortably accommodate so many people and even two cameras.

Tang Ren: "Support! Lao Qin, welcome to New York! The helicopter has been lent out, so please make do with this seat!"

Qin Feng looked completely dazed.

Tang Ren: "Am I handsome?"

Qin Feng: "Okay, okay"

Tang Ren: "So handsome, right?"

Qin Feng: "So ugly!"

Tang Ren: "How come you haven't improved at all since you went to university?"

Tang Ren: "Music, let's go!"

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the car raised their glasses and swayed as they drank champagne.

Xin Yukun: "Cut! Boss, can you take a look at this shot and see if it's okay?"

Cheng Xi: "Okay."

Because it was summer and filming outdoors at noon, it was fine inside the car, but the crew outside were all drenched in sweat.

Seeing this, Cheng Xi instructed the stagehands to let everyone rest for half an hour.

Then we'll distribute some fruit and cold drinks to help everyone cool off in the heat.

The weather will get hotter and hotter, making filming even more difficult.

"Yukun, talk to those extras about the scene later. Make sure their expressions aren't so blank. Even though they're in a car, they need to find that relaxed and natural feeling like they're in a bar when they're swaying."

Xin Yukun found it strange that the boss didn't go and say it himself.

Since the boss arrived, he has usually done all the important scenes himself.

Once he got into the car, he suddenly frowned and covered his nose.

I finally understood why; the smell inside the car was definitely not something I dared to stay in for long, and I guess the boss's dazed expression just now wasn't an act.

Normally it's fine when you're not in an enclosed space, but with ten or so people crammed into one car, no matter how spacious it is or how much air conditioning you turn on, it's all for naught.

"Driver, could you open the window to let some air in?"

"Yes, sir."

Thanks to the tacit understanding between Cheng Xi and Xin Yukun, this scene was filmed in just over an hour.

At this moment, Xin Yukun said:
"Boss, I think since we're in the car, when Tang Ren says 'music,' the background music should ideally be a song about New York."

"After all, Qin Feng just got off the plane and arrived here, and he can immediately immerse the audience in the environment."

Cheng Xi nodded; Xin Yukun had indeed made progress.

Cheng Xi had, of course, already planned this out.

When I was writing the lines, I thought of Taylor Swift's famous song "Welcome to New York," and I figured I should probably ask Mr. White if he could get in touch with Taylor Swift.

Cheng Xi has watched many European and American movies and knows a lot about some of the stars.

After all, Hollywood's cultural influence across the world is no exaggeration.

However, they are not as familiar with the specifics of the Western entertainment industry as they are with the Chinese entertainment industry.

I vaguely remember that Taylor Swift changed companies several times, and I had also seen news reports that CAA was involved in her rise to fame.

This is a good opportunity for White to help make contact, or ask Zhu Zhu.

Seeing that his boss seemed to be considering his words, Xin Yukun further suggested:

"I think Jay-Z and Gunslinger's 'Empire State of Mind' is pretty good, and the chorus of 'New York New York' is really catchy."

Cheng Xi: "Rap? The American version of Phoenix Legend?"

Of course he had heard "Empire State of Mind," Billboard's number one hit of the year.

When I attended a summer camp, one of the male foreign teachers was a beautiful Chinese man.

He played this song for everyone in the first class.

Cheng Xi could still remember his original words in broken Chinese:

"This song will allow you to experience the prosperity and wealth of New York!"

His confident and proud demeanor had brainwashed most of the students in the class.

However, the benefits are also obvious: everyone is enthusiastically learning English.

I vowed to visit New York, the world's capital of freedom.

This shows the power of this song.

Moreover, rap was very novel to everyone at that time.

To be fair, the rap that Lao Hei plays is real rap. Although there's a lot of rubbish, this song is definitely the essence.

It's several generations ahead of those trashy raps in China.

It's not something someone like PG One or Wu Qian can easily exploit.

Cheng Xi nodded in approval:

"This song is really good. I especially like Gunslinger's chorus lines. They're perfect for the Manhattan night view."

"Yes, the boss is absolutely right, it's absolutely stunning with a night view!"

Have you heard Taylor Swift's "Welcome to New York"? I initially liked that song, but your idea is also quite good.

"That's good too, it's easier to understand."

Xin Yukun only realized now that perhaps Tang Ren's line "welcome to new York" was something the boss had already planned.

I was even pleased with myself for thinking I had offered a great and constructive suggestion.

It turns out the boss had already thought of the lines when he wrote them.

His admiration for Cheng Xi deepened even further.

I really need to learn from him!
Xin Yukun is very grateful to Cheng Xi for being able to film two "Detective Chinatown" movies with him.

Although I haven't been the main director since "The Man in the Coffin".

But countless people envy those who can learn directly from their boss.

As Zuibai Entertainment has grown larger and larger, the boss rarely directs films himself anymore.

But none of them are the company's finest creations.

Especially the directors who went through the "Young Director Program" with him in the same batch, they envy him every day in the WeChat group.

Working as the first assistant director on several of Cheng Xi's films will be the best experience he can have later.

Moreover, given the boss's personality, he certainly wouldn't treat him unfairly.

Xin Yukun actually had another wish when she came to the United States: to meet her movie idol, Ang Lee.

When I was down on my luck, every time I went to my wife's company, which was also the Beijing TV station...

Everyone joked that "Ang Lee" had arrived.

Although he felt resentful, his feelings towards Ang Lee became even more complicated.

"It's okay, we'll talk about licensing the two songs. It would be even better if Taylor Swift or Gunslinger could help promote them."

Cheng Xi knew that it would be difficult to release the film in the United States.

Even if it gets some theaters, the number of screenings won't be many.

The audience is likely mostly Chinese.

But Cheng Xi still wanted to give it a try.

After all, he is now the number one commercial director in China.

The responsibility for expanding the reach of Chinese-language films should be shouldered by the Chinese themselves.

Moreover, there are upcoming movies like "Ne Zha 2," so my efforts won't be in vain.

The release of "Ne Zha 2" in the United States actually exposed many minor problems in the distribution process.

This resulted in box office revenue that, while decent for a Chinese-language film, was generally below expectations.

If we can avoid some pitfalls beforehand, maybe the box office of "Ne Zha 2" in Europe and America can reach even greater heights.

Of course, you can make money no matter how you do it.

Who could refuse that? (End of Chapter)