Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 370 Director Gu, take good care of Qianqian! (22 words today)

"Haha, hurry up and get ready to catch your flight!"

Gu Bei walked to the bedside and pulled the edge of the blanket.

Liu Yifei hid under the covers and said in a muffled voice, "Unless you promise me you'll forget everything that happened last night!"

"Forgot what?"

Gu Bei glanced at the bedside table and teased with a smile, "Was it the Golden Horse Award trophy that you spent half an hour arranging while I was taking a shower last night to practice posing?"

"Forget it! You must forget it all!"

Liu Yifei threw back the covers, her face full of embarrassment and annoyance.

Gu Bei smiled indulgently, extended his right hand, first making a thumbs-up gesture, then slamming his thumb down with a sound effect: "Click?"

Liu Yifei looked at his actions with a puzzled expression: "What does this mean?"

"The man in black's memory has been erased!"

"Hum~"

Liu Yifei was immediately satisfied.

"Hurry up, we're going back today, there's filming tomorrow!" Gu Bei patted her head.

"Gu the Skinflint!"

Liu Yifei wrinkled her nose.

She raised her hand and glanced at Chunqing under the covers: "You go out first!"

We've been married for a long time.

What place haven't I seen this before?

Gu Bei shook his head helplessly and walked out of the room.

Seeing his action, Liu Yifei gritted her teeth and angrily punched him in mid-air from behind for a while.

Subsequently,

After Gu Bei left,

Liu Yifei then covered her head with the blanket.
Even if the blanket can cover your head,

Even the memories that keep repeating in your head can't be hidden!

"Gulu! Guru!"

Liu Yifei rolled back and forth on the mattress.
Until you've had enough of staying in bed,

She suddenly sat up and tapped her head:

"I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely never drink so much alcohol again!"

It was delayed for a while longer.

Liu Yifei then opened the door and walked into the suite's living room.
Turning my head, I saw Gu Bei leaning back on the sofa watching TV.
There was also a small trolley next to the sofa.
The breakfast delivered by the hotel is placed on top.

Liu Yifei didn't feel hungry while she was in bed.

Now that I see breakfast, I suddenly feel incredibly hungry.

She snuggled into Gu Bei's arms: "What are you looking at?"

"Look at them, they're discussing last night's Golden Horse Awards!"

Gu Bei picked up the remote control. The sound was so low just now so as not to disturb Liu Yifei's sleep. Now that Liu Yifei was out, he could naturally turn the volume up to normal.

The television was showing a morning entertainment program from Taiwan, where three female hosts were having a heated discussion.

"Speaking of the tie for Best Actress last night, some viewers said that the Golden Horse Awards are now also producing ties. Does this mean that the prestige of the Golden Horse Awards is starting to decline?"

"I don't think so. I think the two performances in 'The Message' were evenly matched, and it's hard to say who performed better. If I were the judge, I would also find it difficult to choose!"

"Yes, if you still think Liu Yifei's acting is bad, you definitely haven't seen Liu Yifei's recent movies. Actually, I was saying during The Forbidden Kingdom that Liu Yifei's acting has improved so quickly!"

"And Mei Lanfang, his appearance in the film was too brief."

But both she and Yu Shaoqun, these two young actors, performed much better than Chen Hong and Li Ming, who came later in the film. In fact, Chen Kaige could have easily let these two young actors star in the entire movie!

"Even in the Western film Starry Night, Liu Yifei performed very well. I remember Starry Night should have grossed more in Taiwan than The Message, right?"

"Actually, the jury did give an interview to reporters after the competition, and they talked about how the Best Actress tie was decided this time."

After the first round of voting, only Liu Yifei and Zhang Ziyi remained as the final candidates.

In the second round, Liu Yifei had one more vote than Zhang Ziyi. Originally, Liu Yifei was to be chosen directly, but some judges felt that since there was only one vote difference, it might be too unfair to Zhang Ziyi.

After the discussion, they started voting again, and this time Zhang Ziyi got one more vote than Liu Yifei.

After much discussion, with each candidate having one more vote than the other, Director Wu from the mainland finally suggested, "Why don't we just have a tie?"
Then everyone voted again. According to the Golden Horse Awards rules, if more than two-thirds of the judges agree, the rules can be amended, and that's how the tie was formed.

"I think this is very democratic. I would feel it's a pity if either of these two people lost the election by one vote!"
Liu Yifei and Zhang Ziyi's performances in the film were equally impressive; both were excellent!

Liu Yifei, her mouth bulging, exclaimed, "So that's how they were chosen!"

"It seems we should thank Director Wu for speaking up for what's right!"

Gu Bei had previously researched the jury for this year's Golden Horse Awards, and the Director Wu mentioned by the host was Wu Tianming.

For most ordinary people, the reason they came to know Wu Tianming was because of the kneeling gesture made by the producer of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix," which was Wu Tianming's last work.

But the name Wu Tianming is not well-known in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Especially during the studio era, the entertainment industry was absolutely renowned!

Because these two great art film directors in China, Zhang Yimou, the "National Master," and Chen Kaige, the Palme d'Or winner, were both mentored by him.

Back then, when Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou went to the west to film the Loess Plateau, they were noticed by Wu Tianming, who was then at Xi'an Film Studio, who lent them money and equipment to help them complete the filming.

Later, Wu Tianming funded Chen Kaige to film "King of the Children" and was responsible for promoting the copyright of "King of the Children" overseas.

Wu Tianming also recruited Zhang Yimou to Xi'an Film Studio.

Give Zhang Yimou the opportunity to be the male lead in his film "Old Well".

This directly led to Zhang Yimou winning three Best Actor awards before he even became a director.

Later, Zhang Yimou's films *Red Sorghum* and *Ju Dou* were also opportunities given to Zhang Yimou by him.

The former, Zhang Yimou's first film, helped him win the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Two years ago, the China Film Directors Association held its first annual awards ceremony and presented him with a lifetime achievement award, which shows his seniority in the domestic directing industry.

Gu Bei smiled and lowered his head, saying, "In a way, Director Wu is still your senior."

He used to be an actor at Xi'an Film Studio, but after studying directing at Beijing Film Academy, he went back to become the director of Xi'an Film Studio.

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Gu Bei.

She knew Gu Bei was joking.
After all, Wu Tianming had only attended a training course at the Beijing Film Academy, simply to prepare for becoming the director of Xi'an Film Studio. How could he possibly consider the Beijing Film Academy his alma mater?

"but……"

Gu Bei picked up a newspaper from the table. "I just found out that you are actually the first Golden Horse Award-winning actress from the Beijing Film Academy!"

Liu Yifei took the newspaper from Gu Bei; the headline was very eye-catching: "Beijing Film Academy Achieves a Great Victory, Sweeping Off Golden Horse Best Actor and Actress Awards—A Breakthrough for Both!"

The article mentions that,

Liu Yifei is currently the only Golden Horse Award-winning actress from the Beijing Film Academy.
Meanwhile, the Central Academy of Drama next door had already achieved this breakthrough nine years ago.

"So you can't blame the directors at Beijing Film Academy for always looking for actors from the Central Academy of Drama next door!" Gu Bei said with a smile.

"Do you also want to go to the Central Academy of Drama to select actors?"

Liu Yifei stared at him with a half-smile.

"Let's see what these Taiwanese media outlets have to say!"

Gu Bei picked up a large stack of newspapers from the table and handed them to Liu Yifei one by one. "This one is praising your red carpet look: [Liu Yifei in a pure white Dior haute couture gown, like a fairy descending to the Golden Horse Awards red carpet.]"

There were also comments praising the sincerity of your acceptance speech: "[Liu Yifei won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress and generously looked forward to her future acting career]."

These are all just ordinary headlines: "[Liu Yifei and Zhang Ziyi: Two Lead Actresses in 'The Message,' Two Best Actresses," "[Winner of an Award]," "[Two Best Actresses]!"

One newspaper after another,
It was like an information bombardment that almost made Liu Yifei dizzy.

She brushed aside the newspapers and looked at Gu Bei suspiciously: "Did you read them all? You didn't just pick out the ones praising me and hide the other negative reports, did you?"

"But there must be negative reports to hide!"

Gu Bei lied without batting an eye, "I went through a bunch of reports, trying to find any about me, but they were all about you."

There were even several news reports about me missing out on Best Director, let alone mentioning that I won Best Adapted Screenplay.

"Hahaha!"

Liu Yifei chuckled.

She hugged Gu Bei's cheek and gave him a big kiss: "I do think your film 'The Message' was pretty good, but the Golden Horse Awards tend to favor art films, otherwise you would definitely have won!"

Liu Yifei saw that so many newspapers were praising her.

It would be a lie to say she's unhappy.

But her happiness wasn't just about winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.

Rather, it's the recognition of so many people for their hard work in their acting career.
This also marks a step towards catching up with Gu Bei.

Otherwise, Gu Bei was running too fast, and she really didn't have the confidence that one day they could meet at the summit, just like they had promised at the drive-in movie theater. After breakfast,

Gu Bei and Liu Yifei brought their assistants with them.
Together, we began our journey today.

They first traveled from Taipei to Shanghai.

However, after landing in Shanghai, they made a feint and instead of flying directly back to Kyoto, they chose to take the D32 bullet train.

This Harmony Express bullet train is traveling from Shanghai to Kyoto South.

It is the first train model in the sixth nationwide railway speed increase.
The train speed was increased to 200-250 km/h, which is certainly not comparable to the later domestically developed high-speed rail, but it has already reduced the journey from Shanghai to Kyoto to ten hours, and a first-class seat only costs 543 yuan.

"Is this the high-speed train you saw on your trip to Hangzhou?" Liu Yifei asked curiously, looking at the Harmony CRH380 train carriage while wearing sunglasses.

"That's not all, the high-speed rail is more than twice as fast as this!"

Gu Bei shook his head.

Want to take the high-speed train to Beijing?
We'll have to wait until the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is completed.

Back then, the journey from Shanghai to Kyoto could be reduced to less than five hours.

"Sunflower seeds, peanuts..."

The flight attendant came over pushing a trolley.

She glanced at Liu Yifei and couldn't help but cover her mouth: "You...you're Qianqian?"

"Is he that easy to recognize?"

Gu Bei looked Liu Yifei up and down with a puzzled expression.

Sunglasses, mask, and hat—all the essential celebrity accessories—were on display. Liu Yifei had already covered herself up completely, so how could anyone still recognize her at a glance?

"Hello there!"

Liu Yifei waved to her fans, her hands waving rapidly like a kitten beckoning.

"Sissi, I...I'm from the Yi family! Congratulations on winning the Golden Horse Award! What a surprise! Your performance in The Message completely moved me to tears, it was so breathtaking!" The flight attendant was so excited that tears were about to fall.

"thanks, thanks!"

Liu Yifei quickly patted the flight attendant on the back, which only made the other person's tears fall even faster.

At last,
Liu Yifei fulfilled the other party's wish to take a photo together.

Then, upon arriving at Kyoto South Station, Liu Yifei was recognized once again without any doubt, and she took photos and signed autographs with several fans.

However, compared to the almost frenzied entertainment reporters,
The fans are much more polite.

Fans who recognized Liu Yifei and dared to ask for her autograph were a very small minority.

Moreover, there isn't a strong idol-chasing culture now, and fans are all thinking from Liu Yifei's perspective, afraid of delaying her schedule.

"Director Gu, please take good care of Xixi!"

Just before getting on the bus, fans were still shouting loudly from behind.

Gu Bei was quite moved.

In the beginning, he was universally disliked by Liu Yifei's fans, who would loudly call him "Gu the Dog."

Winning the Palme d'Or was useless.

For ordinary viewers who don't even watch movies
The three major European countries are practically blank slates!

Three years have passed, and these fans have started asking him to take care of Liu Yifei.

Gu Bei smiled and asked Liu Yifei, "Does this mean I've been recognized by your fans?"

Liu Yifei smiled and nodded.

……

now,

Kyoto Metropolitan International Airport

A large number of entertainment reporters have gathered here.

"Why haven't you arrived yet?"

"That's right, it's been twelve hours since Gu Bei and Liu Yifei arrived at Shanghai Airport!"

"I'm not mistaken, the production schedule for Gravity is set to start filming tomorrow morning. The director and the only lead actor aren't there, so the production can't start, right?"

In stark contrast to these entertainment reporters, [they have a different style].
Zhuo Wei and his younger brother were sitting in the coffee shop, quietly drinking coffee and looking at the reporters waiting outside with calm expressions.

"Boss, some people are already getting impatient, why aren't you worried at all?" the underling asked Zhuo Wei curiously.

"What's the rush?"

Zhuo Wei smiled faintly, "If Gu Bei and Liu Yifei come back today, that's news. If they don't come back, that's also news. So why am I in such a hurry?"

"Oh--"

The younger brother suddenly realized, "Liu Yifei won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress and immediately started acting like a diva, delaying the filming of China's first sci-fi blockbuster, Gravity!"

"You're wise. Remember to post this on your secondary Weibo account. Don't post this kind of small news on your main Fengxing account, as it's likely to get your posts restricted if it involves Liu Yifei!" Zhuo Wei nodded, looking like he was ready to teach a lesson.

"Huh~"

The younger brother looked outside.
I discovered that most of the entertainment reporters who had initially left have now dispersed, leaving only a handful still squatting in the same spot.

"Boss, boss, what's going on now?"

"Not to mention that I staked out Gu Bei and, at his suggestion, became the first entertainment reporter in China to be involved with Weibo!"

Zhuo Wei looked at the entertainment reporters who had dispersed outside and revealed a disdainful smile. "You know, it was already the tenth day after the Venice Film Festival ended. Everyone who was waiting for Gu Bei with me had already lost their patience."

Only I firmly believe that as long as Gu Bei is casting for Gravity, then he must return to China!
And that time,
I not only got an exclusive interview with Gu Bei,
They even heard Gu Bei's wise words: join Weibo, and that's how Fengxing Studio, Weibo's largest entertainment media platform, began to take shape!

"Boss, boss..." The underling frantically called out to Zhuo Wei while holding his phone.

"what?"

Zhuo Wei revealed a satisfied expression. "You ask me why I chose to have coffee here? Because this is Gu Bei's reward for me, the reporter who staked out him for ten days."

Gu Bei gave me this exclusive interview right here!

"Boss, boss..."

The younger brother continued shouting helplessly.

"what happened?"

Zhuo Wei finally realized something was wrong.

"There have been reports on Weibo that Gu Bei and Liu Yifei came back from Shanghai by high-speed train. They appeared at Kyoto South Station and then got into a business van from Linlang Entertainment and left."

The younger brother handed the phone to Zhuo Wei, saying, "Pictures don't lie!"

Zhuo Wei took the phone and checked it carefully; it really was a Weibo post that had just been made.

Besides many of Liu Yifei's fans, there were also the train attendants on the high-speed train that Gu Bei and Liu Yifei were on. They all waited until Gu Bei and Liu Yifei left the station before posting on Weibo.

It's practically impossible to stop Gu Bei and Liu Yifei now!
"Boss..."

The younger brother cautiously glanced at Zhuo Wei, whose face looked terrible; he was probably about to berate Gu Bei for playing them, the entertainment reporters, for their foolishness.

After a while,
Zhuo Wei, whose expression was unpredictable, suddenly laughed: "It has to be Gu Bei! What a genius idea, going against the grain!"

"what?"

……

Huayi.

"What a commotion! Returning to the capital has caused such a stir throughout the city. Anyone who didn't know better would think it was a princess returning to the palace!"

Wang Zhonglei threw his phone onto the table.

Although Huayi collaborates with Tencent
They usually post on Tencent Weibo.

Huayi is even in talks to accept investment from Tencent.

But Tencent is for work, while Weibo is for life.

Wang Zhonglei himself usually browses Weibo.
When I checked it today,
Either it's news of Liu Yifei winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress,
Or it could be news of Gu Bei and Liu Yifei playing tricks on entertainment reporters.

So far, Liu Yifei hasn't even given an interview, yet she has firmly captured everyone's attention. He absolutely doesn't believe there's nothing going on on Weibo!
"This is what the news is like these days!"

Wang Zhongjun looked up with some emotion, “The public no longer needs an article of two or three thousand words. From the Golden Horse Awards jury to the performances of the four Best Actress nominees, they can’t stand it anymore!”
All they need is a single line of text: "Liu Yifei wins Golden Horse Award for Best Actress" or "Liu Yifei becomes the first Beijing Film Academy actress to win a Golden Horse Award for Best Actress." That's enough information!

After a pause,

Wang Zhongjun continued, "Most importantly, Liu Yifei's Golden Horse Award win has completely shattered the public's previous impression of her as a television personality and idol!"

After all, ordinary viewers
You may have only seen a few of Liu Yifei's works.

I've only seen one film, The Message.
They wouldn't compare Liu Yifei's acting skills from Whiplash and The King of Kung Fu to Mei Lanfang and The Message; they would only think that her performance this time was pretty good.

But it's been too short a time, and their biggest impression of Liu Yifei is still that of her previous idol image.

However, with the endorsement of the Golden Horse Awards, the label of "acting talent" that would have taken several years to solidify was finally established.
Now, with the help of Weibo's dissemination,

It may only take a few days.

horrible! "

(End of this chapter)