The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 471 Another New Year
Fortunately, Fan Bingbing, who debuted as Little Swallow, is both lively and beautiful.

In addition, her subsequent TV dramas continued to emphasize her lively side, so she was not labeled as glamorous. In fact, she herself was avoiding this label, which is quite amazing, as if she had already known the answer.

Therefore, with her improved acting skills, she has no problem playing Gong Er. At most, she just needs to make Gong Er's character more like her own, such as removing some of her stubbornness and replacing it with pride.

These two personalities are actually interchangeable. For Fan Bingbing in this life, it is definitely easier to portray pride than stubbornness.

Moreover, if she really wins the Cannes Best Actress award this year, after "The Legend of Gong Er" is released, a whole bunch of media outlets will naturally flock to her to fawn over her.

"Then I'll wait for you, Xu." Fan Bingbing snorted, kissed him on the cheek, and then ran away.

Xu Jiuyang shrugged, glanced over there, and prepared to go find Li Xue and Zhang Jing to catch up and arrange the evening's activities. The Li sisters plus Zhang Jing would be a good combination. But before he could even move, Angela had already appeared in front of him.

"Have you reached an agreement?" she asked with a smile.

"Yes, is there something you need?" Xu Jiuyang asked in return.

“It’s nothing, just a reminder that you’re going to Cannes in May too,” Angela said.

"Huh? Why?" Xu Jiuyang was somewhat taken aback. "I wasn't involved in the production of this movie."

"This is a big deal for Bingbing, aren't you going to step in and support her?" Angela asked. "Or is it that Yunxin is going back with you this year, so you can just forget about Bingbing?"

"What are you talking about, you guys..." Xu Jiuyang was both amused and exasperated. After glaring at her for a while, he sighed and said, "Fine, fine, I'll go. Anyway, I don't have anything else to do this year, and the Condor Heroes should be finished by then."

In fact, filming is almost complete now. If he hadn't gone to South Korea for New Year's Day, it might have already wrapped up.

The reason we say it's basically wrapped up is because Zhang Da Hu Zi's scenes will inevitably require reshoots.

Whether it's the original "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" or the later "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", there have been instances where the original cast and crew were brought back for reshoots.

That's why he always takes more than half a year to film a TV series.

In the previous two collaborations, Xu Jiuyang participated in reshoots, but not many times, since Yang Kang was a supporting male role, while Duan Yu was a one-third male lead.

This time, Yang Guo is definitely the male lead, and if there were to be reshoots, he would definitely have a lot more scenes.

However, Cannes opens in May, and Zhang Jizhong would never delay until then. He was actually reminding Angela that he still had things to do.

“Okay,” Angela smiled. “But remember to leave the door open for me today.”

"Huh?" Xu Jiuyang was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say something, but the other party just patted his butt and slipped away, not giving him a chance to refuse at all.

"How can this be?" he muttered under his breath, but didn't pay much attention to it. Although fighting one against many was fun, it still couldn't compare to fighting with the girls.

However, what I didn’t expect was…

"Oh my, you're actually being so proactive?" Xu Jiuyang exclaimed as he watched Fan Bingbing knock on the door and enter with Angela.

"Why are you being so long-winded? Do you want to come or not?" Fan Bingbing glared at him fiercely, then gave him a meaningful look.

Xu Jiuyang immediately realized what was going on, then looked at Angela with a smile: "Of course I want to, how could I say no, right?"

"Don't think I didn't see it. Believe me or not, I can take on two of you." Angela cracked her knuckles.

Nobody believed that, of course. Angela was no match for Xu Jiuyang in a one-on-one situation, and now that Fan Bingbing is also involved, she will only be beaten even more severely.

However, this woman was truly unwilling to admit defeat; even when she was about to cry, she remained stubborn.

"Are you satisfied now?" Xu Jiuyang asked Fan Bingbing, who was being completely honest with him, as he splashed water around in the shower.

"Not bad." Fan Bingbing hummed, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up, clearly feeling quite pleased. Then she was firmly pressed down.

"A dog in the Chinese zodiac, can't get enough to eat?!" Fan Bingbing exclaimed in surprise, but she wasn't surprised at all.

“These lines sound familiar,” Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow. “Besides, you haven’t forgotten, have you, Fan? I’m a year younger than you, and I was born in the Year of the Dog.”

Fan Bingbing immediately rolled her eyes at him: "Then hurry up."

"No way, I'll take it slow." Xu Jiuyang was channeling his argumentative nature.

"You bastard..." She gritted her teeth in anger, but could only let him do as he pleased, until a tall figure appeared at the entrance of the steamy room.

"You bastard!" Fan Bingbing screamed, but her scream was quickly drowned out by the sound of the showerhead.

Despite taking two solid punches the next day, Xu Jiuyang showed no remorse whatsoever.

When it's possible to keep a bowl of water level, you should try your best to keep it level.

Putting that aside, after visiting Sister Yuanyuan's house to see his 100-day-old son and Sister Xiaoli's house to see his daughter running around the house, he finally returned to the Condor Heroes set.

Then, Xu Jiuyang stayed until the end of January before leaving again. By this time, Yang Guo's scenes had basically been filmed, and the rest depended on what Zhang Jizhong would film later.

However, he didn't consider this issue, because the New Year was just around the corner, and he had to take Li Yunxin back with him.

Whether it's Gao Yuanyuan or Fan Bingbing, they're both from China. Even if Fan Bingbing is a national idol, Li Yunxin... In the end, he still couldn't figure out how to tell his family about it, so he simply gave up and figured he'd find a way out.

then……

"Hey, you brat! What did Bingbing do to you? Why did you break up with her?" After a moment of stunned silence, she invited Li Yunxin into the house and introduced her to her parents. Then, she took the opportunity to call Xu Jiuyang into the kitchen and angrily questioned him.

She still loves Little Swallow just the same.

"Mom, don't you prefer Yuanyuan to be your daughter-in-law?" Xu Jiuyang jokingly asked his mother.

"No matter who becomes your daughter-in-law, what are you trying to achieve by changing girlfriends every year?" Mom asked with a sigh.

"It has nothing to do with me. She was the one who pursued me, and she and Bingbing had already discussed it." Xu Jiuyang spread his hands, looking like he was trying to shirk responsibility.

"You..." Mom didn't know what to say for a moment, and finally could only ask, "What does her family do?"

Faced with this long-awaited question, Xu Jiuyang could only tell the truth: "She is the youngest daughter of the Lee family at Samsung."

"Samsung? Which Samsung?" My mom didn't even realize it.

"It's the Samsung Group from South Korea. I mentioned it to you before; it's Korean," Xu Jiuyang reminded him.

My mom had always done logistical work for my dad, so she had some knowledge of the big companies on the market. That's why her eyes widened immediately: "Ms. Samsung?!"

“Yeah,” Xu Jiuyang nodded, making no attempt to hide the smugness in his tone, “She pursued me.”

After taking several deep breaths, Mom finally managed to control her emotions. Then she looked at him suspiciously and remained silent for a long time.

"Mom, just ask if you want to," Xu Jiuyang finally said, getting a little impatient.

"I don't have anything to ask," Mom said, shaking her head seriously. "I just want to know how my son managed to trick her into marrying me."

(End of this chapter)