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Chapter 243 Liu Yifei, the Matchmaker, Officially Launches! She's Ready to Slap the Hong Kong Film Industry in the Face (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival, or Golden Eagle Festival for short, is a national comprehensive television art award whose main activity is the selection and awarding of the China TV Golden Eagle Awards. The awards are selected primarily through audience voting.

P.S.: The above is the official introduction to the Golden Eagle Awards.

But those in the know understand their own situation. How can an awards ceremony controlled by Hunan TV truly allow the audience to have the right to vote?
Sure enough, after holding the event for five consecutive years and building a good reputation, some unexpected problems started to emerge.

This year, the Golden Eagle Awards suddenly changed its rules, adding a new mechanism for voting by jury experts and members of the China Television Artists Association.

Of these, experts accounted for 30%, members of the viewing association accounted for 30%, and audience members accounted for 40%.

This change dramatically increased the manipulability of the awards.

Regardless of how the audience feels, those in the industry are certainly pleased.

Hunan TV is known for its outrageous practices, and now that it has control over the awards, the concept of fairness has naturally been thrown to the back of its mind.

In reality, whether it's domestic awards or awards worldwide, they are all essentially based on personal relationships and social dynamics; there isn't a single truly fair award among them.

The only interesting thing right now is that the quality of the entries in the competition is quite high, even comparable to a battle of the gods.

Examples include "Qiao Family Courtyard", "Bright Sword", "Beautiful Fields", and "Crossing the Guandong".

As for the future...

How about a pre-made food movie queen?
The good news is that, at least for now, it hasn't reached the point where everyone is "competing to be the worst." Most awards still have a certain level of prestige and are well-received by the audience.

"Sissi, congratulations! You're the first Golden Eagle Goddess! That's amazing!"

At the dinner table, Fan Bingbing was the first to react, her tone full of admiration.

She is most sensitive to changes in the status of female celebrities, so she noticed the online reports immediately.

Hunan TV, in pursuit of popularity, didn't engage in the kind of behavior of hiding things and waiting until the crucial moment to expose them.

This morning they officially announced the news: Liu Yifei is the first Golden Eagle Goddess!
Only then did Lü Rui belatedly realize what was happening, and the image of that dazzling figure draped in golden feathers instantly flashed into his mind.

He gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up: "Great job."

"You'll be coming with me then, right?" Liu Yifei blinked her big eyes, full of anticipation.

This was one of the highlights of her life, so naturally she wanted her sweetheart to be with her.

So, she unusually "let loose" for once.

"Sure, I'm going to the Hundred Flowers Film Festival anyway, it's on my way."

Lü Rui casually agreed.

The Golden Eagle Awards run from the 27th to the 29th, with the opening ceremony on the 27th and the awards ceremony on the 29th, the last day.

The Hundred Flowers Film Festival is on the 28th, so the dates are just right.

"Yay!" Liu Yifei cheered softly, her face full of joy.

Fan Bingbing listened silently, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Pamper!
This is such a spoiling act!

She was absolutely envious!
The Hundred Flowers Awards were held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, while the Golden Eagle Awards were held in Changsha, Hunan Province.

Both of these places are in different provinces!

How can we possibly travel the same route when we're thousands of miles apart?

"What is the Golden Eagle Goddess?" Tang Yan finally realized what was going on, her eyes filled with confusion.

Fan Bingbing glanced at her, a thought creeping onto her mind:
This girl's thinking is so slow, she looks so silly, how dare she try to make it in the entertainment industry? Isn't she afraid of being sold out and then helping them count the money?

But the next second, she saw Zhao Peng put a piece of lean meat on Tang Yan's plate, his tone a mix of helplessness and indulgence: "Eat it quickly, that's something you're not qualified to touch yet."

"Oh."

Tang Yan nodded obediently, lowered her head and focused on eating, not thinking at all about the meaning of the word "qualification".

Fan Bingbing cursed inwardly, "Damn it!!!"

She finally realized that she was the biggest fool among everyone at the table!
No, it's stupid!

She used to think that Liu Yifei was naive, soft-hearted, and easily bullied.

But it was precisely this personality that appealed to Lü Rui.

She never expected that Director Lü would actually like this kind of junior who could evoke his protective instincts, and he would give her resources and pampering without hesitation.

Now she thinks Tang Yan is stupid, but then she realizes that this "silly girl" has already hooked up with Zhao Peng!

Although Zhao Peng is not as good as Lü Rui overall, he is still a director whose films gross over 100 million yuan and a representative figure of the seventh generation of directors. His future is bright.

In the entertainment industry, she would definitely be a highly sought-after prize that actresses from all over would want to be close to.

But Tang Yan, without saying a word, grabbed it in her hand.

Is she really stupid?

Fan Bingbing suddenly realized that she was not stupid at all!

"I think there's another director at Ruishijie? Yes! The one who directed 'Click,' director Shen Ao. He's also a director whose films gross over 100 million yuan. He's good-looking and quite energetic..."

As Fan Bingbing was pondering this, she caught a glimpse of the doorway out of the corner of her eye and saw Shen Ao and Shu Chang walking in side by side.

The two were chatting and laughing, and Shen Ao was carrying a paper bag, which looked like he had bought snacks for Shu Chang.

"..."

At that moment, she was completely stunned.

She always thought she was incredibly clever and had a thorough understanding of human relationships.

In the end, she turned out to be the slowest to notice!
They've already succeeded quietly, but she's still trying to fight to the death against Lü Rui, who's "impossible"!
~

After dinner, we returned to the hotel.

Lu Rui called Shen Ao into his room and asked bluntly, "How's the matter with Shu Chang going?"

"It's a minor issue, it's been taken care of." Shen Ao sat down on the sofa, his tone relaxed.

"Oh? How did you manage to do it?"

"It was actually very simple. I just temporarily played the role of Shuchang's boyfriend, accompanied her to meet her father and stepmother, and then during the meal, I deliberately mentioned that I was helping Shuchang manage her money, and that she needed my permission to lend money out..."

Shen Ao shrugged helplessly as he spoke, "But before I could even finish speaking, her father exploded. He rushed up, grabbed my collar, and yelled that I had cheated his daughter out of her money, saying that the money should be managed by him, her biological father, and that I should return it all to him immediately. That old bastard, he's shameless..."

He truly hadn't expected the other party to be so impatient.

As a result, the few lines of probing dialogue that had been prepared were completely useless.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Think about it, what kind of good person is someone who abandons his wife and daughter right after they are born?

"You're not hurt, are you?"

Lu Rui frowned, not expecting the other party to make a move in public.

"Don't worry, I brought bodyguards with me. As soon as he made a move, the bodyguards stepped forward and pulled him away, scaring him away on the spot. He just got sprayed with spittle a few times, but he was fine after washing his face when he got back."

Shen Ao waved his hand, not taking this little incident to heart.

Lü Rui nodded gently: "That's good."

This matter is now completely resolved. I believe that after seeing her father's true colors with her own eyes, Shu Chang should be able to give up her hopes and make the right decision.

Meanwhile, in another hotel room, Liu Yifei was pulling Shu Chang aside to ask about the details of their meeting.

When she heard that Shu Chang's father had turned hostile on the spot and even threatened to hit her, she immediately exploded: "I knew it! This kind of person is not trustworthy at all. He's just trying to scam you out of your money from the very beginning!"

Shu Chang's eyes darkened, then she forced a smile: "Fine, I won't see him again. I've deleted all his contact information." "That's more like it! I have to praise you!" Liu Yifei's face tightened, and she lectured seriously, "We're all adults now. We should be able to make our own judgments. If it's time to break up, then it should be done. Otherwise, it'll only get more complicated..."

Listening to her best friend's articulate explanation, Shu Chang couldn't help but feel a little surprised:

"Sisi, you're not that much older than me, just a few months older, where do you get all this big talk from?"

“Being a month older is still a big deal! I’m the older sister, you’re the younger sister, I definitely know more than you!” Liu Yifei said confidently.

That's how girls are; if you tell them they're young when they're young, they'll be very indignant.

But if she turns thirty, she'll start to mind when people say she's old.

Just like in everyday life, only girls in their twenties would refer to themselves as "old lady" when they are being fierce to someone; no one would mention it if they were over thirty.

"I don't believe it, it must have been Director Lü who taught you!" Shu Chang exposed her little scheme.

Caught off guard, Liu Yifei panicked: "Who said that? I read it in a book!"

She silently thought to herself: As long as I don't admit it, no one will know the truth.

"So you and Director Lü were secretly dating, did you learn that from a book?" Shu Chang asked with a half-smile.

"Yes." Liu Yifei nodded subconsciously.

After all, her skills in being charming and being a good girlfriend were indeed learned from romance novels.

But the next second, seeing the mischievous grin on Shu Chang's face, she suddenly realized what she had done and hurriedly waved her hands: "No... I didn't!"

"You don't need to lie to me. I know you can't look me in the eye when you lie." Shu Chang knows her too well.

Liu Yifei: "..."

After a few seconds of silence, she blushed and nodded slightly, which was taken as her consent.

Immediately afterwards, she rushed forward and hugged Shuchang's arm, saying in a pleading tone, "Changchang, you're the best person, you mustn't tell anyone!"

Especially my mom, I absolutely can't let her know, or she'll kill me!

I can certainly relate to that feeling of comfort.

Because Liu Xiaoli is indeed very strict with Liu Yifei. She forbade her to drink alcohol when she was a minor, and now that she is an adult, she still doesn't allow her to come home late.

If people find out you're dating, the consequences could be dire!

"Okay, I promise you." Shu Chang's eyes darted around, then she changed the subject again, "But you have to tell me, when did you two start talking?"

"Just...just before, it happened to be my birthday that day, and we were together..."

Liu Yifei blushed and recounted, haltingly, how she had taken the initiative to kiss Lü Rui the night she returned from Jiang Wen's house.

Shu Chang's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she exclaimed in amazement, "You actually kissed him first? That's so brave!"

"What's wrong with that?" Liu Yifei raised her chin, feigning composure, and said with a slight flourish, "If you like someone, shouldn't you take the initiative to pursue them?"

initiative?

Shu Chang blinked and fell into deep thought.

It seems like she's never tried to actively pursue anything.
Seeing her like this, Liu Yifei suddenly had an idea and whispered in her ear, "Actually, I think Director Shen is pretty good!"

Although his eyes are a bit small, he's quite handsome, and he's very responsible. He even helped you out of a problem this time. Why don't you give him a try...?

Liu Yifei, the matchmaker, is officially online, eager to find a reliable partner for her best friend.

……

Given that there were still things to do at the end of the month, Lü Rui deliberately sped up the filming schedule for the next period.

In the scene, Liu Ye and Liu Yifei, piloting the "Great Wall Guardian," successively slay two monsters and narrowly avert a crisis when their mechs crash to the ground...

As the two piloted their mechs back in triumph, the camera panned across the cheering crowd below, and the exclamations of praise from survivors around the world resounded together!
But the joy didn't last long before a new crisis arrived.

With the "Rhombus-backed Turtle" and "Tail-standing Rat" destroyed, two more Level 4 monsters emerged from the other end of the black hole.

One of them is called "Swift Dragon," a level four monster, 109 meters tall and weighing 3475 tons. Its body is like a giant crocodile, armed with hard spikes, scales and armor all around.

In the storyline, it makes its official appearance when the Wall Watchers are carrying out their final mission, "Nuclear Attack on the Wormhole." It first flies by at high speed and chooses a favorable attack position, then quickly launches a sneak attack that severely damages the Wall Watchers, and is finally split in two during the ensuing melee.

The other monster is called Abomination, which is also a Level 4 monster, standing 109 meters tall and weighing 3475 tons.

In the film, Abomination teams up with Nargacuga to ambush the Watchers of the Wall and Crimson Storm near the wormhole.

However, it was ultimately annihilated in the nuclear explosion.

In this part of the story, Lü Rui made localization and adaptations:
In the original version, it was Eureka Raider who detonated the nuclear bomb, but in the Chinese version, it was Crimson Storm that detonated it.

Jiao Enjun had to recuperate at the base because he had injured his arm in a previous battle.

Former veteran Chen Baoguo, along with Zhao Wenzhuo and He Rundong, personally went to the battlefield.

This was a "succession" scene that Lü Rui added specifically.

The character played by Chen Baoguo knows he is getting old and his body has been damaged by radiation, so he doesn't have much time left and eventually has to hand over the work at the base.

Jiao Enjun was undoubtedly the best choice.

In the end, before he died, he detonated the nuclear bomb by himself, giving Zhao Wenzhuo and He Rundong a glimmer of hope for survival.

In the new version, Lü Rui deliberately added a lot of screen time to Storm Crimson, and also added some dialogue scenes that do not affect the overall plot. While not affecting the main storyline, it subtly introduced the theme of hope for the "future of humanity".

More importantly, the first Level 5 monster, "Poisonous Woman," will appear at the end of the movie.

It stands 182 meters tall and weighs 6750 tons. Its massive size is almost twice that of a mecha. It has a head resembling a two-finned shark, with thick and elastic skin that makes it largely impervious to ordinary physical attacks.

Its three tails can easily pierce through the body of a mech, making it extremely powerful in both combat and defense.

At the same time, it also has command authority and can command monsters of a lower level than itself.

In the end, even when "Crimson Storm" detonated a nuclear bomb, it was not killed.

Finally, the "Great Wall Watchers" dragged it into the wormhole, pierced its body with their chain blades, and then used the heat from their nuclear reactor to strike its vitals, thus finally eliminating it completely.

Lu Rui estimates that filming this challenging storyline will take at least two months.

This was already his maximum speed.

It's worth noting that when Guillermo del Toro filmed the same scenes in his previous life, it took him more than five months.

If Lü Rui hadn't had the support of his past life memories, he would never have been able to finish filming in about four months.

During a break in filming, Han Sanping called again, mentioning that "Dying to Survive" had been sent back for revisions once more.

"The health system has basically approved it. This time, the judicial system raised some detailed opinions, hoping to reduce the amount of footage from the court proceedings..."

"Okay, I'll revise it again."

Helpless, Lü Rui had no choice but to squeeze out time in the evenings to adjust the non-compliant parts frame by frame.

Fortunately, there was some good news mixed in with the bad news.

News came from Lu Yang's side that the final cut of "New World" has been successfully completed.

Lu Rui took some time to go back to the company. After watching the finished film, he patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Not bad! Very good! Send the finished film to Hong Kong immediately, have Yinghuang arrange for it to be submitted for review, and then finalize a suitable release date."

"no problem!"

Lu Yang readily agreed and turned to make the arrangements.

As Lu Rui watched his departing figure, a smile crept onto his lips.

It's time to show those people in the Hong Kong film industry what truly high-quality Hong Kong films are.

The "slap" that has been prepared for so long is finally about to be delivered!
(End of this chapter)