It's reasonable for me to be a three-time Golden Horse Award-winning director and an all-around

Chapter 260 Romance? Even dogs wouldn't date? ...Oh my, it smells so good! (Seeking monthly votes)
Valentine's Day usually falls after the Spring Festival.

However, due to the leap month of July last year, the Spring Festival in 07 was postponed by 20 days compared to 06, so Valentine's Day came first and the Spring Festival came later.

After parting ways with Lü Ruiyi with reluctance, Liu Yifei accompanied her mother to buy clothes for the Spring Festival the next morning.

The main process was that Liu Xiaoli bought the item, she tried it on, and then paid and left.

She didn't have the right to choose her own clothes; her mother had long since taken it all away from her.

Because she has terrible taste; she falls in love at first sight but fails to live up to expectations after just one try.

If you let her buy the clothes herself, they'll either look outdated or not fit properly.

On the contrary, Liu Xiaoli's fashion sense has always been on point. The styles she chooses are both fashionable and flattering, making her look like a "young woman in her later years".

"Mom, can't we go back to Harbin for the Spring Festival this year?"

Having been deprived of her right to choose her own clothes, Liu Yifei wanted to fight for other conditions.

But the next second, she was silenced by Liu Xiaoli: "No, Grandma said she misses you, so we have to go back to Wuhan."

"Ok."

With her head hanging low, Liu Yifei secretly sent a message to Lü Rui while her mother was looking through clothes: "Senior, I won't be able to see you for the New Year. I'm going back to Wuhan to be with my grandma."

At this moment, Lü Rui, who had already returned to Harbin, was lying on the sofa at home. After seeing the message, he immediately replied: "It's okay. You can go back to the capital as soon as possible after the New Year. I'll wait for you."

Pacific Rim required two audio versions for post-production: one in Mandarin and one in English.

During filming, the domestic actors mainly spoke Mandarin.

But when it's released in international theaters, it naturally has to be in English. You can't just have Chinese with English subtitles, right? That would really ruin the viewing experience.

Fortunately, Liu Yifei's English is quite good, so Lü Rui decided that she would do the English dubbing for the female lead herself.

As for the other actors, they inevitably have to go to Hollywood to find professional voice actors to achieve the effect they want.

"Okay, then I wish you a Happy New Year and all the best in advance, senior!"

"Happy New Year to you, 20-year-old junior Liu."

While chatting on QQ, Lü Rui also kept refreshing major portal websites, searching for some interesting information.

The Spring Festival Gala is currently the hottest topic online. There are rumors circulating online that a lot of programs were cut beforehand, including the solo performance by the eagle and the princess.

Fortunately, Zhao Benshan's skit "The Planner" was not cut.

While scrolling through the pages, Lü Rui came across another news article about Chen Kaige being interviewed.

The casting for "Mei Lanfang" is now complete. Li Ming has been confirmed to play Mei Lanfang, and a host of other actors, including Zhang Ziyi, Chen Hong, and Sun Honglei, have joined the cast.

Because the main investor is Yinghuang, most of the actors in the cast are from Hong Kong.

This allowed the Hong Kong entertainment circle, which had been struggling to breathe under the pressure of "New World," to instantly regain its confidence, and its arrogance seemed to have returned.

Lu Rui's lips curled up slightly, and his mind immediately began to conjure up "bad ideas" again.

How can we let those people in the Hong Kong entertainment circle continue to be happy?

Isn't this a dereliction of duty on his part?

So this time, he specially prepared two "surprises" for them!
Including the script he promised to write for Zhao Peng, he now has a total of three script-writing assignments to complete.

Fortunately, there was enough time during the Chinese New Year holiday, otherwise I would have had to work overtime late into the night again.

It's worth mentioning that Old Chen was angered by the media again this time.

At the film's project launch, a reporter asked him, "If 'Mei Lanfang' fails to win any awards, will you be very disappointed?"

These words immediately darkened Chen Kaige's face, and he retorted angrily, "Can't you guys wish me well for once?"

Last time, because Liu Yan was a newcomer, she didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of him and was directly rebuked and ran away.

However, the person who interviewed him this time was a reporter from Sohu. Before being escorted away by security guards, the reporter criticized him on the spot for being petty and said that if he was not satisfied, he could come to Sohu to continue the confrontation. The reporter even gave his name.

"Dong Chengpeng?"

Lu Rui burst out laughing when he saw the name.

Chen Kai has really bitten off more than he can chew this time.

After the interview, Da Peng went back home and that same evening, he made all sorts of jokes on his talk show, "Da Peng De Ba De".

This guy's got a screw loose; he just sarcastically remarked:

"It's fine for some directors to treat their films like their own children, but it's a bit too much to ask everyone to love their films as they would their own children."

If that's the case, why not share your own wife with everyone?

Chen Kaige never dared to respond, because if he dared to speak out, he would have to admit that his wife was indeed shared with him by someone else.

Although that is indeed the case...

And then there's Zhang Ziyi, who's also always on the go.

So, she's dating a wealthy foreign boyfriend and can't wait to announce it to the world. They don't even shy away from kissing in public places like the sports field, their kisses are so intimate they're practically spitting out saliva!

The photos were taken at the scene and uploaded online, sparking a heated discussion.

For the next two days, Lü Rui was busy writing the script, only taking a one-night break during the New Year's Eve dinner.

With the Spring Festival Gala coming to an end, the lunar calendar officially entered 07, which also meant that he had turned 25 years old.

"When are you planning to get married? At the very least, bring a girlfriend home. Look at the neighbor's son downstairs, he's two years younger than you, and his kid is already old enough to run errands..."

The nagging of Mother Lü began precisely on time.

Lu Rui was so tired of hearing this that his ears were practically calloused; he secretly grumbled to himself:
Didn't we already bring her back and let you see her? She even slept at home for one night.

But considering that his relationship with Liu Yifei was not yet public, he had no choice but to keep quiet for the time being and wait for a more suitable time to explain.

So the next second, he simply picked up his laptop and began to read with great interest the netizens' feedback on the Spring Festival Gala.

Some people praised it, while others criticized it, resulting in mixed reviews in the comments section.

Even Zhao Benshan's skit "Planning" was criticized by many people, who said it wasn't as good as last year's "Talking About Things".

This is actually quite normal, since the Spring Festival Gala was first created, it has never been praised by the entire nation.

Even the year when all the "gods" from "Journey to the West" appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, some people still complained that the Gala organizers didn't invite the King of Hell to make an appearance. That's just unbelievable...

However, this program is also an indispensable tradition.

If the event were to be cancelled one year, many people would probably protest that there would be no background music during the Lunar New Year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people visit relatives and friends.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, people visit graves and burn paper money.

Early on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lü Rui returned to the capital.

He first visited Han Sanping with gifts, and then asked him to take him to Zhang Hongsen and Tong Gang's homes.

The top two officials in the bureau helped him a lot last year by coordinating matters such as the approval of "Dying to Survive," and they should personally visit him to express their gratitude.

Meanwhile, during this Spring Festival, another major event in the industry finally came to a conclusion.

After several years of litigation, Xinghui and Huang Shengyi have finally reached a verdict, and unsurprisingly, the contract has been terminated.

The profit split is 9:1. After receiving the money, you still have to pay taxes, then split it with the agent, and finally it ends up in your hands.

The contract stated a salary of over 70 yuan, but by the time Huang Shengyi received it, only a little over 5 yuan remained...

Lu Rui was amazed. No wonder the Hong Kong media labeled Stephen Chow as "stingy," and many Hong Kong filmmakers said that they could share hardship with him but not wealth. It turned out that there were already signs of this.

Of course, Huang Shengyi is no pushover either; she has now become the CEO of Juli Film & Television.

Meanwhile, the results of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival have also been announced.

Gu Changwei's former love rival, Wang Quan'an, won the Golden Bear Award for his film "Tuya's Marriage"!
This marks the fourth time a Chinese film has won this award, following "Red Sorghum" in 1988, "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" in 1993, and "The Wedding Banquet".

Overnight, Wang Quan'an rose to fame and became the focus of attention in the industry.

Countless actresses eager to gain international recognition have cast their eager glances at him.

In contrast, "Apple," which was heavily marketed and highly anticipated by Huayi Brothers, ultimately won no awards and became one of the runners-up at the Berlin Film Festival.

When Fan Bingbing visited to offer New Year's greetings, she specifically brought up this incident, her tone carrying a hint of schadenfreude mixed with a touch of lingering fear:
"Director Lü, you have no idea, Huayi is getting more and more outrageous these days."

"Pervert? What do you mean?" Lu Rui looked up at her curiously.

“I have a friend who works in post-production who worked on the set of ‘Apple’. She secretly told me that when filming sex scenes, the director directly asked the actors to take off all their clothes and film them completely naked…”

Fan Bingbing lowered her voice, her tone full of sighs.

However, Lu Rui looked at her with a somewhat complicated expression.

In his previous life, he had seen the finished film of "Apple".

He has seen almost everything, both what he should and shouldn't have seen.

However, many people said at the time that the sex scenes were all done by body doubles, but it's unclear whether that's true or not.
Of course, compared to "Lust, Caution", the scale of "Apple" is nothing.

"Director Lü, are you free tonight? Would I have the honor of inviting you to dinner?"

After chatting about gossip, Fan Bingbing changed the subject, her eyes full of anticipation. It wasn't until she established her own studio that she truly understood the difficulties of going it alone.

Fortunately, with "The Equation of Love and Death" as a foundation, plus the "My Love from the Star" promised by Lü Rui, they were able to barely stabilize their footing.

In order not to be overtaken by other actresses in the industry, she is now single-mindedly focused on clinging to Lü Rui's coattails.

Unfortunately, Lü Rui shrugged at her and said, "Sorry, I already have plans tonight."

Liu Yifei will be flying back from Wuhan alone tonight, and he has to go to the airport to pick her up in person.

"Ok."

Fan Bingbing's anticipation vanished instantly, leaving her with only the disappointment of having set out with high hopes.

Of course, she wouldn't give up. She would seize any other opportunities that came her way!
She hadn't been gone long when there was another knock on the door.

Lu Rui opened the door and saw Lu Yang standing there with a full load of gifts in both hands, a simple and honest smile on his face.

Of the film directors signed by Ruishijie, only he is a local from the capital.

In addition, Zhao Peng is from Shandong, Rao Xiaozhi is from Zunyi City, Hebei Province, and Shen Ao is even further away, from Zhizhou, Jilin Province.

"You're here, why bring anything?"

Lu Rui accepted the gift with a smile, nodding inwardly.

This kid was definitely worth raising; he knows how to be grateful!

“I just came from Teacher Tian’s house. He told me that you visited him this morning, so I guessed you should be home now and came over.”

Lu Yang gave a brief explanation, since he hadn't called before coming and was just trying his luck.

Lu Rui led him to sit down on the sofa in the living room and poured him a glass of water.

As soon as he sat down, Lu Yang started talking non-stop: "Brother Rui, you have no idea, before I became famous, nobody in the industry knew me."
"Now things are great. 'New World' is a huge box office and copyright hit, and people are coming to me everywhere to curry favor. Some companies even tried to poach me, but I turned them down..."

The rights to "New World" were eventually bought by CJ for a staggering ten million dollars, even more than the rights to "The Banquet," making countless people in the industry envious.

"Oh? Another company is trying to poach you?" Lu Rui raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, Bona, Huayi…” Lu Yang named several companies, then solemnly assured, “Brother Rui, don’t worry, I definitely won’t betray my promise for a little bit of immediate profit.”

You gave me the opportunity to succeed. Without you, I might still be looked down upon by my father... I will remember this kindness for the rest of my life! I was born a member of Ruishijie, and I will die a ghost of Ruishijie..."

"Stop, stop, stop." Lü Rui interrupted him, both amused and exasperated. "It's the New Year, all this talk about death and ghosts is unlucky."

"Hehe." Lu Yang scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and composed himself.

The main reason is that he had an absolutely fantastic Spring Festival!

Those relatives who used to gossip, look down on him, and think that it was a mistake for him to give up his stable job at the TV station and choose to venture into the entertainment industry have all been proven wrong!

This feeling is absolutely amazing!

This is precisely why he became even more determined to stay at Ruishijie.

If you go to another company, no matter how high the salary is, without a good script to support you, you will eventually become the next Zhong Yong who failed to live up to his potential.

But Rui Vision is different. With Lü Rui around, his future development is definitely not bad.

"Oh, right, since you're here today, you can take the new script with you."

Lu Rui suddenly remembered that the new script for Lu Yang had been written.

He stood up, went to the study, took out the printed and bound script, and handed it to Lu Yang.

"Ip Man?"

Looking at the words on the script cover, Lu Yang was slightly taken aback.

He certainly knew this person; a grandmaster of Wing Chun and Bruce Lee's teacher, a household name.

"Didn't you say before that your childhood dream was to learn kung fu and that you wanted to make a kung fu movie when you grew up? Let's use this to practice first."

"Thank you, Brother Rui!" Lu Yang excitedly took the script, his hands trembling slightly!

Take a look!

This is a true talent scout!

Luckily I didn't switch jobs, otherwise where would I find such a good opportunity?
"Same old procedure, go to Yinghuang and let them make the arrangements."

"Yeah, I understand!"

Having already experienced the collaboration on "New World," Lu Yang was already quite adept at it.

He was even more enthusiastic than Lü Rui about the idea of ​​having mainland actors as the main characters and Hong Kong actors as supporting actors.

Seeing those people in Hong Kong so angry but unable to do anything about it was incredibly satisfying!
"Alright, let's go. It's almost time. I have to go to the airport to pick someone up, so I won't keep you any longer."

Lu Rui glanced at the time and got up to see the guest out.

"okay."

Lu Yang, clutching the script, left the house happily, his steps much lighter than when he arrived.

Around 7 p.m., Lü Rui arrived at the airport on time.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, I finally saw the beautiful figure slowly walk out of the exit.

Even with sunglasses, a mask, and a hat, her tall figure and signature long legs were still undeniable.

Putting everything else aside, Lu Rui was absolutely smitten with those long legs!
"Thank you for picking me up, senior."

After not seeing her for more than ten days, Liu Yifei's voice carried a hint of joy, and the autumn-water-like gleam in her eyes made Lü Rui's heart sink, sink, and sink even lower...

Oh no, I've fallen in love!

The thought popped into his head, and he leaned in to bite those bright red little lips.

"It's so sweet."

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly: "It's because I drank honey water on the plane."

"No wonder. Come on, give me another kiss."

"Hey, hurry up and go, I'll let you kiss me all you want when we get back."

Liu Yifei returned to the capital from Wuhan alone this time.

She promised her mother that she would never go out and fool around, that she would work during the day and obediently come home at night, and that she would report her whereabouts every day...

When they broke up, she made some very nice promises and even brought up Shu Chang as a witness.

But now...

What Liu Xiaoli? Who is that? She doesn't know her.

The saying "a gentle embrace is a hero's grave" is indeed true.

Originally, Lü Rui planned to continue refining the script and then arrange all the projects after returning to work. However, the last two days of his holiday turned into spending his days shopping and going to the amusement park with Liu Yifei, and his evenings playing video games with her at home.

It's a feeling that's hard to describe. When two people are together, even if they do nothing but look at each other, they feel very comfortable.

Having been a seasoned bathhouse enthusiast in his previous life, Lü Rui quickly discovered that this was what falling in love felt like!
Why don't you even date?
Bullshit!

The dog won't talk, but he will!
Liu Yifei smells amazing!
Of course, a real man will not be completely overwhelmed by the allure of women.

So, the day before returning to the company, Lü Rui "returned" Liu Yifei to Liu Xiaoli, who had returned from Wuhan, and then stayed up all night to successfully finish the remaining two scripts.

On his way to the company the next day, he saw that the results of this year's Oscars had been freshly announced.

Martin Scorsese finally achieved his dream, winning the Academy Award for Best Director for "The Departed".

Poor Leonardo DiCaprio, he failed to win the Best Actor award again.

In the photos that were reposted, he looked completely listless and dejected.

The words he once used to angrily criticize the Oscar judges have now become a boomerang, hitting him right on the head!

Lu Rui only paid a little attention to these messages, and then after arriving at the company, he checked the emails Peter sent from Hollywood.

One month after its release, 300 has grossed $4.58 million worldwide.

Because there are currently no other major films competing in the market, this movie is experiencing very strong box office growth!

Lü Rui doesn't need to follow up on publicity at all; he can just stay home and count his money.

At exactly nine o'clock, there was a knock on the office door.

Having been notified in advance, Zhao Peng and Rao Xiaozhi walked in one after the other, their expressions revealing their excitement.

Especially when they saw the two scripts on the table in front of Lü Rui, their hearts raced even faster!
Zhao Peng thought that more than half a year had passed since "Sunny Sisters" was taken off the screens, and he could finally return to theaters.

Rao Xiaozhi, the newcomer, had only one thought in his mind at that moment.

The hardship of working odd jobs for Pacific Rim for the past six months has finally paid off.

I can finally direct a movie myself.

Become!

I did it, Zhiye!
(End of this chapter)