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After recording "Blooming Life", Zhang Jin, Xia Luo and Ma Dongmei parted ways.

Charlotte was busy switching shows and recording other songs for the new album. He was also invited to appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2003 and sang the songs "East Wind Blows" and "Mudanjiang". This was his fourth time since his debut.

On the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

As a popular singer in the Chinese pop music circle, such treatment is unprecedented, and it is unlikely that anyone will be able to do so in the future.

Ma Dongmei flew back to Xihong City first, took all the luggage she needed to prepare, and then transferred to Hong Kong Island to fly to Melbourne. She is expected to arrive on January 8th. After a week of adaptive training and adjustments, she will participate in the event in late January.

Australian Open match.

Zhang Jin originally planned to fly back to Xihong City with Ma Dongmei, but the night before departure, he received a call from the crew of Fairy Sword. Director Li Guoli said that the crew was about to start shooting, and asked if he was interested in attending the opening ceremony.

Zhang Jin agreed without thinking. How could he be absent from such a memorable and important moment?

So, he changed his flight that night, flew directly to Yiwu the next day, and then transferred to Hengdian.

Because that day was not the day for the launch ceremony, and there were still two days before the auspicious day, Zhang Jin got to know the preparations of the crew under the introduction of Li Guoli, and at the same time he also got to know a group of leading actors.

Since the protagonists of Fairy Sword are originally a group of teenagers, the three protagonists and the supporting characters are all relatively young, with an average age of around 20.

The young actors gathered together to laugh and chat, while the middle-aged and elderly people were doing their own things, reading, writing, and drinking tea.

The crew accepted Zhang Jin's suggestion in terms of casting. The main characters are no different from reality, but some supporting characters such as Liu Jinyuan, the Witch Queen, and Cai Yi are different.

This is the first time for Zhang Jin to see the tender Liu Tianxian in person at the age of sixteen or seventeen. Of course, she has just finished filming Tian Long Ba Part and has not yet completed post-production and broadcast. Immortal Sword has also just joined the cast, Shendiao

It's not even there yet, and this title hasn't appeared yet.

Zhang Jin is also a young man, not many years older than these actors, so he easily blended in with the protagonists.

There are five young people in the main cast, two men and three women, An Yixuan who plays Lin Yueru and Liu Pinyan who plays Anu. Putting aside the roles in this drama, Zhang Jin has no special feelings for them.

On the contrary, he has a favorable impression of Peng Yuyan, who plays Tang Yu, not because of how good his acting skills are, but mainly because he is manly and masculine in both appearance and figure, and is not comparable to those coquettish and sissy idols.

After getting acquainted with the actors in the protagonist group, Zhang Jin took the opportunity to take photos with them. He even asked them to change into their respective character costumes and took many photos as souvenirs.

During this exchange, he also asked Hu Ge and Liu Yifei if they were interested in signing a contract with his own entertainment and culture company, and he promised that he would strongly support them in the future.

At this time, Hu Ge had signed a contract with Tangren Film and Television, and Liu Yifei's agent was her mother.

But both of them politely declined his temptation.

However, Zhang Jin was not disappointed, saying that as long as the two of them are willing, they can come to him to sign a contract at any time. No matter when they come, his promise to support them will always be valid.

The reason why he did this was secondly because of the development potential of the two people, and the most important reason was to pave the way for the smooth development of the Fairy Sword IP in the future, and by the way, to make up for the regrets in reality.

Zhang Jin is a fan who fell in love with the characters played by these two people from the TV series Fairy Sword and then fell in love with the actors. He is also a staunch flying pigeon fan. His biggest regret is that the two have never appeared on the same screen since Sword.

There has been no film and television production of the collaboration, leaving many fans looking forward to it year after year, only to be disappointed every year.

Two days later, the opening ceremony was held.

In the Chinese film and television industry, whenever a new film starts shooting, a good and auspicious day will be chosen and a ceremony of offering incense and worshiping gods will be held.

Generally speaking, the table used for worship during the power-on ceremony is covered with red velvet cloth. Brother Guan is worshiped on the table, with an incense burner and roasted suckling pig and fresh fruits on both sides.

The camera will be covered with a red cloth, and then the crew will wait for the crew to offer incense and worship to the gods. After worshiping the gods, they will then lift the red cloth on the machine and announce that it is on!

The origin of the earliest start-up ceremony is unknown. There are various reasons, but in short it is to pray for smooth filming.

Maybe there used to be some feudal superstition, but now it's more like a crew mobilization meeting, just like a company's new year team building, a way to bring everyone together.

The startup ceremony creates a sense of ritual in everyone's heart, showing that I am serious about doing this!

Zhang Jin walked through the process. It was his first time to participate in the power-on ceremony. Although the process was not as special as expected, it was still quite fresh and interesting.

More importantly, after discussing with Li Guoli, he spent a lot of money to seal a big red envelope for all the crew members who participated in the launch ceremony. Everyone received the same amount, no more than one thousand, six hundred and eight hundred.

Hints are sent all the way!

The crew members who received the big red envelopes were all smiling and full of energy, and they all expressed that they would work hard to complete the filming!

After the opening ceremony, the crew of Fairy Sword officially started filming. In order to speed up the shooting, the crew was divided into three groups to shoot. The protagonist, supporting roles and fighting scenes were all shot separately.

The crew officially started work. Li Guoli, other directors, and actors were all so busy that naturally no one chatted with Zhang Jin.

Zhang Jin stayed with the crew for a few days and then left. Before leaving, he told Director Li to shoot with high quality.

Although he can gain fame if he follows the real-life quality, he needs higher-quality drama content to lay a higher and larger market and fan base for this IP adaptation.

After leaving the Fairy Sword crew in Hengdian, Zhang Jin returned to Xihong City.

At this time, Ma Dongmei has already started the first round of the Australian Open Grand Slam in Melbourne.

The Grand Slam draw consists of 104 main draft players, 16 qualifying players, and 8 wild card players, with a total of 128 draws. The number of wild card and qualifying players can be slightly adjusted.

Main draft players are players who enter the main roster based on the WTA ranking system. Qualifying players need to participate in the qualifying rounds and win three rounds. Wild card players are at the discretion of the organizing committee and are usually given to promising young players.

Former tournament champions and other players who are capable but not ranked enough.

In the past, Ma Dongmei entered the main draw through the qualifying rounds. Even at the beginning, she needed a wild card invitation to participate in the qualifying rounds.

But because her performance in various WTA events in the past two years was not too bad, her world ranking has been hovering between 150 and 200, and as the top-ranked women's singles player in Asia, she won the organizing committee

One of the eight wild card players will be allowed to directly enter the Australian Open main draw.

At the end of January, Zhang Jin met Ma Dongmei, who had returned to Xihong City from Melbourne. Although she had heard about her performance on TV and online news, the feeling she heard from her again was still different.

I don’t know if it has something to do with Charlotte’s contact, but Ma Dongmei’s performance in the Australian Open was extraordinary.

Ma Dongmei, who is in the lower half of the division, defeated the wild cards and qualifiers in the first and second rounds. In the third round, she faced opponents ranked in the top 50 in the world. When everyone was not optimistic, she completed a classic

Let two chase three.

After being 6-3 in the first two sets, they came back against the wind in the last three sets with 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) and 9-7 respectively! Successfully broke into the top 16 and created a

Her best result in a Grand Slam event!

But the miracle is not over yet.

Three days later, in the quarter-finals, facing her opponent ranked 31st in the WTA world, Amelie from France, who is known as the "manly woman", Ma Dongmei once again showed her tenacious and tenacious style, as well as her previous competition.

Delicate skills and playing style that have never been seen before.

The reason why Amelie is called a "manly woman" is not only because of her appearance, but also because she has a one-handed backhand and a powerful forehand topspin that are rare among female players, which makes her powerful in the game!

But in this game, Amelie, who has a strong playing style, encountered an extremely difficult opponent. This female player from Asia, China, played like a swamp, making her attack seem to be stuck in the mud.

In the middle, the power cannot completely penetrate the opponent's defense. Occasionally, it succeeds, but it does not help much in the overall situation.

Although Amelie has been suppressing the opponent on the scene, almost every counterattack by the opponent prevents her from comfortably using her strength advantage, which makes her feel very awkward.

There is no doubt about Amelie's level, but she has a big shortcoming, that is, her psychological quality is unstable. If there is no progress in a long-term fight with her opponent, she will easily become irritable, irritable, and easily distracted.

question.

Ma Dongmei's coaching staff has analysts who specialize in collecting opponent information. The battle plan the coaching staff formulated for her during the match is just one word - drag!

Stabilize the situation, even if she doesn't score, it doesn't matter. The longer the delay, the more beneficial it is to her. Only when her opponent falls into psychological problems during the game, can she have a chance of winning the game!

Ma Dongmei naturally obeyed the coaching staff's tactics and tried her best to achieve the tactical goals. As a result, this game was the easiest for the audience to watch in history.

A game is four points, and the two sides can play for nearly half an hour.

In such a slow game, not to mention Amelie, even the audience and the referee couldn't bear it.

Sure enough, after taking a very long time to win the first set, Amelie's game psychology changed, and she made varying degrees of impatience and mistakes in her offensive ball selection and defensive handling.

Although there is a huge disparity in strength, in order to cope with the opponent's attack, Ma Dongmei exerted greater physical energy. In the second set, her opponent once won the game point, but every time her opponent would ruin the great opportunity to win and score because of her own mistakes!

Once, twice, three times...the accumulation continued, and finally it became the straw that broke the camel's back!

After Amelie won the second set with difficulty, her game mentality finally collapsed!

In the next three sets, it was not so much that Ma Dongmei played well, but that her opponent sent her well!

But even if her opponent made crazy mistakes and gave away points, Ma Dongmei still staggered and was almost killed several times by the impatient Amelie who held her down and attacked frantically!

But in the end, Ma Dongmei gritted her teeth and persisted, winning the last set and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals!

After three days, we once again created the best result in history!

However, the good luck ended there.

In the quarter-finals, Ma Dongmei unfortunately met the younger sister of the Williams sisters and was sent away 6-0 in three sets.

The Australian Open final in 2003 was a love-fight between the Williams sisters. In the end, the stronger sister won the championship!

Serena Williams is so powerful that she won three other Grand Slam championships last year except the Australian Open, and is the number one female tennis player in the WTA world.

Ma Dongmei was also convinced after losing to her opponent.

Stopping in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open not only set a new record for her personal best Grand Slam event, but also brought her 360 WTA points in the new year, almost half of last year's points.

This good start to the year gave Ma Dongmei great confidence and expectations for this year’s results!

Mid-level manor, villa.

On this day, Dongmei's mother went back to her old house to play cards and chat with her old neighbors, so Ma Dongmei invited Zhang Jin to have lunch with her.

This lunch was very simple, consisting of braised noodles with fennel that she cooked herself.

"Dongmei, I didn't expect you could cook."

"I don't know how to cook seriously, but I can still cook a bowl of noodles. When I was in school, my mother was often not at home at noon, so I followed her method and cooked noodles by myself. At first, the noodles often got burnt.

It formed into lumps. Later, I slowly learned to watch the heat, when to turn it off, when to turn off the heat, and when to add the side dishes and condiments.”

Ma Dongmei smiled and said, "Later I went abroad for training and I was not used to eating foreign food. I often made small meals for myself and did not dare to eat anything else. I was afraid of affecting the body and destroying the nutritional balance. I could only cook noodles occasionally. Anyway, the food is basically carbohydrates.

, it can be used up with more training, it won’t be a problem at all. Now this skill is all developed after going abroad, you should try it quickly.”

Zhang Jin picked up the chopsticks, took a few sips, and tasted it carefully. To be honest, it was just ordinary home-cooked noodles, nothing special.

"How is it?" Ma Dongmei's eyes were filled with expectation.

Zhang Jin smiled and changed the subject: "Have Charlotte ever eaten the noodles you cooked?"

"He? Never eaten it. He always disliked it!" Ma Dongmei picked up the chopsticks and fiddled with the noodles in the bowl while recalling, "Remember when I was in school? My mother and his mother worked in the same factory. They often worked overtime at noon and couldn't get home.

Come and cook for the two of us. I cooked some noodles and asked him to come over and eat with me, but he didn’t want to. He had a long face and showed all kinds of disgust. He would rather eat ten boiled eggs for lunch.”

Speaking of this, Ma Dongmei couldn't help but slap the table and laugh.

"Then guess what, when his mother came back from get off work in the evening, she brought him ten more boiled eggs, saying they were leftover from the factory at noon, and brought them back to replenish his health! That night, he secretly boiled the remaining five He gave me the eggs and asked me to help destroy them, but he really couldn’t eat them anymore. Looking back now, I still think it’s so funny, hahaha!”

Zhang Jin looked at Ma Dongmei, who was smiling happily as she recalled every bit of their relationship in the past, and suddenly said: "Why don't you find a chance to cook a bowl of fennel braised noodles for Charlotte? I heard that he is fine now

This mouthful."

"Impossible, he is a big star. He can't eat any delicacies from the mountains and seas. What's so delicious about braised noodles with fennel? Besides, what I cook is not delicious either!" Ma Dongmei waved her hand.

"How do you know if he likes to eat it if you don't do it? Well, let me take care of this matter and I will arrange it for you."

Zhang Jin said, already having a rough plan in mind.