Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

"The editor of 'A Chinese Ghost Story' has quite the imagination, actually putting Nie Xiaoqian and Yan Chixia in a romance, and even including a kissing scene! Just imagining a beautiful female ghost kissing a bearded man is disgusting!"

"And the screenwriter of 'The Legend of the Feast at Hongmen' is also a freak. He actually put Yu Ji, Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu in a love triangle, and also wanted to express patriotism and the suffering of the people in the movie. If it were a TV series, it might be better, but in a movie, the plot will definitely be fragmented!"

"Both of these projects are absolutely terrible! I advise you not to take them, otherwise, once they're released, they'll provoke public outrage, and you'll be the one taking the blame!"

After barely managing to read through the two scripts and visualize the corresponding scenes in his mind, Wu Yang couldn't hold back his complaints any longer.

"Is it really as exaggerated as you say?"

Although Liu Yifei's appreciation skills are average, she has seen all kinds of scripts and felt that these two movies were okay.

Moreover, her agent also suggested she take the role, saying it would broaden her acting range.

"Want to make a bet?"

Since the movie hasn't been released yet, Wu Yang's words are all just theoretical. I'm really afraid that this girl will impulsively take advantage of these two bad opportunities.

"I trust you, so let's refuse. It'll be a good opportunity to travel to Europe."

This is Liu Yifei, who is very easygoing and often travels to various places in her spare time, without taking on any TV drama projects, and despite being semi-blacklisted by the Chinese entertainment industry.

Although they have artistic aspirations, they lack the ability to discern.

I remember Liu Yifei in her past life. From the moment she gave up on TV dramas, she embarked on her acting career as the queen of bad movies.

If any film project she's involved in receives a rating below 6, she'll always be the one to take the blame.

She and Yang Mi, who is also a member of the "85 Flowers" group, can be considered equals!

The Forbidden Kingdom, released last year, failed at the domestic box office, and as a result, many unscrupulous media outlets, guided by certain individuals, labeled Liu Yifei as box office poison.

Of course, sometimes fools are lucky. Although this girl never participates in business investments, she uses about 80% of her income to buy houses.

As the country's strength continues to rise, housing prices have also skyrocketed. Houses bought at low prices a few years ago have now increased several times over, and this is not even the peak of housing prices!

Even if she retires from the entertainment industry now, she can still live the life that countless people dream of!

"You have good taste, but there's no need to rush off to travel. At the invitation of the Third Master of China Film Group, I'm planning to shoot a movie soon! I have two choices and I'm struggling to decide which one to film. You can come and choose which one to act in."

Wu Yang tossed the two scripts aside, then got up and took two file folders from the bedroom, placing them on the coffee table.

Liu Yifei said indignantly, "Are you trying to play Versailles with me?"

I came here today and picked up two scripts, but Wu Yang criticized them mercilessly. Then he gave me two more scripts to choose from.

During their previous conversations, when the topic of how the houses she had bought over the years had appreciated in value came up, Wu Yang used the word "Versailles" to describe her.

"Not bad, you've learned to use what you've just learned!"

Sitting on the sofa, Wu Yang waved to Liu Yifei, who was standing, and raised an eyebrow with a mischievous smile.

Liu Yifei waved her fist and warned, "Don't push your luck, or I'll beat you up!"

As soon as she sat down, Wu Yang put his arm around her shoulder, making her heart pound and her ears burn.

My thoughts drifted away from the file folder on the coffee table, and I don't know where they went.

"You see, I just want to be closer to you."

Wu Yang smiled on the surface, but his right hand was already protecting his chest. Fortunately, Liu Yifei only gave a warning and did not use the fatal elbow strike.

Liu Yifei quietly took a deep breath, suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, before looking at the two file folders on the coffee table.

The file folder on the left was labeled "A Little Thing Called First Love," and the file folder on the right was labeled "Love Like a Bouquet."

Driven by curiosity, she first opened the file folder for "A Little Thing Called First Love" and took out the complete script to read.

Wu Yang put his left arm around Liu Yifei's shoulder, looking at her beautiful profile and smelling the fragrance of her hair.

I just feel that the world is so wonderful, with things I love to do and people I love by my side!

Wu Yang thoroughly enjoys this state of being; perhaps this is what a mutually supportive relationship feels like.

As for the two scripts on the table, they are both female-centric films and were specially prepared for Liu Yifei.

Of course, at the symposium a few days ago, I did accept the invitation from the third master of China Film Group to invest in the company in the form of a script and a director.

Even with the title of Oscar-winning director, China Film Group is an insurmountable obstacle if one wants to make a name for themselves in the domestic entertainment industry.

Moreover, Wu Yang, who is fighting alone, also needs a big tree to shelter him from the wind and rain.

Whether it's a pledge of loyalty or a stepping stone, it's all the same.

With one side willing to recruit and the other willing to join, the invitation process went smoothly.

Wu Yang naturally wouldn't refuse a collaboration where neither party would lose their own interests or interfere with the creative process.

Although Han Sanye acknowledged Wu Yang's directing ability, "Buried Alive" is, after all, a suspense thriller.

I remain skeptical about Wu Yang's ability to handle commercial blockbusters, but he is China's first Oscar-winning director.

Whether it's for political achievements or to promote the globalization of Chinese-language films.

Even knowing that they will lose money, they will still encourage some projects to start.

Therefore, after speaking privately with Wu Yang, the two reached an agreement.

China Film Group invested 30 million yuan, accounting for 70% of the total revenue, while Wu Yang provided the personnel and script, allowing him to assemble the production team and recruit actors, accounting for 3000% of the total revenue.

Once a film is released and the production costs are recouped, further collaborations can begin.

As for the collaborative projects, nothing has been decided yet.

Since China Film Group is funding the project and has limited the investment amount, the film options have basically eliminated large-scale scenes and science fiction.

Of the remaining commercial films, only comedies and romances remain. The former requires good actors, because if the actors' acting skills are not up to par, it is easy for comedy films to become awkward.

As for romance films, Wu Yang happened to have written several movie scripts and registered them in Hollywood.

Following the principle of keeping the benefits within the family, Liu Yifei was cast in the role. However, Liu Yifei is only 22 years old and her acting skills are mediocre, which limits the scope of the script.

In his previous life, Wu Yang was a film critic by profession and a part-time film narrator. Due to copyright issues, he could only provide segmented explanations of foreign films.

So when Wu Yang first traveled through time last year, he spent nine months writing dozens of movie scripts.

Both have registered global intellectual property rights, and among them, only these two scripts currently meet the above requirements.

To put it simply, "A Little Thing Called First Love" is a story about an ugly duckling turning into a swan, interspersed with elements of unrequited love and growing up.

In China's education system, although early romantic relationships are explicitly prohibited, unrequited love cannot be prohibited, since teenagers in puberty all experience a surge in dopamine.

With just a slight modification to the plot, it can pass censorship.

Liu Yifei plays the female lead, who initially plays an ugly character, but later appears without makeup and is able to captivate everyone!

While there are requirements for acting skills, only a little is needed!

Not only can it help him expand into romance films and open the door to commercial films, it can also boost Liu Yifei's career, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone!