Huayu is here for you

Chapter 175, Page 174: Filming Begins

Interestingly, the most discussed topic online regarding the casting of the Legend of Sword and Fairy series is Yang Mi from the original timeline. Perhaps due to the inertia of time, Yang Mi has the most supporters now who hope to play the female lead, Xue Jian.

However, this has nothing to do with Lin Yu anymore, because he has already led the "Your Name" crew to the pre-selected filming location.

They didn't even hold a press conference to mark the start of filming; their main focus was on keeping a low profile!

After all, he's been making quite a few big moves lately. Movies like "Wanted," "Inception," and "Your Name" have had a huge impact on the industry. Now, every time he goes out, he feels like he's being followed by a bunch of reporters and paparazzi, which is incredibly annoying.

The recently much-discussed TV series "Chinese Paladin 3" can also be linked to him, since he is now the biggest boss of Sugar Man!

So why don't they hurry up and run away for a while, to let the people in the industry calm down?

"Phew—this place is so much better! The scenery is beautiful, and even my mood is starting to improve."

After arriving at their destination, Linyu, with the film crew, Ms. Liu and several other crew members stood on the hilltop gazing into the distance.

"Hehe—Senior brother, have a lot of people been looking for you lately?" Standing next to Lin Yu, Miss Liu chuckled. "Hehe! It's a long story!"

"hehe--"

"Ha ha--"

Lin Yu's words instantly made all the crew members who had come up the mountain with him that day laugh.

"Director Lin! You're making me a little jealous! I wish I could be sought after by so many people every day! It's a pity that I don't, is it?" Wen Muye, who was fiddling with the camera, spoke up.

"Yes, Director Lin, your status speaks for itself! Many people can only dream of such a position."

"Yes, boss—"

"Yes, Mr. Lin. You—"

Lin Yu turned to look at the envious crowd and sighed inwardly, "In my past life, didn't I have the same thoughts? It's a pity that times have changed! Troubles are always a constant companion, and no one can avoid them."

"Alright! I brought you guys up the mountain today just to scout out the location beforehand and give you a chance to relax. Everyone brought cameras and video recorders, right? Get filming! The scenery here is so beautiful; it would be a shame not to take some pictures to remember it by." Lin Yu clapped his hands and laughed, "You're all free today!"

Less than a minute after Lin Yu announced the disbandment, everyone scattered like birds and beasts, wandering around in twos and threes to sightsee.

Lin Yu and Miss Liu found a large rock on the mountaintop, sat down on it, and looked at the scenery below.

In the following period of time, actors such as Hu Ge, Shu Chang, and Zhang Zifeng also climbed up the mountain one after another.

Hu Ge and Shu Chang need no introduction; they play Liu's classmates in the film, while Zhang Zifeng plays Liu's younger sister.

"Brother Lin!"

"Brother Lin—"

"Brother Lin Yu—"

Hearing the way the three addressed each other, Lin Yu felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

"Old Hu! How many times have I told you, you're older than me! What are you calling 'brother'?"

"Hehe—" Hearing Lin Yu's complaint, Miss Liu laughed rather unkindly. "Senior brother, you've suddenly aged several years!"

Hearing what Miss Liu said, Hu Ge felt a little embarrassed.

"You're just making things worse!" Lin Yu patted Liu's arm and said, "Zifeng, come here, didn't your mother come up the mountain?" After scolding Liu, Lin Yu turned to Zhang Zifeng and smiled, "No, she didn't come. My mother told me to go with Sister Shuchang."

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Zhang Zifeng took small steps toward Lin Yu, but just as she was about to reach Lin Yu, she suddenly turned and stood next to Miss Liu.

Linyu: ————

Miss Liu: (▽)

Seeing this, Hu Ge and Shu Chang couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle. They thought to themselves, "This girl is so adorable! And incredibly clever too."

After an afternoon of sightseeing, Lin Yu and the others returned to the foot of the mountain before sunset.

The guesthouse provided by the village for Lin Yu and others looked a bit dilapidated, but it was clean and tidy.

Moreover, both rooms are located in the same alley as the hotel that was thoughtfully provided.

Lin Yu was initially curious! How could it be such a coincidence that there were almost no households in this alley, and the remaining rooms were more than enough to accommodate them.

However, the village chief explained to him that most of the residents in their village work in the city. Those who have made money settle down in the city, while those who haven't made money mostly don't want to come back, for fear of losing face!

They would rather work hard and suffer in a foreign land than return to their hometown to farm.

Gradually, the village, which originally had two or three thousand people, now has only a little over a thousand left, most of whom are elderly people of the older generation.

After listening to the village chief's words, Lin Yu didn't know how to feel, but he just felt a little uncomfortable.

But let's wait until later! The environment here is indeed very nice. If there's a real opportunity in the future, we could do some promotion here and see if we can develop it into a small tourist village.

That night, Lin Yu and Miss Liu sat side by side in two rocking chairs in the courtyard, holding hands and gazing up at the starry sky.

"Senior, why did you name the male and female leads in the movie Lin Huan and Liu Meng?" Miss Liu suddenly asked.

Upon hearing Miss Liu's sudden question, Lin Yu thought for a moment before replying directly, "I thought you weren't curious!"

"The surnames are self-explanatory; we'll just use yours and mine. As for the words 'illusion' and 'dream,' I wanted to give the audience a misconception at the beginning of the movie."

"What illusion?" Miss Liu asked, puzzled.

"It's fake! Fantasy and dreams aren't reality, haha—as long as the audience doesn't see the end, they'll think that the two names I chose are foreshadowing that the love between the male and female leads in the movie is just their personal fantasy, or that they'll never be together and it will all end in nothing!" Lin Yu explained with a smile:

Miss Liu instantly felt that her senior brother was a little cunning. Wasn't he obviously trying to mislead the audience's thoughts in advance?

"Hehe—Senior, you're so naughty!"

Lin Yu was speechless for a moment. "What's bad about it? I'm giving the audience room for imagination, and the more unpredictable the ending, the more they'll like our movie."

"Really? Senior brother, I feel like you're kidding me a bit?" Miss Liu suddenly glanced at Lin Yu beside her and laughed, "Of course it's true. Do you like those movies where you know the ending from the very beginning?"

"That's true, what you said makes some sense." Miss Liu nodded suspiciously and said, "What do you mean 'makes some sense'! It's just that!" Lin Yu argued, "Hehe—yes, yes, yes! Senior brother, you're right, hehe—"

As Lin Yu led the "Your Name" crew to their filming location, the entertainment industry was in an uproar.

First came the global casting call for "Inception," then Lin Yu's "Wanted" wrapped filming, releasing trailers featuring luxury cars, beautiful women, and gunfights, and then the project to film "Your Name" was approved.

This year, Lin Yu has truly aroused the expectations of film and television fans throughout the entertainment industry.

Not to mention, there's also "Ip Man," which is currently being filmed in Hong Kong by Ying Wong and written by Lin Yu, and "Chinese Paladin 3," which is currently undergoing a heated casting process by Sugar Man.

For a time, the domestic film and television industry was in complete chaos. Information about Lin Yu's works was updated every three days with minor updates and every five days with major updates. Since the Olympics, Lin Yu has dominated the headlines of domestic entertainment media.

The media reports left many film company executives, whose works have been released or are about to be released, shaking their heads in disbelief.

"We simply can't beat them, and we're no match for them either—"

However, Han Sanping is quite happy now because the box office performance of the movie "Twilight" is decent. If this trend continues, he can still make a small profit.

Moreover, China Film Group also received a share of Starlight's investment in "Inception" in China, amounting to 12 million US dollars. Although the actual amount given was 15 million US dollars, plus the domestic publicity and distribution costs, Lao Han still felt it was a good deal, after all, Lin Yu's "precedent" was right there!

Losing money? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!

Huayi, Enlight Media, Bernard, Yinghuang, and Wanda share the same idea as Han Sanping.

These companies also received investment shares in "Inception," ranging from three to nine million. Those with higher premiums naturally received more, while those with lower premiums—

"Brother! This Xiao Ou is going too far! He only gave Huayi a share of five million? Why does Wanda get nine million!" In the top-floor office of Huayi, Wang Zhonglei was complaining to Wang Zhongjun.

Wang Zhongjun felt a little uncomfortable seeing his brother's righteous indignation, but he was more composed than his brother.

"How much of a premium did you quote her?"

"One million eight hundred thousand—"

"Wanda paid a premium of four million! That's over thirty million RMB! Why do you think she would give Wanda nine million?"

Wang Zhonglei was speechless: "—Brother! Don't you think Wanda is afraid of losing money? Over 30 million! With that 30 million, they could easily make their own movie!"

"You don't know anything! Is this the time to be stingy? I regret letting you handle this now, no wonder Huayi got so little!" Wang Zhongjun said, somewhat exasperated. "You didn't tell me beforehand, and besides, Huayi isn't the lowest. Yinghuang got three million too—"

"You—I'm really fed up with you! Fine, next time something like this happens, get out of my way, I'll talk to them myself."

Meanwhile, Yang Shoucheng of Yinghuang was praising his great contributor!

"Wenxi, this matter went well."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, we negotiated the lowest possible share for the company. It's really—"

"Hey! You're mistaken. It's a good thing they can join. Once this precedent is set, things will get easier and easier from here on out," Yang Shoucheng interrupted.

After a moment of contemplation, Huo Wenxi nodded to Yang Shoucheng, "You're right. It seems my judgment is still inferior to yours."

Amidst the uproar, Lin Yu's "Your Name" officially began filming.

Since most of the scenes in this mountain village belong to Miss Liu, Lin Yu postponed the majority of his scenes there, deciding to finish filming her scenes first.

"Hehe, senior brother, I finally get to act in a romance drama with you again, hee hee—I'm really into it now."

At the filming location on the mountaintop, Ms. Liu excitedly pulled Lin Yu along, laughing:

Lin Yu, who was trying to compose herself, was instantly interrupted by Liu's words, "?? Are you getting carried away? You're even feeling it now—hiss—be gentle, there are so many people here! Give me some face."

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Miss Liu lowered her hand and glared at Lin Yu with dissatisfaction. "You stinky senior brother! You never understand romance."

"What do you mean by being clueless? I was just getting into character, and you interrupted me like that. With our relationship, it would be so embarrassing if we couldn't get it right!" Lin Yu glanced around and whispered, "Hehe—it's just filming a scene of two people who like each other meeting for the first time! What's so difficult about that? Do you really need to get into character?" Miss Liu said dismissively, "Hehe! So I'll wait and see your performance?" Lin Yu chuckled.

He felt that Miss Liu was a bit floating right now—the kind of floating that couldn't settle down!

Don't you know what it means that the more familiar you are with someone, the better you feel, the less you can act out that "if only life were as beautiful as the first time we met" feeling? Still laughing! You'll be crying later.

"Director Lin, Yifei, are you ready?"

Sitting behind the director's monitor, Fumino asked after seeing that the crew was ready:

OK!

"alright!"

After Lin Yu and Miss Liu took their positions separately, they answered in unison.

"start!"

With Fumino's opening remarks!

The crew instantly got into character and began working smoothly and efficiently.

"Liu Meng!"

"Liu Meng! You're here, right?"

"Liu Meng! I know you're here! You've become me now, haven't you?" Miss Liu shouted repeatedly as she ran—

"Lin Huan! Is that you? Lin Huan! Where are you?!"

Hu Ge and Shu Chang, who had come from the sidelines to watch the spectacle, were also quietly watching the performance of the two people in the arena, completely absorbed.

"Old Hu, how do you think Qianqian and Brother Lin will act later?"

As Shu Chang watched Lin Yu and Miss Liu running towards each other in the arena, she couldn't help but ask Hu Ge:

Hu Ge paused for a moment, then slowly replied, "I can't say for sure! I feel it'll be a bit difficult! After all, they're so close—well, I should say they have such a good relationship—to portray the feeling in the play, I think it'll be quite challenging."

"Hehe—I think so too, but judging from how confident Qianqian looked just now, I think she must have already planned how to film it!" Shu Chang said with a smile, "Yeah, I saw it too. I thought Yifei would be the one nervous! But it turned out that it was Brother Lin who was preparing all along, hehe—"