How did I become famous?

Chapter 153 Filming While Eating Lemons

But in the end, Wu Kai finished filming the movie first.

After filming, Shaolin and Wudang raised a large sum of money to sponsor the project. Several other companies also wanted to grit their teeth and contribute, but Fang Bie stopped them.

They are not as wealthy or powerful as Shaolin or Wudang; they all have families to support, so it's unreasonable for them to have to pay for their own movies.

Fang Bie said this in front of the Shaolin and Wudang people, and they just smiled and didn't say anything.

Actually, they quite liked Fang Bie's personality.

He speaks frankly about everything, making things clear to everyone. Moreover, he genuinely supports the development of martial arts, which is positive publicity for Shaolin and Wudang.

Although this person likes to be sarcastic and sarcastic, he does it openly.

It's very comfortable.

After filming wrapped up for "The Grandmaster," Nie Fang and his team got busy with post-production.

Wu Kai originally intended to personally supervise the editing, but after seeing the quality of Luo Wei and Pan Xiao's work, he felt relieved and went back to the company with Fang Bie and the others.

"Old Fang, what song did you prepare for our young lady?"

Tonight is the night of the live broadcast of the final of "The Amateur Singer".

Fang Bie, Liu Mang, and Wu Kai had already gathered in the company's living room.

There were also beer, potato chips, rice crackers, and other drinks and snacks on the table.

They actually watched the final as a side event; their real purpose was to watch the Premier League match after the final.

This was their last bit of entertainment. After that, Fang Bie and Liu Mang would be joining the film crew to shoot his youth romance comedy.

comedy?

Well, a happy ending should make it a comedy, right?

The final of "Amateur Singer King" goes without saying.

Su Mulin's song "Exaggeration" propelled him to the champion's throne.

But Fang Bie is even more popular.

Because the young lady said that Fang Bie wrote it within a week.

Liu Mang expressed his surprise: "Within a week? We've been together these past few days, haven't we? When did you write this song?"

"When I went to the show last time, I sang a part for Miss after the live broadcast. She finished the rest this week."

As he spoke, Fang Bie fully expressed his contempt for Liu Mang: "Look at him, I just casually sang a couple of lines, and he's already at this level in a week. I've been working on your song for ages and still can't get it right, trash!"

Liu Mang was speechless: "Nonsense! Of course, it's fine if you let someone else sing! Who knew you could sing so badly!"

They were almost done preparing the song for Fang Bie, but he wouldn't tell anyone yet; he wanted to give Fang Bie a surprise later.

"No need to even think about it, Lao Fang, you're going to be trending again tomorrow."

Fang Bie scoffed, "Trending topics, what's the use? They don't pay me, yet they bring traffic to his Weibo account? You can just buy those things. Besides, why is just one song trending?"

The Yin-Yang technique can still be used normally today, which is great news.

"Because everyone's listening to songs from over a decade ago these days. New songs only stay popular for a couple of days before disappearing. They're all just pop songs," Liu Mang laughed. "And pop songs are considered good. What kind of stuff are those young idols singing? They're just money-grabbing rubbish! The world has suffered under these young idols for too long. Rather than saying they admire you, it's more like they hate those internet celebrities, so they're retaliating by pushing you to the top of the headlines. Of course, the quality of your songs is undeniable."

Is there such a thing as retaliatory headline-grabbing?

Fang Bie suddenly thought of a way to win the bet with Tom.

That means revealing the bet between the two of them.

Everyone should engage in a wave of revenge movie watching, and they're guaranteed to beat Tom.

It just feels like the victory was somewhat unfair.

Moreover, Liu Mang and Wu Kai's personalities might not be able to accept it.

Should I use my alternate account to stir things up?

Watching Su Mulin remain calm even after winning the championship on stage, Fang Bie yawned and changed the channel to the sports channel.

Wu Kai asked, puzzled, "Old Fang, don't you see how the young lady won the championship?"

Liu Mang elbowed him: "You don't know anything. Old Fang is confident that Miss will win the championship, so he's not watching."

"By the way," he turned to Fang Bie and asked, "when will our movie start filming?"

"Shouldn't we give Nie Fang and his crew a week's rest or something?" Fang Bie yawned again. "By the way, are you all ready on your end?"

"Everything is ready, all that's missing is you two big names joining the crew."

"OK." Fang Bie stretched his neck. "I'll show you my acting skills then!"

"stop!"

Liu Mang stormed up to Fang Bie, furious: "Old Fang, what's wrong with you? You managed to do eight takes for our very first scene?"

Fang Bie lost face, but he couldn't say anything.

After all, Liu Mang had specifically apologized before the event started, saying that he might get angry on set.

Then Fang Bie said to himself, "It's okay, you're the director and the boss on set, so just yell at me however you want."

As a result, the first one to get infected was myself.

Liu Mang was confused: "No way! Lao Fang, you were doing great when we practiced privately, how come you messed up in the very first match?"

Fang Bie forced a smile: "Nervous."

With so many people watching and so many cameras, who wouldn't be nervous filming for the first time?

Su Mulin, standing nearby, crossed her arms and made sarcastic remarks: "You're terrible, Fang Bie. I'm disappointed in you."

"You're the same!" Liu Mang snapped, turning around. "Miss, you're not even as good as Lao Fang! He only had eight takes, but you had seventeen for your first scene!"

Su Mulin: "."

Fang Bie chuckled inwardly.

Fatty Liu, you're the boss now, and what you say goes.

But all I said was, "It's okay, you're the director and the boss on set, so you can yell at me however you want." I didn't say that the young lady wouldn't retaliate against me afterwards.

It's okay if you criticize me, we're brothers. I'll just say a few sarcastic things to you afterwards.

But who is Su Mulin? Why are you attacking her like this? Aren't you afraid of social death after the movie is finished?

No wonder you fatso were ostracized before; your emotional intelligence is just unbelievable.

It has been more than half a month since the final of "The Amateur Singer".

Su Mulin started university, but she took leave and skipped military training to film a movie here.

The dean is her own brother, so of course she got the green light all the way.

Moreover, she genuinely wanted to spend more time with Fang Bie, since they wouldn't see each other for a long time afterward.

Fortunately, her "advisor" Zhang Xixi got into the same school as her, and then "unexpectedly" ended up in the same dormitory.

She didn't plan to live outside either, since the dorm room the school assigned to the two of them was quite nice, and the other two classmates, according to Zhang Xixi, were both very nice people.

Actually, she originally wanted to live in her own villa outside.

But Fang thought it would be good to make more friends at school, so she didn't move away.

The reason she failed was simple: she had never met her mother.

So she didn't know how to portray the character of a "happy heiress with both parents."

It was time for a break, and at Liu Mang's suggestion, Fang Bie pulled Su Mulin aside to give her acting advice.

After all, he had enlightened many people in the past.

Although his own acting wasn't very good either.

"How should a normal daughter with both parents act? How should she get along with her mother? I have absolutely no idea."

Su Mulin was very distressed.

Fang Bie was also speechless.

Others might not be able to convincingly portray a proper rich girl, but she does the exact opposite.

"Actually, parents aren't that important." Fang Bie started to think of solutions for her. "Here's what you'll do: when you're with your mother, treat her as if she's one with your father. Just treat them the same way you would treat your dad."

Su Mulin raised her head: "But I don't get along well with my dad either."

"No, actually you two have a pretty good relationship." Fang Bie recalled the "villa at the bottom of the river" that Old Man Su had threatened him with, and then comforted her, "Your dad used to be in the army. People like him are usually more reserved with their emotions and don't know how to express their love for their children. My dad used to be like that too."

Sigh, it makes me sad just thinking about it.

A year has passed, and time can indeed heal some things, but sometimes when Fang Bie thinks about it, he does feel regret.

I regret arguing with my dad so often back then.

At that time, he felt that his parents did not understand him and that their constant nagging was annoying.

But thinking about it from time to time over the past year, I realize how much they have silently sacrificed.

When I was a kid, I went to an internet cafe and stayed up all night. My parents searched for me outside all night.

When my dad found me at six o'clock the next day, he unusually didn't beat me. Instead, he took me to have breakfast and then went to work.

There are many similar cases.

I didn't care in the past, but now it's too late to regret it.

Seemingly noticing Fang Bie's disappointment, Su Mulin nudged his arm.

Fang Bie looked up and met the young lady's worried eyes.

"It's okay." Fang Bie ruffled her hair. "Keep it up, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

A little further away, Liu Mang, Wu Kai, Nie Fang, and their group were squatting together smoking.

Liu Mang spat twice: "Who bought this cigarette? It's probably fake, otherwise why does my mouth feel so sour?"

Wu Kai chuckled twice: "If you're envious, just say so. Don't try to shift the blame."

He expressed his envy, wondering why he had to encounter a woman like that.

Liu Mang sighed, "The young lady only likes Lao Fang because of his talent, but what if he runs out of ideas one day?"

"Stop talking nonsense." The true master of romance, Nie Fang, laughed. "That's just what the young lady thinks. You haven't figured it out after all this time? Even if Director Fang really doesn't know anything, as long as the young lady spends some time with him, it's inevitable that she'll fall for him."

If even relationship gurus have said that, what else can they say?

"Sigh, I just don't know when their acting skills will improve." This is what Liu Mang is really worried about.

"It seems the heavy responsibility of fighting that tyrant will fall to me." Wu Kai patted Liu Mang on the shoulder. "But I really envy you; you even came up with this kind of flattery."

"Tsk, enough of your nonsense! My movie is going to be a huge hit!" Liu Mang tossed away his cigarette butt, stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "Break over! Time to get back to work!"

Fang patted Su Mulin on the back to encourage her: "Take it easy, just act like you normally would, don't be nervous."

"Yes." Su Mulin stood up, her expression much more determined.

With encouragement from others, she feels very at ease now.

She felt there was nothing left to be afraid of.

I'm sure I won't do another NG!

"Stop!" Liu Mang shouted angrily, "Miss, why are you doing another NG?"

Su Mulin: "."

Feel sorry...

Yesterday, I had some discomfort in my neck and lower back, so my mom did cupping for me last night. I was planning to continue writing after the cupping session.

I fell asleep right after the cupping session, and when I woke up it was almost noon.

Here's one chapter for now, we'll continue after dinner.

(End of this chapter)