Huayu: Starting with Hijacking from "The Story of a Noble Family"

"Effie, does your iPod have any songs pre-installed?"

Seeing Liu Yifei take out her iPod 3 and start listening, Liu Jing was very curious.

"Probably not, but there are two songs that Xu Heng downloaded, which are the two songs from his movies."

Liu Yifei did not hide it from her roommate.

"Two songs?"

Liu Jing was immediately puzzled. Didn't Xu Heng only write one movie end credits song, "A Little Happiness," for Liu Yifei to sing?

But then she realized what was happening.

"Evie, the other song isn't that 'Confession Balloon,' is it?!"

They attended a movie screening together that day, and the movie did indeed mention that the big star Xu Heng's new song "Confession Balloon" was about to be officially released.

The old-fashioned tape recorder in the picture was playing this song, and it did sound like it was sung by Xu Heng himself.

However, it only has a few lines and is not a complete song, which she had always felt was a great pity.

Although Xu Heng had rejected her before, she still regarded him as her idol!

"Yes, it's that song, 'Confession Balloon'."

Liu Yifei nodded.

"It really is this song!"

Liu Jing was pleasantly surprised and looked at Liu Yifei expectantly: "Can I listen?"

"Jingjing, this is a birthday present from Director Xu Heng to Yifei!"

Zhou Yang, who was standing nearby, spoke up to stop them.

"Oh……"

Liu Jing realized what was happening and couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Liu Yifei didn't seem to care: "It's okay, it's just a tool for listening to music anyway."

He then took off his headphones and handed them to Liu Jing.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Liu Jing took it with a smile, put on one earphone herself, and handed the other one to Zhou Yang.

Since Liu Yifei said it was okay, Zhou Yang didn't make a fuss, especially since she was also very curious about the song.

Liu Jing couldn't wait to listen to Xu Heng's "Confession Balloon".

After listening, she immediately showed a lovestruck expression.

"I never imagined that Senior Brother Xu Heng was not only a great songwriter, but also such an amazing singer..."

Zhou Yang and Wang Jia nodded in agreement. Earlier, when they were halfway through listening, Zhou Yang had handed the earphones to Wang Jia, who was also very curious.

Liu Yifei also strongly agreed. At this moment, she increasingly felt that if Xu Heng really chose to become a singer, he might really become as popular as Jay Chou, or at least not much worse than Jay Chou!

After listening to Xu Heng's "Confession Balloon", Liu Jing clicked on Liu Yifei's "A Little Happiness", which she had never heard in its entirety before.

After listening, she looked at Liu Yifei with even more envy, as did Zhou Yang and Wang Jia.

However, they knew even better that they were not Liu Yifei.

It's impossible for Senior Brother Xu Heng to write a song specifically for them, let alone invite them to play the leading roles in a movie...

Liu Yifei rested in her dormitory for a while at noon, and then attended classes as usual in the afternoon.

After finishing a long class that lasted an hour and a half, she and Zhu Yawen went to the rehearsal room to rehearse their performance.

After rehearsal, Zhu Yawen presented a carefully prepared birthday gift.

Liu Yifei accepted it quite naturally and expressed her gratitude.

In the evening, Liu Yifei treated the whole class to dinner and also invited everyone to sing karaoke at a karaoke bar near the school.

Meanwhile, the news of Liu Yifei's appearance on Happy Camp and her interview at yesterday's press conference for "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" have also attracted a lot of attention from netizens.

The Tianya Film and Television Review section quickly erupted with discussion.

"Liu Yifei appeared on Happy Camp, and even sang the theme song from 'Our Times,' which was personally composed by Xu Heng!"

"Xu Heng can write songs?"

"So what if Hsu Heng can direct movies and write songs!"

"Is the person upstairs being sarcastic? The movie hasn't even been released yet, who knows how it is!"

"I watched Liu Yifei's episode of 'Extraordinary Weekend.' Her singing skills were practically nonexistent, but she's undeniably beautiful!"

"Liu Yifei is naturally very beautiful. Everyone has seen 'The Story of a Noble Family.' Most people who say she's not as good as Dong Jie are referring to her acting skills, not that she's less beautiful than Dong Jie!"

"If all goes well, Liu Yifei's episode of Happy Camp should air this Saturday. Then we'll know how Xu Heng's song is, and how Liu Yifei's singing is!"

"Liu Yifei's episode of Happy Camp is definitely worth watching. I've also been following Xu Heng's movie closely, and I'll probably go see it when it's released. I'm really curious to see what kind of film a young, new director and a group of students from the Beijing Film Academy can make!"

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The next day, the final exams at the Beijing Film Academy began.

Due to the school closure and summer classes, the final exams this semester were significantly less difficult.

Not to mention that the entrance exams for performing arts programs are not particularly difficult, and it is rare for students to actually fail.

Liu Yifei, who felt she had done well on the exam, was in a very good mood.

Especially during the performance major exam, her meticulously rehearsed program and acting skills received high praise from the teacher!

When she got home that evening, she couldn't help but brag to Xu Heng!

In addition, the new semester is just around the corner, which means that another of her good friends, Shu Chang, will soon be studying at the Beijing Film Academy!

But her good mood quickly vanished.

On August 28th at 3 PM, the organizing committee of the 3rd China Television Arts "Top Ten" Selection held a press conference in Hangzhou to announce the official start of the 3rd "Top Ten" selection.

The so-called "double top ten" refers to the top ten directors and the top ten actors.

There are 30 candidates for director and 40 candidates for actor. From these candidates, 10 directors and 10 actors will be selected.

The selection process will be conducted through two methods: mail-in voting in newspapers and online voting on Sina.com, and all results will be based on the voting results.

In other words, the person who gets the most votes is elected, even if they are a newcomer with no prior experience or reputation. Notaries will be invited to supervise the entire process.

Several people have been shortlisted for the CCTV hit drama "The Story of a Noble Family" this year.

Director Li Dawei and screenwriter Liu Guoquan were both nominated for the Top Ten Directors list for their roles in "The Story of a Noble Family".

Both the male lead, Xu Heng, and the female lead, Dong Jie, were nominated for the Top Ten Actors list.

Liu Yifei, however, was not selected for the list of ten best actors.

And it should be noted that with her current popularity, if she is selected, she is not guaranteed to be chosen, but she certainly has a good chance!

However, since they weren't even selected for the shortlist, they were naturally ineligible to participate in the voting.

This list was not chosen by vote, but rather decided by the organizing committee.

Xu Heng also sent a text message to comfort Liu Yifei immediately.

But to Liu Yifei, Xu Heng's actions seemed more like he was showing off to her...