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

Chapter 79 Spring Festival Gala, Heading to Hengdian

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Xu Heng's father went out to play cards again, and his mother went out to play mahjong.

For Xu's mother nowadays, winning a hundred or two hundred yuan playing mahjong can still make her very happy.

Even if she loses a hundred or two hundred yuan, she won't feel bad, which is equivalent to being guaranteed to win!

Mr. Xu did it purely for amusement and to pass the time.

As for opening a restaurant in Beijing, his parents still need to discuss it further.

However, it's basically settled that his mother will go to the company to help him manage the finances.

His mother would definitely not feel at ease entrusting tens of millions of dollars to outsiders for management, especially since his mother herself has the ability to manage finances!

Xu Heng continued to watch the Spring Festival Gala alone at home. This year's Gala had a lot of controversy and hype before it even started.

The biggest controversy and hype is undoubtedly Jay Chou's first appearance on the Spring Festival Gala.

When this news was first released, it was met with strong opposition from some traditional arts and culture experts.

During the program review, the chief director Yuan Dewang directly told reporters, "I can only understand one sentence in the whole song, which is the English 'let's go'."

Jay Chou's song "Dragon Fist" will also have some lyrics revised.

Then, during the live broadcast of the awards ceremony for the first CCTV comedy sketch competition, the Errenzhuan (a traditional Chinese folk art form) performance by Benshan's apprentice was abruptly stopped, which angered Benshan so much that he protested on the spot. Afterwards, there were even rumors that Benshan would withdraw from this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Xiao Yanzi's second appearance on the Spring Festival Gala has garnered significant attention, and she will also be singing a song with Ah Du, the "God of Car Bottom."

This year's Spring Festival Gala also invited Qi Qin from Taiwan Province, Mo Wenwei from Hong Kong, and the Spicy Girls group from the "Ying Empire".

In addition, there were rumors that Xu Heng was to be invited to this year's Spring Festival Gala and replace Sha Baoliang, the singer of the theme song "Dark Fragrance" for the TV series "The Story of a Noble Family". However, it was found that Xu did not participate in any program review or rehearsal, so the plan was abandoned.

Xu Heng did not receive an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala; perhaps he wasn't famous enough at that time.

Xu Heng ate sunflower seeds and pistachios while watching the Spring Festival Gala, chatting with Liu Yifei via text message and exchanging New Year's greetings from others.

After midnight, his parents came home, and he was ready to go to sleep.

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the major media outlets in China reported on the Spring Festival Gala the previous day, and a lot of controversy resurfaced online.

For example, when Tian Zhen and a group of sports stars sang the song "Seize Every Moment," their lip movements and lyrics were clearly mismatched, making it obvious that they were lip-syncing.

Huang Hong's skit "Brothers" has some vulgar lines.

Zhao Ben's skit "The Water Carrier" was overly sentimental and lacked humor.

In an interview after the Spring Festival Gala, the chief director Yuan Dewang said that all the singing segments of this year's Spring Festival Gala were lip-synced, but as long as the recording played was the singer's own singing, it was a live performance!

The most classic and popular segment of this year's Spring Festival Gala was not Jay Chou's song, nor Benshan's skit, but the song "Good Luck"!

Xu Heng didn't get up until noon. After lunch, his parents didn't go out to play cards or mahjong, and he didn't ask why.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Heng went with his parents to visit his grandparents and once again became the most handsome boy there.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, when I visited my maternal grandparents, I was undoubtedly the most handsome boy there.

Starting from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, he had nothing to do and didn't go to internet cafes to play games. He completely switched to a stay-at-home mode, while his parents started playing cards and mahjong again.

In the evening, he was texting Liu Yifei while watching the "Hundred Flowers Welcome Spring - 2004 Spring Festival Gala of Chinese Literature and Art Circles" broadcast on CCTV-3.

The gala was recorded two weeks ago, and Liu Yifei sang "The North Wind Blows" and "A Little Happiness".

I stayed home and lay in bed all day on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

At this time, the box office report for "Our Times" in its fourth week came out.

The box office for the fourth week was 260,000 on Monday, 180,000 on Tuesday, 110,000 on Wednesday (New Year's Eve), 220,000 on Thursday (New Year's Day), 360,000 on Friday (New Year's Day 2), 580,000 on Saturday (New Year's Day 3), and 660,000 on Sunday (New Year's Day 4).

The box office reached 237 million in a single week, and the total box office in mainland China reached 5812 million in 26 days of release!

Obviously, the broadcast of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" on local TV stations across the country on the first day of the Lunar New Year also had some benefits for the box office of "Our Times"!

A high school reunion on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Junior high school reunion on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Xu Heng finally couldn't resist going to an internet cafe.

In his previous life, as long as he had a cell phone, he could stay at home for as many days as he wanted.

And just like that, the Lantern Festival passed in the blink of an eye. On February 6th, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Heng set off for Hengdian.

The day after tomorrow, February 8th, "Chinese Paladin" will have its second test shoot in Hengdian, and the actors' makeup and costumes will be finalized.

Meanwhile, as February arrived, the global entertainment industry suddenly became lively.

The controversy surrounding the Spring Festival Gala's director Yuan Dewang's statement that "lip-syncing counts as live singing" continues to escalate.

Then, during the Super Bowl halftime show on February 1st (US time), Justin Timberlake publicly ripped off the shirt of Michael Jackson's sister, Janet Jackson, causing Janet Jackson to be exposed.

On February 2nd, the box office report for the fifth week of "Our Times" was released.

With a weekly box office of 253 million, the total box office in mainland China within 33 days of release has officially exceeded 6000 million, reaching 6065 million!

At around 2 a.m. on February 3, Chinese actor Wu Ruofu was kidnapped in Beijing. Fortunately, he was successfully rescued 22 hours later. The news shocked the whole country and was the first case of a celebrity kidnapping in mainland China.

On the same day, singer Liu Huan was embroiled in a "zipper gate" scandal, with a Shanghai newspaper claiming that Liu Huan had an affair with a female student.

When Liu Huan's wife was interviewed, she said that "if a husband is unfaithful, it can be discussed." While seemingly defending her husband, she was actually being sarcastic.

Liu Huan's failure to respond directly has severely damaged his reputation.

On February 4th, a woman revealed to the media that she was singer Jiang Dawei's lover and possessed a 900,000 yuan IOU written by Jiang Dawei.

Chiang Ta-wei denied the affair, claiming the IOU was written under duress, which once again caused an uproar.

The 54th Berlin International Film Festival opened on February 5th, and director Sylvia Chang's "203040" was selected for the main competition.

On the same day, the film "Baby in Love," directed by Li Shaohong and starring Zhou Xun, Huang Jue, Chen Kun, and Liao Fan, held a press conference in Beijing to announce its nationwide release on Valentine's Day, February 14.

On February 6th, the Orochi Band's sixth album, "Fantasy Journey," was officially released.

Seeing these news reports, the Tianya Film and Television Review section naturally became lively as well.

"The Spring Festival Gala is mostly lip-synced; live singing is rare. This time, it's just that the director admitted it himself!"

"What admission? That's clearly just sophistry!"

"People used to say that Hong Kong and Taiwanese stars sang live, but what about now?"

"The entertainment industry abroad is definitely more open!"

"These celebrities are really going all out to become famous!"

"This time, Janet Jackson is the real victim!"

"Our Times has surpassed 6000 million at the box office; the final box office for Cellphone should be similar to that of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

almost."

"The sudden rebound in box office revenue for 'Our Times' during the Chinese New Year period is clearly due to the nationwide broadcast of 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils' on television!"

"Liu Yifei's Wang Yuyan is so beautiful, and her acting is much better than in 'The Story of a Noble Family'! Xu Heng's Duan Yu is also very handsome, but his acting seems to be not as good as in 'The Story of a Noble Family'."

"Looking forward to Xu Heng and Liu Yifei's Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er!"

"Celebrities earn so much! Take Xu Heng, for example; he can earn at least 2500 million yuan from just one movie!"

"Looks like celebrities will have to be careful when they go out from now on!"

"I never imagined Liu Huan would be this kind of person!"

"The same goes for Chiang Ta-wei!"

"These celebrities appear respectable on the surface, but behind the scenes they're all scoundrels!"

"A mere IOU for 90? Looks like Jiang Dawei isn't very capable!"

"Do you think everyone is Xu Heng, making so much money from just one movie!"

"Sylvia Chang's '203040' has been selected for the main competition at the Berlin Film Festival. I wonder if it will win an award."

"The movie 'Baby in Love' was released on Valentine's Day. I wonder how the box office will be."

"Orochi's new album is finally released, let's go!"

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"We arrived at the Hengdian Hotel around the afternoon of the 7th. Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli had already arrived yesterday."

After tidying up, Xu glanced at the time and headed to the hotel restaurant for the pre-production banquet.

When we arrived at the restaurant, almost everyone else was already there.

His seat was definitely at the main table, where Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, producer Cai Yinong, supervisor Li Xiaoguo, director Li Guoli and Liang Shengquan, and screenwriter Deng Liqi were seated.

Next to the main table, Xu Heng also saw Liu Pinyan, who played Lin Yueru, and An Yixuan, who played Anu.

It seems that in the previous life, during the filming process, it was discovered that Ady An was more suitable for Lin Yueru, and Liu Pinyan was more suitable for Anu, so the roles of the two were switched.

Cai Yinong initially wanted to cast Shu Chang as Lin Yueru, but Shu Chang had already accepted a role in CCTV's "Lotus Lantern" and was unavailable.

After consulting with two close friends, Xu and Liu Yifei, she ultimately declined Cai Yinong's invitation.

In Xu Heng's opinion, Xiaoyu in "The Lotus Lantern" is definitely more suitable for Shu Chang than Lin Yueru in "Chinese Paladin," and it would be more beneficial for Shu Chang's singing.

In her previous life, Shu Chang became famous after "The Lotus Lantern" aired in 05, but if she had played Lin Yueru, she would not have been able to truly become famous until "Chinese Paladin" aired on satellite TV in 08.

Moreover, Lin Yueru may not be suitable for her. What if she is replaced by Anu halfway through?

In her previous life, Shu Chang took on many roles in CCTV dramas, such as "Magic Phone".

After playing Lin Yueru, Ady An's career was not significantly boosted.

The reason why "Chinese Paladin" became a classic in the previous life and allowed the male and female leads to benefit for so many years was not because the show was really that good.

As the first ancient costume fantasy drama, many viewers have a soft spot for this show.

And the male and female leads are good-looking, especially Liu Yifei.

Although Hu Ge is quite handsome, he is still far from reaching the level of Liu Yifei.

For various reasons, a lot of Zhao Ling'er's scenes were cut from the previous version of "Chinese Paladin".

Even after the show aired, Liu Yifei and her character Zhao Ling'er remained the most popular characters!

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