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

Chapter 87 The Last National Star of the Media Age

"And what about you? Would you like to play Yang Guo?"

Liu Yifei asked again on the phone.

Xu was her best friend, and she trusted Xu Heng completely.

Now that Xu Heng has brought this up, she doesn't want to deliberately hide it from him.

We'll see when the time comes.

Xu Heng spoke in a very casual tone.

"The competition for the role of Yang Guo is fierce right now; it's said that several top male stars are eyeing it!"

Liu Yifei gave a soft hum.

"Am I worse than others? Aren't I a top-tier celebrity?"

Xu Heng gave a light snort in return, then continued, "Don't worry, if I want it, this role is definitely mine!"

On the surface, neither of them wants to act in the same movie as the other again, but in reality, it's definitely impossible!

After chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone, and Liu Yifei went to pack her things to prepare to go to the port city.

As for Xu, he is currently preparing for a new movie.

That's right, Xu is going to make a new movie.

Although he didn't manage to snatch the movie this time, with his current directing skills and memories from his previous life, he could easily make a movie on his own.

Fortunately, the TV series that was snatched away this time still has a long start date for filming.

Once the performance skill is raised to Lv.3, the possibility of raising it to Lv.4 on his own is extremely slim.

So he decided to take advantage of this time to make a movie, which would also serve as his graduation project.

As for why acting majors, like directing majors, have to make a film as their graduation project, well, that's none of your business.

However, a movie cannot be made by him alone, even if he now possesses a fully upgraded Lv.3 director skill and can handle all the work of the crew by himself.

Furthermore, excellent crew members are not easy to find.

Well-known domestic directors, such as Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, all have their own fixed production teams and crews.

Zhang Dahuzi was able to become a well-known TV drama producer because he could assemble a production crew at any time.

For example, Yu Min, the director of "The Return of the Condor Heroes," is a disciple personally trained by Zhang Dahuzi.

Xu certainly doesn't have that many excellent crew members under his command right now, so making blockbusters is out of the question, and he doesn't want to work that hard.

Not to mention that making a blockbuster definitely requires hiring big-name actors; otherwise, it would be difficult for him and Liu Yifei to carry a real blockbuster, and those big-name actors might not even take him, a small new director, seriously.

It's worth noting that even Zhang Yimou, when filming "Hero," only dared to treat Zhang Ziyi a little worse.

Even if he was dissatisfied with the other big-name celebrities, he could only speak to them politely and calmly!

The next day, the 26th, Liu Yifei arrived in the port city in the afternoon.

Before she even left the airport, she was met by a large group of fans who had come to greet her.

According to reports, there are now more than 200 websites created by fans for her online, far more than any other fan group, and it's not just mainland fans doing this!

The largest comprehensive forum, Yifei Xianju, was established on July 1st last year, not long after the broadcast of "The Story of a Noble Family". Now, its number of members has exceeded 100,000!

In the previous life, those so-called traffic stars could do whatever they wanted online if they had 3 real fans, and they could be called absolute top stars if they had 5!

But in this era before the internet was so developed, they were still no match for Liu Yifei, who hadn't yet become a huge star!

It is said that in her previous life, when Liu Yifei was at the peak of her popularity, the number of members of Yifei Immortal Abode alone exceeded 30.

Whether Lu Han, the so-called top star at the peak of his previous life, actually had 30 real fans is still unknown.

The last national-level star of the traditional media era, and his prestige is no joke!

She enthusiastically signed autographs and took photos with fans, and then as soon as Liu Yifei walked out of the airport, she was immediately surrounded by a large group of reporters.

Left with no other option, Liu Yifei had to accept the interviews from these reporters from the port city.

"Yifei, are you the only one who came to Hong Kong this time? Didn't Xu Heng come?"

One reporter asked first.

"I have not received any notification that Xu Heng will be coming to Gangcheng."

Liu Yifei nodded and answered cautiously.

There's really nothing between her and Xu Heng, and she certainly doesn't want others to misunderstand or cause any negative consequences.

Xu Heng previously disagreed with changing "cheek-to-cheek" to "kiss on the cheek" because he was worried about this.

"Do you know why Xu Heng didn't come this time?"

Another reporter asked.

Tomorrow is the premiere of Xu's movie in Hong Kong. It makes no sense that the female lead is present, but the director and male lead are not.

Or perhaps Xu thinks the Gangcheng Market is too small, so he doesn't like it!

"I don't know, but he's been quite busy lately, so he probably doesn't have time."

Liu Yifei answered again.

She already knew Xu Heng wouldn't come to Hong Kong; these reporters would definitely ask her why.

"What has he been busy with lately? Can you tell me?"

Another reporter asked.

"He's probably busy preparing for his new movie lately."

Liu Yifei did not hide anything, nor did she need to.

"A new movie? Does Xu Heng have any new movie plans? Could you reveal some information about it?"

The reporters were indeed intrigued.

"As far as I know, the new movie is a school-themed film, and if nothing unexpected happens, filming should begin during the summer vacation."

Liu Yifei once again made no attempt to hide anything.

"And what about the male and female leads? Are they still you and Xu Heng?"

The reporter continued to ask.

"That's the current arrangement."

Liu Yifei nodded again, and now that she had received the script, she liked it very much.

"So this movie should be your fifth collaboration with Xu, and you've worked together on every film since your debut. Is there some other relationship between you two?"

The reporters' eyes lit up immediately.

"We're just good friends."

Liu Yifei looked helpless; she really didn't know how many times she had answered this question.

"You've collaborated so many times just because you're good friends?"

The reporter was clearly not giving up.

"Maybe it's because we don't have many friends."

Liu Yifei offered another helpless explanation.

"The casting for Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü has already begun. Would you play Xiaolongnü?"

The reporter had no choice but to change the subject.

Given Liu Yifei's age, they shouldn't go too far without evidence.

"Of course I hope to be able to act in it, but whether I can ultimately do so is not up to me."

Liu Yifei smiled and said that she was not absolutely certain whether she could get the role of Little Dragon Girl.

"What about Xu Heng? Will he play Yang Guo?"

The reporter then asked.

"I don't know about that. If you want to know, you can ask him yourself."

Liu Yifei shook her head, genuinely unsure whether Xu Heng would play the role.

All we know is that if she hadn't gotten the role of Little Dragon Girl, Xu Heng probably wouldn't have starred in "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

The role of Little Dragon Girl is very important to her. In the two TV series that have aired so far, she can't be considered the real female lead, or at least her role isn't that big.

But for Xu Heng, the role of Yang Guo was clearly not that important!

After the interview, Liu Yifei arrived at the hotel arranged by Huanya.

That evening, news of her arrival in Hong Kong and the content of her interviews were reported by the local media.

When the news reached the mainland, it sparked another round of discussion on the Tianya Film and Television Review section.

"Xu Heng is finally going to film a new movie!"

"Is the new movie still a campus-themed film? And the male and female leads are still Xu Heng and Liu Yifei?"

"Xu Heng is a new director, and so young. It's already quite an achievement that he can make a good campus-themed film!"

"With all the money they made on their last film, how could Xu Heng possibly switch genres so easily!"

"Xu and Liu Yifei are a very popular on-screen couple, and they have such a good relationship off-screen, so it's normal for them to continue working together!"

Are Xu Heng and Liu Yifei really just friends?

"How could that be? It's just that Liu Yifei is still young, and it's not convenient to go public with it!"

"Xu Heng is already 20 years old, and he has such good looks, yet he has never had a girlfriend or any scandals, nor has there been any rumor of him having close relationships with other female celebrities. Do you think that's normal?"

"That's right, I absolutely don't believe that Xu Heng is currently single!"

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The fan websites and forums for Liu Yifei also became lively.

"Is Sissi going to collaborate with Xu Heng again?"

Are Sisi and Xu Heng really a couple?

"Who said Sisi and Xu Heng are a couple? They're just good friends!"

"I believe what Sisi said, and Sisi is still so young, and her mother is keeping a close eye on her!"

"Xu Heng is so annoying! Why does he keep bothering Qianqian!"

"Couldn't Xu Heng have cast other actresses as the female lead?"

"Sissi has already made one school-themed movie, there's no need to make a sequel!"

"I'm looking forward to seeing Xixi play Little Dragon Girl, but Xu Heng is out of the question. He's already a film director, so he shouldn't be acting in TV dramas!"

"Actually, I think if they really are a couple, it's not unacceptable —"

"If Xixi really gets together with Xu Heng, then I can barely accept it, but if Xixi gets together with someone else, I absolutely cannot accept it!"

"Yes, the only romantic partner I can accept for Sisi is Xu Heng, but it would be even better if they didn't end up together and Sisi remained single!"

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Clearly, most of Liu Yifei's fans strongly opposed her being with Xu Heng, even though they thought Xu Heng was a very good catch.

But it's hard for fans to believe that Liu Yifei and Xu's relationship was truly so pure, with no feelings other than friendship.

Although Xu Heng and Liu Yifei are currently just very pure friends —

Another day passed, and on May 27th, the Hong Kong premiere of "Our Times" was held.

At this time, "Our Times" had already finished its run in Taiwan, and after two full months in theaters, its box office revenue in Taiwan reached 5600 million.

More than 10,000 NT dollars.

At the current exchange rate, this is equivalent to 1400 million RMB in box office revenue in mainland China, which is roughly 170 million USD!

Through box office revenue sharing alone, Era Films has already recouped its 36 USD copyright package fee, and at least doubled its investment!