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

Chapter 90 The "Fairy Sister's" Vision Changes Everything...

Xu Heng continued to smile gently; it goes without saying how high the "Fairy Sister's" standards are.

In her previous life, several top female celebrities of similar age to her married a third-tier actor from Hong Kong, then divorced him, leaving a messy and undignified situation.

Tangtang married a second-tier celebrity who was not as good as her.

Shi Shi married an old man from Taiwan who had been out of the spotlight for many years, had finally made a comeback, and then quickly faded into obscurity again.

Zhao Xiaodao got married and divorced, and then became entangled with an unknown Southeast Asian director with a questionable background.

Big Baby compared herself to Huang Xiaoming, whom she had finally managed to latch onto at a nightclub, saying that her status was only slightly lower than that of "Fairy Sister".

But what about "Fairy Sister"?

Her only relationship has always been questioned by fans as being a contractual one. The man had acted in Category III films and didn't have a good reputation in South Korea. He didn't restrain himself at all during their "relationship".

Moreover, one of them only speaks Korean, while the other doesn't, and explicitly stated that they wouldn't learn it, so communication would require a translator.

The man had just signed with Wayi Entertainment, and the film reportedly also has investment from Red Star Wu.

In order to boost box office sales and ease tensions with Wayi Films, it's entirely possible that they'd create a "contractual couple" dynamic, leaving "Fairy Sister" with no choice but to compromise.

There are even rumors that the production team acted first and informed the actress later, leaving "Fairy Sister" with no choice but to compromise!

As a member of a privileged family, Chen's godfather had a good relationship with the two kings of Huayi. "Fairy Sister" never publicly acknowledged the relationship, and later she lived a truly free and independent life as a leading lady!

Of course, this may not be because "Fairy Sister" has too high standards, but because she herself is too good and has experienced too much, and is used to all kinds of bad people and bad things in the entertainment industry.

She's a top-tier beauty and a wealthy woman, so it's normal for her to be wary, especially since many people are eyeing her. Plus, she might even have a bit of a crush on someone stronger.

In short, unless your qualities are exceptionally outstanding, or even to the point of inspiring her admiration, it will be difficult to truly move her!

"Don't overthink it. We are all different. There's no need to compare ourselves to others, especially not in areas where we're not good at it."

Hsu Heng smiled again to "comfort" him, but his expression was far from smug.

Liu Yifei understood what he meant, rolled her eyes at him, but felt much better.

Besides, she had already figured things out in the past few days, so she didn't need to think about it so much.

Xu Yue is outstanding, and as her good friend, she should be overjoyed.

She really doesn't need to compare herself to Xu; she has her own advantages.

For example, as Xu Heng said, she is at least very beautiful, and she can become famous just because of her face.

She doesn't actually care much about whether she's pretty or not, but that's because she knows she's pretty, so she doesn't need to care!

But then Xu Heng added, in a very foolish way, "You know, with my looks and qualifications, very few female celebrities in the entertainment industry would refuse me."

"Then go find those female celebrities!"

Liu Yifei also laughed, and the expression on her face regained its pride and arrogance, looking exactly like Bai Xiuzhu in "The Story of a Noble Family" when facing Jin Yanxi!

She gave another soft snort, then turned away and ignored Xu Heng, even though she understood what he meant!

Filming began shortly afterward, and the scene was completed very easily.

Liu Yifei seems to have fully recovered, and this movie doesn't require much acting skill either.

In her previous life, Xiaolongbao (a character from a popular Chinese TV series) became famous because of this movie, let alone the original Xiaolongnu. Liu Yifei's acting skills are now significantly better than those of her contemporaries in her previous life.

The next scene will still feature the two of them, and Xu Heng will continue to instruct Liu Yifei on the scene.

The two seemed perfectly normal, just like when they had been together before.

However, they both understood that everything was different now, or at least not entirely the same, as if something had suddenly been elevated—

"House of Flying Daggers barely broke 100 million yuan in box office after 10 days, while Hero broke 100 million yuan in less than 8 days. It seems that it will be difficult for House of Flying Daggers to surpass Hero at the mainland box office. Next, we will look at the overseas box office, especially the US box office."

"Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro's overseas box office appeal is far inferior to that of Jet Li, and the overseas box office of 'House of Flying Daggers' will most likely be lower than that of 'Hero' as well."

"What kind of overseas box office appeal do Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro have? Their domestic box office appeal isn't even that great!"

"Anyway, the overseas rights have already been sold, so it doesn't matter if the overseas box office is not high."

"The main issue is quality. I feel that 'House of Flying Daggers' is much worse than 'Hero'."

"The film has too many flaws. It doesn't feel like watching a romantic tragedy, but rather a fairy tale and a comedy. Some plot points are so absurd that they're almost ridiculous. Paying to see this so-called blockbuster is really a waste!"

"The story is actually alright, but some parts are really absurd, and it's far worse than what was advertised."

"What a great name! Buying a movie ticket means you've fallen into a trap!"

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"The plot is weak, the dialogue is pretentious, and it's even worse than 'Hero'!"

"From 'Hero' to 'House of Flying Daggers,' Zhang Yimou's films are all visuals and no substance, making them boring to watch."

"There are indeed some flaws in the movie, which resulted in the audience laughing even though the movie is clearly a tragedy. At least that's how it was when I watched it. Zhang Yimou shouldn't have cast Song Dandan. It was originally a very poignant love story, but Song Dandan's appearance directly deconstructed the story."

"Since Andy Lau and the younger sister knew each other for a long time, why would he beat her so badly at the beginning? Even when no one else was around and there was no acting involved, he still grabbed her hair and almost drowned her. Does that seem like someone who loves her to the core?"

"After watching the movie, I still don't understand why Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro were on the run. The emotional scenes between the characters were handled very abruptly, creating unnecessary drama. Apart from its entertaining presentation, the movie is extremely empty in content!"

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On Monday, July 26th, the box office results for the second week of "House of Flying Daggers" were released.

After two weeks and ten days in theaters, the film grossed over 10 million yuan at the Chinese box office.

However, it fell far short of expectations that the box office in mainland China would surpass that of "Hero," and audience reviews seem to have also collapsed.

On the 27th, Liu Yifei took leave from the film crew to participate in the second round of auditions for the role of Xiaolongnu. Sun Feifei and Wang Mingjia also auditioned together. The audition scenes were "alone in the ancient tomb" and "confrontation in the Valley of Heartbreak," which focused on assessing the actors' ability to grasp the complex emotions of Xiaolongnu.

Sun Feifei was born in 81. She played the female lead in the TV series "Li Wei the Magistrate 2" which aired in the first half of this year and gave a very impressive performance.

Wang Mingjia is a newcomer who just graduated from the Central Academy of Drama this year.

The next day, media reports revealed that Liu Yifei maintained her excellent performance from the first round of auditions, acting naturally with the staff and perfectly matching the character's temperament.

With her solid dance foundation, Sun Feifei's movements were fluid and her performance was full of spirit.

Newcomer actor Wang Mingjia's performance was mediocre, lacking the aloofness required for the role.

After the audition, Sun Feifei entered the final three for the role of Xiaolongnu, Wang Mingjia was eliminated, and Liu Yifei retained her candidacy.

That night, Xiao Yanzi beat up a pregnant woman in Sanlitun, causing another sensation.

At 8 PM on the 29th, Sina Entertainment announced the results of the second round of online voting for Xiaolongnu.

The total number of participants in the second round of voting rose again from 23 in the first round to 30, with Jiang Qinqin receiving approximately 12.21 million votes.

With 10,000 votes, it received 40.7% of the votes, ranking first.

Liu Yifei received approximately 10.59 votes, ranking second with a vote share of 35.3%.

Dong Jie received approximately 2.82 votes, ranking third with a vote share of 9.4%.

Sun Feifei received approximately 1.5 votes due to her outstanding audition performance, ranking fourth with a 5% vote share.

Wang Mingjia received approximately 5000 votes, ranking fifth; Zhou Xun received approximately 2000 votes, ranking sixth; and Sun Li has clearly stated that she is withdrawing from the competition for the role of Little Dragon Girl.

However, Zhang Dahuzi soon made it clear in an exclusive interview with Sina Entertainment that the online voting results for Xiaolongnu were only for reference and would not be used to decide who would play Xiaolongnu.

She bluntly stated that, for commercial reasons, Jiang Qinqin was not suitable for the role of Little Dragon Girl, nor did she meet the age requirements of the investors.

A few days later, on August 3rd, Jay Chou's fifth album, "Seven Mile Fragrance," was officially released.

Yesterday, media outlets reported that even before its official release, "Seven Mile Fragrance" had already exceeded 30 pre-orders, setting a new record for album pre-orders in Taiwan.

A few days later, on August 7, Li Xiang suddenly announced that he would marry Li Houlin, known as the "Diamond King," the following year.

Soon after, media outlets reported that Li Houlin had not broken up with his girlfriend, Qin Hailu.

However, Xu Heng remembered that in her previous life, "rich lady" Li Xiang seemed to have successfully married "diamond tycoon," but they divorced not long afterward.

At this point, the scenes filmed on campus had been completed, and filming of the scenes filmed off campus had begun.

There isn't much of a storyline outside of school in this movie, and the male and female leads don't have many intimate scenes; they don't even officially establish a relationship in the film.

In the original movie, the female lead also had a five-month relationship with the fat man, but Xu Heng's version will definitely change this plot.

Just like Gibingdao, Xu Heng also had his own parents play the parents of the male protagonist in the movie, and Xu's parents readily agreed.

Both of them were handsome when they were young and are still good-looking now, so they are not afraid of appearing on camera.

However, the female lead in the movie never met the male lead's parents, so Liu Yifei was not present when filming the scenes with the male lead's parents, which greatly disappointed Xu's parents.

However, they knew the girl was still young, and their son had always denied it, so they didn't force the issue.

"Your parents didn't say anything, did they?"

After spending the entire night filming the scenes with the male lead's parents, Liu Yifei, who arrived at the set the next day, couldn't help but ask after filming her first scene.

Perhaps he was her best friend, and she was also perhaps Xu's best friend.

Xu Heng and her mother had met so many times, it was only right that she meet Xu Heng's parents once, even though she hadn't met the father of her other good friend, Shu Chang.

"What did you say?"

Xu Heng was immediately puzzled.

"snort!"

Liu Yifei glared at him fiercely, then decided she didn't want to talk to him anymore!

Then, on August 10th, Sina Entertainment suddenly broke the exclusive news that Zhou Xun had entered the final candidate list for the role of Little Dragon Girl, becoming the most popular choice.

To accommodate Zhou Xun's schedule, the production team even postponed the start of filming from September to October.

On August 13, photos of Zhang Ziyi and Huo's son kissing in the street were exposed, causing another stir in the entertainment circles of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Three days later, on August 16, Zhang Dahuzi held a small press conference in Beijing to officially announce that Zhou Xun would be playing the role of Xiaolongnu.

At the press conference for the movie "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies" that day, Zhou Xun also personally admitted to the media, "I am the Little Dragon Girl!"