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

Chapter 93: Liu Xiaoli was "fooled" by Dong Ge, and felt helpless.

"Happy birthday!"

After the wrap party, Xu Heng escorted Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli to the parking lot and then took out their birthday gifts.

But when Liu Yifei saw the very familiar packaging box in his hand, she immediately curled her lips and looked disgusted.

He took it without a word of thanks.

Despite the fact that she was actually very happy because of her previous birthday party!

"This song is a bit difficult. If you can't sing it well, you'll probably have to find another singer to sing it."

Xu Heng didn't care, knowing that Liu Yifei was deliberately putting on an act for him.

Since he chose to make this film, "You Are the Apple of My Eye," the theme song "You Are the Apple of My Eye" was definitely indispensable. He even "wrote" a song for Liu Yifei as well.

"knew!"

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him, showing she didn't really care either.

She absolutely refused to believe that Xu would actually find someone else to sing the song he wrote for her.

"Are you alright? Do you need me to take you home?"

Liu Yifei's expression became concerned again, and her tone became much gentler.

As a director, Xu Heng inevitably drank alcohol at the wrap party for his own film, and he drank quite a lot, as he reeked of alcohol.

"No need, I didn't drive today, I came in the crew's car."

Xu Heng shook his head.

"Then you should be careful."

Liu Yifei nodded, knowing that Xu had an astonishing alcohol tolerance and was very sober at the moment.

She wanted to say something more, but then she thought better of it, since her mother was still there.

Besides, the Beijing Film Academy will be starting in a few days, so she and Xu Heng can meet at school and keep in touch whenever they have free time.

Liu Yifei then left by car with her mother, without hugging Xu goodbye as she usually did.

After getting into the car, Liu Yifei immediately opened the birthday gift Xu had given her, and then put on her headphones to listen to it.

Needless to say, Xu Ziran gave him a brand new iPod as a birthday gift.

But the iPod itself isn't the main point; the main point is the songs on it.

This time, there were two songs again. One was "Those Years," sung by Xu Heng himself, and the other was also sung by Xu Heng, but it was prepared for Liu Yifei.

Meanwhile, this iPod was still bought by him from Dong Ge, or more accurately, it was given to him by Dong Ge.

Today, Liu Qiangdong has completely closed offline stores and transformed "JD.com" into a professional e-commerce company.

However, this has made it a bit difficult for Dong Ge to raise funds, and he is currently looking for ways to do so.

He happened to be one of the wealthier people Dong Ge knew, so Dong Ge tricked him into investing some money.

It wasn't much; he invested 15 million for a 1500% stake, and Dong Ge (Liu Qiangdong) wouldn't be willing to sell any more.

However, he never intended to buy too many; 15% of the shares was enough.

Otherwise, what if Dong Ge feels like he's working for him and doesn't treat him like a brother?

Seeing her daughter like this, Liu Xiaoli wanted to say something, but in the end she could only sigh in her heart and helplessly give up.

How could she not see the recent changes in her daughter and Xu Heng? But even if she did, it wouldn't matter.

Firstly, she couldn't stop it.

Secondly, Xu is indeed very outstanding, including in terms of character.

Thirdly, there was no evidence, and the daughter denied it.

Knowing her daughter as she does, she knows that if she tries to stop her, it will only backfire!

Fortunately, she could also tell that nothing had really happened between her daughter and Xu Heng.

She could only keep a closer eye on her, at least to ensure that nothing bad happened to her daughter before she came of age.

That afternoon, some media outlets reported the wrap-up of filming for "You Are the Apple of My Eye" and shared photos from the wrap party.

These reports have reignited the excitement on Tianya's entertainment gossip section.

"Xu Heng's new movie has wrapped filming? So fast?"

"It's not that fast, considering it's been almost two months of filming, and it's just a campus-themed movie."

"Today is Liu Yifei's 17th birthday. The movie chose to wrap up filming today and held such a grand wrap party. Who would believe it wasn't intentional!"

"Wow, a 17-tiered cake! How romantic!"

"Now no one should think they're just friends anymore!"

"So what? At least until Liu Yifei comes of age, neither of them will admit it!"

"To be honest, if I were Liu Yifei, I would definitely hold on to Xu Heng tightly and never let go!"

"Judging solely from the perspective of choosing a boyfriend, Xu's criteria are absolutely top-tier among all male celebrities in the entertainment industry, perhaps even unparalleled!"

"If Liu Yifei can really become Xu Heng's girlfriend, she'll be hitting the jackpot!"

"Liu Yifei is just pretty, but there are plenty of beautiful female celebrities in the entertainment industry. You absolutely can't find another one like Xu Heng! The fact that Liu Yifei met Xu Heng is something countless female celebrities envy!"

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After filming wraps, post-production naturally begins.

The post-production of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" will still be done at the Beijing Film Academy, and Xu, who will be a senior after the start of the semester, will basically have no classes.

However, he did not start immediately because the Huabiao Awards ceremony was about to begin.

As the top of the three major film awards in mainland China, and hosted by the State Administration of Radio and Television, it requires rehearsals in advance.

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CCTV-6 Movie Channel will also broadcast the event live, but the broadcast time will be postponed by one day.

On the afternoon of the 27th, Xu Heng arrived at the Beijing Exhibition Center, the venue for the Huabiao Awards ceremony, for a brief rehearsal.

On the same day, Nie Yuan officially announced his withdrawal from the competition for the role of Yang Guo.

The next day, around 3 p.m., Xu, along with her three roommates and Liu Yifei's three roommates, arrived at the designated hotel.

The awards ceremony will start at 7:30 p.m., but there will be a red carpet ceremony at 4:30 p.m., so guests need to arrive at the designated hotel before 3:30 p.m.

If you need the organizer to provide makeup and styling services, you will need to arrive even earlier.

There's no need for Xu Heng and his group to do that; they can just have the makeup artists from the "You Are the Apple of My Eye" crew do their makeup and styling, which will also allow these senior and junior female students to earn some extra money.

Only Xu from the "Our Times" crew received a Huabiao Award nomination, but the film also received a nomination for Outstanding Feature Film, so bringing more people to the awards ceremony was not a problem.

Upon arriving at the hotel lobby, Xu Heng glanced around and then walked towards the three people not far away.

Sun Haidong and the others exchanged glances and wisely decided not to follow.

They were very clear that they were only there to broaden their horizons.

They were already very grateful that Xu was willing to take them along, and they dared not cause Xu any trouble. This kind of social interaction was not their place to participate!

Noticing Xu approaching, the three people who were talking immediately stopped, and each looked at Xu with a different expression.

One of them looked at him with admiration in his eyes, and even wished that Xu was his student. He was Zheng Dongtian, the former head of the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, and now a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. He is also a representative figure of the fourth generation of directors in China.

The other person looked at Xu Heng with a complicated gaze, mixed with some envy. This was Tian Zhuangzhuang, who had just become a professor and graduate advisor in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy last year.

He was a key figure in the fifth generation of Chinese directors, but because he went abroad to participate in film festival selections without permission in 93, he was banned from directing in China for 10 years, which led to his decline ever since.

After his ban on directing expired last year, he accepted an invitation from the Beijing Film Academy to become a professor in the directing department, and it is said that he may become the next head of the directing department.

The last person looked at Xu Heng with a calm gaze, and even frowned slightly without trying to hide it.

This person is also a professor at Beijing Film Academy, but only a visiting professor. He is also a famous director in China, namely Gu Changwei, who is a core figure of the fifth generation of directors along with Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Logically speaking, Xu Heng is a student at the Beijing Film Academy, and still a student. His first film received strong support from the Beijing Film Academy, clearly indicating that he belongs to the same "Beijing Film Academy system" as him. He shouldn't have any opinions about Xu Heng.

Unfortunately, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Xu did not have much contact with the "Beijing Film Academy system," let alone actively seek their help.

Moreover, the "Beijing Film Academy Clique" did not form a true circle like the Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Northwest film circles. The relationships between its members were relatively loose. Under these circumstances, Gu Changwei obviously could not regard Xu as a true confidant!

However, Xu Heng didn't care.

In his previous life, Gu Changwei's wife was able to unite with the directors' wives to blacklist Zhang Jingchu, but even Gu Changwei himself couldn't do anything to him now.

"Professor Zheng, Professor Tian, ​​Professor Gu."

Xu Heng greeted the three of them.

"Little Xu is here!"

Zheng Dongtian said with a smile.

He is 60 years old. Although he is still making movies, he can only make some low-budget feature films with the help of government funding.

Aside from winning some awards, it's unlikely he'll achieve anything significant, so there's naturally no conflict with Xu Heng.

If we can get along well with Xu Heng, we might be able to leave a good impression on our children and grandchildren.

After all, Xu Heng is too young. If he can continue to develop smoothly like this, even if he doesn't achieve great things, he will at least be active for a long time!

Tian Zhuangzhuang nodded, managing a weak smile.

It's not that I have a problem with Xu, it's just that he really doesn't have much ambition anymore.

Gu Changwei nodded as well, but it was clearly perfunctory, and his face was expressionless.

Xu Cai made a movie, and even though the box office was indeed good, it was still not enough to make him take it seriously.

Xu Heng smiled and nodded to Zheng Dongtian again before turning to Tian Zhuangzhuang and explaining his purpose.

"Professor Tian, ​​you recommended Yifei to star in Xu Xiaoming's movie before. Yifei originally wanted to accept the role, but I stopped her from doing so."

Previously, Tian Zhuangzhuang had recommended Liu Yifei for a role in Xu Xiaoming's film "May Love," but Liu Yifei declined after asking him, saying that she would express her gratitude and apologies in person when she had the chance to meet Tian Zhuangzhuang again.

Later, Liu Yifei never had the chance to meet Tian Zhuangzhuang, and she didn't want to go directly to Tian Zhuangzhuang's office because the two didn't know each other.

He happened to run into her here today, so he took the opportunity to help Liu Yifei settle the matter completely.