Huayu: Everyone's been reborn, who's still going to be an actor?

The filming locations for "The Distinguished Citizen" are numerous.

The main scenes were filmed in a small town, but the opening scenes were filmed in the capital.

The scene being filmed was between the male lead and his assistant.

The scene where the male lead wins the Nobel Prize in Literature required filming on location abroad, which was also shown at the end of the film.

China Film Group has already contacted Sweden.

Cheng Yuan is quite well-known in Europe.

Moreover, this would also increase the influence of the Nobel Prize in Literature for Sweden, so they would naturally welcome it.

Otherwise, the cost of this film could have been reduced considerably.

Of course, this movie has a lot of indoor scenes, so there's no need to go to a small town to film them.

The first half of the film is undoubtedly humorous, with countless brilliant moments.

The male protagonist is interviewed on a TV program. The TV station's perfunctory interview and careless preparation work, followed by the sudden and forceful insertion of a beverage at the end, create an unexpected and ironic humor that is both itchy and painful.

The host was Xu Zheng, who made a guest appearance.

Cheng Yuan originally planned to have Zhu Yawen play the role, but in the end, Xu Zheng took over instead.

The effect is indeed better.

Zhu Yawen made a cameo appearance as the boyfriend of the daughter's character.

For the role of the daughter, Cheng Yuan invited Yan Danchen, who was born in 96.

I originally wanted to invite my classmates, but then I thought better of it.

This character has those kinds of scenes with the male lead, although Cheng Yuan didn't intend to film them to be explicit.

Of course, the main reason is that the acting skills of those people in the class are really not that good.

He didn't want this to cause any flaws in the film.

"Where did you find this girl? She's so tall!" Zhu Yawen asked Cheng Yuan as she walked up to him. "She looks even taller than me."

"She's from a modeling agency," Cheng Yuan said. "She's probably not as tall as you; it's just a gender illusion."

They are the same height, but the girl appears to be taller.

Zhu Yawen's official height is 183cm, while Zhang Zilin's is 182cm.

Of course, that height is probably accurate.

Cheng Yuan, who is 179 cm tall, looks much shorter standing next to her.

However, how could there be a 179cm tall guy in this world? So Cheng Yuan's official height must be 180cm.

As for Huang Xiaoming's official height of 179cm, let's not worry too much about that detail.

Zhang Zilin plays the beauty pageant winner, the same character who paraded through the streets on a fire truck with the main character in the original version.

At this time, Zhang Zilin was not yet the Miss World champion, but she had already signed with a modeling agency.

Zhu Yawen arrived, and Cheng Yuan worked for him for free for two days before filming his scenes and then dismissing him.

Zhang Zilin's role was also small.

Filming wrapped up after only a few days, and he left the crew.

Zhang Zilin is actually quite good-looking, but Cheng Yuan wasn't interested.

I will never become a scumbag or a playboy.

"You actually have time to visit the set?"

Cheng Yuan smiled and looked at Liu Yifei, then nodded to Zhou Yang, who had come with him.

"Here you go!"

Liu Yifei took out an invitation and handed it to Cheng Yuan.

"So formal?"

Cheng Yuan glanced at it; it was an invitation to Liu Yifei's birthday party. He opened it and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Cheng Yuan's expression, Liu Yifei couldn't help but ask a question.

"Is Mr. Chen trying to support you in this way?" Cheng Yuan said. "This might save you some trouble, but it also makes you forget the power of gossip. The entertainment industry is never short of rumors."

The reason Liu Yifei's coming-of-age ceremony was such a grand affair was simply for Chen Jinfei to showcase his abilities to the public.

It means I'm protecting this little girl.

This would be fine in other circles.

But if it's in the entertainment industry, then some rumors and gossip are inevitable.

Once such rumors exist, no matter how you try to clarify them, these voices will not disappear.

Cheng Yuan wasn't sure who had been invited.

He didn't go in his previous life.

However, I've heard some news.

For example, Huang Xiaoming, Jimmy Lin, etc.

However, these people have extremely limited influence within the industry.

None of them can truly be considered big shots; only Zhang Jizhong has a decent status in the industry.

But he owns shares in Liu Yifei's agency.

The entertainment industry is a magical place.

Wall Street faltered in Hollywood.

How many wealthy people in China, especially coal mine owners, have been ripped off by the entertainment industry?

The entertainment industry isn't something you can navigate just because you have money.

Moreover, Chen Jinfei isn't very wealthy, and he's misdirected his money into the entertainment industry.

In Cheng Yuan's view, holding such a high-profile coming-of-age ceremony would not help Liu Yifei much, but would cause a lot of trouble, and would instead seem like a way of showing off wealth.

The focus is on Chen Jinfei's wealth, not Liu Yifei's.

"what?"

Liu Yifei looked at Cheng Yuan with some confusion.

Zhou Yang hesitated, but understood the unspoken meaning in Cheng Yuan's words.

"You can go back and tell your mother what I said," Cheng Yuan said. "There's nothing wrong with having such a high-profile coming-of-age ceremony, but it's best not to do it in Mr. Chen's name. Use your mother's name or the company's name instead."

"oh!"

Liu Yifei responded, clearly understanding what Cheng Yuan meant.

She wanted to explain, but didn't know how.

Her family and Chen Jinfei were old friends, but as Cheng Yuan said, gossip is a powerful force, and some rumors were inevitable.

After all, the relationship between female celebrities and their "godfathers" in the entertainment industry is not so pure.

At least that's what the general public thinks.

It's unclear exactly when it went wrong.

This may explain why she calls Chen Jinfei "godfather" instead of "godfather".

I never expected that I would be accused of "trying to cover up the truth".

Some time ago, she was targeted by Tangren Media, who brought up her relationship with Chen Jinfei quite a bit.

"Don't overthink it. In the entertainment industry, there are some things you just shouldn't take too seriously," Cheng Yuan said. "When are you going back?"

"We're leaving this afternoon," Liu Yifei said. "You don't need to worry about us. You just focus on filming, and we'll watch from the sidelines. We also want to learn from those teachers."

Cheng Yuan nodded, said nothing, and continued filming.

The cast members are almost all talented actors, and Liu Yifei can definitely learn from them.

It's unnecessary for their visit to the set to disrupt filming.

However, around noon, quite a few media outlets came to visit the set.

"Why are the media here?"

Cheng Yuan, however, looked at Hou Hongliang.

During filming, the media rarely come on their own initiative, especially for production teams like Cheng Yuan's that didn't even invite the media when filming started.

Hou Hongliang shook his head.

"I'll go take a look."

As Cheng Yuan walked outside the film set, several media reporters surrounded him.

"Director Cheng Yuan, your new film started shooting not long after 'The Hunt' finished its theatrical run. Director Lu Chuan implied that you have a problem with your attitude towards filmmaking, saying that filmmaking shouldn't sacrifice quality for speed," a reporter said. "Director Cheng Yuan, do you have anything to say about this?"

Are you sick?

That bastard Lu Chuan has popped up again?

Cheng Yuan wasn't particularly angry, but he felt disgusted.

His temper flared up too.

You ungrateful bastard, do you really think I, Cheng Yuan, have a good temper?