Huayu 2009: Who should we call the Heavenly King?

Hengdian.

It was another morning. After enduring for several days, Liu Shishi could no longer bear it. That morning, she rushed up to Shen Yan.

"Could you please keep it a little quieter at night?"

"Bed-listening therapy?"

"Pah, you're the one who's a snob!"

"bawl."

Shen Yan fumbled around for a bit and pulled a small box out of his pocket.

"What is it?"

"Earplugs."

Shen Yan shoved the box into her hand, and when he met Liu Shishi's wary gaze, he smiled and explained.

"This is new, never been used. Wear it tonight, and I guarantee you won't hear anything."

"I'm gone."

After handing over the items, Shen Yan waved his hand.

He had only flirted with the blind woman out of habit; he didn't have any romantic feelings for her.

Sister Xia takes relationships quite seriously.

To put it simply, it's not easy to distinguish.

As for the earplugs, they weren't just for Sister Xia; Shen Yan needed to use them himself too.

A short while later, Shen Yan arrived at the dressing room and saw Liu Songren getting his makeup done. He greeted him politely.

"Hello, Teacher Liu, I'm Shen Yan, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Hello, hello.

Liu Songren stood up with a smile. He was very approachable and polite.

He and Tangren, or rather, Li Guoli, are old acquaintances; they have collaborated many, many times.

They knew each other at RTV, the predecessor of ATV.

In 1981, he filmed a TV series called "The Princess and the Swordswoman". At that time, Li Guoli was just an assistant director.

The assistant directors and writers for that show included Chen Musheng, Jiang Jiajun, Yu Mingsheng, and Feng Baiyuan.

Nowadays, Chen Musheng mainly works in the film industry and has collaborated with Jackie Chan many times.

Jiang Jiajun is the director of the TV series "The Myth". His ability to take over the directorship of "The Myth" is inseparable from Chen Musheng.

Hu Ge's role as the male lead in "The Myth" was also due to his connection with Li Guoli.

Yu Mingsheng is the director of "Magic Phone" and "Lotus Lantern". Feng Baiyuan has fewer works and has not collaborated much with Tangren Media, only producing "Chinese Paladin 1".

A short while later, Yuan Hong and Zheng Guolin arrived at the dressing room one after the other.

After filming began for "The Weaver Girl," other actors joined the crew one after another. The number of male actors was not too large, but there were a lot of female actors.

A host of actresses, including Cheng Pei-pei, Li Qian, Tao Huimin, and Li Jinming, joined the production team one after another.

It's impossible for so many people to all live in the Little White Building.

Tangren has a contracted hotel with which most of the actors stay, and then they rush here in the morning to get their makeup done.

In addition to the Little White Building, the Tangren Hengdian Base also has a Tangren Pavilion covering more than 6,000 square meters, which houses functional spaces such as photography studios, costume rooms, makeup rooms, and warehouses.

Every morning, a special car picks up the actors and takes them to the Little White Building. After the actors get their makeup done, they take the shuttle bus to the film set.

Although most of the actors have joined the production team, they don't interact much with each other.

"The Weaver Girl" has five directors, and whether it is the general director Li Guoli, or Lin Yufen, Li Huizhu, Liang Shengquan and Wei Hantao, they can all be in charge of their own.

Shooting in four groups simultaneously is not a problem at all.

In the following days, apart from Zheng Peipei and Zheng Guolin, who had more scenes with Shen Yan, Shen Yan didn't have much contact with anyone else.

On the tenth day after filming began, the team, led by Lin Yufen, including Shen Yan, Zhang Junning, Liu Shishi, Yuan Hong, and others, moved to Xinchang County, Kuaiji.

The filming location for "Butterfly Valley" in the drama is Qipanxiangu Scenic Area in Xinchang County.

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During the drive, Huang Weijing called.

"Feed?"

"Shen Yan, there are two things I need to discuss with you."

On the other end of the phone, Huang Weijing spoke calmly.

"The first thing is that Mark Lui recommended your song 'You Exist in My Song' to the crew of 'Love in a Puff.' Although the film didn't have a high budget, it starred Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue."

"Lui Chung-tak and Miriam Yeung have a good relationship. It was Yeung who recommended him. He quoted HK$2 for a license, limited to film promotion only. What do you think?"

"No problem, send me the authorization letter later, I'll send it to you after you sign it."

Shen Yan agreed without hesitation. Although 20,000 yuan was a bit low, that was the going rate for a newcomer.

Besides, if there's no connection, even if you want to send someone a song, they might not necessarily accept it.

Regardless of the circumstances, movie OSTs are also a way to promote songs and give singers exposure.

"Yes, there's one more thing."

Huang Weijing continued.

"Last year, Jiangsu TV held its first New Year's Eve Gala, and our company was a major partner. The collaboration was very successful. This year, Jiangsu TV is continuing to work with our company, and the New Year's Eve Gala will generate a lot of exposure. The company is planning to arrange for you to perform on stage. Do you have any questions?"

"no."

Shen Yan never held a concert in his previous life, but he performed in many livehouse shows and music festivals, and he can hold his own in any situation.

"Okay, the company will arrange it for you. However, you don't have any experience performing on large stages. Xu Wei will be holding a concert at the Huanglong Sports Center in Hangzhou on the 18th of next month, and the company will arrange for you to be a guest performer."

As she spoke, Huang Weijing continued to explain.

"It's not that I don't trust you, but this is for Jiangsu TV. The company wants to arrange for you to sing two or three songs at the New Year's Eve gala, so you need to have the relevant experience."

"Sister Jing, I understand."

Shen Yan said with a smile.

"Besides, Xu Wei was my idol when I was a teenager. I couldn't ask for anything more than to perform on the same stage as my idol."

"Haha, okay, then the company will make the arrangements."

After laughing, Huang Weijing changed the subject.

"However, Xiao Yan, Xu Wei has very strict requirements for the concert. The Hangzhou concert is on the 18th, and you need to get to Yanjing on the 10th to rehearse."

"Don't worry about the musicians. We'll use Xu Wei's team: drummer Zhang Yongguang, percussionist Liu Xiaosong, guitarists Li Yanliang and Mike, bassist Li Jiujun, and keyboardist Beibei. This group of people are among the best in the industry."

"They'll rehearse with you then."

"As for the song selection, the company recommends 'Boy,' 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky,' and 'Mountains and Seas,' are those alright?"

"So many?"

"Is there a problem with the song?" Huang Weijing asked in surprise.

"No, I mean, wouldn't singing three songs be too long?"

"It's alright, Xu Wei's company will handle it. At worst, the concert will be extended by 15 minutes, it's not a big problem."

Huang Weijing continued.

"If you have no other questions, is that settled? Because the concert setlist needs to be submitted to the relevant authorities in advance, the time is quite tight."

"No problem, it's just that the company might need to coordinate something."

"I will coordinate things with Tangren."

In fact, Huang Weijing had already discussed this with Cai Yinong, even though doing so would affect the filming schedule and increase the workload of the director team.

But Xu Wei's concert and Jiangsu Province's New Year's Eve Gala are both good exposure opportunities, so why would she refuse?

Cai Yinong couldn't be happier that Shen Yan was working non-stop every day, so that he wouldn't "disturb" the residents on set all the time; the more appearances he had, the better.

After all, Shen Yan's management contract is with Tangren Media.

"Thank you, Sister Jing."

"No need to thank me. Now that I've signed you, I definitely have to take responsibility for you. If you really want to thank someone, thank my boss, Zheng Donghan. He coordinated a lot of the resources involved."

"Thank you, thank you."