I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 158, the joke will be laughed at two and a half months later.

The fireworks were dazzling and beautiful.

In the boundless night sky.

Blooming simultaneously in my eyes and in my heart

It's so beautiful.

It's so beautiful it almost brought tears to my eyes.

"Brother Li, didn't you go to Zhang Dahuzi's place?" Liu Qianqian said on the phone.

"Yes, but I also remember taking you to see the fireworks, weren't they beautiful?"

"Um"

"Very good-looking"

At this moment, Liu Qianqian said on the phone.

"Did you eat dumplings this year?"

"no."

"What a coincidence, me neither."

This was also Li Yun's first time visiting Liu Qianqian's home. She rented a high-end apartment in the city center, which probably cost eight thousand yuan a month. In those days, eight thousand yuan a month for rent was really outrageous.

Security, environment, living space, indoor garden, elevator lobby, all are available. The only drawback is that it is an apartment-style residence.

In terms of these environments.

None of them can compare to my old neighborhood in the Fourth Ring Road.

They went up to Liu Qianqian's house.

What's in front of me isn't dumplings, but a table full of steaming hot food.

Wow!

Li Yun looked at the table full of food and was somewhat surprised; the food was truly plentiful.

But Liu Qianqian was the only one there.

How can one person eat so much?

Something doesn't seem right.

When filming "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," Liu Qianqian was very careful about what she ate, avoiding excessive fat intake and strictly controlling her diet even without supervision.

This table looks more like a lavish family feast, meant to entertain someone.

That person just didn't come.

"Then thank you for your hospitality." Li Yun didn't bring up the matter again, swallowed hard, and said, "Last year on New Year's Eve, I ate dumplings for a whole week and almost threw up."

"Can't you do it yourself?"

"I"

When it comes to cooking, Li Yun is indeed a bit of a novice. As a golden bachelor, it's only natural that he can't cook.

"Ahem, isn't it because dumplings are easy to make?"

"Then you should try my cooking."

"Mmm!"

Liu Qianqian rested her chin on her hand, her beautiful eyes looking at Li Yun.

Li Yun ate the steaming hot food.

A table full of food that shouldn't have been a "family feast" for me to eat here.

Suddenly there's a sour taste—is it the sweet and sour pork ribs that's sour, or is it my heart that's sour?

Li Yun could feel his body's reaction.

An instinctive reaction.

A sort of.

This body seemed to have never felt anything before.

"It's delicious!"

"Then eat more."

Liu Qianqian smiled, her eyes narrowed, "There are still fireworks, right?"

"I bought quite a lot."

"Let's just leave it there."

"Um."

In the days following New Year's Eve, Li Yun spent his time setting off fireworks, and every night he would set off fireworks with Liu Qianqian.

This is how I spent the New Year.

I don't know if it's because the temperature is higher this year, or because I'm surrounded by the smell of gunpowder from fireworks every night.

Li Yun felt quite warm.

It's quite heartwarming.

At this point, the topic of plans for the new year came up.

Liu Qianqian said that she had to listen to her mother's arrangements, as her mother was the one who accepted the roles and chose the scripts.

Sometimes, Liu Qianqian only finds out what role her mother got for her when filming is about to begin.

However, Liu Qianqian wasn't too worried, after all, her mother always picked out the roles that best suited her.

Li Yun's plan for the new year is probably to watch "The World's Number One" and then film "The Lotus Lantern".

Then we wait for the release of "Kung Fu Hustle".

There's also "SPL: Sha Po Lang," which has already been registered.

These are the plans for after the new year.

Liu Qianqian was looking at Li Yun, resting her chin on her hand.

"Brother Li, your eyes were shining when you said that."

"Is that so?"

Li Yun was stunned for a moment.

Me, glowing?

"Mmm."

"Brother Li, you must really love this career."

I need to work harder too.

Liu Qianqian.

At this moment, in Li Yun's eyes...

Also sparkling

"I should start filming in the second half of the first quarter. My mom seems to have mentioned before that it's a Shanghai-themed drama."

Shanghai Circle.

What was once considered unremarkable is now a powerful and prestigious circle, the central circle with the highest potential.

The once-glorious Hong Kong entertainment circle is now showing signs of decline due to a lack of new talent.

Now, let's talk about the Shanghai circle. Before Tangren Media started to rise to prominence, Shanghai wasn't even considered a circle.

However, the trend of ancient costume dramas that followed can be considered as leading the rise of an era.

The era of ancient idols.

Tangren Media.

It can only be said that Jiahe has good foresight and saw the trend of ancient costume dramas.

Very suitable for praising people

It is a good place for future generations to overtake others by taking a shortcut.

But in contrast

This place is also prone to mishaps. Once you're labeled as a historical romance drama, you'll have to put in several times the effort to break free.

It can be considered a "demonic cult" in several major film and television circles.

However, Li Yun wasn't entirely uninterested; a cat is a good cat as long as it catches mice, regardless of whether it's black or white.

Li Yun still has a few ancient costume dramas in the Shanghai entertainment circle that she'd like to try out.

For example, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"You seem to be playing a eunuch in 'The World', Brother Li.' I'm really curious how you portray a eunuch."

at this time.

After hearing that Li Yun's "The World's Number One" was going to be released.

Liu Qianqian's eyes also sparkled.

"You used to play very upright characters?"

Whether it's Murong Fu, Song Qingshu, or even Nie Renwang, they are all considered relatively upright.

The only slightly sinister element in "Infernal Affairs" is a fleeting glimpse.

"We'll see when the time comes. Maybe it'll give you a pleasant surprise. They'll air three episodes a day, so it'll be over soon."

Li Yun smiled and said.

Then Liu Qianqian said that she would bring some snacks and go to Li Yun's place in a few days.

Midday slot.

Airing three episodes in a row is second only to prime time.

Despite the setback of the "Eight Heroes" series, Wang Jing still seemed enthusiastic and confident about the broadcast of "The World's Number One".

"Hey, the final curtain of King of Comedy, Director Wong who has lived off the Gambler's profits his whole life, is just an old-fashioned relic from the previous generation who only knows how to eat leftovers. Wow, he even called me a perverted fat guy. Oh, this is something new. He can attack me from my personal perspective. Not bad, not bad. It's quite a unique way to criticize me."

Wang Jing was looking at the Hong Kong entertainment tabloids, his eyes filled with delight.

He was already immune to the extreme rhetoric published in these tabloids.

After all, if these tabloids don't attract attention and don't use extreme rhetoric, who would read them?

However, this also shows that the media is not very optimistic about Wang Jing's chances of becoming number one in the world.

After all, the Eight Heroes suffered a dismal 1.6 rating, so who else would laugh at me if not me?

Wang Jing was somewhat self-aware about this.

"These media outlets change their tune faster than a dog. When 'Eight Great Heroes' first aired, they hailed it as the light of Chinese martial arts and the beauty of originality, saying it was time to break free from the shackles of old-fashioned IP adaptations."

At this point, all Director Deng Yancheng knew was that when the Eight Heroes first aired, the media were full of praise and even had high hopes for the title of the best in the world.

Until "Eight Heroes" flopped.

The wind direction has just changed.

It's a complete one-sided deviation from the wind direction.

Admittedly, Wang Jing now knows that there were some problems with the filming of "Eight Great Heroes".

Respecting history and following its trajectory is something CCTV should be doing.

We're just making a play, so we don't need to make it so heavy.

No, you really don't need to.

Add a touch of historical weight to it.

Moreover, it was excessively heavy, with only one of the eight main characters remaining alive.

"The World's Number One" isn't that heavy.

just

Wang Jing wasn't as confident as he seemed.

Although "The World's Number One" is a twin of "Eight Great Heroes," it flopped.

However, the central government still spared no effort in investing resources in it.

Despite investing relevant promotional resources, the amount of money invested has not decreased.

The promised promotional resources have not been reduced at all.

Even though Wang Jing's "Eight Great Heroes" flopped terribly, the publicity campaign continued in an orderly manner.

Everything is still in progress.

At this moment.

Even some members of the "Number One Under Heaven" production team were beginning to waver.

For example, Li Yapeng kept trying to cover it up, saying that he injured his leg during filming and couldn't perform in many parts. The script was also changed a lot during filming, with many scenes being added or cut in an irrational way.

Changing the script on the spot is a major taboo.

Especially after learning that the casting for "The Number One in the World" actually had some minor issues in the later stages.

More voices began to rise one after another.

The veteran actor from CCTV handed over his role to someone else, and it was still the eunuch-type role that he was good at.

It was given to a rising male actor that some people have heard of.

Li Yun.

Murong Fu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils was played by a third-rate young actor.

Actually, the evaluations of him are all quite good.

Quite good, even Jin Yong changed the original novel for the role he played.

This is unprecedented.

However, the fact that he was able to land such a role does not mean that he can surpass veteran actors in terms of character portrayal.

It’s too late.

You are a good young man.

But compared to the older generation.

It seems they don't actually have that capability.

Or they venture into areas where others are more advanced.

Furthermore, with one of the lead actors, Li Yapeng, speaking out, the industry's pessimistic sentiment regarding the drama "The World's Finest" is quite strong.

Let's lower our expectations and just enjoy the show.

Don't overthink it, don't worry about anything unnecessary.

Original martial arts IP.

If the viewership ratings can surpass those of the Eight Great Heroes, reaching 2 would be a victory.

However, the show was originally scheduled to air at this time.

However, some unexpected situations arose.

Due to issues with film processing, the broadcast of "The World's Number One" was delayed by two and a half months.

This caused the already ambitious publicity campaign to suddenly fall flat.

The industry is laughing at this.

I was hoping to see a joke.

As a result, I couldn't laugh and could only delay laughing.

As a result, The World's Number One was naturally pulled from its release schedule and replaced by The Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust: Red Dust Girl, which was also a film by Wong Jing.

In a sense, it may not make much difference to the audience.

Sure enough, after the release of the third installment of the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust series, Hong Fu Nu.

Everyone was thinking about it.

We won't have to wait two and a half months to laugh at being the best in the world again.

Laughing now is not a bad thing.

Fatty Wang really doesn't understand martial arts.

(End of this chapter)