Huayu: The Big Players Behind the Scenes

December 16th,

The premiere of "Hearing Girl" was held at the Beijing Grand Theatre, and almost every well-known celebrity in the entertainment industry came to show their support.

People are incredibly curious about this film that allowed Chuang Huai-an to achieve a grand slam.

The box office reached 1234 million on the first day.

It became the first art film in mainland China's film history to gross over 10 million yuan on its opening day.

For a moment, female celebrities in the industry once again cast envious, jealous, and resentful glances at Liu Yifei.

This backer is so powerful, so powerful that these female stars are drooling with envy.

Zhuang Huai'an had no time to care.

He left everything to Zhong Lifang and went into seclusion again. Zhang Yimou's "Love" had already finished filming, and he needed to process it as soon as possible and send it to Cannes through connections.

In fact, over the past few years, he has always arrived at the three major European competitions right on time, much like a primary school student doing summer homework – one pen for one night, one miracle.

But it's even worse than being a primary school student. Primary school students can gamble that the teacher won't check, but Zhuang Huai'an doesn't dare to gamble on the judges' votes, so he can only put some effort into editing it well.

Fortunately, the two veteran actors' performances were so masterful that they reached a level of simplicity and authenticity. Zhang Yimou was able to return to his comfort zone, and the finished film once again brought tears to Liu Yifei's eyes.

Seeing that his attempts to comfort her were ineffective, Zhuang Huai'an had no choice but to try a different approach, using a special method to stop her tears.

"It's all your fault! Why do you always write such sad scripts!"

Liu Yifei, her eyes blurry and breathing heavily, weakly raised her arm and patted Zhuang Huai'an's chest.

"You don't understand."

Zhuang Huai'an looked radiant and smug. "It's a common problem for creators. When writing a plot, they rack their brains to piece things together, but when it comes to writing angst, it's like the God of Literature has descended to earth, wishing they could kill the readers."

"That's terrible."

Liu Yifei snapped out of her daze, shifted to a more comfortable position, rolled over and lay on his chest, revealing half of her beautiful back, and said confidently:

"The author is definitely not a good person!"

"Indeed," Zhuang Huai'an gently combed her sweat-dampened hair, teasingly saying, "What serious author would describe our private life like this?"

"That's all the courage she has. If she writes a few more lines, someone will punish her."

Liu Yifei mumbled, "I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep for a while."

"Okay," Zhuang Huai'an gently patted her arm. After her breathing became steady and he was sure she was asleep, he carefully got out of bed and got dressed.

He went to the study and began to work.

With Jiang Wei's help, the adaptation of "Lurking" has been completed, and he recommended Xin Baiqing and Zhu Yuanyuan to play the male and female leads, because he had these two actors in mind when he was conceiving the idea.

It's worth mentioning that the same thing happened in the original Trails series, except that because Ms. Zhu Yuanyuan was pregnant, Xin Baiqing had to give up the role of Yu Zecheng in order to take care of his wife.

Thinking of these two exemplary couples, Zhuang Huai'an felt a little regretful. Some actors deserve a good role, so he agreed to the plan. Now that "Lurking" was released a year ahead of schedule, there was naturally no resignation.

Jiang Wei was also chosen as the director, because the "Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chick" were finally going to develop for the big screen. Wang Zhiyong was the director, Sun Hao was the cinematographer, and Yang Qing was the screenwriter and assistant director, forming the crew of "Nightclub".

"Soldiers Sortie" has been completed, and as usual, we'll wait for the summer TV drama season. This is 91 Company's own comfort zone.

"My Own Swordsman" is still in post-production.

Because the company didn't produce many self-produced dramas this year, Chung Lai-Fong spent her money investing in several more TV series.

The "Home with Kids" series is already preparing for its third installment. Although the replacement of Xiaoxue has been the subject of much debate in later generations, coupled with the media's misinterpretation, it is widely believed that Ning Danlin, as the daughter of an investor, forcibly ousted someone.

However, the truth is that Yang Nio was preparing for the high school entrance exam, and it was her parents who refused to act on her behalf. It had nothing to do with Ning Danlin. The incident of being replaced that Yang Nio mentioned on the show was not about "Home with Kids," but about another drama.

This time it's different. Chung Lai-fong is such a shrewd person. To prevent this from happening, she signed contracts for four films in one go, with a seven-figure penalty for breach of contract. Yang Nio's parents definitely wouldn't be willing to bear that amount.

As for whether this will interfere with her studies, don't be ridiculous. No matter how much she studies, she still ended up in the arms of the Beijing Film Academy. There are many conflicting opinions about exam preparation, and who can tell the truth?

Besides this sequel

There's also the phenomenal drama "Da Ming Dynasty 1566" written by Liu Heping. The brilliance of this drama needs no introduction. Although it flopped due to a poor choice of broadcasting platform, it has been passed down through generations, with countless memes and references.

He trained his body to resemble that of a crane—your son is also a traitor to Japan!

Then there's "Wolf Poison Flower," which was brought together by Chen Jian, the director of "Bright Sword." Screenwriter Zhang Xiaoya had participated in the planning of "Bright Sword" before writing the script.

Although "Wolf Poison Flower" is a copycat work, it has its own unique features. The protagonist often uses the soles of his feet to force out alcohol, which is comparable to Duan Yu's style. The scene in the finale where he soaks in a wine vat to repel insects is also a famous scene.

It can be said that it provided a lot of inspiration for later anti-Japanese war dramas.

After dealing with various emails, Zhuang Huai'an rubbed his slightly sore eyes, lit a cigarette, and began to think.

91 Company is already invincible in mainland China, it's time to plan some scripts for export.

Zhuang Huai'an unplugged the network cable, took out a portable hard drive from the safe, connected it to his laptop, and looked at the dazzling array of folders on the screen, feeling somewhat perplexed.

If you do the math, the original novel of "Empresses in the Palace" will be published next year, and since "War and Beauty" there hasn't been any similar works in mainland China, so it's perfect to fill that gap.

In fact, the original novel of "Empresses in the Palace" and the TV series are completely different stories. If it were filmed according to the original novel, it would definitely have flopped. So here we have to mention a person, Zheng Xiaorong, the director of the Arts Department of Beijing TV Station, who is also the director of the original series.

It was because of his and his wife's adaptation that the TV series "Empresses in the Palace" came about, but it turned out to be a period drama with Qing Dynasty hairstyles, which is a bit awkward.

Subjectively speaking, the success of "Empresses in the Palace" was also due to the popularity of period dramas with Qing Dynasty hairstyles. In comparison, its sister series "The Legend of Mi Yue" was far less successful.

Let's leave it at that for now and hear the opinions of our readers.

Zhuang Huai'an stubbed out his cigarette, his gaze settling on another folder: "My Love from the Star." This TV series was even more perplexing.

Frankly speaking, if you're looking for a haughty, crazy, and adorably naive beauty like Cheon Song-yi in mainland China, then "The Foolish Ex-Wife" is definitely the best choice, but this one...

Chen Hao, the charming actress, is barely acceptable, but she's only focused on securing her position as the boss's wife and has no intention of acting, making her even more difficult to deal with...

Ugh, my tooth hurts!

After thinking it over and over, Zhuang Huai'an was speechless. How come everyone here is so irresponsible and lazy? This rotten entertainment industry, no wonder it's doomed!