Chapter 334: A Chinese Ghost Story Premiere
Liu Yifei has not been in Beijing much in the past six months, mainly because she was filming outside.
When she occasionally came back, she would go to the house she used to live in with Jiang Heng. She never visited the crew of "White Snake: Origin", and it felt like "kings not meeting kings" with Jing Tian.
So this time, Jing Tian went out of town early to participate in a business event and rarely missed the premiere of Jiang Heng's new film.
At the premiere of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Liu Yifei wore a Dior haute couture gown and walked on the red carpet with a bright smile. She signed her name under the huge poster and then turned around to be photographed by the media.
"Welcome, Miss Liu Yifei, please come over here!"
Under the guidance of the host, Liu Yifei took a few steps forward.
"Well, Ms. Liu Yifei, I would like to ask you a few questions on behalf of the media and the audience, okay?"
"Okay!" Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, looking very well-behaved.
"Can you use Nie Xiaoqian's gesture to greet everyone first?"
"If I have to describe it, it would be...!"
Liu Yifei was halfway through her words when she raised her right hand and grabbed in the air with a serious expression.
But because she is so pure and sweet, she doesn't look fierce at all, but rather cute.
The reporters and the audience all laughed happily, and Liu Yifei's fans even held up light signs to cheer her on.
"What's this posture?" asked the beautiful host with a smile.
"No, it's just a devil's claw!" Liu Yifei smiled innocently.
The beautiful host asked again, "Can you tell me how you felt when you first decided to take on this role? What did your mother say? What did your friends say?"
"Well, actually I didn't have any idea about "A Chinese Ghost Story" at first, to be honest, because I haven't seen the original version, but after reading the script, I felt that I had to film it because it is a very touching love story!"
"What about the man you love most in the movie?"
"behind!"
"Okay, let's welcome the actor who plays Ning Caichen, Director Jiang Heng, with the warmest applause!"
After the beautiful host finished speaking, the reporters and audience at the scene applauded, and the fans cheered even louder.
"Director Jiang Heng, hello, can you tell us your biggest impression of filming this movie?"
“It’s easy to get into a role but hard to get out of it!”
"Wow even!"
The host shouted in an exaggerated tone, and the reporters and audience at the scene were even more excited.
After all, Director Jiang has been in the industry for so many years and has had several scandals, but he never paid any attention to them.
I have never seen Jiang Heng express his affection for an actress so directly in public.
Of course, other directors such as Zhou Xingxing, Feng Xiaogang and many others would say how good and charming the actresses in the film are when promoting the film, and how they were fascinated by them.
But in this case, the probability of creating a scandal is very high.
Jiang Heng has worked with Liu Yifei many times. Could it be that they really have a private affair? Are they going to make it official?
"Director Jiang, can you tell me in detail about getting into a role and getting out of it?"
Jiang Heng smiled and glanced at Liu Yifei who was smiling beside him.
"I felt like when I put on Ning Caichen's clothes, I really became that person. Xiaoqian was the only one in my eyes. I was determined to save her from the sea of suffering, even at the cost of my own life..."
"Then why is it difficult to say the play?"
"Even though the filming of the movie has been completed for such a long time and she has changed into modern clothes, every time I see her, I feel like I'm seeing Xiao Qian!"
"Wow!" Reporters and audiences shouted excitedly again.
The beautiful host asked Liu Yifei: "Do you feel the same way?"
Liu Yifei nodded slightly, "Yes, so I hardly saw Director Jiang in the past six months. I was always filming outside!"
……
After some "hype", the two walked into the cinema together and came to the largest IMAX theater.
Because we didn't plan to make a big event this time, there weren't many guests present, only about twenty or so.
When they saw the male and female protagonists come in, they all came over to say hello.
Jiang Wen went forward to hug him, patted Jiang Heng on the back, and said with a smile: "When you made movies in the past, there were no romantic elements. This time, it's great, you made a romantic movie directly!"
Jiang Heng laughed, "Hey, this is not directed by me, Guo Fan is the director!"
Jiang Wen smiled, "The White Snake must be your work, right?"
Jiang Heng smiled awkwardly and glanced at Liu Yifei, who smiled sweetly, "Brother, will you make a romantic movie in the future?"
Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Of course I will!"
Ge You stepped forward and said jokingly, "A talented couple like you two should make more romance movies. Someone like me is already thinking about the next one after finishing this one. Wouldn't it be a waste if Director Jiang doesn't make one?"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
After a few more pleasantries, they sat down one after another.
The lights in the theater dimmed and the big screen lit up.
After the dragon logo and the opening animation, Sha Yi plays a scholar who studies in an ancient temple.
Suddenly, I heard music outside and the sound of girls laughing.
The scholar got up and walked outside the temple. He saw three girls bathing and playing in the stream in front of the temple. He was dumbfounded.
When Sha Yi made a guest appearance in a movie in 08, his appearance had not yet collapsed. He looked fair and gentle in ancient costume, not as rough as he did in "Yingzi, Kaimen, Daddy".
However, the character he played as a guest star looked gentle, but he was actually a real villain.
Seeing three girls bathing in the stream, he walked over and slowly went into the water.
Several girls looked at each other, and one of them waved at Sha Yi with a charming expression.
Sha Yi, who plays the guest role of a scholar, doesn't care about anything else and takes off his clothes while walking.
As a result, the three girls hid in the water.
Seeing this, the scholar played by Sha Yi also dived into the water and opened his eyes, but could see nothing.
Just as he was about to open his eyes, he saw a dark shadow rushing towards his face, opening its big mouth and biting down viciously.
At this time, the picture changed to a high-altitude aerial shot, and blood suddenly appeared in the stream.
The scholar played by Sha Yi suddenly emerged from the water, his shoulders, arms and chest all bitten and bleeding.
"Help, help!"
Sha Yi hurried to the shore, but something in the water was biting him. Not only was more and more blood oozing out, but the scholar was also dragged and fell into the water.
He struggled desperately, but eventually sank.
When the audience in the theater saw this, their heartbeats quickened and their adrenaline surged. After all, it was a 3D special effect and the visual impact was too strong.
At the same time, I was curious about the identities of the three girls. Were they fish demons, fox demons, or other monsters? It couldn't be a world full of monsters, right?
At this time, the words "A Chinese Ghost Story" appeared on the big screen.
And the extremely classic song "The Road to Humanity" also sounded at the right time.
Jiang Heng likes this song very much and thinks its melody and lyrics are a perfect match for the story of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
So instead of choosing a new song, I bought the copyright and reused it here.
When the theme song started, Ning Caichen, played by Jiang Heng, appeared. He was young, handsome, gentle and energetic. He wore a coarse cloth gown, carried a box on his back, and traveled with difficulty.
The first theme of this film is naturally the love story between Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian.
The other one is "When a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers!"
While Ning Caichen was on his way, he encountered a fierce swordsman chasing three half-human, half-wolf guys.
Seeing that they could not escape, the three turned around and pounced on the swordsman, who killed them with a few sword strikes.
Ning Caichen, who was standing by, saw this and looked terrified.
After the swordsman killed the three wolf monsters, he asked Ning Caichen why he was traveling in the wilderness.
Ning Caichen replied that he wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam.
The swordsman laughed and said that the old emperor was killed by monsters from the west, and more than half of the civil and military officials in the court were eaten. Why are you still going to the capital?
Ning Caichen was so frightened that he was shaking all over, but he said that as a scholar, he had to stand up at this time.
The swordsman only said that he had become stupid from reading so much, and then left.
The audience in the theater couldn't help but discuss this setting.
Some people said that this setting is too exaggerated. China is a great country with the blessings of gods and Buddhas. How could it be possible that the emperor was eaten by monsters and half of the civil and military officials in the court were eaten? Do you think this is the Lion Country?
Some viewers think that the setting of the film does not need to be taken so seriously. In "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Rise of a Phoenix", the evil monk ate the internal organs of all the civil and military officials in the court and left their shells there, like tablets.
Some film critics also sighed, "Monsters from the west? This setting is very meaningful!"
On the big screen, the movie continues.
The swordsman went ahead and arrived at Lanruo Temple.
He wanted to compete with Yan Chixia, played by Wang Hui, but the latter said that he wanted to live in seclusion and did not want to compete.
The swordsman didn't care about anything else and just rushed forward with his sword. Naturally, he was no match for Yan Chixia.
Unexpectedly, the swordsman suddenly turned into half-human, half-wolf, and his fighting power increased dramatically, forcing Yan Chixia to retreat step by step.
"Brother Xiahou, have you learned the monster's skills?"
Xiahou said: "Now that evil spirits are everywhere, the country is on the verge of collapse, and the court has not yet found a way to deal with it. So I thought about practicing the way of demons. If I can succeed, I can also fight against the army of monsters!"
Yan Chixia roared, "Are you crazy? If you keep practicing like this, you will go crazy, lose your mind, and completely fall into the devil's way."
Xiahou said: "I know?"
"you know?"
"The few people who practiced with me all went crazy, and I killed them all! I asked you to watch me, and if I lose my mind, kill me!"
Yan Chixia collapsed, yelled at Xiahou for being a lunatic, and left with a painful expression using his Qinggong skills.
At night, Xiahou was making a fire by the stream to roast some dry food when he suddenly saw Nie Xiaoqian, played by Liu Yifei, standing blankly in the water.
Seeing this, Xiahou stood up, slowly walked into the stream, and hugged her.
Nie Xiaoqian, played by Liu Yifei, stroked Xiahou's chest with her delicate white hands, which immediately turned into furry and sharp claws and grabbed down fiercely.
Just as he was about to grab with his claws down, golden hair suddenly grew on Xiahou's chest.
The camera switched to a long shot, and Xiahou's body suddenly grew in size, turning into a half-human, half-tiger monster.
"Ouch!"
Xiahou's roar was enough to frighten Nie Xiaoqian so much that she collapsed.
"How dare you, a little fox demon like you, set your sights on me? I will have some fun with you!"
After Xiahou said this, he pulled Nie Xiaoqian's long hair and walked towards the shore.
At this moment, the surrounding trees suddenly stretched out countless branches and leaves, rushing straight towards Xiahou.
"Just a few tree demons dare to set their sights on your Master Xiahou?"
After saying that, he stretched out his right hand, and his sharp tiger claws easily cut off countless branches. Miserable screams of half men and half women were heard in the forest.
Nie Xiaoqian took the opportunity to grab Xiahou's "tiger claws" and flew out immediately.
Unexpectedly, Xiahou snorted and lashed Nie Xiaoqian with his tiger tail, causing her to spurt blood and fall into the stream.
There was a roar from the forest, "Xiahou, if you dare to hurt me, I will kill you!"
At this time, countless branches and leaves covered the sky, and several beautiful little fairies ran out from the forest.
Xiahou sneered, "Today, I will get rid of you evil monsters!"
In the film, Yu Rongguang plays the guest role of Xiahou, with a tough guy temperament, and the fighting scenes are also exciting.
It was a pity that he was a mortal who tried to practice monster skills. Although the skills were powerful, after fighting for a long time, the skills would inevitably not work smoothly, and he eventually died tragically at the hands of the tree demon.
Of course, the tree demon was also seriously injured.
After eating Xiahou's flesh and blood, she told the remaining little demons that she needed to rest well for a while and asked them to quickly capture more mortals to feed him.
Also go find Nie Xiaoqian to see if she is dead.
The camera turns to the daytime when Ning Caichen was fetching water from a stream when he suddenly saw a white fox floating down from upstream.
Ning Caichen hurriedly jumped into the water and fished it out. After checking, he found that one of the white fox's legs was broken. He quickly bandaged it and put it in a cage.
Soon he arrived in town, and someone saw that his white fox was beautiful and wanted to buy it.
Ning Caichen said that he picked it up in the mountains, and he was carrying it only because one of its legs was broken. He would let it go once it recovered.
People in the market naturally laughed at Ning Caichen for being stupid, saying that there were many evil spirits nowadays, and the one you were carrying might be a monster that would come out at night to take your life!
Ning Caichen naturally didn't believe it and argued with the people around him.
He wanted to stay in a hotel, but was rejected by the owner, who also mocked him, saying that since he was not afraid of monsters, he should not stay in the town. It would be better to go to Lanruo Temple, which was free.
Ning Caichen was of course not really stupid. He did not leave the city but squatted at the foot of the town wall. He could still endure the first half of the night, but then he fell asleep in a daze.
When I looked into the cage again, the white fox was no longer there.
Under the shining moon, a huge snow-white fox jumped between the roofs, and soon came to the only inn in the town and went into the owner's room.
It soon came out again with a coin bag in its mouth and put it into Ning Caichen's box.
He jumped onto the nearest roof, transformed into a human form and lay down, just staring at Ning Caichen blankly, his eyes full of admiration.
The next day, a huge roar suddenly broke out in the inn, "Beast, beast, who the hell stole all my silver?"
But the innkeeper, staring at the boiled egg-like head, ran out of the room, roaring loudly.
The guys were stunned at first, and then someone asked, "Boss, you, you?"
"What's wrong with me?"
"Where's your hair?"
When the boss touched his head, he found that he had become a bald head!
"There's a goblin, there's a goblin, there's a goblin in our town!" the boss yelled.
Someone watching the fun said, "It must be the scholar from yesterday. The big white fox he brought with him must be a goblin!"
"Go, kill them!"
One person shouted, and the people around responded, but when they came over to look for him.
Ning Caichen had already left the town and continued on his way.
As they walked, they suddenly saw a stone tablet. Ning Caichen couldn't help but read, "Lanruo Temple?"
A strange wind suddenly blew in the forest, and then a beautiful woman in white walked out, "Little brother, where are you from?"
(End of this chapter)