Chapter 324: Wei Jin Discusses Bed Scenes; The Wisdom of the Heavenly King's Wife

Beijing, Dongshanshu.

Having finished his filming duties, Wei Jin was finally able to spare some time to accompany the young girl; as such, today's card game was naturally exceptionally intense.

One could see that on the snow-white bed, Jing Tian's pretty face was slightly flushed, with beads of sweat forming on her forehead and the bridge of her nose, while a pair of snow-white, lotus-root-like arms hung off the edge of the bed, drifting with the tide.

It was evident that this card game had exhausted her mental energy, and she was now powerless to continue the battle.

Seeing this, Wei Jin no longer held back, and with a low roar, he brought this poker tournament to an end.

After a long while, Jing Tian finally returned to her senses from the clouds, her pretty face as vibrant as peach blossoms, looking indescribably charming and lovely.

Choosing a comfortable position, Jing Tian nestled contentedly into Wei Jin's embrace, enjoying the time that belonged solely to the two of them.

"Tian Tian, how is your familiarity with the script?"

Caressing the girl's delicate skin, Wei Jin couldn't keep his hands off her; after being nourished over these years, this "flower of wealth" had become increasingly moving.

"Mm, Teacher Zhang Songwen has been helping me interpret the script and analyze the character lately. When filming starts, I'll definitely be fine."

The young girl expressed with a proud and spoiled look; she was truly very attentive when it came to Wei Jin's films.

"That's good. Put your heart into this role; who knows, you might even bag a trophy."

As soon as Wei Jin said this, Jing Tian actually broke free from his embrace and sat bolt upright, her face filled with incomparable surprise.

"Really, Brother?"

Looking at the young girl's expression, Wei Jin gave a dashing smile and reached out to pinch Jing Tian's collagen-filled, pretty face with some indulgence.

"Of course, when have I ever lied to you?"

Wei Jin nodded and said affirmatively. The original film had won Best Actress in Japan; although it had been localized, the core hadn't changed much. Whether domestically or abroad, winning an award shouldn't be a big problem, though the specifics would still need to be managed when the time came.

"Mua, mua, Brother, if I can really win an award, I... I will obey you in everything from now on."

Watching the girl's shy appearance, Wei Jin felt his "member" begin to swell; he picked her up with both hands and had her straddle his lower abdomen.

"Miss Jing Tian, only when the director is happy will the filming go smoothly, don't you think?"

Hearing this, Jing Tian knew this bad man wanted to play some more "shameful" games again, but besides cooperating with him, what else could she do?

"Director, could you please teach me about the acting..."

"Alright, I like girls who strive for progress the most. Let me teach you how to perform a bed scene."

That night, Jing Tian felt that her brain had gained many strange new pieces of knowledge, though the experience was indeed quite pleasant and novel. ——Huang Laogou was currently feeling that life was very difficult.

Having returned to Hong Kong for less than three days, he received news that several film contracts that had already been settled were being canceled one after another.

Additionally, the film *Jingxiong Nuxia Qiujin*, which had already been shot and was about to be released, as well as *White Vengeance* (Hongmen Yan Chuanqi), which was currently filming, were reportedly going to have all his scenes deleted.

For a moment, Huang Laogou, who had been in the industry for over twenty years, actually felt that he didn't have a single friend by his side.

Now he was truly feeling some regret. Wasn't it just a matter of apologizing? Was it necessary to gamble his entire career, and even his life, for the sake of pathetic pride?

But it seemed a bit too late to bow his head now. Wei Jin couldn't slap his own face by letting him off immediately; it seemed he would have to find a middleman to mediate.

After pondering in his mind for a while, Huang Laogou had an answer; he took out his phone and called his good friend.

"Hello, Hua Zai..."

Hong Kong, inside a villa at Jiadolishan.

Putting down the phone, Liu Tianwang looked hesitant; he didn't know if he should help with this matter.

To be honest, after learning the full story of this incident, Liu Tianwang was very dissatisfied with Huang Laogou. A grown man bullying two young girls—it was shameful just to talk about it.

But Huang Laogou had been his friend for so many years; watching the former suffer, Liu Tianwang felt uneasy in his heart.

Just as he was in a dilemma, his wife came over and asked about it.

"What's wrong?"

Liu Tianwang then recounted the whole story, hoping his beloved wife could offer some advice.

After pondering for a while, his wife gave her suggestion.

"I think it's best if you don't get involved."

Liu Tianwang opened his mouth, about to say something, but his wife had already given her reasons.

"Think about it, Wei Sheng just made his stance clear, and you go to plead for him—where does that leave his face? Don't you often say that Wei Sheng treats you very well?"

Hearing this, Liu Tianwang fell into silence. Wei Jin did indeed treat him very well.

Over the past two years, because of returning favors, his commercial box office performance had been a complete mess, even earning him the title of "box office poison," to the point where not many film crews were inviting him anymore.

Otherwise, as one of the Four Heavenly Kings, it would have been impossible for him to have more than half a year of his schedule open this year.

But on Wei Jin's side, from the literary award-chasing film *A Simple Life* at the beginning of the year, to the big-budget commercial film *Storm* from Golden Harvest, to the realistic-themed film *Saving Mr. Wu* from Shanhe Media, receiving three consecutive film invitations and collaborations—it would be no exaggeration to say he was highly favored.

Although there was more or less the director's choice involved, Liu Tianwang knew that if Wei Jin didn't nod, it definitely wouldn't have been his turn.

Seeing Liu Tianwang silent, his wife thought he still had ideas and couldn't help but continue to persuade him: "Hua Ge, Huang Qiusheng has always had a big mouth and has offended many people in Hong Kong. Just take this as a lesson for him this time. Let him keep a low profile for two years and treat it as a rest. By then, Wei Sheng will probably have calmed down, and you can find a suitable opportunity to mention it tactfully; perhaps there will be a turning point, right?"

In fact, Liu Tianwang already had the answer in his heart, but seeing his beloved wife thinking so much for him, he couldn't help but feel moved and stood up to pull her into his arms.

"Ah Qian, being able to marry you is truly my good fortune."

"Hua Ge, being able to marry you is my good fortune."

His wife leaned lightly on Liu Tianwang's shoulder, quietly enjoying their time together.

"By the way, the luggage is already packed. How long will you be staying there this time?"

"First I have to go to attend the promotion and premiere of *The Founding of a Republic*, and there are a few business activities in between. I probably won't join the crew of *Saving Mr. Wu* until the latter part of the month. I estimate I won't finish my scenes until early to mid-July, and then..."

Liu Tianwang held his wife's hand and explained his itinerary in detail.

"I saw media reports saying that *The Founding of a Republic* was being reviewed?"

"That is the case, but Han Dong stepped in and settled it." "Then do you know what the specific situation is?"

His wife's face ignited with a burning fire of gossip. One had to know that this tribute film was led by China Film Group and jointly produced by forty organizations, yet it was blocked by the Film Bureau—it simply shocked everyone in the industry.

"Cough, I heard it was Tang Nvxing's scenes that were required to be cut out entirely."

Speaking of this, Liu Tianwang was somewhat speechless; the censorship in Mainland China was truly too strict, almost to the point of being nitpicky.

The rough cut was originally only three minutes long, and it had already passed censorship back then, but now that it's about to be released, they've started blocking the review again, forcing the production team to cut everything; it's truly going a bit too far.

Upon hearing Liu Tianwang's explanation, his wife instantly lost interest, but the mere thought that her husband would be gone for another month or more—even though she knew this was the norm for an artist—still left her feeling somewhat resentful.

Seeing the expression on his beloved wife's face, Liu Tianwang naturally knew it was time to "pay the public grain," so he squatted down, bent his waist, and scooped his wife up into his arms.

"Madam, it is time for us to rest"—in the office of Shanhe Building, Wei Jin closed his eyes and pondered while feeling the service of his Assistant.

Time has already entered June; all filming for Dixing Yinxing has been completed, and post-production work has also begun.

The cast for The White Storm has already been selected; the trio of brothers as the leads remains Gu Xiaozhang, Zhazha Hui, and the enthusiastic citizen, Best Actor Liu.

As for the supporting roles, the female lead was given to Yang Xue; this sister has become increasingly "Buddhist" over the years, and as long as the company doesn't arrange work for her, she almost never takes on roles. This type of "retirement-style" artist gives Zhang Xu quite a headache as well.

The second female lead was secured by Wen Yongshan; Wei Jin is aware of the maneuvers by Emperor Entertainment, but since he didn't need to expend his own resources and was merely lending out his reputation, he tacitly allowed it, considering the attentive service this girl had provided back then.

Shi Nansheng expects this film to start shooting at the beginning of next month; it mainly involves coordinating the filming matters over in Thailand.

Compared to the smooth preparations for The White Storm, Storm is much slower, mainly because they need to build a 1:1 replica of Central; according to the schedule, it will likely only be able to start filming in mid-August.

Regarding the actors, the leads are Liu Tianwang, Lin Jiadong, Hu Jun, and others, while the female lead was given to Zhang Li.

For the remaining supporting roles in these two films, the company has also arranged for several artists with open schedules to go in and make guest appearances.

Additionally, Lu Yang has also replied that Sun Honglei has accepted the role of the kidnapper in Saving Mr. Wu.

Wei Jin has already started looking forward to what kind of chemical effect the reunion and second collaboration between Li Zicheng and Ding Qing in New World will bring.

Furthermore, Xu Laoguai has already returned from the Cannes Film Festival, and the overseas rights for Flying Swords of Dragon Gate sold for a total of 12 million USD.

Although it didn't reach the expected target, Wei Jin is already very satisfied; one must know that the premium from the six major investors allowed Shanhe Media to control this film with almost zero cost, so whether it is the overseas rights or the domestic box office revenue, it can all be considered pure profit.

Regarding television dramas, Jiang Xuerou has also been reporting on the work from time to time during this period; overall, the progress is good.

The post-production of Hello Old Times is already proceeding in an orderly manner and is expected to be completed in about two months.

The current filming progress of Eastern Palace has entered its final stage and is expected to wrap up around mid-July.

The preparatory work for the two newly launched projects is also progressing very smoothly; Heart Surgery has already received approval and support from the relevant departments and is currently undergoing casting and preliminary preparations.

Because Chuqiaozhuan is a period drama, the company has very rich experience in this area, so the preparatory work is going very smoothly; it is just waiting for the casting to be completed before filming can begin.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Wei Jin picked up the pile of invitations on the table and began to flip through them.

Most of them were invitations to film premieres, such as Beginning of the Great Revival, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Treasure Inn, and Pretending Couple. Wei Jin certainly cannot avoid the premiere of Beginning of the Great Revival; he definitely has to attend. This tribute film has been frequently issuing press releases these days, and it is less than two weeks away from release.

Come to think of it, since the success of The Founding of a Republic, tribute films have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain; there are a total of 28 tribute films this year.

The General Administration even stepped forward and shouted a slogan, hoping that the box office for these 28 tribute films this year could reach one billion.

But the industry is very clear that of this one billion in box office, an estimated nine hundred million will have to rely on Xinhai Revolution and Beginning of the Great Revival.

Because the other 26 films are mostly just using the name of a tribute film to apply for funding subsidies through various channels; they weren't aiming for the box office from the moment they were greenlit, so there is no need to consider them at all.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan goes without saying; it is a special-themed film initiated by Ms. Deng, with the passionate participation of Li Bingbing and Quan Zhixian, and it has appeared in the media's field of vision from time to time since it was greenlit.

It's just that this release window was chosen in a truly heaven-defying way, with Beginning of the Great Revival in front and The Raid and Reign of Assassins behind it; Wei Jin reckons that Ms. Deng's layout for the domestic entertainment industry this time is likely to end in failure.

Treasure Inn is a slapstick comedy film cooked up by Wang Jing, scheduled for release on June 28th.

To be honest, Wei Jin still appreciates Wang Jing; this guy is a very interesting person.

His old man is the TVB veteran Wang Tianlin, who has had cameo appearances in quite a few Hong Kong television dramas or films, such as the character Deng Bo, who was subjected to the "Invincible Whirlwind" by Ah Le in Election.

Relying on this connection, Wang Jing started out writing scripts for TVB and did so for seven or eight years before finally having the opportunity to direct films himself.

Wang Jing has one principle when making films: he cannot lose money; for him, film is not art, but business.

Therefore, although Wang Jing is called a "trash film manufacturing machine," he really understands the audience's tastes, and the films he produces rarely make investors lose money, which is also the reason why he is still living comfortably to this day.

It is worth mentioning Pretending Couple; this urban romantic comedy starring Huang Bai and Jiang Yiyan—one can only say that the director's choice of cast is also superb.

However, when seeing the wedding invitation for Deng Chao, a smile appeared on the corner of Wei Jin's mouth; media had already broken the news a few days ago that Sun Li's belly could no longer be hidden, which is why the couple had hurriedly set the wedding date.

To be honest, Wei Jin didn't have much friendship with Deng Chao before, just a nodding acquaintance in the entertainment circle; the latter had come to audition several times but never landed a role.

But Wei Jin still acknowledges Deng Chao's acting skills, at least they are much more stable than the "strong when the opponent is strong, combat power unknown" acting style of Huang Xiaoming.

This time, Deng Chao stood up for Xiaobai and Wan Qian on the set of The Four, so Wei Jin must accept the favor; he could find an opportunity to cooperate in the future, but he doesn't plan to go to the wedding in person.

For one, the timing isn't right, and for another, in such an occasion, Wei Jin's appearance would only steal the limelight from the hosts, which is completely unnecessary; he will just send a generous gift when the time comes.

"Hmm, let's do that."

Wang Zixuan, who was providing service underneath him, was startled by the sudden sound of her boss and almost bit down.

Leaving her post and lifting her head to catch her breath, Wang Zixuan looked somewhat resentful.

"Boss, I've been at it for a long time..."

"Oh, sorry Zixuan, I was just lost in thought for a moment."

Wei Jin patted his Assistant's head, pulled her up, lifted her skirt, and tore her stockings.

"Boss will feed you now."

"Oh~~ oh~~ oh~~"

PS: In order to advance the plot, some modifications have been made to the previous text; Wei Jin's first collaborative film in South Korea has been changed to Haeundae.

(End of this chapter)