Chapter 63

Heh, Liu Yifei, this person, is truly not as simple as she looks.

With Liu Nushi sitting behind them, Chen Nuo simply pretended he hadn't heard Liu Yifei's words.

The car started and drove out of the valley. It was about a 30-minute drive from the location to the hotel, and the daily relocation and maintenance of the filming equipment was no small project, so Zhang Jizhong, Yu Min, and the others were busy every day.

Relatively speaking, actors like Liu Yifei and Chen Nuo, as long as they could complete their filming tasks on time and in full, were actually the most relaxed among everyone.

Chen Nuo kept his eyes closed to rest the whole way and didn't say anything more to Liu Yifei. Just as they were about to reach the mouth of the valley, his phone suddenly rang; it was Zhang Yi.

As soon as he picked up, Zhang Yi said in an especially loud voice: "Chen Nuo, our movie has been scheduled! It releases on April 30th, the May Day holiday, right before Labor Day. We are offering it as a gift to the people of the whole country. Hahaha!"

Chen Nuo was also quite happy: "Congratulations, congratulations."

Zhang Yi laughed: "Congratulations to us both. It releases in over a month, and Tian Er and I discussed it; we are prepared to take out some money to promote it, hold roadshows or something, and learn from that Kong Que. Are you participating?"

Chen Nuo said: "I definitely can't come; I have the college entrance exam."

Zhang Yi said: "I know you have the college entrance exam, so our current plan is to arrange the premiere in Xichuan. You must be there when the time comes; there's no room for negotiation. Also, if the promotion requires you to accept interviews from a few media outlets, you and your manager are not allowed to refuse."

Chen Nuo said: "I'm in Jiuzhaigou. Whoever wants to come for an interview can just come; I still have to stay here for over a month."

Zhang Yi asked in surprise: "What are you doing in Jiuzhaigou?"

"Forgot to tell you, Sister Qi got me a new role."

Chen Nuo explained roughly, and then the car arrived at the hotel.

Hearing that Chen Nuo was filming in such a remote place, Zhang Yi didn't bring up the interview matter again, and after saying he must attend the premiere, he hung up the phone.

Chen Nuo didn't expect that the next day, during a break in filming, Liu Yifei would suddenly bring this up again. At that time, she had just finished touching up her makeup, the cameraman was changing tapes, and it was just the two of them.

Liu Yifei brushed back her hair and asked: "Is your movie about to be released?"

Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment: "Ah, yes."

Liu Yifei revealed a hint of curiosity and said: "What is it about?"

Chen Nuo felt a bit embarrassed. Although he had won an award, he always felt that this film, *The Zhang Zhang Yaba*, was shot by a ragtag team and had nothing in common with Liu Yifei, who had claimed since her debut that "only after seeing her will you know what a star is."

"Uh, it's just a pretty miserable film; you probably wouldn't be interested."

Liu Yifei frowned and asked: "Then what do you think I'm interested in?"

"Big productions, like Disney movies or something."

Liu Yifei raised her head, revealing her beautifully curved, fair neck. She didn't look at Chen Nuo, but instead gazed at the fake flowers on the ceiling and said: "After I finish releasing my album in Japan, I also want to return to the country to film movies."

Chen Nuo was a bit confused and said "Oh." He wanted to ask if returning to the country meant returning to China or America, but in the end, he didn't dare to ask.

Liu Yifei said: "I will go see it when the time comes."

"Ah?"

"Your movie."

Chen Nuo was even more baffled. "This, thank you."

Liu Yifei suddenly asked: "What do you think of my acting?" "Hmm, I think it's quite good."

Liu Yifei said: "I've been observing your acting these past few days. I've discovered that we are the same type."

Chen Nuo was simply flattered. "Thank you, I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. You've already filmed so many dramas; I've only acted in one movie. I need to learn a lot from you."

Liu Yifei was silent for a moment and said: "They all say I'm a vase."

"Uh, that's all jealousy."

"Director Zhang said your acting is much better than mine."

"……Director Zhang is old; it's normal for his eyesight to be inaccurate."

"Director Yu told me to pay attention to how you act when I'm filming."

"He also gave me pointers on the scenes; since we are acting opposite each other, we must observe each other."

"What year were you born?"

Chen Nuo felt Liu Yifei was a bit off-beat; the topic jumped too much. "86."

"In the future, if I act poorly anywhere, you can tell me directly."

Chen Nuo was startled and kept saying: "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare……"

Before Chen Nuo could finish his sentence, the director called for them to get ready.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Nuo had been filming in Jiuzhaigou for a month. The filming process was very smooth, and even Zhang Jizhong praised them several times, saying that the chemistry between Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei was getting better and better.

However, the truth was that Chen Nuo was increasingly learning how to cooperate with Liu Yifei's current acting style. In Chen Nuo's view, she was standard "short-video platform acting" at this time, and as long as he was in front of the camera with her and created a sense of a "couple," it counted as success.

As for how Liu Yifei was acting, he didn't dare to say.

Because Liu Nushi was almost always on set watching the whole time, what could he say?

Chen Nuo finished filming all his scenes here on April 28th and left Jiuzhaigou the next day. The reason for rushing before this point in time was that Zhang Yi's premiere was about to be held.

Because he had missed the global premiere in Berlin, Chen Nuo was quite happy about his first movie being shown on the big screen. On the afternoon of April 29th, he called Chen Bicheng and Pan Chengrong to the provincial capital as well.

Chen Bicheng originally had things to do and didn't really want to come, but under Pan Chengrong's "forceful" persuasion, he came anyway.

The premiere of *The Zhang Zhang Yaba* was at the Chengtian Cinema in the city center.

Other cinemas were unwilling to give an art film more screenings. Although *Kong Que*, which Gu Changwei won an award for in Berlin at the beginning of the year, had decent-looking box office numbers, the actual results didn't meet expectations. Now that another art film had come along, several major theater chains were very cautious. Even though it had won the Silver Bear.

Besides this, there was another reason: *The Promise* had been released, and it was colliding head-on with *The Zhang Zhang Yaba*.

A commercial blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million and a top-tier cast competing against a small-budget art film—any cinema manager with a brain knew how to choose. Chengtian, which gave 35% of its screenings, was already the cinema with the most screenings for *The Zhang Zhang Yaba*.

Before going to the cinema to attend the premiere, Chen Nuo received a call from Ni Ni from Jiangsu.

Ni Ni was very excited on the phone; she would also be watching the premiere of *The Zhang Zhang Yaba* there today. At the same time, this girl also happily told Chen Nuo that her mother had already agreed to let her go to Beijing to study, and then she asked on the phone about the keychain she had given Chen Nuo back then.

When she heard Chen Nuo say he had been using the keychain for a long time, Ni Ni was very happy; she couldn't help but let out a cry on the phone and even showed it off to someone nearby.

After finishing the call with Ni Ni, Chen Nuo's family and Qi Yuntian's group of four set off for the cinema.

(End of chapter)