Chapter 146: Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss?

What is the key man, Wu Wu Yuchen, going to do?

He doesn't plan to do anything at all. After returning home these past two days, he has been lying around like a salted fish, resting well until the Lunar New Year.

When the whole family gathered for the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, Wu Wu Yuchen was the undisputed protagonist. Most of the conversation at the table revolved around him.

Throughout the past year, he first went to Berlin and brought back a Best Director award, then during the summer vacation, "My Brothers and Sisters" swept the box office championship, and by the end of the year, he even broke the 100 million mark at the American box office.

During last year's New Year, although the elders at the table praised him for having a bright future, they mostly still saw him as a junior. But things are different now; everyone has realized that a remarkable figure has emerged in the family, so every word they spoke revolved around him. In fact, it was more out of curiosity—curiosity about the entertainment industry, curiosity about America, curiosity about Hollywood, and asking him what Sylvester Stallone is like.

Finally, his grandparents even said that tomorrow they would all go to the cinema together to watch "Frequency" to support their eldest grandson's movie.

Wu Wu Yuchen naturally expressed his warm welcome to this, saying he would arrange it for tomorrow.

While chatting with his family, Wu Wu Yuchen watched this year's Spring Festival Gala; there were quite a few good programs this year.

Feng Gong and Niu Qun, this classic duo, contributed the crosstalk "Sitting Back and Enjoying the Fruits." County Magistrate Niu would abandon art for politics in two years, only to return to the entertainment industry to make a living in a sorry state five years later.

After Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao performed the skit "The Prince and the Postman," they bid farewell to the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin brought "Kung Fu Order." Two years later, Teacher Zhao would also pass away due to illness, leading people to mourn her one after another.

Fan Xiaoxuan took the stage at the Spring Festival Gala and sang "Health Song," the one that goes, "Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, twist your neck, twist your butt." All the children immediately fell in love with Sister Xiaoxuan, though she, who seems so well-behaved now, would soon enter her rebellious phase.

"Water Margin" became a huge hit after airing in January, and its theme song, "Good Fellow Song," was temporarily added to the program list, with Liu Huan giving a great performance on stage.

There was also Han Lei, who brought everyone the song "Walking the Four Directions."

Mao Ning, Liu Liu Dehua, and Zhang Zhang Xinzhe, singers from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, sang "Great China" together, the implication of which was self-evident.

Of course, the most representative and memorable part of this year's Spring Festival Gala was Wang Fei and Na Ying holding hands and singing "Meeting in '98." It was in the sound of this hand-in-hand singing that everyone celebrated the arrival of 1998.

The next day, Wu Wu Yuchen returned, chatting and laughing with his parents. He had just taken his whole family of relatives to watch his "Frequency." Although this movie is not a typical New Year film, at least the atmosphere is suitable for a family gathering. Everyone had a very good reaction after watching it, and many viewers also had a concept of science fiction films for the first time.

As the three of them reached their doorstep, they saw someone waiting there, hunched over with their hands tucked into their coat pockets, clearly having waited for quite a while.

Wu Wu Yuchen looked closely—isn't this Feng Feng Xiaogang?

Feng Feng Xiaogang also saw Wu Wu Yuchen's family of three. A smile immediately bloomed on his face. He picked up his things, walked up, bowed slightly, and said, "Wu Dao, Uncle, Aunt, Happy New Year! I wish you great luck in the Year of the Tiger and may everything go as you wish!"

As soon as Wu's father and mother saw him, they knew he must be looking for their son. After wishing him a Happy New Year, they let their son receive him.

Wu Wu Yuchen took the things and said with a smile, "Feng Xiaogang, I'm sorry, have you been waiting long?"

Feng Xiaogang grinned, "No, no, Director Wu. I know you don't drink, so I specially brought you a few boxes of tea. I just didn't know your taste, so I got a bit of Longjing, Tieguanyin, and Baxian tea~"

"Thank you, Feng Xiaogang, you really put your heart into this!"

"It is I who should thank you. Otherwise, how could my 'The Dream Factory' have succeeded? Although my meager achievements can't compare to yours, Wu Dao, to me, that is a huge piece of good news!"

Wu Wu Yuchen looked at Feng Feng Xiaogang, who was acting humble and flattering in front of him. In fact, he could be considered a success now. His "The Dream Factory" was released at the end of last year, and the box office had already reached 30 million, immediately letting the Chinese film industry know about such a figure.

Wu Wu Yuchen patted him on the shoulder, "You can't say it like that. 'The Dream Factory' having such good results is mainly due to your own ability. I've watched the movie, and it's filmed very well. Don't pay attention to those who scold you; I think highly of you!"

While "The Dream Factory" enjoyed a high box office, it was also criticized by quite a bit of public opinion for having no substance or artistic cultivation, calling it just a movie strung together by skits, unworthy of the big screen.

"Thank you for your affirmation, Wu Dao. With your words, my heart can finally settle down!" Feng Feng Xiaogang's smile grew even wider.

"Come, Feng Xiaogang, don't stand there, come inside and sit." Wu Wu Yuchen greeted him.

"No need, no need, I won't disturb you. I still have to go to other people's houses! Wu Dao, you rest well!" Feng Feng Xiaogang said, cupping his hands to Wu Wu Yuchen again, and left despite the attempts to keep him.

Wu Wu Yuchen watched Feng Feng Xiaogang's departing back, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The current Feng Kuzi is really hard to feel bad about.

However, he also understood that, just like that sentence Huang Bo said, after you succeed, everyone around you is a good person. If it weren't for the various achievements of this year, how would he be treated like this by Feng Feng Xiaogang?

Wu Wu Yuchen smiled and carried the tea into the house.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, at the entrance of the Aviation Family Compound, Wu Wu Yuchen was sitting in the car flipping through his phone when he heard two light taps on the window. He looked out and saw Gao Zhu Yuanyuan in a white down jacket standing there prettily, wearing a wool hat with a pom-pom on her head, looking very cute.

Wu Wu Yuchen smiled and opened the car door to let little Da Meiyuan get in.

"Brother Chen, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, big star!" Wu Wu Yuchen smiled and reached out to fiddle with the pom-pom on her hat.

A few months ago, "Cherish Our Love" was broadcast on CCTV and immediately caused a huge reaction, especially among young people. This drama's topic popularity exploded. The story of first love on campus is the most beautiful, and the bitterness of the entanglement and unrequited love between them also infected everyone.

At that time, the song "Waiting for You to Love Me" also spread through every street and alley.

The young actors in the drama became popular overnight. Chen Kun, Gao Zhu Yuanyuan, Liao Fan, Li Fan Bingbing, and others all emerged in the film and television industry because of this drama. Among them, the two leads, Chen Kun and Gao Zhu Yuanyuan, were even more enthusiastically sought after. Gao Zhu Yuanyuan directly became the image of the first love goddess in the hearts of boys in front of the TV.

Gao Zhu Yuanyuan showed a troubled expression:

"I'm troubled by this right now. I can't even attend school anymore. Every day, a group of people runs to our class to watch, and many boys from outside the school also come to the school gate to wait for me..."

Wu Wu Yuchen teased, "Oh, Zhu Yuanyuan is so popular now, have you found anyone you like?"

"No, I haven't!" Gao Zhu Yuanyuan immediately denied it.

Then she glanced at the handsome face in the driver's seat and muttered in a low voice, "They are all far from it..."

"What did you say?"

"Ah? Nothing, I said they are all very annoying..."

"Is everything okay? You should still be more careful about these things. You must have someone with you when going to and from school."

Public security is not as good as one would imagine after ten or twenty years, Wu Wu Yuchen couldn't help but remind her.

Gao Zhu Yuanyuan shook her head, "It's okay, I discussed it with the school and I won't go for the time being, I'll just participate in the exams."

Then Gao Zhu Yuanyuan thought of something and said to Wu Wu Yuchen with a smile, "Brother Chen, I thought of something from before, don't laugh at me when I tell you~"

Wu Wu Yuchen nodded, "You tell me, I promise I won't laugh too loudly."

"Annoying~" Gao Zhu Yuanyuan gave a coquettish snort, threw a cute look at Wu Wu Yuchen, and then said:

"When I was in middle school, there was a much older boy from outside the school who suddenly came over and said he liked me, and he followed me to my doorstep for several days.

He asked me to meet him somewhere. I felt terrified at the time, I couldn't even attend class all day, I was just trying to find a way, and finally, I decided to make myself look very ugly, very disgusting, to disgust him away.

The next day, I wore long johns outside, smeared a lot of very smelly ointment on myself, picked my nose and flicked boogers while talking, and walked with my toes pointed out and then in.

When I walked in front of him, he looked at me and was a bit stunned!

Since then, I have never seen this person again!" Gao Zhu Yuanyuan giggled.

Wu Wu Yuchen also laughed out loud upon hearing this, "Were you this mischievous before? I really couldn't tell."

The two chatted and laughed all the way, and the car soon stopped near the cinema.

This time, it was Gao Zhu Yuanyuan who took the initiative to ask him to watch a movie, and naturally, it was his "Frequency."

To be honest, Wu Wu Yuchen didn't know how many times he had watched his own movie. Just in these few days, he watched it once with his family on the first day of the New Year, once with Li Li Xiaoran yesterday, and today he was asked out by Gao Zhu Yuanyuan to watch it again. Even though he filmed it himself, he was a bit tired of it...

Fortunately, Jiang Jiang Qinqin and Zeng Li had both returned to their hometowns for the New Year, otherwise, wouldn't he have to accompany them two more times?

Just as Gao Zhu Yuanyuan was about to get out of the car, Wu Wu Yuchen stopped her, "Hey, wait~"

Gao Zhu Yuanyuan turned her head and saw Wu Wu Yuchen bring over a scarf to wrap around her, covering her mouth and nose, and pulling the brim of her hat down, revealing only a pair of large, rolling eyes.

After finishing, Wu Wu Yuchen looked her over and nodded with satisfaction, "This way you won't be afraid of being recognized. You can take it off after the lights go out in the cinema."

A sweet smile appeared in Gao Zhu Yuanyuan's large eyes. She picked up Wu Wu Yuchen's black mask and put it on him herself. Then the two looked at each other and smiled before getting out of the car and walking toward the cinema.

Just as Wu Wu Yuchen and Gao Zhu Yuanyuan entered the cinema, Section Chief Zhang was also cautiously staying in a screening room. He didn't even dare to sit properly now, only daring to sit on half of his buttocks on the chair, ready to listen to orders at any time.

There was no help for it. Although he could be considered a notable figure in their unit, compared to the group of big shots sitting in the screening room now, he was really just a tiny shrimp, not even worthy of having his name remembered.

Early this morning, he received an emergency call from their bureau chief. He hadn't even dressed properly before rushing to the unit to get the copy of "Titanic" and was then brought here.

Originally, it was a normal exchange meeting for the big shots during the Spring Festival, but someone suddenly spoke up and wanted to watch this "Titanic," which had already caused a great stir overseas, with everyone.

If it weren't for delivering the copy, little Zhang wouldn't even be qualified to sit in, so naturally, he was terrified the whole time.

A few hours later, little Zhang returned to the unit holding the copy, finally letting out a sigh of relief. However, he couldn't help but recall in his mind what the person had said earlier:

"Don't think that capitalism has nothing for ideological exchange. This film depicts the relationship between money and love, the relationship between poverty and wealth, and the performance of every person in danger vividly.

Before the establishment of New China, I watched quite a few Hollywood films in Shanghai, such as 'Gone with the Wind,' 'A Song to Remember,' and 'Waterloo Bridge.' This time I invited comrades to come and take a look, not to promote capitalist things, but to say that we must know ourselves and the enemy to be victorious in every battle.

I think our 100 million director, little Wu, understands this very well!"

At this time, the bureau chief saw little Zhang standing there in a daze and couldn't help but walk up and pat him, "What are you stunned for? Why don't you hurry up and call everyone to a meeting."

Little Zhang came back to his senses, leaned over to the bureau chief, covered his mouth with one hand, and said in a low voice to the bureau chief, "Bureau Chief, there is something I didn't report to you. Just a few days ago, Wu Dao Wu Yuchen came to ask about 'Titanic.' I told him the situation. He didn't say anything at the time, and then today..."

A look of shock flashed in the bureau chief's eyes, and he immediately asked, "Really?!"

"How would I dare to lie to you! Even if I had ten more guts, I wouldn't dare to spread this rumor!" Little Zhang immediately touched his chest and said.

The bureau chief was also stunned for a while, then let out a long sigh, and immediately asked again, "You didn't make things difficult for him, did you?"

Little Zhang immediately shook his head, "No, no! I even made tea for him!"

The bureau chief nodded upon hearing this and then exhorted, "Don't go around talking nonsense about this."

"I wouldn't dare, I definitely wouldn't dare. It's just this Wu Dao, he really..." Little Zhang said, pointing his finger upward, showing an inquiring look to the bureau chief.

The bureau chief shook his head, "Don't speculate wildly, don't ask about things you shouldn't know."

Little Zhang immediately shrank his head and agreed, but he was already 70-80% sure in his heart; otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence, and that person even specifically mentioned Wu Wu Yuchen at the end.

As for the result, naturally, "Titanic" didn't need a single cut, and they were about to hold a meeting with China Film Group to discuss the release of "Titanic."

The bureau chief spoke again and exhorted:

"In the future, report everything about Wu Dao to me. If he sends any works, notify me immediately, understand?"

Little Zhang immediately nodded, "Understood, Bureau Chief, don't worry, I will keep Wu Dao's affairs in mind from now on!"

A few days ago, he still called Wu Wu Yuchen "little Wu Dao," but now he didn't dare to use this title at all. He couldn't help but complain in his heart, for the sake of a movie's censorship, is it necessary for you to make such a big fuss?

Busy working overtime today, that's all for now. ===== CHAPTER 147 =====