China Entertainment 1997

Zeng Li is red!

Two weeks after "Sword Rain" was released, Nishimiya became one of the hottest actors nowadays.

This was a feeling Zeng Li had almost never experienced.

It’s not like she has never acted in blockbuster films. “Spring Knife 2” and “Detective Dee: The Legend of Heaven” were also considered the most popular movies at the time, and “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” was also absolutely popular, but she was only a supporting role in them.

The protagonist of "Xiu Chun Knife 2" is Cao Xuan. Wang Zhiwen, who performed extremely well, also stole a lot of limelight. Fan Xiaopang is very controversial because of her acting skills. Although her Ding Baiying is brilliant, she is not as popular as the first three. .

The same goes for Detective Dee and The Legend of the Condor Heroes, although Zeng Li's performance is superior.

But the former was blocked by many top figures such as Liu Tianwang, Fan Xiaopang, Hu Ge, and Jiao Enjun. It was Zeng Li's turn to take the lead.

The latter Liu Tianxian alone got almost 60 to 70% of the popularity. The remaining Huang Xiaoming, Yang Mi and others couldn't reach the C position even if they scored even more points.

In the more than ten years since his debut, Zeng Li has made several headlines, 80% of which were due to Cao Xuan's scandal.

There were two other times, namely the Spring Festival Gala singing "The Drunken Concubine" and the heroine role in "Sword Rain", which also greatly benefited from Cao Xuan's favor.

Even the box office hit of "Sword Rain" and Zeng Li's popularity were largely due to Cao Xuan's ladder.

However, even with Cao Xuan's contribution this time, due to his wonderful performance in "Sword Rain", Zeng Li became the absolute C position in the headlines this time, and Cao Xuan became a supporting role.

Zhang Dabeard, the famous Jin Yong martial arts dramatist who once collaborated with Empress Xigong, praised Zeng Li greatly during an interview.

He said that Zeng Li is one of the most martial arts actresses he has ever seen since he started working in the industry.

Zhang Bearded's statement has been recognized by many people. A martial arts actress must not only be able to fight, but also have a free and easy heroic spirit, good appearance and figure, and excellent acting skills in order to leave a deep impression on the audience.

For example, Hu Huizhong, Yang Liqian, Yang Panpan and others are all well-known fighting women, but the classic martial arts roles they left behind are far inferior to those actresses whose fighting scenes are inferior. It can be seen that fighting scenes are not the decisive key.

Zeng Li doesn't have many martial arts roles, so every single one he picks out is remarkable and well-received.

This is also the reason why Zeng Li is not very famous, but has many die-hard movie fans. Some of her characters are so popular.

Faced with his sudden fame, Zeng Li reacted a little slowly.

Because Cao Xuan was away, Zeng Li and several actors participated in the road show for more than ten days. All they saw were fans and audiences of "Sword Rain", so they must be popular.

It can be seen on the Internet that the popularity is not small, but after all, through the screen, the experience is not deep.

When Zeng Li returned to Beijing after the road show, he was chased by people at the airport for autographs. When he returned to school, students gathered around to watch the excitement. From the past, he could cope with just wearing a mask, and he was forced to be fully armed.

Even when he made an appointment with his best friend Yuan Quan at a restaurant, he was secretly photographed and posted online by some busybodies, and was even trending on Weibo.

No matter how slow Zeng Li was, he realized that he was now on fire.

She was so popular that even Tang Yan, Bai Baihe and other students were attracted by her, and she became popular in Class 02 of the Chinese Drama Theater. Zeng Li was hailed as the strongest class teacher in history.

The limelight even overshadowed her teacher, Chang Li, the head teacher of the 96 Star Class of Chinese Opera...

………

"Haha, it's said on the Internet that Cao Xuan praised you as the most beautiful school beauty in the past 200 years of the Chinese Opera. Is this true?"

Yuan Quan took his mobile phone to browse Weibo, eat melon online, and didn't forget to ask about his best friends.

Zeng Li rolled his eyes at her and said angrily: "You are now a mother, so you are childish or not."

In March this year, Yuan Quan gave birth to a daughter, named Xia Haha, and she has just finished confinement.

"It's not childish, it's fun. Come on, tell me. Cao Xuan didn't say this."

In the eyes of outsiders, Yuan Quan is a goddess of literature and art, with a cold and melancholy look about her. In fact, in private, she is sometimes quite lively in front of acquaintances.

"While promoting the movie, he casually said, to exaggerate, that our school just celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, so how could we have the most beautiful woman in two hundred years?"

Zeng Li had no choice but to have a lot of celebrities. In the past, the 96th class of China National Drama Theater was almost a duo of Hu Jing and Ji Ji Zhang, and neither Yuan Quan nor Qin Hailu could get involved.

Now that she has become famous, I don't know who found out for her the beauty of the Chinese drama school back then. Coupled with Cao Xuan's words, the media is very excited now.

All kinds of rhythms made Zeng Li step on Hu and Zhang to become the number one star in the 96th class of Chinese opera. Fans of Hu and Zhang must be dissatisfied.

Not to mention that it is related to Cao Xuan. Although the East and West Palaces are not well known to the outside world, the two people are the subjects of Cao Xuan's scandal, and their priority is very high. Therefore, there is still a lot of speculation from the outside world.

After all, Hu and Zhang are also big flowers, and their number of fans is still very impressive.

Especially Hu Jing, in her early years she also followed the quirky sweet girl route and became extremely popular. Her national popularity and number of fans were at the forefront of the Four Danshuang soldiers.

I have always considered my idol to be the boss lady of Fanxing, and now there is a mistress who is competing for the school beauty and men. It would be strange not to tear her apart.

Hu Jing has many fans, and although Zeng Li's fans are small in number, they are extremely die-hard.

Coupled with all kinds of fish in troubled waters, everyone was tearing apart, making the Nishi Palace Empress unbearable.

What made her most angry was that it was the media that started the trouble, and the fan dispute had nothing to do with the real owner, and several parties involved ignored it.

Even Boss Cao was fine after being sprayed by the Empress of the East Palace for a long time and taking down several unequal treaties.

But Liu Huohua was addicted to the Internet and couldn't control it. He liked a Weibo post that praised Hu Jing, adding fuel to the fire.

Now many reporters are asking people in Class 96 of China National Theater Academy who is the most beautiful in your class, implying that they are taking sides.

Qin Hailu directly sided with Zeng Li and shared the past when many boys secretly watched Zeng Li in the playground after class.

Mei Ting supported her best friend Hu Jing, and Zhang Tong also vaguely favored Hu Jing, but he did not forget to praise Zeng Li.

The international chapter is the cunningest. Seeing that the situation is wrong, he claims that he thinks he is the most beautiful. However, because of his poor popularity, he is criticized by netizens for being arrogant and shameless.

International Chapter: "..."

Even Yuan Quan in front of her didn't escape, but she was definitely supporting her best friend.

In short, the East and West Palaces were evenly matched in the eyes of the students. Those behind them did not dare to take sides randomly, so they simply moved out another class beauty, Zhang Tong.

Zhang Tong: "Listen to me and thank you, because I have you..."

But when it comes to cool tricks, it has to be Teacher Chang Li. She is mature and mature. When faced with the reporter's inducement, she showed off her unique skills with a smile.

"Among the students in their class, I think Zeng Li is the most beautiful... My favorite student is Hu Jing."

Official Cao called him an expert!

Yuan Quan looked at Zeng Li's helpless look and couldn't help but laugh: "To be honest, everyone else is eager to be famous. Why do I feel like you can't avoid me?"

Zeng Li sighed: "To be honest, I really thought about becoming popular before, but now it seems I still can't adapt to it. I prefer filming quietly and taking classes. It's too much trouble now."

"If someone hears what you say, I'm afraid they will be furious and scold you for not knowing how blessed you are."

Yuan Quan complained, but Zeng Li didn't care: "Just scold me. Anyway, I really don't want to live this kind of life. I feel uncomfortable all over. Several crews approached me for filming, but I rejected them all. I will wait for a year or two to calm down and escape." Let’s talk about this rumor later.”

"Then your fans are miserable again."

As Zeng Li's best friend, he naturally knew about her fans and showed sympathy.

"Oh, I feel very sorry for them too."

Zeng Li was also a little embarrassed, but it was impossible for him to change his attitude towards life just to please his fans.

"If it doesn't work out, just come and act in a drama. Fans can come and watch it. I don't count you as a salty fish. Moreover, the influence of drama is limited to meet your low-key needs."

Yuan Quan gave an idea: "Our "Jane Eyre" team is short of a role. If you agree, I will go to the director and ask."

"Drama?"

Zeng Li was a little hesitant. After graduating from college, apart from guiding students, she had not done much drama, and she was afraid of time conflicts.

"I still have to go to class, and Li Li can't do without me. How can I have time to rehearse and perform with you?"

"You only have a few classes a week. Li Li will go to kindergarten in the autumn. If it doesn't work, there will be a substitute. Hai Lu and Minghao will be there by then, and we old classmates can act together."

Yuan Quan still wanted to work with her best friend, and she always felt that Zeng Li had great talent. It would be a pity if he didn't act and his talent was wasted.

"Then I'll talk to our director later. This matter must be approved by the school."

Zeng Li was a little tempted. As Yuan Quan said, apart from school and home, she was actually quite free.

By acting in a play, you can not only hone your acting skills, get over the drama addiction, but also feed back your experience to teaching work, and even directly lead students to practice on the spot, which is a great way to gain many benefits.

"You are truly destined to be a teacher!"

Hearing that Zeng Li was thinking about his students even while performing the drama, Yuan Quan was convinced and thought of another thing.

"If any of your students have any good ideas, you can recommend them. Our theater is recruiting students."

Yuan Quan is currently a pillar of Guohua. Although he is not a manager, he also hopes to have more outstanding newcomers in his unit.

"Actually, several of the students I teach want to take the humanities exam."

Zeng Li couldn't help but stab Yuan Quan, but Yuan Quan refused: "Why, our Chinese language is worse than our human skills."

"The students like it, what can I do?"

Nishinomiya's face is full of innocence. If we talk about the artist lineup, Guohua is star-studded with countless big names.

Apart from other things, Chen Minghao, Qin Hailu, Yuan Quan, Ji Ji Zhang, and Liu Huohua from China National Theater Class 96 are all Mandarin actors.

Hu Jing almost passed the Mandarin exam back then, but because she was already very popular at the time, she couldn't rehearse for the drama.

In fact, this situation is very common in Guohua and even other drama troupes. Teacher Lei Kesheng (a veteran Guohua artist and a national first-class actor) once said this in an interview.

The income of drama actors is far less than that of film and television actors. Acting in dramas is almost equivalent to losing money and making money. Many young actors do not want to act in dramas at all, and would rather join the group to earn more and become famous.

Therefore, there are regulations in the Chinese language that each actor must perform in one play every year. If you do not perform in a play, you will have to pay a fine to the theater, and the unit will retain your staff and benefits.

In a sense, it is a bit like donating officials in ancient times.

Most of Zeng Li's classmates have acted in dramas. Only a certain famous international movie queen seems to have never acted in dramas. The reason why she is still a Chinese actor is naturally due to the fine.

Hu Jing had little interest in this aspect and had no intention of occupying the staff. In addition, Fanxing had just risen at the time, so she simply gave up and concentrated on working at Fanxing.

However, although Chinese painting is so star-studded, when it comes to its status and influence in the drama industry, it has to be better as a human artist.

In this regard, even though Cao Xuan's master Li Xuejian is a Mandarin actor, Cao Xuan himself is only half a Mandarin speaker, but he still adheres to this concept.

Compared with Mandarin, he himself prefers Renyi's dramas, and has watched Renyi's dramas such as "Tea House", "Wotou Guild Hall" and "The First Floor in the World".

Especially "Teahouse", Cao Xuan went to watch it three times.

However, he prefers the old version by Yu Zhi, Lan Tianye and other teachers. However, these teachers are no longer on stage. If you want to watch it, you can only watch the 1981 version of the movie.

Under his influence, both Hu Jing and Zeng Li actually preferred arts and crafts, even though they had a bunch of old classmates in Guohua.

Of course, there is no need to talk to Yuan Quan about this matter, otherwise this good best friend Zeng Li may not be able to sleep tonight...

………

Although Zeng Li intended to keep a low profile, the release of "Sword Rain" was in full swing and Cao Xuan was away, so she couldn't really give up.

Especially in mid-May, after "Iron Man 2" was released, it had an impact on the movie box office. Fanxing contacted Zeng Li, hoping that she would participate in two programs to give the movie a new lease of life.

Zeng Li couldn't shirk his own business, so he chose a talk show called "There's a Show Tonight".

Anyway, "Sword Rain" is getting more and more attention now, and there is no way to avoid it. Zeng Li plans to deal with it first, and when the movie is over, no one will bother her.

The program "Tonight's Show" was launched in 2007. The hosts are Liu Yan and Xiao Hei Fatty.

It was first broadcast on local satellite TV, and the ratings were pretty good, ranking among the top three among talk shows.

Putting aside "A Date with Luyu", which is firmly ranked first, "Tonight" is basically a 50-50 tie with Li Jing's "Super Interview".

However, in February this year, "Tonight's Show" announced a revision, officially joined Lu Provincial Satellite TV, and exclusively cooperated with the Penguin Star website. In addition to logging in to normal programs, it also launched a live interview program.

One to three times a month, interviews are conducted with popular stars and celebrities on the Internet. The main audience is netizens.

The guests interviewed in the past few months include popular celebrities Liu Tianxian, Damimi, Tong Dawei, Xiao Shenyang and his wife, as well as Internet celebrities Feng Jie, Guo Xiaosi, Zeng Yike, known as "Brother Zeng", and A replica of Zhang Yunu’s tribute rice and so on.

The interview that Zeng Li participated in was naturally also a live broadcast of "Tonight's Show". This type of special interview attracted a lot of attention, and almost every issue was on the hot search.

In fact, frankly speaking, the current popularity of Empress Xigong is not enough to be interviewed live on "Tonight's Show".

Who makes "Sword Rain" a key project of the company, and she is the boss's wife, so the program team naturally has to open a back door.

Backstage, dressing room of "There's a Show Tonight"

Zeng Li met the two hosts. She and Liu Yan were barely acquaintances. She had met the little black fat man twice, but they had barely spoken to each other.

So after chatting with Liu Yan, Zeng Li took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, Teacher Guo, I'm your fan and I especially like your cross talk."

"Oh, you are so flattering, but I really don't dare to be a teacher. Just call me Lao Guo or De Gang."

The fat little black man knew Zeng Li's identity and was a little flattered, so he kept saying polite words.

"Call me Lao Guo. You can be considered one of our own, so you don't need to be so famous."

Liu Yan smoothed things over, then handed the script to Zeng Li: "Sister Li, this is an outline of the issues for the live broadcast. If you don't like it, we will delete it.

You can give us a secret code later. If you have any questions that are difficult to answer during the live broadcast, just give us a signal and Lao Guo and I will cover you. "

"Thank you then. I don't have much experience in live broadcasting. I'll ask you to do it later."

"I haven't said anything yet, don't worry, I will take care of everything."

Liu Yan swore her guarantee, and the makeup artist next to her looked at her in surprise.

He has also worked in the program team for more than a year and knows that Liu Yan has a good temper in private and takes good care of past guests.

But she is the host after all, she is gentle and gentle, and she still has a certain attitude. Even when facing top celebrities like Liu Tianxian and Jay Chou, Liu Yan is neither humble nor overbearing, and is reasonable and well-founded.

It seemed that only Teacher Li Xuejian came to that session, and Liu Yan was quite respectful.

Today is not as respectful as that day, but it is more or less meant to please.

There is also the little black fat guy, who used to like to tease and joke with the guests, but today he is also honest and speaks in an unusually measured manner.

Is this still the top troll in the entertainment industry and the joking and scolding bastard in his impression?

Taken away?

In fact, this is not to blame for Liu Yan and Xiao Hei Pang's caution. Zeng Li usually comes out too little, and everyone can't figure out her temperament, so they naturally put caution first.

As for being the number one troll in the entertainment industry, Liu Yan is not a real tiger. She dares to troll Director Chen and Lu Tailang. On the one hand, they can't control her, and on the other hand, she has Cao Xuan as her backer.

To put it bluntly, Liu Yan is just a host. Even if she is a popular host, she is not a big shot. There are many ways to deal with her.

Now that she is able to be carefree and free, it is largely because Cao Xuan helped her block things, so she can be active and prosperous.

But she dared to criticize Director Chen, but she didn't dare to offend Empress Xigong, otherwise life would be difficult if the pillow blew.

The little black fat man is even more of an old man.

Although sometimes he can be crazy, act daringly, and dare to challenge anyone, but as long as he is not offended, he will never make enemies with others, especially those who are stronger than him.

After checking the script, at the appointed time, the live broadcast room warmed up for ten minutes and then officially started.

The two hosts appeared first and got down to business with a few words: "The guest we invited today must be familiar to everyone. Zeng Li, who plays Zeng Jing in the movie "Sword Rain", welcome with applause."

Although it is a live broadcast online, the layout of the studio is no different from that of normal recordings. There are still fifty or sixty live audiences to enhance the atmosphere.

When the audience in the live broadcast room saw Zeng Li's appearance, they also expressed their welcome with rolling barrages.

[It’s coming, it’s coming, it’s so pitiful that Zeng Li is finally on the show]

[After waiting for a long time, I finally waited until today. After dreaming for a long time, I finally realized my dream~]

[As for this exaggeration, she seems to have participated in the promotion of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven\