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Chapter 147 Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss?
What should key figure Wu Yuchen do?
He didn't plan to do anything. After returning home these past two days, he's just been staying home like a couch potato, resting until the Chinese New Year.

On New Year's Eve, when the whole family gathered for dinner, Wu Yuchen became the undisputed star of the show, and most of the conversation revolved around him.
Last year, he first went to Berlin to win Best Director, then his film "My Brothers and Sisters" became a box office champion during the summer, and by the end of the year, it had grossed over $100 million at the American box office.

Last year during Chinese New Year, although the elders at the table praised him for his success, they mostly treated him as a junior. But now it's different. Everyone realizes that a remarkable person has emerged in the family, so their conversations revolve around asking him questions. It's mostly curiosity—curiosity about the entertainment industry, curiosity about America, curiosity about Hollywood—asking him what Sylvester Stallone is like.

Finally, Grandpa and Grandma said that everyone should go to the cinema to see "Frequency" tomorrow to support their eldest grandson's movie.

Wu Yuchen naturally welcomed this and said he would make the arrangements for tomorrow.

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

Feng Gong and Niu Qun, this classic duo, contributed the crosstalk "Sitting Back and Enjoying the Fruits of Others' Labor." In two years, County Chief Niu was going to give up his art and go into politics, but unfortunately, five years later he slunk back to the entertainment industry to make a living.

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

Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin presented "Kung Fu Order". Two years later, Teacher Zhao also passed away due to illness, which drew people to mourn her.

Fan Xiaoxuan sang "Health Song" on the Spring Festival Gala stage, which is "Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, twist your neck, wiggle your butt." All the children immediately fell in love with Sister Xiaoxuan. However, the seemingly well-behaved girl is about to enter her rebellious phase.

After the TV series "Water Margin" became a hit in January, its theme song "Heroes' Song" was temporarily added to the program, and Liu Huan went on stage to give it a good performance.

Han Lei also performed "Wandering Around the World" for everyone.

Mao Ning, Liu Dehua, and Jeff Chang, singers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, sang "Great China" together, the meaning of which is self-evident.

Of course, the most representative and memorable moment of this year's Spring Festival Gala was when Wang Fei and La Ying held hands and sang "See You in 1998." In the midst of this hand-in-hand singing, everyone celebrated the arrival of 1998.

The next day, Wu Yuchen returned home chatting and laughing with his parents. He had just taken a large family of relatives to see his film, *Frequency*. Although it wasn't a typical Lunar New Year film, its atmosphere was certainly suitable for family viewing, and the response was very positive. Many viewers also gained their first understanding of science fiction films.

When the three returned home, they saw someone waiting at the door, his hands in his coat pockets and his body hunched over, clearly having been waiting for quite some time.

Wu Yuchen looked closely and realized it was Feng Xiaogang.

Feng Xiaogang also saw Wu Yuchen and his family of three, and a smile immediately lit up his face. He picked up his things, walked forward, and bowed slightly, saying, "Director Wu, Uncle and Aunt, Happy New Year! I wish you a prosperous Year of the Tiger and all the best!"

Mr. and Mrs. Wu knew immediately that the people were looking for their son. After wishing them a Happy New Year, they asked their son to receive them.

Wu Yuchen took the items and said with a smile, "Xiao Gang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

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

"Thank you, Xiaogang, that's so thoughtful of you!"

"I should thank you, otherwise how could my 'Party A, Party B' have come to fruition? Although my meager achievement cannot compare with Director Wu's, it is still great news for me!"

Looking at Feng Xiaogang, who was fawning over him, Wu Yuchen realized that he had already achieved considerable fame. His film "The Dream Factory" was released at the end of last year and had already grossed 3000 million yuan, making him a household name in the Chinese film industry.

Wu Yuchen patted him on the shoulder: "You can't say that. The success of 'The Dream Factory' is mainly due to your own abilities. I've seen the movie, and it was very well made. Don't pay attention to those who criticize you. I believe in you!"

While achieving high box office returns, "The Dream Factory" has also been criticized by many for lacking substance and artistic merit, being nothing more than a series of short skits that are not worthy of being shown on the big screen.

"Thank you for your affirmation, Director Wu. With your words, I feel much more at ease!" Feng Xiaogang's smile widened.

"Come on, Xiaogang, don't stand there, come in and sit down," Wu Yuchen said.

"No need, no need, I won't bother you any longer. I still have to go to other people's houses! Director Wu, please get some rest!" Feng Xiaogang said, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Wu Yuchen and left without waiting for him to stay.

As Wu Yuchen watched Feng Xiaogang's departing figure, he couldn't help but sigh. It was truly difficult to feel any ill will towards Feng Xiaogang these days.

However, he also understood that, as Huang Bo said, once you succeed, everyone around you is a good person. Without his achievements this year, why would Feng Xiaogang treat him this way?
Wu Yuchen smiled as he carried the tea leaves into his home.

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On the third day of the Lunar New Year, at the entrance of the aviation family compound, Wu Yuchen was sitting in his car looking at his phone when he heard two soft bangs on the car window. He looked out and saw Gao Yuanyuan standing there prettily in a white down jacket and a woolen hat with pom-poms on her head, looking very cute.

Wu Yuchen smiled and opened the car door, letting Xiao Meiyuan get in.

"Happy New Year, Brother Chen!"

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

A few months ago, "Love Will Carry On" premiered on CCTV and caused a huge sensation, especially among young people, where the show generated a massive amount of buzz. The first love stories on campus are the most beautiful, and the entanglements and bittersweet feelings of unrequited love among the characters resonated with everyone.

At that time, the song "Waiting for You to Love Me" was popular everywhere.

Several young actors in the drama became instant stars. Chen Kun, Gao Yuanyuan, Liao Fan, and Li Bingbing all rose to prominence in the film and television industry thanks to this drama. Among them, Chen Kun and Gao Yuanyuan, the male and female leads, received particularly enthusiastic support. Gao Yuanyuan directly became the image of the first love goddess in the hearts of many boys watching television.

Gao Yuanyuan showed a troubled expression:

"This is what's bothering me. Now I can't even go to school. Every day a bunch of people come to my classroom to watch me, and a lot of boys from outside the school come to the school gate to wait for me..."

Wu Yuchen joked, "Hey, Yuanyuan's so popular now, is there anyone interested?"

"No way!" Gao Yuanyuan immediately denied.

Then she glanced at the handsome face driving in the driver's seat and muttered under her breath, "Not even close..."

"What did you say?"

"Huh? No, I just really hate it..." "Are you alright? You should be more careful about these things. You need someone to accompany you to and from school."

"The security situation isn't as good as we might imagine it in 10 or 20 years," Wu Yuchen couldn't help but remind him.

Gao Yuanyuan shook her head: "It's okay, I've discussed it with the school and we'll postpone it for now. I'll just take the exam."

Then, Gao Yuanyuan seemed to remember something and said to Wu Yuchen with a smile, "Brother Chen, I just remembered something from before. Don't laugh at me if I tell you~"

Wu Yuchen nodded: "Go ahead, I promise I won't laugh too loudly."

"Ugh~" Gao Yuanyuan said coquettishly, giving Wu Yuchen a cute wink, and then said:

"When I was in junior high school, a big boy from outside the school suddenly came up to me and said he liked me. He even followed me home for several days."

He asked me to meet him somewhere, and I felt really scared. I couldn't concentrate on my classes all day, so I was trying to figure out what to do. In the end, I decided to make myself look really ugly, really disgusting, so that I would disgust him and drive him away.

The next day, I wore a pair of long underwear over my clothes and smeared a lot of a smelly ointment on my body. I picked my nose and boogers while talking, and walked with my toes pointing outwards and inwards at different times.

When I walked up to him, he looked at me and was a little dumbfounded!
"I've never seen that person again since then!" Gao Yuanyuan giggled.

Wu Yuchen burst into laughter upon hearing this: "Were you always this mischievous? I never would have guessed."

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

This time, Gao Yuanyuan took the initiative to invite him to see a movie, which was naturally his "Frequency".

To be honest, Wu Yuchen has watched this movie countless times. Just in the last few days, he watched it with his family on the first day of the Lunar New Year, went to see it with Li Xiaoran yesterday, and was invited out by Gao Yuanyuan to watch it again today. Even though he directed it himself, he's getting a bit tired of it…

Fortunately, Jiang Qinqin and Zeng Li went back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year, otherwise he would have had to accompany them twice more.
Just as Gao Yuanyuan was about to get off the bus, Wu Yuchen called out to her, "Hey, wait a minute~"

Gao Yuanyuan turned her head and saw Wu Yuchen take a scarf and wrap it around her, covering her mouth and nose. He also pulled down the brim of his hat, leaving only her big, bright eyes showing.

After Wu Yuchen finished, he looked it over and nodded in satisfaction: "Now you won't be recognized. Take it off again when the movie theater lights are turned off."

A sweet smile appeared in Gao Yuanyuan's big eyes as she picked up Wu Yuchen's black mask and personally put it on him. Then the two smiled at each other before getting out of the car and walking towards the movie theater.

……

Just as Wu Yuchen and Gao Yuanyuan entered the movie theater, Director Zhang was also cautiously staying in a theater. He didn't dare to sit properly, only daring to sit with half his buttocks on the chair, ready to be ordered at any time.

There's nothing we can do. Although he's considered a prominent figure in his workplace, compared to the big shots sitting in the theater, he's just a nobody, not even worthy of being remembered.

I received an urgent call from their bureau chief early this morning. He hadn't even gotten dressed properly when he rushed to his office to get a copy of "Titanic" and was brought here.

What was supposed to be a normal get-together for the big shots during the Spring Festival turned into a surprise. Someone suddenly suggested that we all watch "Titanic," a movie that has already caused quite a stir overseas.

If it weren't for delivering the copy, Xiao Zhang wouldn't even be worthy of sitting in here; naturally, he was terrified the whole time.

A few hours later, Xiao Zhang returned to his workplace with the copy, finally breathing a sigh of relief. However, he couldn't help but recall what that person had said earlier:
"Don't assume that capitalism lacks intellectual exchange. This film vividly portrays the relationship between money and love, the relationship between the poor and the rich, and the behavior of everyone in times of crisis."

Before the founding of New China, I watched many Hollywood movies in Shanghai, including good ones like "Gone with the Wind," "A Song of the Past," and "Waterloo Bridge." I'm inviting you all to watch them now, not to promote capitalist ideas, but to show that we need to know ourselves and our enemy to win every battle.

I think our director Wu, who's made hundreds of millions, really knows this stuff!

At this moment, the bureau chief saw Xiao Zhang standing there in a daze, so he walked over and patted Xiao Zhang on the shoulder: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and call everyone over for a meeting."

Xiao Zhang snapped out of his daze, leaned close to the bureau chief, covered his mouth with one hand, and whispered, "Chief, there's something I haven't told you. Just a few days ago, Director Wu Yuchen came to ask about 'Titanic.' I explained the situation to him, and he didn't say anything at the time. Then today..."

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

"How could I dare to lie to you! Even if you gave me ten more lives, I wouldn't dare to spread such a rumor!" Xiao Zhang immediately said, touching his chest.

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

Xiao Zhang immediately shook his head: "No, no! I even made him tea!"

The bureau chief nodded upon hearing this, then cautioned, "Don't go around spreading this around."

"I wouldn't dare, I definitely wouldn't dare. It's this Director Wu, he really..." Xiao Zhang said, pointing upwards with his finger and giving the bureau chief a questioning look.

The bureau chief shook his head: "Don't make wild guesses, and don't ask questions you shouldn't know."

Xiao Zhang immediately shrank back and agreed, but in his heart he was already pretty sure of it. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence, and that person even specifically mentioned Wu Yuchen at the end.

As for the result, it was naturally that "Titanic" would not need to be cut at all, and they would immediately hold a meeting with China Film Group to discuss the release of "Titanic" afterward.

The director spoke again and gave further instructions:

"From now on, you must report anything about Director Wu to me. If he sends me any works, notify me immediately, understand?"

Xiao Zhang immediately nodded: "Understood, Director. Don't worry, I'll keep Director Wu's affairs in mind from now on!"

Just a few days ago, he was still calling Wu Yuchen "Director Wu," but now he doesn't dare use that title at all. He couldn't help but think to himself, "Does it really have to be this complicated for a movie's censorship?"
I'm busy working overtime today, that's all for now.

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