Chapter 673: Ten Years of Life and Death

In the ice and snow, Liu Tianxian felt the icy coolness on her face. Her mind became much clearer and her body couldn’t help but tremble.

But she didn’t feel any discomfort. Instead, she made a “hissing” sound as if she was taking a breath and looked like she was enjoying it.

“It feels so good!” she said.

Fang Hong was stunned when he saw her like this. He stroked her forehead with the back of his hand and asked, “Are you sick?”

“You are the one who is sick. I just feel the ice on my body. It’s very comfortable and stimulating.”

Liu Tianxian knocked his hand away and said, “You don’t know, I didn’t let you touch even a drop of water in the past few months.”

“Other pregnant women are afraid of cold and ice, but you like ice.” Fang Hong was very surprised.

“I just like ice, and I also want to eat snow.” After Liu Tianxian said this, he grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

“Hey, can you eat this? It’s so dirty.” Fang Hong quickly grabbed her hand to stop her, and then said, “If you like, I’ll make you some ice cream.”

“Really?” Liu Tianxian’s eyes lit up.

“Really? I’ll do it for you secretly so your mom and my mom won’t see.” Fang Hong leaned closer and whispered.

“Oh, husband, you are the best.” Liu Tianxian was delighted.

The first few months of pregnancy are like being a national treasure. You can’t touch this or eat that. It’s very uncomfortable.

“Xixi, come back after playing for a while, don’t catch a cold.” Seeing that Liu Tianxian didn’t come into the house for a long time, Xu Liyun urged her at the door.

“Okay, here I come.”

Liu Tianxian responded, and whispered to Fang Hong: “Go quickly, I want to eat now.”

“Then go back to your room and wait for me. Don’t show any flaws. I will be back soon.” Fang Hong said.

“Uh-huh!”

Liu Tianxian nodded, sent him out of the villa, and then walked into the house.

Seeing that her son hadn’t returned, Xu Liyun couldn’t help but ask, “Where did Hong Hong go?”

“Oh, he has something to do and will be back soon.” Liu Tianxian said casually.

“Really? You’re so grown up, why do you always go out? What is more important than accompanying you?” Xu Liyun said.

“Yes, that’s what I said to him too. Mom, I’m sleepy and I’m going to bed first.” Liu Tianxian yawned deliberately.

“Okay, go to sleep.” Xu Liyun did not doubt him, as pregnant women are naturally sleepy.

Little did she know that she was waiting in the room with great anticipation for the ice cream, feeling very sorry for not having had the freshest hotpot last time.

She was also scolded by her mother for eating indiscriminately.

Fang Hong drove back quickly and bought the food nearby, which was packaged in several layers.

Xu Liyun saw her son holding something in his hand and couldn’t help asking, “What are you holding?”

“Xixi likes sweets recently, so I bought her some cakes. Take a look.” Fang Hong was calm and wanted to show it to his mother.

Everything inside is specially packaged in such a fancy way that you can’t tell it’s ice cream.

“Why are you showing it to me? If she likes it, just buy it for her. Just don’t let it be cold or you’ll catch a cold.” Xu Liyun waved her hand, appearing very open-minded.

Fang Hong didn’t say anything. He carried his things and went upstairs. When he opened the door, he saw Liu Tianxian half lying on the bed. She raised the paper handbag in her hand and shook it seductively.

“Wow! How is it? You weren’t discovered, right?” Liu Tianxian jumped up, took the bag from his hand, sat cross-legged on the carpet, and started to open the packaging bag.

“No, I said it was a cake and my mother didn’t doubt it.” Fang Hong also sat next to her.

“Quite smart.” Liu Tianxian praised.

She took out a small square box from the bag. It looked like cake packaging and was very exquisite.

There was a rope tied on it. After untying the rope, there was a round bowl-like ice cream inside, with a vanilla-like scent.

She sniffed it and said happily, “Wow! What a fresh smell! I haven’t smelled it for a long time.”

“Try it.” Fang Hong said with a smile.

“Hmm!” Liu Tianxian was in a good mood. She picked up a small wooden stick to scoop out a piece of ice cream, then put it in her mouth to taste it. She immediately felt the icy, sweet and fragrant taste in her mouth.

“It’s delicious. So delicious.”

She enjoyed it very much, scooped some more ice cream, brought it to Fang Hong’s mouth and said, “Try it too.”

“I don’t want to eat it, you eat it.” Fang Hong declined.

“Then I’ll enjoy it alone.” Liu Tianxian was very happy. She put it into her mouth again and pursed her lips, looking like she was enjoying it.

Fang Hong was watching her from the side, eating bite by bite, enjoying herself very much and feeling very happy. Unconsciously, his mood also improved.

“You idiot, why are you staring at me like that?” Liu Tianxian noticed it and glanced at him.

“You look pretty, let me take a closer look.” Fang Hong reached out and pushed her hair back.

“I watch it every day, and it’s still not enough!”

Liu Tianxian leaned over, touched him with her shoulder, and said jokingly, “Hey, have you thought about it?”

“Guess.” Fang Hong knew what she meant.

“I’m just a child. I guess he can think if he wants to, and not think if he doesn’t want to.” Liu Tianxian said.

“What can I do if I want to, and what can I do if I don’t want to.” Fang Hong said.

“If you want, you can try.” Liu Tianxian smiled somewhat ambiguously. In fact, she also wanted to do it.

“Is it okay?” Fang Hong said.

“I heard it will be possible in three months.” Liu Tianxian opened her watery eyes.

Fang Hong looked at her belly, still afraid of hurting her, and said, “Wait, wait for a while for her to develop.”

“Okay.” Liu Tianxian also felt that he should be careful.

The two of them chatted while eating delicious ice cream. They experienced such leisurely time almost every day.

But it’s rare to secretly add meals like this, after all, I have to consider the feelings of both mothers.

On January 1, the Macau Film Festival opened. Due to the surge in Jade Rabbit’s influence and reputation in the entertainment industry, this year’s Macau Film Festival was star-studded.

Almost all the well-known stars in the entertainment industry were present, and this year was also an era when many new talents emerged.

Wang Jiaer, Wang Ziwen, Zhang Yishan, Yang Zi, Yang Yang, Liu Haoran and others all became very popular this year. Whether familiar or not, they were all invited to Macau.

Even though Yang Zi had a feud with the principal in the past, she still had to go to Macau to show her support.

This is because at least half of the current film and television industry is controlled by the principals. If you want to act in a drama, you need the principal’s approval.

Therefore, this year’s Macau Film Festival was the most lively one, with unprecedented popularity. As a partner, Douyin also live-broadcasted the entire award ceremony.

Including Bilibili, there are also slice videos that are broadcast live throughout the process.

#Da Mi Mi wears a lace battle robe to secretly compete with the 85 flowers! Turning around and exposing her back shocked the whole network: Does this figure need to outshine the general news? #
#Naza’s see-through lace dress slays the crowd! She went topless, and the red carpet cameras were all out of focus#
#Fan Xiaopang’s blue and white porcelain is back! Blog like crazy: Porcelain beauties outshine European royal families#
#Zhu Yilong antique pocket watch chain, a nobleman from the Republic of China traveling through time#
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It seems that the stars have returned one after another, and have started to show off their talent and receive various press releases again.

As if the previous blow to its reputation was not taken seriously, the entertainment industry has returned to its prosperous and glamorous scene.

After paying so much money, we have to keep the business open!

The Macau Film Festival brought huge traffic to Douyin. In a short period of time, the number of daily active users exceeded 30 million and the monthly active users exceeded 100 million, with very ideal retention.

The rapid rise of Douyin has posed a threat to similar apps such as Kuaishou, Meipai, and Miaopai, and competition has intensified.

Tencent also became alert and began to incubate its own short video DOV, also known as Weishi, but Tencent never puts all its eggs in one basket.

So we chose Kuaishou for investment.

Of course Tencent has a lot of music, and most of the mainstream music on the market is in its hands. There is no doubt that the two parties started fighting over music copyright.

This is normal. Swan Castle also filed a lawsuit against “Heroes of War” in the gaming field, forcing the other party to make changes in the gameplay and appearance.

After this game was launched, it was still quite popular due to its similarity to “Honor of Kings”. After all, Tencent spent a lot of money, giving out Q coins and skins for playing this game.

However, “Honor of Kings” has the first-mover advantage. It has been operating for one or two years, and many players have formed fixed habits. It is difficult for Tencent to surpass it.

The two parties have been competing secretly. There is no way around it. Since there is overlap in business, competition is inevitable.

If Tik Tok wants to break through Tencent’s music copyright restrictions, it can only reconstruct the music, that is, change the original music BGM. This is also the reason why a lot of music was DJed later, and then only the chorus was captured to bypass traditional copyright.

Another approach is to support folk music singers, and then create hits through algorithm recommendations and traffic inclination.

Later, “We Are Different” and “Take You on a Trip” became popular in this way, supporting original works by the people.

However, at present, the main focus is still on overseas music hits, such as “PPAP” and “Pure Land of Bliss”, which are both brainwashing songs of Tik Tok.

The red carpet event of the Macau Film Festival went very smoothly, only because Stephen Chow also brought his own movie “The Mermaid” and the main actors to show his support.

The main actors of this movie are the same, except for the male lead, who is now Shen Teng. This year’s Spring Festival has already entered the promotion mode, and this year’s Spring Festival is just like the previous one, with three movies leading the trend, namely: “The Mermaid”, “The Man from Macau 3”, and “Journey to the West: The Three Strikes of the White Bone Demon”.

Other movies can be ignored.

“The Mermaid” belongs to Jade Rabbit; “From Vegas to Macau 3” belongs to Bona; “Journey to the West: The Monkey King ” belongs to Hong Kong-funded Star Overseas Films.

Fang Hong once suppressed the predecessor of this movie, “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons”, because he had a conflict with Chow Yun-fat at that time.

However, now he no longer uses tricks to suppress anyone, it all depends on his own ability.

At his level, it is meaningless to suppress a certain movie alone, and it will not have any effect on the development of Yutu, because the success of one or two movies or the failure of one or two movies will not have much impact on Yutu.

If he continues to do things like suppressing others, he will be in trouble. Besides, no one in this circle wants to bother him now.

If others don’t bother him but he still messes with others, then he is really disgusting.

So it’s all fair competition, and how much box office revenue you can get depends on your personal ability.

The release of “Lucy 2” is still postponed. When “The Mermaid” and “From Vegas to Macau 3” are already released, releasing “Lucy 2” is really a blow to itself.

“The Mermaid” and “From Vegas to Macau 3” both use the Chang’e section and Tupiaopiao promotional channels.

“The Man from Macau” is an IP, and its promotional method still revolves around those stars; the promotional slogan of “The Mermaid” is: I owe Stephen Chow a movie ticket.

In the previous life, it was this promotional slogan that attracted audiences to the cinema. Since it is a successful model, we will continue to use it.

This year’s New Year’s Eve is on February 2th, and there is not much time left.

At the Macau Film Festival, the host invited was Ni Ping, who is also a bold and outspoken person, comparable to Cui Yongyuan.

At the awards ceremony, she was in front of all the stars and joked as soon as she came on stage: “You guys were so glamorous on the red carpet, but how come you all started playing with your phones as soon as you sat down? Are you checking if you’re on the trending searches?”

This statement caused laughter at the scene.

Then she continued, “I heard that something bad happened in the entertainment industry recently. Many people may blame the principal. In my opinion, you should not blame the principal, but thank him. Why?

If he hadn’t helped you uncover the truth, I don’t know what this circle would have degenerated into.”

This made everyone present silent and a little embarrassed.

“Some movies now have more special effects than scripts. I hope we can talk more about the truth in the story tonight.”

This awards ceremony continued the same pattern as the previous one, where mainstream awards tried not to include Yutu’s films, to avoid people accusing them of using backdoors or something.

Although some people still say it, we try our best to avoid it.

Soon, news about the Macau Film Festival awards made headlines in major media and became a hot search.

Including short videos and related information reports.

“Best Special Effects: Gravity wins!”

“Best Supporting Actress went to Wang Zhi for “Charlotte’s Troubles”!”

“Best Supporting Actor, Zhang Yi for “Dear”!”

“Best Actress, Xu Qing for “Old Cannon” won!”

Although this movie was rejected and has not been released yet, it was selected for the award.

When Yutu and Huayi decided the winner, Huayi gave up. She didn’t want to fight anymore. She admitted defeat completely and just wanted a simple life from now on.

Many films including those produced by Bona Film Group were also selected.

Originally, Liu Tianxian was nominated for Best Actress, but the award was not given to her due to unspoken rules, and she did not come because of something else.

Besides, she has won the Best Actress award at the Macau Film Festival twice. Although Fang Hong did not take over at that time, it would not be appropriate for her to win the award consecutively. She should wait for one or two more sessions.

As the Macau Film Festival has become increasingly famous, some people are already hyping it up online: “Liu Tianxian wins double Best Actress award in Macau.”

In other words, the value of the award she won before is increasing, and many people don’t understand the history.

I just thought the Macau Film Festival has always been awesome, and only those who pay special attention will understand.

Of course, there are also people who popularize science, but this cannot hinder the rising value of this film festival.

As long as Liu Tianxian wins one more award at the Macau Film Festival when its fame and authority are at their peak, it will cover up the previous “water award”!
Later, the Best Actor award was won by “The Sun Also Rises” starring Deng Chao!
“Best Director: Guo Fan’s “Mojin: The Lost Legend” won!”

There is basically no competitor. Whether it is plot or special effects, there is only this movie.

There are too few good films in the current film market.

“Best Screenplay: Mountains May Depart wins!”

“Best Film: Burning Sun” wins!

After these film creators won awards one by one, they gained huge exposure through live broadcast on the Internet on stage.

This allows them to sell more copyrights.

Including some award-presenting stars, when they appeared on the dazzling stage, they were seen by tens of millions of people at once.

This time, Macau also attracted a large number of tourists, making Macau a brand. These tourists are not only from the mainland, but also from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

After all, domestic films and TV series are very popular in these places, so many people come here to chase stars.

Just as the heat of the Macau Film Festival was still spreading, on January 1, the first “Top Ten Economic Figures of the Year” was held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

This place is very big. It is not just an ancient building complex as it appears from the outside. It contains a royal park and a large hotel.

It is a garden-style hotel that integrates leisure, office, conference, activities, accommodation and scenery viewing.

Except for the Presidential Building, the other dozen buildings are open to the public. In other words, as long as you have money, can afford to live in it, and have a good background, you can come and experience it.

The units for living here are measured in US dollars.

It is very prestigious to be able to live here, whether in terms of status or financial resources. After all, this place has the reputation of being the only super five-star garden villa hotel in the East.

Liu Tianxian’s coming-of-age ceremony was held in this place. At that time, people thought she had some impressive background and were criticized to death.

In fact, Liu Tianxian was very wronged. This place was originally open to the public, and he was not the only star who had held events here. Fang Long had held a movie press conference and a charity dinner here.

International celebrities such as Zhang Ziyi and Fan Xiaopang have endorsed brands and held private banquets here.

The purpose is to not let the outside world know and hold a closed-door dinner here to eat and drink.

The advantage of holding events and dinners here is that they are very private and can be kept confidential without being known by the outside world.

After all, it needs to be reviewed and there are restrictions on what journalists can report.

Li Lianjie also held a One Foundation charity dinner here. Jack Ma, Tony Ma, Lei Jun, Mr. Wang, and Ms. Dong have all held events and dinners here.

Anyway, no one criticized her. But once Liu Tianxian organized an event, she was criticized badly, saying that she had a background, but no one knew why.

This time Fang Hong still brought Liu Tianxian with him. Under the gate of the State Guesthouse, there were guards with live ammunition.

After the guard verified their identities and passes, he saluted them, and then the two of them walked inside.

If you drive, you need a special license plate to enter, so the two of them can only enter on foot, and the same applies to other participants. They all have to enter on foot and can only move within a fixed range with guidance.

As the sun sets, Fang Hong sees the beautiful scenery here. The flowers, plants and trees make people happy. Even in winter, it is pleasing to the eye. Next to him is a clear little beard.

“It would be great if you could stay here to take care of your baby!” he sighed.

“What’s good about it? You can’t go this, you can’t go that, you’re not free.” Liu Tianxian took his hand.

She was still wearing a black fur coat, which gave her a noble temperament, but she also looked bloated. If you didn’t look closely, you wouldn’t be able to tell that she was pregnant, and you would think she had gained weight.

After all, her face is round and she has indeed gained weight.

Even if they found out, what difference would that make? The people here don’t have as much spotlight as the entertainment industry, and no one would say anything.

She added: “I still like to stay at home and do whatever I want.”

“That’s true.” Fang Hong nodded.

Although the scenery of this place is beautiful, there is always a sense of awe, which makes people feel at a loss.

“In that building did you grow up?” Fang Hong asked.

“Building 17 is called Fangfeiyuan.” Liu Tianxian said.

“What a coincidence, we are also going to Building 17 this time. Doesn’t it feel like a return?” Fang Hong joked.

This place, Building 17, is where large-scale conferences, press conferences, cocktail parties and banquets are held.

The others are leisure suites, banquet halls, etc.

“Yes, from being an adult to becoming a mother, ten years have passed. It seems like a lifetime ago. Oh, I suddenly want to recite a poem.” Liu Tianxian sighed with a lovely smile on her face.

“You chant!” Fang Hong said.

“Here I come, cough. We have been separated by life and death for ten years. I can never forget you without thinking of you. There is no one to talk about my sadness at your lonely grave thousands of miles away. Even if we meet, you will not recognize me, with tears on my face and hair like frost.” Liu Tianxian coughed lightly.

“Good poem, good poem, really good poem.” Someone applauded.

(End of this chapter)