In 2001, 14-year-old Liu Yifei came back from the United States to take the Beijing Film Academy exam and filmed an image advertisement for a real estate project in Beijing, and then returned to the United States to study.

Later, this advertisement happened to be seen by a man named You Jianming.

You Jianming is the president of Guangdong QiangTV Film and Media Co., Ltd. In 2002, he began to invest in the TV series "The Golden Family". The Korean actor originally scheduled to play the role of Bai Xiuzhu in the drama was not available, which made him worried. Very anxious.

After seeing this advertisement, he was immediately attracted to the girl and felt that she was quite suitable for the role of Bai Xiuzhu.

I immediately contacted someone and found out that the girl’s name was Liu Yifei, but she was now in the United States.

After a phone call from overseas, it happened that this year Liu Yifei also received the news that she had been admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, so she rushed back from the United States on June 18.

Then he entered the crew and began a life journey of Bai Xiuzhu in "The Golden Family".

This was Liu Yifei’s first film, and it was also the touchstone for her to enter the film and television industry.

In the same year, filming of Jin Yong's martial arts drama "Dragon" began with Zhang Jizhong as the chief producer.

The role of Wang Yuyan worried the crew.

After trying many actors, the director team, especially Zhang Jizhong, were not satisfied until Liu Tao appeared later.

After watching Liu Tao's audition, director Zhou Xiaowen felt that she could play either A'Zhu, Wang Yuyan, or A'Zi. However, Liu Tao looked very weak and like a good girl. Zhou Xiaowen I was worried that Liu Tao wouldn't be able to portray Ah Zi's viciousness.

It happened that Chen Hao, who was originally scheduled to play A'Zhu, wanted to challenge a different role and offered to play A'Zi. So in Zhou Xiaowen's mind, Liu Tao's role was basically locked between A'Zhu and Wang Yuyan.

As for Zhang Jizhong, he always wanted to find a girl who was particularly pure and unconventional. After looking at many girls, he still felt unsatisfied.

Until one day, he saw a big billboard while driving in Sanlitun and thought the girl on it was pretty.

When I went back and asked, I actually knew someone. An agent said that this girl’s name was Liu Yifei and she was filming on another crew.

Coincidentally, just a few days ago, You Jianming attended a cocktail party for the establishment of a brokerage company in Beijing. Many producers from the film and television industry were present.

Among them is Zhang Jizhong.

Knowing that the crew of "Dragon" was having trouble casting Wang Yuyan, You Jianming immediately thought of Liu Yifei. He said to Zhang Jizhong, as long as you see Liu Yifei, the stars you think will be dimmed.

Zhang Jizhong was very interested in the film after being recommended by peers and seeing it with his own eyes on billboards, and immediately asked someone to contact Liu Yifei to audition for the role.

Coincidentally, You Jianming also found Liu Yifei at "The Golden Family" and told her that "Dragon Movie" was casting Wang Yuyan and suggested that she give it a try.

Liu Yifei was also very interested. After all, it is the dream of many actors to be the heroine of Jin Yong's drama. She then contacted Zhou Xiaowen, the director of "Dragon" through her agent.

One wants to come, the other wants to find, both sides coincide.

Several actors came on the day of the audition, and by the time Liu Yifei arrived, she was already the last one.

After the audition, director Zhou Xiaowen suddenly felt that this little girl was really suitable to play Wang Yuyan, while Liu Tao was more suitable to play A'Zhu.

Zhang Jizhong was also impressed. Although I think she is a bit young and her acting skills need to be improved, she is likely to leave a deep impression and stand out through the role of Wang Yuyan.

In this way, wouldn’t he become a star again?

In this way, Zhou Xiaowen and Zhang Jizhong quickly reached a consensus and informed Liu Yifei that day that she would play Wang Yuyan.

Therefore, after the filming of "The Golden Family" was completed, Liu Yifei seamlessly joined the cast of "Dragon".

Later, everyone got to know a "fairy sister" again on the screen.

Prior to this, the role of Wang Yuyan has been most successfully portrayed by Li Ruotong, and it is also an unforgettable classic in the hearts of many people.

But after Liu Yifei’s version appeared, the classic in many people’s minds was immediately replaced.

Objectively speaking, Li Ruotong was already 30 years old when she appeared in Wang Yuyan, while Wang Yuyan was only seventeen or eighteen years old when she appeared. No matter how hard Li Ruotong tried, he could not hide the traces of time.

Liu Yifei was 15 years old at the time. Although the character's expression is slightly childish, it just reflects the innocence of the girl in the original work, which is in line with Duan Yu's image.

In Jin Yong's original work, Wang Yuyan appears through Duan Yu's perspective. Let's take a look at how it is written:

As soon as Duan Yu turned around the bushes, he saw a woman wearing a lotus-colored gauze shirt. The girl, with her face facing the flower tree, has a slender figure, her long hair is draped over her vest, and is gently held up by a silver ribbon. Duan Yu looked at her back, and felt that there seemed to be a light haze around the girl. She really was not from this world...

Duan Yu stood up, and he kept glaring at the girl. When I saw it more clearly, I finally realized that the girl in front of me was slightly different from the jade statue in the cave: the jade statue was beautiful, lively, and quite charming, but the girl in front of me was dignified and childish. In contrast, the jade statue looked more like a jade statue. She looks more lively than the girl in front of her...

There are two key words here, one is dignity and the other is childishness. From Li Ruotong's version we can see dignity but not childishness. Liu Yifei's version combines these two characteristics.

Therefore, at least as of now, Liu Yifei's version of Wang Yuyan is the well-deserved number one "fairy sister".