Time flies quickly and it is September 20th in a blink of an eye.

After September 20th, the temperature began to drop gradually.

The box office battle has basically come to an end.

Despite the explosive word-of-mouth and popularity of "Buried", it inevitably entered a period of decline.

After more than ten days of speculation, the single-day box office of "Buried" finally dropped from tens of millions to nine million, and then slowly declined to eight million, seven million, and six million...

This is inevitable.

No matter how popular a movie is, its box office and audience will still reach saturation at a certain point.

Lu Yuan was very popular on the Internet in September, even overshadowing "Subway Station".

Someone has done the box office statistics. After 20 days of release, Buried has grossed over 150 million yuan, firmly ranking fourth in September's box office.

According to the box office trend chart, the final box office of "Buried" was around 180 million.

Although it did not break 200 million, and could not catch up with the third place "My Deskmate" which had 240 million, "Buried" has become a myth that has astonished everyone.

On September 21, the downward trend of Buried was fixed at 4 million, and the major theaters began to appropriately reduce the number of screenings...

Zhang Tong in "Subway Station" suddenly became very depressed!

Obviously, the total box office of his movie "Subway Station" has exceeded 300 million, and it has also been hyped up and promoted, and he was even called one of "the few Chinese directors who have broken 500 million", but inexplicably there is a feeling that he is working for others. What does it mean?

Why do you say that?

Because he excitedly went to Venice to win the Best Director Award with "Metro Station", but ended up being a runner-up. Instead, Lu Yuan, who was originally thought to be a bystander, became more prominent...

The more popular "Subway Station" is, the more popular Lu Yuan will be. Even if "Subway Station" becomes a landmark in the history of Chinese films, Lu Yuan will also become one...

After all, "Metro Station" won an award in Venice, the Best Film and Television Song Award...

When people search for the award record of "Subway Station", could Lu Yuan still be blocked by mosaics?

This is naturally impossible.

so……

I worked so hard to make a movie and planned everything to make it the box office champion in September, but it seems like I was just working for Lu Yuan.

After Zhang Tong read the news, his heart skipped a beat and he fainted on the spot.

Lu Yuan, Lu Manzi, Lu Er Gouzi, Sausage, Lu Yuan Smile, Alice...

These words became the hot search terms in the browser and stayed on the browser for two days. Two days later, the popularity was replaced by the record-breaking box office of "Subway Station".

The explosive box office success and awards won by "Buried" were enough to make the name Lu Yuan officially known to the Chinese entertainment industry and officially enter the eyes of all the top executives in the entertainment industry. Soon after, the name Lu Yuan made the headlines of the entertainment industry for the first time. Various emoticons of Lu Yuan were posted on major well-known forums every day. For a time, even people who didn't know Lu Yuan were brainwashed by his magical "fake smile".

Zhang Tong closed his eyes. He no longer knew how to describe Lu Yuan, who seemed innocent but was actually a pretentious person to the core...

Lu Yuan became completely famous!

In addition to Zhang Tong's speechless expression, other artists in the entertainment industry who are eager to become famous overnight are extremely jealous and jealous.

They want to replicate Lu Yuan's success.

But how to replicate Lu Yuan’s success?

Can you write songs? Can you compose music? Can you win awards? Can you sing? Can you fake a smile?

No, you won't.

But Lu Yuan did all of them.

This is undoubtedly a despairing thing. It is undoubtedly that when you see someone become popular, you can only envy and feel the pain.

Of course, there is still a small number of people who feel they see hope.

Lu Yuan's great success made some small directors' eyes light up. They followed Lu Yuan's example and scraped together a million investment, and started making some art films that they thought would be hits. They were full of confidence and stared at the box office rankings every day, fantasizing that they could make a fortune with a small investment like Lu Yuan, and thus reach the peak of their lives.

However, Lu Yuan is Lu Yuan after all, and some successes cannot be replicated...

They spent twenty days shooting dozens of low-budget movies, and even used melodramatic names like "Bury Me Alive" and "Bury You Alive" to attract attention. But in the end, all the movies were taken off the shelves within a day of their release...

What the hell?

It's fine that you plagiarized "Buried", but you can't also plagiarize the crappy subtitle editing of "Buried", right?

And what do you think of your acting? You have no acting skills, no plot, and even your acting is so messed up and stupid...

The audience is not stupid...

Therefore, the popularity of "Buried" indirectly led to the probability of China producing bad films being dozens of times higher than in previous years...

This is really speechless.

…

What made Lu Yuan happiest in September was not that he had become popular on the Internet, but that he had made the money!

Excluding the miscellaneous shares and the commissions from Fatty Wei and other crew members, Lu Yuan can get a total of nearly 9.4 million in commissions.

Nine million four hundred thousand!

This is a number that Lu Yuan had never dared to imagine before!

Although Lu Yuan appeared to be very calm on the surface, when he went to the bathroom alone, he would still smile from ear to ear in front of the mirror. He would even pinch his face every day when he woke up. The painful feeling constantly reminded Lu Yuan that he was not dreaming.

It’s true, it’s true!

It's all true!

Damn, I made a fortune!

I'm a rich man now!

I will never have to worry about anything in my life.

After that, Lu Yuan changed his stingy demeanor and bought himself a genuine "Newbuck" suit worth tens of thousands of dollars, a pair of glasses worth thousands of dollars, a new cell phone, and a computer... Lu Yuan felt that he was lost, and even did many things that he had always wanted to do but didn't have the money to do...

By the way, Lu Yuan spent four million to buy a two-story store on the east side of Hengdian and found a fairly reliable decoration company, preparing to officially start his own restaurant plan.

After opening the restaurant, with the help of celebrities to promote it, business is definitely booming. Opening branches in the future will not be a problem at all. All I have to do from now on is wait to collect the money.

The future is bright!

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt that even if he fell a little, he would still be a winner in life!

but……

The rest of the people in "Remote" Entertainment excitedly pulled Lu Yuan to start planning the next step, leaving no chance for Lu Yuan to fall.

September 28th.

Remote entertainment.

Several key members of the company gathered around a table and held the first key members meeting very seriously.

The participants included executive director Wei Wuji, actor Lu Yihong, crew manager Li Qing, screenwriter and chores Qian Zhong...

Of course, there is also Lu Yuan, the leader in their minds.

Although small, it has all the organs...

"Ayuan, I think the filming plan for "The Wanderer" can start now."

Under the lights, Fatty Wei handed the plan to Lu Yuan in a serious manner and began to talk about the shooting plan for the next movie very seriously.

"Well, the investment budget is five million?" When Lu Yuan saw this number, although he pretended to be very calm on the surface, he was already panicking in his heart.

Why is the investment so aggressive?

"Yes, five million." Fatty Wei's eyes were full of hope, and he analyzed very seriously: "In the previous film Buried Alive, there was only one actor, Lao Lu, and the salary was not very high, so he could afford it. But this film, The Wanderer, has many actors, so the salary and publicity will naturally have to keep up..."

"Oh, okay." Lu Yuan nodded and suddenly felt a headache.

It's a sad thing.

This movie will empty my family's savings again.

"Ayuan, do you think there is anything else you need to add?"

"Nothing... I think the plan is okay."

To be honest, Lu Yuan actually wanted to say that he didn't want to make movies anymore and wanted to open a restaurant, but after seeing everyone looking at him with eager faces and great hope, he finally suppressed the idea.

Besides, he had promised to make this movie, so he felt it would be bad to go back on his word.

What can I do?

Take a photo!

Even if I lose money, it is still within the acceptable range.

Besides, the compensation shouldn't be that much...

"Oh, well, Ayuan, when are we going to move the company?" Li Qing who was sitting next to Lu Yuan suddenly asked this question.

"Moving company? Which company?" Lu Yuan was confused.

"Ayuan, stop pretending. I know you bought a formal store and have already found a decoration company to start construction... You are hiding it just to give us a surprise. I have seen the knock-out wall drawings you placed next to the bed. Well, the design of the knock-out wall drawings is a bit like a coffee shop, but everything else is pretty good..." Li Qing showed an expression that said, "You can't fool me."

"What do you know? This is an artistic style. Art-style studios are the trend of the future..." Lu Yihong glared at Li Qing and offered his knowledge, which he thought he knew very well. He felt that he was different from others.

"Yes, Lao Li, please stop acting like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world, okay?"

Fatty Wei was drinking tea with an expression that said, "I knew this a long time ago." He looked calm and composed, not panicking at all.

Very calm.

“…” Lu Yuan opened his mouth and looked at everyone with an expectant expression.

He suddenly felt himself being blown away by the wind...

I didn’t buy the house to start a company!

What are you thinking about?

…

Half an hour after the meeting ended, Lu Yuan watched everyone leave the company with great enthusiasm. Lu Yuan suddenly sighed. After all, he still did not tell the truth that he was going to open a restaurant there.

He thought they would be disappointed.

Finally, he took out his cell phone and dialed the number of the decoration company.

"Hello? Yes, the decoration company?"

"I changed my mind. Let's do this for work..."

"Yes, work."

"Why did you change your mind? It's not like I won't pay you. Change it."

After finishing the call, Lu Yuan looked at the empty room again and calculated his savings...

I only have about 800,000 yuan left to use, which is the share of the album "Invisible Wings" and some other savings...

You still have to open a takeaway store. It would be a waste if you don’t use such a good promotional resource!

In case something goes wrong with the movie, I can also focus on my catering business.

After all, who doesn’t have a backup plan?

He was silent for a while, then he dialed a number again.

"Dad...are there any shops for rent or sale in my hometown recently? Preferably within 700,000 yuan."

"Yes, yes, the storefront, yes, and by the way, help me find a chef with better skills..."

"Well, you prepare first. I plan to come back in two months..."

“…”