"Mr. Lu..."
"What's wrong?"
"Thomson will come to Huaxia to see you tomorrow."
"What is he doing here..."
“I think we should still talk about “This Man From Earth”.”
"Tell him not to come, really, don't waste the money..."
"Thomson is paranoid. He won't listen."
“…”
Lu Yuan knew Thomson.
The two had met once before at the Goya Awards. In Lu Yuan's impression, Thomson was a middle-aged man with a beer belly who always had a smile on his face and looked very friendly...
Of course, what impressed Lu Yuan the most was the look on Thomson’s face when he went on stage to present the award!
Lu Yuan remembered that at the award ceremony, Thomson was standing on the stage giving his acceptance speech, and Lu Yuan noticed that his bald forehead looked particularly shiny under the light.
Lu Yuan immediately suspected that Thomson had waxed his forehead.
Thomson called Lu Yuan through various channels.
The content of the call was very simple, which was that he hoped to work with Lu Yuan to make a movie. He was interested in the second part of "This Man From Earth", and he already had a rough idea for the script in his mind.
After hearing this request, Lu Yuan immediately rejected Thomson's request.
No matter what Thomson said, he refused.
"This Man From Earth" does have a second part, and even the original world has a second part.
But Lu Yuan would never make a second part. Not only that, he even announced on Weibo that he would absolutely not make a second part.
Why take the photo?
Take this photo to get scolded?
Lu Yuan still remembered that he had accidentally seen the movie "This Man From Earth" in his original world before, and was immediately amazed. Then he found out that there was a second part online, so he recharged his VIP account and watched the second part...
Then, as Lu Yuan watched, the expectant smile on his face gradually disappeared and slowly turned into an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
He even wanted to curse!
If he had to use four words to describe it, Lu Yuan would definitely use "adding a tail to a tiger" to describe this movie.
It's a complete rip-off. This was filmed just to get criticized!
So, when many netizens on Weibo started asking Lu Yuan when he would shoot the second part, Lu Yuan directly announced on Weibo that he would not shoot the second part...
He simply cut off his own escape route.
nonsense!
Being criticized for making this film is secondary. The most fundamental reason is that it will definitely lose money at the box office.
It's not like he's sick.
So no matter what Thomson said on the phone, Lu Yuan would refuse.
He still had some conscience and he really didn't want to cheat Thomson.
Unfortunately, after being rejected, Thomson not only did not give up, but instead became even more determined.
Lu Yuan was really troubled after hearing the news that Thomson was coming to China to meet him in person...
Couldn't this bald middle-aged man use his waxed Mediterranean head to think about why he refused?
I have made it so clear on Weibo that it is impossible for me to make this movie, why doesn't he understand?
Lu Yuan shook his head.
I am speechless.
…
April 25th.
May 1st is getting closer.
This monster movie "This Man From Earth" finally exhausted its last bit of potential in China and became a successful success.
The total box office just broke through 295 million.
There are still five million left to reach three hundred million.
However, converted into US dollars, the box office is about 40 million.
Although the overseas box office did not ultimately surpass "Your Future Self" at the highest point, the global total box office has completely surpassed it. According to the final statistics on the 25th, "This Man From Earth" directly surpassed "Your Future Self" by 3 million US dollars, and this figure is slowly increasing. According to the plan, the overseas release will be on April 30th. There are still 5 days left. Professionals analyze that it will eventually surpass the box office by about 4 million, reaching a global total box office of 45 million US dollars!
This is already a pretty amazing result!
After the glory comes the end, but after the end the hero does not grow old, but instead usher in a new life.
Originally, Lu Yihong wanted to use "Buried Alive" to let everyone know him.
"Buried" was indeed a hit, and its box office performance was also explosive.
but……
The person everyone knows is Director Lu Yuan, and he is the biggest contributor to the movie...
All right.
It seems that apart from making some money, not many people take him seriously.
People only focused their attention on Lu Yuan, the genius screenwriter.
Lu Yihong was helpless, so he gritted his teeth and worked hard to play Zhao Gao in "The Qin Empire".
Then there is The Wanderer…
He also played a role diligently in "The Wanderer", and his role as a gangster was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Unfortunately, "The Wanderer" is even worse. The only people discussing the movie online are Lu Yuan and Fatty Wei, and he...
Go wherever is cool.
The light radiating from Lu Yuan was so strong that Lu Yihong felt that if an ordinary person stood next to Lu Yuan, they would probably be blinded by Lu Yuan's light!
This is Lu Yihong’s sorrow.
The sadness shrouded by Lu Yuan's glory.
Later, when he chose to film "This Man From Earth", in addition to wanting to play the role diligently, Lu Yihong also thought that Lu Yuan was not the director and was not the leading actor.
At least everyone can pay more attention to him when the movie is released.
Unfortunately, he still found out that he was wrong.
Judging from the popularity on the Internet and other aspects, everyone's attention is still on Lu Yuan.
After watching this movie, everyone will sigh and say that Lu Yuan is really a genius screenwriter.
Lu Yihong originally thought that this movie would be like Buried Alive, making him a lot of money, but not fame...
But in fact, Lu Yihong finally ushered in the second spring of his career after "This Man From Earth".
Some things have quietly begun to change, and the efforts made will not be in vain.
While being under the spotlight of Lu Yuan, Lu Yihong gradually gained a large group of fans and moviegoers. At the same time, as the box office of the movie exploded day by day, countless variety shows invited Lu Yihong to appear every day, and every day there were reporters who wanted to interview Lu Yihong and talk about their journey...
certainly……
Most of these reporters were rejected by Xia Hong.
Xia Hong did not arrange for these reporters, but called Zhou Shuai directly...
All the employees in "Remote" Entertainment have one thing in common: they are all very united.
Everyone has the same idea, that is, good things must be digested internally and not given to outsiders.
Zhou Shuai was very excited after receiving the call. He rushed over to do an exclusive interview with Lu Yihong, and told him about Lu Yihong's experiences since childhood and the hardships he had gone through during those years of being frozen out.
After seeing this interview, Joaquin was furious. Even the leadership severely scolded those who had hidden Lu Yihong, and even named Zheng Tianlong.
pity……
Zheng Tianlong couldn't hear it.
Zheng Tianlong is now separated from his wife and children, so he simply immigrated to the United States. No matter how he develops in the United States, the Chinese entertainment industry has nothing to do with him anymore.
As for those messy variety shows, Xia Hong also directly rejected them. She felt that Lu Yihong should not be on those miscellaneous hype variety shows now. Lu Yihong is currently at a critical stage in his career and cannot go astray.
However, when Xia Hong received the invitation call from "Happy Camp", everything changed...
…
"Mr. Lu... Happy Camp called us and invited the crew of "This Man From Earth" to visit the camp..." Xia Hong went to Lu Yuan's office immediately after receiving the call.
"Oh, then you ask Lao Lu and the others to prepare..."
"Mr. Lu... Happy Camp would like to ask if you are free recently. If you are free, let's play together..."
"Me? Sister Xia... I just appeared on Happy Camp not long ago, and I've been very busy lately. I really don't have time. Can you help me reply and say thank you for their kindness."
"Mr. Lu, what they mean is that the conditions can be negotiated..." Xia Hong hesitated slightly.
"No need to discuss. There's nothing to discuss. Just go ahead." Lu Yuan shook his head.
When he thought about being on "Happy Camp", he thought about his cooking skills. When he thought about his cooking skills...
Well, he just has a headache.
"Oh." Xia Hong nodded after seeing that Lu Yuan really had no intention of going to Happy Camp. Although she felt regretful, she also felt inexplicably relieved.
Of course, Lu Yuan's participation in "Happy Camp" has its advantages. At least he doesn't have to worry about popularity and attention. But it also has disadvantages...
Lu Yuan is the natural focus of everyone's attention on the stage. If he goes on stage, Lu Yihong will probably just be the background...
After seeing Shen Zhiwei's miserable appearance in that episode, Xia Hong felt very sad...
While the ratings exploded, others…
Well, even An Xiao can only serve as a foil.
There is no way around it.
Naturally, Xiangnan TV invited Lu Yuan to "Happy Camp" with this in mind.
What does Lu Yuan represent?
It represents traffic and ratings. As long as the ratings go up, what does it matter if other people just serve as a foil?
It doesn't matter at all.
"that……"
"What?"
"Mr. Lu, what the Shonan TV station means is that if you are really too busy to attend, then forget it. However, they hope that you will not clarify on Weibo that you will not be on Happy Camp this time. They want..."
"Want to use me to hype yourself up a bit?"
"Yes... After all, you are very good at variety shows. Your name is very useful. At least it's good to use it as a suspense and to raise expectations."
"Okay, we have a good relationship with Shonan TV now, so this doesn't matter."
"Oh, okay." After hearing Lu Yuan nod in agreement, Xia Hong's nervous heart relaxed and she turned to leave.
She didn't think much of it before, but as she interacted more with Lu Yuan, she discovered that Lu Yuan never followed the routine and often did things that were beyond her expectations...
Not only was Xia Hong a little nervous about these things, but even the Xiangnan TV station was unsure of what Lu Yuan would do...
Anyway, it’s always a good idea to give a heads up in advance.
Lu Yuan felt depressed when he saw Xia Hong leaving.
What do you mean by looking like you're worried that I'll mess up?
Am I that kind of person?
I'm very busy now...
And I never do any of that fancy stuff!
…
Lu Yuan has indeed been busy recently.
Busy filming Groundhog Day
Yes!
Filming Groundhog Day.
Groundhog Day makes the same mistake as The Man From Earth, only worse.
At least "This Man From Earth" had been filmed on or around the 25th, but "Groundhog Day" still has about one-tenth of the plot left...
According to the time calculation, the shooting will be completed at least until May 3rd.
It will definitely take a lot of time to complete the filming and submit it for review on May 3, and then to go through a series of procedures to rectify the process.
In other words, if the film can be released in mid-May, we can basically be thankful.
We promised not to make such a mistake again.
I promised that I would never let these people down again, but what was the ending?
Why……
I can only blame myself for being too young back then.
You can’t set FLAGs randomly.
During this period, Lu Yuan didn't even dare to post any other advertisements on Weibo, and even cleared all previous Weibo content.
He now has only one purpose, and that is to keep a low profile, keep a low profile!
You must keep a low profile during this period!
If he is too arrogant to stand up, he will definitely be punished by God...
…
Evening of April 26th.
As the sun set, Lu Yuan sat in the office and prepared to take a break, but just as he closed his eyes slightly, Wu Tingting knocked on the door and came in.
"Mr. Lu...Thomson is here..."
"This Mediterranean uncle is really... speechless."
"Ah? What?" Wu Tingting was stunned.
What does Mediterranean uncle mean?
"Nothing, just go get ready. Since he's here, we have to entertain him well. After all, he's a famous Hollywood director..."
"Where are you going to have dinner?"
"Let's put it in the 'Meet You' cafe..."
"Oh well……"
…
"Hello!"
"Lu Yuan's father..."
"Yes, I'm doing well in Alien Era... The lunch boxes are good every day, and these people like my lunch boxes too..."
"Yes, no problem... I opened a takeaway shop as you said. The business is not very good. Basically, I supply the crew..."
"Oh, don't worry..."
"In total? We made more than 500,000 yuan in total...Dad Lu Yuan, what are we going to do with this 500,000 yuan?"
"Ah? Renovate the storefront and officially start a 'remote' takeout service? Is this really possible... Didn't we say we have to keep it a secret..."
"Oh, I see. Okay, let's order Cheng Yuan for takeout..."
“…”
It's late at night.
The movie "Alien Era" was completed and submitted for review a few days ago.
The film will be released on May 1st.
Shen Lianjie's crew naturally disbanded after the wrap-up banquet.
Naturally, all the money that should be settled must be settled before dissolution.
Of course, Shen Lianjie has always had a good impression of this delivery man named Da Liu.
He thought this person was quite honest, and he even told the delivery man Uncle Liu that if there was a chance for the next movie, they could work together again...
Uncle Liu was naturally happy too, and kept saying that there would be discounts and that the prices would be lower. They were definitely cheaper than Lu Yuan's and the quantity was also larger than Lu Yuan's.
Shen Lianjie was naturally very happy!
After "This Man From Earth" suddenly became popular, Shen Lianjie felt very upset!
How come all of Lu Yuan’s movies are so popular?
Can all the movies invested by this guy become popular?
This made him jealous and unhappy...
So Uncle Liu's words naturally made him feel very happy.
At least Uncle Liu knows how to behave!
But……
When Shen Lianjie inadvertently heard Uncle Liu secretly making a phone call near the toilet, his eyes widened instantly.
"boom!"
This moment...
He found that his worldview had collapsed!
He felt deceived like never before...
He felt like all the strength in his body had been drained away...
He couldn't keep his body steady.
this……
This moment!
Even ten thousand llamas could not describe his feelings.
Lu Yuan!
I bought a watch last year!