The third installment of the "Young and Dangerous" series was released at the end of last year. It received decent reviews, but the overall pacing was a bit off, and the box office performance was mediocre, failing to make a significant impact.
This year, Chu Yu decided to release the fourth installment, and she wanted to add some fresh elements.
Zuo Ran's "Born to Be a Superstar" gave her some inspiration. She wanted to incorporate the dance battle plot into the gangster movie and make the dance and fight scenes exciting and explosive!
Although Hua Qing and Zuo Ran have a certain level of fame, they are still newcomers, and it is difficult for film companies to give them big-budget films to try out. However, "The Young and Dangerous" is a film produced by our own company, and Chu Yu wants Zuo Ran to play the male lead and Hua Qing to play the female lead.
At the same time, a few more characters will be added to create a dual female lead and dual male lead situation, in order to ensure the watchability of this drama.
Capturing a dance video that's explosive and exciting is no easy task.
Since it's a gangster drama, it's inevitable that there will be some bloody fight scenes, just like adding fighting and gun battles to racing movies. Chu Yu hopes to give the dance showdown a brand-new violent aesthetic and make this drama a new attempt in the Chinese film industry.
Zhong Buyi was stunned when he saw the script. "Dance and gangsters? This won't do, will it?"
"No problem at all. Here's what I'll do: I'll find a few actors and have them incorporate parkour and fighting into their dance battles, giving the dance a violent edge and the gang fights a dance-like aesthetic. Like this scene, two gangs are fighting fiercely in a ring, and then the male lead suddenly appears..."
Zhong Buyi had never seen such a shooting method before and thought it was too risky, but Chu Yu's idea was very innovative.
Zhong Buyi had to admit that the storyline filmed in this way was indeed very interesting.
Having lived in Hong Kong for a long time, Zhong Buyi had gotten used to their pace of filming one drama a month.
He threw down the script and said, "Film it! Film it next month! Finish filming in one month, production in two months, and it can be released in the second half of the year. At this pace, we can still film several more movies this year."
At Chu Yu's suggestion, Zhong Buyi just bought a house in Gangcheng and became Tang Zhenni's neighbor.
Over the past two years, Zhong Buyi has made a lot of money, but the top-tier sea-view mansion he bought in Hong Kong is not cheap, and his salary alone is far from enough.
He needs to take on more roles and earn more dividends in order to pay off his loan as soon as possible.
After Zhong Buyi made the decision, Chu Yu packed up Zuo Ran and Hua Qing and threw them into the film crew.
When the two learned that their album had sold hundreds of thousands of copies, they were both a little excited. They were thrown into the film crew to calm down, so that they wouldn't get too cocky after becoming famous.
Over the weekend, Lan Mulan handed Chu Yu a letter, asking her to meet her at the library.
Chu Yu arrived as promised. She waited for a while at the library entrance and then saw Lan Mulan. Accompanying her was a middle-aged woman wearing glasses, who appeared to be her mentor, Wang Cainian.
"Professor Wang, hello." Chu Yu shook hands with her politely.
Wang Cainian had heard from Lan Mulan that the CEO of Mandarin Company was a young woman, so she was mentally prepared, but she was still shocked when she met her.
Chu Yu was simply too beautiful, with skin as smooth as tofu and a radiant face that was dazzling even in the sunlight.
Wang Cainian has lived a long life and met countless people, but she has never seen such a young and beautiful girl.
This is surprising enough, but the other party is the CEO of Mandarin, a huge cosmetics company.
“Ms. Zhou, hello. I’ve heard Mulan mention you before. She said you’re interested in recombinant collagen,” Wang Cainian said as she led Chu Yu on a walk around the campus, talking about it wherever they went. “But I don’t understand, you’re not a chemistry or pharmaceutical major, so how did you learn about this research topic? And why are you interested in this project?”
Chu Yu couldn't very well reveal that she had been reborn.
She could only come up with a more plausible reason: "You've probably heard of Professor Liu Mingchuan, right?"
Wang Cainian certainly knew Liu Mingchuan. Liu Mingchuan had a bad reputation and was not well-regarded in the industry. However, Wang Cainian knew that the struggles in this day and age were too complicated. Just because someone was defeated did not mean that he was really flawed in character.
She wouldn't judge Liu Mingchuan.
She admires Liu Mingchuan's reputation and contributions in the industry.
"I know Professor Liu. He is a recognized chemical genius. He extracted the mysterious yeast in just a few years, which is leading the world."
Chu Yu nodded in agreement. "Liu Mingchuan now works at Mandarin Company. To be honest, not long ago, we developed a brand new ingredient called hyaluronic acid. Of course, foreign countries have been refining hyaluronic acid for decades longer than China, but we extract hyaluronic acid from microorganisms, which greatly reduces the cost of hyaluronic acid. In this way, our hyaluronic acid can be mass-produced and added to our company's skin care products."
Wang Cainian was stunned for a moment. She knew that Mandarin Company was powerful, but she did not know that in just one year, they had extracted hyaluronic acid using microbial methods.
In their lab, it would take at least five to ten years to tackle such a problem.
Wang Cainian's surprise was written all over her face. "Are you sure Liu Mingchuan only took a year? How did you do that?"
"To be precise, it took less than a year," Chu Yu smiled. "In fact, I didn't use any special methods. I just told them that as long as they succeeded in the research, I would buy them houses and cars and give them generous rewards! Liu Mingchuan is very good to his students. Several of his students didn't have houses in Beijing, and the school wouldn't allocate them. These students couldn't find wives to get married. Liu Mingchuan was concerned about his students' situation, so he devoted himself to the research. They solved the problem in less than a year."
Chu Yu knew that intellectuals like Wang Cainian were somewhat aloof.
Deep down, they believe that doing research requires lofty ideals and aspirations, and a willingness to take risks for the motherland.
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