With the addition of the box office strong "Famous", and the release date of "The Four" was postponed, the data of this movie is even worse than Wei Yang's impression in his previous life. It is even a question whether it can reach 30 million.

At the end of July, Painted Skin 2 finally surpassed Let the Bullets Fly, setting a new record and becoming the number one in the box office history of Chinese-language films.

Director Wuershan became famous! Not long after, the box office of "Famous" exceeded 400 million yuan, second only to "Painted Skin 2" among the Chinese-language films released this year. Including imported films, it also made it into the top five of the year.

Wei Yang, who wrote, directed and acted in his own film, also became famous in the film industry! Some film media said that the biggest surprise of this summer was not the movies, but the discovery of two outstanding commercial film directors, adding two new heroes to the Chinese film industry.

Among them, Wuershan is good at technology and pictures, and the special effects and art style of "Painted Skin 2" are still very impressive.

Wei Yang's strengths lie in plot and character creation. The plot of "Becoming Famous" is logically coherent, the characters have distinct personalities, and the elements of several themes are well blended, which is very consistent with everyone's impression of Wei Yang's background as a screenwriter.

In terms of box office, "Painted Skin 2" performed better, but this was somewhat due to the success of its predecessor.

"Fame and Fame" has the advantage in word of mouth, but unfortunately the box office did not reach a higher level.

In comparison, everyone is more optimistic about Wei Yang, and he has received quite a lot of praise. Due to the controversy surrounding "Painted Skin 2", Wuershan's score has been somewhat lowered.

However, although there are few directors like Wei Yang in Chinese-language films who can tell good stories, there are still some. But there are very few directors who can master the technology well.

Over the years, when people talk about Chinese special effects blockbusters, the only person that comes to mind is Xu Ke, which shows how severe the shortage of relevant talent is.

Scarcity makes things valuable, and this is what makes Wuershan most valuable. China is in great need of directors who can make good special effects blockbusters.

Wei Yang had no intention of competing with Wuershan. He had never intended to be a director from the beginning. "To Be Famous" was a special case.

Therefore, his achievements as a director do not matter to him. On the contrary, from the perspective of a film and television investor, Wei Yang himself is quite optimistic about Wuershan.

Let’s put aside the “Fengshen” trilogy for now. If Wuershan wants to do a project like “Ghost Blows Out the Light”, Wei Yang would be very willing to participate.

In August, the roadshow of "Famous" has ended, and the rest depends on the publicity and promotion team. If the reward exceeds 500 million, red envelopes will be given, and more than 450 million will be acceptable.

All the main creators have left. Since Wei Yang is the protagonist, he has to cooperate in the final stages. Before returning to the "Joy of Life" crew, he accepted an interview with the Sixth Princess on the "China Film Channel".

As an entertainment information program of CCTV, although it mainly focuses on Chinese-language films, it also broadcasts a lot of TV drama news.

Wei Yang has had many dealings with them, and this time in "To Become Famous" is even more so. Everyone is familiar with each other, and the scope of the interview is very harmonious.

Female host: "So far, the box office of "Famous" has exceeded 400 million, ranking second in the summer season, which is also a great result for the whole year. Are you satisfied with this result?"

"satisfy!"

The publicity work for "To Become Famous" is coming to an end, and Wei Yang feels a little more relaxed.

"Before the movie was released, we had a rough estimate. The current data is higher than our basic expectations. All of us in the crew are very happy."

Female host: "This should be your first time to officially serve as a director. Is there any difference from before?"

“I have a lot of feelings.”

Wei Yang sighed: "There are too many things a director has to be responsible for. This is much more work than I had before. Moreover, movies and TV series I shot before are two different types of films and TV series, which also brings a certain degree of difficulty to the director's work."

"I didn't see you say in a previous interview that you didn't plan to continue being a director?"

"Yes, I feel that my talent as a director is limited and I can't make a living in this field. Maybe I will change my mind one day, but I really don't have any plans to continue directing at the moment."

"Now many people say that you are a genius director. Don't you think it's a pity to give up directing?"

Wei Yang smiled and said: "I can still participate in creation in other positions and bring good works to the audience."

Female host: "A personal question, our director is very curious about why you named the screenwriter Jiahui, is there any intention?"

"I didn't have any special intention. I just thought of the name when I was writing the script. If I have to find a reason, it might be because I like Mr. Tony Leung Ka Fai, so I suddenly thought of this name."

"We saw before that Mr. Tony Leung Ka Fai is your favorite Hong Kong actor."

"That's right."

“What about mainland actors?”

"Teacher Li Xuejian, I admire him very much. Oh, and Teacher Ge You, but he didn't force me to say this (laughs)."

This question was also asked during the roadshow, and when Wei Yang answered it, Uncle Ge happened to be sitting next to him, and the old man half-jokingly got jealous on the spot.

So from then on, whenever Wei Yang mentioned his favorite mainland actor, he would include Uncle Ge. Of course, the equivalent exchange was that in the future, when Uncle Ge mentioned his most promising young actors in the mainland, Wei Yang's name would be included.

The interview lasted for half an hour, and Wei Yang answered many questions until it was almost over, when the host asked the last question.

"Can I ask if you have any ideas for your next film?"

"Maybe."

“When is it expected to be released?”

"After Joy of Life, I will start working on a new movie. If nothing goes wrong, it should be released next year."

“I am looking forward to your new work.”

“…”

After finishing the interview, Wei Yang had completely completed the promotion of "Become Famous" and immediately began to prepare to return to Hengdian to film.

The original plan was to take a month off, but if the results were too good, it would be delayed for another ten days, and I would have to rush back to work.

However, before returning to Hengdian, Wei Yang still went home to visit his parents.

It was said earlier that my parents had moved to Shanghai so we could meet more often, but in reality, after the Spring Festival, I was busy filming and promoting the movie, and I didn’t have much time to spend with my parents.

But it’s better than my hometown. At least I can still find time to go home, have a meal with my parents and talk to them.

If I were back in my hometown, I might not even be able to have a meal with my old couple all year round.

Wei Yang drove to Yunhua Mansion, but found that his parents were not at home. He asked the nanny, who said that Comrade Wei Shan was in the store.

Wei Yang had no choice but to put down the bags he had bought and drove away again. After walking for about ten minutes, he parked his car in front of a Mingxue Fruit Shop.

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Wearing a mask, Wei Yang walked into the store and took a look around. He saw Comrade Lao Wei sitting in front of the counter watching TV and settling the bill for a mother and daughter who were buying fruit.

Wei Yang didn't interrupt and took a look at the layout of the fruit shop.

The store is actually not that big, only about 50 or 60 square meters, and is decorated very delicately and cleanly. Various fresh fruits are displayed inside. There are also two freezers against the wall, which hold fruit plates that need to be refrigerated.

This is a new store built by the Weishan couple themselves. The name of the store commemorates Mingxue Street where they lived for decades in their hometown.

As mentioned before, the old couple are not too old and cannot sit still at home every day, so they have been thinking about opening a store, not for the purpose of making money, but mainly to find something to do.

Wei Yang did not stop him, but made a request that the business should not be tedious and tiring.

The old couple originally wanted to start their own business, running a curtain shop or a dry cleaning shop.

But later, after investigating the market, they found that the quality of their curtains in their hometown was much better than that of the ones in Shanghai. Dry cleaning shops are complicated and tedious, and a bit dirty, and the profit is not high. There was no way before, and now they are not thinking about making money, so there is no need to suffer.

So the old couple thought about it for a long time, and they didn't know who told them, but they thought that the fruit shop business was good, with customers coming and going, it was popular, not tiring, and it saved money on fruit for the family.

A full-time fruit store is a business that can only be opened in Shanghai in this era. If you open it in other cities, you will lose a lot of money.

Even in Shanghai, there are many things to pay attention to when making money, but Wei Yang doesn't care. He just does it for the old couple's fun.

If the fruit can be sold, it will be sold. If it cannot be sold, it will be directly taken to companies such as Blue Whale and Red Shark to be used as benefits for employees.

Nowadays, Wei Yang has several hundred employees under him, if not a thousand, and the goods in this fruit shop may not be enough.

With their son as a financial supporter, the Weishan couple opened the store. They took turns to look after the store every day and also hired two assistants.

Wei Yang wasn't quite sure whether he made a profit or a loss, but he was happy that the old couple had something to do and were in high spirits.

After paying the bill, the daughter of the mother and daughter seemed to notice something was wrong. She looked at Wei Yang hesitantly, but ultimately did not dare to recognize him. She followed her mother away in confusion.

After the two customers left, Wei Shan was the only one left in the store. The worker went to have lunch. Wei Yang took off his mask, took a plate of watermelon from the freezer, and ate it happily with a fork.

"I think this store's business is average."

"Who would buy fruit in the middle of the day? There are many customers in the morning and evening. Don't eat cold fruit, it will freeze your stomach. Eat freshly cut fruit if you want."

Wei Shan took a knife to cut a fresh melon for his son, but was stopped by Wei Yang, as he was just greedy for the cool taste.

"Did you have meal?"

"No, I came straight over."

"Then I'll call Xiao Liu and ask him to bring you a copy."

"All right."

Wei Yang was not hungry, and he was still eating watermelon. Compared to lunch, he was more curious about where his mother Wang Yunping had gone.

Under normal circumstances, my mother is either at home or in the fruit shop. She rarely goes out alone, and at most she would visit my eldest aunt.

"You don't know? Your mother went to Hengdian."

"What... ahem."

Wei Yang was almost choked to death by the watermelon. He looked at his father in confusion, "Why is she going to Hengdian? Didn't I tell her I was doing promotions when I called her a few days ago?"

"It's not about you. She went to visit the set. Isn't Liying filming there? Who knows what the mother and daughter planned? Liying sent someone to pick up your mother. She's been gone for several days."

Wei Shan explained, and Wei Yang's scalp exploded. Liu Shishi is currently filming in Hengdian, and Tang Yan is also there. They won't run into each other, will they?

(End of this chapter)