Chapter 95 Smoked White Vinegar and Isatis Root

Liu Yifei and her mother talked for a whole night.

Let’s not talk about what the two talked about later.

In short, under Liu Yifei’s argument, the temptation of “starring in Wu Yuan’s new movie” was indeed too great.

Although Liu Xiaoli was very puzzled by Wu Yuan’s “optimism” about her daughter, she didn’t know how she came to the conclusion that Wu Yuan was optimistic about Liu Yifei.

But she finally made a wise decision and rejected the two film invitations from Baodao, allowing Liu Yifei to go all out to fight for Wu Yuan’s next film heroine!

In front of Wu Yuan’s movie heroine, the two Baodao movies are really too uncompetitive, unless the director is Li An.

Liu Yifei also went back to school honestly, thinking about the script of "Romeo and Juliet" while taking classes to enrich herself.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan did not think that the temptation of the heroine of his movie would be less than that of the two Baodao movies.

After explaining to Liu Yifei, he continued to be busy with his own things.

Signing up for a driver's license test, perfecting the script of "Your Name", preparing to rehearse "Romeo and Juliet", a lot of things are waiting for Wu Yuan to deal with.

At the same time, just when Wu Yuan was busy writing the script at home, a major event that affected half of the world broke out.

"Stealing Hearts", which was originally scheduled to premiere in the mainland on April 6, also immediately stopped its release.

Zhang Guorong, who is originally from Hong Kong Island, knows the horror of this wave of epidemic and firmly negotiates with China Film to withdraw the schedule.

As for when to arrange the release again, even Zhang Guorong himself doesn't know.

Look at the current situation in Beijing. The pedestrians on the road are visibly depressed, and the streets are full of strong smoked vinegar.

Even if there are people who have to go out for something, everyone is fully armed, wears a mask, and consciously keeps at least 2 meters away from others.

In the current situation, no one will have the heart to go to the cinema to watch a movie.

The mainland film industry, which finally raised its head a little because of the big sales of "Hero", was forced to enter a period of depression again.

All new film crews have stopped working, and all films that have been filmed and are waiting to be released have been withdrawn.

All entertainment activities have been stopped, and everyone has no time to entertain themselves during this special period.

In comparison, the situation in North America is much better.

The Americans don't care about this sudden epidemic at all, and don't think it will have much impact on themselves. They continue to sing and dance.

"The Hangover" was not affected at all and was scheduled to be released on a small scale on April 16.

Although the total investment of this movie is 15 million US dollars, it is still a low-cost movie in Hollywood and a comedy.

Even if Fox thinks that this movie has the potential to be a hit, it has to start with a small-scale release and expand the scale of screening little by little.

"Juno", the son of the subsidiary, is like this, so "The Hangover", the godson, can't expect to get better treatment.

Wu Yuan has no objection. Comedies like "The Hangover" can produce a siphon effect no matter which period it is released.

The original version of "The Hangover" was released on June 5, 2009, and took in $277 million in North America.

Even though it is 2003 now, considering that the North American film market will not have explosive growth in the next five years.

The Light Age version of "The Hangover" should at least get $200 million in North America, right?

When the DVD distribution is sold to Fox, and the distribution rights in other parts of the world are sold, this movie can at least create $120 million in net profit for Light Age!

With this money in hand, not only can the filming funds for "The Hangover 2", "The Proposal" and "The Blind Side" be in place at one go.

Wu Yuan also has spare money to buy a few properties in Beijing!

As for the filming funds for "Your Name"?

Wu Yuan also has the share of "Departures" and $8 million from Disney!

After the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", Disney settled the final payment without any delay.

Now Wu Yuan himself has a lot of money on hand, which is more than enough for "Your Name".

Wu Yuan, who stayed at home because of the epidemic, sat under the jujube tree in his courtyard, drawing the storyboard of "Your Name" while calculating happily in his heart.

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His original accumulation has basically been completed, and the snowball of funds in his hands has also started to roll.

In another two or three years, by 2005 or 2006, he will have at least 300 to 500 million US dollars in his hands!

At that time, this money will be invested in the mainland film market.

Whether it is a film and television company, a theater chain, or taking advantage of the node of the Internet explosion to enter the video website, Wu Yuan will complete the class leap, from director to capital, and become one of the helmsmen of the mainland film and television industry!

With the memory in the dream as a basis, Wu Yuan is definitely not satisfied with being just a director.

In the entertainment industry, only by becoming capital can you have the right to speak, and you are the real top of the pyramid!

The next day, although it was a special period, Wu Yuan still left home and returned to school.

Major universities should be regarded as the places that were least affected during this special period.

The students' lives have not been disrupted, and they still have to go to class and study every day.

However, the school has tightened its control over students’ entry and exit. Students are not allowed to leave the school unless necessary, and a semi-closed management system is implemented.

Well, Wu Yuan has privileges. He can enter and leave the school freely. Who told him that he is not only a student, but also a well-known director.

After returning to school, he went straight to the small auditorium.

Today is the weekend, and it is the first rehearsal day of the play "Romeo and Juliet".

Several freshmen who were selected for this play have read their scripts countless times in the past week and memorized the scripts by heart.

When Wu Yuan stepped into the small auditorium, he saw Luo Jin, Zhu Yawen and others acting with Liu Yifei.

Then, he smelled the smell of white vinegar and isatis root floating in the room.

This smell is very pungent!

Wu Yuan, who clearly knew that it was a rumor that fumigating white vinegar and drinking isatis root could prevent infection, frowned slightly.

"Director Wu is here!"

Jiang Yiyan, who was sitting near the door, saw Wu Yuan coming in at the first time and reminded other students loudly.

The students who were rehearsing immediately put away their scripts, walked forward obediently, and stood in a row in front of Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, we are all ready. We have memorized all the lines. We can try to rehearse!" Class monitor Cao Zheng reported to the director on behalf of the others.

Wu Yuan's eyes swept over the group of new actors, looking at their nervous or uneasy expressions, and smiled kindly: "Don't be nervous, I'll give you a shot of prevention first."

"It is normal to make mistakes during rehearsal. Don't be afraid of making mistakes and be timid on stage."

"Don't worry, since I have chosen you, I will not change you. Even if you act badly, I can only grit my teeth and teach you how to act."

It was a relatively relaxed statement, which made Zhou Yang and Cao Zheng, who were more timid, look a lot more relaxed and smile on their faces.

"Huh?" Wu Yuan, who was looking at these students, found that whether it was male students such as Luo Jin and Zhu Yawen, or female students such as Liu Yifei and Zhou Yang, they all held a thermos cup in their hands.

After just a moment of thinking, he understood that it was probably filled with isatis root.

Opening his mouth, Wu Yuan wanted to tell them that drinking isatis root to prevent the epidemic was a rumor.

But when he was about to say it, he thought that drinking isatis root would not hurt anyway, and it could prevent colds, so it would be okay to drink more, so he closed his mouth again.

But he didn't notice that Liu Yifei, who had been watching him, saw his eyes on everyone's thermos cups, and saw his expression of wanting to say something but stopping.

Looking at Wu Yuan's hands with some doubts, and finding that he didn't bring a thermos cup, Liu Yifei frowned slightly, and then suddenly realized.

Got it!

Liu Yifei's smart little brain immediately understood what Wu Yuan meant.

Senior brother is too careless. He forgot to bring isatis root and thermos cup, and he was embarrassed to ask for them from everyone!

The epidemic is so serious now, how can you be so careless!

It's just a pack of isatis root!

The newspapers all said that drinking more isatis root can prevent pneumonia!

Liu Yifei pouted her lips and frowned, quietly stepped back and walked towards the backpack on the seat.

This thing can't be written in depth, so I deleted a related plot and glossed over it. It should not be a problem.