Chapter 250 Watching Him Build a High Building
Zhang Xiaorong didn't come to today's premiere.

It wasn’t that she had any conflict with Bai Youlou, but she did have a relatively important announcement which conflicted with the movie premiere.

To be precise, it was not an announcement, but a ceremony to receive an award.

A foreign song award, although not a Grammy, it is also of great value.

The English songs that Bai Youlou had composed for Zhang Xiaorong finally made quite a splash abroad, and were listed on various charts and rankings in many countries.

However, there is no news about this matter in the country for the time being.

Lao Zhou planned to wait for Zhang Xiaorong to come back with the award, and then use the credit of singing the movie's theme song as a chance to enhance the publicity effect.

So An Luning searched for a long time but couldn't find her sister Xiaorong.

After knowing the reason, I felt a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.

It's a pity she's not here, it's a good thing she's not here.

She had both kinds of emotions, which made her a little conflicted.

This girl still hasn't learned to hide her emotions to this day, so they are all written on her face.

Bai Youlou took a glance and didn't dare to say anything.

He wasn't exactly sure what kind of deterioration the friendship between the two best friends had become.

"I miss you, don't I, Brother Wenyuan?"

Lu Wenyuan: Ah?
No buddy, why are you so nice to me?

What Bai Youlou said sounded very strange. Was it him who thought it or Lu Wenyuan?
Fortunately, with An Lu Ning's intelligence, she didn't hear any other meaning in it.

She might not even have heard the second half of the sentence.

Just think of her~
However, An Luning said that she is very smart now. If Bai Youlou doesn't give her a serious explanation and they don't have a formal relationship, she will not "go into the woods" with him again!

Don't even let him hold your hand!

Now that things have come to this, let’s order the food first.

In today's situation, Bai Youlou didn't have that much time to argue with An Luning.

This girl was quite sensible. She whined to him a few times but then didn't bother him.

After all, Zhang Xiaorong was not there, which made her, who had been mentally prepared in some ways, suddenly feel relaxed.

However, when the person left, Lu Wenyuan's soul was also taken away.

After socializing with this guy for a while, Bai Youlou discovered that something was wrong with him.

This is not possible!
Looking back at the movie roadshow, Lu Wenyuan was the main force.

Bai Youlou simply hooked his arm around his neck and asked, "Do you want to know what An Luning's parents want from their son-in-law?"

Lu Wenyuan's eyes widened!
Huh?! Is this true?
In an instant, I felt hopeless.

Have you even met the parents?
"you"

"You're overthinking it. It wasn't a meeting with the parents. We met at a business dinner. I was drunk that time and almost shot her father in the head with a bottle of wine."

This statement contains a huge amount of information!

But it made Lu Wenyuan suddenly understand a lot of things.

Just say it!
No wonder these two people failed. Did they offend their own father?

Lu Wenyuan really didn’t think that if An Luning pursued him so hard, Bai Youlou would remain indifferent.

That's how people are.

When it comes to things that we cannot do, we will subconsciously feel or hope that others cannot do it either.

Although Lu Wenyuan is not so self-deceiving, in some aspects, human beings just like to deceive themselves subconsciously.

Such as now.

"How about it? Do you want to know? After a month of roadshow, I will tell you a shocking secret!"

Bai Youlou's fishing method was not very sophisticated.

The main thing is that Lu Wenyuan doesn’t need a high level of fish, such bait is enough to get this guy excited.

However, Brother Wenyuan's brain was not completely overloaded yet, and he looked at Bai Youlou suspiciously, "You are not lying to me, are you?"

"With your wisdom, can I deceive you?"

This makes sense, but Lu Wenyuan did not believe it blindly.

So Bai Youlou added another fierce one!

"If I lie to you, I will give birth to a son without an anus, and I will be infertile but have many children and grandchildren, and my neighbor next door will be named Wang."

This series of poisonous oaths made Lu Wenyuan's scalp tingle.

"Okay, okay, I believe you."

A month-long roadshow was clearly more than he should have done for this film.

He is not the absolute protagonist, but he has done his duty by accompanying him for a week.

But~ Lu Wenyuan really wanted to know the shocking news that Bai Youlou mentioned.

Before his brain went into overdrive, Lu Wenyuan hurriedly asked one last question: "Are her family's demands too much? Are they something I can't possibly do?"

"You can do it if you grit your teeth."

Bai Youlou patted Brother Wenyuan on the shoulder and walked away, keeping his achievements and fame hidden.

Being a live-in son-in-law is something any man can do if he grits his teeth. There is no such thing as absolutely impossible to do.

In fact, although Bai Youlou was bluffing, he did not lie to Lu Wenyuan.

Wasn’t the meeting between me and An Luning’s father just a commercial drinking party?

He almost shot the other person in the head with a bottle of wine.

But Bai Youlou is a director, and he knows a lot about montage.

Not lying doesn't mean telling the truth.
As for why Brother Wenyuan was deceived like this, it was mainly because the company behind the other party was "interfering".

Star Entertainment, which is backed by Lu Wenyuan, is also one of the giant film and television companies in the entertainment industry. Its scale is not much different from that of Huaxing, but its business direction is slightly different.

Such a big company, with a super star like Lu Wenyuan, has so many uses.

And although transformation is transformation, we can’t not make money now, right?
No matter how awesome Bai Youlou is, Lu Wenyuan is only given a supporting role in the movie "Dying to Survive".

People don't want to waste so much time and energy on such a top star.

Fortunately, just like Jiang Yuanchu, Lu Wenyuan now has a lot of say.

Although his company is unwilling, if he has a strong desire, they will not force him to run other announcements.

The three words "right to speak" are extremely important in the entertainment industry.

Many artists who seem to be surrounded by glittering stars actually have little right to choose.

But even so, there are still countless people who want to dive in.

After all, a daily income of 208 million is too tempting.

Therefore, Bai Youlou felt that it was reasonable for him to add more responsibilities to a guy like Lu Wenyuan who made money like printing money.

I heard that this bastard earned 200 million last year!
The premiere venue was already mostly occupied by then, and the entertainment industry celebrities who came to show their support made the front few rows look star-studded.

The red carpet outside was about to be closed. Bai Youlou twisted his slightly stiff neck slightly, feeling that socializing was really tiring.

I'll have to give Lao Zhou a raise later, after all, his main job is socializing.

"Did you just do something bad again?"

One big and two small ones came hand in hand. It was the first time that Bai Youlou saw Liu Manli "team up" with others.

Looking at Jiang Yuanchu and Nanazi who followed her obediently, one couldn't help but express their admiration.

Only Liu Manli can make these two girls stay together obediently and not quarrel.

"Do bad things? What a joke. When have I ever done anything good?"

Liu Manli raised her beautiful eyes and said, "I think Lu Wenyuan is not in a good state. Did you give him some drug?"

Bai Youlou laughed. How could this matter be made public?

It sounds unpleasant to say.

"Hey, Xiao Yuan and Nana, you have become prettier again! Come, let uncle check you out."

Looking at Bai Youlou who turned into a goldfish man in an instant, Liu Manli was the only one whose defense was broken.

Jiang Yuanchu laughed, and Nanazi bit her lips to hold back her laughter.

Only Liu Manli's eyes were not eyes, and her eyebrows were not eyebrows, they seemed to be standing up.

There is a dog!

"There are quite a few 'professionals' here today, so take it easy."

Hearing this, Bai Youlou turned his head and took a look. The densely packed crowd seemed no different from usual.

But he also knew what Liu Manli meant.

It is no secret in the industry that it is difficult for the movie "Dying to Survive" to pass review.

The story of Liu Manli running around to get her movie approved some time ago was also widely circulated.

Too many people want to know how a "ferocious" and "crazy" person like Bai Youlou will dance on the edge of a knife.

In other words, how to make money while standing.

Some people's reserved comments after the preview aroused the curiosity of many people.

At the same time, Bai Youlou attracts a lot of hatred.

There are quite a few people who, seeing him building a tall building, hope that it will collapse.

Although all the colleagues who came to support us today had smiles on their faces, it is hard to tell how many of them were worried about MMP.

Bai Youlou couldn't see clearly how much malice and scrutiny was hidden in that crowd, but he could feel it.

so.
"so what."

No matter whether it is flowers and applause or sarcasm and attacks.

Bai Youlou always accepts everything.

He has a good appetite! He can eat anything.

As if she knew he would say that, Liu Manli gently took his arm and said with a smile, "Let's get started~"

Nanako looked at Liu Manli and Bai Youlou standing together and felt that they looked a perfect match.
I couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yuanchu and found that her expression was also different from usual.

At this time, Jiang Yuanchu also noticed Nanazi's peeping, so he turned his head.

The two girls' eyes met in the air, but this time there was no smell of gunpowder left behind.

Liu Manli admitted that even though she had watched the finished film of "Dying to Survive" many times, she was very familiar with all the editing versions.

But at the premiere, when the bells rang and the lights went out, she couldn't help but get nervous.

So he couldn't help but pinch Bai Youlou's hand.

Then, a hand was placed on her thigh.

This is Bai Youlou's movie-watching habit. Liu Manli, who had been treated like this once before, thought this guy was a hooligan.

But this time, I inexplicably felt at peace.
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The title of the movie is straightforward enough; it's a story about "medicine".

But in essence, it is a story about law and emotion.

There is an irreconcilable contradiction between drug dealers' pursuit of commercial profits and patients' demands to reduce costs in purchasing medicines to maintain their lives.

However, when life is threatened by death because of poverty, poverty is death.

"There is only one disease in the world, and that is the disease of poverty."

In the movie "Dying to Survive", there are only ordinary people, no heroes, even the protagonist Cheng Yong who later performed extraordinary actions.

He is a greasy middle-aged man who resells sex toys. He is sloppy, poor, and has no ambition to make progress.

He opened an Indian magic oil shop in an inconspicuous alley in the living area of ​​Shanghai. On weekdays, business was poor, with few customers and even paying the rent became a problem.

Not only was the store business doing poorly, but the home was also a mess.

He has the selfishness and desires of an ordinary person. Faced with the fact that his shop was closed by the landlord because he had no money to pay the rent, he had no financial ability to operate on his comatose father, and even his son, who was once a comfort to him, was tried to immigrate by his ex-wife, he took the risk to smuggle Gleevec to India just to change his current temporary predicament in life.

As he says at the beginning of the movie: "I don't want to be a god, I just want to make money."

Watching a realistic film is like drinking a glass of plain water.

When you first taste it, your tongue will burn so hot that you will want to cry, but it will slowly cool down and seep into your life.

The first half of the film uses a black humor approach to incorporate comedy elements into a narrative that reflects the heavy and depressing social reality.

For excellent realistic films, comedy must be one of the most sensible forms of expression.

It makes you cry while laughing, and makes you fall into deep thought without realizing it.

The feeling after laughing is often the most profound.

When the premiere went from laughter at the beginning to silence later, and then gradually sobbing could be heard, many "professionals" at the scene knew that Bai Youlou had succeeded again.

It's not just the success of the movie, but also the success of the character.

There are many movies that make people unable to remember any characters after watching them. Some movies can even make people forget the protagonists, as if they had not watched them at all.

However, the charm of group drama lies in Cheng Yong, Lu Shouyi, Huang Mao, Sihui, Zhang Changlin and even the male manager who dances on pole.

The feeling of being able to deeply understand the joys and sorrows of these characters is so thrilling.

There were many film critics at the scene who started writing while watching the movie. This is a habit for many people.

For a movie like this that has attracted a lot of attention during its release period, it is very important to publish sufficient and understanding film reviews as soon as possible.

It was all fine in the first half, the misfortune and humor of the lower class, the joy of paying money to make the manager dance, even made many people write vulgar reviews.

As a result, Long Ziqiang came back with a wave of "nostalgia" that lasted only about a minute.

How can one write about the drunk Guan Gong standing on stilts, looking down at the suffering of the entire city?

In the second half of the film, the pace becomes even more breathtaking.

death.

This is one of the themes pointed out at the beginning of the film, and it shows its fangs.

At the train station, the expressions of the crowd watching the scene changed from curiosity and fear at first to calmness and emotion later. The old monk stepped forward and gently held Lu Shouyi's wrist to help him pass away.

The collision between folklore and religion makes Lu Shouyi, played by Long Ziqiang, directly trample on the hearts of all moviegoers.

I couldn't pick up the pen and couldn't take my eyes off the screen.

Bai Youlou fulfilled his promise to Long Ziqiang.

In addition to increasing his role, he used a death to make his character shine.

He will win many awards.

(End of this chapter)