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Chapter 539 [104] "A World Without Thieves", "Drug Agent", and "Departures" are set to be released!
"Boss, I miss you so much!"

"Stop it!"

"..."

Chen Yu greeted his classmates from Class 02, Performance 1. Some of them he hadn’t seen for several years, and they were completely different from the two images in his mind.

For example, Wen Zhang, one is how he looked in his previous life, and the other is how he looked when he took the art exam at the beginning of his freshman year, but now he is obviously much more mature.

There are also Tong Yao, Bai Baihe... Everyone has become a little bit star-like, more or less.

Tang Yan's personality hasn't changed much. When he sees Liu Yifei, he becomes like a magpie, chattering to her non-stop.

It seemed like the two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time, but when they met they were like close friends.

Because they had to attend the opening ceremony and it was the last academic year of their senior year, many people who were filming on the set rushed back.

After all, this is the last year for many people at the Central Academy of Drama.

"Squad leader, I just saw your news a few days ago. Mission: Impossible 3 has finished filming. Is the next movie also a Hollywood movie?"

Li Zefeng asked.

All the students in the class, even the female students, surrounded Chen Yu without any hesitation.

Many of them wanted to curry favor with him, but they couldn't find any way, so they could only chat and play the emotional card; fortunately, Chen Yu was not a person who liked to play big shots, and even though he was so famous now, he still treated them politely.

That's why they dared to come together. If it were someone else, they might not be able to get along like this.

"I have a flight tomorrow afternoon, so don't invite me to the dinner party. I may not be able to make time!"

"Tonight, we didn't get together last time, so we must have a good drink this time!"

Wen Zhang was talking, and Chen Yu didn't refuse: "Okay, you guys find a place, and send me a message when the time comes!"

"When is the next movie coming out? Is it The Undertaker?"

"No, Huayi will release a movie during the Lunar New Year holiday, also starring the boss. Director Feng said he wants to compete head-on with Director Chen Kaige!"

"The Chinese version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, right? The one you acted in with Yifei?"

"Oh, that one, I know. Damn, it's very popular on the Internet. It's the first film you two collaborated on after the official announcement!"

"And they're playing a couple!"

A bunch of guys were gossiping so much that Chen Yu didn't need to say anything, because he let them do all the talking anyway.

"Then this Lunar New Year movie season will be worth watching!"

"Only the big guys dare to touch "The Promise". It is said that the investment in this movie is higher than that of "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou. Movie stars from China, Japan and South Korea are gathered together. Huayi may not be able to get a good deal!"

"Has it been scheduled?"

"Has The Promise been decided?"

Chen Yu really didn't know. Zhu Yawen, who was standing next to him, was flipping through the news on his phone: "The Promise has been confirmed. Boss, has Huayi told you when your part will be released?"

"It's not decided yet. When will The Promise be released?"

"December 12th is a bit awkward. There will probably be no movies scheduled in early December or January!"

It's just a matter of taking advantage of the Lunar New Year box office.

If it is scheduled for the beginning of December, then it will be doomed if it encounters "The Promise"; if it is scheduled for the beginning of January and there is no screening, it will still be doomed.

So there probably won’t be any big movies that would choose these two time periods, because everyone is afraid of “The Promise”, except for... Chen Yu.

He knew how bad "The Promise" was.

But for others who don’t know, they must refer to the popularity of “Hero” back then.

For a full half month before the release, and a month after it, the cinemas were dominated by "Hero". No other movies were even scheduled for screening, and no one bought tickets to watch them.

Although a popular movie can boost the box office of other movies, that is only possible if there is a screening schedule. If you don’t even have a screening schedule, how can you boost the box office? !
"Kara is a Dog" was a lesson for us. If it hadn't won the award in Berlin, no one would have known how it would have failed.

Therefore, once “The Promise” is released, cinemas across the country will probably be busy showing this movie.

As long as Huayi has a sound mind, it will definitely not arrange it together with "The Promise"; as for the head-on confrontation, that's just Feng Xiaogang's tough talk. Huayi is not having a good time now, and all the actors have left with Wang Jinhua.

But if we wait until January, it might be too late.

The Lunar New Year holiday season lasts only about 60 days, but December is the hottest month, and then it starts to decline significantly in January until the Spring Festival.

"I should indeed tell Wang Zhonglei about the release date!"

Chen Yu is obviously not afraid of "The Promise". No matter how good the publicity is, it is destined to be a bad movie, whether it is a week before "The Promise" or a week after it.

If it is released later, the effect may be better.

There is harm only when there is comparison!

It may trigger revenge movie-watching, and the marketing of "The Promise" can further highlight the excellence of "A World Without Thieves".

As a result, marketing costs may be saved.

Although Huayi definitely needs marketing.

"Narcos is being shown during the Spring Festival, but this Funeral Director... is a bit embarrassing!"

When it just won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, it would have been best to release it either domestically or abroad because of its high popularity; but now 20th Century Fox has just spent 2000 million US dollars to buy the European and American distribution rights of "Departures", and obviously the release date has not yet been determined.

So Chen Yu doesn't need to be anxious now.

The effect may be better if the release is synchronized globally. If nothing unexpected happens, 20th Century Fox will definitely do some marketing.

"In that case, if the domestic release is during the Qingming Festival next year, it will have an advantage in terms of time slot!"

For a movie related to death, it is of course better to release it during the Qingming Festival. Although there is no such period now, Chen Yu is already preparing to create one during the Spring Festival, so he doesn't mind making another one.

“I wonder if North America can synchronize with them?”

At that time, Chen Yu will have to discuss it with 20th Century Fox.

If it really coincides with the Qingming Festival, April will also be a big box office month in Europe and the United States. Easter plus the summer vacation in early May also have schedule advantages. Moreover, April has always been one of the best months for the North American box office. If it really happens, "Departures" is likely to break multiple records again.

Anyway, as long as the word of mouth about the movie spreads in Asia, Chen Yu has supreme box office appeal and there is nothing to worry about.

The only concern is North America and Europe.

The box office of the previous film "Departures" in Europe and the United States was actually not very ideal.

But in this life, with Chen Yu as the lead actor and Easter being the season, it might be a little better, but it’s probably limited!

The combined box office of Europe and the United States is over 5000 million, which is already a very good result; after all, this kind of literary and artistic commercial film involving death may not be comparable to commercial kung fu films and comedies such as "House of Flying Daggers" and "Kung Fu".

Chen Yu was thinking, and no one bothered him. After a while, the head teacher Liu Tianchi came in, looked at Chen Yu, smiled, and said directly: "Let's go to the opening ceremony first!"

Everyone stood up immediately and walked towards the experimental theater of the Central Academy of Drama.

However, Chen Yu was recording the release schedules of several films, preparing to send a text message to Wang Zhonglei to discuss it later.

There are still two months left. If we don’t set a release date now, it will definitely be too late.

He knew very well the reason why Huayi and Feng Xiaogang had been slow to set a release date, and it was nothing more than the fact that "The Promise" was coming on strong. The current publicity was overwhelming, and with more than two months left before the film was released, basically everyone already knew about the film.

Huayi obviously did not dare to confront such a situation head-on.

In addition, Wang Jinhua had just jumped ship with a group of artists under Huayi. Right now Huayi is at its weakest and the entire company is in a panic. Chen Yu had not even had time to express his condolences. It is estimated that both Wang Jinhua and Wang Yan are extremely angry and overwhelmed.

In fact, Chen Yu was somewhat gloating over his misfortune and wanted to take advantage of his illness to kill him, but the big and small Wangs were not so easy to defeat. If the forces behind him did not step down, they could make a comeback in a minute, so Chen Yu was just thinking about it. The real thing was to get some benefits from "A World Without Thieves".

And he had to make Huayi thank him, which proved the old saying - if you are sold out, you have to help others count the money.

……

"Brother Yu!"

As soon as I walked into the experimental theater for the opening ceremony of the Central Academy of Drama, a girl from the freshman acting department suddenly started shouting.

Who else could it be if not Yang Mi?
This student from the acting department is really brave. To shout in front of so many people, Yang Mi is really risking his life?
Chen Yu greeted her and took a quick look, and found many familiar figures.

In addition to Yang Mi, Jiao Junyan and Zhang Xiaofei, who were originally supposed to be from the Beijing Film Academy, seem to be among them; plus the students from the 05 class of the Central Academy of Drama, there are even more celebrities.

Chen Xiao, who filmed "Dream of Red Mansions" with Liu Yifei in his previous life, Zhang Jianing who played Lin Beixing in "Twinkle Twinkle Star"... Ying'er, Ren Suxi, Papi Jiang, Mao Xiaotong... This future famous lineup of the Class of 05 is no worse than that of the Class of 02 led by Chen Yu.

Of course, there are also many stars in the 03 and 04 grades of the Central Academy of Drama.

Zhang Han, Wang Kai, Zhang Li... Tong Liya, Liu Duanduan... many future first-line stars.

There are even more second-tier ones. "The current acting department of the Central Academy of Drama should be the only one that is missing in China, right?"

“Maybe Shanghai Theatre Academy is now better than Beijing Film Academy!”

After Chen Yu waved to Yang Mi, he found a seat and sat down; the Beijing Film Academy's acting department had a poor source of students, mainly because the Central Academy of Drama and the Shanghai Theatre Academy were far away, so many students from Shanghai and the south basically ran to that school.

Of course, there are exceptions. After all, there are indeed many students who admire Chen Yu.

Among the three grades below 02 at the Central Academy of Drama, apart from the former students of the Central Academy of Drama, the most sought-after school is definitely the Beijing Film Academy, followed by the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

If the teacher hadn't been there, the entire experimental theater would probably have been in turmoil.

Many people were passing around notebooks and signature papers, asking Chen Yu to sign.

With their hands sore from signing, the school leaders of the Central Academy of Drama walked onto the stage, surrounded by many graduating stars.

Jiang Wen came again and waved to Chen Yu secretly.

There were also Xia Yu, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi... The opening ceremony of the Central Academy of Drama was indeed grand.

However, unlike the interview with the Sixth Princess during the freshman year, it seemed a lot more low-key, but it was also broadcast live throughout; and it was not necessarily worse than the freshman year, because there were more people participating than then, not to mention Chen Yu’s fame.

Many school leaders and alumni attended the event.

"Okay, the Central Academy of Drama's 2005 freshman opening ceremony begins now!"

Hao Rong, vice president of the School of Performing Arts, which was established just last year, took the microphone and began to preside over this year's opening ceremony. The first thing, of course, was... the playing of the national anthem.

The next person to speak was Xu Xiang, the newly appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Drama.

He passionately summarized the achievements of the Central Academy of Drama last year, and then looked forward to the new year of the Central Academy of Drama; of course Chen Yu didn't listen much, he sat upright, typing a text message with his hand, and asked Wang Zhonglei with concern whether Huayi was going to close down.
The two people were sending messages, and soon the principal and many leaders finished speaking, and Hao Rong started the first agenda item.

The recommended candidates for "Education Role Model" and "Education Pioneer" in the Didu City Education System, as well as the list of various award winners such as college-level advanced collectives, advanced workers, pioneers of teacher ethics, outstanding counselors, and outstanding class teachers were read out.

Liu Tianchi had the honor to go on stage to receive the award; and the advanced group at the college level was Class 02 of the Performance Department, Grade .

Old Liu was obviously very excited.

4 years!
A whole 4 years!
God knows how she got through these four years. She will finally get through this!

Listening to Liu Tianchi's tearful acceptance speech, Chen Yu and other students from Class 1 of the Performance Department were obviously clapping enthusiastically. During these four years, Chen Yu really felt that Liu Tianchi was a good person, and was totally different from what people said on the Internet in his previous life.

Rumors are harmful!
Frequently appearing in public will indeed lead to a lot of criticism.

In other words, when she first started out as a teacher at the Central Academy of Drama, she was actually a very good person; perhaps because she appeared on so many variety shows, a lot of things about her were magnified.

Anyway, Liu Tianchi would often visit and comfort an old hand like Chen Yu. It wasn't because he was famous or anything, but out of concern for him as a teacher and class teacher.

In addition to winning the titles of Outstanding Class Teacher and Advanced Worker, Liu Tianchi was also awarded the titles of Imperial City's Education Model and Teacher Ethics Pioneer... These two awards are very rare, and not many teachers in the entire Chinese Academy of Drama have received them.

Although this 80% was related to Chen Yu, Chen Yu felt that it was indeed what Liu Tianchi deserved.

“Congratulations to the above award-winning teachers!”

"Next, please welcome Yang Mi, a student from the 05 drama and film performance class, to speak on behalf of the undergraduate freshmen!"

"welcome!"

Wow? Yang Mi is actually the freshman representative.

Chen Yu smiled a little, and Liu Yifei next to him suddenly pinched Chen Yu. Chen Yu was a little depressed by this unexpected disaster: "What's wrong?"

"Aren't you happy that your little fangirl is so outstanding?"

Liu Yifei was obviously a little jealous.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, as hugging and kissing during filming was normal. But now, after having sex with Chen Yu, her possessiveness towards Chen Yu has become particularly strong. She doesn't know why, but she just feels very uncomfortable.

"What you said is true. My wife is better!"

Chen Yu knew that Liu Yifei's heart was now entirely focused on him, and she was overly dependent on him.

Girls who are in love are actually like this. Excessive love proves that the other person cares about you.

No reaction is abnormal.

"Anyway, keep your distance from her!"

"When I see her smiling at you, I feel upset..."

Liu Yifei's words were so true that Chen Yu even laughed: "Does my fairy have moments of being so unconfident?"

"It's not that I'm not confident, I'm just afraid you can't control yourself!"

"If you keep controlling me every day, I will be able to control myself!"

Chen Yu almost whispered this into Liu Yifei's ear. Yang Mi was speaking on the stage from a carefully prepared speech, which also included content about what she had learned from senior Chen Yu. At this moment, she raised her head and looked in the direction of Chen Yu, just in time to see the two of them whispering to each other. Her heart couldn't help but stagnate.

"..."

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and continued talking.

Liu Yifei was aroused by Chen Yu's continuous sweet words, and the scene in the bathroom last night emerged in her mind again.

It's so lingering, and the more I think about it, the clearer it becomes.

As soon as Chen Yu saw her expression, he knew that Liu Yifei was upset, and couldn't help but said, "Don't close the window at night!"

"Ok?"

Liu Yifei turned her head suddenly, and her braids almost hit Chen Yu's face: "You still want to crawl into my room?"

“It’s just those two floors. We can go up in minutes!”

"If you feel sorry for me, maybe you can drop a rope and it will be safer!"

"No, it's too dangerous!"

Liu Yifei definitely doesn't want her boyfriend to take such risks.

"I came here while my mother was asleep!"

Liu Yifei said that, of course she also wanted to be affectionate with Chen Yu every day.

Suddenly I thought of something: "By the way, didn't you say that the basements of our two buildings are connected?"

"Haha, you really believe it!"

Chen Yu even smiled a little. Seeing Liu Yifei's cute look, he really wanted to go up and take a bite of her.

"I dare to call, but I'm afraid if your mother finds out, we'll be in trouble!"

"What's so tragic about it? We'll tell you when we find out!"

It must be said that Liu Yifei was more powerful, worthy of being the woman who pushed him back: "Boring, I really thought it was connected, so I can come and go freely!"

"You are so bold to think..."

She is extremely courageous. This is what makes a woman different.

Zhu Yawen, who was standing beside him, suddenly pulled Chen Yu and said, "Boss, it's your turn to speak on stage!"

"So fast?"

Chen Yu hurriedly sat up straight and pretended to be a decent person.

Liu Yifei next to her smiled so well that her eyes and brows blossomed, and she was as beautiful as a crabapple blossom in autumn.

"Next, please invite Chen Yu, an outstanding student representative from the 02 Drama and Film Performance Class of the Central Academy of Drama, to come on stage and speak!"

"Everyone is welcome!"

boom!
The entire experimental theater was in an uproar.

Everyone was obviously looking forward to this moment.

Chen Yu, the legend of the Central Academy of Drama, the idol in the hearts of countless students... Liu Yifei felt the applause and cheers from all the teachers and students in the school, and looked at her boyfriend who stood up beside her. The love and admiration in her heart were also surging.

This is her boyfriend. In her eyes, he is the best boy in the world.

"Thank you, thank you everyone!"

Chen Yu stood on the stage and began to read the speech he had prepared in advance.

(End of this chapter)