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Chapter 618 [45] The meaning of the movie is concretized at this moment!

"Brother Yu, this is Deputy Director Huang of Babaoshan Funeral Home!"

Lao Yan, the head of Yuxin's marketing department, was introducing an old man in front of him to Chen Yu.

Before Chen Yu could reach out his hand, Deputy Director Huang had already grabbed his hand and said excitedly: "Hello, hello, Chen Yu, I am Huang Lishan!"

"Hello, Director Huang!"

Chen Yu smiled, but Huang Lishan showed no intention of letting go: "As soon as the news about the movie "Departures" came out, I have been following it!"

"Thank you for speaking up for our funeral industry!"

"It's really hard for our group to be cared for by movies!"

Huang Lishan could see that he was truly grateful.

Although the premiere of "Departures" was not held in Babaoshan Funeral Home, many staff members of the home and students majoring in funeral services were invited to attend.

Of course, there are also some friends in the industry, such as Chen Yu’s classmates and teachers, Feng Xiaogang, Li Bingbing and other people in the circle.

There were almost several hundred people, all of whom were invited by Yu Xin. Chen Yu was only responsible for attending.

"No, no, Director Huang, you are seriously exaggerating!"

Chen Yu spoke politely to Huang Lishan.

The group walked towards the premiere venue, which was next to the funeral home.

The scene has been completely set up, with a giant screen, stage, and seats.

“You may not know that although this movie has not been released yet, many people have asked about it recently, and they are all very curious about the undertaker!”

"Haha, this is a good sign. In the past, many people hid from us and we were in no time!"

Huang Lishan smiled and said to Chen Yu, "I saw a news report saying that you also tried the profession of undertaker?"

"Yes, I studied for a month and found a master!"

Huang Lishan raised his thumb towards Chen Yu and said, "This professional experience still requires courage. It's not easy for you actors. There are basically not many young people working in the field of body plastic surgery and restoration!"

"Funeral homes in first-tier cities may have them, but in county towns they are all part-time or amateur!"

"But in fact, every funeral home is in short supply. There are nearly 1000 funeral homes across the country, and the talent gap is about 5000 people every year..."

"..."

Huang Lishan started talking, and Chen Yu seemed to have a lot in common because he had experienced it before.

It is true that the funeral home is full of gratitude to Chen Yu. We don’t know how this movie will turn out, but after it is released, the audience will definitely have an understanding of undertakers. This is a recognition that all people working in the funeral industry across the country want to obtain.

"Brother Yu, you go ahead and do your work. Your marketing department has told me the process of the premiere, and we will definitely cooperate!"

Huang Lishan patted the back of Chen Yu's hand, and Chen Yu hurriedly said, "Director Huang, you are too polite. Just call me Chen Yu!"

"Haha, I see everyone calls you that!"

"That's them giving me face!"

"Then I have to give you face too?"

Huang Lishan was somewhat humorous. Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, just call me by my name!"

"After just one month of experience, I felt the uniqueness of this profession. In fact, every life deserves to be respected and treated equally!"

"Director Huang, your profession in the funeral industry is not easy!"

"Since you have this kind of heart, I feel that this movie will definitely be right. Many of us are actually looking forward to this movie!"

"I'll be satisfied if I can avoid being scolded by you after reading this!"

Chen Yu did not seem arrogant. After all, the person in front of him was a professional in the industry. No matter how an actor performed, he might not be able to truly restore all the conditions of a profession.

All we can say is that we present a rough outline and profile to the audience.

Many people will find "Departures" interesting and be curious about this profession, but although the movie is interesting, the reality is unchanging and very boring.

Chen Yu has experienced it, so of course he has the right to speak.

After exchanging contact information with Huang Lishan, Chen Yu went backstage at the premiere and watched the proceedings.

The entire premiere was managed by Lao Yan from Yuxin’s marketing department.

"Brother Yu, we will bring out a dummy later and ask you to simulate the state of a mortician on the spot!"

“This is also part of the show!”

"I will ask Director Huang to comment then..."

Lao Yan said this in Chen Yu's ear, but Chen Yu did not refuse.

The entire premiere was more artistic and technical, with no dancing or anything like that. There were only interviews, a few performances by the leading actors, and the singing was mostly sad.

Another thing is to invite a plastic surgeon and restorer from Babaoshan Funeral Home to tell interesting stories about real undertakers, mainly to make the audience interested in "Departures" and encourage them to watch it in the cinema.

"No problem, I've read the process, it's OK!"

After Chen Yu finished speaking, he took the process sheet and waved to Lao Yan: "I'm going to rest in the car. If you have anything, call Junjun!"

"Okay, Brother Yu!"

Chen Yu rushed all the way from Yunnan to the imperial capital without any rest and was now extremely exhausted.

I got back to the business car and slept until the evening.

In more than half an hour, the world premiere of "Departures" will begin.

Yojiro Takita, Ryoko Hirosue and others have arrived.

When Chen Yu arrived backstage at the premiere, the invited guests, students, teachers, and funeral home staff were all in place.

This time, in addition to roadshows in several cities in the imperial capital, Chen Yu will also go to Japan.

So this coming week is actually quite busy.

As time passed, the number of people watching the premiere of "Departures" on Tomato.com and TomatoLive began to increase.

"It's so annoying. I want to watch the world premiere of "Departures" and "The Return of the Condor Heroes" at the same time!"

"+1!"

"You can watch The Return of the Condor Heroes tomorrow. There will be a rerun!"

"After the premiere, Fanqie.com will also broadcast it again!"

"Brother Yu didn't get the timing right!"

"What the hell, what does the movie release and TV series premiere have to do with him? These are all decided by the TV stations and theaters. Wasn't the premiere already moved forward an hour?"

"Forget it, let's switch back and forth..."

Countless fans of Chen Yu were commenting below the live broadcast room, and the time finally reached 7 o'clock in the evening.

There is still one hour before "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is aired.

"Okay, the much-anticipated world premiere of 'Departures' is now officially starting!"

"Let us invite all the members of the "Departures" crew, director Yojiro Takita, starring Chen Yu, Hirosue Ryoko, Motoki Masahiro..."

The host He Jiong was speaking according to the script.

Chen Yu and the crew of "Departures" appeared on the stage immediately, and there was loud cheers from the audience.

Many students and teachers who were invited to attend the premiere felt very honored. They probably never thought that their major would be invited to a movie.

"Director Takita, Yu-nii, Ryoko...can you please say hello to the audience here and in front of the TV?"

He Jiong seemed quite relaxed as the host of this premiere.

According to the process of the premiere, it started with interviews, such as winning awards, filming, etc. There was also a translator sitting there, and the big screen behind him would occasionally show some behind-the-scenes footage, award-winning shots, etc.

There was applause from the audience from time to time.

After the interview ended, He Jiong said loudly: "I heard from Director Takita that Brother Yu learned the cello specifically for this movie, and he even played the interlude in the movie himself. Do you want to listen to it?"

"Think!" The audience shouted in unison, and Chen Yu began his solo performance.

Cello solo.

An interlude and a theme song.

Chen Yu’s fans obviously didn’t expect that Chen Yu actually had such a unique skill?
Can you be a boxer or a violinist? Or a celloist?
"I was wondering why there was a scene of Yuge playing the violin on the promotional poster!"

“You really can!”

"Is there anything he can't do?"

"You must have learned it specifically for the role, right?"

"It seems that he also experienced that undertaker..."

A group of netizens watched Chen Yu finish his performance, and then it was time for the other leading actors to perform.

For example, Hirosue Ryoko sang a song, and Motoki Masahiro told a funny story about the filming.

At this time, the premiere had been going on for about an hour, and a dummy was pushed out, and Chen Yu and others began the burial process on the spot.

Deputy Director Huang and several experienced undertakers took the stage to give explanations.

They then performed it again in person.

Finally, several students and teachers from the funeral industry were invited to interact and experience the embalmer process.

There is even a competition with Chen Yu and several other leading actors.

This part is very funny.

"We in the funeral industry have the most horrific class schedule!"

"Funeral, corpse collection, flower arrangement on Monday; bone burning, funeral couplets, feng shui on Tuesday..."

"There are four majors: funeral services, funeral equipment, embalming and cemetery. The basic courses are basically the same. You need to be familiar with courses such as "Funeral Culture", "Funeral Services", "Funeral Ethics", and "Modern Funeral Ritual Practice"..."

"Welcome to apply to our school!"

"Through the above teaching, students can take life and death lightly and develop good professional qualities..."

"As for professional skills, the entire process, from the transportation of the remains, business negotiations, cosmetic surgery and embalming, funeral etiquette, cremation, and cemetery, is taught in full. Even small details such as arranging flowers in the mourning hall must be practiced repeatedly..."

"Most importantly, in order to let students feel the most realistic working atmosphere during their daily practice, our school has also set up a mourning hall, a simulated crematorium and simulated dummies for students to use in their training..."

"Hahaha!"

The whole audience burst into laughter.

The two-hour premiere ended in such a unique way, and many people found it very novel.

There was no sadness. Many people initially thought that the premiere would be very happy and festive, but it was obviously inconsistent with the theme of the movie, so some viewers thought it would be very sad, but after the entire premiere.

Just two words – interesting.

The funeral industry, especially undertakers, seems... quite interesting.

This is a very noble profession, which can bring new life to a cold person and give her eternal beauty; it also requires calmness, accuracy, and tender emotions.

"As body cosmetologists, what we do is to create beauty for the lost lives and bring a ray of warmth and comfort of love to every grieving family!"

"I'm glad that someone has made a film for our industry that has won awards all over the world!"

"Let the whole world pay attention to the profession of funeral director!"

Huang Lishan was responsible for the final speech, and he even bowed towards the camera.

Every audience member who watched the premiere felt a sense of awe in their hearts and was looking forward to the movie "Departures".

The entire premiere was obviously a great success.

It has aroused the audience's strong interest in both movies and the profession of undertaker.

The movie "Departures" was playing on the spot.

The number of people online at Tomato Live of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" also reached a new high at this time.

Many of Chen Yu’s fans went to watch the live premiere of “Departures”.

And at this point in time, the third episode is about to end, and the adult version of Yang Guo played by Chen Yu finally makes his debut.

The young and handsome face, the uninhibited smile, everything seems to be the Yang Guo described by Jin Yong. Compared with the version written by Gu Tianle, his temperament is more prominent.

Gu Tianle plays the 16-year-old Yang Guo, but his acting is not as natural as Chen Yu's.

After all, his age advantage is there.

"Stable!"

"I feel this version of Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu is better than Gu Tian Le and Li Ruo Tong!"

"At least I feel better about my appearance!"

"I thought it was another Duan Yu, but it turned out to be completely different. Chen Yu's acting is so great. He played the role of a handsome young man. This Yang Guo is so smart, young and high-spirited!"

“It feels just right…”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Yang Guo played by Chen Yu is very different from Duan Yu in the previous "Tian Long Ba Bu".

It was a transformation that was a complete rebirth.

Although it is a martial arts drama, the acting requirements are not as high as many serious dramas.

But Chen Yu's acting skills are undoubtedly the biggest plus point for his role as Yang Guo.

If there is good acting skills, the audience will definitely be more engaged in the show.

The number of online viewers and the ratings for the third and fourth episodes once again set new records.

With the appearance of Xiaolongnu and Yang Guo, it is obvious that many people have begun to seriously immerse themselves in the plot of "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

At this time, at the premiere of "Departures" at Babaoshan, the movie also played the ending subtitles and ending song.

There was some silence in the room.

Some of the female students even had red eyes, and it was obvious that they had been crying.

"Please welcome all the main creators of the production team of "Departures" to come on stage again!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
An extremely abrupt and warm applause suddenly broke out from the audience.

Then it became louder and louder, and lasted for a long time over the Babaoshan Mountain at night.

This is the recognition given to this movie by the audience.

“What a great shot!”

“If this movie becomes a hit, my parents will know what my career is all about!”

“I really want to recommend it to my friends and relatives!”

"The Chen Bensheng in there is like looking at me in person..."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Some people couldn't help crying.

A movie that captures many microcosms of an industry.

Huang Lishan's face was also full of excitement, and he shouted loudly: "Great, it's filmed very well. This industry has been misunderstood too deeply. This movie will definitely change many people's perceptions of our funeral industry!"

Chen Yu looked at the hopeful and moved faces in the audience, and felt for the first time that the meaning of the movie was truly materialized at this moment!
Perhaps, this is the true meaning of the movie.

It can reflect social realities and problems, criticize social malpractices and injustices. As a mass media, it can also arouse public attention and discussion, and promote social progress and change.

Even, it provides emotional satisfaction, inspires the audience's resonance, and promotes the correct direction of a certain group or profession.

"Thank you, thank you everyone!"

Chen Yu bowed to everyone, cheering for the applause that had not stopped yet!
(End of this chapter)