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Chapter 776: Do a Good Deed Occasionally
Not just Xu Zheng.

Wen Muye, the director of this film, who was on the stage, was also stunned.

What? Is it possible for him to join the club of directors with a salary of 2 billion or 3 billion?
Li Yu really thinks highly of him.

Everyone was obviously frightened.

Li Yu immediately changed his words: "I mean, it's a very good commercial movie. Of course, the higher the box office, the better. I hope the box office of this movie can reach 2 billion or 3 billion.

The higher the box office, the more people watch the movie.

A good work should be viewed by more people.”

Xu Zhengwen, Mu Ye and others finally came back to their senses from their shock.

"Director Li, your sense of humor is getting better and better. You really scared me just now." Xu Zheng touched his chest, looking frightened.

"I was also scared. Anyway, thank you Director Li for the blessing." Wen Muye said.

After Li Yu left the stage, Xu Fan asked Feng Xiaogang, "Director Li said that this movie will have a box office of 20 to 30 billion. Do you think he was joking or serious? I felt that his tone of voice at the beginning was not like a joke."

"..." Feng Xiaogang did not answer immediately.

He had just been slapped in the face and his face was still hot.

After a moment of silence, he managed to say: "It depends on the market performance. No one can predict such things. Only the audience can decide. It also depends on whether the theaters are deliberately targeting it."

Feng Xiaogang has no chance of getting through the cinema chain.

He just felt that Yida Cinemas was targeting him and deliberately suppressing his screening schedule.

But Yida Cinema Chain is one of the largest cinema chains in the country, which makes him very uncomfortable.

After the premiere, Li Yu met Lu Yong, the prototype of Cheng Yong.

Li Yu asked his assistant to find him and invite him to Li Yu's car.

"Mr. Lu, right? I admire your personal experience very much. Nowadays, there are not many people like you who do good deeds without asking for anything in return or who take risks to do good deeds." Li Yu meant what he said.

If he were to ask himself honestly, he didn't think he could do what Lu Yong did.

"Director Li, do you know how I felt when I was watching that movie just now? I was so angry. I didn't beat my wife, and I didn't make a penny from my fellow patients.

They actually tampered with me to become such a person. If I made money from my fellow patients, the prosecutors would not drop the case at all, okay? I would be in prison for a few years like Cheng Yong in the movie.

Fortunately, you clarified it for me and told everyone that Cheng Yong and I are different, otherwise I really wanted to sue the crew and Xu Zheng. "

Lu Yong was still a little angry.

“You can sue them, they changed your image and didn’t help you clarify, that’s a fact.

I think, even if you sue them and get compensation, you won’t keep the money for yourself, you will definitely donate it to those patients.”

Li Yu said.

Lu Yong was shocked.

Li Yu actually knew what he was thinking.

Li Yu looked at him with a surprised face and continued, "I have an idea. I plan to take out 20 million yuan. As for you, you have helped so many patients before, and you must know many poor patients.

Please help me hand over these 20 million to those patients. Let’s set the amount for each patient at 300,000.

I heard that the cost of treating leukemia is between 300,000 and 500,000 yuan.

This money should be able to help many patients get through this difficult time and find hope for life.”

Li Yu didn't know how much of the donation would actually reach those in need.

Through Lu Yong's words, Li Yu can believe that every penny will be handed over to those in need. Just as Lu Yong said just now, he is also a patient, and he has experienced the pain of having to take medicine as soon as he opens his eyes and eating up all his savings.

So he wanted to help people who were suffering like him.

If he made a penny from the patient, he would have gone to jail.

"Why do you want to help patients through me? Why not donate to charity organizations?" Lu Yong looked surprised and couldn't understand.

Generally, when rich people or celebrities donate some money or do some good deeds, they wish that the whole world would know about it.

Li Yu did the opposite and chose to come secretly.

She even supported him in suing the crew.

He was a little confused.

"After the money passes through your hands, the 20 million can all be handed over to the patient, right? I admire your experience, and you are a trustworthy person." Li Yu said seriously.

"Director Li, I admire you just as much! I want to thank you on behalf of those patients. With your 20 million, many people and families have hope."

Lu Yong paused for a few seconds and then said with emotion: "It would be great if all patients could get help and eventually defeat the disease and not be plagued by it anymore. Unfortunately, this is doomed to be impossible."

Twenty million may seem like a lot, but the cost of treating leukemia is too high to help all patients.

"It's settled. Go back and count the patients from poorer families and compile their names for me." Li Yu said again.

Li Yu feels that one should do one or two good things occasionally to accumulate some virtue for oneself.

In the few days after the premiere of "Dying to Survive", public opinion began to ferment.

Li Yu's high evaluation of the film became a major focus of media publicity and also attracted a lot of attention and discussion.

"His acting is so good that we forget that Xu Zheng is a bald man. What would Xu Zheng think if he heard this? Would he even want to beat up Director Li?"

"This movie is worth looking forward to! I haven't seen the movie yet, but I looked up the prototype of the character Director Li mentioned, Lu Yong. This guy is really awesome and deserves the word "spiritual noble". "

However, the creative team clearly lacked confidence, and after the premiere, they did not choose to release the film nationwide, but instead opted for a small-scale preview.

The movie grossed over 13 million on the first day of its preview.

On the second day of the preview, it grossed over 30 million.

On the fourth day of the preview, the figure rose to 40 million.

On the fifth day of the preview, the box office had reached 60 million.

After breaking 60 million in a single day, the creative team became confident, and theaters also saw the potential of the film and officially advanced its release date.

However, soon after, news came out that Cheng Yong's prototype Lu Yong sued the crew and Xu Zheng, claiming that the character of Cheng Yong distorted his image.

If Li Yu had advised Lu Yong not to sue the crew at that time, Lu Yong would definitely have listened.

Li Yu did not persuade Lu Yong, but supported him because the crew's handling of the matter was really not fair.

It is really not fair to make a movie based on other people's stories and only care about making money without helping to clarify the matter.

What's more, Lu Yong sued them not for his own benefit, so we should strongly support him.

The episode of Lu Yong suing the crew did not affect the box office of the film. On the day when it was officially released, the single-day box office of "Dying to Survive" was 80 million.

The most amazing thing is the word of mouth of this movie. It has remained above 9.0 points since its release, making it a true masterpiece.

This is on the Doumiao website, which is unfriendly to Chinese films.

If this was a foreign language film, the score would only be higher according to the unspoken rule that foreign language films get one point higher.

(End of this chapter)