This man knows how to hype

Chapter 304: Puncture Everyone's Tear Glands

Inside the cinema.

The laughter and excitement caused by Xu Xiyu's pole dancing had long disappeared.

Instead, there is a solemn and depressing atmosphere.

Fake drug dealer Zhang Changlin threatened Cheng Yong with reporting him, causing Cheng Yong to transfer the agency rights to Zhang Changlin. He then used the money he earned to open a garment factory.

Unfortunately, Zhang Changlin ran away after being raided by the police.

As a result, a number of patients including Lu Shouyi were without medicine for a long time.

One day a year later, Lu Shouyi's wife appeared in front of Cheng Yong with a haggard face and asked him if he could still get the Indian medicine.

Such a plot made the audience's hearts sink to the bottom.

And a more naked and straightforward tragedy is about to appear before everyone's eyes.

On the screen, Cheng Yong was sitting in front of the hospital bed. The camera turned and Lu Shouyi appeared.

How to describe his condition?

His face was so haggard that it was pale and dark blue, with an unhealthy red flush around his eye sockets, an oxygen tube hanging from his nose, and a dry, chapped mouth.

Needless to say, anyone can see that this is a state of "not much longer to live".

Seeing him in this state, he still forced a smile towards Cheng Yongqiang, just like when they first met, and called out, "Brother Yong."

Li Shangling couldn't help but close her eyes and glanced away. This was the kind of scene she hated the most in her life.

But turning your head away is of no use.

Because what follows is the scene that Xu Xiyu personally finds the most heart-wrenching when watching a movie.

That is the nurse coming to clean the wound for Lu Shouyi.

No anesthesia is used during debridement. The dead flesh is removed directly with a knife and scissors.

Lu Shouyi's heart-wrenching cries of pain were transmitted through the theater's speakers and reached the ears of all the audience present.

Hearing this, Li Shangling, who had her eyes closed, couldn't help but reach out and grab her sister's clothes tightly. Every time Lu Shouyi shouted, she trembled, not knowing whether she was afraid or couldn't bear it.

There are countless viewers who have the same reaction as her.

Even Qi Xiangyang showed a look of pity at this moment.

Of course, some of the male actors who came to watch the movie felt a little bit convinced and helpless despite their reluctance.

While watching the movie, they kept asking themselves, if it were them, could they act better than Meng Chengming?
Except for some who have real abilities and some who are inexplicably confident.

The answer most actors get is basically no.

They even felt that they shouldn't discuss whether Meng Chengming's acting was good or not, because in the movie, he was just Lv Shouyi himself, without any trace of acting.

In fact, it's not just him, Cheng Yong, Liu Sihui, and some major characters like Zhang Changlin. As the movie progresses, it seems that no one can feel any trace of acting in them.

It's like something that really happened in 2002, but was made into a documentary.

The movie continues, and Cheng Yong decides to go to India again to buy medicine.

Lu Shouyi had entered the stage of acute malignant transformation, and his wife wanted to try again and treat him with a bone marrow transplant.

This treatment has a low success rate and is extremely expensive.

Lu Shouyi didn't want to be a burden to his family anymore, nor did he want to continue to endure the torture. In the middle of the night, he endured the pain and climbed out of the hospital bed. His hair had fallen out and only a few strands were left.

He gently stroked his sleeping son, and looked at his wife who was becoming increasingly haggard from taking care of him.

His expression showed reluctance, shame, relief, and a myriad of emotions that were difficult to describe.

The camera turned and Cheng Yong came out of the pharmacy after buying medicine.

On the street, someone was holding a smoke cannon and spraying disinfectant smoke. In the smoke, two statues were pushed slowly past him.

One is Shiva and the other is Kali.

These two statues have many meanings in India, but they have one thing in common, which is destruction and rebirth.

However, at this time, most of the audience did not recognize who these two statues were.

But as a director, Guan Jinfeng didn't even recognize the statue.

It didn't affect him that when he saw this part, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and cursed in a low voice: "Damn, are you crazy? Are you really that strong?"

"What do you mean strong?" The male protagonist of "Falling into the Abyss" sitting next to him asked puzzledly.

He is an idol turned actor and doesn’t really understand these things.

Guan Jinfeng explained: "In this segment, the expressiveness of montage and camera language is used to the extreme. Don't forget what this movie is called? It's called "Dying to Survive"!
This scene not only points out the theme and symbolizes Cheng Yong's transformation, but also leaves a lot of room for the audience to interpret, or even over-interpret."

"So what?" The male protagonist still didn't understand.

This "so" made Guan Jinfeng's mouth twitch, and he thought: So this is the difference between art and ordinary movies, this is a good movie worth watching over and over again.

But he was too lazy to explain any more, he just felt that he was under a lot of pressure now.

There was only one thought in my mind: Could this be a shot arranged by Xu Xiyu? How could he be so good at this at such a young age?
But the plot of the movie was progressing, so he couldn't think too much.

Or rather, he simply didn't have any more time to think about it.

When a director sees a good movie, he will also be immersed in it.

Lu Shouyi died, and Cheng Yong decided to purchase drugs in large quantities again. When the group leader, who was wearing a mask, asked him how much he would sell it for this time.

Cheng Yong’s answer was: “500.”

As soon as this line came out, many viewers with low tear points felt like they were struck.

But it's obviously not the time for the audience to really burst into tears.

Under pressure from laws and regulations and the Gleevec Pharmaceuticals, the police tracked down the Indian generic drugs. The drugs Cheng Yong brought were confiscated, and the police hoped that these patients could identify the person who sold the drugs.

Thus, the most well-known scene among the countless classic scenes in this movie was staged in the police station.

The sick old lady begged police officer Cao Bin not to investigate the Indian medicine anymore. She had been taking the genuine medicine at a price of 4 yuan per bottle for three years, and her house and family were ruined by it.

We finally have cheap medicine, but you insist that it is fake. Don't they know whether it is fake or not?

"Huh~ I can't take it anymore." Li Shangling felt that she really couldn't take it anymore.

She tilted her head back slightly and kept fanning her eyes with her hands, but no matter how fast she fanned, the wind could not dry the tears in her eyes.

Li Shangrong next to her was moving in perfect sync with Li Shangling.

While fanning herself, she leaned close to Li Shangling's ear and whispered, "I finally understand why he was so indifferent to "Falling into the Abyss" when he met us that day.

They have the capital to be confident. No matter how hard "Into the Abyss" tries, I don't think it can beat this movie. This movie will be well-received after a few days of previews."

"I think so too." Li Shangling immediately nodded in agreement.

Then he added, "Sister, I said I didn't find the wrong person. Since Lv Qinyao followed him, no matter how many good songs she got, this kind of movie, playing the leading female role and being a co-producer, she is going to take off, really."

Hearing this, Li Shangrong said worriedly, "I'm worried now. We are willing but he is not."

As soon as these words came out, Li Shangling stopped fanning her tears.

Yes, Xu Xiyu is not Qi Xiangyang, who is so eager to accept me. Even if I am willing, Xu Xiyu may not be willing to pay attention to me.

Especially judging from his attitude during the two times he met me, he seemed to have no interest in me at all.

Thinking of this, her mood, which was already a little depressed because of the movie, became even more depressed.

Then, the plot of the movie dealt another severe blow to her depressed mood.

The yellow-haired man who was afraid of being a burden to his family and came to Shanghai alone to wait for death, but because of Cheng Yong, he shaved his head, bought a ticket and prepared to go home to see his parents, has died.

Died while going with Cheng Yong to get medicine for the second time;
Died when hit by a truck from the Grenin Company.

This incident caused Cao Bin, who had been torturing himself, to completely collapse. He ran into the hospital holding Huangmao, who was covered in blood, as helpless as a child.

Cheng Yong also collapsed. He rushed to the hospital and asked Cao Bin angrily after learning that Huang Mao was dead: "He is only 20 years old. He just wanted to survive. What crime did he commit? Speak up, what crime did he commit!!"

There are no bad guys. No one is a bad guy in this scene.

But the tragedy still happened.

Seeing this, the screenwriter of "Into the Abyss" collapsed weakly on the chair in the theater, with an indescribable despair on his face.

When "Pengcheng Thirty Years Old" and "Kuangbiao" collided before, he didn't have this feeling, he just felt that Xu Xiyu won a little.

He even thought that if he was the screenwriter of "Pengcheng Thirty Years Old", he might be able to beat Xu Xiyu.

But now after watching "Dying to Survive".

The screenwriter began to doubt his life.

If "Dying to Survive" is considered a good movie, then "Dying to Survive" is clearly heading towards becoming a masterpiece.

How does this compare?
The most important thing is that even this good "Falling into the Abyss" had its ideas stolen from Xu Xiyu.

Damn it!
Damn me!
I...you...ah...forget it.

The thing I fear most in life is comparison.

Comparison is not good, comparison is a sin, and comparison is the root of troubles.

When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the deep Prajna Paramita, he saw that the five aggregates were empty and he was able to overcome all suffering.

Amitabha~~
Here, the screenwriter has started reciting the Heart Sutra.

Du Chenshuang on the other side was really shocked.

Although his original idea was to hope that "Dying to Survive" could be more powerful, the problem is that it now seems to be too powerful.

This made Du Chenshuang instinctively jealous.

Why?
Is this reasonable?

Why does Xu Xiyu have the ability to do this?
Could it be that there really is such a genius in this world who is born to be in the entertainment industry, and he can be involved in anything related to entertainment, whether it is music, film and television, or even a company?
Since there is such a genius, why isn’t it me, Du?

So God gave the entertainment industry ten bowls of rice to eat, Xu Xiyu ate eleven bowls, and everyone still owes him one bowl, right?
As Du Chenshuang was doubting his life, "Dying to Survive" gradually came to an end.

Under pressure, India closed the pharmaceutical factory.

But the medicine is still available at the pharmacy. If Cheng Yong needs it, the pharmaceutical factory owner can buy it back from the pharmacy at the retail price, which is 2000.

After experiencing Huangmao's death, Cheng Yong decided to sell the medicine one last time, this time regardless of the price or cost.

When Liu Sihui asked him how much it sold for, his answer was: 500.

This is the second time this price appears in the movie.

This time, even the audience with the highest tear point felt their scalps tingling and their hearts aching.

When I saw Liu Sihui selling medicine to patients across the country through QQ groups;
When the entire screen is filled with group chat boxes;
When the iconic "beep, beep" sound of QQ keeps ringing;
When countless faces wearing masks filled the entire screen.

Even Qi Xiangyang's nostrils began to dilate.

Anyone who has tried to hold back tears knows that flaring nostrils means the person is about to lose the ability to hold back tears.

Since he was like this, it was natural that the other audience members would cry or hold back their tears one by one.

However, this kind of movie that can "break the tear glands" is not something you can hold back just because you want to.

Cheng Yong was arrested.

Also sentenced.

The most classic scene of this movie also appeared in front of the audience on Blue Star at this moment.

As the police escorted him, Cheng Yong said "Drive slower." He turned his head from the car and looked out the window. He saw that the streets on both sides were full of leukemia patients who came to see him off.

They were all wearing masks, but when the camera swept past them, they took off their masks one by one.

"Fuck, you can't play like this." Qi Xiangyang really couldn't hold it anymore.

Just as he finished speaking, Lu Shouyi and Huangmao appeared in the screen. When Qi Xiangyang saw these two people smiling at the camera, he lowered his head.

Stop watching.

To die.

Who the hell can withstand this?
At this moment, the sobbing of other audience members became louder and louder, and kept drilling into Qi Xiangyang's ears.

If we say that some movies are sensationalist on purpose to make the audience cry.

The tears in this movie are the natural expression of deep emotions.

Li Shangling and Li Shangrong's makeup has been ruined by tears.

Zhu Anyu's tears were as big as beans and fell down.

At this moment, the movie scenes in the eyes of all the audience are blurry.

Time passed minute by minute, and the movie ended with Cao Bin picking up Cheng Yong from prison and driving away.

The screen went dark, but quickly came back on.

I saw video clips starting to appear on the left side of the screen, with subtitles on the right.

The video is a negotiation video between experts from the Medical Insurance Bureau and manufacturers, and the subtitles show the results of the negotiations.

In the process of national medical development, many high-priced drugs have been included in medical insurance and their prices have been brought down.

This makes it completely affordable for patients who could not afford it before.

The reason why Xu Xiyu posted this is to tell these viewers.

The "Medicine God" is not only present among the people.

Officially, countless people are working hard for it and have achieved fruitful results.

Just when everyone was feeling extremely moved and proud.

A musical prelude sounded and the end credits finally appeared.

Also appearing are clips of Meng Chengming losing weight, Lu Qinyao practicing pole dancing, and some other highlights.

Along with these images, Xu Xiyu's singing voice sounded.

"Maybe it was far away or it was yesterday~~
Here or on the other side~~
The long road is full of twists and turns, joys and sorrows~~
People gather and disperse~~
Let go of the right and wrong to know the answer~~
The courage to live~~
There is no halo of God~~
You and I are born ordinary~~
......"

As soon as the song came out, Qi Xiangyang, Du Chenshuang, and even Guan Jinfeng, all covered their ears.

Qi Xiangyang in particular blocked his ears while secretly cursing, "You bastard, have you forgotten that you wrote better songs? You sinister villain, you shameless bastard, you still want to make everyone cry at the end of the film, right?"

Can't listen.

It's really unbearable.

If you listen to this kind of song at other times, you might just think it sounds nice.

You should listen to it after watching "Dying to Survive".

That would be fucking fatal.

They don’t want to be on the news later, saying [The creators of “Into the Abyss” collectively burst into tears after watching “Dying to Survive”]

Of course, they were well disguised and other viewers certainly had no idea who they were.

Most importantly, no audience will pay attention to them.

Everyone's emotions, which had been gradually being suppressed, burst like a flood after Xu Xiyu's singing, and could no longer be controlled.

The lights in the theater came on, and the audience was all in tears.

(End of this chapter)