This star is going to the moon

Chapter 302 Director Chen is unconvinced; the "Crew Dragon" spacecraft successfully completes its maiden manned flight (Third update, please vote for monthly tickets)
Although Lu Yun's "Wooden Kite" project is in the aerospace field, its influence is so great, and people's attention is limited, that Lu Yun still managed to steal the spotlight from entertainment stars with his achievements in the aerospace field.

The press conference for the start of filming of the movie "The Battle at Lake Changjin" coincided with the maiden flight of the "Wooden Kite" aircraft, drawing away almost all the attention and causing the grand press conference to fail to generate much buzz.

This situation almost drove director Chen Kaige to his death with anger.

Previously, Director Chen felt insulted, after all, he, a famous director, was kicked out of the production team of the film "My People, My Country" by an actor named Lu Yun, which was extremely contrary to the principles of justice.

After all, the status of directors and actors in the entertainment industry is worlds apart.

Big-name actors can bully unknown directors, but Chen Kaige is a famous director.

In the entertainment industry, he disciplined actors like he was disciplining his sons, and one day he was kicked out of the film crew by the actors!
As for Lu Yun's identity as an "aerospace engineer," that is an external factor, not a factor within the entertainment industry.

Or rather, Lu Yun was just cheating!

However, when he tried to use his influence in the entertainment industry to suppress Lu Yun, he discovered that Lu Yun's network of connections in the entertainment industry was not the traditional kind, but rather he was very close to the "young and middle-aged" who had "come to the industry later in life".

Then there's not much that can be done by someone like him, a "traditional veteran in the entertainment industry".

Fortunately, as a director, he knew that the success of a film should speak for itself, so he set his sights on the two-part film "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

Originally, he wasn't part of the directing team for these two films; instead, it was comprised of three Hong Kong directors: Tsui Hark, Lam Chiu-yin, and Lau Wai-keung.

However, he used his connections to tell his superiors that films with this kind of background couldn't be entirely directed by Hong Kong directors. Firstly, they couldn't film large-scale scenes, and secondly, there were other reasons as well. In the end, the directing team became Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, and Lin Chaoxian.

Then, combining the model of "Wolf Warrior 2", he found Wu Jing to be the lead actor, and selected Yang Qianxi, who had slightly better acting skills, from among the most famous traffic stars.

Compared to Lu Yun, who had little fame and resources during the "Wolf Warrior 2" era, Yang Qianxi's company guarantees to invest a huge amount of promotional resources.

With national support, a famous battle, Wu Jing and Yang Qianxi, plus a bunch of talented actors supporting the cast...

Director Chen estimates that the two films, "The Battle at Lake Changjin," will gross at least 100 billion yuan at the box office!
Is it impressive that Rowoon can star in a movie that grossed 60 billion won?

He can even direct a movie that grosses 100 billion!
As a result, before the movie was even released, Lou Yun was overshadowed; the movie was overshadowed as soon as filming began.

However, Director Chen is still very confident, after all, you can't become a great director without confidence.

Of course, there's also a bit of family background.

It doesn't matter if we couldn't suppress Lu Yun's arrogance this time; the effect will be seen after the movie is released.

Besides, the crew also has a young man replacing Lu Yun.

So at the banquet after filming started, Director Chen said to Yang Qianxi: "Young Yang is very talented and has a limitless future, but don't be arrogant just because you're young. Stay humble and respect your seniors..."

Yang Qianxi listened attentively on the surface, occasionally agreeing with him, but in his heart he had already cursed this old man eight hundred times.

You should know that he and Lu Yun are rivals, but he has never been able to beat them.

The company heard that this was an opportunity for him to become the youngest "10 billion yuan box office star", so they brought him here.

"Mr. 10 Billion Yuan Box Office" is the title given to male actors who have achieved a cumulative box office of over 10 billion yuan as the absolute lead in their films.

The "absolute lead" role must at least be the second male lead, and the second male lead must have a role with no less screen time than the male lead.

Take Wu Jing for example. Putting aside his other films, the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth" alone easily exceeded 100 billion yuan.

Lu Yun was at a disadvantage because he was only the third male lead in "Wolf Warrior 2", only had a cameo in "Hello Mr. Billionaire", and was an animated film in "Ne Zha", where he only provided voice acting for a supporting role.

Therefore, the only ones that can be counted are "How Long Will I Love U" and "The Wandering Earth," which together only amount to 80 billion.

Even if we include "So Young 2: Never Gone," in which Wu Fan was promoted from second male lead to first male lead, it would only add a maximum of 300 million. If we include "The Wandering Earth 2," it would definitely break the record easily, but the post-production of sci-fi blockbusters takes a long time. It hasn't even started filming yet, so it will take at least two or three years before it's released.

Therefore, as long as the two "Changjin Lake" films are released before "The Wandering Earth 2" is released, Yang Qianxi can achieve the title of "China's youngest actor to reach 10 billion yuan in box office revenue".

Thus, he surpassed Lu Yun in the film and television industry.

It has to be said that many people in China still believe in "performance-based success," and that no matter what they do, they must produce tangible results to win.

This is quite different from the "Germanic and barbaric" thinking of foreigners.

It's quite different from the "Bharat Winning Theory" of the Third Brother.

So now, facing Director Chen's veiled criticism, Yang Qianxi can only endure it.

After all, he really only works in the entertainment industry; he doesn't have any "underhanded tricks."

Compared to him, Wu Jing didn't care.

He naturally understood what Director Chen meant, but he didn't openly criticize Lu Yun, nor did he bother to say it.

He was so successful in military and war films that even if Director Chen didn't approach him, he would still be chosen by higher authorities to act in these tribute films.

And it's not just this one; another film, "The Sacrifice," will start filming in a couple of days, and he's one of the lead actors.

Fortunately, both "The Battle at Lake Changjin" and "The Sacrifice" were filmed in Dandong, making it convenient for the two production teams to visit each other.

"The Sacrifice" was also a collaboration between three directors, but they were all "young and middle-aged," including Guo Fan.

It's just that Lu Yun was too busy, and he was busy with more important things. Otherwise, given Lu Yun's age, fame, and acting skills, the higher-ups would definitely have chosen him to play the role.

This illustrates the difference in status between entertainment stars and aerospace scientists.

On May 29, the Shenzhou-14 manned spacecraft from Laos and China was moved to the launch area, aiming for a launch in early June.

Compared to previous Shenzhou manned missions, this one has garnered significantly more public attention.

Because many people know that the "Muyuan" spacecraft's maiden flight was successful, and the next Shenzhou spacecraft is scheduled to launch at the end of the year, there is a six-month time gap. It's possible that the next Shenzhou mission will not launch and will instead be changed to "Muyuan".

Although it hasn't been officially announced, the Shenzhou mission is definitely one of the few remaining opportunities. After all, given China's cost-saving nature, it's impossible to abandon the cheaper Muyuan spacecraft and continue using the expensive Shenzhou spacecraft.

This might be a "limited-time event," so I'll definitely have to take a good look.

On May 30, the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which had been delayed by three days, finally completed its maiden manned flight.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft's maiden manned flight mission was to send two official astronauts to the International Space Station. They were not part of SpaceX, but rather "test pilots" invited by SpaceX.

Their entry into the International Space Station was not part of the normal mission sequence, since the previous normal mission was "3 people staying for 6 months", while their mission was "2 people staying for 2 months".

In any case, the US has regained its manned spaceflight capability after the retirement of the Space Shuttle, and no longer has to be "ripped off" by the Russian manned spacecraft.

Compared to the $5500 million per ticket for the Crew Dragon spacecraft, the Russians are asking for over $9500 million per ticket!

Watching the Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully dock with the International Space Station, Elon Musk seemed to see himself signing a multi-billion dollar manned spaceflight contract.

Unbeknownst to him, his eldest son was signing a special surgical contract at that very moment…

(End of this chapter)