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Chapter 666 [92] Chen Yu’s graduation thesis!

"Ok!"

Bird watched Chen Yu finish the last retake and shouted loudly.

wrap up.

After nearly 4 months and 5 shooting locations, "Invisible Spy" was finally successfully filmed.

"Oh oh oh!"

There was warm cheering and applause from the audience. For many actors, the announcement of the completion of the filming was a relief.

Especially for the leading actors.

But it’s different for the director, he also has to do post-production, which is actually no easier than shooting.

"Let's have a drink together tonight!"

Chen Yu shouted there, walked into the dressing room and started to remove his makeup.

He will take a flight tomorrow to go back to the Central Academy of Drama to attend the thesis defense, graduation ceremony, etc. After that, he will also have to promote the world premiere of "Fast and Furious 3".

Liu Yifei is similar. In fact, her schedule is more urgent than Chen Yu's. "Exodus" was released earlier than "Fast and Furious 3".

It is estimated that the two will join the crew of "Better Days" until the end of July.

At that time, probably only some roles for them and others would be left.

Fortunately, Li An's filming schedule for "Bruce Lee" is at the end of the year, around November or December.

So Chen Yu will only be busy for these two months, and he will have plenty of free time after that.

Liu Yifei has more ample schedule.

"Huh~~ I'm finally done with my defense manuscript!"

Liu Yifei walked into the dressing room, feeling relieved.

Chen Yu's advice last night seemed to have enlightened her, so she made some revisions to the content of the paper she submitted earlier today.

But those were all impromptu performances during the defense.

She submitted the paper a long time ago, and the current plagiarism check is not very strict.

"congratulations!"

“I’m about to enter society!”

Chen Yu closed his eyes and said that. Liu Yifei curled her lips and sat in the seat next to Chen Yu. She fiddled with the cosmetics in front of her and said, "I haven't decided yet whether to take the postgraduate entrance examination or not!"

"I didn't want to take the exam last year, but it's too late this year if I want to!"

Liu Yifei was also very conflicted.

Last year she was fully focused on filming, winning awards and becoming famous; this year she suddenly came to her senses and wanted to study while filming, so that her works would become better and fewer in number. In addition, since Chen Yu was a first-year graduate student in directing, she was even more interested in this aspect.

"I remember Teacher Chang asked you last year, but you didn't want to!"

"Now you've changed your mind. The chance to continue your studies is so rare!"

Chen Yu could only say that if he missed this opportunity, he would miss it forever. In fact, according to Liu Yifei's fame, it was quite easy for her to be admitted to graduate school.

But if I miss it now, I will definitely never have such an opportunity again, and I can only take the exam myself.

Although she definitely has advantages over the average person.

"talk later!"

“I mainly want to learn some deeper acting theory, but I feel like I can learn more from you!”

There's nothing wrong with that.

Because Chen Yu would teach her bit by bit, especially after he became a director, Liu Yifei really became his personal advisor.

Combine practice with theory.

But then again, even though Chen Yu can help Liu Yifei, it doesn't mean she can successfully win the award.

Her acting skills will definitely improve a lot, but there are many factors that influence winning an award.

Many wives of famous directors are actresses and have great acting skills, such as Director Jia, but they simply cannot produce an actress who wins any of the three major awards.

Is it that Zhao Tao’s acting skills are not good enough? Not entirely.

So it’s really hard to say.

However, one thing that makes Chen Yu better than Chief Jia is that he can get Liu Yifei the script of an award-winning film in her previous life, which may increase her chances of winning. If this fails, Chen Yu thinks that the right way for Liu Yifei to do is to stay at home, have a few children, and then make a comeback.

By then, she will definitely have a new understanding of acting.

For many actresses, their performance is completely different after becoming mothers.

After several years of parenting, you will either become independent from society or become stronger.

……

After removing their makeup, Chen Yu and Liu Yifei went back to the hotel, took a shower, changed their clothes, and walked towards a restaurant they had booked in the Taipei 101 building.

As the investor, leading actor, and host, Chen Yu certainly has the obligation to treat the entire crew to a good... Chinese meal.

The Zi Yan Chinese Restaurant at the W Hotel under Marriott on the 31st floor is invested by foreigners, but the chefs and staff are all locals and from Guangdong Province. It is an authentic Cantonese restaurant!

Chen Yu booked an entire floor to celebrate the completion of the filming.

More than a hundred people ate and drank until late at night, and then they supported each other and returned to the hotel. Chen Yu was almost drunk too.

In such an occasion, it was obviously impossible for him not to drink a little, and he also had to block the drinking for Liu Yifei.

After finally carrying Chen Yu to the bed in the hotel, Liu Yifei was so tired that she almost collapsed.

Chen Yu's soft snoring could be heard from the side.

"Pig~~~"

Liu Yifei turned her head to look at the sleeping Chen Yu, and a beautiful curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.

She reached out her hand and stroked the sleeping man's face. After staring at him for a long time, she took a towel and wiped Chen Yu's whole body. After taking off his clothes, she covered him with a quilt.

Then she lay there in her pajamas, with her chin in her hands, and continued to look at the man in front of her in the soft light from the bedside.

Every bit of acquaintance flows through my mind.

I don’t know how long it was before Liu Yifei yawned and felt a little sleepy.

But he still took out a cell phone, lay down next to Chen Yu, and took a selfie.

"Hahaha!"

She was there alone, looking at the selfie on her phone and laughing, her calves and feet trembling tensely, looking extremely happy.

After a long while, because he yawned too much while looking at his phone, he curled up in the quilt, hugged Chen Yu with one hand and chose to sleep.

The next morning, Chen Yu covered his head which was a little cracked from the hangover and kept breathing.

uncomfortable.

Every time this happened he swore never to drink again, but in certain situations he had to drink.

This is the helpless norm in many workplaces.

Even someone as skilled as Chen Yu is not immune to this.

"Wake up, pig!"

Liu Yifei also opened her sleepy eyes, squinted at Chen Yu, but lay comfortably in his arms and continued to sleep.

"It's 9 o'clock!"

Chen Yu looked at his phone and quickly moved Liu Yifei's arm away, but he didn't expect that the girl would hold on tightly.

"Write the content for tomorrow's defense. It will be too late if you don't finish it now!"

"You deserve it. Who told you not to write it down in advance..."

Liu Yifei muttered something, turned over and continued to sleep.

Chen Yu picked up his pajamas, washed up, turned on his computer, and started writing.

In fact, he had already submitted his thesis, which was the content of the defense tomorrow, and he wanted to send it to Chang Li for review. This was Chang Li's request, because Chen Yu was so famous.

Chen Yu thought that the paper he wrote was pretty good, and Chang Li had also read it, so she asked him to prepare well.

He analyzed the overall situation of China's box office based on facts and domestic economic trends.

But sometimes, even if what you say is true, not many people believe it.

Because of China's super economic boom, it really only took 10 years!
It started with the 08 Olympics and lasted until the peak in 19.

In 2008, the total box office of films in mainland China was 42.15 billion yuan. By 2019, the total box office had grown to 642 billion yuan, a 15-fold increase.

The year with the highest box office in North America was also 2019, with 110 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 730 billion yuan in RMB according to the exchange rate at the time.

But in between is the total regional box office of Canada and the United States.

Therefore, in terms of single market voting base, China is number one in the world.

Moreover, in terms of the diversity of film types, China far surpasses Hollywood. In fact, there are also many bad movies in North America, but they are screened before entering China, which leads many people to think that the proportion of bad movies in Hollywood is much lower than that in the mainland.

In fact, they are all similar. There are bad movies in China, but there are also occasional excellent works and commercial box office hits.

The same is true in North America.

"Done!"

After reading his nearly 2-word defense manuscript several times from beginning to end, Chen Yu sent it to Chang Li's email.

……

At the same time, the office of the director of the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama.

As graduation is approaching, Chang Li is obviously a very busy person. She used to review the theses of graduates from the Department of Performance every day and revise them.

Of course, not all students have this treatment. For more people, Liu Tianchi is the one reviewing their papers.

The Central Academy of Drama is different from other schools because we have to prepare for the graduation drama, so the thesis defense time is a bit late.

"Hasn't that kid finished writing the defense manuscript for tomorrow?"

Chang Li had just finished her work when she suddenly thought of tomorrow's defense and couldn't help talking to herself.

"Teacher Liu, what do you think of Chen Yu's paper?"

Chang Li looked at Liu Tianchi who had just come in to report to her, and couldn't help asking.

"It's a good analysis, but I'm afraid it will be controversial!"

Liu Tianchi didn't dare to say more.

Everyone knows that he is your student.

Liu Tianchi obviously didn't dare to say this in front of Chang Li, but the outside world knew it clearly, and Chang Li sometimes mentioned it casually, because Chen Yu was indeed excellent.

For an actor like this, who wouldn’t want the whole world to know that he is Chang Li’s student?

"Actually, I think so too!"

"There are problems with this comparison, and it's predictive. The key is that in the last analysis, he still thinks the domestic box office market can surpass North America. I told him to revise it, but he didn't listen..."

"The key is that the dean will come in person to listen to his defense tomorrow!"

Chang Li had never thought that this would alarm the dean of the School of Acting, because apart from her and Liu Tianchi, the defense teacher was usually a professor from the Department of Acting, and they all knew Chen Yu.

But Hao Rong, the dean of the newly established performing arts academy, is familiar with Chen Yu, but their status is different.

This was the third teacher in charge of the defense, and he had not yet read Chen Yu's paper.

If Chang Li saw him write like this, she would probably be in trouble.

"Ah? Dean Hao is here to attend the defense?"

"Yeah, I don't know what to think!"

The dean of a prestigious performing arts academy came to listen to a student's defense.

Is this because Chen Yu is too popular?

He wants to hear his paper?
beep!

An email reminder suddenly popped up on the computer in front of her. Chang Li quickly put on her glasses and saw the sender's information - Chen Yu.

"This kid, the defense manuscript has finally arrived!"

Chang Li quickly opened the email and found that the title had been changed.

"Comparison of box office growth trends in China and North America and analysis of future prospects"!
"..."

Chang Li was overwhelmed by the sight.

This guy really won't turn back until he hits the wall. Logically speaking, he has worked in Hollywood, and he actually knows more about the current box office market in North America than Chang Li.

But he still wrote such a paper. Chang Li couldn't understand Chen Yu's purpose.

I looked at the introduction at the beginning of the defense paper, and then there was an overview analysis of the Chinese and North American film markets in 2005.

To be honest, Chen Yu did a very good job on this data, and there is really no comparison between the two.

In 05, North America had 89 billion US dollars, while domestically it was only 21 billion, in RMB.

Among them, there are also outstanding contributions made by Chen Yu's three films "Kung Fu", "A World Without Thieves" and "Initial D". The three films had a total box office of more than 05 million in 8. The main reason was that "Kung Fu" was released at the end of 04, which lost more than 1 million.

Otherwise, if things go well, it could be 9 million.

In other words, last year, movies starring Chen Yu alone accounted for more than one-third of the total domestic box office.

This is really true.

Therefore, Chang Li felt that there was no problem with this paragraph. The gap between China and the United States was just that huge.

More than 700 billion versus more than 20 billion, this was the status quo of the two major markets last year.

Even so, Chen Yu still concluded that the advantage was mine?
Chang Li felt that Chen Yu was really dizzy.

[Analysis of the growth trend of box office in China and North America after 2006]

"The total box office revenue in China in the first half of 06 has exceeded that of the whole year of 05, which shows that the Chinese movie box office market has great potential!"

"The North American box office in the first half of the year was 5% lower than the same period last year..."

"In sharp contrast, China's film box office has maintained a trend of super-rapid growth since 2002!"

"This is a growth rate that cannot be matched by any other region in the world!"

"Box office revenue has been rising year after year, from the initial scale of several hundred million yuan to rapidly break through 40 billion and billion, and this year it is very likely to break through the billion mark... This is due to the all-round development of the domestic film industry and the continuous improvement in the quality of domestic films!"

"Hey!"

When Chang Li saw this passage, she told herself rationally that this was wrong.

But I don’t know why, I actually felt in my heart that Chen Yu’s analysis was correct.

In fact, the prospects for China's film box office market are indeed very good.

At least, over the past four years, the total box office revenue has doubled every year, which is indeed something that no other country in the world can achieve.

"Forget it, it's just a graduation thesis defense, don't take it too seriously!"

"I'm just worried that this paper will be spread by someone with ulterior motives..."

Especially if one day in the future, a student from the Class of 02's Acting Department becomes famous and accidentally mentions this matter, the media will definitely report it.

Chang Li didn't have to think about it, and there is no wall that is impenetrable. This kind of paper is bound to be controversial and many students would not believe it.

They treated Chen Yu as a joke and exposed him to the media, which was understandable.

"We need to talk to this kid Chen Yu!"

Chang Li roughly read the defense manuscript, sighed, picked up her mobile phone and sent a message to Chen Yu.

According to her idea, Chen Yu would have enough time to revise his thesis and defend it.

Because Chang Li has a spare one, all you have to do when the time comes is to carry it in advance.

(End of this chapter)