China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After staying at school until noon, Lu Pingan, Guorong and the leaders had a meal with the students in the school cafeteria.

The fund provides lunch subsidies to every student. The food is pretty good, with vegetables and meat, not much meat, but everyone can eat it.

Of course, this kind of food is not comparable to the food in the city, but it is good enough, and it is much better than what the students bring at home.

But it can't be any better. No matter how good it is, I'm afraid something will go wrong and cause a lot of trouble.

So it’s good now, a combination of meat and vegetables, clean and hygienic.

Guorong lamented: "If lunch is not free, many children can eat a piece of sweet potato for a day."

Lu Ping'an feels the same way.

After all, it is now 2003. Lu Pingan remembers Zhejiang Province in his previous life. During this period, he could still see children in elementary and junior high schools eating soy sauce rice.

Back then, he himself was in the same situation. Rice could solve the problem, but as for vegetables, he could only eat pickled mustard and dried prunes, or eat them with his classmates.

This is good for coastal areas. In 2003, the gap between the rich and the poor had begun to widen. There were some very poor people and some very rich, so the food could be "average".

It's just different here in Bashu. The majority of people are still poor these days.

After finishing the meal, Lu Pingan and Guorong were ready to leave.

Lu Ping'an is going to the United States. "Happy Death Day" is about to be released, and he has to be interviewed for promotion.

Guorong wants to return to Hong Kong to continue taking care of Aunt Mei.

"Are you okay now, Aunt Mei?"

On the way, Lu Pingan asked.

"Things are good."

Guorong smiled and talked about Aunt Mei's situation.

Meigu started treatment very early, but it was relatively conservative at that time.

Later, Guorong learned about the situation, and he and Mei Gu opened their hearts and revealed their illness to each other.

From that moment on, Aunt Mei was like a child who found her parents. After crying all night, she started formal treatment.

It is also because of this that the farewell concerts or filming appointments in "House of Flying Daggers" have been postponed.

Now it seems that life can be saved, but I will not be able to have children in the future.

"It's good if you can save your life."

Guorong sighed with a smile, his tone full of relaxation.

Then he talked about his past acquaintance with Aunt Mei.

In fact, Lu Pingan does not believe in true friendship between men and women unless one party has a different orientation.

In the past, he felt that Guorong and Mei Gu were like this. If Guorong had a normal orientation, they would not have such a friendship.

But now it seems that this realm is really beyond my imagination.

Guorong finally rejoiced: "I was actually thinking about what Aunt Mei would have done if I couldn't help but end my life."

How about it?

I'll follow you.

Lu Ping'an sighed in his heart and said nothing.

"Thinking about it now, it feels like it was all God's will. After experiencing life and death, many things will be forgotten. Aunt Mei said that she will hold a farewell concert when her body recovers, and will completely retreat behind the scenes."

"That's good, your body is the most important thing."

"yes."

Guorong smiled and nodded, "From Aunt Mei, I also understand a truth better, that is, you should do more meaningful things while you are healthy. If you regret it when you can no longer do it, then you will die in peace."

"High level of thought!"

Lu Pingan smiled and extended his thumb.

Guorong continued with a smile: "If you want to do something, do it. If you want to love someone, love it. Only by being more unrestrained can life be meaningful. The prerequisite is not to break the law."

"Brother has a plan?"

"I already have it."

Guorong smiled and pointed to the mountains outside the car window, "This is it."

After speaking, he turned the topic to Lu Ping'an, "What about you, what are your plans for the future?"

"Me? Making a movie."

"This is career, as well as emotional aspects."

"emotion?"

Lu Ping'an was slightly stunned.

To be honest, he really doesn't have any plans in terms of relationships.

If you have a relationship with a woman who lusts after her body but doesn't want to be bothered by her feelings, then treat her with a non-initiative and non-rejection attitude.

If you are all greedy, then take the initiative.

He's been like this for the past few years.

Therefore, the latter currently only has Yan Danchen, and Zeng Li is also considered one.

The rest of the women's relationships are handled very cleanly, except for Gao Yuanyuan, who is still greedy for both of them, which does not match Lu Ping'an's needs, so Gao Yuanyuan can only be his "accompaniment" now.

But if you really want to talk about which woman you have long-term plans for the future, for example, how about planning to spend a few years with Yan Danchen.

It seems I haven't really thought about this very carefully.

It doesn't matter whether it's Yan Danchen or Zeng Li who is preparing to attack now.

If I say I like it, I definitely like it, but I don’t like it to a particularly deep level.

It sounds a bit cold-blooded to say this, but it is indeed the case.

If you tell Guorong this, you will definitely be called vulgar. How can you do this to feelings?

But I just like vulgar things, what can I do?

So he shook his head: "I don't know, just take it one step at a time."

Guorong said with a smile: "You are almost 22 and have reached the legal age for marriage in the mainland. You have to think about it, right?"

"It can't be so fast."

Lu Pingan smiled and asked, "Why do I feel like you are like my seventh aunt and eighth aunt, urging me to get married?"

"You care about your brother, can't you?"

"Haha, of course you can, but it's too early."

"Then play for a few more years, but don't play randomly. You still have to think about it. You should be thirty-five at the latest. You can't be like me and Aunt Mei."

"OK."

Lu Ping'an agreed without hesitation.

Regardless of whether Guorong's advice was really out of concern for his "younger brother", or he was expressing his emotions after Mei Gu's inability to have children, and then giving advice to future generations.

This is all concern, and that’s what follows.

Two hours later, the two separated at Bashu Airport.

The next night, Lu arrived in Los Angeles safely.

"Watts, how's it going?"

"It's probably not good at the moment."

Watts said as he handed out the relevant documents.

Currently, "Happy Death Day" is Lu Ping'an's second film in Hollywood.

After the success of "Chainsaw" attracted some movie fans, Lu Ping An's brand has already gained some fame.

Therefore, the early publicity of "Happy Death Day" is relatively more advantageous than other movies.

It’s just that the November 18th schedule doesn’t look very good.

"The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolutions" will be released on November 5th. This is the last part of the Matrix trilogy.

Also in May this year, "The Matrix 2" was released, raking in US$280 million at the box office in North America and US$740 million globally.

Generally, the release of a movie of this kind at the box office will have a huge impact on movies in the week or two before and after the same period.

However, the results of "The Matrix 3" were far inferior to the second one.

The total box office of "Hackers 3" in North America was only 140 million, and the global box office was only just over 400 million.

I don’t care about the global box office, only the North American box office.

If the North American box office is 140 million, it will be much less of a threat to movies released at the same time.

After all, the North American market is the largest market in the world, and it can accommodate a lot of box office in the same period.

So "Happy Death Day" was released two weeks after it. It seems to be in a difficult situation, but in fact it still has plenty of room for action.

Of course, with a blockbuster ahead of it, there will definitely be an impact.

Not all the market share gained by blockbusters will be reserved for "Death Day", other movies will also take it away.

Rivals in the same period include "Dirty Dancing," starring Jessica Alba.

The cost of the animated film "The Cat in the Hat" is said to be 100 million.

and "Lord of the Rings 3" to be released in December.

In addition to "Lord of the Rings 3", the other two movies have been heavily promoted.

At least it doesn't look like "Death Day" can crush them.

However, Lu Pingan took a quick look and felt that the problem was still not big. "Lord of the Rings 3" was a little far away from him. At that time, "Death Day" was about to be released.

I've never heard of "Dirty Dancing" and "The Cat in the Hat", so I guess the box office won't be much higher.

The box office is not high, which can leave room for "Death Day".

And his expectation for "Death Day" is not to exceed 100 million US dollars. The box office of the original version in North America was less than 60 million US dollars, and the global box office was more than 100 million US dollars.

But if inflation is taken into account, if the North American box office exceeds 50 million now, it is already better than the original version.

So what Lu Pingan said at the beginning was more than 5 times the cost, which is more than 20 million in North America.

This figure is relatively conservative, but compared to the cost, if it really reaches it, it will be another blockbuster movie.

Now it seems that the Big Bang may still be achievable.

Watts said at this time: "In fact, less than 10% of Hollywood movies are profitable. Our costs are low, so making money is not a big problem."

Lu Pingan smiled and asked, "Watts, what do you want to say?"

Watts smiled and said: "It's actually not too late to void the bet now."

Lu Ping'an also smiled: "Actually, I like your lack of memory the most."

Watts: "..."