Chapter 1006
Extra: Let him experience some stress!
If Lu Yanhe were to make a list of the things he least wanted to do, playing the victim would definitely be on it.
Looking back on what happened during his senior year of high school, Lu Yanhe doesn't even think it was that bad.
It was only when these things were suddenly brought up, and some specific details were mentioned, that Lu Yanhe felt ashamed to speak of them.
Ah, that time seems a bit tragic.
Of course it was terrible.
But so much time has passed that he has forgotten many of the bad things and only remembers the good ones.
His "College Entrance Exam Comeback" interview program unsurprisingly sparked huge attention and discussion.
Peng Zhixing was somewhat jealous, saying that the program ideas he had painstakingly planned for a long time were no match for the ideas Linghe came up with to promote the movie.
Lu Yanhe said: You can't expect all the good ideas for shows in the world to come up with, so that other people can make a living.
The discussion focused on the sympathy and disbelief people felt for him at that time.
Guan Suchen said: Lu Yanhe's survival pressure at 18 was even greater than the survival pressure I, a middle-aged person, faced, and he just silently endured it.
Some people said: "Now I finally understand why Lu Yanhe's acting is so soul-stirring. Although it's not nice to say it like this, it's the only way I can say it. Is there any other actor in the entertainment industry with a life experience like Lu Yanhe's? No wonder he can portray ordinary people and people from the bottom of society so realistically. Those are all his own life experiences."
Lu Yanhe saw a hashtag pop up on Weibo that read, "Just how miserable was Lu Yanhe's past?"
He couldn't take it anymore and finally stepped forward to post a Weibo message to clarify:
—I don’t think my senior year of high school was terrible. You’ve all seen all the misery I endured, but I also received a lot of love that you don’t know. Hard work pays off, and adversity can be overcome. I’m not saying all the misery was worth it, but for me, it really wasn’t a big deal. So, even if you’re currently at a low point in your life, think about how when you get through this, there’s nothing you can’t grit your teeth and get through.
Some people have dug up clips of Lu Yanhe's live-streamed study sessions from back then.
The Internet has memories.
Numerous live stream clips show people studying or reading alone, with the longest one lasting eight hours.
All of this shows everyone how Lu Yanhe turned the tide in the college entrance examination.
"He passed the exams one by one."
"There are no shortcuts." "I write online novels, and for some reason, watching Lu Yanhe's old live stream clips of studying suddenly made me want to write."
"Me too. I was feeling really tired and wanted to rest and watch some videos, but when I saw Lu Yanhe studying for eight hours straight, I suddenly felt like I was caught up in it and got super energized."
"Hey, hey, don't do this! Are you just going to let yourselves get dragged into this so easily?"
“I’m very curious about what kind of movie ‘Flying Colors’ is that could make Lu Yanhe come out to do this kind of promotional work.”
"It's a movie produced by his production company, what else could it be for? To make money." Even at this point, some people were still being sarcastic.
No one answered him.
Later, two more students who overcame their college entrance exam setbacks appeared in this series of interviews.
They are now considered "successful" in the conventional sense.
As everyone expected, although the latter two did not cause as much of a sensation and discussion as Lu Yanhe, they did attract widespread attention among students, parents and educators.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, "Flying Colors" unexpectedly achieved a 28% box office share with only 18% of the screenings, totaling 2.12 million yuan. Considering the relatively high promotional costs during the Spring Festival season, this box office figure can be considered as breaking the profit mark in a single day.
According to research by data agencies, 62% of the movie's audience consists of students and parents.
Linghe once again achieved a great victory with a small investment, and a truly enormous one at that—
"The Underdog's Comeback" still grossed 1.9 million yuan on its second day, stabilizing its trend and avoiding a sharp drop. It is poised to take third place in this year's Spring Festival box office, with its total box office heading straight for 15 billion yuan.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Yanhe forwarded a celebratory poster for "Flying Colors" surpassing 10 billion yuan in box office revenue, saying: "The box office miracle belongs to all those who put their heart into making movies."
Unexpectedly, the producer of "The Blade," a loser in this year's Spring Festival film season, suddenly said on his WeChat Moments: Box office miracles belong to those who know how to do publicity and marketing. A film with a cost of no more than 4000 million yuan has now achieved a box office of more than 10 billion yuan. If it's so high, what else does the Chinese film industry need to do? Just play with gimmicks.
Lu Yanhe saw this comment on Weibo's trending topics and sighed helplessly.
Forget it, let him experience the stress.
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