Chapter 77: *Coherence* Preparation

The two didn't talk much on the phone, mainly about recent studies and life situations, and both deliberately avoided the topic of Jiang Qinqin.

In general, Zeng Li's attitude was definitely not as close as before, and she wouldn't take the initiative to call him. However, Wu Yuchen was not disappointed. Being able to re-establish contact was a good start.

Wu Yuchen also knew that it was impossible to make Zeng Li accept being with him all at once. Zeng Li was still very pure now and hadn't been exposed to what the entertainment industry was like at all, so her bottom line wasn't that low yet.

However, people's ideas will change with the change of environment. But isn't the relationship between men and women about pulling?

If he did nothing and waited for her to take the initiative, then there would be no play. If it took a long time, they would really forget each other in the world.

Wu Yuchen was also prepared for a protracted war. As long as he could let her have him in her heart all the time and let other men not walk into her heart, then after a long time, it would have an effect.

He just wanted to complete Zhang Wuji's unfinished dream!

During this period, besides dealing with emotional matters, Wu Yuchen put his main energy into *Coherence*. This was a low-budget film. At the current salary level in China, it could be shot for 100,000-150,000.

With the completion of the *Two of Us* shooting stage, he had nearly 3 months of free time in the middle. Now that he had enough time and money, he naturally wanted to take this time to shoot the film.

However, when he really went to work on it, he found that although the shooting time of this film might be very short, the preparatory stage was quite energy-consuming.

First of all, he planned to make certain micro-adjustments to the script. The plot remained unchanged, but the opening part of the original film was a bit loose, which made many people confused for the first ten minutes. The audience who couldn't hold on would directly curse it as a bad film and leave.

Wu Yuchen shot this film to make money, so while ensuring its sci-fi suspense elements, he naturally had to reorganize the opening. Even if it served as a foreshadowing, he had to try his best to make the audience accept it and be able to watch it.

Drawing the storyboard also took some effort, and then there was the actor problem. Choosing wasn't too difficult. Most of the 8 actors in this film could be university students from the Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama, and they were cheap.

With his reputation for winning the Berlin Golden Bear for short film, basically these students were very willing to accept his invitation, even if they had work, they pushed it away.

The problem appeared in the actors' understanding ability. This group of actors themselves had generally poor cultural course grades, especially in science, so they were all confused when they first saw the script.

For example, Jiang Qinqin. After Wu Yuchen gave her the script and talked for a long time, she didn't fully understand the whole plot.

Finally, Wu Yuchen gathered all 8 selected actors together, spent most of the day explaining the script to them, and then let them take it back to read themselves. Two weeks, if there were parts they didn't understand, they could come to ask him in these two weeks, spending two weeks to understand the script, at least the plot about their own roles.

Therefore, after tossing and turning like this, the preparatory time was nearly half a month, which was really much longer than the shooting time.

As for the eight actors chosen for *Coherence*, four men and four women, and Wu Yuchen specifically gave the characters Chinese names like English names, which was also convenient for foreign audiences to remember.

The lead actress Amy, a dancer, was naturally chosen to be Jiang Qinqin. Whether it was appearance or body shape, she was very suitable. The last *Two of Us* had already pushed her, and this time it was suitable, so he naturally looked for her to act.

The lead actor Rod, also the handsome one among the four men, was found to be Huang Haibing, a senior at the Central Academy of Drama. He happened to have nothing to do before graduation and agreed directly.

Male actor Mike, Fu Dalong. He didn't have a schedule when looking for him last time, but this time he finally caught him. He was very interested after reading the script.

Mike's girlfriend Lina, Gong Beibi from the Central Academy of Drama. The image of an urban beauty was very suitable, and her acting skills were also good. The opportunity for the lead actress of *Bus 44* was ruined by her, so this time it was returned.

Anna, a fanatical lover of Chinese Feng Shui culture, Liu Mintao from the Central Academy of Drama. Hmm, the big sister could act this role.

Li Wei, Anna's boyfriend, found Sun Honglei. The reason for choosing Sun Honglei instead of Duan Long was no other reason than that this character was a lawyer, and Sun Honglei was older and looked more mature.

Wei Wei, the lead actor's ex-girlfriend, in the education industry, needed to find someone prettier. Jiang Qinqin recommended Chen Shasha, and her acting skills could hold up. Wu Yuchen tried it and agreed.

The last character Chamberlain, a computer engineer. Although this character was a supporting role, it was relatively important. After the comet passed, he brought a box back from the outside, and the box was opened, triggering "Schrödinger's Cat."

And the profession and characteristics of this character also needed to find a mature and steady actor. Therefore, Wu Yuchen contacted Jiang Wu of the 90th grade through the help of a teacher. He was the only actor who was not a student at school.

Jiang Wu happened to have nothing to do in Beijing, and after reading the script, he felt it was interesting and agreed directly.

After the news of the *Coherence* project spread, Xu Jinglei, the talented Xu, even took the initiative to find him, wanting to strive for the role of the lead actress, but Wu Yuchen definitely gave this to his girlfriend Jiang Qinqin. How could he let it go to the talented Xu!

As for Wang Shuo and the Beijing circle, he didn't intend to mix in that circle. He could rise by himself; why go to stick to them?

This film was scheduled to start shooting on May 1st, just in time to finish shooting during these few days of holidays, so this group of people didn't need to ask for leave from school.

The original *Coherence* film was shot by a new director with 8 ordinary small actors in 5 nights.

Now that Wu Yuchen was fully prepared, it wouldn't take much longer than them.

As for the salary, 7 students at school were given 2,000 yuan each, and Jiang Wu was given 8,000. After all, he already had some fame, had won the "Changchun Silver Cup Award," and had participated in *To Live*.

It is worth mentioning another thing. When he went to the stock market to withdraw money, he found that the Changhong he bought had suddenly soared!

After he returned from Berlin and finished distributing the money, he put 800,000 into the stock market to buy Changhong stocks. The price he bought was around 8.5 yuan. In the middle month, Wu Yuchen also went to the exchange two or three times to see the stock price, but the fluctuation was not large, and the highest was only 9 yuan.

As a result, by the end of April, the stock price rushed up, and Wu Yuchen found that the Chinese stock market in 1996 had no daily limit. It went up by 15% every day. In just one week, the stock price rose to 14.5 yuan, and his 800,000 investment had risen to 1.36 million.

Wu Yuchen decisively withdrew 160,000. Although this 160,000 might rise a lot in the stock market in the next year, this money should be spent when it should be spent. ===== CHAPTER 78 =====