Chapter 85: Hello Teacher Wu!

In the afternoon, in a classroom in the teaching building of Beijing Film Academy, the students of the '96 acting class gathered together. People who had just met in the same dormitory gathered together to chat. Today was their first collective meeting after reporting to the class, and they were waiting for the arrival of the class teacher, Teacher Cui.

"Eh, Huang Xiao Ming, are you from Island City? I heard that you people from Lu Province can drink, find a time for us brothers to go have a meal?" The Northeast big man Shi Guanghui hugged Huang Huang Xiao Ming and said.

Huang Huang Xiao Ming blinked his big eyes and said seriously: "My mother doesn't let me drink."

This choked Shi Guanghui. He felt that Huang Huang Xiao Ming was perfunctory to him, but looking at his expression, it was very sincere. Is this acting so well?

Just at this time, a young man walked in at the door, attracting the attention of everyone in the room. Shi Guanghui immediately touched Zu Feng beside him: "Zu Feng, is this brother from your dormitory?"

Zu Feng shook his head: "I haven't seen him."

At this time, Huang Huang Xiao Ming interjected: "I've seen him at the dormitory door before!"

On the other side, Zhang Jiabei pulled Yan Danchen and covered her mouth: "Hey hey, this one is even more handsome than the yellow-haired one behind!"

And Chen Kun, who was sitting alone at the back of the classroom with dyed golden hair, looked at Wu Yu, whom he had met a month ago, and felt strange why he came to their class.

Also surprised in her heart was Zhao Wei. She still remembered that when she was performing a skit in the third test of the Central Academy of Drama, Wu Yu was standing beside her and Liu Ye. She didn't expect that he had become her classmate now.

Wu Yu walked with his head held high, smiled slightly at these freshmen, but didn't stop his pace, walked directly onto the podium, picked up the chalk, and wrote a few big characters on the blackboard.

Then he turned around, put down the chalk, knocked on the table, and scanned everyone: "Hello everyone, my name is Wu Yu, I am your class teaching assistant!"

Everyone was stunned, and then all sat up straight. They originally thought this handsome guy was a classmate, but they didn't expect him to be a teacher!

Wu Yu chuckled: "Then let's introduce ourselves one by one, and get familiar with each other."

He pointed casually: "Yan Danchen, you start first."

Yan Danchen, who was sitting in the front, hurriedly stood up, bowed nervously: "Hello Teacher Wu, hello everyone, my name is Yan Danchen, from Xiangnan..."

After Yan Danchen finished speaking, Wu Yu smiled and said: "Very good, but Danchen, have you been eating well these past few months? You can't ignore your figure just because you passed the art exam!"

Yan Danchen was a bit chubby at this time, her face was fleshy, and she looked quite pure and cute, but it covered up the beautiful appearance when she played Chang'e later. After listening, she nodded shyly and then sat down.

"Hello Teacher Wu, hello everyone, my name is Zhao Wei..."

"Well. Zhao Wei, pay more attention to things in the future, don't always be careless. You can even lose such an important thing as the admission ticket. What will you do if something big happens in the future?"

This was different from the joke-like tone with Yan Danchen just now, and carried a bit of criticism.

Zhao Wei opened her mouth, but didn't dare to refute. After all, it was indeed her who lost the admission ticket before the exam. According to the regulations, she was not qualified to continue taking the exam. If it weren't for Cui Xinqin seeing her crying pitifully and taking her to reissue one, she wouldn't have been able to go to school.

Just like this, everyone stood up to introduce themselves, and Wu Yu either nodded or said a sentence or two.

"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Kun." Chen Kun didn't say anything else.

Wu Yu thought to himself that Chen Kun at this time was really a bit withdrawn. However, he didn't care, but said:

"Chen Kun, your hair needs to be cut, otherwise you won't be able to participate in military training tomorrow."

Chen Kun nodded and sat down honestly. He dyed it because of the requirements of the guests who listened to songs in the karaoke hall and nightclub recently, but school was definitely important.

At this time, the stool rattled, and only Huang Huang Xiao Ming stood up, grinning and showing his big white teeth:

"Hello Teacher Wu, hello everyone, I am Huang Huang Xiao Ming, from Island City. People around me say I don't have any big problems, the only shortcoming is..."

Only to see Huang Huang Xiao Ming shake his head: "Not cool enough!"

This made all the students in the class couldn't help but burst into laughter, and even Wu Yu almost couldn't hold it back. He always felt that this guy was a bit silly now. However, looking at Huang Huang Xiao Ming's serious eyes, he couldn't tell if this guy was deliberately showing off just now.

Wu Yu coughed and said: "Well, be careful when crossing the road in the future."

On the eve of Huang Huang Xiao Ming's art exam, a car ran directly over his feet when he was crossing the road, breaking his toes, but he didn't notice it. The car owner got out of the car to check his injuries, but Huang Huang Xiao Ming walked two steps and felt it was fine, so he let the person go. Who knew that he couldn't move after walking a few more steps, so he was carried to the art exam.

"Thank you teacher for your concern!" Huang Huang Xiao Ming sat down with a silly smile.

Next, Zu Feng, Guo Xiaodong, etc. stood up to introduce themselves one after another. After a circle of people finished introducing themselves.

Wu Yu nodded with satisfaction, then walked off the podium with his hands behind his back:

"Very good, from now on for four years, you will be the closest classmates, and you will spend the most pleasant and memorable college time in your life.

I have a word to remind everyone first. Don't think that you can sit back and relax and become a big star after entering the acting class. According to past experience, it is already very good if two or three of you can become popular!

However, as long as you study hard in school, it will be no problem to earn a living and support your family in the future.

Also, acting is certainly important, but being a person is more important than acting. To learn acting, first learn to be a person!"

Wu Yu also deliberately aimed at Zhao Wei while saying this. She hurriedly straightened her back again and sat upright.

Wu Yu scanned a circle, and seeing that the atmosphere was slightly serious, he smiled:

"The art exam has passed for a few months, let me see if you have made any progress during this time."

Just at this time, he walked to Huang Huang Xiao Ming's side and patted him on the shoulder: "Come, Huang Xiao Ming, come to the front."

Huang Huang Xiao Ming followed Wu Yu to the front of the classroom very obediently.

"Huang Xiao Ming, I think you are quite honest, perform a temper tantrum for the teacher."

Huang Huang Xiao Ming scratched his head: "Report teacher, I don't know how to lose my temper."

"Then can you have a fight with someone?" Wu Yu asked again.

"Report teacher, my mother said fighting is not a good child!"

This made the sitting students cover their mouths and giggle. Now they also saw that this Huang Huang Xiao Ming was like a childish child.

Wu Yu also felt "fuck" in his heart. This child was protected too well by his family!

"Then... then can you, um, perform catching a cricket?"

Huang Huang Xiao Ming said innocently: "Teacher, we don't have crickets in Island City."

"No crickets, there are always butterflies, right?"

"But butterflies are only in the park!"

The students in the class finally couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter.

Wu Yu was almost made helpless by him:

"Just pretend this is a park now, can you catch it?"

Huang Huang Xiao Ming didn't say anything this time, turned his head to look around, and then suddenly lay on the ground with his hands and feet, his buttocks pouting. This posture was like practicing toad kung fu, and then his feet kicked and he pounced forward.

Wu Yu didn't react to this series of actions. The whole class was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

However, Huang Huang Xiao Ming's movements didn't stop. After pouncing, he lay on the ground pressing his hands, then slowly got up with his hands covered, leaned to the front, opened a slit, and made a very exaggerated happy smile on his face.

After performing, Huang Huang Xiao Ming looked at Wu Yu with a smile: "Teacher, how did I perform?"

Wu Yu looked at this child who was begging for praise, and really couldn't bear to hit his confidence. He patted his back and said earnestly:

"Huang Xiao Ming, I think you still have a lot of room for improvement. However, the teacher gives you a suggestion: don't practice the basic skills for two and a half years, it's best not to go out to take plays!"

Huang Huang Xiao Ming chuckled happily upon hearing this: "Thank you for your guidance, Teacher!"

"Alright, go back and sit down."

After Huang Huang Xiao Ming went back and sat down, Shi Guanghui beside him also knew what kind of character he was, holding back his laughter and giving him a thumbs up: "Huang Xiao Ming, you really have it!"

Huang Huang Xiao Ming chuckled. He was spoiled at home since he was a child, and because he was good-looking and obedient during school, he was spoiled by female students and female teachers, so he didn't feel that everyone was laughing at him like this. So much so that later Zhao Wei felt he was childish and ignored him. He ran to consult Cui Xinqin aggrievedly why this was, and was kicked away by Teacher Cui directly.

Wu Yu felt that it was almost enough to come here for a trip, so he knocked on the table to let everyone be quiet:

"Is anyone willing to be the class monitor?"

Seeing that no one took the initiative below, he said directly: "Then I'll point one, Zu Feng, you are the big brother, you will be the class monitor from now on."

"Ah?" Zu Feng was stunned.

"Alright, let your class monitor Zu Feng organize you to communicate freely for a while first, I'll go invite Teacher Cui over."

After Wu Yu finished speaking, he called Zu Feng to the front, and then walked out of the classroom swaggeringly.

Zu Feng, the newly appointed class monitor, had no credibility yet. As soon as Wu Yu went out, the class exploded and discussed.

"I thought it was our classmate, I didn't expect it to be a teaching assistant!"

"Exactly, why is the teaching assistant so young!"

"Are even the teaching assistants in our film academy so handsome?"

"Why do I feel that he was staring at me when he spoke just now, making me nervous!"

"I think Teacher Wu spoke quite well, and he also taught us the truth of being a person~"

"Huang Xiao Ming, is there really no cricket in your Island City?"

Just when everyone was discussing happily, Cui Xinqin walked in, and the classroom became quiet again.

Seeing Zu Feng standing alone in front, Cui Xinqin asked curiously: "Zu Feng, what are you doing?"

"Teacher Cui, Teacher Wu asked me to be the class monitor, I..."

"Wait, Teacher Wu? Which Teacher Wu?" Cui Xinqin asked with a face full of doubt.

"It's our class teaching assistant, look." Zu Feng pointed to the blackboard.

As soon as Cui Xinqin saw the three big characters "Wu Yu" written on the blackboard, she opened her mouth and didn't react to what was going on for a long while.

Wu Yu walked back happily. It was quite fun to tease the freshmen of the '96 class, especially Huang Huang Xiao Ming, who really gave him a "surprise" that was not small. As for Teacher Cui, he had already helped her choose the class monitor, so she must be very happy.

On the Friday night after school started, Wu Yu took Jiang Qinqin to a nearby cinema.

It wasn't because there was any new movie the two wanted to watch, but for "The Night of the Comet."

At the ticket window, Wu Yu asked for two tickets, and then asked the ticket seller:

"Big sister, are there many people watching this movie?"

The ticket seller big sister was not a dull person: "It's okay, it hasn't been on for a few days, it can sit seven out of ten at best. Today is the first weekend, the tickets might be sold out."

Wu Yu nodded. It seems that the series of promotional gimmicks on the poster outside, such as "18-year-old Berlin Golden Bear Director" and "Sydney Film Festival Best Film," can really fool people in.

After Wu Yu took Jiang Qinqin in, there were already quite a few people sitting in the cinema hall, most of them were young people. The two of them found a seat and sat down. In fact, the two of them didn't know how many times they had watched it when it was screened in Sydney. This time, they mainly came to see what the audience's reaction was.

At this time, they heard the conversation of several students sitting in front.

"Does this movie look good? It's science fiction and suspense, can this be related? And can we film science fiction movies in our country?"

"Not only suspense, but absolutely science fiction! I was quite suspicious when I came to see it the day before yesterday, but I was shocked after watching it. I didn't expect science fiction movies to be filmed like this!

And let me tell you, you have to try your best to remember their dialogue and details from the beginning. I came back to watch it again specifically to see these foreshadowings!"

"Hey, is the reason you asked me to inquire about Schrödinger's cat because of this movie?"

"Yes, you'll know after watching it in a while!"

After hearing this, Jiang Qinqin and Wu Yu couldn't help but smile at each other. After all, it was a movie filmed with hard work. It was very happy to be released and recognized by their own people.

90 minutes later, the movie came to an end.

"Is this the end? I thought Amy would kill her boyfriend too!"

"This is the suspense left, but looking at her eyes at the end, she definitely wants to kill!"

"What kill or not kill, you missed the point, shouldn't you pay attention to the fact that there is another Amy on the opposite side of the phone her boyfriend answered? I really didn't expect that science fiction and suspense could be combined like this!"

"Yes, this director and screenwriter are too good at writing, being able to think of killing oneself! I'm impressed!"

"What writing, didn't you see them explain Schrödinger's cat and quantum mechanics? Hey Li Zhen, does your physics major study parallel space?"

"Ah? I haven't studied that deep yet, maybe I will study it after reading a PhD in the future?"

"Come, come, let's compare, how many times did these 8 of them exchange!"

After the movie ended, there were still quite a few people in the cinema hall who were unwilling to leave, discussing enthusiastically, especially a group of boys.

This is the benefit of arranging this movie to be screened near colleges and universities. Students can basically understand it and have a strong interest and desire to explore it.

However, Wu Yu had already taken advantage of this time to pull Jiang Qinqin and slip away first. In case Jiang Qinqin, the heroine, was recognized, it might be a bit troublesome.

Walking outside, Jiang Qinqin happily took Wu Yu's arm and asked: "I see them discussing so enthusiastically, can our movie be popular?"

Wu Yu thought for a moment and said:

"Hard to say, this cinema is close to colleges and universities, and there are many college students. If you change to another cinema, it may not have this effect. But now it is already much better than I expected. Maybe you will meet someone asking for your autograph after strolling around other universities in two days!"

Hearing this, Jiang Qinqin giggled and asked: "What about the box office?"

"I can't calculate this, wait until Zhou Yi to ask."

Like this kind of small movie, there is no way to count the opening box office in the country now. For example, it has been screened in Beijing for three or four days, maybe it just started screening in Lu Province today.

"I thought you knew everything~" Jiang Qinqin smiled.

Wu Yu hugged Jiang Qinqin tightly and kissed her:

"I don't know other things, but I know you must miss me."

Seeing Jiang Qinqin didn't speak, Wu Yu pinched her and asked with a smile:

"Do you miss me?"

"Miss~"

"How do you miss?"

"Miss you loving me~"

Seeing Jiang Qinqin's charming face, Wu Yu hugged her and went straight to the nearest hotel.

On Zhou Yi, Wu Yu called China Film Group.

"Hey, Wu Dao, we were just about to tell you, "The Night of the Comet" currently has a total box office of 5.12 million!"

"Can you tell me in detail?"

"No problem. It has been screened in Beijing for 5 days, with a box office of 1.02 million; it has been screened in the Magic City for 5 days, with a box office of 730,000; Yangcheng..."

Wu Yu listened. Places like Beijing and the Magic City have the most colleges and universities and are economically developed, so the box office is naturally higher, and other regions are much lower. But 15 cities contributed more than 5 million box office, which is very good.

"Then will the copies increase?"

Each increase in a copy will increase a part of the box office, and the cinema will also arrange to broadcast as much as possible to earn back the copy money, unless it is really so bad that no one watches it.

"Wu Dao, it is estimated that the copies will increase. Some cities heard that it sells well and are also asking for copies, but I estimate that it will increase by at most forty or fifty more. You also know our environment."

Wu Yu nodded. The other party is talking about the situation of piracy. Piracy is not that fast yet, but if this movie is popular in one place, there will definitely be piracy out in a week.

"Manager Liu, then I will ask again, how long can "The Night of the Comet" hang in the cinema line?"

"Looking at your situation, it is estimated that it will be short for two months and long for three months."

Currently, the domestic film production is not high, and the schedule is far less intense than twenty years later. Like "Rumble in the Bronx" and "True Lies," it is also common to hang for more than half a year.

Wu Yu calculated it himself. Then how can the box office of this movie reach more than 10 million? Although it is still a considerable gap from the 33 million of the 10th place in the '96 box office, it has far exceeded his expectations. After all, the cost of this movie was only 150,000.

As for how much the total box office can be, we can only wait for the settlement in two or three months.

He had already notified everyone in the crew about the screening of "The Night of the Comet." Now some people can't get together, so they can only watch it separately. However, I think this box office and audience feedback should also bring them no small surprise.

Huang Teacher's are all his personal experiences, told by their classmates and Teacher Cui. ===== CHAPTER 86 =====