On April 8, 2003, the funeral of superstar Guorong was held at the Heung Kong Funeral Home, and his body was then sent to Cape Collinson Crematorium for cremation.
After Guorong's death, major media around the world reported the incident. Mainland China's YangTV's "News 30 Minutes" program also reported the news of the death of a Xiangjiang artist for the first time.
In the funeral home, wreaths sent by Guorong's former friends and fans filled the entire street. Many of his former friends came to the funeral home to express their condolences and say their final farewells.
Jiang Yan, as a representative of the mainland and a junior in the Chinese music scene, also participated in the farewell.
On this day, the whole of Xiangjiang seemed to be in tears.
Looking at this scene, Jiang Yan actually didn't feel much sadness.
After all, although he and Guorong knew each other and had met several times, they could not really be called friends. He was not even a fan. Therefore, in this situation, he naturally could not communicate with so many wailing fans. Guorong
Friends who were alive felt the same way.
Of course, there will still be some emotions.
As Hong Kong's top superstar, Guorong's death will naturally be accompanied by many emotions about the "era".
The golden age of the Hong Kong music scene seems to have come to an end with the departure of Guorong.
Similarly, it seems to have this flavor in movies, so seeing so many people coming to bid farewell to "brother", to be honest, Jiang Yan is quite envious sometimes. He wonders when he... Forget it, it's not appropriate to think too much about this.
To be serious, in fact, for Jiang Yan, as a time traveler, if he is sad at this moment, he is actually more sad than the people present.
Because it is also this year that Aunt Mei is leaving.
If Jiang Yan and Guorong are not friends, the same cannot be said for Gu Rong and Mei Gu.
So he has been thinking about it these past few days, should he find a way?
But this thought dissipated in my mind within a second.
There was no reason, it was just that Jiang Yan felt that it would be fine to let everything take its course.
Actually, it's still not close enough.
If it were Wu Jing, Sister Yu and others who tried it, Jiang Yan would be able to wipe out the medical technology from another world!
After the farewell party, Jiang Yan had dinner with Master Xing the next day.
At this time, the epidemic in Xiangjiang has actually begun, and everyone on the street is wearing a mask.
Master Xing asked him to go to dinner at this time. Jiang Yan knew without thinking that there would be something big to talk about later.
Sure enough, after dinner, Mr. Xing said that he was going to start a new project. In one word: money.
After speaking, Mr. Xing smiled and handed Jiang Yan the script, and the two big characters "Kung Fu" were clearly written on the script!
So no need to say anything.
"I voted for this project!"
"Kung Fu", only a fool would miss it.
And now Jiang Yan has more and more theaters in his hands. At the same time, "A World Without Thieves", the biggest competitor of "Kung Fu" in the original time and space, has also been moved to this year's Lunar New Year slot. So if nothing unexpected happens, "Kung Fu" will be on the Lunar New Year slot next year.
When it is released, it may not be easy to predict how much box office it will achieve, but it will be much more than the 170 million in the original time and space.
"Would you like to play a role for me?"
After the matter was settled in a few words, Master Xing asked Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan knew that this was meant to be a guest appearance, so it was no problem, so he agreed directly without asking about the role:
"Okay, but not from August to October. I have to join the national team for training."
"Okay, I will adjust it."
After the matter was settled, Jiang Yan stopped staying and returned directly to Hengdian.
For Xingchenhai, Guorong's departure will not affect the company's business, but the epidemic that has begun to spread now requires adjustments.
Nothing is trivial during the epidemic.
Therefore, the first thing Jiang Yan did when he returned to the company was to respond to the call from above and announce that the current project should be suspended or postponed.
Such a decision may seem like a big deal, but in reality it has very little impact.
Because Jiang Yan had made deliberate arrangements earlier, the only ones affected now are the filming of "Hachi" and the yet-to-be-started "Yi Tian" which have to be postponed.
In addition, Xiangjiang Wang Jing's "Mouse Falls in Love with Cat" will be finished in the next few days, so I can just make it in time.
As for "A World Without Thieves", it has been completed on March 3. It is also because of this that Andy and Li Binbin went to Hong Kong to start "A Mouse Falls in Love with a Cat".
Wu Jing's "The Fuse" was not affected either. This project was originally scheduled to start filming in October. Jiang Yan knew that the epidemic would have passed by then, so it can be said that there was no impact at all.
As for the rest of the projects, as mentioned before, Stars and Sea is not the leader, so we can only issue reminders.
Fortunately, there are not many of these projects. Currently, only a few are still under construction. The biggest one is "Dragon Babu". Big Beard said he would pay attention to it, but in fact, he probably has nothing to do because it is Yangshi's project.
, the crew is currently filming in Dali, where the epidemic will not stop easily unless it is serious enough.
Therefore, Jiang Yan can only pay close attention and wait until the situation is not right before intervening.
In addition to film and television, Xingchen Technology has also begun mass production of thermometers and other materials as soon as possible. These materials will be given priority to companies and factories under the Xingchen Group, with an emphasis on Tesla's related industrial parks.
In addition, Jiang Yan has also contacted many foreign medical supplies manufacturers. Anyway, he will have them ready regardless of whether they are needed or not. If the country needs them, he can deploy them at any time.
Generally speaking, the 2003 epidemic came and went quickly, and it will be declared completely over by July.
So after calculation, it actually only lasts for more than three months.
It doesn't take long, which is a good thing, but it's certainly unrealistic for Jiang Yan to do nothing during this time.
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Originally, Jiang Yan wanted to take advantage of this period to go to Neon to shoot "Initial D", but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it. He is not afraid of something happening, others are, and if it happens, he will be treated differently.
It's boring.
So Jiang Yan simply took advantage of this little time to make a movie in the Stars and Sea Park.
"If you don't go out for three months, what kind of movie do you want to make?"
Wu Jing, who had been training in the Sea of Stars, asked curiously after knowing what Jiang Yan was thinking.
Jiang Yan smiled and said: "Maybe it won't take three months, two months, or even one month."
Wu Jing: "That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm saying is that if you don't even go out, what kind of movies can you make in this park?"
"Oh, please open up your imagination a little bit. Not all movies can only be shot in real locations."
"So you want to do a sitcom?"
Jiang Yan simply revealed the answer: "It's a science fiction film!"
"sci-fi movie?!"
Wu Jing was even more confused.
He knew about the green screen technology of Xingchenhai. He had experienced it before when he was filming a Tesla commercial, but that was just an advertisement.
And now Jiang Yan is talking about making a big movie that will go to theaters. For a movie like this, the green screen in Warehouse No. 4 alone is not enough, right?
Jiang Yan knew his doubts, but he didn't explain much and just gave him a script.
Wu Jing opened the first page in confusion, only to see that there was only one starring role and two guest appearances in the cast list.
"This...a science fiction film by one person?"
"Yes, do you want to act? It will test your acting skills."
"... Next time, it's not that my acting skills are bad, I just think this is our company's first science fiction film after all, so it would be better for you to do it yourself."
"Okay, I'll let you play a guest role in the next one."
"no problem."
So soon, news began to spread on the market.
"Stars and Sea's first science fiction film is about to start filming..."