Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 819 "Reversing Life and Death" Filming Ceremony, Following Jiao Shude to Observe Medical Practice (Bonus Chapter 3 for Monthly Tickets)

Fang Yan heard Lao Hu's words, then turned around and said:

"Okay... Lao Fan, please ask for leave for me. I won't be going with you today for my internship. I'll drive over later after we finish taking photos here."

"Okay." Old Fan nodded in agreement.

The internship is clearly not as important as the opening ceremony.

After all, you can go the day after the internship, and they only hold one opening ceremony before filming starts.

Fang Yan and his associates are investors, so they should at least make an appearance.

"By the way, how is Master Liu doing now?" Fang Yan suddenly remembered Liu Jialiang and asked Lao Hu.

Old Hu was taken aback:
"Master Liu?"

He couldn't remember who it was.

Fang Yan reminded him:

"Martial arts instructor, Liu Jialiang."

Old Hu then suddenly realized:

"Hey, you mean him... I've been so busy these past few days that I haven't had a chance to talk to him. He's probably enjoying himself at the hotel with his team right now, eating and drinking well and having a carefree time."

"I'll have someone ask him later to see if he's figured things out."

Old Hu was clearly making an example of him; this guy was a troublemaker, and punishing him was more about showing others what to do. Fang Yan didn't say much, just addressed Old Hu:

"Well, you can handle this yourself."

Old Hu nodded, indicating that he understood.

This is to uphold the authority of investors and to redefine the industry rules that have been in place in Hong Kong's film and television industry, where the power of financial backers is now paramount.

This also serves as a warning to another team led by Yuan Heping.

So-called technological blackmail must be countered.

Moreover, this is also to consolidate the status of dialects and endorse their academic authority. Of course, to put it more grandly, this is to seize the right to cultural discourse by suppressing Liu Jialiang.

This swift and decisive approach can also shorten the filming cycle; it may seem like a ruthless decision, but it's also a way to improve efficiency.

In any case, when Liu Jialiang uttered that retort against the dialect, he was destined to be singled out and made an example of.

"By the way, how's the contact with Xiao Li's martial arts team going?" Fang Yan thought of the domestic martial arts team that would replace Liu Jialiang's team.

Lao Hu said:

"They haven't given me a reply yet. I guess it will be today or tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow, or the weekend."

"Hmm." Fang Yan nodded. The set over there wasn't finished yet, so there was no need to rush.

After finishing their morning exercise, everyone ate breakfast at Fang Yan's house.

Fang Yan told them about the weekend gathering at home, but actually, he mainly spoke to Anton and Sofia.

Upon hearing that Fang Yan was going to have a get-together, the two young boys were quite happy and immediately agreed.

They said they would bring some of their family's specialties over.

Judging from the dialect, it's most likely the same dishes found at Lao Mo.

Of course, it's also a good idea to use it to give guests at home something new and unusual.

After breakfast, Fang Yan and Lao Fan went to make their rounds and provide physiotherapy.

Fang Yan noticed that when Lao Fan was making his rounds, he started talking to Li Chengzhu, the wine seller, a few more times.

This old man keeps saying that it's shameful to be a kept man, but his actions speak louder than words.

After checking the rooms, Fang Yan went downstairs to the filming location to take photos.

The opening ceremony will be held in this auditorium.

This place was built by the Rockefeller Foundation; it's purely American-style architecture, which makes it very convenient for taking pictures.

I heard that the dean even specially approved a villa for them as a filming location.

The villa, designed in a purely American style, was used as the filming location for Zhou Zhaoqin's home.

To be fair, using Peking Union Medical College Hospital as a filming location saved a lot of money on set design.

By this time, a considerable number of staff members had gathered at the scene.

There were people from Hong Kong, as well as people from the mainland who were there to help. The dean and several other hospital leaders were also there.

The filming crew from Hong Kong came here to shoot, and they were also very curious.

In a way, this is also a film promoting Peking Union Medical College.

So the leaders are still very concerned.

In addition, some people have seen Ti Lung's movies (internal reference films) and also want to see him in person.

However, compared to Fang Yan himself, Ti Lung appears to be a bit older and has too much of a chivalrous air.

Dialects sound a bit colder.

But these are minor issues.

People have said that Ti Lung was chosen because he's a box office guarantee.

And there's also Bruce Lee's go-to leading lady playing Zhou Zhaoqin.

Miao Kexiu, 26 years old this year, is quite beautiful, especially after she puts on makeup, she looks even more charming.

The only thing that feels a bit off is that Zhou Zhaoqin was actually almost as thin as a skeleton at the time, so casting Miao Kexiu to play Zhou Zhaoqin felt like a deliberate attempt to beautify her.

"Director Fang!" Director King Hu greeted Fang Yan, who had just arrived at the scene.

Then the others also greeted Fang Yan, some calling him "Director Fang" and others "Boss Fang".

Ever since Lao Hu dealt with Liu Jialiang from the neighboring film crew, everyone knows that Fang Yan is not someone to mess with.

They all acted with considerable respect.

After greeting them, Fang Yan went to greet the hospital leaders as well.

I learned from talking to the dean that the filming location in the hospital was arranged on the floor where the Queen and the others practiced dancing. It was spacious enough to set up the scene directly there, making it convenient for their filming equipment to enter.

If we were to film on location, it would not only disturb other hospitalized patients, but it would also be difficult to work properly in the room, since the filming equipment these days is quite large.

With the addition of recording equipment and lighting, the room quickly became too crowded.

The hospital tries its best to meet all the requests made by the filming crew. So they quickly reached an agreement, and the opening ceremony can be held today.

After a while, Lao Hu arrived and greeted the people present.

At eight o'clock, the opening ceremony officially began after a series of firecrackers.

The crew used Atractylodes lancea and Angelica dahurica to fumigate the filming area, both to ward off bad luck and to disinfect. Then the lion dance began, with clanging and banging sounds. The people who participated in the ceremony, including Fang Yan, stood under the banner that read "Opening Ceremony of 'Reversing Life and Death'" and took a group photo.

I won't be participating in the following activities.

He said goodbye to everyone and then drove away from the scene, heading towards Xiyuan Hospital.

Watching Fang Yan drive away in that silver sports car, everyone realized that Boss Fang was indeed quite powerful.

Mercedes-Benz is considered a luxury car in Hong Kong, and not everyone can afford to drive one.

On the other side, Fang Yan drove to Xiyuan Hospital.

I parked the car somewhere and then headed straight for the outpatient building.

They quickly located the homeroom teacher, Liu Duzhou.

“You’re with your master today,” Liu Duzhou said to Fang Yan as he handed him a white coat and mask from Xiyuan Hospital.

"Hmm?" Fang Yan was slightly taken aback as she took the white coat and mask.

Liu Duzhou said:
"Dr. Jiao is seeing patients today and specifically asked you to come and accompany him."

Fang Yan suddenly realized that it was his new master, Jiao Shude, who had sent him.

"Third floor, the internal medicine specialist clinic at the stairwell." Liu Duzhou pointed upstairs, indicating the location to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan nodded, put on the white coat from Xiyuan Hospital, put on a mask, and immediately rushed upstairs.

When I arrived at the entrance, I found that a long queue had already formed.

Jiao Shude's expert clinic is held here irregularly, and some people have to book appointments half a month in advance. As soon as he starts seeing patients, a group of people come immediately.

The scene was just like when Fang Yan was at Tongrentang, except that back then, there were long queues every day.

"Excuse me, let me through!" Fang Yan pushed through the crowd and entered the room.

At this point, there were already five students standing inside.

Li Zhengji was also inside.

Not only were there students in Fang Yan's class, but also several people Fang Yan didn't recognize standing behind their teacher, Jiao Shude.

The only person I recognized was Chen Yong, whom I had met once before.

Jiao Shude was taking someone's pulse at the moment. When he saw Fang Yan arrive, he nodded to him.

Fang Yan automatically stood aside next to Li Zhengji.

"Senior brother, how long has it been going on?" Fang Yan asked Li Zhengji.

“The second one,” Li Zhengji said in a low voice.

Fang Yan suddenly realized, and then noticed that Chen Yong and several other people were looking at him. Fang Yan smiled at them.

These are most likely senior students.

After examining the patient, Jiao Shude began writing the prescription, and he finished quickly.

Just when Fang Yan thought he was going to call the next person, he said to Fang Yan:

"Fang Yan, you and Zheng Ji will each run two clinics."

"You're here to see a doctor too."

"Huh?" Fang Yan and Li Zhengji were both taken aback.

Jiao Shude said:
"There are too many people, I can't handle it all. You two are both very capable, you can see patients without any problem, and you can ask me anytime if you have any questions."

Fang Yan and Li Zhengji exchanged a glance, then nodded in agreement.

The next few people moved another table to the side.

Fortunately, the specialist's consultation room is spacious enough, otherwise we really wouldn't have had enough room to work out.

Yan Yifan, standing to the side, chuckled and said to Fang Yan:

"Brother Fang, I'll be your assistant!"

Another man named Yan Hongbing also said to Li Zhengji:
“Vice-squad leader, I’ll be your assistant too.”

The two then got into position and prepared to treat the patient.

However, everyone came for Jiao Shude, and seeing the other two young men getting ready, none of them wanted to go near them.

Fang Yan never imagined she would be disliked one day.

Then Jiao Shude pointed to Li Zhengji and Fang Yan, and said to the patients:

"This person just returned from receiving treatment abroad with the national medical team."

"That guy is Fang Yan. He's the head of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. He's the one who's been on the newspapers and radio."

After saying that, he gestured to the person in the dialect to take off their mask.

Fang Yan had no choice but to take off her mask.

"Wow! It's really a dialect!" Someone in the crowd immediately recognized the dialect.

Then someone immediately stood in front of Fang Yan, and the scene immediately descended into chaos:
"I'll line up here! I'll line up here!"

"Dr. Fang! Dr. Fang! Please see me first!"

"Director Fang! My body... don't push me!"

Soon, a line of people crowded in front of Fang Yan.

"..." Li Zhengji stared speechlessly at the scene before him and said:

"How about I become your assistant?"

PS: I got 500 more monthly passes, so I still owe you 10000 words.

After finishing this chapter, I currently owe everyone 55000 words.

There will be more this afternoon.

(End of this chapter)