From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

I have to say that by following the production of several TV series and being the real practical director of "The Tuner".

Although "The God of Medicine" is Ding Zhi's first directorial work, in fact, at this time, he had already initially formed his own style in directing.

In the first ten minutes of the movie, in addition to Cheng Yong, nearly five characters appeared. Following these five characters as clues, the current situation and predicament of the protagonist Cheng Yong were clearly sorted out without any sloppiness.

"Mr. Cheng, no matter what, immigration is the best choice for children."

"We all know your current financial situation. Even if you leave your child, you can't afford it..."

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"The cost is set by the hospital, not by me. You should quickly think of a solution. Once the hemangioma is broken, the person will be gone..."

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Without money, he could not keep custody of his children, and his only bloodline had to go abroad.

Without money, his old father, who suffered a cerebrovascular disease, had to lie in the hospital waiting to die.

After calling all his friends and not getting a penny from him, he finally remembered the frighteningly tall and thin Lu Yiyi not long ago and the phone number he had left behind.

He finally had a change of heart.

For the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, the genuine domestic drug, Meglitin, costs 35,000 per bottle, while the wholesale price of a generic drug with the same efficacy in India is only 500.

There are dangerous and tempting business opportunities here.

One person is waiting for medicine to save his life, and the other is waiting for money to save his life. They hit it off immediately.

When the plot progresses to this point, it starts to get a little interesting.

Cheng Yong went to India alone to open up the purchase channels for Indian Glenin, but the boss in India put forward a time limit requirement.

In other words, a batch of goods must be sold out within the specified time to prove that Cheng Yong has the strength to win the agency rights, and then the Indian boss will give him the domestic agency rights.

Seeing this, many people in the audience raised their eyebrows, because the dialogue between Cheng Yong and the owner of an Indian pharmaceutical factory on the screen was very interesting.

——"There are many patients in China who cannot afford genuine medicines at all, and they are just waiting for me to bring the medicine back to save their lives!"

——"Oh? Are you planning to be the savior?"

——"Hahahaha! I don't want to be a savior, I want to make money! This drug has a big market in our country, because there are many patients who need this drug to save their lives."

Finally, the camera showed Ding Zhi's slightly greasy face on the screen. He had a smile on his face, his eyes were indeed almost greedy, and he said something very interesting.

——"Life is money!"

Unlike his girlfriend next to him who was engrossed in the plot, although Chen Mo can be regarded as a fan of Ding Zhi, he just doesn't engage in personality worship. He is very separate from his works and the actor himself. At most, he can always produce something.

I just have a slight liking for the high-quality Dingzhi.

So at this time, he can taste it better than his girlfriend. It seems to be a bit interesting?

It can be said that Ding Zhi spent about twenty minutes of hard work to lay out the characters and the threads of the story.

It is completely different from the fast pace of his previous suspense films, but the underlying style and core are the same.

The most important thing is that there are so many characters on the stage, but not a single person or detail would make people feel that they are in a drama.

Whether it's Cheng Yong who can't pay the rent, Lu Yiyi who asks Cheng Yong to smuggle drugs in order to survive, or the owner of the hotel next door who uses Cheng Yong's family's magic oil and feels it's useless, or Cheng Yong's ex-wife and policeman brother-in-law, Even the seven or eight-year-old son is portrayed in a very life-like manner.

There are no major conflicts or shocking reversals, but the atmosphere of life, the atmosphere of fireworks, the embarrassment of the poor, and the cunning of the low-level people all seem to give the audience a taste of Lao Guang of that era.

In fact, at this time, the framework of the entire movie was initially set up.

Although the core of the story of "The God of Medicine" is a typical realism theme, its form of expression is a completely commercial film model.

The little guy started out in a difficult situation, and then there was a turnaround and a chance to give it a try.

Everything is consistent with the three-stage opening of Hollywood.

In the next ten minutes of the movie, things develop very quickly.

After getting a box of medicine, Cheng Yong and Lu Yiyi started selling medicine.

Because this kind of generic drug is actually classified as a "fake drug" in China, it is illegal to sell this kind of drug privately. Even if a patient using this kind of drug is discovered by the hospital, many doctors will refuse to treat it because it is Afraid of taking responsibility.

So Cheng Yong and Lu Yiyi visited several hospitals, large and small, in southern Guangdong to find patients who also suffered from chronic myelogenous leukemia, but they were unable to sell even one bottle of medicine.

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine.

Who wouldn't be extremely wary if they saw two guys with wretched temperaments, one fat and one skinny, trying to sell you medicine in a sneaky way?

Who knows if the medicine you have in your hand is really curative, or if it is just a mixture of paracetamol and some flour, mixed and kneaded?

Just as the box of medicine was about to fall into Cheng Yong's hand.

As the driving force of the plot, Lu Yiyi once again came up with an idea.

Throughout southern Guangdong, patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia formed a QQ group, and Lu Yiyi happened to know Liu Sihui, the owner of one of the hospital groups.

As for this group leader, he knows the entire group of patients in the southern Guangdong region.

The method is very simple, which is to abandon the previous thankless "ground promotion" method and instead use a "top-down" method to promote drugs.

After all, Cheng Yong wants to make money, and the patients want to "earn their lives." As long as most patients know that the generic drugs he has on hand are effective and cheap, it will undoubtedly be a blessing from heaven.

And Cheng Yong is not a philanthropic person. The purchase price of generic drugs is 500 yuan, but he sells them for 5,000 yuan, making ten times the profit.

Of course, compared with the 35,000 yuan of genuine medicine, this is already seven times cheaper, which is enough for patients to rush to buy it.

As a result, the box of medicine Cheng Yong brought was obviously just a drop in the bucket.

So with the "channel manager" Liu Sihui, Cheng Yong began to "recruit" again, hoping to find an "outreach manager" who had strong English skills and could communicate with the Indian side.

Then he found Godfather Liu, played by Jin Shijie, and with his help obtained the domestic agency rights of India's Glenin.

Later, Huang Mao was trying to steal medicine again, but Cheng Yong and Lu Yiyi jointly caught him. He was recruited to work in the "Drug God" team to pay off his debts, and he was considered a "security manager".

Coupled with the boss Cheng Yong and the "founding partner" Lu Yiyi, the five-person team of "The God of Medicine" can be said to be a small but well-equipped team.

Since then, the vigorous "entrepreneurship" journey has begun.

At this time, as the brisk music of the movie sounded, the "smuggling ship" related to Cheng Yong began to purchase goods on a large scale, and began to sell bulk goods from various patient groups in the southern Guangdong region as the starting points.

Cheng Yong also made a lot of money from this, and the old man finally had enough money to have surgery.

Everything seems to be going for the better.

But the camera turned.

However, it was because the Indian melanin began to spread in the southern Guangdong region that it finally attracted the attention of the domestic medical representative of the Swiss company Novavax. The medical representative entrusted the city bureau to investigate the matter.

The person responsible for accepting this incident happened to be Cheng Yong's ex-wife's brother, his former brother-in-law Cao Bin.

It seems to have laid the foundation for what follows.

At this time, Cheng Yong was leading the "old, weak, sick and disabled" medicine team composed of Lu Yiyi, Liu Sihui, Liu Pastor and Huang Mao. They won the first battle and made a lot of money by relying on ten times the profit from selling generic drugs.

So Cheng Yong waved his hand and all the members went to have a drink and engage in team building!

The location is still the nightclub where Liu Sihui originally danced.

Here, the plot reaches its first climax.

In this noisy and lively environment and atmosphere, the five of them had a rare opportunity to play openly and happily.

They had all suffered hardships before, but now they have money and medicine, and everything seems to be getting better. Naturally, they are full of longing and hope for life.

But at this moment, the manager of the nightclub came to ask Liu Sihui to perform a striptease on stage.

Then Cheng Yong spent money and asked the nightclub manager to go on stage and dance by himself.

The nightclub manager went from "Who do you think I am" to "It smells so good" at the beginning, and then went up to the stage and danced a striptease seductively.

It only took him a minute and five or six stacks of red banknotes to hit him in the face.

This little episode caused sporadic laughter to ring out in the screening room.

It’s this kind of “nouveau riche behavior” when you become poor and then become rich, then you spend money to throw money at the face of those who look down on you. Although this old trick of pretending to be a slap in the face may have become tired of seeing it in Internet articles.

But when you see it on the big screen, you will still be fascinated unconsciously.

At least Chen Mo felt a little pleased, and he couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

Of course, once the plot reaches this "peak", there will definitely be a drop-off.

Soon after, some family members of the patients came to protest, saying that their patients had been admitted to the hospital after taking their medicine, which led to the introduction of another character - the liar Zhang Changlin.

Cheng Yong’s Indian melanin is a “fake drug” that has effective curative effects but does not have domestic approval.

Then the so-called "German Glunin" sold by Zhang Changlin is a fake medicine in the true sense.

There are just a few methods, find a supporter to perform, offer on-site discounts, and then the price is cheap.

Cheng Yong bought 5,000 Indian gelatin pills, and Zhang Changlin sold them pills made of paracetamol + flour for 2,000 yuan.

As a result, the Medicine God Squad had their first conflict with Zhang Changlin. Then the Medicine God Squad was gloriously injured and they all went to the bureau to record their statements.

It was at this time that Cheng Yong inadvertently learned from the police officer who was recording a statement for them that if caught selling counterfeit drugs, he would be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than eight years but not more than fifteen years, and in serious cases, he might even be imprisoned for life.

Many viewers seemed to have noticed this detail.

After recording the confession, Cheng Yong drove them back. When they finally arrived at Lu Yiyi's home, he was invited to their family dinner.

As for Cheng Yong, it was the first time he met Lu Yiyi's child who was only one or two years old.

Cheng Yong, who had his little finger grabbed by the sleeping child, grinned and wanted to smile, but he was afraid of waking the child.

"Hey! Is he okay? Is this disease not hereditary?"

Cheng Yong seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Lu Yiyi.

"It is not hereditary, and leukemia is not a hereditary disease."

"That's not bad!"

But Cheng Yong didn't know if he remembered his own child when he was a child. The more he looked at the child, the happier he became.

"When I was first diagnosed with the disease, my mother was already five months pregnant with him..."

Lu Yiyi looked at the child tenderly, as if he was afraid that his "too heavy" gaze would wake him up.

"At that time, I wanted to die every day."

Cheng Yong suppressed his smile and turned his eyes to him again.

"As a result, when he was born, the first time I saw him, I didn't want to die. I just wanted to hear him call daddy."

"But now he's better. He has medicine and money. If he gets married early, maybe I can still be a grandfather!"

"That's for sure!"

"Hey!"

...

“Prepare so many dishes!”

"It's not a good dish, Brother Yong, don't dislike it!"

When Lu Yiyi's wife appeared on the stage, many audience members laughed in good faith.

It turns out that this role was played by Zou Yutong.

You know, the love affair between Ding Zhi and Zou Yutong was exposed, and the popularity has not subsided yet.

As a result, in the movie, she played the role of Ding Zhi's "sister-in-law".

Isn’t this a clear sign of “hooking up the second sister-in-law”!

However, it is worth mentioning that in this short scene, Zou Yutong's acting skills, lines, and even costumes were not outstanding at all. This can be regarded as a little easter egg caused by a combination of circumstances.

However, the warm and loving painting style did not last long.

Because of the previous "smashing" incident, Cheng Yong was also discovered by Zhang Changlin that they were "companions" with each other. What's even more amazing is that the "fake medicine" in Cheng Yong's hands was really curative.

Therefore, Zhang Changlin turned his evil thoughts on Cheng Yong. After finding him, he proposed to buy out Cheng Yong's domestic Indian Glenin agent rights for two million.

Of course Cheng Yong chose to refuse.

It's just that if you're not afraid of thieves stealing, you're just afraid that thieves will miss you.

At this time, the superiors were conducting a strict investigation on counterfeit drugs. Zhang Changlin used small tricks to deliberately report that Cheng Yong's store was selling counterfeit drugs, but gave him a warning in advance.

In the end, Cheng Yong narrowly escaped death.

Faced with the strict investigation from above, the fear of being punished for selling counterfeit medicines, and Zhang Changlin's disgusting tactics of not paying for his life, Cheng Yong lit a cigarette and thought about it all night before finally making a decision.

The next day, the "Medicine God Team" had a dinner together. Everyone was having hot pot, joking and clinking glasses, having a great time.

"I'm not afraid of you! Drink with me! Drink with me!"

"Drink some wine. God will comfort you if you drink some wine! Hahaha!"

"Pastor Liu is so happy today, drink more!"

Finally, in the heat of the hot pot, everyone raised their glasses and clinked their glasses.

Liu Sihui, who still looked gorgeous even without makeup, raised her glass and shouted, "Come on everyone! Business is booming! Keep up the good work!"

After everyone put down their glasses, Cheng Yong took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled it.

"Hey! Let me tell you something! It is fate to meet you all. You call me Brother Yong, and I am very grateful to you all!"

"Brother Yong!"

Lu Yiyi, who had just shouted that he was not afraid of drinking, already had a large blush on his face. At this time, he tilted his head and looked at Cheng Yong and shouted again.

"Brother Yong!"

Liu Sihui also took up the challenge and playfully shouted "Brother Yong!"

"You have to thank three times!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Cheng Yong lowered his head and smiled, as if he had made up his mind, then raised his head again, "But in the world, there is no banquet that lasts forever."

"As for this medicine, starting from tomorrow, I won't sell it."

The smiles of the other four people gradually solidified, and they looked at each other in confusion.

"Hey! I drank too much again!"

It was Lu Yiyi who broke the silence first and said with a smile.

"This is no joke!"

Pastor Liu frowned and persuaded.

It was Liu Sihui who was the closest, tapping Cheng Yong directly on the shoulder, "What are you talking about! What the hell!"

But Cheng Yong didn't laugh, "I won't sell this medicine starting tomorrow, but someone else sells it. The price is more expensive, 10,000 yuan a bottle, but I made an agreement with him, how much will I give you?"

It’s still three thousand yuan.”

"Who sells?"

"Zhang Changlin is that Academician Zhang. He has more experience than us. He has been selling products for more than ten years."

The atmosphere gradually solidified, but Cheng Yong continued to chatter, as if this was the only way to suppress certain emotions in his heart.

Maybe it’s guilt? Or a guilty conscience?

"To put it bluntly, nothing has happened so far. That's because we are lucky."

"I lost it!"

Liu Sihui threw the cigarette in her hand on the ground and stepped on it hard, her smile completely gone.

"Don't you know how many people he has harmed by selling fake medicines?"

"How much did he pay you?"

Seeing the most taciturn Huang Mao's questioning, Cheng Yong seemed to be angry.

"It's not about money. Do you know how many years the sentence will be for buying fake medicine?"

"The medicine hasn't stopped yet! It's just that the price is a bit more expensive! It's still cheaper than 40,000 yuan!"

"Do you know that many people can't even afford five thousand yuan?"

Cheng Yong slapped his hand on the table, furious, "Then what the hell do you care about me! I'm just a magic oil seller! Can I control so many people? I have seniors and juniors, and I was caught.

What should they do?"

"Besides, wasn't it me who fought tooth and nail to bring the medicine back?"

After that, he pointed around everyone present with his finger.

"Besides, you and the others have to thank me for being here today!"

After that, he slammed the table again, "I'm not a leukemia patient!"

Silence, still silence.

Huang Mao quietly poured a glass of wine and stood up.

"I thank you and wish you to open a bigger divine oil store in the future."

After he finished drinking, he smashed the empty glass on the table and smashed it into pieces. All the glass fragments were stuck in his hands. He turned around and left without realizing it.

"Little Huangmao! What are you doing!"

Lu Yiyi shouted, and his feeble shout echoed throughout the room.

Liu Sihui raised her glass, drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, and then said softly, "Brother Xie Yong."

He also turned around and walked out the door.

Pastor Liu stood up, bent down and bowed to Cheng Yong, "The original master bless you."

Lu Yiyi stretched out his hand to hold Pastor Liu, but it was in vain.

After a while, Cheng Yong and Lu Yiyi were the only ones left in the originally lively dinner party.

Lu Yiyi wiped his face, and when he turned to Cheng Yong, he did look like he was forcing a smile.

"Hey! Are you all drunk?"

Cheng Yong stiffened his neck and looked back. He pondered for a while and then just uttered one word, "Get out!"

Lu Yiyi's forced smile was extinguished in an instant, and he looked at Cheng Yong with a sad face, but he had nothing to say anymore.

Wrongful and desperate.

He stood up, put on his mask, and looked back at Cheng Yong, who was sitting alone, as if he was looking at him for the last time.

The "Medicine God" team has since fallen apart.

The audience was in an uproar.

Keen viewers like Bai Yintong and Chen Mo seemed to have noticed something was wrong with the direction of the plot.

Is it possible...

They suddenly thought of the "want to be a grandfather" flag that Lu Yiyi had set earlier, and their hearts trembled inexplicably.

Damn it! No! Ding Zhi, please do something better!