This year, the first explosion of the summer file appeared, with Ning Hao as producer and Xú Zhēng as producer and starring. The film Dying to Survive directed by Muye Wen was hot before it was shown, which led the film to be released in IMAX and other versions on July 5 one day ahead of schedule. According to the preliminary statistics of "movie box office", the box office on the first day was 159 million yuan, and the cumulative box office on the first day of screening has exceeded 300 million yuan.
Because of this film, the prototype character "Lu Yong" has become a hot figure. Its announcement in Weibo on June 8th that it was an unauthorized film was also heated by many media yesterday. In fact, Lu Yong has already made peace with the film, and was even invited to attend the premiere in Dying to Survive.
Was once troubled by movies.
Lu Yong is a leukemia patient and an entrepreneur. He was once called "Medicine God" by many leukemia patients. In 2002, Lu Yong was diagnosed with leukemia, and he began to buy drugs from India for himself and helping his patients. In 2014, Lu Yong was taken away by the police on suspicion of selling "fake drugs". After that, more than a thousand leukemia patients signed a plea for Lu Yong, and finally the court "withdrew the prosecution" for this case. Lu Yong was spared a prison sentence.
On June 8th, Lu Yong sent a message to Weibo, expressing his dissatisfaction with the movie Dying to Survive, saying that the trailer and tidbits of the movie had brought him a lot of troubles since they were published on the Internet. "‘ in the trailer; I ’ Is a small shop owner selling Indian divine oil, making a lot of money from illegally selling Indian drugs and sleeping with a lot of money. Out of concern and support for me, everyone expressed their dissatisfaction with the film, thinking that it would make the audience feel that I really made money from it and damaged my reputation. But I think that justice is free from people’s hearts. As long as I have never done anything that is sorry for my conscience, I can sleep well. "
In this Weibo, Lu Yongfa stated that the producer was not authorized to shoot this film in any way. "At the request of Ms. Han Jia, I authorized her to write a script based on my story prototype in 2015. She promised to publicize my image positively and safeguard my reputation, and indicated ‘ in this film project; Adapting words and subtitles according to the true story of ××× ’ ; Respect my legitimate rights and interests, and shall not authorize a third party to cause me harm. Han Jia sold the script to the producer without telling me, and even without my consent. "
Lu Yong said that he had never received a penny from the playwright, producer or anyone else since the creation of the script, even without mentioning it. "Therefore, please don’t think how much money I got from it. I promise that if I can get something from it in the future ‘ Compensation ’ If so, I will donate all of them to the cancer foundation or patients. "
Lu Yong expressed dissatisfaction with the funny behavior in the trailer and other filming tidbits, and thought that their "hilarious laughter" was based on the pain of patients. "This kind of behavior of consuming patients is not commendable. In my dictionary, ‘ Life is not money ’ Life is alive. I don’t know, have the producers and actors of this film ever thought about how a cancer patient would feel when he saw such a movie? "
Lu Yong also contacted the producer and asked to add a short explanation at the end of the film to clarify the facts, lest the audience misunderstand, "Actually, I don’t want to be a hero, I just want to clarify the facts. It is precisely because the film portrays the protagonist as a personal hero who opposes the law in order to speak personal loyalty that I am dissatisfied. I have never been dissatisfied with the law and the times. My patients and I don’t want to create opposition with society. I always fear the law, be grateful for the new era, and be grateful for the progress of society. "
Understanding movies requires artistic processing.
At the end of this article, Lu Yong said that he was a "god" in front of his patients; In front of capital and stars, he is also a vulnerable group and will defend his rights according to law. And this old article a month ago, with the popularity of Dying to Survive, was reprinted by the Internet and many public websites yesterday.
However, on the evening of July 2nd, Lu Yong was invited to attend the premiere of Dying to Survive, and explained his previous statement. He once again clarified at the scene that he had not earned money from his patients through purchasing Gleevec for leukemia treatment. At first, the film set him as a person who was tempted by interests. He was very angry, and later said that he gradually understood this setting. Director Muye Wen said that the prototype was a patient, but after the screenplay was polished, the character was changed to not be a patient, which was for the sake of art and characterization, and wanted to make the character change more lively. Lu Yong also accepted: "Artistic creation can indeed be adapted."
At the initiative of Lu Yong, the film and the creative staff raised and donated 2 million yuan to leukemia patients. Xú Zhēng also paid tribute to Lu Yong at the scene: "If there is anything bad about this character, it belongs to me, and the hero part belongs to you."
I don’t like the scene where thousands of people send each other in the movie.
On July 6th, Lu Yong, who attended the premiere, published Weibo again. He said that the film was very good-looking. "They are the first filmmakers who care about us, and this is also the first film with leukemia patients seeking medicine as the theme. As a 20-year ‘ Senior ’ Leukemia patients, thank them for their concern for us. After the film is released, it will cause people to think more. "
Although the "artistic processing" of the film is understandable, it can be seen from the article that as a party, Lu Yong is still a little uncomfortable. "That Cheng Yong, except ‘ Yong ’ The words are the same as mine, but they are different from me everywhere else. I didn’t beat my wife, I didn’t sell magic oil, I didn’t sell medicine to make money, I didn’t fight the law to save patients. I have helped many people, but I have always acted within the framework of the law and have not broken the law. "
Lu Yong said that the scene where thousands of people sent each other at the end of the movie was his least favorite scene. "Because it is too exaggerated, it makes people feel unreal. After my incident received much attention in 2015, what I want most is to restore a calm life as soon as possible, live my little life, and do my best to help more patients in a legal way. "
Lu Yong said: "A movie is a movie. It can’t be exactly the same as real life, and I can’t be demanding. In fact, I want to make a movie more like mine, the true story of me and my patients, which does not need too much adaptation, enough to make the audience cry, but also enough to let the audience feel the light of life and the power of love. I think this film can be made more like this cup of tea in my hand. The soup is pure and bright, the taste is pure, and there is no impurity. It is an ancient tree produced in 300 years. It is heavy in my hand, realistic, historical, refreshing and memorable. I still want to drink it and watch it. Movies come from life, but they are different from life. Movies can be funny, but the way for patients to seek medicine is not funny at all, and more is to make people want to cry. However, looking back at the solid footprints that my patients and I walked through, we can’t say that it is earth-moving, but it can encourage many people to ‘ Shangtiantai ’ People, continue to live bravely. "
Text/reporter Xiao Yang
conversation
Lu Yong: After the new medical insurance policy, fewer people came to me for medicine.
In an interview with Beijing Youth Daily on July 5th, Lu Yong said that with the promotion of new policies such as medical insurance, there are fewer people who come to find their own way to buy generic drugs. Speaking of popular movies, he said that many of them were experienced by himself and his patients, and he shed tears for these clips in the movie.
Beiqing Daily: What do you think touched you most in the movie?
Lu Yong: There is a passage in the movie in which the patient "Huang Mao" had an accident to protect the hero, which deeply touched me. When I was ill, my father went out to talk about business for the company in order to raise money for me. Unexpectedly, he died in a coma for 7 days in the hospital because of a car accident, leaving me no words. I often think that if I hadn’t been sick at that time, my father would have lived a long life, and he was in good health.
There is another paragraph, after her husband Lu beneficiary fell ill, his wife tried to raise money to buy medicine until her husband could have a bone marrow transplant. But the husband looked at it and felt that he didn’t want to cause trouble to his family, so he hanged himself. This kind of thing was really experienced in our group before. At that time, many people felt that they couldn’t hold on.
In the movie, the patient’s QQ group is played, and everyone wants to buy medicine and want to live. That’s what we really experienced at that time. At that time, if there was no money, there would be no life. Sometimes people in the group will say that they feel that they can’t do it and have to say goodbye to everyone; Every once in a while, the heads of several people will go out forever; Or sometimes a patient finally boarded QQ, and this person told everyone that "he" was actually the patient’s family, and came here to inform everyone of the news of the patient’s death. At that time, it was really a feeling of "being in the same boat."
I cried when I watched these paragraphs in the film.
Beiqing Daily: From 2015 to now, what changes have taken place in your life with your patients?
Lu Yong: When I first came home, many patients contacted me and even came to my factory to find me. At most, seven families came to the factory in person one day just to know how to buy Indian generic drugs. In recent years, the country has also made many reforms and introduced many new policies, especially after the relevant drugs were included in medical insurance, fewer people came to me to buy drugs. When I first got sick, the cost of medicine was 288,000 yuan a year. At that time, I could buy a suite here in Wuxi. Now, through medical insurance, most patients only need more than 1,000 yuan a month, which is basically affordable for everyone.
Now, some people will ask me how to buy generic drugs from India. For example, if a breast cancer patient wants to buy Herceptin, I will tell them that you have to buy Herceptin from India for more than 5,000 yuan, but now it is actually cheaper after domestic medical insurance reimbursement. I will also tell you about the new policy, so that you can purchase medicines reasonably. In this year, I will meet someone who comes to me for medicine once every month or two. The number of people who ask me for medicine has decreased, which shows that society has become better.
Beiqing Daily: Is there anything that bothers you since it was exposed?
Lu Yong: After the exposure, I became famous in the circle of patients, but later I found out that someone set up a QQ group in my name to help purchase generic drugs. At that time, I mainly taught people how to buy medicines. I didn’t really buy medicines or make profits from them, but these people were different. They made profits directly and even used my name to deceive patients’ life-saving money. I received complaints from several patients who were cheated. Later, I told you that I was no longer helping in QQ group, and all purchases made in my name in QQ group were fake.
In these years, I have never thought of making profits by purchasing drugs, otherwise I would have made a lot of money by first discovering the price difference of Indian generic drugs. Just like in the movie, the protagonist sells it to patients at a higher price, and patients are scrambling to buy it.
Beiqing Daily: You called yourself "Lu Yong the Medicine Man" in Weibo. Nowadays, with the popularity of movies, many people call you "Medicine God". Which title do you think is more suitable for you?
Lu Yong: "Medicine Man" was named by the media in a previous report. In fact, I think neither title suits me. I’m just an ordinary person. I think the movie "I am not a drug god" may be more suitable for me. I am just an ordinary leukemia patient and a real person.
Beiqing Daily: Do you have any new ideas and plans after the film is released?
Lu Yong: At present, the filmmaker told me that the cast, producers and others donated 2 million yuan for leukemia-related assistance, and a relief fund may be set up. I have also considered participating in this fund, but it will undoubtedly take up a lot of my energy and time.
I feel that whether I participate in this fund or not, I will continue to help my patients as an example. After all, I have lived for 16 years since I got this disease, which is a good incentive for them.
Text/reporter Qu Chang Intern Zhang Yue Meng
