Become famous another day.

"Once we got to know them, guess what? Nearly one-third of our authors have been contacted by them!"

Chen Siqi was so angry on the phone.

Lu Yanhe could only comfort her: "What's the situation now? Has anyone been poached?"

"The situation is still okay for now." Chen Siqi said, "Basically, the first-line authors have chosen to stay with us and have not agreed to their conditions. However, two authors whose contracts are about to expire have decided to go to them. They have offered them a contract fee of 600,000 yuan a year."

Lu Yanhe understood immediately.

In fact, in "Jump Up", in addition to the top authors who can earn seven or even eight figures a year from royalties, publishing, copyright adaptation, etc., there are also some authors who have not yet published single-volume editions and make a living by publishing articles in "Jump Up" magazine and writing for other media of "Jump Up".

For these authors, a contract fee of 600,000 yuan a year means a guaranteed income, which is hard not to be tempted.

Lu Yanhe: "Didn't you always want a competitor before? You said that only competitors can make this market active. Now your competitor is here."

"Then I don't want to compete with a capital giant." Chen Siqi said angrily, "It took us more than six years to slowly cultivate the current lineup of authors. The backbone was even discovered by our magazine itself. As a result, the two who were poached now were both authors we cultivated ourselves."

"It's not like their contract hasn't expired yet. They're making a fuss about terminating the contract with you. To be honest, they probably only make 200,000 or 300,000 yuan a year in our place. If they go there, their income will double. If it were you, wouldn't you go?"

"That's what I said."

"As long as they don't backstab or betray, and leave openly, you don't have to say anything about them." Lu Yanhe said, "Besides, they poached so many people, but they only poached two."

"There are two now, and we don't know what the future will be like. They are not short of money. If they really want to spend money, it won't be difficult for a big capital like Shijin to poach them all." Chen Siqi said.

"First of all, not everyone will be poached. You can rest assured that many authors are not short of money, especially many of the authors we have signed. We have cooperated with them for such a long time and we have never treated the authors unfairly, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Secondly, it's easy for Shijin to poach people, but how should he plan after poaching the authors? How should he provide opportunities for these authors?" Lu Yanhe said, "A magazine like Jump Up, which has sold more than 400,000 copies, is enough to make a large number of authors choose to stay. No matter how rich Shijin Group is, if they can't provide such a large readership base for the authors, to be honest, the authors also have choices."

Chen Siqi: "Although I understand the reason, but suddenly a tiger breaks into your territory and stares at you, you can't really let it go."

"That is true."

"Don't forget, although Shijin doesn't have "Jump Up" now, it has the Leaf Vein Network."

Lu Yanhe: "Then, let's compete. No matter how rich they are, they can't change the market rules. What's more, we are not short of money ourselves. We can still support many authors to make money. If Shi Jin just relies on his own money to attack some authors, they are not fools and can't continue to attack them indefinitely."

Chen Siqi: "Well, let's wait and see what they are going to do. How is your experience on the set? Is the filming of the sequel easier than the first one?"

"It's a different level of difficulty," Lu Yanhe said. "Also, in the first film, the actors I worked with weren't as big names as they are now."

"Are the actors you are working with now big names?" Chen Siqi was a little surprised.

"They all have the confidence to act like big shots anyway." Lu Yanhe said succinctly. "Muken is not the one who has the final say in the crew, so you know what's going on with this crew."

Chen Siqi: "When he was shooting the first film, he didn't have that much say, right? In Hollywood, the director's power is generally not as strong as that of the producer."

"The main reason is that they are not as good as the producers of the production company." Lu Yanhe laughed, "The producers who work with Muken are still very supportive of Muken."

"So what's the situation over there now?" Chen Siqi asked, "Isn't the environment very bad?"

"That's not bad." Lu Yanhe smiled, "We are still in the adjustment period."

"I don't know why, even though you are not very satisfied with this crew now and have encountered some big-name actors, I always feel that this situation will change after the filming of this movie is completed."

"What changes have occurred?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"Either you deal with them, or they explode." Chen Siqi laughed, "In my opinion, you are really lucky in this regard."

"Why do you say that? I don't think so."

Chen Siqi: "Think about it, every time you shoot a movie, do you meet a few friends who you keep in touch with and interact with even after the filming is finished?"

"That's true, but this is also normal. As long as they are normal people, if they meet and have some fate, they can become friends, right?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Siqi: "Then those who had a bad relationship with you either reconciled with you in the end, like Zeng Qiao and Li Yuefeng, or they collapsed on their own, like Simon Schmid in the first part of The Mist."

Lu Yanhe: "...The one who didn't get along with me and collapsed on his own was Simon Schmid. He was abandoned by D19. Then why don't you talk about Lang Xia? Isn't he still quite popular now?"

"You're still thinking about him?" Chen Siqi laughed. "He's basically become Yu Jiang's favorite leading man now. He'll be acting in campus romance movies for the rest of his life. Let's see how long he can last. When he was in his last movie last year, some people complained that he had become greasy."

Lu Yanhe: "She's still popular."

Chen Siqi: "You still care about him?"

"I'm not mad at him, I'm refutin' you."

"You would rather refute me than mind him?" Chen Siqi's voice suddenly rose.

Lu Yanhe: "...That's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?"

Lu Yanhe: "...The director asked me to film a scene."

Chen Siqi: "We'll talk about this later. You'd better come up with a reasonable explanation, otherwise it's not over."

Lu Yanhe hung up the phone and looked up at the sky.

Oh my god.

Everything was fine, how could the situation take a turn for the worse with just one sentence?
How come it suddenly became that he would rather refute her?
Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Bloody Lessons

Men still need to be more cautious, especially in front of their girlfriends, because if they speak too quickly, their brains won't be able to react fast enough to keep up with their desire to survive.
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At the filming site, Lu Yanhe was not in this scene, so he was not there either.

The film has just started shooting and everyone is still in the adjustment period.

The atmosphere on set for the actors of the Ghost Catching Squad was rather chilly.

The main problem was that Erin Wallace and Ryan Waters didn't talk to each other on the set and ignored each other, which made it difficult for other people on the scene to chat enthusiastically.

Jason Porter asked Wang Jiaqi if he knew Lu Yanhe before.

Wang Jiaqi nodded, "He and I have the same agent. We've had dinner together before. Do you like him so much?"

Jason Potter smiled sheepishly.

"When he came to the UK for a screening event, my then-girlfriend dragged me over to watch his film. I thought he was amazing."

"What movie were you watching?"

"Three Mountains," Jason Potter said, "My girlfriend at the time was a fan of his and kept praising him, which made me a little angry, but later I understood her."

Wang Jiaqi was quite surprised.

"You didn't tell him that."

"There's nothing much to say about that." Jason Porter shook his head. "After I retired, I was faced with career choices. There happened to be a movie with an athlete role, so my agent asked me if I wanted to give it a try. I thought at the time that if I really became an actor, maybe I would have the opportunity to act in a movie with him in the future. I didn't expect it to come true."

"Is this true? Are you telling the truth? This is too much like a movie." Wang Jiaqi said.

"It's not as exaggerated as the movie." Jason Potter immediately shook his head. "I don't regard him as an idol because he became an actor. There are actually many considerations. I just want to tell you why I am a little excited to be able to make a movie with him this time."

Wang Jiaqi nodded.

Jason Porter suddenly looked at Ryan Waters and Erin Wallace.

"And he managed to keep both of them in line on the first day, which was incredible."

Wang Jiaqi also showed a complicated expression.

"Indeed, this is something I didn't expect. When I took on this movie, my friend reminded me that the two of them were not easy to get along with on the crew."

Wang Jiaqi suddenly thought of something and asked, "You've been filming in the UK before, but you suddenly took on a Hollywood movie this time. Could it be because of Lu Yanhe?"

What makes Jason Porter different from other new actors is that he is a member of the British diving team and has won world championships and Olympic medals, so he is very well-known.

As an actor, he has basically never played a small role, but has always played a more important role. It's just that he has been filming in the UK before and has not taken on Hollywood roles. Many British actors, especially those who come from the academic school of drama, are not so keen on filming in Hollywood.

This shouldn't be the case with Jason Potter.

"My agent helped me get the deal," he said. "There was no special situation. He helped me get this popular sequel because they needed my image."

Wang Jiaqi suddenly realized.

It is indeed difficult to get roles in this movie.

Many people are scrambling for it.

Jason Porter's agent must be very strong. Since he started acting, he has basically appeared in high-profile projects, either directed by famous directors or starring other big stars.

His situation is different from her, who started as a small supporting role and worked their way up.

"You just said your girlfriend at the time--"

Wang Jiaqi suddenly came to his senses.

"Did you break up with her?"

"Yes." Jason Potter nodded. "She was studying in Cambridge at the time. After graduation, she returned to China."

“Is she a Chinese?”

"Yes." Jason Potter sighed.

Wang Jiaqi: "Okay, so the reason you two broke up...was because you lived in different places?"

"That is a factor, but the main reason is other things." Jason Potter shook his head.

"Hey!" Suddenly, Irene Wallace next to her let out a dissatisfied roar.

Jason Porter and Wang Jiaqi both looked at it in surprise.

Erin Wallace glared at Ryan Waters angrily and said, "Stay away from me!"

Ryan Waters had a confused look on his face, as if he had no idea what was going on, and looked at Irene Wallace in confusion.

"what are you saying?"

"I said, stay away from me!" Erin Wallace pointed at the chair with her name on it, "This is my area."

Ryan Waters looked puzzled.

"This is a public area. I didn't sit in your chair. Don't go too far!"

"Who knows what you want to do by coming here." Irene Wallace looked unfriendly.

"Neuropathy!"

The dispute between the two people left everyone around them confused.

No one knew what had happened between them and why the conflict suddenly broke out.

Just because Ryan Waters moved closer to Erin Wallace's chair?
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"Don't get involved in their affairs."

Darren Wilson warned Wang Jiaqi over the phone.

Wang Jiaqi: "Of course I'm not interfering, but I have to know what's going on between the two of them so that I can avoid this minefield. Something must have happened between them, and I want to know what happened."

Darren Wilson: "Rian Waters stole a role from Erin Wallace for his then-girlfriend and that's when the two of them became enemies."

Wang Jiaqi: "Rian Waters' girlfriend at the time? Who? Luna? Sally? Why do these two hold a grudge against each other for just this one thing?"

"Sally," Darren Wilson said. "Rian was helping Sally get the role, which was a shameful thing to do."

"What did he do?"

"In order to get Parameter to choose Sally, he told Parameter executives that Irene was addicted to drugs."

"what?"

"This is not the dirtiest thing. Ryan's methods are so dirty that you can't even imagine." Darren Wilson said, "In order to make Parameter executives believe this, he hired someone to bribe Irene's former assistant and spread rumors in the media, which attracted quite a bit of attention at the time." Wang Jiaqi was shocked.

"What a bastard," she said angrily.

Darren Wilson said: "Of course, Erin did use drugs and she went to rehab when she was very young, so when this was dug up at the time, it also dealt a big blow to her image."

"Is this also what Ryan exposed?"

"No, that was dug up by some media after the incident," Darren Wilson said. "Rian is a jerk, and Irene is not a good person either. They have done a lot of jerkish things over the years, so you should stay away from them and don't get involved in their fights."

"Their public relations team is really amazing. Almost no one knows about these things they have done," said Wang Jiaqi.

"They were all Hollywood A-listers, even though many years have passed since Naoti, but their roots are here," Darren Wilson said. "Otherwise, how could they have won this movie?"

Wang Jiaqi asked: "Does Lu know about the two of them?"

"I don't know the details that well," Darren Wilson said. "His agent in China is very capable. She had already been asking around before Lu Yanhe arrived. Although she didn't get the details from me, she may have gotten them from somewhere else."

"Lu tricked them on the first day of the script reading session. Will they take revenge on Lu later?"

"Lu is not so easily retaliated against." Darren Wilson said, "Especially for actors like Lean and Irene who have lost their position in Hollywood. They need the sequel to The Mist to help them regain the confidence and support of the film company, so they will not act rashly."

"Lu doesn't tolerate them at all, which really surprises me."

"Why does Lu need to tolerate them?" Darren Wilson asked a question that made Wang Jiaqi think about it all night.
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Among the Asian actors in Hollywood, Wang Jiaqi is already doing very well.

However, even in this era of political correctness, she is well aware that Asians in Hollywood are not only a minority within a minority, but also a minority that is very neglected.

Even though projects like "The Mist" and "Squidward" have increased the number of Asian protagonists in Hollywood projects, in absolute terms, the number is still very small, with more people than meat.

In every project, even in ones where she plays the leading role, Wang Jiaqi rarely expresses her opinions and dissatisfaction directly.

It's not because she is considering the situation, but because she doesn't want to become a "troublemaker".

If such a reputation and image were to get out, her few opportunities might become even fewer.

This is also the question that Wang Jiaqi has been thinking about after talking to Darren Wilson.

The conclusion of thinking is that maybe Lu Yanhe can still do this, but she still can't.

She still has to hide her true emotions and attitudes.

What matters to her is keeping her chances.

She is not Lu Yanhe.
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The first scene Lu Yanhe filmed was his first appearance in this movie.

That morning, he got up early and started styling.

This character's look uses a lot of special effects makeup.

Basically, the whole styling process takes two hours.

The entire makeup process allowed Lu Yanhe to rewatch the first part of "The Mist".

He was not revisiting the experience, but trying to find the feeling of the character.

The form of ghosts is definitely different from that of humans.

However, since he has emotions, those ten years will definitely cause some changes in his state.

What's the change?

Now that his revenge has been achieved and his wish has been fulfilled, he should be able to let go of a lot of his hostility.

A man stayed in this small town for ten years. All the people in the town left and it became an empty place.

This loneliness -

Do ghosts feel lonely?

He may not necessarily feel lonely, but judging from his outward appearance, he certainly looks a bit lonely.

So what is his condition?
A calm mind, or extreme indifference?

Lu Yanhe's mind popped up the image of Voldemort in Harry Potter and Gong Li in Journey to the West: The Three Strikes of the White Bone Demon. They are all worth learning from, as they are characters that bring their own atmosphere as soon as they appear. The actor made this already extreme character even more extreme through the design of many details, and at the same time gave it real flesh and blood.

This is what Lu Yanhe wants to present in his role.

Lu Yanhe had done a lot of homework before joining the team, but he had not made a decision.

How to perform each scene?

Lu Yanhe wanted to hand it over to the scene.

After the entire styling was completed, Lu Yanhe went to the shooting site.

Accompanied by Wang Biao and Zou Dong, he followed his on-site director.

There was a camera following nearby for filming and recording.

Wherever he passed, everyone he met looked at him with a look of fear and shock.

Lu Yanhe had already started to get into character at this time. He stopped greeting people and became serious and cold.

He arrived at the studio--

A small town scene that is almost a one-to-one replica of a real town, but it seems to have been processed, with traces of time, and a sense of dilapidation and dust.

Lu Yanhe looked over inch by inch, and built up his psychological preparation bit by bit.

Actors need a lot of imagination.

It's not only the imagination of the picture, but also the imagination of the characters.

While looking at these real-life buildings, Lu Yanhe recalled his experience of filming in Canada and entered the mindset of a ghost, imagining that after his great revenge, everyone in the town would move away one after another out of fear of his existence. He stood where no one could see and watched those people move in panic.

A very complex, alienated and real emotion arises spontaneously.

Then, this decade.

The sun rises and the moon appears.

In spring, summer, autumn and winter, there are nights with strong winds, afternoons with heavy rains, and also quiet moments when everything calms down.

He has stayed in this town and has not left.

Why doesn't he leave?
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What is he doing?
Are you suddenly in a daze?

After seeing Lu Yanhe coming, the other actors kept looking around, ignoring everyone, with expressionless faces, as if covered with frost.

Ryan Waters glanced at him, lowered his head and continued reading the script in his hand.

Irene Wallace was wearing headphones and sitting alone in her chair, occasionally speaking to the assistant next to her, but she would glance towards Lu Yanhe from time to time.

Jason Porter asked Wang Jiaqi with some confusion.

"What is Lu doing?"

Wang Jiaqi: "This may be his way of preparation. Every actor has his own way of preparing for a scene."

Jason Potter nodded thoughtfully.

The other actors also had different expressions.

For a moment, no one came forward to greet Lu Yanhe.

Afraid of disturbing him.

After Mu Ken discussed some matters regarding the shooting with the photographer, he walked towards Lu Yanhe.

"Is everything OK?" he asked.

Lu Yanhe still did not change back to his usual Lu Yanhe state. He nodded with a hint of arrogance.

Muken: "Then it depends on your performance."

Lu Yanhe still didn't say anything, just tapped his chin lightly.

Muken turned around and smiled.

He had filmed the first film with Lu Yanhe and knew very well what Lu Yanhe's current situation was.

Just like Wang Jiaqi said, every actor has his own way of getting into the state.

Lu Yanhe is constantly strengthening his psychological construction in this way.

Mu Ken gave Lu Yanhe another ten minutes before gathering all the actors and telling them about the scene they were going to shoot.

How can I describe this scene?

Muken really loves this character and designed a very exciting appearance for him in the script.

The ghost-hunting team fled into this town in panic and were in extreme fear. Then, someone told the legend of this town.

Halfway through the legend, another ghost played by Ryan Waters came after them.

When the ghost-hunting team thought they were going to die here, a slow sound of footsteps was heard on the stairs.

Lu Yanhe appeared here——

There is no sound when a ghost goes down the stairs.

In Muken's lens design, there is a series of changing close-up shots.

The pale hand first appeared on the armrest.

His face was expressionless, yet he vaguely revealed a sense of "noble death".

When the third sound of footsteps on the stairs was heard, the camera cut to his feet. Lu Yanhe's feet were not on the stairs.

But there were footsteps sounds.

The shot of Muken walking down the stairs alone takes nearly thirty seconds, with more than a dozen shots switching between them.

The music for this section was completed before filming started.

Muken found a speaker to play the sound at the scene where he was filming.

A slow melody with a clear rhythm point but also with a "thriller in silence".

Lu Yanhe likes Muken's design.

He is truly a genius when it comes to making horror films.

The effect of appearance is to set the tone.

If the oppressive feeling of the Asian ghost in the first part comes from his revenge psychology, the oppressive feeling of the Asian ghost in the second part comes from his terrifying strength, as well as his oppression and terror towards this group of strangers due to their unfamiliarity.

Every design of Muken is to amplify this point.

Lu Yanhe made preparations, went through the scene, and then went to his own position to wait for Mu Ken to start filming.

Now, he will never worry about not performing well or not knowing how to perform on the set.

Lu Yanhe suddenly realized this when he was standing on the stairs.
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Recently, I have been thinking about picking out some wonderful clips, publishing them as DY, and promoting them myself. Looking back at the content I wrote before, I have a very narcissistic feeling——

The bad parts of this book are really bad, but the good parts are also really well written, with a unique language rhythm.

self boasting.

Okay, you can throw bricks now. (End of this chapter)