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"After winning the Oscar, Lu Yanhe and Xin Zixing are suspected to start a new collaboration!"

Such a report title does not seem to have any explosive points.

However, soon after it was released by one media outlet, it was reposted by dozens of media accounts with over a million followers, and due to its natural popularity, it became a hot topic.

In fact, this report only included photos of Lu Yanhe, Xin Zixing and several other people in the same frame, as well as a video.

Other than that, there is no information content.

I can't help but feel concerned about Lu Yanhe's movements.

Before, when Xin Zixing left Lu Yanhe's capital camp and returned to Yemai.com, she was called an "ungrateful person" by some of Lu Yanhe's fans, who accused her of betraying Lu Yanhe.

At that time, neither Xin Zixing nor Lu Yanhe actually responded, and everyone really thought that they had a falling out.

However, after Xin Zixing returned, Yemai.com resumed its cooperation with Linghe, Shihuo and "Tiaoqiqi", which made everyone realize that there was actually no problem between them at all.

It’s just that many fans don’t admit it.

Now, they are in the same frame again, and they are talking and laughing in the photo, with no sign of estrangement between them at all, which says it all.

As for the new project that Lu Yanhe and Xin Zixing are going to collaborate on——

Many people also asked about it.

Not for any other reason, just to squeeze in people.
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Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe have not yet responded to inquiries from various media.

The same is true for the leaf vein network.

After resting for a while, Lu Yanhe came to Linghe to watch the finished films of "Those Years" and "Oh, My Sea", and discuss the follow-up plans of "2 Broke Girls" and the follow-up of the sitcom "Housemates".

"Both 'Oh My Sea' and 'Those Years, We Chased the Same Girl' were considered for screening at the Jose-Lao Film Festival," Chen Yin said. "However, because both films were directed by the same director and the themes were similar, if they were screened at the same film festival, they would inevitably be compared, resulting in one gaining while the other losing."

Lu Yanhe nodded, "I think so too. Those Years is not a film suitable for a film festival."

"Those Years" has almost no authorial expression. The reason why it became a hit back then was not only because the story itself was touching, the actors were well-chosen, and the sense of substitution was strong, but also because the story was adapted from the real experience of the director/screenwriter Jiu Ba Dao. Even Shen Jiayi has a prototype——

This story was a hot topic at the time. When those who were deeply moved and regretful in the movie left the cinema and found out that this regrettable story was actually true and had a prototype, at that moment, the embodiment and reality of emotions reached their peak.

But if someone says that this movie is very artistic and suitable for film festivals——

How can I put it? I guess even Giddens himself would say, "Don't praise me too much."

"Let's send 'Oh My Sea' to the screening and see if it can be included in the screening section." Lu Yanhe said, "Its style is very distinctive, and it has a special comic feel, which is very different from other literary and artistic films of the same type. If it is shown in Jose, it should cause quite a bit of discussion."

For a low-budget movie like this, if it can cause a lot of discussion at a top international film festival, it may attract the attention of some foreign film producers.

Otherwise, even if this movie was produced by Linghe, the production with a new director and new actors would hardly be favored by foreign film producers. Even if they were favored, the purchase price they offered would certainly be very low.

Sending the right film to the right film festival is also a business.

"The actress from 'Oh My Sea', Jiang Yue, has also passed the audition for another movie we are going to produce, playing the leading female role." Chen Yin introduced to Lu Yanhe, "'There is a Strange Woman in the Building' directed by He Songyan."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He still had a deep impression of Jiang Yue.

I met her on the high-speed train and had some dealings with her, and then I saw her again on the set. She was a girl who was full of energy and even a little bit childish.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Where did you find the film "There is a Strange Woman in the Building"?"

"It's a script that a domestic venture capital firm would find," said Chen Yin. "At first I thought it was a suspense film, but later I found out that it's a youth film that's hard to categorize. A middle school girl moves into a building and does strange things every day, which arouses the suspicion and discussion of the neighbors. In fact, the girl is an agent who comes to catch spies hiding in the building and protect the safety of others. At first glance, this story seems very far-fetched, with the style of middle school and youth fantasy. If it were written as a story, it would probably be scolded by many people as stupid, but the script is written with vitality and vigor, just like an adult watching a good fairy tale. Even if you know it's fake, you will still finish reading it with a smile on your face."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"After listening to you, I'm looking forward to this movie." Lu Yanhe smiled, "But, can this story be filmed with just one million?"

"Yes." Chen Yin nodded. "We made a budget and it will only take 1 days to finish filming. All the actors used are unknown, and their salaries do not exceed yuan. The rest of the expenses are all used for production. The quality of the film is definitely not very high, but it is enough to tell this story. He Songyan is the writer, director and photographer, which saves a lot of money. The contract we signed with He Songyan also states that if he can finish the film on time and within the budget, we will add percentage point to his share of the film's revenue."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Chen Yin said: "This year, in addition to "There is a Strange Woman in the Building", we are also preparing to invest in a low-budget movie. Yuan Hai took the initiative to find a project for another Malaysian Chinese director, Zhang Zheyi."

Lu Yanhe nodded: "You can make the decision yourself."

Lu Yanhe gave Xu Tianming and Chen Yin a certain degree of "investment autonomy", and they had a certain amount of funds to use independently every year.

This is also a method developed by Lu Yanhe to "de-Lu Yanheize" the company's business segments and revenue sources.

Linghe’s surname is Lu, but it is not necessary for every project of Linghe to be named Lu.

Even if a person works until his death, the best he can do is build the Himalayas. But without the support of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Himalayas cannot stand.

That’s all for the movie.

The drama series is Linghe’s current focus.

It is also the main source of revenue for the film and television industry.

"The post-production of The Legend of Sword and Fairy is almost complete, and it should be able to be broadcast during this summer." Chen Yin said, "In addition to The Legend of Sword and Fairy, we will also broadcast the third season of Roommates this summer."

Lu Yanhe was very surprised and asked, "Has "Housemates" already aired its third season?"

Chen Yin nodded: "Yes, the reputation of the first two seasons was pretty good, but because the popularity has never been too high, the results are not particularly good."

Lu Yanhe asked: "How does the second season's performance compare to the first season?"

"It has increased." said Chen Yin.

"As long as the team of 'Housemates' is willing to continue and not lose money, then we'll continue to do it well." Lu Yanhe said, "I remember that the production team of this project is basically all from Linghe, right?"

"Yes." Chen Yin nodded.

Lu Yanhe said: "Even if this project can't make money for Linghe, it can still provide food for many people in Linghe, which is good."

Chen Yin really didn't expect that even when the performance of the second season of "Housemates" was still not improving much, Lu Yanhe still didn't complain.

"In addition, if the reputation of this season of "Housemates" remains good, we can invest more in publicity and marketing expenses," said Lu Yanhe.

Chen Yin nodded and said yes.

Besides "Housemates", there is "2 Broke Girls".

Chen Yin said, "Since there are "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Housemate" in the summer, and "Friends" and "Wulin Waijia" in the winter, we plan to air "2 Broke Girls" in the fall." "Okay, but "Wulin Waijia" should be the final season next year, right?" Lu Yanhe only wrote more than 60 episodes for "Wulin Waijia" at the time, which were divided into two filmings and broadcast in the form of four seasons. The third season was just broadcast during the Chinese New Year this year.

Chen Yin nodded and said yes.

He added: "Northern Lights Video is also communicating with us, asking if we can continue writing "Wulin Wai Zhuan"."

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "Although 'Wulin Wai Zhuan' is a series, I have already written everything I wanted to write. If they want to continue developing the story of 'Wulin Wai Zhuan', they can do the planning. If they have good ideas, we can authorize them to do it."

Chen Yin nodded.

Xu Tianming suddenly interrupted at this time and said, "I want to make a set of peripheral products for "Wulin Wai Zhuan" in conjunction with the final season next year."

"Nearby? For example?"

"For example, dolls and figurines created based on characters, the setting collection of "Wulin Waijiao", and so on," said Xu Tianming.

Lu Yanhe thought about it carefully and said, "Currently, these peripherals are quite ordinary, no different from the peripheral products of other film and television dramas. Will the audience of "Wulin Waijiao" be willing to buy these character dolls?"

Lu Yanhe thought about it and felt that it was a bit unrealistic.

Because although "Wulin Waijia" is indeed a fan-oriented drama, it is not that kind of "fan-oriented".

Just like the stationery peripherals that "Wulin Waijia" had tried with Baixing before, the market response was very cold - everyone originally thought that "Wulin Waijia" had a large audience among students, and the stationery peripherals should be very popular.

What should be done with the peripheral products of "Wulin Wai Zhuan"?
Lu Yanhe said, "Mr. Xu, should we conduct a questionnaire survey among the audiences of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" to find out what kind of peripheral products they want? Then, based on the results of the questionnaire survey, we can see if there is anything we can do?"

Xu Tianming said: "We have actually done a lot of questionnaire surveys, but because the samples are not representative enough, many ideas that are very popular in the questionnaire surveys are very different from expectations after they are actually implemented."

Lu Yanhe: "If the results of the questionnaire are useless, then we can actually ask Jiangzhi what types of things are most popular and sell best in their real-life scenic spots."

In the Qixia Town scenic area in Jiangzhi, in addition to real-life buildings and performances, Jiangzhi Cultural Tourism also provides many peripheral products that are only available locally, including the doll tools that Xu Tianming just mentioned.

That is unique. According to the cooperation agreement with Linghe, those products can only be sold in the local Qixia Town scenic area. This is to ensure the uniqueness of the local scenic area and to protect Linghe's exclusive development rights around "Wulin Wai Zhuan".

However, the sales of peripheral products in the Qixia Town scenic area are definitely of reference value to the consumer groups surrounding "Wulin Waijia".

Xu Tianming nodded, "I'll go and meet with them and discuss it."

After discussing the surrounding matters, Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Mr. Xu, have you contacted Mr. Li Luzhi about his intention to develop the surrounding market with us?"

Xu Tianming nodded and said, "We have already had a round of contacts. The creative teams on both sides are sorting out some directions for future cooperation based on the results of the first contact."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

After discussing the surrounding matters, we returned to the main topic.

Chen Yin went on to say, “Although 2 Broke Girls hasn’t aired yet, HP has already proposed to us to sign an overseas streaming rights for the second season. I’m not sure about this either, so I need to hear your opinion.”

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "Let's wait until the first season airs. We will definitely give priority to signing with HP. I still hold the same view that we should not let a series that could have been very popular be cut off halfway due to a change in platform. However, 2 Broke Girls is different from Squidward Illusion. Now none of us knows what the performance of the first season will be. If it is good enough, we will suffer if we sign a contract for the second season now. If it is not good enough, they will suffer, and no one will be happy."

Chen Yin: "Okay, I understand. I will communicate with HP accordingly. HP has also proposed that they hope to obtain the exclusive overseas streaming rights for the two films Those Years and Oh, My Sea."

Lu Yanhe said: "The exclusive overseas streaming rights of our films have basically been given to HP. As long as they offer a fair price and the conditions are suitable, we will give them priority."

Lu Yanhe firmly believes that one should not put all his eggs in one basket. As Maxine already has so many projects under his belt, he wants to have a more solid partnership with HP both for public and private reasons.

Only in this way will Maxine never feel at ease and always strive for cooperation with him.

Chen Yin added: "HP also wants to buy the English-language remake rights of Home Alone. They want to adapt the movie into an English-language series."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Well...please ask them to come up with a more specific remake plan first, and then we can talk about it."

Chen Yin said: "I actually have an idea about this."

"Ok?"

"I was thinking, can we wait until this series is finished and then develop spin-off movies based on the stupid thieves played by Liu Teli and Luo Weida? It may be too early to talk about this now, but the plan is to only shoot three Home Alone movies, and I hope to continue this series," said Chen Yin.

Strictly speaking, there are only two parts of Macaulay's "Home Alone". The third part had a different actor. Moreover, after the change of actors, the box office performance of the third part dropped a lot.

Originally, Lu Yanhe only wanted to write the scripts for two parts, but later he felt that he didn't have to be the screenwriter and scriptwriter for this series all the time. For such an idea, different screenwriters would definitely have different ideas and creativity.

Just like the third part of the original version, although the box office performance dropped a lot, the content itself is very good. If it weren't for the fact that Macaulay had grown up and had to change the actor, Lu Yanhe felt that the box office would not necessarily fail.

So, in the end, Lu Yanhe transplanted the plot of the third part into the plot and characters of the first and second parts, and wrote the script for the third part.

Lu Yanhe himself didn't want such a series to end so soon.

The idea proposed by Chen Yin is indeed a good idea.

Chen Yin said: "If this idea is feasible, I would like to start looking for screenwriters to test the script as soon as possible, and not wait until all three Home Alone movies are released before launching this spin-off film series."

Lu Yanhe said: "If there are good ideas and concepts, I support the development of spin-off films. Of course, the premise is that Mr. Liu Teli is willing to continue acting."

Chen Yin said with a smile: "The movie Home Alone was a global hit, and the stupid thief role played by Mr. Liu Teli was also very popular. I discussed with Mr. Liu Teli about the subsequent role, and he did not refuse."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "That's fine."

Chen Yin added: "By the way, TVN in South Korea wants to contact us again. They want to obtain authorization to shoot the second season of Rouge."

"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was stunned and a little surprised.

"The Korean version of Rouge has done well on air and is also very popular on streaming media, so they want to create an original script based on the concept of human-ghost romance and shoot the second season," said Chen Yin. "Because they still want to use the name Rouge and the creative theme comes from Rouge, they need our authorization to shoot."

Lu Yanhe thought about it, nodded, and said, "You guys go and evaluate it. If the project is reliable, the script is good, and the team is good, then authorize it. If it might fail, then don't. We have to ensure that the image of these IPs in our hands cannot be messed up by others."

Chen Yin nodded and said yes.

"How's the TV version of Rouge that was remade by Bingyuan Video going?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"We are still in post-production. According to the current progress of post-production, it is unlikely to be broadcast this year." Chen Yin said, "Iceland Video attaches great importance to this drama. It has re-shot twice."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.

Generally speaking, the production team would rather broadcast the show with incomplete plot than do reshoots.

Because every time a film is re-shot, additional funds are needed, which is at least several million.

Judging from the action of Bingyuan Video, it can indeed be said that they attach great importance to this drama. (End of this chapter)