Become famous another day.

Bingyuan Video's remakes of Lu Yanhe's works include not only "Rouge", but they also hold the rights to remake a Chinese-language drama "Lost on Journey". However, it seems difficult to change this subject matter into a script that they are satisfied with. Until now, even the script has not been released.

In fact, the relationship between Bingyuan Video and Lu Yanhe is very similar to HP.

The cooperation between Lu Yanhe and Bingyuan Video was quite pleasant, but because the cooperation between Aurora Video and Lu Yanhe started first, Aurora had a share in some of Lu Yanhe’s most popular dramas, both exclusive and non-exclusive.

Bingyuan Video wanted to obtain some exclusive resources, so it could only do so by reshooting.

Of course, Icefield Video did it right, too.

Although Linghe only provided the remake rights, because the original work was written by Lu Yanhe, Lu Yanhe's college classmate Miao Yuelai became the screenwriter of "Rouge Button", and Yu Mengling was invited by Lu Yanhe to star in it. At the same time, the male lead Yang Shiyi was also a newcomer discovered by Lu Yanhe from the theater.

Bingyuan Video wants to make a TV series version of "Rouge", not just a TV series, they want to truly cooperate with Lu Yanhe.

Even though Northern Lights Video got ahead of the game and took over the "Wulin Wai Zhuan" and "Squid Game" series, at least now "The Chinese Paladin" and "2 Broke Girls" have their share and can be broadcast together with Northern Lights.

Moreover, Bingyuan Video has basically won the rights to remake all Chinese-language TV series written by Lu Yanhe. In this regard, they have taken the lead. If Northern Lights Video wants to do it again, it will have to lag behind.

Bingyuan Video now wants to start with "Rouge" and establish a stable cooperative relationship with Lu Yanhe and Linghe through the remake of the drama.

Including "Tropical Rainy Season", which just helped Lu Yanhe win the Oscar, its Chinese remake rights have also been acquired by Bingyuan, and it is planned to be filmed into a Chinese TV series.

Lu Yanhe felt that as long as the Icefield video could be done well, this would certainly be possible.

Remakes don't really matter at all -

The audience will not care whether your drama is an original script, adapted from a certain IP, or a remake of a film or TV series. For the audience, there is always only one criterion: whether they want to watch it, think it is good, and will keep watching it.

However, after listening to Linghe's inventory of dramas, Lu Yanhe also discovered a problem.

“So, the third season of Housemates, The Chinese Paladin, 2 Broke Girls, and the final season of My Own Swordsman will all be finished this year and early next year,” Lu Yanhe said. “Next year, at most, only the fourth season of Housemates and the second season of 2 Broke Girls will be aired. And that’s assuming that the sequels to these two series can be successfully produced.”

Chen Yin nodded.

"Indeed, of course, we have also taken on the production of three dramas from the Jump Up Theater," Chen Yin said, "but these three dramas basically cannot bring considerable profits to the company in terms of sales. They are more of a training opportunity for some technical talents signed by our company."

Lu Yanhe said: "Should we develop two more dramas this year? Otherwise, we will face a gap in dramas next year and the year after."

Chen Yin said: "We have a reserve. The company used to hold a competition every month. Now we have produced several scripts that our internal evaluation has reached S level. The major platforms are evaluating the quotations. We will decide which one to do after receiving feedback from the platforms."

When Lu Yanhe heard that Chen Yin had a plan, he nodded and said, "That's fine."

For a company, earning a stable income of 100 million every year can better promote the optimization and upgrading of a company, rather than earning 1 billion one year and only 10 million every other year. The risk resistance and frequency of stable output affect not only the company's financial statements, but also the confidence of the company's employees in their career prospects.

This cannot be sloppy at all.

The reason why Lu Yanhe was nervous just now was because the two sequels, "Housemates" and "2 Broke Girls", were works that could not be priced high with the platforms at the moment.

What if the performance of "2 Broke Girls" is just average, or even if it is considered a hit but not as popular as "Wulin Waijia" or "Friends", with the end of the "Wulin Waijia" series, Linghe will actually have no "pillar".

Then next year's copyright revenue numbers will definitely be ugly.

"By the way, Mr. Lu, do you think the movie "Dragon Inn" is suitable for us to develop into a TV series?" Chen Yin suddenly asked.

Lu Yanhe was a little confused.

"Dragon Inn?" Lu Yanhe thought about it seriously. "It's not impossible, but the movie hasn't been released yet, so there's no need to rush, right?"

"Icefield wants to buy the rights to adapt this story into a TV series. However, since Linghe has never made a martial arts drama, I actually want to use this to build a team that can make martial arts dramas." Chen Yin said, "The martial arts theme is timeless. I heard that you have plans for several martial arts movies in the future, so I want to plan ahead."

Lu Yanhe: "Martial arts dramas can indeed be made, and they will never become outdated, but I don't know if Dragon Inn will be good if it's turned into a TV series, I can't imagine it. If you think it's possible, you can stay and do it yourself. If you don't think you're sure, then see how Bingyuan wants to shoot it. Maybe you can also make it a condition of co-production and let us join the production team to observe how Bingyuan will create this drama."

Chen Yin heard this, nodded, and said, "That's fine."

"Speaking of which, what's the current situation of the movie "Dragon Inn"? " Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Yin said: "We are waiting for the results of the Jose-Cebu International Film Festival. Longyan wants to send this film to the Jose-Cebu International Film Festival for exhibition."

Lu Yanhe thought about it and nodded, "That's fine."

The movie "Dragon Inn" is directed by Liu Bige. The characters and story of this movie are quite artistic. It is not a superficial film about fighting and killing. Coupled with its all-star cast, it should be well received at the Jose Antonio Film Festival.

Sure enough, a few days later, Liu Bige came to ask Lu Yanhe if he had time to go to the Joseon-Spanish Film Festival with the crew of "Dragon Inn" this year.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Has Dragon Inn been shortlisted for the main competition unit?"

"It didn't make it to the main competition, but it made it to the screening unit," Liu Bige said. "Longyan still wants to hold a large-scale world premiere in Hexi."

Lu Yanhe said, "Okay, the timing should be about the same. After going to Jose, I will come back to shoot "Burning Fire 2"."

"I didn't expect you to star in "Burning Fire 2". I really thought you and Long Yan were having a bad time."

"It's not pleasant, but we can temporarily put aside some problems and continue to cooperate." Lu Yanhe said, "They let Zhang Yang leave the "Burning Fire" series and gave me a generous performance package. I also want to continue to participate in the "Burning Fire" series, so..."

Liu Bige: "After finishing the filming of Dingfeng No. 1, Mrs. Huang came to ask me about my plans for my next film. I said I had no idea for the time being and I wanted to take a break. Since my first film, Late Spring, I have basically made one film every year and a half. I am really tired and have no new impulse for the time being. Then she said that she hoped that the leading role of my next film could be left to a contracted actor from Longyan. I refused, and she was very unhappy. She mentioned you again and asked me if I would work with you in the next film. I said I didn’t even know what the next film would be, so how could I know who I would work with."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"You are now the most famous director in Longyan. Although you are still so young, any actor who stars in one of your movies will instantly become a celebrity in the film industry. It is normal for her to want to keep the leading role of your movie for an actor from Longyan."

"They are ready to help me set up a studio," Liu Bige said. "They also said that if I want to start my own film production company, they will support me and they are willing to invest in my company. However, they also hope that this will allow me to continue to cooperate with them."

"Is your contract with them about to expire?"

"Two more years."

"That's almost the same. When the contract expires, you will have the initiative, and many film companies will offer you very good conditions." Lu Yanhe said, "In any case, it's a good thing that you have your own production company. In the future, let other film companies bid for your films, and whichever company offers better conditions will make it."

Liu Bigo laughed and asked, "Will Linghe come to bid in the future?"

"If it's suitable, why not?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Although the movies we are making now are all low- and medium-cost movies, but when we grow bigger and bigger, we will definitely make movies with bigger investments. I have always wanted to make science fiction movies. We are of course also very interested in the new works of famous directors like you."

"Don't make fun of me. In front of you, I'm still a famous director." Liu Bige shook his head and smiled.

Lu Yanhe: "Of course."

Liu Bige: "If I set up a company to make movies, would the pressure be great?"

"It depends on how you think about it. If you don't plan to be responsible for the main production costs like Linghe, it's actually okay." Lu Yanhe said, "You can write a script and then contact various film companies to find buyers. The highest bidder wins, or in other words, the one who offers the best conditions wins. Then your company actually only needs a few basic staff to maintain the company's operations. You don't need to invest a lot of costs in daily operations like Linghe does."

Liu Bige nodded.

"In fact, many big-name directors do this. There are very few independent film companies like Linghe." Lu Yanhe said, "I know that many people want to get involved in Linghe, or even take it away. I am also afraid of some capital pitfalls and traps, so I would rather be more cautious in the early stage."

"How come Linghe is no longer a small company now?" Liu Bige asked, "In the past few years, each of your projects has been a big hit. You should have made a lot of money, right?"

"We have indeed made a lot of money, but compared with big companies like Longyan that have accumulated a lot of money over the years, we are still far behind. For example, a large part of the box office revenue from Home Alone has not yet been received. And we have several new projects to invest in. Linghe has a certain amount of investment priority for the Hollywood projects. In my opinion, it is a project that will obviously make money, and I can't not invest. However, the Chinese Paladin, which cost more than 200 million yuan to produce last year, is still waiting for the broadcast to get the money back. The same is true for Those Years, 2 Broke Girls, and Fly Paper. Anyway, Linghe does not have much operating pressure now, but it does not have much cash flow."

Liu Bige: "It will be fine after these few years. If Linghe didn't have to start so many projects a year and participate in the investment of many projects, the cash flow should be more sufficient."

"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "However, Linghe was originally established to facilitate the filming of some of my own projects. When I can shoot, why not shoot more? If I want to shorten the accumulation stage of the company's development, I can only make it more efficient. Others only do three projects a year, and we do six a year."

"You are the only one who can handle this. It's too exaggerated." Liu Bige said, "The number of works produced by your company and the market share it occupies account for at least the output value of three first-tier companies. I saw that Lingguo Company launched four dramas last year, and the total sales of the four dramas were 12 billion. You should have sold more, right?" Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure, I don't remember, but the most profitable drama "Wulin Waijia" was mainly invested by Northern Lights Video. We Linghe only accounted for a small part. In the end, our profit was not that big. The same is true for "Friends". If you don't count the income from the two movies "Love Letter" and "Home Alone", last year's drama season of "Housemates" barely broke even, with a small profit, but not much. Then, there was the follow-up income from the previous old dramas."

Liu Bige: "Why does it sound different from the Linghe River I imagined?"

"Well, in terms of TV series, apart from the experimental "Housemates", which was very low-budget, the first one that Linghe really started to control and invest in was "Chinese Paladin", and the second one was "2 Broke Girls", but neither of them has been aired yet." Lu Yanhe shrugged. "For the other big-name projects that everyone knows are very profitable, Linghe's investment ratio is not large. Although we made some money, it is far less than you think."

Liu Bige: "You are talking about Linghe, not yourself, right?"

"Myself? I make quite a lot myself." Lu Yanhe admitted generously, "My salary and profit share combined should be higher than Linghe's income from the drama last year."

Liu Bige: “I’m so envious.”

"Why do you envy me? The two movies "Late Spring" and "Can't Even Fake My Death" should have made you financially free for the rest of your life, right?"

Liu Bige is also a lucky guy.

Generally speaking, when an unknown director shoots his debut film, he will not enjoy a share of the profits of the work. However, when Late Spring was launched, it was a low-budget film with an investment of only one or two million yuan. In order to show its enthusiasm and attention to Liu Bige, and also because Longyan did not believe that the film could make much money, it generously allowed Liu Bige to enjoy a 25% share of the profits of the film (not the box office, but the profits) in the cooperation agreement.

As a result, the film was a huge hit at the domestic box office, and the copyrights were sold out in countries around the world, making Liu Bige an overnight celebrity.

After the second film, Long Yan naturally could not lower the cooperation conditions with Liu Bige.

Therefore, for "Even Faking Death", not only did Liu Bige's director's salary increase by two zeros, but his share of the profits also increased by 1 percentage point.

The revenue from these two films was enough to allow Liu Bige to stop making films for survival.

Liu Bige said: "I'm just depressed. You see, as a director, I need one and a half years to produce a project, even if I work as fast as I do. You actors, as long as you work hard, it's not a problem to shoot four or five movies a year."

Lu Yanhe: "Let's be reasonable. If it's just an actor's identity, compared with a director of the same rank, the income of an actor who starred in four or five plays is not as high as that director's income from one play."

Actors generally don’t get a share of the profits, but many directors can get it, as long as they are not newbie directors who have just started out.

This is industry practice.

In fact, among the current group of actors in China, those who can get a share of the box office revenue as actors can be counted on one hand.

As of now, there is no one else who can earn the same income as Lu Yanhe.

He is a very special existence.
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In mid-March, Lu Yanhe visited the crew of "The Banquet".

This drama has just started filming.

As a producer with a nominal title, Lu Yanhe had every right to visit the set.

Almost all the leading actors of this drama were coded by Lu Yanhe.

Starring Yan Liang, the film is co-starred by more than a dozen well-known actors including Liu Zi, Wan Xin, Liu Zefan, and Wang Jing.

Another big drama in Beijing and Taiwan——

At that time, in order to prevent Lian Bei from directing a spin-off of "The Seventeenth Floor", Lu Yanhe became the producer of the show and helped Lian Bei to get such a cast.

By some strange coincidence, Lu Yanhe was inexplicably connected with Beijing and Taiwan.

Fortunately, however, the person at the helm of this drama is Jiang Lan, not anyone else.

No one expected Lu Yanhe to come to the crew of "Jiang Yan", but he was not unfamiliar with this crew.

Most of the crew members of this drama are from the crew of the previous three seasons of "Seventeenth Floor" and have worked with Lu Yanhe.

As usual, Lu Yanhe brought a truckload of food and drinks to the scene, which was a must for visiting the set.

Everyone was congratulating him on winning the Oscar, and asked with a smile when he would win another Best Actor award.

Lu Yanhe kept saying thank you, shaking his head, and humbly saying that he would work harder, until he arrived in front of Lian Bei.

Five years ago, when Lu Yanhe first started filming with Lian Bei, Lian Bei was still a new director who had just become famous with his first directorial work. Now, Lian Bei has established himself in this industry and has become the most sought-after director.

When Lian Bei saw him, he immediately asked with a smile: "How about playing a cameo role later?"

Lu Yanhe waved his hand and said, "I don't have any passion for acting recently. Let me take a break for a while."

Lian Bei heard this, nodded, and let it go without forcing it.

"are you tired?"

"Very tired." Lu Yanhe answered honestly, "After this awards season, I'm really a little scared of going for an Oscar in the future. For three whole months, I woke up every day with countless people to meet and countless things to say. After I came back, I took almost two weeks off, and I still feel tired. It's hard to muster up the real creative passion. In the past, when I had nothing to do, I would write a script, but these past few days, I can't write a single word."

Lian Bei laughed.

"It looks like he's really hurt."

"Anyway, let's have a good rest." Lu Yanhe said, "It's true that I haven't had a rest for a while. In fact, I was filming on the crew, working non-stop, filming five dramas a year, but I never felt like my energy was drained. So, now I basically just wander around here and there."

"Actors need time to live and recharge," Lian Bei said, "especially they can't be in a working state all the time."

"Yes." Lu Yanhe asked, "It's been almost ten days since the filming of 'Jiang Yan' started. How's the filming going? Did you encounter any problems?"

"Everything went smoothly." Lian Bei said, "There was sufficient funding, the leading actors were reliable, and some of the people with connections who were inserted didn't perform well, but I was too lazy to pay attention to them. Anyway, those who performed poorly could be removed by technology later. You can't blame me for the lack of shots."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

Lian Bei's way of handling the matter really caught him off guard.

"Did Jingtai squeeze some people in?"

"Yes." Lian Bei nodded, "There are also several actors who are contracted by the company run by Chen Pinhe's wife."

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he was stunned.

"The acting skills of those actors are so bad that I don't know why. Since they are actors signed by the movie emperor's company, why don't they train them well before sending them back?" Lian Bei shook his head speechlessly, "But they can't be returned."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Which ones? Are they present?"

Lian Bei: "There is one here today, look, the one sitting on the chair, wearing green clothes."

Lu Yanhe followed Lian Bei's gaze and saw a very beautiful girl.

"She looks very nice, but unfortunately, she is a wooden beauty." Lian Bei was very disgusted.

Lu Yanhe smiled.
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In any case, "The Banquet" is a drama invested and produced by Beijing and Taiwan. It is absolutely normal for Beijing and Taiwan to cram a few actors into this drama.

Even Lu Yanhe couldn't say much about this.

However, Lu Yanhe was very clear that these people who were stuffed by Zhang Yuezhen would actually be members of their camp in the future.

Lu Yanhe lowered his eyes and said to Lian Bei, "Jiang Yan has such a good script and such a good cast. It really shouldn't be ruined by a few bad apples."

Lian Bei didn't notice anything strange and nodded, "Yes." (End of this chapter)