Become famous another day.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and said, "It's not written, but the idea of ​​this story came from me. Have you... also paid attention to this drama?"

The person who came to ask Lu Yanhe this question happened to be the makeup artist who was responsible for Lu Yanhe's makeup and hair every day.

She nodded and said, "I am a member of HP. It sent me an email specifically recommending this drama. It also said in the email that you are the script consultant."

HP is the exclusive overseas streaming platform for "2 Broke Girls".

However, because this drama has a brand new cast, Lu Yanhe did not expect that HP would attach so much importance to this drama.

Although it cannot be said that sending recommendations to members is a top-notch and awesome recommendation resource, ordinary dramas certainly do not receive this treatment.

HP has always hoped to get a sitcom as long-lasting as "Friends" from Lu Yanhe.

Now, 2 Broke Girls has finally been handed over to HP. However, Lu Yanhe has neither the lead role nor the screenwriter, and Lu Yanhe really thought HP would not take this drama too seriously.

HP certainly didn't do this to maintain his relationship with him.

HP is not necessary at all.

It only shows one thing, that they themselves believe that this drama has the potential to be a hit.

In fact, whether a sitcom is popular or not can be known by watching it yourself.

Among practitioners in this industry, perhaps only one percent have the ability to create good content, but 90 percent can definitely tell what good content is.

Especially for the persons in charge of these platforms, if they make mistakes in judgment during the preparation and shooting stages, it would be fine if they give up a good project. After all, that stage is full of various uncontrollable factors and misjudgment is possible.

But when it comes to the stage where the finished films are released, what people are unsure of is often how bad the box office will be, or how good the box office will be. This is indeed impossible to accurately predict and judge.

But if you still can't tell whether the film is good or bad, and whether the audience will like it or not, then you completely lack the basic judgment ability to work in this industry.
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After the first episode of "2 Broke Girls" was aired, the viewing statistics were very encouraging both domestically and overseas.

It didn’t break any records, but it was beautiful.

The first episode of "0.85 Broke Girls" premiered on Yuehu TV and received a viewership rating of %. For a TV series with a brand new cast, this result is simply a "king bomb" start.

After the drama was launched on HP, the number of viewers exceeded 320 million within hours of its launch, ranking in the top ten of the HP platform's global rankings.

It is also because of this initial result that both domestic broadcasters and HP have taken advantage of the victory and started to increase their publicity investment.

Even Lu Yanhe, who was filming "Godless", was pulled out to record a VCR, do a live broadcast, and was even asked to post three consecutive promotional updates on his overseas social media.

With the promotion of many powerful and energetic platforms, the publicity coverage of the drama "2 Broke Girls" has expanded rapidly.

Episode 2, Episode 3...

The popularity of this drama did not start high and end low, but instead maintained its initial performance very well.

What followed was a gradual increase in discussion.
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The two heroines of "2 Broke Girls", Deng Xiaoyuan and Cen Nan, became famous overnight.

The fame and exposure of both of them were completely boosted by the promotion of this drama.

The promotional idea of ​​"2 Broke Girls" is basically the same as that of all Hollywood blockbusters.

There is no other special feature except that "the stall is very large", striving to ensure that everyone can see the promotion of this drama in every corner.

So, even before Deng Xiaoyuan and Cen Nan starred in this drama, and even during the promotion of the drama, most people didn't know who they were. They just looked vaguely familiar and felt like they had seen them somewhere. When they appeared with the title of starring in "2 Broke Girls", they were always "looked upon" by people.

Who knows if they will become popular tomorrow?
Look at Liu Zi, who played "Tong the Shopkeeper" in "Wulin Waijiao", he is very popular now.

Not to mention Xiao Yun, who plays "Guo Furong", who was originally a very popular young actress, and now is even more rare as a young actress who is popular with the audience and has national recognition.

Before they starred in "Wulin Wai Zhuan", their popularity and status in the industry were not as high as they are now. Especially Liu Zi, who went from being unknown to the first choice of female lead in various major dramas, and became famous with just one play.

During the promotion process, the two of them were interviewed most about how they got this opportunity and how they felt after getting this opportunity.

"I was nervous," said Deng Xiaoyuan, "but also very excited, because I took the initiative to fight with Yan He for this audition opportunity. I was filming Chinese Paladin with him at the time, and I never thought that I would actually get the role in the end."

"Did you never think you would get this role?"

"If you knew how many people were auditioning at the time, you wouldn't dare to think you would definitely get the role," Deng Xiaoyuan said. "Even many well-known actors came, and we all thought we were definitely out."

"Many well-known actors also came to audition at that time, but they were eliminated by you in the end?"

"It's not that we eliminated them." Deng Xiaoyuan waved her hand immediately, "The production team decided long ago that these two roles must be played by actors that the audience doesn't know well."

"Ok?"

"Because if the actor himself is a famous actor, it would be difficult for everyone to believe the setting of this story. We are a pair of bankrupt sisters." Deng Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

"But it's also really bold to use actors who are not well known to the audience to star in a play."

“Yes. In fact, when we were filming, everyone also said that among the dramas produced by Linghe, only two dramas did not use celebrities. One was ‘Housemates’ and the other was our ‘2 Broke Girls’.”

"The third season of 'Housemates' also performed very well when it aired this year."

"Yes, I just finished watching it." Cen Nan said, "Filming 2 Broke Girls taught us a lot. I remember we asked President Chen Yin why the company wanted to make shows like Housemates and 2 Broke Girls, which seemed to be not very profitable. He said that it was because the company couldn't always rely on hits to survive, nor could it always rely on President Lu. I was quite shocked at the time, especially when I later learned that the first two seasons of Housemates made almost no money, but Linghe still agreed to produce the third season. I suddenly felt that, okay, Linghe is like this. Even if I didn't get immediate feedback for my previous efforts, I was relieved."

“Will there be a second season of 2 Broke Girls?”

"This...we don't know either. We have to follow the company's arrangements." Deng Xiaoyuan said.
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On the set of "Godless", Lu Yanhe played the role of the Eastern wizard quite well and did not encounter any problems.

This type of role is not difficult for him.

You just need to find the positioning of the role, then find an entry point, and do a little design for each scene, and you can complete the character creation very well.

Lu Yanhe always keeps in mind one thing: never give an "inaccurate" performance for a role that "does not require pondering the complexity of human nature."

In movies like "Roads of Glory" and "Feng Hao Yi", the "imprecise" chaotic state itself is an expression of the character, but in a movie like "Godless", except for specific moments, his performance should have a very clear "expressive intention".

To put it bluntly, in this role, "state performance" is more important than "character performance".

Although many actors would say that they should play a character, not a state. This is the difference in methodology for each actor. That does not mean that the methodology of playing a character is applicable to every actor and every movie. At least, like Zhang Ziyi, it is undeniable that she is a good actor. In the right play and role, she has the spirit of "sweeping thousands of troops", but when she was acting in "Godzilla vs. Kong" and "Cloverfield 10", her performance was not very integrated into the whole.

Lu Yanhe had acted in several scenes, and Ignaz had not raised any objections to him. He was almost very "indulgent" in letting him perform on the set, and he said good things no matter how he acted. Of course, he didn't always say that when he praised something good, but most of the time, he would ask for another take.

Lu Yanhe definitely felt one thing, which was what Chen Siqi had said before -

He had been thinking so much before, and it was indeed his own fault that he lost his composure.

In reality, nothing happened.

Of course, Ignaz doesn't act this way with every actor.

Lu Yanhe also discovered that for some actors who were not so autonomous in their performances or who did not perform correctly (at least in his opinion), Ignaz would use a different approach and really teach them how to perform step by step.

This level of meticulousness even goes to the point of knowing at what rhythm whether they should turn their heads or look up, just like teaching primary school students how to do housework.

But there is no doubt that his method is effective.

This method is the most efficient.

It's not even just efficient.

Lu Yanhe feels that this kind of guidance is most useful for actors who can't act.

An actor must see the mountain first before he can climb it himself.

Sometimes, Lu Yanhe even felt that some of Ignaz's guidance was very inspiring to him.

Ignaz has a lot of very practical methodologies.

For example, when he was directing an actress to speak her lines, it was actually just one line, but the actress spoke it unnaturally and incorrectly.

Ignaz told her directly: "You drag out each word sound, just like in the slow motion in the movies."

Although the actress felt strange, she still did it.

Then, Ignaz used a machine to speed up the slow-motion video and pointed at it and said to the actress, "I want it like this."

Lu Yanhe also went to watch the video.

How should I put it, the performance in the video is certainly unbearable to watch.

But, leaving aside the details, after the processing, her performance and rhythm were strangely right.

Ignaz asked the actress to learn how he acted in this edited version, and then said: "The rhythm of your lines is not right, which causes problems with your performance rhythm, but there is no problem with your understanding and performance itself. Do you understand what I mean? See if you can adjust it as soon as possible. If you can't, don't worry about the lines for now, just focus all your attention on your performance, and we will do the dubbing later."

I have to say, when the actress really stopped trying to speak the lines well, the affectation in her performance rhythm immediately disappeared.

Lu Yanhe was shocked.

Can this still be done?

In fact, many domestic actors have this problem.

Because I am not a professional, the most basic lines are a big problem for me. It is so big that because part of my attention has to be focused on my own lines, I become distracted and lose focus, and the rhythm of my performance is affected.

This is a common problem among many actors.

Even many famous actors with good acting skills have problems with their lines.

Lu Yanhe had never thought that this problem could be solved directly through technical means.
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For many filmmakers, this is certainly not something to be praised.

Because it's not performance art enough.

It is even a blasphemy against performing arts.

But, from a filmmaking perspective, it works.

practical.

Lu Yanhe feels that sometimes, there is no way to decide whether something is artistic or not, and one has to make some discounts. The so-called performing arts have to give way to the director’s film art.

Movies are not a show for you as an actor.

Thinking of this, Lu Yanhe wondered if he was feeling a little sorry for his identity as an actor.
Why doesn't he have any pure awe for pure performance?
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"Because you are not an academic who was trained in an ivory tower." Chen Ziyan said, "Reverence is something that you either have or not. Having it is not necessarily a good thing. There are many cases of being conceited and ambitious."

Lu Yanhe said: "But you want me to use this technical method to complete the performance, and I don't want to."

"That's good. She has high standards for herself and is not too demanding on others." Chen Ziyan concluded. "The key is that actors are not the same, and you can't choose an actor who is 100% suitable for every role. The play has to be filmed, and you can't just shoot it blindly. The person doesn't have that much ability, so what can you do with her? You can only solve it technically, and you know she doesn't have the ability to do a more advanced solution. It's very good. The reason why you think that Ignatz's guidance is okay is because you subconsciously understand that movies are about the final result, and everyone's process is different."

Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.

"I always feel that I don't think so much every time, but you always give me a very valuable summary."

Chen Ziyan: "Haha, I'm just getting started. If you really work in Linghe for a few days, you'll know what it means when someone can organize your nonsense into something of high value."

Lu Yanhe: "Forget it. If someone really does this, I don't know how to react."

Chen Ziyan: "Why should I react to this? Just accept it silently."

Lu Yanhe: "I can't do it."

"There are many things that you thought you couldn't do before, but you did it later." Chen Ziyan said, "For example, you used to never accept taking leave when you were filming, right?"

Lu Yanhe: "...Alas, what should I do, Sister Zi Yan? I once again feel that I am definitely not an actor with a heart for Taoism."

"What kind of Tao is that? You should be devoted to Taoism, not to be a star." Chen Ziyan laughed, "Don't set too high moral standards and moral constraints on yourself. Be dedicated, work hard, and try your best to meet and balance the needs of all parties. Even when you can obviously let all partners revolve around you, you still cooperate and accommodate their arrangements. This is enough, enough. It's not that it's more than enough compared to others, but it's completely enough in a workplace like this." (End of this chapter)