Become famous another day.

In November, Lu Yanhe completed the second phase of filming for "Godless" and returned to China without stopping to join the crew of "Friends".

"I'm very sorry. Because of me, we can't shoot according to the previous model this year." When Lu Yanhe read the script with everyone for the first time, he was the first to stand up and apologize to everyone.

Everybody shook their hands.

Yin Xincheng said: "We have filmed so many seasons and are very familiar with it. Even if we don't follow the previous model, we will definitely be able to complete the filming of this season with high quality."

Others echoed.

Everyone was comforting Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe: "Thank you everyone."

At this point, Lu Yanhe's approach has always made everyone feel uncomfortable.

Obviously, Lu Yanhe is the core person of "Friends", and his current status in the entertainment industry has almost reached the top. It is impossible for anyone to say anything to him about such a small matter. At this time, he still behaved too "fearfully" and put himself in a very low position.

However, it is precisely because of this that "Friends" has been filmed to the third season, and the entire story has been filmed to the sixth season. The leading actors are all popular and big names, and in this crew, not to mention that none of these actors has made trouble, no one from the company and team behind them dares to "challenge" or "play big."

However, it's not that they really know what's going on.

Lu Yanhe had heard from other places about some people in their team being "arrogant" and "rude".

There is no way to stop this kind of thing.

Their value is there. Once they become famous to a certain extent, it is the platform and the production team that will coax the star.

The market has given them the qualifications to act like big shots and show off their abilities.

It is impossible for Lu Yanhe to rashly "remind" someone just because he heard that his team had received bad reviews from the outside world.

Even he knew that this kind of thing, even from the perspective of so-called justice, was just "meddling in other people's business."
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Because Yan Liang is filming "Speed", he has been working out recently and has become a bit more muscular.

For this reason, Lu Yanhe had to lay the groundwork and explain the changes in Yan Liang's body shape in the script of "Friends".

Although Yan Liang himself is not well-known overseas now, as long as you mention that he is the leading actor in "Friends", many people will still react, oh, it's him!

Just like many Chinese audiences are not familiar with Lisa Kudrow, when they hear about Phoebe in "Friends", they immediately think, "Oh, it's her!"

This is the influence of a popular drama.

The American version of "Friends" was broadcast on Maxine, and it actually performed very well and received high ratings.

However, it seems that the luck of this IP has been sucked away in advance, resulting in the American version of "Friends", although it is good in all aspects, it has not become as popular as the original time and space.

On the contrary, the copyright of Lu Yanhe and his team has been broadcasted season after season over time, with more and more viewers on Maxine, and the repeat viewing rate is frighteningly high. It is also constantly mentioned on social platforms. Many people and memes in the play have become elements of popular culture.

In short, it's getting hotter.
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It is said that the broadcasting agreement for the first season of "Friends" signed between Beijing and Taiwan and Maxine has expired. Maxine paid another five million US dollars just to renew the broadcasting rights for the first season - just for a three-year renewal.

When Lu Yanhe heard the news, his eyelids drooped, and he could only tell himself that this was the only advantage that Beijing and Taiwan could have.

In recent years, Beijing and Taiwan have been getting worse and worse and becoming increasingly desolate.

With only "The Seventeenth Floor" as the only promising film, all other major projects, without exception, failed to meet expectations, and their market share continued to shrink in the streaming media era.

If there wasn't Jiang Lan who was trying her best to attract new blood, Beijing-Taiwan would have long been reduced to a streaming media playback platform.

Many TV stations now have this positioning.

They simply don't have the confidence to broadcast exclusively or even in a syndicated broadcast.

The films are first broadcast online on video websites and then on TV stations, which is euphemistically called "going to satellite TV". In fact, it is just one of the sales channels for the production company to "make a small profit".

Lu Yanhe really admired Jiang Lan for this.

She holds the "Seventeenth Floor" series in her hands, but despite the pressure from within Beijing and Taiwan, she is determined not to allow blind development. So far, only the spin-off drama starring Chen Pinhe has entered the actual production stage, just to ensure that the "Seventeenth Floor" series can last for a long time and prevent Beijing and Taiwan from completely collapsing.

Of course, "Jiang Yan", produced by Lu Yanhe, directed by Lian Bei and starring Yan Liang, is another big project in Jiang Lan's hands.

This can be regarded as Lu Yanhe's disguised cooperation with Beijing and Taiwan.

But Lu Yanhe didn't mind.

Because both he and his friends earned what they deserved from this project, and no one suffered any loss.

The key is that this is a good story. Lu Yanhe believes that for the actors, this is a very worthwhile project to perform.

For Lian Bei, this is also a directorial work that allows him to reach a higher level.

As for whether "The Banquet" can make money for Beijing and Taiwan, it should be possible. After all, such a large-scale project has already received reservations from copyright and advertising fees before it was broadcast. But how much can it make? Can it make as much money as "Friends"? I guess it's impossible. The production cost of this drama alone is more than 2 million.

Everyone gets paid according to the market price, without any hesitation.

Lu Yanhe himself was the same, collecting production fees without mercy. Without him, "Jiang Yan" would never have formed such an all-star cast.

Can't Jingtai see that their profit margins are limited in such a large project?
The ceiling of TV drama revenue is there, and it is not a movie, so the ceiling is extremely high. However, can Jingtai reject such a project? Regardless of whether other people in Jingtai are short-sighted or not, Jiang Lan knows very well that the most important thing for Jingtai now is to prove that it can still produce a top-level project and has the power to negotiate with advertisers.

When advertisers pay, they are buying “expectations” rather than “sharing profits” with the TV stations based on broadcast performance.

Therefore, if Beijing and Taiwan can produce a hit drama like "The Seventeenth Floor", then advertisers will have a much higher trust in you and will be more willing to pay for it. To be honest, advertisers don't have such clear data to prove how high their advertising conversion rate is.

Each brand has an advertising budget, so how can they prove that their budget is spent correctly and worthwhile? It’s simple. They can only use quantifiable data such as ratings and number of broadcasts to write reports. But in other words, even if the data of this project is not so good, will the advertiser actually suffer any loss? Anyway, it cannot be reflected immediately on the books.

Under such circumstances, Beijing and Taiwan must have blockbuster TV series and movies that can stand the test of time, and they must also be able to maintain good relationships with advertisers so that they are willing to spend more of their own advertising budgets on Beijing and Taiwan.

So, with this set of operating logic, the profit margin of "The Banquet" is limited? Without "The Banquet", would these advertisers still be willing to invest? For those ordinary small projects, would they still "show some interest"?

Jiang Lan’s plan was very clear.

Even after Lu Yanhe finished filming the third season of "The Seventeenth Floor", he had been indifferent to her and Jingtai for so long, but she still persevered and "asked about his well-being" every now and then, trying to ease the relationship with him. From time to time, she would buy the broadcast rights for every movie of Lu Yanhe and broadcast it on Jingtai.

Lu Yanhe had no opinion on her, but he had also made up his mind. Unless one day Jiang Lan became the director of Beijing TV and could make all the decisions, he would never cooperate with Beijing TV on his own projects again. At most, it would be like "Jiang Yan", using his influence in the entertainment industry to help her get together.
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However, when Jiang Lan showed up on the set of "Friends" in the name of visiting the crew, Lu Yanhe was still a little shocked.

"Friends" is now a TV series of Yuehu TV. Jiang Lan is the deputy director of Jingtai after all. The relationship between them should be "kings do not meet each other".

Should avoid suspicion.

What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that Jiang Lan came to visit him at work.

In front of Bai Jingnian, Jiang Lan said, "I have always known that when you were in Beijing and Taiwan, you had a lot of talents that were not fully tapped. But at that time, I couldn't rashly interfere in your affairs. If I supported you against all odds, it would be a bad thing for you in that environment. So, I can only watch such an excellent director like you leave. You don't know how much my heart bleeds."

Bai Jingnian: “…”

For a moment, a so-called "you've got all the words" expression appeared on his face.

However, they were all adults, so it was natural for them to give each other some face. Especially since there had never been any conflict between him and Jiang Lan. As Jiang Lan said, even though she was a deputy director, he had never been in her group, and they had basically no intersection.

Once Jiang Lan spoke up for him at that time, the nature of many things changed in the eyes of some people.

That's betrayal.

Lu Yanhe really didn't understand why Jiang Lan came to the "Friends" crew at this time.

But in the eyes of everyone, Jiang Lan's presence only shows that she is awesome.

A deputy director of a Beijing-based TV station, no matter what, came to the crew of a hit project that he had "lost", and chatted and laughed with people. This demeanor alone is enough to be described as "broad". Jiang Lan came this time with great fanfare.

Not only did people come, but the entire crew was also treated to drinks.

This made the "Friends" crew wonder whether to send out a newsletter.

Normally when celebrities visit the set, they will send out a newsletter, which serves as a warm-up to promote the show.

No matter how big the IP is or how big the fan base is, it still needs promotion.

But if this is sent as a newsletter, what will others think?

Leaders from Beijing and Taiwan came to visit the set... If you had changed the leader of any other TV station, it would have been the "old boss" of "Friends".

While the crew was still struggling, Jiang Lan had already pulled Lu Yanhe aside.

"Yan He, I need your help." As soon as Jiang Lan opened her mouth, Lu Yan He was confused.

"what?"

Jiang Lan asked, "Are you going to bring the Jose-La-Malaysia Film Festival to China?"

Lu Yanhe widened his eyes in surprise.

"Where did you hear the news?"

"The news hasn't spread yet. I heard it from one of my teachers." Jiang Lan said, "Recently, the news that the Jose-La-Venetian Film Festival was going to be cancelled was all the rage. Beijing and Taiwan were going to report this news, but it was temporarily withdrawn at the last minute. I thought it was strange, so I went to inquire about it. Only then did I know that you were quietly doing something big."

"I didn't participate in this matter too much." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't know the specific situation."

Jiang Lan looked at Lu Yanhe with burning eyes, "If this is done, I want Beijing Taiwan to become the official partner TV station of the Netherlands-Spain Film Festival. Who can I ask to join in this matter?"

Lu Yanhe said: "Tai Jiang, I really don't know this."

"Who is communicating with the Jose-Jacques Film Festival?" Jiang Lan paused for a moment before saying solemnly, "Yan He, Shen Tai is retiring this year. If I can bring Jing Tai to join this event, I will have great hope of making further progress. I really need your help."

Only then did Lu Yanhe become serious.
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"What did you tell her in the end?"

"I said, if it is confirmed that the Jose-La-Malaysia Film Festival will be held in China, I will help her make connections depending on the situation."

"Beautiful." Chen Ziyan praised, "You can't just agree to this kind of thing."

"The main thing is that my words don't count," Lu Yanhe said. "Besides, I haven't asked about the current situation of the Netherlands-Spain Film Festival, and I don't know. If we rashly let Beijing and Taiwan join in, who knows if it will affect the final negotiation results."

Chen Ziyan: "Jiang Lan is the deputy director of Beijing Taiwan, but she needs to go through you to get involved. This means that no one in her line can get involved in this matter. This is worth exploring. At this stage, even her line can't get involved. Just think about it, how exaggerated the confidentiality of this matter is."

“But the news has already spread.”

"The news cannot be covered up," Chen Ziyan said. "The key parts are covered up so tightly that no one can get to know what's going on. That's the truth."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

The change of venue for the Jose-Hi Film Festival is a big deal.

If we can really get it to be held in China, not only will it directly promote the development of the Chinese film industry, there is no doubt that Chinese films will no longer be outside the mainstream international vision.

Even when Chinese films were at their most commercial, there were still many young filmmakers who insisted on creating art films. However, they had neither market influence nor support from local film festivals and awards, so neither the people nor the films could come out. With soil and windows, these people have the possibility of being seen.

Many times, whether an industry has a steady supply of fresh blood depends on whether the soil of this industry is large enough.

If it is not big enough, then naturally some “first come, first served” people will take charge of the resources of the entire industry, covering the entire industry with one hand and preventing newcomers from emerging.

The most important thing is that the foundation of the Jose Antonio Film Festival is here. If it can be held in China, not to mention that there will be several "local" films shortlisted for the main competition every year (this is something that all major film festivals do in the main competition unit, including Cannes), the other units will also be the cradle for the growth of young directors.

For a movie, being able to have a window through which it can be seen directly and struggling to find a window through which others can see it are two completely different concepts.
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at this time.

The Bicaro Film Festival held in December released the list of shortlisted films for each section.

The Picasso Film Festival has always been one of the four major international film festivals, but it has the lowest presence in China.

Last year, because director Wang Zhong served as the chairman of the jury, it attracted some attention in China, but overall, there are very few Chinese films at this film festival.

Including Lu Yanhe, who has performed so strongly at international film festivals in recent years, no film of his has ever been shortlisted for the main competition unit.

The main reason is that they were snatched up by other film festivals, and the relationship between BiCarlo and Lu Yanhe is relatively ordinary.

Unexpectedly, there were three Chinese-language films shortlisted for this year's Bicaro Film Festival.

Three Chinese-language films, all with big stars.

The first one, starring Liu Teli, "On the Xunyang River", tells the story of a fisherman's family.

The second one is "Hesitant Outlook on Life", a new film by director Wang Shuai, who was previously shortlisted for the main competition unit of Xitul with "In the Waves". It stars Yu Mengling, and Jiang Yue, who directed Linghe's two films "Oh, the Sea" and "There is a Strange Woman in the Building", also participated.

The third one is the movie "Portrait" starring Xu Yiren, who previously starred in the hit movie "Someone Under the Bed".

This is the year with the most Chinese-language films nominated in the main competition unit of the Bicaro Film Festival in history.

The Chinese film industry has begun to party.

A rare golden age——

And because the films nominated this time all star popular actors and actresses, they have received a lot of media coverage, not to mention the fans, who are promoting the films everywhere.

In addition to these three films, an American film starring Jiang Yuqian and Li Zhibai was shortlisted for other competition units.

Overall, the number of Chinese filmmakers at this year's Bicaro Film Festival exceeds that of any of the four major international film festivals in the past three years.
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"When did Xu Yiren suddenly make such a movie?"

"Yeah, I haven't heard any news before."

"Hasn't she been making genre films before?"

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In the discussion of the films shortlisted for this year's Bicaro Film Festival, the person who surprised and puzzled the industry the most was actually Xu Yiren.

Because in the industry, Xu Yiren's positioning is actually very similar to Jiang Yuqian, a highly commercial star rather than an actor.

People like Liu Teli and Yu Mengling are the actors that everyone has in mind.

Xu Yiren can be said to be one of the most popular female stars in the film industry in recent years, because every movie she starred in has exceeded 100 million yuan. Starting from "My Home I Haven't Returned For A Long Time", her box office performance has continued without interruption.

As a result, she suddenly starred in an art film?

When Chen Ziyan came to visit the crew of "Friends", she told Lu Yanhe: "I heard that she did not receive any salary for filming "Portrait"."

Lu Yanhe looked surprised.

"what?"

"Because the crew can only afford to pay her 500,000 yuan, which is far below her market price, if she accepts it, it will lower her own value, so it's better to just act for free." Chen Ziyan said, "She is very ambitious. It's not enough to have the title of box office queen, now she has also started to strive for awards."

After a pause, Chen Ziyan continued, "I feel like the entertainment industry has been dragged down by you. In the past, everyone was the same, and everyone was a mess. Now, you have dragged them all to overseas. It's not enough to just have box office success, they also have to win international awards." (End of this chapter)