Become famous another day.

This time when he came to Bikalo, the new faces Lu Yanhe saw exceeded his imagination.

In addition to the three films in the main competition unit, there are several Chinese films shortlisted for other units of the Picasso Film Festival. Not only that, many celebrities have been invited to participate in the event because of brand endorsements.

There are a lot of Chinese faces at this year's Bicaro Film Festival.

This time, Lu Yanhe did not stay in a hotel, but lived in a local house.

The house was rented by an editor of a film magazine in Bikalo.

The editor of this magazine is Anna White.

In fact, she is also a very famous film critic, with a great reputation in the international film circle, and her film reviews are highly regarded in the industry.

Lu Yanhe came to live here because Anna White knew that he would come to attend the Bikaro Film Festival and his schedule was not urgent, so she contacted Linyu and told her that she wanted to take this opportunity to write a book about Lu Yanhe and hoped to have the opportunity to spend some time with Lu Yanhe and get to know him better.

When Linyu heard this, she thought it was a good thing and immediately contacted Chen Siqi and Chen Ziyan.

Lin Yu said: "This is not the first time Anna White has written a biography about a filmmaker. In fact, her book is not a so-called biography, but a story about a filmmaker. Two years ago, she wrote about the famous British actress Kate Russell, which received a great response. If Anna White can really write this book, it will have a huge impact on Yan He's status in the commentary circle and the film industry."

Lin Yu added: "Moreover, I think this is also a good opportunity for Anna White to further understand Chinese films. The filmmakers she has written about before, whether in articles or books, are all European and American filmmakers. She loves European and American films and has never been very interested in films from Asian countries. The first Asian film that she really praised publicly was "Three Mountains". At that time, she gave a very high evaluation of Yan He. In fact, if it were not for her evaluation, Yan He's performance in "Three Mountains" at that time might not have been able to attract the attention of European and American critics at once, because everyone knows how strict Anna White is and how "cold" she is to films that she doesn't understand. Later, she occasionally commented on some of Yan He's films, but apart from Yan He, she almost had no comments on Chinese films. I also communicated with her privately. She said that it's not that she doesn't watch Chinese films, but because she doesn't understand Chinese culture and the background of the film, so, with her style, she dare not speak or write easily."

After Lin Yu said this, Lu Yanhe felt that this was indeed a good opportunity.

Anna White's status and influence in the film critic circle can be ranked in the first echelon internationally. Even in popular culture, this is not very big, but there is no doubt that Lu Yanhe is very clear that in the field of artistic creation, sometimes one person's opinion is the "authoritative" opinion of a field.

So, Lu Yanhe agreed to this request.

There was no compensation, no promises, and not even a so-called cooperation agreement was signed.

Lu Yanhe's car took him directly to the address given by Anna White.

In the car, Wang Biao confirmed with Lu Yanhe: "Little Brother Lu, do you really not want us to live with you these days? What if——"

"She is Anna White, not a stranger," Lu Yanhe said. "Besides, she is already fifty years old, and her husband and son are both here."

Wang Biao nodded: "Okay, I'm not worried about anything else. After all, this is Bicaro, not China."

Lu Yanhe nodded. "That's right. I'm also worried about the safety. I'm especially worried that the news that I live here will be known by some media and fans, which will make it inconvenient for me to travel. I still have to ask Brother Dong and the others to be careful with the bodyguards."

Zou Dong nodded and said, "No problem. We have already sent people to find out the situation here in advance. We have people stationed in the cafe next to this apartment building and the small hotel across the street 24 hours a day. If there is any situation nearby, they will receive the news. We have also rented a room in this apartment building. Wang Biao and I will live in it. When you go out, we will follow you as soon as possible, but if you need you to go out, try to tell us in advance."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Sure."
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Lu Yanhe carried a suitcase and rang the doorbell of Anna White's house.

"Hi!" Anna White seemed to have been waiting for him. After the doorbell rang, she quickly came over and opened the door for him.

She was a very kind and enthusiastic looking woman, a little plump, with light green eyes that shone like gems in the sunlight.

"Lu, are you alone?" Anna White looked at Lu Yanhe with some surprise. The empty scene behind him was different from what she expected.

"They just dropped me off and have already left." Lu Yanhe explained, "They rented another house in this building and they will live there for the time being."

Anna White showed a look of realization and said, "Please come in."

As she moved aside, she revealed the two men standing behind her.

A young man with blond hair and blue eyes, very handsome, and a slightly bald man with a big belly.

They should be her husband and son.

"Hi!"

Lu Yanhe greeted them one by one and they got to know each other.

"Wow, my mom told me that you were coming to my house to stay for a few days, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect it was really you. You really came!" Anna's son is called Tucker Ortiz. He is estimated to be 1.9 meters tall, thin, and very cheerful. He was very excited to see Lu Yanhe.

"I'm sorry to bother you during this period." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.

Anna's husband is Edwin.

He seemed to be the only shy person in the family and was embarrassed to talk to Lu Yanhe, even though he looked...rough.

Tucker asked curiously again: "Lu, did you only bring one suitcase? You will come to the film festival with many sets of clothes, right?"

"Oh, those are all with my assistant." Lu Yanhe explained, "This box only contains some things I use daily."

"So that's how it is." Tucker nodded and stretched out his hand. "Give me the box and I'll help you take it to your room."

Lu Yanhe didn't hesitate to hand over the box. "Thank you for your trouble."

"It's no trouble." Tucker took the box happily, held it in one hand, and ran away.

Anna White and Edwin took Lu Yanhe to visit the house first.

"We bought this apartment, which is only over 130 square meters, ten years ago," Anna White said, "because I really like this balcony."

Anna White pushed open a glass door that led to a balcony.

This is a large balcony of about 20 square meters. There are bookshelves on both walls, a set of tables and chairs, and a swing sofa.

The balcony is framed by floor-to-ceiling windows, but there is no cutting line in the middle of the entire wall of windows, allowing you to have an unobstructed view of the scenery outside.

It turned out to be a view that overlooked half of Bicarro.

"Wow!" Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up as he looked outside. "I understand why you bought this apartment. It's so beautiful!"

Anna White said: "I really enjoyed the scenery, especially when I was writing my articles."

"This is a vision that will give writers endless reverie." Lu Yanhe said, "Can I use this place?"

Anna White: "Of course, you can use it whenever you want, but do you want to use it these days?"

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I write scripts for a while every day."

Anna White: "I thought you were attending a film festival and not writing a script during this time."

"I have to seize every moment when I want to write," Lu Yanhe said. "Otherwise, there are too many stories to write, and if I miss a moment when I want to write, I will end up writing less."

Anna White: "I'm looking forward to seeing you write the script."

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised. "What's there to look forward to? Isn't it just sitting in front of a laptop and typing away?"

Anna White smiled.

"Maybe this is my habit. I like to watch every writer write, even though it may look a little boring to others."

Lu Yanhe: "Okay, then I hope that what I write won't be too ugly and disappoint you."

They walked around the house together.

Overall, Lu Yanhe felt that this was a very comfortable house.

The house is not so clean and tidy that it looks like a model room that can be used for shooting commercials at any time, but it is not crowded or particularly "trivial" either.

The guest room where Lu Yanhe lived was about 15 square meters, not very big, with a bed and a small single table.

When Tucker took him to the room, he asked, "Have you never lived in such a small room?"

Lu Yanhe: "Of course not. Have you been to college? Anyone who has lived in a college dormitory will not think that a private room is small."

Tucker smiled.

"I was worried that you might find this room too small."

Lu Yanhe shrugged and shook his head.

Anna White asked: "Lu, your assistant told me that you will have a party with many Chinese filmmakers later in the evening. You just came from the airport. Do you want to take a rest first?"

Lu Yanhe glanced at the time. It was already 3: p.m. local time.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded. "I'll clean up first. Anna, thank you for your invitation."

Anna White said: "I originally wanted to rent a bigger house with a yard, but Linyu told me that you would definitely prefer to live in a house that is actually lived in rather than a house that is temporarily renovated. I was very touched, Lu, that you are still willing to embrace such a real life."

Lu Yanhe hugged Anna White and said, "This is an invitation I have never received before. Being invited to live in your home, as a friend from far away, really touched me. Although I still have a lot of work to do this time and cannot really live here for a while, this is an experience that I will never be able to replicate."

Anna White patted Lu Yanhe's face.

"Let's just focus on our work, and hopefully this time of living together will allow us to get to know each other."

"Ok."
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Lu Yanhe washed up, took a few photos and sent them to Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi called immediately and asked, "How is it?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I feel more relaxed than I thought. I am not so restrained. Anna is a very warm person. Although I didn't know her before, her whole family made me feel comfortable."

"That's fine." Chen Siqi said, "I never thought that you would actually be willing to live in someone else's house. You don't like to cause trouble to others."

Lu Yanhe said, "This is good. I don't know if you have ever had this feeling - when you watch TV shows, you see someone go to another place and stay at someone else's house for a few days. They don't stay together all the time, but when they eat, they sit at the table and chat with acquaintances and strangers. Some interesting stories will happen, because they all know that this kind of getting along is short-lived and will end. Therefore, their mentality is different from usual. They will cherish time more and cherish every opportunity to sit together..."

Chen Siqi: "Okay, okay, I get it. You just really want to experience that 'once in a lifetime' moment."

Lu Yanhe: "That's also the meaning, but it's not the point."

"The point is, it's a time that allows you to escape from your normal life, like a holiday, and it's a different state of life," Chen Siqi added.

Lu Yanhe: “Yes.” Chen Siqi smiled.
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Lu Yanhe took a short nap on the bed.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Anna White came and knocked on the door.

Lu Yanhe opened his sleepy eyes, responded, changed his clothes, and left the room yawning.

"Are you leaving now?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Thank you for waking me up."

Anna White smiled and said, "Your assistant told me that even though you set an alarm, you won't be woken up by it unless it's urgent."

Lu Yanhe smiled helplessly.

"This is the key to our house." Anna White handed a key to Lu Yanhe.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.

"What time will you be back tonight?" Anna White asked.

"Around ten o'clock." Lu Yanhe said, "Anna, is this OK? Will it affect your rest?"

"No problem, they both go to bed at twelve o'clock at night, I'm used to it." Anna said, "Of course, I go to bed later."

Lu Yanhe smiled, "That's good, I'm relieved."

He asked: "Anna, can you go out now?"

"Me?" Anna was stunned. "I don't need to go out."

Lu Yanhe was stunned. "Ah? You're not going with me?"

Anna was stunned again, "Shall I go with you? Oh, isn't there a party for some of you Chinese filmmakers tonight? A private party?"

"Yes, but this is a private party, and everyone will bring along their close friends." Lu Yanhe said, "I thought you would be with me all the time during my stay in Bikaro."

Anna immediately said, "Of course I hope so, but is it convenient?"

"It's not inconvenient at all." Lu Yanhe said.

Ana immediately turned to Tucker and said, “Your dad has something tonight and can’t come back, so order a pizza for yourself.”

Tucker: "Can't I go with you guys?"

Anna: “It’s work.”

After hearing this, Lu Yanhe said, "It's okay, Tucker, come with us."

Anna: "Really? Lu, it's okay. He usually orders pizza by himself when his father and I are busy."

Lu Yanhe: "It's okay, Anna, tonight is just a private party. As long as you don't feel like we're all strangers, it's okay. It's totally fine for Tucker to attend. But you just have to be careful. Tucker is very handsome. Maybe someone will take a fancy to him and invite him to be an actor."

Tucker was so excited that his face was dancing with joy. He said, "Look, Mom, I told you I could be an actor."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.

Anna said: "He always thought he was handsome and could be an actor. I told him he didn't have the talent for acting. I saw him perform on the school drama stage and it was a disaster."

Anna looked as if she couldn't bear to watch.

"You are asking too much of me." Tucker said to Lu Yanhe, "Don't listen to her. She always uses those top talents to measure me and says that my acting is not good. I have to say that my acting is OK. Don't listen to her."

Lu Yanhe asked with a smile: "If you want to be an actor, are you learning acting?"

Tucker: "I just joined the drama club at school."

"Are you in high school... or college now?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Tucker: "In high school, I have received an admission letter from Harvard University. Next year I will go to college in the United States."

Lu Yanhe let out a cry of surprise.

"Harvard? Great."

Tucker raised his chin with great pride.

Anna: “Be humble.”

Lu Yanhe said: "In the United States, there are many opportunities to perform. If you really want to be an actor, you can work hard. What are you going to study at Harvard?"

“The economy,” Tucker said.

"Oh!" Lu Yanhe said, "You must have good grades."

"Yes." Tucker was not modest at all.

Seeing Anna White’s expression, Lu Yanhe hesitated to speak for a moment.

He smiled and said, "Can you come out with us now?"

Tucker nodded immediately.

Lu Yanhe said to Anna, "Anna, let Tucker go with us, it really doesn't matter."

Anna White then sighed and said, "Lu, thank you."

Tucker suddenly remembered something and his eyes widened, “Should I change into a formal suit?”

His eyes fell on Lu Yanhe again.

"Why are you dressed so casually?"

Lu Yanhe smiled helplessly, "Because tonight is really just a private gathering among a group of friends. There are no media, no paparazzi - there may be some at the door, but it's not a public place, so just relax."
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"Wow! You're the thief from Home Alone!"

As soon as he entered, Tucker saw Liu Teli, and his eyes lit up and he rushed up immediately.

Everyone else looked at the handsome blond and blue-eyed boy who suddenly appeared with puzzled and unfamiliar expressions.

Liu Teli also looked at him in confusion.

Lu Yanhe hurried over and introduced him as the son of his friend Anna. Then he hugged Liu Teli and said, "Teacher Liu, long time no see."

When Liu Teli saw Lu Yanhe, he immediately smiled with relief.

"It's been a long time since we last met."

"Tucker." Lu Yanhe introduced them to each other, then turned around and introduced Anna, "Anna White, you may not know her, but you must have read the magazines she edited and the reviews she wrote."

In fact, there may not be many people who have actually read the review articles she wrote.

However, everyone present would give face to the people brought by Lu Yanhe.

Tucker is really not shy at all and is a very "social tough guy" - what surprised Lu Yanhe the most was that he actually knew quite a few Chinese faces.

For example, when he saw Jiang Yuqian, Tucker called out her character name in "Squidward", and asked for a photo. When he saw Li Zhibai, he shouted, "You are the man in "Buried Alive"!"

However, a passionate and cheerful young boy will definitely be truly liked wherever he goes.

In a social situation, an overly enthusiastic person is more popular than an overly socially anxious person.

Anna paid attention to him for a while, and when she found that her son did not cause any trouble other than "making a lot of noise" and "making too much noise", she stopped paying attention to him and focused all her attention on Lu Yanhe.

Her job is to observe and understand Lu Yan River.

However, she encountered a problem.

When Lu Yanhe communicated with these people, he spoke Chinese.

She couldn't understand.

"..."

Fortunately, you don’t have to observe people only by listening to what they say.

She discovered that Lu Yanhe was different from the kind of artist she had imagined, especially one who became famous at a young age. He was very relaxed and at ease in such social occasions.

But his calmness is passionate and sincere.
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"Home Alone is really popular overseas." Liu Teli's agent Wei Yutang was also there today. He told Lu Yanhe, "After Mr. Liu came to Bicaro, since it was his first time here, we planned to take a walk around, but we were recognized by many people. In the end, we couldn't walk around normally and hurried back to the hotel."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Teacher Liu Teli is now an international superstar! When "On the Xunyang River" premieres, you will find out how crazy the media at the scene are about Teacher Liu Teli."

Just kidding, there are only three serious leading actors in "Home Alone", and the thief played by Mr. Liu Teli is also the leading thief. A movie that has been a global box office hit, has become a hot topic, and has also received a huge response in streaming media and TV stations, can make an actor "soar" no matter when it is released.

Wei Yutang said helplessly: "Actually, several Hollywood movies approached us this year, but Teacher Liu turned them all down."

"Why did Teacher Liu turn it down?"

"Because they are all villains." Wei Yutang said, "Also, Mr. Liu's English is not very good, and he is not very interested in going to Hollywood to make movies. Mr. Lu, if there is a chance, I hope you can help me persuade Mr. Liu."

Lu Yanhe: "It's hard for me to persuade him. Besides, if Mr. Liu really doesn't want to go to Hollywood to film, that's fine. He is already a performing artist in China. Why should he compromise himself?"

Wei Yutang: "I saw Mr. Liu's excellent acting skills. It would be a pity if he gave up the opportunity to be seen by more people."

"That's not true." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "On the contrary, I think that with such good acting skills as Teacher Liu, he should shoot more art films like "On the Xunyang River". It is too difficult for a foreign actor to make a big impact in Hollywood, but the international film festival is different. It is a stage and window facing the whole world. Only acting skills like Teacher Liu can be truly valued." (End of this chapter)