Become famous another day.

The news brought by Darren Wilson made Lu Yanhe excited.

He was even a little impatient to meet Soran's people.

However, the appearance of Sauron also surprised Lu Yanhe.

After all, the Hollywood film company landscape has not changed for a long time.

The giants have a monopoly and there is an internal reshuffle, but the brands are still the same.

What kind of group is Hengzhaoshan Group?
What is the capital behind it?
Lu Yanhe contacted Chen Ziyan and told her the news brought by Darren Wilson.

Chen Ziyan said: "Hengzhaoshan? I know it's an old European capital. It's not very well-known, but the Math brand you endorse is under its umbrella."

Lu Yanhe was surprised.

Chen Ziyan: "Sauron was just established not long ago, less than a year ago, so it's normal that you don't know about it. In fact, Sauron hasn't made any moves yet, and everyone is waiting for their first move."

Lu Yanhe: "It seems that Darren Wilson ran into their trap with two scripts."

"You can say that." Chen Ziyan said, "Sauron is indeed in great need of recruiting creators right now, and you are one of the biggest brands at the moment. If we can cooperate with you, it will make Sauron's brand famous all at once, and the image it creates for the outside world will also be better."

Lu Yanhe: "So, I can ask for more?"

"It depends on how much you want to talk about," Chen Ziyan said. "Of course, there is nothing wrong with talking about it appropriately, but if they think you are difficult to deal with and hard to work with, it will have some impact on future long-term cooperation."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I know this. They want to cooperate with me on two more projects in the next six years. In fact, they want to tie me down to them. Even with these two projects, there are only four projects. Given my output, it won't completely tie me down to them for the next few years—"

Lu Yanhe paused for a moment, "But since they want to do so many projects, whether it's using me to open up the mountains or to develop the market, it shouldn't be a problem for me to bring a few people to join them, right?"

Chen Ziyan asked: "Who do you want to bring in?"

"Those who work closely with Linghe and Shihuo and want to become famous overseas but don't have much fame yet." Lu Yanhe said, "If there are important and good roles, they can be used to gild Sister Yuqian and Jiangyue. Ordinary roles can also help some newcomers to gain face, right?"

Chen Ziyan said, "I don't think it's necessary, Yan He. At this time, unless there is an actor who is deeply tied to you and has the same interests as you, you can bring him along. Otherwise, it's a no-brainer. The role is average and you can't make a big splash just by showing off your face. This is not an era where you can go to Hollywood and come back to dominate the country."

Lu Yanhe said: "What if it's an important supporting role?"

Chen Ziyan said: "If it's a good role, they will definitely not package it for you directly with conditions and bargaining chips. Hollywood doesn't play this game. Unless you wrote the script and told them in the name of the creator that they have to have that actor to play the role, based on the achievements of your past works, how much will they believe it?"

Lu Yanhe: "Is it meaningless?"

"It's not meaningless, but I think we don't need to work hard on these scraps," Chen Ziyan said. "This is a strategic cooperation. I would rather you use them to distribute your other films as a condition of exchange."

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

Chen Ziyan’s words woke him up directly.

issued!

This is what Linghe lacks most right now.

Global Release!

So far, Linghe’s films have basically followed the route of “blooming everywhere”.

They have frequent film producers and distributors in different countries and regions.

This is certainly sufficient for an art film like "Raise the Red Lantern" and is also the most appropriate distribution method.

But for a family entertainment comedy like "Home Alone", it must rely on the global distribution network of Hollywood film companies. Otherwise, if the same movie is distributed by another company, the global box office may be cut in half or even more.

Chen Ziyan’s reminder was very correct.

Lu Yanhe reacted and said immediately, "Sister Zi Yan, why don't you and Chen Yin go to a meeting and hurry up and come over. I think Darren will arrange a meeting with me right after he communicates with Soren."

Chen Ziyan: "OK, got it. I'll go meet Chen Yin first."

With Chen Ziyan and Chen Yin as his solid backing, Lu Yanhe was relieved about his "immaturity" in business.

It is true that everyone has their own shortcomings, and you have to work as a team and have people around you.
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The premiere of "The Mist 2" was held in a grand manner.

Lu Yanhe met with other main creators and had a lively chat.

Afterwards, we walked the red carpet and watched the premiere with our media friends.

Lu Yanhe thought it was because he had just left the Bicaro Film Festival.

He had been watching a lot of art films in the past period of time, and now he suddenly saw a thriller whose rhythm and story were completely for sensory stimulation, which was very enjoyable.

Strictly speaking, the style of "The Mist 2" is a bit more decadent and dark than the first one.

However, the second part also gave Lu Yanhe more room to perform.

When he came downstairs, a magical effect appeared.

Everyone knows who is going to appear, but this sense of anticipation combined with the thrilling and terrifying feeling created by the atmosphere of the movie makes the audience feel a subtle sense of tension that is not scary.

It was that feeling of knowing what was going to happen but still being a little nervous.

Lu Yanhe found that "The Mist 2" was much better than he expected.

He didn't know if this was his own filter.

Of course, he felt that this was also because his expectations for the film were relatively low at the beginning.

But at the same time, he also saw a problem that this movie might encounter -

The thriller and horror parts of the second part are much reduced compared to the first part.

Can it still be a hit with thriller fans?

It is difficult to estimate what impact this type of film will have on the box office without the blessing of its "genre".

In fact, D19 did not expect "The Mist 2" to achieve the box office results of "The Mist 1".

The production cost of The Mist 2 plus the publicity and distribution cost is only million US dollars. According to a rough estimate, the global box office can actually achieve profitability if it reaches million US dollars, not to mention other copyright derivative income.

Sequels often have a hard time earning more at the box office than their predecessors. Why, knowing this, do sequels still cost more to make than their predecessors? Because even if the cost is higher, and the box office drops, there is still money to be made.

For studios, sequels offer more guaranteed profits and less risk.

After the premiere of "The Mist 2", Lu Yanhe had no time to communicate with others.

Because D19 arranged several interviews for Lu Yanhe after the premiere.

Not only magazines and TV stations, but also a podcast with millions of fans and a self-media of a horror movie enthusiast blogger.

Lu Yanhe worked around the clock to complete various promotional tasks, and only had time to read the first wave of reviews in the evening.

As he expected, Rotten Tomatoes has a 72% rating, which is pretty good for a horror movie. However, true horror movie fans have given this movie a very low rating, some even saying that after "Home Alone", it has become a "pseudo-thriller" that tries to "trick everyone".

This is a very serious criticism.

However, Lu Yanhe really couldn't say anything.

Because he felt that what the other person said made sense.

However, even with such comments, Lu Yanhe felt that this should not affect the box office.

Because "The Mist 2" itself is complete, even if it lacks the horror elements, it is still a very good story.

You can tell from the Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Even the North American box office forecast given by the box office prediction agency is still $1 million.

It would be great if it could really get $1 million at the North American box office.

This is Lu Yanhe's first movie in which he truly played the leading role and which grossed over 100 million yuan in North America.

In the first film, he became the "first protagonist" thanks to the marketing of the film company. In fact, the protagonists of the film were the three teenagers, and he was the villain. However, as the film was being made, it embarked on a path of no return, which was to promote Lu Yanhe.

Darren Wilson also said: "The box office of The Mist 2 in North America still exceeded 1 million US dollars, which is the best for you now. Alas, your works are released too frequently. In fact, if you can have a work like The Mist 2 or Hurricane 2 or Home Alone every year, it will be enough for you to stand firm in the first-tier for several years. In the end, you released all of them in one year."

Lu Yanhe said: "It's okay, my works are posted quickly, but I've also shot a lot, so I'm not afraid of being posted."

Darren Wilson said: "I am afraid that the box office performance of The Mist 2 will be far behind the first one, which will affect Hollywood's confidence in you. This is not The Mist 2, this is The Mist 2, a movie where you are the real star, and the box office of the first one was so good."

Lu Yanhe said, "There's no point in worrying at this time. Let's work hard on publicity and try to get better box office. Aren't the numbers from the forecasting agencies looking pretty good right now?"

"The figures from the forecasting agencies are not very accurate right now, as there are still many days before the release," said Darren Wilson. "Fortunately, the audience's reviews are quite good, which gives many theaters confidence. Of course, with the previous film, this movie will definitely have a good performance anyway."

The film promotion and marketing work done by D19 for "The Mist 2" is actually the same old three things that Hollywood movies do, with no particularly different or creative promotional methods.

If this kind of publicity model were used in China, it would definitely not be acceptable.

However, this is their style of doing things, and Lu Yanhe cannot jump out and say that the way you are doing it now is wrong and meaningless, and you need to be more creative.

What kind of box office performance "The Mist 2" can achieve can only be seen on the day it is released.
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Before the premiere of The Mist 2 in the UK, the cast of Friends gathered in New York to record a talk show to promote the sitcom, which was broadcast on Maxine. Yin Xincheng smiled and said, "Our Friends life is really getting better. We went to the United States to participate in the talk show during the promotion period."

Wen Minglan also smiled and said, "Why is it that each season is more popular than the last?"

Lu Yanhe once again brought up the words he had said countless times.

“That’s the beauty of sitcoms.”

Only sitcoms end because the main actors no longer want to act or because the pay is too high for them to bear. For example, the original Friends and The Big Bang Theory are all like this.

Wen Minglan said: "I feel like after this series is finished, I can just retire."

Lu Yanhe: "With Sister Zi Yan here, you'd better stop dreaming. How could she allow you to take care of her in her old age? She has taken care of you for so many years, she needs you to take care of her in her old age."

Wen Minglan: "Isn't it enough for her to have you to take care of her in her old age? She still needs me?"

Lu Yanhe: "Wow, I finally understand how brothers and sisters turned against each other."

Wen Minglan laughed out loud.

Zhan Yun: "It's okay, Minglan, if you don't want to, you can tell Sister Zi Yan that as long as she is willing to take me with her, I will take care of her in her old age."

Wen Minglan: "Wow, I treat you as a sister, and you actually want to steal my job!"

Zhan Yun: "Since you have a golden rice bowl in your hand, you can't blame others for coveting it."

"Wow, you actually admitted it directly!" Wen Minglan glared at Zhan Yun, "That's too much!"

Everyone talked and laughed.

When these people get together, everything they say is lively.

When they walked together on the streets of New York, only a few people noticed them at first, and then, one by one, they showed shocked expressions.

It's mainly a group of Chinese faces gathered together, and they are all eye-catching.

People started pointing at them and exclaiming, "Oh my God, Friends!"

Some people started raising their cell phones to film them.

Then, people started talking to them.

"Are you guys filming a scene?"

Lu Yanhe and the others had just had dinner together and were just taking a walk on the street.

After all, apart from Lu Yanhe's face which is relatively recognizable to some people, the others are not so famous that they cannot travel normally on the streets of the United States.

And they obviously underestimated the power of their combined strength.

Some people started asking for autographs, some started asking for photos, and some excitedly told them how much they loved the show "Friends".

Lu Yanhe and his friends were surrounded by bodyguards and assistants.

At this time, it was a mess.

Each family takes care of its own.

We cannot stop others directly, but we must also prevent some dangerous incidents that may occur.

This scene happened so suddenly, and the situation spread so quickly that they didn't even have time to leave in a hurry before they felt the situation was getting serious.

After the incident, they looked at each other and quickly reached a consensus.

This was the first time such a situation had occurred in their "Friends" show, and it happened on the streets of a foreign country.

Since they are so popular, one can imagine the impact it will have when this incident is reported in the news.

Therefore, everyone spontaneously released a strong star aura at this moment - a very friendly, cheerful image that is consistent with the character setting of the show "Friends", satisfying the needs of fans.

They waited until their car arrived and, escorted by bodyguards and assistants, said goodbye to the fans who had gathered around them "reluctantly".
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The live footage of the "Friends" crew being frantically chased through the streets of New York City went viral on social media, as everyone imagined.

"Friends" is a show that has grown in audience and fan base with each season it airs.

It would be fine if there was no point for this huge fan base to show its presence under normal circumstances, but suddenly such a "news event" emerged, and such a group of people really emerged.

In the past, the popularity of "Friends" was reflected in the number of viewers and playback data within Maxine, as well as some "mentions" in the media and comment circles. However, this is the first time that a related topic has become so popular on such a large scale on social media.

Mainly because the scene on the streets of New York was too exaggerated.

The virus spread from person to person, and people gathered together. In the end, there were almost two to three hundred people gathered at the scene, making some photos look as terrifying as "Zombie Rising".

This scene seems to be "the most powerful proof that Friends is popular."
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The unexpected traffic brought by the explosive popularity of the social media topic made Maxine smile so hard that she couldn't stop.

"Friends" topped the daily viewing chart for the first time.

Maxine also made some temporary changes to the script of the talk show she arranged for them, asking them to respond on the show about how they felt about being so popular in the United States.

With the broadcast of this show, "Friends" once again ushered in a wave of popularity and traffic.

The show "Friends" instantly became a widely discussed show on social media platforms.

In a broad sense, suddenly a lot of people realized, huh?

Is this the sitcom written by Lu Yanhe?

He also played a role in it?
Many times, for people who don’t really care about the entertainment industry, their understanding of a celebrity is actually not that comprehensive.

When such information is strung together, it can form an incredible hot spot:

Lu Yanhe is actually the screenwriter of "Friends"!

For Chinese audiences and fans, there will be a doubt:

Can this become a hot topic for discussion on the Internet? !
The so-called information gap.
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This North American promotional tour of "Friends" was a fruitful one.

Before they left New York, Yin Xincheng and his friends held up the poster of "The Mist 2", took a photo, and promoted the movie on their social media platforms.

If only one person does this, it won't make much of a splash.

But the key point is that once something is linked to the six main actors of "Friends", fans of the show can't help but pay attention.

The five main actors of "Friends" supported Lu Yanhe's movie and posted a group photo with the movie poster on their social platforms. This became news. Not only did it become news, but it also touched the fans of "Friends" -

Because of this drama, fans of the drama sincerely hope that the main actors can love and help each other like the characters in the drama.

This can make them feel more involved.

At the same time, such an act of support can also encourage fans of "Friends" to actually go to the cinema and watch "The Mist 2" simply because they support the protagonists of "Friends".

This is reflected in the pre-sales of The Mist 2 in several countries.

After the news about "Friends" came out, box office pre-sales increased rapidly.
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After Lu Yanhe followed the crew of "The Mist 2" to several places, he ended his "The Mist 2" promotional tour after New Year's Day and returned to the "Godless" crew to complete his last stage of filming.

On the day that "The Mist 2" was released in North America, Lu Yanhe once again promoted the film on his social platform.

At the set of "Godless", everyone was saying that they hoped to have time to go to the cinema to watch this movie before "The Mist 2" was released.

Lu Yanhe said: "I will treat everyone to a movie."

He directly paid out of his own pocket, took out $1 in cash, and gave it to the crew's coordinator, giving each person a sum of cash, with the excuse that "Lu Yanhe invites all members of the "Godless" crew to watch "The Mist 2"."

Lu Yanhe is one of the important supporting characters in the movie "Godless" and one of the core selling points of "Godless". Even if "The Mist 2" is not Midoriya's project, Midoriya will only hope that "The Mist 2" will achieve good box office results and create a good prospect for "Godless".

With the idea of ​​promoting the movie "Godless" in the same way, Midoriya arranged for Lu Yanhe to give cash directly to the crew and invite everyone to watch "The Mist 2" to promote it.

That evening, Ivan Patterson, the lead actor of Godless, posted a photo of himself with the movie ticket and a selfie in front of the poster of The Mist 2 in the theater on his social media platform, saying: This movie is so good, Lu's performance should be nominated for this year's Oscars! He is a god!
Europeans and Americans, especially Americans, are accustomed to exaggeration.

But Americans buy into this.

Lu Yanhe was also surprised. When he saw Ivan’s post, he asked: “You went to the movies so late?”

Ivan said: Of course! This is the movie you starred in, I must support it!
Lu Yanhe: Thank you, my friend.

Ivan: Will you still act in "The Mist 3"?

Lu Yanhe: I don’t have such plan for the moment.

Ivan: I quite liked the 2nd one, although when I left the theater, several people were muttering that it was not as scary as the first one, but fortunately it is not that scary.

Lu Yanhe: Are you so timid?
After Lu Yanhe said this, he remembered that he was not that brave.

But, never mind, so be it.

Who says you can't laugh at someone who has taken fifty steps? (End of this chapter)