Become famous another day.

Lu Yanhe realized that he was biased against "The Mist 2".

From the very beginning, he took this movie for the "box office performance", which was full of utilitarianism. So, contrary to loving the house and loving the dog, he also felt that his performance in the movie was full of utilitarianism.

But he is indeed a good actor.

No matter what he thought of the movie, he did not relax in his performance, and he showed absolute control in every scene.

In fact, in addition to him, Ryan Waters and Erin Wallace are both actors who have been nominated for Oscars. Even though they are a bit out of date and no longer in their prime, they still have solid acting skills.

But their performance was not good enough in front of Lu Yanhe.

Jason Porter and Wang Jiaqi were even more outshined by Lu Yanhe - due to the relationship between their characters, they were completely suppressed by Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe's aura is too strong.

"It's good." Lu Yanhe said, "For a character so detached from reality, the performance is very believable."

Zou Dong looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise.

These words don't sound like they came from Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe suddenly glanced at Zou Dong and smiled embarrassedly.

Zou Dong opened his mouth but didn't say anything for a second. After two seconds he added, "Well acted."

Lu Yanhe was so embarrassed that he dug his toes into the ground.

"Thank you."
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Before returning to China, "The Mist 2" had been released in North America for nearly three weeks, and the local box office had exceeded 9000 million US dollars, with a global box office of 1.4 million US dollars. The overseas performance was relatively weak - which is normal for a horror thriller.

The box office performance was outstanding, making it a standout in this cold January period.

January and February are the slowest months for American movie box office. Basically, all the big movies will not be released during this period.

The box office success of "The Mist" and the first "Home Alone" was so great largely because there were no other movies standing in the way during this period, so once the box office exploded, it was like a tiger descending from the mountain and rushing into the plains.

"The Mist 2" is the highest-grossing movie released in January. In other words, it is also the box office champion in the United States in January.

This is of great significance to Lu Yanhe.

Darren Wilson said, "Yan He, your salary can be further increased. Next, I will raise your salary quotation to 8 million US dollars, and the transaction price must not be less than 6 million US dollars."

As for these, Lu Yanhe naturally listened to Darren Wilson.

"In fact, if you are willing to continue to act in The Mist 3, your offer can be directly increased to million US dollars."

In the "Misty" series, Lu Yanhe is the absolute core. If he continues to star in the same series of movies, his salary will be higher. This is also normal.

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I won't act for the time being. I feel that The Mist 2 is a little worse than the first one. Without a good script and good ideas, if I continue to shoot The Mist 3, the box office will only drop further. In fact, the box office of The Mist 2 has already dropped a lot compared to the first one, right?"

Darren Wilson: "That's true, but in other words, Yan He, with the previous two films as a foundation, the box office of The Mist 3 can't be too bad."

"But I don't need a movie that doesn't do badly at the box office at this stage, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "I need a movie that performs very well."

Darren Wilson nodded.

He said, "By the way, Soran has contacted me and asked when you are free."

Lu Yanhe said, "Let's wait until Home Alone 2 is released. You said that we need to find a more favorable time for the negotiation."

Darren Wilson laughed and said, "The box office success of The Mist 2 is already a very favorable negotiation opportunity for you."
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The premiere of "Home Alone 2" was a great success.

In the second part, Huang Feng walked out of his home and came to a hotel in a foreign country alone. He met the two stupid thieves again and once again started a battle of wits and courage with them in a shopping mall.

Compared with the content of the first part, it is just a change of name but the substance remains the same.

However, audiences who like "Home Alone" want this effect of changing the soup but not the medicine.

After the premiere, the film received a 100% positive rating from the media.

Seeing this praise rate, everyone knows that the box office of "Home Alone 2" is guaranteed.

Maybe it will be even higher than the first one.

It seems that this movie will become a big hit again.

On the day when Huang Feng, Liu Teli and Lu Yanhe returned to China, Luo Weida and the other two also went to eight major voting countries to promote the event after New York.

Under Midoriya's arrangement, the release of "Home Alone 2" has already been treated as a definite blockbuster.

Lu Yanhe did not participate in it anymore.

He hasn't been back home for a long time, and he wants to go back and have some rest.

Coincidentally, the day he returned home was the day the Oscar nominations were announced.

Darren Wilson asked him if he wanted to change his ticket and wait for the result together.

Lu Yanhe said, "Even if I really get nominated, there's no way I can win the award, right? That's even more unpopular than being an unpopular choice. At this point, do you still want me to participate in the award season PR? So, I won't change my flight. If I really get nominated, I'll know when I land."

Darren Wilson didn't know how to respond to Lu Yanhe's words for a moment.

Because what Lu Yanhe said... is actually very true.

If "The Mist 2" is really nominated, it will be "nomination means affirmation" and it is impossible to create a further upset.

Of course, under normal circumstances, during awards season, no nominee would consider themselves to be cannon fodder.

This is the rule of the game. You are a player of this game and also an NPC. If you want everyone to recognize you, you have to appear in this game and make this game look lively. This is your obligation.

However, Lu Yanhe has participated in quite a few activities in the United States during this period. Although none of them were PR activities for "The Mist 2". In this case, Lu Yanhe felt that he had done a good job and expressed enough respect as a foreign actor.

New Year's Eve.

For Chinese people, the Spring Festival is the most important event. If there is anything else, they will deal with it after the Spring Festival.

Lu Yanhe got on the plane, put on an eye mask, covered himself with a blanket, and lay down comfortably, ready to have a good sleep, making this long journey shorter in his dreams.
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Lu Yanhe really had a long sleep.

When he woke up, the plane was about to land.

He had never slept so long on a plane before.

Is he too tired recently? Did he not sleep well? So, his body is telling him that he should catch up on his sleep?

Lu Yanhe yawned, sat up, took off his crooked eye mask, picked up the cup beside him, and took a sip of water.

There was some sweat on my forehead.

I opened the porthole and the dazzling sunlight shone in.

An hour later, the plane landed.

He is back.
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As soon as the phone's airplane mode ended, the sound of incoming messages rang out like the rhythm of a piano piece.

Lu Yanhe saw some key words in the news that was pouring in.

The list of nominees for this year's Oscars has been announced.

He was actually nominated for Best Actor this year for "The Mist 2".

After winning the Best Supporting Actor award last year, he was nominated again this year.

Lu Yanhe was looking at his phone, a little dazed.

A man sitting next to him saw him, recognized him, and said, "Lu Yanhe!"

Lu Yanhe came back to his senses, smiled at the middle-aged man in a suit who looked like a business elite, nodded, and said "hello".

"So you were on this flight too. You slept for so long? I was just wondering who was this person who was sleeping the whole time. You are such a good sleeper! It turned out to be you!" He suddenly took out his cell phone and asked, "Can I take a photo with you? My daughter likes you very much. If she sees the photo of you and me, she will definitely not blame me for not spending her birthday with her on this business trip."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe smiled and said okay.

He raised his phone and looked at himself.

Fortunately, the hair didn't stick out.

He leaned in front of the other person's open mobile phone selfie camera, smiled brightly, and gave a thumbs up.

The other party laughed cheerfully and said, "Thank you, big star!"

"It's okay." Lu Yanhe smiled at him, took out sunglasses and a hat and put them on himself.
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The fact that "The Mist 2" earned Lu Yanhe an Oscar nomination for the second consecutive year has caused a huge discussion around the world.

Although it was said before that Lu Yanhe might be able to take up a nomination spot, after all, he did not perform at all in the Outpost Awards. This is also a commercial horror film, and everyone thinks this is impossible.

Even Lu Yanhe himself found it impossible.

Without doing any public relations, he got a nomination.

An unnamed academy member said in an interview with Variety: "Lu Yanhe was nominated for The Mist 2. Although it was shocking, it was not surprising. He is now on the trend. After The Mist 2 was released, many of my friends who were also eligible to vote went to see the movie and praised his performance."

Director Muken Sorge said directly: "It's good that Lu Yanhe was nominated. It's very good. Actors in horror movies are finally no longer discriminated against. Anyone who has watched his performance in The Mist 2 carefully will not say that he is worse than any other nominee. He totally deserves this nomination!"

"In the history of the Oscars, it is not uncommon for actors to be nominated for acting roles based on commercial blockbusters, and there are several of them every year. Although The Mist 2 is still a horror movie, Lu Yanhe has created a very different ghost image that has rarely appeared in film history." A film critic also wrote, "If you evaluate from the perspective of the film, to be honest, Lu Yanhe's nomination for the Oscar is controversial, which I think is normal. But if you look at Lu Yanhe's own performance, his nomination is normal."

The controversy and discussion caused by Lu Yanhe's nomination for the Best Actor Oscar for "The Mist 2" even overshadowed the fact that he was also unexpectedly shortlisted for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for "Raise the Red Lantern".

Similarly, "Raise the Red Lantern" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film as expected.

After returning to China, Lu Yanhe kept answering calls and replying to messages. Even when he reached Ziyuan Bridge, his phone never stopped ringing.

He had to turn off his phone temporarily.

The controversy caused by the nomination of "The Mist 2" far exceeded expectations.

Obviously, in a global context, even though Lu Yanhe's performance received unanimous praise and acclaim after the release of "The Mist 2", when it came to the Oscar nominations, they felt that a horror movie, especially a commercial horror movie, could get Lu Yanhe nominated for an Oscar?
Fortunately, Hollywood's attitude is mainly "recognition and support".

Indeed, Lu Yanhe is now the "trend" in Hollywood.

The Oscars have never been stingy with their praise for actors like him.

The Oscars are also a highly commercialized award.

The thousands of members who vote value art, but they also value commercial performance.

Actors like Lu Yanhe who pay equal attention to artistic and commercial performance are their favorites.

Just like Leonardo DiCaprio, everyone says he is a "complainer" because he was nominated so many times before he won the award. However, in other words, don't you see that he has been nominated for Oscars six times? Isn't this a kind of "favor"? As long as he performs well, he will definitely be included in the nomination list.

In fact, the same is true of Timothée Chalamet now.

"Nobody", which was nominated last year, was just so-so in terms of film quality, but his performance in the film was indeed quite good, and as a result, it received a green light throughout the awards season and was directly entered into the Oscars.

If an actor who is not so "popular" or "highly anticipated" had played the role, the quality of the film might not necessarily have been accepted by the Oscars.
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Many people don’t understand this, but as a Chinese actor, even if Chinese movie fans may not understand it, they are happy.

Lu Yanhe is so awesome, so cool that he was even nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Mist 2". You can be jealous and envious!

"The momentum is there, and the people are there." Chen Ziyan's conclusion on this matter is these four words, "You have already gained momentum in Hollywood. You don't need to think of ways to get other people's attention. You just need to keep performing well to satisfy other people's attention."

Lu Yanhe smiled bitterly.

Chen Ziyan: "But it's right for you to keep a low profile now, not make any response, and not start PR right away. Your chances of winning an award are too slim, and there is controversy among the public. Being more humble now will be better for your image."

Lu Yanhe: "Whatever. If you ask me to throw myself into the PR activities like last year, I can't do it. I need to rest now." (End of this chapter)