Become Famous Another Day

The barriers between TV series and movies are not limited to actors—although this aspect is usually talked about the most.

In fact, the real barrier lies in the fact that the industrial systems of the two are different.

To be precise, there are actually two groups of people who control the theater chain and the broadcast platform.

These two groups each occupy a territory.

Sometimes we cooperate, but more often than not, you don’t interfere with my affairs, and I won’t interfere with yours.

After all, once they get mixed up, they are here to grab the cake.

If Beijing and Taiwan want to develop a movie about "Seventeen Floors", of course that's fine, but they will definitely need to find a collaborator, especially a distributor.

The lack of support from the distributor, to a certain extent, may even mean whether the movie can be successful.

It doesn’t mean that because your drama is so popular, you can ignore the distribution and sweep the theaters.

Sometimes, movie theaters deliberately give you crappy screenings so that you can’t even sell tickets, but that’s also true—

Of course, unless the market at that time was in a bleak state and your film was the one to save the world, then the theater managers would not be ruining their jobs.

But the current film market is no longer the era where one film lasted for a period more than ten years ago.

Distribution is increasingly important.

"Putting all this aside, if one day we really plan to make a movie called "Seventeen Floors", will you act in it?" Shen Yue asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng: "Of course I will act. This drama is the best drama I have ever filmed. It has become my masterpiece."

Shen Yue smiled.

"Seventeen Floors" is indeed in the first echelon in terms of word-of-mouth and ratings. For Li Yuefeng, a popular young man who used to mainly shoot modern dolls and ancient dolls, it is a very different genre, and it is rare to be seen on a large scale. A drama that has gained a good reputation.

Shen Yue was a little surprised and asked, "Don't you even hesitate?"

"Are you still hesitant?"

"What if Director Bei and Teacher Feng Qiyue don't come back, and they just make a movie under the banner of "Seventeen Floors", and the script is crappy, will you make it?"

"Then we won't shoot." Li Yuefeng replied without hesitation again, "The premise for you to ask this is that the original cast members are all here."

Shen Yue: "I said so."

Li Yuefeng turned to look at Lu Yanhe.

"Yan He, I'll find you when the time comes. Will you take the photo?"

Lu Yanhe: "If you all come back, I will film it. If you change people, I won't film it. It's boring."

Li Yuefeng smiled with satisfaction.

"Look, I'm just like Yan He."

Shen Yue sighed softly, "I don't know when we will be able to make a movie."

"You can't make a movie now?" Li Yuefeng was a little surprised, "Isn't that true?"

Shen Yue: "I'm talking about the kind of real movie."

Li Yuefeng asked: "What is a real movie?"

Shen Yue: "Anyway, I don't think the ones I've played are the same."

Hearing this, Lu Yanhe curiously searched for the movies Shen Yue had acted in in the past, and immediately understood.

You don’t even need to read the plot in detail. You can almost tell what kind of movie it is just by looking at the name.

"Horrifying Overtime", "Soul Eater: Death Pact", "Let's Fall in Love Again"...

When I looked at the ratings, they were all below 4 points...

To be honest, it is not easy to shoot a movie with a score of 4 or less. In comparison, it is easier to shoot a movie with a score of 5-7.

Lu Yanhe suddenly understood Shen Yue's emotion.

"What did you think of these movies in the first place?" Li Yuefeng also used his mobile phone to search for movies made by Shen Yue. "This name doesn't seem reliable."

Shen Yue: "There were no movies to shoot at that time, so I could only shoot these. It's not like I can shoot movies right away. I also have to support myself."

Li Yuefeng: "It's not easy."

Li Yuefeng pointed at Lu Yanhe and said, "Her thighs are here, please try your best to hug her."

Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hands, "I'm not a big guy."

Shen Yue rolled her eyes at Li Yuefeng: "If there is a script that I want to act in, I will definitely fight for it with Yan He, let me tell you."

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"Is there something wrong between Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue?"

While doing movement learning, Chen Bige asked Lu Yanhe with a gossipy face.

"ah?"

While Lu Yanhe was learning the movements from the instructor, he glanced at Chen Bige in surprise.

"Don't you think there's something between the two of them?" Chen Bige winked at Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Sister, you are too nosy."

"How can you not gossip about people and things when filming?" Chen Bige said, "I'm still wondering why your girlfriend has never come to visit the studio. Generally, if an actor has a partner, the partner will definitely come. The crew is here to visit."

Lu Yanhe: "She is busy preparing for an international film critic film festival recently. She is much busier than me. I'd better go to her after I finish the project."

Chen Bige: "You two are so young and spend so little time together and apart a lot."

"It's not like we're together -" Lu Yanhe said, "In addition to joining the group for filming, we all live together now, so it's not as miserable as you said."

Chen Bige: "Hey, you're living together at such a young age?"

Her eyes immediately changed, and she looked around at Lu Yanhe with a very "aunty smile" and said, "You are quite good at it."

Lu Yanhe said awkwardly: "Why are you so good at this?"

Chen Bige: "You know how to make your girlfriend feel at ease, of course you are good at it. In your situation, there are a lot of women who usually pounce on you, right?"

Lu Yanhe: "It's really not much. I basically won't go to that kind of situation. Sister Ziyan helped me keep people away."

"You don't have any thoughts of cheating? Once you join the group, you won't be able to go back for a month or two." The smile on Chen Bige's face became "aunty" again.

Lu Yanhe was so embarrassed that his ears turned red.

He said: "Sister, can you train well and stop teasing me all the time?"

He added: "And how could I cheat on my girlfriend."

"Yo." Chen Bige nodded, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

The longer he knows Chen Bige, the more Lu Yanhe can see the past side of Chen Bige - he has only heard before that when he was young, Chen Bige was a very troublesome person and not an easy artist to lead. In Chen Ziyan's words , just very restless, the kind of person who "doesn't have to pay attention to the house for three days".

But after getting to know Chen Bige, Lu Yanhe basically only saw the goddess, majestic, and bold side of her. It was hard to imagine that she was not so peaceful.

Now I'm slowly realizing it.

Make fun of him, make him fly.

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But after Chen Bige told Lu Yanhe about Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, Lu Yanhe became more concerned and paid attention.

After paying attention, Lu Yanhe discovered that something was really wrong between the two of them—

The two of them often choke on each other, and they can choke on each other about big and small things, but they are not the kind of enemies who choke on their enemies.

This is a real eye-catcher.

So, one day at noon, when Lu Yanhe was having dinner with Li Yuefeng, he asked him if he liked Shen Yue.

Li Yuefeng's eyes widened and he looked at Lu Yanhe in disbelief.

"How is that possible! I'll go."

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Just asking, you are so excited."

Li Yuefeng: "Nonsense, this is not exciting, you are spreading rumors."

"What rumors did Yan He make?" Chen Bige came over with the script, sat down, and asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng said immediately: "It's nothing."

At the same time, he warned Lu Yanhe with his eyes, which meant "don't say anything."

Li Yuefeng was afraid that this "rumor" would spread.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

He really wanted to say that this so-called "rumor" started with Chen Bige.

Seeing the quarrel between Li Yuefeng and Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige glanced at Li Yuefeng teasingly, "Oh? Are you talking about your little secret between men?"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

He suddenly had an unknown premonition.

The next second, Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng and asked, "Are you talking about Shen Yue?"

Li Yuefeng exploded instantly like a cat being stepped on.

"Why should we talk to Shen Yue properly?"

The teasing look on Chen Bige's face became even stronger.

"How do I know?" She deliberately acted like "I don't know anything."

However, the more she acted like this, the more uncomfortable Li Yuefeng felt, like a cat's claws scratching his heart.

"Sister Bi Ge, what do you want to say?"

Chen Bige shrugged, "I don't want to say anything, I'm just curious."

Lu Yanhe covered his face and wanted to leave.

Li Yuefeng looked at him sideways.

"Is it you?"

"What is not me?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Why would Sister Bi Ge ask if we are talking about Shen Yue?"

Lu Yanhe: "I don't know why she asked that. You and Shen Yue may be having a little drama, but she told me that's why I asked you."

Li Yuefeng looked at Chen Bige in disbelief. "Sister Bi Ge, it's you?!"

Chen Bige: "I-I haven't finished memorizing my lines yet. I have to memorize my lines."

She immediately got up and left.

Halfway through, he looked back at them.

"Lu Yanhe, you actually sold me out! Just wait!"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

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While Lu Yanhe was filming on the crew, Chen Siqi was also extremely busy.

To plan an event from scratch is, quite literally, as painful as scraping a layer of skin.

It was the first time for Chen Siqi and the others to do this. They had no experience, so they had to pay more.

Even if this event does not turn into a particularly large ceremony, according to their idea, it is not a simple thing to invite more than ten or twenty famous film critics to talk about the movie together.

Without inviting celebrities, it would be difficult for this film festival to attract sponsorship. Without sponsorship, they would have to pay for "Jump Up" all the budget themselves, and they don't want to lose money and make money.

Continuously design plans and then overturn them based on the actual situation.

The venue of this film festival alone has been changed several times.

In addition to these major tasks, Chen Siqi also has a very critical task, which is to secure the film screening rights.

If a film festival wants to screen some films, it must obtain authorization from the film copyright owner.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Siqi, Lin Yu and the others held several meetings before settling on a film list, and then went on to talk with each other. If they knew someone from abroad, it was easy to talk to them, but if they didn't, they had to send emails and communicate in a business-like manner. The cost is high.

But it has to be done no matter how high the cost is.

It really goes with the saying that everything is always difficult at the beginning.

The news that their "Jump Up" was participating in this film festival slowly spread.

Many people in the circle are paying attention.

However, there are not many promising ones.

Because Chen Siqi’s previous “Green Green Project” to discover new directors failed.

This time I come to tinker with the film festival again.

You know, in China, it is rare for a certain person or a certain organization to be able to organize a film festival.

Despite this, those film festivals that have been successful are still struggling to be successful.

Of course, some of these sounds reached Chen Siqi's ears, but she turned a deaf ear to them.

She just knew what she was doing.

There will be successes and failures, but one failure will never stop you from trying new things in the future.

This International Film Critics Film Festival itself is also a very critical move for the magazine "Jump Up" to launch a film version.

When some elders in the circle knew that the specific direction of the film festival she wanted to do was not to be a film director or star, but to be a film critic, they were quite confused and asked her why she wanted to do such a thankless job.

Yes, in the eyes of many people, hosting such an event is even a thankless act.

No stars, no attention, maybe no splash.

Chen Siqi didn't explain to many people why she did what she did. She only explained it when director Wang Zhong came to ask out of curiosity.

"Because I have no money, this is the most critical thing. If I have a sufficient budget, of course I would also like to invite some big directors and big stars to come and make this film festival look glamorous, with a lot of media coverage and a red carpet. "Chen Siqi said helplessly, "But the reality only allows us to do such a simple form first. , of course, I don’t think this format is really low-level. There are few film festivals in the world with film critics as the protagonists. Moreover, the International Online Forum for Film Critics event we did last year has been very popular among film festivals around the world. The response from the community has been pretty good, and it’s because of this that we decided to continue doing it.”

"This film festival is quite meaningful." Wang Zhong was just curious about why Chen Siqi thought of doing this, but he didn't think that this movie was not worth making. "Which film critics have you invited here now?"

"There are nine people who have agreed to come. They are all well-known film critics from the world's first-tier film media. They have known each other before. They are all willing to help support the platform. Lin Yu has a very good personal relationship with them." Chen Siqi said, "It's just that, It is very difficult to obtain film copyrights now, especially the copyrights of foreign films. Foreign film companies are quite skeptical about the film festival we organize. Two-thirds of the films we want to show have not yet obtained the copyrights. "

"Are you going to sell tickets to the public for these movies? Or will you organize them to watch them yourself?" Wang Zhong asked.

Chen Siqi: "I haven't thought about this yet."

Wang Zhong: "No wonder so many movies have not agreed to be licensed to you. Whether you will conduct commercial activities is something they value very much, because if you conduct public ticket sales, that is another matter. You have to pay a deposit. And divided. And if it is only a small-scale screening and not for public sale, this is another model. Of course, this premise depends on what you want this film festival to be like, whether it is to attract these film critics to create a small-scale forum, or to allow film fans to join in like some film festivals in the world. Watch movies together and then listen to them talk about movies, different forms, different approaches.”

Chen Siqi asked: "Director, what suggestions do you have?"

Wang Zhong: "I suggest that since this is your first time doing it, the simpler the better. As you said, the simpler and purer it is. Just a group of you sitting together to watch movies and talk about movies. That's fine." Well, the commercial atmosphere is not that strong. After doing it once, the effect is good, and then do the second and third time, and then gradually expand it and add more content.”

"Well, director, I think so too. We are indeed inexperienced. We are crossing the river by feeling the stones and don't understand anything."

Wang Zhong asked: "As for the film copyright, please make sure first. Are you really not planning to make commercial arrangements? If so, please give me a list of movies that you want to get done but have not yet done. I am overseas." There are still some friends I know in various places who may be able to help you.”

"Ah -" Chen Siqi let out a scream of surprise, "Director, is it true? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Chen Siqi let out a thunderous cry and screamed in surprise. Wang Zhong was frightened and his ears were popped. He quickly took away his phone.

He smiled.

"Your idea of ​​organizing this film festival is very good. I watched your online forum for international film critics last year. It was rare to invite these people together to talk about movies seriously, although the attention was not as high as those celebrities participating. The event is big, but the more it is like this, the more pure movie fans it attracts, and the quality is very high." Wang Zhong said, "I know how difficult it is for you to hold a film festival like this, so work hard and try to make it happen. If you need help, just call me.”

"Director, I am so touched now. You are the first one to tell me that what we are doing is very meaningful."

"Actually, everyone knows that it makes sense, but everyone knows how difficult it is to succeed." Wang Zhong said, "Siqi, I hope you can stick to your idea and never invite people over. It’s the kind of film festival that just shows you around and then leaves. It’s meaningless. It’s just about making noise and excitement. Look at why the top film festivals in the world have the reputation and status they have now. , because there is a consensus in everyone’s mind that not only are their movies good, but also, there is a place where you can really talk about movies. There are too few places like this in our country now.”

Chen Siqi: "Director, don't worry, I will do a good job."

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"Then if I show up, would it be appropriate?"

After hearing Chen Siqi's plans for the film festival, Lu Yanhe immediately asked.

Because Chen Siqi has made up his mind not to invite any celebrities to the first film festival.

Chen Siqi said: "This is also what I want to ask you. I don't plan to invite celebrity artists to the official part of the film festival, but they come from abroad, and your relationship with "Jump Up" is well known. It would be better if you don't show up." It seems that I have neglected them. I am thinking, how about you hold a dinner to welcome them in your own name and invite some friends. In this way, it will not affect the public positioning of our film festival, and at the same time, it will not affect the public positioning of our film festival. It can still let them know our domestic filmmakers.”

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "This is no problem."

Chen Siqi: "It's just that even if it's a dinner party, I hope it will be private and small-scale, and not a large-scale gathering with people together."

"Understood, I still hope the whole atmosphere can be more relaxed and pleasant."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "I don't want those film critics to feel that our film festival is a Vanity Fair event."

This feeling is actually positioning.

What kind of film festival do you want them to experience?

After hearing what Chen Siqi said about director Wang Zhong's initiative to call her and help her contact overseas film copyright owners, Lu Yanhe said: "The director is really nice."

"Yes, so I have two ideas now. Please listen and see which idea is better." Chen Siqi said, "Director Wang is willing to help, and I listen to him. He actually really hopes that this film festival can be successful. . I thought about it, if a film festival can invite a world-class director as an honorary consultant, it will be a blessing to the reputation of the film festival. But if Director Wang is hired as an honorary consultant, we feel that we have nothing. If you can't give it to him, you're taking advantage of someone else's position and trying to get even more."

"I was thinking that maybe we could hold a retrospective exhibition of director Wang Zhong's works," Chen Siqi said, "and then hold a discussion on director Wang Zhong's works."

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said: "If you hold a discussion about director Wang Zhong's works, there will definitely be a lot of less positive comments. You know, director Wang Zhong's works have always been somewhat polarizing in the critics. Are you sure Director Wang Would you like to see such a scene?"

Chen Siqi was stunned.

This was something she had never thought about before.

"However, when holding a film festival, especially a film critic film festival, this kind of scene is inevitable. If everyone sits together and says some good things against their will, then the film festival will be in vain. If you want to really To achieve quality, everyone must be willing to tell the truth, and speak the truth to the point,” Lu Yanhe said, “I can’t provide any advice on this. You have to think clearly about the positioning of this film festival. , and to what extent it can be achieved, and then talk openly with Director Wang Zhong or other people to see if they can accept it. Not many people can accept that their work is suddenly performed by a group of people. In terms of analysis and evaluation, most filmmakers do not have a very good relationship with film critics, and they often quarrel with each other publicly. "

What Lu Yanhe said made Chen Siqi fall into deep thought.

She suddenly realized another problem.

Holding this film critic film festival may expand the influence of "Jump" in the film criticism circle, but won't it also make other filmmakers dissatisfied with "Jump" in a certain sense?

Especially at this film festival, works that have received negative reviews.

But as Lu Yanhe said, if film critics cannot be allowed to express their true feelings at this time, then what is the point of holding this film festival?

How to establish influence?

Chen Siqi asked: "Yan He, will I bring you some trouble by hosting this film festival?"

"I don't know, but I don't care." Lu Yanhe said, "You don't have to consider me. Moreover, as an actor, I am actually looking forward to this film festival. As Director Wang Zhong said, there are really not many places in our country. We can really talk about movies. Moreover, we are all familiar with the film critics we invite. We all know whether they will talk about the matter or make random remarks. As long as this film festival is really talking about movies. Even if some people are dissatisfied and criticized in a short period of time, if we continue to do it one term after another, it will definitely form its unique reputation and influence. "

Lu Yanhe's words gave Chen Siqi another powerful shot of confidence.

Since Director Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe really recognized this matter, what else did she have to fear.

Do! -

Lu Yanhe hung up the phone and rested in the car for a while before getting out of the car and walking to the studio.

On the way, he met Yan Zhimeng who was walking out.

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe saw that Yan Zhimeng had taken off all his makeup, "Have you called it a day?"

Yan Zhimeng nodded and said with a smile: "There won't be any more drama for me later, so I'll go back and rest first."

Lu Yanhe: "I'm envious."

He said goodbye to Yan Zhimeng and continued walking inside, when he suddenly heard an angry scolding coming from inside.

"Late again! How many times has he been late this time?!"

It was Lian Bei's voice.

Lu Yanhe was startled. At that moment, he thought he was late and Lian Bei was scolding him.

He ran over immediately, raised his hand and said, "Director, director, here I come! Sorry, I'm late!"

As soon as he entered, he bowed and apologized to Lian Bei.

As a result, Lian Bei looked at him in bewilderment, and the angry expression on his face cracked in shock.

The person next to me said dumbfounded: "Teacher Xiao Lu, the director is not scolding you. Why are you late? You have never been late..."

Lu Yanhe made an awkward sound and looked at Lian Bei at a loss.

Even Bei was happy, lowered his head and smiled, then walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother, can you please stop doing this? Every time you bow to me, I have to bow back to you three times."

Lu Yanhe: "Brother, you are my brother. If you bow to me three times, then I will kneel down to you."

Two people lift each other.

Seeing that the scene had calmed down, Lu Yanhe asked: "Director, who is late? I have rarely seen you so angry."

"Alas, a well-connected person, the son of a certain leader, was forced to play a role. There were only eight shootings in total. This is the third time he is late." Lian Bei sighed.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Who is it?"

Lian Bei waved his hand and said, "You probably don't know him either. You and he don't play in the same scene."

Just as he was talking, a young, handsome boy came over and said, "Director, I'm here."

Lu Yanhe turned to look at him.

The latter also looked at him blankly.

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There is one more chapter, keep coding, you don’t have to wait, you can read it when you wake up tomorrow morning! (End of chapter)