Become Famous Another Day

The more meetings he held, the more Lu Yanhe discovered that he knew nothing about company management.

I don’t understand many of the operating principles, and I also realize how difficult it is to coordinate this matter.

When a sum of money is invested in a place, when is it expected to come out, how much will it come out, and where will the money be waiting to be used by then? If the money waiting in the early stage is lost, or not that much comes out, is there a backup plan? ?

Lu Yanhe used to often hear the word "capital chain broken" and didn't understand why, but now he slowly understands it after listening to what they said.

It’s not that you really have no money, but you are stuck in a certain project and can’t get out, waiting for money to be used elsewhere. If you don’t have money, you can’t wait indefinitely. Then, many things will fall apart. .

Linghe's profits have been pretty good in recent years.

However, the early accumulation is far from enough for the scale and goals we want to achieve next.

Unless Lu Yanhe used his own money to make up for it - Chen Ziyan reminded him from the beginning that he couldn't do this.

This is not entrepreneurship. Once you need to use your own money to run a company, it means that the company is not in a healthy operating state.

Moreover, how much food can be eaten with the size of the stomach.

After patching this end, if something goes wrong at the other end, should I patch it up? How much is the amount of supplement?

Inevitably, financing comes up.

After all, this is the fastest way to make money.

However, the reason why Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan have not chosen financing is that they want to firmly control the company, and because they need to sell some shares now to pay back the money. The value is too low and will not match the value of the company in the future. The disparity is too great.

I would rather the company develop at a slower pace and carry out primitive accumulation by myself.

After all, this is not an industry that is about speed or who is one step ahead.

As long as the content projects they make are good, the company will not be eliminated.

Finally, Linghe was sure of one thing.

First, reduce the amount of investment in "Raise the Red Lantern." The producer of "Raise the Red Lantern" is director Wang Zhong's company, and there is no shortage of investment in this film. It's just that because of Lu Yanhe's relationship, the investment share of this film was given to Lu Yanhe first - but this film is not It is a box office hit, and after its release, it will not be able to achieve big profits just by relying on the box office for a while.

In this way, part of the funds can be transferred first to increase investment in "Legend of Sword and Fairy". For this drama, Linghe is the copyright holder and one of the producers. The drama was filmed this year and will take almost a year to post, and it may not be broadcast until the second half of next year. But before that, Northern Lights’ investment funds will be transferred, and various incomes such as advertising sponsorships will also be paid first.

But this puts forward relatively high requirements for "Householding". If "Householding" cannot be broadcast in the second half of the year, "Householding" cannot come back, and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will have to absorb external investment. —

Then Linghe will make less. At this stage, Lu Yanhe's "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a project that is 100% profitable and a big hit - no matter how popular the movie is in the early stage, it still needs to collect money from the box office, but TV dramas do not need to. Northern Lights pays the bill, even if the drama ends up being What a pounce, Linghe has already received the money, and the only loss is the Northern Lights—even the Northern Lights may not lose money. After all, the early advertising revenue may have earned back the initial investment.

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Lu Yanhe heard what happened and said to Chen Ziyan: "No, Sister Ziyan, these are too complicated for me. I will not participate in the discussion process from now on. It also consumes my energy. I have to talk to everyone during the day." It’s so tiring to rehearse, film, and coordinate the promotional activities of the two crews. I will only know what the company is going to do after you discuss it.”

Chen Ziyan also felt that Lu Yanhe had been spending too much money recently.

She said: "You should not participate in the discussion during the filming of "Friends". When you finish filming the show, which is almost finished, you still have to join in. You have to understand these things and what direction the company should go in. , you can say less about how to arrange it, But you have to listen more. Apart from anything else, if you act in the future and play roles in the workplace, these are the experiences of life for you. You don’t always have to look at the world from an actor’s perspective, Linghe Company. It’s another perspective for you to understand the world.”

Chen Ziyan's words could always scratch Lu Yanhe's itch in the most critical places.

Lu Yanhe's current work and life are indeed very smooth. He rarely encounters any problems or such troublesome situations.

If he continues to be self-proclaimed, his role in life will really be that of an artist.

Lu Yanhe nodded, accepted Chen Ziyan's statement, and said yes.

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One week after "The Mist" was released in North America, the North American box office exceeded 60 million.

D19 Company arranged for several major actors to appear on several popular TV shows in the United States to promote "The Mist".

They actually wanted to call Lu Yanhe back to cooperate with the publicity. However, Lu Yanhe had no choice but to refuse this time.

The filming of "Friends" is still in full swing, and the rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala have also begun. There is no time to go to the United States to promote "The Mist".

They only gave him a small remuneration, and now that the box office results are so good, they didn't say that they would give him a bonus. In Chen Ziyan's words, there was no sincerity at all to ask him to continue to cooperate with the publicity, and he never mentioned the remuneration, as if This is the voluntary labor of actors.

Although "The Mist" did well at the box office, it was also of great benefit to Lu Yanhe. But this does not constitute a reason for D19 to use Lu Yanhe’s labor force for free.

As a result, the next weekend, "The Fog" still received more than 20 million in box office, and the film officially exceeded 80 million US dollars. Adding in overseas box office revenue, the total global box office of "The Fog" reached 130 million US dollars.

D19 sent a celebration message—

According to this trend, it is certain that "The Fog" will exceed 100 million at the box office in North America.

With such good theater box office results, other copyright prices have followed suit.

"The Mist" is about to become one of Hollywood's highest return on investment movies this year.

At this time, many viewers and fans of "The Mist" suddenly gathered on Twitter and appealed to D19 Company, hoping to film a sequel to "The Mist". They wanted to see the return of the Asian ghost played by Lu Yanhe.

In Europe and the United States, there are often petitions like this - people hope that a certain drama can continue to have a sequel, or they like a certain character very much and hope that a spin-off film can be developed for this character. This is not uncommon.

Developing sequels is a normal thing in the United States, whether it is a movie or a TV series. It is rare for a work that is a box office hit to not develop a sequel.

It can be said that the "sequel industry" is also very mature and complete in the United States.

In fact, with the movie "The Mist" doing so well at the box office, D19 will definitely develop a sequel for this movie. It’s just that D19 has some internal thoughts on whether to let Lu Yanhe return.

Based on Lu Yanhe's performance and popularity in this movie, as well as the praise he received from media critics, the salary for the sequel will definitely not be low. D19 has not yet started negotiations with Lu Yanhe for the sequel, but they have not decided what kind of remuneration they will give him.

Lu Yanhe is really popular in the United States now.

Among the actors in "The Mist", none of the other actors received as much attention combined as Lu Yanhe.

A very important reason why D19 is unwilling to give Lu Yanhe a high salary is that they believe that Lu Yanhe can become the actor who will benefit the most from "The Mist" because their early publicity strategy provided Lu Yanhe with a lot of topicality.

Now, Lu Yanhe has become famous in the United States with "The Mist", and they also have their merits and contributions.

However, they could just keep this to themselves. If this was really used to suppress Lu Yanhe's salary, not to mention that Lu Yanhe would definitely disagree. If word spread, it would even become a joke in the industry.

Of course, there is another important reason why D19 has not started negotiations with Lu Yanhe. They had previously sent Lu Yanhe another script, also a horror-thriller script, but it was declined by Lu Yanhe.

In that script, Lu Yanhe was even the first protagonist, running from beginning to end from his perspective. However, Lu Yanhe's agent said that Lu Yanhe had just acted in a horror film and would like to act in other types of films next.

This is no longer possible.

Will Lu Yanhe be willing to return to the sequel movie of "The Fog"?

Without some sincerity, what are the chances of Lu Yanhe returning?

This is the problem they need to face.

After having been in contact with Lu Yanhe for so long, if they didn't know enough about Lu Yanhe's situation at the beginning, or their understanding was still at the stage where they arrogantly believed that Asian actors were eager to receive invitations from Hollywood, they would not think so now. .

Lu Yanhe’s popularity and topicality do not just stop in Asia.

For Hollywood stars, Lu Yanhe's popularity and influence in Europe and Asia are even beyond the reach of many of them.

Just look at the overseas box office of the movie "The Mist" -

According to the current overseas media reviews and social media popularity of "The Mist", most of the media, film critics and those who commented on this movie on the Internet have focused on Lu Yanhe. This is an indisputable fact.

Judging from the data fed back by box office survey agencies, especially in Asia, about 30% of the audience went to the cinema to watch this movie for Lu Yanhe.

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This day.

After Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang completed a rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, they went to the audience to watch the replay of their own performance.

The director team is very satisfied with the new song that the three of them collaborated on.

Youthful and energetic, in line with their age, is what the audience expects most from their trio.

The song itself is very central. "Let the whole world speak Chinese" has been a very popular cultural trend in the past two years. By integrating RAP into this song and adding traditional Chinese elements such as tongue twisters, they made the main melody refreshing and pleasant to listen to.

Coupled with the fact that Lu Yanhe has been a hot topic around the world recently, he, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang completed this performance together, which is a perfect stage answer.

The director team was very polite to all three of them.

On the contrary, some photographers, lighting teams and other technical department personnel did not have a very good attitude towards them.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, but later he found out that because Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were too busy during this period, they had not participated in the previous couplets. According to the standards of the Spring Festival Gala, it actually affected their work. In an activity of this magnitude, any small problem may have a huge negative impact on your career. A performance stage is not only the business of the performing artists, but also the business of many staff behind the show.

But here, no matter how famous an artist you are, they are just a label on this stage and a tool to complete a certain job. Nothing can describe their work attitude better than "not asking for merit but seeking no faults". As long as it can be completed smoothly and without problems, it is already a great achievement.

Of course, there is another very important reason.

People who can participate in the Spring Festival Gala program basically have a good background behind them, and it is normal for them to be indifferent to big-name celebrities like you - you are a star, and I am not inferior to you.

After the rehearsal, Lu Yanhe went to eat with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.

"I read that some media said that D19 plans to make a sequel to "The Mist". Is it true?" Li Zhibai asked.

"It's true."

"Really? Don't you know they are going to make a sequel?" Li Zhibai asked.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "They have probably communicated this intention to me, but they have not formally discussed it, and they have not officially invited me to return for the sequel."

Li Zhibai: "Fuck, they won't change the role, right?"

"Generally not." Yan Liang is still more calm and rational than Li Zhibai. From common sense, sequel movies will not do this. The reason why a sequel is a sequel is to replicate the success of the first one, or even to go further. How could anyone give up the box office selling point of the first film?

Lu Yanhe said: "Sister Ziyan guesses that D19 has not yet decided what kind of contract conditions it wants to give me."

Li Zhibai: "Then do you plan to act?"

"It depends on what direction they plan to develop the sequel. If there is a good idea and a good story, it would be good to play a sequel." Lu Yanhe said, "At least there is a character that the public knows in Europe and the United States."

Movies like "Late Spring" and "Path of Glory" have won awards at international film festivals, but most of them have never been seen by the public.

The commercial purpose of Lu Yanhe's appearance in "The Mist" is to increase his popularity and expand his influence in Europe and the United States.

He never shied away from this.

"Actually, it's probably because "The Mist" did well at the box office and a foreign horror film came to me." Yan Liang said suddenly.

Li Zhibao exclaimed and asked, "Is he also from Hollywood?"

"No, it was a script given by a British film company." Yan Liang said, "But when I read the script, it was just a very ordinary horror story, not much different from the ones we have seen."

"Then you don't plan to take it?"

"Zhou Ping'an hopes that I will take the job." Yan Liang said, glanced at Lu Yanhe, and said bluntly, "Zhou Ping'an feels that if Yan He becomes popular in Hollywood, there will definitely be many script roles looking for him, and he can't take any of them. No less than this, I can catch up with Yan He. Therefore, with the same horror film and the same Asian actors, let Europe and America know that there is a Chinese actor like me who is similar to you, and many opportunities will come to me. "

Lu Yanhe rolled his eyes and said: "Zhou Ping'an can't change his habit of eating **** and spitting **** from his mouth. You don't need to rub off on me at all. "Friends" and "Gold Rush" have already attracted the attention of many European and American film and television companies. ”

Yan Liang: "But I think what he said makes sense, so I'm thinking about it."

Li Zhibai asked: "Are you the protagonist of that horror movie?"

"Yes." Yan Liang smiled, "But my character is a mysterious ghost hunter from the East, not a ghost."

"It sounds very interesting."

"It's actually a police and gangster film that's a bit scary and thrilling. You can think of it as the police arresting criminals." Yan Liang said, "It feels like this script is completely in the mold of a police and gangster film."

"Hahaha." Li Zhibai laughed.

Lu Yanhe: "Where's the director? If the director is good, even though the story is old wine in a new bottle, the film will still look good."

"Don't mention it, even this director's previous works were mediocre." Yan Liang said, "If it were better, I wouldn't be so hesitant. I'm not the kind of actor who has to accept a script that is particularly good. I haven't At that level. Moreover, this movie is not expected to be released in theaters, but directly to streaming media.”

"ah?"

"That said, it's not decided yet," Yan Liang said. "This is another point of hesitation for me, because streaming movies may take two or three months of hard work, but in less than a week there will be no success. I just I haven’t seen any movie on streaming media that has caused a lot of discussion, and its influence is average.”

Lu Yanhe: "This is indeed the case."

Li Zhibai: "Then if you refuse to accept it, will Zhou Pingan force you to accept it?"

"Probably not now." Yan Liang said frankly, "My hesitation is not that he insists on letting me pick it up, but that I am afraid of missing an opportunity."

"The dramas you take on now are mainly dramas. However, in terms of the current entertainment industry ecology, if you want to go further, you must either make a more popular drama or go to the film industry. "Li Zhibai said, "Movie actors are more advanced than drama actors - although we don't think so, this is what the industry believes."

Yan Liang: "Yes."

He sighed quietly.

Lu Yanhe said: "It's okay. I think since you are hesitating, it means that this project still impresses you. I think you can try it. If you fail, it won't affect you. When I took on "The Mist", I was actually nervous. After all, It's a horror movie, everyone said It's relatively low-level, crude, and simple, but later I felt that the worst thing was that it didn't perform well at the box office, and I couldn't afford to fail. It's the same as you. You have two series, "Gold Rush" and "Friends", which have been successful in the past few years. Don’t worry about failure.”

Li Zhibai also nodded.

"In addition to his poor character, Zhou Ping'an still has a good eye for choosing movies. If he said this movie is worth filming, then there must be something worthy of filming."

Yan Liang glanced sideways at Li Zhibai.

"Are you telling me what I told you before?"

Li Zhibai: "You said it yourself, take advantage of others and make up for your own shortcomings. Since Zhou Pingan is so good at choosing scripts, you can trust his judgment."

Lu Yanhe shook his head in disbelief and sighed: "I never thought that one day I would hear such words from Li Zhibai."

Yan Liang also said: "Who is not? It's unbelievable."

Li Zhibai: "...That's enough for you two."

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The average episode ratings of "Friends" have remained above 3% since the two episodes in which Lee Chi-bai guest-starred. Especially as students began to go on winter vacation, the ratings have remained high.

This is especially true for online playback.

Both Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video are very satisfied with the results of this drama.

This is not to mention Maxine.

When "The Mist" grossed over 100 million in North American box office and exceeded $170 million in global box office, and Maxine paid a high price to grab the streaming rights to "The Mist" from several streaming media competitors, D19 finally made up its mind and expressed its willingness The salary offered to Lu Yanhe for the sequel was US$6 million.

Because from the negotiation process with Maxine, D19 felt that their interest in Lu Yanhe was actually greater than the movie "The Mist".

The salary of six million U.S. dollars is not even a slight increase compared to the one million U.S. dollars that Lu Yanhe received for his first film. Converted into RMB, it is more than 40 million RMB.

Lu Yanhe has never received a salary of this amount when he acted in movies in China.

D19 thinks he has been generous enough.

But Chen Ziyan is not satisfied, not with this number, but with Lu Yanhe's inability to enjoy box office dividends.

However, from a market perspective, Lu Yanhe, an actor who has just arrived in Hollywood to make movies, is not yet at the stage where he can negotiate for box office dividends, even if his first film does so well at the box office.

This is rarely done in the industry.

Chen Ziyan's attitude is very clear.

"The development of the sequel is not based on the popularity of the movie "The Mist". In fact, we all know that the sequel can be developed because everyone likes the character of the Asian ghost played by Yan He so much." Chen Ziyan said, " This sequel must be developed around the character of Yan He. The selling point is also this character, which is Yan He. In other words, without Yan He, this sequel cannot be established. In this case, I think Yan He deserves to enjoy the box office Dividends, this is what Yanhe deserves.”

D19 The person in charge of negotiating with Chen Ziyan had an ugly face.

Because he thinks that six million US dollars is high enough, and Chen Ziyan is not satisfied yet. This is greed.

Chen Ziyan didn't care whether he looked ugly or not, nor did she care whether he was angry or not.

She just expressed her thoughts, and let D19 hold a meeting to discuss the next thing. (End of chapter)