Become Famous Another Day

"It's my second time attending the Spring Festival Gala. I'm still very nervous. This stage has a very different meaning to us Chinese. The stage performance we brought this time is also a very Chinese performance."

With ten days left before the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve, Lu Yanhe and the three of them began to cooperate with CCTV to carry out promotional activities about the Spring Festival Gala.

Now CCTV is working hard to get itself into the choice of young audiences.

There are both online video platforms and self-media, and all channels are playing smoothly. Of course, this also means that CCTV’s demand for various contents has also increased.

After Lu Yanhe and the three of them were interviewed by a Spring Festival Gala spin-off program, they went to another spin-off program together to participate in several mini-games.

Of course, they can actually refuse these jobs. There is no pay for doing this work. But the three of them had good time, it was rare for them to work together, and they didn't care about remuneration.

It’s also rare for artists to discuss remuneration with CCTV. At least in these small rewards, no one cares.

The dressing room at the central stage was limited, so they were given the same one.

As evening approached, they ate lunch together in the lounge.

Halfway through the meal, Li Qingbing, the director in charge of their performance, came over.

This director was also the director who was in charge of their "Green Apple Paradise" last time.

"You are eating." After Li Qingbing came in, he saw the food on the coffee table and said with a smile, "Then I will come over later."

Li Zhibai: "No, director, don't bother. If you don't mind, we will listen to you while we eat. Are there any changes?"

Li Qingbing nodded and said: "The director team wants to invite three foreign friends who work or have lived in China for a long time to tell their stories about our China after the performance of the song "Chinese Language". Originally, we planned to invite the host People come to interview them, but after our discussion, we think it would be better if one of you is responsible for one interview.”

After Li Qingbing said this, he explained in detail.

"We hope this link looks more real." Rather than being arranged at first glance.

Although in fact, as long as it is something that happens on the Spring Festival Gala stage, any words that appear are basically written in advance in the manuscript, and will not be allowed to appear.

Lu Yanhe and the three of them looked at each other in disbelief.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I have no problem."

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang also nodded and said there was no problem.

For them, it actually means staying on stage for a few more minutes and acting out the interview questions that need to be asked according to the script.

No wonder it was left to the three of them.

The song "Chinese" is very suitable for this session.

If the last "Green Apple Paradise" was a time when people of today's generation recalled and commemorated the youth of their parents of the previous generation, expressing inheritance and commemoration, this time "Chinese" is about the younger generation's confidence in Chinese culture. , for a gesture that demonstrates cultural strength in such a globalized and international context.

What Li Qingbing did not tell the three of them was how much the director team valued the performance of "Chinese" this year—

Any artistic creation is unavoidable from a bad situation: the more the theme is the main theme and the more political tasks require the creation, the less artistic it will be and the less attractive the content will be.

But in this song "Chinese Language", I have a good stance and a good idea, and the song is still very lively and nice to listen to.

Li Qingbing said with a smile: "At the beginning, we had to choose between the two songs "Chinese Language" and "Love". We struggled for a long time and chose "Chinese Language" because we had already decided to have international friends. "

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Li Qingbing said: "Can we keep the song "Love" for a while? This song is also very suitable for the CCTV stage."

Lu Yanhe said: "Okay."

Li Qingbing: "Then I won't disturb your meal now. I'll see you later."

"good."

-

One day later, the final two episodes of the season of "Friends" aired.

The peak ratings broke 4% for the first time, but it was just a peak. The average episode remained at 3.52%. Unfortunately, the average episode did not break 4.

But no matter what, for the resurrected "Friends", this resurrection game was extremely beautiful.

Not only was it a slap in the face of Beijing and Taiwan, but it was also a blast for traditional TV stations that have gradually entered the era of "eating and waiting to die".

Yes, the ratings can still reach 3% - the question is, do you have the content to get the ratings to 3%?

"TV Review" took the ratings of "Friends" as an example, focusing on analyzing the reasons why viewers are willing to return to the TV. Putting aside the appeal of the content and actors, the article emphasized: because "Friends" has established a viewing experience for the audience Habit.

There are not so many fancy broadcast arrangements, it is just back to basics and broadcast on Friday and Saturday nights between December and February every year.

Therefore, at this time, the audience will remember that they can watch "Friends".

Similarly, why do people want to sit in front of the TV and watch "Friends"? Because both Beijing TV and Yuehu TV still firmly grasp this exclusive window period and hold the priority of broadcasting in their own hands.

If you want to watch this show first, then you can only watch it on TV.

At the end of the article, it was mentioned that Yuehutai and "Jump Up" are already making a new cooperation move. The day it is announced, it will shock the entire entertainment industry.

…

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both came to ask Lu Yanhe curiously what big move he was making.

Lu Yanhe told Li Zhibai and Yan Liang about the "Jump Up Theater".

Li Zhibai said in surprise: "I'll go, Niu."

Yan Liang was also surprised.

"This is really a big move."

Lu Yanhe said: "You may also be invited to star in one or two of the dramas at that time. Please give me your support."

"Of course." Yan Liang said, "Moreover, the filming period for this theater scene is only one week. In fact, for many actors, schedule is not a problem."

No matter how popular an actor is, if he wants to move out of a week's schedule, it is certainly much easier to move out of a schedule in two or three months.

Moreover, the weekly schedule is relatively easy to coordinate.

Li Zhibai suddenly remembered and said, "Someone bought the short story I wrote before and said it was going to be adapted. It hasn't been adapted after so many years. Is the authorization about to expire?"

"Not yet." Lu Yanhe said, "Our copyright department is keeping an eye on it. Don't worry, once the deadline expires and they haven't started the computer, the authorization will be withdrawn. Yue Hutai also likes your novel."

Li Zhibai raised the corners of his mouth.

"Otherwise, I'll do the math myself."

"It's not impossible." Lu Yanhe said, "You can even take the photo yourself."

Li Zhibai: "No, I won't consider becoming a producer for the time being."

As soon as he mentioned this matter, Li Zhibai's face darkened.

Obviously, "Nineteen Years" has tortured him enough.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other and smiled.

-

When "The Mist" was released for a month, its box office in North America exceeded 140 million, and the global box office also reached 260 million. The overseas box office exceeded 120 million, of which South Korea and Japan both contributed more than 10 million US dollars. Box office results—

This kind of result is "explodingly good" for a horror film.

Therefore, while Lu Yanhe was busy working on the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Ziyan finally began to be urged by D19 Company to start negotiations for the sequel to "The Mist".

Chen Ziyan insisted on receiving box office dividends, and D19 finally compromised and backed down, saying that it would allow Lu Yanhe to receive box office dividends outside of North America.

Chen Ziyan proposed that if this was the case, Lu Yanhe's salary would need to be increased. Not only that, but he would also need to sign terms on box office rewards—for example, when the North American box office of the sequel exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars, Lu Yanhe would need to enjoy additional bonuses.

The two sides went back and forth on this aspect and negotiated for several rounds.

Fortunately, by this time, Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang had accumulated some resources in Europe and the United States.

Before the key negotiations, Wan Qingqing had already figured out the basic rules of the situation in Hollywood, and through her connections, she understood the contract conditions that D19 had given to some actors in the past.

Therefore, while Chen Ziyan insists on not letting up on a base salary of 6.5 million, she also demands an increase in the box office share outside North America. If the North American box office exceeds 100 million US dollars, Lu Yanhe will receive another 2 million US dollars in rewards.

D19 still feels that Chen Ziyan is opening her mouth like a lion.

However, at this time, Maxine announced that "Friends" ranked among the top three in the global drama list for the latest month.

At the same time, Chen Ziyan also received a very surprising invitation.

The Oscar Awards Ceremony invited Lu Yanhe to be this year's award guest.

At this critical moment, Chen Ziyan told Lu Yanhe and immediately agreed.

So, when the Oscars officially announced the list of the third batch of award presenters, Chinese actor Lu Yanhe's name was clearly on the list.

D19 Company was very surprised.

They have never been an Oscar-oriented film company, and the films they produced in the past have not followed the Oscar-oriented path at all.

Although it was announced this time that "The Mist" would compete for the Olympics, especially for Lu Yanhe's performance, in fact, the thunder was loud and the rain was light, mainly to build momentum for the release of the movie.

However, Oscar actually invited Lu Yanhe to be the presenter?

Of course, this does not mean that the appearance of Lu Yanhe's name on the nomination list is shocking.

However, this is enough to show that Lu Yanhe has indeed entered Oscar's field of vision.

In the end, D19 proposed that if the North American box office of the sequel movie can exceed 150 million US dollars, that is, if it is not lower than this one, it will agree to pay Lu Yanhe a reward of 2 million US dollars.

Chen Ziyan was relatively satisfied with this condition, so she told Lu Yanhe and started to sign the contract.

On the 29th day of the New Year, Chinese people have gradually entered the holiday mode from work, but there is no such atmosphere overseas.

"Variety" magazine once again exclusively broke the news: Lu Yanhe will return to the sequel of "The Fog" with a super high salary of basic salary + bonus + box office dividend!

Regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, whether at home or abroad, a person's income is always one of the topics that everyone pays attention to.

Lu Yanhe, a Chinese actor, had a successful first film in Hollywood, and his second film was the sequel to this successful film. In this case, he was able to get a salary that was much higher than his market price. In the Hollywood system, it is can be understood.

Hollywood—or Europe and the United States—is a place that values ​​individual talent very much. What their cultural tradition advocates is "a person who has been given a mission" and "a hero". Therefore, if he is the person who plays a decisive role, even if he takes away half of the proceeds of this work, everyone will think it is natural.

With the current box office results of "The Mist", D19 can only pay for its previous promotional route.

Since they focused the promotion of "The Mist" on Lu Yanhe's Asian identity, their move not only achieved box office success, but also made Lu Yanhe famous in Europe and the United States and his importance to "The Mist". Now if they say that the box office success has little to do with Lu Yanhe, let alone Lu Yanhe's attitude, the Screen Actors Guild will not agree.

In Hollywood, why are many famous actors not at a disadvantage when negotiating with film and television giants? Because when they are fighting for their own interests, they are not alone, there is a very powerful force behind them supporting them. Everyone has a "collective consciousness" in this regard. If this person can get a higher salary and break a certain restriction in the industry, it will actually benefit everyone.

When "Variety" revealed shortly afterwards that the base salary Lu Yanhe received was at least US$6 million, media outlets in Europe and the United States reported one after another -

Domestic media also followed up and reported the incident.

This time, Lu Yanhe's high salary once again attracted everyone's attention.

Lu Yanhe also felt strange. He remembered that the last time he received widespread attention and discussion because of his high salary was the last time he attended the Spring Festival Gala. Why would something like this happen during the Spring Festival Gala? However, this time no one seemed to attack him because of this incident.

On the contrary, many people are excited and excited about this event.

Chen Ziyan: "Because this time you got such a salary from abroad, not from China. If the media now say that you got a salary of 50 to 60 million for a movie made in China, do you think what others will say."

Lu Yanhe: "I can't get such a salary in China."

"Indeed, it took a lot of effort to negotiate your 12 million yuan salary for "Fire"." Chen Ziyan smiled, "After the news came out, people from many domestic film companies came to me to confirm the authenticity of the news. They are all worried that if you get such a salary in Hollywood, your salary in China will also rise. "

"Nowadays, the box office of domestic movies is a mystery. Except for Mr. Jia Long and others who have very stable performance and can get super high salary and dividends, no one else dares to quote too high, let alone increase the salary. Now overall Aren’t they all reducing their pay?”

The general environment is not good, and the salaries of many actors are declining.

In the past, film remuneration was often in the tens of millions. Now, except for those major dramas, it is basically impossible to give such exaggerated figures.

Among young actors, only Lu Yanhe can achieve this number with his stable performance. Like Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, their current salary is about the same, and the average episode salary is also at the level of 500,000-800,000. Three or five years ago, the average collective salary of the two of them must have been upwards of 1 million.

The days of throwing money at actors to get money are over.

Even popular actors with hit works like Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are doing this, let alone others.

And this is even more true when making movies.

Movie pay is now much lower than TV show pay.

Chen Ziyan said: "Actually, speaking of it, except for "Fire", you really haven't taken on any more domestic commercial films."

If it is not a commercial film, the remuneration will not be high.

Not every movie should care about the salary figure.

Lu Yanhe said: "Now that I have "The Mist", can I slow down my commercial film route and be less anxious?"

Chen Ziyan: "Of course, the next step is to see the box office performance of "Fire". I hope it can exceed one billion in domestic box office, otherwise, it will be lower than the initial expectations of this movie."

For "Fire", if the box office cannot exceed one billion, it will be considered a failure.

With such a star cast and such high special effects production costs, it is obvious that the film is aiming for the top spot at the box office.

Lu Yanhe asked: "When will "Burning Fire" be released?"

"The post-production period has not been completed yet. If it is completed quickly, it will be on the summer schedule. If not, it will probably have to wait for next year's Spring Festival. If a movie of the size of "Fire" wants to get its expected box office, this is the only way Both schedules are suitable.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

-

"Haha, no wonder everyone becomes a star, and one movie can make tens of millions."

Helan's heart sank when she heard her father say this with a hint of drunkenness.

She knew that her father had always disliked those celebrities and entertainers, especially their income.

Helan actually didn't think that Lu Yanhe should earn so much money—

Even if she is a fan of Lu Yanhe.

Indeed, this is an era with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, with such a huge disparity in income. A star may earn more money in a month than an ordinary person can earn in a lifetime.

This is just not normal.

Helan has read so many books. When he was in Zhenhua, he read many introductions, reports and analyzes on human processes and social evolution in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

She also believes that it shouldn't be like this.

However, what Helan wanted to say was that this was not Lu Yanhe's problem. This is not a problem he caused.

Of course, Helan didn't say anything to her father.

Because she also knew that her father was not really targeting Lu Yanhe.

It's just that Lu Yanhe appeared at this time.

-

He Lan has been Chen Siqi's assistant for some time.

During the time she was with Chen Siqi, she had a very profound feeling.

Although she is one year older than Chen Siqi, Chen Siqi is far more mature than her.

And Helan had such a feeling because she realized one thing.

Chen Siqi never questions or entangles why a certain situation occurs.

She will get angry and point her nose at people, but after she vents her emotions quickly, she will not fall into the swamp of emotions, but will use all her strength to solve the situation.

And she never thinks anything is unsolvable.

Although it is a consensus that "we cannot solve everything", Chen Siqi faces everything with such an attitude. It must be admitted that she has accomplished far more than others.

Helan felt that just because she was around Chen Siqi and looked at her attitude towards others, her first reaction to many things also changed.

In the past, she would always spend a lot of time asking "Why do such outrageous things happen?" "Why do such outrageous things happen to me?" It was all emotionally draining.

Now, the first question she often asks is "Do I want to solve this problem?", whether to face it, or to leave it alone and ignore it. Confirm that you have to face it, okay, then the next step is "how should I solve this problem".

-

Faced with the high income of celebrity artists, which seems to be abnormally high, Helan's reaction was not "Why can they get such high remuneration?", but "Are you questioning why they can get such high remuneration? I’m depressed why I can’t get it?”

Helan quickly figured out that she was the latter.

She also hopes to earn a higher income.

Therefore, for Helan, on this issue, her question becomes "how should she get a higher income?"

Of course, people can continue to question fairness and question disparities and gaps. This is a right given to everyone. But Helan increasingly recognizes a truth, that is, if your questions and doubts will not cause any change in reality, your questions and doubts are no different from complaining.

-

Helan didn't intend to do any preaching, so she used to refute her father one or two words, but now she doesn't answer the question anymore.

It is always more important to figure out what you want than to convince others what you should want.

Helan picked up the phone and looked at the time and said: "Let's go check out the refrigerator later in the afternoon. My year-end bonus has been paid. Haven't you always said that the cooling effect of our refrigerator is not good? Let's change it. ”

"What kind of refrigerator should I replace at this time? I will replace it when there is a discount during the event." My mother said, "Refrigerators are quite expensive now, and the better ones cost tens of thousands. During the event, you can get a discount of one thousand or two thousand."

Helan said: "It's okay. I have worked harder this year and the year-end bonus is very generous."

She smiled brightly and said, "Change to a better refrigerator for the New Year. May the New Year bring a new atmosphere."

After she said this, her parents no longer objected.

"By the way, Dad, just tell me what you just said, don't say it outside." He Lan said, "I work in "Jump Up". If you say this in your status, you can easily be taken advantage of." , amplified on the Internet, has an impact on my work.”

Her father waved his hand and said, "I don't know this yet? I feel at ease."

That's enough.

"How much did you get in your year-end bonus?" Her dad suddenly asked.

Helan smiled and said: "Twenty thousand."

"How much?!" Her father sat up straight.

Helan said: "Because I have just started working, I have received relatively little, but I will receive more and more in the future. Moreover, according to the company's arrangements and positioning for me, after I have accumulated two more years of work experience, I will be specifically responsible for it in the future." With some businesses, my annual income will reach seven figures by then. Don’t tell others that I make money too easily.”

Her father's expression suddenly became very exciting, and after a while he said, "Your company is quite generous."

"Well, our company is not only generous, but also very open and transparent. The more you work, the more you get. The more irreplaceable your value is, the more you can get." Helan said, "Don't always blame me for not coming back to visit more often." You guys, I’m really busy at work and have almost no rest.”

"I know, I know, work hard."

-

In the evening, the family had New Year's Eve dinner and sat together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Helan looked at her phone frequently, but there was really nothing interesting to watch. The program was almost entirely surrounded by various slogans, which made people uninterested in watching it.

But there still has to be a sense of ritual, and no matter how unsightly it is, you still have to watch it.

What's more, there will be a new song by Lu Yanhe tonight.

Although the song is called "Chinese", it sounds like the main melody, and it doesn't sound very good.

At nine o'clock in the evening, it was finally time for this program to be broadcast.

Helan was stunned for a moment when he saw the program information. Is it still Lu Yanhe who composed the lyrics and composed the music?

This is actually written and composed by Lu Yanhe?

Helan was surprised.

She had seen the name of this song before and thought it was a song written by someone from the Spring Festival Gala director team and asked Lu Yanhe and the three of them to sing it.

When a group of children chanted in babble, "The pole is wide and the bench is long, and the pole wants to be tied to the bench," Helan opened his mouth in surprise.

On the screen, a group of little carrot heads shook their heads and recited this tongue twister. The picture was very cute.

Then, Lu Yanhe and three others appeared.

It’s actually a tongue twister rap?

The melody and style of this song are completely different from what Helan expected when he saw the name of the song.

It also... sounds pretty good.

When the three of them sang the phrase "The whole world is speaking Chinese, and Confucius' words are becoming more and more international," Helan's father was surprised and said: "This lyrics is very well written. OK."

Nice to hear.

-

—It has to be Lu Yanhe, "Chinese" is awesome.

—What I thought was the main theme of the song turned out to be a tongue-twisting rap.

—Tongue twisters seem to have disappeared for a long time. They were all played in elementary school.

—This song is so cool. Those who promote the main theme, can they imitate it?

—Lu Yanhe has written a new song again! He really should write more songs. His talent in acting is not enough to cover up his talent in songwriting.

—I really hope that the three of them will become the repertoire of the Spring Festival Gala every year. This song will definitely become popular.

—They have fulfilled their promise, they promised to bring us a stage every year, and this year’s stage is here.

…

On the Internet, discussions about this performance were overwhelming in an instant.

The three people quickly became hot searches, along with three Chinese characters.

After the three of them finished performing the song, completing interviews with three international friends according to the script, and returning to the backstage, Li Qingbing came over to talk to them very excitedly.

"Your performance was praised by the boss!" (End of Chapter)