Become Famous Another Day

The day after "Love Letter" was released was the screening day of Liu Bige's "Even Fake Death".

When "Love Letter" premiered, the entire crew came to support "Love Letter".

Of course, Lu Yanhe and the others are going to support "Even Fake Death" tomorrow.

Two Chinese-language films supporting each other.

"Fake Death" has also attracted the attention of many people because it is the work of director Liu Bige.

The movie "Late Spring" is still very famous at international film festivals. It was one of the top ten movies of the year by many media.

Because of the good word-of-mouth response of "Love Letter", everyone is now even more looking forward to "Fake Death" -

Even though it has a name that looks pretty risqué.

However, just because the name is inappropriate doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not a good movie.

Many movies in film history that have names that sound like bad movies are actually classics among classics.

"You guys, the filming of "Love Letter" was so good, now all the pressure is on me."

Lu Yanhe and Liu Bige had dinner together in the hotel room at ten o'clock in the evening - before that, they were both busy with work and had no time to prepare dinner.

In this case, the schedule is really busy.

Probably because the premiere is tomorrow, Liu Bige looks a little more anxious than he did two days ago.

"Do you blame me for this? You are the director of photography of "Love Letter". "Love Letter" has received good feedback and you have put in a lot of effort. You should blame yourself." Lu Yanhe said bluntly.

Liu Bige: “…”

He was deep in thought and said: "I am suddenly a little hesitant now. Is it a right choice for "Fake Death" to participate in the main competition unit of the Jose Film Festival? This movie has too much commercial color and may not be popular with the film. The audience likes it, and the media probably won’t rate it too highly.”

"That's not necessarily true. Why do you think so?" Lu Yanhe said, "Don't think so much now. It will be screened tomorrow, so you are busy."

Liu Bige: "Oh, I should have insisted on using Wang Jing to play the role."

Initially, for the role of the heroine, Wang Jing and Ji Miao were chosen.

In the end, Longyan Pictures chose Ji Miao, who had won awards and was more famous, instead of Wang Jing, who was recommended by Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe didn't expect Liu Bige to say this at this time.

"Isn't Ji Miao's performance good?"

"I can't say it can't be done, but it's almost interesting." Liu Bige said, "I watched "Squid Game", and Wang Jing's crazy feeling in it... If she were to act, the effect would be better."

"It's a done deal. Next time you choose an actor, stick to your intuition." Lu Yanhe said, "The actor's performance has a great impact on the quality of a movie, especially this kind of romantic comedy. The spark between the two actors basically determines The quality of the film itself.”

Liu Bige nodded.

"But Li Zhibai is really good at acting. He is so relaxed." Liu Bige suddenly mentioned Li Zhibai and said to Lu Yanhe, "He is better than you in this aspect. His relaxed energy is invincible. ”

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Director Luo Yuzhong also praised him in the same way at that time."

"He is really suitable for playing this kind of modern, urban background drama." Liu Bige said, "He has a special sense of life, without any trace of an actor."

Lu Yanhe: "He is actually very good at acting. Several people have praised him so much, but the roles Zhou Ping'an gave him before were all to gain more traffic and popularity. Li Zhibai has never had the opportunity to act seriously. A serious drama."

"He is not suitable for acting in serious dramas. His talent lies in this kind of daily, daily life roles. He should take on more light comedies." Liu Bige said, "In fact, in China, it is possible to play such light-hearted roles. There are almost no comedy actors, and there are also young actors with such a good image. Anyway, apart from him, I haven’t seen anyone else.”

Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.

A director is still a director.

It is estimated that they all have a list of actors in their minds. Which actors can play what kind of scenes, basically classified into categories.

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and then said: "However, Li Zhibai's previous popular dramas were one of them a fairy tale costume drama and the other a modern idol drama. He has never filmed a drama with the style of "Fake Death". play."

Liu Bige: "I've seen it and I can understand why it's popular, but I don't like it."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

It is perfectly normal for Liu Bige not to like it.

"Originally I wanted Li Zhibai to audition for the role of the young **** Lu Xiaochuan in "Dragon Inn"." Liu Bige said, "However, Yan Liang's agent also came to me and wanted to audition for Yan Liang. After trying it out and putting it together with other actors, I found that Yan Liang is more suitable. Li Zhibai's image is still too handsome. He is so handsome that others can't hold it down. "

Lu Yanhe thought to himself that Lu Xiaochuan in the original "New Dragon Inn" was played by Wu Qihua, and his image was almost the most handsome in the entire movie. However, he understood what Liu Bige meant.

Liu Bige asked: "Do you want to play a role?"

"Me?" Lu Yanhe thought for a while and shook his head, "Forget it, the cast of this movie is already strong enough, and I don't need to be a part of it. Leave the opportunity to others. Maybe for some actors, being able to perform in By showing his face in this movie, everyone can get to know him.”

Liu Bige: "Okay."

"Who are you looking for to play the role of Duke Cao?" Lu Yanhe was a little curious.

Liu Bige said: "I still want to find an actor with some background in martial arts, but I have met a few actors with foundation, but their literary skills are not good enough, or they are unhappy because they heard that they are playing a eunuch. Come and act.”

"Is there any actor with such serious prejudice nowadays?"

"Yes." Liu Bige nodded, "It can't be said to be prejudice. If you are an actor who really can't get rid of your inner concerns, you won't be able to play such a role well."

"I thought you would say that an actor should be able to play any role."

"Actors are not gods, and directors are not capable of directing all kinds of plays. Why should I ask actors to be able to play any role?" Liu Bige said, "If an actor can play a certain type of role as a god, that's all because of God. Enjoy the meal."

Lu Yanhe nodded, agreeing very much with Liu Bige's words.

The two of them chatted until early in the morning, before Lu Yanhe left Liu Bige's room and returned to his own room.

Chen Siqi and the others are still having a meeting to discuss the topics and materials they will focus on tomorrow.

"Our editor-in-chief Lu is back." Lin Yu said with a smile, "Let's withdraw too, it's getting late."

Chen Siqi: "Let's break up and rest quickly. Everyone has been working hard recently. When the work of the Jose Film Festival is finished, everyone will find time to take a vacation and rest for a while."

"It's very nice. I really need a vacation." Linyu said, "When I return to China, I will sleep for 24 hours at a stretch."

Chen Siqi: "If you can sleep for twenty-four hours at a stretch, I will treat you to breakfast for a week."

Linyu: "If you can, treat me to breakfast for a month."

Chen Siqi nodded: "Okay, just one month."

Everyone talked and laughed, packed up their things, and left.

Chen Siqi stretched and said, "I'm so tired."

Lu Yanhe came behind Chen Siqi and pressed her neck.

Chen Siqi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your technique is good. Where did you learn it?"

"Teach yourself without a teacher." Lu Yanhe asked, "Why did you have the meeting so late today?"

"This edition of the Jose Film Festival has received far more attention in China than expected. We have to keep up with this demand and constantly introduce new content to meet everyone's needs. Otherwise, the popularity will drop quickly. "It's gone." Chen Siqi said, "In just the past two days, we have launched 13 new advertising channels in various media channels, and you can know how much attention there is."

The investment in this kind of media channel is different from that of film and television dramas, and the price is not that high, but one investment starts at least seven figures.

Lu Yanhe instantly understood why everyone was working so hard overtime.

The degree of attention of the content itself can be inferred from the amount of advertising business.

"Awesome." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Chen Siqi: "The main reason is that our user quality and advertising conversion rate are much higher than those of other platform users. This is well-known among advertisers. Thank you all for trusting us."

Lu Yanhe: "Time is so tight. Are all the new advertisements these days going through screening?"

"Of course, all the thirteen brands are well-known brands that have been in the industry for many years and have cooperated with us before. No new brand can be launched on our channels so quickly." Chen Siqi said, "We rejected We always put in more ads than we accept, and we still do a good job in terms of quality control.”

“It feels like advertising revenue has now become Jump’s main source of income.”

"It does count, but the biggest thing is content income." Chen Siqi said, "Our magazine sales, electronic copyright income, and membership subscription income from major channels are actually quite a lot, including copyright operating income. Since Jump Theater announced Since then, our copyright revenue from agency operations has experienced great growth.”

Lu Yanhe asked: "Tomorrow is the premiere of "Girls' Adventures", right?"

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "Starting from the first Sunday in May, one show will be broadcast every week."

Lu Yanhe asked: "How come no one asked me to forward it to promote it?"

"There have been many rounds of publicity in the early stage, and now it's time to see the real story, so I won't bother you." Chen Siqi smiled, "The most important thing is, because "Girls' Adventures" actually has little to do with you, you didn't direct it There is no scriptwriter and no actors involved. What everyone is most afraid of now is that the audience’s expectations will be too high and they will be disappointed with this drama.”

Lu Yanhe understood what Chen Siqi meant and nodded.

Those who were in a hurry all came together.

Of course, this is also a good thing. If they share the popularity and attention of each other, the results will be even better.

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The next day, the score of "Love Letter" came out: 3.3 points.

It is the second highest score in the main competition unit so far.

The Jose Film Festival’s program score is a comprehensive average score obtained after the film media officially invited by the film festival rate the film. It largely reflects the preference of the film by media from various countries around the world.

The media score is often the one that converges with the audience. For the Jose Film Festival, which relies on audience votes to select the winners, this score is very useful as a reference.

It can almost be said that "Love Letter" is definitely going to win an award, it just depends on what award it wins in the end.

The screenings of "Love Letters" in the next few days were almost sold out.

It can be said that as soon as the performance score of "Love Letter" came out, the willingness of various companies to purchase it was unprecedentedly high.

At this time, Schmidt Lawley of Green Valley Film Company suddenly came over and expressed his willingness to win the North American distribution rights of "Love Letter" for US$6 million.

For a movie whose production cost is less than $6 million, this figure is very sincere.

But at the same time, several American film companies came to bid.

Including D19, who Lu Yanhe has collaborated with before, also expressed their willingness to offer US$5 million to distribute "Love Letter" in North America.

According to the information received from Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang, although everyone does not think that "Love Letter" will achieve very good box office results in North America and cannot earn back the distribution fee from the theater box office, "Love Letter" will In terms of home entertainment income and streaming media copyright income, there will be very good performance. D19 also said that if Lu Yanhe is willing to give them the North American distribution rights of "Love Letter", then they will also spend another seven figures in public relations funds to conduct public relations for "Love Letter" during the awards season.

The normal box office performance of "Love Letter" in North American theaters is estimated to be around 2 million to 3 million - this is the average box office performance of a non-English hit film from the four major international film festivals.

Lu Yanhe and others also know that the possibility of expecting "Love Letter" to create a box office miracle in the United States is very slim. However, if "Love Letter" performs well during the North American awards season, it will be rewarded at the box office.

"The media really likes "Love Letters", but the response from film critics this time is not as good as the media." Xu Tianming said, "Without the support of film critics, if "Love Letters" really hits the awards season, it may not be able to win. It has a good performance. Yan He's performance in "Path of Glory" was able to receive some nominations during the North American awards season, and it was because of the strong film critics that Yan He gained some people's attention. "

Chen Ziyan also nodded, "Moreover, the theme and cultural background of "Love Letter" may still resonate with the emotions of the group in Asia. In the United States... I am not optimistic about it either."

Wan Qingqing said: "In North America, movies like "Love Letter" have always been niche movies. If the critics are not particularly enthusiastic, it is indeed difficult to attract special attention. In the United States, the media's favorable rating brings a lot of attention to the movie. The conversion rate is actually not as high as that of film critics.”

The reason why "Love Letter" did not receive such a high response from film critics is that it is just like Lu Yanhe's own understanding of the film: it is not deep enough. It achieves the ultimate in emotion, but it may not be the style that film critics like. In the words of some film critics, although it is good-looking, it is too pleasing to the audience.

Lu Yanhe was also thinking about Juliana's reaction yesterday - she actually thought "Love Letter" was a movie about pure love.

There is indeed a gap in understanding.

Their choice of the North American distributor for the movie "Love Letters" was certainly not a simple and crude "highest bidder gets it." After all, this isn't a buyout. How much revenue the movie "Love Letter" can ultimately bring to Linghe in North America depends on the distribution company's distribution capabilities and its distribution strategy for "Love Letter".

If they finally think that "Love Letter" cannot achieve better results during the North American awards season, then the "North American Awards Season" strategy proposed by D19 will not be enough to impress them.

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When Liu Bige, Li Zhibai, and Ji Miao were preparing to leave for the premiere, Huang Zhongjing and Huang Taiwen Zhimao from Longyan Pictures were also with them.

Wen Zhimao laughed and teased Liu Bige: "If our "Fake Death" team returns home with a grand prize this time, we will hold a grand celebration party for you."

Liu Bige smiled and nodded.

Li Zhibai heard this and said, "Mrs. Huang, don't just hold a celebration party for Director Liu. You can hold one for me too. Next time you ask me to make a movie, I will give you a 50% discount!"

He was deliberately trying to fool around.

He knew very well that Liu Bige was already somewhat resistant to Longyan Pictures' intervention in his creation.

Just kidding, if Liu Bige can win another grand prize, how can he let them be so confident?

Wen Zhimao glared at Li Zhibai angrily, "When have I ever treated you badly?"

"Then you always ask me to act in that youth romance movie. I haven't seen a more **** plot in the past year." Li Zhibai complained directly.

Wen Zhimao said helplessly: "That was the script adapted from the best-selling novel the year before last."

"Either the novel is badly written, or the script is poorly revised, and I won't act anyway." Li Zhibai said bluntly, "If I act, I will be scolded to death."

Huang Zhongjing smiled.

"You have the same temper as your father when he was young."

Li Zhibai raised his chin and said, "It's a pity. You have a temper like mine, but you don't have a face like mine. I guess it will take a lot of effort to chase my mother."

Huang Zhongjing: "..."

Wen Zhimao: "Wait and see how your dad reacts when he knows you are orchestrating this behind his back?"

"If he causes trouble for me, I will tell everyone that you are trying to instigate a father-son relationship between me and my father." Li Zhibaicai is not afraid of Huang Zhongjing and Wen Zhimao.

Even if the two of them are big bosses in the film and television industry, let alone he himself is a popular star now, his father can still support him behind the scenes.

When he and Zhou Ping'an did what they did, Zhou Ping'an didn't dare to do any dirty tricks. It wasn't because he was afraid of his background.

Li Zhibai said to Liu Bige: "Director Liu, why don't you stop treating Long Yan? I'll ask my dad to open a production company for you to serve you alone, and you will film for me alone."

He deliberately spoke so arrogantly, of course, in order to use the most joking words to support Liu Bige with the least real harm.

As expected, Liu Bige rolled his eyes at him and said, "You can go play by yourself."

Well, Liu Bige didn't accept his words and looked down on his proposal.

However, Li Zhibai's words clearly stated a fact in front of Huang Zhongjing and Wen Zhimao: with Liu Bige's current status and his ability as a director, there are many people who want to compete for Liu Bige. Gone.

From Li Zhibai's point of view, he really didn't understand what Long Yan was thinking about interfering so much with Liu Bige, an auteur director who may not be one among a hundred directors.

When we were filming "Fake Death", there was a supervisor sent by Long Yan to watch all the filming sessions.

Not only that, even during the post-editing, Li Zhibai knew that there were several conflicts of opinion about editing.

What Liu Bige wanted the movie to look like was different from what Long Yan and the others wanted, and the two sides had several quarrels.

And their quarrels are basically based on business considerations.

Long Yan hopes that "Fake Death" can be more commercial, more comedic, and have a more distinct comedic effect.

Li Zhibai can understand a film company's commercial considerations for movies. But he couldn't understand why he had to pursue commercial returns in a movie directed by Liu Bige - so many directors could make orthodox commercial comedies, but they couldn't compete with Liu Bige.

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At the premiere of "Fake Death", although the stars were not as shining as yesterday's "Love Letter", they were still very dazzling.

Lu Yanhe appeared on the red carpet of "Fake Death" holding Chen Siqi's hand, leaving all the media at the scene puzzled -

Yesterday, he didn't hold Chen Siqi's hand on the red carpet of "Love Letter", but today, he did hold Chen Siqi's hand in someone else's movie.

After entering the screening room all the way, Lu Yanhe's position was right next to the Japanese director Matsuyama Koichi.

Director Koichi Matsuyama is the director of the only Japanese film "As promised" shortlisted for this year's main competition. He is also a Japanese national treasure director.

He also has many fans in China - after all, among several national treasure-level directors in Japan, he is the only one who has taken a clear-cut anti-war stance and publicly condemned Japan's aggression back then.

It is precisely for this reason that, in addition to "Fake Death", "As Promised" is one of the other two main competition films that Lu Yanhe will attend its premiere.

"Hello, director." Lu Yanhe greeted Matsuyama Koichi.

Matsuyama Koichi himself is a person with a relatively elegant temperament, and he has a very Japanese aura at first glance.

He shook hands with Lu Yanhe and congratulated him on making a good movie.

"Love Letter" has gained a great reputation in the media circle, and has made it one of the favorites to win awards at the Jose Film Festival. Although Koichi Matsuyama did not attend the premiere of this film, he has heard about it from many people.

Lu Yanhe: "Thank you, I'm also looking forward to "As Appointed"."

The communication between him and Matsuyama Koichi was only superficial.

After all, it was our first acquaintance.

In the next two hours, Lu Yanhe carefully watched "Fake Death".

A very nice love story movie.

It reminded Lu Yanhe of Woody Allen's "With Love in Rome", and also reminded Lu Yanhe of "500 Days with Summer" and "33 Days of Love". They are all the kind of films that play with lines and characters to create a style.

It is very light, not heavy, and does not have a pretentious twist at the end, like a short story published in a magazine.

There is a clip in it that left a deep impression on Lu Yanhe.

The male protagonist played by Li Zhibai has been pestered all the time, and he is in a crazy and impatient state. He frequently swears and curses "I am a fool".

The "psychotic" heroine played by Ji Miao is also very fierce. She directly asks with her eyes raised: "You have **** with me in front of me all day long. Who do you want to date?"

Li Zhibai couldn't resist at all, and was speechless by Ji Miao. In the end, he just said "I'm here".

There are many moments like this in the movie.

but-

The handling of many comedy effects is still a bit too deliberate.

It's really funny, but "laughing for the sake of laughing" doesn't come naturally.

After the movie screening, when Lu Yanhe stood up and applauded with everyone, Matsuyama Koichi suddenly asked Lu Yanhe: "What do you think of this movie?"

Before Lu Yanhe could answer, Matsuyama Koichi added: "What a pity. It should have been made into a better movie."

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"I still prefer "Late Spring" that you collaborated on. That is the real movie."

Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not perfect, but I like it very much."

Matsuyama Koichi glanced at him in surprise.

"All right."

Lu Yanhe also glanced at Matsuyama Haoichi with some surprise.

Chen Siqi turned around and asked, "Yan He, would you like to come with me to say hello to Director Min Xizhen later?"

Lu Yanhe smiled at Matsuyama Haoichi naturally, ended the topic, and turned to Chen Siqi and smiled.

"good."

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"This actor is so charming!"

Min Xizhen's eyes sparkled, and she made no secret of her feelings - she looked like she was attracted by Li Zhibai.

"He gave me the urge to push him down on the bed and forcefully have **** with him." After Min Xizhen finished speaking, Lu Yanhe was stunned.

This Korean-American female director speaks very vigorously.

"Lovers", which she filmed last year, was a dark horse during the North American awards season. Although she didn't win a few awards, she received a lot of nominations, which attracted her attention in the European and American film circles.

Chen Siqi smiled and said, "Later, go and tell Li Zhibai in person that Li Zhibai and Yan He are very good friends."

"That's not okay. If you say it in person, that would be sexual harassment." Min Xizhen immediately waved her hand, "I just want to say that he is really charming."

She looked at Lu Yanhe.

"Although you were also very handsome in "Love Letter", I still prefer Li Zhibai."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I accept it."

"I hope I have the opportunity to work with you in the future." Min Xizhen said, "Whether it is you or Li Zhibai, they are actors I really want to work with."

Lu Yanhe said yes.

He actually didn't expect that Min Xizhen would have such a style.

After all, the movie "Lovers", to a certain extent, is actually more similar to the style of "Love Letter". It tells the story of a pair of lovers who break up, get back together, and finally break up. The whole movie is shrouded in a kind of "love letter". The self-narration in the style of "monologue" is like a prose, calm and melancholy.

At this time, Schmidt Lawley of Green Valley Film Company walked towards him again.

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