Become Famous Another Day

"I don't know how to describe this feeling, but at the beginning I was very reluctant to play such a role."

Lu Yanhe told Chen Ziyan.

"Then, when I thought I could play this role like Chen Pinhe, I suddenly felt like I had a revelation, all my repulsion disappeared, and like the water gate was opened, the desire to perform was leaking like a flood discharge."

Chen Ziyan: "You can actually find the entry point from this perspective, which only means that you are awesome."

Lu Yanhe: "What I didn't expect was that one day I would meet a role that I thought was actually well written but I didn't think I could play."

"Because your background is good, you can't empathize with hypocrisy, and your acting is another 100% experiential school in my eyes. The various techniques you have accumulated in the future are prepared for experience. If you can't empathize with your role, you can't find a fulcrum to play a role well." Chen Ziyan said, "This is your weakness."

"It's true." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I have played many flawed people, but I can basically understand them. I can understand their selfishness, anger and inability to control themselves at a certain stage and at a certain moment. I can even substitute them, but no matter how powerful I am in this essential selfishness and arrogance, and this self-righteousness, I can only stay in rational understanding."

"It's pretty good. If you can win this role, your acting career will be even wider." Chen Ziyan said, "I'm quite curious about how you would play such a role."

Lu Yanhe shook his head: "There is really nothing to be curious about, I don't know anything about it myself."

Chen Ziyan: "One movie "Dingfeng No. 1" and a new movie by Wang Chong. These two movies will definitely follow the path of the film festival when they look back."

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded, "It should be that, judging from what I currently know, these two movies are typical art films and are only suitable for the film festival."

"Then I hope you won't send these two movies to the Situer Film Festival." Chen Ziyan said with a smile, "If this happens, maybe you can get another trophy for the top international film festival."

Lu Yanhe said: "However, their movies are actually more suitable for the Situer Film Festival."

"Yes." Chen Ziyan nodded, "That's what I said. If Citur could be, it would definitely be given to Citur. Its influence is the greatest. Look at the Oscars two months ago, and the highest film awards from several European countries. The ones with the most nominations and the most popular are Citur's finalists."

Why does Midoriya say that "The Big Red Lantern" and "The Rainy Season" can both hit next year's Oscars, and it is also because they are the most popular films in the Citur Film Festival.

European and American countries pay the highest attention to the Situer Film Festival among the four major international film festivals.

For Lu Yanhe's personal career, because he just won the Best Actor in Situer, the possibility of him winning the second one within ten years is extremely low, close to zero. In the history of the Citur Film Festival, there has never been a case where the same award was received by the same person within ten years.

Even top international film festivals will care about these things.

Now, Lu Yanhe has been deeply tied to Situer. The first movie was at the Situhr Film Festival, the first Best Actor Trophy was at the Situhr Film Festival, and the highest award at the first international top film festival, also at the Situhr Film Festival. It can be said that Lu Yanhe's entire acting career has been deeply tied to Situer's.

Situer will definitely not give him a personal prize again and again in the short term. This is not conducive to the development of its film festival, nor is it conducive to Citur's discovery of other film talents.

-

Lu Yanhe was tired of reading the script and wanted to find something new to do.

He doesn't want only Linghe and film and television dramas to be left in his life.

So he went to ask Chen Siqi what he could do now.

When Chen Siqi heard that Lu Yanhe actually wanted to do something, he immediately said, "Our International Film Critics Film Festival in June is preparing. If you have nothing to do, you can help do this."

Lu Yanhe said: "I can't devote myself to this work all the time. What am I going to do? I went to film, don't others want to wipe my butt?"

"Who said that?" Chen Ziyan said, "I have a job that you can always take charge of."

“What job?”

"Select films." Chen Ziyan said, "We decided to jump up the theme of the International Film Critics Film Festival in the first session. We sat together to discuss movies. The films we chose last year took into account both popular and artistic. Only when the films were chosen correctly will everyone's discussions be spread. This year is the same. Lin Yu is worried about what kind of films to choose this year."

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he was a little moved.

"And, we have to write a theme for every film shown, or we will leave this job to you," said Chen Siqi.

Lu Yanhe: "...It's better to leave this to Linyu to do it? It was written by Linyu last year. If you suddenly asked me to write it, Linyu would definitely not be happy."

"If you see Lin Yu's pain now, you won't think so." Chen Siqi said, "She came to complain to me yesterday, why did she still have to do this job alone this year? I said, because choosing a film - especially for a group of famous film critics, people who don't know how to choose a film."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"How to let this group of already professional film critics feel the professionalism of our film festival? This is a very important thing." Chen Siqi sighed, "Choose films is the most basic work. If the theme is not set and the film is not selected well, then no matter how good we do in form, in the eyes of real filmmakers, we are just nouveau riche."

"Is there a theme for this film festival?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Siqi shook his head, "We have not set a topic."

"I think we can make a theme for each session." Lu Yanhe said, "In this way, whether it is the selection of films, everyone's discussions and post-screen communications, there can be something more clear."

Chen Siqi: "At the beginning, we thought about having a thematic discussion, but we were also worried that such an approach would limit what everyone really wanted to discuss."

"We just set a topic, not limiting it to only talk about these things," Lu Yanhe said. "Of course, this also means that you have to choose a good topic and choose some concepts that are truly meaningful for the film industry. Just like, to give a simple example, debut work, for the film industry, this is a very broad and always being discussed concept. Of course, for a film festival, taking this theme as a topic is relatively mediocre, because it will turn the discussion into a review, a review."

Chen Siqi smiled and nodded, "Look, you say it's very clear. It's the most appropriate thing for you to do this job."

Later, Linyu came over.

When she heard Chen Siqi say that Lu Yanhe could come to help, Lin Yu said directly: "Don't help, just let me get out. This work really requires a long time to think quietly by one person to do it. But now I not only have to record the regular program of Yuehu Station, but also invite various film critics. There is no way to calm down to do this. Siqi, I strongly suggest that from this session, we will invite an influential filmmaker to do it in each session and the introduction words for each screening movie."

Chen Siqi turned to look at Lu Yanhe.

"What do you think?"

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath and scratched his head.

"Why do I feel like I've dug a big hole for myself?"

-

Despite this, Lu Yanhe took over the job.

The first International Film Critics Film Festival was held very successfully. Especially in the end, in the form of a book, the reviewers' speeches at the film festival were recorded and published around the world.

Compared with ordinary film critics forums, this film festival undoubtedly pushes the status of film critics to a certain level.

Especially the publication of this book means that every film critic's articles and records of the entire process of the film festival are preserved in a specific form, whether in a bookstore or a library, it has the possibility of being read by movie enthusiasts over a longer span.

Therefore, the second session was held naturally and highly anticipated.

How to choose the second film list?

Lu Yanhe looked at a order that Lin Yu had already made before.

Lin Yu is actually trying to balance the classics and unpopular works in film history.

Lu Yanhe could see that Lin Yu wanted to re-record some masterpieces in film history that are unknown to most people through this film festival, and even with the ambition to let its value be seen.

To be honest, if the International Film Critics Film Festival can do this, it will be its unique value.

Lu Yanhe believes that this should be preserved.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

Why didn’t you write to the filmmakers he respected and ask them to recommend a work that they believe has not achieved corresponding status in film history?

First, in this way, Lu Yanhe can have many choices to decide this year's film list. Second, this recommendation list can also be used as an easter egg for this film festival, allowing some unpopular and niche movies to be paid attention to by more people with the help of this film festival.

So, Lu Yanhe did what he said and sent an email to people he had worked with, knew and admired.

He explained the purpose of this move very seriously in the main text of the email, and asked the other party to recommend only one, not too many. If possible, it is best to attach a reason to recommend it.

Lu Yanhe even sent such an email to the artistic directors of the four major international film festivals.

As a result, the first call was Li Zhibai.

"What are you doing? Just call me directly, but I also sent me an email." Li Zhibai complained.

Lu Yanhe: "Of course this has to be more formal. If you call you and say something, you probably won't think about it seriously. You might just give me one."

Li Zhibai: "Then you underestimate me too much. You will give you one casually, but I won't give one."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

“How is it there in “Buried Live”?”

"Oh, stop talking, it's so **** hard." Li Zhibai sighed, "I thought it would be difficult to act in this movie, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult."

Lu Yanhe is not worried that Li Zhibai will not perform well.

Li Zhibai is very good at acting—

Not only Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang knew about this, but Luo Yuzhong also praised him.

When filming "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Luo Yuzhong said that it is rare to see a handsome guy who can act so relaxed and has no image burden, but is handsome and lifelike.

Although this point does not have much significance for "Buried Alive". In "Buried Alive", it is about to be miserable, afraid and panic.

But with Li Zhibai's expressiveness, as long as he finds the psychological support for his performance, there is no problem.

To be honest, the performance of "Buried Live" only seems to be very difficult because it is a one-man show from beginning to end - in fact, whether it is the difficulty of the role or the complexity of the emotions, it is actually relatively easy to grasp and complete.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Have you met Zebi before?"

"Searched." Li Zhibai said, "I'm talking about you all the time, and this guy feels like you've become your bigfan."

"Stop coming, he's just a businessman." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Who did they find to be the director?"

"Don't you know? A person who made an independent film before was named Bob Xavier, and I talked to him well." Li Zhibai said, "I thought you knew this director."

"This movie is the main controller of Parameter. I have asked you to act. It is impossible for the director to listen to me." Lu Yanhe said, "Otherwise, this movie will not be controlled by them."

"But Bob and Zebi's relationship is not very good either." Li Zhibai said, "In front of me, both of them have had conflicts."

"What conflict has occurred?"

"For the editing rights of this movie, I sound like that anyway." Li Zhibai explained, "Bob wants the final editing rights, but Zebi disagrees, and he doesn't even want Bob to participate in the final editing."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard this, but there was nothing strange about it.

"Basically, the final editing rights of films from major Hollywood film companies will not be given to the director unless they are first-line directors." Lu Yanhe said, "Although the investment of the movie "Buried Live" is small, its positioning is a genre film, which can be used to fight for the big ones, so Parameter will definitely not give up the final editing rights."

"I have nothing. It has nothing to do with me anyway. I just saw them quarrel like this, especially when Bob scolded Zebi several times behind the scenes because of this incident, I thought of Liu Manbo. Although I promised to shoot his second film and help him find investment, I also said that if the version he edited made me unsatisfied, I would ask someone else to re-edit and do the post-production. Although he agreed very well, wasn't he very angry behind him?"

"It's definitely yes, there's no need to doubt this." Lu Yanhe said bluntly, "Any director who is taken away from the final cutting power will definitely be dissatisfied."

Li Zhibai: "Then do you think I will continue to shoot his second film. Is this wrong decision? Maybe I am thankless and the filming is bad. I am hated by Liu Manbo because of the final record."

"This is two different things. As for Liu Manbo, even if he is dissatisfied with his final cut right being taken away, he also knows why. If he is not a good person, even if he is dissatisfied, he should know how many opportunities you have given him, so he will not just think about hating you because of such a thing."

"But I still want to say that there is no way to do this situation. If you have resources in your hands, you don't be a producer or do your own projects, just be an actor. But if you want to take some initiative, then don't think about being a person who doesn't attract hatred. You will definitely offend some people. A bad person will only satisfy others and suffer losses."

Li Zhibai: "So don't you think my decision is wrong?"

"I don't know whether your decision is right or wrong in the end, but I think your decision is right in itself. There is a possibility of failure in any decision. You see Liu Manbo's talent, you see the good things about the second drama, and you believe that it has the potential to succeed, so you will make this decision, right?"

"Of course." "So, others may question from the perspective of the sidelines, and may think that you have made a confused decision, but as long as you know what you made this decision and you are willing to admit the result of failure, the opinions of others are just references." Lu Yanhe said, "A person who never makes a decision will never make mistakes, but he will always be like that."

Li Zhibai breathed a sigh of relief.

"I feel relieved when I hear you say this." He said, "To be honest, I have been a little over and over because of this matter during this period, worried that I was thinking too well and too naive."

"My experience is not a naive person. In the entertainment industry, you can only play safety cards forever, which means that you will always be mean." Lu Yanhe said, "You are not a mean person."

"Yo, can I still be a genius in your eyes?"

"certainly."

"Forget it, I guess I am only a genius in your eyes. If I am really a genius, why didn't the directors I like come to me for filming?"

"This is not very normal." Lu Yanhe said, "Am I a genius in your eyes?"

"Is this a matter of saying?"

"Then you see a few big directors coming to me for filming." Lu Yanhe said, "In addition to Wang Chong, I actually started out as a supporting role. The dramas directed by my teacher Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling are also supported roles."

Li Zhibai was stunned.

"That's true."

"We all face a problem. Li Zhibai, we are very popular, very popular, and have fans support, but the more this happens, the more difficult it is to cooperate with big directors, because for them, we are not controlled." Lu Yanhe said, "Especially when acting skills have not been recognized and have not gained a foothold in the film industry."

Li Zhibai: "What you said really surprised me. Why are you so far now? The big directors in China have not come to you to act?"

"Now there are basically no particularly good characters or scripts, and they won't come to me easily." Lu Yanhe said, "This is what Sister Zi Yan told me, and there is another point that I haven't had a lot of time with them. They won't tailor the role for me, but in their movies, there is basically no character of my age as the first protagonist."

Li Zhibai: "Most of them are supporting roles."

"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "Or two male protagonists, anyway, it's just that. In fact, I'm not so popular in the domestic film industry. I'm very popular with film companies, but not necessarily in the director's place. You are the same. After you and Bigo Liu filmed "Fake Death", the situation may be a little better, because there are representative works of the movie, but if you want to continue playing the male protagonist in the movie, you can only act in some commercial films, or let the film company tailor it for you."

Li Zhibai: "I understand what you mean."

"It's a pity. Nowadays, the movies made by big directors in China are basically men over 35 years old. If we want to make good movies, we can only find books and projects by ourselves. So I told you before that you are willing to make decisions. No matter what, it is right. If you can't do projects by yourself, a large part of the time, no matter how popular you are, you are being selected, but there is not much room for selection."

Li Zhibai: "I hope to act in a different film. I may not be able to have deeper and win awards. Don't always ask me to fall in love with different girls."

This is Li Zhibai’s biggest trouble.

Lu Yanhe was amused and laughed.

He thought of a very famous actor in Hollywood named Matthew McConaughey.

This famous "playboy" male actor, as long as he plays this type of role, his pay remains high, and various film companies are competing for it.

However, he is so famous that he is still subject to the type of genre. The more money the romantic love movies make, the less Hollywood wants him to make other types of movies. In the end, there are no other movies to look for him except this type.

After he refused to star in a romantic love movie, no film company asked him to film, and he even reached the point where he decided to "leave Hollywood for two years."

Fortunately, he later succeeded in his transformation and won the Oscar for Best Actor with "Dallas Buyers Club".

The dilemma faced by Li Zhibai is quite similar to his.

Of course, Li Zhibai is relatively better. In the Chinese market, it is not so serious that you will have no show if you don’t play a certain type.

Lu Yanhe is very supportive of Li Zhibai trying every means to break through his own restrictions.

Li Zhibai decided to support Liu Manbo so quickly and cooperated with him for the second time, but Lu Yanhe did not suggest that he give up. This is the reason.

When Li Zhibai can do it now, he should try his best to do it.

When you are popular and popular, don’t bother, don’t try or make mistakes, when do you try or make mistakes?

-

At the end of April, Lu Yanhe handed over the list of films he compiled, including the list of "niche pearls" recommended by various filmmakers, to Chen Siqi and Linyu.

The two of them were very surprised.

What was handed over to them with this list was that these companies initially agreed to the authorization of screening at the International Film Critics Film Festival.

Lu Yanhe took all his actions and solved the authorization issue.

Everyone is still very interested.

Chen Siqi said: "Look, how much time has you saved us when you do this."

Lu Yanhe: "It's too difficult. I won't do it next year. I think Linyu's proposal is right. I can invite other filmmakers to make this list next year."

Chen Siqi said: "You can consider it."

If the feedback from this film list this year is good, the filmmakers who receive this invitation next year may not be willing.

This is also a reflection of industry influence.

The more this kind of invitation, the more hidden the value of influence.

At this time, the Jose Film Festival also announced the list of shortlisted films this year.

The Chinese-language movie "All the Road" was shortlisted for the main competition unit. This movie is starring Mengli and Ji Miao, and is an art film.

"Burning" was shortlisted for the screening unit.

Longyan Film is preparing to make "Burning" a global premiere at the Jose Film Festival and look for overseas buyers at the Jose Film Festival.

Huang Tai contacted Lu Yanhe immediately and asked him to attend the premiere of "Burning" at the Jose Film Festival with the crew.

At that time, Lu Yanhe had not yet entered the sequel to "The Mist", and time allowed.

It just so happens that the "Math" endorsed by Lu Yanhe is also one of the sponsored brands of this Jose Film Festival, and they also hope that Lu Yanhe can attend.

Lu Yanhe communicated with Chen Ziyan and decided to go.

In addition to these, "Love Letter" won two grand prizes at the Jose Film Festival last year. Lu Yanhe should be supportive when he has time.

After knowing that Lu Yanhe would attend, Wu Yang, the artistic director of the Jose Film Festival, immediately sent an email to Lu Yanhe, asking whether he would be the award presenter at the closing ceremony of this film festival.

Lu Yanhe also agreed.

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“Diary column?”

In early May, Lu Yanhe welcomed a rare guest that he hadn't seen for a long time.

  Xinzi Xing.

"Yes." Xin Zixing nodded, "The revision of Yemai.com has been launched online. The entertainment section of it is a content we focus on. We will definitely not miss the Jose Film Festival. I also solemnly invite you to return to Yemai.com."

Lu Yanhe was amused and crying.

Previously, Lu Yanhe did have an account on Yemai.com.

At that time, he was deeply tied to Yemai.com. He would publish his reading notes, movie viewing experiences, and even some recording clips on Yemai.com.

So, although many people have forgotten it now, Lu Yanhe's popularity at the beginning had a very strong "literary" attribute, which distinguished him from many popular young stars in the circle and had his own style.

"Where are those senior officials before Yemai.com?" Lu Yanhe asked curiously, "including those colleagues from your past."

"I know their abilities and those who can obey my arrangements and accept the revision of Yemai.com have left behind all their abilities. Those who deliberately oppose me and sing opposite tunes, I have driven away some of them, and some of them will terminate the contract with them within three months."

Xin Zixing's attitudes nowadays are all calm and gentle.

Lu Yanhe thoughtfully, nodded and said, "Sister Zixing, I can return to Yemai.com, but I want to sign a cooperation agreement with Yemai.com that requires a little more."

Xin Zixing smiled slightly and said, "As long as you are willing to continue to cooperate, any kind of agreement is fine. Don't worry, as long as I stay in Yemai.com for a day, this will be one of your important positions. Of course, if I am driven away one day, I also hope you will leave without mercy."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"You are actually very suitable for Yemai.com." He said, "Your talents are only used to do variety shows, which is a pity."

Xin Zixing nodded.

"By the way, I'm here this time, and there is another important thing to tell you. My personal judgment is that Shijin Group should further deploy the entertainment industry. They are likely to acquire a video platform or set up a company directly on their own. You, Sister Zi Yan and Siqi now basically occupy several important links in the entertainment industry. Only the channel area is lacking. I don't know if you have room for cooperation with them in this regard, so I'll tell you first, you can judge for yourself. If you need it, I can help you build a bridge and explore the trend of the situation."

Lu Yanhe understood the meaning of Xin Zixing.

He nodded.

"I'll discuss with Sister Zi Yan and Siqi."

How important is the channel?

In short, the biggest problem with Chinese-language movies going overseas now is not that they lack funds and content on the production side, but that they lack distribution channels overseas, especially their own distribution channels.

Now Linghe is doing film and television dramas himself, and Chen Siqi is also doing the jumping theater. On the content side, they are all OK, but these contents are all output to Yuehutai, Northern Lights Video, Ice Field Video and overseas streaming media.

If these platforms do not pay for the bill, these contents will not generate returns on profits.

Although Lu Yanhe cooperated with them quite smoothly, this is the same as Lu Yanhe himself wanted to use a Linghe. If they could have a platform in their hands, it would definitely be better.

It is basically difficult to achieve just because you want to have your own platform. These large domestic video platforms, including theaters, are actually supported by big capital.

Unless self-employed people like Lu Yanhe choose to cooperate with the capital camp, it will be difficult for them to master a video platform, be able to invest in shares, and become one of the shareholders with a little say.

The news Xin Zixing said is actually telling Lu Yanhe that perhaps this is an opportunity for Lu Yanhe and Linghe to intervene in the management and control level of a certain video platform.

Lu Yanhe immediately went to talk about this matter to Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan said: "I will first go and try to talk to Yang Zhouli in my personal capacity. It is still safe now. They want to enter the entertainment industry and will definitely be interested in you. If you can enter their camp, it will definitely benefit them, but it may not be a good thing for us."

There is an important reason why Lu Yanhe, Linghe, or "jump up" to be so successful in the industry, is that they do not belong to any faction or any capital camp, so all parties can cooperate with them and are willing to maintain such cooperative relationships.

Once Lu Yanhe becomes a member of a certain capital camp, they become enemies for other camps.

It is still an enemy that must be attacked and eliminated as soon as possible.

Because this enemy looks invincible, he cannot win with normal tactics.

"In any case, you personally cannot have a deep-seated interest alliance with them directly on the surface." Chen Ziyan reminded.

Lu Yanhe nodded and agreed.

At this time, another news came. Shijin Group has acquired Lan Tianqi's "Little Eyes", and Yang Zhouli will go to the Jose Film Festival to buy films in May.

Yang Zhouli personally called Lu Yanhe and invited Lu Yanhe to attend the "Shi Jing Night" they will hold at the Jose Film Festival. (End of this chapter)