Lu Yanhe returned to China alone and did not stay in the Jose-La-Señora Film Festival with the "Rouge" team.
The film received excellent audience reviews at the Jose-La Roche Film Festival. On the contrary, the film critics' reviews were a little worse, but it cannot be said to be bad. Almost all of them commented that it was a good movie, but compared to Wang Zhong's previous works, it lacked a little complexity.
This situation was also expected by everyone. Everyone knows that Rouge will definitely not be able to get the same praise as Three Mountains in the critics circle, because it is too good to be true. Even if the atmosphere of the movie is still Wang Zhong’s previous style, the rhythm of the narrative is completely the rhythm of storytelling. Its simplicity is lower than everyone’s expectations of Wang Zhong.
However, the audience gave it nearly 100% positive reviews, still sending "Rouge" to the top of the list of films that have been screened in the main competition unit.
In other film festivals, media and audience reviews are just a reference. In fact, it is the judges who select the winners. They will be influenced, but the results often do not match the public's expectations. In the Jose-Jacques Film Festival, because of its unique selection mechanism, 100 film critics and 200 audiences vote for each award, so that the premiere reviews of a film can often tell whether it has a chance of winning an award later.
As for the current situation of "Rouge", it is obvious that it will win an award, but it just depends on what award it will win.
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Lu Yanhe got off the plane and walked out of the airport wearing sunglasses.
Chen Ziyan drove to pick him up.
Lu Yanhe was still very surprised and asked, "Sister Zi Yan, why did you come here in person?"
Chen Ziyan is getting busier and busier at work and has little time to take care of such trivial matters.
Chen Ziyan said: "I have made an appointment with a doctor for you to take a look."
"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was stunned. "What?"
Chen Ziyan said: "Your expression is out of control, isn't it? This is very rare. I have to give you a checkup."
Lu Yanhe: "Not really. I guess I just didn't control my expression well at that moment."
"You don't need to control your expression. It's normal that you don't control your expression normally." Chen Ziyan said, "It's always better to be careful. Go get a check-up to avoid any real health problems at such a young age."
Lu Yanhe was speechless: "..."
Wang Biao also said, "Brother Xiao Lu, Sister Zi Yan is right. You should go to the hospital for a check-up. It would be better if nothing happens. But if there is something wrong, it can be discovered and treated early."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
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Chen Ziyan made an appointment with the doctor through her connections.
For an artist like Lu Yanhe, seeing a doctor is in a sense like going to the police station - once the news leaks out, it will definitely trigger the public's imagination and all kinds of speculation.
Lu Yanhe actually wanted to ask what department this doctor was from, but he was too embarrassed to ask. He always felt that if the answer was a little outrageous - such as psychiatry, he would not be able to help but complain about Chen Ziyan, even if he knew she was doing it for his own good.
The doctor asked about his recent condition and then asked, "Are you under a lot of stress?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head, "There's no pressure."
The doctor smiled and said, "You have a really good attitude. I thought that for someone as young as you to write, direct and star in a movie, it must be very stressful. I have other clients who couldn't sleep all night because of a very important job."
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "I don't feel any pressure, and I don't have insomnia. But my sleep schedule may be a little abnormal recently, and I sometimes go to bed late."
The doctor nodded and did not ask any more questions about "stress", as if he was just ruling it out as an option. He then asked about other aspects of Lu Yanhe, from life to work, from recent mood to long-term expectations.
Then the doctor took him to another room.
The room is neat and clean.
There was a small table inside with a test paper and a pen on it.
The doctor said, "Answer these questions."
Lu Yanhe looked at him strangely and asked, "What kind of test is this?"
"I'll tell you after you answer." The doctor smiled and said.
Lu Yanhe: "..."
However, after Lu Yanhe finished answering the questions, he was not told what the test was.
He was then taken to another room by the doctor and examined and tested with some instruments.
Throughout the whole process, Lu Yanhe felt like a puppet being controlled, acting only according to instructions.
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"Did you see anything?"
The assistant put down the telescope and shook his head at Zhou Shuchun.
Zhou Shuchun took the telescope from his assistant and looked at the small building diagonally opposite the car. He could really see nothing, so he had to put the telescope down.
"Brother Chun, why are we here to shoot Lu Yanhe again? Didn't we say that we couldn't shoot anything?" the assistant asked in confusion.
Zhou Shuchun snorted and said, "What do you know? Everyone else is still at the Jose-La-Jacques Film Festival, but he came back alone. Something must have happened. Rouge has received very good reviews after its premiere at the Jose-La-Jacques Film Festival. Many media outlets consider it a strong contender for the grand prize at this year's Jose-La-Jacques Film Festival. Which artist would be willing to come back at this time?"
The assistant thought for a moment and said, "It's normal for Lu Yanhe to be willing to give up. He often comes to participate in international film festivals, and it seems that international film festivals are not something that precious to him."
"Are you stupid? Who told you about the international film festival? Now the movie written by Lu Yanhe is very likely to win a big award. Do you know what this means?" Zhou Shuchun said, "Just look at how much Wang Zhong's status has been raised by the Best Director Award at the West Tull Film Festival. Do you think Lu Yanhe would leave at this time if it wasn't something very important?"
The assistant suddenly realized.
"I see."
He asked, "What could be the important thing?"
Zhou Shuchun took a deep breath.
"shut up!"
After saying this, he couldn't help but continue, "If I knew, why would we still be squatting here? We would have made it long ago!"
He looked at the stupid assistant and began to wonder why he would choose such a stupid assistant.
After the test, Lu Yanhe sat in the lounge waiting for the results.
Only Wang Biao and Zou Dong accompanied him.
No one knew where Chen Ziyan had gone.
Perhaps it was because the full set of examinations he had gone through gave him some kind of psychological hint, but Lu Yanhe suddenly felt a little nervous, worried that he would really be found to have some problems.
He really didn't think there was anything wrong with him.
At the same time, in another room, the doctor was talking to Chen Ziyan about the results of the examination.
"Let me start with the positive side. From the examination, he didn't have any serious problems. However, I analyzed it and found that the perfunctory attitude he showed in the video was not perfunctory at all. If you watch it carefully, you will know that he had completely lost control of his expression. Through chatting with him, I can actually tell that he himself didn't realize that there was anything wrong with him at the time, nor did he feel that his expression was perfunctory. So the problem here is a bit serious."
"In the worst case scenario, there is a deviation between his self-perception and actual neural control. He is not even aware that there is something wrong with his expression. This may be a neurological problem. The test results also show that his subconscious stress and anxiety are much greater than he said. He is not as calm, composed and optimistic as he appears."
Chen Ziyan frowned and looked at the doctor in surprise.
The doctor said: "In this era, people will have some mental problems to a greater or lesser extent, but his situation is a little more serious. His values in all aspects are far higher than normal standards, but we can't see anything from his appearance. He himself is not aware of it at all."
Chen Ziyan: "Why is that?"
"Based on what you told me and what he just said, the possible conclusion I can draw is that he has been busy with various jobs since the college entrance examination, and he also has to cope with studying. Especially in the past three years, the changes in his work may exceed the span of ten or even twenty years for other artists." The doctor said, "He went through this stage in a way that seems incredible to others. He went from an artist in the trough to a top actor. However, correspondingly, the people and things he came into contact with, the responsibilities and pressures he faced were also increasing."
"People around him have formed the impression that he is a genius and will succeed in everything he does. This impression actually brings him invisible constraints and burdens. The fact that he can succeed in everything is definitely not just a miracle or luck, but because he has the attitude of doing everything well and successfully. And he may also hypnotize himself over and over again that he can do it and he is OK. Over time, his mental tension continues to a certain critical point, and he suddenly collapses without even realizing it, and he can't control it, but his inertial memory makes him think that he is still in this normal state."
Chen Ziyan was stunned.
so serious?
How could it be so serious?
However, Chen Ziyan wanted to refute, but she couldn't refute a single word. Because every word the doctor said could be found in Lu Yanhe. Indeed, in the past three years, everyone has formed the impression that "Lu Yanhe will succeed in everything he does", and everyone has high expectations for Lu Yanhe. Lu Yanhe usually looks very calm, and Chen Ziyan often praises him for his maturity and calmness beyond his peers. But this has actually been a sign for a long time -
Isn't it abnormal in itself to be more mature and calm than your peers?
Chen Ziyan's face almost couldn't hold back.
"What should we do in this situation?" Chen Ziyan asked.
The doctor said, "Reduce his workload, and reduce the number of people and things he has to deal with every day. We cannot continue to let him put aside reality and enter the performance world of other personalities, while at the same time making him a manager who faces reality directly and calculates interpersonal relationships, interests, gains and losses every day. An ordinary person would feel double the mental burden if he did two jobs a day, not to mention someone like him who has such a high intensity and strives to do everything very well."
Chen Ziyan gasped. The doctor's words were like a huge hammer, hitting her heart hard.
Isn't this the current situation of Lu Yanhe in the past two years, especially in the past year?
"They're coming out!" the assistant shouted.
Zhou Shuchun lowered his voice and roared: "Keep your voice down!"
The assistant's head drooped instantly after being scolded by Zhou Shuchun.
Zhou Shuchun glared at him with disappointment, but the camera in his hand did not stop and he took many photos.
Until their car disappeared.
The assistant asked: "Brother Chun, aren't we going to follow?"
Zhou Shuchun took a deep breath and said, "Come with me. I'll go see what this place is."
He got out of the car, crossed the road, and pretended to be a tourist, taking a few pictures of the surrounding buildings, as if he was simply interested in the place. He kept walking like this until he came to the building where the view inside was blocked by a large iron gate.
Unfortunately, there is no marking on the building, and from the outside, you can't tell where it is.
At this time, Zhou Shuchun even wanted to climb over the wall to see what this place was.
The more secretive a place is from the outside and the less clear the situation inside is, the more it means that there is something complicated inside, otherwise, it wouldn't be so mysterious.
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On the way back, Lu Yanhe felt inexplicably heavy.
Chen Ziyan did not hide anything from him and asked the doctor to repeat to Lu Yanhe exactly what he had said to her.
Lu Yanhe didn't accept it at first and thought it was too exaggerated. He himself didn't feel any of this at all. How come he suddenly had such high stress that it even affected his nerves?
However, when the doctor finished speaking, Lu Yanhe had to accept that he might really have...something wrong?
The atmosphere in the car was a little depressing for a while.
No one spoke.
Zou Dong took over the driving job and Wang Biao sat in the passenger seat.
Chen Ziyan turned her head to look at Lu Yanhe several times, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.
Lu Yanhe thought that maybe he should really make a choice. He had too many things to do. Every day he was like a chicken blood, filming, going to school, writing scripts, working on projects, calling and meeting with different people... Especially recently, he became the director of "Love Letter", and he had to take care of more things. He had to meet at least two groups of people a day and make no less than ten calls.
Did he really never feel tired? Of course he did. However, he always felt that being tired or exhausted was normal. As long as he gritted his teeth and got through this period, he would be able to recover after a few days of rest.
Chen Ziyan suddenly said: "Yan He, Love Letter..."
"Sister Zi Yan, I will continue to work on Love Letter, but I will try not to be a director in the future," he said.
Lu Yanhe felt that the excessive pressure he had been under recently was caused by his work as a director for the movie "Love Letter".
One has to deal with all kinds of trivial and complicated things rationally, but also has to step away from them and think aesthetically and emotionally about how to express the story of the film. It's like a person has to deal with how to design the traffic lights in an entire city to ensure smooth traffic, and also think about how to integrate these traffic lights into the city in a just right way.
Not a second too early, not a second too late, the timing must be just right——
Lu Yanhe felt that he might not be tired, but he had given himself too many similar mental burdens and pressures.
"Maybe the pressure from the company has been added to you." Chen Ziyan said, "A lot of work should have been done by the producer, but since we invested and controlled this movie ourselves, a lot of work that was originally shared by others fell on you alone."
Lu Yanhe said: "When I decided to make this film myself, I had to endure all this. We are not professionals, so we can only learn as we go. But now I have been told that I overestimated myself."
Chen Ziyan nodded. "Whether it's as the doctor said or not, that you lost control of your facial expressions because you were under too much stress, at least the problem has been found. Otherwise, if it continues like this, who knows what problems will arise. Forget about the movie Love Letter, and let's not control the rest of the movies ourselves."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.
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Lu Yanhe returned to Ziyuan Bridge at night.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are still in the crew and the filming has not been completed.
He was still alone.
However, there is always someone who comes to clean the house regularly, so even if you don’t live there for a long time, it is still as clean as new.
After Lu Yanhe came back, he put the suitcase aside and went back to the room.
Finally, he was left alone.
Only then could he completely relax and think about the fact that he was under too much pressure.
Until this time, he would still have a doubt from time to time.
Is he really stressed out? Why doesn't he realize it?
However, he did not realize that even when he was with Chen Ziyan, Wang Biao and Zou Dong, the people closest to him, he could not completely relax. Only when he was truly alone could he start to think about this matter without distraction.
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When Lu Qingzhen suddenly received a call from Chen Ziyan, she was very surprised.
When she hurried to the restaurant, she found to her disbelief that Chen Ziyan had already ordered a glass of wine and started drinking it alone.
Lu Qingzhen and Chen Ziyan are too familiar with each other. Because of this, Lu Qingzhen knows very well how abnormal Chen Ziyan's behavior is.
"What are you doing?" Lu Qingzhen asked in disbelief, "You're drinking alone."
Chen Ziyan was a little disappointed and said, "Qingzhen, I'm doubting whether I can still be a good agent."
Lu Qingzhen never thought that one day she would hear Chen Ziyan say these words.
"What's wrong with you?" Lu Qingzhen asked, "Aren't you a pretty good agent? Lu Yanhe's new film Rouge has received rave reviews from audiences at the Jose-La Mancha Film Festival. I don't know how well Lu Yanhe has developed under your leadership in recent years. He has become a leader of the younger generation."
Lu Qingzhen suddenly thought of something and asked, "You are not because..." Chen Ziyan sighed deeply and said, "But, I didn't even notice how much pressure Yan He was under."
"He... feels pressure?" Lu Qingzhen was amazed. "What kind of pressure could he have?"
Chen Ziyan laughed softly.
Sure enough, no one thought that Lu Yanhe would feel pressured.
In the eyes of others, he is in great shape and he should not feel any pressure at all.
Chen Ziyan took a deep breath and told Lu Qingzhen about Lu Yanhe's diagnosis from the doctor.
Lu Qingzhen looked incredulous.
Lu Qingzhen: "How come?"
Chen Ziyan also wanted to ask, how could it be possible.
This is a result that no one could have imagined.
Lu Qingzhen said, "Maybe Yan He is just under too much pressure during this period. He may be writing, directing and acting in a work at the same time, and he also has to deal with other things. It is indeed stressful. But, how can you be so self-deprecating? Zi Yan."
Chen Ziyan said: "I didn't even notice that I was an artist with too much pressure and anxiety."
"That's because Yan He really didn't show any sign of it. Didn't you also say that? He himself didn't even realize it."
Chen Ziyan said nothing.
Lu Qingzhen said: "Zi Yan, you have to know that I can see how much you care about Lu Yanhe. If even you don't notice Lu Yanhe's problem, then no one else can notice Lu Yanhe's problem."
At this time, both of their cell phones rang at the same time.
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That's all for tonight, I drank too much and felt sleepy.
Regarding the controversial points, maybe I didn’t handle them well, but I didn’t write them randomly, I have corresponding arrangements.
When I come to my senses, I'll see if I can modify it to make it smoother and more natural.
Sorry for the bad reading experience. (End of this chapter)
