"Ma Zhiyuan's work for the past week has been cancelled."Li Zhibai opened a bottle of whiskey, ordered some braised food takeout, and happily started a sharing session for three people at Ziyuan Bridge.
It was called a sharing session, but in reality, it was just Li Zhibai telling Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang all the information he had collected.
He had never been so active in prying after gossip, and everyone who received his call could hear his gloating from his eager and tentative questions.
"Zhou Ping'an is trying to put out fires everywhere, but several endorsement brands have already terminated their contracts with Ma Zhiyuan." Li Zhibai laughed, "Several collaborations that were in discussion have also fallen through."
Yan Liang said: "Zhou Ping'an wants to give me several resources that originally belonged to him."
Li Zhibai immediately said, "Don't accept it. This guy is such a jerk. If I give you Ma Zhiyuan's resources at this time, those crazy fans of Ma Zhiyuan will chase you and scold you to the sky."
Yan Liang nodded, "I think so too. Taking over Ma Zhiyuan's resources at this time seems like I'm taking advantage of the opportunity to rob him."
Lu Yanhe: "The main reason is that you don't need these things at all now, why do you want to take over Ma Zhiyuan's and bury such a landmine for yourself. Zhou Ping'an is really not in a clear mind, he just wants to keep everything in his own bowl, and he is not afraid of shoveling around and shoveling rice all over the floor."
Li Zhibai: "If he had a clear mind, he wouldn't have done so many bad things."
"But, Ma Zhiyuan won't respond either?"
"How can I respond? What can I respond to?" Li Zhibai said, "If I were him, I wouldn't even be able to face anyone at this moment."
"But things have to be resolved, and he can't ever not stand up and respond to this issue."
Yan Liang said, "I guess we have to wait until this storm is over. Zhou Ping'an hasn't been seen for the past two days. I guess he is trying to deal with this matter. Before responding, he must reach an agreement with Xu Qinyin and her company and speak with one voice."
"I'm curious, after this happened, will Ma Zhiyuan's fans continue to like him?"
"There are definitely people who will stop being his fans, but there are also definitely people who don't mind and continue to like him," Lu Yanhe said. "If you expect this incident to completely defeat him, forget it."
Li Zhibai sighed with regret.
In this entertainment industry, the two people Li Zhibai hates the most are Ma Zhiyuan and Meng Li.
If one day both of them retire from the entertainment industry, Li Zhibai will definitely open champagne to celebrate.
Yan Liang asked: "Ma Zhiyuan and Xu Qinyin have not responded yet, so this matter may have slowly cooled down."
Li Zhibai said: "Then I really want to directly @Ma Zhiyuan on Weibo and let him take responsibility like a man."
Lu Yanhe: "Don't do this. This matter is not just about Ma Zhiyuan, it also involves other people. If the matter is made too big, it will not be good for others."
Li Zhibai: "I know, otherwise I would have posted on Weibo on the first day I knew the news."
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Just as Yan Liang said, Ma Zhiyuan and Xu Qinyin never responded to this matter and never showed up, and the heat of this matter gradually faded.
To be honest, this is not a groundbreaking event. To those who are not involved, it is just a bit of explosive gossip.
Because of this incident, a leading female role was left vacant in Liu Bigo's new film, which in turn attracted the attention of more agencies and actresses.
Liu Bige and Longyan Pictures held a small interview privately.
Li Zhibai was also there, mainly to let Li Zhibai act with them and see how they felt as a couple.
Only five people received interview invitations, including Wang Jing who was recommended by Lu Yanhe.
All five of them acted out a scene with Li Zhibai, and then chatted with everyone.
No results were announced on the spot.
After the actors left, Mrs. Huang asked Liu Bige and Li Zhibai for their opinions.
Liu Bige didn't speak first, but looked at Li Zhibai.
Li Zhibai was also very direct, saying: "When I acted myself, I felt the most like Wang Jing. She was crazy enough, and when she got mad at me, I was shocked."
Everyone else laughed.
Mrs. Huang also smiled and said, "Wang Jing's play is good."
Another person mentioned: "In fact, Ji Miao is also very good. She has won the Feihong Award for Best Supporting Actress and her acting skills are also very good."
"Ji Miao is indeed good, but her CP feeling with Zhi Bai is not that strong." Someone said, "Although our film is mainly a comedy, the relationship between the two characters is still related to love. Without the CP feeling, the audience will not be moved at the end of the movie."
Mrs. Huang asked: "Why don't they have a sense of couple? Can't this be adjusted in post-production?"
Liu Bige said: "It is not impossible to create this feeling through some shooting angles and guidance, but it is definitely the CP feeling that can collide with sparks that impresses the audience more. Ji Miao is actually a little proud. When she was auditioning with Li Zhibai, she also gave people the feeling that she was more than qualified to play this movie. She is too arrogant."
Li Zhibai said: "Among the five people just now, I felt that Ji Miao's audition was the worst, but he might have the confidence, after all, he won the Feihong Award."
Among the five people, Ji Miao is the only one who has won a mainstream award.
Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "You are the core character of our movie. If she thinks this way, she will be disappointed."
She asked Liu Bigo: "You haven't expressed your opinion yet?"
"I think both Wang Jing and Sun Ruoyao are good," Liu Bige said. "Wang Jing's overall feeling is very similar to the character in the script. Her acting skills are explosive and she performs with spirit. Sun Ruoyao's advantage is that she is very beautiful. She is stunningly beautiful but not aggressively beautiful. It is rare for actresses to have such looks. I imagine that if she plays this role with Zhi Bai, the picture will actually look better."
"Sun Ruoyao has only acted in one play before, right? She played a role in an ancient puppet show." Mrs. Huang looked at the information in front of her and pondered for a moment. "Compared to her, Wang Jing is more reassuring. She has also worked with you before."
"She is an actress that people can trust." Liu Bige nodded, "It depends on how you choose."
Originally, Li Zhibai felt that from his own feelings, Wang Jing gave him the best feeling.
But after hearing what Liu Bige said, he thought about the effect of himself and Sun Ruoyao appearing on the screen together, which was indeed more cinematic than standing with Wang Jing.
It's not that Wang Jing is not as pretty as Sun Ruoyao. It's that Sun Ruoyao can create a stronger contrast in image and personality, similar to the contrast between a goddess and a crazy woman, which is more likely to produce an effect and make the audience more surprised and laugh.
Mrs. Huang said: "We are actually very clear about the strengths and weaknesses of the two actresses."
After she said this, no one else spoke.
Mrs. Huang said, "How about we shoot a test clip and see how it turns out. We'll use whoever performs better."
"That's good." Liu Bige nodded.
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After Li Zhibai came back, he told Lu Yanhe about the audition.
"Sun Ruoyao?" Lu Yanhe didn't expect Sun Ruoyao to appear halfway. He didn't even know this actress.
Lu Yanhe looked up some information about Sun Ruoyao on the Internet, especially some clips of her previous acting.
Just as they said, Sun Ruoyao is indeed a person with bright and elegant appearance. Although she is still very young and does not have that kind of "mature woman" feeling, her eyes and eyebrows have some of the charm of those Hong Kong film actresses in Lu Yanhe's impression.
Li Zhibai said: "Compared with her, Wang Jing's image is indeed a little worse, and the contrast effect is not that great."
Li Zhibai is also a person who doesn't understand acting very well. He should have graduated this year, but because he missed too many classes and didn't earn enough credits, he had to postpone his graduation.
Li Zhibai really didn't understand much about the theoretical knowledge learned in school.
But he has a talent for acting. Li Zhibai also has his own views on what is a good performance. This is what distinguishes a good actor from an ordinary actor, there is a difference in aesthetics. Li Zhibai himself has not acted much, and the time is not long, but he can already clearly distinguish the difference between Wang Jing and Sun Ruoyao, as well as their strengths and weaknesses in a movie or a role.
Many actors actually do not have this ability to distinguish - which actually means that they do not have the ability to distinguish what is a good script or what is a good team.
"It's actually a safer approach to shoot a test segment." Lu Yanhe also agreed with this point, "This way we can see who is more suitable in the most intuitive way."
Li Zhibai said: "I heard from Liu Bige that it was you who recommended Wang Jing."
"I recommended it because I thought Wang Jing was actually very suitable when I heard her talk about it, but if there is a more suitable candidate, of course we will find a more suitable person to play the role." Lu Yanhe said, "Everything is to make the film better."
"I think Mrs. Huang doesn't seem to want to use Wang Jing, although she hasn't expressed it that way and has kept her intentions very secret."
"Maybe. When she was filming Late Spring with Liu Bige, Longyan Films must have wanted to sign Wang Jing, but Wang Jing ended up signing her contract with Northern Lights Video. Mrs. Huang probably has some opinions about Wang Jing because of this. This opinion is nothing. When Wang Jing becomes famous, Mrs. Huang will probably forget about it."
Li Zhibai: “No wonder.”
"Why didn't Wang Jing sign with Longyan Pictures at that time?"
"It's definitely that Northern Lights Video offers better conditions." Lu Yanhe said, "She played a very important role in Squid Game. This was not arranged by me, but given to her by Northern Lights Video. If Wang Jing signed with Longyan Films, Longyan might not be able to give her good resources."
Li Zhibai nodded.
Yan Liang said, "I remember you said before that you wanted to act in another play with Wang Jing, right?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Yes, I wrote a script for Sister Yuqian called "The Phone". It is a story about two time periods and two female protagonists connected by a phone. I think Wang Jing is the most suitable person to play the role of the young girl."
Yan Liang nodded.
Li Zhibai said, "Didn't I say before that you have a lot of pressure at work? Why do you still have so many projects to push forward?"
"That was a script that was written before, and I don't care about it anymore." Lu Yanhe said, "I won't be deeply involved in this movie anymore. I'll just put my name on it as producer and screenwriter, and decide on the two leading actresses. Next, Sister Zi Yan will negotiate with various film companies to see which one is willing to do it."
Li Zhibai: "That's pretty good."
"How is the preparation for your drama version of 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' going?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Li Zhibai said: "I have asked Bingyuan Video to develop the film with me. The first draft of the script is out. I have just received the first round of funding from Bingyuan Video and have set up a team. However, the official filming will definitely start at the end of this year or next year. I have to shoot Liu Bige's movie first."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded. "The movie version of this story was terrible. You should learn from their lesson."
"Don't worry, I won't look for a drama bully to act in this play with me." Li Zhibai said.
Yan Liang pursed his lips and said, "You two have both started working as producers now. This really puts a lot of pressure on me. You are too arrogant."
Lu Yanhe said: "Our relationship started by chance. If there is a suitable opportunity in the future, you can do the same."
Lu Yanhe actually hopes that everyone can participate more deeply in this industry, not just as an actor.
If they are just actors, they are still too passive. But if they have the ability to run a project by themselves, then when there are no suitable projects, they can do the projects they really want to do, instead of waiting passively.
Li Zhibai's cell phone suddenly rang.
He received a phone call and came back to say, "A play I acted in before suddenly dropped out of nowhere and will be aired tonight. They asked me to forward the trailer and do some promotion."
"What drama?"
"Washe." Li Zhibai said.
At this time, Lu Yanhe's cell phone also rang.
It was Su Xiao who sent a message in the group chat of "Young Days", saying that the play "Washe" starring her would be broadcast tonight, and asked everyone to help forward her Weibo and help promote it.
This drama is starred by Li Zhibai and Su Xiao, and is broadcast on Bingyuan Video.
Lu Yanhe: "This drama was filmed at the end of the year before last, right? It took so long to air."
Li Zhibai said: "It is said that the post-production took a long time because it is a fantasy love story."
"That must be a big investment. Why did they suddenly appear out of nowhere?"
"We don't know why, and we don't know either," Li Zhibai said. "It was scheduled several times before, but was suddenly cancelled."
It is true that Li Zhibai hasn't broadcast a drama for a long time.
The last drama was "White Jade Ballad" which aired last spring and was a hit fantasy drama.
A year has passed, and Li Zhibai finally has a new drama aired.
Lu Yanhe forwarded the release date announcement from the show's production crew and also forwarded the trailer.
The drama "Washe" had a total of twenty episodes when it was filmed, but now only eighteen episodes are left for airing.
Because there is a popular top star like Li Zhibai, the news attracted a lot of attention once it was released.
Because of the variety show "Young Days", Su Xiao has gradually gained fame and a group of loyal fans in recent years.
Bingyuan Video put "Washe" on the shelves as the blockbuster drama in June.
However, after the first episode of "Washe" was updated, it was ridiculed by Li Zhibai's black fans because of the zero advertising patches, and it became a hot topic.
"This drama was unexpectedly released, so it's normal that there are no advertising patches. It's unreasonable for them to use this to laugh at you," said Lu Yanhe.
The three of them watched the premiere together with Li Zhibai in the house.
Seeing the hot search on the Internet, Lu Yanhe complained on behalf of Li Zhibai.
Li Zhibai said: "Don't pay attention to these people who are just criticizing for the sake of criticizing."
In fact, this phenomenon in the fan circle is indeed strange.
Everything is compared, even the starring role in a movie and the number of commercials.
Compared to the artist’s ability to attract investors…the more stickers there are, the more popular the drama is and the more favored it is by advertisers.
The first episode placement rate actually depends on the advertiser's recognition of the protagonist.
"Washe" was a play performed entirely by Li Zhibai alone - he was the only big star in the play.
The fact that there were no advertising patches naturally attracted ridicule from the black fans.
Blocking out these disturbing voices and watching the first episode carefully, Lu Yanhe said: "This drama is quite romantic, much better than I expected."
In this drama, Li Zhibai finally stopped playing an exaggerated character who is bluffing or a little crazy. Instead, he played a bookstore owner with a mysterious past - he can take others to the dream world, but he is also faced with attacks from unknown creatures at any time.
Su Xiao plays an ordinary girl who is accidentally attacked by unknown creatures. She accidentally follows the character played by Li Zhibai into other people's dreams, helping each person solve their fear, worry and pain in their dreams, and at the same time resist the attacks of unknown creatures together.
In the first episode, there are not many special effects, only a few shots of unknown creatures appearing, and a few shots of Li Zhibai using superpowers in other people's dreams.
The effect is also amazing, not one of those 50-cent special effects.
After the first episode was aired, "Washe" sparked a lot of discussion online.
It was mainly Li Zhibai's fans who were promoting the show. At the same time, Bingyuan Video also bought several hot searches to attract more people to watch the show.
Li Zhibai finished reading it himself and was also satisfied.
In fact, since his debut, most of the dramas he has acted in have a large proportion of love scenes.
This is also related to his positioning in the market.
Female audiences just want to watch him fall in love and put themselves in the role.
Including the "Moonlight Symphony" he just finished filming, as well as the next film he is about to shoot with Liu Bige, both have the same theme.
However, although the dramas that Li Zhibai has acted in have a large proportion of love, the themes are different. From fairy tales to urban fantasy to comedy, Li Zhibai still stays in his own safety zone and challenges different character types and themes as much as possible.
Such attempts will not make the audience quickly tired of him. Just like the mysterious male shop owner he played in "Washer" this time, he is usually a taciturn, measured, and young man who does not match his age in reality, but in dreams, he is brave and resolute as if he has become a different person. This contrast of roles not only brings great freshness to his fans, but also makes the media speak highly of him.
Many people feel that the media’s evaluation of artists is basically done in exchange for money.
In fact, many media are just normal audiences after being paid to do their work. Their attitude towards celebrities is also affected by the performance of the celebrities themselves and the impact their works have on them.
Why was Chen Ziliang criticized so much?
Because he was not a good actor, not only that, but also people couldn't see his sincerity in acting.
Is Li Zhibai really that good at acting? Is he gifted? Of course not. But he plays roles that he can control and are in his comfort zone. Moreover, he seeks something different in every play, and does not repeat himself all the time, which brings a lot of freshness.
This is the most basic thing for an actor. Compared with his peers, his attitude seems particularly dedicated.
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"Washe" became a dark horse that emerged in June. It is rare for a drama market to have a highly discussed and popular drama.
But this drama, like Li Zhibai's previous dramas, still faces the characteristic of mainly female audiences. This is a good thing, but it limits Li Zhibai's further expansion of his acting career and his own acting career.
Of course, no matter what, at least Li Zhibai has produced another hit drama.
After the first episode with zero interstitial ads, the second episode directly dropped six interstitial ads, four at the beginning and two in the middle of the film, effectively breaking the previous attacks of the haters.
In addition to the popularity of "Washe" in the drama market, in the film market, the youth love topic "You Ten Years Ago and Me Ten Years Later" starring Ji Miao, despite the high popularity in the early stage, only got a box office of 2100 million yuan in the first weekend, which was far from the industry's estimates. It plummeted on the working days of the following week, with a daily box office of more than 200 million. It is expected that the final box office will be difficult to exceed million, which is a pity.
On the contrary, the action comedy "33 Days" starring Cheng Shiyan performed steadily, earning million yuan in the first week of its release, and it is estimated that the final box office will still exceed 10 billion yuan. This also makes the industry more confident about his "The Beatles Project 2" to be released during the Spring Festival next year. Cheng Shiyan's box office appeal remains undiminished.
Apart from these two Chinese-language films, other Chinese-language films had little publicity in June. The box office performance was mostly mediocre, and there were no dark horses. On the contrary, an American animated film "Wendy the Dog" grossed 6 million yuan at the box office without any publicity in China, which attracted people's attention.
The performance of these films also affects the films to be released later.
The movie "Lost on Journey", starring Jia Long and written by Lu Yanhe, is scheduled to be released on Thursday, July 7.
The movie "Flowers on the Stars", written by Yu Jiang and starring Lang Xia, is scheduled to be released on August 8, the Chinese Valentine's Day.
"Rouge", directed by Wang Zhong, starring Chen Bige and Huang Kai, and written by Lu Yanhe, is scheduled to be released during the Mid-Autumn Festival in September.
In addition, several heavyweight movies have been scheduled for release one after another.
The summer vacation period is the busiest period at the box office in China except for the Spring Festival period, and it also lasts the longest in the country.
The crew of Lu Yanhe's "Love Letter" has begun to set up camp in Jiangzhi in earnest during this summer vacation that is about to begin.
Lu Yanhe went there only after he finished his last exam.
Summer is here.
When Lu Yanhe got off the plane, he felt a heat wave coming towards him.
There was a jet bridge in the middle, but even with the air conditioner on, the heat was still rolling between the airport and the cabin.
Luo Yuzhong had already taken Zhao Yuheng to review the crew's shooting plan from beginning to end, and also reviewed the work plans of each department, so that when Lu Yanhe arrived, the basic framework for the preparations for the filming would have been set up.
The crew must have a veteran director like Luo Yuzhong in charge, otherwise the crew members would not dare to fool around.
Otherwise, seeing that Lu Yanhe is a new director, others might want to fool him.
At this time, Jiang Zhi has entered the most beautiful time of the year.
The sun is shining brightly, and the whole city is shrouded in golden sunlight or green shade of trees, just like the small town summer often seen in cartoons, where during the hot summer, people hold a popsicle, lie on a mat with a fan or air conditioner on, and leisurely enjoy the cool air.
The news that "Love Letter" is coming to Jiangzhi for filming has been known to many people.
After all, during the days when Lu Yanhe was not there, several groups of people from the "Love Letter" crew had come to scout the location and set up the scenery. It was quite a big commotion and it was impossible for it not to be noticed.
There aren’t that many scenes to shoot in the summer.
It also allows Lu Yanhe to familiarize himself with the situation.
Xia Tian’s scenes are basically all about her youth, so Chen Bige doesn’t have to appear at all.
However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that Chen Bige would come after all.
She said that since she didn't have any other roles to take place and didn't have any other work for the time being, she could come and take a look, and by the way, see who was the girl playing herself in high school.
"Also, you've officially announced that I'm the heroine of this movie. If I don't show up in Jiangzhi, aren't you afraid that the media reporters will make some bad guesses?" Chen Bige said with a smile, "If that's the case, then your mysterious heroine may have to be exposed."
Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Chen Bige would consider so much.
Quite a few people gathered in Jiangzhi because of this play.
Many fans also came to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars.
The crew of "Love Letter" directly booked two inns in Jiangzhi for the crew to stay in.
This package costs a lot, but it makes it easier for the crew to manage and can also prevent others from disturbing the crew's rest.
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Zhang Ruozhi hasn't had his holiday yet.
Lu Yanhe and the others didn't urge them either.
They planned to shoot other scenes first, including some empty shots.
Because Lu Yanhe was directing for the first time, he really didn't know what to do. He hadn't observed carefully what a director should do in a play.
Explaining the play to the actors is definitely only a small part.
Fortunately, they reserved enough time to sit down with people from various departments to discuss the shooting plan, storyboards, and test shoots.
The test shots were all performed by Lu Yanhe himself.
Among them, the most crucial scenes for this movie almost all take place in the library.
This drama was filmed at Jiangzhi High School where Zhang Ruozhi studied.
With the help of He Yunlan in coordination and students from their own school participating in the performance, the school agreed very readily.
Fortunately, high school libraries are generally not used much—
Especially in this era, basically few students go to the library.
He found a very suitable room on the second floor of the library to shoot the scene in "Love Letter" where Aoi Shu and his partner were in the library.
Lu Yanhe stood in front of the window and asked the photographer to take a test shot of him.
Liu Bige was there too.
After the photographer took a shot, Liu Bige said it was not good before Lu Yanhe even looked at it.
"This shot of yours is too much like an idol drama." Liu Bige took over the camera and shot it himself.
Because it was just a test shoot, there was no track for the camera to move, and no lighting design was done.
However, Liu Bige was able to create a camera movement in a short period of time.
Take a picture of the figure revealed through the gap from behind the bookshelf, simulating a person's perspective, with slight movements, tentativeness, and even a bit of cautious shyness, and then slowly push the camera out.
Liu Bige carried the camera on his shoulders.
He slowly walked out from behind the bookshelf, came to the front of Lu Yanhe, and faced the sunlight coming in from the window.
Lu Yanhe's figure was covered with a layer of light.
"The shots must not be too straightforward, they must have their own language." Liu Bige said to the photographer, "Especially for the movie "Love Letter", you have to think about what kind of story it is and what this scene is about. It's not just the director and actors who need to read the script, even those who do technical work have to think about the script. If you understand how a scene should be shot, your skills will speak for themselves. Don't just do your job."
The photographer is very young, named Wu Zhou, and was a member of the photography team when Liu Bige was shooting "Late Spring". This time, Wu Zhou is also one of the photography team brought by Liu Bige himself.
Lu Yanhe watched the replay with them.
There was no post-production and no lighting changes. The segment shot by Liu Bige was only about twenty seconds long. However, as he said, without any lines or narration, the emotions that this shot wanted to express were presented through the changes in camera perspective.
The emotion of secret love, cautiousness, and furtive observation.
Liu Bige then said to Lu Yanhe, "My judgment should be correct, right? Is this the effect you want to shoot?"
Lu Yanhe nodded, "Yes, this is exactly what I wanted to shoot this scene. From my perspective and hers, we shoot each other's perspectives, creating a relationship where we secretly look at each other."
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At noon, Lu Yanhe went to the school cafeteria with everyone to eat.
The principal specially asked the staff canteen to prepare a meal for them to express his welcome.
"Oh, you are especially welcome to come and film here." The principal's eyes sparkled when he saw Lu Yanhe. "I really hope that one of the senior students in our school this year can become your junior."
Lu Yanhe: "There will definitely be one."
He said to the principal.
The principal said: "Alas, our school's teaching staff is not as strong as other places, and the children are also in a difficult situation. I hope that your coming here to shoot this movie will bring us some good luck."
Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.
After lunch, Lu Yanhe wanted to go to the bathroom, but all the restrooms were full, so he had to look for another restroom nearby.
At the corner of the corridor, two men were standing there smoking and did not notice Lu Yanhe coming from behind.
"Lu Yanhe is the director, filming a movie, Liu Bige is his photographer, Luo Yuzhong helps him manage the department, and Chen Bige is his lead actress. Haha, there's no one else like him."
"what happened?"
“I just think that this world is really unfair sometimes.”
"unfair?"
"Everyone's starting point is different. We wanted to be directors, so we started as stagehands and toiled for more than ten years without seeing any opportunities. But a star like Lu Yanhe wanted to be a director, and everyone was helping him. I know he's amazing and a genius, and he can succeed in anything he does, but I can't help but be jealous of him."
"You'd better adjust your mentality quickly. If you hold on to this kind of thinking, you will only feel worse and worse."
"I'm just complaining to you. I tried to write a script before and asked a producer to look at it for me. Do you know how long he looked at it? He only looked at it for five minutes, and then told me that the script was bad, as bad as shit, and that I had no talent for storytelling. I really wanted to smear shit on his face."
"You can submit your script to some youth film festival venture capital fund projects, since you have a script."
"Haha, do you really believe that those were chosen through auditions? They are all connected people with complicated connections behind them. For someone like me who has no background at all, when people see my name, they won't even open the script to take a look."
“You are too pessimistic.”
"You don't believe it? Haha, you are so naive."
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Lu Yanhe felt a little reluctant when he heard this. It was an indisputable fact that "there are few opportunities" for people who want to start from scratch. At the same time, he was also a little annoyed, annoyed by this kind of jealous mentality.
He didn't really take the gossips about him behind his back to heart, but the attitude that the outside world was full of people with connections and that ordinary people had no chance of making a breakthrough made Lu Yanhe want to stand up and ask, is it because you have no background that others don't choose your script, or is it because your script is not well written?
Lu Yanhe has been in the entertainment industry for so long that he certainly knows that many people are truly talented but not appreciated. However, whether it is the venture capital fund of the Youth Film Festival or some other platforms or projects, they are still supporting a person by discovering his talent.
There are still young directors emerging every year. There are so many people with resources and abilities in the entertainment industry. When they choose projects, they never look at who has a better background, but rather at the script, the script itself.
He is like this, Chen Bige is like this, and Shang Yongzhou is also like this.
The better a person is at doing, the more he will eliminate all distractions and only look at what he really needs to see.
He doesn't believe that the venture capital funds of the Youth Film Festival were all selected by people with connections.
Lu Yanhe also received a request from this project to be a judge. However, he declined because he was very busy. However, many actors and directors in the circle have received invitations to be judges. They are seriously reading and selecting scripts. When they see a good script, they will even be moved and use all their strength to support the director to make this script into a movie.
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But Lu Yanhe did not stand up to refute him.
He just walked away silently.
Before walking away, he glanced at the two people who were talking, both from the photography crew.
The one who is jealous of the world is the older Bao Wenliang, and the younger one is Wu Zhou.
The reason why Lu Yanhe did not stand up to refute was, firstly, because there was no need, and secondly, because, in front of those who were jealous and cynical, whatever he said was "easy to say" and "you have succeeded, so of course everything you say makes sense."
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When Lu Yanhe was an actor, he rarely had to deal with every staff member in every department.
When communicating with the photography team, we often communicate with the director of photography about how a shot will be moved, so that he can find the right shot when performing. Of course, when you meet Liu Bige, you don't need to find the shot. Liu Bige doesn't even want you to know where the shot is, he likes to capture the actor's most real and natural state.
Now Lu Yanhe needs to have in-depth exchanges with people from all departments, because every department has to listen to him on how to do things and to what extent.
The advantage of director Lu Yanhe in making "Love Letter" is that he has a very clear idea of what kind of original film he wants to make in his mind, so he can give very clear instructions.
At the same time, he also specially found someone who could draw storyboards to help him draw the shooting storyboards for the script.
If a movie has a complete storyboard before shooting, it is a particularly good thing for any department. Each department will know clearly what kind of shot they want to shoot and how they need to do it.
And this trial shoot is actually the stage for them to get used to each other.
Liu Bige had actually explained the photography requirements to the photography crew very clearly, and the next step was how to execute them. Liu Bige said that if he had time, he would personally supervise the important scenes in the script, and if he didn't have time, he would hand them over to the two photographers in the photography crew, both of whom had no problem with their skills.
Lu Yanhe said yes.
The cinematographer is very important to a movie.
Generally speaking, photography teams are completed by big names in the industry with their own teams.
Bao Wenliang and Wu Zhou were part of the photography team that Liu Bige put together when he was filming "Late Spring". They had worked together on a play before, so they were relatively familiar with each other.
It was just that when Lu Yanhe heard what Bao Wenliang said at noon, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't show it.
However, it is impossible for Liu Bige to stay in the "Love Letter" crew and help Lu Yanhe personally direct the filming.
He also has his own movie to prepare in the second half of the year.
He was very loyal to be able to serve as the director of photography and to lend Bao Wenliang and Wu Zhou to him.
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Lu Yanhe spent three days of trial shooting with the crew. Gradually, he became familiar with how to be a director, and became more and more familiar with the people in various departments.
And while the school has not yet closed for the holidays, the film will start shooting some scenes.
For example, the shot of students going to school.
During high school, there were many shots of students going to and from school, and the pictures were very beautiful.
Lu Yanhe and his photography team stayed outside Jiangzhi Middle School for several days and took pictures. When they got the shots they were satisfied with, if they thought they might be used in a movie, they would find the people who appeared in the shots and ask for their consent to appear in the film.
If they don't agree to appear in the shot, the shot can't be used.
The college entrance examination has ended, and currently only the first and second year students are enrolled in Jiangzhi Middle School.
Every day during school hours and after school, Lu Yanhe would stay near the school with his photography team to shoot some shots, which made the students very excited. Many students would look towards the camera curiously, while some would turn their heads away embarrassedly to avoid the camera.
After the final exams for the first and second year of high school were over, the official filming began. (End of this chapter)
