Yannian Film and Television is in a never thought that because of this incident, Jia Long and Lu Yanhe would have such a big dissatisfaction with them.
However, if we compare the sequel of "The Beatles Project", a movie with a box office of 4 billion, with "Lost on Journey", everyone would make this choice.
Of course, when Lu Yanhe and Jia Long were in contact with "Lost on Journey", their request was to release it during the Spring Festival.
Logically speaking, it was indeed Yannian Film and Television that was in the wrong.
"We didn't compromise on the promotion of Lost on Journey at all," said a person from Yannian Films. "Even with blockbusters like City Raiders, we still managed to schedule Lost on Journey. We did a good job in all aspects of the promotion, and invested tens of millions of dollars in it. We didn't communicate well about the Spring Festival schedule, but we can make up for it. We promise that the sequel to Lost on Journey will be released during the Spring Festival. What do you think?"
"The sequel of Lost on Journey may not be set during the Spring Festival travel rush, but you put it on the Spring Festival schedule..." Jia Long was very disgusted. It was really a pity that Lost on Journey had such a good reputation, but it was not released in the most suitable schedule, and it lost a lot of box office revenue. This can all be calculated.
Yannian Films said: "We are actually responsible for Lost on Journey. If you want to release Lost on Journey during the Spring Festival, we can do that. But let's be honest, if you were in the same situation, a sequel to a 4 billion box office movie and a non-mainstream comedy that the industry was not optimistic about before its release, which of these two movies would you give priority to? I can fulfill my promise, but how many days can Lost on Journey last in theaters when it is almost impossible to get many screenings?"
Jia Long was silent.
Because what Yannian Film and Television said makes a lot of sense.
Yannian Films said: "For the sequel to Lost on Journey, we already have cooperation with the first one, and we will definitely do a good job."
Jia Long said, "Let's talk about this after we have the script out."
"Jia Long, you know, we were the only company that had doubts about whether your film could be successful and chose to believe you and agreed to your terms that actually did not meet the market conditions."
This is also something Jia Long has nothing to say about.
No one doubted that Lost on Journey would not sell at the box office, but everyone's general estimate of the box office for Lost on Journey was between 2 and 3 million. In this case, Jia Long demanded that the production budget could not be less than million. At the same time, both Lu Yanhe and he had to enjoy a share of the movie's box office revenue. The other copyrights could not be in his hands and belonged to Lu Yanhe. In this case, film companies generally believed that this movie would not make much money and refused to take the job.
Yannian Films is indeed very bold.
Of course, the current box office performance of 60% and 70% is enough for Yannian Films to make a lot of money. Its stock price has been rising for a while.
The benefits that a successful film brings to a film company are far more than just the box office revenue reflected in theaters.
Jia Long went to have a serious chat with Lu Yanhe about the development of the second season of Lost on Journey.
Lu Yanhe said: "Teacher Jia, I have basically already had the outline of the story for the sequel, but I really don't plan to write a story about the Spring Festival travel rush. I want to change the location, the characters and the story background are all new, just follow the model of road comedy."
Jia Long nodded.
Lu Yanhe: "I want to make the story of the sequel a little crazier."
"A little crazier?" Jia Long was a little surprised and didn't quite understand what Lu Yanhe meant.
"Go abroad, go to Thailand." Lu Yanhe said, "film the stories that happened during your trip to Thailand."
Jia Long was a little confused.
"Besides, this movie is also a pure comedy. I don't want to add anything entertaining or educational to it. I just want people to have fun watching it, laugh, and feel surprised everywhere while watching the movie." Lu Yanhe said, "Just like the first Lost on Journey, we want to create a scene where celebrities can make cameo appearances at any time to surprise the audience."
Jia Long suddenly realized.
"Are you worried that I won't accept a pure comedy?"
Lu Yanhe said: "Well, because the sequel story I conceived may be a little more exaggerated than the first one."
Jia Long: "Yan He, to be honest, I definitely believe in the script you wrote. I just want to ask a question, will the theme of this movie and the role I play have a negative impact on me?"
"Absolutely not." Lu Yanhe smiled and shook his head, "How is that possible?"
"That's fine." Jia Long nodded with a smile.
-
The news that "Lost on Journey" is going to have a sequel has swept the entire circle.
The box office performance of this movie has fully demonstrated the box office potential of its sequel.
Wang Dashan, a newcomer who just graduated, became an instant hit in this movie. No matter how much doubts there are, it is an indisputable fact that his fan base is increasing day by day.
What about the second part?
Are there any new characters in the second part?
If he could join the sequel of this movie, his status would almost foreseeably rise.
Lu Yanhe didn't want to be disturbed by phone calls every now and then, so he simply turned off his phone.
"You've even learned how to turn off your phone now!" Chen Siqi was surprised. "You wouldn't dare to turn it off casually before."
Lu Yanhe said: "It's mainly because there are too many people calling right now. If you don't turn off your phone, basically you won't have a peaceful day."
Chen Siqi: "In the past, even if you had a busy day, you would not turn off your phone, for fear of missing important calls."
Lu Yanhe: "Now I feel that I am the most important. They keep calling me and I am so annoyed, but I can't say I am annoyed. I just don't answer the phone."
Chen Siqi nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's right that you have such awareness."
What Chen Siqi was most dissatisfied with before was that Lu Yanhe had too high expectations of himself. A person who has too high expectations of himself will always suffer a lot of unnecessary losses. But these losses are self-inflicted.
After finishing filming the summer part of the movie "Love Letter", Lu Yanhe's mood can be described as relieved.
It's not an exaggeration.
As a first-time director, he had been feeling anxious and uneasy since before filming this movie. It was precisely because of these anxieties and uneasiness that his stress index went off the charts. In fact, it was only when the filming of the film was completed in the summer that Lu Yanhe felt a sense of relief from his subconscious mind.
Because without anxiety, there would be no relief.
Chen Siqi asked: "As for the summer part, are you going to edit it before the winter shooting?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "Because we originally wanted to release it on Valentine's Day next year, although we don't know if it will be in time. If it is not in time, then we can only postpone the release. In my mind, the release date of this movie is also very important. We must find a time when everyone is willing to sit quietly in the cinema to watch such a story. At least the summer season is very inappropriate. Any time that focuses on excitement and family fun is not suitable."
Chen Siqi seemed to be thinking about something. "Then why not wait until the end of next year and release it during the New Year's Eve? What do you think?"
That was also in winter. But because the New Year's Eve period only has three days of New Year's Day holiday, most blockbusters will not choose this period, because the box office potential of this period is far less than that of other major periods.
This also means that the competitive pressure faced by "Love Letter" is actually much smaller.
Lu Yanhe said: "It sounds quite suitable now."
Chen Siqi said: "Many movies are trying to be released in popular seasons, but based on my observations over the past year, I don't think a big season is suitable for all movies. Many movies are not suitable for being released in such popular seasons, such as Rouge and your film Love Letter. I think this is the case. You chose to let Rouge give up the summer season and other big seasons and release it in the unpopular Mid-Autumn Festival, which was quite unexpected to many people. Many people even asked me why you did this."
In the eyes of many people, "Rouge" was directed by internationally renowned director Wang Zhong, starred by top actresses like Chen Bige and popular actors like Huang Kairen, won the Audience Choice Award at the Jose Antonio Film Festival, and was written by Lu Yanhe. With this cast and this level, it is a definite blockbuster, and it is destined for high box office.
No matter what the film producers say, their movie is actually just an art film and they don't have a high box office target - however, there are always many people who turn a deaf ear to it and always believe, based on their simple and crude understanding of movies, that if the box office of such a movie does not reach the numbers they expect, then it will be a flop and a loss.
So, "Rouge" will be released during the Mid-Autumn Festival?
why?
This is a question in many people's minds.
In particular, didn’t “Rouge” win awards internationally?
This alone is enough to make the movie sell well - in the eyes of many people, that's what they think.
-
When Li Zhenzhen learned that Lu Yanhe had finished filming his movie, she contacted him immediately.
"We are about to start recording the fourth season of 'Young Days'. You said before that you had to shoot a movie and were worried about time conflicts, so you couldn't come. Can you come now?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Li Zhenzhen was so obsessed with him.
In fact, even without him in the last season of "Young Days", the broadcast performance was still very good and the business cooperation was not low. Every episode that went online became a hot topic on the Internet.
For a variety show that has reached its fourth season, even if he is missing, it will not have much impact.
Lu Yanhe said, "Sister Zhenzhen, the shooting plan for this season of our show has already been finalized, right? It would be a bad idea for me to join in rashly at this time, right?"
Li Zhenzhen said, "We are willing to work overtime to revise the plan for you. You have been a key figure in our program since the beginning. We have too many fans of yours. As a producer, I also hope that our program can continue with the original cast. I am not just saying this casually. Do you remember what I said when I told you that I wanted to do this program? I want to create a real observation sample of cohabitation life."
Lu Yanhe didn't expect Li Zhenzhen to take her original goal so seriously.
"Also, I don't want our relationship to be affected by what my father did." Li Zhenzhen said, "Yan He, it doesn't matter if you can't attend the entire season. As long as you have time, you can attend a few episodes. This season, Yan Liang has to film a drama, so he can only attend half of the recording. I hope that even if you can't be there for every episode, you can always be there."
Lu Yanhe sighed deeply.
Because he helplessly discovered that he was actually moved by Li Zhenzhen's words.
To be honest, Lu Yanhe rarely participates in programs, and the only program he is a permanent guest on is "Young Days".
And the friends he met on this show also became his real friends.
Some relationships are closer, some don’t involve as much private contact, but they are all very good relationships.
Lu Yanhe was also reluctant to leave this group of friends.
At this time, Li Zhenzhen threw out another heavy weight.
"This season, we have also invited members of the Friends crew to record the first episode. If you can come, the Friends crew will be able to reunite together."
-
"Are you going to record a few episodes of Young Days?"
Chen Ziyan didn't expect that Lu Yanhe had just finished filming "Love Letter" and was about to go to another job.
"I've said it before. You were stressed out because you had too much work. Don't you want to take a break?"
"I'm taking a break." Lu Yanhe said, "Isn't the recording next week? Another problem I had before was that I had too many projects going on at the same time. Now that Love Letter has come to an end, I can take on other projects."
Chen Ziyan: "How many episodes do you plan to record?"
Lu Yanhe said, "If you don't have any other work arrangements, just go ahead and record as many sessions as you can. I don't have any classes next semester."
Next semester, Lu Yanhe will be a senior.
The only important thing left is the graduation thesis.
Chen Ziyan thought about it and realized that Lu Yanhe did not have any other work arrangements in August, so it would be a good idea to go and record "Young Days".
-
At this time, the "Power Accumulation Plan" has also received some works one after another.
Chen Siqi brought his team and the people from Northern Lights Video to start reviewing and screening the submitted works.
A large number of works they received were obviously short films shot with their own mobile phones, with a few friends acting out the storylines, and they were very rough.
The people at Northern Lights Video were amazed. It was clearly a competition for serious young directors, but why were there so many weird people submitting their works? Some even shot videos of themselves in bed... What were they thinking? Did they think such videos could pass the review and be released on Northern Lights Video?
Because Lu Yanhe agreed to record this season of "Young Days", Li Zhenzhen also led the team to modify the plan for the first episode.
Since Lu Yanhe has returned, the planning of the first phase must also highlight Lu Yanhe’s importance.
The original creativity can be saved for later use. If Lu Yanhe's return is not highlighted separately in the program, Li Zhenzhen will feel sorry for Lu Yanhe's straightforwardness.
Li Zhenzhen thought about it and wanted to return the favor, so she planned to have all the guests serve as reviewers for the "Power Accumulation Plan" in the first episode. This is in line with the long-term theme of the program "Young Days" which is to let the guests work to earn money for living conditions, and it can also help promote the "Power Accumulation Plan" in the program.
As a result, the producer and broadcaster of the show "Young Days", Bingyuan Video, strongly denied it.
What a joke, promoting something from another video platform in a program broadcast on Bingyuan Video?
Even if you are Lu Yanhe, it won’t work.
Li Zhenzhen also knew that her idea was a bit abrupt and radical, so she could only think of other plans.
Then, I thought of planning the first issue based on the movie "Rouge" as an important clue to promote Lu Yanhe's new play.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is next month, and it’s getting late.
After Lu Yanhe got the plan, he immediately sent a message to Li Zhenzhen: Sister Zhenzhen, let's just do the program planning normally, don't try to help me promote it, it's weird to have Rouge Button in it, it's very abrupt. (End of this chapter)
