There are no awards at the opening ceremony. It is simply a curtain raiser, with celebrities taking turns to perform on stage, telling crosstalk, and doing things that the masses love to see and hear, just like setting up a stage for a Yanhe didn't know many of these foreign celebrities. The main reason was that he didn't watch many foreign movies and TV series, and he couldn't finish watching all the ones in China.
When he and Zeng Qiao went on stage, the cheers from the audience were beyond their imagination.
It is said that "The River of Silence" is well received overseas, but neither Lu Yanhe nor Zeng Qiao feels that. On the one hand, neither of them logs in to overseas social media very often, and the staff helps them operate, so they cannot directly feel everyone's enthusiasm for them. On the other hand, both of them are the kind of people who don't pay much attention to popularity and heat. They are already popular enough in China, and even if there is more attention overseas, it will not stand out. Even if they went overseas a few times to cooperate with the promotion work, they just attended on time.
This time at the Asian Television Festival, they met quite a few foreigners. The first thing they said when they met them was, "I was watching your performance in The River of Silence." Only then did Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao realize that, oh, it turns out that so many people abroad actually watch this drama.
There were two hosts for the opening ceremony this time, one of whom was Korean actor Kong Lingfan.
He is the most popular male actor in Korea in recent years. He has many fans as the leading actor in two Korean dramas that are popular throughout Asia.
When Zeng Qiao and Lu Yanhe went on stage, Kong Lingfan was responsible for hosting the session for the two of them.
Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao talked about some behind-the-scenes stories of the filming of "The River of Silence" and introduced to everyone the reasons why they took on the role in "The River of Silence".
Because this drama is very popular, many people want to listen to this content.
Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao have actually talked about related content many times. When the organizer was communicating with them about this session before, Lu Yanhe also raised the question that they have answered these questions many times. Wouldn’t it make people feel boring and no longer fresh?
But people say that although they have talked about these issues many times, there are still many viewers who have not seen them.
Therefore, Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao had no choice but to continue answering these questions for the umpteenth time.
This is also the basic skill of being an artist.
Repeat and repeat, try to give it something fresh.
The old talk was over, and Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao prepared to step down.
Kong Lingfan suddenly said, "Yan He, please stay."
Lu Yanhe looked back at Kong Lingfan with some confusion.
The original plan did not allow him to stay alone.
He didn't know what had suddenly happened to Kong Lingfan.
Kong Lingfan said in English: "In addition to "The River of Silence", we all know that you also starred in a very popular movie "Friends"."
Lu Yanhe looked at Kong Lingfan in surprise.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the original communication.
Zeng Qiao was about to leave the stage when he heard Lu Yanhe was asked to stay, but Lu Yanhe gently grabbed his arm. He saw the expression on Lu Yanhe's face and realized that this might not be the arrangement communicated by the organizer, so he stayed as well.
"Just now, I heard the news that our TVN TV station has obtained the remake rights of "Friends" and will remake it into a Korean drama." Kong Lingfan said in front of everyone.
The whole audience exclaimed.
Lu Yanhe was also a little surprised.
"Oh." Lu Yanhe nodded and responded quite appropriately, not letting Kong Lingfan perform stand-up comedy alone on the stage.
Kong Lingfan smiled and said, "I have been commissioned by TVN TV station. I would like to ask if you are willing to make a guest appearance in our Korean version of "Friends"? We sincerely extend this invitation to you."
The audience in the audience screamed excitedly.
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Offstage, Chen Ziyan's face was black.
She went straight to the staff member who was in contact with them and asked, "What's going on on the stage now? Haven't these issues been communicated to us?"
The staff member also looked dejected and said, "This was not arranged by us. I just confirmed with the on-site director team that this was not a part of our design."
After hearing what he said, Chen Ziyan realized, "Did Kong Lingfan act on his own initiative?"
"Yes." The staff nodded. "Our director team is talking to him through the headset, but he doesn't respond."
Chen Ziyan: "Then go and tell Yan He to find a chance to come down quickly! No, just take me there and I'll go talk to him!"
The staff took Chen Ziyan to the director team.
At this time, Lu Yanhe on the stage was already responding with a smile.
"Guest appearance? Hahaha." He asked Kong Lingfan with a smile, "What kind of role do you want me to play as a guest?"
Let me throw the question back first.
Kong Lingfan immediately said, "I haven't been told this either, but if you're willing to make a cameo appearance, I think any role will do."
Lu Yanhe said: "I was an actor in the first season of Friends. I have a special feeling for this drama. Whether to guest star in other versions of Friends is different from ordinary guest stars. I will consider more."
In the time he had just gained, Lu Yanhe still thought of an excuse for himself.
He felt that if he answered like this, Kong Lingfan would not ask any more questions.
But Kong Lingfan seemed to be relentless and said, "Yan He, there are many fans of you in Korea. I'm sure everyone wants to see you in the Korean version of Friends."
Lu Yanhe: "I want to express my special thanks to the audience who like me. Thank you for supporting me!"
This is really a stress reaction.
Express your attitude first and don’t let yourself fall into the moral trap of “not caring about Korean audiences”.
He was really annoyed by this kind of thing some time ago.
Kong Lingfan immediately said, "So are you willing to make a guest appearance for the audience who likes you?"
Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.
In front of so many people, Lu Yanhe couldn't just leave with a disgrace.
Otherwise, he's just throwing a tantrum.
"Is there no audience in Korea who likes me? Why did they only ask Lu Yanhe to guest star and not me?"
Zeng Qiao suddenly appeared at this time and forcibly interrupted Kong Lingfan's questioning of Lu Yanhe.
He had a playful and somewhat jealous expression on his face, and shook his head.
"I thought the drama "River of Silence" had many viewers in South Korea? Alas, it turns out there aren't any." Zeng Qiao sighed.
The next second, the entire audience let out enthusiastic screams.
Many people are expressing how much they like him and support him.
There weren't that many Korean audiences at the show, but there were many audiences from other countries. With so many fans, it was impossible for Zeng Qiao to be embarrassed by "no audience" on stage.
Everyone expressed their love for them through their actions.
The scene was filled with screaming like crazy.
Kong Lingfan's barrage of questions was interrupted. Just as Lu Yanhe could not ignore Kong Lingfan and walk off the stage in front of everyone, Kong Lingfan, as the host tonight, could not ignore the situation and continue to question Lu Yanhe.
Kong Lingfan could only immediately react as if he had just realized something, and said with a smile on his face: "How could that be! Zeng Qiao, you are also very popular in Korea! Of course, we also welcome you very much!"
Zeng Qiao nodded: "It's a deal then. You have to send me the script when the time comes."
He put a hand on Lu Yanhe's shoulder and said, "We are waiting for your script."
After saying this, he and Lu Yanhe looked at each other in tacit understanding, and took this opportunity to step down.
Kong Lingfan wanted to say something else, but when he opened his mouth, he suddenly found that the microphone in his hand was silent.
He looked down at his microphone in surprise.
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Chen Ziyan watched Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao walk to the edge of the stage expressionlessly before she turned Kong Lingfan's microphone back on.
The staff members nearby looked at Chen Ziyan in shock and disbelief.
What was even more unbelievable to them was that Chen Ziyan's behavior was actually approved by the director team.
After Chen Ziyan turned and left, the others looked at each other.
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After Lu Yanhe and Zeng Qiao stepped down from the stage, they thanked him.
"Brother Qiao, thanks to you for helping me out just now."
Zeng Qiao said: "I'm still a little confused, but I can't ask you. They didn't communicate this to you in advance, right?"
"Not at all." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't even know the person named Kong Lingfan."
"They are interesting too. They didn't say hello in advance and asked directly on the stage. Are they trying to use you to create a topic?" Zeng Qiao asked.
"Maybe." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't know why they do this."
At this time, Chen Ziyan came over.
When Lu Yanhe saw her, he immediately asked, "Sister Zi Yan, what happened just now?"
He knew that Chen Ziyan must have figured it out.
Chen Ziyan said: "It was not arranged by the organizer, but Kong Lingfan's own behavior."
Lu Yanhe: "Sure enough."
Chen Ziyan looked at Zeng Qiao again: "Thank you for what you did just now, Zeng Qiao."
"You're welcome. Yan He and I don't talk about this."
After going through some things, Zeng Qiao and Lu Yanhe's relationship now goes beyond an ordinary cooperative relationship.
Many times, relationships between people have to go through some challenges and choices before entering the next stage - a deeper stage.
Lu Yanhe is like this with many people.
Chen Ziyan: "As Yan He's manager, I have to thank you. At this time, thanks to you for helping him out. Otherwise, he would have been very difficult to deal with if he had met a dog-skin plaster like Kong Lingfan."
Lu Yanhe did not return to his seat.
He and Chen Ziyan left early.
There was no need for him to go on stage later.
Lu Yanhe and his party returned to the hotel.
As a result, when I arrived downstairs at the hotel, there were actually several people waiting in the lobby.
As soon as Lu Yanhe and the others appeared, they came up to them and started apologizing.
Zou Dong brought the bodyguards who were temporarily arranged here to block Lu Yanhe and others, preventing them from approaching.
Several people on the other side were wearing formal attire, some spoke Korean and some spoke English.
After listening for a while, Lu Yanhe realized that they came to apologize for what Kong Lingfan had just said on the stage.
They are from Kong Lingfan's agency.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan looked at each other.
They were completely confused by what was happening before them and had no idea what was going on.
In any case, Lu Yanhe is not suitable to stay in the hotel lobby for a long time.
Chen Ziyan asked Zou Dong to take them upstairs first, and Wang Biao stayed with her to continue negotiating with the other party.
About half an hour later, Chen Ziyan came up.
Lu Yanhe had changed her clothes, removed her makeup, and was sitting in a chair looking at her phone.
Chen Ziyan said: "They came here to apologize for Kong Lingfan's behavior. Even the people in the agency were not aware of Kong Lingfan's behavior in advance. He acted on his own initiative. According to them, Kong Lingfan wanted to win the leading role in the Korean version of "Friends", so he came up with this idea to get you to guest star on TVN to increase his bargaining chips."
Lu Yanhe looked puzzled and asked, "What is this?"
"I know this is bullshit, but Kong Lingfan may really think that doing this can strengthen his bargaining chips. If he had discussed it with his agency, he might not have done it." Chen Ziyan said, "But he is very arrogant and didn't even communicate with his agency."
Lu Yanhe raised his phone and said, "Many people are already scolding him online."
"Oh, that was arranged by me." Chen Ziyan said, "I arranged it when we were still on the scene. I didn't know what was going on at the time, but no matter what, we had to seize the initiative. I arranged for some people to spread the word and let others know that Kong Lingfan's words on the stage were not communicated to you in advance. He was deliberately questioning you and making it difficult for you to leave the stage."
Lu Yanhe reacted.
"No wonder."
The Internet is overwhelmingly speaking for him.
It is obvious that Kong Lingfan is also a very popular actor. If you don't know the inside story, based on Kong Lingfan's interaction with him on stage, you can only say that Kong Lingfan is a more enthusiastic person.
Chen Ziyan said: "However, Friends is going to be filmed in Korea? I really haven't heard of this news before."
"I was shocked too," said Lu Yanhe.
Chen Ziyan said: "I didn't expect that after Maxine was going to be filmed in an English version, Korea was also going to remake it. It was beyond my expectation that so many people would remake the sitcom Friends."
Lu Yanhe said: "This kind of modern life comedy is valid in any cultural context. It is normal that many people remake it. In fact, I think "The Seventeenth Floor" is also quite suitable for remake."
Just then, Chen Ziyan's cell phone rang.
"Hmm?" Chen Ziyan picked up the phone, took a look, and was a little surprised. "Someone from TVN wants to arrange a meeting with us."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was surprised and asked, "Are they here to apologize as well?"
"How is that possible?" Chen Ziyan denied it directly. Looking at the message on her phone, she smiled and said, "What a coincidence! They want to talk to us about remaking some of your movies."
Lu Yanhe showed a look of surprise. (End of this chapter)
