Jiang Jun won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and the landscape of 40-year-old male stars in the domestic entertainment industry has been Yuqian was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and her international star status has remained at the top level in the past six months, with her status rising and becoming more stable.
Liu Zefan was not nominated for a Golden Globe Award, but his role as a young policeman full of hormones made him extremely popular, especially among female audiences. A group of rich women appeared who openly expressed their desire for his body - which also caused a lot of heated discussion.
Although the role of Feng Pi played by Wang Jing did not make her as popular as the previous leading actors, she received just as much attention in the country and her popularity increased rapidly.
This battle royale drama, which did not have as much staying power as "Wulin Waijia", has once again returned to the audience's attention thanks to Jiang Jun's win at the Golden Globe Awards.
Jiang Jun's acceptance speech also received a lot of attention on the Internet.
A story about persistence, a man who persisted for many years and finally reached the top.
"Squid Game" also gained popularity on the Maxine site, with the number of daily viewers returning to the top.
That’s the impact a big prize can have.
Winning a big prize is not only an artistic achievement and honor, but also means extremely high commercial returns.
This is also the reason why every year so many films and filmmakers compete for the big prizes of the four major international film festivals, and for the Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globe Awards.
Because their corresponding commercial value is also extremely high.
So far, among the actors who have performed in scripts written by Lu Yanhe, three actors have won major awards.
At this moment of celebration, some extreme career fans complained angrily about Lu Yanhe: "You wrote scripts for others, and one of them won the best actor award in China, and another won the best actor award abroad. What about you? If you were given all these scripts to act in, you wouldn't have only one best actor trophy now! Can you be more motivated and have a bit of ambition? If you like writing scripts for others so much, why don't you just be a screenwriter? Why be an actor!"
When Lu Yanhe saw this complaint, he silently crossed it out.
He has been working on this aspect of his abilities recently.
No explanation, no refutation, just say whatever you want.
However, Zeng Qiao suddenly sent a message with only two words: What about me?
Lu Yanhe: Huh?
Zeng Qiao: Isn’t there a script written for me?
Lu Yanhe: Brother, I am writing the script for the second season of "River of Silence".
Zeng Qiao: Can you give me the Best Actor award?
Lu Yanhe: I am under a lot of pressure.
Zeng Qiao: There is motivation only when there is pressure.
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Jiang Jun won the award, Lu Yanhe was targeted——
The main thing is that the winning rate is too high.
In other words, Lu Yanhe's script flatters the actors too much.
Not to mention these two dramas, "Lost on Journey" made the new actor Wang Dashan an overnight sensation and famous across the country, not to mention "Friends" and "Wulin Waijia".
The latter also used the role of Tong Xiangyu to make Liu Zi, who had never acted in a film or TV series, famous overnight.
Someone summarized the actors who came out of the film and television dramas adapted from Lu Yanhe's scripts. After this summary, everyone realized that the actors who starred in the film and television dramas adapted from Lu Yanhe's scripts were never ineffective actors.
Almost every role brings attention and benefits to the actor who plays it.
Lu Yanhe, who had already been targeted by major agencies, agents and actors because of the popularity of his drama, became even more popular at this time.
Moreover, this time, the actors who were attracted by Lu Yanhe's script were those who were already big names.
Those big names also want to win the big prize.
In the past two or three decades, how many domestic actors have won major awards abroad?
In just two years, Chen Bige won the Best Actress award at the Netherlands International Film Festival, and Jiang Jun won the Best Actor award at the Golden Globe Awards.
What a success rate, what a value!
Ning Xiulian, who had just won the Venice International Film Festival, called Lu Yanhe to congratulate him and asked indirectly if there was a role suitable for her. Not to mention the acting talents in China. Who wouldn't want to go a step further and become internationally famous at this stage?
When you film a drama starring Lu Yanhe, the drama will become popular, the actors will become famous, and the success rate of winning awards is extremely high.
At a time like this, I have to get in touch with Lu Yanhe first.
How do you know him?
Who can be the introducer?
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At this point, no one in the industry asked: What was Lu Yanhe thinking? Why did he resolutely choose to attend the Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony under such circumstances?
Whether it was his overseas influence at the premiere of "The Mist", or the bombshell performance of "Friends" with an average viewership of over 3%, or the just-announced Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, they have all made one thing clear to everyone in the industry: Lu Yanhe doesn't need to care about those miscellaneous things.
For Lu Yanhe, as long as he does everything well and follows his own path, no one can shake his position.
On the day of the Blue Ribbon Awards ceremony, Lu Yanhe was the last one to walk on the red carpet.
He and Chen Siqi walked hand in hand and were greeted by Wen Yang himself, giving them enough face.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi are a very famous couple. Although they are discussed a lot, they rarely appear together in formal occasions.
They weren't the kind of couple who stuck together wherever they went.
Therefore, being able to attend the Blue Ribbon Awards together is also giving the Blue Ribbon Awards enough face.
This time, both sides were under tremendous pressure and managed to hold the place up tonight.
That night, Li Zhibai brought an opening show, singing five popular movie and TV songs in a row, which set off the first wave of craze.
The awards were presented one by one.
The party still looked star-studded, but Lu Yanhe discovered that many nominees were indeed absent.
As a top domestic award, it is indeed abnormal to some extent that so many nominees did not attend an awards ceremony.
No matter how many guests there are, the nominees are still the protagonists.
The technical department won several awards, but the winners did not come to the scene and were received by others on their behalf.
But, fortunately, at least it’s all over.
The evening reached its climax when Lu Yanhe took the stage.
This is a specially set up link.
"The Golden Age", "The Seventeenth Floor", "River of Silence", "Squid Game", "My Own Swordsman", "Friends", "Friends"...
For every play that Lu Yanhe starred in or wrote, the singer of the theme song came to the scene.
Lu Yanhe stood in a corner of the stage and before each song began, he would recite his most famous lines from the drama based on his role in the drama.
The whole segment is very cleverly choreographed, sometimes light-hearted, sometimes contemporary, sometimes thrilling, sometimes lively.
The live broadcast screen at the scene occasionally cuts to Huang Kairen, Jiang Yuqian, Wang Jing, Liu Zi, He Jiang, Yan Liang, Li Zhibai, Zhan Yun and others, who are all actors in these dramas.
Most of the time, Lu Yanhe just stood in the dark, listening to the singers singing and watching the dancers on the stage.
Those songs and dances actually contain the story of the drama and his memories of the drama.
Lu Yanhe didn't actually feel much during the rehearsal, but at this moment, he inexplicably felt something.
He has filmed so many works.
His eyes felt a little hot, but he tried to hold it back.
When the last performance ended, Lu Yanhe thought that this segment was over and he could leave the stage, but suddenly a VCR appeared on the big screen at the scene.
"Hi, Xiao Lu, I haven't seen you for a while." Director Luo Yuzhong appeared in the VCR.
Lu Yanhe turned around and looked at the big screen with surprise on his face and opened his mouth.
"It's an honor to be the director of your first play. Although you always say that I am your guide, I know that even if you hadn't met me, with your talent, you would still shine as brightly as you do now." Luo Yuzhong said, "It's a pity that I can't come to the Blue Ribbon Awards with you this time, because you have done such an amazing thing. As a teacher, I should stand by your side. When I finish shooting this play, we will have dinner together. I hope that next time we come to the Blue Ribbon Awards together, I will present you the award."
Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded.
It was as if Luo Yuzhong was really standing opposite him.
The next second, Chen Bige appeared again.
"Hi, Junior Brother, Little Yan He." After she finished speaking, Wang Zhong suddenly poked his head in, "Are you recording a VCR for Yan He?"
Chen Bige pushed Wang Zhong away and said, "Director, please stop joining in the fun. The recording has officially started."
She smiled again.
"The director and I were discussing your script, Raise the Red Lantern. He just praised your script for ten minutes." Chen Bige sighed, "Every time this happens, I really want to know, how can you do so many things that we can't do at this age?"
"I've never actually said this to you, but you should know that I'm very grateful that you gave me such a good script and such a good role to play." Chen Bige laughed, "From The Seventeenth Floor to Rouge, and then to Raise the Red Lantern, in just a few years, we've actually collaborated four times, and we're about to collaborate for the fifth time."
When Chen Bige said this number, everyone was shocked and amazed.
Collaborating five times...For people in the entertainment industry, it may be difficult to collaborate with the same person so many times in their lifetime.
"I'm glad that I met a creator like you after I'm no longer a girl in my twenties."
Lu Yanhe had never expected that the Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony would prepare such a VCR for him.
The host walked onto the stage.
"Lu Yanhe is only 22 years old this year. Such a young creator has become a heavyweight creator of our Chinese film and television dramas. Yanhe, let me interview you. After completing so many high-quality and popular works, do you have any plans to share with us? I just heard that you have collaborated with Director Wang Zhong and Miss Chen Bige on a new work, right?"
“Yes.” Lu Yanhe nodded. “Actually, it was written together with Rouge. I gave it to Sister Bi Ge at the time. We filmed Rouge first.”
“How do you manage to be so creative?”
"This..." Lu Yanhe couldn't say that he was a good writer, so he could only say, "I don't know. It may be mainly because I have an advantage over other screenwriters because of my status as an actor. Basically, I never have to consider other people's opinions on what scripts I write or what themes I write, so I can create very quickly."
This is also one of the reasons.
For a professional screenwriter, the time he actually spends on writing the script is actually not that much. What consumes the most time and energy are the creative ideas and revision suggestions coming from all sides, as well as too many inexplicable changes that need to be made.
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "You just asked this question. I would also like to appeal to everyone to trust the creators a little more and leave the criticism and scrutiny before deciding to cooperate with them. Once you have decided, give the creators the autonomy to create. Otherwise, it will be really difficult to produce good works."
"Yan He spoke very well." The host said.
Many people in the audience were also clapping wildly.
"So, Yan He, one last question? Actually, you have worked with all kinds of directors and actors, including big names with numerous honors and newcomers. Can you share with us how you have been able to work well with so many people and never have any disputes or conflicts?"
Lu Yanhe pondered for a moment and said, "I really can't give a general reason. Let me talk about the common characteristics of the crews I've participated in. First, basically every crew I've participated in has held several script reading sessions before the crew officially started or prepared for the show. Many of our doubts, discussions, and disputes about roles, lines, and understanding were actually completed during this stage and would not appear on the set."
"Second, it seems that our crew has never spent too much energy on things other than creation." Lu Yanhe laughed, "Who has more scenes, who has less scenes, who is ranked first, and who is ranked last."
Many people at the scene laughed.
“Finally, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. Don’t keep it in your heart. Whether you are dissatisfied or have different opinions, you must say it out loud.” Lu Yanhe smiled. “In fact, I want to say that many of the partners I have worked with had some frictions in the beginning. We didn’t have a good relationship from the beginning, but because we all said what we wanted to say, and no matter what, everyone was acting seriously, we gradually understood each other later.” When it came to this, Lu Yanhe still felt that he was a bit hypocritical.
However, in this situation, he couldn't say that he didn't like Li Yuefeng because he thought he was too utilitarian at the beginning, and that there was a gap between them because Zeng Qiao looked down on his idol status at the beginning.
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But for the other people present, the fact that Lu Yanhe was able to say these words on such an occasion actually had a far-reaching effect.
Especially the script reading.
What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that after he said this, several winners mentioned the script reading when they went on stage to receive their awards and gave their speeches.
"Script reading is very important for the crew. Spending a few more days in the beginning allows everyone to sit together and review the script and communicate about the filming situation. Later in the filming, the efficiency and quality can be doubled without exaggeration." This is what the winner of the Best Cinematography award said.
Then, inexplicably, everyone's speeches gradually began to shift towards "how to shoot a good work, how to do your job well", and an awards ceremony slowly began to turn into an end-of-year performance review meeting and industry discussion meeting...
When Liu Yu was announced as the Best Actor winner, many people's first reaction was to come and see Lu Yanhe.
After all, everyone knows that he and Yan Liang are so close that they could wear the same pants, but Yan Liang did not win the award.
Lu Yanhe had expected this, and he managed his expression very well, applauding wholeheartedly.
Yan Liang was also applauding.
Because I knew my chances of winning the award were slim, I didn't hold too high expectations.
The Best Actress award went to Lan Lin, an actress in her early thirties.
These two actors are familiar to the audience, but not very popular and hot actors. They are old faces, but they don't have many fans. The works that won the awards this time are all realistic works that they have always worked on. The broadcast data is not bad, there are many viewers, and everyone agrees with their performances - but they have not been converted into fans.
Under such circumstances, Chen Lingling giving them the two grand prizes actually sent a very strong signal.
It has to be a good performance and one that is recognized by the audience.
There are almost no upsets among tonight's grand prize winners. All of the winners were considered capable of winning the prize from the beginning.
Fortunately, these winners all attended the award ceremony tonight.
There was no embarrassing situation where no one claimed the most anticipated awards.
On the contrary, those who did not attend the award ceremony actually had little hope of winning from the beginning.
After the award ceremony, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi went to attend the celebration dinner hosted by Boya, the sponsor of this year's award ceremony.
As soon as the two of them appeared, someone came over to say hello.
Almost everyone was asking what kind of plays he was preparing for next and whether there was a role suitable for them.
Lu Yanhe only said that he did have a few dramas in preparation, but they had not yet entered the casting stage. After entering the casting stage, he would definitely send everyone audition invitations.
At this time, there were far fewer actors who would be unbelievable if Lu Yanhe asked for an audition.
They were used to getting roles without auditioning in other crews, and they had more or less heard about Lu Yanhe's habits and knew Lu Yanhe's requirements.
In fact, many actors are reluctant to audition, not because they have bad acting skills or are afraid to audition, but because they are in their 30s and 40s and are no longer young people who have just debuted. They have a certain degree of fame and industry status. When others do not need to audition to get a role, if they need to audition, they appear particularly inferior to others, so they all use "not auditioning" as a symbol of their status.
Now everyone is not opposed to Lu Yanhe's audition request, and it is also because the audition requirement for Lu Yanhe's plays has become a well-known thing in the industry, so auditioning by oneself is no longer special.
To put it bluntly, many things are exaggerated by the media as if they are all problems with artists and actors, but in fact, many times, there are problems with the overall environment behind them.
The environment is the big melting pot.
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The day after the Blue Ribbon Awards, "The Mist" officially began to be released in the United States and simultaneously in Europe.
Other countries and regions will follow one after another.
South Korea in three days.
For horror films like this, except for Japan where the release will be delayed for a period of time due to special release policies, other places will release them as soon as possible because timeliness is very important.
Lu Yanhe set off for South Korea and participated in the screening event in South Korea with everyone.
So, when the first-day box office of "The Mist" came out, they were all together.
The Mist earned $1250 million in the . on Friday, in line with forecasters' estimates, which had previously put the total . box office at between $8000 million and $1 million.
The better news is that "The Mist" has received very good reviews from the audience, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 81%, which is a very good result for a horror film.
However, everyone knows that given the nature of horror movies, it is difficult for them to maintain long-term success, whether at the box office or in Rotten Tomatoes.
The results of the first and second weeks are the most important.
The box office performance of the first weekend basically determines the fate of the film, whether it will be a success or a failure.
If the box office of the first weekend can reach more than 40 million, then the movie can be described as a "huge success" because the cost was recovered through the box office in North America on the first weekend. But if the box office of the first weekend does not reach more than 40 million, even if the total box office finally exceeds 60 million, the cost is recovered and a profit is achieved, but it cannot be described as a "huge success".
Of course, for Lu Yanhe, the film has already made his money back before it was even released.
The early publicity strategy of this movie made him famous in Europe and the United States, and he is more famous than many actors who have starred in four or five movies in Europe and the United States.
Moreover, Lu Yanhe's performance in this film has won high praise from American media and film critics.
This has actually put Lu Yanhe into the sight of many film companies, producers and directors.
Not to mention those film producers who care very much about the Chinese box office market.
Several scripts had been sent in before this.
Given the number of Asian characters in Hollywood scripts and the fact that the films have not yet been released, this is already a very significant sign.
This shows that Hollywood is also optimistic about him.
However, none of the scripts that have been sent to Chen Ziyan are satisfactory.
They are all very iconic Asian characters, full of stereotypes, and not as rich as the Asian ghost character in "The Mist".
The role is totally unworthy of Lu Yanhe.
Chen Ziyan declined all of them. Of course, her decline was not in vain. When declining each script, she recommended several Chinese actors who were more suitable for the role.
After all, although these scripts are not suitable for Lu Yanhe, they may not be opportunities for other actors.
Especially those actors who do not have many film contracts or want to expand into overseas markets.
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In South Korea, almost no one knew Lily Williams and her group. On the contrary, Lu Yanhe was the big star in their group.
Whether it was the media or the people at the scene, almost all of them came for him.
Lily Williams was surprised. She said, "I thought you were so popular only in China. Don't Koreans always dislike you Chinese?"
"Well, we don't like them much either, but this doesn't affect the spread of our literary and film and television works." Lu Yanhe said, "Several of my dramas are very popular in South Korea, and their TV stations have adapted and remade them."
Lu Yanhe also did not expect that Lily Williams would directly say something like "Haven't Koreans always disliked you Chinese?"
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and added, "Lily, to be precise, there are many behaviors in South Korea that make us Chinese very angry. We have never stolen their culture or festivals."
Lily Williams: “…Okay.”
Lily Williams asked again: "But, Lu, I want to know, if you don't like Korea so much, how do you feel when you face so many Koreans who like you?"
"These are two different things. To be precise, I don't dislike South Korea. I just don't like South Korea as it is now." Lu Yanhe said, "I have always hoped that the world can truly seek common ground while reserving differences and respect each other, although I also know that this is almost impossible. Competition is inevitable, and conflicts will never disappear. However, at least we should have a scale to judge right from wrong. I told you that I don't like South Korea, but at least I can tell you why and why I don't like it. I am not deliberately finding fault, nor am I arrogantly discriminating against a certain country."
Lily Williams looked thoughtful and asked, "So do you like America?"
Lu Yanhe was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Between the two of us, because we are friends, if you like China, I like America."
Lily Williams thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's not dwell on these issues."
"There's really no need to worry about it. Apart from issues of principle, being friends with you is just a matter between the two of us. As the saying goes: seek common ground while reserving differences." Lu Yanhe said, "I know you, and you know me. Neither of us wants to gain our own interests by hurting others. We both hope for world peace. That's enough, right?"
Lily Williams nodded thoughtfully.
"I'm surprised you can tell me this," Lily Williams said. "I've also met several Chinese directors and actors, and they're always very secretive about this topic. I don't understand why you can't discuss these issues."
"Because it's too sensitive, it's easy to be misunderstood and interpreted maliciously, so it's better not to say it." Lu Yanhe explained, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be so specific. I've been in contact with you and known you for so long, I know you and I are friends, and you won't distort my words and spread them, so I told you."
Lily Williams sighed and said, "Well, Hollywood does have a lot of people who like to distort and spread other people's words."
What Lu Yanhe wanted to talk about was not Hollywood, but since Lily Williams said so, he just smiled and said nothing.
After the screening in Korea, they were interviewed by TVN of Korea together.
Meanwhile, Saturday's box office numbers are out.
"The Mist"'s box office in the United States on Saturday was slightly higher than on Friday, with a box office of 1430 million.
This makes it very likely that The Mist will gross over 40 million . dollars in its first weekend.
If this result can be achieved, the total box office of "The Mist" will most likely exceed 100 million.
When everyone in the crew learned of the result, they cheered and wanted to go to the bar to drink and celebrate.
Lu Yanhe was originally going to go with them, but TVN's Jin Yanshu suddenly contacted him and said that Korean director Jin Zhiyan learned that he was in Korea and wanted to meet him.
When he heard this familiar name, Lu Yanhe was stunned.
This director is a famous director in South Korea. He had wanted to ask Shang Yongzhou to act in the movie before, but Shang Yongzhou withdrew because some conditions could not be agreed upon.
Director Kim Ji-yeon is a famous director in South Korea who has a good combination of business and art. His works have won awards at international film festivals and have high box office in South Korea. Several of his films have been watched by more than 10 million people. The statistics of South Korean movie box office are based on the number of viewers, which is also very different from other places.
Lu Yanhe thought about it, told Chen Ziyan, and decided to meet Director Jin Zhiyan.
According to Chen Ziyan, his next step is to become an international director and work with directors from different countries - he has not yet worked with a Korean director.
However, after receiving his message, Chen Ziyan sent a message: It's okay to meet him, but be cautious and don't agree to anything. This person has a strong sense of localism and may not give you a good role. He had thought about cooperating with Shang Yongzhou before, but the contact was not very pleasant.
Lu Yanhe replied: Okay, I understand.
Chen Ziyan: But he is a big director. No matter what, you should respect him for the sake of face, especially since you are now internationally famous and influential. He may pretend not to care about your halo because of this. I have never met this person, so it is difficult for me to comment rashly, but from what I have learned from various channels, this director is arrogant and inferior in nature. If he says some harsh words to you, you should endure it first. That is South Korea, and others will suffer losses because they are unfamiliar with the place.
Lu Yanhe: OK, I understand.
Chen Ziyan: No, I have to tell Zou Dong to bring a few more bodyguards with you.
Lu Yanhe: ...Sister Zi Yan, I just went to have a friendly chat with a director, not to fight with anyone.
Chen Ziyan: When you are in a foreign country, it is better to be more prepared and cautious, because who knows what may happen.
Lu Yanhe: You've made me suddenly nervous. (End of this chapter)
