"He shouldn't have said that on stage.""He was just stating a fact."
"But this is not an Oscar problem. Apart from the Best Foreign Language Film, the Oscars' other awards are mainly for English-language films."
"It would be better to just say it's mainly for Hollywood movies."
"Even so, is there any problem?"
"If you just want to create an award covering American films, then of course there is no problem, but don't you always want to gain a greater global influence than the four major international film festivals?"
On a live TV commentary show, the guest and the host got into an argument.
Coincidentally, this guest is of Korean descent.
And the host is an American.
The Korean's words were very sharp and he argued with the host mercilessly.
The host quickly retorted: "Don't the four major international film festivals give priority to their own films?"
"At least at the four major international film festivals, there are Asian films nominated in every one of them, and there are more than one! It's not like your Oscars, where only one movie appears occasionally!"
……
Chen Ziyan finished watching the debate video on her phone, put down her phone, and said to Lu Yanhe, "Your counterattack against Harvey has caused quite a bit of discussion."
Lu Yanhe: "That wasn't caused by my counterattack. When Harvey said that, it was bound to cause these discussions. Even if I didn't say it, those Asians living in the United States would have attacked me. I don't live in the United States, nor do I work in Hollywood. Those discriminatory remarks don't affect me much, but it's different for them. Their survival resources are in the United States, and they definitely don't want to be defined as a predator."
Chen Ziyan sighed and said, "I am worried that with these things added up, the biggest impression you give people in Hollywood is that you are Asian. I didn't want you to have such a deep impression of a label, but unfortunately, one thing led to another and it went against my wishes."
"There's nothing I can do about it." Lu Yanhe said, "Besides, Sister Zi Yan, I am an Asian myself. After the Oscars, I changed my mind. I don't need to lower the label of myself as an Asian. The premise of this is that they will always label us as Asians. I can't lower this label impression just because I want to."
"I know, but you should understand what I mean?"
"I understand that if an actor's label is too strong, it will affect my ability to play more types of roles." Lu Yanhe nodded, "But, as you said, things don't go as we wish. Too many accidents happen, so we can only accept it."
Chen Ziyan picked up the phone again.
Someone sent her a message.
"Yanhe."
"Ok?"
"Xavi responded on Twitter."
"What did he respond?" Lu Yanhe felt that Chen Ziyan's voice sounded a little strange.
Chen Ziyan said: "He said that he just wanted to make fun of it, but you distorted his meaning and pushed the incident into a confrontation between black people and yellow people."
Lu Yanhe paused hesitantly for a moment.
The reason I say pause is because his whole body really paused.
"I really don't know what to say about this."
"A lot of people accused him of being stubborn."
“Itself, too.”
"But he has a lot of black fans," Chen Ziyan said. "They get together and attack you without distinguishing between right and wrong."
"I see." Lu Yanhe was silent for a moment, then said, "I want to make another response on Twitter, or do you think I shouldn't respond on Twitter?"
"You need to respond, but I don't think you should do it on Twitter," Chen Ziyan said. "We are about to go to a party hosted by Vanity Fair, and there will be media interviews there. I think you should respond to this matter through the media."
Lu Yanhe nodded, "I think so too."
Chen Ziyan asked: "What are you going to respond to?"
"To be honest, what I want to say the most now is that he is the one who deliberately instigated the conflict between blacks and yellows." Lu Yanhe sneered, "The thief is crying thief, he has no shame at all."
Chen Ziyan: "You should be more careful."
"He's already getting ahead of me, why should I be careful about my behavior?"
"What I mean is, don't swear." Chen Ziyan warned.
"Then I certainly won't go swearing."
Arrived at the place and got off the car.
The sound was overwhelming.
Many stars who did not attend the Oscars also showed up at the Vanity Fair party.
The scene seemed even more lively than the Oscars ceremony.
As soon as Lu Yanhe appeared, there was a huge commotion.
At the entrance, there were many fans. Among them, there were many people of Asian appearance. Lu Yanhe heard many of them shouting his name.
Lu Yanhe waved his hand, without stopping for long, and walked quickly into the entrance.
There is a photo taking area inside.
Before the photo taking spot, there is also an interview area.
As soon as Lu Yanhe came in, he was immediately spotted by the sharp-eyed media, and they all started shouting his name.
They all seemed to be afraid that Lu Yanhe would not want to stay in the interview area and would leave directly.
Tonight, the conflict between Lu Yanhe and Harvey almost overshadowed the award winners and became a hot topic.
Under such circumstances, Lu Yanhe suddenly became a "celebrity" that attracted much media attention from an ordinary award presenter.
Sure enough, when Lu Yanhe arrived at the interview area, the issue they were most concerned about was Harvey's response on Twitter and whether he had anything to say.
Lu Yanhe did not answer but asked: "Do you also think that I was the one who started the confrontation?"
No one from the media at the scene answered.
Lu Yanhe smiled.
"From the beginning to the end, I did not take the initiative to mention skin color. What I targeted was the skin color mentioned by another person." He looked at the camera, "In fact, I am not the protagonist tonight, and neither is Harvey. Instead of putting the blame on me, he should reflect on himself. Why did he point the finger at us Asians for competing for their survival resources? Doesn't he feel that he owes an apology to the yellow people for this statement, and also owes an apology to the black people for saying this directly on the stage of the Oscars, dragging the entire black community into the water?"
He spread his hands.
"My response to this matter ends here. No matter how he tries to change the subject or avoid the main point, I don't want to engage in a war of words anymore because it's meaningless," Lu Yanhe said. "If you are really interested in this matter, why not use my questions to ask Harvey more questions and tell him when he can answer these questions."
Lu Yanhe said this in the calmest tone.
The media at the scene all showed excitement in their eyes.
Everyone knows that Lu Yanhe's response is tough enough to set off a new round of uproar.
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If a person wants to be known by people in a circle as quickly as possible, it is definitely not to visit every household and introduce himself, but to become the protagonist of a piece of news.
This is how Lu Yanhe became known to Hollywood.
If what happened to him during the filming and release of "The Mist" only attracted a lot of attention at the public level.
This time, Lu Yanhe showed his sharp attitude directly in front of everyone.
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At the bustling party, some people saw Lu Yanhe and turned away, while others came up to him enthusiastically to express their respect and support for him.
Lu Yanhe doesn't want to be a so-called "spokesperson", but it seems that many people put him in such a position.
If Lu Yanhe told people at this time that he did not want to be a so-called "Asian spokesperson", no one would believe him.
At least, Lu Yanhe saw this from many people's eyes: You said those words and did those things just to let everyone know you, right?
The speculative looks from others left Lu Yanhe with no way to explain, and he could only accept the crown in silence.
Jiang Yuqian told Lu Yanhe that many people were asking her about his situation.
"There haven't been so many people who have come to talk to me before. They are very curious about you, but they don't want to come to you directly." Jiang Yuqian shook her head helplessly and rolled her eyes. "It seems that some people are particularly afraid of being seen associating with you."
"Maybe it's because I've offended a large number of black people?" Lu Yanhe said, "Harvey has put a very serious accusation on me."
Jiang Yuqian: "Then you have to be careful. If Harvey continues to use this hat to call on some people to target you, they are still very powerful here."
"It doesn't matter. I don't stay in Hollywood for long anyway." Lu Yanhe said calmly.
Jiang Yuqian said, "But you will still come to Hollywood to film in the future, right? I remember you told me that you were going to film some movies in Hollywood in the future. It would be terrible if Harvey and his forces caused trouble for you here."
Lu Yanhe said, "If that's the case, then we can only fight back. However, I think that no matter what, he shouldn't be the one to cause trouble to me. He was the one who offended me first, and I'm not in the wrong, so why should I be afraid of him?"
Jiang Yuqian nodded: "You are right. It is us Asians who should unite. I was always worried that you would be targeted and retaliated against by them, and I forgot that Harvey was the one who should be targeted."
Anger showed up on her face.
"Sister Yuqian, please don't get involved in this matter." Lu Yanhe could see that Jiang Yuqian wanted to join him in fighting against the same enemy.
Now Jiang Yuqian's work is mainly concentrated overseas, and Lu Yanhe doesn't want Jiang Yuqian to be targeted by those people because of this little thing.
There is really no need for that.
Jiang Yuqian shook her head and said, "No, you reminded me. I know you don't need my support, but as an Asian, it would be wrong for me not to stand up and express my attitude at this time."
She added: "Especially since I was still there tonight."
Lu Yanhe understood what Jiang Yuqian meant.
He nodded.
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However, Jiang Yuqian and Lu Yanhe clearly underestimated the power of Asian Americans in Hollywood.
Although they are only a minority group, their combined strength is not small.
Moreover, the most important thing is what Harvey said: yellow-skinned people are competing for the survival resources of black people.
This sentence aroused public anger.
The next day, many Asian celebrities protested and condemned Harvey's remarks through the media or their own social media accounts.
Several highly prestigious Asian directors in Hollywood also united and wrote a joint letter to the Oscars to protest this discriminatory statement against Asians.
If we say that last night, only Lu Yanhe was standing in front of the artillery fire from Harvey and his forces, the situation changed dramatically starting from the next day.
In particular, in fact, major media around the world and public voices on the Internet are expressing support for Lu Yanhe and condemning Harvey.
Back to the point, this matter itself has entered the public domain and will inevitably be judged as to "who is right and who is wrong".
Lu Yanhe himself is upright and has nothing to fear from his own shadow, and this is the thing he is least afraid of.
However, Lu Yanhe had to return home the day after attending the Oscars.
He still has a job in the country.
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After this incident, Lu Yanhe received many emails from people, many of whom were people he wanted to meet but hadn't met yet.
Because there was no chat software like WeChat, Lu Yanhe’s contact with some friends abroad was basically through emails.
His personal email address is not a secret. Basically, if you want to know it, you can find it through some mutual friends.
During the time when Lu Yanhe lost contact when he flew back to China, not to mention others, three Chinese-language dramas with many overseas viewers, "Squid!", "Friends" and "The Gold Rush" and their creators, all expressed their support for Lu Yanhe on social media and demanded that Harvey apologize.
Chen Bige, Shang Yongzhou, Ning Xiulian, Wang Zhong, Liu Bige and other award-winning and influential Chinese creators in the international film industry also spoke out to express their opinions.
Afterwards, celebrities, artists, directors and screenwriters from many Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Thailand, expressed their protest against the discrimination against Asians at this year's Oscars and demanded that Harvey apologize.
When Lu Yanhe arrived in China and got off the plane, Harvey had been forced to apologize in a live broadcast of his own show. Of course, his apology did not mention the attack on Lu Yanhe at all, but only said that his original intention was not to discriminate against Asians, and apologized for the harm caused to Asians.
However, what Harvey might not have expected was that Lu Yanhe had a large army of fans who had fought overseas many times.
They saw that Harvey did not mention a word of apology to Lu Yanhe, and they attacked him fiercely in the comment section, making his social media comment section more lively than ever before.
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"This trip is quite tiring." After returning to the recording site of the program, Chen Bige teased Lu Yanhe with a smile.
Lu Yanhe also showed a helpless smile and said, "Who would have thought that? I originally thought it was just an award presentation."
"I must say that you did a great job on this matter. You helped us vent our anger." Chen Bige nodded to Lu Yanhe. "Fortunately, you were there and retorted to him on the spot. This kind of person has a big mouth but no brain to match it."
Lu Yanhe: "I don't know how his team agreed to let him speak like this on stage."
Chen Bige: "Then you are still not familiar with him. He has done this kind of thing many times. He is a very controversial host and has been scolded many times."
"Then why did Oscar invite him?"
"Don't you know? Because the original host was involved in a cheating scandal, they had to find another host temporarily. At that time, there was only a week left before the Oscars, and many hosts were unwilling to accept the offer, but he accepted it." Chen Bige said, "I thought you knew."
“I didn’t pay much attention.”
The two were chatting when Shang Yongzhou came over with a thermos cup.
"Yan He, when did you come back?"
"The day before yesterday."
"It's been quite lively these past few days." Shang Yongzhou said, "Has Harvey been looking for you, trying to make peace with you?"
"Ah? No." Lu Yanhe shook his head.
"No?" Shang Yongzhou was a little surprised. "Someone came to me and wanted me to mediate for you. But I refused."
Lu Yanhe: "No one has ever told me this."
"He may not be able to find a way to contact you even if he wants to." Chen Bige said directly, "After all, you have only made one movie in Hollywood, and not many people know you."
Lu Yanhe: "No matter who he finds, I will not forgive him until he publicly apologizes to me."
"That's the way it should be. Don't let those people think you're easy to bully." Chen Bige agreed. "Those people in Hollywood are just as likely to bully the weak and fear the strong."
"They can't bully me. I'm not an American actor and I don't work in Hollywood." Lu Yanhe smiled.
Chen Bige asked: "Your next Hollywood movie is the second part of The Mist?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded. "The contract has been signed, but we haven't started writing the script yet. The earliest we can start filming is next year."
In fact, according to D19's schedule, it is indeed scheduled to be filmed in the first half of next year.
“What will you shoot this year?”
"I will watch the TV series "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and then I will take a look at the film projects of Director Liu Bige. He has a spy war drama that he wants me to shoot. If I can't shoot it this year, I will shoot my own script."
"What other scripts have you written yourself?"
"A youth love movie." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "'Those Years, We Chased the Same Girl'."
"Hmm? Is it the same subject as Love Letter?"
"They are different." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "One is the regret of secret love, and the other is the regret of not being together in the end. They are two completely different emotions."
Shang Yongzhou: "Then there's no hope for us."
Chen Bige: "If you want to act in Yan He's script, just tell him no."
Lu Yanhe asked with a smile: "Brother, what kind of subject do you want to play?"
Shang Yongzhou looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise: "Are you really going to write one for me?"
"Well, if you need it." Lu Yanhe said, "In the past two years, I have written mostly commercial film scripts. I want to write another script like Rouge and Raise the Red Lantern."
Shang Yongzhou said: "Then just write according to your own ideas."
Lu Yanhe: "I have too many ideas."
Shang Yongzhou: "If you say that, the other screenwriters might really want to stab you with voodoo."
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Really, Senior Brother, tell me what kind of subject you want to act in and I will write it for you."
Shang Yongzhou: "Is it really up to me to mention it?"
"Really." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Shang Yongzhou said: "In fact, I have always wanted to act in a martial arts film, but I didn't catch up with the era when martial arts films were popular, and the scripts I received later were too ordinary."
Lu Yanhe was stunned and showed an expression of disbelief.
"No way?"
"Ah? Really, I'm not lying to you. I haven't received a good martial arts film script yet."
"No, what I want to say is, Senior Brother, don't you know that I have already written a script for a martial arts film?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Shang Yongzhou was stunned.
Lu Yanhe said, "I wrote Dragon Inn, but I gave this martial arts script to Liu Bige. He is interested and wants to film it. Speaking of which... Senior Brother, although this is a group portrait martial arts script, I think you will definitely like it. This script, not to brag, is really good."
That was his favorite martial arts movie.
Lu Yanhe said, "I'll send you the script first, Senior Brother. If there's a role you want to play in the script, I'll ask Liu Bige if he has chosen someone. If he has, forget it. I'll write another one for you. If no one has chosen, that's perfect."
Shang Yongzhou nodded, "Okay."
Chen Bi Ge immediately asked, "Is there a role suitable for me?"
Lu Yanhe was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Not bad... if you don't mind that this is not a movie with a heroine."
Chen Bige: "Forget about other movies. You are so confident in this script that you didn't even consider that Shang Yongzhou would refuse. Of course I am interested."
Lu Yanhe: "Then I'll send them to you together."
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In fact, after Lu Yanhe handed the script of "Dragon Inn" to Liu Bige, he no longer took care of it.
He called Liu Bige, told him about the relevant situation, and asked him about the progress of the project.
Liu Bige said frankly that he had not had time to promote this project.
I was previously working on the post-production of "After the Fake Death", and then I was busy working on the spy film "Dingfeng No. 1".
Lu Yanhe said, "If Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige both want to act, is it OK with you?"
"If they are willing to come, why shouldn't it be OK on my side? Of course I want to cooperate with them," said Liu Bige.
Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Liu Bige is willing, it's fine.
Liu Bige: "By the way, He Han told me that your company has contacted him? Do you want to sign him?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "We were planning to do some film projects ourselves. You know, didn't we ask you for recommendations?"
"He was quite hesitant. After the film Miss Ning was withdrawn midway through, he was disappointed for a long time. Later, he returned to France and has been working in the French crew. He no longer wants to be a director." Liu Bige said, "If you sign him, will you support him in making movies?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I bother signing him?" Lu Yanhe said, "I may not be able to support blockbusters, but for a low-budget movie like Miss Ning, there is absolutely no problem."
"He is really talented. You are willing to give him another chance... I don't know what to say. Thank you for remembering him."
"I almost played Miss Ning at the beginning, and I was ready." Lu Yanhe said, "So, I know very well how good he is."
"Yes, but Longyan seems to be blind." Liu Bige suddenly said in a cold tone.
Lu Yanhe sighed.
"By the way, there is no interference from Longyan on the film Dragon Inn, right?"
"Not yet, but I have told them about the script. They... they are also worried about the subject matter of this martial arts film and think that the box office prospects are not good."
"I really don't understand their positioning of you. You are not a commercial film director. Why do they want you to be a commercial film director who sells box office?" Lu Yanhe shook his head.
The box office volume of the movie "Dragon Inn" may not be too high. A better performance would be probably in the range of 8 million to 10 billion. If it can be filmed to the same quality as the original, with such a lineup of screenwriters, directors and actors, this box office volume can be achieved.
But it is obvious that in Long Yan's eyes, this box office number cannot match Liu Bige's.
He had just finished filming "Late Spring" and "After the Faked Death" has not been released yet.
Liu Bige: "They always think that as long as I am willing to shoot some high-grossing commercial themes, it will be no problem to get a box office of more than 10 billion or 20 billion."
His tone was helpless.
Perhaps all author-type directors like Liu Bige have to go through such a process.
At that time, in order to prevent Long Yan from interfering with Ding Feng No. 1 and turning it into a spy film with a strong commercial style, Chen Ziyan personally went to negotiate with Mrs. Huang.
In fact, in Lu Yanhe's opinion, there is really no need for Longyan to control Liu Bigo's filming in this way.
It is rare for an author-type director like him, who has won international awards, to have a style that does not set a high threshold for audiences to watch his films. His films can be both critically and commercially successful. For example, "Late Spring" had a box office of 500 million yuan, plus copyright income from overseas and streaming media, which has brought Longyan at least 300 million yuan in revenue so far.
And because it won the grand prize, its copyright income will still be considerable in the future.
Liu Bige is definitely a director who can go this route.
Especially such a cooperative relationship can last for a long time.
Otherwise, given Liu Bige's current attitude towards Longyan, it seems very likely that they will end their cooperation after the first contract period.
Isn’t this worth the loss?
Lu Yanhe asked: "When can Dingfeng No. 1 start filming? Is there an approximate time?"
"I'm waiting for a response from the other actor."
"Huh? Who?" Lu Yanhe was a little curious.
"Teacher Wen Shengming."
When Lu Yanhe heard the name, he was stunned and instantly understood why Liu Bige used the word "wait".
He also said that with the achievements of Liu Bige's debut film, plus he as the leading actor, this kind of configuration, in China, can be said to be a project that almost all actors want to join.
There are also people who will not reply in time and you need to wait.
It turned out to be him.
Lu Yanhe had never seen Wen Shengming before, but as someone who was in the entertainment industry, how could he not know him?
If we use a person as an analogy, the first person that comes to Lu Yanhe's mind is Mr. Chen Daoming.
A big shot who is obviously not that old but has a transcendent status when mentioned.
Lu Yanhe asked: "Did he still get invited to this movie?"
"Well." Liu Bige said, "The two most important characters in this movie are you and his role. I don't know if he is willing to play it."
Liu Bige's tone was a little nervous. (End of this chapter)
