"So they invited me to star in the movie Doomsday, and it had nothing to do with you?"
Jiang Yuqian asked in surprise on the phone.
She didn't seem to believe Lu Yanhe's denial.
Lu Yanhe had to smile and explain: "It really has nothing to do with me. They have been interested in you for a long time. I actually started to get involved in the movie project "Doomsday" a month ago."
Jiang Yuqian: "Okay, even though you said that—"
Lu Yanhe said, "If I had known that you were going to star in Doomsday, I wouldn't have pushed the Red Eye project so quickly. Now I have to coordinate with both parties so that the shooting schedules of the two projects don't collide."
Jiang Yuqian: "The two leading actress projects I've taken on in Hollywood are all related to you. I think I'm really going to take advantage of you wherever I go."
Lu Yanhe smiled and asked, "Sister Yuqian, what have you been doing recently?"
"Filming commercials, participating in some events to stay in the spotlight, and promoting The Call." Jiang Yuqian said, "Have you seen the film The Call?"
"Not yet." Lu Yanhe said, "Have you seen it?"
"I have only seen some clips, I haven't watched the whole thing yet." Jiang Yuqian said, "I hope the box office can exceed 2 million. Last time I starred in "Behind the Golden Coat ", the box office performance was obviously pretty good, I took in more than million, and the movie made tens of millions, but in the end a lot of people laughed at me for not being able to carry the box office. I was so angry."
Lu Yanhe: "The box office of "The Phone" should be good, don't worry, this kind of subject matter is very topical, but the word of mouth will definitely not be that good."
"Ah? It won't have a good reputation?"
"This kind of film involving science fiction, different time and space, revenge and some melodramatic past is definitely not a type that the public thinks is good." Lu Yanhe said, "However, among films of this type, it will definitely be included in various lists."
Jiang Yuqian hummed when she heard this.
Lu Yanhe said: "This movie has sold quite well overseas. The distribution rights have been sold to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom and several other countries. Movies of this type have a fixed audience. With your own fame, I estimate that you will have some overseas promotion work to do."
The movie "The Phone" actually didn't have a high rating in its original version, and the plot was controversial.
Of course, the biggest controversy is that the actress Park Shin Hye's acting is terrible. This actress is really like a certain top actress in our country. Her acting skills have always been questioned, but she is lucky, has a high success rate in getting films, and has a big hit.
Jiang Yuqian's acting skills are not the kind that are not impressive. She may not win awards, but her acting skills are definitely able to make the audience empathize with her.
She and Wang Jing acted in this movie together, and Lu Yanhe was not worried about the acting problems at all.
In fact, everyone said that Lu Yanhe chose Jiang Yuqian to play the role in "The Call" to bring Jiang Yuqian into the film industry.
Only Lu Yanhe himself knew that after Jiang Yuqian became famous worldwide for "Squid Game", she starred in "Call", which could promote the overseas sales of this movie with the model of "well-known actor + specific theme". Facts have also proved that the movie "Call", which has not yet been released in China, has attracted the attention of several overseas film companies because of this combination model. After the filming of the movie was completed, overseas film companies immediately came to pre-order the movie.
Many people don't know how to use the role of stars in movies, so they blame the stars for not being able to carry the box office.
However, if stars really don't help the movie box office, why would they be paid such high salaries?
There may be fools among people, but true fools are rare in capital.
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Compared to Jiang Yuqian, Jiang Jun was able to star in "Doomsday" because of Lu Yanhe's efforts.
Jiang Jun also knew this very well.
However, what Jiang Jun did not expect was that Lu Yanhe actually became the producer of "Doomsday".
15% investment is not much, why can Lu Yanhe become the third producer? The most important reason is that this project was played by Lu Yanhe, who made Derrien Dillon join the film and brought the film back to life.
Except for a very small number of people, even Jiang Jun didn’t know these things.
But this may be the case. The less people know why, the more people will associate it with various things. Now, when the domestic entertainment industry evaluates a celebrity artist, they often say that XX artist has become capital.
In the eyes of many people, Lu Yanhe went to Hollywood to make capital.
Even if this is not the case, no one will believe it.
After all, whether it is Jiang Jun or Jiang Yuqian, they are both people who have a close relationship with Lu Yanhe in the eyes of everyone.
It can even be said that the two of them are members of his capital camp.
Lu Yanhe did not deny this.
Indeed, Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian are the actors who have worked with him the most.
There are few people who collaborate more than the two of them.
Then, at this time, Beijing and Taiwan suddenly scheduled the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor".
This drama was supposed to be broadcast this summer, but for some unknown reason, it was not broadcast in the end. Chen Ziyan said it was because Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige did not have time to cooperate in the drama promotion, but Lu Yanhe felt that with the performance of the first season of this drama, the second season would still be broadcast well even without the two of them promoting the drama.
Deputy Director Jiang Lan came to see Lu Yanhe in person, asked about his schedule, and wanted to invite him to cooperate with the promotion of the drama.
It can be said that Jiang Lan is the only person in Beijing and Taiwan that Lu Yanhe is still willing to deal with.
Ever since Linghe poached Hu Siwei, the relationship between Lu Yanhe and Jingtai, which was not very good to begin with, has entered an even more delicate and unpleasant state.
Lu Yanhe said, "Mr. Jiang, I will not appear on the programs on your Beijing TV. As for other programs that require cooperation, I will cooperate with them as much as I can."
Jiang Lan asked with a smile if he had time to shoot the third season of "Seventeen Floors" if it would start filming next year.
Lu Yanhe said: "The schedule is very tight, let's try to coordinate, but I have only filmed up to the third season. The director said before that his idea for this story is three seasons. I hope that our story can end normally in the third season. If you still want to use the IP of "The Seventeenth Floor" to make a spin-off series, it's fine, but don't bring my character to the stage anymore."
Jiang Lan understood Lu Yanhe's thoughts and nodded.
"Actually, you know, we have always wanted to repair our relationship with you."
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "Taiwan Jiang, to be honest, it's okay to cooperate with you, and it's fine to cooperate with other people in Jingtai. But even if I cooperate with you, I have to be wary of being attacked by others. So, before you become the director, I will not cooperate with Jingtai on new projects."
Lu Yanhe's words were quite direct.
Jiang Lan also felt emotional in her heart that Lu Yanhe was becoming more and more assertive every year.
But no one can do anything to him. Now Lu Yanhe is not just an actor. Even the Golden Tripod Awards challenged him head-on, but he was rejected and apologized in shame.
To be honest, the fact that Lu Yanhe was still willing to cooperate with them in promoting the second season at this time, and was willing to finish filming the third season from beginning to end, showed his professional ethics.
Of course, what Jiang Lan didn't expect the most was that when the second season of "Seventeenth Floor" was about to be broadcast, the young man who had to rely on interests to exchange for the male lead of this drama had now unknowingly turned the entire creative team of "Seventeenth Floor", especially the leading actors, into his friends.
Jiang Lan really doubted how much support Chen Bige and Jiang Jun would give to the drama if she couldn't get support for "Seventeenth Floor" from Lu Yanhe.
Because of this, Jiang Lan was very satisfied with the results of her face-to-face communication with Lu Yanhe today.
Even though Lu Yanhe did not agree to anything except the matter regarding "Seventeenth Floor", he also clearly rejected the possibility of other cooperation in the short term.
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Although this chapter still has very few words, it can be regarded as a supplement to the previous chapter which had too little update. (End of this chapter)
