Shi Xia is Shi Xia. Many people who hadn't reserved a seat still arrived, filling the aisles and back rows. Such is the appeal of a great writer: even those who didn't major in literature knew him, read his works, and were his readers, eager to hear him speak in person.
Lu Yanhe and Wang Xiao were both Shi Xia's liaisons, responsible for coordination on site.
When Shi Xia came on stage and started speaking, their work came to a temporary halt.
Wang Xiao suddenly winked at Lu Yanhe, indicating that Lu Yanhe should look in a certain direction.
Lu Yanhe was stunned and looked in the direction Wang Xiao indicated.
In the second row of the audience, Chen Siqi was sitting there.
Lu Yanhe immediately laughed.
Chen Siqi didn't see him, but was listening attentively to Shi Xia's childhood stories.
Wang Xiao whispered to Lu Yanhe, "Did Editor-in-Chief Chen come here specifically for Teacher Shi Xia?"
As soon as Lu Yanhe turned his head, he could see the mocking look in Wang Xiao's eyes.
He smiled, shook his head and said, "How else could you have come back just for me?"
Wang Xiao: "I haven't even greeted Chief Editor Chen yet. You'll have to introduce me to the editor-in-chief of Jump Up. You've been here to share your experience, but Chief Editor Chen hasn't come yet. Wait a year or two, and you'll have to invite Chief Editor Chen over as well."
Lu Yanhe looked at Wang Xiao helplessly, but did not refuse.
Wang Xiao, the senior, often talks nonsense and gives people the illusion that he is "unruly" from time to time, but putting all that aside, he is a person with outstanding comprehensive qualities in all aspects.
He was able to stand out in a university like Zhenhua and become the backbone of the Youth Association. His future is clearly bright.
To some extent, he and Chen Siqi have a lot in common in terms of career ambition.
In order to get someone to agree, you can use slow and steady methods.
In order to get Lu Yanhe into the Youth Association, Wang Xiao repeatedly pressured Lu Yanhe, just like Chen Siqi is now pressureing Shi Xia.
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If Shi Xia comes to give a lecture, Miao Yue will definitely come to listen.
As her counselor, Chen Shiqiu realized that this must be something serious when he saw the man next to her again.
Last time, Lu Yanhe said that the man was a producer who wanted to buy the film adaptation rights of Miao Yue's novel, which dispelled Chen Shiqiu's doubts. But a few months later, when he saw him next to Miao Yue again, Chen Shiqiu's radar as a counselor immediately started beeping.
The man who appeared next to Miao Yue today was, of course, Liu Bige, who had been writing the script of "Late Spring" with Miao Yue recently.
Liu Bige came here today also for Shi Xia, and asked Miao Yue to help him make a reservation and grab a seat.
As soon as Shi Xia's lecture ended, Chen Shiqiu saw Miao Yue and Liu Bige preparing to go out together, and immediately followed them.
Today, under his nose, he would definitely not let Miao Yue foolishly follow Liu Bige out of school.
He pretended to be surprised in the corridor and called out to Miao Yue.
"Miao Yue, which college is this student from?" Chen Shiqiu asked with a smile.
Miao Yue glanced at Chen Shiqiu in surprise and said, "Teacher Chen, isn't this the producer I told you about last time, the one who wanted to adapt my novel into a movie? Liu Bige."
Liu Bige stretched out his hand to shake hands with Chen Shiqiu.
"Hello, Teacher Chen, I'm Liu Bige."
Chen Shiqiu shook his hand, looked him over carefully, and said, "Liu...Producer? Is it appropriate for me to address you as that?"
"It's up to you." Liu Bigo smiled faintly.
Chen Shiqiu asked, "How's the film going?"
"I'm still writing the script." said Liu Bige.
Chen Shiqiu nodded and looked at Miao Yue, "Miao Yue, are you also involved in the creation of this script?"
Miao Yue nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Chen, I am also a screenwriter. I am writing with him."
Chen Shiqiu was stunned.
He didn't expect that this script was actually related to Miao Yue.
He originally wanted to ask Miao Yue, since the script has nothing to do with you anymore, you sold the novel to them to be adapted into a movie, and the subsequent events have nothing to do with you, why are you still in such close contact with Liu Bige?
Chen Shiqiu was mainly worried that Miao Yue, a freshman girl, was being cheated by someone in society.
Especially those who are from outside the school and are much older than Miao Yue.
Now that he has no legal basis, he can't say anything more.
Seeing that Chen Shiqiu was silent, Miao Yue said, "Teacher Chen, I'll send him out first."
"Well, come back early. I'll come to your place to check on your dormitories at ten o'clock." Chen Shiqiu said again.
"Well, Teacher Chen, I'll send him to the school gate and come back." Miao Yue said.
"Then we'll go first." Liu Bige glanced at Chen Shiqiu, nodded, and left with Miao Yue.
Chen Shiqiu's eyes narrowed instantly.
Was it his illusion? Why did he feel that Liu Bigo's last look was a bit like a provocation?
"Teacher Chen." Lu Yanhe's voice sounded from behind him.
Chen Shiqiu turned around and saw Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi.
Although it was the first time he met Chen Siqi in person, he had seen her photos on the Internet before.
Chen Siqi, who has been on the hot search several times with Lu Yanhe, is now considered a minor celebrity because of her relationship with the editor-in-chief of "Jump Up".
"Yan He, Siqi." Chen Shiqiu greeted them.
Chen Siqi was a little surprised, "Teacher Chen knows me?"
Chen Shiqiu laughed and said, "Of course I know him. I'm a loyal reader of Jump Up."
Chen Siqi smiled flattered and greeted him: "Hello, Teacher Chen."
Chen Shiqiu glanced at Lu Yanhe and said, "Where is Siqi staying tonight?"
Chen Siqi said: "My flight back to Jiangguang tonight, I have to go to the airport now."
Chen Shiqiu looked at her in surprise: "You're going back so late?"
"Yes, I have class at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, so I have to rush back to class." Chen Siqi said, "I came here today to see Teacher Shi Xia. I just said hello to him, but now my mission is completed, so I have to go back."
Lu Yanhe also said, "Teacher Chen, I need to ask for a leave tonight. I won't be sleeping in the dormitory tonight. I'll take her to the airport, and I think she'll be back around midnight."
Chen Shiqiu nodded, "Okay, no problem."
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"Teacher Shi Xia has been refusing to give in. Is that okay?" Lu Yanhe asked Chen Siqi.
"We're just getting started. I'm ready for a protracted war." Chen Siqi said calmly, "There's no rush."
Lu Yanhe nodded. "I was worried that you might be unhappy because Teacher Shi wouldn't give in."
"How could it be possible? You've been pestering a great writer for half a year and expect him to give you his manuscript? How could it be possible? Everyone wants to protect their reputation, and our magazine has only been published for a few issues," Chen Siqi said. "Liu Jiazhen was willing to give us the manuscript because of your personal relationship with him and the efforts of Jiangyin Publishing House. Teacher Baduanjin was willing to give us the manuscript because we need each other. So what does Teacher Shi Xia need from us? It's entirely because we need him."
Lu Yanhe asked, "Where is Master Baduanjin from? I haven't met him yet. If there's a chance, we'd like to have dinner together."
Chen Siqi said, "He's not in Yuming. I'll arrange it when there's a chance."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi added, "The show 'Idol Era' wants to place three advertisements in our magazine. Do you think that's appropriate?"
"What do you think?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Siqi thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, I don't really want to add advertising pages to the magazine. Right now, we're already making money just from the sales of our own works, but if we want to expand the magazine further, we still lack funds. To be honest, I'd like to increase the royalties even further. As long as the royalties are high enough, there will definitely be no shortage of good authors writing for us. I want all authors to know that Jump Up pays a high fee, so that all authors will be willing to submit their works to us."
"How about making a separate ad page and inserting it inside the magazine?" Lu Yanhe said, "That way, it won't affect the binding of the magazine itself. Our magazines are all covered in plastic anyway, right? There's no need to worry about the ad page falling out."
Chen Siqi's eyes lit up instantly.
"That's fine."
Lu Yanhe said, "There will probably be some brands advertising in the future. Like you said, if we don't accept these ads, we'll lose a bit of revenue. With this revenue, we can not only increase the authors' royalties, but also use it for more planning and creating better content for everyone."
Chen Siqi said, "My original idea was to let self-media handle the business, so that the magazine itself could maintain its purity. However, although the development of self-media is good now, there are many competitors. We missed the opportunity for self-media development. If we want to stand out at this time, it will take time and opportunities. The magazine is unique and has been favored by many people. The three issues of "Idol Era" were directly promoted with 600,000 yuan in advertising fees, which is simply not comparable to self-media."
Lu Yanhe: "It's a good thing that the magazine can make money, but just don't make too much of it, or it'll offend readers. Don't be like some magazines where one-third of the content is advertising."
Chen Siqi nodded. "Well, in short, I've already established a few principles. First, all the advertising pages on the back cover should be used for our authors to promote and advertise their new books. If there are no new books to promote, even if they are left blank, they won't be used for advertising. Secondly, I want to increase the amount of space available for manuscripts in the magazine, leaving as much space as possible for text content."
"That's certainly good." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Siqi: "I have signed cooperation agreements with several journalists who specialize in interviews with celebrities. From now on, we will publish an in-depth interview article with a celebrity in every issue."
"Is the interview column finally going online?" Lu Yanhe said.
"Yes, it's very difficult to sign good profile reporters. Everyone has their own fixed media partners," said Chen Siqi. "Although print media has declined, several major online media outlets are still in great need of top profile reporters."
"Then how did you sign in this time?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Siqi: "The high standard of royalties and travel expenses. Of course, I think a very important reason they finally agreed was that the feedback from the first few issues of Jump Up was very good. It became a unique commercial literary magazine. They also saw the influence, so they agreed."
Lu Yanhe: "We still have to be strong enough ourselves, then people will be willing to cooperate with us."
Chen Siqi nodded. "That's right. Many authors who were previously reluctant to contribute to us have softened their stance. Especially since Liu Jiazhen's new novel has sold so well, it's tempting many authors."
"Brother Jiazhen's new novel is indeed very well written. Several of my artist friends are following the serialization. As expected, this kind of suspense novel is easier to break barriers, and readers of all ages like to read it." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Siqi's eyes turned, and he immediately said, "Then what do you think? Can we have special columns in the magazine for novels? Suspense columns, fairy tale columns, emotional columns, urban columns, and then an innovation column to publish novels on corresponding themes?"
Lu Yanhe said in surprise, "You mean, five series at the same time?"
"We'll talk about opening a few at once, but this will also build our brand column. Think about it, if the novels serialized in our magazine can become bestsellers after publication, then there's no need to worry about authors not wanting to serialize them in our magazine." Chen Siqi's eyes lit up as she spoke, and even in the dimly lit carriage, they were as bright as a lightbulb, and her excitement was obvious. "Let's convey to everyone the acceptance standards of our "Jump Up" magazine, and let everyone have the impression that the novels serialized in our magazine are all good works."
Lu Yanhe understood Chen Siqi's intention, nodded, and said, "If we can do that, that would be great."
Chen Siqi: "We have received a lot of good manuscripts, and the schedule has already moved up to this year's July issue. I'm thinking about making this July issue a summer special issue with richer content. This special issue could be 300 or even 400 pages long. At the same time, we could also start a new serialized novel in this special issue."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Generally, one issue of a book is about 150 pages long. If it is 300 or even 400 pages long, it is equivalent to the volume of two normal issues.
This way, more manuscripts can be published without making the authors wait.
After all, the royalties will only be paid after the manuscript is officially used.
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April is a month of turbulence.
"Jump Up" is advancing various new plans, manuscript solicitations, manuscript reviews, and manuscript revisions through various brainstorming sessions between Chen Siqi and the editorial department.
While Lu Yanhe was diligently completing his course assignments, he occasionally went out to shoot commercials and magazines. He was rarely on the hot searches anymore and disappeared from the boiling online world.
But he was still very busy with many things. For example, "City Travel Notes" came to him again. Xin Zixing was very enthusiastic and wanted to invite Lu Yanhe back to record the next episode. Lu Yanhe did not refuse anything because he had time, so he nodded, which made Xin Zixing breathe a sigh of relief.
Jia Long is also working on the script of Lost on Journey and is looking for investors and directors. Lu Yanhe has met with Jia Long twice to discuss how the film should be made.
On the side of "Miss Ning", He Han is still looking for his heroine, and Lu Yanhe still invited teacher He Shuyi to help him practice lines and study the character.
For "Late Spring", Liu Bige and Miao Yue had already written the first draft of the script and asked Lu Yanhe to read it first. After reading it, Lu Yanhe put forward some of his own opinions, mainly focusing on the character he was going to play. Liu Bige and Miao Yue then used his opinions to make a second round of revisions.
Li Zhenzhen contacted Lu Yanhe to discuss the recording of the second season of "Young Days".
After Lu Yanhe communicated with Chen Ziyan, his feedback was "If it is the original cast, then continue recording. If it is not the original cast, then forget it."
He didn't want to go through another Mengli incident.
These are all works related to Lu Yanhe, and the most eye-catching work not related to Lu Yanhe is actually "Idol Era".
Lu Yanhe didn't know what other people were doing, but Chen Ziyan spent a lot of time and energy on finding someone to join the idol artist award, which was temporarily named the Star Award.
To present an award, a committee is inevitably established to oversee a wide range of matters. Besides the individuals spearheading the effort, this committee also includes several industry leaders who can smooth the relationship between the upper and lower levels and promote the award in all aspects.
Because Lu Yanhe has left the idol track, this award has little impact on Lu Yanhe, but it has a big impact on Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
Zhou Ping'an heard this rumor early on.
Given his personality, how could he be willing to see such a big piece of fat meat about to be taken out of the pot when it has nothing to do with him?
Zhou Ping'an immediately found Vice President Ma.
Star Entertainment is one of the largest idol artist management companies in China, with hundreds of idol artists.
If they want to produce "Idol Era" or win the Star Awards, they cannot avoid Star Entertainment.
If Star Entertainment does not cooperate, then this program and awards will be inferior no matter how it is done.
As a result, when Zhou Ping'an rushed to the door of Vice President Ma's office, he was stopped by his secretary, who said that Chen Ziyan was talking to Vice President Ma inside.
Zhou Ping'an widened his eyes.
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"We at Star Entertainment have been investing a lot of resources in cultivating idol artists. We're actually optimistic about this future market. Now, so many people are planning to create a program like this, provide a regular stage for idol artists, and establish an award to raise their status and attention. Star Entertainment will benefit greatly from participating. Mr. Ma, you've been doing this for so many years, you must have seen it, so I don't need to elaborate."
Chen Ziyan sat in front of Vice President Ma and said, "This will be a hot topic. It's not just this award that will create a hot topic, but the hot topic of idol artists has already appeared. It all depends on who can take the lead and be the first to try it. President Ma, you definitely want to be the first to try it, right?"
She looked at Vice President Ma and smiled.
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How to persuade someone?
Different people have different approaches.
Some people look for other people's weaknesses, some look for other people's interests, but Chen Ziyan's approach is often to start from the general trend and environment, find the win-win points for both parties, and explain the reason to them.
Lu Yanhe was also greatly influenced by Chen Ziyan in this regard.
Lu Yanhe originally thought that Chen Ziyan was busy with this matter recently and would pay less attention to him.
Therefore, he didn't go looking for Chen Ziyan much.
What he didn't expect was that even though Chen Ziyan was so busy, she was still helping him find some acting jobs. At the end of April, she suddenly called him and said that she had arranged a cameo role for him in a movie, just one scene.
"Three Mountains," a film directed by Wang Zhong.
Wang Zhong is a very famous art film director, and every one of his films has been a regular at film festivals and film awards.
When Lu Yanhe received a call from Chen Ziyan, he didn't ask anything and went straight to the set.
When Lu Yanhe arrived there, he realized that although it was just one scene, it was quite difficult to act. He had to play a mysterious fortune teller.
Lu Yanhe looked at Wang Zhong bewilderedly and asked, "Fortune teller?"
Isn't it said that fortune tellers are usually middle-aged or elderly? How did they cast him in this role?
Wang Zhong said, "We need a very young fortune teller in this play to create a sense of contrast."
"Three Mountains" tells the story of three young people who go treasure hunting and encounter some inexplicable things on the way. Simply put, they are the concrete manifestations of concepts such as greed, anger, ignorance and delusion. The fortune teller played by Lu Yanhe is someone the three young people suddenly meet when they run into a mountain temple on a rainy night.
This was a costume drama, and Lu Yanhe did not see the complete script. He only got the fragments given to him by Wang Zhong.
"This fortune teller, you should think of him as a man with a mind that's full of mystique and mental issues. During the famine, there wasn't much he could do, so he took up the fortune-telling trade," Wang Zhong said. "Don't play it too realistically. I don't want that. The whole film is based on a fantasy style. This fortune teller reads the fortunes of three young people, predicting that their future journey will be difficult and full of disasters. This scares them, and that's the character's purpose."
Lu Yanhe took the script on the spot.
In this section, the fortune teller was indeed weird. Sometimes he wanted to charge money, and sometimes he said that since they had just met by chance, he would tell the fortunes for the three young men for free. During the fortune-telling process, his expression became more and more shocked, because the fortune-telling signs for the three young men were more blood-red than the other.
The divination frightened even the fortune teller, who thought he had encountered some extremely vicious and evil creature. He screamed and rushed out of the temple, disappearing in the heavy rain.
Judging from the script, he is a very stereotyped character.
Lu Yanhe didn't know whether Wang Zhong asked him to play this guest role or Chen Ziyan knew that he was looking for someone and introduced Lu Yanhe to him.
However, with Lu Yanhe's current fame, making a cameo appearance in a movie is actually to help others no matter how you look at it.
Wang Zhong was also very polite to Lu Yanhe.
This director has been a director for more than ten years, but his output is not high. He has only made five films in the past, and this is his sixth.
Each of these movies is an art film, with the highest box office being only 12 million. This "Three Mountains" is obviously not a commercial film, but still a story full of speculation and fables.
Lu Yanhe met three young actors, Chen Jiang, Sui Fangran, and Wang Lu.
These three young actors are a few years older than him, but they are also very young. After chatting with them, I found out that they had all graduated just one or two years ago.
This was also their first time working with Wang Zhong.
For newcomers without any fame, being able to star in Wang Zhong's movie is of course a rare opportunity for them. Even if the box office is not high, he is still a well-known art film director.
The three of them were very enthusiastic towards Lu Yanhe, but some of them didn't know how to talk to him and seemed a little restrained.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe instantly understood what Teacher Shi Xia said, "I am most afraid that others will feel restrained because of me."
Lu Yanhe didn't have the experience to integrate with everyone immediately. They sat together and chatted for a while. Suddenly, Wang Zhong came to find Lu Yanhe again, and they left first.
Wang Zhong said, "I've seen a scene you filmed in 'Phoenix Terrace' where your true identity is revealed and you roar and vent your anger at Lang Xia, full of resentment. I think it has the energy I imagined. That scene was full of hatred and hysteria. Here, I wanted a feeling where you can't even see the illusions of the world clearly, but are still madly trying to figure out the truth from others. The crazier and more unrealistic you are, the more this scene feels like a dream of three young people. I especially wanted this scene to be like one person's nightmare. After the scene ends, everyone wakes up with a lingering fear."
Lu Yanhe nodded and agreed.
He added, "But, director, when will I shoot? I need some time to sort things out. My mind is in a mess right now, and I haven't made any preparations."
Wang Zhong asked, "How long will it take you?"
Lu Yanhe said, "Give me at least half a day."
"Okay." Wang Zhong said, "I'll find someone to take you to get your hair done first. We'll talk after it's done."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Wang Zhong left again.
Lu Yanhe was taken to the dressing room for hair styling.
The shape of a fortune teller.
The styling was done very quickly. He was wearing a tattered long gown and gray cloth shoes, both of which were specially made to look old.
After Lu Yanhe put on the clothes, he looked in the mirror. To be honest, it was a very dirty look.
There were handfuls of dust on his face and his hair was deliberately messy.
It’s not that Lu Yanhe can’t accept his bad image, but he just always feels that something is not right.
Even if a young fortune teller stays in a mountain temple late at night, he doesn't have to look dirty and like a beggar, right?
Lu Yanhe said to the person who was styling him, "Can this look be changed?"
The stylist shook his head and said, "This has all been decided in advance."
Lu Yanhe looked at himself in the mirror again and still felt something was wrong.
He asked Zou Dong to take a photo of himself and went to find Wang Zhong.
"Director, I'm not very satisfied with this look," he said bluntly.
Wang Zhong was stunned and pursed his lips. "I know this look is a bit ugly. Actually, I—"
"I don't think it's ugly or dirty. It doesn't matter." Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I just feel that it's not convincing enough."
"Not convinced enough?" Wang Zhong looked at him doubtfully.
Lu Yanhe said: "My look is obviously designed to be a tacky look. It's very tacky and there's nothing different about it. You can see similar looks in many movies and TV series."
Wang Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "It's indeed very cliché. So what are your thoughts?"
Lu Yanhe said, "First, the hair. To be honest, this is a young fortune teller. No matter how weird a fortune teller is, he wouldn't mess himself up like a beggar. I know you want to show that in times of famine and war, I, a fortune teller, am also living a precarious life, so everything is terrible. Can we express it in a different way? For example, I can wear a normal bun instead of making it so messy as if I've been fleeing for seven or eight years. But my bun has been bumpy for several days, and it looks like it's about to fall apart. For example, there are two smears of dust on my face. It's okay to smear something on my face, but people will subconsciously rub it with clothes when something rubs on their face. I rubbed it a little thinner, so it's not so obvious. Even beggars would keep their faces clean."
Wang Zhong looked at Lu Yanhe in silence.
"You said before that this scene should be filmed like a nightmare. If I've already been portrayed as a beggar-looking fortune teller, how can I convince those three people with my divinations?" Lu Yanhe said, "I'm a fortune teller forced by a famine to stay in this mountain temple at night. I'm a bit shabby, but not destitute. I met these three people and said they were suffering from blood disasters. I asked them for money and told them how to tell their fortunes and solve their problems. That's the only logical reason. Otherwise, how can I, a person who has been in such a miserable situation myself, say that we just met by chance and I will tell their fortunes even if they don't pay me?"
Wang Zhong looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise and didn't speak for a long time.
What Lu Yanhe said really surprised Wang Zhong.
Wang Zhong has been a director and has shot five films, working with many actors. Moreover, many of the actors he has worked with thought about the scripts on their own and then told him about them. Among them, there are some actors who like to think about them very much and give Wang Zhong a headache.
What surprised Wang Zhong was that in just two hours, Lu Yanhe had a basic understanding of the character with the current fragmentary script and established his own basic outline for the character.
Chen Lingling told Wang Zhong that Lu Yanhe was a young man with great acting talent. As long as you broke down the play and explained it to him clearly, he could understand, absorb, and perform it in the shortest possible time.
That's why Wang Zhong invited Lu Yanhe when he suddenly thought of this scene.
To be precise, he first thought of the three people meeting a fortune teller in a temple and being frightened by the fortune teller's divination, as a connection between the previous and next plots. Then he suddenly thought of Lu Yanhe and wrote this script according to Lu Yanhe's age.
Therefore, Lu Yanhe's appearance in the film was designed temporarily and was indeed rather rough.
Wang Zhong understood Lu Yanhe's idea and agreed with it, saying, "Let's change it as you say."
Lu Yanhe added, "There's another thing, Director. This dress is so clean."
"Clean?" Wang Zhong was stunned and his eyes fell on Lu Yanhe. The coat he was wearing was already dusty, how could it be clean?
"It's all dusty, no signs of wear or stains," Lu Yanhe said. "If you're okay with it, I can take care of it myself."
Upon hearing this, Wang Zhong looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise and nodded.
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"I heard that Wang Zhong asked Lu Yanhe to play a cameo role in his movie."
Huang Cheng told Chen Lingling that the crew of "Phoenix Tower" is still filming.
Chen Lingling nodded when she heard this. "Would Lu Yanhe be willing to make a guest appearance?"
"Chen Ziyan agreed immediately." Huang Cheng smiled. "Lu Yanhe has to attend classes during the school term, so he won't be taking lead roles. At most, he'll take small supporting roles or even guest appearances. If this news gets out, I'm sure Lu Yanhe will have a ton of acting appointments."
An actor who can obviously choose to play the leading role in the market is now willing to play a supporting role or a guest appearance. Which crew would not want to snatch such an actor away?
Chen Lingling said: "It would be good for him to perform in more dramas. He has talent, but his technique is poor. More acting experience will help him quickly find his own acting method."
Huang Cheng asked curiously, "You have high expectations for Lu Yanhe?"
"Among the young actors in our production, he's the most promising," Chen Lingling said bluntly. "Other actors, even if they're good, are only average. He has a style that's completely different from the academic style. The guard he plays, in the last decade of film and television, you won't find another guard with such a resolute yet profound gaze. He's a guard, yet more than just a guard. This complex layering is extremely rare."
Huang Cheng nodded and said, "Many actors who become famous cannot escape the constraints of playing themselves no matter what they play, while for many actors, every role is both the role and themselves."
"Yeah." Chen Lingling nodded.
She rubbed her temples and said, "Lu Yanhe won't be able to act in the drama we're preparing later?"
"Are you talking about "Blood Jade"? " Huang Cheng asked.
Chen Lingling nodded.
"I guess I can't do that. 'Blood Jade' has over fifty episodes, and Lu Yanhe doesn't have the time to do it."
"What a pity. His image, acting skills and the character feel are very consistent." Chen Lingling only felt a little regretful.
At her level, it is rare for her to have to work with a certain actor.
Huang Cheng was very surprised.
"Do you think so highly of Lu Yanhe? You're even planning to let him act in a drama like 'Blood Jade' without even an audition."
"Why would we need to audition for actors we've already worked with? We're already very familiar with each other," said Chen Lingling.
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Lu Yanhe didn't know that he missed a drama in which he played the leading role directed by Chen Lingling due to shooting schedule issues.
He was sitting on a bus, following the crew up the mountain.
For this scene in the temple, the crew had to shoot on location and specifically found a temple in the mountains just to film this scene tonight.
Lu Yanhe sat in the middle, while Chen Jiang, Sui Fangran and Wang Lu sat in the last row.
The car twisted and turned on the winding mountain road. After about half an hour, Lu Yanhe felt nauseous, dizzy and wanted to vomit.
I feel carsick.
When they arrived at the destination, Lu Yanhe got out of the car, his face was pale and his stomach was churning. He tried hard for most of the day to hold back from vomiting.
It's already evening.
It doesn't look like it will rain tonight.
The crew prepared a rain truck.
This place is quite desolate, it's really a deserted temple.
The temple is not big, so the art team hurried in to set up the scene.
This is a flat land halfway up the mountain, with a cliff just a few steps ahead.
Lu Yanhe walked to the edge and looked down into the distance. He could see a mountain village in the distance.
In the evening, as the sun sets, the wind blows particularly hard.
After standing for a long time, he suddenly sneezed.
He quickly turned around and went into the temple.
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Wang Zhong was discussing with the camera crew how to set up the camera positions.
Lu Yanhe did not go over, but turned around here.
This temple is not very big, about the size of two pavilions. There is a porcelain statue about half a meter high. It is impossible to tell what god or Buddha it is. The incense has not been burned for a long time. There is a layer of ash on the incense burner in front.
Perhaps it was because he was really in this real scene that Lu Yanhe felt a sense of misery.
He didn't chat with anyone and started to find his state by himself.
There wasn't much description of this fortune teller in the script, and Wang Zhong didn't say anything either.
Lu Yanhe began to construct his own biography.
This is what He Shuyi taught him.
"Whenever I play a character, I have a biography. Everything has its origin. No matter how chaotic it is, the character's logic will not be disrupted."
Lu Yanhe came to a corner of the temple, faced the wall and closed his eyes.
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Chen Jiang, Sui Fangran and Wang Lu were together. Seeing Lu Yanhe "facing the wall and thinking about his mistakes", they all looked puzzled and didn't know what he was doing.
Although Lu Yanhe is younger than them, he is much more famous than them.
Therefore, the three of them were quite nervous in front of Lu Yanhe.
He is a popular star who has just been nominated for the Red River Award. He is not at the same level as them.
Even though the three of them are the main actors, and Lu Yanhe is just a guest actor.
"What is he doing?" Sui Fangran asked in a low voice.
Chen Jiang and Wang Lu both shook their heads.
Sui Fangran said: "I don't know how he will act."
Chen Jiang said: "His acting is very good. Have you watched "The Golden Era"? "
"After watching it, I can't imagine how he plays the Taoist priest," said Wang Lu.
Sui Fangran: "I didn't know how to act. The director just gave me a page of paper and I didn't even have a few lines."
Wang Lu smiled bitterly and said, "That's the director's style. I guess we'll have to stay up late tonight."
Chen Jiang sighed: "I'm used to it."
Sui Fangran thought, Lu Yanhe was there alone, why not go say hello to him and chat with him.
She walked over and came to Lu Yanhe's side. When she saw Lu Yanhe's side, she was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of her.
Lu Yanhe actually closed his eyes tightly, clenched his jaw, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
"Are you okay?" Sui Fangran couldn't help but ask, looking at him worriedly.
Lu Yanhe seemed to be startled. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Sui Fangran with a confused look.
Sui Fangran: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Everyone saw that Lu Yanhe was carsick just now.
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "It's okay."
Sui Fangran pointed at the tears on Lu Yanhe's face and asked, "You, what's this?"
Lu Yanhe was stunned and touched his face, then he understood why Sui Fangran was looking at him so strangely.
"Oh, I was just thinking about why the character I played was a fortune teller, and why he was weird and mentally abnormal. I was thinking about all kinds of things and couldn't help crying," he said.
Sui Fangran looked even more confused.
Lu Yanhe didn't explain it to her in detail. He shook his head and said, "I'll make some more preparations."
Sui Fangran then realized that Lu Yanhe was getting into the mood for filming.
She nodded, and went back to Chen Jiang and Wang Lu with a shocked look on her face, and told them what had just happened.
"It was horrible." Sui Fangran was completely shocked and at a loss. "He was just facing the wall by himself, eyes closed, crying silently. I was stunned."
After listening to Sui Fangran's description, the other two were also confused.
stupid.
At this time, Wang Zhong also saw Lu Yanhe's appearance.
Lu Yanhe stopped crying. He just stayed alone, dazed and with his eyes blank.
This state is a bit "disoriented" and "frustrated".
This certainly wasn't Lu Yanhe's own state. Wang Zhong, with over a decade of experience in the art film industry, knew it was an actor getting into the role, finding his groove. Despite his experience, he was still a bit surprised to see Lu Yanhe's scene.
Wang Zhong has persisted in the field of art films for so many years, not because he has no opportunities to direct commercial films, nor for any other reason, but because he is a very self-centered director who loves his own way of expression.
In fact, his works are not those boring art films. Strictly speaking, they are very author-oriented.
It was like he suddenly wrote another scene while filming, and then he found actors and a place to shoot it on the spur of the moment.
How could a normal film crew be so willful?
But Wang Zhong had to shoot this scene and had no choice.
He didn't know how Lu Yanhe had designed this scene for him.
He also didn't want to communicate with the actors in advance. For him, when filming, he would just set up the camera, turn it on, and let the actors perform. He especially liked the actors to improvise on the spot.
Wang Zhong actually just wrote a rough outline of this scene.
He just knew very clearly what kind of feeling he wanted the scene to have, but he didn't have any detailed ideas about what it should look like.
I simply wrote a script fragment and gave it to the actors.
The focus of this scene is actually on Lu Yanhe.
The normal rhythm of the play is led by Lu Yanhe's character.
Wang Zhong called several actors over.
Lu Yanhe came over as if waking up from a dream, but he was still in a dying state.
Wang Zhong: "I don't have any instructions for how to act out this scene. I'm not the kind of director who has very specific requirements for how you talk or walk. Chen Jiang, you know my habits. Yan He, this is your first time filming with me. After we start shooting, you can act according to your own ideas. Anyway, we will only shoot this scene tonight, so you can try whatever you want. We can do a few takes. You can tell me directly if you have any ideas. But there is one thing: I must capture the feeling I want, that nightmare feeling between reality and nothingness."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Jiang and the other three also nodded.
Lu Yanhe said, "Director, I have some additional comments for my character. Do you want to hear them?"
"No, just make sure of it yourself, but I don't want anything extra." Wang Zhong said, "The key point of this scene is that you told the fortune and scared them. It's really that simple."
Lu Yanhe nodded to show that he understood.
As the night fell, candles were lit one by one, the surroundings were shrouded in darkness, the wind was whispering, and the atmosphere became lively in an instant.
All the working groups had withdrawn, leaving only Lu Yanhe in the temple.
The shot starts from outside with three young people coming in.
Lu Yanhe was sitting alone in the temple with a fire in front of him. The firelight illuminated his face. Although it was a very young face, his eyes were dull and his expression was numb, as if he was withered and silent, as if even the firelight could not awaken any light in his eyes.
Everyone was standing outside the temple, and they saw this scene from afar. They didn't say anything to each other, but they all felt a chill in their hearts.
"It's so cold." Sui Fangran stood between the two of them, looking at Lu Yanhe in the temple, shivering, and said in a low voice.
"It looks scary." said Wang Lu.
Even Wang Zhong, who was sitting behind the monitor, was shocked by the scene captured by the camera.
