Choose a day to become famous

Sitour is in the southern hemisphere.

In February, when the northern hemisphere was immersed in the tail of winter, it was summer here.

Lu Yanhe was more or less excited to go abroad for the first time to attend an international film festival, and it was the Sitour International Film Festival.

Of course, just like going to South Korea not long ago, Lu Yanhe was also a pure newcomer this time to Sitour.

No one knew him.

So, Lu Yanhe rarely had to be recognized from time to time after going out.

In addition to Zou Dong, Chen Ziyan, who arrived a little later, accompanied Lu Yanhe to Sitour this time.

"There are many opportunities at the film festival." Chen Ziyan said, "I have to be here."

After they arrived at the hotel, they met with director Wang Zhong first.

Wang Zhong's schedule this time was much tighter than Lu Yanhe's.

He has a lot of experience, and even in the international film industry, many people know him.

So this time he came to the Sitour Film Festival with his new work, and he received interview applications from film magazines and related media from various countries early on.

In addition, many activities organized by the official and sponsor organizations of the Xitul Film Festival also invited Wang Zhong.

This director, who has never achieved any significant box office results, has a pivotal position in the film industry, and this position has also affected everyone's definition of him.

When Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan went to see him, he was still being interviewed by a foreign reporter.

They waited for about ten minutes.

Wang Zhong's long-term producer Chen Ling waited with them.

Chen Ling said with a smile: "Every time he comes to the film festival, Director Wang receives many interview requests from the media. I don't know why. Although the box office is not high, it seems that everyone who comes to the film festival has seen his movies and likes them very much."

Lu Yanhe said: "Because it is a film festival, the people who come here are more or less movie lovers."

Chen Ling turned to look at Lu Yanhe and said with a smile: "I heard that you are also writing a movie script?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded with a smile, "Uncle Ling, are you interested?"

Chen Ling: "Who is not interested in the script you wrote now? Haha."

Although he said so, he did not ask Lu Yanhe for the script further.

Lu Yanhe knew that he was just being polite for the sake of face.

Of course, even if Chen Ling really wanted it, Lu Yanhe could not take it out.

The movie scripts he had written had already been given out.

Chen Ling said: "In fact, you are really talented in acting. Don't always act in TV dramas. Act more in movies. Although "Friends" is popular, it is not a real performance."

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Friends" has been on the air for so long, but this is the first time someone told him in person that his performance in it is not a real performance.

Chen Ling: "Maybe you don't like to hear it, but I'm serious. It's hard to have real characters in a sitcom."

Lu Yanhe pondered silently for a while and said: "Uncle Ling, it's just a different style and a different form of expression. If you say the difficulty of acting, it is indeed much easier, but I don't think it is not a real performance. As long as you can create a three-dimensional and complete character, even if he doesn't have a deeper and more complex life experience like the protagonist of the movie, I think that's enough."

Chen Ling: "You are still very young and only have some intuitive understanding of acting."

"Yes, that's true."

"When you really understand what acting is, you will know what I'm talking about."

Lu Yanhe fell silent and didn't argue with Chen Ling anymore.

He realized that it was meaningless to argue with Chen Ling about these things.

Because he couldn't convince Chen Ling, and Chen Ling couldn't convince him.

Lu Yanhe really didn't understand the art of performing arts, let alone talk about it seriously.

However, Lu Yanhe has always had a very simple idea, that is, nothing is better than the audience's love.

Some dramas can win temporary love, some dramas can win long-term love, and some dramas are mediocre in the year of release, but can be loved for a period of time.

Aesthetics is nothing more than private and public. As for whether it can become a classic, it is a matter of human effort and fate.

Lu Yanhe knows clearly that some sitcoms have been popular for thirty or forty years.

With the advent of the Internet age, the distance between the audience and the work is only their subjective wishes, rather than deciding whether the audience can watch it through a medium such as a TV station.

A good sitcom will also leave a lifelong mark in the minds of generations of audiences.

Lu Yanhe knows this, so he does not agree with Chen Ling's statement.

However, Chen Ling is obviously a person who has come from the glorious era of movies. For a long period of time, movies are the highest level of media art. Their ideas are deeply rooted, and Lu Yanhe cannot explain them in a few words.

Lu Yanhe also knew that in this era, the contempt chain of movies being higher than TV series and higher than variety shows still exists and has not changed.

After Wang Zhong finished the interview and sent the media reporters away, they had time to have a good chat with Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.

Wang Zhong asked them to sit down and asked, "When did you arrive?"

Lu Yanhe said, "I arrived last night, and Sister Ziyan arrived this morning."

Wang Zhong nodded, "Do you have any other work arrangements this time?"

Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan shook her head and said: "We are here to attend the premiere of "Three Mountains" this time. We have no other work arrangements. This is Xiao Lu's first time coming to the film festival. I hope he can experience the atmosphere of the film festival more."

"Well, the West Tur Film Festival is almost one of the film festivals with the best atmosphere in the world. Everyone here talks about movies. It's like a holy place for movies. I like the atmosphere here very much." Wang Zhong said, " I think you will definitely like it here.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Wang Zhong: "Before not many people know you, let's go shopping. After "Three Mountains" is released, the ten minutes you appear in the movie will make most people in this film festival know you." your."

Lu Yanhe showed a surprised expression.

Wang Zhong's words made Lu Yanhe feel overwhelmed, flattered, and even felt uneasy, "Am I worthy of such a high evaluation?"

Acting in this movie only lasted one night.

Will his performance be so good?

Chen Ziyan smiled at Lu Yanhe and said, "Director Wang told me that you must come to this film festival, otherwise many people will be disappointed."

Lu Yanhe has heard from many people before that they were shocked by "Three Mountains".

In particular, many people said "Lu Yanhe is a genius" because of watching his performance in "Three Mountains".

Wang Zhong said: "Your performance was the finishing touch in this scene, especially when it was cut out and watched on the big screen. The feeling that I wanted to express in the whole movie, that life is like a dream and is haunted by ghosts, was all captured by you." That scene set the stage for Chen Jiang and Sui Fangran to follow the situation where they could no longer distinguish between reality and fantasy, and were on the verge of collapse."

When Lu Yanhe heard what Wang Zhong said, he felt extremely itchy in his heart. He wanted to watch this movie quickly and see his performance in this movie.

The movie hasn't been released yet, but many people have already watched it at internal viewing parties.

The feedback given by everyone was too exaggerated, which made Lu Yanhe feel distorted. It seemed that they were just saying some flattering words. But as more and more people said this, more practical ideas gradually emerged in Lu Yanhe's heart. expect.

Now that Wang Zhong said such words to him in such a serious manner, Lu Yanhe became even more excited.

"When will you leave?" Wang Zhong asked.

Lu Yanhe said: "Two days later."

The premiere of the movie is tomorrow. After the premiere, there are press conferences, photo calls, etc. It will be a very tiring day.

The day after tomorrow, Lu Yanhe had work initiated by two domestic media.

Then Lu Yanhe went back.

Lu Yanhe had to ask for leave from school because he came to attend the Xituer Film Festival.

This is the first time Lu Yanhe has asked for leave from his teacher since he entered school.

No matter how busy I was at work, I had never invited anyone.

Fortunately, because he had to film "Late Spring", he didn't take many courses at the beginning of this semester, so he didn't miss too many classes during the few days he was out.

Wang Zhong was a little disappointed when he heard this, "Leaving so early?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I asked the school for five days' leave. It's hard to ask for another one. There are a lot of classes this semester."

Chen Ziyan asked: "Director, is there anything that Yan He needs to do?"

"No, Ruyi and the others are going to hold a Chinese movie night here in a few days. Since they don't have Yan He's contact information, they asked me to ask Yan He if he can participate."

This kind of event usually brings together a lot of Chinese filmmakers, and also invites internationally renowned filmmakers to attend through their respective channels. Of course, there are many purposes, generally speaking, it is to increase influence.

Ruyi is one of the largest film companies in China, and the movie "Nineteen Years of Crime" was developed by them.

Lu Yanhe also regrets that he cannot participate.

-

Although only "Three Mountains" was shortlisted for the main competition section of the West Tur Film Festival, there are indeed many Chinese filmmakers here.

Lu Yanhe unexpectedly met Jia Long on the road.

When they first met, Lu Yanhe thought he had seen it wrong.

It was Jia Long who called him first.

"Teacher Jia!" Lu Yanhe didn't expect it was Jia Long, so he waved his hand in surprise.

They met by chance on the path by the river.

Jia Long is alone.

"Are you hanging out here?" Jia Long asked Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "There is no work today either."

Jia Long: "I'm also going for a walk by myself, let's go together."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Seeing this, Zou Dong opened a few steps away in time.

Jia Long said: "Tomorrow is the premiere of "Three Mountains", right?"

"Yes, Teacher Jia, will you come?"

"Well, Director Wang has already said hello to me. I will definitely support our only Chinese-language film that has been shortlisted this year." Jia Long said with a smile, "Come here this time. I'm still thinking of asking you out for dinner. meal.”

Lu Yanhe said: "I just arrived."

Jia Long: "I came here this time to follow the drama "Searchlight". They want to find international buyers here and have arranged some promotional activities."

"Is this movie also a comedy movie?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"Let's call it black humor, a crime comedy." Jia Long explained, "In addition, I have a job here, and Confucian Pictures will have a movie night event later, and they will officially announce that I will join them at this event. A movie that I have to be in.”

"I'm really looking forward to it." Lu Yanhe said immediately, "I like watching your movies very much."

Jia Long finally mentioned "People on the Road".

"I didn't expect that everyone was not optimistic about this script." He was a little helpless. "It's not that no one is willing to vote for it, but I can't get the budget I want."

Lu Yanhe was stunned when he heard this.

"ah?"

He didn't expect to encounter this situation.

In his mind, this movie did very well at the box office, so there was a second sequel that broke the box office record.

And now that Teacher Jia Long is starring, why can't he find investment?

Could it be that the script was badly written?

"Is it a problem with the script?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Jia Long shook his head, sighed with a wry smile, "Speaking of the script, they all said it was well written, very interesting, and had a lot of laughs, but they were mainly not very optimistic about the background of the story. They thought... it was a bit earthy, no. Comedy movies that have had high box office in recent years are all relatively foreign-style. They are worried that the audience will think this movie is about rural themes and will not want to watch it.”

Lu Yanhe looked at Jia Long dumbfounded.

At this moment, he didn't even know what to say.

"ah?"

Jia Long: "I didn't expect it either. Therefore, many film companies are willing to invest money, but they are only willing to make it a low-cost small film, and are not willing to spend a big budget to make it."

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and asked, "Does this movie require a high budget?"

"There are low-cost filming methods for low costs, and high-cost filming methods for high costs. This script is so good. If you can make do with it, don't make do with it. If you shoot it well, I think it will become a classic." Jia Long said.

After hearing this, Lu Yanhe was silent for a while and asked, "Does that mean this movie can't be made?"

Jia Long: "Then there's no need to be so discouraged. If it really doesn't meet my expectations, I'll lower my expectations and talk slowly."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He said, "If it doesn't work out, I'll just invest my own money to take the photo."

Jia Long was stunned.

"Ah?" He looked at Lu Yanhe in confusion.

After Lu Yanhe realized what he had said, he reacted and immediately said, "I'm not ashamed of myself. I don't have that much money at all."

He doesn't know what's wrong with him, but just because he earned nearly 20 million from the show "Six People", he feels that he can afford to shoot a movie?

Jia Long laughed.

He patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder and said: "Yan He, don't worry, a movie can take ten years from preparation to shooting. This is a matter of the right time, place and people. If you have a good meal, don't be afraid of being late. Since it is good We have to be patient enough to wait for the script.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"I understand, Teacher Jia."

Jia Long glanced at him and said: "However, if you are willing to disclose now that you are the screenwriter of the movie "The Road to Misfortune", with the success of "Six People", I think there will be several film companies willing to change their own idea."

It was Chen Ziyan who suggested that the identity of screenwriter Lu Yanhe not be disclosed for now.

Lu Yanhe said: "Actually, it's nothing to disclose. We didn't disclose it before. We were just worried that my identity would have a negative impact on the film. After all, I am not a professional screenwriter. Now that "Six People" is here, if it is revealed that I am the screenwriter, I would like to be able to promote the filming of this movie.”

"Then I know what to do. After I return from Xitul, I will have a good chat with them." Jia Long asked Lu Yanhe, "Are you going to invest in this movie yourself?"

"If you can invest, of course." Lu Yanhe thought to himself, he now has some money on hand for a movie with a successful box office record, so why not invest in it.

Jia Long said: "What I originally negotiated with those film companies was to give you a 5% profit share. Even if you don't invest, you can still get a share."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Actually, I have no doubt that this movie will make money. It's just a matter of making more or less. If I didn't have too little money to make it myself, I would even want to make it myself. "

In fact, Lu Yanhe himself thought this was nonsense and a bit false when he said it.

But Jia Long smiled understandingly and said nothing.

"We'll see if we can get better terms later," he said.

We walked for a while with Jia Long, then sat down at a corner coffee shop and drank a cup of coffee.

They chatted about the creation of sitcoms and Lu Yanhe's future projects.

Jia Long was a little surprised when he learned that Lu Yanhe was still preparing for another sitcom.

He also asked: "Is it still a seasonal short drama like "Six People"?"

"Not necessarily, it may be a sitcom within the framework of a long-running series." Lu Yanhe said, "It has a completely different style and story from "Six People", and I can't say it is completely different. They are both about a group of people getting together. The story of finally becoming the best friend in this life.”

Jia Long: "I watched "Six People" from beginning to end without finishing an episode. I won't hide it from you. When I first started watching it, I didn't understand why such a simple drama only contained a few conversations between a few people. The changes in the relationship with the characters can attract so much attention and so much discussion. It was not until I saw what many people said on the Internet that I realized where I had underestimated. "

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe looked at Jia Long in surprise.

"It's not just me, but many people don't realize why this drama is so popular." Jia Long said, "It's just because it's simple enough, there are only six people, and each of them is too simple and natural, unlike today's film and television dramas With all kinds of complex characters, it is easy to enter their world. At the beginning of the play, they are just sitting in a cafe chatting. The conversation is like the conversation that happens around us, and then in this kind of dialogue. In daily scenes, dramatic conflicts appear from time to time, making it easier for everyone to live their own lives.”

"You see why so many people are discussing this show on the Internet, and even analyzing the choices and attitudes of each character?" Jia Long said with praise, "Just because of their different choices and different attitudes, everyone said The different words seemed to come out of our lives. They were funny and relaxed, but they also knocked into our memories like knocking on wooden fish from time to time, evoking some similar emotional experiences in us. So, later I went there specifically. I asked someone to read the manuscript of your script, and only then did I realize why it was so good.”

"What I fear most is the kind of script that is written very realistically and explains everything to you clearly." Jia Long said, "Your script basically only has dialogue, but just relying on dialogue can make people laugh. People fully understand what the whole story is about. This ability is something that many screenwriters do not have. Moreover, your words are shallow, clear, and good at the same time. This is the most rare thing, and the language that truly belongs to sitcoms is really good. "

Lu Yanhe was so praised by Jia Long that he almost became jealous. During this period, including the viewers who like this drama, they actually don’t think it is an excellent drama in terms of quality. Everyone thinks the drama is good-looking, but when it comes to the so-called literature, characters, and artistry, it is very mediocre.

Lu Yanhe wanted to defend this story too many times. This drama is not that simple at all. But as a screenwriter, it is not that simple to explain this story. It is too "the queen is selling her melons and boasting".

Jia Long suddenly said these words today, which made Lu Yanhe feel touched that "someone still understands".

Strictly speaking, the story "Six People" was not originally written by Lu Yanhe, but he typed it word by word. He could not copy the script 100% with his golden fingers. When writing this script, he only kept thinking about it. In addition to digging out more content from memory, you also have to rely on your own ability to organize these fragmented memories into a complete story, or even a good-looking story.

He is like a small landowner who owns a gold mine. The gold mine has been dug out, but it has to be refined before it can be turned into gold of very high purity.

Lu Yanhe said to Jia Long: "Teacher Jia, you are the first person to praise this script so much in so many days."

Jia Long: "There are only a few people who really create comedy and understand comedy. The others only vaguely understand it and look at "Six People" according to the standards of other genres."

Jia Long's words made Lu Yanhe smile particularly brightly.

"My mood suddenly improved, Teacher Jia."

-

Obviously the top priority of this trip to the West Tur Film Festival is "Three Mountains", but after meeting Jia Long, Lu Yanhe returned to the hotel, but he couldn't hold back. He found the script of "Six People" from his laptop and started from beginning to end. I read it again.

The more Lu Yanhe read, the more pity and anger he felt.

If Jingtai hadn't done so many disgusting things, he would have been able to write the subsequent scripts smoothly.

Instead of holding my breath like now, never being able to return to this series again.

I really hope that one day a film company will buy the film adaptation rights of this drama, so that the film will no longer have anything to do with Beijing and Taiwan, so that he can continue to be the screenwriter of the film and tell the subsequent stories properly.

But that can only be imagined. Even if it is adapted into a big movie one day, Lu Yanhe doesn't know how to write the script of this big movie. There is no precedent to refer to.

And to this day, Lu Yanhe also clearly knows the fact that a movie is not a TV series that can scrape together two hours of material. There are some very obvious differences between the two things.

Lu Yanhe could only close the script of "Six People" in anger, open the file of "Wulin Gaiden", and start writing the key points and outline of the story.

This time, no matter what, the copyright of "Wulin Gaiden" must be firmly in my own hands. It can't be like "Six People", because the copyright is in the hands of others, and once there is a breakup, you will not have your share.

-

The premiere of "Three Mountains" is at 2:30 p.m.

In the morning, Lu Yanhe accepted interviews from two domestic film media under the arrangement of Chen Ziyan.

This interview is his alone.

After the interview, we had a quick bite to eat at the hotel for lunch, then changed into dresses and got ready to go to the premiere.

He first met with all the main creators of the crew.

This time, Chen Jiang, Sui Fangran, and Wang Lu all came, and their starring films were shortlisted for the main competition of the West Turf Film Festival. For them, this was like winning the lottery.

Departure, walking on the red carpet, and then entering the screening room, the whole process was noisy. Lu Yanhe felt that his mind and ears were never quiet. It seemed that someone was talking to him every moment, or someone was greeting him or calling his name.

Most of them were domestic filmmakers and media personnel.

This feeling was very different from attending a film award ceremony in China.

To be honest, domestic film award ceremonies are more grand and the ceremony is more solemn.

The atmosphere of the film festival here is really strong.

All the way there, getting on the bus, getting off the bus, there were people everywhere, and there seemed to be no isolation, including after getting off the bus, they were surrounded by the crowd at the first time.

There were many fans at the scene, including many Chinese.

There were security guards controlling the scene, and some isolation belts were placed, but the distance between each other was almost zero.

After Lu Yanhe and his friends got off the bus, they had to walk a distance to the red carpet area. Along the way, too many people held cameras and mobile phones to shoot them, and kept asking them questions and chatting, just like being chased by a group of fans at the airport.

Until they entered the red carpet waiting area, people without passes were stopped outside.

As the main creators of "Three Mountains", they attracted the attention of photographers as soon as they appeared on the scene. Many photographers even abandoned the guests on the red carpet and aimed their cameras at them who were still waiting.

Of course, they came mainly for Director Wang Zhong.

The media at the film festival also flocked to celebrities, but they also flocked to well-known directors like Wang Zhong.

On the contrary, not many people paid attention to Lu Yanhe and other actors.

Those who paid attention to Lu Yanhe were fans around him who shouted his name.

When they walked on the red carpet, this phenomenon became more obvious.

Lu Yanhe heard a photographer calling his name and asked him to look at them. But more often, photographers from different countries called Wang Zhong in poor Chinese pronunciation. Lu Yanhe was surprised. He had walked the red carpet many times, but it was the first time that so many photographers paid attention to a director.

Moreover, these photographers were basically dressed in formal suits and leather shoes. At this moment, Lu Yanhe suddenly realized the importance of the sense of ceremony. In a sense, it was the solemn treatment and presentation of these details that made the scene feel serious and high-end.

Being in it, people would feel that they were participating in a very grand and beautiful ceremony.

At the premiere of "Three Mountains", Wintour Robe, the artistic director of the West Tuer Film Festival, personally came to support.

The artistic director is responsible for selecting films for the film festival. Generally speaking, he decides which films are selected for the main competition unit every year. He is a powerful figure in the film industry. However, generally no one would call him that. This statement often happens to the giants of film companies, not the artistic director of a film festival. But in fact, this is the case.

Wintour Robe did not come alone to support "Three Mountains". He would appear at the premiere of all the films shortlisted for the main competition unit to show that the film festival attaches importance to and cherishes them.

This was the first time Lu Yanhe met this famous figure in the film industry.

What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that he actually called out his name after seeing him: "Yanhe, our rising star, welcome to Wintour."

Lu Yanhe was flattered to look at the famous art director, "Mr. Robe, hello."

Wintour Robe held Wang Zhong's arm and said with a smile: "Your movie has brought us four outstanding young people. I hope to continue to see you in Wintour in the future. Keep bringing your works here."

Chen Jiang and the others were nervous and excited.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said yes.

After a simple greeting, the movie screening was about to begin.

Everyone sat down, waiting for the lights in the screening room to dim and the movie to start.

Lu Yanhe sat in his seat, holding his breath, waiting for the movie to start.

This was his first time watching this movie. Before this, he hadn't even seen a clip.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

The nervous mood finally inevitably spread from his heart.

-

Domestic.

Chen Siqi came out of the dormitory and called Bai Yu.

"Bai Yu, how is the article about Yan He going?" she asked.

Bai Yu said: "It has been written and arranged. We will publish it when you say it can be published."

Chen Siqi said: "Sister Zi Yan told me that if nothing unexpected happens, Yan He's performance in "Three Mountains" will get a wave of good reviews. She wants us to make good use of this popularity to re-reinforce the impression that Yan He is a talented actor. Previously, because of "Friends", although the play was very popular, some people felt that Yan He's acting in this kind of sitcom was very superficial."

Bai Yu: "Don't worry, I have specially made animated pictures of the highlights of Yan He's performance in "Golden Age" and "Phoenix Tower" and put them in the article. However, are you sure you want to publish it on our own account? Everyone knows that one of the owners of this account is Yan He. Don't let people say that Wang Po is selling melons and bragging about himself."

“It’s okay. This article will either be about Yan He’s performance in the new film being widely praised at the West Tour Film Festival, and reviewing his acting highlights, or it won’t be published.” Chen Siqi said, “It won’t be a boast.” (End of this chapter)