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Lu Yanhe didn't expect Shang Yongzhou to spend so much time preparing for a role.

This is also something he can't quite understand now. Does it take more than half a year to prepare for a role?

There are many new actors who have never acted before, so after being selected by the director, they will spend one to two years training.

But that's because they have not received acting training, and the role itself requires them to reach the state of the character in terms of body shape, movement, demeanor and other aspects, so they will do such a long training.

If it was the first time to act in a play, Lu Yanhe also felt that long-term preparation was very important.

But now, perhaps because he is familiar with acting, he feels that if a play does not have special skills or accents to learn, or there are prototype characters, and a lot of homework needs to be done, it basically doesn't take that much time.

Lu Yanhe certainly doesn't think that Shang Yongzhou has been preparing for too long, he is not arrogant enough.

Instead, he noticed the change in his mentality from this phone call with Shang Yongzhou.

A little too confident.

Maybe it was because everyone around him praised him for his good acting, and he gradually went from not knowing what acting was to having his own understanding of it, so he lost his initial awe of acting.

This is not a good phenomenon.

Lu Yanhe silently warned himself in his heart that he had to pay attention.

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That day, as soon as the Cultural Overview class was over, Lu Yanhe hurried to the library.

He had to find the book he wanted to borrow within fifteen minutes, and then get to the school gate within ten minutes - the campus was very large, and even for such things, he had to calculate the time to get to the school gate at eleven o'clock.

Peng Zhixing came to pick him up.

Zou Dong asked for leave. He had to attend his son's parent-teacher meeting. Chen Ziyan arranged a new bodyguard to come, but there was a problem. The bodyguard could not drive. It was awkward, but fortunately at this time Peng Zhixing said he would come too.

So Lu Yanhe simply went alone.

"I'll have dinner with them, and then I'll be back. I don't need a bodyguard." Lu Yanhe said, "I won't go anywhere else by myself."

"You guys need someone to watch you when you eat at the restaurant." Chen Ziyan said, "I'll ask him to wait for you at the restaurant."

Lu Yanhe could only say yes.

He hurried all the way and finally arrived at the school gate before the agreed time.

When he got into the car panting, Peng Zhixing asked him in surprise: "You... just had a physical education class?"

Lu Yanhe sighed silently.

Today is the "Young Days" party.

Except Li Zhibai and Yan Liang who are unable to come, everyone else can come.

This is a rule they have set before. As long as someone says a party, no matter who can't come, the party must be held.

Peng Zhixing said at the time: "Given how busy you guys are, we don't know when we can get everyone together. We can only get as many people as we can. Don't let us not be able to get together and end up only meeting each other during the days when the show is recorded every year."

If they were not all a group of young people, they might think that if they don't meet each other on weekdays, they don't have to force it. But they met and became friends on "Young Days", so they all wanted to meet more often and get together more often.

What is the truth that true good friends will not be unfamiliar even if they haven't seen each other for a long time? But if they are really good friends, if there is no special reason, why haven't you seen each other for a long time? Good friends should see and get together more often!

Lu Yanhe also felt that he could take advantage of the time now to talk to Peng Zhixing about the "Jump Up" video account.

"Brother Zhixing, we want to do a character interview column on the video account of "Jump Up." He said, "Not just limited to people in the film and television industry, but also people from all walks of life. Are you interested?"

Peng Zhixing was surprised, "Me?"

Lu Yanhe said, "Yes, I want to invite you to participate in this column."

Peng Zhixing said, "I already have an interview column in Northern Lights, and my agency contract is signed with Northern Lights, and they will not agree to my taking private work."

Lu Yanhe laughed, nodded, and said, "Brother Zhixing, this is it, let me introduce our column to you first, why do you know that you already have an interview column? , and I want to invite you to do our column. The main reason is that there are great differences between the two columns. "The Journey" is a supporting column for the promotion of TV series and movies on Northern Lights Video. The main interviewees are the main creators of TV series and movies broadcast by Northern Lights. Many of them are your tasks, right? "

"Our interview column is based on the purpose of the magazine "Jump Up", which is to dig out the best things." Lu Yanhe said, "All the ideas that you can't realize in "The Journey" can be put into this column. You are the biggest director and host of this column, and we won't interfere much."

Peng Zhixing was stunned.

"As for the contract issue between Northern Lights Video and you, don't worry, you don't have to embarrass yourself, we will talk to them directly. We are not trying to make a lot of advertising fees by relying on such a column, but we hope to be able to make "Jump Up" "The influence of "Jump Up" will increase and more people will know about "Jump Up"," Lu Yanhe said, "We used to do in-depth interviews with characters in the form of text in every issue of the magazine. We hope to make such interviews visual. "

Peng Zhixing was surprised and moved.

What Lu Yanhe said really spoke to his heart. For Peng Zhixing, the job he values ​​most is actually the interview work he does as a host. He grew up watching this kind of program, and later learned to broadcast and host, and became a host. It was because he had such a dream that he went down this path.

Doing the show "Journey" has made him stand out among his peers. After all, it is really rare for him to have an interview program named after himself at such a young age.

In this case, Peng Zhixing often chose to "compromise" because he had to be "content."

——You are already very lucky, why do you still make so many demands?

——You already have your own show, doesn’t the platform support you enough?

——The things you want to do are not what the platform wants, so what’s the point of doing them well?

…

Various voices, from the outside world and from the inside, interspersed together, affecting him.

Peng Zhixing took a deep breath. Of course he knew these truths, but no one didn't want to realize their own ideas.

"Yan He, do you want me to bring my own team to do this column?" Peng Zhixing said, "But my "Zhixing" team are all people arranged by Northern Lights Video."

"I don't think we need a program team as big as "Journey" to do this." Lu Yanhe said, "In my understanding, you are the interviewer, there is an interviewee, and then there is a photographer and two We have a camera and the most basic conditions are there. Of course, we want to make this column high-quality and stand the test of time. We can’t do this column simply and perfunctorily. So, what do you need and want? I think it’s up to you to form a team, as long as you know what you need.”

Peng Zhixing said: "No matter how much money you spend to do an interview, the labor, venue, make-up, equipment...all the bits and pieces add up to tens of thousands of dollars."

"You didn't calculate your reward." Lu Yanhe pointed out, "I didn't ask you to work for free. Brother Zhixing, don't worry, this column will have sponsorship and we won't be short of money. On this point, we at "Jump Up" The team has accumulated rich resources through two years of operation. ”

Peng Zhixing asked: "What is your budget for producing a program?"

Lu Yanhe said: "It depends on what kind of interview video you want to make this column into, whether it is to sit together and chat, or other forms, etc. In short, I can only say that as long as you don't lose money and make money, , we definitely support your idea.”

Peng Zhixing was a little surprised: "Don't you have a profit goal?"

"The success of this column will benefit all departments of our "Jump Up"." Lu Yanhe said, "If our first goal was to make money, we would not ask a famous host like you to do it. This column costs you the most. Even if we hire a completely unknown person to do the interview, even our editor can make a lot of money with our existing channels and brand resources. We hired you. , you may not be able to earn so much.”

Lu Yanhe laughed.

Peng Zhixing was a little surprised and asked, "Am I so expensive?"

In fact, with Peng Zhixing's current market situation, the appearance fee for one episode alone starts at 100,000 yuan. After all, his current popularity lies here. Not to mention, this column requires Peng Zhixing to undertake a series of important creative and thinking tasks such as planning and directing.

Lu Yanhe said: "There are cheap people who ask for help, and there are expensive people who ask for help. I'm here to ask you to do something big, brother Zhixing."

Peng Zhixing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and stretched out his hand to give Lu Yanhe a thumbs up.

"You're awesome."

When Lu Yanhe saw Peng Zhixing's reaction, he knew he had it figured out.

-

"Young Days" has a rare gathering. When everyone got together, the first thing they did was to ask when this year's show would be recorded and if there was any news.

The show has accumulated a lot of loyal fans in the first two seasons, and the reputation is very good.

In addition, these guests on the show are now popular. Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, who were tepid at the beginning, have now become popular. After more than a year of accumulation, Liu Zhiyin is now also relying on "Idol" Times" has stepped into the ranks of popular female idols, not to mention Xiao Yun, who is said to be "extremely lucky" in the industry through "Phoenix Channel" and a campus idol drama, and has become a popular little flower...

The biggest problem with this show now is that everyone’s remuneration combined is too expensive, making it difficult to afford it.

However, if these people get together to record a show, there must be many brands paying for it. As long as they don't talk too much and take the market price, the show can still be filmed. The show crew makes more money.

"I heard it's the same as last year, and it's filmed in August."

"Sister Zhenzhen talked to me about this before. I will be filming in August this year. I may not be able to participate in the entire recording. I can only record a few episodes." Lu Yanhe said.

"I also said that I remember you were joining the group in August." Xiao Yun sighed, "What a pity. I thought we could play together again."

Lu Yanhe said: "It's just that I will be absent for a few episodes in the middle of the recording. I will come back when the filming is finished."

Chen Lingling's drama, because it is an eight-episode short drama, took less than a month to shoot. Lu Yanhe will basically be finished by early September. At that time, I took on this drama, and the short filming time was a very important factor.

But because "Young Days" coordinates everyone's time, it can't accommodate just him. Therefore, Lu Yanhe had no choice but to be absent from a recording scheduled for August.

Xiao Yun said: "Why can you get such a short drama? All the dramas I received were long dramas. I really don't want to do long dramas."

There are many differences between long plays and short plays.

For domestic video platforms, they are definitely more willing to produce long-form dramas. Because the more episodes there are, the higher the number of clicks, and the more advertising fees you can earn. However, for overseas streaming media, it is a different algorithm. They look at the number of member views, the number of payments, and the "completion rate." Therefore, many dramas are made very short. Shortness means that costs can be controlled. It’s not going to be outrageously expensive, and once it becomes a hit, it can attract a large number of paying viewers to watch the show.

This is due to different profit models and different requirements for the length of episodes.

Chen Lingling's drama itself is a customized drama for streaming media. It is produced in accordance with international conventions from the script stage.

Lu Yanhe said: "If you want to make a short drama, you have to look for opportunities overseas. If it weren't for the fact that this drama is a customized drama for streaming media, it would not be so short."

In mainland China, there are only a handful of profitable dramas with less than ten episodes. No matter how much advertising fees advertisers pay, they cannot cover the production costs. In the context of dramas, there are still very few people who are willing to pay to watch dramas.

An example like "Six" is a miracle.

It's because the cost is low enough that they dare to play like this - Jingtai has been doing this experimental product with a failure mentality from the beginning.

Peng Zhixing also said: "Moreover, the membership fees of our domestic video platforms are actually very low, much lower than the membership fees of international streaming media. Therefore, if we want to achieve profits by attracting new members, it is very difficult in the short term." Unrealistic."

"I heard that the number of new members of "Young Days" is ranked in the top ten of Icefield Video of the year."

The popularity of a variety show is higher than that of most film and television dramas, which actually speaks volumes.

Variety shows themselves mainly rely on advertising fees to make money. They don't have the so-called "advance on-demand" revenue.

"Then will your drama be broadcast on domestic video websites?"

"It should be possible, but I don't know the specific situation yet. I am just an actor in this drama, and no one has told me any news about the subsequent events." Lu Yanhe said frankly.

"What about you?" Lu Yanhe looked at everyone, "What are your plans for the second half of the year?"

Ryu Ji-yin: "I was approached by a drama recently and wanted me to play the heroine."

"Huh? Sister Zhiyin, are you ready to act too?" Xiao Yun asked in surprise.

Liu Zhiyin shook his head, "I refused. Now that I have finally made some progress in "Idol Era", I still prefer the stage. However, I also want to ask your opinion. You said that I need to hone my acting skills. , to prepare for future transformation? I can’t be an idol for the rest of my life.”

Everyone looked at each other.

Peng Zhixing said: "Sister Zhiyin, if you are interested in acting, you can give it a try."

"I mainly feel that I can't act at all." Liu Zhiyin shook his head, "I tried it at home and acted in front of the mirror. To describe it in four words, it was terrible."

This is also the reason why Ryu Ji Eum refused to act without hesitation.

She didn't want to commit a disaster.

Xiao Yun nodded, hugged Song Linxin's arm, and said, "If you are not sure, Sister Zhiyin, you can try it as a guest star first, and start learning from a few guest scenes."

Lu Yanhe agreed with Xiao Yun's concept, nodded and said, "I think so too. I always feel lucky that my first drama was "The Golden Age" and I didn't have many roles, but because there were only a few scenes, I could concentrate on it." After thinking about those few scenes, I began to understand how an actor should prepare for a role. Sister Zhiyin, if you are planning to act, I can recommend my acting instructor to you. I basically invite her for every play. Take me to read the script and practice my lines.”

Liu Zhiyin's eyes lit up, "Okay, then give me her contact information. I think I really need a teacher to help me see if I have the ability to act. If I really don't have the ability, I don't have to worry about it. , just give up.”

She seems very unsure about her acting.

-

Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of something.

"Sister Zhiyin, if you want to give it a try, how about you come and play a guest role for me?"

"Ah?" Liu Zhiyin was stunned.

Lu Yanhe said: "The movie I wrote, "On the Road," actually has many characters. There are only one or two scenes. There is a character in it that is really suitable for you, if you are willing to come."

Of course Ryu Ji-eum knows the movie "Unfortunately".

"Okay, if you are willing to give me a chance, I will do it!" Liu Zhiyin was overjoyed, "But I'm just afraid that my performance will be too bad."

"Don't worry, it's really just one or two scenes, easier than shooting a MV."

Xiao Yun immediately asked: "Then do you want us to guest star?"

"You are all so popular, how can I have the nerve to ask you to be a guest star." Lu Yanhe laughed.

Xiao Yun chuckled and said, "We are not popular, so why are we so embarrassed to come and make a cameo for you? That's called taking advantage of the camera."

Lu Yanhe: "Are you kidding me? Are you really willing to make a guest appearance?"

"Yes, as long as you think more about us brothers, brothers, sisters and sisters." Xiao Yun used her usual teasing tone again.

She has a bit of a tomboy vibe about her.

Lu Yanhe was suddenly startled, and his heart moved.

"Why are you so polite? If you need us to make a guest appearance, we will definitely go." Peng Zhixing said.

One characteristic of road comedy movies is that there are many characters in the movie, and there are a bunch of new characters when you go to one place.

To ensure the quality of a movie, you cannot just randomly find some actors to complete these roles that may only have one or two shots. In a sense, every second in the movie is important, let alone one or two shots. .

Lu Yanhe cupped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll make a note of it. If I need your help later, I'll call you."

-

Before the show ended, Lu Yanhe said to Xiao Yun, "How about we meet some time? I have an idea to talk to you about."

Xiao Yun looked suspicious, suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and asked: "Are you looking for me to film a movie?"

Lu Yanhe: "I don't know yet. I'm not sure whether you are suitable. Just now, an idea flashed through my mind. I thought it might be suitable and I wanted to try on makeup with you."

"Okay." Xiao Yun nodded, raised his chin, and said very confidently, "I don't believe there are roles that I am not suitable for."

From the first day she met Xiao Yun, she had this careless and carefree personality, extremely confident, which was completely different from the gentler and quieter Su Xiao and the competitive Liu Zhiyin.

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At the end of May, after rehearsing nearly five or six times, Lu Yanhe and the three of them finally performed "Green Apple Paradise" in its entirety.

"Damn, this song is really... the more you sing, the better it gets. It's so earthy and youthful." Li Zhibai complained.

Lu Yanhe laughed so hard that he was covered in sweat and wiped his sweat with a towel.

"This song will be a hit." Lu Yanhe said confidently.

"That's for sure. I knew this song would be a hit the first time I heard it. The melody is so brainwashing." Li Zhibai said, "However, if I didn't sing it with you two, I would definitely not sing it myself. It’s earthy and earthy, which affects my outstanding temperament.”

Yan Liang came over with two bottles of ice water, stood behind Li Zhibai, grabbed his collar, pulled back, and stuffed one of the bottles of ice water directly into Li Zhibai's neck.

Li Zhibai, who has an outstanding temperament, was like an electrocuted rooster for an instant, crowing "Oh--" and the person twisted away like a twist.

Yan Liang: "It's really outstanding."

Lu Yanhe burst into laughter.

"You are looking for death!" Li Zhibai took out the water and cursed at Yan Liang.

Yan Liang replied with the middle finger.

"I'm hungry. Do you want to go eat?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I have an appointment with Teacher Jia Long, do you want to come with me?"

"Let's go without disturbing you?"

"It's okay, don't bother me. We're just talking about some things in "The Journey"." Lu Yanhe said.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang went with Lu Yanhe.

-

Seeing the three boys walking in, Jia Long looked at the three of them and clicked his tongue.

"You are so young. Seeing you all walking in together, with such vigor and handsome little faces, makes me jealous."

Chen Ziyan sat next to him and said with a smile: "Finally someone feels the same as me. Every time I see them, it feels like someone is reminding me that I am getting older. I am really in pain."

Jia Long: "Don't come here. Are you the same age as me?"

Jia Long is now forty years old.

Chen Ziyan said with a smile: "As long as you are over thirty, everything is the same. However, the best age for an actor is in his thirties or forties. This is the golden age, and they can still survive."

Jia Long: "That can't be said. Look, most of the current film and television dramas have young people as the protagonists."

"This is just an illusion. Someone has made statistics. The main male protagonists of our film and television dramas are mainly between 30 and 50 years old, and the female ones are mainly between 25 and 40 years old." Chen Ziyan said.

Several people sat down.

Jia Long looked at Lu Yanhe and the three of them and said, "Hey, seeing that you have such a good relationship, when will the three of you make a movie together? Let Lu Yanhe write a script for you."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "I'm writing."

Li Zhibai said: "If Teacher Jia needs three younger brothers next time, just take the three of us with him."

Jia Long laughed loudly and said, "I can't ask the three of you to play the role of the younger brother in an ordinary play."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Teacher Jia, "Searchlight" will be released soon. You must be very busy, right? I thought you didn't have time to work on "The Lost Road" recently."

During the promotional period for a movie's release, actors will spin like a top.

Lu Yanhe has experienced this before.

Especially an actor like Jaron who is at the heart of a movie.

Jia Long said: "Fortunately, all the publicity that should be done before the release has been completed. I am just waiting to start the road show after the release this Friday."

"Searchlight" is a dark comedy.

Lu Yanhe thought it was interesting when he saw it at the film festival, but he also thought that this movie might not be as popular as Jia Long's previous movies, because if you want to understand this movie, you still need a certain threshold.

The industry estimates that the box office of this movie is 700-1 billion. Compared with Jia Long's comedy movies that started with 1 billion in the past, it is less, and there are also concerns about the subject matter.

"For the movie "Lost on Journey", I talked to some directors, some who have works or have only been assistant directors. I met more than a dozen of them. I finally chose one who had been an assistant director of many movies before, but had no experience in independent directing. This must be made clear first, but why did he impress me? Because after he read the script, the description and imagination of the movie were basically consistent with my imagination." Jia Long said, "The core tone of this movie is to be down-to-earth, rather than to shoot a movie in a magnificent way."

Lu Yanhe nodded, which was also the consensus he and Jia Long had reached before.

You must not shoot a story that seems down-to-earth but is actually very floating. It is easy to make comedy movies floating - people feel too fake and unreal. Comedy is comedy, but only comedy that can really penetrate the soil of realism can make people laugh and satirize.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Anyway, you know the most about this, I have no objection."

Jia Long asked: "Then you really only plan to make a cameo appearance in the image of the handsome guy in it?"

"I don't even want to make a cameo appearance in that role." Lu Yanhe said, "Just find someone else to make a cameo appearance, I won't appear on the screen."

"How can that be possible? You are such a big star, it's such a waste if you don't appear on the screen." Jia Long said.

Lu Yanhe smiled helplessly.

"I have many friends who said they are willing to make a cameo appearance." Lu Yanhe. (End of this chapter)