Choose a day to become famous

When Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi rushed to Picaro together, the film festival was almost halfway through.

Because of the film festival, there were always a lot of media stationed at the airport filming celebrities coming in and out.

Some people leave and some come.

There are new stars every day, and these new stars also allow them to have new things to take pictures every day, so that they can continue to eat this bowl of rice.

When Lu Yanhe walked out, the media from several Asian countries immediately recognized Lu Yanhe.

"Lu Yanhe!"

"Lu Yanhe, can you take a look here?"

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Several photographers shouted loudly in English.

Of course, not everyone's English level can be understood immediately.

When some European and American reporters saw that they were calling a young handsome boy so enthusiastically, most of them still didn't recognize him, so they only took two symbolic photos to avoid missing any fish - but in fact, because they didn't know him , so he really doesn’t pay attention to him.

Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were escorted out by Zou Dong and Wang Biao.

Lu Yanhe took off his sunglasses, waved to the media who called his name, and graciously let them take pictures for a while before getting in the car and leaving.

"Basically all the Asian media know you now." Chen Ziyan turned to him and said, "I didn't say hello to those media just now, they recognized you on their own."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"Is it because "Six People" and "Seventeenth Floor" were broadcast well on Maxine? Siqi and I went to Europe this time and met a few Europeans who recognized me. I only got to know me after watching these two dramas on Maxine.”

Chen Ziyan: "'Phoenix Channel' is also very popular in South Korea and Japan. There is still a big market for our costumed power plot drama in Asia."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe said, "No wonder more and more actors are starting to star in streaming dramas. This communication power allows audiences around the world to know you."

Now streaming media is playing in a global market.

"Seventeenth Floor" played really well on Maxine.

This kind of battle royale-themed drama has audiences all over the world. Audiences who like this type of subject matter do not need the drama company to promote it in front of them. They will regularly search for film and television dramas with related themes.

The quality of "Seventeenth Floor" itself is very good, so it is expected that everyone will like it.

However, the feedback this show brought to the actors was not very great. In China, all the actors have gained a wave of popularity and traffic because of this drama. However, in foreign countries, everyone returns to watching the drama, but it is difficult to form a "star-chasing" force to make one of the characters or It’s the actors who become famous.

This requires a certain amount of voice to build momentum. It does not mean that having more than ten or twenty fans or movie fans will make you famous on foreign social platforms.

Especially a drama with a theme like "Seventeen Floors". It's the same truth as the well-known saying in the film industry that "horror movies are hard to attract actors". In a genre film, the first protagonist is definitely the setting, not the actor.

In fact, urban dramas like "Six People" are more popular with actors. Lu Yanhe will be recognized by many Europeans and Americans entirely because of the drama "Six People".

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When Lu Yanhe met Wang Zhong and Chen Bige, the first thing Wang Zhong said was: "Why are you so evil?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I've been outside in the sun these past few days and I've gotten tanned."

Wang Zhong looked a little disgusted and said: "It's too dark."

Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.

"Has it affected your appearance?"

"It will influence the audience who have watched our short film to recognize you."

"It's an exaggeration, director, he's not that bad." Lu Yanhe immediately denied it.

Chen Bige: "It's okay. He looks more handsome when he's darker. He used to look like a white-faced scholar, but now he's a bit more energetic."

Lu Yanhe immediately raised his chin proudly, "Director, listen to what Sister Bi Ge said."

When Wang Zhong saw this, he chuckled and shook his head.

"Does our short film have a name?"

"Well, let's call it "Night Run"." Wang Zhong said.

When Lu Yanhe heard the name, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This name is suitable."

It is a twist from the Ming Dynasty legend "The Story of the Sword" by Li Kaixian. Later, because of the widely circulated saying "Men are afraid of running at night, women are afraid of thinking about others", it became one of the most famous plays in the opera industry.

It itself is taken from "Water Margin", which tells the story of Lin Chong running at night, which is not the same as this short story.

But if you put aside its original meaning and just look at the literal meaning of these two words, it is very suitable for the story itself.

The story of the short film is indeed a story of running at night.

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This time "Night Run" was shortlisted for the short film competition. There was almost no pressure on everyone, and they were almost in a pure mood of participating in the film festival.

Chen Bige's trip to the Bikalo Film Festival is quite full this time.

She has two magazine covers to shoot here, as well as other branding events.

Lu Yanhe doesn't have these jobs this time. He can definitely experience the charm of this film festival with Chen Siqi. In addition to the work related to "Night Run", at other times, he took Chen Siqi through the streets and alleys of Bicarlo and watched many movies in movie theaters at different times.

Chen Siqi said: "It feels like not every film shortlisted for the main competition is a good work."

"This is also true. If you know more about the film festival, you will know that although the quality of the film is one of the most important factors in selecting films for the main competition unit, it is never an absolute or critical factor." Lu Yanhe said, "But , there must be reasons for it to be selected into the main competition unit. In fact, for the film festival, it is not only the main competition unit that produces good works, but other units also produce good works. Our favorite "April Heavy Rain" before is not the main competition. unit.”

Chen Siqi nodded.

"Having said that, we still have some utilitarianism. The same goes for you. This time, we were shortlisted for the short film competition. It is not as solemn as when "Late Spring" was shortlisted for the main competition of the Venice International Film Festival."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

Because Chen Siqi is right. This is indeed the case.

Utilitarianism is unavoidable and exists. Lu Yanhe said: "Indeed, I want to self-examine."

Chen Siqi: "I'm not asking you to make a review. I just want to say that it's normal for everyone to have such utilitarian ideas. This is how your film festival is set up. The highest prize is placed in the main competition section, and a main theme is also added. Where are the words?”

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Yes."

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On the day of the premiere of "Night Run", some people came to the scene.

Putting the names of Wang Zhong, Chen Bige and Lu Yanhe together, they are still somewhat attractive to film media from all over the world.

In particular, Wang Zhong's last film "Three Mountains" won the Best Director Award at the West Tours Film Festival. This award is still very valuable, considering how quickly Wang Zhong's status in the domestic film industry has soared in the past year. Just know.

The short film was shot beautifully.

Wang Zhong shot the entire film with a deep ancient feel, giving people a calm and peaceful beauty.

There are frequent close-ups in it, either of Chen Bige's or Lu Yanhe's. The two of them have very camera-worthy faces and are suitable for the big screen. The contours and lines of their faces give them a special sense of beauty under Wang Zhong's lens. Especially Chen Bige, when he raised his eyes and lowered his eyebrows, he exuded a gentleness that washed away all the beauty.

Lu Yanhe sat in the dark screening room, waiting for the movie to end.

Thunderous applause.

Lu Yanhe also guessed that this short film would be very popular among foreign audiences. Because it is very traditional Chinese culture, and it is beautifully shot, every shot is beautiful.

While applauding with everyone, Chen Bige whispered in Lu Yanhe's ear: "Actually, it would be great if the director made this into a feature film. I feel like I have never made a film with such beautiful shots."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I think so too."

Director Wang Zhong received warm recognition and applause.

Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige stood beside him and saw the eyes of many foreigners looking at Wang Zhong full of respect and fans' enthusiasm for their idol.

The artistic director of the Bicarlo Film Festival, Durshevich, was also present and personally sent Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe off.

While walking, he expressed his love for this short film to everyone, and at the same time asked about "Rouge Button" that Wang Zhonggang and Chen Bige had finished filming.

"Come to Bikalo next year with this movie," Dulshevich said proactively.

After his last film won the Best Director Award at the Situl Film Festival, Wang Zhong's next new film will definitely attract the attention of the four major international film festivals. It can almost be said that his new film will receive the award from the four major international film festivals. The recruitment for the host competition depends on which one he wants to choose.

Wang Zhong said with a smile: "I haven't figured out how to edit this movie yet."

According to Lu Yanhe's opinion, this movie is not actually an art film. Even though the theme it expresses and the shooting style are very similar to an art film, it is actually a relatively popular story. It has no obscure artistic expression, it is about people and love. Of course, with the film material here, Wang Zhong can of course follow his ideas and edit it in the direction and style of an art film, cutting out all the straightforward and less blank areas. But at present, everyone still has the same idea, so that this movie will not go in a more obscure direction.

Therefore, if you plan to do this, you need to seriously consider which film festival Wang Zhong's new film will premiere at.

You definitely can't go to Situl, where commercial films are least popular.

Bicaro is actually no better.

According to everyone's positioning of "Rouge", this movie should actually be a movie that may not win film festival awards, but will be loved by the audience.

Because it is very audience-friendly and uncomplicated, but it is not an ordinary popcorn movie. It also has a strong authorial expression.

Dulshevich also expressed to Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige his attitude of welcoming regular visitors to the Picaro Film Festival.

Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded.

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"Night Run" has received very good reviews from film critics and media.

This is also to be expected.

It’s rare for a big director to make a short film, let alone one with such a high budget.

The quality of "Night Run" can be put into a feature film.

Wang Zhong was interviewed by the media. When asked why he made such a short film, he followed the consensus and said: "One is to do a test shoot for the movie "Rouge Button" that I just finished filming. I wanted to find out what the lens was. What style should I use? Because they all have a historical background, I need to make some attempts. Secondly, I have finished writing this script a long time ago. I have been keeping it under wraps for a long time. I couldn’t find an investor willing to invest before, but it didn’t work out this time. Xin Zixing helped me get funding for the filming, and Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige were willing to support it, so I took the opportunity to film it.”

Many foreign reporters expressed the same idea, saying: "Can this short film be made into a feature film?"

This completely Chinese aesthetic shot shocked foreign reporters.

This is the blessing of thousands of years of cultural aesthetics. Foreign reporters don’t know much about it, so they are naturally easily surprised by the images, light and shadow that blur the reality.

The most direct thing about the movie itself is not the script, but the pictures. The beauty of the shots and images in "Night Run" is achieved to the extreme, and the script and characters seem to have become tools for image changes.

When Lu Yanhe was asked whether "Night Run" would be made into a feature film, he just smiled and said: "You have to ask the director, I don't know."

However, he thought for a moment that if it had been made into a feature film, the film might not have the reputation it has now.

It’s still what Chen Siqi said.

No one admits it, but it is actually utilitarian - when it comes to this matter, everyone is biased.

No one will judge "Night Run" by the standard of watching a feature film.

If a short film captures the ultimate in aesthetics of such a shot, everyone will think it is awesome, and he is worthy of Wang Zhong.

But if the feature film is still like this, with almost no plot, and to put it bluntly, it is a thin story about love but not being able to be together, telling a sense of fate and regret, there will probably be a lot of criticism.

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After the screening of "Night Run" was over, Lu Yanhe was ready to return to China.

Although I don’t know if it will win an award later, but even if it does, Wang Zhong will be on stage to receive the award, and he won’t need to stay here anymore.

Unexpectedly, someone from HP, a streaming media company in the United States, suddenly contacted him and asked him to meet.

The streaming media companies HP and Maxine are similar in size. However, HP’s business is mainly concentrated in Europe and the United States. It is not as big as Maxine. Countries and regions around the world are investing in the production of film and television dramas, and there are many non-English hits. work.

HP's popular works are basically English-language works from European and American countries, mainly the United States and the United Kingdom, and there are even very few works from other European and American countries.

Lu Yanhe met the person with confusion. He was a blond man in a suit and leather shoes. At first glance, he looked like an elite. He was very gentleman and polite.

"Tom White." He introduced himself to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe also smiled and introduced his name, "Lu Yanhe."

Tom White's appearance is very handsome, and he is the kind of mature, handsome, and masculine elite image that is common in movies and TV series.

The other party said: "I came to the Picaro Film Festival this time to purchase some good movies for our HP. I happened to see the news and you were here, so I asked Shang Yongzhou to contact you to meet."

When Lu Yanhe learned from Shang Yongzhou that people from HP wanted to meet with him, one can imagine his surprise.

"I have known Shang Yongzhou for several years, and I know that he has just finished filming "Path of Glory" with you. I have already seen the rough cut of that movie. Your performance is not inferior to his at all, which impressed me very much. Profound." Tom White said.

Lu Yanhe shook his hand and showed a modest attitude of "Don't say that".

"I know that in addition to being an actor, you are also a well-known screenwriter." Tom White said, "The screenwriter of "Six People" is you."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"We at HP have always hoped to enter the Asian market. However, except for China, which does not allow us to enter streaming media, other countries and regions have basically been occupied by Maxine." (End of Chapter)