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If a TV director wants to make a movie, even if he already has a masterpiece, it is still difficult to find investment.

Lu Yanhe had heard of this before, but probably because he watched "The Gold Rush", in Lu Yanhe's mind, Director Wu Zhouyou is a director who can make TV dramas with the texture of movies. He is very capable and talented.

Lu Yanhe subconsciously believes that Director Wu Zhouyou is different from other TV directors. He is capable of making movies.

His directing style, narrative rhythm and grasp of quality are actually much better than many movie directors.

And because of this preconceived impression, he also subconsciously believes that the industry should be "knowledgeable" about such a director.

This is purely because Lu Yanhe really doesn't know how difficult it is to find investment for a project.

He really hasn't experienced the difficulty of finding investment.

Even for "Lost on Journey", because the pressure was on Jia Long at the time, although it was difficult to find investment for this movie, Lu Yanhe didn't experience it personally.

Lu Yanhe asked, "How much investment does Director Wu want for this movie?"

"He said at least 30 million is needed to make it." Yan Liang said.

For a movie, 30 million is not a big cost, not counting the publicity cost, it is a medium-cost movie.

Lu Yanhe couldn't say at this time, he had read the script of the movie, after all, it was Huang Kairen who showed it to him privately.

"Have you read the script?" Lu Yanhe asked, "I like the style of Director Wu's "Gold Rush". If his new movie lacks investment, I want to see what project it is. If possible, I am willing to invest a little and help him find an investor."

Lu Yanhe didn't dislike the script of the movie "Yesterday Reappearance", but it was slightly inferior to "The Blood on the Head".

Lu Yanhe actually hoped to see scripts of various types and themes emerge, so that there would not be a lot of stereotyped movies on the market.

To be honest, Chinese-language movies are now like TV series, with very serious homogeneity, which can basically be covered by the two types of crime and comedy.

It's hard to come up with something new.

Yan Liang said, "Then I'll talk to Director Wu, he will be very happy."

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Long Fei frowned a little when Huang Kairen finally decided to take the script of "A Needle's Strike".

Of course, he didn't try his best to stop Huang Kairen.

In this matter, Long Fei still had a sense of propriety and didn't act as an agent who interfered too much with Huang Kairen's decision.

He didn't have the confidence to do so for the time being.

"Although this script is not bad, it is a group play, and it may be necessary to do a good job of publicity at that time." Long Fei said.

In fact, Long Fei's worry about this is not a false worry.

In the time and space before Lu Yanhe traveled through, there were many such situations. For example, in "The Nameless", you will remember the paralyzed Ren Suxi and pay attention to the "bigger and stronger" Zhang Yu, but many people have forgotten that the male lead of this dark horse movie is actually Chen Jianbin.

Is it because he didn't act well enough? No, it's just that in this movie, the more outstanding role is not him as the male lead.

So, why do many actors tend to choose dramas with male or female protagonists? Putting aside those old-fashioned things, there are also these very practical considerations.

Long Fei didn't want Huang Kairen to be used as a sedan chair or ladder by other actors.

Huang Kairen also knew Long Fei's concerns.

He said to Long Fei: "Brother Fei, I finally took "A Needle Pointed to the Blood" because I considered that I had already filmed a workplace drama and a comedy "Wulin Wai Zhuan", and these two dramas are waiting to be broadcast. I want to take a drama with a very different style from these two dramas to avoid making my impression in the minds of the audience homogenized."

Huang Kairen took the initiative to tell him his considerations.

When Long Fei heard Huang Kairen's considerations, he knew that he was not the kind of artist who would willfully use "I like" to make choices, so he was relatively relieved.

Huang Kairen's considerations certainly made sense.

Long Fei said, "You won the Best Actor Award, so you should take more movies. "Wulin Wai Zhuan" will have three to five seasons. Before this drama is finished, you don't need to take any more TV dramas. You should take more movies."

"I want to, but there are not so many good scripts." Huang Kairen said, "If possible, I would like to take both "The Needle and Yesterday". You know, except for "Rouge", these two are the best scripts I have received."

Long Fei said, "Don't worry, "Yesterday" has funding problems now, and it may not be able to start shooting normally. The reason why it is scheduled to start shooting in September this year is because Wu Zhouyou will go to shoot the second season of "Gold Rush" at the beginning of next year, so he has to grab this time. If it doesn't happen, then this movie can only be shot after he finishes the second season of "Gold Rush", and then your schedule will be available."

Huang Kairen's eyes suddenly showed surprise.

"Really?"

Long Fei said: "If you are willing to play in "Yesterday Again", I can communicate with Director Wu. Maybe he will take the initiative to wait for your time after knowing that you are willing to play this movie. In fact, as far as I know, there are not many male actors of the right age who are really optimistic about this script like us. Shang Yongzhou directly refused. He usually doesn't play movies of this theme. It's not surprising that he refused. However, Zeng Qiao also refused. This is something I didn't expect."

"Zeng Qiao refused?" Huang Kairen was surprised, "Why? Is his schedule not suitable?"

"It shouldn't be this reason. Zeng Qiao has no other projects except the second season of "The River of Silence". Long Fei said, "Besides, he has been in the drama circle before and has never entered the film circle. I am really surprised that he refused."

Huang Kairen hesitated, "Then he should have been in contact with a confidential project, so he looked down on "Yesterday's Return".

Long Fei: "Then I will go and find out."

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Soon after the news that "The Gold Rush" was bought by HP came out.

Tom White asked Lu Yanhe to record a video to introduce "The Gold Rush" to HP users.

Tom White said: "There are not many Chinese actors known internationally, and they don't have the habit of clicking on Chinese dramas. Now you have broken this barrier, allowing everyone to recognize you, see your name, your face, and be willing to try to open it. The biggest problem that "The Gold Rush" needs to solve is that most foreign audiences may never watch Chinese dramas. We want to recommend this drama to everyone by inviting several Chinese actors, directors and producers who are known to many foreign audiences. In this way, they may be able to see you and think of the Chinese TV series they have watched before, so that they are willing to try to click on "The Gold Rush" to watch it." Lu Yanhe nodded and agreed to help Tom White record this video without saying a word. In fact, Tom White didn't need to explain so much. Because "The Gold Rush" itself was recommended to Tom White by him, and now this drama has really been bought by HP, it has the opportunity to meet global audiences on streaming media, and it was solemnly designed and promoted by Tom White instead of being quietly put on the shelves, which shows that HP really sees the value of "The Gold Rush" and values ​​it. Lu Yanhe thought about it carefully before recording this video. He did not simply say a few words, but seriously talked about why he recommended this drama.

HP did a lot of publicity for "Gold Rush". Not only did they invite internationally well-known Chinese film and television people such as Lu Yanhe and Wang Zhong to recommend it, but they also held offline interviews and exchanges in several countries such as Japan and Thailand.

"Gold Rush" has no popularity base overseas. The only one who can be regarded as a little foundation is Yan Liang, but that is just a drop in the bucket for this drama.

Yan Liang followed director Wu Zhouyou and others to appear on interview programs on Japanese and Thai TV stations, accepted media interviews, including offline meetings, etc., basically HP mobilized their resources.

The day before "Gold Rush" was broadcast online, the six leading actors of "Friends" jointly released information about the broadcast of this drama, asking everyone to continue to pay attention and support.

It can be said that the publicity resources HP gave to "Gold Rush" far exceeded what it could get in the market.

However, as Lu Yanhe said, the biggest attraction of "Gold Rush" is its subject matter and creativity, and all the publicity methods are not really to attract their fans to watch this drama - the number of fans of any star cannot support the market of a popular drama. The role of celebrity publicity is to let more people know about this drama and discover that, oh, there is a drama about treasure hunting adventure to be broadcast.

Are you interested? If you are interested, come and have a look.

So, "Gold Rush" was launched on HP on May 14, and it landed on the 7th place in the Asian list and the 19th place in the world on the same day.

Once again, Chinese dramas have entered the top ten of the Asian list of international top streaming media.

Moreover, this is only the first day.

"Gold Rush" is a one-time full episode release.

International streaming media does this for many dramas, releasing the full episodes at once so that everyone can watch it to their heart's content.

Lu Yanhe has posted news about "Gold Rush" three times on his overseas social media. Some fans said that you have never promoted your own dramas so actively.

Lu Yanhe replied: Nonsense, I have promoted my own dramas at least ten times.

He is not a person who does not go online, and he is not the kind of celebrity who will reduce the number of promotions to maintain his status in order to protect his feathers.

As long as it is a promotion period, as long as he is free, he basically cooperates, not to mention social media and other promotional methods.

You know, whenever Lu Yanhe's drama is in the promotion period, it is not just him alone. Press conferences, previews, live broadcasts... Lu Yanhe basically grabs seven or eight friends to do the promotion together.

He believes in the power of publicity very much, and believes that a successful promotion is to multiply directly to good works.

"Gold Rush" is starring Yan Liang on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is broadcast on HP through his connection. Even if this actually has no interest relationship with him, Lu Yanhe hopes that it will achieve good results.

I won't say anything else, at least it proves that his vision is right and his judgment is right.

"Gold Rush" rushed into the top three in the Asian list on the third day of its release.

HP saw that the show was a hit, so it took advantage of the success and added more publicity resources to expand the scope of publicity.

As one of the two protagonists of "Gold Rush", Yan Liang was the one with a higher popularity base. In conjunction with HP's publicity, he went to several places to promote the show and appeared on TV shows, and his popularity in the media increased dramatically.

So, why do actors have to participate in big productions?

Because an actor participates in a big production, not only the big production may make a bigger box office in the future, but also allow him to be seen by more audiences. Rather, in the early stages of supporting publicity for large-scale productions, an actor can actually go from being unknown to appearing and becoming an instant hit.

A drama like "The Gold Rush" that airs well and is further promoted by the platform means that Yan Liang can star in this drama and get resources that he may not be able to get himself.

For example, I was featured in TV talk shows in seven or eight countries, or was reported in turn by HP's media friends, which increased my exposure.

Yan Liang said in the group: I am really lucky now. I was caught by Yan He and learned English. Although I am not very proficient in using it, I am able to communicate with others.

Lu Yanhe: Keep studying hard. Maybe you will have to act in English in the future.

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"The Gold Rush" can't be said to have achieved much success.

Obviously, it did not set off a global viewing craze like "Squid Game".

It mostly won praise from the media and critics - they expressed surprise at the production level of such a Chinese-language drama.

The productions of dramas such as "Sixteenth Floor", "Seventeenth Floor", "River of Silence" and "Squid Game" that were previously known to them were not very difficult. "The Gold Rush" was shot on location, which means there will be various challenges encountered during the filming process.

The texture of on-site shooting brings the most authentic Southeast Asian adventure experience.

But even if "The Gold Rush" is not as popular as "Squidward", as Lu Yanhe said to Tom White before, this show has its audience. Moreover, the playback data is very impressive. Compared with the purchase cost of US$12 million, "The Gold Rush" has undoubtedly brought HP several times the return.

The second season of "Gold Rush" will be filmed early next year.

This is a series.

Yan Liang also once again enjoyed the "flowers blooming inside the wall and the fragrance outside the wall".

As an artist, his biggest shortcoming is that his commercial value has never been high. Brands believe that he does not have enough star charm, does not have many loyal fans, and does not have the "starlight" like Li Zhibai or Lu Yanhe.

Therefore, even though Yan Liang is the second most popular actor in "Six People" and is still an idol artist with a fixed stage, he has very few high-end endorsements, almost none.

Among the few, most of them were captured by Zhou Ping'an from Ma Zhiyuan's resources after Ma Zhiyuan's collapse.

However, now that "The Gold Rush" has blossomed both at home and abroad, the industry and outsiders have seen Yan Liang's potential as an actor for the first time -

Yes, although "Six People" is popular, it does not have high performance requirements for actors. No one thinks that Yan Liang has the potential to be an actor. His acting is indeed average. Among other dramas, there is no such big hit drama. With the character filter, he can barely make any splash.

But "The Gold Rush" helped him reverse everyone's evaluation.

Entertainment critic Guan Su Chen posted an article saying: Yan Liang can be said to be a benchmark for young actors. To be honest, his talent as an actor is not outstanding (not that he has none, but compared to other people in the same period, don’t compare). But in this case, he chose a path that almost all young idol actors would not choose, a path that requires suffering and suffering that ordinary people cannot endure. Look at this photo, and look at his reborn performance in "The Gold Rush". I want to say that for all actors, Yan Liang's standard for taking roles is a broad road, but how many people dare to step on this road? Where's the avenue?

The photo attached by Guan Suchen was of Yan Liang just after he returned to China after filming "The Gold Rush". He was dark and thin, as if he had changed into a different person.

Lin Yu said in her comment column: "The success of "The Gold Rush" and the success of the lead actor Yan Liang complement each other and echo each other to a certain extent. They both chose a path that is not often traveled. The road full of thorns, the subject matter that no one wants to shoot, the extremely difficult real-location shooting, and the uncompromising artistic pursuit are all combined to achieve the current success. Likewise, it is particularly worth mentioning. Yes, when the drama "The Gold Rush" was released on HP, it was because of the sympathetic recommendation of many domestic film and television practitioners that it had the foundation to be seen in the first place. It was this kind of mutual help that everyone helped, This gives a good drama like "The Gold Rush" a chance to be seen by more viewers. I hope that there will be more and more good dramas like "The Gold Rush" in the future, and "Film and Television Critics" will continue to pay attention to each one. An excellent Chinese film and television drama.”

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Zhou Pingan was flustered.

Because "The Gold Rush" is popular again.

At first, Zhou Pingan was not optimistic about "The Gold Rush".

However, his focus was not on Yan Liang at that time, so if Yan Liang wanted to act, he acted.

Now, "The Gold Rush" has become popular domestically and again abroad. Yan Liang's popularity, popularity and commercial value have quadrupled in the first half of the year, all thanks to this drama.

Seeing Yan Liang steadily enter the first echelon of the front line, with two popular series in hand, and the road to becoming famous in the future has been paved, Zhou Pingan deeply realized that Yan Liang had embarked on a path beyond his experience and ability. road.

Especially when action superstar Cheng Shiyan sent Yan Liang an invitation to star in his next action film, Zhou Pingan was silent for a long time.

How long can Yan Liang stay in his hands?

When Yan Liang leaves, he loses the last trump card in his hand. What other cards can he play?

Back then...why didn't we treat each other better?

No one can share the bitterness in Zhou Pingan's heart, and no one can understand it.

In the eyes of others, everyone will only think that he is very lucky.

Even if Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai were taken away from him, and Ma Zhiyuan was killed, Yan Liang immediately stood up again.

Why is Zhou Pingan's luck so good as an agent?

Unbelievable.

Others were envious, jealous, and resentful of Zhou Pingan, and their teeth were itching.

Only Zhou Pingan himself knew how precarious his situation was.

We have to start new people quickly, or... poach people?

Zhou Pingan's mind was racing rapidly.

No matter what, he had to maintain his position.

At this time, Chenghai suddenly came.

"Brother Ping An."

Seeing Cheng Hai come in, Zhou Pingan put away his thoughts and sighed softly.

This idol, who was ranked second in popularity among Fengzhi Boys back then, has been on a decline since his solo career. He has struggled a lot, but has not made any splash. Until now, four years later, he has been The industry's seal of approval is that for the sake of "confidence", even if he appears on a show and becomes a variety star, there are not many opportunities that he is willing to give him.

Zhou Pingan nodded to him and said, "Sit down."

Chenghai sat down a little awkwardly.

Cheng Hai is actually a little nervous every time he comes to see Zhou Pingan.

Especially in the past few years, he has become less and less popular and disappeared from the entertainment industry. He has become less and less confident in front of Zhou Pingan.

Zhou Ping'an said: "Chenghai, how are you doing lately?"

"It's... quite good." Cheng Hai couldn't say the words "quite leisurely". He couldn't say it out loud.

Zhou Ping'an said: "I have accepted a scene for you. There are about twenty scenes. You go back and prepare well."

He took the script out of the drawer.

Cheng Hai looked at Zhou Pingan in surprise.

When Zhou Pingan called him over today, Chenghai was still worried and didn't know what Zhou Pingan wanted to talk to him about.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Pingan actually took a job for him.

Zhou Pingan said: "In the future, we may only be able to take on these small jobs for a period of time. Don't be discouraged. No matter how small the job is, it will be exposed and may be an opportunity for you to turn around. As long as you don't give up, you will have opportunities in the future." Turn over."

Cheng Hai looked at Zhou Pingan in surprise, even disbelief, his eyes gradually turning red.

Zhou Pingan would never say this to him normally.

Cheng Hai was a little surprised and moved, but he was also stunned. He didn't know what happened to Zhou Ping'an.

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"What do you think about the popularity of "The Gold Rush" on HP?"

In Northern Lights Video, Lin Desheng asked Zheng Huairen.

Zheng Huairen said: "The popularity of this drama is unexpected, but I think what is more noteworthy is that this drama can be launched on HP. The relationship between Lu Yanhe and HP seems to be closer than we know, even if it is not HP is willing to spend more than 10 million US dollars to buy the plays he stars in or writes, which shows that he fully believes in his vision. "

Lin Desheng said: "If Lu Yanhe recommended a drama to you and asked you to spend hundreds of millions to buy it, would you buy it because of his recommendation?"

Zheng Huairen hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

"No matter how much I trust his vision for a project of this amount, I can't buy it just because of his recommendation." Zheng Huairen said, "The risk is too great and a professional evaluation must be done."

"The same goes for HP. HP will not buy the show "The Gold Rush" just because of Lu Yanhe's recommendation." Lin Desheng said, "However, Lu Yanhe's actions will definitely make many people feel ready to move. We are so in the country Eighty or ninety percent of the dramas that have been broadcasted have not been broadcast overseas. The copyright remains in your own hands, but it cannot generate any value, so it is useless if you just sell the overseas distribution rights of "Gold Rush". It earned more than 10 million U.S. dollars and made a net profit of more than 70 million yuan. Think about it, this is a profit that many dramas cannot achieve in China. How many people will take advantage of this piece of fat."

Zheng Huairen said: "But if they could sell it, they would have sold it long ago. Wouldn't it be impossible to sell it?"

Lin Desheng said: "Isn't there a salesman now?"

Zheng Huairen was stunned.

Lin Desheng: "Looking to cooperate with Lu Yanhe, writing scripts, acting, broadcasting, and going around in circles, you may not see any return for two or three years, but in their eyes, as long as Lu Yanhe recommends them, they may directly earn tens of millions. Even if it’s a little less, the next best thing is to earn millions from one movie. Think about those companies that have dozens or hundreds of copyrights in their hands.”

"It's impossible for people to buy so much in one go."

"But as long as it is sold, it is a net profit. At this time, it is already a risk-free business." Lin Desheng smiled, "I think Lu Yanhe will be annoyed to death during this period."

Zheng Huairen laughed knowingly.

Lin Desheng: "Huairen, we should also be more proactive."

"Um?"

"We at Northern Lights also have a large number of homemade dramas. We don't necessarily have to go through Lu Yanhe to contact overseas streaming media. We have contacted them before and have smooth channels. We take the initiative to introduce good dramas ourselves. Don't always rest on our laurels and just think about it. The domestic market is huge, but if you keep eating meat in the same pool, your meat will eventually be limited,” Lin Desheng said, “It’s time to increase our efforts overseas.”

Zheng Huairen suddenly understood what Lin Desheng meant when he told him this.

"I understand, Mr. Lin," he said.

Lin Desheng said: "When we prepare dramas for Northern Lights in the future, we must also consciously plan one or two dramas every year in accordance with internationally popular forms, themes and standards. Not only can they be broadcast domestically, but they can also be broadcast overseas. It is in line with everyone’s drama viewing habits.”

Zheng Huairen: "Okay."

Lin Desheng sighed, "Look, there are so many of us practitioners, and together we can't even do the job of one young man. Why can so many of Lu Yanhe's plays be welcomed by overseas audiences? Is he the only actor who is well-known overseas? Many people only focus on Lu Yanhe, but forget that any drama that is loved by the audience must be attractive. Who can stare at a person's face for seven or eight episodes? Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room Normally I only have so many people, I still have to analyze the drama itself.”

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Lu Yanhe's cell phone was turned off immediately.

Too noisy and annoying.

In the past two days, suddenly the bosses, producers, directors, etc. of various film and television companies, as if they had made an appointment, contacted him one after another, called him, and in their words they recommended their products to him. I would like to ask him to recommend a certain play.

Lu Yanhe was speechless.

Recommending "The Gold Rush" actually caused so much trouble for myself.

However, Lu Yanhe did not answer the phone, and someone came to the set of "Burning Fire" to look for him.

Euphemistically called the exploration class.

As a result, Lu Yanhe would hide in the RV as soon as he finished filming his scenes.

The benefits are exciting.

Lu Yanhe actually understood this truth very well, but...a gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way! Don't be so arrogant!

Thousands of people made fun of Lu Yanhe.

"Now you are really the most popular person in the film and television industry, no one else." Wan Hai told Lu Yanhe, "Whoever wants to sell his movies abroad must look for you, and you can help."

Lu Yanhe: "...I beg you, don't give me this kind of personality. The personality will collapse, and it will annoy me to death before it collapses."

Wan Hai: "There is really no other way. You can only endure it for now, endure this intense period, and wait for everyone to calm down."

Lu Yanhe: "Actually, if you have established your own channels, you don't need me to introduce you at all."

Wan Hai: "Do you think people don't want to establish channels? This is the same as purchasing goods in a store. If the goods you put on other people's shelves cannot be sold or do not sell well, people will naturally not purchase goods from you. If your goods sell well, then people will take the initiative to look for you, just like they have been keeping an eye on your play. "

"In fact, I can't recommend it on my own."

"Well, that's true. That's why everyone is so anxious, fearing that others will take the lead." Wan Hai said.

"When can we have a big market like the top international film festivals that can attract film producers from all over the world?" Lu Yanhe said, "This way, we don't have to promote them one by one."

"Don't think about it in the short term." Wan Hai said, "Before Chinese dramas achieve sufficient and phenomenal success, even if you build such a market, others will not really be interested. At most, they will praise it. Come and show your face in the private field, those foreigners are also very good. "

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Wan Hai suddenly remembered something, smiled, and said, "But if you put the scripts you wrote on this market for sale, or put your film and television dramas on this market, others will definitely come."

Lu Yanhe was thoughtful when he heard what Wan Hai said.

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At the end of May, many actors in "Burn Fire" finished filming and left one after another.

Including Li Yuefeng.

Before Li Yuefeng left the crew, he specially invited Lu Yanhe to have a drink with him.

"Yan He, I'll wait for you to finalize the deal later, and we'll make another appointment in Yuming." Li Yuefeng said, "Don't forget to contact me."

Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, "I'll definitely remember it. We'll make an appointment later."

The farewell in "Burning Fire" was also the last time Lu Yanhe felt no sadness about farewell.

Maybe it's because the cast of this movie is so big. Basically, people join and leave every week. The staff is constantly flowing. In fact, the only two people who really stay on the crew from beginning to end are Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou.

Moreover, everyone is a very mature actor. I have experienced so many separations between the crew and crew, and I have become accustomed to them.

People who are really compatible with each other will often get together in private after being separated in this crew. People who are not so compatible with each other will feel a little sad when they leave because of their sensibility, which will soon dissipate.

After filming for more than two months, Lu Yanhe felt that he had never stayed in a crew for so long.

However, he has never been so relaxed when filming.

There are basically one or two scenes every day, so there is enough time to make full preparations and show your best.

A blockbuster is a blockbuster, and you can spend money so that everyone has time to shoot slowly.

Because he couldn't do anything else on the crew, he had a lot of time to read books and write scripts. Lu Yanhe first wrote the script for the first season of "Friends" on the crew of "Burning Fire", and then wrote the subsequent scripts for "Wulin Gaiden" out.

Wan Hai was surprised to see him often holding a notebook while typing on the set.

"When you write a script, don't you need a particularly quiet environment?"

The set is not a quiet environment.

Lu Yanhe: "It's okay, I don't really need it."

When other screenwriters write scripts, they have to think about plot development and character creation. For Lu Yanhe, these are all ready-made. All he needs to do is write it out and use good writing methods.

Therefore, whether it is a noisy environment or a quiet environment, it does not affect his concentration on writing scripts.

Wan Hai: "You are really a genius. Very few people have this kind of calmness that makes you look like no one else."

You know, on the set, there are even actors who will check their mobile phones as soon as the scene begins——

You ask them to think about the script and the characters. Things that sound natural, things that every actor should do, are actually just like students studying. There are still situations where they know what they should do but can't do it.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

Wan Hai asked: "I'm also very curious. How do you write scripts so fast? You usually have to act, go to school, and have a lot of work as an artist. Now I know that you basically seize all the time to write. ah."

Lu Yanhe: “Because I’ve already thought about the story, I’ll hurry up and write it out.”

"Can you help me read the script for my next play?" Wan Hai said, "Actually, I'm still thinking about the script. I wrote this script myself."

Lu Yanhe said: "Okay, I also like to read scripts written by others. I can learn a lot."

Wan Hai's next play is called "The Palace of Impermanence", which is also a fantasy-style story.

A young man named "Wan" accidentally rescued a dream bird that was preyed on by hell dogs. The hell dog captured him in the Hall of Impermanence. The dream bird followed him to save him, but happened to catch up with the commotion of changing soul masters in the Hall of Impermanence. One person and one bird were involved, and they were regarded as members of the resistance army of the old soul master, and experienced all kinds of weird and bizarre battles, traps and wars.

Lu Yanhe was quite shocked when he saw such a story because it was so animated——

Wan Hai is planning to make a live-action movie.

"This investment shouldn't be small, right?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Just by looking at the big scenes and special effects involved in the script, you can tell how much money will be spent.

Wan Hai nodded, "It will cost 280 million yuan just to make it."

Based on such a production cost and additional publicity, the film's box office revenue of one billion will only be enough to make up for it.

Lu Yanhe couldn't help but be curious, "Is Long Yan also the main cast member of "The Palace of Impermanence"?"

Wanhai nodded and said, "Yes, but half of the investment is from other film companies."

Lu Yanhe said: "The script is very mature and it is a very complete story."

The symbolic and allegorical nature of this story is very obvious.

However, its story structure is not very market-oriented——

Although The Shell on the surface is a story about young people's adventure and growth, its main line is still too unclear. The closer it gets to the middle, the more it feels like "Three Mountains" with ghosts and ghosts.

For a commercial film with such a high investment, you can have some philosophical and symbolic elements in it, but if the main line is not straightforward enough, the audience will be confused.

At least, Lu Yanhe feels that in the current script, the main line of "Wan" and the Dream Bird escaping from the Palace of Impermanence is not so clear.

It has completely become an introduction. Just by reading the script, you can tell that Wan Hai actually wanted to describe the bizarre world in the Temple of Impermanence, rather than tell the adventure story of a young man in a strange place.

The emphasis is different, and the viewing experience is also very different.

Wan Hai asked Lu Yanhe for his opinion.

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and expressed his opinion in a vague way.

"After reading this script, I was quite shocked. There are a lot of things that I need to digest." Lu Yanhe said, "There are a lot of symbolic meanings in it, which are special to traditional Chinese culture."

Wanhai nodded and said, "This has actually always been a subject I wanted to do."

Lu Yanhe asked: "But with such a large investment in this movie, the expected box office requirements are also very high, right?"

Wan Hai suddenly showed a helpless smile that said, "Sure enough,".

"Do you also think that current scripts cannot sell particularly well at the box office?"

Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment and said, "The main reason is that we all know that the higher the threshold of understanding, the fewer people will be able to step through the door."

Wan Hai: "Do you like this story?"

Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "Actually, I am very much looking forward to the presentation of a world view like the Palace of Impermanence on the big screen. Director, you have always been particularly good at constructing novel and unprecedented world views. The visual effects are unquestionable, but the main plot of "The Palace of Impermanence" is The story is relatively not as clear as "Burning Fire". The entire story of "Burning Fire" revolves around Wei Yang's revenge. Therefore, everyone will be very clear about the meaning and role of each character's appearance and plot changes. "

Wanhai fell silent.

Lu Yanhe didn't know if what he said made Wan Hai a little angry.

But Wan Hai asked after a while: "If it were you, how would you change it?"

After Wan Hai finished speaking, he added: "Without affecting all the current scenes I want to present."

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "I will design a task for this young man named Wang."

"Huh?" Wan Hai looked at him doubtfully.

"Now, there is no motive for following the dream bird's escape in the Palace of Impermanence. Instead, it is like running east and west in the dream. Give them a motive, and their behavior of exploring the Palace of Impermanence will have practical significance. "Lu Yanhe said, "For example, if Wang Hemengniao wants to leave the Palace of Impermanence, certain conditions must be achieved, and if he wants to achieve these conditions, he must go to certain places and obtain certain things, or simply use them. In the setting of Cerberus, Cerberus brought Wu into the Palace of Impermanence in order to achieve a certain purpose, but the process failed and was interfered with by the Dream Bird, and they were chased by Cerberus all the way——"

As Lu Yanhe talked, a clearer story line was conceived in his mind.

"Cerberus can't let others find out that he has brought a human to the Palace of Impermanence, so he can only chase it by himself. In order to get rid of the Hellhound's pursuit and find a way to leave the Palace of Impermanence, Luan Hemengniao can only walk along a path. There are little clues and the map is constantly changing. In the process of changing the map, the world of the Temple of Impermanence that you want to present emerges one by one. In every small map, Cerberus will find them and start a chase. The fight is a small climax. In this way, the main plot from beginning to end is that Cerberus is chasing and killing Wan and Dream Bird, and Wan and Dream Bird are looking for a way to leave the Palace of Impermanence. In this way, nothing in the script is actually used. It’s enough to make major changes, make some adjustments according to this main line, and string them together.”

Wan Hai looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise.

"You just finished reading this script and this is what you thought of?"

"Isn't it a bit tacky? This setting?" Lu Yanhe scratched his head, "Maybe it's a bit tacky. I think that the director of your script, from the Forgotten River to the Tower of Purgatory, every piece of content and the design of every NPC character are... It’s very clever, but if you put some effort into the entry point, the audience will feel more immersed.”

Thousands of people are thoughtful.

"Your advice is very inspiring to me."

Lu Yanhe originally thought that Wan Hai was just being polite and didn't accept his opinion.

Unexpectedly, Wan Hai's next words were "Yan He, please come and serve as a consultant for our film."

"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

Wan Hai said: "I found that you completely understand my script and what I want to say, and you can also propose modifications that are acceptable to me while preserving what I want to say."

Lu Yanhe was confused, "Huh?"

"The problems you mentioned have actually been mentioned by others, but they can only ask questions but cannot provide solutions. They blame me for stuffing too many elements into it, and say that I wrote the script too profoundly and not simple enough." Wan Renhai said, "I need your help."

"Director, this is too sudden. Let me react first." Lu Yanhe said.

Ten thousand people patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder.

"Okay, just respond and I'll ask you again tomorrow."

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"Go ahead. I'm just a consultant. I'm not asking you to change the script or do specific things. The consultant is just there to give advice."

Chen Ziyan strongly supported Lu Yanhe's appointment as a consultant on the phone.

""The Palace of Impermanence" is also a big production. You can participate in it as a consultant, and you can learn a lot. Besides, you can also get to know more people in the production department. For such a big production, each person can learn a lot. They are definitely among the first-line or even top-notch practitioners in the industry.”

Chen Ziyan's words convinced Lu Yanhe.

So, the next day, when Wan Hai found him again, he nodded and agreed.

Wanhai immediately sent someone to prepare an agreement.

"You should sign an agreement when you should, lest you regret it." Wan Hai said.

Script consultant: Lu Yanhe.

A new identity was unlocked out of nowhere.

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I recommend the old book "I Became a Scandalous Heroine Overnight". It was worth reading from the first 7 orders to over 1,000 orders. (End of chapter)