Chapter 533 Do It! (7,000 Words Updated!)

The barriers between TV series and movies are not limited to actors - although this aspect is usually talked about the most.

In fact, the real barrier lies in the fact that the industrial systems of the two are different.

To be precise, there are actually two groups of people who control the theater chain and the broadcast platform.

These two groups each occupy a territory.

Sometimes we cooperate, but more often than not, you don’t interfere with my affairs, and I won’t interfere with yours.

After all, once they get mixed up, they are here to grab the cake.

If Beijing and Taiwan want to develop a movie about "Seventeen Floors", of course that's fine, but they will definitely need to find a collaborator, especially a distributor.

The lack of support from the distributor, to a certain extent, may even mean whether the movie can be successful.

It doesn’t mean that because your drama is so popular, it can ignore the distribution and sweep the theaters.

Sometimes, movie theaters deliberately give you crappy screenings so that you can’t even sell your tickets, but that’s also true——

Of course, unless the market at that time was in a bleak state and your film was the one to save the world, then the theater managers would not be ruining their jobs.

But the current film market is no longer the era where one film lasted for a period more than ten years ago.

Distribution is increasingly important.

"Putting all this aside, if one day we really plan to make a movie called "Seventeen Floors", will you act in it?" Shen Yue asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng: "Of course I will act. This drama is the best drama I have ever filmed. It has become my masterpiece."

Shen Yue smiled.

"Seventeen Floors" is indeed in the first echelon in terms of word-of-mouth and ratings. For Li Yuefeng, a popular young man who mainly filmed modern and ancient dolls in the past, it is a very different genre, and it is also rare to be seen on a large scale. A drama that has gained a good reputation.

Shen Yue was a little surprised and asked, "Don't you even hesitate?"

"Are you still hesitant?"

"What if Director Bei and Teacher Feng Qiyue don't come back, and they just make a movie under the banner of "Seventeen Floors", and the script is crappy, will you make it?"

"Then we won't shoot." Li Yuefeng replied without hesitation again, "The premise for you to ask this is that the original cast members are all here."

Shen Yue: "I said so."

Li Yuefeng turned to look at Lu Yanhe.

"Yan He, I'll find you when the time comes, will you take the photo?"

Lu Yanhe: "If you all come back, I will film it. If you change people, I won't film it. It's boring."

Li Yuefeng smiled with satisfaction.

"Look, I'm just like Yan He."

Shen Yue sighed softly, "I don't know when we will be able to make a movie."

"You can't make a movie now?" Li Yuefeng was a little surprised, "Isn't that true?"

Shen Yue: "I'm talking about the kind of real movie."

Li Yuefeng asked: "What is a real movie?"

Shen Yue: "Anyway, I don't think the ones I've played are the same."

Hearing this, Lu Yanhe curiously searched for the movies Shen Yue had acted in in the past, and immediately understood.

You don’t even need to read the plot in detail. You can almost tell what kind of movie it is just by looking at the name.

"Horrifying Overtime", "Soul Eater: Death Pact", "Let's Fall in Love Again"...

When I looked at the ratings, they were all below 4 points...

To be honest, it is not easy to shoot a movie with a score of 4 or less. In comparison, it is easier to shoot a movie with a score of 5-7.

Lu Yanhe suddenly understood Shen Yue's emotion.

"What did you think of these movies in the first place?" Li Yuefeng also used his mobile phone to search for movies made by Shen Yue. "This name doesn't seem reliable."

Shen Yue: "There were no movies to shoot at that time, so I could only shoot these. It's not like I can shoot movies right away. I also have to support myself."

Li Yuefeng: "It's not easy."

Li Yuefeng pointed at Lu Yanhe and said, "Her thighs are here, please try your best to hug her."

Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hands, "I'm not a big guy."

Shen Yue rolled her eyes at Li Yuefeng: "If there is a script that I want to act in, I will definitely fight for it with Yan He, let me tell you."

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"Is there something wrong between Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue?"

While doing movement learning, Chen Bige asked Lu Yanhe with a gossipy face.

"ah?"

While Lu Yanhe was learning the movements from the instructor, he glanced at Chen Bige in surprise.

"Don't you think there's something between the two of them?" Chen Bige winked at Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Sister, you are too nosy."

"How can you not gossip about people and things when filming?" Chen Bige said, "I'm still wondering why your girlfriend never came to visit the studio. Generally, if an actor has a partner, the partner will definitely come. The crew is here to visit."

Lu Yanhe: "She is busy preparing for an international film critic film festival recently. She is much busier than me. I'd better go to her after I finish the project."

Chen Bige: "You two are so young and spend so little time together and apart a lot."

"It's not like we're together -" Lu Yanhe said, "Apart from joining the group for filming, we all live together now, so it's not as miserable as you said."

Chen Bige: "Hey, you're living together at such a young age?"

Her eyes immediately changed, and she looked around at Lu Yanhe with a very "aunty smile" and said, "You are quite good at it."

Lu Yanhe said awkwardly: "Why are you so good at this?"

Chen Bige: "You know how to make your girlfriend feel at ease, of course you are good at it. In your situation, there are a lot of women who usually pounce on you, right?"

Lu Yanhe: "Not many, I basically don't go to that kind of occasions, sister Zi Yan helped me keep people away."

"You don't have any thoughts of cheating? Once you join the group, you can't go back for a month or two." Chen Bige's smile became "auntie" again.

Lu Yanhe's ears turned red with embarrassment.

He said: "Sister, can you train well and stop teasing me all the time?"

He added: "Besides, how could I betray my girlfriend."

"Oh." Chen Bige nodded, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

The longer he knew Chen Bige, the more Lu Yanhe could see the past side of Chen Bige - he had only heard that when Chen Bige was young, he was a very troublesome person and not an easy artist to lead. In Chen Zi Yan's words, he was very restless and belonged to the type of "three days without punishment, the roof will tear down the tiles".

But after meeting Chen Bige, Lu Yanhe basically only saw her goddess, generous and bold side. It was hard to imagine that she was not so peaceful.

Now he slowly saw a little bit.

She teased him and teased him a lot.

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But after Chen Bige told Lu Yanhe about Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, Lu Yanhe also kept a watchful eye and paid attention.

After paying attention, Lu Yanhe found that there was something wrong between the two of them-

The two of them often quarreled with each other, big or small, but it was not the kind of enemies quarreling with enemies.

This was really a hit.

So, one day at noon, when Lu Yanhe was having lunch with Li Yuefeng, he asked him if he liked Shen Yue.

Li Yuefeng widened his eyes and looked at Lu Yanhe with an incredible look on his face.

"How is it possible! Oh my."

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe laughed.

"Just asking, why are you so excited?"

Li Yuefeng: "Nonsense, you're not excited, you're spreading rumors."

"What rumors did Yanhe spread?" Chen Bige came over with the script, sat down, and asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng immediately said: "Nothing."

At the same time, he warned Lu Yanhe with his eyes, meaning "Don't say it."

Li Yuefeng was afraid that this "rumor" would spread.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

He really wanted to say that this so-called "rumor" started with Chen Bige.

Seeing the eye-to-eye dispute between Li Yuefeng and Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng teasingly, "Oh? Are you talking about your little secrets between men?"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

He suddenly had a bad premonition.

The next second, Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng and asked: "Are you talking about Shen Yue?"

Li Yuefeng was like a cat being stepped on, and he exploded instantly.

"Why are we talking about Shen Yue?"

Chen Bige's face was more teasing.

"How should I know?" She deliberately pretended to be "I know nothing".

But the more she acted like this, the more uncomfortable Li Yuefeng felt, as if a cat's claws were scratching his heart.

"Sister Bige, what do you want to say?"

Chen Bige shrugged her shoulders, "I don't want to say anything, I'm just curious."

Lu Yanhe covered his face and wanted to leave.

Li Yuefeng looked at him with a squinting eye.

"Is it you?"

"What do you mean, is it me?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Why would Sister Bige ask if we were talking about Shen Yue?"

Lu Yanhe: "How do I know why she asked that? You and Shen Yue may have some drama, or she told me, so I asked you."

Li Yuefeng looked at Chen Bige in disbelief.

"Sister Bi Ge, it's you?!"

Chen Bi Ge: "I-I haven't finished reciting my lines yet, I have to go recite them."

She immediately stood up and left.

She looked back at them halfway.

"Lu Yanhe, you actually sold me out! Just wait!"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

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While Lu Yanhe was filming on the set, Chen Siqi was also busy and exhausted.

To organize an event from scratch, it is no exaggeration to say that it is as painful as scraping a layer of skin.

This is the first time for Chen Siqi and the others to do this, and they have no experience, so they have to pay more.

Even if this event is not a particularly large celebration, according to their idea, it is to invite a dozen or twenty famous film critics to talk about the movie together, which is not a simple matter.

If stars are not invited, it will be difficult for this film festival to attract sponsorship. Without sponsorship, all the budgets will have to be paid by them, and they don't want to lose money to gain publicity.

Continuously designing plans, and then overturning and starting over according to the actual situation.

The venue of this film festival alone has been changed several times.

In addition to the tasks that these big heads have to promote, Chen Siqi also has a very critical task, which is to get the copyright for film screenings.

If the film festival wants to screen some movies, it must obtain authorization from the copyright holder of the movie.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Siqi and Lin Yu held several meetings before deciding on a list of films, and then went to talk to each one. If you know someone abroad, it’s easy to talk, but if you don’t know them, you have to send emails in a formal manner, and the communication cost is very high.

But no matter how high the cost is, you have to do it.

It really proves the saying that everything is difficult at the beginning.

The news that they "Jump Up" will hold this film festival has gradually spread.

Many people in the circle are paying attention.

However, not many people are optimistic.

Because Chen Siqi’s previous “Green Green Project” to discover new directors failed.

This time I come to tinker with the film festival again.

You know, in China, it is rare for a certain person or a certain organization to be able to organize a film festival.

Despite this, those film festivals that have been successfully held are still struggling to be successful.

Of course, some of these sounds reached Chen Siqi's ears, but she turned a deaf ear to them.

She just knew what she was doing.

There will be successes and failures, but one failure will never stop you from trying new things in the future.

This International Film Critics Film Festival itself is also a very critical move for the magazine "Jump Up" to launch a film version.

When some elders in the circle knew that the specific direction of the film festival she wanted to do was not to be a film director or star, but to be a film critic, they were quite confused and asked her why she wanted to do such a thankless job.

Yes, in the eyes of many people, hosting such an event is even a thankless act.

No stars, no attention, maybe no splash.

Chen Siqi didn't explain to many people why she did what she did. She only explained it when Director Wang Zhong came to ask out of curiosity.

"Because I have no money, this is the most critical thing. If I have a sufficient budget, of course I would also like to invite some big directors and big stars to come and make this film festival look glamorous, with a lot of media coverage and a red carpet. "Chen Siqi said helplessly, "But the reality only allows us to do such a simple form first. , of course, I don’t think this format is really low-level. There are few film festivals in the world with film critics as the protagonists. Moreover, the International Online Forum for Film Critics event we did last year has been very popular among film festivals around the world. The response from the community has been pretty good, and it’s because of this that we decided to continue doing it.”

"This film festival is quite meaningful." Wang Zhong was just curious about why Chen Siqi thought of doing this, but he didn't think that this movie was not worth making. "Which film critics have you invited here now?"

"Now there are nine people who have agreed to come. They are all well-known film critics from the world's first-tier film media. They have known each other before. Everyone is willing to help support the platform. Lin Yu has a very good personal relationship with them." Chen Siqi said, "It's just that, It is difficult to obtain film copyrights now, especially the copyrights of foreign films. Foreign film companies are quite skeptical about the film festival we organize. Two-thirds of the films we want to show have not yet obtained the copyrights. "

"Are you going to sell tickets to the public for these movies? Or will you organize them to watch them yourself?" Wang Zhong asked.

Chen Siqi: "I haven't thought about this yet."

Wang Zhong: "No wonder so many movies have not agreed to be licensed to you. Whether you will have commercial behavior is something they value very much, because if you conduct public ticket sales, that is another matter. You have to pay a deposit. And if it is only a small-scale screening and not for public sale, this is another model. Of course, this premise depends on what you want this film festival to be like, whether it is to attract these film critics to create a small-scale forum, or to allow film fans to join in like some film festivals in the world. Watch movies together and then listen to them talk about movies, different forms, different approaches.”

Chen Siqi asked: "Director, what suggestions do you have?"

Wang Zhong: "I suggest that since this is your first time doing it, the simpler the better. Just like you said, the simpler and purer it is. Just sit together as a group of you and watch movies and talk about movies. That's fine. Well, the commercial atmosphere is not that strong. After doing it once, the effect is good, and then do the second and third time, and then gradually expand it and add more content.”

"Well, director, I think so too. We are indeed inexperienced. We are crossing the river by feeling the stones and don't understand anything."

Wang Zhong asked: "As for the film copyright, please make sure first. Are you really not planning to make commercial arrangements? If so, please give me a list of movies that you want to get done but haven't done yet. I'm overseas." There are still some friends I know in various places who may be able to help you.”

"Ah -" Chen Siqi let out a scream of surprise, "Director, is it true? Ahhhhhhhhhhh - great, director! I love you -"

Chen Siqi let out a thunderous cry and screamed in surprise. Wang Zhong was frightened and his ears were popped. He quickly took away his phone.

He smiled.

"Your idea of ​​organizing this film festival is very good. I watched your online forum for international film critics last year. It was rare to invite these people together to talk about movies seriously, although the attention was not as high as those celebrities participating. The event is big, but the more it is like this, the more pure movie fans it attracts, and the quality is very high." Wang Zhong said, "I know how difficult it is for you to hold a film festival like this, so work hard and try to make it happen. If you need help, just call me.”

"Director, I am so touched now. You are the first one to tell me that what we are doing is very meaningful."

"In fact, everyone knows that it is meaningful, but everyone knows how difficult it is to make it a success." Wang Zhong said, "Siqi, I hope you can stick to your idea. Don't make it the kind of film festival that invites people to come, takes a quick tour, and then pats your butt and leaves. That is meaningless. It is just to make a fuss and make a fuss. Why do the top international film festivals have the current reputation and status? It is because everyone has formed a consensus in their hearts that not only are their films good, but also that there are places where you can really talk about movies. There are too few such places in our country now."

Chen Siqi: "Director, don't worry, I will do my best."

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"If I show up, will it be appropriate?"

After listening to Chen Siqi's plan for the film festival, Lu Yanhe asked immediately.

Because Chen Siqi has made up his mind not to invite any celebrities to the first film festival.

Chen Siqi said, "That's what I want to ask you. I don't plan to invite celebrities to the formal part of the film festival, but they are from abroad, and your relationship with "Jump Up" is well known. If you don't show up, it will seem to be neglecting them. I'm thinking, why don't you hold a dinner to welcome them in your personal name and invite some friends. In this way, it will not affect the public positioning of our film festival this time, and it will still allow them to get to know our domestic filmmakers."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "That's no problem."

Chen Siqi: "But even if it's a dinner, I hope it's still private and small-scale, not a large-scale gathering of people."

"I understand, I still hope the whole atmosphere can be more relaxed and happy."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "I don't want those film critics to have a feeling that our film festival is a Vanity Fair event."

This feeling is actually the positioning.

What kind of film festival do you want them to feel?

After hearing Chen Siqi talk about Director Wang Zhong calling her and offering to help her contact the overseas film copyright holders, Lu Yanhe said, "The director is really nice."

"Yes, so I have two ideas now. Let's hear which one is better." Chen Siqi said, "Director Wang is willing to help, and from what I heard from him, he actually hopes that this film festival can be successful. I thought about it, if a film festival can invite a world-class director as an honorary consultant, it will also be a blessing for the reputation of the film festival. But if we invite Director Wang to be an honorary consultant, we feel that we can't give him anything, and we are just taking up a title for nothing, and we are asking for more."

"I was thinking, maybe we can hold a retrospective of Director Wang Zhong's works." Chen Siqi said, "Then hold a discussion meeting on Director Wang Zhong's works."

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "Holding a discussion meeting on Director Wang Zhong's works will definitely result in many not-so-positive comments. You know, Director Wang Zhong's works have always been somewhat polarized in the critics. Are you sure Director Wang would like to see such a scene?"

Chen Siqi was stunned.

This was something she had not thought about before.

"However, if you hold a film festival, especially a film critics' film festival, this kind of scene is inevitable. If everyone sits together and says something against their will, then the film festival will be in vain. If you want to really hold a high-quality film festival, you have to make everyone willing to tell the truth, and tell the truth directly." Lu Yanhe said, "I can't provide any advice on this point. You have to think clearly about what the positioning of this film festival is and to what extent it can be achieved, and then talk to Director Wang Zhong or other people openly to see if they can accept it. Not many people can accept that their works are suddenly analyzed and evaluated by a group of people in a serious manner. Most filmmakers don't have a good relationship with film critics, and some of them openly curse each other."

Lu Yanhe's words made Chen Siqi fall into deep thought.

She suddenly realized another problem.

Holding this film critics' film festival may expand the influence of "Jump Up" in the film review circle, but in a sense, will it also make other filmmakers dissatisfied with "Jump Up"?

Especially in this film festival, the works that were negatively evaluated.

But as Lu Yanhe said, if we can't let the film critics express their true feelings at this time, what is the point of holding this film festival?

How to establish influence?

Chen Siqi asked: "Yanhe, will my hosting of this film festival bring you some trouble?"

"I don't know, but I don't care." Lu Yanhe said, "You don't have to consider me, and, as an actor, I am actually looking forward to this film festival. As Director Wang Zhong said, there are really not many places in our country where we can really talk about movies. Moreover, we are familiar with these film critics we invited. We know whether they are talking about the facts or talking nonsense. As long as this film festival is really talking about movies in the end, even if some people are dissatisfied and scolded in a short period of time, it will definitely form its unique reputation and influence if it continues for a long time."

Lu Yanhe's words gave Chen Siqi a strong shot of confidence.

Since Director Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe really approve of this matter, what is she afraid of?

Do it! -

Lu Yanhe hung up the phone, rested in the car for a while, then got out and walked towards the studio.

On the way, he ran into Yan Zhimeng who was walking out.

"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe saw Yan Zhimeng had taken off all his makeup, "Have you finished work today?"

Yan Zhimeng nodded and said with a smile: "There will be no scenes for me later, I will go back to rest first."

Lu Yanhe: "I envy you."

He said goodbye to Yan Zhimeng and continued to walk inside. Suddenly, he heard an angry scolding from inside.

"Late again! How many times has he been late?!"

It was Lian Bei's voice.

Lu Yanhe was startled. At that moment, he thought he was late and Lian Bei was scolding him.

He ran over immediately, raised his hand and said: "Director, director, I'm here! Sorry, I'm late!"

As soon as he entered, he bowed to Lian Bei and apologized.

As a result, Lian Bei looked at him with an incredible expression, and the angry expression on his face cracked in astonishment.

The people next to him said with a smile: "Little Teacher Lu, the director is scolding you, how can you be late, you have never been late..."

Lu Yanhe uttered awkwardly and looked at Lian Bei in bewilderment.

Lian Bei was amused, smiled with his head down, then walked up to him and patted his shoulder.

"Brother, can you not be like this? You bowed to me once, and I have to bow to you three times."

Lu Yanhe: "Brother, you are my brother. If you bow to me three times, I have to kneel down for you."

The two people lifted each other up.

Seeing that the situation had eased, Lu Yanhe asked: "Director, who is late? I rarely see you so angry."

"Alas, a relative, the son of a certain leader, was forced to play a role. There were only eight takes in total. This is the third time he was late." Lian Bei sighed.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Who is it?"

Lian Bei waved his hand and said, "You probably don't know him either. You didn't have any scenes with him."

As he was talking, a young and handsome boy came over and said, "Director, I'm here."

Lu Yanhe turned his head and looked at him.

The latter also stared at him blankly.

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There is one more chapter, I will continue to write it. You don't have to wait, you can see it tomorrow morning! (End of this chapter)