Chapter 561: Re-Energizing

By the way, it took almost a whole morning, and it was close to noon before the two sides sorted out some of the previous controversial points and reached a solution.

During the whole process, Lu Yanhe, Chen Ziyan and Hong Qi were there, just to communicate directly on the spot and reach an agreement when problems arose.

When the contract time came, Lu Yanhe's agency contract with Xingyu was automatically untied.

Chen Ziyan also made an appointment with someone else for lunch at noon, a work meeting.

Lu Yanhe did not go with her. He did not have time in the afternoon, and planned to go to the "Jump Up" company in Lingyang District to see Chen Siqi.

He waited for Zou Dong to drive over at the company's garden cafe. He used to come to this place often, but he hadn't been here for a while recently. The people who were responsible for making coffee at the bar had changed, and they didn't recognize them all.

There are regulations in the company. No matter which star comes, you can't take pictures, or go up to disturb, ask for autographs or take photos. Although some people still take pictures secretly, at least no one dares to violate this rule on the surface. Once violated, the bonus will be deducted at the lightest, and if it causes serious consequences, you will be directly fired.

So, Lu Yanhe was drinking coffee in the small garden, feeling very comfortable. He took a magazine they provided and flipped through it, which also contained Huang Kairen's latest interview.

Lu Yanhe saw that Huang Kairen mentioned his feelings about the filming of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" in the interview.

"This role is beyond my comfort zone. I didn't need to prepare as much as I did for this drama when I played the role of Twelve Young Master in Rouge Button, because it has the style of Swordsman. I have to magnify the parts of myself that are similar to this style, and then hide the parts that are not suitable for the style of this drama, so it takes a lot of effort."

Huang Kairen mentioned: "For this drama, we have to rehearse two or three times before the official shooting of almost every scene. Although it may seem that this is a very relaxed sitcom, in fact, if you think about the lines in it, the tone and rhythm of each of our actors, you will find that each of us has designed a special speaking style for this drama and this role, which is different from our usual speaking rhythm. This is a test of our skills - there was even a period of time when I was not confident enough to ask a performance teacher to help me with the lines."

Lu Yanhe was very moved when he saw Huang Kairen's interview.

When he wrote scripts like "Wulin Wai Zhuan" before, he was always worried that a script that was too stylized might not be as good as the original if it was copied and a group of actors were replaced.

In fact, as long as you work with good actors and good actors with ideas, even if you change a group of actors, they will not disappoint the role. A good play always leaves the audience with a filter, thinking that it will not be the same if a different actor plays it. In fact, the actor himself knows that there is no role that he must play.

All the classics that are considered irreplaceable are just because the classic has been performed to an extreme that is difficult to surpass within his scope - forming a classic memory.

But if there is no such classic memory, no such filter addition, other actors can't shape this role?

That's not the case.

Lu Yanhe once again reaffirmed his thoughts.

No matter what kind of play, you must work with capable and talented people. Because they are not here to subtract from you, they are here to add to you.

Fortunately, he met many excellent people, and with these people together, his "success miracle" can continue again and again.

Lu Yanhe took a photo of the interview page and sent it to Huang Kairen, and sent him a message: I saw your interview.

Huang Kairen replied: We are still on the set.

"Wulin Wai Zhuan" has not yet finished filming and is still filming.

They are going to finish filming "Wulin Wai Zhuan" in one go.

Lu Yanhe: Is everything going well?

Huang Kairen: It's going well. We are all looking forward to the popularity of "Friends". Will the second and third seasons be more popular than the first season?

Lu Yanhe: Yes.

"Wulin Wai Zhuan" has already had the foundation of the first season, and the next two seasons will definitely be more popular.

The broadcast of a drama in seasons is not only a matter of effectively controlling production costs and reducing risks, but also can extend the flowering period of the drama.

A drama is always the most popular before it ends.

Because everyone is looking forward to an unknown ending.

Every year, new audiences join in and look forward to the final ending together.

"Excuse me, can I sit down?" A voice suddenly sounded beside Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe looked up and saw someone who surprised him.

Fuli.

This female star, whom he had never really dealt with, but had heard of and seen before, was standing next to his table with a smile, looking at him with an inquiring look.

Lu Yanhe nodded hesitantly.

Fuli sat down and said with a smile: "Thank you for letting me sit down, otherwise I would have to embarrass myself in front of many people."

In the small garden, there were others drinking coffee here.

As Fuli sat down here with Lu Yanhe, this table, which had been curiously looked at by many eyes, now attracted eyes from all directions.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Do you have anything to say to me?"

"Yes." Fuli nodded, with a look of seriousness and determination in his eyes, "I went to audition for the show "The Birth of an Actor" before, but in the end I was kicked off. I heard it was because I was previously Things that people slander.”

Lu Yanhe knew this.

He said: "I am not in charge of specific matters."

"But you can make them change their minds." Fuli said, "Yan He, I need this opportunity very much. I have been delaying it for a long time. The best time for an actress is only a few years. I don't want me to I was eliminated from this industry before I became famous.”

Lu Yanhe didn't expect Fuli to tell him this directly.

"Your agent is Zhou Pingan. As long as he wants, he can make you famous at any time." Lu Yanhe said.

"If he could make me famous, he would have made me famous a long time ago." Fuli bit her lip gently, showing a pitiful look, "What's more, he has signed Mengli now, he Why do you still care about me?"

Lu Yanhe: "Fu Li, it's not that I don't want to help you, but every project I do is strictly based on auditions and interviews to determine the candidates. I can't change everyone's decision because of my personal opinions."

"If it's because I'm not suitable for this show, forget it, but I was rejected because of an unfounded crime." Fili said aggrievedly, "I know that I have been included in the list of tainted artists by many people, just because Some time ago, someone slandered me, saying that I was violent on campus when I was in school. But it was later clarified that that was not the case at all. It was... Zhang Lan didn't want me to play the second female lead in "Liu Guang Yin", so he did it on purpose. Making up news like this got me out of the game.”

This surprised Lu Yanhe.

It turns out that Fuli knows everything.

"I hope to get a fair chance to compete," Furi said.

At this moment, Fuli was not acting, this was her true emotion.

She had done that in the past, but so what? Who in this world has never hurt others, why did this matter become so serious to her? Don’t those famous stars have any shady secrets?

No, it's just that they became famous, so someone helped them cover it up.

Why is her acting career about to die before she becomes popular?

Why would she want to play a role in a network university with such an image? !

Fuli was unwilling to give in.

She knew that as long as Lu Yanhe relaxed his attitude, her chance would come.

At this moment, Fuli looked at the handsome and silent Lu Yanhe in front of him, and another thought suddenly came to his mind.

It would be great if Lu Yanhe was her boyfriend.

If Lu Yanhe was her boyfriend, she wouldn't need to beg so embarrassedly for a chance to appear on the show.

Fuli has known since she was a child that she is a very beautiful girl. Over the years, there had been no shortage of men indicating and hinting at things to her. However, Furi never thought she needed them. She knew early on that her beauty was her best card and she couldn't play it casually. Cards that can be played casually are cheap and will be looked down upon.

But if it's Lu Yanhe, Fuli thinks it's worth it.

Fuli's eyes fell on Lu Yanhe, and his eyes changed slightly at this moment.

Lu Yanhe noticed it almost at that moment.

As an actor, Lu Yanhe rarely misses subtle changes due to his sensitivity.

It's just that sometimes he's not sure what this subtle change means.

But in the change in Fuli's eyes just now, Lu Yanhe clearly felt an intuition——

He seemed to be being targeted.

Lu Yanhe looked at Fuli suspiciously, wondering what she was planning.

"I can't help you with this." Lu Yanhe said bluntly, "Although I want to help you, I can't affect fairness. At present, all the candidates for "The Birth of an Actor" have been determined. If I help you at this time, it means Someone else is leaving."

Furi sighed, showing a disappointed expression.

"Oh well."

After Fuli had the idea just now, he no longer had that obsession with "The Birth of an Actor".

If you can't get on, you can't get on.

If she could really win over Lu Yanhe, what else would she care about in "The Birth of an Actor".

At this time, Zou Dong sent a message to Lu Yanhe, saying that he had arrived downstairs.

Lu Yanhe: "I have to go."

Fuli took the initiative and asked: "Can I add you as a friend?"

She tried her best to smile innocently and harmlessly, "I hope you can consider me if there is a role that suits me in the future, no matter how small the role is."

Because they were both artists and had met him several times in Xingyu, Lu Yanhe took out his mobile phone and added Fuli as a friend.

At this moment, Fuli's thought was: the first step has been taken.

-

When Lu Yanhe arrived at Lingyang District, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Siqi and the others are taking a lunch break.

Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong first went to a hot pot restaurant nearby and ate something to fill their stomachs.

It snowed heavily, and Lingyang District was no more sparsely populated than the urban area.

Looking outside the hot pot restaurant, except for a few buildings, most of it is a natural environment, covered with snow and silver, which looks a bit desolate and cold.

However, the headquarters of "Jump Up" is very beautiful.

Entering from the door is a small courtyard. In spring and summer, flowers and plants decorate the yard, making it look like a small garden. Everyone can come out from their work stations and find a place to work in the yard.

In winter, this small yard is also quiet.

A glass house with constant temperature - this is the place that Chen Siqi and the others must build.

Everyone said that when working at "Jump Up", there must be a place where everyone can escape from the work station.

They all accept the fact that work is about making people unhappy. Therefore, they try their best to create conditions where everyone can be relatively happy. Of course, in reality, working at "Jump Up" is definitely fun most of the time——

Especially those working at the headquarters, most of whom are editors responsible for content. Only the nature of their work requires a fixed office location. Whether it’s a magazine, new media, or other platform content manager, their main job every day is to get the content they want.

For this job, the salary is definitely not comparable to other positions - whether it is film and television marketing or marketing, the bonus is much higher than that of content editing.

Therefore, people who generally come to do this work are interested in this kind of work content.

Lu Yanhe has been here several times and is deeply impressed by the working atmosphere here - he even yearns for the working atmosphere here.

Sure enough, when he passed the large cubicle of the editing room from the corridor, he once again saw everyone staying in their own dens, reading books, magazines, and computers... Although Lu Yanhe knew that their work content was definitely not what he looked like. So relaxed, but this scene made Lu Yanhe yearn for it.

Maybe it's because he always needs to travel to various places frequently, which makes him inexplicably envious of this kind of job where he can sit in one place without moving.

-

"Then I will prepare a studio for you here? If you want a studio with a good environment to write a script, come here to write." Chen Siqi said with a smile.

What Lu Yanhe said was that if he wrote the script here, his ideas would definitely flow more smoothly.

"Forget it, it takes almost three hours to come here and back." Lu Yanhe shook his head, "You drive back and forth every day, aren't you tired?"

Chen Siqi said: "I don't go back and forth every day. I basically only stay here two to three days a week to focus on related matters. Most of the time, I am still in the city, living in Ziyuan Bridge. This There is also a dormitory nearby. It’s too late, so I’ll sleep here.”

Lu Yanhe: "This place is quite suitable for vacation."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "Mingyin came to stay for a while before. She was finishing the novel she was working on and needed a place to concentrate on it, so she came to our place."

"Is it the novel she finished serializing in "Jump Up"?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"It's not that one, it's another one." Chen Siqi said, "A new serialization will be started on "Jump Up" soon. The previously serialized "Shadow Dancer" has been sent to the printing factory and will be on the market soon. Yue Hutai also bought the rights to film the TV series of this novel and plans to adapt it into a TV series.”

Since Yue Hutai and Lu Yanhe began to cooperate with "Jump Up", they have launched in-depth cooperation in many aspects.

Like the book "Shadow Dancer" written by Ming Yin, Yue Hutai came to discuss the purchase of film and television rights when the novel was still in serialization.

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Lu Yanhe has been following the serialization of this novel.

There are some changes in the style and theme of Ming Yin's previous novels. This novel tells a suspenseful story about a workplace elite. It starts with the unexpected death of a person and tells the story of the survival struggle within a foreign trade company.

Because the subject matter is somewhat different from Ming Yin's previous works, the novel encountered some controversy when it was serialized.

But Lu Yanhe quite liked this novel.

Chen Siqi said: "We have also negotiated an agreement with Yuehutai. They will work with us to develop a short story adaptation program. Yuehutai will select some stories from our story library and make them into high-quality short plays."

Chen Siqi has always wanted to adapt the short stories published by "Jump Up" into film and television dramas - to create a "Jump Up Theater".

The previous "Green Green Project" was actually a product of this theater, but it was unsuccessful.

As a major first-tier TV station, Yuehu TV has a large reserve of production talent. "Jump Up" can now reach such a cooperation agreement with them to create a "Jump Up Theater", which completely makes up for the shortcomings of "Jump Up".

Lu Yanhe looked at the cooperation plan they had reached in Chen Siqi's office.

Yuehutai plans to turn "Jump Up Theater" into a short play format.

Because they are all adapted from short stories, they are basically the size of a movie. It airs every Sunday between 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.

In the past, this time slot on Sunday night was used to broadcast variety shows. However, with the impact of video websites, the ratings of this prime time variety show have gradually dropped, and many variety shows broadcast on Sunday have also suffered losses due to this.

Yuehutai set this time to create a habit of watching dramas: on the last night before going to work, watch a movie, directly see the ending of the story, and then sleep peacefully without going through the torment of catching up. You don’t have to worry about the episodes being too long and you can’t help but stay up late to catch up.

"Jump Up Theater" is divided into three themes: "Youth", "Suspense" and "Workplace" according to the main themes of the novels currently published in "Jump Up".

Such a theater model has never appeared on a TV station before. Video websites did launch some XX theaters this year, but they were just named after each other and had no real connection with each other.

"Jump Up Theater" is really building a brand.

Lu Yanhe was surprised after reading the plan.

What Chen Siqi has always wanted to do is really going to be done by her.

"Today's drama series are all about creating high-quality products to achieve movie quality." Chen Siqi said, "However, most of the content provided by our theater will definitely not pursue that kind of quality."

Lu Yanhe said: "One play a week is quite large. Can such a production scale be tolerated?"

"We decided to adopt the production model of your "Friends"." Chen Siqi said, "Each movie only takes about a week to shoot. We will not choose scenes that are particularly difficult to shoot and do not require any special effects or post-production. . Yuehu Stage still has a lot of production talent reserves. I heard that they have already found four or five filming teams for this theater.”

"It takes about a week to shoot a movie..." Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "Where are the actors?"

“Each film will invite one or two stars to play one of the main roles.” Chen Siqi said, “However, the shooting mode of this theater is different from the current market conditions. We are not using the conventional shooting mode. We don’t know what kind of broadcast effect it will have, so we can only try it first.”

“Has the online broadcast platform been confirmed?”

"Northern Lights Video is here to broadcast." Chen Siqi said, "They are very interested in this theater. A new film can be released every week. For them, it is similar to an online university. However, the production quality is definitely better than The Internet is better, and it also has the popularity of the original work and the attention brought by different stars.”

Unlike traditional TV stations, video websites now have their own basic traffic. In addition, they also attach great importance to online topicality. Especially now that video websites are increasingly relying on members to attract new users, it is crucial to constantly have new content on the shelves. For Northern Lights Video, the frequency of one play a week like "Jump Up Theater" can be said to perfectly meet their needs.

"Once this theater is launched, it will probably cause great turmoil in the industry." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "There are 52 weeks in a year, which means that 52 films need to be shot a year. How many production staff are needed to make 52 films? With so many actors, if it could be done, I can’t imagine how big an impact such a big piece of cake would have.”

This is equivalent to increasing the production of more than 50 dramas a year on the existing basis.

It is now foreseeable that the demand for production talents and actors will increase a lot.

Chen Siqi said: "Yuehutai also said that if any film has a good response and the audience likes it, it can develop a sequel or even a full-length drama."

Lu Yanhe: "Isn't this just like the pilot episode in the United States?"

In the United States, many projects will allocate a budget before the official filming, shoot a pilot episode, and put it on the market to see the response. If the response is good and the data is good, the green light will be given and filming will officially begin.

This is also a way to reduce risk.

Chen Siqi: "Well, but what's different from the pilot over there is that even if there is no sequel, our story is still a complete story."

Lu Yanhe: "This action is too big. How many scripts have been released now?"

"Yuehutai has initially selected eight novels to adapt the script." Chen Siqi said, "They have found screenwriters to work on it, but they haven't revised it yet."

"In fact, it's better to combine it with "The Birth of an Actor"." Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of this and said: "Anyway, the program "The Birth of an Actor" is also broadcast on Yuehu TV and Northern Lights Video. The actors who come out of this program can Let them act out the stories.”

Chen Siqi: "I have the same idea as you. As long as the actors from "The Birth of an Actor" have suitable roles, you can find them to play, or you can advertise for Jump Up Theater in this show. "

"It takes a week to shoot a movie. Even if it is only the length of a movie, it is still very difficult. In this case, we must find a group of actors who can act. We can't waste time on the set." Lu Yanhe said , "If Jump Theater can really be implemented, it will also be a good thing for the entertainment industry. How many directors, screenwriters and actors can be cultivated."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "The current environment itself is not very good. Everyone is trying to reduce costs and increase efficiency. An approach like this that focuses on telling a good story without adding water will definitely promote the entire industry if it succeeds. Some changes in the industry.”

Just like in the past few years, there are basically no longer dramas with more than 40 episodes in China.

Even major platforms are specializing in producing a batch of high-quality short dramas, just to replicate the success of "The Gold Rush", "Seventeen Floors", "River of Silence" and "Friends".

They also found that if the performance of a large-scale drama with dozens of episodes is not good, it will be a real loss.

In the old days of TV stations, long-form dramas could retain audiences and retain ratings.

In this day and age, audiences are no longer willing to watch long-form dramas.

Each platform also needs more content, more fresh content to attract the public's attention and grab traffic.

The gameplay is different.

From "Golden Age" and "Phoenix TV" to "Silent River" and "Seventeenth Floor", Lu Yanhe just caught up with the stage of the industry's development from long dramas to short dramas.

Lu Yanhe is even an important promoter of this change.

If it weren't for the success of so many short dramas that brought explosive styles, the industry would not have firmly believed that the short drama path was feasible.

Now, the jump theater is even more exaggerated.

Start making TV movies directly.

Of course, they don't call this a TV movie, but a TV series, but this TV series only has two or three episodes and will be broadcast in one night.

Lu Yanhe really wants to see what kind of impact such a fresh gameplay can bring to the industry.

Lu Yanhe said, "If there is a script that suits me, you can also find me."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "Yes, although we can't make every drama into a high-quality drama, time and budget do not allow it, but we will launch one or two benchmark works at some key time points to build momentum for our Jump Up Theater."

After hearing this plan, Lu Yanhe's fatigue from working non-stop suddenly disappeared.

He himself was like a chicken blood, rubbing his hands.

Everyone was running forward, no one stopped.

He was the same.

How could he stop. (End of this chapter)