Chapter 572 Don’t Do Bad Things with Good Intentions
"In fact, this is quite risky. If the show fails and Liu Manbo fails to support the crew, all the risks will fall to Li Zhibai alone."
"Alas, Li Zhibai is too anxious now. When I mentioned Liu Manbo to him, he immediately asked if he could come to the crew right away." Lu Yanhe told Chen Ziyan, "He said that the crew is in chaos now. If a director is not found immediately to support the whole thing, the crew can be disbanded on the spot. So, I wanted to advise him not to rush in one or two days, but after listening to him, I couldn't say anything. What. "
Chen Ziyan: "I'm just worried that Dengta Video is not satisfied with Li Zhibai's approach. Think about it, the largest investor hasn't agreed yet, but you took the initiative to pull a director into the crew and let him direct the play. No matter how urgent the play is now, in the eyes of Dengta Video, you are overstepping your authority. I can only say that it's fortunate that the person who did this was Li Zhibai, and Dengta will not think about this matter in a deeper and more complicated way. But if there are any problems in the future of this play, Li Zhibai's action will be held accountable. "
Lu Yanhe nodded and understood what Chen Ziyan meant.
As he was talking, Lu Yanhe's mobile phone suddenly buzzed twice.
Li Zhibai sent a message: Liu Manbo got into the role quickly and had just finished shooting the first scene smoothly.
Lu Yanhe's heart was relieved immediately.
He showed Chen Ziyan the message sent by Li Zhibai and said that at present, the situation is relatively good.
Chen Ziyan: "I have no doubt about Liu Manbo's ability and talent. I have never worried about this. You should remind Li Zhibai to ask Dengta whether he agrees to let Liu Manbo be the director of this drama. Now Liu Manbo is just here to help. Let Li Zhibai show his attitude to Dengta and stop putting him on the spot."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said yes.
He immediately told Li Zhibai what Chen Ziyan had told him to do.
Li Zhibai: It's amazing. Just five minutes ago, Lin Suyang told me the same thing. He told me to take the material of the scene Liu Manbo just shot to Dengta.
Lu Yanhe understood why Chen Ziyan and Lin Suyang said that.
To put it bluntly, the biggest problem with this matter is that Li Zhibai overstepped his authority. He did not have the power to decide the director (even though Dengta respected his opinion at the beginning). At this time, he pushed Liu Manbo to the position of director without the permission of Dengta Video, which was taboo.
Although the problem could not be solved, Li Zhibai took the footage shot by Liu Manbo and asked Dengta whether he wanted to keep Liu Manbo. In the final analysis, it was also a disguised statement, a gesture of giving back power.
If Dengta did not sincerely disagree with Liu Manbo and disagreed with him being the director, in order for the crew to continue filming, Dengta would generally have let it go.
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At this moment, Lu Yanhe had arrived in Thailand.
Lu Yanhe was invited by Thailand as an Asian superstar this time.
When he saw that the film festival promoted him as an Asian superstar, he was also quite confused.
However, they thought so seriously and gave him a high-standard reception.
From his arrival in Thailand, he arranged for a special person to accompany him throughout the trip, and also provided a car and a driver.
Lu Yanhe only met actress Cai Na once in Thailand.
However, in this conflict between Lu Yanhe and Harvey, Cai Na was one of the first Asian stars in Asia to support Lu Yanhe on her social media.
After he arrived in Thailand, he wanted to go out for a walk.
Chen Ziyan had no time to accompany him at all, as she was about to transfer to the United States - she was about to meet a producer in Thailand to discuss a cooperation with Wen Minglan.
The film and television market in Thailand is not large, but both Thai dramas and Thai movies have achieved outstanding results compared to the market size of the country.
Especially Thai dramas, Lu Yanhe knew that there was a large group of loyal viewers in China. Although he himself did not like to watch them.
The Thai producer that Chen Ziyan wanted to meet was a film producer, quite senior, and two of his films had been released in China.
Because Chen Ziyan came here to discuss the cooperation with Wen Minglan, Lu Yanhe did not go with her. Otherwise, people's attention might have been directly on Lu Yanhe.
Under the guidance of the local guide, Lu Yanhe and his party visited the local market and went around the surrounding area.
When he returned to the hotel again, the head of the local tourism management department actually came and waited for him in the lobby.
They came specifically to express their welcome to him.
Lu Yanhe was surprised.
Because this was not a recording of a program.
Sometimes when recording a program, the program team will have some foreign affairs media activities. Because the program is influential and popular, they will also arrange similar activities to promote publicity and tourism economy.
But Lu Yanhe was just here to participate in the film festival activities, and there was no arrangement for tourism officials to visit him in the official itinerary.
It was a completely unexpected private trip - of course, it can't be said to be a real private trip. He was brought here by a relevant management of the film festival to welcome his arrival.
It was a gift, and it was also an expression of hope that he could have a good stay in Thailand, and a sincere invitation for him to travel to Thailand in the future.
Later, he was invited to attend a relatively high-level dinner party in the evening, hosted by a local rich man.
Lu Yanhe declined directly.
Everyone was very surprised. They didn't know why Lu Yanhe declined. He also emphasized that he was one of the top richest people in Thailand and was very powerful. Very few people got invitations to his dinner parties.
Lu Yanhe smiled and thanked Bu Min.
He rarely even goes to dinner parties hosted by wealthy Chinese, let alone foreign ones.
First, this kind of situation has nothing to do with his work. After getting to know him, it will cause all kinds of troubles. Secondly, no one knew who would be there in such an occasion. If there were some unsafe and dangerous people staying inside, he would not know it, so he would inexplicably get in the same frame with them, even take a photo with them, turn around and explode with thunder and splash. I'm covered in dirty water and can't even wash myself off.
Lu Yanhe planned to finish participating in the film festival schedule tomorrow, complete a shoot the day after tomorrow, finish work, meet and chat with a few directors he had contacted in advance, and then fly to Malaysia.
Activities outside of work should be as minimal as possible.
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However, Lu Yanhe really underestimated his current influence.
"The Mist", a popular horror film with a global box office of over 200 million US dollars, brought him not only a box office hit, but also D19's global promotion around the film. , and at the same time opened up Lu Yanhe's popularity on a global scale.
This is why Chen Ziyan said that there must be a few commercial blockbusters that everyone will know when they hear it.
As an actor, if you want to become a movie star, unless you are like Meryl Streep, you are already tied to Hollywood and Oscar awards, and rely on the power of the entire industry to push her audience popularity to this level. More than 90% of actors must have made their fortune through a few globally popular works.
A movie channel in Thailand went through Yuehutai's relationship (the two parties had cooperated before) and found Chen Ziyan. Chen Ziyan gave it to Wang Biao. At seven o'clock in the evening, Lu Yanhe had to sit in the hotel restaurant and accept I started an interview with this movie channel.
Fortunately, it’s a recording, not a live broadcast——
Lu Yanhe doesn't speak Thai either. If he speaks English, not many people can understand him.
Based on the principle of "taking it as it comes," he accepted the job of interviewing and tried to make the best use of everything to achieve the greatest effect.
Therefore, he mentioned almost all the works in which he starred.
Anyway, his works can be watched on streaming media, and Thai audiences can also watch them.
The host asked a customary question: "Are there any directors and actors in Thailand that you like and want to work with?"
Lu Yanhe said: "Cai Na, actually Cai Na has already started to cooperate. I invited her to participate in the production of one of our Chinese programs called "The Birth of an Actor". I don't know if there will be any audience for this program in Thailand."
"Cai Na? By the way, I saw a report before that Cai Na might appear in the second season of "Squid Game", right?"
Lu Yanhe laughed.
"Currently, the second season of "Squid Game" is still in preparation, and the script has not yet been released. However, if there is a suitable role, Caina is an actress I really want to work with." He also said with dignity. , "I am a fan of Cai Na. I have watched many movies starring her."
The smile on the host's face immediately became brighter.
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The next day, Lu Yanhe attended the red carpet event of the film festival and awarded a "Potential Award" to a Thai newcomer——
This is not a major award in an awards ceremony, but a major award established to encourage young filmmakers. A separate awards event is held for this award every year.
Every year the film festival also invites an influential filmmaker to present awards to the winners.
This event has also become a reserved activity of the film festival.
Although it was not an awards ceremony, the chairman of the executive committee and the chairman of the jury of this film festival were all present.
Before awarding the award, a special session was also arranged to briefly introduce Lu Yanhe's achievements.
The chairman of the executive committee said: "He is a legendary young actor and a legendary young actor."
Lu Yanhe could hear his hands waving and waving, not daring to take it or not.
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"Lighthouse Video agreed." Lin Suyang immediately called Li Zhibai, "However, they kept Liu Manbo's salary very low and were only willing to give one-tenth of Lu Bo's."
Lubo was the director before "Nineteen Years of Crime".
Li Zhibai: "Have they not communicated this matter with Liu Manbo yet?"
"They have made up their mind. Now Liu Manbo will shoot here for free. Even if they only give one-tenth, he will definitely accept it."
"They are so stingy." Li Zhibai was very disgusted, "Director Liu saved the situation by turning the tide, and they are still stingy in this regard."
"Actually, it's quite normal. After all, he is a new director who has never directed a feature film before." Lin Suyang said, "For Liu Manbo, this opportunity is much more important than the salary."
"These are all excuses to squeeze out the income you deserve." Li Zhibai said unceremoniously, "Why should I squeeze out the income you deserve because opportunity is more important? If Director Liu doesn't accept this condition, he will stop directing. The loss was even greater. Director Liu’s situation at the scene these two days. As you know, you've also seen the material he shot. It's not even remotely good. Although it's still a bit different from what we imagined at the beginning, it may be what it is now in such a short period of time. To be honest, The whole crew is convinced.”
Liu Manbo knows very clearly what he wants to shoot and how he wants to shoot, and he will not give random requirements that cannot be achieved - of course, he actually has a lot of requirements and a lot of ideas. Many of the early designs and preparations are Changes were made at his request - however, with so many changes, none of them could not be done without force.
Therefore, after working overtime, there were many people who complained about it, but the final product and the shots that came out were completely usable and worthy of the stage. There is no awkwardness or panic of "cramming for the moment". Only at this time can we see the true story. Seeing him becoming more and more in control of the entire situation and able to film the film well, the crew members also have more and more trust in him.
A director's authority was established by himself at such an urgent and critical moment.
Li Zhibai: "I invited Liu Manbo here. Brother Su Yang, I can't let him suffer too much, especially - he has been so helpful to our drama."
Lin Suyang: "Zhi Bai, let me be honest. Based on my observation and understanding of Liu Manbo these days, if you try to help him get a higher salary at this time, he may not be willing to do so."
"Ah?" Li Zhibai asked, "Why are you so reluctant?"
Lin Suyang said: "Because he cares about this opportunity, he cares about this opportunity even more. He definitely doesn't want to get the opportunity to direct, and there will be twists and turns because of the treatment. If he doesn't care about this opportunity, he won't have nothing." Come and do this when you agree , do you understand what I mean? A person has self-esteem. How would you feel if a crew asked you to act in a play? But in his case? After coming down, you can realize how important this opportunity is to him.”
Li Zhibai was silent.
Lin Suyang's words touched his heart directly. He felt that Lin Suyang was right and he was convinced.
"Why don't you communicate with him directly about this matter? Let him make up his own mind whether he wants to fight for it or not." Lin Suyang said, "Don't use your good intentions to do bad things."
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I've been a little busy these days, so I can only keep up with basic updates.