Chapter 590: Stuck in the Mud and Too Lazy to Care
Chen Ziyan: "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Yanhe: "I'm afraid that if you hand over all the work to others, you can get rid of my job as an agent easily."
Chen Ziyan: "I can't say that I don't have this idea, but it's just a rainy day. In the short term, I don't plan to change my career plan for the time being. I'm basically happy and rewarded in my cooperation with you."
Hearing Chen Ziyan say this, Lu Yanhe let out a long sigh.
"There will always be accidents in life. You can't expect your job to be like a workhorse that I won't get sick or have accidents in my lifetime and can always help you work." Chen Ziyan said, "Although I haven't married and had children yet, what if I have children in the future? Pregnancy, taking care of children, how can I have so much time and energy to take care of your affairs."
Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan in shock and asked: "Are you in love, sister Ziyan!"
Chen Ziyan: "Go away, what are you thinking about, no, I said, prepare for a rainy day!"
Lu Yanhe laughed loudly.
"Sister Ziyan, if you are in love, go ahead and talk, get married, and have children." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Ziyan: "Thank you for thinking about me, but don't worry about my private life."
Lu Yanhe actually didn't know much about Chen Ziyan's world outside of work. Almost every time Lu Yanhe contacted and talked with Chen Ziyan, they talked about work or his life. They have known each other for so long, but Lu Yanhe didn't know Chen Ziyan's family life, nor did he know what kind of life circle and friends she had after work.
However, it seems that Chen Ziyan is deliberately unwilling to share her private life with others.
Lu Yanhe also noticed this, so he was actually more careful and didn't take the initiative to ask Chen Ziyan about these things.
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The Jose-La Rocha Film Festival is about to be held, and Lu Yanhe has received many invitations to the premieres of participating films.
Finally, in addition to accepting the invitation to the premiere of the movie "Fake Death", Lu Yanhe also accepted the invitation to the premiere of a Japanese movie and a Spanish movie.
Darren Wilson of Williams Agency negotiated for these two films.
The producers of these two films know Darren Wilson and have a good relationship with him.
Lu Yanhe will basically participate in the whole process of the Holland Film Festival this time.
Without the crew's filming tasks, he has a lot of free time.
The screening schedule of the shortlisted films in the main competition unit of the Holland Film Festival has also been announced.
The premiere of "Love Letter" was on the fifth day of the film festival, and it ranked very well. Generally speaking, the screening of movies pays great attention to the star aura of the main creative lineup of the film. Those with big stars and media attention are often placed in the first week, while those with average main creative lineups can only be arranged at the back. This is also because of limited funds. Many media can't stay for a full film festival, and even many media leave after filming the opening ceremony.
"Love Letter" was on the fifth day, and "Fake Death" was on the sixth day.
The premiere time is very good.
However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that he suddenly received an invitation from Zeng Qiao before he was about to leave for the Holland Film Festival.
An action movie starring him is scheduled for the May Day holiday and will be released soon.
If "Someone Under the Bed" is not counted, the recent market is actually very cold, and the box office of other films is really average. There are now seven films scheduled for the May Day holiday, all of which are led by first-line stars. This also means that there will definitely be several movies that will not get box office and will inevitably fail.
Because of this situation, the competition for movies in this May Day holiday is particularly fierce.
The battle started from the publicity and distribution.
It was also because of this that Zeng Qiao temporarily contacted Lu Yanhe and asked Lu Yanhe to support his movie.
Lu Yanhe attended the special screening of "Thunder" for friends - this is a screening held by the publicity and distribution department of this movie for the friends group of the main creators of the movie.
At this screening, after watching the movie, Lu Yanhe will express his feelings about the movie as a friend of Zeng Qiao.
To put it bluntly, it is to attract everyone to the cinema through the opinions expressed by these stars on the movie as much as possible.
Lu Yanhe met Zeng Qiao in "Phoenix Tower" and started to work with him. Later, they worked together in "Silent River" and they have a good relationship.
This time, many creators of "Phoenix Tower" and "Silent River" also came to the scene, which is enough to show that Zeng Qiao is usually popular.
After watching "Thunder", Lu Yanhe encountered a very embarrassing problem, that is, he felt that the film was mediocre and not a very good film. Of course, there are some merits. The action scenes are still very exciting, but the story model is too old, and the character settings are also old.
Of course, Lu Yanhe can't tell the truth, this scene is just for good words.
Lu Yanhe can't praise against his will, so he picked the action scenes of this movie and praised them a lot, and seriously praised Zeng Qiao's performance in this movie.
Zeng Qiao's performance in the movie is still very hard, and it can be seen that he spent a lot of effort to play this movie.
Many parts of the action scenes were played by him himself-no substitutes were used a lot, from this point of view, sincerity is very sufficient.
As a result, something terrible happened.
When a well-known film critic Lu Shan was invited to stand up and comment, Lu Shan actually looked at Lu Yanhe openly and asked: "After watching this movie, do you think it is a good movie and deserve so many praises?"
Lu Yanhe knew this film critic.
He is usually a film critic known for his sharp opinions.
However, Lu Yanhe had never dealt with him before, and didn't know why he suddenly fired at him in such an occasion.
It's just that for a moment, Lu Yanhe felt guilty.
Because he really didn't think the movie was so good, it was indeed mediocre.
There was an uproar at the scene.
Lu Shan continued: "I really didn't expect that in this era, I can still see such an old and clichéd action movie. There is almost no innovation compared to previous action movies. It's just a vulgar work with big scenes and big stars."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
At the scene, the creators on the stage looked a little embarrassed and gloomy.
The host had to step up to smooth things over at this time.
"Teacher Lu is indeed a very strict teacher." The host said with a smile.
Lu Shan turned to the host and said, "Don't interrupt me, I haven't finished speaking yet."
The host represents the attitude of the film company.
He also knew this, so after being pointed out by Lu Shan, he did not continue to force the topic to stop, and made a gesture of "please speak".
Lu Shan: "Actually, I shouldn't have said such a thing today, but to be honest, I really can't stand the current film companies always making such movies that fool the audience. Can they make more innovative and adventurous movies?"
Lu Shan's words were very sharp, even mean.
If Lu Shan's first sentence still made Lu Yanhe feel a little guilty, then Lu Shan's subsequent remarks can only be said to make Lu Yanhe feel incredible. Lu Yanhe also felt that Lu Shan was deliberately looking for trouble.
Lu Yanhe looked at Zeng Qiao with a stern look.
The movie "Thunder" is a subject that Lu Yanhe has never dared to touch since he participated in so many film projects.
Why?
Because the subject matter of "Thunder" focuses on action design, editing style, visual effects, and directorial ability, these are not what young people like Lu Yanhe, who have much more film theory than practical experience, are good at.
He has been accumulating industry resources and increasing his understanding and experience of post-production and cost control.
The more familiar you are with this industry, the clearer it is that if you don't understand, you will be fooled.
For the same play, if you understand it and know how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, you can even cut the cost by half and achieve the same quality.
In film production, labor costs are one aspect, and the loss rate and waste rate of on-site production are also a key to cost control, not to mention the connection between on-site shooting plans and post-production.
But because of this, although Lu Yanhe thinks "Thunder" is mediocre and not surprising enough, it is enough for the audience to see sincerity.
His praise is not aimless. Whether it is the design of the action scenes or Zeng Qiao's investment in the film as an actor, it can let the audience see the attitude of the film itself with their own eyes.
Lu Shan gave a long speech about his insights on what is a good action movie before sitting down.
The scene was inexplicably awkward and cold.
The host smiled and tried to liven up the place professionally.
He said, "Teacher Lu Shan really knows a lot about film history and film theory. We accept praise or criticism sincerely. Well, Yan He raised his hand--"
As soon as he said that, everyone looked in the direction of Lu Yan He.
Lu Yan He was sitting in the audience, raising his hand high, indicating that he wanted to speak.
Someone immediately passed the microphone to him.
Lu Yan He stood up, took the microphone, said thank you, and then smiled and said, "It's rare to hear criticism in the advance screening of a movie. It's very fresh."
He took a deep breath.
"I have already expressed my thoughts on the movie, so I shouldn't speak again, but Mr. Lu just asked me how I could praise this movie, and expressed his film aesthetics. I think I may need to respond."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "First of all, what do I need to respond to? When I praised this movie just now, did I really mean it, or was I just being polite? I want to say that it is true. I came to watch this movie today because I was invited by Zeng Qiao, but we are all holding the microphone and speaking by ourselves. We are responsible for what we say."
"Secondly, how should we evaluate "Legend of the Condor Heroes"? "If you ask me to evaluate this movie based on a very high standard, it is indeed not good enough, but that kind of evaluation is not fair. For example, if we use a 90-point standard to evaluate all students, then more than half of them are poor students. Because the best are always the smallest group. For movies, my evaluation standards are the same. This is not an art film, it is an action film. Are action films simple, rough and exciting? If it were that simple, I wouldn't have been an actor for so long and still not have made an official action film."
"Why do I praise the action scenes of the movie "Thunder" for surprising me? It's very simple. It's well done in this aspect. For action movie fans, you can see a lot of surprises in this movie. I must admit that I am not an action movie fan. Of course, I think Mr. Lu is not either. Mr. Lu just analyzed why he thought "Thunder" was vulgar from the perspectives of characters, stories, and directorial techniques, but he did not evaluate the core of the movie, action, from the perspective of action design and action scenes. So, I made such a rash guess. If I guessed wrong, Mr. Lu, please forgive me."
"For me, I am just an audience member as a practitioner, and I am not a fan of this movie. Participants, do not know the production story behind it. I was invited to watch this movie. On the basis of telling the truth, I actually have a task, which is to tell the audience who have not yet entered the cinema to watch this movie from my perspective what they can see from this movie. "
"Then should I tell the audience that this movie explores the complexity of human nature? There is no spiritual richness? Or, um, this movie is vulgar because it is very stereotyped. I'm going to say something abrupt, please, which action movie is not stereotyped? How many stereotyped action special effects blockbusters does Hollywood make every year? Does this affect their global box office sales? Will it affect the audience who like this type of subject matter and style to continue to like it? "
Lu Yanhe shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"I respect everything that Mr. Lu said, but although movies belong to all audiences, we must realize that different subjects have different audiences, and different audiences have different needs. Except for a very small number of classic movies that can break boundaries and be liked by the vast majority of audiences, it is not easy for us to make our audience like it at other times. "
After Lu Yanhe finished speaking, the audience suddenly burst into applause.
The main creative staff on the stage also calmed down.
This episode later sparked heated discussions on the Internet.
In fact, many people still think that Lu Yanhe is wrong. Everyone thinks that Lu Yanhe is quibbling. It is obviously a discussion about whether a movie is good or not. Although Lu Shan said it too much, he did not lie. He was telling the truth.
Lu Yanhe was silent and hesitant.
He really couldn't say that he really thought "Thunder" was very good and worth watching. Moreover, if it weren't for what Lu Shan said on the spot, which made him feel that Lu Shan was very targeted and even gave him a feeling of deliberately sensationalizing, he would not have made such a long speech.
In this case, "Thunder" was released on April 30.
The box office on the first day exceeded 37 million, ranking first on the box office list of the day.
Because of this box office performance, it still retained 17% of the screenings on May 1st when four movies were released.
However, the reputation of this movie among the audience is indeed very average.
It's not that many people called it a bad movie and regretted watching it.
However, many people took out Lu Yanhe's speech in support of the movie and made screenshots to express their disappointment in Lu Yanhe.
Many people said that they watched the movie because of Lu Yanhe's recommendation, and they never thought that Lu Yanhe would recommend such a movie.
This was a "Waterloo" that Lu Yanhe himself did not expect.
His team could only help him reduce the negative impact of public opinion as much as possible.
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Chen Ziyan said: "You should attend fewer movie screenings for friends in the future. It's too sensitive. What others say is actually okay, but it seems that what you say will be infinitely magnified by others. Moreover, in such occasions, even if you watch a relatively mediocre movie, you have to praise it a few times, and it will be spread by the film company, which will make some viewers who don't like the movie think it's your problem."
Lu Yanhe was quite uncomfortable.
On the one hand, emotionally, he thought that it was natural for his friends to help occupy a stage and shout when they had a movie. However, on the other hand, he knew in his heart that the controversy caused by "Thunder" this time could not be blamed entirely on Lu Shan. He could not put aside his feelings and tell the truth, and he would have to bear the consequences.
In other words, it is fine to forward and promote it, and you can do things to "increase exposure", but try not to avoid the main point and say something that you are guilty of.
"But, Sister Zi Yan, I haven't thought it through yet. If I say that, I also think that if the movie is not good enough, I should not recommend it publicly. In fact, there are not many movies that I really want to recommend from the bottom of my heart." Lu Yanhe expressed his confusion, "But, rationally, I really think that what I said is right, so I said that-is a movie with only six or seven points not worth recommending? If it has shining points, or it is indeed a movie worth watching for a certain part of the audience, can I not recommend it?"
If Lu Yanhe himself was not very contradictory, he would have learned from his mistakes and would not do such things in the future.
Chen Ziyan said: "Yan He, I have only eight words to give you about this situation. You are in your position and you can't help yourself. Since you have now become one of the representative figures of Chinese films, you are the most appealing one. , influential filmmaker, then you should cherish your own feathers even more, especially the words that come out of your mouth. You will never know who will take what you say as gold. That's because. Because they have 100% trust in you. If you have a good relationship with Zeng Qiao, go and help him promote it, OK, but don’t endorse it easily, especially when you yourself realize that the film is not that good. It has advantages. OK, I admit, will the film studio use your speech realistically? No, the film company will use you as promotional materials to promote on a large scale: Lu Yanhe supports "Thunder"."
Lu Yanhe took a long breath, and the balance in his heart slowly tilted, knowing what he should do in the future on these matters.
That night, "Thunder", which has exceeded 200 million in box office, released a celebration poster.
At the same time, "Thunder" ugly related entries also appeared on the hot searches.
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Lu Yanhe's team is still very effective, trying their best to reduce Lu Yanhe's enthusiasm for this matter and promote his upcoming trip to Jose.
Trying to use the Jose Film Festival and the "Love Letter" movie to divert Lu Yanhe's focus in this matter.
However, it seems that Lu Shan does not intend to let go of this opportunity to build a golden body so easily.
He took screenshots of many messages on the Internet criticizing the movie "Thunder" and Lu Yanhe, and posted a Weibo post saying: The audience's eyes are still sharp.
Some fans of Lu Yanhe were angry and left a message: It seems as if the movie "Thunder" is Lu Yanhe's problem.
Lu Shan replied confidently: If it weren't for his recommendation, so many people wouldn't go to see this movie. He is killing the motivation of those viewers who are still willing to go to the cinema to go to the cinema next time!
Lu Yanhe always felt that he was very good at criticizing people, especially replying. However, at this moment, he found that he was clumsy and could not refute a word.
Chen Ziyan also said that she didn’t need to talk to Lu Shan and just let him jump first.
However, Lu Yanhe ignored him, but Zeng Qiao couldn't stand it anymore.
He posted on Weibo late at night: I'm sorry, it was me who invited Lu Yanhe to attend the screening of "Thunder" and got him involved in this dispute for no reason. The matter has become like this. I am now full of debts to him because Audiences who have watched "Thunder" on Yan He's recommendation and are disappointed, please send a screenshot of your ticket purchase and order number to my studio's email address, and I will arrange a full refund.
Five minutes later, he posted another Weibo post: Yan He wanted to help me stand up, so he singled out the good points in the movie and praised it a few times. "Happy Events in the World," which Teacher Lu Shan participated in and invested in, is now on the May Day schedule. The box office champion, our "Thunder" can no longer compete with " "A Happy Event in the World" poses a threat, so Mr. Lu Shan no longer needs to belittle "Thunder" to ensure that its box office will catch up with "A Happy Event in the World". Anyway, it is just a vulgar routine film, and it is not worth Mr. Lu Shan's waste of himself. Valuable time to pay attention again and again.
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Zeng Qiao's mood is really uncomfortable now.
He used to act more in TV series. It was rare that he acted as the male lead in a big production like "Thunder", and the box office results were not bad. Although the audience's reputation was not as good as expected, it was not criticized by everyone. It was a bad movie, and even because the action scenes were really good, it set off a movie-watching craze among the people who love action movies, so its box office trend was not too affected by public reputation.
Originally, "Thunder" could have been a work that helped him establish a foothold in the film industry.
Who knew that because of this movie, Lu Yanhe would become the person who was scolded the most.
How could Zeng Qiao bear it?
He would rather the audience scolded him than Lu Yanhe.
At this moment, the disgust and hatred for Lu Shan in his heart reached the extreme, but because he still had some sense, he did not directly curse on the Internet.
If it weren't for the fact that he is a celebrity artist, he would really curse people directly.
This man is a true grandson and a true villain.
Due to emotions and reasons, Lu Yanhe did not exaggerate the facts and boast about "Thunder", and he was just here to help stand up, but he was disturbed by the muddy water in Lushan and seemed to have become a sinner in this industry.
Zeng Qiao was really angry and became angry.
The fact that Lu Shan invested in "Happy Events in the World" was later discovered by the producer of "Thunder".
When they found out about this, they scolded the publicity staff who contacted Lu Shan to watch the movie.
To be honest, the audience's reputation of "A Happy Life" is not much better, but because it is the only comedy film on May Day, it has the advantage of being a family favorite.
Zeng Qiao had no other thoughts at this moment, and his heart was full of guilt for Lu Yanhe.
It is precisely because of this that he thought that he would refund the tickets to viewers who did not like "Thunder".
Even the most troublesome and cost-intensive thing, he even quit!
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Lu Yanhe never thought that Zeng Qiao would do this.
Chen Ziyan was also shocked.
In all these years, I have never seen an actor refund money on such a large scale.
The fact that Zeng Qiao posted two articles in a row late at night also became the most talked about thing the next day.
What was even more unexpected was that Zeng Qiao Studio counted the refund applications received so far the next night and issued a statement: a total of 927 viewers applied for refunds, and a total of 38,934 yuan was refunded.
Zeng Qiao forwarded this statement from his studio and directly x-on:Lu Shan:
I refunded the audience who regretted watching "Thunder". As an investor of "Happy Events in the World", have you refunded the audience who regretted watching "Happy Events in the World"?
Attached pictures:
The first picture: "Happy Events in the World" Yemai.com score: 6.3.
The second picture: "Thunder" Yemai.com score: 6.1.
The third picture: 0.2 points higher, the audience's eyes are really sharp!
Lu Shan suddenly lost his voice, and after that, he did not appear again.
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After Lu Yanhe reflected on his pain for a few days, he felt that it was time for him to speak out.
The situation has changed. If he remained silent, Lu Yanhe felt that he would lose the audience's trust in him even more.
After discussing with Chen Ziyan and his team, he posted:
I apologize to my friends who trust me. Although I never intended to trick everyone into going to the cinema to watch a movie, my speech that only talked about the advantages and not the disadvantages did make many viewers go to see a movie they might not like based on the premise of trusting me. I hope Brother Qiao will not feel guilty or uncomfortable. I am responsible for what I said. I did not say those compliments based on my relationship with Brother Qiao. I just did not say what I did not like about "Thunder" based on my relationship with Brother Qiao. Of course, this objectively resulted in the result of "avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial", which is my own problem. I will be more cautious in my words and deeds in the future.
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The first is Zeng Qiao, and the second is Lu Yanhe. The attitudes of the two of them towards this matter and the attitudes they showed have also reduced the unhappiness of those viewers who were mobilized by Lu Shan and attacked Lu Yanhe.
The main reason is that many people did not expect that they would really receive a refund immediately.
Lu Yanhe's apology also made many people calm down and start thinking about one thing -
Put yourself in someone else's shoes and think about it. Who hasn't said something to support someone for the sake of some personal connections and face?
Emotions come and go quickly.
If Zeng Qiao and Lu Yanhe were to refuse to admit their mistakes or to be stubborn, people might be even more angry.
But they didn't do that.
On second thought, Lu Yanhe didn't even make a movie that disappointed everyone, but these few days were like a carnival because he commented that the action scenes in "Thunder" were good. He was attacked and said that he was lying with his eyes open - "Thunder" was obviously as mediocre as Lu Shan said, and there was no innovation compared to other action scenes. It was still the same old three sets.
Looking at it now, they didn't say how good the movie was, they just said the action scenes were good.
The action scenes in "Thunder" were indeed good.
Chen Ziyan quickly captured the emotional change towards Lu Yanhe on the Internet.
She immediately arranged for public relations personnel to make a public relations move: analyzing each of Lu Shan's speeches one by one, how he cleverly misinterpreted the meaning of Lu Yanhe's original words, and put a high hat on him.
When the May Day holiday was over, the spearhead of public opinion had already pointed to Lu Shan.
Lu Yanhe saw that Lu Shan was accused and criticized by many people under the attack of public opinion. At this time, unlike his mood towards the audience, he did not feel any guilt.
The words and deeds of Lu Shan made him feel only one mood at this moment: he deserved it.
Lu Shan was like a turtle, suddenly stopped talking and pretended to be dead.
At this time, someone from the film company of "Happy Events in the World" suddenly came to Chen Ziyan and asked them to show mercy and let Lu Shan go.
Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes back.
When Lu Shan stood on the moral high ground to stir up everyone's emotions to attack Lu Yanhe, why didn't they stop Lu Shan?
Chen Ziyan was too lazy to pay attention.
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Recommend the old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" (End of this chapter)