Chapter 601 Enemies
""Householding" is indeed different from other projects of our company. This is the only wholly-owned project of our company. Other projects basically have investment from Northern Lights, just a little more or a little less."
After Hu Si Lai reported the relevant situation to Chen Ziyan, Chen Ziyan took it to discuss it with Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe himself supports letting the drama "Houseshare" follow the "Guarantee + Share" model of Northern Lights Video.
But Chen Ziyan has a different opinion.
"Yan He, at the beginning Hu Siwei only used 12 million to produce this drama, just to reduce the risk of losses. This drama has a completely new cast, and there is no well-known star. The actors' salary budget is in this drama. Not even one-sixth.”
Chen Ziyan continued: "In this case, if "Householding Couple" is allowed to risk losses to adapt to the new model of Northern Lights, it will cause great instability in the subsequent bonuses of the entire "Householding Couple" project team. You know, the most important thing about this drama for us in Linghe is that we created a crew ourselves and made it completely by ourselves. A drama. If the broadcast performance of this drama is not satisfactory and the expected profit is not achieved, even if it is a little profit, but not that much, the follow-up bonuses of the key technical departments of the entire crew will not be cashed in. We will either If you post it yourself, you will only make them suffer. Then how many people can we retain from the first crew of Linghe to continue working on the second project? "
Lu Yanhe immediately came to his senses and understood what Chen Ziyan meant.
Chen Ziyan asked: "Do you want the company to subsidize it? To bear the risk of continuing to subsidize another amount of money after this project becomes unprofitable."
Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Even if he doesn't understand companies or finance, he knows that this is not a benign approach.
"So, I quite understand Hu Siwei's concerns." Chen Ziyan said, "I will ask Chen Yin and Hu Siwei to seriously study the market prospects of "Householding Couple", and then contact Icefield Video and Lighthouse Video to see What price do they offer, even traditional TV stations? In fact, based on my positioning of this drama, it only costs. If there is no loss, I will be very satisfied. If it were not for hiring Bai Jingnian as the director, the production cost of this drama may not even be half of what it is now. And we need Bai Jingnian as the director just to have him as a senior director. , not only for the show itself, but also for bringing out a filming team for us.”
"As long as we don't lose money, then we are making money. We have gained the production experience of our first wholly-owned project, and we have also cultivated a production team belonging to Linghe. More importantly, with the basic results of the first season, we The cost of the second season can be lower, and the project can continue to support the team.”
"And don't forget, if "Householding" cannot be sold before the third quarter and a payment is received, it will affect the production of our next project "Legend of Sword and Fairy"."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"It's not that we can't find projects to cooperate with the model of Northern Lights Video, but it's not a new project like "Householding"." Chen Ziyan said, "Our long-term cooperative relationship with Northern Lights Video is actually signed by you and Northern Lights. Agreement, "Houseshare" is not your project, you are just a producer in name, and we do not necessarily have to put "Houseshare" on Northern Lights Video."
Chen Ziyan's words suddenly enlightened Lu Yanhe.
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Hu Siwei did not expect that Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe would take the initiative to propose that "Householding Couple" could find another broadcast platform, nor did he expect that they would be so tolerant of this project and proposed that as long as they did not lose money, they could develop a second season.
This immediately relieved Hu Siwei's mood, which had been entangled for several days.
However, a romantic comedy without any well-known stars, even if it is under the name of Linghe Production Company and has Lu Yanhe as the producer, but Lu Yanhe does not direct, write or act, the "lunar content" is too low, it is still Unable to get this project taken seriously.
The only selling point of "Houseshare" in the eyes of the film producers is director Bai Jingnian.
Director of "Friends" and "Wulin Gaiden".
This makes it difficult for "Houseshare" to sell on other platforms. Icefield Video still relies on its cooperative relationship with Linghe, and is willing to produce an episode of two million, but the requirement is to be broadcast exclusively, not only on the entire network, but also in the entire mainland of China. It means that if it is sold to Icefield, this drama can no longer be sold to TV stations.
Two million per episode, this price is actually not low. It has already met Hu Siwei’s expectations and is higher than the initial price of 1.5 million for Northern Lights Video. In addition, there are several advertising placements in the drama itself, so it is not difficult for "Houseshare" to achieve profitability.
However, Icefield Video did not intend to give A-level promotional resources to "Householding Together", and it also hoped to have priority purchasing rights for the development of the second part of "Householding Together", which made Hu Siwei's heart beat.
The main problem is the former: this drama itself has no stars, and now there is no good publicity. How can it perform well? -
While Hu Si Siwei was constantly communicating with various platforms, Lu Yanhe also joined the cast of the play "Silent Stairs" at Jump Up Theater.
This is a drama he agreed to star in last month, and it is also adapted from a short story by Liu Jiazhen.
Now Jump Up Theater is advancing various projects in an orderly manner.
Because "Silent Stairs" stars Lu Yanhe, the production funds for this drama are much sufficient in all aspects. At that time, as soon as the show was announced with the Jump Theater plan, many advertisers approached Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video, wanting to be the title sponsor of the show.
Everyone knows that although the dance theater is a new thing, the performance of the drama starring Lu Yanhe will definitely be the same.
Jump Theater may be a hit on the street, but "The Silent Staircase" will definitely not.
"Silent Stairs" is directed by An Jian. He is not a new director. He has already filmed two dramas, but both of them are of the genre that were well-received but not well-received. Although they have a good reputation, not many people have watched them. So much so that he hasn't directed a film in five or six years.
This time, Luo Yuzhong recommended An Jian at the beginning of preparations for Jump Up Theater.
After several exchanges, it was finally decided that An Jian would be the director of the "Silent Stairs" project. After that, it was Lu Yanhe who decided to star in this drama. Strictly speaking, An Jian is already a senior director. However, due to the commercial failure of his first two dramas, he has no such reputation.
An Jian did not expect that not only would he have the opportunity to be a director again through Luo Yuzhong's recommendation, he would also have the opportunity to film with Lu Yanhe.
Great joy comes from heaven.
"Hello Yan He." An Jian is in his forties and is already a middle-aged director. Although he has been struggling in recent years, he does not live as well-off as ordinary directors, and he does not seem to be calm.
Lu Yanhe didn't know much about him before meeting him, but he watched two episodes of the drama he directed. In short, he felt that An Jian should be a director who cares very much about his own ideas, and his style is very "authorial" and "literary", so the play is not very good to watch and pays too much attention to the word "deep meaning".
It’s no wonder that if you make a TV series like this, it will have high reputation but poor ratings. Until now, not many people have watched these two dramas, and they don't even appear in the collection of "niche word-of-mouth dramas".
However, this style is quite suitable for the theme of "Silent Staircase".
The story itself is about the turmoil caused by murder in a small family.
The confusing relationships and secrets between characters are one of the highlights of this suspenseful story.
The characteristics of different characters and different cross-sections of human nature have been filmed, and there is a story behind the original work. It is difficult to see where it is.
Moreover, Lu Yanhe noticed that the director's contract signed between Jump Theater and An Jian did not give him editing rights.
Generally speaking, editing rights come standard to the director.
What Jump Theater needs from An Jian is actually that the shooting themes and techniques he is good at are adapted to "Silent Stairs".
However, they also did not want An Jian to edit "The Silent Staircase" into a long and boring human anatomy film, so the final editing rights were in their own hands.
"Good morning, Director An."
After the two met, Lu Yanhe greeted An Jian politely.
An Jian also called Mr. Lu politely.
Lu Yanhe said: "Director An, just call me Yan He or Xiao Lu."
An Jian said: "When I took over the directorship of this drama, I didn't expect that you would be asked to act in this drama. This really surprised me."
Lu Yanhe laughed.
“It’s great that we can work together.”
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After chatting with An Jian, Lu Yanhe went to the lounge to prepare and memorize the script. An hour later, everyone would have a meeting together to study the script and listen to An Jian sort out his shooting ideas.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
Wang Biao went to open the door. Standing outside the door was an actor from "The Silent Staircase" named Peng Yufen, who played the role of the sister of the family in the play. This role came out of an audition and was chosen by An Jian.
"Hello, is Yan He here?" Peng Yufen held a paper bag in her hand and smiled kindly. "I am one of the actors in this drama, Peng Yufen. I heard that Yan He is here, so I came to pay a visit."
Wang Biao smiled at her and said, "Hello, Brother Lu, he is reading the script."
"Oh, I'm sorry, am I disturbing you? I'll see you later during the meeting. These are some biscuits I baked myself. Please try them." Peng Yufen smiled and handed the paper bag in her hand to Wang Biao.
Wang Biao: "You can give it to Brother Lu in person later. What I mean is - please wait a moment."
He smiled at Peng Yufen, turned around and went in to talk to Lu Yanhe before inviting Peng Yufen in.
Lu Yanhe's lounge is also divided into two rooms: an inner room and an inner room. Lu Yanhe is sitting in the inner room, and he is the only one.
Only then did Peng Yufen know what Wang Biao meant by "please wait a moment."
Their lounge is a single room for one person. Everyone inside knows who comes, so when Peng Yufen heard Wang Biao say "Lu Yanhe is reading the script", she subconsciously reacted that Lu Yanhe didn't want to see her now.
When Peng Yufen came in, Lu Yanhe had already stood up.
"Hello, Sister Yufen." Lu Yanhe shook hands with her.
"Oh, do you actually recognize me?" Peng Yufen asked in surprise.
"Director An Jian just introduced everyone to me." Lu Yanhe smiled and asked Peng Yufen to sit down. "Because I have been busy with other work in the early stage, I didn't rehearse with you in advance. I feel very sorry."
"Your acting skills are so good. You don't need to waste time rehearsing with us. We just don't hold you back." Peng Yufen waved her hands cheerfully, "If we can act with you, we will be envied by our friends in the industry."
"I dare not take it seriously." Lu Yanhe quickly waved his hand, "Sister Yufen, when did you start rehearsing together?"
"We were only half a month ahead of schedule. We met for the first time and rehearsed three times." Peng Yufen said.
After a while of greetings, someone suddenly knocked on the door again.
Wang Biao went to open the door, and it turned out to be another main actor in "Silent Stairs", Zhang Yuan, who played the role of the father of the family.
He was also the one who came to visit Lu Yanhe, also carrying a small bag in his hand.
Wang Biao smiled and explained that Peng Yufen was still inside.
Zhang Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Yufen is here too."
Just as Wang Biao was about to say, "Please wait a moment," Zhang Yuan carried the things inside with a smile and said, "That's just right. What a coincidence."
Wang Biao was stunned and looked at Zhang Yuan who had passed him and walked in in surprise.
Is this...uninvited?
Wang Biao has been with Lu Yanhe for so long. Except for some crazy paparazzi and fans, he has never encountered Zhang Yuan's situation.
"Teacher Zhang." Wang Biao's face darkened and he shouted.
Zhang Yuan turned around, with a bright and kind smile on his face, and pointed to the half-open door in the inner room, "Are they inside?"
Wang Biao: "Please wait a moment. I'll go in and say hello first."
Zhang Yuan: "Oh, no need to bother you. I'll just go in and say hello."
He patted Wang Biao on the shoulder very familiarly and walked inside without any explanation.
What Wang Biao was thinking about at this moment was, "If I stop him now with my face down, will it affect the normal filming later?"
How could he have thought of these things before?
As a result, just thinking about it, Zhang Yuan entered quickly.
"..." Wang Biao couldn't catch up.
He stood behind Zhang Yuan full of resentment and glanced at Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe said it was okay.
Zhang Yuan greeted Lu Yanhe with great concern.
"You must be very busy recently, right? When I knew you would be starring in the movie "Silent Stairs", I wanted to ask Songfan for an introduction. But seeing how many things you have been doing recently, forget it, don't bother me, we can see each other while filming. Above." Zhang Yuan smiled, "But I didn't expect that the movements were not as fast as Yufen."
Lu Yanhe said politely: "Teacher Zhang, you are too polite."
Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan angrily, "Come and pay a visit to Yan He, and we'll tell you how fast you move. Why are you so thoughtful?"
Zhang Yuan: "I hope Yan He doesn't mind and don't think I don't respect him."
"How could that happen?" Lu Yanhe said.
Peng Yufen: "That's why I said you have such a serious mind. How could Yan He care about such a trivial matter? You think everyone is just like you, so small-minded."
Zhang Yuan: "You have to speak responsibly. Why am I so small-minded?"
"I asked to change a few words yesterday, but you felt that you were missing two words. You have been in a weird mood all day. Are you too narrow-minded?" Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan and said to Lu Yanhe, "Yan He, let me go first Let’s go, see you later.”
Zhang Yuan: "You are an interesting person, so you just left after saying that. Do you feel guilty?"
"I don't want to disturb Yan He's rest. You knew Yan He worked hard before, but now you want to quarrel in front of him, right?" Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan for the third time, "You are really interesting."
Peng Yufen left.
Zhang Yuan stood there awkwardly for a few seconds before saying awkwardly to Lu Yanhe: "Yan He, don't listen to her nonsense. I won't disturb your rest. Let's go now. We'll meet later."
"Well, see you later." Lu Yanhe said goodbye with a smile.
Wang Biao walked in.
"I feel like neither of them are easy people to deal with." Wang Biao sighed, "However, that Zhang Yuan really went too far. He rushed in without even saying hello, without any courtesy at all."
Lu Yanhe smiled, remained silent for a moment, and said, "As long as it doesn't affect the normal shooting, you can let them make noises."
He has been on many crews, and the relationship between most of the crew members is quite harmonious. As for undercurrents and private discord, there are quite a few. However, it is still rare to get into trouble directly like Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen. Lu Yanhe has learned a little bit, not to get involved in other people's affairs, especially disputes. This kind of thing is the easiest to get himself involved.
For Lu Yanhe, he was even more afraid of getting involved in this kind of thing. Because I don’t know since when, once everyone has a dispute, they start to want to see his opinion. His opinion suddenly became the key evidence in Bao's case.
Wang Biao said worriedly: "Brother Xiao Lu, why do I feel that the filming in the next week will not be peaceful?"
Lu Yanhe: "Relax, there won't be any big problems."
At the subsequent meeting, just as Lu Yanhe thought, although there were some undercurrents among everyone, they were still able to maintain harmony on the surface and cooperate and communicate normally.
Especially between Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen, there was no intention of being at loggerheads or fighting at all times. They only occasionally choked each other.
Wang Biao was quite confused. He originally thought that the atmosphere at the scene would not be too harmonious.
Afterwards, Wang Biao asked Lu Yanhe: "Brother Lu, why are you so sure they won't cause a big problem? It's obvious that Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen broke up on bad terms."
"Didn't you notice that the two of them were about to quarrel? Peng Yufen left immediately, and Zhang Yuan was not in the mood to get involved and still kept pestering him?" Lu Yanhe smiled, "Zhang Yuan came in so hurriedly to look for me. They were worried that Peng Yufen would blame all their disputes on him in front of me, so the two of them deliberately quarreled in front of me and wanted to see my opinion. "
Wang Biao suddenly said, "So that's it!"
Lu Yanhe: "I didn't express any opinions. I made it clear that I just didn't want to get involved, so they withdrew. When we make a movie, we are all in the same boat, and we all hope that the movie can be well filmed and broadcast well, right? Their careers help. Everyone has a common goal, and they usually don’t give up their projects until the filming is completed.”
Wang Biao was thoughtful.
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"The creative atmosphere of the crew of "Silent Stairs" is quite good, but Director An Jian cares a little too much about my opinions and always asks me about everything."
When talking to Chen Siqi on the phone, Lu Yanhe was a little helpless, "Although I know he respects me, if he has to listen to my opinion on everything, I will just be the director myself."
Chen Siqi: "Let me ask someone to talk to him."
"Forget it, I'm just complaining to you. If you find someone to talk to him, the situation will be a bit embarrassing." Lu Yanhe said bluntly, "It would be better for me to communicate with him myself. He may also be because of the commercial failure of the previous two dramas. He failed, was a little timid and didn’t quite trust his own judgment.”
Chen Siqi: "That's in front of you. He is a director with a very upright idea. According to the news we learned earlier, it is not that he has no chance to continue to be a director in the past few years, but his communication with the film and television company is not very good. Pleasant. As you can see from the two movies he made before, what he wants to make is completely different from what the film and television company wants to make and what is popular in the market."
Lu Yanhe asked: "Then why did you choose him to film "The Silent Staircase"?"
"Because we carefully watched his previous works, we thought that his play was good in all aspects, but the editing was too boring." Chen Siqi said, "So, we retained the final editing rights. If he finally edited If we are not satisfied with the feature film that comes out, we will try it again Newly edited. To be honest, our communication with him is not very smooth. He is a bit cynical and despises many popular dramas on the market. Although he praises your drama in front of us, we don't either. I know what he is thinking behind the scenes.”
"It's okay. Since he was recommended by the teacher, at least his character must be decent. It doesn't matter if he is cynical or underappreciated. No one has any problems." Lu Yanhe said, "As long as he can film "The Silent Staircase" well. ”
"That's true." Chen Siqi smiled, "One more thing, do you know that he wants to sign to Linghe and become Linghe's contracted director?"
Lu Yanhe was stunned and a little surprised, "I don't know, no one told me."
Chen Siqi: "When he was chatting with us, he mentioned that in the current film and television company, he only wanted to cooperate with Linghe. He hoped that "Silent Stairs" could be filmed well this time, and he could join this company if he had the opportunity in the future. company."
"When I met with him today, he didn't express any such intention except that he was more attentive."
Chen Siqi: "Then they would never tell you that they want to join your company on the first day."
The two of them were talking and laughing.
He didn't know that at this moment, Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen suddenly bumped into each other in the corridor outside his room.
The two people looked at each other, and for a while, no one spoke.
The crew arranged a luxury suite for Lu Yanhe, so it was at the end of this floor. In the two rooms next to this suite are Wang Biao and Zou Dong's rooms.
Apart from the three of them, the crew did not arrange anyone else on this floor.
Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen looked at each other.
At this time, they knew what the other was doing without asking each other.
But no one said anything.
"Aren't you afraid of being seen by others and causing scandal when you come here so late?" Finally, it was Zhang Yuan who spoke first, "Don't cause trouble for Lu Yanhe then."
Peng Yufen rolled her eyes, "Are you shameless? Why didn't you say that even if you entered Lu Yanhe's room at night, there would still be scandals?"
Zhang Yuan: "...You are being unreasonable."
"Don't think that I don't know what you are planning." Peng Yufen looked at Zhang Yuan, "Your contract should be expiring soon, right?"
Zhang Yuan looked surprised.
"How do you know?"
Peng Yufen: "You made such a big move to change your agency. You asked around for a good one and asked for recommendations. Who wouldn't know?"
Zhang Yuan: "..."
Peng Yufen: "Do you want to follow Jiang Jun's path?"
Zhang Yuan was silent again.
Every word Peng Yufen said pierced his heart like a sharp arrow.
Zhang Yuan: "What about you? Why did you come to him so late?"
"Oh, it's none of your business." Peng Yufen said back unceremoniously.
Zhang Yuan: "You have such a bad temper, no wonder you haven't become popular."
"Then how good-tempered and red you are?"
Zhang Yuan: "..."
He found that he really couldn't talk to Peng Yufen properly.
At this moment, a person suddenly walked over from the other end of the corridor.
Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen turned their heads to take a look.
The other party also looked at them with confusion.
Don't know each other.
The person who came was actually Hu Siwei.
Hu Si Siwei made an appointment with Lu Yanhe and came over to talk to Lu Yanhe about "Houseshare".
There was an unknown man and woman in front of him, standing near the door of Lu Yanhe's room, looking unfriendly.
A couple living on the same floor had a fight?
Hu Siwei glanced at them with some doubts.
Without stopping, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Lu Yanhe: Yanhe, I'm here, but there seems to be a couple quarreling at the door of your room.
Less than half a minute later, Lu Yanhe came over and opened the door.
Him: "Brother Si Si."
After saying hello, Lu Yanhe noticed Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen, who were also looking at this side with puzzled and curious expressions.
"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Peng, why are you here? Are you here to see me?"
Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen saw that Lu Yanhe had a guest.
The two people immediately shook their heads in unison.
"I was strolling around in the hotel to eat something to eat." Peng Yufen was the first to explain, "Then I saw Zhang Yuan sneaking around at the door of your room. I was a little curious, so I came over to take a look."
She sold Zhang Yuan without hesitation.
Zhang Yuan's eyes widened and he looked at Peng Yufen in disbelief.
Peng Yufen turned her head and looked to the other side, completely ignoring his gaze of questioning.
Zhang Yuan said with a dark face: "...I wanted to come and talk about the script with you, but it looks like you already have an appointment, so I'll see you again tomorrow."
Lu Yanhe nodded and smiled, "Okay."
Hu Siwei glanced at them thoughtfully and entered the room with Lu Yanhe.
The door closed again.
Zhang Yuan glared at Peng Yufen angrily.
Peng Yufen turned around and left, still ignoring him.
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I recommend the new book "Demon Sword" which is not necessarily complete, cannot be updated daily, and is purely a change of feel. (End of chapter)