Choose a day to become famous

"Children of Time and Space" is certainly a big IP that has attracted much attention, and it is a big project that many first-line actors hope to participate in.

But Huang Kairen is also the kind of actor that any project craves.

The IP of "Children of Time and Space" is so big that it is destined to be unable to be a non-commercial project. In the current Chinese film and television market, who else can have the confidence to say that he is more popular than Huang Kairen?

Huang Kairen has reached the top, and his acting skills have always been recognized.

Such an actor took the initiative to ask for a role. Even if the other party cannot make a decision for the time being, he will not disappear without a reply.

Lu Yanhe was very surprised.

However, Huang Kairen's inquiry seemed to be a beginning.

The next day, a lot of news about Lu Yanhe starring in "Children of Time and Space" suddenly emerged on the Internet.

Lu Yanhe was very confused and took a screenshot to ask Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan said that she didn't know what was going on and was contacting the "Children of Time and Space" drama.

At noon, the official response of the "Children of Time and Space" web drama was made. Casting has not yet started. Thank you for your attention.

The response was simple, in fact, it denied the news that Lu Yanhe was going to star.

As a result, this news attracted ridicule again - many people thought that Lu Yanhe was hyping himself up and wanted to tie himself to "Children of Time and Space" to raise his own value.

Chen Ziyan had to send out a screenshot of the chat record between herself and Lu Yanhe and clarified: We all love the story of "Children of Time and Space", so we will not deliberately "rub" or "hype".

It's an attitude.

Fortunately, at this time, the official of the "Children of Time and Space" web drama left a message under Chen Ziyan's dynamic, saying: Ms. Chen contacted us in the morning to ask if there is any intention to cooperate, so as to avoid false news that makes everyone happy. At present, it is indeed because the casting has not started yet, so no actor has been decided, please keep goodwill.

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"I didn't expect that inviting Teacher Jiang to draw a cover for us would cause such a big storm." Chen Siqi was still frightened.

Lu Yanhe said: "I don't know how the rumor came about."

Chen Siqi said: "Maybe some marketing accounts deliberately made it for popularity."

In today's Internet age, many people live on popularity and traffic - whether true or false, traffic can be monetized. Therefore, all kinds of news are flying around, suspected, said, according to insiders, etc.

Lu Yanhe said: "In the past, people with high status had the right to speak, but now whoever controls the channel to speak has the right to speak."

Chen Siqi was thoughtful when he heard Lu Yanhe say this.

Chen Siqi said: "I heard that some management companies have cultivated hundreds of marketing accounts."

"That's too scary. Are there any dedicated to controlling comments and making data for their artists?"

"Maybe, you must have some in Xingyu."

"I have never seen it." Lu Yanhe said, "Maybe Sister Zi Yan knows."

Chen Siqi said: "I forgot to tell you one thing. I sent you a box of "Jump Up" postcards, which were specially designed by Yilong. After you receive it, write one to Teacher Jia Long to express your gratitude. I will give you the address at that time, and you can send it to Teacher Jia Long together with the second issue of "Jump Up."

Lu Yanhe knew that Chen Siqi had reserved it for him.

"Okay."

What can a magazine do? In such an era, no one knows. Precisely because we don't know, we are full of all kinds of imagination.

After the end of the newsstand era, people now buy books and magazines almost all through the Internet.

After the first issue was sold out, some people actually told Chen Siqi that its popularity was short-term, because everyone was curious about something new, and it was the effect of a few stars that drove sales. It was just that Yu Jiang happened to send a wave of popularity at that time. Under such circumstances, so far, this book has actually only sold 90,000 physical copies and 50,000 e-books, which means that it cannot be sold for a long time.

If any book has such a strong publicity, the sales volume will reach at least 300,000 copies, which is a super bestseller.

But in the face of these claims, Chen Siqi was unmoved. "Jump Up" was the most suitable thing for her to do during college, and it was also the first thing she made in her life. She couldn't give up because of these voices.

Chen Siqi discussed with Linyu, Xu Zijun, Xu Mingyue almost every day what kind of topics and planning could be done for the book later. The key is to keep readers and let more readers read this book.

The second issue has a famous comedian like Jia Long, and two popular idol stars Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe, which is actually enough.

Chen Siqi said in the editorial team group: Let’s not wait for Huang Kairen’s article, let’s save this page for “Assassination Me”.

Linyu: For “Assassination Me”? This is also a submission received from the submission mailbox. Although the novel is very good, the author is unknown. We have published many newcomers’ articles in this issue.

Linyu is a little worried that this will affect the sales of the second issue.

Chen Siqi said: Readers who bought the first issue were more or less attracted by the gimmick. The second issue is likely to see a decline in sales. We have to be prepared for this. There are already three celebrity artists. If we add them, one-third of the authors in this issue are celebrity artists. If we continue like this, we will never be able to cultivate our own readers. When one day, we can no longer invite celebrities of this level to write for us, won’t sales plummet? Therefore, although there may be a short-term decline in sales, we must also cultivate our own readers.

Linyu: Why should the page be reserved for "Assassination Me"? We have also received manuscripts from well-known writers and teachers.

Chen Siqi: Because I want to give everyone the impression that "Jump Up" is a place where new people can be discovered and writers can be cultivated. In the future, I also want to control this ratio. In each issue, at least one-third of the manuscripts are from newcomers, unless the quality of the manuscripts is really not good.

Linyu: OK, then I understand. If this is the case, then the manuscripts we received in the submission mailbox are really not enough. This issue has almost been published.

Chen Siqi: I hope that after the second issue is released, it will attract more authors to submit their works. This is just my hope. If there are really no manuscripts, of course, we should not lower the quality of the manuscripts for this ratio.

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"Jump Up" will release a message about the second issue almost every few days.

When Lu Yanhe finished recording the third issue of "City Travel Notes", "Jump Up" announced that the second issue will publish Li Zhibai's first novel "Don't Be Cowardly When You Should Confess!" .

Li Zhibai's fans were all stunned.

Huh?

In the first issue, Li Zhibai wrote an article to support the magazine edited by Lu Yanhe. That's fine, but why did he start writing novels?

The main reason is that Li Zhibai doesn't usually seem to be a person who loves reading and writing. Now he has come up with a novel. They really don't know how to react. They always feel weird.

Yu Jiang also popped up at this time: It's ridiculous. It was just a magazine before, but now it's asking celebrities to write novels. "Jump Up" is a magazine that is specially made to fool fans' money, right?

"Jump Up" did not respond.

Zhou Pingan's reaction was very strong.

He called Li Zhibai who was filming on the set, "Why did you write something for them again? Do you know that people are mocking you online now?"

Li Zhibai didn't know what Zhou Pingan was talking about at all, so he complained directly: "What are you talking about? I'm about to film, don't bother me if you don't have anything serious to do."

He hung up the phone after that.

Zhou Pingan was furious. However, Li Zhibai was just like this, he was used to it, and he couldn't do anything about him.

Although he hung up Zhou Pingan's phone without saying anything, Li Zhibai still looked it up online and found out what was going on.

Seeing that many people were questioning him, he was speechless and posted a dynamic: What's wrong with celebrity artists? Celebrity artists can't write novels? How high is the threshold for writing novels?

As soon as the dynamic was posted, he threw his phone aside and was summoned by the director to film.

Li Zhibai was not fully prepared for this temporary rescue play, but he was too lazy to prepare. Anyway, he just acted as he felt on the scene. As a result, the director thought he acted very well.

Li Zhibai didn't know where the good news came from, but since it was said, he accepted it of course. He never wastes himself.

As a result, when he remembered to check his phone, his dynamic was on the hot search.

There was another hot search term: Li Zhibai doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is.

Some people, led by Yu Jiang, said that they were insulted by Li Zhibai's words.

Yu Jiang bombarded Li Zhibai: How low is the threshold for writing novels? Can you call it a novel just by writing something casually?

Others' comments were almost the same, saying that Li Zhibai didn't respect creation and novelists.

Li Zhibai was dumbfounded, and at the same time, a sentence popped up in his head: Is it that serious?

Looking again, Zhou Ping'an had three consecutive missed calls on his phone.

Li Zhibai was black.

It's not a day or two that Li Zhibai is prone to saying the wrong thing, and he is often scolded for this.

Li Zhibai is quite free and easy like "a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water", and doesn't care about being scolded.

However, he doesn't want his speech to affect "Jump Up"

After struggling for a while, he apologized, which was rare, saying: I said the wrong thing, stand at attention and take the beating, and apologize to all those who were offended by my inappropriate remarks. Let me explain, when I posted the last dynamic, I never thought that the threshold for writing novels was very low and that anyone could write it. I was just stimulated by some people who laughed at me for writing novels, so I made such a statement. I think everyone has the right to write novels, right? Although I am an artist, I also have a dream of writing novels, so it should be possible.

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"It's really not easy. It's rare to see Li Zhibai apologize."

Lu Qingzhen has worked in the company for so many years, and often sees Li Zhibai's wrong words on the hot search, but rarely sees Li Zhibai apologize.

Chen Ziyan: "He saw that the matter was a bit big and didn't want to affect "Jump Up."

Lu Qingzhen smiled and glanced at Chen Ziyan, saying: "If you had chosen him to lead you, wouldn't it be better?"

"Not suitable." Chen Ziyan shook her head, "He is a typical prickly person, and the agent can't control him. Although he has a good heart and good conduct, he has a lot of troubles. If I really take care of him, he will be the same as the three. It’s a small quarrel every day, and a big quarrel every five days. Although Zhou Ping An has many conflicts with him and has severe quarrels, Zhou Ping An is a person who can tolerate his temper. "

"Why do you say that?"

"Li Zhibai disobeys discipline. Zhou Pingan looks tough. In fact, he has never been tough with Li Zhibai. He is more or less afraid of his family background and the fact that he is so popular now. Zhou Pingan is best at seeing what others do. Yes, I’m not that good at it anymore. I can pretend for a while, but I can’t pretend for a lifetime.”

"Haha, I don't know if you are praising Zhou Pingan or mocking Zhou Pingan."

"I praise him on this matter." Chen Ziyan smiled, "He still has his merits."

"That's true. Look at Ma Zhiyuan. We had so much trouble with him before, but now he's slowly getting under his control." Lu Qingzhen said, "I'm really convinced about this. Ma Zhiyuan is no easier to thorn in the side than Li Zhibai." It’s done, Zhou Ping’an has a way.”

"Is Ma Zhiyuan causing trouble again?"

"What day does he stop making trouble?" Lu Qingzhen rolled her eyes, "I originally helped him negotiate a business deal with a luxury regional spokesperson for the Asia-Pacific region, but he actually refused and said that he could either be a global spokesperson or a full-line spokesperson. I At that time, I really wanted to throw a cup of coffee in his face. I was so confused that I started talking nonsense, and then Zhou Pingan took care of him. "

Chen Ziyan shook her head, "This is true. If he doesn't change his character, sooner or later he will suffer a big loss and fall into a big hole."

Lu Qingzhen: "We all said so. By the way, Xiao Lu has been approached by a lot of business recently. Are you still unwilling to accept it?"

Chen Ziyan said: "Except for big brands, all fast-moving consumer goods categories are not accepted, so there is no need to consume them."

Lu Qingzhen said: "Big brands have basically been divided up by various celebrities. If there is no endorsement cooperation, it is just business cooperation, and it is not worthy of Lu Yanhe's status. We can only wait for which spokesperson expires before considering small brands." Lu, we’ll try for it when the time comes, but it’s a flaw that Xiao Lu doesn’t have any works now.”

"It doesn't matter, the work will come soon." Chen Ziyan said.

She looked down at the time and said, "No, I have to go. I have an appointment to meet someone."

"Okay, let's talk next time." Lu Qingzhen nodded and returned to the company.

Chen Ziyan changed course and went to a nearby bookstore.

Because she arrived ten minutes early, she browsed the bookstore first and saw a book called "I Was a Tutor on the Upper East Side". She thought it was interesting, so she took it to check out. She happened to meet two girls in school uniforms and asked: "Boss, do you still have "Jump Up"?"

The boss said: "Yes, it's right over there."

The two girls passed away happily with expressions of relief on their faces.

Chen Ziyan was a little surprised and asked: "Is "Jump Up" still selling so well now?"

"The sales are not bad. Although it is not as popular as it was at the beginning, people come to buy it every day." The cashier took a look at the book in Chen Ziyan's hand and asked, "There are also many people buying the book you have."

"Oh, really? I just took a look at it on the bookshelf and thought it was interesting, so I wanted to buy a copy." Chen Ziyan handed her the check and said, "Place an order for a glass of Americano."

"OK."

Chen Ziyan went to the rest area and found a seat by the window.

Tear open the plastic cover and read while waiting for someone.

After a while, Liu Bige came.

"Hi." Liu Bige greeted her.

Chen Ziyan stood up, shook hands with him and said, "What are you drinking?"

Liu Bige: "I just drank coffee, no need."

Liu Bige sat down opposite Chen Ziyan.

"I've heard about the name for a long time." Liu Bige said.

Chen Ziyan smiled and waved her hand, "Producer Liu returned to China last year?"

"Yes." Liu Bige nodded.

Chen Ziyan said: "Shang Yongzhou mentioned to me that he met you when he attended a film festival in France, right?"

Liu Bige nodded and laughed, "Do you also know Shang Yongzhou?"

"I was his agent before." Chen Ziyan explained, "Unfortunately, I was supposed to accompany him on the few times he went to France, but due to various accidents, I didn't go. Otherwise, we would have known each other a long time ago. ”

"I was just a shooting assistant there." Liu Bige said, "It's not too late to know each other now, it's fate, and now we know each other because of Lu Yanhe."

"Yeah, Yan He told me that you sent him a script. I was surprised. I have to admit that Yan He is not very recognized as an actor now. After all, he has not had any works with everyone so far. Meet."

Liu Bige said: "I met him by chance and thought it was a good fit."

"I heard that you want to adapt a novel written by one of his classmates?"

"Yes, we have almost talked about it in the past two days." Liu Bige said, ""Miss Ning" is not a project led by me. It was made by my friend He Han. However, because the two of us wrote the script together, I I’m also helping him with this. I’ve sent Lu Yanhe’s materials to him, and he’s still in France.”

Chen Ziyan nodded and asked, "Do you plan to release this movie in China?"

"Of course, after all, we are making a Chinese-language film, not an English-language film." Liu Bige said, "I am currently working at Longyan Pictures. If nothing else happens, the domestic investors and distributors will be controlled by Longyan Pictures. The film industry is responsible.”

"Oh, really? That's a coincidence. I happen to be friends with Mr. Huang and Mrs. Huang." Chen Ziyan showed a surprised smile, "But this kind of independent film is generally not the type of film Long Yan would make, and now he is starting to pay attention to this Type?"

Liu Bige said: "Mainly because of the impact of global streaming media on the traditional film and television industry, Longyan Pictures is also preparing to produce corresponding content for international streaming media, so it also found me and was willing to help me produce independent films."

If a work like "Miss Ning" is released in theaters, unless it wins a major award, it will be difficult to recover the cost from the theater box office. The same is true abroad. In the past, we mainly relied on the copyrights of various countries to make money. Nowadays, the emergence of streaming media has given many art films a chance to survive. The gameplay of streaming media is different from that of theater box office.

"But in fact, it is not considered an independent film." Liu Bige added, "The term independent film itself is to distinguish films from the producer system of major film companies. In other words, it is more accurate to say that films directed by auteurs Some. After all, Longyan Pictures cannot be said to be an independent film production company.”

"Yes." Chen Ziyan nodded, "Is "Miss Ning" going to be released on streaming media overseas?"

Liu Bige nodded and said: "Except for our country and a few specific regions in France, other regions should be released on streaming media. Otherwise, there will definitely be no streaming media willing to provide production funds."

"Didn't you say that Long Yan would provide it?"

"There is no way they can provide it all." Liu Bige said. "On the one hand, it is all provided by Long Yan, which is relatively risky. Although the production cost of this movie will not be very high, it will cost at least tens of millions. On the other hand, it will be provided by Long Yan." On the one hand, we want to attract more powerful overseas streaming media investment, which can also help promote our film overseas. "

Chen Ziyan understood the difference and nodded.

"Has the heroine been decided yet?" Chen Ziyan asked.

Liu Bige shook his head and said, "Not yet, and I'm still looking for it."

Chen Ziyan said: "Will auditions be organized? Or?"

Liu Bige said: "If no suitable candidate is found, auditions will be organized."

Chen Ziyan said: "After listening to Yan He's introduction to this script, I think the other actress I brought is suitable. If you are interested, you can take a look at her."

Liu Bige was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Chen Ziyan would recommend an actor to him today.

"Wen Minglan, you may have seen news about her online." Chen Ziyan said, "Please believe me, the news online about her being unprofessional is absolutely false."

Liu Bige did hear the name.

"Okay, then I'll go back and look at her information." He said.

But Chen Ziyan took out a USB flash drive and said, "This contains her information, including a collection of her past performance experiences."

Liu Bige was surprised, "He is indeed an agent."

Chen Ziyan: "There is no other way. For the sake of my own actors, I must be ready to recommend her to you at any time."

Liu Bige asked curiously: "Does Yanhe also have such information?"

Chen Ziyan nodded: "Yes, although Yan He has no works officially released to everyone yet, he has already filmed a "Golden Age". I also asked the crew for some materials and made a document."

Liu Bige asked: "Can you give me a copy? I also need to introduce Lu Yanhe with the congratulatory letter."

Chen Ziyan: "Of course."

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Regarding "Sanchakou"'s accusations about Wen Minglan, Chen Ziyan only replied with four words: nonsense.

At the same time, at this time, some revelations about the current filming status of the "Sanchakou" crew appeared on many forums on the Internet.

For example, the wages of the extras are in arrears, the shooting scene is chaotic, the management is very poor, and the efficiency is low.

These messages may be true or false, but they have caused a lot of trouble for "Sanchakou".

For example, the investors of this drama are Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures.

Because of the recent controversy caused by this drama, the stock prices of two listed companies, Iceborne Video and Explorer Pictures, have also been greatly affected.

They sent investigators into the set one after another.

This investigation really revealed some problems - it is impossible for any crew to be without problems.

But this question has the meaning of "family scandals should not be made public". There are obvious problems with many of the crew's expenses. For example, a pair of gloves worn by the heroine cost NT$24,000. This is just one example, and many aspects show that the crew pocketed a lot of money.

Funding is a big problem, and even worse problems have been discovered. Many people have reported that the director is not on set most of the time, and many scenes are shot by the assistant director. So far, the filming progress is far behind the scenes. It is expected that if the drama is to be filmed normally, at least an additional investment of 30 million will be required.

Iceland Video and Explorers Pictures were shocked after learning about these problems. Many directors mess around and make money crazily by taking advantage of projects. This is common in the industry, but it is rare to see such a mess as "Sanchakou". If it weren't for the outbreak of Wen Minglan's incident, which led to their investigation of the crew, these problems might not be discovered until the mid-to-late stage when they were short of funds and began to ask them for additional funds. By that time, hundreds of millions of costs had been invested. How could they not add the 30 million? Wouldn't it rot in their hands? Many times, investors are in a dilemma and have to "aggrievedly" add funds.

Just when many people on the Internet were arguing about the dispute between Wen Minglan and the "Sanchakou" crew, Iceland Video and Explorers Pictures suddenly issued a joint statement that the producer and director of this project would be replaced due to improper management of the "Sanchakou" crew, causing an uproar on the entire network.

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"Is Chen Ziyan's power so terrifying?" Even Meng Li was shocked after seeing the news, "She actually directly replaced the producer and director."

Meng Li's agent Li Xia immediately shook her head and said, "No matter how powerful she is, she can't directly replace the producer and director of a project with an investment of hundreds of millions. Wen Minglan has already left the crew. There must be something wrong with the project itself, otherwise Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures would not have done such a thing as cutting off their own arms. They have been shooting for more than a month, and suddenly changed the producer and director at this time."

"What could have gone wrong?" Meng Li asked.

"Who knows, maybe it's embezzlement of funds." Li Xia is obviously very clear about the twists and turns in the film and television industry, "This time Zhou Lina will be laughed at."

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The conversation between Meng Li and Li Xia is just a microcosm of the film and television industry's response to this matter.

Almost no one doesn't know about "Sanchakou".

And this industry is also hard to have a wall that is impenetrable. The news that the producer and director of "Sanchakou" embezzled production funds soon spread.

Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe knew about it almost at the same time.

The reason why Lu Yanhe knew about it almost at the same time as Chen Ziyan was because of Liu Bige.

Liu Bige came to Lu Yanhe, and Liu Bige happened to hear about this and told him.

Liu Bige said: "It's really amazing. It is said that the two people swallowed 30 million in one go."

"So much?" Lu Yanhe widened his eyes in disbelief, "That's right, not only is the cost outrageous, but it seems that they also signed a yin-yang contract with Zhou Lina's agent, and falsely reported the film remuneration to Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures. The three people shared 15 million in film remuneration, and Zhou Lina herself was kept in the dark."

Lu Yanhe was shocked.

"Tsk tsk." Liu Bige sighed, "They are still good at playing."

Lu Yanhe asked: "What should we do in this situation?"

"Force them to pay back the money, otherwise call the police." Liu Bige said, "If this matter has not been discovered, it's fine. If it is discovered, and they don't spit out the money obediently, they will be dealt with in various ways, whether black or white."

This is the first time Lu Yanhe has heard of such a thing, and he was a little surprised.

Liu Bige: "I guess they must hate Wen Minglan to death. If it weren't for Wen Minglan's matter, they wouldn't have been exposed for doing these things."

"They swallowed so much money and it wouldn't be exposed?"

"It's easy to do the accounting for such a large crew. If they do the accounting well and the show is made, who can hold them accountable?" Liu Bige said, "Domestic film and television projects really don't lack money. Anyway, as long as the project can be made, it is likely to make money. It's not a movie. Movies are priced at the box office, and TV series are completely different." (End of this chapter)