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"Brother Huang is willing to act. This is the best news."

Lu Yanhe told Wang Zhong on the phone, "Director, it doesn't matter from my side. After much thought, I still feel that I am not suitable."

Wang Zhong said: "However, in the short film you and Bi Ge still have a scene, they are very interesting."

"Really?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.

"Yes." Wang Zhong said, "Moreover, it gave me new inspiration and made me want to continue to expand it and make it into a feature film."

Lu Yanhe was stunned, "Huh?"

Wang Zhong: "Let me think about this first and let it go first. No matter what, we have to shoot "Rouge Button" first. It has been delayed for too long. Now that Huang Kairen is willing to act, then hurry up. "

Lu Yanhe hummed.

"So when are you going to make this movie?"

"In February or March next year, Huang Kairen will take on a film before then. When he is released, he will have time to rest, recover and prepare."

On the contrary, Chen Bige has been keeping a schedule for "Rouge Button".

She is also very cautious when accepting movies now. She rarely accepts two movies a year, usually only one movie a year.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, "At this time."

"What's wrong?" Wang Zhong asked, "Is there any problem with this time?"

"No, there's no problem." Lu Yanhe said immediately, "It's just that I suddenly discovered that I have a lot of strange projects this winter. I have to act in "Path of Glory", and then "The Road to Misfortune" and "Rouge Button". Filming has started. Fortunately, the filming of "Wulin Gaiden" has been postponed because of the construction of a real-life inn, otherwise it would be even more exaggerated. "

Wang Chong said with a smile: "It seems that next year will be a good year for you again."

"I don't know." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Anyway, I am grateful to God that the play can be produced normally. It was only when I was working on the project that I discovered that there are so many things that go into a project before it starts shooting."

After a lot of tossing and turning, it actually takes a year or two for a project from the time the script is written to the start of filming. In some cases, there is even no movement for a year or two.

There is no such thing as starting preparations in the first half of the year and shooting in the second half of the year. This is what Hong Kong did in the 1980s and 1990s.

Wang Zhong said: "The casting of other characters in "Rouge Button" is about to begin. Except for Chen Bige and Huang Kairen, we can't find stars for the second male lead and the second female lead, otherwise we will have to spend part of the salary on the film. If there are too many copies, it will seriously increase the production cost. "

Lu Yanhe said: "Well, this is all up to you, director, your vision is unique."

"OK."

Because the domestic box office target of "Rouge Button" is only about 100 million, plus various copyright income from overseas and video platforms, the film's production budget is finally positioned at around 40 million.

For a literary film, it's not low. But for the starring cast such as Wang Zhong, Chen Bige and Huang Kairen, it is indeed low.

That's why Wang Zhongcai said that other actors couldn't find star actors.

For an art film, an all-star cast doesn't mean much.

The basic market is just that big.

Many art films with all-star casts are possible because the director of the art film has stable film sales channels and fans around the world. According to the calculations of the production company, the film can make money, and those The big stars who come to star in the film will automatically have their pay reduced because of the director.

Just like Chen Bige and Huang Kairen in this movie, they both took the initiative to reduce their salaries a lot. It's just that after they lowered the salary, the salary is still quite large, which will take up part of the production funds.

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Lu Yanhe directly gave up his salary as a screenwriter and only received the subsequent dividends.

He knew that the film had little box office prospects and did not want to make the already tight production budget even tighter.

After Northern Lights Video learned about the difficult situation of "Rouge Button", they generously expressed their willingness to increase some investment to make the production of the film more comfortable.

This surprised Wang Zhong and the others.

When I inquired about it, I found out that this was to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Lu Yanhe.

Not only did "Seventeenth Floor" starring Lu Yanhe become this year's big hit, his "Jump Up" team later produced "Confession from a High Platform", which cost less than 50,000 yuan per issue to make every issue. The advertising fees of tens of millions in this period, not counting traffic and other income, gave Northern Lights Video a huge unexpected surprise.

Now they have worked with the "Jump Up" team to specially customize the program with "High Stage Confession" and will continue to film it.

In this case, Northern Lights Video comes to provide warmth in a timely manner.

Northern Lights Video has invested an additional 10 million.

As soon as the news came to light, many people in the industry were shocked.

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“It’s really enviable that someone has made additional investment so readily.”

Fu Kai, the director of "Path of Glory", was deeply moved when he heard the news.

"Rouge" had a production budget of 50 million, but "Path of Glory" only had a production budget of 10 million.

In comparison, the box office performance of "Path of Glory" is even less promising, even if Fu Kai has a box office success like "Carpe Diem".

The story of "Rouge Button" is actually good-looking. You can't say that it's not good-looking just because it's a literary-oriented script.

"Path of Glory" makes people feel boring - this is the evaluation of many film companies.

If it weren't for Shang Yongzhou's final decision to star, this 10 million investment would not have been obtained.

Fu Kai also knew that this was not a good-looking movie - he already had this understanding and made such plans before filming.

So, he himself did not expect that such a story would eventually be starred by Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe.

It is almost unimaginable that such a production budget can get such a cast.

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"But why did Yanhe take such a low-cost movie? He is not the male lead, but Shang Yongzhou's supporting role."

"What supporting role? It is obviously a double male lead." Someone immediately refuted.

"The double male lead is a lie. Shang Yongzhou is the first and Yanhe is only the second. Although Shang Yongzhou is a senior, debuted earlier than Yanhe, and won some awards, but from the past one or two years, Shang Yongzhou is not as good as Yanhe, right?"

"Be careful, our Yanhe does not need to drag down the senior."

"Shang Yongzhou is not as good as Lu Yanhe? How many people with holes in their brains would be so shameless?"

...

Before Lu Yanhe went to bed, he logged into his Weibo and found that his comment area was very noisy. He looked at the situation again, huh?

What's going on?

He didn't have time to investigate why such a quarrel had occurred. The most urgent thing was --

Lu Yanhe immediately replied to the fan who said Shang Yongzhou was not as good as himself: Are you sure you are my fan? Are you sure you didn't make a typo? Don't black me.

Chen Ziyan's message came soon: Your hand speed is fast enough. I haven't had time to contact you yet, and you replied to the fans.

Lu Yanhe said: Then I saw it all, and I can't pretend not to see it. Sister Ziyan, you also saw what they said.

Chen Ziyan: Your reply will add fuel to the fire. It will make more people pay attention to this matter and even participate in the discussion.

Lu Yanhe: Uh.

Chen Ziyan: Don't reply casually now. We will deal with the following matters. I have contacted Shang Yongzhou's management team and are investigating whether someone is behind this matter. Taking advantage of the cooperation between the two of you, they are trying to sow discord and make you step on each other.

Lu Yanhe: Huh?

Chen Ziyan: You and Shang Yongzhou co-starred in a movie, which more or less made some people feel a sense of crisis, a little self-awareness, you are no longer a transparent white, your existence itself will make people feel threatened.

Lu Yanhe: And because I was going to co-star in a movie with Shang Yongzhou, some people felt threatened and wanted to destroy the relationship between me and Shang Yongzhou, and deliberately found these accounts to stir up topics and sow discord?

Chen Ziyan: Do you think this is a bit unbelievable and exaggerated?

Lu Yanhe: A little.

Chen Ziyan sent a screenshot the next second and said: This was received three seconds ago. The ID you replied to, after searching and comparing, confirmed that this ID is not your fan at all. It used to be a fan of a band called Baoyu Lihua, which was quite influential. Later, the account was sold and the ID name was changed again. This is a typical tool account.

Lu Yanhe was stunned and a little at a loss.

Chen Ziyan: Now you know that things are not so exaggerated, right? The industry you are in is an industry that will not make people feel exaggerated no matter what happens, so stay vigilant.

The incident between Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou was on the hot search for a while, lingered at the end, and was removed soon.

Chen Ziyan and the people from Shang Yongzhou's team took action together to remove this hot search, and reduced the popularity of this topic.

Lu Yanhe suddenly remembered the "eat a bite and spit a bite" incident not long ago.

Although Helan got the video later and proved that it was Ji Qianxing who secretly filmed it, Ji Qianxing also released it through the media after filming it.

Lu Yanhe has always been free and easy, and always feels that no matter what he says or does, he is not afraid of others' comments.

But the facts prove that if you are not more vigilant, there will be more and more troubles.

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"So what you mean is that because the character of the male protagonist in "Rouge Button" is very problematic, Lu Yanhe gave up the script he wrote himself and starred in a movie with a lower cost than "Rouge Button"? "

"Art Newspaper" reporter Zhou Shuchun asked in surprise.

"That's right." Lian Xun nodded and said to Zhou Shuchun, "You signed a confidentiality agreement about this matter. Don't forget that no matter what, you can't reveal that I told you these things, otherwise, I will sue you according to this confidentiality agreement."

Zhou Shuchun: "Lian Xun, you don't need to emphasize these things to me. I'm not a reporter for a third-rate tabloid. Even if I don't sign this confidentiality agreement, I won't say anything. Not a single bit of information about you will be leaked. I've been a reporter at the Art Newspaper for so many years. Have you ever seen any of my informants dug out?"

Lian Xun nodded.

In fact, he knew that Zhou Shuchun's mouth was more reliable, so he chose to ask Zhou Shuchun out to talk about this matter in the end.

"Huang Kairen refused several times at first, but Lu Yanhe came to persuade Huang Kairen again and again in order to get him a role in the script he wrote. Huang Kairen was so annoyed that he finally agreed." Lian Xun said with a gloomy face, "The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Lu Yanhe asked Huang Kairen to play a script that he himself didn't want to play, and Huang Kairen, that fool, thought it was a good role."

Zhou Shuchun frowned slightly when he heard this and said: "Lian Xun, Wang Zhong is the best director at the West Tours Film Festival, not to mention Chen Bige. It can be said that according to Huang Kairen's current situation, he generally cannot win this award. I interviewed too many actors for the production of this team. Do you know how many actors in the same position as Huang Kairen dream of such a drama? "

Lian Xun said: "As long as the character design is better, I won't say anything. Don't I understand how strong the cast of this drama is? You also said that with such a cast, if the character design is really good, Why did you find Huang Kairen to play the role? "

"I heard that Lu Yanhe himself is willing to act, but he has concerns because of his age." Zhou Shuchun said.

"These are just smoke bombs he put out." Lian Xun said immediately, "If it is a really good role, would he be willing to give it to others? Which actor have you ever seen who would be willing to give up a really good role to others?"

This sentence touched Zhou Shuchun.

This sentence finally gave Zhou Shuchun the idea that "what Lian Xun said may be true."

Indeed, these things are just a matter of merit - if it is really a good role, no actor would be willing to give it up.

Zhou Shuchun has talked with so many actors and knows very well the attraction of a good role to actors.

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"I was actually quite excited about the script of "Rouge Button" before." Shang Yongzhou mentioned this matter when he met Lu Yanhe, "But it's such a pity that I couldn't act in it."

At that time, Shang Yongzhou rejected the film because he wanted to prepare for the drama "Path of Glory" wholeheartedly.

Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "Now that I think about it, our film production budget is limited, so it is impossible for us to afford you and Sister Bige to act at the same time."

Shang Yongzhou said: "As long as it is a good script, I can bring money into the team."

Lu Yanhe looked at Shang Yongzhou in surprise.

"Of course, although this script is good, many people will probably murmur about the role of Twelve Young Masters when they get the script. Huang Kairen dares to take it. He is quite courageous." Shang Yongzhou said, "In the past few years, I have It seems that he has always played it safe and is very conservative in accepting roles. It is rare to see him accept such a role. "

"Brother Kai Ren has always wanted to break through himself."

Shang Yongzhou looked at Lu Yanhe and asked, "What about you? Why don't you act? I heard that director Wang Zhong also had an idea for you."

"My age is a big problem." Lu Yanhe said directly, "If I were not twenty but thirty, I would definitely act."

Shang Yongzhou laughed twice.

"You wrote "Rouge Button" and "Raise the Red Lantern" for Chen Bige. When will you write a script for me?" he asked.

Lu Yanhe said: "Brother, do you need my script? You have so many film appointments."

Shang Yongzhou: "Looking at the large number, 99% of them are shoddy stories, just like those produced in vending machines. Moreover, it is difficult to find truly challenging scripts in the mainstream market now. To be honest, I don’t mean you have to play very difficult roles, but you should always play roles that are not challenging. If you play too many roles, you will become numb.”

"That's why a script like "Path of Glory" was selected by you, and it can only be filmed if you act in it." Lu Yanhe said immediately, "That's what Sister Ziyan told me."

"Fu Kai has always wanted to make a serious story that he wrote by himself. He has made many commercial films before. When I got the script of "Path of Glory", I didn't even think that it was written by him." Shang Yongzhou said, "I did have concerns at the beginning. The investment was small and there was basically no need to consider theater box office profits. It was difficult. There were too many unfavorable factors in terms of objective conditions. I really didn't accept this film because of the script. Speaking of which, he mainly wanted to help Fu Kai fulfill his dream of making such a film. He told me at the time that he might only have this opportunity in his life to make such a film and talk about him in the film. My own understanding of life and the world, then I have to help him, so I just accepted it.”

When Lu Yanhe listened to Shang Yongzhou tell this story, he was thinking about Liu Bige.

Why did you accept "Late Spring" at that time?

The more I learn about this business, the more incredible I am about the decision he made at that time.

Only a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers dares to take on such a film.

If it were him now, would he still dare to accept it?

After thinking about it...it seems...I still...dare.

During the filming of "Road to Glory", there were many driving scenes, and Lu Yanhe also had to learn to drive. He had signed up for a driving school before and had been learning from one lesson to another. The main reason was that he was usually too busy to concentrate on taking the driving license test in one go. Now I have no time and I have to make time.

Chen Ziyan found a special coach for him to learn driving.

Probably because of his habit before filming, Shang Yongzhou would come to Lu Yanhe basically once every two or three weeks to talk about the script and performance so that they could get familiar with each other.

Lu Yanhe became more and more relaxed in front of Shang Yongzhou, no longer as restrained as before.

When it comes to acting, the two of them quite get along and have something in common.

Shang Yongzhou is not that kind of drama fanatic, and he doesn't have the weird temperament of an artist.

This is very close to Lu Yanhe's style of being kind to others.

When the two of them were chatting, no one would say anything mean or condescending. They were all very polite to each other, which made the atmosphere seem good.

Shang Yongzhou also talked about a lot of things that happened when he was taken by Chen Ziyan.

It can be seen that Shang Yongzhou misses the days when he fought side by side with Chen Ziyan.

"She is in charge of everything, she worries a lot, she cares about your work, your life details, and even the clothes piled in my room." Shang Yongzhou couldn't help laughing when he talked about it, "Is she still like this now?"

Lu Yanhe said: "It feels okay, maybe because I live with others, sister Ziyan didn't say anything about this."

Shang Yongzhou: "Yeah, you haven't lived alone yet, and you probably won't live alone in the future, which is good. Sometimes I envy you. I basically haven't lived with others, I haven't had this experience, I have always lived alone."

Lu Yanhe said: "If you meet the right person to live with, you will be very happy to live together."

Shang Yongzhou asked: "Don't you live with your girlfriend?"

"I...we are far away, and I haven't thought about it yet."

In fact, I thought about it, but I just weighed it and gave up at that time. Renting a house is not worth it. I can only live in that house for two or three months a year.

Shang Yongzhou: "You are really enviable at this age."

"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

Shang Yongzhou said: "Don't worry about it, just take it as what I said casually."

Shang Yongzhou is only in his early thirties, so it's not time to lament his age, right? Lu Yanhe felt that what Shang Yongzhou envied just now should not be just his age.

Just as he was thinking about this, Lu Yanhe's phone suddenly rang, and it rang continuously, one after another, as if suddenly everyone sent him a message at the same time.

Lu Yanhe looked down at his phone, and his first reaction was to give Shang Yongzhou a bitter smile.

"Why do I feel like I'm in trouble again?" (End of this chapter)