Choose a day to become famous

On this day, a very famous visitor suddenly came to the crew of "Love Letter".

Wintour Robbe, the artistic director of the Jose-La Roche Film Festival.

He did not come by himself, but was brought by Director Wang Zhong.

When Lu Yanhe received the news from Director Wang Zhong, he was very surprised.

Wang Zhong invited Wintour Robbe to China to participate in the Yuming International Film Festival in July through his personal relationship. Now that the film festival has not started yet, Wang Zhong has dragged Wintour Robbe to Jiangzhi.

Wintour Robbe is a typical person who is not well-known to the public, but is well-known in the film industry.

The artistic directors of the four major international film festivals are actually such people.

They control which films can enter the main competition unit, which films can be shortlisted for other units, and which films can only be rejected.

This is not just a matter of honor. For any film company, this involves interests.

If you are shortlisted for a film festival, OK, your film will have bargaining power - this is especially true for those low-cost independent films.

At first, the crew members didn't know the identity of this foreigner.

Later, when the news slowly spread, everyone had a question mark in their hearts.

A thought that no one needed to remind them came to their minds: Could the movie "Love Letter" have a chance to be shortlisted for the Jose Film Festival?

Before Wintour Robe came, no one dared to think so.

Because many of them felt that the script of "Love Letter" was very ordinary, a melodramatic youth love story.

Also because many of them felt that Lu Yanhe was a director for the first time, even if he had a certain degree of international fame, it would be impossible for him to directly attend the top international film festivals. At most, he would be able to go around in other ordinary film festivals, such as the Yuming International Film Festival that was about to be held.

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Lu Yanhe briefly told Wintour Robe about the movie he was shooting, and introduced Chen Bige and Zhang Ruozhi to him.

In fact, Chen Bige had known Wintour Robe for a long time. This time, Chen Bige won the Best Actress Award at the Jose-Cebu International Film Festival for her role in Rouge, and her position in the Chinese film industry has been consolidated. Before this, Chen Bige was already a representative filmmaker in Chinese films.

Lu Yanhe introduced Chen Bige as the protagonist of this film.

Looking at the entertainment industry around the world, there are many actors who have transformed into directors.

Wintour Robe was not surprised that Lu Yanhe wrote, directed and acted in a film.

After all, Rouge and Lost on Journey, which were shortlisted for the Jose-Cebu International Film Festival, were both written by Lu Yanhe. He is obviously a young man with ideas and creative talent.

Wintour Robe himself actually admires Lu Yanhe.

As a new filmmaker in Chinese films, Lu Yanhe has appeared a lot in the international film industry in recent years. As an artistic director, although many people are eager to get his favor, Wintour Robe is also eager for new filmmakers who have the potential to become masters of the generation in the future.

It is crucial for the film festival to maintain its influence and status in the world film circle, constantly discover new blood, and cultivate its own filmmakers.

Wintour Robe went to see the recently filmed material with Lu Yanhe.

It happened to be the part where Lu Yanhe and Zhang Ruozhi were in the library.

Zhang Ruozhi's deer-like eyes were as bright as a layer of paint in the dimly lit reading room.

She cast her eyes at the window from time to time, and she didn't need a line at all.

Just one picture, one shot, is enough to explain everything.

Film is the art of the shot.

And when she followed her gaze, by the window, next to the white, translucent curtains, a handsome and silent boy leaned against the window, looking at the book in his hand expressionlessly.

This is the most original shot, without any post-production dimming, color adjustment or filter.

However, because the light requirements were very high during the shooting, this was selected from several hours of material, even if it was an original shot, it was very beautiful.

Very cinematic, very subtle beauty.

Wintour Robe showed a surprised expression and said, "These shots are so beautiful."

For Wintour Robe, he has too many films to watch every year. He can be the artistic director of the Jose-La-Señora Film Festival, so his aesthetic vision for movies must be extremely high. When he said this, Lu Yanhe believed that in addition to the goodwill on the surface, there must be some sincerity. In fact, Lu Yanhe was very satisfied with the shots of the movie "Love Letter", which completely met Lu Yanhe's imagination.

The two photographers borrowed by Liu Bige, Bao Wenliang and Wu Zhou, one strong and one young, are really good at technology. They have ways to meet Lu Yanhe's requirements. Liu Bige rarely shoots the camera himself.

Wintour Robe showed a surprised expression when he knew that Liu Bige, the director of "Late Spring", personally served as the director of photography for Lu Yanhe's new movie.

He didn't seem to expect that a director of Liu Bige's level would come to serve as a director of photography at the peak of his career.

Wintour Robey stayed at the filming site for four hours.

When Lu Yanhe was filming, Wintour Robey was also there, chatting with Wang Zhong, Liu Bige and Chen Bige, while watching curiously.

It just so happened that this scene was about a girl named Ivan who was on duty at the library. Another girl who was on duty with her liked the boy and wanted to confess her love to him.

This girl was an actress who auditioned.

A girl from Beijing Art Institute, a freshman, named Ivan, a very artistic name.

Lu Yanhe didn't know whether she changed her name later or her parents gave her this name when she was born.

According to Lu Yanhe's idea, this girl was also very beautiful, but in a different way, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and her lush hair was made of a wig.

At first, the hairstylist thought Lu Yanhe wanted to make this girl a little ugly, but Lu Yanhe knew at a glance that the hairstylist misunderstood his meaning.

"It still has to be good-looking, but this girl has to feel a little homey, a little paranoid, a little reckless and straightforward."

Ivan was surprised to hear Lu Yanhe's positioning of the role she played.

"So there is such a setting for my role?"

After she got the script, she thought it was just a typical foil role.

It's just that she has the opportunity to make a movie, and there are many scenes and lines. Even if it's a supporting role, she really wants to play it.

Even the teacher of Beijing Art Academy agreed to let her take a role - under normal circumstances, students of Beijing Art Academy are not allowed to take roles in their freshman and sophomore years.

This also shows that the teachers of Beijing Art Academy believe that their students will not suffer any loss if they come to Lu Yanhe's crew to act.

Another point is that Lu Yanhe's teacher is Luo Yuzhong.

Luo Yuzhong is from Beijing Art Academy.

The teachers of Beijing Art Academy will naturally take good care of Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe said to Ivan: "Every character, as long as it appears in the script, must have his meaning of existence, otherwise, why write more such a person?"

Ivan nodded thoughtfully.

"You see, our film "Love Letter" actually focuses a lot on the ambiguity and feelings between boys and girls, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "Both the male and female Huai Jingshu did not express their feelings to each other, missed each other, and became an irreparable regret, but you dared to confess and directly express your feelings, even if you were rejected in the end and cried indecently, but this did not become your regret. In the world of a movie, there are secret loves, confessions, and those naughty students who tease and play tricks on them. For the female Huai Jingshu, your failed confession is a memory of her about the male Huai Jingshu, but for you, in your world, the female Huai Jingshu is the supporting role, and you are your protagonist. You have to understand this character from your perspective first."

Ivan took a deep breath and said, "I feel like I understand, but I don't quite understand."

Zhang Ruozhi listened beside him, also thoughtful.

Lu Yanhe said, "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, we can just shoot a few more times."

On the scene, Lu Yanhe is a director who is not in a hurry.

Because it was his first time as a director, Zhao Yuheng made a shooting plan for him in the summer, and the time was very generous, so Lu Yanhe had enough time to shoot slowly.

Because the actors who shoot in the summer are basically young actors, and basically all of them have no experience in filming. They must spend more time to familiarize themselves with and train when shooting in this situation.

The shooting pressure is greater in winter, because there are more scenes and more scheduling, various scenes, studio shooting, outdoor scenes, and some scenes with many people. However, correspondingly, the actors at that time were all very mature and very good actors, Chen Bige, Wan Xin, Li Songfan... all of them are very good actors, which means that during the shooting, there will be fewer NGs and the efficiency will be much improved.

Wintour Robe watched Lu Yanhe directing the actors on the spot and directing various departments to make adjustments according to his requirements. He was very stable and not irritable throughout the whole process, which shocked him.

After all, Wintour Robe actually knew that nine out of ten directors have bad tempers.

There is no way. The shooting scene is an extremely stressful environment. Few directors will not be driven crazy by this environment.

Lu Yanhe was not driven crazy only because he had done a lot of preparation work from the beginning, and each department was managed so that they dared not make any trouble in public. Xin Zixing managed the logistics and finance, Luo Yuzhong went through the plans of each department several times to prevent Lu Yanhe from making any mistakes, and Liu Bige was in charge of the scene. When Lu Yanhe could not express his instructions clearly, he was often the bridge for further communication. And Zhao Yuheng, the experienced executive producer, helped Lu Yanhe solve all the problems and troubles. Lu Yanhe only had to make requests, and then someone would help him realize them.

Lu Yanhe did not feel stressed and that the movie could not be finished.

Liu Bige said to Wintour Robe: "If you ask people in our Chinese film circle, you will know what everyone thinks of him. In the eyes of many people, he is a genius who will succeed in everything he does."

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The news that Wintour Robe visited the crew of "Love Letter" was not concealed. People are happy to disclose their schedule in China, which is also to enhance the influence of the Jose-La Roche Film Festival.

So, the official account of the movie "Love Letter" posted a group photo.

Wintour Robe, artistic director of the Jose-La Roche Film Festival, visited the filming site of "Love Letter" and had close exchanges with Lu Yanhe, Liu Bige and Chen Bige.

And this scene was also called by some media: Lu Yanhe's international influence stamp collection plus one.

In fact, this is not Lu Yanhe's influence, Wang Zhong brought him here.

Lu Yanhe himself never thought that inexplicably, many things would become his influence and his contribution.

After the news came out, people from several film companies, including Longyan Pictures and Ruyi Pictures, came to inquire whether "Love Letter" would participate in the Jose Film Festival.

Lu Yanhe could only laugh and laugh, and replied that the movie has not been finished yet, and he doesn't know whether he will participate in film festivals in the future.

In fact, Wintour Robbe did send him an invitation, hoping that Lu Yanhe would send him a copy after he finished filming the film. He hoped to have the film have its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

However, Lu Yanhe had not decided whether to do this. Because it is not that simple for a film to participate in an overseas film festival. It is also an economic expense.

If you are not shortlisted for the relevant units and just go to the premiere, then if you add up the various factors, this trip may mean that millions or even tens of millions of funds have been poured into it.

"Flowers on the Stars" went to the Jose Film Festival for its premiere, which cost a lot of money.

Can "Love Letter" be shortlisted for the official unit?

Wintour Robert didn't say anything, and Lu Yanhe himself didn't know for sure.

If it was just to go there to do a premiere and get some media coverage, Lu Yanhe felt that the effort and benefit may not be directly proportional.

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At this time, the summer season has entered into full swing.

New films are constantly entering the market, but most of them fail. Many films that have been worked hard for several years are sentenced to death in theaters in just two days.

The high risk and cruelty of the film market slaps every practitioner in the face.

The few dark horses that came out in the past have inevitably given rise to some optimistic thoughts in many people's minds.

Reality poured cold water on it.

Entering its third week of release, "City Raiders" has basically failed to make a dent in the box office, lingering at close to 300 million.

"Nine Yin" also failed to follow up, and a little dark horse seemed to have seen the end.

Currently, the only ones still running on the market are "Angry Crow" and "Angry Road". The long tail effect of these two movies exceeds the normal rules.

Especially the former, it's summer time, a lot of kids are on vacation, and they're bringing their families to watch this animated movie, and two or three people can buy a ticket. At the same time, many adults also come here to visit.

"Unfortunately" is running a little slower, but very steadily. The box office on weekdays can also maintain a drop of less than 10%. Entering its third week, the box office on weekdays has not dropped below 20 million.

Jia Long said that it was mainly due to the fact that there were no new competitors in the new films released in the third week, which gave "The Journey" a new window to enjoy the dividends of the market.

At this time, "Unfortunately" also announced that the film will be released in five Asian countries including South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore on August 2. In Japan, it will be later due to convention.

In fact, it is basically difficult for the movie "Unfortunately" to get a good box office overseas, because the jokes, jokes and social environment contained in it can only be understood in the context of Chinese society.

The purpose of announcing the overseas release at this time is mainly to create a new round of publicity for the domestic release and to stimulate the market potential that has not yet been squeezed out - you see, this movie is already popular enough to be released overseas. Aren't you coming to see it yet?

"Love Letter" also ended its summer filming after more than three weeks of filming.

July has come to an end.

Lu Yanhe had a meal with all the members of the film crew, expressing his gratitude and posing at each table.

I won’t say any more unnecessary words.

It's not that it's finalized, there will be more filming later.

Lu Yanhe also invited He Yunlan over.

This time the film was shot in Jiangzhi, especially the filming at Jiangzhi Middle School. He Yunlan was very helpful in coordinating the filming.

He Yunlan It's just a pity that the winter part of this movie was not shot here.

It may not snow in Jiangzhi in winter.

They had to find another place.

Lu Yanhe said to He Yunlan: "I still have a movie on hand, a fairy tale theme. I will continue to shoot it in Jiangzhi later. Then I will ask Brother He for your help again."

He Yunlan said: "Why are we so polite to each other? If you are willing to bring the crew to our place to film, I know it well. Whatever I can do, I will definitely do it 100%."

Lu Yanhe and He Yunlan each filled a glass of rice wine brewed by a local family and drank it all.

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The box office of "Awkward" reached 570 million.

A crime-suspense movie called "The Explosive Needle" was released and became a huge hit. It opened on Wednesday and got a first-day box office of 80 million.

The leading actor Li Yuefeng almost destroyed his image, playing a persecuted and skinny person who escaped from a criminal organization.

The heroine Zhang Lan plays a charming boss lady who picks up this man who has passed out on the ground from the door of her house.

In order to get himself out of danger, the man played by Li Yuefeng pretended to be in love with her and asked her to help him get out of danger, but she really fell into it, and therefore, fell into the crisis caused by him.

Half of the filming schedule for "People on the Road" was lost in one fell swoop.

Lu Yanhe discussed with Jia Long and conducted a live broadcast to talk about interesting things behind the film production. At the same time, he also revealed that there may be plans for a second part of "The Journey".

As a niche comedy-themed movie with a very good reputation, no one expected that the movie could achieve such box office results.

It can be said that this movie made the two main creators Jia Long and Lu Yanhe make a lot of money.

In the long run, this movie may bring tens of millions in dividends to both of them.

At this time, it is actually reasonable that they want to develop a sequel.

They announced this news in order to further stimulate the box office performance of "The Road to Misfortune".

However, Yannian Film and Television, the film's producer and distributor, is anxious.

What?

sequel?

A highly acclaimed comedy movie that may have a box office of 700 million was about to develop a sequel, but you didn't tell them?

What do Lu Yanhe and Jia Long mean?

Do you want to bypass them for development?

Yannian Film and Television really didn't expect that the movie "On the Road" would perform so well at the box office.

Many people in the industry also said that this movie was released on the wrong schedule. If it had been released during the Spring Festival, given the theme and reputation of the movie, it would have grossed over 1 billion at the box office.

This is the compatibility between the subject matter and the schedule.

During the summer vacation, everyone's interest in watching movies with this background theme is greatly reduced.

Just like in Hollywood in the United States, the schedule around Halloween must be reserved for horror movies.

There is absolutely no other movie trying to compete for the Halloween slot.

Because the audience will not choose movies with other themes at this time.

Yannian Film and Television immediately contacted Lu Yanhe and Jia Long.

Why don't you call us when you make a sequel?

We were the company that reached out to you when you couldn't find anyone willing to give you the conditions you wanted for your movie.

Emotional cards are played very well.

Jia Long just said lightly: "We don't want to experience another movie that was originally scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival and was suddenly informed that it had to make way for other movies."

The reason why "Unfortunately" was released in the summer season is because Yannian Film and Television wanted to reserve all their promotional resources for the Spring Festival season for Cheng Shiyan's "Beetle Project 2." (End of chapter)