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Yannian Films is in a big trouble.

They never thought that because of this incident, Jia Long and Lu Yanhe would have such a big opinion on them.

However, "The Beetle Project" is a movie with a box office of 4 billion yuan. When comparing its sequel with "Lost on Journey", everyone would choose this.

Of course, when they contacted "Lost on Journey", Lu Yanhe and Jia Long's request was to release it during the Spring Festival.

In terms of reason, it is indeed Yannian Films that is at fault.

"We didn't compromise on the promotion of Lost on Journey at all." People from Yannian Films said, "Even with blockbusters like City Raiders, we still tried our best to schedule Lost on Journey. We did not do a good job in all aspects of the promotion, and invested tens of millions of dollars in it. We did not communicate well about the Spring Festival schedule, but we can make up for it. We promise that the sequel to Lost on Journey will be released during the Spring Festival. How about it?"

"The sequel to Lost on Journey may not be set in the background of the Spring Festival travel rush, but you put it during the Spring Festival..." Jia Long was very disgusted, and it was really a pity. Lost on Journey has such a good reputation, but it was not released in the most suitable schedule, and it simply lost a lot of hundreds of millions of box office. This can all be calculated.

Yannian Films said: "We are actually responsible for Lost on Journey. If you want to release Lost on Journey during the Spring Festival, we can do that. But to be honest, if a sequel to a 4 billion box office movie and a non-mainstream comedy that was not well received by the industry before its release were released during the Spring Festival, who would you give priority to? I can fulfill my promise, but how many days can Lost on Journey last in the cinema when it is almost impossible to get many screenings?"

Jia Long was silent.

Because what Yannian Films said was quite reasonable.

Yannian Films said: "For the sequel to Lost on Journey, we have already cooperated with the first one, and we will definitely do a good job."

Jia Long said: "Let's talk about this after our script comes out."

"Jia Long, you know, we are the only company that chose to believe you and promised you conditions that actually did not meet the market conditions among all the companies that doubted whether your movie could succeed."

This is also where Jia Long has nothing to say.

No one doubted that Lost on Journey would not sell at the box office, but everyone generally estimated that the box office of Lost on Journey was between 200 and 300 million yuan. In this case, Jia Long required that the production cost should not be less than 80 million yuan. At the same time, Lu Yanhe and he should enjoy the share of the box office of the movie theater. The other copyrights could not be held by themselves, but belonged to Lu Yanhe. In this case, the film company generally believed that the film had no profit and refused to accept it.

Yannian Film and Television is indeed very bold.

Of course, the current box office performance of 60% and 70% is enough for Yannian Film and Television to make a lot of money. Its stock price has been rising for a while because of this.

The benefits brought to a film company by a successful film work are definitely not just the box office feedback from the theater.

Jia Long went to talk to Lu Yanhe seriously about the development of the second season of Lost on Journey.

Lu Yanhe said: "Teacher Jia, I have basically formed the story of the sequel, but I really don't plan to write the story of Lost on Journey with the background of Spring Festival travel. I want to change the place, the characters and the background of the story are all new, just follow the model of road comedy."

Jia Long nodded.

Lu Yanhe: "I want to make the story of the sequel even crazier."

"Crazier?" Jia Long was a little surprised, not quite understanding what Lu Yanhe meant.

"Go abroad, go to Thailand." Lu Yanhe said, "Shoot the story of your trip to Thailand."

Jia Long was a little confused.

"Besides, this movie is also a pure comedy. I don't want to add anything entertaining and educational to it. I just want everyone to have fun and laugh, and let everyone be surprised everywhere when watching the movie." Lu Yanhe said, "Just like the first "Lost on Journey", create a scene where celebrity artists can come out to guest star at any time and surprise the audience."

Jia Long suddenly realized.

"Are you worried that I won't accept a pure comedy?"

Lu Yanhe said, "Well, because the sequel story I conceived may be a little more exaggerated than the first one."

Jia Long: "Yanhe, to be honest, I definitely believe in the script you wrote. I just want to ask a question, will the theme of this movie and the role I play have a very negative impact on me?"

"Absolutely not." Lu Yanhe smiled and shook his head, "How is that possible."

"That's fine." Jia Long smiled and nodded.

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The news that Lost on Journey is going to have a sequel has swept the entire circle.

The box office performance of this movie has fully demonstrated how much box office potential its sequel has.

Wang Dashan, a new graduate, became an instant hit in this movie. No matter how much doubt there is, it is an indisputable fact that his fans are increasing day by day.

What about the second part?

Are there any new characters in the second part?

If he can join the sequel of this movie, it is almost foreseeable that his status will rise.

Lu Yanhe doesn't want to be disturbed by a call from time to time, so he simply turns off his phone.

"You have actually learned to turn off your phone now!" Chen Siqi was surprised, "You didn't dare to turn it off casually before."

Lu Yanhe said: "The main reason is that there are too many people calling now. If you don't turn it off, basically you won't have a good day."

Chen Siqi: "In the past, even if you had a busy day, you would not turn off your phone, for fear of missing important calls."

Lu Yanhe: "Now I feel that I am the most important. They call me one by one, and I am so annoyed, but I can't say I am annoyed, so I just don't answer."

Chen Siqi nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are right to have such awareness."

What Chen Siqi was most dissatisfied with before was that Lu Yanhe had too high requirements for himself. A person who has too high requirements for himself will always suffer a lot of unnecessary losses. These losses are self-inflicted.

After filming the summer part of the movie "Love Letter", Lu Yanhe's mood can be described as relieved.

It's not an exaggeration at all.

As a director for the first time, he couldn't avoid all kinds of anxiety and uneasiness before filming this movie. It was precisely because of these anxieties and uneasiness that his stress index exploded before. In fact, this was when the summer part was finished, Lu Yanhe felt relieved from his subconscious feeling.

Because there is no anxiety, there will be no relief.

Chen Siqi asked: "Then are you going to edit the summer part before shooting in winter?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "Because we originally wanted to release it on Valentine's Day next year, although we don't know if it will be in time. If it is not in time, then we can only postpone it. In my mind, the choice of release date for this movie is also very important. We must find a time when everyone is willing to sit quietly in the cinema to watch such a story. At least the summer season is very inappropriate. Any schedule that focuses on excitement and family fun is not suitable."

Chen Siqi thought, "Then wait until the end of next year and release it on the New Year's Eve, what do you think?"

That is also in winter.

But because the New Year's Eve is only a three-day holiday on New Year's Day, most blockbusters will not choose this schedule, because the box office potential of this schedule is far less than that of other big schedules.

This also means that the competitive pressure faced by "Love Letter" is actually much smaller.

Lu Yanhe said: "It sounds quite suitable now."

Chen Siqi said: "Many movies are trying to get into the popular schedule, but based on my observations over the past year, I don't think that a big schedule is suitable for all movies. Many movies are not suitable for being released in such a popular schedule, such as Rouge and your Love Letter. I think this is the case. You chose to let Rouge give up the summer schedule and other big schedules and release it in an unpopular Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also quite unexpected for many people. Many people asked me why you did this."

In the eyes of many people, Rouge is directed by international director Wang Zhong, and starred by top actresses such as Chen Bige and popular actors such as Huang Kairen. It also won the Audience Choice Award at the Jose-La Roche Film Festival, and Lu Yanhe is the screenwriter. With this cast and this level, it is a blockbuster movie, and it is aimed at high box office.

No matter what the film producers say, this movie is actually an art film, and the box office target is not high - but there are always many people who turn a deaf ear to it, always based on their simple and crude understanding of movies, thinking that if such a movie does not reach the box office figures in their minds, it will be a flop and a loss.

So, "Rouge" was released during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Why?

This is a question in many people's minds.

In particular, didn't "Rouge" win awards internationally?

This alone is enough to make the movie sell very well - in the eyes of many people, that's what they think.

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And Li Zhenzhen, who knew that Lu Yanhe's movie was finished, contacted him as soon as possible.

"Our "Young Days" Season 4 is about to be recorded. You said before that you wanted to shoot a movie, but you were worried about time conflicts, so you couldn't come. Can you come now?" Li Zhenzhen asked.

Lu Yanhe didn't expect Li Zhenzhen to be so persistent in thinking about him.

In fact, the last season of "Young Days" without him, the broadcast results were still very good, and the business cooperation was not low. Every episode was online and the Internet topic was very hot.

For a variety show that has reached its fourth season, even if he is missing, it will not have much impact.

Lu Yanhe said: "Sister Zhenzhen, the shooting plan for this season of our show has been decided, right? It would be inappropriate for me to join in rashly at this time?"

Li Zhenzhen said: "We are willing to work overtime to modify the plan for you. You are a key figure in our show from the beginning. We have too many fans of yours. As a producer, I also hope that our show can continue with the original team. I am not just talking casually. Do you remember what I said when I told you that I wanted to do this show? I want to create a real observation sample of cohabitation life."

Lu Yanhe did not expect Li Zhenzhen to take her original goal so seriously.

"Also, I don't want our relationship to be affected by what my father did." Li Zhenzhen said, "Yanhe, it doesn't matter if you can't attend the recording of a whole season of the program. As long as you have time, you can attend a few episodes. This season, Yan Liang has to film a drama, so he can only attend half of the recording. I hope that even if you can't be there for every episode, you can always be there."

Lu Yanhe sighed deeply.

Because he helplessly found that he was moved by Li Zhenzhen's words.

To be honest, Lu Yanhe rarely participated in programs, and the only program he was a permanent guest on was "Young Days".

And the friends he met on this program also became his real friends.

Some of them were close, and some of them didn't have much private contact, but they were all very good relationships.

Lu Yanhe was reluctant to leave this group of friends.

At this time, Li Zhenzhen threw out another heavy weight.

"This season, we also invited members of the "Friends" crew to record together in the first episode. If you can come to participate, the "Friends" crew can reunite in the same frame."

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"Are you going to record a few episodes of "Young Days"? "

Chen Ziyan didn't expect that Lu Yanhe had just finished filming "Love Letter" and was about to go to another job.

"I've said it before. You were stressed out because you had too much work. Didn't you take a break?"

"I took a break." Lu Yanhe said, "Isn't the recording next week? Another problem I had was that I had too much work going on at the same time. Now that "Love Letter" has ended, I can take on other work."

Chen Ziyan: "How many episodes do you plan to record?"

Lu Yanhe said, "If there is no other work arrangement, go ahead and record as many episodes as you can. I don't have classes next semester."

Next semester, Lu Yanhe will be a senior.

The only important thing left is the graduation thesis.

Chen Ziyan thought about it in her mind. Lu Yanhe did not have any other work arrangements in August, so it would be good to record "Young Days".

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At this time, the "Power Accumulation Plan" also received some works one after another.

Chen Siqi led his team to review and screen the submitted works with the people from Northern Lights Video.

A large number of works they received were short films shot by themselves with their mobile phones, and they asked a few of their friends to act out the plots. They were very rough.

The people at Northern Lights Video were all surprised. It was clearly a competition for serious young directors, but why were there so many weird people submitting their works? Some even shot videos of themselves in bed... What were they thinking? Did they think that such videos could pass the review and be released on Northern Lights Video?

Because Lu Yanhe agreed to record this season of "Young Days", Li Zhenzhen also brought the team to revise the planning of the first episode.

Since Lu Yanhe has returned, the planning of the first episode must also highlight Lu Yanhe's importance.

The original idea can be saved for later use. If Lu Yanhe's return is not highlighted separately in the program, Li Zhenzhen feels sorry for Lu Yanhe's straightforwardness.

Li Zhenzhen thought about it and wanted to return the favor. She planned to let all the guests serve as reviewers for the "Power Accumulation Plan" in the first episode. This is in line with the long-term theme of the "Young Days" program that the guests work to earn living conditions, and it can also help promote the "Power Accumulation Plan" in the program.

As a result, the producer of the program "Young Days" and the broadcaster Bingyuan Video sternly denied it.

Are you kidding me? You are promoting something from another video platform in a program broadcast on Bingyuan Video?

Even if you are Lu Yanhe, you can’t do that.

Li Zhenzhen also knew that her idea was a bit abrupt and radical, so she could only think of other plans.

Then, she thought of using the movie "Rouge" as an important clue in the first episode to promote Lu Yanhe's new play.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is next month, and it's not too late.

After Lu Yanhe got the plan, he took a look and immediately sent a message to Li Zhenzhen: Sister Zhenzhen, let's just do the program planning normally, and don't think of ways to promote it for me. It's weird and abrupt to have "Rouge" appear in it. (End of this chapter)