Lu Yanhe did not expect that Shang Yongzhou would spend such a long time preparing for a role.
This is also something he doesn't quite understand now. Does it take more than half a year to prepare for a role?
There are many new actors who have never acted before, so after being selected by the director, they will spend one to two years training.
But that’s because they have not received acting training, and at the same time, the role itself requires them to achieve the character’s status in various aspects such as body shape, movement, and deportment, so they can undergo such long-term training.
If it is the first time to act in a play, Lu Yanhe also feels that long-term preparation is very important.
But now, perhaps because he is familiar with acting, he feels that if a play does not have special skills or accents that need to be learned, or there are prototype characters that require a lot of speculation, it basically won't take that much time.
Of course Lu Yanhe would not think that Shang Yongzhou had taken too long to prepare. He was not arrogant enough.
On the contrary, he noticed the change in his current mentality from this phone call with Shang Yongzhou.
A bit too confident.
Maybe it was because people around him were praising him for his good acting. He himself gradually never understood what acting was. Now he has a little understanding of acting, so he lost his original interest in acting. Awe.
This is not a good sign.
Lu Yanhe silently warned himself in his heart, be careful.
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On this day, as soon as the introduction to culture class was finished, Lu Yanhe hurried to the library.
He had to quickly find the book he wanted to borrow within fifteen minutes, and then rush to the school gate within ten minutes - the campus is very big, and even this kind of thing requires time calculation. Able to arrive at the school gate at eleven o'clock.
Peng Zhixing came to pick him up.
Zou Dong asked for leave. He has to attend his son's parent-teacher conference. Chen Ziyan arranged for a new bodyguard to come over, but there was a problem. The bodyguard couldn't drive. It was awkward, but luckily Peng Zhixing said that he would come over at this time.
So, Lu Yanhe simply went alone.
"I will have a meal with them, and then I will come back. I don't need bodyguards." Lu Yanhe said, "I will not go anywhere else by myself."
"When you are eating in a restaurant, you still need someone to keep an eye on you." Chen Ziyan said, "I will ask him to wait for you in the restaurant."
Lu Yanhe could only say yes.
He was in a hurry and finally arrived at the school gate before the appointed time.
When he gasped and got into the car, Peng Zhixing asked him in surprise: "Did you... just take a physical education class?"
Lu Yanhe snorted silently. .
Today is the "Young Days" party.
Except for Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, who are unable to come because they have something to do, everyone else can come.
This is a rule they have set before. As long as someone talks about a party, no matter who can't come, the party will be held.
Peng Zhixing said at that time: "With how busy you people are, you don't know when you can get everyone together. How many people can you get together? Don't worry about not being able to get together." As a result, we really only bump into each other during the few days when the program is being recorded every year.”
If they weren’t all a group of young people, they might have thought that we wouldn’t be able to bump into each other if we didn’t. , no need to force it. But they met in "Young Days" and became friends, so they both wanted to make more appointments and get together more often.
Real good friends will never become strangers even if they haven't seen each other for a long time. This is the truth. But if you are really good friends, if there is no special reason, why haven't you seen each other for a long time? To be a good friend is to see and get together more often!
Lu Yanhe also felt that he could take advantage of the current time to talk to Peng Zhixing about the "Jump Up" video account.
“Brother Zhixing, we want to do a character interview column on the video account of “Jump Up”.” He said, “It is not limited to people in the film and television industry, but includes people from all walks of life. Are you interested?"
Peng Zhixing was surprised, "Me?"
Lu Yanhe said: "Yes, I would like to invite you to participate in this column."
Peng Zhixing said: "I already have an interview column in Northern Lights, and my agency contract is signed in Northern Lights, they won’t let me take on private work.”
Lu Yanhe laughed, nodded and said, "Brother Zhixing, let me introduce our column to you first. Why do I want to invite you to do our column when I know you already have an interview column? The main reason is that there is a big difference between the two columns. "Journey" is a supporting column in Northern Lights Video to cooperate with the promotion of film and television dramas. The main interviewees are the main creators of the film and television dramas broadcast by Northern Lights. personnel You guys, a lot of this is your mission, right?”
“Our interview column adheres to the purpose of the magazine "Jump Up" and is to dig out the best things." Lu Yanhe. Said, "All the ideas that you can't realize in "Journey" can be put into this column to do. You are the biggest director and host of this column, and we will not interfere too much."
Peng Zhixing was stunned.
“As for the contract issue between Northern Lights Video and you, don’t worry, you don’t need to embarrass yourself, we will talk to them directly. We are not trying to earn much advertising fees by relying on such a column, but I hope that the influence of "Jump Up" can be conveyed Let more people know about "Jump Up", "Lu Yanhe said, "We used to do in-depth interviews with characters in every issue of the magazine, and we hope to make such interviews visual. "
Peng Zhixing was surprised and moved.
What Lu Yanhe said really spoke to his heart. For Peng Zhixing, the job he values most is actually the interview work he does as a host. He grew up watching this kind of program, and later learned to broadcast and host, and became a host. It was because he had such a dream that he went down this path.
Working on the show "Journey" has made him stand out among his peers. After all, it is really rare for him to have an interview program named after himself at such a young age.
In this case, Peng Zhixing often chose to "compromise" because he had to be "content".
——You are already very lucky, why do you still make so many demands?
——You already have your own show, isn’t the platform supportive enough for you?
——The things you want to do are not what the platform wants, so what’s the point of doing them well?
......
Various voices, from the outside world and from the heart, interspersed together and affected him.
Peng Zhixing took a deep breath. Of course he knew these truths, but no one didn't want to realize their ideas.
"Yan He, do you want me to bring my own team to do this column?" Peng Zhixing said, "But, my "Travel" team are all people arranged by Northern Lights Video."< br>
"I don't think we need a program team as big as "Journey" to do this." Lu Yanhe said, "In my understanding, you are the interviewer, there is also an interviewee, and then there is a photographer and two A camera is the most basic condition. Of course, we want to make this column high-quality and stand the test of time. We cannot be so simple. I just do this column half-heartedly, so I think it’s up to you to decide what you need and what kind of team you want to form. As long as you know what you need.”
Peng Zhixing said: "It doesn't cost anything to do an interview. Labor, venue, makeup, equipment...all the bits and pieces add up, and it costs tens of thousands of dollars." "
"You didn't calculate your reward," Lu Yanhe pointed out, "I didn't ask you to work for nothing. Brother Zhixing, don't worry, this column will be sponsored, and there will be no shortage of money. In this regard, our "Jump Up" team has accumulated rich resources through two years of operation."
Peng Zhixing asked: "What about you. What is the budget for producing a program? "
Lu Yanhe said: "It depends on what kind of interview video you want to make this column into, whether it is to sit together and chat, or something else. Form, etc., in short, I can only say that as long as you don’t lose money and make money, we will definitely support your idea.”
Peng Zhixing was a little surprised: "Don't you have a profit goal?"
"The success of this column will benefit all departments of our "Jump Up"." Lu Yanhe said, "If our first goal If it was to make money, we wouldn't hire a famous host like you You are the one who spends the most money to do this column. Even if we hire a completely unknown person to do the interview, even our editor can still make a lot of money with our existing channels and brand resources. , I may not be able to earn so much if I hire you.”
Lu Yanhe laughed.
Peng Zhixing was a little surprised and asked: "Am I so expensive?"
In fact, with Peng Zhixing's current market situation, the appearance fee for one episode alone starts at 100,000. After all, his current popularity lies here. Not to mention, this column requires Peng Zhixing to undertake a series of important creative and thinking tasks such as planning and directing.
Lu Yanhe said: "There are cheap people to ask for help, and there are expensive people to ask for help. I'm here to ask you to do something big, Brother Zhixing."
Peng Zhixing couldn't laugh or cry, and stretched out his hand to give Lu Yanhe a thumbs up.
“You are awesome.”
When Lu Yanhe saw Peng Zhixing’s reaction, he knew he had it figured out.
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"Young Days" has a rare gathering. When everyone got together, the first thing they did was to ask when this year's show would be recorded and if there was any news.
The first two seasons of the show have accumulated a lot of loyal fans, and the reputation is very good.
Coupled with the current guests on the show, each of them has become popular now. Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, who were tepid at the beginning, have now become popular. After more than a year of accumulation, Liu Zhiyin, Now, with "Idol Era", she has embarked on the journey of becoming a popular female idol. Qingqing, not to mention Xiao Yun, is said to be "extremely lucky" in the industry and has exploded through "Phoenix Channel" and a campus idol drama, becoming a popular little girl...
Now this program is the biggest The problem is that everyone's remuneration combined is too expensive and it is difficult to afford it.
However, if these people get together to record a program, there must be many brands paying for it. As long as they don't talk too much and take the market price, the show can still be filmed. Programmers make more money.
"I heard that it will be the same as last year, and it will be filmed in August."
"Sister Zhenzhen has talked to me about this before. I will be filming in August this year. I may not be able to participate in the whole recording, so I can only record Several of them." Lu Yanhe said.
"I also said, I remember you will join the group in August." Xiao Yun sighed, "What a pity, I thought we could play together again."
Lu Yanhe said: "It's just that I have to miss a few episodes in the middle of the recording. I will come back later when the filming is completed."
Chen Lingling's drama, because it is an eight-episode short drama, took less than a month to shoot. Lu Yanhe will basically be finished by early September. At that time, I took on this drama, and the short filming time was a very important factor.
But because "Young Days" coordinates everyone's time, it can't accommodate just him. Therefore, Lu Yanhe had no choice but to miss the recording scheduled for August.
Xiao Yun said: "Why can you get this kind of short drama? All the dramas I received were long dramas. I really don’t want to do long dramas."
Long dramas. There are many differences between dramas and short plays.
For domestic video platforms, they are definitely more willing to produce long-form dramas. Because the more episodes there are, the higher the number of clicks, and the more advertising fees you can earn. However, for overseas streaming media, it is a different algorithm. They look at the number of member views, the number of payments, and the "completion rate." Therefore, many dramas are made very short. Shortness means that costs can be controlled. It’s not going to be outrageously expensive, and once it becomes a hit, it can attract a large number of paying viewers to watch the show.
This is because the profit model is different and the demand for the length of episodes is different.
Chen Lingling's drama itself is a customized drama for streaming media. It is produced in accordance with international conventions from the script stage.
Lu Yanhe said: "If you want to make a short drama, you have to look for opportunities overseas. If it weren't for the fact that this drama is a customized drama for streaming media, it would not be so short."
In In mainland China, there are only a handful of profitable dramas with less than ten episodes. No matter how much advertising fees advertisers pay, they cannot cover the production costs. In the general environment of dramas, there are still very few people who are willing to pay to watch dramas.
An example like "Six People" is a miracle.
It’s because the cost is low enough that they dare to play like this - Jingtai has been doing this experimental product with the mentality of failure from the beginning.
Peng Zhixing also said: "Moreover, the membership fees of our domestic video platforms are actually very low, much lower than the membership fees of international streaming media. Therefore, if we want to achieve profits by attracting new members, it is very difficult in the short term." It’s unrealistic.”
“I heard that the number of new members of “Young Days” ranks among the top ten of Icefield Video.”
The number of new members of a variety show is higher than most. The fact that film and television dramas attract new customers is even higher, which actually speaks volumes. Variety shows themselves mainly rely on advertising fees to make money. They don't have the so-called "advance on-demand" income.
"Will your drama be broadcast on domestic video websites?"
"It should be possible, but I don't know the specific situation yet. I am just an actor in this drama, and no one has told me any news about the subsequent events." Lu Yanhe said frankly.
"What about you?" Lu Yanhe looked at everyone, "What are your plans for the second half of the year?"
Liu Zhiyin: "I was approached by a drama recently and wanted me to play the heroine."
"Huh? Sister Zhiyin, are you ready to act too?" Xiao Yun asked in surprise.
Liu Zhiyin shook her head, "I refused. Now that I have finally made some progress in "Idol Era", I still prefer the stage. However, I also want to ask your opinion. You said it is necessary for me to go. Should I hone my acting skills to prepare for my future transformation? I can’t be an idol for the rest of my life.”
Everyone looked at each other.
Peng Zhixing said: "Sister Zhiyin, if you are interested in acting, you can give it a try."
"I mainly think that I can't act at all." Liu Zhiyin shook his head, "I I tried it at home and acted in front of the mirror. To describe it in four words, it was terrible.”
This is why Ryu Ji-yin refused to act without hesitation.
She didn't want to cause a disaster.
Xiao Yun nodded, hugged Song Linxin's arm, and said, "If you are not sure, Sister Zhiyin, you can try it as a guest star first and start learning from a few guest scenes."
Lu Yanhe agreed. With this concept, Xiao Yun nodded and said: "I I think so too. I always feel lucky that my first drama was "The Golden Age" and I didn't have many roles. But because there were only a few scenes, I could concentrate on those scenes and began to grasp what an actor should do. Prepare a character, Zhiyin Sister, if you are planning to act, I can recommend my acting instructor to you. I basically ask her to read the script and practice my lines for every play.”
Liu Zhiyin’s eyes lit up. , "Okay, then give her her contact information I think I really need a teacher to help me see if I have the ability to act. If I really don’t have the ability, I don’t have to worry about it and just give up.”
She acted to herself. Seems very unconfident in this regard.
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Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of something.
"Sister Zhiyin, if you want to give it a try, how about you come and play a guest role for me?"
"Huh?" Liu Zhiyin was stunned.
Lu Yanhe said: "The movie I wrote, "On the Road," actually has many characters. There are only one or two scenes. There is a character in it that is really suitable for you, if you are willing to come."< br>
Of course Ryu Ji-eum knows the movie "Unfortunately".
"Okay, if you are willing to give me a chance, I will do it!" Liu Zhiyin was overjoyed, "But I'm just afraid that my acting will be too bad."
"Don't worry, it's really just one or two scenes, which are better than yours." The MV needs to be simple."
Xiao Yun immediately asked: "Do you want us to make a guest appearance?"
"You are so popular, how can I have the nerve to ask you to make a guest appearance?" Lu Yanhe smiled.
Xiao Yun chuckled and said, "We are not popular, so why do we have the nerve to come and make a cameo for you? That's called taking advantage of the camera."
Lu Yanhe: "You're not kidding me? Are you really willing to make a guest appearance?"
"Yes, as long as you think more about us brothers, brothers, sisters and sisters when you have future scenes." Xiao Yun used her words again A usual, teasing tone.
She has a bit of a tomboy vibe about her.
Lu Yanhe was suddenly startled and his heart moved.
"Why are you so polite? If you need us to make a guest appearance, we will definitely go." Peng Zhixing said.
One characteristic of road comedy movies is that there are many characters in the movie, and there are a bunch of new characters when you go to one place.
To ensure the quality of a movie, you cannot just randomly find some actors to complete these roles that may only have one or two scenes. In a sense, every second in the movie is important, and even more Not to mention one or two shots.
Lu Yanhe cupped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll make a note of it, and I'll call you when I need your help later."
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Ending Before, Lu Yanhe said to Xiao Yun: "How about we meet some time? I have an idea to talk to you."
Xiao Yun looked suspicious, suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and asked: "Are you looking for me to film?"
Lu Yanhe: "I don't know yet. I'm not sure whether you are suitable. Just now At that moment, an idea flashed through my mind. I thought it might be suitable and wanted to try on makeup with you.”
"Okay." Xiao Yun nodded, raised his chin, and said very confidently: "I don't believe there are roles that I am not suitable for."
From the first day I met Xiao Yun, she was like this Stallion's careless and carefree character, extremely confident, is completely different from the gentler and quieter Su Xiao and the competitive Liu Zhiyin.
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At the end of May, after rehearsing nearly five or six times, Lu Yanhe and the three of them finally performed "Green Apple Paradise" in its entirety.
“Damn, this song is really... the more you sing, the better it gets. It’s earthy and youthful.” Li Zhibai complained.
Lu Yanhe laughed so hard that he was covered in sweat and wiped it with a towel.
“This song will be popular.” Lu Yanhe said confidently.
"That's for sure. I knew this song would be a hit the first time I heard it. The melody is so brainwashing." Li Zhibai said, "However, if I hadn't sung it with you two, I definitely don’t sing, it’s too earthy and it affects my outstanding temperament.”
Yan Liang came over with two bottles of ice water, stood behind Li Zhibai, grabbed his collar, pulled back, and stuffed one of the bottles of ice water directly into Li Zhibai's neck.
Li Zhibai, who has an outstanding temperament, was like an electrocuted rooster for an instant, crowing "Oh--" and the person twisted away like a twist.
Yan Liang: "It's really outstanding."
Lu Yanhe burst into laughter.
“I’m looking for death!” Li Zhibai took out the water and cursed at Yan Liang.
Yan Liang replied with the middle finger.
"I'm hungry, why don't you go and eat?"
Lu Yanhe said, "I made an appointment with Teacher Jia Long, do you want to come with me?"
" Why don't we go and disturb you?"
"It's okay, I won't disturb you, we're just talking about "People on the Road", Lu Yanhe said.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang went with Lu Yanhe.
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Looking at the three boys walking in, Jia Long looked at the three of them and clicked his tongue.
"You are so young. Seeing you all walking in together, with such vigor and handsome little faces, makes me jealous."
Chen Ziyan sat next to him and said with a smile: "Finally someone feels the same way as me. Every time I see them, it feels like someone is reminding me that I am getting older. It really hurts me."
Jia Long: "Don't come here, are you the same age as me?"
Jia Long is forty years old now.
Chen Ziyan said with a smile: "As long as you are over thirty, everything is the same. However, the best age for an actor is in his thirties or forties. This is the golden age, and they can still survive."
Jia Long: "That can't be said. Look, now Most of the current film and television dramas have young people as the protagonists.”
“This is just an illusion. Someone has done statistics. The protagonists of our film and television dramas are mainly men between the ages of thirty and fifty. At this time, women are mainly between the ages of 25 and 40," said Chen Ziyan.
Several people sat down.
Jia Long looked at Lu Yanhe and the three of them and said, "Hey, seeing that you have such a good relationship, when will the three of you make a movie together? Let Lu Yanhe write a script for you."< br>
Lu Yanhe smiled and said: “I’m writing.”< br>
Li Zhibai said: "If Mr. Jia needs three younger brothers next time, just take the three of us."
Jia Long laughed and said: "That's normal. I can’t afford to hire three of you to play the role of the younger brother.”
Lu Yanhe asked: "Teacher Jia, "Searchlight" will be released soon. You must be very busy, right? I thought you didn't have time to work on "The Lost Road" recently."
Part 1 During the promotion period for a movie's release, actors will spin like a top.
Lu Yanhe has experienced this before.
Especially an actor like Jia Long who serves as the core character of a movie.
Jia Long said: "Fortunately, all the publicity that should be done before the release has been completed. We are just waiting to start the road show after it is released this Friday."
"Searchlight" is a dark comedy.
Lu Yanhe thought it was quite interesting when he watched it at a film festival before, but he also felt that this movie might not be as popular with the public as Jia Long’s previous movies, because if you want to understand this movie, you still need to A bit of a threshold.
The industry’s box office estimate for this movie is 700-100 million. Compared with Jia Long's past comedy movies that often started at 1 billion, it is a little less, and there are also concerns about the subject matter.
“As for the movie "The Journey", I went to chat with some directors. Some of them had films, or they were only assistant directors. I met more than a dozen, and I finally watched it. I won one. He has been an assistant director in many movies before, but he has no independent directing experience. I need to make this clear first, but why did he impress me? Because after reading the script, his description and imagination of the movie were basically consistent with my imagination," Jia Long said, "The core tone of this movie is grounded, not in a glamorous way. Let’s make a movie.”
Lu Yanhe nodded, this was also the consensus he had reached with Jia Long before.
Be sure not to shoot a story that seems grounded but is actually very suspended. Comedy movies are actually very easy to be shot in a suspended state - making people feel too fake and unreal. Comedy is comedy, and only comedy that can really get into the soil of realism can make people laugh and be ironic.
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Anyway, you know best in this aspect, and I have no objection."
Jia Long asked: "Then you really only plan to make a cameo in it? The image of a handsome guy?”
< br>"I don't even want to guest star in that role." Lu Yanhe said, "Forget it, find someone else to guest star, I won't appear."
"How can that work? You are such a big star, don't you It’s such a waste to appear on camera.” Jia Long said.
Lu Yanhe smiled helplessly.
“I have quite a few friends who have said they are willing to make a cameo appearance.” Lu Yanhe. (End of this chapter)