Man is really an emotional animal.
Lu Yanhe really didn’t think much about China before, nor did he feel much loneliness in a “foreign land”.
Yan Liang suddenly mentioned "Young Days", and Lu Yanhe suddenly felt melancholy when he thought of playing with everyone.
At this moment, the phone suddenly rang.
When he saw it, it was Arne Bogut calling.
Lu Yanhe answered the phone suspiciously.
Arne Bogut asked him to go to the bar for a drink.
"Simon, Lily, and I are here. Do you want to go with us?"
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "I'm a little tired, Arne. No, you guys have fun.”
Arne Bogut seemed a little disappointed, muttered OK, and hung up the phone.
"Isn't he coming?" Seeing Arne Bogut's expression, Simon Schmid guessed the outcome of the call. He curled his lips and showed an expression that he had known for a long time, "I told you a long time ago. If you tell me, he will definitely not come out. You still have to waste your time making this call. Those Asians are different from us.”
Arne Bogut looked at Simon suspiciously and said, "Simon, why do I think you are hostile to Lu? Are there any conflicts between you?"
Simon Schmid: " I just don’t like him, there’s no contradiction.”
“Why don’t you like him?” Lily Williams asked doubtfully.
"There is no reason. Do I need a reason for not liking him?" Simon Schmid shrugged, "Let's go directly."
So Simon Schmid drove and set off with two people.
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It's not that Lu Yanhe is unsociable or unwilling to drink, but he was brought into the second floor of Liu Zhen's house by Zhong Benshuo in Korea before and was almost cheated.
So, in an unfamiliar environment, he would rather be cautious. Otherwise, if we go to a bar together late at night, if something happens, we will be in a lot of trouble because we are unfamiliar with the place.
However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that his concerns would be answered accurately.
The next day, he went to the set to do special effects makeup in the morning. As soon as he entered his lounge, he saw the makeup artist and her assistant discussing something with serious expressions.
Lu Yanhe asked what happened. The makeup artist said that Simon Schmid was caught driving drunk last night by the local police and is still being detained and has not been released. Also in the car were Arne Bogut and Lily Williams.
This matter was not hidden at all. It was reported by the local tabloid on the front page early in the morning.
The title also directly uses a Hollywood movie crew.
Although there is no situation where a foreign film will be hidden and unable to be released because it uses a bad artist, scandals are always bad.
Drunk driving is not a big deal in foreign countries, nor is it a small matter in a small way.
Lu Yanhe sighed.
He didn’t quite understand. They were all artists. Why didn’t they ask the driver to pick them up after they drank? Do you have to drive yourself?
This is a sure shot.
Halfway through Lu Yanhe’s special effects makeup, someone came in to communicate with Lu Yanhe, saying that the filming time would be moved forward later.
Because Simon can't shoot today.
The makeup artists were all whispering, curious about the direction this matter would take.
Simon is not a big actor, but after a scandal like drunk driving, if the public's opposition lasts for a long time, maybe the crew will fire him directly.
Lu Yanhe put on special effects makeup, and after leaving the dressing room, he found that the atmosphere at the scene was also strange.
Everyone was in a state of whispering and speaking cautiously.
Everyone is using a "pretend that nothing happened" attitude, tacitly and eloquently conveying the atmosphere of "this is worth seeing".
Neither Arne nor Lily, who were in the same car with Simon last night, were detained. They were just drunk passengers. No matter how much they were arrested, they could not be caught.
However, at this moment, they are like headless flies, restless. Even if they are on the set, it can be seen at a glance that their minds are not here.
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and took the initiative to go over and say hello to them.
“Hey, how are you guys?”
The moment Arne saw Lu Yanhe, his expression was a little unnatural.
Lu Yanhe almost got in that car last night.
"You're so lucky, you didn't go with us yesterday." Lily raised her head and glanced at Lu Yanhe, which almost made Lu Yanhe think that she was being weird, but Lily's frustrated tone showed that she didn't actually mean it.
Lu Yanhe asked: "You guys were drunk, why did Simon drive by himself?"
Lily said: "We also advised him not to drive by himself, but he insisted that it was okay and said it was very quiet here. It’s remote, and there won’t be any police investigation.”
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Lily said again: "It would have been better if we had persisted a little longer yesterday."
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Due to Simon's accident, today's filming scene , the atmosphere was a bit low-pressure, including director Mu Ken's mood was not very good either.
It was not until the evening, when work was about to end, that news came that Simon was finally taken out of the police station by his agent.
Xinalin also disappeared for a day today and was busy working on this matter.
Early the next morning, Simon made a public apology outside the studio, admitting that he was drunk driving, accepting all criticism, and would correct himself in the future.
His attitude is very upright. In addition, Simon is actually a big star who has just debuted and is somewhat famous but not well-known. The incident caused not a big stir. After the public apology, Simon returned to the crew and continued filming.
However, this incident obviously also gave him a little blow.
He is usually a very active and talkative person on the set, but suddenly he became a lot quieter.
Moreover, Lu Yanhe didn't know if it was his own imagination. He always felt that Simon seemed a little awkward towards him, as if his drunk driving incident had taken his anger out on him.
This feeling stands between them, making their already not close relationship even more distant.
However, fortunately, no matter what happens in private, when filming, I can still play the opposite role normally.
In fact, Lu Yanhe's relationship with other actors in the movie is that of avenger and avenger, and there is no need to have a good relationship with others in the movie. They don't have a good relationship in real life, but it actually helps them in acting. It seems a bit unkind to say this, but it is the truth.
However, no one expected that almost halfway through the filming of the film, Simon would commit another crime.
This time it wasn't a drunk driving, but a fight, a fight in a bar.
The cause of this fight was that Simon fell in love with a girl, so he went to strike up a conversation. It turned out that the girl came with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend saw his girlfriend being struck up and couldn't speak. He greeted Simon politely and uncleanly. Simon himself was in a bad mood, so after drinking again, he started to choke with the other party. This choking was so good that the two of them became furious and started to fight.
Others score twice on the football field, but Simon scored twice in the scandal den.
This time, the news about Simon getting into a fight made more noise than the last time he was drunk driving.
We can allow people to make mistakes, but if they make mistakes in a short period of time without showing any sincerity in repentance, it will disappoint everyone to some extent, and they may even feel that their previous tolerance has been betrayed and let down. Therefore, towards this person The anger and annoyance are even more intense.
Simon has become a hot search topic.
He is not very famous, so many media introduced him as the starring role in the new film of horror film director Mu Ken.
"The Mist" has been known to many people in an unexpected way.
Xin Nalin’s face was particularly ugly, and she led Simon to record another apology video.
But this time the public didn’t buy it very much.
Simon was scolded very harshly.
Even the crew of "The Mist" were scolded.
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“I didn’t expect that this was the first time I went abroad to shoot a film, and I would encounter such a situation.” Lu Yanhe was also helpless on the phone, “Besides, this is nothing. Sanwu Productions, it’s also a new film directed by Mu Ken. , unexpectedly encountered such a situation."
Chen Siqi: "Fortunately, you have to be lucky that Simon played a bad person in the movie, so that when the audience sees this movie, they will feel better. It won’t respond. ”
"When such things happen, I don't know how many viewers are willing to enter the cinema." Lu Yanhe sighed helplessly, "I'm quite passive, and I don't know how the crew will solve this matter."
"Finally The simple and crude way is to expel the game and replace it with a new one. "An actor." Chen Siqi said, "But if this happens, there will be a lot of scenes to be reshot, and your movie may be ruined. After all, not everyone of you has free time here and can play tricks with the crew. "Reshoot."
Lu Yanhe: "I guess the crew will not fire Simon. These two things are both big and small. Foreign countries are not like our country. Once actors break the law, it is basically difficult to come out for public activities. Everyone scolds Sai Although I was scolded fiercely, it is compared with the cost of changing actors and reshooting. , the risks and losses of the former may be bearable.”
Chen Siqi: “Oh, yes.”
It is very likely that a movie that has already been filmed will be remade. This movie will have an additional budget of several million dollars.
That puts a lot of pressure on the film to recoup its costs.
“Dong Dong.” Someone suddenly knocked on the door of Lu Yanhe’s lounge.
Wang Biao went to open the door.
Someone came to remind Lu Yanhe that he was about to start filming his next scene and needed to get over it.
Lu Yanhe had no choice but to say something to Chen Siqi and hang up the phone first.
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After talking to Lu Yanhe on the phone, Chen Siqi seriously thought about the situation that the movie "The Mist" is currently encountering and what breakthrough points it can have.
Of course she didn’t want to see Lu Yanhe’s first English-language film fail.
While thinking, Linyu knocked on the door and entered her office.
"Siqi, this is my plan." Lin Yu handed Chen Siqi her draft plan for the "Jump Up International Film Critics Film Festival".
Chen Siqi came to his senses and took it in his hand.
This is an idea that Lin Yu expanded based on last year’s International Film Critics Online Forum.
With their current strength, if they want to hold a serious film festival, it is actually unrealistic at all. First, they have money, second, they have people, and third, they have no connections.
If you want to have your own international film festival, the above three points are indispensable.
But with steady development, I don’t know how long it will take to make a movie version of "Jump Up".
Therefore, after Linyu discussed with Chen Siqi, they decided to follow the format of last year's film critic online forum and do what they wanted to do as much as possible with the minimum cost.
Linyu told Chen Siqi: “We invite film critics from all over the world to China to talk about movies, the latest award winners, the most popular movies in recent years, and classics. , and then dedicated a day to watch me After watching the Chinese-language movies we selected, let’s talk about Chinese-language movies together.”
For such an event, there is no need for a star-studded red carpet, no need to organize various celebrities, and no need to spend a lot of time. Contact all major production crews to attend.
They only need to find a venue that can accommodate film critics from all over the world to stay together, a cinema where they can sit together and watch movies, and then have a fund to pay for these invited film critics. With the cost of transportation and accommodation, you can hold a few lively parties and have fun drinking and chatting.
Maybe based on this calculation, it only takes one to two million to get it done.
For the current "Jump Up", even if they don't seek sponsorship, they can afford this money by themselves.
Not to mention, this event can actually be funded through Linyu and Yuehutai’s film and television drama review columns and video platforms, or even by directly seeking sponsorship from brands. . Chen Siqi spent twenty minutes reading Linyu's plan, nodded and said, "No problem, just do it. There is only one thing, Linyu, this is our first time, I suggest we control the scale." , we only invite the film critics we want to invite, and do not accept applications from others. We will do it once to gain experience, and then we can gradually expand the scale later.”
Hearing this, Linyu agreed, nodded, and said yes.
"Is it true that no actors will be invited to this film festival?" Chen Siqi asked curiously.
Linyu said: "My idea is to either make it more star-studded, or not invite anyone at all, just invite film critics. In this way, we can ensure the style of this film festival. Although in reality The situation is that we don't have that much money to go Hold a grander film festival, but we can’t say that. It’s better to make this film festival niche, but with distinct characteristics. This is a film festival for film critics.”
“Okay. Chen Siqi also agreed with Linyu's idea.
Linyu finished talking to Chen Siqi about this matter, but did not leave immediately.
"Is there anything else?" Chen Siqi asked.
Linyu said: "When I came in just now, I saw you frowning. Have you encountered any difficulties? If you can, you can tell me, maybe I can help. Come up with ideas.”
"It's not me. I haven't encountered any problems. It's the movie Yan He is filming." Chen Siqi briefly told Lin Yu about the problems that Lu Yanhe's "The Mist" crew is currently facing.
Linyu thought for a while and said: "Although this move is a bit damaging, if Simon accepts it, it may not be able to turn the crisis into an opportunity."
"Ah ?" Chen Siqi didn't expect Linyu to have an idea so quickly.
“Didn’t you tell me before that the crew wanted to promote the rumors of ghost possession on Yan He to gain attention?” Linyu said, “This is also true for Simon.”
“You mean to ask the crew to tell Simon that he was possessed by a ghost and did so many outrageous things?”
"Of course not, not many people would believe in the existence of ghosts at this time." Lin Yu smiled, "We are not fools, how can we be fooled by such a reason?"
Chen Siqi also laughed.
“What do you mean?”
“Isn’t Simon just a person in this movie who did bad things and was avenged by ghosts?” Linyu said, “If the crew We can use the image of Simon that has happened now to further ferment and spread the rumors that Simon teamed up with Arne and Lily in the crew to isolate and exclude Yan He, an Asian actor, to portray their racial discrimination. Slowly release a little bit of the story outline and characters of this movie The physical situation aroused the public's emotions towards the movie and these actors, making everyone hate and hate Simon, and making everyone sympathize with Yan He. Then when the movie is released, who doesn't want to see the three actors headed by Simon? The Asian ghost played by Yan He is hunted for revenge. The box office is naturally a hit."
"How could Simon agree to this kind of propaganda that harms him? He will not cooperate. His agency will not cooperate. I will stand up and deny it as soon as possible.”
"If Simon didn't drink and drive and didn't fight with others, he really wouldn't, but now these two things have caused great harm to his acting career. If he wants to reverse this situation, he can only continue to exclude Lu Yanhe. Together with this scandal, all his actions became... In fact, it was all done under the arrangement of the crew to promote the movie, "Lin Yu said, "The movie won the box office, the producer came forward to explain the marketing plan, and Simon's team used this to whitewash him, a win-win situation." br>
Chen Siqi suddenly realized it and looked at Linyu in surprise.
“Wow!”
Linyu: “It’s true that Arne and Lily may not be willing to cooperate, and this matter itself has nothing to do with them.”
"Actually, their cooperation is not required." Chen Siqi said, "As long as Simon does not deny it, no one will believe it if the two of them stand up and deny it."
Linyu: "Yeah, but this method is really not very honorable."
Chen Siqi thought for a while and said: "We give this idea, it is up to them to decide whether to do it or not. It is not honorable." , It’s their own responsibility.”
Linyu: “This is not a big deal for you. Xin Dian, you are Yan He’s girlfriend. If you say something, if it is known and exposed, the nature of the matter will change.”
Chen Siqi: “Don’t worry. , this matter has absolutely nothing to do with us.”
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Simon's agent took the initiative to find Xinalin.
When Xinalin heard this solution from Simon’s agent, her heart was actually shaken.
With this risky approach, one careless move may put Simon into a worse situation. If he fails to clear his name, he will still be stained with racial discrimination.
But Xinalin discovered that Simon’s agent had made up his mind to do this.
In fact, when Xinalin heard this plan, her eyes lit up as soon as she heard it, and she was moved by this plan.
Xina Lin is a producer.
The first priority of a producer is to make a movie that makes money, not a movie that loses money.
This is especially true for horror movies.
At least few people would say when making horror films, I am not making this film to make money, but to pursue art.
So, if there is a good marketing method that can make "The Mist" a popular movie before it is released, and grab the audience's attention by relying on its extremely high topicality, she will definitely promote it of.
Xinalin is not so pretentious and hesitant.
Her boyfriend Wendy even started working directly with the director because of the character design. For the sake of the stability of the crew and the smooth shooting, she could fire him right away, and of course she would not worry about it again. The specific impact of such a marketing method on the actors of this film.
So, according to this consensus, Simon, who had just gotten into trouble twice, became the protagonist of racial discrimination this time.
Similarly, Lu Yanhe was completely in the dark and did not know the inside story. Because of the image of such an innocent victim, he became known to many people following this incident.
Of course, the Chinese audience was most shocked by this incident.
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“Lu Yanhe actually acted in a horror film?!”
“He was bullied by foreign actors on a foreign crew? He was ostracized? What a dog!”
"I don't understand. Lu Yanhe already has such a high profile, why would he go abroad to suffer this? Are foreign films so good? Isn’t it good to film in China? "
"Isn’t it said that Lu Yanhe has a very good relationship with top international film festivals? Why did he go there? It’s not an art film, but a horror film? It’s very disappointing!”
"Don't you think it's a bad movie when you see a horror movie? Please see clearly. The director of "The Mist" is Mukken Sorge. Both the previous two movies have achieved great success at the box office! He is very popular in Europe and the United States. The famous horror film director!"
"Just Yes, which famous foreign actor has not acted in a horror film? It seems that horror films are cheap. Arne Bogut, Simon Schmid and Lily Williams are all rising stars in the United States. The film also stars the famous British actor Jamie Wilson and is a complete It's a great production, but you guys say it's like a bad movie."
"Have you failed to understand the point? The problem now is that Lu Yanhe was bullied on the foreign crew, okay? White-skinned pig!”
“I’m so angry, Lu Yanhe. Such an excellent actor, we cherish him so much, but the crew of "The Mist" failed to protect him and let him be bullied. I will never contribute movie tickets to "The Mist"!"
"Lu Yanhe's! Where is the agent? What do you do for food?”
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This incident caused a shock in China, even far greater than abroad.
And this means that soon, Lu Yanhe’s army of fans jumped over the wall and came to overseas social media to crusade against the crew of "The Mist" and Simon Schmid with righteous indignation.
Simon Schmid’s social media was flooded with all the comment areas within one day, and there was almost no words other than scolding him.
Arne Bogut and Lily Williams didn't even get close to each other on the first day. They directly posted photos of themselves and Lu Yanhe on the set, expressing that they had a good relationship with Lu Yanhe.
After Lu Yanhe knew what happened, everyone was stunned.
What the hell?
He was acting well on the set, so why was he treated with "racial discrimination"?
He really wasn’t racially profiled on this set.
Except for Wendy, he really hasn’t met anyone else who doesn’t take him seriously. It’s not like Wendy doesn’t take him seriously. He is so kind to the director. How could Lu Yanhe have the nerve to attribute racial discrimination to him?
On the set, Simon lowered his head expressionlessly.
Lu Yanhe looked at him like this and thought to himself, they don’t care about him, they just don’t talk much. Arne and Lily usually talk and laugh with him at the scene, so why did it become a report? Simon inside joins Arne and Lily to exclude him?
Lu Yanhe wondered whether he should speak up and explain.
He also noticed that his fans are now fighting everywhere to vent his anger.
Lu Yanhe didn’t want them to be misled by wrong information.
"I'll explain it later, Simon." Lu Yanhe took the initiative to tell him, "Although we don't talk much, you are not like what the media reported."
Simon looked at him in surprise. glanced at him.
Lu Yanhe thought Simon was surprised that he was so good.
Who knew, Simon laughed sarcastically.
“Don’t you know anything?”
Lu Yanhe was stunned and looked at him in astonishment.
“What should I know?”
Ten minutes later, after learning that all this was a scene directed and acted by Simon and the crew, Lu Yanhe was speechless for a moment. A sense of astonishment.
He did not expect that after Xin Nalin tried to market "Ghost Possession" to him to no avail, she would use the recent incident of Simon to play the "racial discrimination" card.
As long as it can be marketed and generate good box office, it seems that Xinalin can do anything.
Lu Yanhe was a little disillusioned, but felt that everything was reasonable.
As expected, one day later, people familiar with the matter began to reveal what kind of story "The Mist" was about.
This is not a simple horror film. This is a story about an Asian ghost who returns after three white men burned down his entire family, hunting him down and taking revenge.
——Don’t you want to see racists like Simon being hunted down and avenged by Lu Yanhe, an Asian, on the big screen?
The theme of the movie "The Mist" suddenly seemed to have hit the main artery of Internet sentiment. Various data indicators increased sharply, and the number of searches for this movie skyrocketed overnight.
For several days, while everyone was paying attention to the matter between Lu Yanhe and Simon, they also discussed the movie "The Mist".
Amidst such discussion, the filming of "The Mist" also came to an end.
Outside the studio, a group of paparazzi and self-media bloggers suddenly began to gather.
Lu Yanhe was almost slapped in the face with his cell phone, and was asked: "Were you really discriminated against on the crew of "The Mist" because of your Asian identity?"
Lu Yanhe said nothing. Leave immediately.
Of course, he couldn't be the one to expose the secret that the entire crew was guarding.
He is not happy just to let him lie to cooperate with this marketing. If Simon really did this bad thing, he would definitely be happy to see it come to fruition and even add insult to injury. But not.
This surprised Muken.
"Actually, if he cooperates at this time, he may even suffer miserably. With such a huge amount of attention, he may become famous in Europe and the United States." Mu Ken said, "Other actors have encountered If you get this kind of God-given opportunity, you will definitely climb up the pole.”
He heard his wife say confidently: "That's because they firmly seize every opportunity to become popular, no matter what kind of opportunity it is. But Lu Yanhe doesn't need to be known by everyone in this way, he can Be recognized by everyone openly and become popular ”
Mu Ken looked at his wife in surprise and asked: "Are you so confident in him?"
Hua Ruzhen said: "You are the director, and you watched Lu Yanhe's performance in "The Mist", Don't you have the confidence?"
"I admit that his performance is indeed outstanding, but I have also seen too many actors with good acting skills who are not recognized."
"Then. It's someone else." Hua Ru. Zhen said, "Dear, don't use your Hollywood thinking to see an actor like Lu Yanhe. He is not a newcomer who has just entered the film industry. He has already achieved outstanding results in China and international film festivals. You Just wait and see, the movie "The Mist" will bring him great attention in Europe and the United States, and he will be the key to the success of your movie."
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