Chapter 572: Don’t use good intentions to cause bad things
“Actually, the risk of doing this is quite high. If the drama fails in the end and Liu Manbo doesn’t support the crew, the risk will all be borne by Li Zhibaiyi I'm here to support him personally."
"Oh, Li Zhibai is too anxious now, I'll mention it to him. "Liu Manbo, he immediately asked if he could come to the crew immediately," Lu Yanhe told Chen Ziyan, "He said that the crew is in chaos right now, and if they don't find a director to straighten things out immediately, the crew can be disbanded. So, I originally wanted to advise you not to rush for a day or two, but I heard what he said. It’s over, I don’t have anything to say.”
Chen Ziyan: “I’m just worried that Lighthouse Video is not satisfied with Li Zhibai’s approach. Think about it, even the largest investor hasn’t agreed yet, so you’re making your own decisions. He brought a director into the crew and started letting him direct the play, no matter how urgent the situation was. In Ta Video's eyes, that's all because of you. Fortunately, the person who did this is Li Zhibai, and Dingtao won't think about this matter in a deeper and more complicated way. But if there is anything behind this drama. Problem, Li Zhibai will be held responsible for this action."
Lu Yanhe nodded, understanding what Chen Ziyan meant.
Just as he was talking, Lu Yanhe's cell phone suddenly buzzed and vibrated twice.
Li Zhibai sent a message: Liu Manbo got into the role quickly and just finished filming the first scene smoothly.
Lu Yanhe’s heart immediately relaxed.
He showed Chen Ziyan the message from Li Zhibai and said that currently, the situation is relatively good.
Chen Ziyan: "I have no doubt about Liu Manbo's ability and talent. I have not worried about this. You should remind Li Zhibai and ask him to take the initiative to ask the lighthouse whether he agrees to Liu Manbo's work. The director of this drama, Liu Manbo, is nominally here to do a favor. He asked Li Zhibai to give the lighthouse an attitude and stop putting people there.”
Lu Yanhe nodded and said yes.
He immediately told Li Zhibai what Chen Ziyan had told him.
Li Zhibai: It's amazing. Just five minutes ago, Lin Suyang told me exactly the same thing. He said that he wanted to bring the material of the scene that Liu Manbo just shot to the lighthouse.
Lu Yanhe understands why Chen Ziyan and Lin Suyang said this.
To put it bluntly, the biggest problem in this matter is that Li Zhi is acting as Baiyuezu. He does not have the power to decide the director (even though Lighthouse respects his opinion from the beginning). At this time, without going through Lighthouse Video With permission, Liu Manbo was directly promoted to the position of director, which was a taboo.
Although it could not solve the problem, Li Zhibai took the material shot by Liu Manbo and took the initiative to ask Lighthouse if he wanted to keep Liu Manbo. In the final analysis, it was a disguised statement, a gesture of transferring power back.
If the lighthouse had not sincerely disagreed with Liu Manbo and disagreed with him being the director, in order for the crew to continue filming, the lighthouse would usually have been lifted off the ground at this time.
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At this moment, Lu Yanhe has arrived in Thailand.
Lu Yanhe was invited by Thailand as an Asian superstar this time.
When he saw this film festival promoting him as an Asian superstar, he was quite confused.
However, they took it seriously and gave her a high standard of reception.
His entire trip from the moment he arrived in Thailand was accompanied by a dedicated person, as well as a car and driver.
Lu Yanhe only met actress Caina once in Thailand.
However, this time around the conflict between Lu Yanhe and Harvey, Caina was one of the first Asian celebrities in Asia to support Lu Yanhe on her social media.
After he arrived in Thailand, he wanted to go out for a walk.
Chen Ziyan has no time to accompany him at all, and is about to transfer to the United States - she is now going to meet a producer in Thailand, and she has a cooperation with Wen Minglan to communicate with.
Thailand’s film and television market is not big, but both Thai dramas and Thai movies have achieved outstanding results compared to the country’s market size.
Especially for Thai dramas, Lu Yanhe knows that there is a large group of loyal viewers in China. Although he doesn't like to see it.
The Thai producer Chen Ziyan wants to meet is a very experienced film producer. Two of his films have been released in China.
Because Chen Ziyan came here to discuss Wen Minglan's cooperation this time, Lu Yanhe did not come with him. Otherwise, people's attention might be directly on Lu Yanhe.
Led by a local companion, Lu Yanhe and his party visited the local market and walked around the surrounding area.
When he returned to the hotel, the heads of the local tourism management department came and were waiting for him in the lobby.
They came specifically to express their welcome to him.
Lu Yanhe was surprised.
Because this is not recording a show.
Sometimes when recording a program, the program team will have some media activities on foreign affairs. Because the program is influential and popular, people will arrange activities like this to drive publicity and tourism economy.
But Lu Yanhe only came to participate in the film festival, and there was no arrangement in the official itinerary for tourism department officials to visit him.
It was a completely unexpected private trip - of course, it cannot be said to be a real private trip. He was brought here by a relevant management member of the film festival to specially welcome his arrival.
It is not only a gift, but also an expression of hope that he can have a happy stay in Thailand, and a sincere invitation to him to travel to Thailand in the future.
Later, he was invited to attend a relatively high-level dinner party in the evening, hosted by a local rich man.
Lu Yanhe declined directly.
Everyone is very surprised. I don’t know why Lu Yanhe declined politely. He also emphasized that he is one of the top rich men in Thailand and is very powerful. Very few people get invitations to his dinner parties.
Lu Yanhe smiled and thanked Bu Min.
He rarely even goes to the dinner parties of wealthy Chinese people, let alone those abroad.
First, this kind of situation has nothing to do with his work. After getting to know him, it will cause all kinds of troubles. Secondly, no one knew who would be there in such an occasion. If there were some unsafe and dangerous people staying inside, he would not know it, so he would inexplicably get in the same frame with them, even take a photo with them, turn around and explode with thunder and splash. I'm covered in dirty water and can't even wash myself off. Lu Yanhe planned to finish participating in the film festival schedule tomorrow, complete a shoot the day after tomorrow, finish work, meet and chat with a few directors he had contacted in advance, and then fly to Malaysia.
As few activities as possible outside of work.
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However, Lu Yanhe did underestimate his current influence.
"The Mist", a popular horror film with a global box office of over 200 million US dollars, brought him not only a box office hit, but also D19, which has become a worldwide phenomenon. When promoting the film, it also opened Lu Yanhe's global popularity.
This is why Chen Ziyan said that there must be a few commercial blockbusters that everyone will know when they hear it.
As an actor, if you want to become a movie star, unless you are like Meryl Streep, you are already tied to Hollywood and the honor of the Oscar Award, relying on the power of the entire industry to win her audience With their popularity reaching this level, more than 90% of the actors must have made their fortune through a few works that have become hits around the world.
A Thai movie channel went through the relationship between Yuehutai (the two parties had cooperated before) and found Chen Ziyan. Chen Ziyan gave it to Wang Biao. At seven o'clock in the evening, Lu Yanhe had to sit down In the hotel restaurant, I was interviewed by this movie channel.
Fortunately, it was a recording, not a live broadcast——
Lu Yanhe didn’t speak Thai, and not many people could understand him in English.
In line with the principle of "taking it as it comes," when he accepted the job of interviewing, he wanted to make the best use of everything and get the greatest effect.
So, he mentioned almost all the works in which he starred.
Anyway, his works can be watched on streaming media, and Thai audiences can also watch them.
The host asked a customary question: "Are there any directors and actors in Thailand that you like and want to work with?"
Lu Yanhe said: "Cai Na , in fact, Cai Na has already started to cooperate. I invited her to participate in the production of one of our Chinese programs called "The Birth of an Actor". I don’t know if there will be any audience for this program in Thailand.”
"Cai Na? By the way, I saw a report before that Cai Na might appear in the second season of "Squid Game", right?"
Lu Yanhe laughed.
"The second season of "Squid Game" is still in preparation, and the script has not yet been released. However, if there is a suitable role, Caina is an actress I really want to work with." He also said with dignity, "I am a fan of Caina. I have watched many movies starring her."
The smile on the host's face immediately became brighter.
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The next day, Lu Yanhe attended the red carpet event of the film festival and awarded a "Potential Award" to a Thai newcomer -
This is not an award at the award ceremony, but just to encourage young films. A grand prize established by human beings, and a separate awards event is held for this prize every year.
Every year the film festival also invites an influential filmmaker to present awards to the winners.
This event has also become a reserved event of the film festival.
Although it was not an awards ceremony, the chairman of the executive committee and the chairman of the jury of this film festival were all present.
Before awarding the award, a special session was also arranged to briefly introduce Lu Yanhe's achievements.
The chairman of the executive committee introduced: "He is a legendary young actor and a young legendary actor."
Lu Yanhe heard his hands waving and waving, not daring to act, not daring to act .
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"Lighthouse Video agreed." Lin Suyang immediately called Li Zhibai, "However, they kept Liu Manbo's salary very low and only agreed to Give one tenth of the path wave ”
Lubo was the director before "Nineteen Years of Crime".
Li Zhibai: "Have they not communicated this matter with Liu Manbo yet?"
"They have made up their minds. Now Liu Manbo will shoot here for free, even if it is just Even if you give him a tenth, he will definitely accept it.”
“Li Zhi is very stingy.” Bai was very disgusted, "Director Liu saved the situation by turning the tide, but they are still scratching their heads in this regard."
"It's actually quite normal. After all, he is a new director who has never directed a feature film before." Lin Suyang said, "For Liu Manbo, this opportunity is much more important than the salary."
"These are all excuses to squeeze out the income you deserve." Li Zhibai said unceremoniously, "Why should I squeeze out the income you deserve because opportunity is more important? If Director Liu doesn't accept this condition, he will stop directing. We lost even more. You know what Director Liu was doing at the scene these two days, and you also saw the material he shot, which is not half bad, although it is still a bit different from what we imagined at the beginning, maybe in such a short period of time. Take pictures during the time To be honest, the whole crew is convinced that it is like this now.”
Liu Manbo knows very clearly what he wants to film and how he wants to film it, and he will not give random requirements that cannot be achieved. - Of course, he actually had a lot of demands and ideas. Many of the early designs and preparations were changed at his request - however, none of the changes were impossible without force. To do it.
So, after working overtime, there are a lot of people who complain about it, but the final product and the shots that come out are completely usable and can be put on the table. There is no awkwardness or panic of "cramming for the moment". Only at this time can we see the true story. Seeing him becoming more and more in control of the entire situation and able to film the film well, the crew members also have more and more trust in him.
A director's authority was established by himself at such an urgent and critical moment.
Li Zhibai: "I invited Liu Manbo here, Brother Su Yang. I can't let him suffer too much, especially - he has been so helpful to our drama."
Lin Suyang: "Zhi Bai, let me be honest. Based on my observation and understanding of Liu Manbo these days, if you try to help him get a higher salary at this time, he himself may not be willing."
"Ah?" Li Zhibai asked, "Why are you reluctant?"
Lin Suyang said: "Because he cares about this opportunity, he cares more about this opportunity. He definitely doesn't want to get the opportunity to direct in the future. , because of the treatment Another twist. If he doesn't care about this opportunity, he won't come and do it without saying anything. Do you understand what I mean? A person has self-esteem. If a crew has nothing. I promised you to act in a play. How do you feel? Are you willing to act? But when he is in this situation, you can understand how important this opportunity is to him."
Li Zhibai was silent.
Lin Suyang's words hit his heart directly. He felt that Lin Suyang was right and he was convinced.
"Why don't you go and communicate with him directly about this matter? Let him make up his own mind whether he wants to fight for it or not." Lin Suyang said, "Don't use good intentions to do bad things."
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I have been a little busy these days, so I can only keep the basic updates.
(End of this chapter)