The entire industry is very angry with Lu Shan's behavior this time.
Nothing else, Lu Yanhe is willing to support other movies, and he has never been stingy in recommending other movies on his social platform. He has helped promote many movies.
You must know that with Lu Yanhe’s current influence and his recommendation, many small-budget films without sufficient publicity funds will not be released quietly because of this.
After what happened, would Lu Yanhe be willing to recommend other movies?
The film itself is a content product. Some people like it and some don’t. This is a normal thing.
This also means that no matter what movie Lu Yanhe recommends, he will be criticized and questioned.
Will Lu Yanhe never recommend it again just to be on the safe side?
Lu Shan was denounced and ostracized by many people in the industry. Not to mention, Lu Shan is also one of the investors in "Happy Events in the World". His motives are questionable and he is looked down upon.
Lu Yanhe did not expect that he would receive many phone calls, all of them asking him if he would like to recommend other movies in the future.
To be honest, Lu Yanhe was already thinking seriously about this matter and what to do in the future.
After all, the less you say, the less you make, and the less you do, the better.
Is it necessary to do this in order to "not make mistakes"?
Lu Yanhe knew that many people made this call because they were considering his future movies.
But Lu Yanhe loves this industry and sincerely hopes that this industry can thrive. He is not willing to let the controversy caused by a recommendation affect his future practices.
On the Friday after May Day, there are generally no blockbuster movies released.
Because the market potential of the May Day films has not been fully tapped, it is difficult for new films to be scheduled and to attract audiences to the cinema to the greatest extent.
At this time, it is often the case that some low-cost movies with insufficient box office expectations go to theaters during this window period to earn millions of dollars in box office, so that they can compete with theater movies. With the name, the royalties can be sold through other channels for higher royalties.
And this Friday, a literary film called "Liu Ma" was released.
Lu Yanhe once again appeared at the advance screening and expressed his feelings about the movie.
“I’m very nervous and afraid of causing controversy again this time. However, I still love movies. It doesn’t matter if you don’t trust me, but this is a good movie. It is very similar to what I saw when I was a child. The stories I read in literary magazines are true, tender and childlike." Lu Yanhe. Said, "I like the little actors in this film very much. I don't know where the director found them. They are very cute and touching in the film. Audiences who want to feel the stories they read in children's literature magazines when they were young, This movie is well worth going to the cinema.”
"I will continue to recommend movies. I know that there will definitely be times when my recommendations will cause controversy in the future, but I have thought about it seriously for a long time and I am not willing to stop expressing my opinions just because it may cause controversy." Lu Yanhe said, "I also have to accept the fact that even if I like it, others don't like it, and what I care about, others don't care about, thank you."
Many people at the scene began to applaud.
On Friday, the box office of the movie "Liu Ma" unexpectedly exceeded 2.4 million. With the screening, the total box office exceeded 3 million, which made the industry watch.
For a small-budget movie, such box office results are certainly enough for them to celebrate.
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"I didn't expect you to recover in such a short period of time. I thought it would take some time for you to recover."
On the way to Hexi, Chen Siqi and Lu Yanhe laughed and teased he.
“I don’t want to continue to be internally conflicted. I was a little unclear at first and couldn’t figure out the middle ground. Then I thought about it and said, forget it. I’m too lazy to dwell on it. I didn’t lie and deliberately exaggerated what was not good. , can I always say what I want to say, but I can’t do this? "No point, there's no point in internal friction."
"Very good." Chen Siqi nodded, "I'm really afraid that you won't dare to say what you want to say in the future because of this matter."
"Why? Am I usually so fragile?"
"Because this time you are in a completely unwarranted disaster." Chen Siqi smiled, "It would be fine if it was your own movie, but this time you are also involved in public controversy because of someone else's movie."
"Qiao I feel quite guilty.”
“Anyone would feel guilty. I asked my friends to help me stand up, but the result was... My friend has caused so much trouble."
Lu Yanhe: "I don't think he will ask me to help him in the future."
Chen Siqi: "That's not the case, short. Everyone needs time to digest the negative emotions caused by this matter, and it will be better as time goes by.”
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This time when he went to Jose, Lu Yanhe thought he would feel excited and nervous several days in advance. However, probably because the Lu Shan incident happened, his attention was completely occupied by this incident. Things were attracted. When he arrived at the airport and was about to fly to José, he slowly got into the mood of the film festival.
"Is it possible for "Love Letter" to win an award this time?" Chen Siqi asked curiously.
She really wanted to know.
Because Lu Yanhe is relatively familiar with major film festivals, every time Lu Yanhe analyzes whether a film can win an award, it is based on the film festival's award taste in recent years and the characteristics of the film itself.
Every time Chen Siqi listens to Lu Yanhe talk about this, he will update his understanding of the film industry.
The film industry is not static, it is changing all the time.
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said: "A small number of the shortlisted films in the main competition section of this year's Hollywood Film Festival are new directors. It is not clear what the status of their films is. It's just that. Let me first analyze the situation of "Love Letter". Its depth and artistry are still a bit shallow. This is an objective fact - the film itself is not directed in this direction. Basically, there is no competitiveness. In terms of performance space and scenes, Sister Bi Ge has hope of competing for awards, but it is only a hope. This is not one of her best performances. These two roles in the movie, There is no performance space that is too difficult for her, and she just won the Best Actress award for "Rouge", so people will not vote for her again in the short term."
Chen Siqi nodded.
"So according to what you said, "Love Letter" might not actually win the award?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
“You may or may not win an award, it depends on the specific situation. Regarding the performance of “Love Letter,” I still place more hope on media evaluation and audience reputation.” He said, “I think The biggest advantage of "Love Letter" is that it is beautiful."
"If everyone thinks it is beautiful, why wouldn't they give it an award?"
"Like a work? It's one thing, but giving an award to a work is another "It's the same thing." Lu Yanhe said, "Actually, it's the same for us. We may like a work very much, but we all think it's because it resonates with my own experience, but when we want to choose the award, , we ourselves inevitably think about one thing, is it good enough? Is it worthy of this award? Sometimes, we will choose the one that is more correct."
Chen Siqi suddenly realized.
She understood what Lu Yanhe meant.
This is just like the article in "Jump Up" magazine. In fact, the editorial team likes some works very much, but everyone also knows clearly that in terms of literary and seriousness, another work is more profound. When they need to recommend some works to apply for literary awards, they will also give up the ones they really like and recommend novels that they may not like that much but are more literary.
The setting of the award itself means that it does not operate according to personal preference. It's just that many times, personal preference will affect value judgment.
Chen Siqi: "I don't know how Liu Bige's "Fake Death" is going to be. I haven't seen this movie yet."
"I'm also looking forward to it. In fact, Liu Bige is looking forward to it." "Ge is the type of director I like very much," Lu Yanhe said, "He will not constrain his creations with the obvious boundaries between commercial films and art films, but will treat any subject matter and genre as his own. style.”
Lu Yanhe feels that Liu Bigo is just like directors like Quentin, Wong Kar-Wai and Park Chan-wook, whose personal style always far outweighs the subject matter and genre. No matter the story, the characters, or the genre, it’s all just clay in their hands, and the works they create will always be their own.
Lu Yanhe felt this when he and Liu Bige were filming "Late Spring".
If you want to say that he is a director who doesn't care much about the rhythm and beauty of the story, that's nonsense. The story of "Late Spring" is essentially a bloody and cruel story of youth. But do you want to say that what he made is a bloody youth film? No one will think so after watching this movie. In his movie, the focus is not on the bloody story, but on everyone's anxiety, uneasiness, struggle and the most subtle emotions in the bloody story.
This makes "Late Spring" a completely different film from other youth-themed movies.
So, although "Fake Death" seems to be a very commercial love comedy at first glance, it is definitely not the kind of routine or formulaic love comedy.
Otherwise, it would not have been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Jose Film Festival.
This is just like Johnnie To's films, which were also regulars at the three major European film festivals -
What he made were completely commercial films, but he put his name on all the commercial films. Personally The style is achieved to the extreme, which is also an expression.
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When Lu Yanhe arrived in Los Angeles again, he was welcomed by many media and movie fans who picked him up at the airport as soon as he got off the plane.
Chen Siqi deliberately distanced herself from him.
They have never been very "showy of affection" in front of the camera.
Because there were so many people at the scene, Lu Yanhe was delayed for a while and got on the bus fifteen minutes later than expected.
This time he came to the Jose Film Festival. He had a lot of work tasks and tight time in the first week. Like today, he had to rush to the hotel to prepare. In the evening, he and Chen Siqi would have dinner with the editor-in-chief of "Jose Film" magazine.
Furthermore, because several Chinese-language films have been shortlisted for the Los Angeles Film Festival, many Chinese media came to Los Angeles this time. Naturally, they all hope to make an appointment with Lu Yanhe. If none of their Chinese-language media can get an appointment with Lu Yanhe, interview or filming opportunities, then they won't even be able to hold their heads high among their peers. This also forced Lu Yanhe to cooperate with various media and do some relevant publicity.
In fact, many big-name stars now rarely give interviews during film festivals.
Firstly, the schedule is very busy, and secondly, everyone increasingly feels that the atmosphere of the film festival has changed a lot.
In the past, the film festival was really a place where everyone sat together and talked about movies. Now it has become a star show and a publicity channel with great exposure.
The more famous actors are, the more they need to protect their image as actors. When the environment is not good enough, of course they would rather not accept interviews than be asked unprofessional questions.
Reporters who would ask questions like "How do you maintain your current figure" at a professional film festival are no longer just an isolated phenomenon.
When Wang Biao took over the interview job for Lu Yanhe, he had to back up the interviewer——
Look at how they usually interview other actors.
The workload is huge, but if you don’t do this, you won’t be able to control the quality of the interview site.
Fortunately, Wang Biao had the help of the "Jump Up" movie version team. They know very well which media and which reporters are genuine and professional.
Wang Biao actually had a list in his hands. On the list are the names of media and media people who can be trusted in their work.
This list is updated in real time through everyone.
There is a huge database behind it as supporting material.
When Lu Yanhe knew that Wang Biao had this list, he even said with a smile: "Usually, the major media give us ratings for our artists. In the future, I will also gather a group of artists to give you, the media and the media "
Chen Siqi said at that time: "Maybe we can do one at the end of each year."
Later, Chen Siqi took Xin Zixing to think about it, and I don't know how they got on with it.
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“It is said that the overall quality of the films in the main competition this time is quite high.”
In the evening, Lu Yanhe, Chen Siqi and the executive of "Joseph Movie" Editor-in-Chief Evan Gardi had dinner together, and Evan revealed a little bit about this year’s situation to them.
“Especially "The Long Rainy Season" directed by Vietnamese director Song Moc Thanh, "Paradise" by American director Rubian Murray, and "Bob Cole" by British director Reynaldo Marcus "When these three films were screened in advance and selected internally, they received very high ratings," Evan said. "Of course, your "Love Letter" also received very high ratings. Wu Yang said that this was the case in the past ten years. The best movie about secret love.”
Wu Yang is the artistic director of the Jose Film Festival.
Lu Yanhe nodded, "When selecting films for the Jose Film Festival, we always focus on whether the film itself is good-looking. I actually really love watching movies at the Jose Film Festival. This time I finally didn't film on the set. I can It’s a pity to watch a few movies after work. , there are several movies that I haven’t gotten tickets for yet."
Evan said: "You can tell me which movie you want to watch, and I will help you get the tickets."
As. As the executive editor of "Jose Film" magazine, he is certainly not lacking in resources in this area.
"Really? That's great, thank you." Lu Yanhe thanked him.
After Lu Yanhe met Evan Gardi the last time he came to Jose, the two of them established a relationship and occasionally exchanged emails and talked about movies.
Evan Gardi himself is a fan of Lu Yanhe.
As the executive editor of "Jose Films", Evan Gardi naturally has close connections with people in the film industry.
However, he has always told Lu Yanhe that he hopes Lu Yanhe can make more meaningful movies. Especially after "The Mist" became a big hit, he was one of the few people who sent an email to Lu Yanhe, reminding him that an actor should be wary of becoming an actor in genre films in the eyes of others.
“I’m so happy that you came to see everyone with another work so soon after the release of “The Mist”.” Evan Gardi said, “I was worried that you would be lost. With the success brought by commercial films, I want to be a star instead of an actor.”
Lu Yanhe smiled and said: "Actually, being a star is also my job, but I put my identity as an actor higher. Being an actor is my priority. But if I wasn't a star, I wouldn't have the chance to do it." Director, make a movie like "Love Letter".
"That's right." Evan Gardi nodded, "However, you have acted in too few movies, and I did not expect that you would go back to acting in sitcoms."
"There will be some movie shooting plans next." Lu Yanhe said.
"I heard that you are going to shoot Huang Tianlin's movie soon?"
"Yes."
"His movies are good." Evan nodded in approval, "Oh, I met with Rubian Murray, the director of "Paradise" yesterday, and he told me that he had just watched "Silent River" recently. ", he is quite impressed by you and wants to get to know you."
Lubyan. ·Murray's "Paradise" is not only one of the most watched films in the main competition this time, but he himself is already one of the auteur directors well-known in major film festivals around the world. His previous works have all He is a regular at international film festivals, although he has not won any major awards so far.
Lu Yanhe said: "Then if I have a chance to meet him later, I will take the initiative to get to know him."
"The current streaming media has a great impact on the entire industry. "Evan said, "I didn't expect that even a director like Lubian would watch "Silent River" on streaming media. This makes me feel pessimistic about the future of cinemas."
Lu Yanhe: "The world has no time Changes are happening all the time. If cinemas really disappear one day, none of us can stop it. But until this happens, we can all work hard to prevent it from happening. Indeed, I prefer to watch movies in cinemas. , the big screen and stereo surround sound are completely different audio-visual effects than watching them on a computer, so try to make movies that can attract audiences to the cinema.”
Evan said, "I like what you said."
He raised his glass.
"Then let us work together and not let the cinema disappear in our era."
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi raised their glasses together and touched them lightly.
The goblet trembled crisply in the night sky.
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On the day of the opening ceremony, Chen Bige was unable to make it to the opening ceremony because he had not finished his domestic work, and Zhang Ruozhi was unable to come because he was preparing for exams. Lu Yanhe, Wan Xin, and Li Songfan had many scenes in the film. The veteran drama stars walked on the red carpet together.
The crew of "Love Letter" itself attracted a lot of attention because of Lu Yanhe's relationship.
Chen Siqi also walked on the red carpet with Lu Yanhe this time. This rare scene of walking together on the red carpet was of course the focus of major media and cameras.
Since the explosion of "The Mist", overseas media have not seen much of Lu Yanhe. Now Lu Yanhe has finally appeared, and this appearance must be well photographed.
Artistic director Wu Yang stood at the end of the red carpet and welcomed every guest.
When Lu Yanhe and the others came over, Wu Yang took a few steps forward to greet them.
This time Lu Yanhe arrived specially before the opening ceremony and attended the opening ceremony with dignity, which made Wu Yang feel very comfortable. After all, Lu Yanhe can come back a few days later -
Many big-name actors are actually like this. They will only reserve about three to four days for the film festival, and they will leave as soon as their film screenings are over. .
Just like Chen Bige, she has a job in China, so it is impossible for her to come here so early like Lu Yanhe.
After entering the movie palace, Lu Yanhe found that he knew more people.
Whether it’s someone from a film company or a creator of film content.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were busy greeting and greeting people from all walks of life. They chatted more with those they knew more about, their current situation, and how long they would stay in Jose. Someone will organize a gathering or party and send invitations to Lu Yanhe and others. Lu Yanhe will usually ask them to send a formal invitation to his email address so that he can confirm the itinerary and time arrangements later.
This time I came to the Netherlands Film Festival. Although "Love Letter" was competing for the competition, Lu Yanhe's mentality was more like he came to meet a group of old and new friends. Lu Yanhe actually had no control over the specific work. It was Song Jiang and Wan Qingqing who contacted the official film festival as Linghe Film and Television. He was extremely relaxed and enjoyed getting to know a group of friends on such an occasion more and more.
Lu Yanhe had talked to Chen Siqi about this change in himself before.
Chen Siqi said: "When you first went to the film festival, others didn't know you. You were an intruder. No matter what other people's attitudes were, you were more or less reserved and uneasy like a guest. Now your situation It has changed. Everyone knows you and likes you very much. You can feel at home here, and you have the need to get to know everyone. When the two are combined, your mentality changes.”
Hit the nail on the head.
Lu Yanhe nodded seriously and agreed.
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The update is late.
Sorry. (End of this chapter)