The day after the release of "Love Letter" is the screening day of Liu Bige's "Even Fake Death".
When "Love Letter" premiered, the entire crew came to support "Love Letter".
Of course Lu Yanhe and the others are going to support "Fake Death" tomorrow.
Two Chinese-language films, supporting each other.
"Fake Death" has also attracted the attention of many people because it is the work of director Liu Bige.
The movie "Late Spring" is still very famous at international film festivals. It was one of the top ten films of the year by many media.
Because of the good word-of-mouth response of "Love Letter", everyone is now more looking forward to "Fake Death" -
Although it has a name that seems very informal.
However, just because the name is inappropriate doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not a good movie.
Many movies in film history with names that sound like bad movies are actually classics among classics.
"You guy, "Love Letter" was shot so well, now all the pressure is on me."
Lu Yanhe and Liu Bige had dinner together in the hotel room at ten o'clock in the evening - before that, They were all busy at work and had no time to prepare dinner.
Under such circumstances, the schedule is really busy.
Probably because the premiere is tomorrow, Liu Bige looks a little more anxious than he did two days ago.
"Do you blame me for this? You are the director of photography of "Love Letter". "Love Letter" has received good feedback and you have put in a lot of effort. You should blame yourself." Lu Yanhe said bluntly.
Liu Bige: "..."
He fell into deep thought and said: "I am suddenly a little hesitant now. Is it a right choice for "Fake Death" to participate in the main competition unit of the Jose Film Festival? . This film is too commercial, so it may not be liked by film festival audiences, and it is estimated that the media will not give it too high a rating. ”
"That's not necessarily true, why do you think so." Lu Yanhe said, "Don't think so much now, it will be screened tomorrow, so you will be busy."
Liu Bige: " Alas, I should have persisted and cast Wang Jing.”
For the role of the heroine, Wang Jing and Ji Miao were chosen.
In the end, Longyan Pictures chose Ji Miao, who had won awards and was more famous, instead of Wang Jing, who was recommended by Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe did not expect Liu Bige to say this at this time.
“Isn’t Ji Miao’s performance good?”
“I can’t say it’s not good, but it’s almost boring.” Liu Bige said, “I watched “Squid Game”, and Wang Jing was in The crazy feeling in it...if she were to act, the effect would be better."
"It's a done deal. Next time you choose an actor, stick to your intuition." Lu Yanhe said, "The actor's performance has a great impact on the quality of a movie, especially this kind of romantic comedy, the spark between the two actors Basically determines the texture of the film itself.”
Liu Bige nodded.
“But Li Zhibai is so good at acting, so relaxed.” Liu Bige suddenly mentioned Li Zhibai and said to Lu Yanhe, “He is better than you in this aspect, his kind Relaxed, invincible."
Lu Yanhe smiled.
“Director Luo Yuzhong also praised him in the same way at that time.”
“He is really suitable for acting in such a modern, urban background drama.” Liu Bige said, “He has a special sense of life. , there is no trace of that on the actor.”
Lu Yanhe: "He is actually very good at acting. Several people have praised him so much, but the roles Zhou Ping'an gave him before were all to gain more traffic and popularity. Li Zhibai has never had the opportunity to act seriously. A serious drama."
"He is not suitable for serious drama. In this kind of daily life role, he should take on more light comedies. "Liu Bige said, "In fact, there are only domestic actors who can play this type of light comedies, and he is also a young actor with such a good image. , almost not, anyway, I didn’t see anyone else except him.”
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.
A director is still a director.
It is estimated that they all have a list of actors in their minds. Which actors can play what kind of dramas are basically divided into categories.
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and then said: "However, Li Zhibai's previous popular dramas were one of them a fairy tale costume drama and the other a modern idol drama. He has never filmed a drama with the style of "Fake Death". "
Liu Bige: "I've seen it, and I can understand why it's popular, but I don't like it."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
It is normal for Liu Bige not to like it.
“Originally I wanted Li Zhibai to try out the role of the young eunuch Lu Xiaochuan in “Dragon Inn”.” Liu Bige said, “However, Yan Liang’s agent also came to see me. , I wanted to give Yan Liang a try, and paired it with other actors, I found that Yan Liang is more suitable. Li Zhibai's image is still too handsome, so handsome that others can't hold it down."
Lu Yanhe thought to himself that Lu Xiaochuan in the original "New Dragon Inn" was played by Wu Qihua, and his image was almost the most handsome in the entire movie. However, he understood what Liu Bige meant.
Liu Bige asked: "Do you want to play a role?"
"Me?" Lu Yanhe thought for a while and shook his head, "Forget it, the lineup of this movie It's already strong enough, and you don't need me to help you. Leave the opportunity to others. , maybe for some actors, being able to show their face in this movie can make everyone know him."
Liu Bige: "Okay"
"Cao. Who do you want to play the role of the governor?" Lu Yanhe was a little curious.
Liu Bige said: "I still want to find an actor with some background in martial arts, but I have met a few actors with foundation, but their literary skills are not good enough, or they are unhappy because they heard that they are playing a eunuch. Come and act."
"Is there any actor with such serious prejudice now?"
"Yes." Liu Bige nodded, "It can't be said to be prejudice, if you Actors really can't act I can't play such a role despite my inner worries."
"I thought you would say that actors should be able to play any role."
"Actors are not gods. , Directors can’t direct all kinds of dramas, so why should I ask actors to play all kinds of roles?” Liu Bige said, “If an actor can play a certain type of role well, then God will reward him.”
Lu Yanhe nodded, agreeing very much with Liu Bige's words.
The two of them chatted until early in the morning, before Lu Yanhe left Liu Bige's room and returned to his own room.
Chen Siqi and the others are still having a meeting to discuss the topics and materials they will recommend tomorrow.
“Our editor-in-chief Lu is back.” Lin Yu said with a smile, “Let’s withdraw too, it’s getting late.”
Chen Siqi: “Let’s break up and rest quickly. Everyone has been working hard recently. When the work of the Jose Film Festival is finished, everyone will find time to take a vacation and rest for a while.”
"It's very nice. I really need a vacation." Linyu said, "After I return to China, I will sleep for twenty-four hours at a stretch."
Chen Siqi: "If you can sleep for two hours at a stretch, Fourteen hours, I’ll treat you to a week’s worth of breakfast "
Linyu: "If you can, treat me to breakfast for a month."
Chen Siqi nodded: "Yes, just one month."
Everyone packed up their things and left while talking and laughing.
Chen Siqi stretched and said, "I'm so tired."
Lu Yanhe came behind Chen Siqi and pressed her neck.
Chen Siqi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your technique is good, where did you learn it?"
"Teach yourself without a teacher." Lu Yanhe asked, "Why did you have the meeting so late today?"
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"This edition of the Jose Film Festival has received far more attention in China than expected. We have to keep up with this demand and constantly introduce new content to meet everyone's needs. Otherwise, the popularity will drop quickly. Go down." Chen Siqi said, "Just for these two days, we will dance. It seems that there are 13 new advertisements in various media channels, and you can know how much attention there is.”
The advertising in this kind of media channels is different from that of film and television dramas, and the price is not the same. It’s so high, but a company’s sales start from at least seven figures.
Lu Yanhe instantly understood why everyone was working so hard overtime.
The degree of attention of the content itself can be inferred from the amount of advertising business.
“Awesome.” Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi: "The main reason is that our user quality and advertising conversion rate are much higher than other platform users. This is well-known among advertisers. Thank you all for believing in us."
Lu Yanhe: “Time is so tight, so many new things have been added these days. Are all advertising placements screened? "
"Of course, all the thirteen brands are well-known brands that have been in the business for many years and have cooperated with us before. No new brand can do this. It will be put on our channels as soon as possible,” Chen Siqi said, “We reject the advertisement. We always put in more ads than we accept, and we still do a good job in terms of quality control.”
“It feels like advertising revenue has become Jump’s main source of income.”
“It does count, but the biggest one is content revenue. " Chen Siqi said, "Our magazine sales, electronic copyright revenue and membership subscription revenue from major channels are actually quite a lot, including copyright operating revenue - since the announcement of Jump Up Theater, our copyright revenue from agency operations has increased. A huge increase.”
Lu Yanhe asked: "Is "The Adventures of a Girl" premiering tomorrow?"
"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded, "Starting from the first Sunday in May, one show will be broadcast every week."
Lu Yanhe asked: "How come no one asked me to forward it to promote it?"
"We have already promoted it for many rounds in the early stage. Now Now it's time to see the real story, so I won't bother you anymore." Chen Siqi smiled, "The most important thing is, because "The Adventures of a Girl" actually has little to do with you. You didn't direct, write or star. The biggest fear is that the audience’s expectations are too high and they will be disappointed with the show.”
Lu Yanhe understood what Chen Siqi meant and nodded.
Those who were in a hurry all came together.
Of course, this is also a good thing. If they share the popularity and attention of each other, the results will be even better.
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The next day, the score of "Love Letter" came out: 3.3 points.
It is the second highest score in the main competition unit so far.
The Jose Film Festival’s program score is a score obtained by averaging the scores of the film by the film media officially invited by the film festival. To a large extent, it reflects the liking of the film by media from all over the world. .
The media score is often the one that converges with the audience. For the Jose Film Festival, which relies on audience votes to select the winners, this score is of great reference significance.
It can almost be said that "Love Letter" is definitely going to win an award, it just depends on what award it gets in the end.
The screenings of "Love Letter" in the next few days are almost sold out.
It can be said that as soon as the scores for "Love Letter" came out, the willingness of companies to buy it was unprecedentedly high.
At this time, Schmidt Lawley of Green Valley Film Company suddenly came over and expressed his willingness to win the North American distribution rights of "Love Letter" for US$6 million.
For a movie whose production cost is less than 6 million US dollars, this figure is very sincere.
But at the same time, several American film companies came to bid.
Including D19, who Lu Yanhe has collaborated with before, also expressed their willingness to offer US$5 million to distribute "Love Letter" in North America.
According to the information received from Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang, although everyone does not think that "Love Letter" will achieve very good box office results in North America, it is impossible to earn back the distribution fee from the theater box office. However, "Love Letter" will perform very well in terms of home entertainment revenue and streaming media copyright revenue. D19 also said that if Lu Yanhe is willing to give them the North American distribution rights of "Love Letter", then they will also spend another seven figures in public relations funds to conduct public relations for "Love Letter" during the awards season.
The normal box office performance of "Love Letter" in North American theaters is estimated to be around two million to three million - this is the average box office for a non-English hit that came from the four major international film festivals. Performance.
Lu Yanhe and the others also know that it is very unlikely that "Love Letter" will create a box office miracle in the United States. However, if "Love Letter" performs well during the North American awards season, it will be rewarded at the box office.
"The media really likes "Love Letters", but the response from film critics this time is not as good as the media." Xu Tianming said, "Without the support of film critics, if "Love Letters" really went to theaters Yan He's previous performance in "Path of Glory" may not be able to perform well during the awards season in North America. There are some nominations, and it is because of the strong film critics that Yan He has gained the attention of some people."
Chen Ziyan also nodded, "Moreover, the theme and cultural background of "Love Letter" are placed in Asia. It may also resonate with the emotions of the group, but in the United States... I am not optimistic about it either.”
Wan Qingqing said: "In North America, movies like "Love Letter" have always been niche movies. If the critics are not particularly enthusiastic, it is indeed difficult to attract special attention. In the United States, the media's favorable rating brings a lot of attention to the movie. The conversion rate is actually not as high as that of the film critics group.”
The reason why "Love Letter" did not have such a high response from the film critics group is that it is just like Lu Yanhe's own understanding of the film, it is not enough. There is depth. It achieves the ultimate in emotion, but it may not be the style that film critics like. In the words of some film critics, although it is good-looking, it is too pleasing to the audience.
Lu Yanhe was also thinking about Juliana's reaction yesterday - she actually thought "Love Letter" was a movie about pure love.
There is indeed a gap in understanding.
Their choice of the North American distributor for the movie "Love Letter" was certainly not a simple and crude "highest bidder gets it." After all, this isn't a buyout. How much revenue the movie "Love Letter" can ultimately bring to Linghe in North America depends on the distribution company's distribution capabilities and its distribution strategy for "Love Letter".
If they finally think that "Love Letter" cannot achieve better results during the North American awards season, then the "North American Awards Season" strategy proposed by D19 will not be enough to impress them.
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When Liu Bige, Li Zhibai, and Ji Miao were preparing to leave for the premiere, Huang Zhongjing and Huang Taiwen Zhimao of Longyan Pictures were also with them.
Wen Zhimao joked with Liu Bige with a smile: "If our "Fake Death" team returns home with a grand prize this time, we will hold a grand celebration party for you."
Liu Bigo smiled and nodded.
Li Zhibai heard this and said: "Mrs. Huang, don't just hold a celebration party for Director Liu. You can also hold one for me. Next time you ask me to make a movie, I will give you a 50% discount!"< br>
He is deliberately trying to fool around.
He knew very well that Liu Bige was already a little resistant to Longyan Pictures' intervention in his creation.
Just kidding, if Liu Bige can win another grand prize, how can he let them be so confident?
Wen Zhimao glared at Li Zhibai angrily, "When have I ever treated you badly?"
"Then you always ask me to act in that youth romance movie. I haven't seen a more bloody plot than that one in the past year." Li Zhibai complained directly.
Wen Zhimao said helplessly: "That was the script adapted from the best-selling novel the year before last."
"Either the novel was badly written, or the script was poorly revised. , I won’t act anyway.” Li Zhibai said bluntly, “If I want to act, I will be scolded to death.”
Huang Zhongjing smiled.
“You have the same temper as your father when he was young.”
Li Zhibai raised his chin and said, "It's a pity. You have a temper like mine, but you don't have a face like mine. I guess it will take a long time to chase my mother."
Huang Zhongjing: "..."
< br>Wen Zhimao: "Just wait. How would your father react if he knew you were setting him up like this behind his back? "
"If he troubles me, I will tell everyone that you are instigating the father-son relationship between me and my father." Li Zhibaicai. Not afraid of Huang Zhongjing and Wen Zhimao.
Even if the two of them are big bosses in the film and television industry, let alone he himself is a popular star now, his father can still support him behind the scenes.
When he and Zhou Ping'an did what they did, Zhou Ping'an didn't dare to do any dirty tricks. It wasn't because he was afraid of his background.
Li Zhibai said to Liu Bige: "Director Liu, why don't you stop treating Long Yan? I'll ask my dad to open a production company for you to serve you alone, so you can give me a special one. People are filming.”
He deliberately said it so arrogantly, of course, in order to use the most joking words to support Liu Bige with the least real harm.
As expected, Liu Bige rolled his eyes at him and said, "You can go and play by yourself."
Well, Liu Bige didn't accept his words and looked down on his proposal.
However, Li Zhibai's words clearly stated a fact in front of Huang Zhongjing and Wen Zhimao: with Liu Bige's current status and his ability as a director, there are many people who want to compete for Liu Bige. Gone.
From Li Zhibai's point of view, he really didn't quite understand what Long Yan was thinking. How could he interfere with Liu Bige, an auteur director who probably could not be found among a hundred directors? So powerful.
When we were filming "Fake Death", there was a supervisor sent by Longyan to watch all the filming sessions.
Not only that, even during the post-editing, Li Zhibai only knew about it, and there were several conflicts over editing opinions.
The way Liu Bige wanted the movie to look was different from what Long Yan and the others wanted, and the two sides had several quarrels.
And their quarrels are basically based on business considerations.
Long Yan hopes that "Fake Death" can be more commercial, more comedic, and have a more distinct comedic effect.
Li Zhibai can understand a film company's commercial considerations for movies. But he couldn't understand why he had to pursue commercial returns in a movie directed by Liu Bige - so many directors could make orthodox commercial comedies, but they couldn't compete with Liu Bige.
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At the premiere of "Fake Death", although the stars were not as shining as yesterday's "Love Letter", they were still very dazzling.
Lu Yanhe appeared on the red carpet of "Fake Death" holding Chen Siqi's hand, leaving all the media at the scene puzzled -
On the red carpet of "Love Letter" yesterday, he did not hold Chen Siqi's hand. Today He was involved in other people's movies.
After entering the screening room all the way, Lu Yanhe's position was right next to the Japanese director Matsuyama Koichi.
Director Koichi Matsuyama is the director of the only Japanese film "As promised" shortlisted in this year's main competition, and he is also a national treasure director in Japan.
He also has many fans in China - after all, among several national treasure-level directors in Japan, he is the only one who has taken a clear-cut anti-war stance and publicly condemned Japan's aggression back then.
It is precisely for this reason that, in addition to "Fake Death", "As Promised" is one of the other two main competition films that Lu Yanhe will attend its premiere.
"Hello, director." Lu Yanhe greeted Matsuyama Koichi.
Matsuyama Koichi himself is a person with a relatively elegant temperament, and he has a very Japanese aura at first glance.
He shook hands with Lu Yanhe and congratulated him on making a good movie.
"Love Letter" has gained a great reputation in the media circle, and has made it one of the favorites to win awards at the Jose Film Festival. Although Matsuyama Koichi did not attend the premiere of this film, he also received many awards from People have heard about it.
Lu Yanhe: "Thank you, I'm also looking forward to "As Promised"."
The communication between him and Matsuyama Koichi was only superficial.
After all, it was our first acquaintance.
In the next two hours, Lu Yanhe carefully watched "Fake Death".
A very nice love sketch movie.
It reminded Lu Yanhe of Woody Allen's "With Love in Rome", and also reminded Lu Yanhe of "500 Days with Summer" and "33 Days of Love". They are all the kind of films that play with lines and characters to create a style.
It is very light, not heavy, and does not have a pretentious twist at the end, like a short story published in a magazine.
There is a clip in it that left a deep impression on Lu Yanhe.
The male protagonist played by Li Zhibai has been pestered all the time, and he is in a crazy and impatient state, frequently swearing and calling "my day".
The "psychotic" heroine played by Ji Miao is also very fierce. She directly raises her eyes and asks: "You fuck each other in front of me all day long. Who do you want to fuck?"
Li Zhibai couldn't resist at all, and was speechless by Ji Miao. In the end, he just said "I'm here".
There are many scenes like this in the movie.
However——
The handling of many comedy effects is still a bit too deliberate.
It is indeed funny, but "laughing for the sake of laughing" is not so natural.
After the movie screening, when Lu Yanhe stood up and applauded with everyone, Matsuyama Koichi suddenly asked Lu Yanhe: "What do you think of this movie?"
Lu Yanhe still didn't answer, Matsuyama Koichi said again: "What a pity. It should have been made into a better movie."
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
"I still prefer "Late Spring" that you collaborated on, that is the real movie."
Lu Yanhe hesitated in silence for a moment and said: "It is indeed not perfect, but I like it very much .”
Matsuyama Koichi glanced at him in surprise.
“Okay.”
Lu Yanhe also glanced at Matsuyama Koichi with some surprise.
Chen Siqi turned around and asked, "Yan He, do you want to come with me to say hello to Director Min Xizhen later?"
Lu Yanhe smiled at Matsuyama Haoichi naturally, After ending the topic, he turned his head and smiled at Chen Siqi.
"Okay."
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"This actor is really charming!"
Min Xizhen's eyes were shining, and she did not hide her feelings - she looked like she was attracted by Li Zhibai looked attracted.
"He gave me the urge to push him down on the bed and forcefully have sex with him." After Min Xizhen finished speaking, Lu Yanhe was stunned.
This Korean-American female director speaks very vigorously.
The film "Lovers" she filmed last year was a dark horse during the North American awards season. Although she did not win a few awards, she received a large number of nominations, which attracted her attention in the European and American film circles.
Chen Siqi smiled and said: "Later, go and tell Li Zhibai in person that Li Zhibai and Yan He are very good friends."
"That won't work. Tell Li Zhibai in person. Wouldn't that be sexual harassment?" Min Xizhen immediately waved her hand, "I just want to say that he is really charming."
She looked at Lu Yanhe.
"Although you were also very handsome in "Love Letter", I still prefer Li Zhibai."
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I accept it."
"I hope I have the opportunity to work with you in the future." Min Xizhen said, "Both you and Li Zhibai are actors I really want to work with."
Lu Yanhe said yes.
He actually did not expect that Min Xizhen would have such a style.
After all, the movie "Lovers", to a certain extent, is actually more similar to the style of "Love Letter". It tells the story of a pair of lovers who break up, get back together, and finally break up. The whole movie is shrouded in a kind of "love letter". The self-narration in the style of "monologue" is like a prose, calm and melancholy.
At this time, Schmidt Lawley from Green Valley Film Company walked towards him again.
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