""Houseshare" is indeed different from other projects of our company. This is the only wholly-owned project of our company. Other projects basically have investment from Northern Lights, just a little more or a little less."
After Hu Si Lai reported the relevant situation to Chen Ziyan, Chen Ziyan took it to discuss it with Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe himself supports having the drama "Houseshare" follow the "Guarantee + Share" model of Northern Lights Video.
But Chen Ziyan has a different opinion.
"Yan He, Hu Siwei only used 12 million to produce this drama at the beginning, just to reduce the risk of loss. This drama has a brand-new cast and there is no well-known star. The actors' salary The budget is not even one-sixth of this show.”
Chen Ziyan continued: "In this case, if "Householding Man and Woman" is allowed to risk losses to adapt to the new model of Northern Lights, it will cause great instability in the subsequent bonuses of the "Householding Man and Woman" entire project team. You know, the most important thing about this drama for us at Linghe is that it is a drama that we have created entirely by ourselves. No Ideal, if the expected profit is not realized, even a little profit, but not that much, the entire crew and the key technical departments will not be able to cash in the follow-up bonuses. We can either pay it ourselves, or we can only make them suffer. How many people from the crew that He first pulled up can be left to continue working on the second project?"
Lu Yanhe immediately came to his senses and understood what Chen Ziyan meant.
Chen Ziyan asked: "Do you want the company to subsidize it? To bear the risk of continuing to subsidize another amount of money after this project becomes unprofitable."
Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Even if he doesn’t understand companies or finance, he knows that this is not a benign approach.
"So, I quite understand Hu Siwei's concerns." Chen Ziyan said, "I will ask Chen Yin and Hu Siwei to seriously study the market prospects of "Householding Couple", and then contact Icefield Video and Lighthouse Video to see What price do they offer, even traditional TV stations? In fact, based on my opinion of this show. Positioning, as long as it doesn't make a loss, I'll be satisfied. If it weren't for Bai Jingnian to be the director, the production cost of this drama might not even be half of what it is now, and we need Bai Jingnian to be the director just to have him. Such a senior director, not only for the show itself, but also for me We brought out a shooting team.”
“As long as we don’t make a loss, we will make a profit. We have gained production experience for our first wholly-owned project, and we have also cultivated a production team that belongs to Linghe. The key is that with the basic results in the first quarter, our costs in the second quarter can be even higher. It’s low, and this project can continue to support the team.”
“Also, don’t forget, if “House and Men” cannot be sold before the third quarter and we receive a payment, it will affect us. The production of the next project "Legend of Sword and Fairy"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
“It’s not that we can’t find projects to cooperate with the model of Northern Lights Video, but it’s not a new project like “Householding Couple”.” Chen Ziyan said, “Our long-term cooperative relationship with Northern Lights Video is actually In the agreement you signed with Northern Lights, "Householding Couple" is not your project. You only have a producer in name. We don't necessarily have to put "Householding Couple" on Northern Lights Video. "< br>
Chen Ziyan's words suddenly enlightened Lu Yanhe.
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Hu Siwei did not expect that Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe would take the initiative to propose that "Householding Couple" could find another broadcast platform, nor did he expect that they would be so tolerant of this project. , proposed that as long as there is no loss, the second season can be developed.
This immediately relieved Hu Siwei's mood, which had been entangled for several days.
However, a romantic comedy without any well-known stars, even if it is under the name of Linghe Production Company, with Lu Yanhe as the producer, but Lu Yanhe does not direct, write or act, "Han Lu "Quantity" is too low, and this project still cannot be taken seriously.
The only selling point of "Houseshare" in the eyes of the film producers is director Bai Jingnian.
Director of "Friends" and "Wulin Gaiden".
This makes it difficult for "Houseshare" to sell on other platforms. Icefield Video still relies on its cooperative relationship with Linghe, and is willing to produce an episode of two million, but the requirement is to be broadcast exclusively, not only exclusively on the entire network, but also exclusively in mainland China. It means that if it is sold to Icefield, this drama can no longer be sold to TV stations.
Two million per episode, this price is actually not low. It has already met Hu Siwei’s expectations, and is higher than the original intention price of Northern Lights Video of 1.5 million. In addition, there are several advertising placements in the drama itself, so it is not difficult for "Houseshare" to achieve profitability.
However, Icefield Video did not intend to give A-level promotional resources to "Householding Couple", and it also hoped to have priority purchasing rights for the development of the second part of "Householding Couple", which made Hu Siwei feel upset.
The main problem is the former: this drama itself has no stars, and now there is no good publicity. How can it perform well? -
While Hu Siwei was constantly communicating with various platforms, Lu Yanhe also joined the cast of the play "Silent Stairs" at Jump Up Theatre.
This is a drama that he agreed to star in last month. It is also adapted from a short story by Liu Jiazhen.
Now Jump Up Theater is advancing various projects in an orderly manner.
Because "Silent Stairs" stars Lu Yanhe, the production funds for this drama are much sufficient in all aspects. At that time, as soon as the show was announced with the Jump Theater plan, many advertisers approached Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video and wanted to be the title sponsor of the show.
Everyone knows that although the dance theater is a new thing, the performance of the drama starring Lu Yanhe will definitely be the same.
The Jump Theater may be a hit on the street, but "The Silent Staircase" will definitely not be.
The director of "Silent Staircase" is An Jian. He is not a new director. He has already filmed two dramas, but both of them are of the genre that were well-received but not well-received. Although they have a good reputation, not many people have watched them. So much so that he hasn't directed a film in five or six years.
This time, Luo Yuzhong recommended An Jian at the beginning of preparations for Jump Up Theater.
After several exchanges, it was finally decided that An Jian would be the director of the "Silent Staircase" project. After that, it was Lu Yanhe who decided to star in this drama. Strictly speaking, An Jian is already a senior director. However, due to the commercial failure of his first two dramas, he has no such reputation.
An Jian did not expect that not only would he have the opportunity to be a director again through Luo Yuzhong's recommendation, he would also have the opportunity to film with Lu Yanhe.
Great joy comes from heaven.
"Hello Yan He." An Jian is in his forties and is already a middle-aged director. Not to mention that he has been struggling in the past few years, but he does not live as well-off as ordinary directors. It seems Not very calm either.
Before Lu Yanhe met him, he didn’t know much about him, but he watched two episodes of the drama he directed. In short, he felt that An Jian should be a director who cares very much about his own ideas, and his style is very "authorial" and "literary", so the play is not very good to watch, and it pays too much attention to the word "deep meaning".
It’s no wonder that if you make a TV series like this, it will have a high reputation but poor ratings. Until now, not many people have watched these two dramas, and they don't even appear in the collection of "niche word-of-mouth dramas".
However, this style is quite suitable for the theme of "Silent Staircase".
The story itself is about the turmoil caused by murder in a small family.
The confusing relationships and secrets between the characters are one of the highlights of this suspenseful story.
The characteristics of different characters and different cross-sections of human nature have been filmed, and the story behind the original work is there. It’s hard to see where it’s going.
Moreover, Lu Yanhe noticed that the director's contract signed between Jump Theater and An Jian did not give him editing rights.
Generally speaking, editing rights come standard to the director.
What Jump Theater needs from An Jian is actually that the shooting themes and techniques he is good at are adapted to "The Silent Staircase".
However, they did not want An Jian to edit "The Silent Staircase" into a long and boring human anatomy film, so the final editing rights rested with them.
"Hello, Director An."
After the two met, Lu Yanhe greeted An Jian politely.
An Jian also called Mr. Lu politely.
Lu Yanhe said: "Director An, just call me Yan He or Xiao Lu."
An Jian said: "When I took over the directorship of this drama, I didn't expect this drama. I’m really surprised that you will be invited to act in the play.”
Lu Yanhe laughed.
“It’s great that we can work together.”
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After chatting with An Jian, Lu Yanhe went to the lounge to prepare and silently script the script. An hour later, everyone would have a meeting together to study the script and listen to An Jian sort out his shooting ideas.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
Wang Biao went to open the door. Standing outside the door was an actor from "The Silent Staircase" named Peng Yufen, who played the role of the sister of the family in the play. This role came out of an audition and was chosen by An Jian.
"Hello, is Yan He here?" Peng Yufen held a paper bag in her hand and smiled kindly. "I am one of the actors in this drama, Peng Yufen. I heard that Yan He is here. I Come and visit.”
Wang Biao smiled at her and said: "Hello, Brother Lu, he is reading the script."
"Oh, I'm sorry, am I disturbing you? I'll see you later when the meeting is held. , these are some biscuits I baked myself, please try them." Peng Yufen smiled and handed the paper bag in her hand to Wang Biao.
Wang Biao: "You can tell Brother Lu in person later. What I mean is - please wait a moment."
He smiled at Peng Yufen, turned around and went in to talk to Lu Yanhe After talking for a while, Peng Yufen was invited in.
Lu Yanhe's lounge is divided into two rooms, the inner and outer rooms. Lu Yanhe is sitting in the inner room, he is the only one.
Only then did Peng Yufen know what Wang Biao meant by "please wait a moment."
Their lounges are all single rooms for one person. Everyone inside knows who comes, so when Peng Yufen heard Wang Biao say "Lu Yanhe is reading the script", she subconsciously reacted that Lu Yanhe didn't want to see him now. she.
When Peng Yufen came in, Lu Yanhe had already stood up.
"Hello, Sister Yufen." Lu Yanhe shook hands with her.
"Oh, do you actually recognize me?" Peng Yufen asked in surprise.
"Director An Jian just introduced everyone to me." Lu Yanhe smiled and asked Peng Yufen to sit down. "Because I have been busy with other work in the early stage, I didn't rehearse with you in advance. I'm very sorry."
"Your acting skills It's so good. You don't need to waste time rehearsing with us, as long as we don't hold you back," Peng Yufen said cheerfully. "If we can act with you, then we will all be envied by our friends in the industry."
"I dare not take it." Lu Yanhe quickly waved his hand, "Sister Yufen, when did you start? Did you rehearse together?”
“We met for the first time only half a month in advance, and we rehearsed three times.”
After a while of greetings, someone suddenly knocked on the door again.
Wang Biao went to open the door, and it turned out to be Zhang Yuan, another main actor in "Silent Stairs" who plays the role of the father of the family.
He was also the one who came to visit Lu Yanhe, also carrying a small bag in his hand.
Wang Biao smiled and explained that Peng Yufen was still inside.
Zhang Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Yufen is here too."
Wang Biao was about to say, "Please wait a moment," when Zhang Yuan smiled and said The thing walked inside, "That's just right, what a coincidence."
Wang Biao was stunned and looked at Zhang Yuan who had passed him and walked in in surprise.
Is this...uninvited?
Wang Biao has been with Lu Yanhe for so long. Except for some crazy paparazzi and fans, he has never encountered Zhang Yuan's situation.
"Teacher Zhang." Wang Biao's face darkened and he shouted.
Zhang Yuan turned around, with a bright and kind smile on his face, and pointed to the half-open door in the inner room, "Are they inside?"
Wang Biao: "Please wait a moment, I'll go in and say hello first."
Zhang Yuan: "Oh, no need to bother you, I'll just go in and say hello."
He was very He patted Wang Biao on the shoulder familiarly and walked inside without any explanation.
What Wang Biao was thinking about at this moment was, "If I stop him now with my face down, will it affect the normal filming later?"
How could he have thought of these things before.
As a result, just thinking about it, Zhang Yuan entered quickly.
"..." Wang Biao couldn't catch up.
He stood behind Zhang Yuan full of resentment and glanced at Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe said it was okay.
Zhang Yuan greeted Lu Yanhe with great concern.
"You must be very busy recently, right? When I knew you would be starring in the movie "Silent Stairs", I wanted to ask Songfan for an introduction. But seeing how many things you have been doing recently, forget it, don't bother me, we can see each other while filming. Above." Zhang Yuan smiled, "But I didn't expect that the movements were not as fast as Yufen."
Lu Yanhe said politely: "Teacher Zhang, you are not as fast as Yufen. You're welcome." Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan angrily, "Come and pay a visit to Yan He, and it depends on how fast you move. Why are you so thoughtful?"
Zhang Yuan: "I hope Yan He doesn't mind and don't think that I don't respect him."
"How could it be?" Lu Yanhe said.
Peng Yufen: "That's why I said you have such a serious mind. How could Yan He mind such a trivial matter? You think everyone is just like you, so small-minded."
Zhang Yuan: "You have to be responsible when you speak, I Why are you so narrow-minded?”
“I asked you to change a few words yesterday, but you felt like you were missing two sentences, and you were so angry all day long. Are you so narrow-minded?” Peng Yufen said blankly. Yuan Yi Eyes, he said to Lu Yanhe, "Yanhe, I'm leaving first. I'll see you later."
Zhang Yuan: "You are an interesting person, so you just left after saying that. Do you feel guilty?"
< br>"I don't want to disturb Yan He's rest. You knew Yan He had worked hard before, but now you want to quarrel in front of him, right?" Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan for the third time, "You are really interesting."
Peng Yufen left.
Zhang Yuan stood there awkwardly for a few seconds before saying awkwardly to Lu Yanhe: "Yan He, don't listen to her nonsense. I won't disturb your rest. Let's go now and meet you later." ."
"Well, see you later." Lu Yanhe said goodbye with a smile.
Wang Biao walked in.
“I feel like neither of them are easy people to deal with.” Wang Biao sighed, “However, that Zhang Yuan really went too far. He didn’t even say hello and just rushed inside. No manners at all.”
Lu Yanhe smiled, was silent for a moment, and said, "As long as it doesn't affect the normal filming, you can let them make noises."
He has been on many crews, and the relationship between most of them is quite harmonious. of. As for undercurrents and private discord, there are quite a few. However, it is still rare to get into trouble directly like Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen. Lu Yanhe has learned a little bit, not to get involved in other people's affairs, especially disputes. This kind of thing is the easiest to get himself involved.
For Lu Yanhe, he was even more afraid of getting involved in this kind of thing. Because I don’t know since when, once everyone has a dispute of opinion, they start to want to see his opinion. His opinion suddenly became the key evidence in Bao's case.
Wang Biao said worriedly: "Brother Lu, why do I feel that the filming in the next week will not be peaceful?"
Lu Yanhe: "Relax, there won't be any trouble. Here comes the big problem.”
At the subsequent meeting, just as Lu Yanhe thought, although there were some undercurrents among everyone, they could still maintain harmony on the surface and cooperate and communicate normally.
Especially between Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen, there was no intention of being at loggerheads or fighting at all times. They only occasionally choked each other.
Wang Biao was quite confused. He originally thought that the atmosphere at the scene would not be too harmonious.
Afterwards, Wang Biao asked Lu Yanhe: "Brother Lu, why are you so sure that they will not cause a big problem? It is obvious that Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen broke up on bad terms."
< br>"You didn't notice that the two of them were about to quarrel. Peng Yufen left immediately, and Zhang Yuan is not in a mood and is still entangled?" Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Zhang Yuan came in so hurriedly to see me because he was worried that Peng Yufen was in front of me and would blame their dispute on him. The two of them deliberately attacked me. I made a fuss in front of you and wanted to see my opinion.”
Wang Biao suddenly said, "So that's what it is!"
Lu Yanhe: "I didn't express any opinions. I made it clear that I didn't want to get involved, so they withdrew. When we make a movie, we are all in the same boat. They all hope that this drama will be well filmed and broadcasted, and that it will help their careers. We all have the same goal, and they generally will not give up their choice until the filming is completed.”
Wang Biao was thoughtful.
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“The creative atmosphere of the crew of "The Silent Staircase" is quite good, but Director An Jian cares a little too much about my opinions and always asks me about everything."< br>
When talking to Chen Siqi on the phone, Lu Yanhe was a little helpless, "Although I know he respects me, if he wants to listen to my opinion on everything, I will just become the director myself."
Chen Siqi: "I let him Let’s talk to him.”
“ Forget it, I’m just complaining to you. If you find someone to talk to him, the situation will be a bit embarrassing.” Lu Yanhe said bluntly, “It would be better for me to communicate with him myself. He may also be because the previous two dramas failed commercially. , a little timid, not quite trusting his own judgment. "
Chen Siqi: "That's in front of you. He is a director with a very upright idea. According to the information we learned early on, it is not that he has no chance to continue to be a director in recent years, but he and The communication between the film and television companies was not very pleasant before you saw him. He also knew about the two movies he was filming. What he wanted to film was completely different from what the film and television company wanted to film and what was popular in the market."
Lu Yanhe asked: "Then why did you do it in the first place. Choosing him to film "The Silent Staircase"?
"Because we carefully watched his previous works, we thought that his play was good in all aspects, but the editing was too boring." Chen Siqi said, "So, we retained the final editing rights. If he finally edited We are not satisfied with the final film and we will re-edit it. To be honest, our communication with him was not very smooth. He is a bit cynical and despises many popular dramas on the market. Although he praises your drama in front of us, we don’t know what he thinks behind the scenes.”
“ It's okay, since he was recommended by the teacher, at least his character must be passable, cynical or It doesn't matter if he has talent or not, no one has any problem," Lu Yanhe said, "As long as he can film "The Silent Stairs" well. , do you know that he wants to sign to Linghe and become Linghe’s contracted director?”
Lu Yanhe was stunned. Somewhat surprised, "I don't know, no one told me."
Chen Siqi: "When he was chatting with us, he mentioned that in the current film and television company, he only wanted to cooperate with Linghe , I hope that I can film "The Silent Staircase" well this time, and I will have the opportunity to join this company in the future."
"When I met with him today, he didn't express any such intention except that he was more attentive."
Chen Siqi: "Then he would never tell you that he wanted to join your company on the first day. .”
The two people were talking and laughing.
He did not know that at this time, Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen suddenly bumped into each other in the corridor outside his room.
The two people looked at each other, and for a while, no one spoke.
The crew arranged a luxury suite for Lu Yanhe, so it was at the end of this floor. In the two rooms next to this suite are Wang Biao and Zou Dong's rooms.
Except for the three of them, the crew did not arrange anyone else on this floor.
Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen looked at each other.
At this time, they knew what the other was doing without having to ask each other.
But no one said anything.
"Coming here so late, you're not afraid of being seen and causing scandal?" Finally, Zhang Yuan was the first to speak, "Don't cause trouble for Lu Yanhe then."
Peng Yufen rolled her eyes, "You want to Shameless? Why didn't you tell me that if you entered Lu Yanhe's room at night, you would still be arrested? What about the scandal?"
Zhang Yuan: "...You are unreasonable."
"Don't think I don't know what you are planning." Peng Yufen looked at Zhang Yuan." Your contract should be expiring soon, right?"
Zhang Yuan looked surprised.
"How do you know?"
Peng Yufen: "You have made such a big move to change brokerage companies. You have been asking around for good ones and looking for recommendations. Who doesn't know?"
Zhang Yuan: " ..."
Peng Yufen: "Do you want to follow Jiang Jun's path?"
Zhang Yuan was silent again.
Every word Peng Yufen said pierced his heart like a sharp arrow.
Zhang Yuan: "What about you? Why did you come to him so late?"
"Oh, it's none of your business." Peng Yufen said back unceremoniously.
Zhang Yuan: "You have such a bad temper, no wonder you haven't become popular."
"Then how good-tempered and popular you are?"
Zhang Yuan: "..."
He found that he really couldn't talk to Peng Yufen well.
At this moment, a person suddenly walked over from the other end of the corridor.
Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen turned around to take a look.
The other party also looked at them with confusion.
Don't know each other.
The person who came was actually Hu Siwei.
Hu Si Siwei made an appointment with Lu Yanhe and came to talk to Lu Yanhe about "House and Wife".
I don’t know who the man and woman are in front of them, standing near the door of Lu Yanhe’s room, looking not very friendly.
A couple living on the same floor had a fight?
Hu Siwei glanced at them with some confusion.
He did not stop, took out his mobile phone, and sent a message to Lu Yanhe: Yanhe, I'm here, but there seems to be a couple quarreling at the door of your room.
Less than half a minute later, Lu Yanhe came over and opened the door.
Him: "Brother Si Si."
After saying hello, Lu Yanhe noticed Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen who were also looking at this side with puzzled and curious expressions.
"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Peng, why are you here? Are you here to see me?"
Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen saw that Lu Yanhe had a guest.
The two people immediately shook their heads, unanimously.
"I was strolling around the hotel to eat." Peng Yufen was the first to explain, "Then I saw Zhang Yuan sneaking around at the door of your room. I was a little curious, so I came over to take a look. .”
She sold Zhang Yuan without hesitation.
Zhang Yuan's eyes widened and he looked at Peng Yufen in disbelief.
Peng Yufen turned her head and looked to the other side, completely ignoring his gaze of questioning.
Zhang Yuan said with a dark face: "...I wanted to come and talk about the script with you, but it seems like you already have an appointment, so I'll see you again tomorrow."
Lu Yanhe He nodded and smiled, "Okay."
Hu Siwei glanced at them thoughtfully and followed Lu Yanhe into the room.
The door closed again.
Zhang Yuan glared at Peng Yufen angrily.
Peng Yufen turned around and left, still ignoring him.
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Recommend the new book "Monster Sword" which is not necessarily complete, cannot be updated daily, and is purely a change of feel. (End of chapter)