"Three days?"
Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan in disbelief, "Let me act for three days for a total of 1.5 million US dollars?"
Chen Ziyan nodded.
"What's going on?"
""Hurricane 2", the first one has a box office of 210 million US dollars in North America and 380 million US dollars globally. The second one will start filming soon. One of the characters was temporarily withdrawn because he got the second male lead in Spike Ryan's new drama. I thought of you," said Chen Ziyan, "The leading actor of "Hurricane" is also this movie. The producer, a key figure, was also a client of Darren, so Darren persuaded him to change the character to an Asian. Anyway, it didn’t matter whether the character was Asian or not, but if he changed it to an Asian , you can be invited to participate. I have been asking Darren to help you keep an eye on big Hollywood productions.”
Darren is Lu Yanhe’s overseas agent.
Lu Yanhe hesitated and asked: "But what is the use of my participation in this movie?"
"Darren promised to put you on the starring list."
"I only had three days of shooting."
"Three days of scenes does not mean that you will not appear in the movie for more than ten minutes." Chen Ziyan said, "As long as you appear in the movie for more than ten minutes, you can become a member of the starring cast, especially in this movie. The first one has a high box office, and the second one will definitely not be bad at the box office, which will help you consolidate your impression as a new star in the Hollywood box office.”
Chen Ziyan did not mention characters, film art, etc. to Lu Yanhe at all, because these did not exist in the movie "Hurricane".
This is a disaster movie, focusing on visual effects.
Chen Ziyan cast Lu Yanhe, firstly because the box office of this movie is definitely good, and with the second part of "The Mist", if Lu Yanhe can achieve box office success in three consecutive Hollywood movies, Lu Yanhe will be included in the casting of all Hollywood movies List of the first tier. Second, this movie can help Lu Yanhe gain popularity around the world.
"You mainly used special effects makeup in "The Mist", and everyone's familiarity with your face has been weakened." Chen Ziyan said, "But this character in "Hurricane 2" is a very handsome elite image. It is good for your face to be familiar to everyone, and it is also good for your screen image. This is not a negative role. You sacrificed to save the protagonist. The memory point is very clear.”
Lu Yanhe understood why Chen Ziyan had to let him take on this movie.
"Three days of filming, half a million dollars a day, although this is still far behind the salary of Hollywood A-star guest stars, it is also a landmark improvement." Chen Ziyan said, "In addition, you are in the second part of "The Mist" The remuneration will help us negotiate for future Hollywood movies.”
Lu Yanhe was convinced.
"Okay." He sighed, "I have been extremely busy this month, and suddenly I have to shoot a movie."
"You can always squeeze out time if you squeeze it. The key is whether it is valuable." Chen Ziyan said, "Three days, the salary, image, commercial value, global popularity, and all-round benefits are worth it even if you don't sleep." Act.”
Lu Yanhe shrugged, "Okay."
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On July 1, Derion Dillon posted two tweets.
The first tweet: Rumi, you are despised, you ran away and left us a mess! I will never cooperate with you again in this life!
The second tweet: Welcome Lu Yanhe, the son of "The Mist", to join the cast of "Hurricane 2". Brother, I can't wait to meet you!
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As a first-line actor in Hollywood, Derion Dylan has always been known for keywords such as men, sexy, wild and handsome.
His global popularity and influence, with the help of Hollywood's global star-making system, are at the top level.
As soon as he posted these two tweets, the whole world paid attention.
The first part of "Hurricane" itself achieved great commercial success and had many fans. When Derion Dylan spoke out, many people reacted. The actor Rumi Wade who was originally scheduled to star in "Hurricane" was eliminated. The Chinese actor Lu Yanhe from "The Mist" took over the role.
Lu Yanhe, who was participating in the closing ceremony of the first Jump Up Film Critics International Film Festival, suddenly felt a commotion in the room, and then, one after another, eyes fell on him.
Not long after, Lu Yanhe heard about Derien Dillon's actions from Lin Yu.
He felt like his eyes were black for a moment.
But with so many people and cameras at the scene, Lu Yanhe also had to manage his expression well so that no one could capture the details of his out-of-control expression.
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After the closing ceremony, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi personally sent the guests to the car and back to the hotel. Whether they planned to continue traveling in China or go back was none of their business.
Anyway, all the travel and horse fees have been paid. When they want to go back depends on their own visa time and their own arrangements.
This time the Film Critics Film Festival still sparked some discussions and reactions in the industry.
In particular, everyone's discussions about these screened films were reported by many professional and authoritative film media, which had a considerable influence.
A film festival that really talks about movies.
This is the impression formed by this film festival.
Chen Siqi also announced the global sales plan of the book "Film Festival: Yuming" at the closing ceremony.
Several film critics who are familiar with Lu Yanhe are privately asking about the news of "Hurricane 2" and asking him why he accepted this movie and whether it is true.
Lu Yanhe could only say: "I'm very interested in what it's like to be on set for a special special effects blockbuster. I've never done it before and I want to learn."
Film critics found Lu Yanhe's reasons for participating in the film more acceptable.
Many people think that film critics praise artistic films and belittle commercial films. In fact, this is not the case. Film critics will always criticize vulgar literary films, but they will praise good and awesome commercial films more than anyone else. Of course, some early (pseudo) film critics in China who only wanted to highlight their own excellence do not count.
Professional film critics will evaluate the film in a targeted manner based on the production cost, director style, and subject matter type.
Unlike unprofessional film critics, who talk about "junk", "no nutrition", "all self-pleasure" and "extremely cliche", the criticism is general and cannot be explained.
What is a good movie review? At least it's instructive.
Before Lu Yanhe traveled through time, the most impressive film review was a review of "Passengers" starring Jennifer Lawrence. The article said that if this movie starts from the moment Jennifer Lawrence wakes up, the entire movie will be complete. It will be a completely different temperament.
In one sentence, Lu Yanhe’s ambivalent feelings about this movie were revealed——
It's good to read, but it feels lengthy; it's interesting, but it also has many boring chapters.
To put it bluntly, there is nothing wrong with the story itself, but there is a problem with the way it is told.
Lu Yanhe is very willing to communicate with those professional film critics because the latter are serious about their research. They study not only artistry but also storytelling techniques, not only text but also the impact of market changes.
Therefore, everyone will understand immediately when they learn that the reason why Lu Yanhe took over the filming of "Hurricane 2" was because he wanted to understand the shooting mode of special effects blockbusters.
For a filmmaker like Lu Yanhe, who has his own system as a director and a production company, it is normal for him to want to understand these technical things.
Lu Yanhe also knew that they were willing to accept only such a reason. If Lu Yanhe directly told the truth at this time that he was doing it to further increase his popularity, to facilitate future salary negotiations, etc., then his image would be greatly damaged.
People still have to put on a show, and they can't be too honest.
Not every frank attitude about utilitarian purposes can be praised as "candid".
Especially now——
Derion Dylan's "magnanimity" caused some trouble for Lu Yanhe.
Rumi Wade, who had given up on "Hurricane 2", responded to Derrien not to be outdone:
I have never signed a starring contract. Instead of running away, why don't I ask you for being so stingy?
The implication behind the scenes is that he didn't act because he couldn't agree on the salary for the film.
Not long after, Rumi Wade's agent responded to the matter through the Los Angeles Times, with a strange content: "Rumi Wade is not a cheap actor (Cheap Man), he deserves a worthy return."
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By saying this, it seems that Lu Yanhe has become the CheapMan.
Soon, the American "Variety" magazine published a news: Lu Yanhe once again received a high salary after receiving 6.5 million US dollars + bonus bonus for the sequel of "The Mist": He has officially signed a contract to star in "Hurricane 2" at the end of the month, and will shoot three episodes. You can get a salary of 1.5 million US dollars in just 3 days.
This news can be regarded as a strong counterattack to Lu Yanhe CheapMan's statement.
However, this high salary also made many people in Hollywood look askance.
Why should such an Asian be paid such a high salary?
Even if Lu Yanhe gets $6.5 million + dividends for the sequel to "The Mist", he has the aura of starring in a series. However, how could he, an Asian actor who had nothing to do with the first "Hurricane" movie, get $1.5 million for only three days of filming?
Lots of controversy.
Derian Dylan said bluntly on his Twitter: Lu Yanhe is one of the most popular and top actors in Asia, and he deserves this salary!
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Lu Yanhe once again became a hot topic in China because of his high salary.
If Lu Yanhe's high salary for starring in the sequel to "The Mist" made everyone feel proud, then this time, many people are more or less envious and even jealous.
Three days, 1.5 million US dollars, nearly 10 million yuan.
This money is so good!
A common man is not guilty of carrying a jade.
Both Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan understand this truth.
This is not something that can be explained clearly.
In this regard, Lu Yanhe could only deal with it silently, waiting for the heat of the matter to pass naturally.
Chen Ziyan arranged public relations to promote the charity Lu Yanhe has done in the past few years to alleviate the negative impact of Lu Yanhe's "high salary".
At the same time, Chen Ziyan also arranged another hot search, the salary ranking of Hollywood stars.
She wants everyone to realize that compared with the stars on the rankings, Lu Yanhe is actually far behind.
She has also arranged for Lu Yanhe to star in "Late Spring" and "Path of Glory", which are reported to be starring at friendly prices.
After several attempts, everyone gradually accepted that it was normal for Lu Yanhe to earn such salary while filming in Hollywood.
She will not emphasize that Lu Yanhe is worth the price at this time——
Who in this world does not deserve a good life, a life without worries about food and clothing?
But the reality is, how many people are involved in life and death, and are in the back, with a monthly salary of only 3,500.
At this time, the less we can show a "taken for granted" attitude.
This is also an attitude in itself.
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However, after the noise about the pay passed, everyone's attention returned to the movie "Hurricane 2".
A sequel to a movie that cost over 100 million yuan, Lu Yanhe actually got another starring role in it. Although it doesn't look like there are many scenes, it was only filmed for three days. However, people made it clear that Lu Yanhe was the starring role.
In Hollywood, whether you are a starring actor or not sometimes depends more on the importance of your role in the movie and your own status, rather than counting the number of shots.
Compared with the number of scenes, what everyone is more concerned about is why Lu Yanhe can go overseas so smoothly?
Domestic and foreign are completely two worlds. How can you, an Asian actor, not get involved in Hollywood? You just worked with a horror film director on your first movie, and then suddenly you were on the bandwagon of A-level production on your second movie?
Is your momentum a little too good?
The news of Lu Yanhe's participation not only aroused great attention in China, but also attracted the attention of many film companies in Hollywood.
After all, they had all submitted scripts to Lu Yanhe before, but they were all declined. In the end, people even thought that Lu Yanhe didn't want to come to Hollywood to film.
At least a very few people know the inside story, and understand that the reason why Lu Yanhe was able to enter the list of "Hurricane 2" is because his agent in the United States, Darren, who is also Derion Dylan's agent, has someone pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Those who had Asian characters in their scripts were reminded of the existence of Lu Yanhe as an actor by this news, and once again sent the scripts to Darren.
Of course, Lu Yanhe's first Hollywood movie was a huge box office success. The next two movies are both masterpieces that have great potential to exceed 100 million in the North American box office. Darren is not in a hurry to give Lu Yanhe another role. After all, his starting point is So high that there is no need to take on some film projects that would make him lose his role.
Darren also feels a sense of accomplishment for the collaboration he has brokered.
Not only did Lu Yanhe get a lot of dividends from this cooperation, but Derion Dylan was also good.
"Hurricane 2" stars Lu Yanhe, so you can look forward to this movie's box office in China, a big box office.
For this reason, Darren even specifically told Derrion Dylan that Lu Yanhe’s box office appeal in Asia required him to take good care of Lu Yanhe on the set, especially to ask the director to shoot well so that Lu Yanhe’s performance in the movie was good enough— —
Derion Dylan actually knew Lu Yanhe only as the villain of the horror film "The Mist", but in the entire "The Mist", he was the most loved and popular villain. When he read Lu Yanhe's resume, saw the awards he had won at major film festivals, and the performance of his past films around the world, Derion Dylan finally said that he would give Lu Yanhe a salary of US$1.5 million. .
First, Derien was grateful to Lu Yanhe for his willingness to come to the rescue.
The second is that Derien knows that Lu Yanhe is worth this price. If the price is lower, people may not be willing to come.
The current result makes Derien very satisfied.
The reaction from the outside world is very optimistic and supportive of Lu Yanhe's joining.
This is the most important thing when it comes to making a sequel movie.
Most of the viewers of the first episode must be satisfied. That's the basics of the sequel movie.
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