Originally, without Lu Yanhe's Weibo, the "gossip" arranged by Chen Ziyan had no supporting evidence, making it difficult to believe. However, as soon as Lu Yanhe's Weibo was posted, the nature of the matter seemed to have really happened. changed.
Lu Yanhe’s Weibo post clearly shows dissatisfaction with the Golden Tripod Award.
Everyone is saying that he relied on public opinion to force the Golden Tripod Award to set a precedent for himself and create an award for sitcoms alone.
He directly stated that this had nothing to do with him and that he was not applying for these awards.
For a time, there was an uproar.
When the Golden Tripod Awards and Huang Lian did not respond for the time being, someone asked in Lu Yanhe’s comment area: Will you go to this Golden Tripod Awards Ceremony?
Lu Yanhe: I didn’t get nominated for the award I applied for, so why should I go? As a mascot?
This response is even more ironic.
Is it Lu Yanhe who uses public opinion to coerce the Golden Cauldron Award and wants to force the Golden Cauldron Award to give the award, or is it that the Golden Cauldron Award cannot withstand the pressure of public opinion, so it creates such an award and puts Lu Yanhe in front as its mascot?
Lu Yanhe was very angry and went viral on Weibo, which suddenly reminded many people of the past.
Lu Yanhe is not a submissive person. If someone is nice to you, you may even scold him in front of him, but he will smile at you and show that it doesn't matter. But you have really stepped on his bottom line, and it is useless for you to beg for mercy or mercy.
He looked like he was being tricked.
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Neither Yuehutai nor the other nominees have responded yet.
They neither publicly responded to whether they accepted the award like Lu Yanhe did, nor did they contact Lu Yanhe privately to communicate with him.
Yin Xincheng and Zhan Yun responded to his decision with a few hugs and thumbs-up expressions in the group.
Beyond that, nothing was said.
Lu Yanhe didn't want to talk to them about this matter.
This matter is not theirs to make. Yin Xincheng and Zhan Yun have agents and teams behind them.
By three o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Yanhe had been picked up in the car and continued to run the road show of "Love Letter".
Lu Yanhe arrived at the theater and met up with Chen Bige and Zhang Ruozhi.
Chen Bige hugged Lu Yanhe and patted him on the shoulder.
"Are you okay?"
"Fortunately, things will get better after I lose my temper." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Don't worry, I won't hold myself back."
Chen Bige smiled.
She nodded, "That's good. When I first saw this result, I thought the Golden Tripod Award had discussed it with you in advance. I was still thinking, how could Sister Ziyan agree to such a bad influence? No Come to think of it, they made the changes without permission, Huang Lian was deliberately trying to disgust you.”
Lu Yanhe nodded: "Yes, he must be deliberately disgusting me. He couldn't help but not nominate me, but he didn't want to nominate me, so he did this operation."
Chen Bige: "What a shameless person."
The two talked for a while.
Zhang Ruozhi stood nearby and listened.
She seemed to want to say something, but said nothing.
She is a very smart girl, and because of this, she will not speak rashly and say meaningless nonsense before she understands the situation.
Instead, Lu Yanhe noticed Zhang Ruozhi's confusion and nervousness.
"It's okay, this has nothing to do with you." Lu Yanhe smiled and said to Zhang Ruozhi, "'Love Letter' is doing very well now, and you have become famous overnight. If you have any discomfort, feel free to tell your agent or me. , if you find it inconvenient, the sisters you know are very good people, and they will be very happy to chat with you.”
Zhang Ruozhi hummed softly.
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At the road show, everyone was still very enthusiastic about their appearance and was not affected by Lu Yanhe's incident.
As Lu Yanhe said before, the audience's feedback on the movie "Love Letter" has been very good. This is a good movie that is "higher than a popcorn movie" in the audience's mind, but it's not so artistic that it makes the audience feel that they can't understand it.
There were many young boys and girls at the scene, all with red eyes.
There was even a girl who confessed her love to the boy next to her in public.
Lu Yanhe dug his toes into the ground at that moment, fearing that the boy might not actually like the girl and refuse.
Fortunately, the two of them could watch this movie together. There was a high probability that the call would come, and the boy hugged the girl.
Chen Bige cheered excitedly to help out.
Lu Yanhe smiled.
"You are more excited than them."
Chen Bige: "I just like to watch this kind of scene."
"Are you looking forward to this kind of scene yourself?"
"You said you expected someone to confess to me in public?" Chen Bige asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"If I don't like that person, I will politely refuse. If I like that person, I will blow his head off." Chen Bige said without hesitation: "I don't even know what kind of environment I like."
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Lu Yanhe: "..."
Lu Yanhe asked: "So do you have a partner now, or?"
Chen Bige: "How could it be possible that I don't have a partner? It's just that I won't let you get to know her until she settles down."
Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded.
The host on the side widened his eyes when he heard the secret conversation between the two people, and had to pretend not to hear anything.
Afraid of being exposed.
Will you two pay attention?
This is in public, this is on stage!
There are so many microphones next to it! -
After the road show ended in the afternoon, they had dinner with the road show team.
Lu Yanhe also expressed his gratitude to the road show team.
Traveling all the way, they, the main creative staff, have worked hard, and so have the accompanying friends.
"Yu Ming's road show ends here. The high-speed train will arrive at Jinkou at 8:30 in the evening. It will be able to go to Jinkou at 9:30. Tomorrow, there will be four points in Jinkou. Teacher Wan Xin will also rush to Jinkou after finishing work today. Meet us tomorrow. Teacher Li Songfan is still in the group and has no way to come out. Mao Wei has arranged a connection.”
Wang Biao told Lu Yanhe about tomorrow's arrangements.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
This movie was of great significance to him, and he had nothing to say during the entire run. However, Lu Yanhe was very touched that Chen Bige was willing to accompany him on the road show.
The agreement Chen Bige signed with them only required them to cooperate with two promotions.
Of course, Chen Bige received box office dividends from the movie "Love Letter". The better the performance, the more dividends she received. But this is definitely not the reason why an actress of her level is willing to run the entire road show. It can only be said that Chen Bige also hopes to make this movie as good as possible for various reasons. She also loves this movie.
On the high-speed train to Jinkou, Wang Biao was scrolling through his mobile phone when he suddenly made a wow sound.
Lu Yanhe asked: "What's wrong?"
Wang Biao said: "The Blue Ribbon Awards issued an announcement saying that starting from the year after next, that is, the next year, the three awards for Best TV Series, Best Screenplay, and Best Director will be divided into drama and comedy categories. Two columns.”
"Huh?"
"In other words, "Friends" is still competing with everyone for the same award this time, but if it starts from the next time, "Friends" can apply for the comedy category?" Wang Biao was a little shocked, "I'll go, By doing this, Blue Ribbon is directly giving you a platform, Brother Lu?”
"If normal awards are to be changed, an announcement should be made in advance so that everyone can differentiate from the beginning of registration." Lu Yanhe said, "Whether it is to help me stand up, I don't know, but after Wen Yang took office as the director of Blue Ribbon, at that time because The replacement of judges and the reform of the award mechanism have been attacked from both sides. Now it seems that Huang Lian must have been behind it. If Wen Yang doesn't fight back at this time, he won't be able to secure his position. "
The announcement of the Blue Ribbon brought the Golden Tripod Award and Huang Lian directly to the forefront.
Doubts about them grew louder.
Lu Yanhe didn't care about Huang Lian's reaction.
His mind was now entirely focused on "Love Letter".
On Saturday, the second day after "Love Letter" was released, the box office of "Love Letter" increased by 10 million compared with the first day, reaching 210 million, and the total box office has exceeded 400 million.
In just two days, the box office exceeded everyone's initial expectations for "Love Letter".
It can be said that due to the early publicity and marketing, "Love Letter" successfully relied on social topics to break out of the circle and became the first choice for young people to watch movies.
Especially the first choice for couples.
A girl was interviewed outside the theater and said: "A friend of mine recommended it to me and asked me to take my boyfriend to see it. She said that the two of us always quarreled. After watching this movie, we might cherish each other more." .”
The reporter asked: "Do you think your friend is right?"
The girl hugged her boyfriend's arm, smiled shyly, and nodded.
The third day, Sunday.
The director of "Friends" Bai Jingnian took the five main actors Wen Minglan, Yin Xincheng, Zhan Yun, Yan Liang, and Bai Jin to watch "Love Letter" together. They took a group photo in front of the theater and checked in on their social media together.
Someone at the scene asked them if they would go to receive the award, but they did not respond and just changed the subject with a smile.
""Love Letter" is a very beautiful movie, don't miss it."
"'Love Letter' will be the movie that these people in 'Friends' watch together." Yin Xincheng vowed, "It is not only a choice for couples, it is also a choice for good friends to watch a movie together."
Bai Jin said: "I hope Yan He can write a role for Zhang Ruozhi in the new season of "Friends" so that she can guest star in "Friends". She is so cute and I like her so much."< br>
The topic is explosive.
The daily box office declined normally, with a total of 160 million.
On the fourth day, Monday, when the working day came, the daily box office dropped to only 70 million. However, the discussion about this movie on the Internet has the potential to form a wave. All major self-media related to film and television, without exception, are discussing this movie.
There has also been some controversy online. For example, this movie still cannot avoid the routine of two women competing for one man - although this kind of controversy has also been criticized by many people.
On the fifth day, Tuesday, Maowei once again launched a two-person ticket discount service to stimulate everyone to buy tickets. The box office remained at 68 million, and the decline was almost negligible.
The Golden Tripod Awards seems to have decided to play dead to the end and has never responded to the controversy on the Internet regarding previous sitcom awards.
Xu Senjin, the director of Yuehu Station, called Lu Yanhe to congratulate "Love Letter" on its box office performance, and also asked him if he had decided not to accept the award at this Golden Tripod Awards Ceremony.
Lu Yanhe gave him a very positive answer.
Xu Senjin said: "We may still have no choice but to send someone to accept the award on behalf of the crew. After all, there is pressure from above on both sides of us."
"I understand, Director, it's okay. This matter is my own business."
Lu Yanhe knows that in the adult world, not everyone can be willful and loyal.
In the real world, people are always in control of themselves, so the protagonist of the novel must be happy to take revenge.
However, Xu Senjin also said: "However, Yan He, you have done this very well. We will not let you be alone and lose face."
Lu Yanhe didn't know how Xu Senjin planned to deal with this matter, but if Xu Senjin could give him this kind of attitude in this situation, Lu Yanhe felt that it was enough.
Day six, Wednesday.
Zhang Ruozhi appeared on Northern Lights Video Peng Zhixing's interview program "The Journey". As a newcomer who recently became famous overnight, he accepted an exclusive interview for the first time. The number of viewers of this program exceeded 15 million, and he mentioned three natural hot searches.
Zhang Ruozhi is really popular.
The daily box office continued to decline normally, with a total of 56 million collected that day.
Day seven, Thursday.
Chen Bige went on a live interview on Yuehu TV to talk about his career in acting.
Lu Yanhe and Li Songfan had an online conversation about "actors and love movies", a topic that few people talk about.
The daily box office continued to decline normally, reaching 52 million, and the daily box office maintained the 50 million mark.
So far, seven days after its release, the box office of "Love Letter" has exceeded 800 million, setting a new first-week box office record for domestic literary films and love-themed films.
The total box office is close to one billion.
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"Generally speaking, movies that have space for textual discussion often face the problem of not being liked enough by the sinking market. This is something that all movie producers know. Therefore, sometimes, we often see that in some movies, there are For some particularly straightforward emotional expressions, it’s not that people don’t know how to express advanced things, but that they will give up more advanced expressions for the sake of a larger market.”
"The most popular line this summer is 'How are you? I'm fine'. Such a simple and straightforward line, in such a movie, can be enjoyed by both refined and popular people."
"I really like the comment of an audience member. He said that when he heard the heroine shout this sentence over and over again, he didn't know why, but he was very moved."
"In our era, more and more analysis, dissection, and analysis appear in our lives. We seem to have forgotten that being moved is a natural expression. Good movies and good lines often leave you unaware Why does it feel good, but you feel good?”
Linyu smiled slightly.
"I am very proud that my high school classmate Lu Yanhe made the movie "Love Letter", so that I can openly say in this program, go and watch it."
After the Yuehu TV program was finished, Linyu thanked everyone on the production team, said "Thank you for your hard work" and left the studio.
Chen Qin was waiting for her in the car.
"Don't you have any other work later?" Chen Qin asked.
Linyu shook her head.
"No more, let's go."
Chen Qin nodded, suddenly feeling a little nervous at this moment.
Linyu saw it.
She smiled: "It's okay, it's just a simple meal. Why are you so serious?"
Chen Qin smiled helplessly.
"Every time I go to your house for dinner, I get nervous." He said, "Every time your dad looks at me like a policeman looks at a prisoner."
Linyu held Chen Qin's hand and said, "It's okay, he actually likes you very much."
"Really or not?" Chen Qin looked completely unbelievable. He had never felt Linyu's father like him at all before.
Linyu: "Really, he just didn't say anything because he was afraid that you would be proud. In the past, they were worried that my puppy love would affect my grades. Now they think it's good that the person I like is a high school classmate."
"Why?" Chen Qin was puzzled.
"They always feel that the entertainment industry is a mixed bag and full of dangers. Although my job is in the magazine, I often deal with the entertainment industry, so you know." Linyu said helplessly, "They are also afraid that I will always be busy with work. Not getting married.”
Chen Qin laughed.
"Then I'll feel relieved."
Linyu: "What are you doing over there at Linghe now?"
"Mainly following Xu Tianming in copyright operations." Chen Qin said, "Yan He can do a lot of business with these IPs. For example, this time "Love Letter" was a box office hit, and many places came to talk about licensing. ”
"Authorize what? Surrounding development?"
"This is still the next step. Apart from the co-branded product with Hans Coffee, we have not done any other peripheral development cooperation for "Love Letter". It is mainly some broadcast authorization. Now the domestic copyright environment is becoming more and more formal. , if you want to broadcast "Love Letter" in various places As long as it involves commercial use, it needs to be licensed from us, including the Qianxing City Mall. They are asking us to get the right to play the mall for one year. They want to play it in the square outside the mall. Play this movie on the big screen.”
Linyu was a little confused: "Is there such a commercial authorization?"
"Well, there are all kinds of them. Although they are not big incomes, they may only be small cooperations of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. However, a little adds up to a lot." Chen Qin said, "Including now, in addition to movie theaters, many private movie theaters Also under the constraints of copyright law, they must obtain commercial authorization from us before they can make profits externally. Xu Tianming is working on some larger projects, and what I am working on now are these small projects. "< br>
"This must be quite exhausting, right?" Linyu asked, "It sounds like you have a lot to deal with."
"Yes." Chen Qin nodded, "But I'm okay, because these IPs in Linghe are all very popular dramas. In most cases, others come to us to cooperate, and I don't need to run the business. Xu Tianming Let me do it because I know the law. There are no mature cooperation cases in the industry before for these small and trivial businesses. Therefore, if you let me do it, you can pay attention to the terms of the cooperation agreement if the company's current partner law firm handles it. There is no profit from these small cooperations.”
Linyu nodded.
"It sounds like you are opening up a new revenue chain for movies." Linyu said.
"Actually, it's not called pioneering. Many foreign films have long been systematized and industrialized because the industry is very mature. But the real commercial development of our domestic films has only been less than 30 years ago, with theaters and box office It is the main body and is being built like crazy. However, other supporting industries are not that mature and will always be developed in the future. Just because we have many good IPs, we can take the initiative and be the first in the country to eat crabs. People.”
Chen Qin is now very satisfied with his work in Linghe.
Maybe it was also because when he joined the company, there were very few people in the company, and he had to be on his own as soon as he came up. He didn't have time to go through the various stages of a novice. He had to make it even if he couldn't. Actual combat accelerated his growth process.
Chen Qin himself is a person with a relatively gentle, cheerful and less enterprising personality.
He's been like this since high school.
But it seems that precisely because of his personality, he is quite comfortable in a job that does not require him to take the initiative to run business. And he is not the kind of person who sees people with high eyes and a high nose, so he can make each partner feel very comfortable when dealing with them. He will not look down on others just because the other party may be a small project worth tens of thousands, nor will he not pay attention to the other party just because it is a small company or platform.
Xu Tianming put him in this job precisely because of his character.
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In the second week of its release, the film schedule of "Love Letter" was cut in half due to the arrival of two blockbuster films.
Of course, even if the film schedule is not cut in half, the number of viewers is bound to be greatly reduced.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige are still working hard on roadshows across the country.
One is to increase the film schedule for the hospital, and the other is to continue to contribute new promotional materials to the publicity and distribution team, so that the popularity of the film can be maintained and it will not disappear from everyone's sight so quickly.
Once no one stops talking about "Love Letter", there may be almost no viewers who take the initiative to go to the cinema to watch it.
Thanks to the efforts of all parties, the box office of "Love Letter" in the second week remained at 360 million, and the total box office reached around 1.2 billion.
However, after two weeks of release, the main box office potential of "Love Letter" has been squeezed out. According to the predictions of the data model, the box office can only get another 200 to 300 million at most, and the box office will come to an end.
It can be said that "Love Letter" is the film with the highest return among Chinese-language films in the past five years.
The production cost is more than 10 million——
Although this number is very abnormal, neither Lu Yanhe nor Chen Bige were paid according to the market price. They were all paid dividends. Most of the more than 10 million was spent on production.
The publicity and marketing expenses are as high as 72 million——
Whether it's "How are you?" "I'm OK" program and its subsequent promotion include short video platform streaming and offline deployment in major regions, plus advertising fees from major media, as well as the labor fees of the main creators and the funds of the road show team after a road show. . "Love Letter" performed a classic textbook performance of dynamically increasing publicity funds.
The total cost is less than 100 million, plus distribution fees, and in the end, it is possible to get a box office of 1.4-1.5 billion, not counting other income such as video platforms, overseas copyright income, etc.
In the words of one financial institution, "Love Letters" was a huge profit.
The original production funds for this film were basically saved by Lu Yanhe himself and those around him.
Everyone is making money.
Lu Yanhe had great doubts about himself at this moment.
Because he sincerely believes that the box office of this movie is only 300 million at most.
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Film is also a marketing science.
He realized this deeply from this case.
As long as you can make the audience want to see your movie, they will still want to see it no matter how small the cost is. And the audience doesn't want to see your movie, even if you cast the four kings to star in it and invested hundreds of millions, you still won't be welcomed.
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But Lu Yanhe couldn't stop at this time.
Because "Love Letter" will be released overseas soon.
After Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige finished their domestic promotion schedule, the entire crew was invited by overseas distributors to start promotions in six countries: South Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom, France, the United States and Australia.
It was obvious that they had found different distributors in different countries, but they ended up agreeing on a similar release date.
Under coordination, Lu Yanhe only visited these few places.
At the end of August, the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" started.
Although he has few roles, he can't join the cast too late.
After traveling to these places, if there are other overseas promotion trips after "Love Letter", it will only be led by Chen Bige.
This is the first time Lu Yanhe has participated in overseas promotion on such a large scale.
"The Mist" counts, but at that time Lu Yanhe only ran a few places, not continuously. After all, before the movie was released, Lu Yanhe was not the protagonist of the movie. His popularity around the world only started after the movie was released.
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Regarding the overseas box office performance of "Love Letter", Lu Yanhe is quite looking forward to it. After all, it won an award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, which makes it not an ordinary Chinese film. In addition, the protagonists of this film, Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige, can be said to be one of the strongest lineups in Chinese films. .
On the day their entire crew arrived in South Korea, as soon as they got off the plane, the security team arranged for him by Darren Wilson directly connected with Lu Yanhe's team.
Lu Yanhe does not trust the services provided by South Korea.
This is the advantage of signing with an international brokerage company. All aspects of services are in place. Of course, this all requires Lu Yanhe to sign a check to pay for it. In fact, Lu Yanhe is very willing to sign a check to pay for these services. After all, it involves his own safety issues. The key is to be reliable.
After Lu Yanhe arrived in South Korea, there were many people who wanted to come and receive him. From TVN executives to Jong Ben-suk’s faction in South Korea, not to mention South Korea’s own distributors.
Lu Yanhe refused at all and only agreed to have a casual meal with the creative staff and a Korean director he liked very much.
In fact, the promotion in South Korea is relatively smoothest.
When Lu Yanhe was being interviewed by a TV station in the UK, the host was very troublesome. He actually asked about the Golden Tripod Awards and wanted Lu Yanhe to talk about his views on the current situation of Chinese film and television awards during the live broadcast.
Lu Yanhe almost turned black.
I have never encountered this kind of situation before when I came to the UK.
Putting aside these hiccups, the entire promotional trip went relatively smoothly.
When the overseas markets opened one after another and achieved good box office results, Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.
The Hollywood Film Festival has won awards, and there is also Lu Yanhe, a star actor who only became famous worldwide with "The Mist" in the first half of the year. Except for the United States, where it has not yet been released, the box office of "Love Letter" has just been completed in the first weekend. It has exceeded six figures in US dollars, and the total box office is expected to exceed seven figures.
This is a very good result for a foreign language film like "Love Letter".
Especially in South Korea, the movie "Love Letter" has become a hot topic online. Many Korean stars have gone to watch the movie and recommended it on social media.
Xu Tianming said that TVN wants to buy the Korean drama adaptation rights of "Love Letter" again.
Lu Yanhe said, let them take over the adapted version of "Rouge Button" first and see how it goes.
If the adaptation is good, he will continue to authorize it. If the adaptation is not good, he doesn't want them to ruin the story of "Love Letter".
Lu Yanhe's last overseas promotion stop is the United States, and the premiere is still scheduled to be in Los Angeles.
Here, Midoriya gave "Love Letter" a grand premiere.
Lu Yanhe didn't know until he got here that Green Valley invited more than 20 media, and also invited Arne Bogut and Lily Williams, who had collaborated with him in "The Mist", to stand. Not only that, at the premiere, Derion Dylan, who had just filmed "Hurricane 2" with Lu Yanhe, recorded a VCR for him.
Green Valley is planning to let "Love Letter" be released in 800 theaters first. If the screening results are good, then the theater range will be expanded. If the results are average, it will not cause too much loss.
This is a very impressive theater number.
Lu Yanhe felt the sincerity from Lu Gu.
He felt that it was probably because the last movie "Path of Glory" performed better than they expected during the North American awards season, which fed back into the box office, allowing the movie, which was not actually that good-looking in terms of plot, to win awards in North America. With millions of dollars at the box office, they have high expectations for "Love Letters".
Although Green Valley's previous high hopes for "Love Letter" were still in the revenue from family entertainment.
When Lu Yanhe completed his promotional trip, returned to China, and landed, night had already fallen in Yuming.
He received news from Green Valley that on the first day of its release, "Love Letter" earned a box office of 764,000 US dollars in 800 theaters, with an average of about 1,000 US dollars per game. It was not a good result but not a bad one either.
Especially for Green Valley, the cost they paid to win the North American distribution rights of "Love Letter" was US$6 million.
With this opening result, the box office performance of "Love Letter" in North America is expected to exceed 5 million, which is an unexpected surprise.
But as Lu Yanhe said, "Love Letter" does not have a very good reputation among North American media and film critics.
One of the criticisms that Lu Yanhe didn't expect the most was that they felt that Lu Yanhe wrote, directed and acted in this work, but he only had such a simple role in it, which was very disappointing.
Schmidt Lawley of Green Valley said: "The media and film critics here in North America have high expectations for you, so they are not satisfied."
Lu Yanhe was not surprised.
Things like "Love Letter" involving life and death, philosophy and Eastern cultural background, it is probably difficult for Europeans and Americans to truly appreciate the emotion involved.
However, no matter what, the release of "Love Letter" can be directly described as "a huge success".
In Hollywood, although "Love Letter" is not successful at the box office in North America, for people in Hollywood, the box office of these foreign language films is generally not measured by their own set of calculation rules.
"Variety" magazine bluntly stated that "Love Letter", which was written and directed by Lu Yanhe for the first time, was a great success around the world. The film shot with only millions of dollars has exceeded 200 million US dollars in global box office, which is extremely popular. Might break $300 million, etc.
This magazine's preference for Lu Yanhe is obvious enough.
In Hollywood, box office success is always king.
You can see a lot of people criticizing a big production that failed at the box office, but it's almost impossible to see a lot of people criticizing a box office success.
Even an Oscar.
This is not the same as in China. In China, there is quite a sense of disdain that the higher your box office is, the lower your artistry will be.
According to Variety's report, Lu Yanhe was not a "box office failure" at all. On the contrary, he was once again a great success.
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"Now several domestic film and television companies are asking whether we have any plans to produce a drama version ourselves. If not, they want to buy the drama production rights of "Love Letter" and develop a drama version."
Xu Tianming told Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe: "The movie has just come out, is it too fast to talk about making a drama version now?"
Xu Tianming: "They don't want to start production right away, they just want to grab the production rights as soon as possible. From script creation to casting, to filming and post-production, everything can't be completed within a year or two."
"Have the Northern Lights and Icefields come to talk?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Xu Tianming nodded and said: "They are the two most active companies, including Yuehutai, who have also come to negotiate. However, the price offered by Yuehutai is not on the same level as Northern Lights and Icefield. I suggest not considering Yuehutai for the time being. ”
"The story of "Love Letter" is not suitable for TV broadcasts if it is adapted into a TV series. It is normal for them to offer a low price. They are just trying to express their attitude." Lu Yanhe said, "Have Maxine and HP come to inquire?"
"They are more interested in remakes of movies in other languages." Xu Tianming said, "Especially Maxine, Chung Ben-suk's intention to remake "Love Letter" into a Korean version is very positive."
Lu Yanhe: "We will not consider authorizing a remake within three years of the movie version."
Although Xu Tianming was a little surprised, he nodded immediately.
"But, can I ask why?" Xu Tianming asked.
Lu Yanhe said: "I hope this movie will be unique in everyone's hearts, and it will take time to settle."
Xu Tianming nodded.
"Chasing Light Animation wants to produce an animated version of "Wulin Gaiden". How have you considered it?" he asked again.
Lu Yanhe said: "I am actually willing to make an animated version, but I saw the animation works that Light Chasing Animation made before. To be honest, I am not very satisfied. All they made before were fighting works. Can they do this kind of work well?" Is it a daily comedy? The style is so different.”
Xu Tianming said: "However, Light Chasing Animation is already the top animation production company in China."
Lu Yanhe: "The show hasn't finished yet. By the way, the second season of "Wulin Gaiden" is about to start, right?"
"Yes." Xu Tianming nodded.
Lu Yanhe: "Well, ask them if they can make a few manuscripts for us first. I want to see what style they plan to make. Also, what are their plans for this animated work? How do they want to adapt it? "Wulin Gaiden" "These four words carry a lot of weight in the hearts of the audience. I don't want them to regard "Wulin Gaiden" as a fast-moving consumer product with a big IP, just to make a quick buck."
Xu Tianming said: "They are still very sincere. They actually reported a production plan to me before. They hope to make a spin-off based on "Wulin Gaiden" first, telling the story of the main characters before they came to Tongfu Inn. The story, of course, will still maintain the style of a Jianghu comedy.”
Lu Yanhe said: "How about we make an appointment with them? I want to hear their thoughts in person."
Xu Tianming said: "Okay, I'll make an appointment with them."
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Lu Yanhe originally wanted to rest for two days before joining the team.
The filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has already started, and him joining the cast a few days late will not affect the filming progress——
Anyway, he doesn't have that many scenes.
Moreover, there are still a few days left for the crew to arrange for him to join the cast. He can take a legitimate rest.
However, Yan Liang and Li Zhibai were both on the crew, and Chen Siqi also took people on a business trip to Malaysia to discuss the publishing plan of "Jump Up" there.
Lu Yanhe thought for a while, then packed up his things and went to the set of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
Being alone is quite boring.
Unexpectedly, he had just arrived on the set of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and before he walked through the door of the hotel, a call suddenly came on his cell phone.
The name "Huang Lian" is displayed on it.
Lu Yanhe didn't even remember when he saved Huang Lian's number.
There seems to have never been any contact between them.
Although I don’t know why he called at this time, but——
Lu Yanhe directly refused to answer the call and blocked the call immediately.
He told Chen Ziyan about it.
After Chen Ziyan learned about Lu Yanhe's reaction, she laughed and said, "You are right not to answer the call. His ability to create separate awards shows that this person has exceeded the bottom line. Who knows what kind of trap he would be in calling you."
Lu Yanhe: "I didn't think about it that much. I just felt that I had nothing to do with him. I didn't deal with Beijing and Taiwan in the past. At that time, I was not strong enough, had no backing, and no background. I could only endure it for the first time. Now I am not afraid." What can he do to me? I can’t stand him.”
Chen Ziyan: "I guess Huang Lian will contact you through some people in the future. Now the Golden Tripod Award and his public opinion are not in a good situation. "Love Letter" has occupied the top of the global movie box office for two consecutive weeks, and now it is in several overseas places It was released and performed well at the box office. As far as I know, the General Administration was very surprised by the global performance of "Love Letter" Performance. They will not let you be affected by things like the Golden Tripod Award. Let me tell you, when you were interviewed by the BBC in the UK, they mentioned the Golden Tripod Award, which still made some people in the country feel a little wary. If this If it really becomes a scandal spread by the international media, many people will be affected.”
Lu Yanhe: "So what you're saying is that the higher-ups put pressure on Huang Lian, and Huang Lian couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to sue for peace with me?"
"It is possible." Chen Ziyan said, "On the other hand, don't forget that you have a different status in the entertainment industry and in the hearts of many people. You represent something. How can everyone be willing to watch it? That you were retaliated by Huang Lian like this because of the Blue Ribbon Award? If even you have achieved such a result, you can be manipulated so easily by Huang Lian, and other people will feel ashamed. Therefore, even in this industry, there are many people who use their power without our knowledge. Supporting you.”
Lu Yanhe nodded, he understood.
"No matter what, keep working hard." Chen Ziyan said with a smile, "Your "Love Letter" has achieved such good results. Not only does it win awards, it also means that Chinese-language films are being released on a large scale in so many places around the world. This is you The greatest confidence is not to answer Huang Lian’s call.”
Lu Yanhe said: "Then, "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" will be a real commercial film. Although it is completely different in style from "Love Letter", it must be a similar theme in the eyes of many people. If "Love Letter" is "Those Years" did not catch up with "Love Letter" at the box office, will it be criticized?"
"This is actually something I want to discuss with you." Chen Ziyan said, "Do you want to continue starring in "Those Years"?"
The script for "Those Years" was originally written, just like "Love Letters", because I needed a script that could be shot immediately. At that time, "Love Letter" was chosen, so "Those Years" was shelved. At that time, Lu Yanhe had planned to star in the movie himself, but now it seems that "Those Years" is not a necessary option for him.
Lu Yanhe said: "To be honest, I tend to want to act."
He loves this movie.
The male protagonist in "Those Years" is a completely different type from the character Aoi in "Love Letter".
This is also a type that Lu Yanhe has never played before.
Moreover, he really wanted to play a character completely different from himself.
Lu Yanhe feels that the best thing about Ke Jingteng is that he is a real high school student on the big screen. Including "Love Letter", among all the male protagonists in youth-themed movies, there is no such thing as Ke Jingteng. It is as if a boy was captured from some high school and made into a documentary, showing a real-life situation. Noisy, immature, simple and direct in love, and straight to the end, but he is definitely the most lovable person in the class (or the most disliked by girls because he is always teasing others).
If Shen Jiayi is Bai Yueguang, Ke Jingteng is the ordinary boy who looks up to the moonlight in every Bai Yueguang story. But fortunately, this movie is not the kind of youthful love story that chases after a goddess like a dog.
"If you want to act, then go ahead." Chen Ziyan smiled, "I originally wanted to say, why don't you stop acting and find someone else to play it. I feel that the role of Ke Jingteng can only be played by a man with qualified acting skills. All actors can control it.”
"Yeah, but it's quite difficult to act into a classic. You have to completely let go of the star halo and there can't be any trace of acting." Lu Yanhe said, "Either find a pure newcomer who has never acted before, or just me. Come and play.”
"You are very obsessed with this role." Chen Ziyan smiled, "Then do you have any ideas about the role of Shen Jiayi?"
"Shen Jiayi?" Lu Yanhe shook his head, "Not yet."
"Do you know why I suggest you not to act?" Chen Ziyan said, "In the final analysis, this story is about a boy who likes a girl and has been pursuing her for a long time. Although he does not lick dogs, it is a girl that you, Lu Yanhe, keep pursuing. Who are you looking for? Acting, can the audience accept this? When it comes to the issue of whether you can get into the role or not, you two are so good at acting. The audience always has preconceptions. Unless you ask Chen Siqi to act, then everyone is OK and accept it, but your ending is about the heroine getting married. To someone else.”
"..." Lu Yanhe felt as if he had been given a slap in the face.
He realized that what Chen Ziyan said was actually right.
One cannot talk about dreams without considering realistic conditions.
Another very important reason for the popularity of "Those Years" is that when the movie was released, the male and female protagonists were basically newcomers that "no one knew". This is the time when an actor has the strongest sense of being recognized by the audience.
A blank sheet of paper without any "prejudices".
If Lu Yanhe plays Ke Jingteng now, who will play Shen Jiayi?
Among the actresses of the same age as Lu Yanhe, who can play a girl who has been liked and pursued by Lu Yanhe for so many years and still be recognized by the audience?
I looked around and found no such person.
Maybe after Yan Lingyu's "Legend of Sword and Fairy", if her Ling'er can reach the height of the original work, she may be able to.
But Lu Yanhe can't keep suppressing "Those Years" and wait until "Legend of Sword and Fairy" starts airing.
Moreover, after playing Ling'er, Yan Lingyu may have reached a height in the hearts of the audience where Lu Yanhe has been liked for so many years. However, Yan Lingyu's image and temperament can play Ling'er, but he cannot play Shen Jiayi.
Shen Jiayi is a pure and good-student girl. She likes Ke Jingteng and has an appearance that can surprise the audience but will not question her.
Think about it, if you were like the fairy sister, do you think she also likes boys like Ke Jingteng?
At a certain moment, I actually felt awkward.
She doesn't have the familiarity of a classmate with the appearance of a fairy sister.
It just so happened that Yan Lingyu had this style.
She is cold and beautiful. With some training, she can play the role of Ling'er, who is innocent and cute, but she cannot convince you that she can be a classmate in your class.
Lu Yanhe has always felt that the basis for the success of any youth love movie is not how good the story is, but the casting.
Whether the male and female protagonists can convince the audience and allow the audience to immerse themselves in them is very important.
It's really a pity that actress Shen Jiayi. She was originally the best successor to Ariel Ariel as an actress. Although she may not be able to reach the top, she has their unique audience popularity.
If you go too far, pull it back.
Melancholy.
Lu Yanhe has rationally realized that he may not be suitable for filming "Those Years".
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So, when Li Zhibai and Yan Liang saw Lu Yanhe, they happened to encounter a state of depression and regret in which Lu Yanhe couldn't let go of "Those Years".
"What's wrong with you?" Li Zhibai threw him a bottle of yogurt, which was still iced.
Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I don't want to say it."
Li Zhibai: "You can say it."
"What's the problem? Speak up and see if we can help." Yan Liang said.
"No, it's just a script I wrote before. I originally wanted to act it myself, but now I suddenly realized that I might not be able to act it." Lu Yanhe sighed.
"Which script?" Li Zhibai asked.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang basically read the script written by Lu Yanhe for the first time.
"Those Years."
"You can't act? Then you can act for me." Li Zhibai said immediately.
"You just acted in "Fake Death", and you're acting in a love-themed movie again?"
""Fake Death" is set in an urban setting, which is different from "Those Years"." Li Zhibai said, "Originally, if you wanted to act, I wouldn't say anything, but now that you don't want to act, I want to act."
"You..." Lu Yanhe originally wanted to say that you are not suitable.
But after the image of Li Zhibai overlapped with Ke Jingteng, Lu Yanhe could not say the word "inappropriate".
Li Zhibai pointed at Yan Liang and said: "You wouldn't say that he is more suitable than me, right? He is too unsuitable."
Neither Lu Yanhe nor Yan Liang could deny this.
Yan Liang's image is too upright, and it would be inappropriate for him to play a boy like Ke Jingteng in every aspect.
Regarding "Those Years", Lu Yanhe will not talk about it for the time being.
Although Li Zhibai wanted to act, Lu Yanhe still wanted to struggle.
Maybe an actress can emerge who can star with him.
Anyway, I won’t be able to turn it on anytime soon.
In the evening, they had dinner together, and Yan Liang said, "You have just arrived, and I have to leave for a few days."
"Huh? Where are you going?"
""Liu Guang Yin" is about to premiere. In two days, I have to go to coordinate with the drama promotion. It will take five days." Yan Liang said, "We had already coordinated it before joining the team. Fortunately, your drama There are many roles, so it’s easy to coordinate the shooting dates of each of us.”
Lu Yanhe: "Is "Liu Guang Yin" about to premiere? The God of War is about to appear."
"Don't be rude to me. I'm really nervous right now. I don't know if the audience will buy it." Yan Liang sighed, "The scenes between you and Li Zhibai were all blown up. It made me so stressed. Everyone else was there." Staring at me.”
Lu Yanhe: "Okay, your show is not airborne. Look at your promotion. It started at the end of June and has been working for more than a month. The results are definitely not bad. And why are you nervous? This show Zhang Lan is the one who carries the drama.”
Yan Liang: "When it comes to grades, who cares whether you are the first or second grade? You are the leading actor, and poor grades only mean that you cannot handle the drama."
"No." Li Zhibai said, "Don't even think about it. The three of us all think your character is good in this drama, and you work so hard and conscientiously in acting. At most, the audience won't like it that much." , but certainly not that I don’t like it.”
Yan Liang sighed.
"Anxiety. I used to be anxious when I wasn't popular. I thought about when I would become popular every day. Now I am anxious too. I don't know when one day my results will not be as good as before, and I will go downhill."
"Don't worry, no matter whether you are going uphill or downhill, we will be with you." Li Zhibai patted Yan Liang on the shoulder, "Stop forcing me to do so, drink!"
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