Chapter 560 New Cooperation
Before there was any feedback from D19 Company, "Variety Show" had already obtained and released the news with great skill.
"D19 Company has started negotiations with Lu Yanhe on the sequel to "The Mist"."
As soon as the news came to light, the matter was on the trending search lists on many social platforms.
The global box office of "The Mist" is now approaching US$200 million.
For a horror film, this is a very good box office result.
In addition to being extremely popular, Lu Yanhe also truly gathered a group of fans around the world because of this movie, and they began to express their love for him loudly.
"Friends" has become one of Maxine's regulars in the top three most watched series globally in recent times.
A TV series and a movie have pushed Lu Yanhe's popularity to its peak in recent times.
Lanson convenience stores, which are open all over the world, have Lu Yanhe’s endorsement pictures posted on their store windows.
During the week of filming the last two episodes of "Friends", everyone gathered together, whether it was reading the script or filming, and they all felt a little bit more reluctant to leave.
This feeling of reluctance is actually very strange - this is not the first time they have been reunited and separated, nor have they stopped filming in the future, but everyone feels reluctant to let go.
Even Lu Yanhe is like this.
He thought about it and felt that the reason for his reluctance was because the creative atmosphere of the "Friends" crew was the most special and best creative atmosphere he had ever encountered.
Everyone read the script and rehearsed, working on it for a few days, polishing a script that only lasted forty minutes in total, and then filmed it in two days on Thursday and Friday, and so on for several weeks.
No film crew in China does this.
It's impossible and unrealistic.
Only sitcoms with twenty-minute episodes dare and can do this.
But the benefits of shooting this way are obvious.
In the words of the audience, in this drama, they are like real good friends who get along day and night. The subtle sense of familiarity between people is completely different from the texture in many dramas. It's like they're living in front of a camera.
A sitcom about friendship gives the audience this feeling. In fact, like many variety shows, after watching them season by season, you become familiar with them, as if they are a friend next to you. At a certain point, you feel close to him and want to laugh when you see him. If he casually says a word or two, you can immediately understand the meaning of his words, or the intention behind a certain look or micro-expression of his - —
In this drama, after everyone made sufficient preparations before filming, they gave themselves to the characters during the actual filming. In other words, in fact, in this drama, everyone actually integrates a part of their true self with the character they play. If those serious dramas require actors to completely abandon themselves, then in sitcoms, actors largely use their own personalities to shape the personalities of their characters.
Of course, this is also why many actors who appear in sitcoms later act in other dramas, but the audience does not buy it.
But then again, in a film and television environment like China, actors who come from sitcoms actually have a very broad future development path.
Because China's film and television environment is still large enough and tolerant enough, once an actor has gained popularity and fans, they can actually keep trying and making mistakes frequently. Even after ten or twenty years, they will no longer be able to act in mainstream dramas. There are also Internet universities and low-cost dramas to act in.
Actors from Chinese sitcoms actually have many more development options than those in Hollywood.
But this is also now.
As the domestic film and television environment becomes more and more orderly and the barriers between them become higher and higher, it may be difficult for sitcom actors to make a qualitative leap again.
Unless she is as popular as Jennifer Aniston - but in essence, she has not escaped the sweet girl and silly older sister type, and she still has not entered the "acting school", that is, the "Oscar" circle.
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On the final day of filming on Friday, Lu Yanhe was filled with emotions.
He said: "Maybe except for "Friends", it is difficult for us to meet a crew that allows us to spend three days to rehearse, polish, and become familiar with it, and then spend two days to shoot. The filming in the past two months , makes me feel very fulfilled, and every scene is very solid. I can say that this is the most comfortable drama I have ever played.”
After he said this, everyone clapped and cheered.
With the reunion of "Friends", no matter what everyone on the crew is thinking, on the surface, no one will deny Lu Yanhe's authoritative status in "Friends".
It is also because of Lu Yanhe that we have been given an iron rice bowl that can last for many years.
The creators of "Friends" aren't the only ones making money; everyone else is also earning several times the market salary for their respective jobs.
Now the average episode ratings of "Friends" have stably exceeded 3, and generous bonuses will be issued in the future.
Who wouldn't be happy?
At the closing banquet, everyone drank happily.
Lu Yanhe also drank a little with everyone, but not too much.
He had to rush back to Ziyuan Bridge in the evening.
Bai Jingnian and the others mentioned "Houseshare" which they are going to do next.
When Yin Xincheng heard this, he immediately asked, "Can I act?"
"The budget of our drama is relatively small, so we can't afford your salary, so we're going to find someone new." Hu Siwei said with a smile, "I can't even afford the salaries of famous actors."
It is impossible for Yin Xincheng to say that he will reduce his salary at this time - this is not his decision, the agency has the final say on the salary. If he reduces his salary to act in this drama, the company will suffer losses. Which brokerage company is willing to do this?
Actors who are truly capable of filming at friendly prices have a certain say and can bring enough income to the company from other aspects to shut them up.
"I'll make a guest appearance then." Bai Jingnian said.
Everyone nodded and said no problem.
Talking and laughing, Yin Xincheng suddenly picked up the small pot in front of him and said sincerely: "Everyone, during the filming of this drama, I caused trouble to everyone because of my personal affairs. I'm sorry. I would like to solemnly apologize to you all again.”
After he finished speaking, the entire pot was drained.
"Don't drink so hard!" Hu Siwei almost jumped up and snatched his wine bottle from Yin Xincheng's hand, "Okay, please slow down first, stop drinking, sit down and rest for a while. You Everyone understood the situation at that time, so don’t keep it in your mind. Just don’t disappear suddenly in the future. If you have anything to say, just say it.”
Yin Xincheng burst into tears, startling everyone.
Bai Jin stood up, walked over, held his shoulders, and said in a gentle tone, "It's okay."
Yan Liang also got up and went to comfort Yin Xincheng.
Seeing that Yin Xincheng was surrounded by several people, Lu Yanhe stopped getting up and went to comfort him.
Regarding the Yin Xincheng incident, Lu Yanhe was actually relieved - there was definitely some dissatisfaction at the moment, but after that time, because the incident did not lead to serious consequences, the dissatisfaction passed.
The most important thing is Yin Xincheng's own subsequent performance. After that, he never caused any trouble again. It can also be seen from his performance on the scene that he regrets the bad impact he caused that time and is very dedicated afterwards. Whether it was rehearsals or filming, there was never a time when Lu Yanhe arrived and Yin Xincheng was not there yet.
After the closing banquet, Lu Yanhe said goodbye to everyone and prepared to go back.
Zhan Yun suddenly came to him.
"Yan He, is it convenient now? There is something I want to tell you."
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and nodded.
Zhan Yun: "We have been filming before. I didn't want this to affect our filming, so I thought I would tell you after the filming. I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry and have to leave tonight."
Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "Because I have something to do early tomorrow morning, I have to rush back tonight."
Zhan Yun nodded.
"My contract with this agency is about to end." Zhan Yun said, looking around to make sure no one was approaching, and her voice was lowered, "Neither my agent nor I intend to go with this agency. I want to renew my contract with several companies, and I am currently contacting several brokerage companies. Your agent Chen Ziyan has opened a high-end brokerage service company, and I would like to ask you to help me get in touch."
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized that it was because of this.
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Then tell me when you return to Yuming and I will make arrangements."
"Thank you." Zhan Yun nodded with a smile, "But it has not been made public that I do not plan to renew the contract, so please keep it a secret for me."
"I know." Lu Yanhe said yes.
At this time, Zhan Yun looked at Lu Yanhe with some surprise and curiosity, and asked, "Aren't you curious why I want to terminate my contract with my current agency?"
Lu Yanhe said: "If you didn't take the initiative to say it, I won't ask. Based on my own personal experience, every artist has some troubles with his or her management company, just like getting married, some can survive with a lot of effort. Some can no longer be sutured and have to be separated.”
Zhan Yun's eyes widened and she said in surprise: "Your metaphor is so accurate. No wonder you wrote the script so quickly. You just opened your mouth."
"After you finish filming "Friends," do you have any future filming plans?" Lu Yanhe asked one more question.
Zhan Yun said: "Before you start filming "Thirty Days," you should take a rest. This period of time is too tiring. And after finishing filming, I have taken on a lot of work that has not yet been completed. I may not be able to rest right away. I have to first Pay off the debt. "Friends" is so popular. - In fact, it was because of this that I had an irreconcilable conflict with my current company. Can you believe it? They almost asked me to go to a live broadcast room to promote a problematic product. Fortunately, they found out in advance. Otherwise, I’ll just flip over.”
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.
"ah?"
"Yeah." Zhan Yun nodded, "I'm not exaggerating at all. If you search for that product on the Internet, you will see it. Many people are scolding it. It is a skin care product. Many people said it messed up their faces. They all attached photos. ”
"Why are they doing this?" Lu Yanhe didn't understand and was very surprised. "In your current situation, you can definitely take on some normal business, and you don't have to make that kind of dirty money, right? I'm not saying that you can make that kind of dirty money if you don't have it. Ah, I mean, why would they settle for less when they can make money normally and safely?”
"Who knows, maybe someone behind that product made some ass deal with a senior executive of the company." Zhan Yun complained very unhappily, "All in all, I will definitely not renew my contract with this company. Otherwise, who knows when I will be tricked to death by them."
Lu Yanhe nodded, "It's really unethical for your company to do something like this."
"Okay, that's it." Zhan Yun said, "I'm done."
Lu Yanhe: "Then I'll leave first."
"Um."
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After Lu Yanhe told Chen Ziyan about Zhan Yun, Chen Ziyan was quite surprised.
"Zhan Yun is interested in our company? She is very popular now, and there should be many brokers who want to compete for her. Why would she be interested in us? We are not a big company here, and what we usually do is They are all service projects, and there are almost no artists who have signed full management contracts.”
Chen Ziyan's brokerage company is more like a value-added service brokerage company.
They do not provide basic services, but only provide value-added services - such as formulating a plan to become popular for you. This is what they do most now.
The reason why it is such a positioning is because when Chen Ziyan started working in this agency, she was limited by the resources at hand and the situation of the entire industry. If she became an artist like a traditional agency, Basically, you can only sign newcomers, not big names.
In the artist management industry, signing a hundred newcomers is not as profitable as signing one big name.
Currently, the only artist in Shihuo who has signed a full management contract is He Jiang, who plays Lu Xiucai in "Wulin Gaiden".
That was a fresh graduate Lu Yanhe discovered from acting school.
A popular actor like Zhan Yun would hardly consider an agency like Shihuo. For a popular front-line person like Zhan Yun, the company needs to equip her with a complete team to handle her affairs. A few people are not enough. From the logistics staff composed of assistants and drivers, to the technical team composed of makeup, costumes, etc., there must also be specialized legal affairs, public relations, publicity, etc...
For a first-tier star, just to support his own team, to be exaggerated, his income would be tens of millions in a year.
The team is more than just the few people who follow them all year round.
Shihuo's current corporate strength is actually unable to provide such a complete service content to an artist. In fact, it is more like an intermediary to help some artists and contact some resources that they cannot contact themselves. Or help some outdated artists and provide them with an opportunity to become famous.
Just like this time in "The Birth of an Actor", the company Shihuo has a very deep involvement.
This time, among the actors who participated in this show to compete on their acting skills, several of them were found and recommended by Shihuo.
Zhan Yun took the initiative to contact them, which in itself made Chen Ziyan think.
Should Shihuo adjust its business scope based on the current situation?
In almost a few seconds, Chen Ziyan thought clearly.
want.
Zhan Yun's current popularity and popularity have made her one of the most popular actors in China. If you want to talk about celebrity status, it may not be comparable to those movie queens and celebrities, but no matter what the event is, Zhan Yun must be an invited guest. Her popularity and popularity are second to none in the country.
Even Wen Minglan, whom Chen Ziyan personally led, could not compare to her.
Moreover, Zhan Yun has an agent she has worked with for a long time, and they will come together. It can be imagined that Zhan Yun will definitely have a team to bring over. At most, there will be a few gaps that need to be filled by them.
Zhan Yun does not need Xihuo to provide her with many basic services. She only needs Xihuo to provide her with resources in a few key places, such as scripts, business, public relations and publicity——
It just so happens that this is what the current fire picker is best at.
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Lu Yanhe's contract with Star Entertainment is about to expire.
So, while the filming of "Friends" was finished, he and Chen Ziyan went to the Star Entertainment company during the break between Spring Festival Gala rehearsals.
After not visiting for a long time, Lu Yanhe walked into the door again and attracted the attention of many people as soon as he showed his face.
In the past, when Lu Yanhe was still in the Fengzhi group, he often came to the company because he needed to practice singing and dancing. Later, Lu Yanhe became an actor, especially after following Chen Ziyan, he rarely appeared in the company again.
The news that Lu Yanhe came to the company quickly spread throughout the company's group chats.
As a result, there were several times more people than usual in the company's public areas, holding documents and passing by. They all hope to have the opportunity to see Lu Yanhe with their own eyes. Especially the many people who are new to Star Entertainment and have never met Lu Yanhe.
This time, the person who met Lu Yanhe was not Ma Zhong, the vice president of Malaysia, but Hong Qi, the executive president.
Not long after Lu Yanhe joined the company, someone told him that although Hong Qi was the president of the company, he was not actually the actual controller of the company. There is a second generation behind Xingyu. He founded this company to make his girlfriend happy. But after all these years, I still don’t know who this second generation is and who this girlfriend is.
Lu Yanhe had very little experience in dealing with Hong Qi, and the few times he met them were just one encounter.
Hong Qi was very enthusiastic towards him, even if Lu Yanhe would not renew his contract with Star Entertainment in the future.
Based on Lu Yanhe's in-depth understanding of Hong Qi, Lu Yanhe felt that Hong Qi was actually a quite magical being. Although he is obviously the CEO of Star Entertainment, he seems not to care about the specific affairs of the company. Almost all the power is handed over to a few vice presidents - if he wants, those powers can be taken back into his own hands.
However, to say that he has lost control of Xingyu is not the case. Whether it is the signs from Chen Ziyan or the attitude shown by Vice President Ma in and out of words, they all clearly point to one thing: Star Entertainment has never been out of Hong Qi's control.
"Although the contract has ended, we can still continue to cooperate in the future." Hong Qi said.
Lu Yanhe knew that Hong Qi was also a shareholder of the company Shihuo.
He nodded.
Hong Qi: "You suffered a lot of grievances when you were working under Ma Zhongquan and Zhou Ping'an. Zi Yan told me all these things. Fortunately, you met Zi Yan later. You have been able to achieve this step by step over the years. Now, I have been paying attention to it. I think Ma Zhongquan and Zhou Ping'an are feeling regretful."
As he spoke, he raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.
This is what I said...
Lu Yanhe always felt that Hong Qi was gloating about his misfortune.
"However, the two of them have indeed made a lot of contributions to Star Entertainment." Hong Qi said, "Furthermore, because the future development focus of Star Entertainment is an idol artist company, actors and singers will open studios for them. It is managed uniformly by the company, and each studio has a long-term cooperation with Shihuo.”
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.
"Is this... Shihuo will become a partner of Star Entertainment in the future?"
Chen Ziyan: "When I wanted to pick up the fire, Hong Qi told me his plan. In the future, Star Entertainment will establish another agency specifically for actors and singers. Star Entertainment will gradually transform and create an idol artist agency industry. The chain, from artist packaging to involvement in related industries, is completely centered around idol artists.”
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.
So that's it.
Star Entertainment has always said that it will build the top idol artist management company in the country. Now it seems that it no longer wants to be just a "brokerage" company.
It wants to create an industry chain belonging to idol artists.
This is a huge project. No wonder Star Entertainment wants to dismantle it and remove the managers of actors and singers.
Hong Qi said to Lu Yanhe: "Yanhe, I don't know if you are interested."
"What?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Hong Qi said: "If we, Star Entertainment, set up a management company that does not include idol artists, would you be interested? Become a partner of our company?"
"A brokerage company...can still have partners?"
Lu Yanhe's understanding of the word partner comes from legal dramas.
Only law firms have partners.
Because the profession of lawyer is special, every lawyer has his own clients. Law firms must use partners to keep these lawyers with client resources in their law firms.
But do brokerage firms need partners? At least in the country, Lu Yanhe rarely sees such existence. Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan with some confusion, but saw that Chen Ziyan was also looking at Hong Qi with confusion.
Chen Ziyan said: "Hong Qi, you haven't told me about this before."
"I just saw Yan He and came up with the idea on the spur of the moment." Hong Qi said, "Yan He has his own film and television production company and has such great appeal in the industry. Do you mind?"
Chen Ziyan: "This is not a matter of whether I mind. You should tell me in advance instead of making a surprise attack."
Hong Qi: "I told you, I did it on the spur of the moment."
He had a determined smile on his face.
Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "Mr. Hong, you just made it up on the spur of the moment. This matter also needs to be considered by me. I will discuss it with Sister Ziyan after I go back. Since this matter is not the focus of our discussion today, we still need to consider it." Let’s get back to business.”
Hong Qi glanced at Lu Yanhe in surprise. He seemed not to have expected that Lu Yanhe would "support" Chen Ziyan like this. It was obvious——
He would definitely not refute Chen Ziyan's attitude on the spot.
Since Chen Ziyan has expressed "dissatisfaction", he will not take up the issue, even if it is a very attractive benefit.
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Lu Yanhe came to Star Entertainment today to conduct "breakup negotiations" before the contract was terminated.
During the contract period, many of Lu Yanhe's work and income distributions need to be confirmed clearly with Star Entertainment to avoid sudden troubles when they are about to break up.
Both parties have legal and financial personnel on site to compare various agreements, settle accounts, and communicate.
They don't need to be involved in specific matters, they just sit aside and chat.
When Lu Yanhe said during the chat, "Let's get back to business," he actually meant the same thing: that's the end of the topic and we won't talk about it today.
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Chen Ziyan also looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise.
Unknowingly, Lu Yanhe started to have the ability and sensitivity to stand in front of her at the critical moment and help her turn the situation around.
Hong Qi picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.
"Mr. Hong, now that the company has newly signed Liu Zhiyin, are you going to turn her into a first sister?" Lu Yanhe asked.
He still cares about Liu Zhiyin.
"She is dying." Hong Qi shook his head, "I wasted too much time in Korea before, and after returning to China, she did not achieve a breakthrough in several years. Although she is very popular now, she is almost thirty years old. At this age, I have not reached my peak, and the future will only go downhill.”
Lu Yanhe's heart sank when he heard Hong Qi's judgment.
"In fact, you should change the track of Fuli signed by Zhou Pingan and let her become an idol artist." Chen Ziyan said, "Her basic conditions are the best I have seen in the past few years. She wants to be an actress, but the company has Jiang Yuqian and Zhang Lan are here, and they have always regarded her as a threat and suppressed her to prevent her from getting up. Now that Minglan is up, you have signed Mengli again, and it is even more difficult for Fuli to get ahead. "
Hong Qi: "This is Zhou Ping'an's business. Why do I care about him? Let them do it."
Lu Yanhe felt even more strange.
What is Hong Qi's attitude towards Xingyu, Ma Zhongquan and Zhou Ping'an? -
"Lu Yanhe came to the company today."
Zhou Pingan heard the news as soon as he arrived at the company.
He frowned subconsciously.
Now, Lu Yanhe has become the worst stain on his resume - because everyone knows that he was blind and buried Lu Yanhe for several years.
Zhou Ping'an nodded, entered his office, and asked, "Is Fuli in the company today?"
"Yes, she has acting class today."
"Ask her to come to my place after class."
"OK."
Twenty minutes later, Fuli came over.
"Brother Ping'an." Fuli still smiled his usual pure smile.
Ever since Zhou Ping'an found out that this woman had really violently raped her classmates on campus, he couldn't look directly at the seemingly pure smile on her face.
"You went to audition for "The Birth of an Actor" before and failed. Today Lu Yanhe came to the company."
"Ah." Fuli had actually heard about it a long time ago, but she still subconsciously pretended to be surprised when she just heard about it.
Zhou Ping'an said: "He is a person who easily softens his heart. You can see if you can find an opportunity to fight for this show."
Fuli was stunned.
"Originally, the best way to do this is for you to establish a good relationship with Yan Liang and ask Yan Liang to recommend you. But if you fail to get Yan Liang, then you can only try your luck on your own."
Fuli bit her lip lightly and said, "Okay."
After I finished speaking, I remembered and added: "Thank you, Brother Ping'an."
"In addition, I have accepted a drama for you." Zhou Ping'an said, "It is an Internet drama, but the heroine is the heroine."
Fuli was stunned when he heard this.
Internet University...
Internet major movies have appeared for many years, and many of them have sold online box office of 40 to 50 million and achieved good results. However, for an actor, Internet majors are indeed too low. If you want to develop better, just I won’t go to the Internet to take pictures.
Fuli didn't expect that Zhou Ping'an would pick up an online college for her.
"Brother Ping'an, is the Internet big?"
"After your incident came out, basically no crew was willing to use you." Zhou Ping'an said, "We can't stop filming forever."
Fuli's eyes turned red instantly.
"Will I only be able to do internet photography in the future?"
"Let's try the waters with the Internet University first. As long as your performance at the Internet University is good and the feedback is okay, of course you can still act in a long drama again." Zhou Ping'an still reassured, "Now I'm just using this drama to make a transition. one time."
Fuli reluctantly took the script handed over by Zhou Pingan. (End of chapter)