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Lu Yanhe's speed in writing scripts is astonishingly fast.

If Lu Yanhe had not maintained such a writing speed since the beginning, and had not always been an independent screenwriter without co-signing with other people, everyone would definitely suspect that there was a ghostwriter behind Lu Yanhe.

However, screenwriting is not a job that can be done by just having a ghostwriter.

Which screenwriter can guarantee that his script will be successful every time? Even the best screenwriters can't do that, let alone screenwriters who work as ghostwriters for others.

Lu Yanhe had succeeded more than once or twice. Of course, the most important thing was that he graduated from the Chinese Department of Zhenhua University, which made everyone subconsciously think that he had the ability and talent and did not need to find a ghostwriter.

One screenwriter even lamented: "Lu Yanhe's writing speed is enough to drive all of us professional screenwriters to death."

Generally speaking, for a TV series screenwriter, it is a great achievement if he can write one work a year, and for a movie screenwriter, the maximum is two to three works a year - and maybe only one will actually enter the development stage.

Someone immediately stood up to explain for Lu Yanhe.

It’s not that Lu Yanhe’s writing speed is fast, but that he doesn’t have to repeat the work like other screenwriters, and he never has to worry about his works being “not appreciated” or “unable to be developed”.

Indeed, professional screenwriters basically write two to three scripts a year.

This is not hard. What is hard is actually developing it.

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It is not known whether it was due to the training gained from the two projects "2 Broke Girls" and "Housemates" or for some other reason, but during the broadcast of the second season of "Friends", several sitcom screenwriters signed by Linghe took out their own single-episode scripts and wanted the company to evaluate whether they could continue writing.

In order to encourage screenwriters in the company to write good scripts, the company has always opened its doors to receive manuscripts from contracted screenwriters.

As long as one episode of the script is available, it can be evaluated. If it is a good story and the company thinks it has potential for development, it will buy it directly and pay the royalties in advance, and ask the author to continue writing the next three episodes. After the next three episodes are approved, the author will continue writing the next one. Basically, the "renewal" mode starts from the script stage.

It’s just that the people who decide to renew the show are not the audience, but the people in the company who are responsible for reviewing the script.

This model is actually very risky for the company. Because if the complete script is not produced in the end, the episodes bought earlier will actually be wasted. Of course, Lu Yanhe does not think it is wasted, because a good script can be polished slowly, and if the original screenwriter can't continue writing, he can also change the screenwriter to write. For sitcoms, there are usually many episode writers, which is also a common phenomenon.

The most important thing is that the cost is actually not high.

Linghe is not very generous in paying these young screenwriters who have not yet become famous, but it is definitely not at a loss. For a single-episode script like this, it is usually 10,000 yuan per episode. If a complete script can be successfully completed, a one-time bonus of 10,000 yuan per episode will be given. At the same time, if the filming is successful and the show is broadcast, the screenwriter will also enjoy a 5% share of the profits.

This last point is equally enjoyable for both newcomers and mature screenwriters who have already written screenplays.

What Hu Siwei and Chen Yin could not accept was that Linghe clearly did not want to give the 5%. The conditions offered by Linghe were already a conscience price in the industry, which could attract a large number of talented screenwriters to come. However, Linghe still took the initiative to give it, just like Lu Yanhe took the initiative to give Liu Teli a box office bonus.

Lu Yanhe didn't know what to say.

Maybe it's because he is both a screenwriter and an actor, he sincerely believes that the script is the beginning of everything, and a good script can even lower the actors' pay - those great actors are not fools, and when they encounter a script that can take their careers to the next level, what does it matter if they receive less pay?

More importantly, Lu Yanhe feels that only by doing so can he show the industry through his own actions that the importance of good screenwriters and good scripts is not just something that can be said verbally.

"If this method can be used to force other companies in the industry to improve the treatment of screenwriters, it will be a good thing." Lu Yanhe said, "Look at the actors around me, most of them are well-known and have status, but they still can't get good scripts or find the roles they want to play. Why? Because the bad ecology of this industry prevents capable and talented new screenwriters from coming out. They are exploited and manipulated, and they don't even have a chance to prove themselves."

Chen Siqi said: "I understand this. As Jump Up Theater has grown to this point, I have seen how many screenwriters were frustrated before. Do you know how we select screenwriters for Jump Up Theater now?"

"I don't know." Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Chen Siqi: "The scripts of Jump Up Theater are all adapted from our novels, so we will hold a script competition and ask each screenwriter who participates in the script competition to write three scenes. The number of words does not need to be many, just one thousand words will do. As a result, a lot of young screenwriters with high quality and potential have emerged from the competition."

Lu Yanhe asked in surprise: "Are you guys starting the competition now?"

"It's more than just a competition. We have now started signing screenwriters." Chen Siqi said, "Many screenwriters of Jump Up Theater have been spotted by other film and television companies after their plays were broadcast. We now represent more than 20 screenwriters and help them screen and accept projects."

Lu Yanhe was shocked.

He had never imagined that Chen Siqi would actually do this with "Jump Up".

Chen Siqi said: "Really, it can be said that the creators under our Jump Up are definitely a huge force. We have signed 134 writers and 26 screenwriters, and we have also signed many content-oriented self-media bloggers. Li Pi told me a few days ago that he wanted to set up a company specializing in video bloggers. Now the entire video content sector is booming."

Lu Yanhe: "Oh my god, you are really going to build a media empire."

Chen Siqi: "Didn't expect that?"

"I didn't expect that." Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Chen Siqi: "A private equity fund contacted us and wanted to invest in us to build a content community platform, but I rejected it for now."

"reject?"

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded. "We don't have enough accumulation. The reason why we are able to do so well now is not only because of our strong content, but also because we have cooperated with leading companies and platforms in various fields. We have borrowed a lot of power. If we build a comprehensive platform ourselves, they will not be our partners, but competitors."

Lu Yanhe understood.

Chen Siqi: "Another thing is that maybe it's because of your influence. I don't want to get involved in these capital games. No one knows what pit is waiting behind. We are not short of money. The money we earn is enough. There is no need to rush."

Lu Yanhe: "This can also be influenced by me."

"That's right." Chen Siqi smiled and turned over, sitting on Lu Yanhe's thighs, looking down at him from top to bottom, holding his face with both hands, and lowering her head to kiss him on the mouth.

Lu Yanhe naturally put his arms around her, then turned over and switched their positions.

"Why don't you say that I was influenced by you?"

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"Going to France again?" Li Zhibai asked Jiang Yuqian in surprise.

Jiang Yuqian nodded.

She was standing in front of the table with her legs bare and her feet on the carpet, drinking water from a cup.

Because she was only wearing a white shirt, Li Zhibai could clearly see the delicate and graceful curves of Jiang Yuqian's body under the light. This scene should have made him angry, but the news that Jiang Yuqian would be going out in two hours suppressed his anger.

Jiang Yuqian turned around, leaned her hips against the edge of the table, and gave Li Zhibai an apologetic smile.

"I was notified at short notice that there was a problem with the choice of the person for the magazine's cover, and they needed me to help out on short notice," she said. "This magazine helped me before when I needed it, and I have to repay the favor."

Li Zhibai said dissatisfiedly: "We finally managed to get this day's rest time."

Jiang Yuqian put down the water cup and acted coquettishly to Li Zhibai with a charming and gentle face that she had never shown in front of others: "This time it is really a special situation, it won't happen again in the future."

Things have come to this point, and it is impossible for Li Zhibai to stop her from going.

It's just that I feel terrible.

Jiang Yuqian saw Li Zhibai's face and knew that he was unhappy.

She called Li Zhibai.

Li Zhibai turned his head and looked out the window, ignoring her.

She said, "Are you going to be angry and give me the cold shoulder?"

Li Zhibai: "...Is it not possible for me to even get angry?"

Jiang Yuqian's voice was a little more lazy and charming: "We only have two hours left. Are you sure you want to waste your time being angry?"

Li Zhibai turned around somewhat unhappily, wanting to talk to Jiang Yuqian about why he was angry.

As a result, my eyes paused——

Jiang Yuqian had actually taken off her white shirt, and her fluffy black hair fell on her snow-white skin.

Li Zhibai's angry tone softened involuntarily.

"You don't follow martial ethics. Don't think I won't be angry just because of this."

Despite this, he sat up.

Jiang Yuqian raised the corners of her mouth.

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"It's so cold, it's below zero, right?"

Yan Liang was shooting a commercial outdoors today. He was wearing spring clothes and was shivering with cold.

The assistant said, "The temperature is 3 degrees now."

"Almost done." Yan Liang cupped his hands, stretched them in front of his mouth, and exhaled. "Next time I go out on location, I must bring a hot water bottle."

The assistant nodded and said yes.

He got in the car, thinking that he could keep warm for a while, and asked in the group: What are you two doing?

No one replied.

He added: I was on location shooting a commercial today and I was freezing. I feel like it’s going to snow in the next few days.

Still no one responded.

Yan Liang frowned in confusion.

Neither of them took any photos today, so why didn’t they check their phones first?

How strange.

Yan Liang waited until the director asked him to shoot the next take, but still no one responded in the group.

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The next day, Yan Liang met Lu Yanhe at the rehearsal of "Friends" and asked, "What did you do yesterday afternoon?"

Lu Yanhe: "Nothing, just watching a movie at home with Siqi."

"No wonder you didn't reply to my message for such a long time." Yan Liang suddenly sighed, "I originally thought it was okay not to be in a relationship, but seeing you like this, I am a little shaken."

"What the hell?" Lu Yanhe looked at Yan Liang in surprise.

"It's just talk." Yan Liang shook his head. "I still have to struggle and fight. I don't have time for love."

"Being in love will not affect your hard work and struggle." Lu Yanhe said.

Yan Liang: "I work 300 days out of 365 days a year, and I'm in a different place every week. With this kind of work status, there's no point in having a romantic relationship."

Lu Yanhe was very curious: "Have you never had a crush on anyone?"

"Yes, there is, but as long as there is no contact later, this feeling will gradually fade away." Yan Liang said frankly.

As he was speaking, Zhan Yun came over.

She smiled at them both and said, "What are you talking about?"

Yan Liang immediately coughed, "Just chatting, how is the next scene going? Is it going to be filmed? I'll go take a look."

He turned and left.

Zhan Yun smiled, she looked at Lu Yanhe and asked, "Yanhe, are you free tonight?"

"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised. "What's the matter?"

He didn't directly answer whether he was free.

Zhan Yun said, "My boyfriend wants to invite you to dinner. He wants to invest in some film and television projects recently and wants to ask you for advice."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and said, "I don't know much about film and television investment either."

Zhan Yun also seemed to feel a little embarrassed and apologetic.

Lu Yanhe had already politely rejected Yang Zhoujin last time, which actually made his attitude clear.

Zhan Yun said, "But you must understand movies and TV series. I guess that's what he thinks."

There was a hint of pleading on her face.

Lu Yanhe sighed softly.

"Xiao Yun, let me be frank with you. I don't like your boyfriend that much. He and I are not the same type of people." Lu Yanhe said bluntly. Although this sounded sharp and a bit excessive, it was better to say it out loud than to force it later. "The last time he came over, in front of other people, he only asked me if I was free and if we could have dinner together. To be honest, I don't want to judge his usual personality, but I didn't have a good impression of him when we met that time."

Zhan Yun was stunned, as if she didn't expect Lu Yanhe to say this directly.

However, soon, helpless disappointment appeared on her face.

"Yes, in fact, I told him that he was very rude that day."

Lu Yanhe: "Perhaps in the eyes of a rich young man like him, people like us are indeed not worthy of his respect."

"He still respects you very much." Zhan Yun explained immediately.

"That's just because I am who I am." Lu Yanhe replied in a light tone, "He doesn't respect us, and he actually doesn't respect you either."

A shadow passed across Zhan Yun's brow.

Lu Yanhe, who caught this detail, immediately understood that Zhan Yun must have realized this, but she just deliberately ignored it.

"Sorry." Zhan Yun apologized to Lu Yanhe and left with some embarrassment.

Lu Yanhe called out "Xiao Yun".

Zhan Yun looked back with some confusion.

Lu Yanhe said: "He is him, and you are you."

Zhan Yun was a little dazed, probably not understanding why Lu Yanhe suddenly said such a thing to her.

Lu Yanhe had said all he wanted to say. He nodded to her, then turned and left.

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The relationship between Lu Yanhe and Zhan Yun is a very normal workplace partnership.

Although he and Zhan Yun have already filmed two dramas, the third season of "Friends" is their third collaboration. However, apart from filming and publicity, he and Zhan Yun have almost no private contact.

Therefore, Lu Yanhe was not in a position to say more about why Zhan Yun liked Yang Jinzhou and how she viewed the relationship between her and Yang Jinzhou.

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After finishing the afternoon scenes, they had to stay because there were two more scenes with Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang to be filmed in the evening. So, although they would normally have finished work and left at this time, these two had to stay.

When Zhan Yun found out that Lu Yanhe had two more scenes to shoot that evening, she was stunned.

Lu Yanhe clearly had a legitimate reason to reject her, but he just said those words.

Zhan Yun was feeling a little depressed.

Bai Jin noticed it and asked quietly, "What's wrong with you? You don't look very happy."

Zhan Yun shook her head and hesitated for a moment. She thought of something and asked, "Are you free tonight? Do you want to have dinner together?"

Bai Jin was a little confused and asked, "When I asked you this morning, didn't you say you already had an appointment tonight?"

"I made an appointment with Zhou Jin tonight. He originally wanted to invite Yan He to dinner, but Yan He had to film a movie tonight, so the appointment couldn't be made."

Bai Jin shook his head: "That was also a date between the two of you. Why would I be a third wheel?"

Zhan Yun hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to see what his attitude and reaction would be if I brought my friends to have dinner with him."

Bai Jin was stunned.

"ah?"

Zhan Yun: “Is it okay?”

Bai Jin hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay."

Zhan Yun hugged Bai Jin's arm and thanked him softly.

Bai Jin seemed to have thought of something, and there was a hint of worry in his eyes when he looked at Zhan Yun.

Of course, she said nothing.

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Here, it was time for dinner, and Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe ate the crew’s boxed lunches together.

Yan Liang asked, "Did you say anything to Zhan Yun?"

"What's wrong?"

"When we were filming in the afternoon, she secretly glanced at you several times." Yan Liang said, "She looked full of resentment."

"Not really." Lu Yanhe said.

"I did some exaggeration, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell that something must have happened between you two."

"It's nothing, actually." Lu Yanhe told Yan Liang about his conversation with Zhan Yun.

Yan Liang was extremely surprised.

"Are you so direct?"

"I tried to be polite once, but they pretended not to understand. If I tried to be polite again, there would be a second and third time." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't want to bother with that. It's better to just be straightforward and make it clear once and for all." (End of this chapter)