Choose a day to become famous

Chen Siqi doesn't mean that she has to jump to a certain position.

However, now that Jump Up is already a top magazine in the country, its monthly sales have slightly declined after the annual inventory, but the January issue is still stable at 350,000 copies.

For her, she always believes in one thing: when doing anything, one must "row against the current, if one does not advance, one will retreat."

If you think that the current result after "jumping up" is already very good, and start to "defend the territory" from now on, it is possible that the territory will only become smaller and smaller.

“Building an artist brand can, on the one hand, further enhance our popularity and influence in various vertical fields, and on the other hand, help us maintain good relationships with artists in various fields.” Chen Siqi said, “Curating and cross-field cooperation require a professional organization to help them manage these, which is also the direction we can explore at ‘Jump Up’.”

"However, we don't have anyone in this field at 'Jump Up' right now, and we need to integrate resources," said Lin Yu.

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded. "We will first select internally to see if there are suitable candidates who can be trained. If not, we will ask a headhunting company to help us find them outside."

As soon as the meeting was over, everyone scattered.

Linyu and the others stayed.

Lin Yu said, "Okay, I'll go talk to his film company."

"It's just a pity that Yan He only plays a supporting role in "Tropical Rain Season" this time. Otherwise, he might have won the Best Actor award at the Sitol Film Festival directly." Xu Zijun said.

Bai Yu asked, "The Best Actor award at the West Tuer Film Festival isn't just given to the leading actor, right? I remember that international film festivals don't usually award Best Actor or Best Actress, but Best Actor and Best Actress. In the past, supporting actors also won awards."

"That's what I said, but there are only a handful of them. It must be that the judges of that session liked this actor too much." Chen Siqi was just talking when she was suddenly stunned, because she suddenly remembered that Liu Bige was on the jury of this session of Xitul, "No way?"

The thought that popped into her mind was a little hard for her to believe.

-

The screening of "Raise the Red Lantern" was very successful.

And just as Lu Yanhe expected, this movie is a film that is extremely suitable for international film festivals. It has received extremely high praise from the media and film critics, and as soon as the program score came out, it directly jumped to first place.

Chen Bige's performance also made her considered a top candidate for the Best Actress at this year's Sitol Film Festival.

Although Li Yuefeng only made a cameo appearance in the film, he was able to appear on the red carpet and in the interview booth at Sitour with the crew, marking the first time he brought his work to a top international film festival.

He himself was very happy.

But what made him a little depressed was that, apart from the domestic media, no one discussed his appearance and performance in the film.

Lu Yanhe attended several official events with the crew and completed his publicity work.

Li Yuefeng said to him again: "Yan He, if you have any movies that need me to act in next time, I am willing to make a guest appearance like "Raise the Red Lantern". Please look for me more often. I want to come to more international film festivals like this."

He said so bluntly that he wanted to come to the film festival—

Among the first-line celebrities that Lu Yanhe knows, Li Yuefeng seems to be the only one.

To some extent, Li Yuefeng and Jiang Yuqian are very similar.

The concept of this image refers to the fact that they are very frank when facing their ambitions, desires and thirst for fame and fortune, and they will not pretend to be noble and elegant.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said yes.

However, he also said frankly: "If you want to get more attention at international film festivals, you should work with the best domestic art film directors and star in their films. If you bring your own starring films, the attention you will get will be completely different."

Li Yuefeng: "I wonder why my agency would allow me to reduce my salary and spend several months to act in an art film. Only your film is OK, they won't say anything nonsense."

Lu Yanhe: "Of course you have to fight for it yourself. Before, Yan Liang wanted to play some of the dramas he wanted to play, but his agent disagreed. They negotiated many times and finally they compromised. Yan Liang cooperated with their work, and they also gave Yan Liang some opportunities to play the dramas he wanted to play."

Li Yuefeng: "That's because Yan Liang knows what kind of play he wants to play. To be honest, my ability to read scripts is just like that. What I think is a good script may not be considered good by others. Or if I come across a good script in the future, I will ask you for your opinion?"

"Sure." Lu Yanhe nodded. "I can also recommend a script to you, but I'm afraid to recommend scripts to others. One very important reason is that others always think that the scripts I recommend will definitely succeed, which puts a lot of pressure on me. I can only judge from the script level whether it is a good script or a bad script, whether the role is suitable for acting, and whether it is challenging. But you also know that the script is important for the success of a movie, but more importantly, the director and the team."

Li Yuefeng: "If it is a script recommended by you, no matter what it lacks, I will be willing to use my own strength to equip it. Really, I am even willing to invest myself."

"Don't be impulsive. Frankly speaking, nine out of ten people lose money when investing in art films, including myself." Lu Yanhe said, "I have personally invested in many low-budget films in China, but few of them can actually make a profit."

Li Yuefeng was surprised.

"Really? Everyone says you have a very good eye. Do you sometimes fail?"

"Of course, I can't predict the future." Lu Yanhe said, "You have to think it through yourself. I know you may not really regard film art as art, but you can act, there is no doubt about that. If you are under the guidance of a good director, you will be a good actor. That's why I tell you this. Although you don't have so many artistic pursuits, you can help some directors who haven't become famous yet. But the problem is that it is definitely not something that can be achieved with just one or two movies. You have to be prepared for long-term efforts without rewards."

Li Yuefeng pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think I should do it even if there is no reward for long-term efforts?"

"I think so." Lu Yanhe nodded. "You are an actor who can act. You can be more than just a traffic star. As people grow older, they will slowly lose the popularity and attention brought by their appearance. At this time, you need more industry influence, acting skills, and social recognition in a more popular sense. If you can support many art film directors through your own actions over the years, even if you don't win any awards in the end, the industry will look at you differently, and these are things you can hold in your hands. Not to mention, in terms of secular values, you may be able to rely on a good work and win an award to further increase your influence, or even become a bigger actor."

"Okay." Li Yuefeng nodded, "Since you said so, I'll do it."

"ha?"

"I trust you very much." Li Yuefeng said, "You are the only one who will tell me the truth."

"That's impossible."

"Really, I told the company that I wanted to act in more serious and valuable films, but they thought I wasn't that type of person and there was no need to waste their time. They also thought it would affect my popularity and commercial value. Sometimes I talked to other directors and producers. Although they said they welcomed me to act in their films, I could actually feel that they positioned me as a big star who could attract investment and help the project gain more attention." Li Yuefeng said, "You don't look down on my utilitarian purpose, but you can still affirm my acting skills and are willing to help me. Only you."

Lu Yanhe: "Then believe me, as you slowly expand your circle, you will meet more people who are willing to help you. In the past, you must have been too self-contained and locked yourself in a circle without interacting with others."

Li Yuefeng: "Then I admit that I am not good at dealing with others. Sometimes, I assume that all my peers are competitors. I don't want to be friends with them. It's too fake. I always feel that there is no real friendship in the entertainment industry."

Lu Yanhe: "What about me?"

"To be honest, if the gap between you and me wasn't so huge, I wouldn't think we could really be friends." Li Yuefeng said honestly.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "I don't know why you have such an idea. Maybe it has something to do with what you encountered when you first entered this industry. However, your ideas will change, really."

Li Yuefeng shrugged.

"I hope so."

Lu Yanhe: "Come and help me act in a movie later, as the second male lead, how about that?"

"Who is the No. 1 male lead?" Li Yuefeng asked, "I won't be a stepping stone for a No. 1 male lead who is worse than me."

Lu Yanhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Li Yuefeng is Li Yuefeng, he never hides his thoughts - even if he can express such thoughts in a more tactful way that will not hurt his image. But this is also the important reason why Lu Yanhe can still be friends with him even though their personalities are very different and their values ​​are not very similar.

"Li Zhibai." Lu Yanhe said.

Li Yuefeng pondered for a moment, hesitated, and said, "Okay."

"Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any loss." Lu Yanhe said, "This movie will definitely do well."

Li Yuefeng: “Really?”

"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Besides, you will definitely receive a lot of attention and will not be a stepping stone."

"Okay." Li Yuefeng said, "Then give me the script later and I'll talk to the company and ask them not to make it difficult for me."

"It's okay, just be fair to each other. If they want to turn down the film for reasons other than the second male lead, then this company has poor vision." Lu Yanhe said, "You can also consider changing companies. I don't need your friendly support in any aspect. Everything should be done according to market conditions."

Li Yuefeng looked at Lu Yanhe with some surprise.

"You have to know that even if I play the second male lead, if I don't ask for permission, the company will still offer me the same salary as I would normally get for a movie."

"Go ahead." Lu Yanhe nodded. "As long as you don't ask for too much, I don't want any participant to suffer any loss in any film and television project I make. Unless it is not profitable from the beginning, I will clearly tell everyone that this is not a commercial project."

Li Yuefeng stared at Lu Yanhe in amazement.

"Do you have to be so exaggerated?"

"You told me the truth, so I will tell you the truth too." Lu Yanhe said.

Li Yuefeng: "You are really admirable. I really admire you."

Lu Yanhe smiled brightly: "Conquer people with virtue?"

"If you only have virtue, then I wouldn't be so convinced." Li Yuefeng said.

Lu Yanhe: "...Alas, sometimes I also wish you wouldn't be so direct with me."

-

In the evening, Lu Yanhe met Huang Tianlin and Huang Feng who had just arrived in Xitul.

Huang Feng has already started school and has taken a special leave.

He is the main character of "Tropical Rain Season", it is impossible for him not to appear.

There was actually a crucial reason why the two of them came so late. Their company did not have enough budget to allow them to stay here for so long. They even went back one day as Lu Yanhe did.

After the screening ends tomorrow, Huang Tianlin and Huang Feng will leave Xitul the day after tomorrow.

This is also the dilemma of independent films. Even if they are shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Sitour Film Festival, they cannot easily enjoy the glory of the film festival.

Lu Yanhe invited them to have dinner together.

This is not Huang Tianlin's first time to participate in a film festival, but the main competition unit of the Sitour Film Festival can be said to be a holy place for every director who wants to make an art film.

Huang Tianlin never thought that the movie "Tropical Rain Season" would achieve such success.

This is only his second movie.

After seeing Huang Tianlin, Lu Yanhe could clearly feel that he was a little excited and nervous.

"It will be shown tomorrow, director. Are you looking forward to it?"

Huang Tianlin: "I have been sleepless for several nights."

"I'm a little nervous too. I never thought that 'Tropical Rainy Season' would come to Xitul." Lu Yanhe said, "You are amazing. Your second work has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of Xitul."

Huang Tianlin: "Isn't this all thanks to you?"

"Really? How come I didn't know that?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile.

Producer Yuan Hai laughed and said, "If you hadn't acted in it, Xitul's film selection team might not have noticed our film."

"So I have this function as well." Lu Yanhe laughed, "Originally I had no plan to come to Xitul this year, after all, I was just the screenwriter of Raise the Red Lantern, but I was suddenly told that Tropical Rainy Season was also shortlisted."

"Then you have to come. We all depend on you to keep us going."

"No, believe me, after the release of 'Tropic Rain Season', Director Huang will be known by the whole world." Lu Yanhe said, "I am now looking forward to seeing the finished film of 'Tropic Rain Season'. I was looking forward to it after watching some clips before."

Yuan Hai smiled mysteriously at Lu Yanhe and said, "You will be surprised."

"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was surprised. "Surprise?"

Yuan Hai said: "When Tianlin was editing the film, he was full of praise for your performance."

Lu Yanhe: “Really?”

He turned and looked at Huang Tianlin.

The young director, who had been very reluctant to take part in the performance at first, now turned his head away, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Lu Yanhe asked: "What's the surprise?"

Yuan Hai: "You'll know when you see the movie tomorrow."

Seeing that Yuan Hai was unwilling to speak now, Lu Yanhe had to give up.

He turned and looked at Huang Feng.

"Did you enjoy filming the movie Home Alone?"

The child's eyes shone like night pearls.

"It's fun!" Huang Feng was very excited, "I like it!"

Lu Yanhe guessed that Huang Feng must be very happy while filming "Home Alone".

There are so many tricks in it, and I don’t usually have the chance to try them all out myself.

Huang Feng asked: "They said that this movie will have a sequel, right?"

Lu Yanhe nodded: "Yes, we plan to shoot another one this summer, but if you do that, you won't have any summer vacation."

Huang Feng: "I don't need a summer vacation. I want to film Home Alone."

At the beginning, the plan was to shoot one film a year for Home Alone. However, later on, everyone took into consideration that Huang Feng was still growing up, and if they really shot one film a year, they might not be able to shoot more than two films, as Huang Feng would have grown into a teenager.

Although it is not impossible to take photos of a teenager, it is still not as interesting as when he was a child.

So, we finally decided to shoot two films a year.

Huang Tianlin certainly also knows the movie "Home Alone".

He asked, “How many episodes are planned for this film?”

"I have an idea of ​​a complete three-part series," Lu Yanhe said. In fact, it was because he had only watched three of them. He thought about it and said, "If the market feedback for this film series continues to be very good, we may continue to shoot it, but we may ask other screenwriters to write the scripts later."

Huang Tianlin nodded.

"I guess after the movie comes out, Huang Feng will become the most popular child star in China."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He thinks so too.

Huang Tianlin asked: "You won't let him suffer any loss, right?"

Lu Yanhe shook his head. "I have read every contract of his. His mother has also read it. I dare not say that he has received the best treatment, but he will definitely not suffer any loss."

Huang Tianlin seemed to believe it immediately after hearing it and nodded.

"No way, you believe me just because I said that?" Lu Yanhe said, "Then what are you asking? I can just fool you a little bit."

"You won't." Huang Tianlin said, "You don't have to do that."

Lu Yanhe thought, isn't this called winning people over with virtue?

One by one, they all trust his character.

-

If Lu Yanhe's mentality was as solid as a rock during the screening of Raise the Red Lantern and he had no extra worries at all, then he couldn't help but feel nervous during the screening of Rainy Season.

The former is a work that Lu Yanhe believes is "bound to succeed", but the latter is a real new work by a newcomer, and it is unknown what kind of evaluation and feedback it will receive.

The movie opens with Huang Feng's profile.

In the completely silent video, Lu Yanhe was sitting on the floor with his bare chest against the wall, reading a book in his hand.

The afternoon sun slanted in from the window.

It's the dry feeling that only exists in tropical areas.

Lu Yanhe was thin and dark, but still handsome, with a lazy and rebellious look in his eyes.

A kind of handsomeness and wildness with a bit of sharpness.

Huang Feng asked him a question from time to time.

He basically answered with one or two words and didn't seem very patient.

Such a shot becomes the opening of the movie.

Information about director, producer, etc. emerged one after another.

…

Lu Yanhe was surprised by his image on the screen.

He actually didn't recognize himself.

It's a very different image from his usual self and from the one in other movies.

In terms of appearance, he has completely transformed into a local teenager.

As the credits ended, a girl's voice was heard outside calling him.

He immediately threw the book to the ground and stood up to put on his clothes.

"Where are you going?" Huang Feng asked childishly.

"You stay at home." Lu Yanhe said this and left.

Huang Feng showed a look of disappointment and loss, walked to the window, and saw his brother and a girl leaving.

His eyes are childlike and innocent.

And so the movie begins.

-

Sitting in the dark screening room, Lu Yanhe felt the story through the light and shadow.

Even though this was a story where he knew exactly how the plot was going to develop, he was completely immersed in it.

Huang Tianlin's camera language has a very Southeast Asian feel.

The viewing angle is very small, the picture is very clean, and the soundtrack is almost non-existent, but there is a feeling of summer wind chimes, which pop up from time to time to tease you, like the wind, like a dragonfly flying under the eaves.

Lu Yanhe had always felt that Huang Tianlin's shooting rhythm and picture style were very similar to Wong Kar-wai, but at this moment, Lu Yanhe felt that, in fact, the overall temperament of his films was more like Hirokazu Edada.

It’s just that the camera language is more like Wong Kar-wai.

The plot of the movie is actually very simple, but through the perspective of a child like Huang Feng, many things have changed. Many things, such as a quarrel or a few simple words, become a big deal for Huang Feng.

The movie captures Huang Feng's every subtle and sensitive reaction, and thus, the difficulty of his mother's hard work at home, his brother's longing for the outside world, and the anxiety that this family, while maintaining its appearance, may collapse at any time, are all invisibly magnified.

After the movie had been playing for an hour, Lu Yanhe was very surprised to find something.

Why does he have so many shots?

Lu Yanhe knew very well that his two most important scenes, the quarrel with his mother and being slapped, and the scene of leaving home, had not appeared yet.

Many of the short shots in the previous section, only one or two seconds long, were edited in by Huang Tianlin.

There is no significant shot in itself, but because Huang Tianlin always puts it in front of Huang Feng's reaction shot, suddenly his reaction in every shot has a different story and meaning.

Huang Feng's lens makes Lu Yanhe's lens, which "has nothing in itself", have a lot of substance.

What impressed Lu Yanhe the most was the young man's contradictory mentality of rejection and attachment to this family.

He had to say that when he was acting, at least in many of the shots, he was not showing this state, but after being edited by Huang Tianlin, it suddenly took on a thematic meaning.

The subsequent quarrel with his mother, the silent communication with his younger brother that night, and his final farewell to this family alone were suddenly elevated to a different level.

What Lu Yanhe didn't expect the most was that the movie only had one last scene after he left home.

It was a calm afternoon with sunshine filling the room.

Huang Feng asked where his brother had gone.

Mom said she was going outside.

Huang Feng asked his brother when he would come back.

Mom said he will come back when you grow up a little.

Huang Feng stood in front of the window and looked at the opening scene. He saw the girl who had met his brother before looking towards their house.

He greeted her with surprise.

But she seemed to be frightened and turned and ran away.

Huang Feng was a little confused.

Mom asks who you are greeting.

Huang Feng shook his head and said nothing.

He went into his room again.

Before he walked in, the camera gave his mother a blur.

Mom raised her hand and wiped the corner of her eyes very gently.

It's like wiping away tears, but the message isn't so clear.

Huang Feng didn't see it.

He walked over to the wall where he and his brother's heights were marked.

He turned his back, recorded a position with his hand, and then turned around to look.

This time the hand landed a little higher than the last time it was recorded.

He started laughing.

The movie ends here.

Finish.

A soft music started playing.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

Huang Tianlin made significant cuts to the script, especially the second half.

However, this makes the film simpler and the emotions it expresses more focused.

This is the growth and confusion of a teenager and the changes in an ordinary family.

There is no didactic expression, nor any forced historical and social significance.

However, after reading it, Lu Yanhe felt a slight blockage and stagnation deep in his heart.

Because he thought a lot about his childhood, and at the same time, felt a kind of helplessness between people.

Leave, stay, get close, distance, quarrel, reconcile...

"Tropical Rainy Season" actually expresses the most subtle emotional changes between people.

Lu Yanhe was particularly moved by the fact that Huang Tianlin did not use this movie to try to talk about the so-called pain and hatred of the original family. Too many movies talk about this.

He did not blame a teenager for leaving home in anger, nor did he blame a mother for not knowing how to communicate with her child and her irrational approach. He used a method that clearly stated that they "separated and left" to describe the emotional outcome of "they are still a family."

Even though the brother did not come back in the movie, just like Huang Feng finally held on to the expectation and believed that his brother would come back soon, as a viewer, we all believe that his brother will come back.

Just like people grow.

The applause from all around came like a tide.

Lu Yanhe stood up, picked up Huang Feng, turned around and faced everyone.

The applause from the audience behind me became even louder.

Lu Yanhe turned to look at Huang Tianlin. This young director, who had been very arrogant since the first time they met, actually had red eyes and was secretly wiping his eyes.

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I hope there will be another update tonight! (End of this chapter)