"Lily, I'm so sorry. After I saw the video, I didn't know how to explain all this to you. I would think I was disrespectful to you if I watched the video myself. Please believe me, this was definitely not my intention."
After seeing Lily Welton again, Lu Yanhe immediately expressed his apologies.
His expression in the video is indeed perfunctory and disrespectful.
There is no need to wash this.
Even unintentional mistakes must be explained clearly.
It was their first meeting, and Lily Welton didn't know him well. After seeing this, should she still think positively?
Lily Welton smiled brilliantly.
"Oh! Don't take it to heart. Shang Yongzhou has already explained it to me. I understand. Sometimes when we are too tired, we really can't control our facial features." Lily Welton said, "I have had such times too."
Lu Yanhe expressed his gratitude for Lily Welton's considerate understanding.
Shang Yongzhou said: "I will not walk the red carpet with you later. Let's leave it to the two of you. When the two of you walk on the red carpet together, the discussion about this matter will surely come to an end."
At this moment, Lu Yanhe didn't know how to express his gratitude to Shang Yongzhou.
Shang Yongzhou didn't help just because he received his call for help. After he knew about this, he took the initiative to help Lu Yanhe find Lily Welton to explain the matter, and also helped him think of a way to resolve this negative public opinion.
Nothing is more effective than the indifference and understanding of the parties involved.
Especially when the two of them walked on the red carpet together and appeared directly in front of the cameras of various media.
The signal released by this scene can be transmitted to the ears of the most people in the fastest and most effective way.
Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.
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"What? Lu Yanhe decided to walk the red carpet again?"
Zheng Huairen, who had already entered the inner field but couldn't find Lu Yanhe, was wondering when he heard Jiang Zixin's report to him.
Zheng Huairen looked surprised and even a little annoyed.
Why does Lu Yanhe act so impulsively?
If you couldn't bear to give up the opportunity to walk the red carpet, why did you say you wouldn't do it before?
Now the main creators of "Rouge" have entered the Film Palace, the red carpet is almost over, and the media have begun to pack up their equipment and prepare to leave.
You can see the live broadcast of the red carpet on the screen inside the venue.
It can be seen that the last guest to appear on the red carpet has finished taking photos, finished posing, and is ready to come in.
The red carpet was empty.
At this moment, a car suddenly drove over.
The reporters who were ready to pack up their equipment were stunned when they saw the car and all looked over there.
The car door opened and a pair of shiny black leather shoes stretched out.
Shang Yongzhou, the image ambassador of this year's film festival, got out of the car, waved to the media area, smiled slightly, and strode forward.
His belated arrival triggered another round of heated photo-taking in the media area.
The media coming to attend the film festival will definitely give them the courtesy of image ambassadors.
Shang Yongzhou did not linger for long. He stayed at each point for about two to three seconds and finished his red carpet walk quickly.
When Shang Yongzhou finished the last designated point, another car drove over.
People in the media area frowned in confusion.
Who comes so late?
Generally speaking, at a movie premiere, the main creative team is the last to walk on the red carpet, which also shows respect for them.
It was okay that Shang Yongzhou was late, after all he was the image ambassador of this film festival, so they could be more tolerant of him.
What's going on with this car?
Lu Yanhe got out from the other side of the car.
Lu Yanhe!
Of course, the photographers in the media area all knew this Chinese actor.
When they came to attend the red carpet for this movie, they had done their homework in advance and knew the main creative situation of the movie.
And Lu Yanhe is one of the most famous ones internationally.
Especially the video of him and Lily Welton, which is very popular on the Internet and has even made it to the trending list.
Negative public opinion made them think that Lu Yanhe would not appear when they saw that he did not appear with the main creative team of "Rouge".
This is also a very wise choice.
But now Lu Yanhe appeared again!
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Zheng Huairen said to Jiang Zixin in annoyance, "I've heard that some actors want to compete for the last spot on stage. I really thought Lu Yanhe was worried that his negative public opinion would affect the movie, but I didn't expect that he would try the same trick!"
Jiang Zixin watched Lu Yanhe getting on and off the car on the screen, and when he heard Zheng Huairen say this, he subconsciously felt that Zheng Huairen was wrong.
She dealt with Lu Yanhe more and thought she knew him better than Zheng Huairen.
Lu Yanhe is definitely not that kind of person.
But why did Lu Yanhe go back on his word?
Jiang Zixin was also puzzled.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe, who she thought was going to walk directly onto the red carpet and wave, came around the car and stopped in front of the car door facing the red carpet.
He opened the car door in a very gentlemanly manner.
Jiang Zixin frowned.
Lu Yanhe is not alone?
Who else?
She was staring at the screen in front of her so intently that she didn't notice that other people around her had the same expression.
The next second, the face that became known worldwide because of "The Golden Throne" appeared in front of everyone.
Jiang Zixin heard a series of gasps.
She didn't blame them for being too exaggerated, because even she couldn't help but cover her mouth.
Lu Yanhe actually held Lily Welton's hand and walked onto the red carpet of "Rouge".
At this moment, every photographer raised his camera and let the shutter click on the red carpet at a speed as if a four-hand piano concert.
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Zheng Huairen slammed his hands together heavily.
How annoyed he was the previous second, how passionate he was at this moment.
"It's Lu Yanhe indeed. As expected, only he can turn the tide at a time like this and turn the overwhelming negative news into free publicity resources for Rouge!"
When Jiang Zixin heard Zheng Huairen's expression of being completely convinced by Lu Yanhe, he silently rolled his eyes in his heart.
She was still remembering what he had just said.
This face changes so quickly.
Jiang Zixin turned around and said to Wang Zhong and the others, "The crisis is over now."
Chen Bige also smiled with relief.
"How did this guy get Lily Welton again?" she muttered softly.
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The Internet was in an uproar.
Whether at home or abroad, the situation is boiling like a hot pot.
Even He Lan couldn't help but say to Chen Siqi: "If I didn't know Yan He would never do such a thing, I would have thought that this was a marketing campaign that Yan He had specially planned with Lily Welton in advance."
Chen Siqi also laughed and said, "How could he have the ability to get Lily Welton to do this kind of marketing with him?"
"That's good. The crisis has been resolved successfully." Helan said.
Chen Siqi frowned again and shook his head, "The crisis has not been completely resolved." "Ah?"
"You've known Yan He for so long, have you ever seen Yan He lose control of his expression to that extent?" Chen Siqi said, "I've never even seen that kind of expression on Yan He's face."
Helan was stunned.
Chen Siqi fell into deep thought.
Helan noticed that there was a bit more worry and concern in Chen Siqi's eyes.
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When the lights in the cinema went out, the movie began, and the opening credits sounded, at this moment, Lu Yanhe could finally breathe a sigh of relief in the dark.
He moved his mouth. Since he came in, there were too many people he needed to greet. All the way to his seat, he kept shaking hands and smiling at everyone, and his face was almost stiff from smiling.
What happened today can be said to be a real escape from danger.
Fortunately, Shang Yongzhou invited Lily Welton.
Be it Lu Yanhe or Rouge, they have become known and followed by many people because of these twists and turns in the hot topics.
A blessing in disguise.
Lu Yanhe calmed himself down and prepared to watch "Rouge" seriously.
I have seen the rough cut of the movie "Rouge". It was very long and rough in some places.
However, the overall style has been determined.
Although he had already seen the rough cut, Lu Yanhe's heart was still hit hard when Chen Bige's face, which seemed full of resentment, appeared on the big screen and the film opened with a huge close-up.
This was not the editing method he told Wang Zhong.
He did not make any comments on the editing of the film.
However, Wang Zhong chose an opening that was exactly the same as the original.
Is this a coincidence?
A trace of resentment began to spread.
A brothel appears on the screen.
It looks richer and more extravagant than the original.
The Twelfth Young Master, played by Huang Kairen, appeared on the wooden ladder. Accompanied by a humming tune, he restrained his heroic spirit. With the help of a makeup artist, his skin became whiter and his features became more refined and pampered.
He seemed to be a little unfamiliar and curious about this place, with a bit of the innocence of a new arrival in his eyes. When he met two women on the wooden stairs who had affectionate eyes, a little shy but boldly fixed their eyes on him, he smiled with a crooked mouth, and a bit of romanticism overflowed from his innocent eyes. But it was not enough. After smiling back, he turned sideways from the other side and lingered at the two figures going down the stairs. Those eyes, which could still be called innocent, were by no means clean.
Lu Yanhe felt relieved.
Good, really good.
With this appearance of Huang Kairen, his previous character image was no longer retained. In this brothel that seemed exquisite but was actually old and stale, he became the twelfth young master of a wealthy family who was pampered and had a good appearance.
The image of Leslie Cheung in Lu Yanhe's mind gradually blurred and then condensed into the image of Huang Kairen.
This is a different version from Leslie Cheung's.
It's very different.
If he had to say, Lu Yanhe felt that Huang Kairen, who smiled just now, was more like Zun Long.
The Twelve Young Masters were also established.
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This is a movie with a bit of ghostliness.
More than fifty years have separated the two eras. The infatuated female ghost who refused to reincarnate, just for a promise to die together.
This is a story that could only have happened decades ago.
Only in that context would people believe such a story existed.
Like a legend.
Frame by frame, scene by scene, like a dream, like a phantom moon, like a flower that is close yet far away.
The scenes in the movie keep switching between two times and spaces. Half a century has passed and the city has changed its appearance.
Ruhua was walking among them in a cheongsam, still beautiful and graceful, but she looked particularly abrupt and out of place.
She no longer belongs to this era.
From time to time, Lu Yanhe could hear soft exclamations from people around him.
Wang Zhong shot this movie so beautifully, it seems like a bizarre dream.
In the scene where two people die together, under the dim light, they talk softly, speaking lines that seem to be heard only on the stage. They talk about this life and the next life. Life and death are as heavy as a mountain and as clear as water, and also like a handkerchief, light and floating.
Lu Yanhe watched the two actors go back and forth on the screen.
Between them, there is a look, a lowered eyebrow, a voice of love that is like crazy and resentful, and a cup of vow wine that goes down their throats with determination. The deeper the love is, the more resentful it becomes when waiting is fruitless.
Until the end, when Ruhua passed by the stage, a rare stage in the modern city.
She looked at the people on the stage and saw themselves as they were more than fifty years ago.
When she finally found Twelve Young Master, more than fifty years later, he had become a down-and-out old man, no longer as glorious as he once was.
He broke his promise and did not go to the underworld with her, so he is still wasting his time in the human world and she can only wait for him in the underworld.
She left without saying a word of farewell, breaking the promise she had made.
Life is like a play.
Ruhua sang operas, and Shi Er Shao also sang operas. Those operas were about talented scholars and beautiful women under the moonlight, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai turning into butterflies and leaving, Chen Shimei betraying Qin Xianglian, and Du Shiniang sinking the treasure chest in anger.
The play had been performed for more than fifty years, and Ruhua woke up from her dream. She would not wait any longer.
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In the cinema palace, the lights came back on.
Lu Yanhe took a deep breath, and all the emotions that the movie brought to him turned into a breath and exhaled gently.
The applause broke out like thunder.
Only film festival audiences would be so generous with their applause.
However, this is the encouragement that every creator who is serious about making movies needs.
Wang Zhong stood up and bowed to everyone.
The others stood up as well.
Chen Bige's eyes were red.
She whispered in Lu Yanhe's ear: "I thought this movie would be good, but I really didn't expect it to be so good."
Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded.
Huang Kairen could not contain his excitement. He grabbed Lu Yanhe's arm and looked at him. His eyes revealed too many emotions at that moment, all kinds of complicated emotions mixed together.
Huang Kairen seemed to have a lot to say to him at this moment.
Lu Yanhe shook his head, indicating that he didn't need to say anything.
Understand everything.
While Lu Yanhe was clapping, he said to him, "Brother Huang, look, I didn't lie to you."
That was a long time ago. Lu Yanhe told him in no uncertain terms that this would be a turning point and a milestone in his acting career.
Huang Kairen smiled.
He put his arm around Lu Yanhe's shoulders and shook them excitedly.
The applause lasted for four minutes, only four minutes, but it made everyone feel that it was long and seemed to last forever, as if the glory of a filmmaker's life could be condensed into these four minutes. (End of this chapter)
