In fact, when other artist teams of "Young Days" received the new plan sent by the program team, they all felt that it was not quite program team arranged for the promotion of "Rouge" in the program, but it was not inserted in the form of hard advertising - this would have been more normal. However, they chose to use "Rouge" as an important key clue and put it into the design of the program, letting everyone "spontaneously" discover this theme, which is ridiculous.
However, because this was a face-giving gesture from the program team to Lu Yanhe, the teams of other artists hesitated for a while and unanimously did not express any objection.
Lu Yanhe is now in the limelight, not only is he famous, but he is also a screenwriter, director, producer, and has a production company. He has begun to enter the capital level. They all know that their artists may need resources from Lu Yanhe in the future.
Except for Liu Zhiyin who is taking the pure idol route, and Peng Zhixing who is taking the pure host route, everyone else is acting to some extent.
Of course, putting aside these practical interests, given the relationship between their own artists and Lu Yanhe, they would definitely not be willing to raise objections over such a small matter.
Two-thirds of Lu Yanhe's movie "Lost on Journey" were guest appearances in "Days of Youth".
One can imagine the relationship between them.
No one expected that Lu Yanhe would take the initiative to propose not to do this plan.
Li Zhenzhen said: "Is our planning too bad?"
She is also very direct.
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "You guys helped me change the plan temporarily, and you also wanted to help me promote the new movie. It's not easy to change the plan temporarily. I just don't want to affect the positioning of our program in the minds of the audience because of promoting Rouge. The main positioning of our program is to observe how we get along with each other, right?"
Unlike ordinary slow variety shows, the main keywords of "Young Days" are "cohabitation" and "socialization".
Li Zhenzhen said: "That's right, let's change it."
Lu Yanhe said: "Sister Zhenzhen, I actually have an idea."
"Ideas?" Li Zhenzhen was surprised and asked, "What good ideas do you have?"
You know, the idea proposed by Lu Yanhe of working to earn living supplies is still used in the program.
Li Zhenzhen attaches great importance to Lu Yanhe's ideas about variety shows.
Lu Yanhe said, "We had a lot of people in the first episode. We had eight artists on the show. Apart from Yan Liang and I, there were four other people in "Friends of Six", a total of twelve. It's rare to have so many artists in one episode, right?"
“This is almost one of the shows with the most guests in the history of variety shows.” Li Zhenzhen said, “Because it is the first episode of the fourth season, we also want to make a good start.”
To put it simply, it is to play the card of the number of stars, so that the first episode of the fourth season will be extremely popular and attract everyone.
Lu Yanhe’s idea is actually very simple.
He said: "Based on the original plan for the first issue, we will give each of us a secret mission. This secret mission is related to the wishes of others. You can find this wish through our previous interviews, online speeches and other channels. If you can't find it, ask our fans. Fans will definitely know. In short, the first issue can be made into a theme of helping each other realize a wish."
Li Zhenzhen frowned subconsciously, because she didn't quite understand the purpose of doing this. Was it just to create some warm moments?
Lu Yanhe said: "At the end of this episode, we added a session where everyone sits together and chats. We don't talk about anything else, but just talk about why we had such a wish at that time, because behind every wish is a story."
Hearing this, Li Zhenzhen's eyes lit up instantly.
If she still doesn't understand what Lu Yanhe means after hearing this, then she has been in the variety show circle for so many years in vain.
Li Zhenzhen screamed in surprise on the other end of the phone.
"Wow - Lu Yanhe, your idea is great!"
Behind every wish is a story.
Behind every story is the true side of a celebrity behind the camera.
The main idea of this program is to "reveal the secrets of artists", which is consistent with the theme of the program "observation". Through this link, the attitudes and reactions of each other will be further interacted in such in-depth exchanges.
Li Zhenzhen took a deep breath.
I'll go write the program plan right away.
"Yan He, we must include your name in the planning of this episode." Li Zhenzhen said, "You are really amazing. You have so many ideas. Why don't you just become our consultant?"
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "I'm very tired and too busy. Sister Zhenzhen, your plans will be just as popular without me."
"But every time you come up with an idea, it's a new model that can be continued," Li Zhenzhen said, "and it's also a new model created by 'Young Days'."
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Lu Yanhe is such a person. No matter what job he does, he will do his best to make it better.
After going through so many things, he also had a deeper feeling. To be a person with many friends, to be a person who can help friends, only in this way, when you need friends and help, you can confidently gather such a group of people to help you do what you want to do.
Without everyone's help, he would not have been able to shoot "Love Letter" this time. He is a director, but in fact he is a person who constantly makes demands. He needs others to realize these demands one by one. Without the help of Luo Yuzhong, Xin Zixing and Liu Bige, he might not even be able to start the filming of the movie.
The program "Young Days" was one of the first jobs Lu Yanhe had after the college entrance examination. It is not easy for it to continue to this day. Especially the guests of this program, many of them have become famous and are no longer the unknown newcomers. Everyone's schedule is very tight, and everyone's market price has also ushered in a substantial increase. For this program, of course, it is impossible to say that everyone's salary will be raised according to the market price. This is not something a program can afford, no matter how popular the program is.
Why do many popular shows change a group of people during the recording process? The contradiction between the rising salary and the affordability of the program is a big reason. Therefore, when everyone is popular and the salary is high, they can only replace the blood with some very cheap newcomers. In this way, even if the popularity of the program may be lower, the overall production cost will be much lower.
The reason why "Young Days" can still be produced with the original cast is that everyone has reduced their salaries to allow the program to continue.
The nature of the show "Young Days" is destined to make it difficult to become a national variety show. It does not cover all age groups, and the show has a ceiling in terms of audience and profit. Everyone has reduced their salaries, which has reduced the pressure on the program team, and the staff of the program team can also receive more generous bonuses.
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When "Young Days" officially announced that Lu Yanhe would return to record this season, his fans were shocked.
God knows how long it has been since they last saw Lu Yanhe on the show.
Over the past six months, Lu Yanhe has basically only appeared in some business activities, film festivals and film sets, and it is difficult for a program to invite him.
Some people also said that after Lu Yanhe became a celebrity at the film festival, he started to be more careful about his reputation and stopped participating in program recordings.
Lu Yanhe specially cooperated with the director team and recorded a VCR, saying: "I originally thought that I could not participate in this season. I had already asked for leave from the director team. Unexpectedly, the summer shooting of "Love Letter" went smoothly and has been completed. There is no conflict with the recording time of "Young Days". So, I am back!"
"Young Days" forwarded: Welcome home!
Who would have thought that under this Weibo post, many fans would actually ask:
——Why do you continue to participate in a program like "Young Days"? It is no longer worthy of you.
——If you have the time, why don’t you take on one more movie? You haven’t won the Best Actor award yet.
——You want to be an artist? Why do you want to be a variety show star?
……
Lu Yanhe had never expected these comments.
Chen Ziyan said: "There is no need to reply. Many fans always hope that their idols are gods, hanging high in the sky, and never come down to earth or touch the water of the spring spring."
Lu Yanhe said: "I didn't expect that they would be so prejudiced."
"It can't be said to be prejudice, but people always like gods to maintain their image and not have emotions like humans." Chen Ziyan said, "Your entire image is now associated with the high-end international film festival. Of course, fans who like your high-end image hope that you can maintain this high-end image and distance yourself from other celebrities and artists. You want to stand on your altar. In fact, some celebrities in the past also took this high-end route. It doesn't matter if they are not popular enough or their works are not of high quality. Anyway, you have a high-end image. Once such a public impression is formed, naturally some people are willing to pay for this high-end public impression."
Lu Yanhe took a deep breath and said, "So fans' love for celebrities is a plan to create gods."
"It's not just fans who like stars, management companies also have a plan to create idols for artists." Chen Ziyan said, "No one worships ordinary people, and no one is willing to pay for ordinary people." Lu Yanhe: "How cruel."
Chen Ziyan: "For this group of fans, there is no need to explain anything. No matter what you explain, they won't listen. They don't even like you, but the high-class you. Once your high-class you are gone one day, they will stop being your fans."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
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However, the news that Lu Yanhe announced his return to the fourth season of "Young Days" made other program teams eager to move.
Is Lu Yanhe willing to come out to record the show again?
Major TV stations and program production teams began to contact Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan thought about it seriously and decided to arrange a program for Lu Yanhe in September to promote "Rouge".
The others were turned down due to schedule reasons.
However, this did not affect everyone's enthusiasm at all. Many programs even said that they could adjust the recording time to suit Lu Yanhe's schedule.
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At this time, Lu Yanhe suddenly received a call.
It was a call from Director Fu Kai.
"Yan He, I have good news for you."
"Hmm? What good news, Director?" An idea already popped up in Lu Yanhe's mind.
Fu Kai said: "'Road to Glory' was shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival's Horizons section."
"Wow! That's great, congratulations!" Lu Yanhe cheered in surprise.
Fu Kai: "I originally wanted to see if I could be shortlisted for the main competition unit, but in the end it was adjusted to the Horizon unit, and I accepted it."
Lu Yanhe said: "It's already great."
The film "Road to Glory" has a unique oriental cultural background and is a subject that is favored by film festivals. However, Director Fu Kai is not a frequent visitor to film festivals, is not well-known internationally, and is not a regular art film director. From common sense, it is very difficult for this film to be shortlisted for the main competition unit.
Therefore, Lu Yanhe felt that it was quite rare for it to be shortlisted for the Horizon Unit.
Fu Kai asked: "The Venice International Film Festival will open at the end of August. Do you have time to go with us?"
"It should be fine by the end of August. I'll talk to Sister Zi Yan later and set aside some time for her." Lu Yanhe said.
Fu Kai smiled and said, "That's great. If you don't participate in the Venice International Film Festival, the starlight of this movie will be dimmed by half."
Lu Yanhe quickly said, "No, even if I don't go, my senior brother can still support the starlight of our movie."
This movie, starring Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou, is a genuine art film. It is even more artistic than "Three Mountains". It can be said that "Three Mountains" at least added a lot of traditional Chinese legends and some bizarre pictures into the movie, and there are many pictures full of pictures and visual impact.
"Road to Glory" is a movie that talks about people, life, and such grand themes.
Lu Yanhe was not at all surprised that the film was shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival.
Its theme is tailor-made for international film festivals. The only difference is which film festival it will go to in the end. This film has Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou. In addition to the main competition unit, major film festivals will definitely welcome this film to participate, considering the proportion of entries from various countries.
The official announcement was released two days later.
The Venice International Film Festival officially announced the news.
In addition to "Road to Glory", director Yu Qin's new work "Happy Time" has also been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Venice International Film Festival.
Because two Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the competition unit, all major media reported on it.
It has been ten years since Yu Qin's last work, "Happy Time".
She is one of the most prestigious female directors in the country. Her output is not high, but she is very famous.
She is also a regular at international film festivals.
She disappeared for a long time, but suddenly, a new work emerged quietly, attracting a lot of attention and discussion. Even the film-related media discussed her work more than "Road to Glory" starring Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe.
Of course, their collaboration on "Road to Glory" is still extremely popular on the entire Internet.
There is no need to mention Lu Yanhe. Shang Yongzhou also returned to the film festival with his work after several years.
His output is very low, and in recent years he has mainly produced commercial films such as "Carpe Diem" and "Go! Big Star". Naturally, he has not brought his works to a film festival for a long time.
Shang Yongzhou is far superior to Lu Yanhe in terms of status, popularity and number of fans. After all, Lu Yanhe still lacks foundation and accumulation.
This time he returned to the film festival with a new work, and fans were almost beating drums and gongs to express their excitement.
For those who followed Lu Yanhe, the reaction to this news was almost the same -
He has been shortlisted for the four major international film festivals again.
In just three years, Lu Yanhe's record at international film festivals has been too impressive.
Moreover, in almost the past year, he has never missed any of the four major international film festivals.
He can be seen at every film festival.
Why are movies featuring Lu Yanhe so popular at top international film festivals?
Some film media conducted a review and tried to analyze the reasons.
But no pattern was found.
To put it bluntly, Lu Yanhe shoots a lot and the quality of his films is high.
But why did he have to catch up with all these dramas?
There are so many Chinese-language films every year, but only a handful of them are shortlisted for the four major international film festivals.
Don’t they want to be shortlisted?
It's because they have high requirements.
Of course, in reality, Lu Yanhe feels that he was basically blessed. "Three Mountains", "Night Run" and "Rouge" were all due to the help of director Wang Zhong, and "Late Spring" was due to the help of Liu Bige. Liu Bige had someone to help him with the international operations, so his debut film was shortlisted for the main competition unit, and because it was indeed well shot, it also won a big prize.
As for this time, Lu Yanhe felt that it was more or less because of Shang Yongzhou's starring role that "Road to Glory" came into the field of vision of those film selectors at international film festivals. Otherwise, with so many films produced in various countries around the world, even if the subject matter of "Road to Glory" was suitable for a film festival, they might not know about this film.
As for himself... many people say that Lu Yanhe now has great international influence, and the movies he stars in will directly enter the field of vision of international film festivals.
But Lu Yanhe knows his own limitations. Although, for various reasons, he appears to have become a regular at major international film festivals, and is even believed by many to have close personal relationships with many key figures overseas, he has not actually reached the level where he can attract active attention from top international film festivals for a film.
At this time, some media also came out to say that Lu Yanhe was just lucky. It is too early to say that he has become the leader of our Chinese-language films. (End of this chapter)
