"How could this happen?" Lu Yanhe was a little Siqi said: "Of course, this has nothing to do with her, it's just a coincidence, so people say she is a jinx. In fact, although the works she directed didn't have particularly high box office and made a lot of money, they didn't lose money either. But now companies don't dare to cooperate with her. People in this industry are a bit superstitious. For a director like her who cooperates with a company and makes it bankrupt, if she can't bring huge profits to everyone, her past experience will be a huge obstacle."
Lu Yanhe nodded in understanding.
"As for why she didn't approach Ruyi Pictures to discuss cooperation on the sequel, or why Ruyi Pictures rejected her, there is no news online."
We still have to find Chen Ziyan for this matter.
As a result, when Chen Ziyan heard about this, her first reaction was: "Could she have deliberately followed you to the cinema to create an encounter?"
Lu Yanhe was a little confused, "Huh?"
Chen Ziyan: "Director Zhou Changying has too many stories like this. In order to get investors to agree to invest, or to convince an actor to star in her play, she can appear around them in every possible way and try every possible way to create chance encounters."
Lu Yanhe was surprised.
Chen Ziyan: "Zhou Changying...Is she having a falling out with Ruyi Pictures again?"
"Breaking up? Their movie just came out." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Ziyan: "Zhou Changying's personality is a bit difficult to deal with. Basically no one will have a good time working with her. She is almost paranoid in many aspects. You can see it by looking at the movies she has filmed in the past. Few people will work with her for a second movie."
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It sounds like I don't even have to think about it. I can just reject her directly."
Chen Ziyan: "If you need my advice, I would certainly advise you not to agree to this investment. The box office performance of the movie Behind the Golden Coat is also average, and it is expected to take in about 40 million yuan. Of course, for now, the reputation of this movie is not bad. Maybe if the decline is controlled well and the screening schedule is stabilized, this movie can get more box office."
Lu Yanhe: "Behind the Golden Robe should still be profitable, right?"
"According to my estimation, it should be profitable. Although the production cost is publicly disclosed as 80 million, it should actually be only between 10 and 20 million," Chen Ziyan said. "Exaggerating the production cost in publicity is a normal promotional method."
Lu Yanhe: "Then if Zhou Changying wants to make a sequel, Ruyi Pictures shouldn't refuse."
"That's not necessarily true. I haven't inquired about other things, but I heard that the majority of the investment in the movie Behind the Golden Coat was not from Ruyi Pictures' own funds, but from Zhou Changying herself." Chen Ziyan smiled and said, "In fact, she came to me for this movie and asked me if I was willing to invest."
Lu Yanhe said: "Hmm?"
"I rejected her," Chen Ziyan said. "To be honest, it's not that I don't trust her, but if I work with her, there might be all kinds of troubles in the future. She is too paranoid. Once she makes up her mind, no one can change it. It's useless to say anything to her. Also, sometimes she doesn't follow the rules or principles."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Unexpectedly, the next night, Lu Yanhe received a call from Zheng Huairen of Northern Lights Video.
"Hey, Yan He."
Lu Yanhe originally thought that Zheng Huairen called him about "Wulin Wai Zhuan" or "Squid Game", but Zheng Huairen was asking him: "Do you want to invest in the sequel of "Behind the Golden Robe"?"
"Ah? No." Lu Yanhe immediately denied, "Why do you ask that?"
Zheng Huairen said: "When Zhou Changying, the director of the movie Behind the Golden Coat, was raising funds from others, he said that you were very interested in the sequel project and agreed to invest in it."
"Ah?" Lu Yanhe couldn't believe it. "How could this happen?"
"I also heard rumors and someone came to ask me about this matter, so I called you to confirm it with you." Zheng Huairen said, "In our industry, there are usually many investors who want to come in and invest. However, many people don't understand these things and are easily fooled. Now Zhou Changying is using you as a sign to invest. Although under normal circumstances, no one will be deceived, there is no guarantee that someone will be fooled."
Lu Yanhe felt incredible.
Zhou Changying is not a new director. After all, he has filmed several movies. How could he do such a thing?
Lu Yanhe: "Thank you for reminding me, otherwise I would still be in the dark."
Zheng Huairen: "Although I haven't had much contact with Zhou Changying, I have heard a lot about her. I would like to remind you to try to distance yourself from her and have less contact with her."
Lu Yanhe: "Yeah, I heard about it too. Sigh, this may be unbelievable to you. I went to see this movie yesterday and happened to run into her in the cinema. After the movie, she introduced herself to me as the director of the movie and said that she was preparing for the sequel and wanted me to invest in her. I said I would think about it. I didn't expect that this would happen just one day later. I find it strange that she clearly cooperated with Ruyi Pictures for the first movie, but why didn't she go to Ruyi Pictures for the sequel, but came to us for investment."
"Ruyi Pictures certainly doesn't want to work with her anymore," said Zheng Huairen. "Ruyi Pictures chose to work with her and invest in this film because it was originally intended to be a mainstream film. Ruyi Pictures was planning to release the film during the National Day holiday, but Zhou Changying later changed the script, saying that she wanted to weaken the political tone and make a film that could be shown both domestically and abroad, so she changed the background to a vague struggle between the revolutionary army and the warlords. Ruyi Pictures was furious, but because it was clearly written in the contract that the final editing rights of the film were in Zhou Changying's hands, Ruyi Pictures had no way to make direct changes."
Lu Yanhe was shocked.
He didn't even know that there was such a story behind the movie.
It sounds like Zhou Changying completely screwed Ruyi Pictures.
"But if Ruyi Films wants to shoot a mainstream film, why would they cooperate with Zhou Changying? There should be other directors who can shoot it, right?"
"Ruyi Pictures does not have this kind of background. Not every company can produce mainstream films, but Zhou Changying has the resources," said Zheng Huairen.
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.
He said, why did Ruyi Pictures dare to cooperate with Zhou Changying even though she had a reputation for "cheating film companies"? It turned out that she had a special purpose.
Lu Yanhe said, "Boss Zheng, please help me explain this to your friends. If anyone asks you again, please help me explain it as well."
Zheng Huairen agreed.
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Lu Yanhe immediately told Chen Ziyan the content of the call from Zheng Huairen.
"That's something Zhou Changying would do." Chen Ziyan's tone didn't sound surprised at all. "She is the kind of person who will use any means to achieve her goals."
Lu Yanhe: "What if someone really believed her words and was fooled into investing in that movie? What should we do?"
"That has nothing to do with us."
"But isn't Zhou Changying using my name to deceive others?"
"According to common sense, anyone would ask around like Zheng Huairen's friend to see if you really invested. If you believe everything Zhou Changying says, then you deserve to be cheated. Think of it as a lesson learned. People with such brains should not enter the film investment industry, otherwise they will lose everything."
Lu Yanhe didn't expect Chen Ziyan to say that.
"Do you want to remind others?"
"The main concern is that some people will really be deceived."
"You can post a Weibo, but don't mention any names. Just say that you received a call from a friend asking if you have invested in other movies. Just say you are not considering it recently." Chen Ziyan said, "You are now famous for your good taste in choosing movies. In this case, there must be more than one company like Zhou Changying. It's a good thing for you to post a statement like this."
Seeing that Chen Ziyan also agreed, Lu Yanhe immediately edited it and sent it out.
Unexpectedly, less than ten minutes after he sent the message, Xiao Yun called him.
"Yan He, are you talking about the director named Zhou Changying?"
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.
"She called me this afternoon," Xiao Yun said. "She also came to ask me if I was willing to invest in her new movie. I met her once before and was approached about a role, but of course, it didn't work out. I just left my contact information."
Lu Yanhe asked: "She told you that I would also invest?"
"She didn't tell me that. She just told me a lot about how difficult it was for her to make this movie. She also said that she was bullied by the people from Ruyi Films. Even though the movie Behind the Golden Robe was profitable, they still wanted to deduct her bonus. So, she decided to make the sequel herself." Xiao Yun said, "I'm still hesitating whether to help invest."
Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment and said, "Movie investment is very risky. I suggest you learn more about her past experiences before making a decision."
Xiao Yun: "It was only when I saw your Weibo post that I felt something was a little off."
Lu Yanhe said: "I clearly didn't agree to invest in her, but she told others that I wanted to invest in her. She used me as a signboard to fool others, which made me unhappy."
"She probably knows that I know you, so she doesn't dare to fool me like this." Xiao Yun said, "If she dared to say that to me, I would call you and you would know what's going on. She might use this to fool some people outside the circle. Even if they want to contact you, they can't, so they can't confirm the authenticity."
Lu Yanhe: "Alas."
Xiao Yun: "Okay, I know what you mean. See you later on the show."
"it is good."
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On the day of recording the first episode of the fourth season of "Young Days", Lu Yanhe came to the city of Zhaota.
Zhaota is a southern coastal city.
In August, it would be better to find a relatively cool place to record, so the program team chose this place.
Although this is in the south, the climate is quite comfortable because it is by the sea.
Lu Yanhe hasn't seen everyone for a long time, and I'm quite excited to meet you again this time.
Originally, we were supposed to get together the night before the recording.
However, many people cannot get to the hotel until late at night, so they cannot make time and have to give up.
By the time of the official recording, everyone was finally together and able to meet each other.
Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, when we are together again, that familiar feeling is still there. This is mainly because we chat a lot online and have been in touch all the time.
The recording of the show starts in the car.
Lu Yanhe was the third person to come out of the hotel and get on the car.
Before him, there were Peng Zhixing and Yan Liang.
"Brother Zhixing!" Lu Yanhe greeted Peng Zhixing as soon as he got in the car.
Peng Zhixing hosted the domestic premiere of almost every film of Lu Yanhe.
Including Lost on Journey, because Lu Yanhe didn't have time to participate in the promotional tour, he called many friends and asked them to help out. Among them, Peng Zhixing was responsible for hosting three special screenings, which was very helpful. In addition, the Lost on Journey crew also appeared on Peng Zhixing's talk show for promotion.
As soon as Peng Zhixing saw him, he smiled and congratulated him, saying, "Congratulations, your new film has been shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival. It's Glory Road, right?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Yes."
Of course Peng Zhixing had already expressed his congratulations a long time ago. He deliberately mentioned this movie and this matter in front of the camera as a form of publicity.
Lu Yanhe understood his intention.
"Just now I asked Yan Liang if you suffered a lot while making this movie. I heard that all of your movies were shot on location, and many scenes were shot in remote and inconvenient places."
"It wasn't that hard, but compared to other movies, the conditions were a bit tougher when filming this movie." Lu Yanhe smiled, "But you're asking the wrong question, Yan Liang."
"Hmm?" Peng Zhixing asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Lu Yanhe said: "He just came back from the deep mountains and old forests of Southeast Asia a few months ago. Compared with the movie he filmed, I can say that I am enjoying myself while filming "Road to Glory"."
Peng Zhixing looked at Yan Liang in surprise.
"He didn't tell me anything at all."
Yan Liang smiled and waved his hands, saying, "You need to be careful when playing the victim now, it's easy to backfire, so I won't say any more."
"What do you mean we need to be cautious when playing the victim?" Xiao Yun, who was always carefree, got into the car.
She was wearing a baseball cap and dressed very youthfully and beautifully, like a girl walking out of a campus.
Of course, she is about the same age herself.
"Oh, you didn't wear makeup today?" Peng Zhixing asked in surprise.
Xiao Yun immediately said proudly: "Today I recorded the show, of course I put on makeup, but I specifically put on a no-makeup makeup. Isn't it beautiful?"
She posed in the narrow corridor, showing off her graceful figure. Three boys who were familiar with her immediately tutted in unison.
Xiao Yun snorted softly.
After Xiao Yun sat down, he looked at Lu Yanhe and said, "I finally see you. You're so busy. July arranged for us to have a script reading for "Wulin Wai Zhuan". I thought I'd see you, but you never showed up."
Xiao Yun plays Guo Furong in "Wulin Waijiao".
In July, Northern Lights Video organized a script reading for the actors, with director Bai Jingnian leading everyone to review the script and discuss the characters and plot.
"I was filming Love Letter at that time," Lu Yanhe said. "I couldn't even attend the promotion and domestic premiere of Lost on Journey."
Xiao Yun: "You are a busy man. Forget it. You should be busy. Write more scripts and give me more roles to play."
"Be a human being. Some time ago, the doctor said that I was under too much stress and was a little anxious. My agent immediately pushed a lot of my work aside. Now I have finished filming "Love Letter" and am taking a rest," said Lu Yanhe.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yun immediately asked, "How are you now? What's your mental state?"
"You don't have to look at me like I'm about to turn into a mental patient." Lu Yanhe said speechlessly, "I was just a little stressed out some time ago because it was my first time as a director. I'll be fine after a while of adjustment."
Xiao Yun smiled again and said, "That's good."
At this time, Li Zhibai and Liu Zhiyin came up one after another.
Li Zhibai was still yawning.
Liu Zhiyin complained from behind: "How many times did you yawn along the way?"
Li Zhibai said: "I arrived at the hotel at 2 . yesterday and only slept for five hours."
Liu Zhiyin said: "I didn't arrive until three in the morning yesterday, and I had to get up at six this morning to do my makeup and hair. I only slept for three hours."
Li Zhibai: "..."
Li Zhibai turned around and glanced at Liu Zhiyin.
The latter looked energetic and full of vitality, without any sign of fatigue.
"Did you give yourself a shot of adrenaline before going out?" Li Zhibai asked.
Liu Zhiyin: "I was so excited when I thought about recording a show with everyone again that I didn't feel sleepy at all!"
Li Zhibai rolled his eyes, "It's too stressful to record a show with you."
There have been too many such daily interactions in the show "Young Days".
They made fun of each other, joked around, and laughed.
Qin Zhibai, Song Linxin and Su Xiao were the last to get on the car.
All nine of us are here.
The carriage was suddenly in an uproar, and everyone had a lot to say.
It's the fourth season now, and the feeling of strangeness has long been gone. We are all familiar with each other, and it's a long-awaited reunion, so the warmth is about to explode.
Li Zhenzhen held up the loudspeaker and shouted "Quiet down" three times, but it fell on deaf ears.
Li Zhenzhen finally had to walk up to each of them with a loudspeaker and ask them to be quiet for a while.
When the carriage finally quieted down, Li Zhenzhen returned to her seat, sighed sincerely, and said, "Welcome everyone back to the fourth season of "Young Days."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Zhibai was the first to lead the applause and cheer: "Oh oh oh oh oh——"
The sound of a rooster crowing in celebration.
"I'm glad that a group of us have walked from the first season to the fourth season. Some people were absent for a short time due to work conflicts, but I want to proudly announce that no one has left our show!"
Li Zhibai immediately responded: "That's not right. In the first episode of the first season, Meng Li got off the show."
Li Zhenzhen: "..."
Lu Yanhe saw that Li Zhenzhen's hand holding the loudspeaker tightened a little, and it seemed that she could not hold back the urge to take action.
Li Zhibai immediately smiled shamelessly: "I was just joking to liven up the atmosphere, cut it off, cut it off."
Yan Liang reached out a hand and covered Li Zhibai's mouth.
"Director, please continue. I promise to stop Li Zhibai from talking."
The others laughed.
Li Zhenzhen then continued, "In three years, everyone has changed a lot. When we recorded the first season, some had just debuted, some had just been admitted to university, and some had just returned from abroad. Three years have passed, and everyone has made brilliant achievements in their respective fields. I am honored that this program has recorded a fragment of each of you every year. I hope that our program can continue for a long time and become our once-in-a-lifetime encounter."
Liu Zhiyin showed her support by making a heart gesture and said, "Of course I can do it!"
Xiao Yun also nodded, "Yes, it will definitely work!"
"From the first episode, we have retained many of the previous segments this season, but we have also added new segments on the basis of the previous ones. Of course, no matter what the segment is, the purpose of our program is to observe young people's cohabitation and interpersonal relationships." Li Zhenzhen said with a smile, "Please continue to be your true selves in the program, whether it is quarreling or hugging, whether it is a cold war or love, please believe us, we will definitely show your most authentic relationship under the premise of protecting you as much as possible."
Everyone applauded.
Why are they willing to keep recording this show? On the one hand, they have a good relationship with each other, and on the other hand, the production team has always been very protective of them, allowing them to further feed back their own acting careers every time they appear on the show, which is also very important.
For Lu Yanhe, this is almost the only place where his fans can get to know the real side of his life. He rarely participates in other programs and rarely shares his life content on the Internet. His public image is almost entirely constructed by film and television dramas and media reports.
In this program, everyone can see that Lu Yanhe himself is a young man who is immature and funny. They can also see that he can complain about others, is lazy, and has shortcomings.
After Li Zhenzhen expressed what she wanted to say to everyone on behalf of the director team, the recording of the first episode began.
She began to introduce the guests for the first episode.
"Our guests for this episode, Yan He and Yan Liang are very familiar with each other."
Of course, everyone already knew that the people coming were actors from the crew of "Friends", but they still had to pretend to be surprised and confused in front of the camera.
“Why are Yan He and Yan Liang so familiar with each other?”
"Is he their mutual good friend?"
"Could it be a member of the Fengzhi group?"
Everyone was discussing it at once.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang also looked towards the car door with puzzled but expectant expressions.
"who is it?"
When Zhan Yun, Wen Minglan, Bai Jin and Yin Xincheng appeared, Xiao Yun and the others looked shocked, as if to say "How is this possible?"
Peng Zhixing said in disbelief: "Are they really them?"
"Is it the first time that the cast of 'Friends' will appear together in our variety show?" Xiao Yun asked.
Song Linxin covered her mouth.
"In my lifetime."
Lu Yanhe looked at everyone's reactions and felt that the performance was too exaggerated.
It’s not like they haven’t appeared in the same frame before. They already appeared on the same stage once at the Northern Lights Video’s graduation party last year.
But after thinking about this, Lu Yanhe immediately realized that -
Ah, the last time the cast of "Friends" appeared together was a year ago.
It's been a long time too.
For a hit drama like "Friends", according to common sense, the leading actors would appear on the same stage together under the arrangement of various capitals and program crews.
After all, every time they appear together, it brings huge traffic, which can be converted into extremely high commercial value.
However, due to Lu Yanhe's previous conflicts with Beijing and Taiwan, Lu Yanhe missed all promotional activities related to Beijing and Taiwan before the show was aired.
After the show was aired, Lu Yanhe announced that he would not appear in any of the sequels to "Friends", which made the situation even more serious.
Due to various pressures, they have not appeared in the same frame for a long time.
Later, with the "reconciliation" between Lu Yanhe and Jingtai, the situation changed.
Last year’s graduation party was the first time they appeared together, and this is the second time.
The second season has been aired for a long time, and the third season is about to start filming.
However, at this time, in the hearts of the public, the sixth person of "Friends" will always be Lu Yanhe, not Chen Ziliang, let alone anyone else.
Li Zhenzhen must have put in a lot of effort to make the "Friends" crew appear together for the first time in a variety show in "Young Days".
Lu Yanhe could almost imagine how big the reaction would be among the huge fans of "Friends" when this episode was aired.
After all the people gathered, Li Zhenzhen began to announce the main tasks for today.
Everyone has to complete their work as hotel service staff at the hotel they stayed in yesterday and receive scores from a panel of judges composed of hotel staff.
It was still the same old rules. We were divided into five groups, three people in each group. The group with the highest score had the first chance to choose the room for the night, and the group with the lowest score could only choose last. We didn't know where the house would be this season, or what it would be like. All of these were unknowns. So we could only try to get the highest score for our group, so that we could take the initiative later.
Lu Yanhe drew lots and was grouped with Xiao Yun and Liu Zhiyin.
After the drawing of lots was completed, everyone followed their PD back to their rooms to change into hotel staff uniforms. Here, they also had to receive their own secret tasks - the segment proposed by Lu Yanhe, write down their own wishes, submit them to the director team, and draw another person's wish and try their best to help realize this wish.
According to the director team's reminder, this wish should be related to one's own life and can be realized with the help of others.
Lu Yanhe wrote that his wish is to "open a diary column on the self-media platform "Jump Up" and write at least one diary every month."
By the time he changed into his uniform and finished preparing for the interview, the director team had also compiled everyone's wishes and came over with a box in their arms, knocking on the door.
The wish that Lu Yanhe drew from the box was "Come be a guest at my concert."
As soon as he saw it, he knew that the owner of this wish was either Qin Zhibai or Song Linxin.
They are the only two singers here.
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My body is still not well, and I am coughing so hard that I feel like I am struggling to survive.
Everyone please take precautions.
Unexpectedly, it would still be yang. (End of this chapter)
