Chapter 260: Art Film

What no one expected was that the impact of this incident and its duration far exceeded their expectations.

Including Chen Ziyan and Wen Minglan.

While Lu Yan He and the others continued to record the *Young Days* program, the internet was in an uproar because of this.

Regarding Wen Minglan's response, the most intense reaction was from Zhou Lina's fans.

The actress whom Wen Minglan did not name in her response was recognized by Zhou Lina's anti-fans with gongs and drums. Using this as an excuse, they dug up Zhou Lina's black material and spread it overwhelmingly.

Zhou Lina's fans were not to be trifled with either. As battle-hardened fans, they organized themselves to confront the anti-fans on one hand, and on the other hand, they shifted their focus to question the authenticity of Wen Minglan's words. The main points of attack were two:

1. Is the actress Zhou Lina? Let Wen Minglan come out and clarify, don't let everyone argue vaguely like this.

2. Even if the moved scenes went to Zhou Lina, this is the crew's behavior. It is because the crew values Zhou Lina's popularity and ability to carry the play that they did so. You bombard the crew, but why bombard Zhou Lina?

Wen Minglan hasn't debuted for long and is usually very low-key. She is not a troublemaker, and many people don't know her.

At first, this battle was almost in a state of unilateral crushing by Zhou Lina and her fans.

However, the next day, *Tomorrow Daily* released a video, which was a video of the *Sanchakou* filming scene.

In the video, Wen Minglan held two pieces of paper, her expression aggrieved and angry, questioning the few people in front of her: "Why is it a flying page again? From entering the crew until now, I have been filming flying pages every day. What about the script given to me before? Why don't you film my scenes according to the script?"

A man in front of Wen Minglan, who looked serious and about fifty years old, said: "Minglan, don't be excited. This is a temporary adjustment we made according to the filming situation. The content of the script will be filmed later."

Wen Minglan: "But today's call sheet, that scene of Zhou Lina's, shouldn't it be mine? Why was it suddenly moved to her?"

The man said: "It's just a similar scene; don't count it so much."

"I've been in the crew for a month, and until now I've been filming flying pages every day. Is it that I count too much?" Wen Minglan's eyes were red, glaring at them. "Or is it that you just bully me because I'm a newcomer and think I'm easy to bully?"

The girl's face was full of grievances, and her eyes were as sad as a wounded little beast.

The scene was quiet for a while.

"What's going on?" At this time, a man wearing a vest and somewhat bloated body came over in cloth shoes.

"Director."

"Director."

A group of people greeted.

This fat man glanced at Wen Minglan, frowned with some disgust, and said: "What's wrong? Looking like we all owe you something?"

Wen Minglan pursed her lips stubbornly and didn't speak.

The man who had just spoken to Wen Minglan simply explained to the fat man what had happened.

When the fat man finished listening, he suddenly flew into a rage at Wen Minglan: "So what if your scenes are changed? Can't we change your scenes? Making a scene here for such a small thing, affecting the normal filming of the crew, who do you think you are?"

Wen Minglan was scolded by this director in front of everyone for a full five minutes.

After watching this video, Lu Yan He was stunned. He didn't expect Wen Minglan to be scolded like this. To be honest, at first, Lu Yan He felt that no matter what happened, this behavior of leaving the crew during filming was a bit wrong. Is there anything that can't be said well? Now after watching the video, Lu Yan He just wanted to apologize to Wen Minglan for his previous thoughts.

Lu Yan He also thought to himself, no wonder Chen Ziyan said that Wen Minglan's matter was a small matter compared to his.

This video could be released today, and it must have something to do with Chen Ziyan.

He had fully learned about Sister Ziyan's methods.

Wen Minglan had already been scolded for a day yesterday, and her fame had grown as she was scolded. Releasing the video at this time, after watching it, those who scolded Wen Minglan would realize Wen Minglan's encounter in the crew, and instead turned to sympathy—this video gave solid and sufficient information. Wen Minglan endured for a month before she couldn't endure it anymore and broke out, while the crew members led by the director didn't care about Wen Minglan at all, or even didn't put her in their eyes, and instead blamed her for delaying the filming progress of the crew and scolded her in front of everyone for five minutes.

Sure enough, as Lu Yan He expected, as soon as the video was released, the public opinion about Wen Minglan changed instantly.

The direction of public opinion turned to her, and the one being scolded became the crew, including Zhou Lina.

Columnist and entertainment news commentator Mao Yu directly opened fire on the *Sanchakou* crew: I originally thought it was Wen Minglan, a little girl who didn't understand the rules and caused damage to the crew. I didn't expect it to be the crew that didn't follow the rules, bullied the little girl, and then blamed her. Bah! Dirty things!

Mao Yu's attitude can be said to represent the attitude of most media people.

It was really because the director in the video did too much, and the badness of his behavior made many young women feel the same, talking about their own workplace environment, talking about when they were humiliated by similar dog superiors.

The crusade against *Sanchakou* fermented for most of the day, and by the evening, it almost reached its peak.

This play began to be organized and boycotted by many people.

*Young Days* recording site.

Lu Yan He found that everyone was even a bit absent-minded and wanted to discuss this matter, but because of the camera filming, no one spoke.

However, the public opinion storm caused by this matter was no longer just a small event in the entertainment industry.

The focus of everyone's attention even reached workplace bullying.

Finally, Song Lin Xin couldn't help it first.

She said: "Can we temporarily turn off the camera for a while? Otherwise, I'm going to suffocate!"

She didn't say clearly what it was, but everyone actually knew what she was talking about.

They had been discussing this matter in the group chat.

The matter was so big that no one in the entertainment industry didn't pay attention.

Everyone looked at each other.

Peng Zhixing said: "Otherwise, let's just discuss this matter openly?"

"That's not good, right?" Liu Zhilan was the first to express opposition. "We don't know the details, all of which are hearsay from the internet. It's fine to discuss privately, but discussing it in this program is very easy to cause uncontrollable consequences if you are not careful, hurting others."

Lu Yan He also nodded and said: "Many people are actors, and they will enter various crews to act in the future. This matter is somewhat sensitive."

Song Lin Xin nodded and said: "So I said, apply to the directing team to turn off the machine for an hour."

Peng Zhixing: "How could the director agree to this?"

At this time, Li Zhenzhen came out.

She sat with everyone and said: "What are your concerns about not wanting to discuss this matter in this program? Afraid of saying the wrong thing, or afraid of offending people?"

Li Zhibai: "Both, of course. It's nonsense. If there were no cameras, we would have chatted about it."

"This matter has a great impact, and more and more people are participating in the discussion," Li Zhenzhen said. "I want to discuss with you, can we sit down and discuss this matter like a small forum? I don't intend to put this part into the main film of the program, but make a special episode, which will be online tomorrow. After recording, everyone will edit this video with us. If there is anything you feel is not suitable for broadcast after you finish speaking, then take it down."

"Huh?" Lu Yan He looked at Li Zhenzhen in surprise, not expecting her to suddenly come up with such an idea.

Li Zhenzhen said: "I think this opportunity is actually quite rare. It just happened to encounter such a thing, and everyone is a young artist. If we can sit together and discuss this matter, it can also provide a richer perspective for everyone. We don't have to make affirmative or negative views, just express what everyone is thinking about this matter."

Lu Yan He looked at Li Zhenzhen's serious expression and thought to himself, okay, the idealistic Li Zhenzhen with a strong humanistic atmosphere is here again.

Can such a special episode be filmed?

Lu Yan He was actually moved by Li Zhenzhen.

"Let everyone vote by show of hands," Peng Zhixing said. "Or those who are completely unwilling to participate in this part, just leave. I think Sister Zhenzhen is right. If we don't discuss its right or wrong, just express what we are thinking about this matter, I think I still have some words I want to say."

Li Zhibai shrugged and said: "I don't care, the director wants to film, so I'll film. Remember to pay me more. Suddenly filming a special episode, this matter is not written in the contract. Although I am willing to say it, I am not willing to work for free."

Li Zhenzhen couldn't laugh or cry when she heard Li Zhibai's words.

"Okay."

Li Zhenzhen said: "Then give everyone ten minutes. Ten minutes later, I will come to ask for everyone's opinions. Those who are willing to speak will prepare, and we will record directly."

Li Zhenzhen left directly, returned to the workroom, and first called the person in charge of Icefield Video to communicate about the special episode. First, it will be online tomorrow, and second, add money. The person in charge of Icefield Video was stunned when he heard it, and then said one sentence: as long as she can pull the artists to discuss such a special episode, she will pay the normal price and add the money for one episode. Li Zhenzhen hung up the phone with satisfaction.

Chen Biqiu waited for her to hang up and asked: "Don't you usually not like to rub heat?"

"This kind of thing that everyone is discussing is not rubbing heat. It is abnormal if we don't discuss it," Li Zhenzhen said. "And I am also serious. The artists in our program, one by one, have big ideas, and they are all people who think a lot on weekdays, and they want to talk about this matter so much, but they have many concerns. Then I will push them, win-win."

Chen Biqiu smiled and said: "No matter how you think, I want to say that this timing is good."

Li Zhenzhen made a "Yeah" gesture.

The Wen Minglan incident intensified, and more and more people stood up to speak for Wen Minglan, but the *Sanchakou* crew and Zhou Lina never came out to respond to this matter, quite a posture of dragging the heat of this matter with a silent attitude.

However, this matter exceeded their imagination.

When the *Young Days* program, which had been popular for two episodes, suddenly announced that it would launch a special episode two hours later, with *Young Days* guests sitting together to discuss this matter, it instantly smashed the bottom of the pot that was already bubbling non-stop.

Chen Ziyan asked Lu Yan He on the phone: "Are you speaking for Minglan?"

"Not really," Lu Yan He said. "We didn't support any side, just discussed our attitude toward this kind of thing, the relationship between actors and the crew, the professional bottom line that actors should follow, and the rules that the crew should follow."

"That's fine. Li Zhenzhen suddenly made such a special episode. Originally, I didn't want you to participate. It's too sensitive. You and Minglan are both artists I brought," Chen Ziyan sighed. "But Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both participated. If you don't participate, it will seem abrupt."

"There must be controversy, but I think Sister Zhenzhen said one thing very correctly," Lu Yan He said. "For an artist, it is not afraid of no controversy, but afraid that no one knows you, no one remembers you. And making a program, if you are afraid of controversy and are timid, then there are too many things to worry about, and you can't do anything. No matter what you say, you will offend some people. I think she said it makes sense. And when we sat together and discussed whether to participate in this special episode filming, we finally reached a consensus. This matter has happened, and it is no longer just Wen Minglan and *Sanchakou*'s matter. Many people in the entertainment industry have spoken out in the past two days, and we also have our attitude."

Chen Ziyan: "Speaking out will bring changes to the environment, but the people who enjoy the dividends of environmental change may not be the first person to speak out. The gun hits the bird that sticks out. You still have to remember this. Don't be reckless and speak out. Li Zhibai has the confidence and capital to do so. He has been like this since his debut, so even if he says something he shouldn't say, everyone's tolerance for him is very high. But you are different. You are a top student, a student of Zhenhua, and your image is too good. This is also a shackle, because everyone's tolerance for you will be lower."

Lu Yan He said "um."

The *Young Days* special episode was broadcast, and it really caused a huge uproar on the internet.

Except for Song Lin Xin's agent who firmly disagreed with her participating in the filming of this special episode, other *Young Days* guests participated in the filming.

No one directly said they supported Wen Minglan or supported *Sanchakou*, just discussed their own views, but the audience will interpret and associate.

Almost every word of everyone was screenshotted, interpreted, and fermented.

Whether it is the *Young Days* program or Lu Yan He and these artists who expressed their thoughts and views, they all boarded the trending searches at the speed of a rocket.

Moreover, it hung for two or three days, and until *Young Days* finished recording, the trending searches had not gone down.

This heat was something no one expected.

A trending search term that many people didn't expect suddenly popped up: How long will *Sanchakou* continue to play dead?

"Is this Sister Ziyan's handwriting?" Li Zhibai asked.

Lu Yan He shook his head and said: "I don't know, but it shouldn't be. Sister Ziyan doesn't look like the kind of person who will open fire on them on the surface."

According to Chen Ziyan's past style of doing things, she directly used ruthless moves to force the other party to submit. This kind of behavior of directly buying trending search terms to question the *Sanchakou* crew looks sharp, but *Sanchakou* has been ridiculed on the internet for several days, so where is it afraid of a new wave of ridicule? In essence, it is still this kind of thing, with a bit of momentum and small fire, not Chen Ziyan's style.

Li Zhibai asked: "Then if it were Sister Ziyan, what would she do?"

Lu Yan He said: "I don't know either. If I could guess what Sister Ziyan would do, I could be a teacher, and I wouldn't need an agent."

Li Zhibai: "Then if you were Wen Minglan, what would you do?"

"I am Wen Minglan?" Lu Yan He thought for a while and said: "I would find Sister Ziyan to negotiate with the crew. Since the contract is signed, we occupy an advantageous position. It is they who breached the contract first. Whether it is to continue filming or not, through Sister Ziyan to communicate with them, maybe the matter will not ferment so much."

Yan Liang said: "However, after this incident happened, Wen Minglan's fans have increased by more than two million. This can be considered a blessing in disguise. Now everyone mainly supports her opinion."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said: "There are two sides. The good side, of course, has what you said, but the bad side also has it. Wen Minglan's willful way of putting things on the table to deal with will make her included in the risk list by many crews, which will affect her striving for other plays in the future. Sister Ziyan said so."

Fame becomes bigger, which is of course a good thing for an artist. Willful, if she is wronged, she will simply lift the table, let the crew be roasted on the fire. Such a label for an actor, regardless of right or wrong, will become her supporting proof of being "difficult to deal with."

As soon as the program was recorded, Lu Yan He had to go back to school for class the next day.

It happened that the next day's class was an elective course in sociology, and the teacher mentioned the conflict between Wen Minglan and the crew in class.

Mentioning this, everyone looked at Lu Yan He with curiosity.

Lu Yan He looked at the podium without changing his face. He thought it was just a mention, but he didn't expect the teacher to assign an assignment, asking everyone to write a review article on this matter.

As soon as class was over, classmates came to find Lu Yan He to ask about the details of this matter. They wanted to know things that were not reported.

Lu Yan He still could only look innocent and said he didn't know.

Everyone was a bit disappointed.

Lu Yan He packed his schoolbag and found a place to study.

It suddenly rained halfway, and there was no way, so Lu Yan He had to turn to a nearby teaching building, but didn't expect to meet Mao Jiayang.

"Yo, Yan He, what a coincidence, are you here for class?"

"Just finished class, it rained on the way, so I came in to hide," Lu Yan He said.

Mao Jiayang nodded, walked to Lu Yan He, suddenly lowered his voice, and asked in a low voice: "How about the Trojan horse in your computer last time? Did you find the person who implanted the Trojan horse in your computer?"

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Found it, but it hasn't been used for the trap you set for me, just because of my own carelessness, it was bumped into by others."

Mao Jiayang stared in shock, "Eh? It wasn't caught by the little trap I set for you?"

"Yeah," Lu Yan He still expressed his gratitude, "but fortunately you found it first. That person lied and didn't admit that he installed a Trojan horse on my computer, just said it was to steal some information from my computer."

Mao Jiayang realized and nodded, saying: "Okay, as long as the person is caught."

He waved his hand and said: "I have class later, go up first."

"Bye-bye."

Lu Yan He found a classroom without class, went in and sat down, and took out the laptop in his bag.

He wanted to write the review article for the sociology course first, but after creating a new document, he couldn't concentrate.

The person who implanted the Trojan horse in his computer was Chen Mo, but he knew nothing about the follow-up, all handed over to Chen Ziyan to follow up.

Lu Yan He couldn't help but think, who is instructing Chen Mo to do this?

Does He Zhong know?

He Zhong didn't reply to the message sent to He Zhong. Lu Yan He didn't continue to send it. He didn't necessarily have to hear anything from He Zhong's mouth. Even things Chen Ziyan couldn't do, he didn't think he could do. It's just that the feeling of sitting and waiting for news now makes him very uncomfortable, as if "sitting and waiting for death."

The phone vibrated twice.

Miao Yue sent him a message asking if he had time at noon.

Lu Yan He replied: At school, what's wrong?

Miao Yue said: I want to see a producer and want to ask you to accompany me. He wants to buy the film adaptation rights of one of my novels, but I have no relevant experience before and am afraid of being cheated.

Lu Yan He immediately replied with a "good" word.

Miao Yue is his classmate and an author who writes for *Jump Up*. Reasonably, after Miao Yue made a request to him, he had to accept it.

He said again: But I don't know much about this, what about your editor?

Miao Yue said: I didn't sign a company, and my editor is not responsible for these things.

Unlike writers like Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin who signed cooperation agreements directly with Jiang Yin Publishing House, although Miao Yue has published two books, she only signed a book contract, not a person contract.

Miao Yue only signed a physical publishing contract with the publishing house at that time, and other copyrights were in her own hands.

Lu Yan He thought about it and said: We have a senior, Xu Mingyue, who is currently interning at Jiang Yin Publishing House. She should know more about this than us. Why don't we invite her together?

Miao Yue: I don't know her, can you help me invite her?

Lu Yan He: I'll ask.

Didn't expect Xu Mingyue to agree immediately.

Xu Mingyue said: Miao Yue hasn't signed a publishing company yet?

Lu Yan He said yes.

Lu Yan He guessed that Xu Mingyue might have moved the idea of signing Miao Yue to Jiang Yin Publishing House.

However, Xu Mingyue is only an intern now, she should not have such authority, and she has to find Xu Xiaoyin who brought her.

It rained until about 11:30.

Lu Yan He met them at the east gate of the school.

Miao Yue called an online car-hailing car and took them to the restaurant.

"Senior, Yan He, thank you for today," Miao Yue said.

Xu Mingyue said: "What trouble is this? They are all classmates in the same college. Of course, I help if I can. However, Miao Yue, I heard that your mother is a writer. Doesn't your mother help you look at this?"

Miao Yue shook her head and said: "My mother has always been writing traditional literature. If it is about physical publishing and literary criticism, my mother knows many people, but when it comes to film and television adaptation, she knows less than me."

Xu Mingyue asked: "What is the name of the producer who made an appointment with you? Which company is it?"

"Liu Bige, Long Yan Film Industry," Miao Yue said. "My novel has been published for three years, and suddenly contacted me, asking if the film and television copyright is still in my hands."

"Being able to sell copyright is a good thing," Xu Mingyue said. "It can promote the sales of your book twice, increase your popularity, and earn an adaptation fee."

Miao Yue nodded and said: "Yeah, I really want to sell it, but no one has ever looked for me. It is indeed not very popular, and a total of 15,000 copies were sold."

"What is the name? What subject?"

"*Twilight Spring*, actually it's just some stories that happened after a group of high school students met in a cram school in the summer vacation," Miao Yue said. "There is no very ups and downs plot, just some daily small stories, completely based on the few people I met when I went to cram school."

"Are you in love?"

"No," Miao Yue said. "Who dared to fall in love at that time."

"That is not a very popular adaptation subject at the moment," Xu Mingyue asked. "The introduction of this book should be seen on the internet, right?"

Miao Yue nodded, "Yes."

Xu Mingyue immediately checked the internet with her mobile phone.

The introduction of this book by the publishing house at that time was "a fleeting summer, a group of young people who are confused about youth."

？？？

Xu Mingyue was stunned when she saw this line.

Is there any publishing house that can write copy so perfunctorily? It's no wonder that such a book can be sold!

Looking at the publishing house again, it is not a serious publishing house, Xu Mingyue has never heard of it.

Xu Mingyue almost asked Miao Yue directly why she wanted to publish a book in such a publishing house—fortunately, the words came to her lips, and finally endured it, without saying some things that shouldn't be said.

Because she hasn't read the content of the original work, Xu Mingyue can't say how the adaptation prospect of this book is.

But according to what Miao Yue said, this novel is not the kind of novel with strong plot, and it is generally not favored by adaptation.

However, it is just a chat today, no need to make any decisions, and the pressure is not great.

When they arrived, Liu Bige had already arrived. The restaurant was booked by him. When Lu Yan He followed Miao Yue in, Liu Bige saw Lu Yan He, obviously stunned first.

Liu Bige didn't know that Lu Yan He would come today, which was a bit unexpected.

Miao Yue explained as soon as she entered the door: "Producer Liu, I brought two of my classmates, is it okay?"

Asking this way is just to ease Liu Bige's surprise and confusion.

Miao Yue just didn't tell him in advance so that Liu Bige had no room to refuse.

Liu Bige smiled and waved his hand, saying: "It's okay, please sit down."

He smiled and nodded, saying: "I remember, you are also studying at Zhenhua, you are classmates."

He said this to Lu Yan He.

"Hello." Lu Yan He greeted politely.

Liu Bige got up and took a water bottle to pour water for the three of them.

Several people were flattered and said "we will do it ourselves," but Liu Bige still insisted on pouring water for them before putting down the water bottle.

"Don't be polite."

At this time, the waiter knocked on the door and served the food.

Liu Bige said: "Let's eat and chat. This restaurant was brought to me by a friend. She is also studying like you, and always says that the things I eat are not what you young people love to eat."

"You are also only... about thirty years old, right?" Miao Yue asked hesitantly.

Liu Bige looks like he is about thirty years old, his appearance is still young, if it weren't for the mature aura on his body, wearing a shirt and suit pants, changing a younger hairstyle, it wouldn't be too much to say he is a college student.

He nodded and said: "Thirty-two."

"Can't tell," Xu Mingyue said. "Don't they all say that the entertainment industry is a very laborious place? It seems to be the opposite on you."

Liu Bige smiled and said: "That may be because I am relatively idle, not busy enough, and the pressure is not enough."

"How could it be." Xu Mingyue didn't know how to pick it up.

But Liu Bige had already picked it up himself, saying: "However, I did just return from overseas not long ago, and I have been in France before."

"Huh?"

"I studied film in France, and I have been an assistant there after graduation," Liu Bige said. "I returned to China last year and joined Long Yan Film Industry. I didn't do any serious work, I have been looking for projects, looking for a long time, my friend recommended this novel of yours to me."

Miao Yue looked very embarrassed and said: "*Twilight Spring* was written when I was in high school, it is not very mature."

Liu Bige said: "It is written very well, I like it very much, so I contacted you and wanted to talk about the film adaptation."

Miao Yue nodded.

"Have you considered adapting it into a movie?" Liu Bige asked Miao Yue.

Miao Yue: "Of course I have thought about it, but no one has ever looked for me. The publisher of this novel also recommended it to some film and television companies, but because the main line is not very obvious, most of them are daily, so no company wants to shoot."

Liu Bige nodded and said: "It is indeed not a good story for commercial movies."

"Then—" Miao Yue showed a puzzled look.

Xu Mingyue knew that Miao Yue was hesitant at this time. Perhaps some words were not easy for her to ask, or perhaps she didn't know what Liu Bige meant. During this time, Xu Mingyue followed Xu Xiaoyin to see many people and things, and thought she was the most experienced of the few of them, so she picked up the conversation and said: "Producer Liu, then what kind of movie do you want to adapt this novel into?"

"I haven't thought about it yet," Liu Bige said calmly. "But I definitely can't count on making money in theaters."

"Since you can't count on making money in theaters, why do you want to develop it into a movie?" Xu Mingyue asked with some confusion.

"I just said that it can't count on making money in theaters. According to my observation, there is almost no survival soil for this type in domestic theaters," Liu Bige said. "It can only be made into a low-cost art film and take this path. As for why I want to develop it into a movie, in fact, the reason has already been said. I like this novel, and I happen to be looking for a project to do, so I took a fancy to it."

Low-cost art film?

The three of them really didn't think in this direction before they came.

Liu Bige said: "Anyway, it's just a chat today, no need to make a decision now. I also have to say the conditions I can give. Within five years, exclusive film shooting rights, authorization fee of 150,000 yuan, this is the condition I can give. Of course, the contract is finally signed with Long Yan Film Industry, and the exclusive film shooting rights also belong to Long Yan."

Miao Yue showed surprise.

"150,000 yuan?"

"This price is much lower than the market price," Xu Mingyue said directly.

"Indeed, I also know that IP is popular now, and the general copyright price has reached millions, but I also said just now that those are commercial subject adaptations, which are not very applicable to the situation of *Twilight Spring*," Liu Bige said. "Miao Yue, if you are willing to authorize me, I will find a screenwriter to adapt it into a script, find a director, and build a shooting team."

Miao Yue was a bit hesitant and delayed.

Of course, there is no way to make a decision immediately.

Lu Yan He asked: "Producer Liu, can I ask a question?"

"Please."

"If you adapt *Twilight Spring* into a movie, what is your goal for this movie?" Lu Yan He said. "I know it is an art film, and it can't be for the purpose of making money. If it were for making money, you wouldn't have to make an art film. But besides this, what expectations do you have for this movie?"

Liu Bige smiled, "Of course I hope it can be harvested at the top international film festivals. However, this kind of expectation spoken orally has no meaning. It depends on what it looks like in the end. If it is filmed well, I will look for my colleagues who worked together in France before. Maybe it is not bad to take the international film festival route."

Liu Bige gives Lu Yan He a strange feeling.

He has a style in his gestures, and he is also very polite, but between his words, there seems to be a casual slackness, as if it doesn't matter if he doesn't get Miao Yue's authorization in the end.

Perhaps for him, *Twilight Spring* is just one of many choices. If he gets authorization, he will do it; if he doesn't get authorization, he won't do it.

Liu Bige suddenly looked at Lu Yan He and asked: "Will you consider acting in art films?"

"Art film? Do you mean *Twilight Spring*?" Lu Yan He asked back subconsciously.

"I don't mean this film alone, just chatting," Liu Bige said. "I have seen your name on the internet during this time. You are very popular, but it seems that the barrier between popular actors and art films is very thick, and it is difficult to see a popular actor acting in art films."

Lu Yan He pondered for a moment and said: "If it is a script I like, I will act."

"Don't you worry that the box office of art films is not good, causing a negative impact on you?" Liu Bige asked very pointedly. After asking, he explained, "After I returned to China, I participated in several projects, basically art films, and found an interesting phenomenon. As long as it is a director who has not produced a representative work, even if the actor likes it very much when reading the script, he will finally refuse. The reasons for asking are various, but in fact, they are all worried that the box office of the film is not good and carry the title of box office poison. Generally, only actors who are not very popular will be willing to act." 【260

Lu Yan He: "I haven't played a lead role yet either, so I haven't considered these aspects. But for me, I don't really count as being very famous; it's all superficial. People paying attention to me doesn't necessarily mean they like me that much, so my burden isn't that heavy."

Liu Bige nodded. "Many actors have said the same thing to me when chatting, but when it came time to make a decision, they still refused."

His expression suddenly became somewhat listless.

"This is the part that confuses me the most. Why can't they just tell the truth?"

"It's not necessarily that they're lying to you. It's just that the market is huge and there are many choices. When they tell you they're willing to act, it's the truth. When it comes time to make a decision, they might have other options, or they might not be able to decide for themselves because their company and agent don't agree to it," Lu Yan He said. "If you think I'm being hypocritical, then if there's a script that suits me and you want to find me, just send it over. You'll know then whether I'm telling the truth."

Liu Bige looked at Lu Yan He with slight surprise; this was an answer he hadn't expected.

After chatting with Liu Bige, on the way back, Xu Mingyue said with some concern: "Why do I feel like Liu Bige is a bit unreliable? I've dealt with plenty of producers and people from film and television companies. Although people are all sorts and different, I've never met anyone as... as laid-back as him."

"Perhaps it has to do with him returning from France," Miao Yue chuckled.

"What do you think?" Xu Mingyue asked Miao Yue. "The price of 150,000 yuan he offered isn't high, but for an art-house film, it's justifiable. You can't say he's deliberately lowballing."

Miao Yue said: "I need to go back and think about it carefully. As for the money... anyway, if he doesn't buy it, no one else will, so I won't dwell on that."

"Then what are you mainly considering now?" Xu Mingyue asked.

"I want to go and find out what kind of person Liu Bige is first," Miao Yue said. "I'm afraid of running into a scammer, and I'm afraid there might be some trap. If not, this is an opportunity, and I still want to adapt my book into a film."

Xu Mingyue nodded and said: "I'll help you look into it through my publishing house connections as well."

She looked at Lu Yan He, who was sitting in the passenger seat. The latter was turning his head to look out the window, seemingly lost in thought, staring blankly.

"Yan He, what are you thinking about?" Xu Mingyue asked.

Lu Yan He came back to his senses and said: "I'm thinking about what he just said to me regarding art-house films."

"What if he really sends you a script?"

"Then I'll take a look at the script," Lu Yan He said with a smile. "But as you all know, I have a lot of classes to attend. Between acting and school, I'll definitely prioritize school for these next few years. My agent even said to find me more supporting roles in the future and not to consider lead roles for now; there's really no way to spare that much time for filming."

"If it's just filming a movie, it shouldn't require that much shooting time, right?" Xu Mingyue asked.

"That's not necessarily true; even a short one requires a month or two," Lu Yan He said.

Just then, Liu Bige, who had just been added as a friend, suddenly sent him a message: Liu Bige, Long Yan Films.

Lu Yan He saved the contact note.

At this moment, Chen Ziyan sent a message: "The Golden Era" is releasing stills today. You need to coordinate with the crew to post your still on social media.

Following it was a promotional still produced by the crew.

It was the moment Lu Yan He walked in through the front door of the classroom. His facial features displayed a refined and bright youthful temperament. Golden sunlight bloomed behind him, and his eyes were clear, like the morning sun, like a gentle breeze, like the early morning when the spring snow melts.

Next to the character was a line of vertical text: Lu Yan He as Yao Yuan.

Lu Yan He clicked on the full-size image with pleasant surprise and exclaimed in his heart.

He replied: Okay!

He asked again: Should I post it now?

Chen Ziyan said: Wait until 8:00 tonight to post it together. Set a scheduled post.

Lu Yan He immediately went to set it up.

Chen Ziyan: The quality of the still is very good.

Lu Yan He: *Nods frantically. *

Chen Ziyan: The feeling you give off in the still is very different from your usual vibe. The director really knows how to capture your details; that look in your eyes is very good.