Chapter 263: Another way of playing (7,000-character update!)

"Son of Time and Space" is certainly a big IP that has received a lot of attention, and it is a big project that many first-tier actors hope to participate in.

But Huang Kai is also the kind of actor that any project craves.

The size of the IP of "Son of Time and Space" determines that it cannot be a non-commercial project, and in the current Chinese film and television market, who else can have the confidence to say they are more popular than Huang Kai?

Huang Kai has reached the top, and his acting skills have always been highly recognized.

Such an actor takes the initiative to propose that he wants to act. Even if the other party cannot make a decision for a while, it will not disappear without a reply.

Lu Yan He was very surprised.

However, Huang Kai's inquiry seemed to be a beginning.

The next day, a lot of news about Lu Yan He starring in "Son of Time and Space" suddenly emerged on the internet.

Lu Yan He was very confused and took a screenshot to ask Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan said she didn't know what was going on and was contacting the production side of "Son of Time and Space."

At noon, the official web drama of "Son of Time and Space" responded that casting has not yet started, thank you for your attention.

The response content is simple, which actually denies the news that Lu Yan He will star.

As a result, this news attracted ridicule—many people think this is Lu Yan He's hype, wanting to bind himself to "Son of Time and Space" to raise his value.

Chen Ziyan had to take a screenshot of the chat record between herself and Lu Yan He and send it out to clarify: We all love the story of "Son of Time and Space," so we won't deliberately "rub" or "hype."

It is a kind of attitude.

Fortunately, at this time, the official web drama of "Son of Time and Space" left a message under Chen Ziyan's dynamic, saying: Ms. Chen contacted us this morning to ask if there is any intention to cooperate, so as not to let everyone be happy for nothing if it is fake news. Currently, it is indeed because casting has not started, so not a single actor has been decided. Please keep kindness.

"I didn't expect that inviting Teacher Jiang to draw a cover for us would cause such a big disturbance," Chen Siqi had lingering fears.

Lu Yan He said: "I don't know what kind of rumors were made."

Chen Siqi said: "Maybe it's just some marketing accounts that deliberately made it for heat."

In the internet era now, many people live on heat and traffic—regardless of true or false, traffic can be cashed out. Therefore, all kinds of news are flying all over the sky, suspected, it is said, according to insiders, etc.

Lu Yan He said: "In the past, people with high status had the right to speak, but now whoever masters the channel of speaking has the right to speak."

Chen Siqi was thoughtful when she heard Lu Yan He say this.

Chen Siqi said: "I heard that some brokerage companies have cultivated hundreds of marketing accounts."

"That's too terrifying, are they specifically for their artists to control comments and do data?"

"Maybe, your Star Entertainment must have it too."

"I have never seen it," Lu Yan He said. "Maybe Sister Ziyan knows."

Chen Siqi said: "Forgot to tell you one thing, I sent you a box of 'Jump Up' postcards, specially designed by Yilong. After you receive it, write one to Teacher Jia Long to express your gratitude. When the time comes, I will give you the address, and you will mail it to Teacher Jia Long together with the second issue of 'Jump Up'."

Lu Yan He knew that Chen Siqi left this specifically for him to do.

"Okay."

What can a magazine do? In such an era, no one knows. Because I don't know, it is full of all kinds of imagination.

After the newsstand era ended, people now buy books and magazines almost through the internet.

After the hot sales of the first issue, in fact, some people told Chen Siqi that its fire is short-term, because everyone is curious about a fresh thing, it is the effect of several stars pulling sales, and it was sent a wave of heat by Yu Jiang at that time. Under such circumstances, so far, this book has actually only sold 90,000 physical books and 50,000 e-books, which already shows that it cannot be sold for a long time.

If any book has such publicity, the sales will reach at least 300,000 copies, which is a super bestseller.

But facing these statements, Chen Siqi remained unmoved. "Jump Up" is the most suitable thing for her to do during college, and it is also the first thing she made in her life. She couldn't give up because of these voices.

Chen Siqi discusses with Linyu, Xu Zijun, Xu Mingyue and others almost every day about what kind of topics and planning this book can do later. The key is to let readers stay and let more readers read this book.

The second issue has famous comedy actors like Jia Long, and popular idol stars like Li Zhibai and Lu Yan He, which is actually enough.

Chen Siqi said in the editorial team group: We won't wait for Huang Kai's article, leave this layout for "Assassinate Me."

Linyu: For "Assassinate Me"? This is also a submission received from the submission mailbox. Although the novel is good, the author is unknown. We have published a lot of newcomers' manuscripts in this issue.

Linyu is a little worried, this will affect the sales of the second issue.

Chen Siqi said: The readers who bought the first issue are more or less coming for the gimmick. The second issue is likely to have a decline in sales. We have to be prepared for this. There are already three star artists. If we add more, one-third of the authors in this issue are star artists. If we keep doing this, our own readers will not be cultivated. When one day we can no longer invite stars of this level to write for us, won't the sales plummet? So, although we may encounter a short-term decline in sales, we must also cultivate our own readers.

Linyu: Then why should the layout be left to "Assassinate Me"? We have also received manuscripts from famous writer teachers.

Chen Siqi: Because I hope to give everyone an impression that "Jump Up" is a place that can dig for newcomers and cultivate writers. In the future, I also want to control this proportion. In every issue of manuscripts, at least one-third of the manuscripts are from newcomers, unless the quality of the manuscripts is really not good.

Linyu: OK, then I understand. If this is the case, then the manuscripts received in our submission mailbox are really not enough. This issue has almost been published.

Chen Siqi: I hope that after the second issue is on the market, it can drive more authors to submit manuscripts. This is just my hope. If there are really no manuscripts, of course, don't lower the quality of the manuscripts for this proportion.

"Jump Up" releases a message about the second issue almost every few days.

When Lu Yan He finished recording the third issue of "City Travel Notes," "Jump Up" announced again that the second issue will publish the first novel created by Li Zhibai, "Don't Be Cowardly When You Should Confess!".

Li Zhibai's fans were stunned.

Huh?

In the first issue, Li Zhibai wrote an article to support the magazine edited by Lu Yan He, which is fine, why did he start writing novels?

Mainly because Li Zhibai doesn't look like a person who loves reading and writing, but now he has actually come up with a novel, they really don't know how to react, and always feel weird.

Yu Jiang also appeared at this time: Really ridiculous, before it was just making magazines, now they are looking for stars to write novels. Is "Jump Up" magazine specifically made to fool fans' money?

"Jump Up" does not make any response.

Zhou Ping'an's reaction was very big.

He called Li Zhibai who was filming in the crew, "Why did you write things for them again? Do you know that everyone is mocking you online now?"

Li Zhibai didn't know what Zhou Ping'an was talking about at all, he complained directly: "What are you talking about? I'm going to film soon, don't disturb me if there's nothing serious."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Zhou Ping'an was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking. However, Li Zhibai has this virtue, he is used to it, and there is nothing he can do about him.

Although he hung up Zhou Ping'an's phone without saying a word, Li Zhibai still went online to see what was going on.

Seeing many people questioning him, he was speechless and posted a dynamic: What's wrong with star artists? Can't star artists write novels? How high is the threshold for writing novels?

As soon as the dynamic was posted, he threw his mobile phone aside and was summoned by the director to film.

Li Zhibai was not well prepared for this drama that was temporarily rescued, but he was too lazy to prepare. Anyway, he felt whatever he felt on the spot, but the director thought he acted very well.

Li Zhibai didn't know where it was good, but since it was said so, he accepted it. He never consumes himself internally.

As a result, when he remembered to look at his mobile phone, this dynamic of his hit the trending list.

There is another trending keyword: Li Zhibai doesn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth.

Some people led by Yu Jiang bluntly said they were insulted by Li Zhibai's words.

Yu Jiang bombarded Li Zhibai: How low is the threshold for writing novels? Is it something that can be called a novel if you write something casually?

The speeches of others are almost the same meaning, pointing out that Li Zhibai does not respect creation and does not respect novelists.

Li Zhibai was dumbfounded, and at the same time a sentence popped up in his mind: Is it necessary?

Looking again, Zhou Ping'an had three missed calls hanging on his mobile phone.

Li Zhibai had black lines on his head.

It's not a day or two that Li Zhibai is easy to say the wrong thing, and he is often scolded for this.

Li Zhibai is quite free and easy, "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water," and doesn't care about being scolded.

However, he didn't want to affect "Jump Up" because of this statement.

After struggling for a while, he rarely apologized and said: Said the wrong thing, stand at attention and be beaten, apologize to everyone offended by my inappropriate speech. Explain, I posted the previous dynamic, absolutely did not mean that the threshold for writing novels is very low, and anyone can write it. I was just stimulated by some people who mocked me for writing novels, so I had such a speech. I think anyone has the power to write novels, right? Although I am an artist, I also have a novel dream, which should be okay, right?

"It's really not easy, it's rare to see Li Zhibai apologize."

Lu Qingzhen has worked in the company for so many years and often sees Li Zhibai say the wrong thing and hit the trending list, but rarely sees Li Zhibai apologize.

Chen Ziyan: "He saw that the matter was a bit big and didn't want to affect 'Jump Up'."

Lu Qingzhen looked at Chen Ziyan with a smile and said: "If you had chosen him to bring under your hand at the beginning, would it be better?"

"Not suitable," Chen Ziyan shook her head. "He is that kind of typical thorn. The agent can't control him. Although his heart is good and his character is upright, there are quite a few troubles. If I really bring him, it's still a small quarrel in three days and a big quarrel in five days. Don't look at Zhou Ping'an's many contradictions with him, making a big noise, but Zhou Ping'an is the one who can tolerate his temper."

"Why do you say that?"

"Li Zhibai does not obey discipline. Zhou Ping'an looks tough, but in fact, he never comes hard with Li Zhibai. He is somewhat afraid of his family background, and he is so popular now. Looking at people and serving dishes is what Zhou Ping'an is best at, and I am not so good at it. I can pretend for a while, but not for a lifetime."

"Haha, I don't know if you are praising Zhou Ping'an or satirizing Zhou Ping'an."

"In this matter, I am praising him," Chen Ziyan smiled. "He still has his merits."

"That's true. Look at Ma Zhiyuan, who made such a big noise with him before, isn't he slowly being managed by him now?" Lu Qingzhen said. "I really admire this point. Ma Zhiyuan, this thorn, is no easier to handle than Li Zhibai, but Zhou Ping'an has a way."

"Did Ma Zhiyuan make any moths again?"

"Which day doesn't he make trouble?" Lu Qingzhen rolled her eyes. "I originally helped him talk about a business, a top luxury branch Asia-Pacific spokesperson, but he refused, saying that he either wants to be a global spokesperson or a full-line spokesperson. I really wanted to splash a cup of coffee on his face at that time. It was really brain-damaged, talking nonsense, and then Zhou Ping'an handled him."

Chen Ziyan shook her head, "This is really, if he doesn't change this personality, sooner or later he will suffer a big loss and fall a big somersault."

Lu Qingzhen: "We all say so. By the way, there are many businesses looking for Little Lu recently. Are you still refusing to take them?"

Chen Ziyan said: "Except for big brands, all fast-moving consumer goods are not accepted. There is no need to consume him."

Lu Qingzhen said: "Big brands have basically been divided up by various star artists. If you don't do endorsement cooperation, just business cooperation, it is not worthy of Lu Yan He's status. You can only wait for which spokesperson expires, and then consider Little Lu, and then strive for it. But Little Lu has no works now, which is a hard injury."

"It doesn't matter, works will come soon," Chen Ziyan said.

She looked down at the time, "No, I have to go, I have an appointment to meet someone."

"Okay, then talk next time," Lu Qingzhen nodded and returned to the company.

Chen Ziyan changed the field and went to a bookstore nearby.

Because she arrived ten minutes early, she strolled around the bookstore first and saw a book called "Tutoring on the Upper East Side," thinking it was interesting, so she took it to check out, and just happened to meet two girls in school uniforms asking: "Boss, is there still 'Jump Up'?"

The boss said: "Yes, it's over there."

The girls' faces showed a relieved expression, and they went over happily.

Chen Ziyan was a little surprised and asked: "Does 'Jump Up' still sell so well now?"

"It sells okay, although it's not as hot as it was at the beginning, there are people coming to buy it every day." The cashier looked at the book in Chen Ziyan's hand and asked: "Many people come to buy this book in your hand too."

"Oh, is it? I just looked at it on the bookshelf and thought it was interesting, so I wanted to buy one," Chen Ziyan handed it to her to check out. "Help me order an Americano again."

"Okay."

Chen Ziyan went to the rest area and found a seat by the window.

Tore open the plastic seal and read while waiting for someone.

Not long after, Liu Bige came.

"Hi," Liu Bige said hello to her.

Chen Ziyan stood up, shook hands with him, and said: "What do you drink?"

Liu Bige: "I just drank coffee, no need."

Liu Bige sat down opposite Chen Ziyan.

"Long heard of the name," Liu Bige said.

Chen Ziyan smiled and waved her hand, "Did Producer Liu return to China last year?"

"Yes," Liu Bige nodded.

Chen Ziyan said: "Shang Yongzhou mentioned it to me. He met you when he participated in the film festival in France, right?"

Liu Bige nodded and laughed, "Do you also know Shang Yongzhou?"

"I was his agent before," Chen Ziyan explained. "It's a pity, I was supposed to accompany him to France those few times, but because of various accidents, I didn't go, otherwise we would have known each other long ago."

"I was just a shooting assistant over there," Liu Bige said. "It's not too late to know each other now, there is still fate, and now I know each other because of Lu Yan He."

"Yes, Yan He told me that you sent him a script. I was very surprised. I must admit that Yan He is not very recognized as an actor so far. After all, there are no works to meet everyone so far."

Liu Bige said: "I also met him by chance and felt it was suitable."

"Heard, you want to adapt a novel by his classmate?"

"Yes, it's almost talked about in these two days," Liu Bige said. "'Miss Ning' is not a project led by me, it is done by my friend He Han, but because the script was written by the two of us, I am also helping him do this. I have already sent Lu Yan He's materials to him, and he is still in France."

Chen Ziyan nodded and asked: "Do you plan to release this movie in China?"

"Of course, after all, we are filming a Chinese movie, not an English movie," Liu Bige said. "I am currently holding a position at Long Yan Pictures. If there are no accidents, the domestic investors and distributors will be responsible by Long Yan Pictures."

"Oh, is it? That's really a coincidence. I happen to be friends with President Huang and Mrs. Huang," Chen Ziyan showed a surprised smile. "However, this kind of independent film is generally not the type of movie that Long Yan will do. Are you starting to pay attention to this type now?"

Liu Bige said: "Mainly because of the impact of global streaming media on the traditional film and television industry, Long Yan Pictures is also preparing to produce corresponding content for international streaming media, so they found me and are willing to help me produce independent films."

Works like "Miss Ning," unless they win big awards, it is difficult to recover costs by box office. It is the same abroad. In the past, they mainly relied on copyright in various countries to make money. Now the emergence of streaming media has also allowed many art films to have living space. The way of streaming media is different from box office.

"But in fact, it's not an independent film," Liu Bige said again. "The term independent film itself is to distinguish it from the producer system of big film companies, or rather, author-type director films are more accurate. After all, Long Yan Pictures cannot be said to be an independent film production company."

"Hmm," Chen Ziyan nodded, "'Miss Ning' is going to be online on streaming media overseas?"

Liu Bige nodded and said: "Except for our country and a few specific regions in France, other regions should be released on streaming media. Otherwise, there is definitely no streaming media willing to provide production funds."

"Didn't you say you are looking for Long Yan to provide it?"

"There is no way for them to provide it all," Liu Bige said. "One aspect is that it is provided by Long Yan, the risk is relatively large. Although the production cost of this movie will not be very high, it is at least about 10 million. Another aspect is that we want to pull in overseas streaming media with strength to invest, which can also help the publicity of this movie overseas."

Chen Ziyan understood the difference and nodded.

"Is the heroine decided?" Chen Ziyan asked.

Liu Bige shook his head and said: "Not yet, still looking."

Chen Ziyan said: "Will you organize an audition? Or?"

Liu Bige said: "If you haven't found a suitable candidate, you will organize an audition."

Chen Ziyan said: "I heard Yan He's introduction to this script, and I think another actress I brought is suitable. If you are interested, you can take a look at her."

Liu Bige was a little surprised.

He didn't expect Chen Ziyan to recommend an actor to him today.

"Wen Minglan, you may have seen her news on the internet," Chen Ziyan said. "Please believe me, the news about her lack of professionalism on the internet is absolutely false news."

Liu Bige had indeed heard of this name.

"Okay, then I'll go see her information later," he said.

Chen Ziyan took out a USB flash drive directly and said: "Here is her information, there is a collection of her past performance experiences."

Liu Bige was surprised, "Sure enough, it's an agent."

Chen Ziyan: "No way, for the sake of my own actors, I must be ready to recommend her to you at any time."

Liu Bige asked curiously: "Does Yan He also have such information?"

Chen Ziyan nodded: "Yes, although Yan He has no works to meet everyone officially for the time being, he has already filmed a 'The Golden Age,' and I also asked the crew for some materials to make a piece of information."

Liu Bige asked: "Can you give me a copy? I also need to introduce Lu Yan He to He Han."

Chen Ziyan: "Of course."

Regarding the accusation of "Sanchakou" against Wen Minglan, Chen Ziyan only replied with four words: Nonsense.

At the same time, at this time, some revelations about the current shooting status of the "Sanchakou" crew appeared on many forums on the internet.

For example, arrears of wages for group performances, such as the shooting scene is very chaotic, management is very poor, and efficiency is low.

These news are true or false, but they have caused no small trouble for "Sanchakou."

For example, the investors of this drama, Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures.

Because of the disturbance caused by this drama recently, the stock prices of Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures, two listed companies, have also been greatly affected.

They sent investigators into the crew one after another.

This investigation really found some problems—it is impossible for any crew to have no problems.

But this problem has a meaning of "family ugliness should not be publicized." Many of the crew's expenditures have obvious problems. For example, a pair of gloves for the heroine actually cost 24,000 yuan. This is just one example. Many aspects show that the crew has embezzled a lot of funds.

The problem of funds is a big problem, and a worse problem has been discovered. Many people have reacted that the director is not on the scene most of the time, and many scenes are filmed by the deputy director. So far, the shooting progress is far lower than expected. After calculation, if you want to finish filming this drama normally, you need to add at least 30 million investment.

Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures were shocked after knowing these problems. Many directors use projects to mess around and make money frantically. This kind of thing is common in the industry, but it is rare to make it like "Sanchakou." If it weren't for the outbreak of Wen Minglan's matter, which led to their investigation of the crew, these problems might have to wait until the middle and late stages of the lack of funds, and when they started asking them to add funds, they would be discovered. At that time, hundreds of millions of costs were invested. How could they not add that 30 million? Wouldn't it be rotten in their own hands? Many times, investors are riding a tiger and have to "aggrievedly" add funds.

Just when many people on the internet were arguing about the dispute between Wen Minglan and the "Sanchakou" crew, Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures suddenly issued a joint statement. Because of the improper management of the "Sanchakou" crew, the producer and director of this project will be replaced, causing an uproar on the whole network.

"Is Chen Ziyan's energy so terrifying?" Lian Meng Li felt surprised after seeing this news, "Actually directly replaced the producer and director."

Meng Li's agent Li Xia shook her head immediately, "No matter how big her energy is, it is impossible to directly replace the producer and director of a project with an investment of hundreds of millions. Wen Minglan has already left the crew. It must be that the project itself has a problem. Otherwise, Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures cannot do such a thing of cutting off their own arms. They have been filming for more than a month, and suddenly replaced the producer and director at this time."

"What's the problem?" Meng Li asked.

"Who knows, maybe it's embezzling funds," Li Xia is obviously very clear about these twists and turns in the film and television circle, "This time Zhou Lina is going to be laughed at."

The conversation between Meng Li and Li Xia is just a microcosm of the film and television circle's view of this matter.

Almost no one doesn't know about "Sanchakou."

And it is difficult for this line to have walls that don't leak wind. The news that the producer and director of "Sanchakou" embezzled production funds also spread quickly.

Chen Ziyan and Lu Yan He knew it almost at the same time.

And the reason why Lu Yan He knew it almost at the same time as Chen Ziyan was because of Liu Bige.

Liu Bige came to find Lu Yan He, and it happened that Liu Bige heard about this, so he told him.

Liu Bige said: "Really awesome, it is said that the two swallowed 30 million in one breath."

"So much?" Lu Yan He widened his eyes in disbelief, "It's not, the cost is outrageous, and it seems that they signed yin-yang contracts with Zhou Lina's agent, and through falsely reporting the remuneration to Icefield Video and Explorer Pictures, the three of them shared 15 million in remuneration, and Zhou Lina herself was kept in the dark."

Lu Yan He was shocked.

"Tsk tsk," Liu Bige sighed, "They still know how to play."

Lu Yan He asked: "Then what should we do in this situation?"

"Force them to return the money, otherwise call the police," Liu Bige said. "This matter would be fine if it wasn't discovered. Since it was discovered, if they don't obediently spit out the money, black and white, there are various ways to deal with them."

Lu Yan He heard about this kind of thing for the first time and was a little surprised.

Liu Bige: "It is estimated that they are going to hate Wen Minglan to death. If it weren't for Wen Minglan's matter, they wouldn't be exposed for doing these things."

"Wouldn't it be exposed if they swallowed so much money in the middle?"

"Accounting, such a big crew, it's too easy to do accounting. If the accounts are made beautiful, the play is filmed, who can pursue them?" Liu Bige said, "Domestic film and television projects are really not short of money. Anyway, as long as the project can be made, it is likely to make money. It is not a movie. Movies are clearly priced by box office. Drama series are completely another way of playing." ===== CHAPTER 264 =====