Chapter 311: Fear a Fart (8,000-word update, seeking monthly tickets!)

In this line of work, it is rare for any news to be kept tightly under wraps, completely covering up the wind.

Actors like Lu Yan He who are in the limelight are even more concerned by the industry. His schedule is information that all film and television companies want to grasp in their own hands.

However, major companies have sent a large number of scripts to his company in the past six months, but almost all of them have been declined by his agent.

This makes film and television companies and platforms very helpless.

However, with Lu Yan He's current market, it is very normal for such a situation to occur.

Golden Tripod Award winner, a big drama with a ratings break of 2, popularity is inferior but popularity is comparable to the top stream, acting skills are widely recognized, personal image is top, social evaluation is extremely high... these buffs are superimposed on Lu Yan He, making Lu Yan He a unique existence in the entertainment industry.

And his identity as a screenwriter gives him a more special positioning in the entertainment industry. Sending him scripts is one aspect. After *Friends* was broadcast, many film and television companies even came to make an appointment with him for projects.

Many people know that Lu Yan He has two projects in preparation.

One is a sitcom like *Friends*.

One is a "battle royale" theme drama like *Seventeen Layers*.

As for the latter, we have to see the broadcast effect of *Seventeen Layers* first.

The former has become a piece of fat meat targeted by larger film and television companies, wanting to snatch it into their own hands.

For this, many people want to see Lu Yan He. It's just that Lu Yan He is too difficult to contact, and after turning around, he still has to find Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan also released some news. Regarding the cooperation of this drama, the most intended partner is Arctic Light Video. People have given very generous conditions, and Lu Yan He is focusing on considering cooperation with Arctic Light Video.

These movements of Lu Yan He are spreading in the industry, especially traditional TV stations, all wanting to copy the ratings miracle of *Friends* on Jingtai.

Therefore, hearing that Lu Yan He's primary consideration object is Arctic Light Video, they are not angry but happy.

They are not as greedy as Jingtai—in fact, after *Friends*, Lu Yan He's sitcom as a screenwriter certainly cannot be a play with a cost of 5 million per episode like *Friends*. It must be the top treatment. With a rating of 2%, even a production cost of 20 to 30 million per episode is not high.

*Friends* has been rebroadcast on Jingtai for no less than thirty rounds, and each round of broadcast is millions of advertising revenue.

And this trend is looking like it can continue. After all, *Friends* has not yet been launched on video platforms. Everyone who wants to watch *Friends* must watch it on Jingtai.

Therefore, the rebroadcast rate of *Friends* on Jingtai is extremely high, driving the ratings all the way, and even appearing in the grand occasion where the ratings of the 7:00 am file are higher than the ratings of the prime time file that night—of course, this situation only appeared once, which is a miracle that cannot be copied. Even so, it is enough to prove the appeal of *Friends*.

In this situation, other TV stations understand very well that Lu Yan He's new drama will definitely not be taken down without the top price in the industry. But if it is only broadcast exclusively on TV stations like *Friends*, without the distribution of video platforms to share risks, once the ratings are not ideal, it will be a blood loss, and it may be hundreds of millions directly into the sea. For this reason, after analysis, they did not have the dream of exclusive broadcast on TV stations.

Now everyone also knows that *Friends* can be broadcast exclusively on Jingtai because this play is invested and produced by Jingtai itself, with low cost, and it won't lose money if it flops. They don't have this "time, place, and people" condition.

Chen Ziyan contacted Lu Yan He, and several first-tier TV stations contacted them, wanting to discuss the cooperation of the new drama.

At this time, Lu Yan He certainly cannot take a stand.

He said: "Sister Ziyan, you help me talk, just say that I am filming and going to school, and I really can't spare time. Whichever family brings out the best cooperation plan, we will cooperate with which family."

Chen Ziyan: "They will all send high-level executives at least at the director level to talk to us. Don't you want to take this opportunity to get to know them? Getting to know them is also of great benefit to you. Later, whether you act yourself or write other works as a screenwriter, you have to deal with them a lot."

"Not in a hurry for this moment, Sister Ziyan, mainly because I appear on the scene, you also know that I don't understand these, it is easy to show fear, still see the reality, not necessarily give such high conditions." Lu Yan He has already done his own analysis, "You represent me fully to connect these things. When there is really a place to turn around, you can also say that I am not satisfied, and they can't say anything. On the contrary, if I appear with you, they can really see that I am relying on you."

Lu Yan He's analysis made Chen Ziyan feel deeply—Lu Yan He has only been in the industry for two or three years, and he is almost out of the teacher.

His self-knowledge is almost to an overly rational point. Some words, Chen Ziyan is embarrassed to say because of face, but Lu Yan He can think of this layer himself. In fact, Chen Ziyan also doesn't want Lu Yan He to show up immediately—the reason why she still asked Lu Yan He is that compared to this matter, Chen Ziyan feels that it is more important not to have bad misunderstandings between her and Lu Yan He.

If she doesn't ask Lu Yan He and makes a decision on her own, then someone with a heart might say some provocative words to Lu Yan He, which might cast a shadow on the relationship between her and Lu Yan He.

There are not a few agents in the circle who keep artists in the dark and seize extra benefits for themselves.

Chen Ziyan is not such an agent, nor can she be mistaken for such an agent.

The former is a problem of character, and the latter is a problem of human sophistication.

When Chen Ziyan communicates with various partners about cooperation matters, she is also releasing some recent news about Lu Yan He at the right time.

Thus, the news that Lu Yan He took a literary film by a newcomer director slowly spread.

Lu Yan He taking such a film at this stage is like taking *Friends* at the beginning. From the perspective of public opinion, it must be more negative than positive.

There is no way, the domestic film and television market is like this. Film and television projects are graded, and actors are also graded. If Lu Yan He is a male actor who has just become popular like Yan Liang, his taking such a film as *Late Spring* is a good thing. It is the transformation of TV actors to film actors, and everyone will encourage and be optimistic. However, he is Lu Yan He, no longer a newcomer who has just become popular. He should appear in big productions or works of famous directors, not in a literary film by a newcomer director.

If it weren't for the fact that Lu Yan He had just brought out *Friends* that slapped everyone in the face, this news would have come out, and negative evaluations would have surged like a tide for the first time.

But because of *Friends*, this kind of unpleasant discussion only circulated in a small range.

He Yingzi was brooding over the fact that the Red River Award did not give Lang Xia a nomination. After hearing this news, her eyes turned, and she immediately went to inquire about this film.

"Newcomer? Literary film? Really?" After He Yingzi heard it, she couldn't understand it at all, "No way?"

The other party said with certainty: "It's true, it's already confirmed."

He Yingzi almost laughed out loud.

"What is Chen Ziyan doing? Actually taking such a film for Lu Yan He?" He Yingzi's tone couldn't hide the mockery, "Can't she take a better film for Lu Yan He? There are so many big production films in China. With Lu Yan He's current market, it shouldn't be his turn to miss it, right?"

"Maybe it's to rush for an award."

"Chasing awards? To chase awards, you have to shoot a big director's film. How can you shoot a new director's film to win an award?" He Yingzi shook her head and sighed, "A bad move."

"Then which crew is Lang Xia preparing to enter later?"

"Director Fu Kai is preparing a new film, and there is a male number three suitable for Lang Xia. I am talking to them." He Yingzi said, "It's still starring Shang Yongzhou. There are many people grabbing it. I am still thinking about how to fight for it."

"Shang Yongzhou? Isn't he Lu Yan He's senior brother? Why doesn't this role look for Lu Yan He to act?"

"Stop being a crow's mouth. I tell you, it's best for Lu Yan He not to act." He Yingzi immediately said, "And, what kind of senior brother is this? How would Shang Yongzhou be willing to let Lu Yan He act in a film with him? Lu Yan He's momentum is so fierce now, maybe in a few years he will threaten Shang Yongzhou's position."

"Threaten Shang Yongzhou's position? You are too exaggerated."

"Don't take it seriously. If Lu Yan He is just an actor, that's fine. He is also a screenwriter who wrote a big hit. These two identities are superimposed, and the influence in the film and television industry is not just an actor."

Although He Yingzi hates Lu Yan He as a competitor, she must also admit Lu Yan He's threat. In a sense, He Yingzi has even given up the idea of letting Lang Xia compete with Lu Yan He, because both of them are no longer on the same track.

"However, this matter can be well utilized." He Yingzi said.

After class, Lu Yan He put on his schoolbag, didn't return to the dormitory, didn't go to the library, but went outside the school, got into the car, and went to Shang Yongzhou's appointment.

Chen Ziyan said: "I also suddenly received a call from Shang Yongzhou. They said they wanted to meet you. I guess it's the film project behind Fu Kai, wanting to find you to star together."

Lu Yan He was a little surprised, "Hmm?"

Chen Ziyan: "Do you still remember Fu Kai? He is the director of *Carpe Diem*."

Lu Yan He nodded, "I remember, I just didn't expect them to come to me suddenly."

Chen Ziyan: "It's not strange that they come to you at all. It's strange not to find you. Now which film project doesn't want to find you."

"Is there a script?"

"Yes." Chen Ziyan nodded, "I understood the situation. In this script, the role they want to find you to act is a male number three. However, the scenes are quite sufficient, not a tool character. They also said that if you are willing to act, you can readjust the script to increase the scenes of your line and make your character's scenes more heavy."

Lu Yan He: "What type of film is it?"

"As far as I know, it's about the same as *Carpe Diem*, telling a man who is diagnosed with a terminal illness decides to make up for his past regrets before death. A drama film. The role you act is a cousin of Shang Yongzhou. Because he is in college, he happens to live there during the holiday, and as a result, he embarked on this journey of making up for regrets." Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yan He nodded.

Chen Ziyan: "You don't have to worry about the schedule. You can't film this year. If you film, it will be next year. Now it's in preparation. If you act, the script still needs to be adjusted."

Before, Lu Yan He encountered things several times, and Shang Yongzhou stood up to speak for him when needed and gave great support.

Regardless of whether Lu Yan He acts in this film, he must go to see him and talk about this role seriously.

This is the respect that must be given to Shang Yongzhou.

And, apart from this, just because of Chen Ziyan's relationship, Lu Yan He couldn't directly refuse it as an ordinary cooperation.

The box office of *Carpe Diem* is very good. Fu Kai and Shang Yongzhou continue their relationship and continue to cooperate in this film, which is also a common operation in the industry.

Especially the relationship between directors and actors—many directors like to use actors they have cooperated with because they are familiar with each other and trust each other.

Just like Chen Lingling has a role suitable for Lu Yan He, she immediately comes to make an appointment with Lu Yan He's schedule.

They met at a restaurant.

It happened to be lunchtime.

"Hi, Director, Senior Brother, long time no see."

"I haven't congratulated you in person for achieving such good results."

"When will you hold a celebration party?" Shang Yongzhou joked with a smile.

Everyone exchanged greetings before sitting down.

"Did you just finish class?" Shang Yongzhou saw Lu Yan He put down his schoolbag and asked.

"Yeah." Lu Yan He nodded, "Hungry."

"Let's eat first." Shang Yongzhou immediately said, "Talk while eating."

"Well, I feel like I can eat a cow now."

"You are always a giant in words." Chen Ziyan complained helplessly.

Fu Kai and Shang Yongzhou immediately laughed.

The dishes were served, and everyone started eating.

Chen Ziyan said to Shang Yongzhou: "I'm quite curious, why did you take a play like *Come on, Big Star*? Is it finished?"

"Finished, no way. The producer helped me a lot before, and brought this script to me to act. We also communicated back and forth for a long time. Although I knew that this film would be scolded a lot, I couldn't push it away." Shang Yongzhou was a little helpless, "I just hope the box office is a little better, don't be too ugly."

"The box office won't be bad, it's just that you are going to act in such a noisy light comedy with your current status, which may make many people uncomfortable." Chen Ziyan said, "Everyone is used to your high-end image."

"If you say that, filming this movie is not a bad thing, at least let everyone know that I am actually an ordinary person." Shang Yongzhou said, "Another thing, now I can basically only receive these homogeneous plays. There are not so many good scripts, most of them look very brain-dead, and the better scripts are the types of characters I have acted, and I can't raise freshness."

Lu Yan He was surprised to hear Shang Yongzhou say these things.

He didn't expect that even Shang Yongzhou couldn't receive good scripts and worried about good scripts.

Shang Yongzhou suddenly remembered something, looked at Lu Yan He, and said: "I heard that you also write film scripts?"

"Ah, right." Lu Yan He was eating shrimp, he hurriedly chewed and swallowed it.

"When will you help your senior brother write a script." Shang Yongzhou said. Lu Yan He nodded and agreed.

Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes at Shang Yongzhou and said: "You stop fooling Little Lu, you have so many projects on hand, don't fool him into writing a script for you, and you have no time to do it, wasting his energy."

Shang Yongzhou showed a mournful expression, "Look, you only know how to protect Little Lu now, not me."

Chen Ziyan: "What the hell do you need to protect? A pile of Best Actor trophies are placed at home, everyone is begging you to film."

She squeezed back to the point.

Fu Kai was happy, lowered his head and laughed.

As they talked, they talked about the main topic of today, *Road to Glory* which they are preparing.

"This name is a bit big." Chen Ziyan couldn't help but sigh.

Fu Kai smiled and nodded.

"Indeed, however, we thought for a long time and still felt that this name is the most suitable."

"The character Jiang Ying, at first, is cynical, arrogant, and has a big temper. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have not gone home during the summer vacation and had to go to his cousin's house to live." Fu Kai said, "As a result, he caused trouble at his cousin's house, and even took a girl he just met to his cousin's house to be intimate. When he was pulled by his cousin to be a driver, he was also unwilling, until he was threatened, and then he accompanied him on the road complaining all the way. On this road, when he accompanied his cousin to make up for the regrets in his life, his mentality was also touched by these past events, slowly influenced, and slowly changed."

Fu Kai briefly described the character looking for Lu Yan He.

"If this film reflects the four words 'making up for regrets' from the male protagonist, then from the character of Jiang Ying, it reflects the four words 'avoiding regrets'. One is tracing back to life, and the other is pursuing life forward." Fu Kai said, "If you are willing to act, I will adjust the script in this direction."

After listening to Fu Kai finish talking about this character, he nodded.

This kind of story seems to be a very classic film about "life insights". In other words, it is a chicken soup story, a healing film.

But in other words, this is also a theme that has been shot rotten.

There have been too many such films in the past.

Lu Yan He almost had his own judgment in an instant. Then such a story, we have to see how the script is written.

If the script is written well, then such a film and such a character are worth acting.

But if the script is written badly, very vulgar, very ordinary, then it is estimated that it will be tasteless.

Of course, Lu Yan He has seen Fu Kai's *Carpe Diem* and knows that this type of story is his specialty.

Lu Yan He is quite optimistic about this.

The script should be good.

Shang Yongzhou added: "This film will still be shot according to the rhythm of commercial films."

Lu Yan He nodded.

The same story, the shooting methods of commercial films and literary films are completely different, and the effects shot are also completely different.

The reason why Shang Yongzhou suddenly added such a sentence at this time is because Fu Kai's narration just now made this story sound like a very classic, very orthodox art film, talking about humanistic care and growth transformation.

He is reminding Lu Yan He not to misunderstand this film.

Lu Yan He said: "I like the film *Carpe Diem* very much. It is a great honor to be invited by you to participate in this film. However, because I haven't seen the script yet, I can't directly agree to say that I am willing to act now."

Chen Ziyan smiled and continued: "He must finish reading the script before making a decision."

Fu Kai nodded, "Of course, we understand. This is our latest version of the script. You can take a look first. However, in this version, Jiang Ying's scenes are a bit small. At first, we didn't give him this growth line, just treated him as a cousin who borrowed to live, creating some conflicts and jokes with the male protagonist in the early stage of the film."

Lu Yan He took the script and read the first few pages seriously.

Reading that the male protagonist Mo Wen was ready to embark on the journey of making up for regrets, Lu Yan He knew that in the original script, the person who undertook the role of driver was the male protagonist Mo Wen's friend, not the cousin Jiang Ying.

No wonder they said Jiang Ying was only a male number three before.

This is a typical, classic narrative film script.

Written very well.

If a film is an exam, according to the standard answer, this film script can at least score eighty points.

Lu Yan He was hesitant, not knowing whether he should act or not.

How to say, this film doesn't have the impulse to want to act very much.

From this character alone, it is a character that is very unattractive to Lu Yan He.

In the early stage, he did a lot of mixed things, had a grumpy personality, and in the later stage, he was influenced by his cousin, showing his kind and soft side.

Such a character turning point is of course growth, transformation... but, it's too normal. Lu Yan He thought, even not as attractive as Yao Yuyan in *Golden Age* who didn't have a turning point. To be precise, the charm of the character itself is not very attractive to him.

The eye of this film is actually all on Mo Wen played by Shang Yongzhou. He has several heavy scenes later, and Lu Yan He was moved just by reading the script. That kind of complex emotion that cannot be described in words, facing the past of life that cannot be repeated, facing the cliff of the future of life, blocked in Lu Yan He's heart.

He is just a twenty-one-year-old young man, but he can also be moved and infected by this emotion.

And the twenty-something young cousin in the script cannot move and infect him.

Lu Yan He told Liu Bige about his hesitation and confusion, and Liu Bige immediately said: "Don't make a decision for the time being."

"Hmm? Why?"

"Wait for them to send you the changed script." Liu Bige said, "Oral stories are always just some plots. Films are not plots. Why are you moved by those parts of Mo Wen when you read the script? Because he already has complete emotional points, but your character, according to Fu Kai's statement, the truly key parts have not been written yet, all of which are made up by yourself, of course, it cannot move you."

Lu Yan He said: "Will there be any changes? The character I was asked to act, the character context has been told to me."

"Of course there are changes. Think about it, the same thing, in the pen of Gui Youguang is 'There is a loquat tree in the courtyard, planted by my wife in the year of her death, and now it is as high as a cover', and in the pen of Su Shi is 'Ten years of life and death are two vast, don't think, it's hard to forget', but in the pen of more people, there is actually only one sentence 'I miss her very much'." Liu Bige said, "You have already seen that this book is a classic narrative script, which shows that it is a film that emphasizes literature and humanity. You don't see the specific script, and you don't even see the final cut film. Just listening to the story, it is absolutely impossible to judge objectively. Films are never stories."

Liu Bige's words made Lu Yan He fall into deep thought.

Fortunately, *Road to Glory* does not need Lu Yan He to make a decision immediately. They will also modify a script for Lu Yan He first. Lu Yan He can read it before making a decision.

It was Liu Bige's words that brought Lu Yan He thinking far beyond Lu Yan He's expectations.

For several days, Lu Yan He was thinking about this classic narrative thing.

In a sense, *Golden Age* and *Phoenix Terrace* are classic narratives, while *Seventeen Layers* is a non-classic narrative that is attractive in theme and vision. It does not completely follow the narrative structure of start, development, turn, and conclusion, not to mention *Three Mountains*. Its authorial characteristics are too obvious, and its influence style has transcended the structural nature of narrative, which is a dream that seems like a stream of consciousness.

And looking back, the scripts of *Raise the Red Lantern*, *Rouge*, and *Lost in Thailand* are typical classic narratives. It's just that the characters, background, and style are different.

The films he can write scripts for with his own ability at this stage are all classic narrative stories.

It's not because the threshold of classic narrative is low, so it can be written, but because classic narrative is classic enough, so people with low levels can also follow the pattern.

Lu Yan He was hit hard.

He originally felt that he really had some talent for writing scripts. Now it seems that he is still just because he owns a gold mine, so no matter how he tosses, what he tosses out is gold.

Liu Bige has met Lu Yan He almost every day these days.

He saw that Lu Yan He's mood was a bit wrong these days, but he didn't know what was wrong with him.

It was every time they talked about *Late Spring*, Liu Bige found that Lu Yan He rarely made suggestions.

Lu Yan He used to be a person who often made suggestions.

"Are you already so satisfied with *Late Spring*?" Liu Bige asked.

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned and looked at him at a loss.

Liu Bige said: "I see that you don't have any suggestions now. Didn't you have some new ideas every time you discussed it before?"

"I don't know if the ideas I said are right." Lu Yan He said, "And, the script itself is already very good."

"Script things, there is no such thing as very good, it is always getting better and better." Liu Bige said, "And, you stand from the perspective of an actor to make suggestions and ideas for the script, I really want to listen. Different perspectives always have different things to see."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Liu Bige reached out and waved in front of him.

"What are you in a daze for."

Lu Yan He came back to his senses, "Oh, no, not in a daze."

"Then what is it?"

"I... I was just thinking, do I have the ability to be a screenwriter." Lu Yan He said.

Liu Bige frowned slightly.

"Who told you again that the script of *Friends* was not written well?"

Lu Yan He: "About the same."

He couldn't explain his situation.

Liu Bige: "Just ignore those people's statements. I tell you, don't say anything else, being able to write a script completely and being liked by the audience is already more than 99% of screenwriters. Everyone has their own aesthetics and will also be bound by their own prejudices. Don't care about those voices, what is good or not, you write to know if it is good or not, you never know if you write well if you don't write. At least you have already gained the liking of a part of people, no, it is the liking of many people, this is the solid proof."

Lu Yan He asked: "Is *Late Spring* the first time you wrote a script?"

"Yeah." Liu Bige nodded, "There are also some people in the company who point fingers, wanting me to arrange a few more kiss scenes in the script. I don't pay attention to them? They insist that it is more romantic and the audience will like it. I get a headache as soon as I hear it. *Late Spring* has never been a story about romance from the beginning, but many people hear it, this script is a story about several teenagers, and they think crookedly immediately."

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry after hearing it.

"Long Yan, this company, many places are very good, but those who review scripts are very annoying. A group of people who have never written a script and don't understand scripts point fingers at your script. Sometimes they say it is from the perspective of the market, and sometimes they say it is from the perspective of script creation. Anyway, there are all kinds of statements." Liu Bige said, "Sometimes I really want to say to them, if you have the ability, go write a script yourself."

"Sometimes I really envy you confident people."

"Sometimes I really don't understand, where do you come from not confident?" Liu Bige looked at Lu Yan He speechlessly, "You are still not confident like this, do others still want to live?"

Lu Yan He smiled, but had nothing to say.

But after communicating with Liu Bige, he was pulled out of that state of self-doubt.

There is nothing to doubt. The facts and results later will always tell him whether his ideas are right or wrong.

Didn't I say it before, it's a big deal to fail.

If you fail, you fail.

He is lying on a gold mine, and what leaks through his fingers is gold sand. Even if he fails, he has the capital to make a comeback.

Fear a fart. ===== CHAPTER 312 =====