Chapter 356

Xu Bin was so angry that his face turned blue, and he rushed into the station chief's office.

"Station Chief, so much news is spreading that our station wants to hand over *Friends* to Jiang Lan to be responsible for. What is going on? It's spreading so chaotically outside, it seems like I am the one who did bad things to Lu Yan He, but you know, this matter has nothing to do with me. It was Old Li who arranged for people to do it."

Shen Tailin was not surprised at all that Xu Bin would rush in to find him.

He smiled. "Calm down, sit."

Xu Bin: "How can I sit down?! Station Chief, you won't really let me take the blame, right?"

Shen Tailin shook his head and said: "We all know what's going on. Who would let you take the blame? It's just that we should talk about our own affairs behind closed doors, we can't let outsiders watch the joke."

Xu Bin was very annoyed. "But now people outside are watching my joke. Others don't know the inside story and still think I am the one making things difficult for Lu Yan He."

"When you were in charge of the *Friends* project before, the people below deliberately used some means to disgust Lu Yan He. You didn't notice that someone was directing it behind the scenes. Doesn't that mean you also have the problem of negligence?" Shen Tailin said. "Now that Lu Yan He is finally willing to repair the relationship with our Beijing TV, at this time, let people outside say what they want, just let them say a few words, it won't really cut a piece of meat off you."

These words made Xu Bin even angrier.

—The meat is not cut on you, so you don't feel heartache, right?

He really wanted to ask such a sentence. Of course, he still held back.

Shen Tailin said: "The?"

Xu Bin said: "The *Friends* project was clearly something we made at the beginning. Now it seems like it can't work without him."

Shen Tailin: "For this sentence, wait until the second season airs before you say it. If the second season without Lu Yan He can still have the results of the first season, we can say such things. The person who gave up the first season at the beginning was you, and the person who made the promotion in a big way was Lu Yan He. Why do you think Lu Yan He can have such a status in *Friends*? Half of it was given up by yourself."

Shen Tailin's words made Xu Bin feel like he had been fed a mouthful of shit.

Damn, that's what he said!

Xu Bin thought, wasn't the decision to give up this show at the beginning a decision made by everyone in the station?

But Shen Tailin is the station chief, and what can Xu Bin say.

Speechless.

"Chen Zi, was he arranged by you to go into the second season?" Shen Tailin asked suddenly.

Xu Bin nodded. "His boss and agent found me to eat several meals, very actively wanting Chen Zi to be able to appear in the second season. I happened to be looking for actors, and I looked for a long time. Although Chen Zi has had some bad reviews recently, he is a big star with topics and heat after all. Being willing to come to act in this kind of ensemble drama is also helpful for the second season."

Shen Tailin glanced at him. "Used it, then used it, forget it."

Xu Bin was stunned.

After he came out of Shen Tailin's office, he pondered for a long time. What does "used it, then used it" mean?

It sounds like Shen Tailin seems not very satisfied with Chen Zi.

However, generally speaking, how would a TV station chief have an opinion on the choice of the lead actor of a show? Even if it is a hot show.

The whole thing made Xu Bin feel strange.

Beijing TV is Beijing TV after all, and its nature is still different from video platforms.

The boss of a video platform will talk and laugh with a big-trend star like Lu Yan He, but the station chief of a traditional TV station may not have such a mood.

As a result, Shen Tailin's attitude toward Lu Yan He has obviously changed, and in Xu Bin's view, it is even excessive attention.

Lu Yan He's relationship with Beijing TV has eased. Some people are happy, and naturally, some people are unhappy.

For example, Chen Zi is really unhappy, and even very worried.

He is very worried that if Lu Yan He is willing to return to the second season of *Friends*, then there will be nothing for him in this project.

Worried for a long time, his agent Yan Wei said that Lu Yan He clearly would not return. This made Chen Zi relieved, but also a little stimulated.

It is that for a project like the second season of *Friends*, Lu Yan He can say he won't do it if he doesn't want to. This kind of courage and self-confidence, not to mention whether it is crazy or not, in the final analysis, he, Chen Zi, does not have such confidence.

Everyone can see that one is going uphill, and the other is going downhill.

Chen Zi has been chased and scolded by Ma Zhiyuan's fans these days, blaming him for dragging Ma Zhiyuan down, which made him so angry that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

An endorsement that is about to expire obviously has no intention of renewing with him. Yan Wei is working hard on public relations, maintaining the relationship, and wanting to keep this endorsement. Otherwise, once the endorsement is dropped, the decline in commercial value will be exposed to everyone again.

For the public, whether an artist is popular or not depends to some extent on whether there are works airing, whether they are often on hot searches, and whether people are discussing them.

For the industry, the things to look at are more complicated. Moreover, many people look at trends. Is this person on an upward trend or a downward trend? Upward can be invested, downward, then it is necessary to stop losses in time.

This is also why Yan Wei must stuff Chen Zi into a project like the second season of *Friends*.

Willing to discount the salary, willing to help *Friends* write the OST for free, and even promised to help Beijing TV film other shows and record some programs.

The packaged cooperation framework is a cooperation that Chen Zi has never signed with other places.

Just because the second season of *Friends* is obviously going to be popular. Chen Zi joining will receive huge attention again.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Lu Yan He.

What really has to do with him is that summer vacation is here again.

It is the summer special issue of *Jump Up*.

It is the new show that Director Chen Lingling started filming in August that has finally been named.

*Silent River*.

Lu Yan He and Zeng Qiao received news from Chen Lingling and went to her studio together to read the revised script.

Chen Lingling was wearing pajamas and pants, her hair messy, opening the door for them. Such an image startled Lu Yan He and Zeng Qiao.

Although Chen Lingling has always been a rather unconstrained person, not holding on like ordinary successful directors, appearing in such a casual image still shocked Lu Yan He.

"Come in." Chen Lingling waved, signaling them to come in, shuffling in plastic slippers that made a tapping sound, pointing to two thick scripts on a table, and said: "This is the script for the first five episodes. I changed some places again, you read it first."

After speaking, Chen Lingling went to another room by herself.

Lu Yan He and Zeng Qiao looked at each other.

Zeng Qiao smiled and showed a helpless smile. "Then let's read the script."

Lu Yan He and Zeng Qiao sat down.

After about ten minutes, Huangcheng came.

"Brother Huang."

"You are already here." Huangcheng was a little surprised to see them. "I thought you would need a while."

Lu Yan He said: "The time Director Chen sent us was 8:00 in the morning."

Huangcheng: "Then it seems she didn't sleep all night again yesterday. She was still sending me messages at 4:00 yesterday morning, and she has to go to the set again in the afternoon."

Chen Lingling is currently directing another show.

Always low-yield, she rarely filmed two shows back-to-back this year, becoming high-yield.

Huangcheng said: "Fortunately, *Silent River* has money. Foreign streaming media are really generous in filming. We don't need to be too calculating on production costs. Every department can use the best people."

Indeed.

Chen Ziyan said that the salary per episode Lu Yan He got in *Silent River* was the highest since he started acting.

Money makes things easy. This is true. If the people in every department are the most excellent staff, the director can spend much less energy.

Lu Yan He asked: "If *Silent River* is launched on overseas streaming media, which domestic platform will broadcast it?"

"This hasn't been negotiated yet, the biggest ones are all fighting for it." Huangcheng smiled. "Let's talk about it later, it's not urgent. It's not our turn to decide. The whole show belongs to Maxine, who they cooperate with is up to them. We are only responsible for producing this show."

Lu Yan He nodded.

*Silent River* is a suspense crime drama.

There was a version of the script before, and Director Chen Lingling wanted to change it to an ancient background, but after hesitating, the director gave up.

However, in order to avoid some sensitive issues, the background of this show was placed in a fictional Chinese-dominated country in Southeast Asia.

Moreover, it seems that part of the filming location is also intended to be placed in Southeast Asia.

In this story, Lu Yan He plays the suspect, and Zeng Qiao plays the police. The two were classmates in the same school, and the murder case is also related to the school they attended.

Especially the character played by Lu Yan He, the experience is very bumpy, especially the reason for his murder, which made Lu Yan He read the script with a sore heart.

It is a very good story.

In the process of reading the script, he sighed frequently, and he himself felt sore many times.

Born as a human, like an ant, how difficult it is.

How to fight against this bumpy fate?

Chen Lingling's version of the script was changed to be more emotionally intense...

The police played by Zeng Qiao and the suspect played by Lu Yan He have more confrontations and more conflicts.

Although Lu Yan He and Zeng Qiao were double male leads before, they were basically two lines, and there were not many rival scenes. After this version of the script was changed, the two had confrontations in almost every episode.

Changed very well.

Chen Lingling seemed to have gone to make up for an hour and a half of sleep. When she appeared again, her eyes were completely sleepy from just waking up.

But her thinking was very clear.

She didn't ask for the opinions of Zeng Qiao and Lu Yan He, and said directly: "I increased the confrontations between the two of you. The previous script was still too biased towards inner drama, and the requirements for later editing were also very high. It is easy to edit it to be dull and not good-looking. I still hope this show is better-looking, don't give the audience too high a viewing threshold."

Lu Yan He nodded.

Zeng Qiao said: "After I finished reading the script, I also felt that this version of the script is better-looking, one ring after another, basically there is no time to relax."

Chen Lingling: "Because the number of episodes is very small, wanting to explain the ins and outs of a story in such a short number of episodes, and also to establish several characters, the difficulty is very high. Unlike before when we filmed, the material was enough, and some places could be handled by post-production. This time, we must figure out what we want to film in each scene before filming, and what effect we want to film. It just so happens that my energy is not enough now, and I am filming another show. You two are both very mature actors and understand drama. You must figure it out yourselves. In the past, actors didn't understand drama, and I could tell them how to act is correct. You two don't need me to do this, right? Moreover, really ugly words are said in the front, I don't have so much energy to help you figure out every scene."

Lu Yan He didn't expect Chen Lingling to say this.

"Director, we will prepare well, don't worry." Zeng Qiao said.

Chen Lingling yawned.

"I'm too sleepy, I'll go squint for a while. You take the script away, and I'll let you see the last three episodes after I finish changing them."

After speaking, Chen Lingling got up and left again.

Huangcheng said to them: "Let's go, I'll send you off."

Huangcheng sent them out.

He said: "She has been under great pressure recently, filming the show on hand while preparing for the next show. Asking you to come over today is mainly to see your state. She didn't say anything, she should be satisfied with your state."

Lu Yan He and Zeng Qiao looked at each other and smiled.

It is not the first time they have cooperated with Chen Lingling, and they know that this director has her own set of methodology for how to guide actors.

Lu Yan He belongs to the personality of fully trusting the other party once he chooses a director, while Zeng Qiao is the acting skill he has honed steadily, with a kind of self-confidence that he believes he can win no matter what crew or director he encounters.

For Chen Lingling's tentative attitude, some actors might feel uncomfortable—because there is a feeling of being manipulated, but neither of them minds such things.

Finally, this show is also about to start.

In July, the summer is getting hotter.

Lu Yan He is preparing for *Silent River* while accompanying Jia Long to prepare for the movie *Lost in Journey*. Saying he is accompanying him to prepare, in fact, Lu Yan He is only responsible for providing his own suggestions and ideas. The one who is really pushing this project is Jia Long and the director Jiang Lu he found, a newcomer director who has never independently directed a movie.

Although *Lost in Journey* in Lu Yan He's memory is classic, it is actually a movie that is not well-produced, with visible low cost.

In fact, in many people's minds, comedy movies have almost become synonymous with "winning big with small."

But because this movie stars Jia Long, it is obviously impossible to take the path of "winning big with small." Just his salary determines that the cost of this movie cannot be "small."

Lu Yan He only shared his style about this movie with them.

When finally deciding on actors, everyone held an open audition to find the role of Niu Geng.

Wang Dashan also participated. There is no lack of other well-known actors, but after the final audition, Wang Dashan is indeed the most suitable.

Even Jia Long himself said: "It is rare to see such stubborn and honest characteristics in a young actor."

Wang Dashan has no sense of burden in acting, which is what Jia Long values most.

Actors from colleges have more burden than one another. They liberated their nature, but to a large extent, they also lost the boundary sense of ordinary people, using a stage-play-style exaggeration to replace the restraint that is normal in reality.

Wang Dashan auditioned for the scene where he was looking for a seat on the train and found that his seat collided with Li Chenggong.

When he acted in this scene, it was not Jia Long who was acting with him, but a staff member, just reading the lines with the script.

But even so, Wang Dashan had no problem at all, and the state was as natural as talking normally.

This is the most difficult place, to act out the relaxation of normal times in a scene where jokes are highly concentrated, for a character who is rarely seen in normal times.

When Lu Yan He saw this scene at that time, he was thinking in his heart, no matter if Jia Long and the others are satisfied or not, anyway, he himself is satisfied.

Of course, the results also proved that for good performances, everyone has a scale in their hearts and can see it. Jia Long and Jiang Lu also felt it was good.

Thus, Wang Dashan was decided.

After deciding on Wang Dashan, the other roles actually don't have much screen time, and the impact on the movie is not that big. Either find actors to guest star, or choose them themselves, Lu Yan He doesn't have many ideas.

The movie *Lost in Journey* takes place during the Spring Festival travel rush.

Jia Long wants to simply put this movie to be filmed at the end of the year.

Lu Yan He has no opinion on this. He is not the lead actor of this movie, nor does he need to coordinate his schedule. There is only one thing, Jia Long still hopes that he will guest star as the handsome college student in the movie. Lu Yan He instead wants to simply find someone else to guest star. He thinks that anyway, he is already the screenwriter, and if his fans want to support him, they will support him. It is better to find another actor to guest star, the effect might be better.

If *Lost in Journey* is Jia Long pushing with all his strength, then *My Own Swordsman* is Lu Yan He's own business.

Compared to the actor problem, Lu Yan He thinks more about which director can come to operate this project.

The original director Shang Jing had situational comedy works like *Cooking Class Story* before filming *My Own Swordsman*.

And in the current entertainment industry, the only director Lu Yan He has cooperated with who has filmed situational comedies is the director of *Friends*, Bai Jingnian.

But unfortunately, Bai Jingnian is a director of Beijing TV, and a director whose personnel relationship is in Beijing TV. He basically does not take projects outside. If you want to find him, you have to get the consent of Beijing TV.

Beijing TV is definitely hoping that Bai Jingnian will concentrate on doing the second season of *Friends* well, and there is no need to even try to negotiate.

After Chen Ziyan knew that Lu Yan He was worried about this matter, she rolled her eyes at him and said: "Why do you worry so much? Since this project is in cooperation with Northern Lights Video, then you hand it over to them and let them worry about it. Such a big platform, can't they gather a good team for you?"

Lu Yan He: "I... seem to have subconsciously regarded this project as my own project."

"Then you'd better change your thinking early. To be honest, just in the choice of the few leads for *My Own Swordsman*, I think you are too optimistic? People cooperate with you, but they don't intend to hand over so much power to you." Chen Ziyan said. "What director to use, what actors to choose, if you have one or two candidates, that's fine. You are now completely treating yourself as the producer of *My Own Swordsman* to do this project, and you are still doing it with other people's money."

Lu Yan He was hit by a blow to the head by Chen Ziyan's words.

In fact, Chen Ziyan had mentioned this meaning to him before, but at that time Chen Ziyan didn't say it so bluntly.

Lu Yan He fell into silence.

Lu Yan He knew Chen Ziyan was right. On the *My Own Swordsman* project, probably because so far, this project has been done by himself alone, and has not entered the formal preparation stage, so unlike *Lost in Journey*, there is an actual Jia Long there, reminding him that this matter cannot be decided by himself.

"You have taken a fancy to several actors and have ideas about the candidates, you can communicate with Northern Lights Video early, but don't make the decision yourself. Wait until the later formal promotion of this project, because these things cause contradictions. When there is a real contradiction, even if you are out of the intention of making this project better, it will make people unhappy. After all, they are the ones who pay." Chen Ziyan said. "The one who pays is the master, the words are rough but the reason is not rough."

Lu Yan He said: "Sister Ziyan, then what do you suggest I do?"

"First, list a list of your target actor candidates. Second, go to a meeting with Northern Lights, ask for people, especially a handler who can represent Northern Lights Video to push this project and be a mouthpiece between you and Northern Lights internally." Chen Ziyan said. "Then, with such a person, you generously hand over this list, tell them this is the actor you initially think is suitable, please ask them to focus on consideration, give them face. With their sincerity in treating you now, they will definitely focus on considering your opinions."

Lu Yan He asked: "Then what if my opinion conflicts with theirs?"

"If there is a conflict, solve it again. Pushing a project, the two sides disagree, this is the most normal thing." Chen Ziyan said. "When it really comes to the point where it can't be solved, then talk about it. In fact, saying a thousand words and ten thousand words, Yan He, for you, the most critical thing is the attitude, is not to give them the impression that you are very domineering and say one thing is one thing on this project. You give the other party some respect in many cases, and they will also feedback to you. After all, you have already occupied a great innate advantage. No matter what they say, this project is because of you, and it is them spending a lot of money to invite you to do it. If they don't care about your opinion, it is equivalent to spending money in vain. This is the biggest endorsement that President Lin gives you."

Lu Yan He had a feeling of sudden realization.

Okay, Sister Ziyan is indeed Sister Ziyan.

Thus, Lu Yan He made an appointment with Zheng Huairen, an executive responsible for content production at Northern Lights Video.

This time, Chen Ziyan was not present.

Lu Yan He said: "Zheng Zong, I have seriously considered the content we talked about for a long time. This time I asked you to meet, it is also to discuss the show *My Own Swordsman*. Soon we will choose a production company. Before that, I want to discuss other things with you and reach a relevant consensus."

Zheng Huairen nodded and said: "No problem, please speak."

"I still want to say one thing, I am only twenty years old, I am a novice with no experience in many aspects. If you think there is any place where I consider it insufficiently, you can tell me at any time." Lu Yan He emphasized this first, and then continued: "I hope Northern Lights Video can arrange a producer or executive producer to connect with me on the *My Own Swordsman* project, because I will have many ideas about this project, such as actor candidates, such as filming style, such as script content. These ideas may not be mature, they are my first reaction based on the content itself, so I need someone to connect with various departments to help me land these ideas, or directly prove that they cannot be landed."

Zheng Huairen was stunned.

He was very surprised.

He didn't expect that Lu Yan He would take the initiative to ask Northern Lights to arrange a producer for this project.

The position of producer, to put it bluntly, is actually a supervisor, or, a foreman. It is the person who does the "supervision" in the production link.

Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan took the initiative to say they wanted to find a professional production company to produce this show, no problem, this is indeed a specialty.

But Zheng Huairen didn't expect them to take the initiative to find someone to be a producer. This is equivalent to installing a monitor next to them.

Lu Yan He said: "You gave a budget space of two hundred million for the *My Own Swordsman* project at once, not to mention that we are prepared to do it in seasons, even if we don't do it in seasons, this budget is far higher than our expectations. Maybe we have some differences in understanding on the *My Own Swordsman* project. I personally don't intend to do an all-star lineup on the main cast of this show."

Zheng Huairen frowned in confusion: "Why not?"

"Because it's not suitable." Lu Yan He said bluntly. "Of course, the actor's salary will definitely not be less, because I hope to invite stars to guest star in every unit. The salary for these guest stars is also not low, but I don't know how to calculate the account, I need you to arrange for someone to do it."

Zheng Huairen: "Let's not talk about the guest stars first. Why is it not suitable? To tell the truth, we are aiming at building an S-level big drama with an all-star lineup. If your script doesn't do S, then it's too wasteful."

"Zheng Zong, whether the production cost is S is not the key to whether a show can broadcast S effect." Lu Yan He said. "*My Own Swordsman* is a secular show. If you find a large group of famous star actors to be the main cast, the threshold for the audience to enter this world will become higher. For example, the role of Bai Zhantang, Sister Ziyan has been persuading me, saying that Huang Kai is clearly very suitable, and Huang Kai also cooperated with me, took the initiative to tell me he is willing to act, but I am still somewhat resistant until now. Why? Just because he is too famous, everyone knows him, and the star halo is very bright, I think it will affect the texture of this show. It is not a show to be made into a high-temple show, it talks about the distance of the rivers and lakes."

Zheng Huairen took a deep breath. "Yan He, we have already announced to the outside world that *My Own Swordsman* is an S-level big drama."

Lu Yan He showed a look of confusion.

"At this time, if we tell everyone that the production cost of *My Own Swordsman* will be reduced, especially the lead lineup does not have actors of Huang Kai's level, there will be a lot of questioning in the market, such as whether our platform has evaluated it and no longer favors this show, such as whether the script is too bad to attract good actors." Zheng Huairen said. "You said that the level of production cost is not the level of the final broadcast effect of a show, this is of course, but if a show is favored from the production link, it will absolutely not let it become a low-cost small show, just like your script, we couldn't have spent tens of millions to buy the script you wrote, and then only spent a few million to invite a group of unknown actors to star. We are a listed company. If the project is played like this, no one will favor it—in the situation where *My Own Swordsman* is already highly anticipated, the stock price will be affected."

Lu Yan He was dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that he didn't need to spend so much money on the *My Own Swordsman* project, and Zheng Huairen was still unhappy.

Mainly because Lu Yan He didn't expect that the level of production cost of the *My Own Swordsman* project reached the point of affecting Northern Lights Video's stock price. He felt it was very exaggerated, incredible, but after being said by Zheng Huairen, it seemed to make some sense.

Zheng Huairen said: "The lead can not be an all-star lineup, but it must not be a no-star lineup. Yan He, I must ask you to change your concept. Without actors evaluated as S-level in the market, this show of ours and even many of our subsequent plans will be affected."

Lu Yan He took a deep breath.

what?! -

Although there was a conflict in production cost and actor selection, Zheng Huairen still arranged a producer for *My Own Swordsman* at the first time.

Jiang Zixin, an experienced woman, thirty-six years old.

Zheng Huairen later called Lu Yan He several times.

"Yan He, we must use the highest standard to produce this show, you don't need to have any concerns." He said. "I don't know if you heard any wind, thinking that we doing this show affected many other projects, but that has nothing to do with you. *My Own Swordsman* is a show we all have high hopes for. We don't want to save a little money and finally not achieve our ideal results."

Lu Yan He was laughing and crying.

Zheng Huairen also misunderstood.

Lu Yan He felt he didn't know what to say.

Many projects are asking for money and can't get it, while his project doesn't want so much money, and people take a basket of money and smash it into his hands, saying: "You must spend it for me!"

The most expensive thing about *My Own Swordsman* now is his screenwriter fee, 500,000 yuan per episode. According to the initial assumption, if the first season produces twelve or sixteen episodes, then his screenwriter fee is 6 million to 8 million.

Besides that, he himself also has a share of the show's revenue. Of course, this is not counted in the production cost.

Lu Yan He decided not to think about production costs anymore, and he didn't need to think about it.

The key is how to film this show well, and leave the accounting to Jiang Zixin and the others.

Lu Yan He debated with Chen Ziyan, Jiang Zixin, and Zheng Huairen many times, and talked to Huang Kai seriously once, and finally compromised once, with Huang Kai acting as Bai Zhantang.

Zheng Huairen insisted that this show must have two S-level actors. After looking around, he could only use Huang Kai.

Except for Huang Kai, Northern Lights Video also hopes that Tong Shopkeeper can find a first-line actress.

What Lu Yan He didn't expect was that Northern Lights actually recommended an acquaintance of Lu Yan He.

Zhen Hongyu.

When Lu Yan He filmed *Phoenix Terrace*, the one who acted as his CP at the beginning was Zhen Hongyu, but later because she had some things, it was changed to Xiao Yun.

Zhen Hongyu acting as Tong Shopkeeper?

Lu Yan He's face twisted for a moment.

Mainly because Teacher Yan Ni's image is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Lu Yan He simply couldn't substitute the face of a young girl who was only twenty-something.

Lu Yan He proposed very seriously: "Tong Shopkeeper is a woman who lost her husband. Although she is not old, she is definitely not in her early twenties, right? Do you think it is suitable to find Zhen Hongyu to act?"

This choice made Lu Yan He even feel speechless, incredible.

Lu Yan He's fierce reaction exceeded the expectations of Northern Lights. Considering Lu Yan He's attitude, on this role, everyone temporarily shelved it.

With the promotion of the show *My Own Swordsman*, many things Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yan He were being fulfilled one by one.

Lu Yan He also deeply realized that if he really dizzyingly chose all the actors by himself, his contradiction with Northern Lights Video would be further increased.

There is something to debate.

Lu Yan He realized more deeply why Chen Ziyan wanted Northern Lights to arrange a producer first.

No matter what happens, having such a person to coordinate in the middle can avoid many contradictions from breaking out directly on the table.

At this time, the trailer for *Seventeen Layers* was aired.

The treatment is different from *Friends*. *Seventeen Layers* received the greatest support from all departments of Beijing TV from top to bottom, all kinds of hot searches were bought flying, and various media channels were also opened up.

The heat is gratifying.

Lu Yan He's image in the show is a genius with some stray hair, and his shots in the trailer are second only to Chen Bige, and he is the well-deserved male lead.

Chen Ziyan has already arranged all kinds of press releases, launched together with the show promotion.

Since *Friends* and *Three Mountains*, this is the third show Lu Yan He has aired this year.

It is also the second lead show Lu Yan He has aired.

Of course it is very important.

Of course, at this time, some people refused to stop.

For example, Li Yuefeng.

He didn't have any intention to pit Lu Yan He, he just wanted to get more exposure for himself. However, his means were still the same as his previous routines, and his thoughts were all written on his face.

For example, a type of press release appeared online, saying that this show is one female lead, two male leads, saying that Li Yuefeng's scenes are about the same as Lu Yan He's, and there is no distinction between male lead and male supporting role.

For example, there was gossip coming out, saying that Beijing TV highly praised Li Yuefeng's performance and decided to report him to the Best Actor unit of major awards this year.

Wait, you can see whose handwriting it is at a glance, and what the purpose is.

To put it bluntly, it is actually wanting to make himself, this third-billed male supporting role, into a flat-billed male lead like Lu Yan He.

Chen Ziyan said: "This is Li Yuefeng's usual operation, but he didn't dare to do it too obviously this time."

Mainly because Lu Yan He's momentum in the past six months has been so fierce that almost no one can compare with him.

Even if Li Yuefeng is arrogant, it is impossible to think that he can now keep pace with Lu Yan He.

There was a gap when starring in this show at the beginning, let alone now.

Actors want to get ahead, there are open fights, and there are secret fights, regardless of gender.

Lu Yan He deals with Li Yuefeng, more or less familiar with this person, and knows his personality.

Unlike Huang Kai and Zeng Qiao, Li Yuefeng is a person who puts snobbery clearly on his face.

But he is indeed not a bad person, unlike some big villains in stories who will use some vicious means to do things that harm others and benefit themselves.

At most, he likes to rub.

"Moreover, because we refused to sign a cooperation agreement with Beijing TV before, many of Beijing TV's own promotional resources were given to others." Chen Ziyan said. "This is on the surface, it was said very clearly before. Shen Yue and Yan Zhimeng signed cooperation agreements, they have already recorded two programs on Beijing TV this month. I see that some of your fans asked under the official Weibo why you, as the lead, rarely appear on Beijing TV programs to promote this show. I will release the wind, saying that you are preparing for Director Chen Lingling's new show, don't let it slip yourself."

"Hmm, okay." Lu Yan He nodded.

What kind of ratings *Seventeen Layers* can achieve is a question that the industry is very concerned about.

Just like *Friends* at the beginning, *Seventeen Layers* is also a rare "Battle Royale" theme in domestic film and television dramas.

How many audiences will buy it is an unknown.

It's just that this time, with top actress Chen Bige leading, and Lu Yan He as the male lead, this show is facing an unknown future while being generally favored.

*Seventeen Layers* only has twelve episodes, one hour per episode.

When Beijing TV was scheduling, it struggled for a long time whether it was weekly or daily.

*Friends* relied on weekly broadcasting to extend the heat for two full months, maximizing economic benefits.

Finally, Beijing TV decided to adopt weekly broadcasting.

However, because the investment in *Seventeen Layers* is really very large, they dare not bet everything on their own hands, so they sold the web broadcast to Northern Lights Video. Twenty-four hours after the TV station's premiere, it will be launched on the video platform, giving the TV station a 24-hour window period.

This show also sold for a high price.

Northern Lights Video won the two-year exclusive web broadcast right for this show at a price of 10.5 million per episode.

The person in charge of the procurement department of Northern Lights Video said in an interview: "Such a price is actually not expensive for a show with only twelve episodes. Although the price per episode is higher than other shows, calculated in a package, in a project with such an actor lineup, it is considered very cost-effective."

Before it was officially aired, there were as many as eight pre-roll ads online.

It is enough to see the market's optimism about this show.