Chapter 362: Same Spit

After some inquiries, Lu Yan He found out that the filming of the movie *Nineteen Years of Crime Records* had encountered many situations. First, the casting of the movie itself was full of twists and turns, causing the movie to be delayed in starting.

After starting, the filming appeared various unsmoothness.

The unsmooth places mainly lay in the big differences between the director and the actors, and there were conflicts between the actors. The set was almost arguing every day.

The director argued with the actors, and the actors argued with each other, with smoke constantly.

And such arguments brought about changes to the script again and again.

Two screenwriters who followed the group ran away.

In the end, the actors found the original author Liu Jiazhen and asked him if he knew that his story had been magically changed.

Liu Jiazhen was stunned when he heard it, and immediately contacted the people at Jiang Yin Publishing House to communicate with Ruyi Film and Television.

Ruyi Film and Television was already having a headache because of the problems in the crew. Facing the questioning of Liu Jiazhen and Jiang Yin, the docking person was also very perfunctory.

The meaning in the words is that you have already authorized it, and the contract says it very clearly. The production side can adapt the original work according to the actual filming situation. Don't treat this movie as your work anymore. Your opinion is not so important to us. Film and television adaptation has to consider many factors, not based on the original author's opinion to make adjustments. Compared with a book of yours, the production funds involved in a film and television project have to add several zeros. If you don't understand, don't listen to the wind and rain.

This is Liu Jiazhen's first novel to be adapted for film and television. He has no experience in dealing with film and television companies, and he did not expect that the people who called him Teacher Liu respectfully before would suddenly change their faces and satirize him unceremoniously.

If Liu Jiazhen had more experience and was not facing film and television adaptation for the first time.

If the person docking with Liu Jiazhen at Ruyi Film and Television had a better attitude and did not satirize Liu Jiazhen so directly.

Maybe things would not have intensified to this point.

Liu Jiazhen was annoyed and wanted to take back the authorization for the movie.

The people at Ruyi Film and Television only then knew what kind of stupidity the person docking with Liu Jiazhen had committed, and immediately changed someone to dock with Liu Jiazhen, apologizing and explaining the reasons, hoping to get Liu Jiazhen's understanding.

Liu Jiazhen was so angry that he couldn't do it. The key is that the movie script is indeed changed into a mess now, and it can't be self-consistent. He solemnly proposed that the script must not be magically changed.

Ruyi Film and Television also knows that the script has been changed into a four-unlike now, very helpless, but a project has reached this point, even if everyone knows that a pile of shit has been made, it is impossible to give up halfway. So much money has been thrown in front, and now Liu Jiazhen says to change the script back. Not to mention whether it is too late, what about the scenes that have been filmed in front? Reshoot? The money invested in front has been filmed into a pile of shit. How can reshooting guarantee that a flower can bloom?

The project has progressed to this degree, and it is like a horse's hoof stepping out of the cliff, a bit like spilled water that cannot be recovered.

For Ruyi Film and Television, it is at least to pull this movie into a finished product. When the time comes, it will be a bit of cost recovery, which is better than becoming a rotten building in the film industry now, which is really bad.

Against this background, Liu Jiazhen found Chen Siqi here.

Liu Jiazhen couldn't swallow this breath himself, thinking that Chen Siqi and Lu Yan He knew many people in the entertainment industry, and might have a little more way to solve this matter.

After Lu Yan He found out the situation, he was stunned.

One is that such a wonderful story as *Nineteen Years of Crime Records* can also be magically changed into a suspense crime film that cannot be self-consistent, because some actors want to add scenes, and some actors fall out with the director, refusing to cooperate with the director's intention, and want to play another character setting.

The second is that one of the male leads of this movie, Chen Ziliang, he is actually one of the few people in this movie who didn't make any trouble.

Lu Yan He originally thought he was the main one making trouble.

Chen Ziyan said: "The number one lead of this movie is Chen Jiping, the person who has a conflict with you. The biggest conflict in the filming of this movie is the conflict between him and the director. His understanding of this movie is completely opposite to the director's. The script change is also a change made to balance the conflict between the two after every argument between them. As a result, it gets worse and worse."

Lu Yan He frowned, "Don't they realize that the script has been changed into garbage?"

"Anger goes to the head. At this time, they are all fighting for a breath. I believe that with their professional ability, they must have discovered that the script is getting worse and worse, but it's at this time, no one is willing to admit defeat." Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yan He was a bit helpless.

"Doesn't Ruyi Film and Television care?"

"How to care?" Chen Ziyan smiled, "One is the director, the other is the lead actor. Neither of them is absent from work, nor did they say they wouldn't film. The project is always filming, and the producer can only chat on both sides. But if they don't want to change, it's useless for anyone to come."

"Then in this way, the matter is ruined, and their reputation is not rotten? Who will look for them to film in the future? Won't Ruyi look for them in the future? Don't they worry about this?"

"On the one hand, both of them must think that the matter is the other party's fault, not their own. On the other hand, you consider it from a rational perspective, which is no problem. But if everyone can be rational, then we won't have so much news to watch." Chen Ziyan smiled, "Maybe in their own eyes, their behavior is their persistence in art."

Lu Yan He showed an incredible look.

Cannot understand.

Chen Jiping is not very good, but his professional evaluation has always been very high. After the spy drama exploded, he played many plays, and the feedback was good. There was no rumor in the industry that he was a drama bully or something.

As for the director, Zhang Qiang, he is also a senior director. He has filmed many movies. Why would he have such a conflict with Chen Jiping in this play?

It's not the kind of newcomer who is impulsive, loses his mind, and no one can pull it back.

It is rare to reach their level and still have to fight to the death with the other party.

On Thursday, Lu Yan He made an appointment with Liu Jiazhen to meet.

"Jiazhen-ge, how is your new work?" Lu Yan He asked.

Liu Jiazhen had a bitter face and said: "Don't mention it, I have been upset by the movie adaptation of *Nineteen Years* recently, and I can't settle down to write a book at all."

Lu Yan He saw that Liu Jiazhen was indeed upset. He said: "Jiazhen-ge, the filming of *Nineteen Years* encountering this situation is indeed helpless. But we looked at the contract you signed with Ruyi Film and Television, and there is no way to interfere more. A movie has already started and has been filmed for so long, it is difficult to reverse their filming ideas at this time."

Liu Jiazhen complained unceremoniously: "They have a fart idea, they are just messing around, saying they want to film a classic suspense crime film, but they filmed it into this ghost look."

"Have you seen their script?"

"I saw it, and my blood pressure went up." Liu Jiazhen sighed as he said.

Lu Yan He: "I really hope I can help, but I haven't dealt with Ruyi Film and Television much, and I can't speak in the middle."

"Forget it, I have admitted defeat. The contract was signed by myself, I have no experience, so I will take it as a lesson." Liu Jiazhen said with disappointment, "I thought film and television adaptation could let more people know about this book and drive more sales. Now I really don't know what to say."

"Film and television adaptation is definitely a good opportunity, especially in this era, IP is prevalent, and film and television can bring greater influence to authors. However, even if the film and television adaptation fails, it does not affect the goodness of *Nineteen Years of Crime Records* itself." Lu Yan He said, "Besides, besides the movie, there are also dramas. We still have the opportunity to adapt it into a drama."

Liu Jiazhen has a very different status in Lu Yan He's heart.

He is the first door for Lu Yan He to enter the publishing industry and the novel circle. Because he accidentally read this book in his live broadcast room, it drove the sales of this book, which led to the later connection with Jiang Yin Publishing House, and also led to many later collaborations.

Lu Yan He naturally hopes that Liu Jiazhen's creative career can be better.

So, when he knew that the movie adaptation was difficult to change, he had the idea of wanting to use his own power to help the drama adaptation do better.

Liu Jiazhen said helplessly: "The film and television copyright of *Nineteen Years* was packaged and sold to Ruyi Film and Television, and the adaptation right of the drama is also in their hands."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Packaged and sold?

Liu Jiazhen said: "With the current situation, maybe Ruyi doesn't intend to develop the drama version anymore."

Generally speaking, if the film and television copyright is all in the hands of one company, they definitely want to develop it in a linkage way. But if the first one that comes out is messed up, the latter one will also be affected and put into the cold palace.

Lu Yan He thought for a while and said: "Jiazhen-ge, you temporarily ignore this matter. I don't have the power to interfere with the movie version. For the drama adaptation, I will see if I can think of a way."

Liu Jiazhen heard the words and was a bit puzzled, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll see if I can buy the drama adaptation right." Lu Yan He said.

The next day, Friday.

The day the third episode of *Seventeen Layers* aired.

On this day, the Beijing Channel was thinking about this matter from top to bottom.

Over the past week, the Beijing Channel's promotional offensive regarding *Seventeen Layers* not only did not decrease, but increased its firepower.

Especially the Beijing Channel finally did a lot of targeted promotional marketing around the concept of watching the premiere together on the Beijing Channel.

For example, during the commercial break, there will be a scan-code lottery to draw peripheral gifts from the main creative staff. Of course, as soon as this activity was announced, it was ridiculed by many netizens for plagiarizing Arctic Light Video.

Also, for example, joining two social platforms to do a "watch premiere" activity, highlighting the information point of "this Friday night at 9:30, *Seventeen Layers* exclusively broadcast on Beijing Channel," and then, accompanied by various rewards or gift activities.

In short, it is using money to smash, using stars to smash, to achieve the effect of attracting traffic.

With so many actions, I am just waiting for the results tonight.

When Deng Siyuan and Jiang Lan met in the corridor, the former could hardly hide his anger and disgust towards Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan was indifferent, giving Deng Siyuan a look calmly.

"The promotional work this week is well done." She commented.

But this condescending evaluation tone further stimulated Deng Siyuan, making him angry.

"Jiang Taizhang, this promotion was done according to your meaning. If the ratings don't go up tonight, don't push the pot to the people in our promotional department again. We are different from you leaders, we can't afford such a thick pot."

Jiang Lan smiled slightly, looked at him, and said: "It's better to pray that the ratings go up tonight. If the ratings don't go up, then of course it's because your promotional work is not in place. Otherwise, why is this show playing so well on Arctic Light Video?"

Deng Siyuan's cheeks twitched.

"People in their forties, don't be stubborn like a child. Everyone is mixing out, talk with performance." Jiang Lan finished, nodded slightly to him, and left.

Deng Siyuan felt angry as if he had been lit with gunpowder.

Deng Siyuan naturally hoped that the ratings of *Seventeen Layers* would still have no improvement tonight, so that it would prove that his previous promotional strategy was not a problem, even if he used Jiang Lan's set, it would be useless.

But Jiang Lan didn't buy it at all, kicking the ball to him leisurely.

Anyway, she grasped the point that *Seventeen Layers* was playing very well on Arctic Light Video, and stood firmly on the initiative of "the content of the show has no problems," and was in an invincible position.

Deng Siyuan took a deep breath.

The stumble he took on *Friends* before was too big. Although it wouldn't shake his position, it still made his situation a bit awkward. Whenever others need to target him, this is a ready-made target, which can be used at any time, and he has nothing to say.

Really angry.

Lu Yan He finished a brand activity and transferred to participate in an interview activity.

On the way, Wang Biao, who had been his assistant for a period of time, had been paying attention to the news online.

"Xiao Lu-ge, the trailer for the third episode of *Seventeen Layers* is on the hot search again." Wang Biao said very happily, "You are also on it."

Lu Yan He smiled and didn't answer.

On the phone, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang had already replied in the group.

Regarding his wanting to buy the drama adaptation right of *Nineteen Years of Crime Records* himself, Li Zhibai said: If you want to do it, just do it.

Yan Liang said: Do you need us to do anything?

Lu Yan He said: I also talked to Ziyan-jie about this matter. Ziyan-jie said that because the movie adaptation is very bad now, it may hit a wall when making the drama. She said that the actors are a bit superstitious. A story that was not adapted smoothly before will also make the actors worry when adapted into a drama, and they dare not take it. Didn't I think you were quite suitable before? Are you willing to play?

Li Zhibai: You make it clear first, you want me to come, or Yan Liang to come.

Li Zhibai: But what is there to ask about this kind of question? You find us, as long as we have time, who won't come.

Li Zhibai: Asking this kind of question, look down on you.

Yan Liang: Seconded.

Lu Yan He: I actually thought about whether I should play it myself.

Yan Liang: Yes, why don't you play it yourself?

Lu Yan He said: This is not to ask you first. I recommended you to the movie production side before. In case any of you want to play this play, I will give it to you.

Yan Liang: I read the movie script at the time, and I actually quite want to try playing a bad guy. I have never played it, and it is still such a pervert.

Lu Yan He: Hmm, I also think this character is very challenging.

Li Zhibai: Let's not come to this set of you complimenting me and me complimenting you. I see it, you want to play, Yan Liang also wants to play. To be honest, I also want to play. Simply organize an audition when the time comes and let the director choose. Whoever is suitable will go up.

Yan Liang: Hahaha, I think this idea is okay.

Lu Yan He: What ability do I have to invite you to audition for a male lead number two? You are all first-line big stars.

Li Zhibai: Pfft, it's one thing for others to say such things, but don't think I can't see the corners of your mouth curling up when you type, kid?

Yan Liang: Seconded.

Lu Yan He: Why do you second everything?

Yan Liang: Mouth clumsy, can only second those who can speak.

Li Zhibai: Have awareness, follow Bai-ge, eat spicy and drink spicy.

Yan Liang: Spit.

Lu Yan He: Same spit.

Putting down the phone, Lu Yan He looked at the sunshine outside the window and laughed.

Wang Biao saw Lu Yan He laughing and asked: "Xiao Lu-ge, what is so happy?"

Lu Yan He said: "Nothing, just chatting with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang. We only have the interview schedule later, right?"

"Yes." Wang Biao said, "It will end at about 5:40, and then we can go back to rest."

"Will it end at 5:40?" Lu Yan He thought for a while and said: "Then you find a restaurant nearby and book it. If they have no other arrangements, we will invite them to dinner together before going back."

Wang Biao: "Okay, leave it to me."

Although young, Wang Biao is full of work enthusiasm. He is very active in doing everything, not afraid of being tired, and not afraid of trouble.

Even Chen Ziyan said privately: "I thought this guy was an internet celebrity, only thinking about making quick money, unable to settle down to do things, bluffing, but I didn't expect him to be quite capable."

Now Lu Yan He has Zou Dong and Wang Biao by his side, and he can finally operate. When he is busy, it is not so difficult, and he can only rely on Zou Dong alone.

Everything is flourishing. ===== CHAPTER 363 =====