Chapter 410: Mutual Benefit

During the days Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were abroad on vacation, Chen Ziyan did not have a single moment of rest.

Her company's business was expanding rapidly, at a speed that even exceeded her expectations.

Lu Qingzhen said, "This is because Lu Yanhe's success has made everyone's heart flutter, believing they can replicate Lu Yanhe's miracle through you."

Chen Ziyan felt very helpless and said, "Even though I emphasize to everyone that Lu Yanhe's success cannot be replicated, it's no use; everyone just feels that I am merely being modest."

Lu Qingzhen said, "Who told Lu Yanhe to be only twenty-one years old? To make everyone believe a twenty-one-year-old boy could achieve such great success on his own? If they truly believed that, their own self-confidence might just collapse."

And this phenomenon became even more apparent after Lu Yanhe appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Ziyan had been meeting with clients.

"That performance Yan He and the others did on the Spring Festival Gala was truly excellent. Ziyan, you can't be modest anymore. Being able to get on the Spring Festival Gala so quickly—that's not something you can achieve just by having high popularity. Next year, see if you can get my artist on the Spring Festival Gala too?"

"……"

Regarding some people's requests, Chen Ziyan really wanted to complain.

However, the massive impact formed by Lu Yanhe's appearance on the Spring Festival Gala was also something Chen Ziyan had not anticipated.

After all, the difficulty of getting on the Spring Festival Gala now is different from ten or twenty years ago.

Back then, there were few forms of entertainment, and getting on the Spring Festival Gala really meant becoming famous overnight; the whole country would know you.

Now, of course, the influence is still there, and the honor remains, but compared to ten or twenty years ago, it is much weaker.

It's not as if Lu Yanhe appearing on the Spring Festival Gala once is like him having done something so extraordinary.

It's not like he was performing a solo act.

On today's Spring Festival Gala, being able to carry a segment alone is the true symbol of status.

Chen Ziyan was even wondering if she had overlooked something.

It wasn't until the fifth day that she found out what had happened.

It turned out that rumors were spreading that the directing team was already booking Lu Yanhe for next year's Spring Festival Gala performance.

"……" She didn't know where the rumors came from.

As Lu Yanhe's agent, Chen Ziyan naturally knew whether such news was true or false.

If it were true, she should have been the first to know.

After Lu Qingzhen heard about this from Chen Ziyan, she laughed, but didn't find it particularly surprising.

"It's very normal. If no one were spreading such rumors now, I would find it strange. Yan He's current success has reached the point where people will fabricate rumors out of thin air. Believe it or not, once someone runs into Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi on vacation abroad, they will also concoct all sorts of rumors based on that."

Hearing Lu Qingzhen say this, Chen Ziyan immediately pressed her temples with her hand.

"I really hope that doesn't happen. Just hearing about it gives me a headache; it'll be trouble again," Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Qingzhen said, "Shouldn't you be training an executive agent for Little Lu? Many specific matters are still handled by you, including their trip abroad this time; all the affairs abroad are still being handled by you through relevant service companies."

Chen Ziyan said, "I think Wang Biao actually has the potential for this, but he is too young. It's not appropriate to let him do this now. People will see that he is young and just arrived by Yan He's side, and they will definitely look down on him, causing unnecessary trouble. I'll hold on for another year or two. Once Wang Biao has spent more time by Yan He's side and is familiar with all aspects of the business, I'll let him take on a portion, and it will be a natural progression. If I go and find an experienced, mature executive agent for Yan He right now, then the time Wang Biao would have to wait later would be far too long."

Lu Qingzhen was astonished.

"You're even considering Wang Biao's situation?"

"It's mainly because Wang Biao looks like someone worth cultivating. You also know that for a popular artist like Yan He, if you want to build a team for him, there are plenty of people who want to sign up, but finding people is easy; finding the right people is hard. Wang Biao was discovered by Yan He himself; Yan He has the grace of a mentor to him, and Wang Biao currently looks like someone who knows how to repay kindness. If I can cultivate Wang Biao, then Yan He will truly have gained a capable assistant by his side."

Lu Qingzhen sighed with emotion: "You really are raising Lu Yanhe like you're raising a cub, helping him build his career and helping him build his team."

"That's an agent for you, you have to do everything," Chen Ziyan said with a smile.

Lu Qingzhen suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, of the three artists you manage, Lu Yanhe goes without saying, and Wen Minglan has also become popular thanks to *Friends*, but only Tu Song remains lukewarm. After singing so many film and television OSTs and participating in so many music variety shows, there is still no sign of him becoming popular. That doesn't seem like your style."

"Forcing him to become popular now would be of no benefit to him. His singing skills are still very average; he needs to be polished more," Chen Ziyan said. "You can't be in a hurry when managing artists; you have to plan slowly. Forcing popularity makes it easy for them to go out of style, and giving him too much exposure is something he can't handle."

"Seeing that Lu Yanhe and Wen Minglan have both become popular while he remains lukewarm, he must be anxious inside, right?"

"Anxiety is a good thing; it makes his self-motivation stronger," Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Qingzhen nodded.

"Fine, if you put it that way, I understand."

"After Xin Zixing brings her team to us, our company's business map can be further opened up," Chen Ziyan said. "We do private customized services. Xin Zixing has great ability, not just in content creation. We have always said that we want to tailor a window for every artist to let the public understand them, and now, the person most skilled at this has arrived."

"I've also talked to Xin Zixing; she is indeed a person with many ideas and capabilities," Lu Qingzhen nodded. "I can understand why you want to invite her over, but on the other hand, I do feel that the things she did before don't quite align with our company's positioning, and I'm worried she and her team won't be able to integrate into our company."

Chen Ziyan shook her head.

"You're wrong, Qingzhen, that's because you haven't thought about why I want to invite her over."

"Hmm? Why?" Lu Qingzhen was indeed a bit confused.

Chen Ziyan said, "We cater to artists and high-end services, simply put, private customization. An artist's core demands are actually just two: either they want to win awards, or they want to explode in popularity. And over these years, we actually all know that variety shows have become the most convenient channel for making stars popular, far faster than film and television."

"That is indeed true, but this also has great contingency; often the people the production team wants to promote don't become popular, while those who weren't noticed at first do," Lu Qingzhen said. "How many artists have become popular inexplicably?"

"Just because no one has been able to do it doesn't mean it can't be done," Chen Ziyan said. "I poached Xin Zixing to do one thing: to customize programs for our most VIP clients, allowing them to return to the audience's view and become popular again."

Lu Qingzhen was stunned.

"Ah?"

Chen Ziyan said, "Through a program, we amplify the most attractive parts of this artist, bringing the artist the greatest degree of exposure."

"This... isn't that too extravagant?" Lu Qingzhen never expected Chen Ziyan's idea to be so "bold." "After all, producing a program is not an easy thing; producing one program costs tens of millions."

Chen Ziyan said, "That's why I need Xin Zixing. She holds classic cases like *City Travelogue* and Director Wang Zhong's short films. The possibility of convincing a video platform to pay for a new program is very high. At the same time, our clients pay service fees to participate in the program recording as artist guests, without having to pay the artist's remuneration—do you understand what this means?"

"It means... the production cost of this program will become very, very low," Lu Qingzhen suddenly realized. "The biggest cost of a program is the artist's remuneration."

"Exactly," Chen Ziyan nodded. "So, an idea that sounds high-risk, high-cost, and difficult to realize actually becomes easy as long as there is a key person who can make both sides pay."

"But, what if the platform finds out that we and the artist—"

"As long as the program is popular and can make money for them, what does it matter if they know?" Chen Ziyan said. "Of course, they can also tailor a program for the artist and earn service fees from the artist."

Lu Qingzhen said, "But this kind of thing, it doesn't seem good if it gets out; it feels like taking money from both sides."

"The artist wants a chance to make a comeback, the platform wants a good program that audiences like, and we rely on our own ideas to find a team that can realize this, acting as a bridge. Even if others find out, so what?" Chen Ziyan said. "We take this money legitimately; we have nothing to be ashamed of."

"But there is one more thing, Ziyan. What if the program is finally produced and no video platform is willing to buy it?" Lu Qingzhen said. "This situation could also occur."

Chen Ziyan said, "Of course, we find the platform to pay first, then we make the program. And, one thing at a time, if it really can't be broadcast normally in the end, then we refund the money as we should. It's clearly written in the contract, in black and white; no one takes advantage of anyone, and no one cheats anyone."

Lu Qingzhen was stunned by Chen Ziyan's idea. Mainly, letting artists pay to be on a show? Is this idea feasible? At first glance, it seems unrealistic, but thinking about it carefully, it's not impossible.

In this circle, there are plenty of artists who are past their prime but very wealthy, who just want to make a comeback and return to the audience's view.

At this time, telling them that her company can provide a service to tailor a program based on their own situation to help them make a comeback, with the name of Chen Ziyan, the ace agent, and Xin Zixing, a producer who brought several successful cases like *City Travelogue*, seems like it could really attract quite a few people.

And such a program, although it has no popular stars or controversial figures, can be successful based on Xin Zixing's past works, as her *City Travelogue* didn't focus on stars and still succeeded. Furthermore, a program that doesn't need to pay artist remuneration will have very low production costs. For any video platform, looking at the names of Chen Ziyan and Xin Zixing, they should be willing to try and pay for it.

After Lu Qingzhen calculated it clearly, she realized that the most critical thing about this model is not how to start, but how to make such a program tailored for has-been stars successful.

Because only when the first one succeeds will there be a second and a third.

"Xin Zixing, does she have that much talent?" Lu Qingzhen asked. "Can she make customized programs liked by audiences too?"

"It's not just Xin Zixing alone."

"Her team isn't enough either."

"Qingzhen, our company isn't just owned by us," Chen Ziyan smiled slightly. "Do you know, for the program *Young Days*, who came up with many of the ideas?"

Lu Qingzhen was taken aback and asked a name that felt somewhat unbelievable, "Lu Yanhe?"

Chen Ziyan nodded, "If you had heard Lu Yanhe's ideas about variety shows, you would know why I wanted to poach Xin Zixing and why I wanted to do this kind of private customization model."

Lu Qingzhen didn't know what to say for a moment.

The milk-colored sky seemed to hang above their heads as if frozen.

At this very moment, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were walking in a mountain that was not dangerous, hiking with a dozen other people.

Lu Yanhe hadn't expected that there would be a hiking segment on this trip.

Chen Siqi, however, said, "We are always staying in the city and don't have the opportunity to truly walk in nature. This hike doesn't require camping in the wild, and it's not difficult. The whole route is only eight hours. With a little effort and gritting our teeth, we'll finish it."

What else could Lu Yanhe say? He could only accompany her.

Hiking together, once they were truly on the road, Lu Yanhe slowly began to feel the serene state of trekking with a team, with almost no one speaking.

It wasn't the kind of hiking where you chat while walking, but hiking where you have to focus entirely on your feet.

In this rhythmic walking, Lu Yanhe slowly began to think about some grand propositions, such as the meaning of life, and how far he actually wanted to take his acting career.

It wasn't until they reached a rest point where they could rest for fifteen minutes that Lu Yanhe returned to the human world from his mental wandering.

Chen Siqi took two pieces of bread out of her bag and handed him one.

Lu Yanhe received it in his hand and ate it quickly, finishing it in a few bites.

The previous calorie consumption had been too fast; he had been hungry for a long time.

Lu Yanhe asked curiously, "When did you start getting interested in activities like hiking?"

"Looking at Li Pengfei's Moments," Chen Siqi said. "He often goes hiking with people in the mountains, and there are some ancient paths. I saw him take many videos, so I was a bit tempted."

This was an answer Lu Yanhe had completely not expected.

Lu Yanhe also often looked at Li Pengfei's Moments, but he had never had similar thoughts because of it.

It could only mean that he was truly lazy.

"……"

They were the only two Chinese people in this hiking squad.

The others came from various countries and regions in Europe and America.

They were all traveling here.

Because they were all travel companions who met halfway, they only nodded friendly to each other.

No one recognized them, just thinking they were an ordinary young couple.

Chen Siqi suddenly said again, "Sister Zixing going to Sister Ziyan's place is actually not as good as coming to my place."

Lu Yanhe smiled and asked, "Sister Zixing has already gone to Sister Ziyan's place, why are you suddenly talking about this again?"

"It's mainly because I thought of some things I want to do later. If Sister Zixing were here, it would be much more convenient," Chen Siqi said. "The video channel Li Bi is doing is very successful now. We can actually further expand our content in terms of video."

"Are you wanting Sister Zixing to do cultural programs related to *Jump Up*?"

"Something like that," Chen Siqi said. "Just as you said, in this era, the more everyone thinks that we don't need high-brow art, don't need culture and spiritual value, the more it is actually when everyone needs it. Our current programs are all kinds of entertainment variety shows, all competitive and entertaining, filled with all kinds of stars. I think the audience must be tired of watching them."

Lu Yanhe asked, "What do you want to do?"

Chen Siqi: "There is too much I want to do, but my energy is limited and I cannot realize them one by one. The one thing I want to do most now is to find a team like Sister Zixing's to select short stories from *Jump Up* and adapt them into short films or movies, and create a 'Jump Up Theater' to expand the influence of *Jump Up*."

Lu Yanhe was shocked.

"Ah?"

Chen Siqi: "Sounds quite impractical at first glance, right?"

"Uh, it's mainly that filming film and television works has high costs. Investing so much without necessarily getting ideal returns makes it easy to lose money," Lu Yanhe said. "Maybe one movie could wipe out the profits *Jump Up* has made over the past two years."

"Hmm, that's why I don't plan to fund it myself," Chen Siqi said. "I'm not doing it as a product aimed at profit, but as a peripheral product to expand the influence of *Jump Up*, just using the mindset of making film and television dramas to do this. Cooperate with video platforms, let them choose the works suitable for adaptation, and these adapted works will just be broadcast under the name of 'Jump Up Theater' in the end."

Chen Siqi said again, "Another thing, I'm not saying I have to find a particularly mature team to film it. Video platforms should also have new directors and teams they want to cultivate, including new actors. As long as we find where each takes what they need, I think cooperation is still easy to achieve."

Lu Yanhe stopped speaking, wanting to say something.

"What's wrong?" Chen Siqi looked at Lu Yanhe in confusion.

Lu Yanhe sighed with emotion: "You and Sister Ziyan really should become good friends."

"Hmm?"

"The ideas you two have... have the same wonderful effect."

Lu Yanhe didn't know how to describe his mood. These two women always had endless ideas about work. It was as if these ideas and inspirations would never dry up.

After Chen Siqi heard what Chen Ziyan planned to do, she immediately said, "Then my idea can actually be integrated with Sister Ziyan's idea."

Chen Siqi's idea was actually not necessarily a fantasy.

As the editor-in-chief of *Jump Up*, every issue of the magazine has original novellas or short stories that are liked by readers. According to conventional film and television adaptation, it is usually bought by a formal film and television company after they take a fancy to it, then they find a screenwriter to adapt them into a script, and then film them. Now she is directly opening these stories to video platforms, letting video platforms choose, and developing whichever story they take a fancy to. This is her unique condition, because there is basically no soil for novellas and short stories to survive now. Except for those few old-fashioned serious literary magazines, only *Jump Up* can continuously launch short stories.

They are also the literary genres most suitable for adaptation into movies or short films.

Short stories from *Jump Up* come with their own traffic. If they can find suitable directors and actors to film them, the works produced are also very likely to be liked by the audience—this story has already been verified by readers in the magazine.

The key is that this theater has a continuous stream of good stories that can be filmed.

The only challenge for Chen Siqi's idea is that before this, video platforms hadn't played like this.

Similar things they have played are web movies.

Can this thing be played like this? -

Filming a short film, the kind that is thirty or forty minutes or about an hour, not filming according to the level of a movie, but filming according to a normal web drama, actually can be finished in two or three days. Of course, if there are many scenes and many locations, it might take longer. But even at the most, the production cost is not high.

According to Chen Siqi's idea, for actors, find those in the market who have good acting skills but are not famous, so their pay is also very low. Anyway, it's a short film; it's better to have stars, but if there are no stars, there is no profit pressure.

As long as "Jump Up Theater" is kept going, the theater itself is the biggest selling point.

Because these are all adapted from stories published in *Jump Up* magazine.

Then for one short film, the production cost might be only one or two hundred thousand yuan, and a little more would be just a few hundred thousand yuan.

The production quality might be a bit rough, not as refined as good film and television dramas, but as long as the team is reliable and the production is attentive, it can still move the audience and let these stories be known by more people through different forms.

Lu Yanhe, however, said, "You might as well hold a competition directly."

"Ah?" Chen Siqi was taken aback, "What competition?"

"Open the IP library of *Jump Up*, unite with a video platform, and hold a short film competition. Invite everyone to film ten-minute short films based on stories published in *Jump Up*—of course, stories for which we have the copyright and can allow everyone to film like this. After they are done, put them on the video platform, let the audience vote with their real names, and finally select the top three works. Sign a contract with them, unite with the video platform, give them funds, and help them film the works completely," Lu Yanhe said. "In this way, the short films they film are very rough, and everyone can understand, because it is a non-professional competition to select talent, avoiding the impression that 'Jump Up Theater' is a shoddily made theater. Audiences join in to participate in voting, letting everyone have a sense of participation, and select the talented people in their hearts to be responsible for the real filming later. And our winners can get funds to film complete works, which can also attract people who are truly talented but have no opportunity to participate in this competition."

Chen Siqi's eyes lit up instantly.

"Your idea is great!" She stood up excitedly, "Oh, we can hold a competition!"

"Hmm," Lu Yanhe nodded with a smile, "Look at *Idol Era*, they also held a newcomer competition at the same time, continuously digging for newcomers, blood-making, making this program still highly concerned and highly popular until now. Competition is always the form of activity that can best stimulate everyone's sense of participation."

Chen Siqi nodded, "Just do it according to what you said, this is really good. More importantly, the directors we select from this competition are all screened by the audience. Let them film complete short films or simply web movies, and there is a certain guarantee for the quality."

"Exactly," Lu Yanhe nodded, "If done well, such a competition can even be held continuously."

"OK, I understand," Chen Siqi's eyes were shining, "How can you have so many good ideas in your head? I feel more and more that Sister Ziyan was right about one thing."

"Ah?"

"You are truly a genius, a genius at everything you do," Chen Siqi excitedly hugged Lu Yanhe, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the mouth.

Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Siqi in surprise. Heaven knows what it feels like to have your brain go blank when suddenly kissed by a moist pair of lips in this wilderness.

He hugged Chen Siqi and lowered his head to kiss her.

People nearby saw this young couple suddenly hugging and kissing, and all showed auntie smiles.

Everyone has been young, and everyone has experienced such moments of being unable to help but stick together.

Someone who brought a camera saw this and even raised the camera to take a picture of this scene.

"This scene is too sweet."

Bikalo is not a very lively place, except when the Bikalo Film Festival is held every February.

Every year at this time, there will be film fans from all over the world gathering here to watch movies and see stars.

When Chen Ziyan arrived in Bikalo with Zou Dong and Wang Biao, the film festival had already opened for three days.

Because Wang Zhong's short film was shortlisted for the short film competition unit, and the premiere was set for the sixth day of the film festival, they only came at this time.

"Lu Yanhe, this guy, is also having so much fun that he forgot to return, actually not arriving until the day after tomorrow," Chen Ziyan said with feigned anger. "What if the plane is delayed? Is he still going to attend the premiere of his work?"

Zou Dong and Wang Biao heard Chen Ziyan's complaints and grumbling, and both very sensibly kept their mouths shut and didn't respond.

Chen Ziyan said, "Anyway, he won't arrive until the day after tomorrow. You two just wander around here by yourselves for these two days, and we'll talk when he comes."

Wang Biao's eyes lit up instantly.

Doesn't this mean a trip at public expense?

Wang Biao carefully concealed his smile, not wanting to look too happy. It would be bad if he annoyed Sister Ziyan.

Secretly happy.

They had a long vacation of about seventeen or eighteen days for the New Year this time, which could be considered a good long break.

The key is that although it was a long vacation, the salary was paid as usual, the bonus was still there, without any discount. This made Wang Biao's New Year very happy.

Especially when giving red envelopes to his parents, the two of them each got a thick red envelope of ten thousand yuan, which stunned his parents.

"You don't earn much money as an assistant, why give us so much? You spend a lot of money outside yourself, take it back!" His mother's first reaction was even to return the red envelope.

Wang Biao said with full confidence for the first time: "Just take it, my wallet is thick now."

His mother was half-believing.

Wang Biao had no choice but to show them his bank card balance.

They were shocked, and then said: "You wouldn't be using Lu Yanhe's name to extort money outside, would you?"

His parents' reaction made his face turn black.

"Am I that kind of person? This is money I earned openly and honestly, okay?!" Wang Biao shouted, "It's Little Brother Lu and Sister Ziyan who felt I did a good job, so they gave me a bonus each, and gave me a year-end bonus!"

"Your boss... is so generous?"

"That's right!" Wang Biao said proudly, "The first time I saw him, I knew he was a good person. Look, I said so, didn't I?"

"Don't be smug!" His mother immediately glared at him, "Before, Lu Yanhe was scolded by many people because of his income. If others knew he gave you, an assistant, so much money, they would definitely scold him again. Just say this much, don't say it to anyone outside, don't brag about how much your year-end bonus is!"

Wang Biao: "……Huh?"

"Huh what huh!" His mother glared at him, "Besides Lu Yanhe, who else would pay you such a high salary? Can't you think more? What is good for him, what is bad for him? You are almost eighteen years old, why hasn't your brain grown well yet?"

Wang Biao: "……"

Wang Biao leaned over to Zou Dong and asked in a low voice: "Brother Dong, how was your New Year this time?"

Zou Dong frowned slightly, not understanding why Wang Biao asked this.

"What do you mean how was it?"

Wang Biao said half-proudly and half-complaining: "My parents saw that I got so much bonus, on one hand, they felt that I, their son, was competitive enough to earn so much money, and on the other hand, they scolded me for being smug. How about you?"

Zou Dong: "……Normal New Year, accompanying family, accompanying children, not scolded."

Wang Biao sighed happily, "Brother Dong, your child must not be familiar with you, right?"

Zou Dong was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Wang Biao didn't notice the change in Zou Dong's face at all.

He said: "You always speak with a straight face, who dares to be close to you."

Zou Dong: "……It's hard for me to see him anyway."

"That's not an excuse," Wang Biao said, "It was hard for me to see my dad when I was a child. He worked in another place, and I couldn't see him twice a year, but I missed him every day. Every time he came back, he would pick me up and bring me many gifts, so I didn't feel estranged from my dad at all. If he were like you, not saying he missed me when he saw me, not bringing me gifts, and not being close to me, I wouldn't pay attention to him."

Zou Dong was silent for a while.

"I divorced his mother, it's normal for him not to be close to me."

"Huh?" Wang Biao was taken aback.

Zou Dong thought Wang Biao was surprised that he was divorced.

As a result, Wang Biao said in the next second: "You divorced his mother, did you also divorce him? Could it be that after his mother became your ex-wife, he also became your ex-son?"

Zou Dong's heart skipped a beat.

"Oh my, your son probably thinks he was abandoned by you, right?" Wang Biao complained.

Zou Dong's heart felt as if it had been smashed open, and the cold wind poured in instantly.

While feeling at a loss, his brain seemed to have been blown a little clearer.

Chen Ziyan, who had been walking in front as if she hadn't heard their conversation, turned her head to look at Wang Biao at this time and said: "Your mouth is chattering, I haven't seen you stop for a moment. You wouldn't be this annoying when you are by Yan He's side, would you?"

"Of course not!" Wang Biao said immediately, "I am very reliable!"

Chen Ziyan smiled.

This time at the Bikalo Film Festival, Director Wang Zhong's short film was shortlisted, and he almost couldn't make it, including Chen Bige.

Because they were filming *Rouge*.

Hurrying and rushing, this movie finally wrapped up before the film festival, and the two of them rushed to Bikalo together. With them was Xin Zixing.

Of course, besides Xin Zixing, there was Liu Qiao from Ye Mai.

Although there were all kinds of unpleasantness before, no matter what, Ye Mai was one of the producers of this short film and also an investor, so it was impossible to bypass them to attend this film festival.

Liu Qiao greeted Xin Zixing and made small talk as if nothing had happened.

Xin Zixing was also very indifferent, a kind of calmness that things had passed and she would no longer care.

However, whether she really didn't care or was pretending not to care, that depends on what Xin Zixing was thinking in her heart.

The two now only had one consensus, that is, outside, they still followed the principle of "mutual benefit" and didn't tear their faces apart for others to see.

This time at the Bikalo Film Festival, there were almost no Chinese-language films, and therefore, there were many fewer Chinese stars.

You might not feel this gap in the country, but when you go abroad, especially in places like film festivals, if there are films from all over the world, but you don't see Chinese films, especially when you are in the film industry, you are more or less depressed and uncomfortable.

Because of the absence of Chinese-language films, many Chinese-language media did not come. It was not as grand as the Venice International Film Festival at that time—at that time, almost all first-tier Chinese-language media sent people over. After all, two Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the main competition unit at that time.

This time, *Jump Up* still sent Linyu and Li Bi over.

According to the adjustment of task division, Linyu had become the editor of the film section, responsible for all channels of *Jump Up* and film-related layouts.

This is a very important position, because everyone knows that Lu Yanhe will exert his strength in this area in the future.

Then *Jump Up* will certainly not be content with the status quo in this area.

Linyu took on this heavy responsibility, and everyone was convinced. First, she is a student of Yuming University, and her academic qualifications are there; second, she is a high school classmate of Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi, and their feelings are there; third, she is a founding member of *Jump Up*, and her seniority is there; fourth, her profound knowledge in film is well-known, and her knowledge and ability are there.

She took this position very smoothly.

Linyu did not stop working because Lu Yanhe had not arrived yet.

She sent interview applications to filmmakers from all over the world, and on the first day of landing, she and Li Bi started working without stopping.

These professional interview videos will be exclusively broadcast on their cooperative platform, Aurora Video.

This is also an exclusive right that people bought with money.

After all, it is one of the four major film festivals in the world. Although no Chinese-language film was shortlisted for the main competition unit, there are many domestic film lovers, and they are still interested in foreign films and foreign filmmakers.

Linyu can get first-hand interview videos, and as film fans, they must watch them.

This made Liu Qiao feel a bit depressed when he saw it.

These videos could have been put on Ye Mai to broadcast.

Ye Mai is now the largest film and television rating website in the country, and basically all film fans will definitely have a Ye Mai account.

However, the exclusive interview was snatched away by Aurora Video.

Liu Qiao regretted not arranging for someone to do a special report on the Bikalo Film Festival before.

Previously, these were all handled by Xin Zixing.

After Xin Zixing left with her team, many tasks were interrupted.