Chapter 426: Dividend life

This video almost just poked Yongshan Hesan's nose and scolded him directly "You are just a very low film critic".

Chen Siqi's move sent the playback volume of this video to the throne of over ten million.

No way, when it comes to scolding Japanese, the domestic internet environment is often unanimous. Not to mention, what Yongshan Hesan did itself makes people feel disgusted, even ashamed.

Yongshan Hesan's reputation in the international film critic circle is certainly not as loud as Tom Wyne of *Variety* magazine and Marion Tucci of *Film* magazine in France.

They both rely on the most influential film magazines in the world and have accumulated a large number of readers with one film review after another.

And other film critics are the same.

Chen Siqi invited them over, which is enough to make the forced style of this forum stand up.

"Look, Lu Yan He was just attacked by Yongshan Hesan, and Chen Siqi was able to fight back immediately, openly hitting Yongshan Hesan in the face." Someone laughed on the internet, "And some people ask why Lu Yan He can't think of making a paper magazine? Except for *Jump Up*, is there a second media in China that can stand behind Lu Yan He without any scruples and speak for him?"

"So you are actually so funny in real life? I watched the plays you acted in before, they were all relatively inclined to be melancholy or bitter and deep." Huang Tai said.

"Not only self-recognition, but also the recognition of others." Chen Ziyan added.

As for Yongshan Hesan that day, this film critic who everyone shouted to beat, had an extra miserable few days.

Among the people inside, Huai Qian had only seen Huang Tai. Huai Qian didn't expect that she would also personally sit in the audition for *Burning Fire*.

Chen Ziyan laughed.

Chen Ziyan thought for a moment and said: "I'll log in to my small account and post it."

"What momentum?" Lu Qingzhen was very curious.

Lu Qingzhen: "I'm just saying this in front of you."

Huang Tai was the first to greet him, smiling and saying: "Huai Qian, right? You are very popular recently."

"There is no other news for the time being. Huai Qian's news was specially greeted by Huang Tai. She wants to confirm with me whether we mind Huai Qian also coming to act in this film."

For star artists, exposure is like oxygen to humans, a necessity.

Lu Yan He listened more and more complicated, because the conditions were becoming more and more detailed.

Chen Ziyan said: "This kind of blockbuster, from preparation, to filming, to publicity, and then to release, the time in between, if it is fast, is also two years. Every stage is highly concerned. If actors can enter such a film crew, they will frequently appear in reports because of this film in these two years, and it is very likely that they will be bet on in advance by other film and television companies and given film contracts."

"Lu Yan He is the male second lead of *Burning Fire* this time. If you win this play, you can cooperate with him." The agent suddenly thought of something, "Speaking of which, you were accidentally involved in this storm this time, it is really a very lucky thing."

In the past, it was just a magazine editorial department. No matter how excellent it was, including film and television publicity and marketing, it was just icing on the cake. But this time, it showed the side of a sharp sword.

"No." Chen Ziyan shook her head, "Qingzhen, you know me. My past determines that I will never entrust my career and life to one person. This is something no one can change."

Agent: "You are right, and if we really rashly express happiness and gratitude for entering this list, we will really be mocked. Let's speak truthfully, our future is indeed bright, but now we really can't compare with Lu Yan He."

Just thinking about this, suddenly, the currently popular first-tier male actor Li Yuefeng walked in under the escort of his team.

When it was his turn to go in, he was inexplicably a little nervous.

Huh?

Can these media not think of one thing and another when compiling news, and just crown him with a random number?

Even he came to audition? Huai Qian was very shocked. Does Li Yuefeng still need to audition?

"Hmm." Huai Qian nodded.

At this moment, Yongshan Hesan's inner anger can be imagined.

And Chen Ziyan is the best at fighting for the interests of her artists.

Of course, Chen Ziyan is definitely negotiating based on market conditions. She has never been the kind of agent who opens her mouth like a lion.

Huai Qian nodded, took two pieces of paper from the staff, and lowered his head to prepare.

Huang Tai nodded, "Your play is very good, I have watched your play, but, let's try a play again now? There are two clips I want to ask you to try."

Huang Tai also laughed.

Some artists, even if you don't have any works, as long as you have exposure and topics, you can still mix in the entertainment circle and make a lot of money.

This is not, immediately there are media reports: Lu Yan He's film *Burning Fire* salary exceeds 50 million RMB!

Huang Tai turned her head and lowered her voice to the person next to her.

Lu Yan He nodded: "I fully understand your painstaking efforts, Sister Ziyan."

"No, and I don't intend to say it." Chen Ziyan shook her head, "Don't let the audience have too much of your own story like filming a film and television drama."

Like this audition, although Long Yan Film and Television did not do any publicity, many media still heard the wind and came, trying to photograph which actors appeared at the audition location.

"No, no." Huai Qian shook his head, "Very strange, my nose was suddenly very itchy just now."

The agent was relieved.

In the film *Burning Fire*, the actors who are really qualified to conduct this kind of negotiation with Long Yan are only the male lead, the female lead, and Lu Yan He who plays the male second lead. And as the first film in this film series, Long Yan Film and Television certainly does not want its risk to be too high, so in terms of cost, it must be pressed very tightly.

Chen Ziyan continued to report the second round: 12 million RMB, 5% of global theatrical box office share, 30% of the peripheral derivative share of the character played by Lu Yan He.

Lu Qingzhen took a deep breath.

This is attacking his foundation.

Like Li Yuefeng, a first-tier popular male actor, Huai Qian can't imagine that he also needs to audition. However, this is just the first one. Not long after Li Yuefeng, another person appeared, Yin Xincheng who became popular in *Friends*, and Lang Xia who has been very strong in the past two years.

Lu Yan He just happened to have such ability.

Lu Yan He asked: "Then besides Huai Qian, are there any other actors decided?"

Revenue sharing and theatrical box office sharing have completely different differences.

The acting method of literary films is different from that of commercial films. Different styles. Huang Tai is worried about this point.

When he walked in, he heard people inside start to discuss, and their eyes fell on him, with a bit of scrutiny.

This time it was even more murderous, expelling him from the ranks of "world-top film critics".

Lu Qingzhen was stunned for a moment, didn't know what he thought of, and sighed.

Lu Qingzhen didn't echo or respond at the first time, but fell into deep thought, thought seriously for a moment, and then said: "Ziyan, this is actually very difficult. We have felt many times in the past that Chinese film and television dramas have reached the stage of going overseas, but every time we want to go out with great fanfare, we can't get those overseas people to buy it. This is not just a hardware problem, this is also a problem of cultural differences and other aspects. I even started to think about one thing, is it necessary to spread it overseas? Even if there are no overseas viewers, our own market is already big enough, why must we go to please overseas liking and recognition?"

This sentiment, the number of likes exceeded 10,000.

He didn't care. Anyway, what he said could indeed attract attention and could indeed gain a lot of recognition. Especially, those who were attacked by him often found it difficult to fight back.

"You must not catch a cold at this time. It will be the *Burning Fire* audition later. You must maintain your state well."

Everyone suddenly realized—

"Reading more books is certainly not wrong, but Chen Ziyan, you are so attentive to Wang Biao, why, are you planning to leave Lu Yan He again?" Lu Qingzhen asked.

"Not every group hopes to prove that this group is definitely superior to other groups, but there is absolutely no group that would be willing to see their group being felt inferior by others." Chen Ziyan said, "I am the same, and all people in the Chinese film and television circle are the same. Why in the eyes of overseas, their film and television dramas are the top, and our Chinese film and television dramas are very shoddy?"

Huai Qian heard it, and it was indeed so.

*Burning Fire*, such a blockbuster, is also a magic blockbuster with Chinese culture as the background, which has always been the most eye-catching.

Every time he attacked, he would be found a more condescending angle by Chen Siqi to fight back.

And *Burning Fire*, its story and theme itself have a very large audience.

Chen Siqi's combat effectiveness, domestic netizens have seen many times.

Yongshan Hesan was furious, but could only jump on the spot.

Lu Yan He nodded: "Then the confidentiality work is very well done, even you are unwilling to reveal it."

Lu Qingzhen laughed.

Huai Qian said: "This is thanks to the enemy sending me artillery fire."

Chen Ziyan: "Don't instigate me."

Chen Ziyan: "Is it?"

He was a little unsure for a while whether the fame of the past few days was helpful or not for this audition.

The people next to him heard it, and naturally had a count in their hearts.

Lu Yan He listened for a few ears, and felt that he was really confused, simply didn't care, just waited for the final negotiation result.

He didn't stay in the waiting room, but was led directly to the front.

After a discussion about Lu Yan He's salary, the topic was successfully transferred to "Why does Lu Yan He still take the play of the male second lead?".

Lu Qingzhen said: "You have to say this directly on Weibo."

"Cultural identity." Lu Qingzhen said these five words thoughtfully.

Lu Qingzhen snorted and laughed.

Blockbusters ultimately have a different meaning for the film industry.

"To put it bluntly, it is also because many people work hard every day and earn very little. It is not that Yan He earns too much to make them jealous, it is that they live too hard, so they will become sharp." Chen Ziyan sighed, "This is not a problem we can solve, but don't intensify such contradictions."

Lu Yan He is not only red and purple himself, but also can bring others to be red.

Chen Ziyan proposed a salary offer of 15 million RMB and 8% revenue share to Long Yan Film and Television for him. Note, this is an offer, and the offer means throwing it out and letting Long Yan cut it. Because Lu Yan He now obviously cannot get such conditions.

What made him most angry was that the Chinese male actor Huai Qian he selected didn't care at all that he was lucky enough to enter this list, but publicly expressed his look down on him.

Long Yan also knew it well, and after two days, returned an opinion: 8 million RMB and 3% of the theatrical box office share.

Sure enough, this salary number looks fake, it's too fake.

What? Lu Yan He is not the male lead? Why doesn't he act as the male lead?

Who else is worthy of Lu Yan He acting as the male second lead?

Lu Qingzhen: "You, you are still that you, so whether it is Chen Bige or Shang Yongzhou, after breaking up with you, they can also maintain such a good relationship with you, but Little Lu is a bit different from them at that time. They didn't have Little Lu so able to toss at that time. Now he has your share in a film and television production company, and our high-end service company also has his share. It is not so easy to break up."

But it is indeed so. You are like the literary film *Road of Glory*, all the news comes from having two big-name actors, Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yan He, but the theme and story of the film itself are actually not very attractive.

Huai Qian naturally knows why this is.

"Lucky?"

He was humiliated by Chen Siqi here, but the people in his country were throwing olive branches to the people who humiliated him.

The agent said: "This time, although that Yongshan Hesan is shameless, he also helped us, making your popularity rise, just in time for this time to strive for *Burning Fire*, which is also our luck."

The agent hurriedly looked back at him and asked: "You didn't catch a cold, did you?"

Huai Qian can be considered to have a little fame more or less. However, sitting in this waiting room, he couldn't detect his advantage at all. Even if he had two films that had been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the four major international film festivals, in the eyes of the commentary circle, he was also a promising new star. Otherwise, Yongshan Hesan couldn't have known him.

The most critical thing is that Chen Siqi immediately accepted the invitation of a Japanese publishing house and announced that she would lead several Chinese writers to Japan for cultural exchange activities.

Huai Qian said: "Probably because I have a face like this? But my own personality is still relatively... funny, my agent said so."

As for Lu Yan He striving for greater interests, it means that other people's interests will be correspondingly smaller—Chen Ziyan is not someone else's agent, she naturally prioritizes Lu Yan He's interests.

She thought about it, and it was so.

Chen Ziyan: "No, it's just that I always have to cultivate a reliable agent for Yan He. His career will get better and better in the future, and I can't focus all my energy on him alone. He must have an agent who can take care of his specific affairs wholeheartedly."

Such a film is very difficult to succeed, but every time such a film is established, it will inevitably cause attention.

Huai Qian heard Yongshan Hesan's name and immediately curled his lips, "This person is not only small-minded, but because Lu Yan He refuted him twice, he held a grudge against Lu Yan He, and even used public office for private revenge. Our country's most representative, potential young actor, he didn't choose Lu Yan He, but chose me. Isn't that crazy? I don't want to be bound to him, I will be pitted by him sooner or later."

Thus, people who already thought they realized the value of *Jump Up* discovered a shocking fact: they were far from understanding how much *Jump Up* played a role for Lu Yan He.

Yongshan Hesan wrote a column in the latest issue of *Outside the Screen* in anger, in which he wrote:

The former also includes various copyright and peripheral development income, while the latter is just a share of pure theatrical box office.

Huai Qian hummed.

Huai Qian came to the audition place and saw many actors in the waiting room. Even several of them were quite famous and popular actors, including the three leads of *Three Mountains*, Chen Jiang, Wang Lu, and Sui Fang, and the *Late Spring* actors Yan Lingyu, Kong Fan, and He Qingqing. These were all people who had cooperated with Lu Yan He. Huai Qian immediately worried. In the case of unclear strength gap, will Lu Yan He's ideas affect the final decision?

Chen Ziyan said to Lu Qingzhen: "I saw a momentum in him."

He said one sentence, and everyone in the room laughed.

Incredible.

The reason for being miserable is naturally because of Chen Siqi's public several face-slapping counterattacks.

"Forget it, don't instigate you, but this word must be said, it is very right." Lu Qingzhen said, "But you can't say it yourself, you have to find someone to say it, find someone who has little relationship with Lu Yan He to say it, let everyone know that the various values of Lu Yan He himself are high enough, so others come to him to cooperate, and they are willing to give such a high price. Don't always stare at a specific number and start sighing that Lu Yan He is not worthy. Worthy or not, he didn't steal, didn't rob, didn't ask for a sky-high price, what is worthy or not."

Chen Ziyan sighed: "Can you believe it? I advised Wang Biao to read more books not long ago. Have you seen me advise people to read books? Just because I know them, I now implicitly think that people read more books, no matter what, they don't suffer, and they must read more books, so that they can make themselves stronger in all aspects."

Chen Ziyan said: "Huai Qian's acting skills are very good, it is not surprising that he can win the role."

Lu Yan He used *Jump Up*, where he served as editor-in-chief, to organize a film critic forum to discuss young filmmakers and their works. What is the difference between this behavior and those rich people who spend money to hire people to sing praises for themselves?

Chen Siqi wrote on her overseas social media account: Spending money to hire people? Is it Yongshan Hesan who underestimated the objectivity and professionalism of the world's top film critics, or is he usually taking money to do things, so he naturally uses such vicious malice to speculate on others?

Chen Ziyan: "Be careful, if you say this, everyone will attack you together."

If it weren't for him, who would notice that little-known little actor!

Huai Qian sneezed twice in a row.

It just so happened that this time, he met Chen Siqi.

The reason why Chen Ziyan wants to promote Lu Yan He's salary negotiation so urgently is because now the candidates for Shang Yongzhou and the female lead have not been decided, which means that the space Lu Yan He can strive for at this time is the largest. And if you wait for these two actors to be decided and start entering negotiations, then Long Yan has more aspects to weigh, and the negotiation space Lu Yan He can strive for will narrow.

Domestic netizens saw it and sighed:

—Editor-in-Chief is bullying foreigners for not understanding the market. Even Yu Jiang can't spray her, how dare he Yongshan Hesan jump? Open his eyes and talk nonsense? Isn't he afraid that Editor-in-Chief Chen will spray him so that his ancestors for eighteen generations are unwilling to recognize this unfilial descendant?

This itself is a kind of exposure.

Yongshan Hesan used to open fire, and was often mocked, saying that he deliberately said amazing things and said some topics to attract attention.

Whether they are self-righteous or for other reasons, they will not openly confront him.

Chen Ziyan said her heart's voice sentence by sentence, which is also the common heart's voice of many people.

Lu Qingzhen: "Actually, Little Lu is really like you, very like."

Thus, Yongshan Hesan broke a name for daring to speak and no one dared to be angry.

This is the embodiment of the highest technology of the film industry.

Reasonably speaking, Yu Jiang already belongs to the kind of person who can break and BB, but every time she confronts Chen Siqi, she loses, which is enough to show how terrifying Chen Siqi's combat effectiveness is.

In private, Lu Qingzhen laughed with Chen Ziyan: "This pair of little men and women, one can speak, one can spray, combined together, feel invincible, saved how much PR fees."

Lu Yan He saw this number, and people were numb.

Lu Yan He is also a person who has high requirements for himself and never lowers his requirements.

"To put it broadly, this is human civilization—any civilization cannot avoid it. Whether you call it expansion consciousness or vanity, there is no civilization that does not hope to be recognized and recognized by other civilizations. To put it realistically, in this era of globalization, no country can be safe in one corner and close the door to build a car." Chen Ziyan said, "Film and television is a very important link, and as many film and television people, there is actually nothing else. Their driving force is a sense of identity and honor. This may be very vulgar, but it is just like this. Many people say what, we are already very powerful, why must we go overseas to prove our strength, say what is not to say that only those recognized overseas are good. It is not the same thing at all. You also know that I don't mean this. It is that we have a natural desire for things that are very good in our own culture, especially things that are particularly good in our own culture, that is, to let people with other cultural backgrounds see and recognize."

"Who said I must break up with him?" Chen Ziyan said, "I just don't like to put all my energy into one person, and Chen Bige and Shang Yongzhou were already at the stage where they couldn't accept that their agent was still bringing others at the same time and couldn't fully invest their energy to serve only their career. Then of course I broke up with them well. On Yan He's side, if I really don't be his agent in the future, there are still other ways of cooperation, just like these two companies."

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded, "However, *Burning Fire* is organizing auditions now, what is the specific situation?"

The role played by *Jump Up* this time made everyone see its significant role in the public domain and in helping Lu Yan He fight public opinion wars for the first time.

She asked: "Have you told Little Lu about your affairs?"

Knowing that Huai Qian, this actor, was satisfied with other aspects of Huang Tai, it was just to see if his acting style was suitable for the film *Burning Fire*.

When Lu Yan He learned that Huai Qian passed the audition and got a role in *Burning Fire*, he was quite surprised, mainly surprised by such a coincidence.

Yongshan Hesan saw Chen Siqi's speech and his cheeks were flushed with anger.

"The hardware conditions of our Chinese film and television dramas have actually reached the world-class level, and the market is the same. Look, we have also appeared in films with more than 5 billion RMB and about 600 million USD. The foundation has been built. The next ten years may really be the ten years of the rise of Chinese film and television dramas globally." Chen Ziyan said, "Before, it was said to go to sea, but things were not so good, going to sea could only be fake going to sea. Now our things have slowly reached the first-class level, the big environment is there, only missing some people who can lead this trend, truly move towards the world, I saw such momentum in Yan He."

"This young man is very good, his play is very good, but let's see if he can integrate into the style of our film. His previous plays were mainly literary films." Huang Tai said.

Lu Yan He listened, very surprised, didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.

In terms of connections, resources, and influence, it is not his advantage. His biggest advantage is that he dares to tear his face and say anything, not afraid of offending people. It just so happens that these advantages, Chen Siqi has them all. And what he doesn't have, Chen Siqi also has.

And blockbusters have another advantage, that is, the salary is high enough, and capable actors can also conduct share negotiations in a justified manner.

Lu Yan He is also a person who really achieved this achievement by himself.

If Lu Yan He acts in *Burning Fire* and can get 50 million, then how much should the male lead and female lead get? I heard that Lu Yan He is not the male lead in this film.

"Think about it, you cooperate with Lu Yan He in a film, because of this, what a big gimmick it is? Long Yan Film and Television will naturally consider this factor." The agent said, "This is the commercial film with the largest investment in our country in recent years, and it is going to create an all-star lineup. There are many people fighting for every role with a few lines. Isn't your advantage here?"

Chen Ziyan said: "Let's put it this way, most of the young actors in the entertainment circle have gone to audition."

"Blockbusters are like this, the more confidential, the more appetizing, everyone is more curious." Chen Ziyan laughed, "This is why I said, you must act in one or two blockbusters. You don't have to act in every film, but you must have one."

Lu Yan He is also a person who has experienced a lot, and after passing through the sails, he can still maintain his original intention and face the world with kindness.

Especially, she knows very well that with Lu Yan He's current appeal and influence, he is worthy of this condition.

Long Yan Film and Television first issued a statement: Regarding the rumors on the internet that Lu Yan He's salary for starring in *Burning Fire* is 50 million, please don't make rumors, we will reserve the right to sue. Ask one more question, how did you think of this fake number?

"What small account to log in, if you want to post, use the big account, use the identity of Lu Yan He's agent to post." Lu Qingzhen instigated.

Lu Qingzhen: "I don't know if Little Lu will make you change your concept."

Chen Ziyan saw it, sighed, and said: "If the traffic about Yan He can be realized, just Yan He's hot searches and topics in the past two years, do you care about this mere 50 million? All let these platforms take advantage, and all the advertising fees go into their pockets."

Huai Qian realized one thing, these people, one by one, actually have some relationship with Lu Yan He more or less. Thinking about it again, it is normal. The works starred by Lu Yan He are all big hits. The so-called one person gains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven. The actors in a big hit work all benefit.

Lu Yan He knew that blockbusters were generally very exaggerated, didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.

Lu Qingzhen heard Chen Ziyan say this, nodded with empathy, "If you say this, I agree. Indeed, think about it, before in Star Entertainment, many young people almost worked 997 every day, and finally got a few thousand yuan salary. If I were them, I would also feel uncomfortable. What I said before was those who deliberately provoke trouble."

"I know." Chen Ziyan said, "So, sometimes I also feel difficult. Although from the perspective of reason, I feel there is no mistake, but in the end, I am the party who ate the dividends."

"Facing people who haven't eaten dividends, there is some... inability to say that my money is earned with a straight back. Why does a lucky person say that his life is earned by hard work in front of a person who is not as lucky as himself?" ===== CHAPTER 427 =====