Chapter 452: Fighting for Lu Yan He

Yannian Film and Television had a big headache.

They never expected that because of this incident, Jia Long and Lu Yan He had such a big opinion of them.

However, "Beetle Project," a film with 4 billion box office, compared to its sequel with "Lost on Journey," anyone would choose this way.

Of course, when contacting "Lost on Journey" before, Lu Yan He and Jia Long's request was to be released during the Spring Festival.

If you want to talk about reason, it is indeed their Yannian Film and Television's fault.

"We didn't discount at all in the promotion and distribution of "Lost on Journey"," said the people at Yannian Film and Television. "Even with a blockbuster like "City Strategy," we guaranteed the screen time of "Lost on Journey," and the investment in all aspects was not bad, with tens of millions of promotion funds smashed in. The Spring Festival schedule incident is indeed our lack of communication, but we can compensate. We promise that the sequel to "Lost on Journey" will definitely be released during the Spring Festival, how about it?"

"The sequel to "Lost on Journey" may not be the background of the Spring Festival travel rush, you put it in the Spring Festival schedule to release..." Jia Long was very disgusted, and it was really a pity that "Lost on Journey" had such a good reputation, but it was not placed in the most suitable schedule, and it lost a lot of box office for no reason. These can all be calculated.

Yannian Film and Television said: "We are actually responsible for "Lost on Journey." If you want to say that "Lost on Journey" is released during the Spring Festival, we can also do it. But to tell the truth, a sequel to a 4 billion box office film, one is a non-mainstream comedy that was not optimistic by the industry before release, these two films are placed in the Spring Festival schedule at the same time, if it were you, who would you prioritize resources to? I can fulfill the promise, but "Lost on Journey" may not get much screen time, how many days can it support in the cinema?"

Jia Long was silent.

Because Yannian Film and Television's words still make sense.

Yannian Film and Television said: "The sequel to "Lost on Journey," we already have the cooperation of the first part, we will definitely do it well."

Jia Long said: "Let's talk about this after our script comes out."

"Jia Long, you know, we are the only company among all the companies that questioned whether your film could succeed, that chose to believe you and agreed to the conditions you proposed that were not in line with market conditions."

This point is also where Jia Long has nothing to say.

No one questioned that "Lost on Journey" couldn't sell box office, but at that time, everyone generally estimated the box office of "Lost on Journey" to be between 200-300 million. In this case, Jia Long requested that the production budget should not be lower than 80 million, and at the same time, Lu Yan He and he should enjoy the share of the theater box office of this film, and other copyrights could not be held in their own hands, it was Lu Yan He's own. In this case, film companies generally thought that this film had no profit, so they didn't take it.

Yannian Film and Television is indeed very bold.

Of course, the current box office performance of looking at six and waiting for seven is enough for Yannian Film and Television to earn a lot. Its stock price has risen for a period of time because of this.

A successful film work brings benefits to a film company, not just the box office feedback from the theater.

Jia Long specifically went to talk to Lu Yan He seriously about the development of the second season of "Lost on Journey."

Lu Yan He said: "Teacher Jia, I basically have a prototype of the story for the sequel, but I really don't intend to write about the journey with the Spring Festival travel rush as the background. I want to change to a place, the characters and story background are all brand new, just using the road comedy mode."

Jia Long nodded.

Lu Yan He: "For the sequel story, I want to make it crazier."

"Crazier?" Jia Long was a bit surprised, didn't quite understand what Lu Yan He meant.

"Go abroad, go to Thailand," Lu Yan He said, "Shoot the story that happened during your trip to Thailand."

Jia Long was a bit confused.

"And, this film is also a pure comedy. I don't want to add anything educational in it. I just want to make everyone happy, laugh out loud, and let everyone have surprises everywhere when watching the movie," Lu Yan He said. "Like the first "Lost on Journey," create a shot where celebrity artists pop up to make cameos and give the audience surprises."

Jia Long suddenly realized.

"Are you worried that I won't accept a pure comedy?"

Lu Yan He said: "Yes, because the sequel story I conceived may be more exaggerated than the first one."

Jia Long: "Yan He, to be honest, I definitely believe in the script you wrote. I just want to ask one question, will the theme of this film and the character I play have a very negative impact on me?"

"Absolutely not," Lu Yan He shook his head with a smile, "How is that possible."

"That's fine," Jia Long nodded with a smile.

The news that "Lost on Journey" is going to have a sequel swept the entire circle.

The box office performance of this film has fully explained how much box office potential its sequel has.

Wang Dashan, a newcomer who just graduated, became popular overnight in this film. No matter how much questioning there is, it is an indisputable fact that his fans are increasing day by day.

Then the second part?

Does the second part have any new characters?

If you can join the sequel of this film, it is almost foreseeable that your status will soar.

Lu Yan He didn't want to be disturbed by a phone call from time to time, so he simply turned off his phone.

"You've actually started learning to turn off your phone!" Chen Siqi was very surprised, "You didn't dare to turn off your phone casually before."

Lu Yan He said: "Mainly because there are too many people calling now. If I don't turn it off, basically I don't have to stop for this day."

Chen Siqi: "Even if you didn't stop for a day before, you wouldn't turn it off, for fear of missing important calls."

Lu Yan He: "Now I feel that I am the most important. They call one by one, I am annoyed to death, and I can't say I am annoyed, so I just don't answer."

Chen Siqi nodded with satisfaction and said: "You are right to have such awareness."

Before, what Chen Siqi was most dissatisfied with was that Lu Yan He had too high requirements for himself. A person who has too high requirements for himself will always suffer a lot of unnecessary losses. It's just that these losses are self-inflicted.

After filming the summer part of the "Love Letter" film, Lu Yan He's mood can be described as relieved.

Not exaggerated at all.

As a director for the first time, he couldn't avoid various anxieties and uneasiness before filming this film. It was precisely because of these anxieties and uneasiness that the incident where his stress index exploded before was triggered. In fact, it was only when the summer part was finished that Lu Yan He felt it from his subconscious relief.

Because without anxiety and uneasiness, there would be no relief.

Chen Siqi asked: "Then are you planning to edit the summer part before filming in winter?"

"Yes," Lu Yan He said, "Because I originally wanted to catch the Valentine's Day schedule next year, although I don't know if it will be in time. If it is not in time, then it can only be postponed. In my heart, the choice of the schedule for this film is equally important. I must find a time when everyone is willing to sit quietly in the cinema to watch such a story. At least the summer season is very inappropriate. Any schedule that focuses on liveliness and family joy is not very suitable."

Chen Siqi thought thoughtfully, "Then wait until the end of next year, and release it during the New Year's Eve schedule, what do you think?"

That is also in winter.

But because the New Year's Eve schedule only has a three-day holiday for New Year's Day, generally big films will not choose this schedule, because the box office potential of this schedule is far less than other big schedules.

This also means that the competition pressure that "Love Letter" will face is actually much smaller.

Lu Yan He said: "It sounds quite suitable now."

Chen Siqi said: "Many films are determined to squeeze into popular schedules, but according to my observations over the past year, I don't think a big schedule is suitable for all films. Many films are not suitable for release in those very popular schedules, such as "Rouge" and this "Love Letter" of yours, I think they are both such cases. You can choose to let "Rouge" give up the summer season and other big schedules, and put it in a cold Mid-Autumn Festival schedule, which is also quite unexpected for many people, and many people come to ask me, asking why they did this."

In the eyes of many people, "Rouge" is directed by international big director Wang Zhong, starring top actress Chen Bige and popular actor Huang Kai, and won the Audience Choice Award at the Hexi Film Festival, and Lu Yan He served as the screenwriter. Such a cast, such a level, is a proper blockbuster, and it is aimed at high box office.

No matter how the film party says that this film is actually an art film, and the goal for box office is not high—however, there are always many people who turn a deaf ear, always based on their simple and rude understanding of films, thinking that such a film, if the box office does not reach the number in their minds, it is a flop, a loss.

So, "Rouge" is released in the Mid-Autumn Festival schedule?

Why?

This is a question in many people's minds.

Especially, didn't "Rouge" win awards internationally?

Just this point is enough to make the film sell very well—in the eyes of many people, that's what they think.

And Li Zhenzhen, who knew that Lu Yan He's film was finished, contacted him for the first time.

"Our fourth season of "Young Days" is about to be recorded soon. Before you said you were going to film a movie, worried about time conflicts, so you couldn't come. Now you can come, right?" Li Zhenzhen asked.

Lu Yan He didn't expect Li Zhenzhen to be so persistent in thinking about him.

Actually, in the last season of "Young Days," without him, the broadcast performance was still very good, business cooperation was not low, and every episode went online, the online topics were very popular.

For a variety show that has reached the fourth season, even without him, it wouldn't have much impact.

Lu Yan He said: "Sister Zhenzhen, the filming plan for this season of our show has already been set, right? If I join rashly at this time, is it not very good?"

Li Zhenzhen said: "We are willing to work overtime to modify the planning for you. You are the key figure who has been in this show from the beginning. Our show has too many of your fans. As a producer, I also hope that our show can continue to be done with the original cast. I am not just saying it casually. Do you remember how I told you when I first told you that I wanted to do this show? I want to create a real, cohabitation observation sample."

Lu Yan He didn't expect Li Zhenzhen to treat her original goal so seriously.

"Also, I don't want to affect the relationship between us because of what my father did," Li Zhenzhen said, "Yan He, it doesn't matter if you can't participate in the recording of the whole season of the show. As long as you have time, you can participate in a few episodes. For this season's recording, Yan Liang has to film, and can only participate in half of the recording. I hope that even if you can't be there every episode, you can always be there."

Lu Yan He sighed deeply.

Because he helplessly found that he was actually moved by Li Zhenzhen's words.

To be honest, Lu Yan He participated in very few shows, and the only show he really served as a resident guest was "Young Days."

And the friends he met in this show also became his real friends.

Some relationships are closer, some don't come and go as much in private, but they are all good relationships.

Lu Yan He is also reluctant to part with this group of little friends.

At this time, Li Zhenzhen threw out another heavy weight.

"This season, we are also inviting members of the "Friends" crew to record together in the first episode. If you can come to participate, the "Friends" crew can be reunited in the same frame."

"Are you planning to record a few episodes of "Young Days"?"

Chen Ziyan didn't expect that Lu Yan He had just finished filming "Love Letter" and was preparing to go to another job.

"I've said it before, you were because you had too much work and your stress increased sharply. Don't you take a break?"

"I took a break," Lu Yan He said, "Isn't the recording next week? Besides, my main problem before was that there were too many jobs going on at the same time. Now that "Love Letter" has ended in stages, I can also take other jobs."

Chen Ziyan: "How many episodes are you planning to record?"

Lu Yan He said: "If there is no other work arrangement, I will go to record. I can record as many episodes as I can. I have no classes next semester."

Next semester, Lu Yan He will be a senior.

Only the graduation thesis is left as a big event.

Chen Ziyan calculated in her heart that Lu Yan He really has no other work arrangements in August, and it is not bad to go to record "Young Days."

At this time, the "Power Accumulation Plan" also received some works one after another.

Chen Siqi took her team and the people from Beijiguang Video to start reviewing and screening the submitted works.

A large number of works they received looked like short films shot by themselves with mobile phones, finding a few friends to act out the story plots in them, very rough.

The people at Beijiguang Video found it incredible. Clearly, it is a serious competition for young directors, why are there so many strange people coming to submit, and some even shoot bed videos... What are they thinking? Do they think such videos can pass the review and go online on Beijiguang Video?

Because Lu Yan He promised to come to record this season of "Young Days," Li Zhenzhen also took the team to modify the planning of the first episode.

Since Lu Yan He returns, the planning of the first episode must also highlight the importance of Lu Yan He.

The original creativity can be left for later use. If the return of Lu Yan He is not highlighted separately in the show, Li Zhenzhen feels sorry for Lu Yan He's straightforwardness.

Li Zhenzhen thought about it, wanting to return the favor, planning to let all guests go to the "Power Accumulation Plan" to be auditors in the first episode, which is not only in line with the long-term theme of the "Young Days" show that guests work to earn living conditions, but also can help the "Power Accumulation Plan" do some promotion in the show.

As a result, the producer and broadcaster of the "Young Days" show, Bingyuan Video, sternly denied it.

Are you kidding? Promoting things from another video platform in a show broadcast on Bingyuan Video?

Even if you are Lu Yan He, it won't work.

Li Zhenzhen also knew that her idea was a bit abrupt and radical, so she could only think of other plans.

Then, she thought of simply using the film "Rouge" as an important clue for the first episode to do planning, helping Lu Yan He's new play do promotion.

The Mid-Autumn Festival schedule is next month, and the time is not early.

After Lu Yan He got the planning case, he took a look and immediately sent a message to Li Zhenzhen: Sister Zhenzhen, let's just do the show planning normally, don't try to find ways to help me do promotion, "Rouge" appearing in it is also strange, very abrupt. ===== CHAPTER 453 =====