Chapter 532: Do it! (7,000-word update!)

The barrier between TV dramas and films is not just in actors—although this is what is said most often.

In fact, the real barrier is that the industrial systems of the two are different.

To be precise, those who control the cinema chain and those who control the broadcast platform are actually two groups of people.

These two groups of people each occupy a territory.

Sometimes they will cooperate, but more often, don't you come to interfere with my business, and I won't come to interfere with your business.

After all, once you interfere, you are coming to grab the cake.

Jingtai wants to develop the *Seventeen Layers* film, of course it is fine, but it must find a partner, especially a distributor.

Whether the distributor is powerful or not, to some extent, even means whether this film can succeed.

It's not that your show is very popular, you can ignore distribution and sweep the cinema chain.

Sometimes, people in cinemas deliberately put you in garbage time slots, making you unable to sell tickets—that also happens—

Of course, unless the market was bleak at the time, relying on your film to save the world, the cinema manager would not smash his own rice bowl.

But the current film market is no longer the era of ten years ago when one film supported one file.

Distribution is becoming more and more important.

"Leaving these aside, if one day you really plan to film the *Seventeen Layers* film, will you act?" Shen Yue asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng: "Of course I act, this show is the best show I have ever filmed, it has become my representative work."

Shen Yue smiled.

*Seventeen Layers*, whether it is word-of-mouth or ratings, indeed belongs to the first echelon. For Li Yuefeng, a traffic young student who mainly filmed modern idol dramas and ancient idol dramas in the past, it is both a very different type and a rare show that has achieved good word-of-mouth in a wide range.

Shen Yue was a little surprised and asked: "You don't even hesitate?"

"Do you still hesitate?"

"Then what if Director Lian Bei and Teacher Feng Qiyue don't return, just pulling the big flag of *Seventeen Layers* to film a film, the script is rotten, do you film?"

"Then don't film," Li Yuefeng answered without hesitation again. "I assume the premise of your question is that the original cast is all there."

Shen Yue: "I said so."

Li Yuefeng turned to look at Lu Yanhe.

"Yanhe, if they find you, do you film?"

Lu Yanhe: "You all return, then I film. If people are changed, then don't film, no meaning."

Li Yuefeng smiled with satisfaction.

"Look, I am the same as Yanhe."

Shen Yue sighed softly, "I don't know when we can film a film."

"Can't you film a film now?" Li Yuefeng was a little surprised, "Not so much, right?"

Shen Yue: "I'm talking about that kind of real film."

Li Yuefeng asked back: "What is a real film?"

Shen Yue: "Anyway, those I acted in, I don't think so."

Hearing this, Lu Yanhe searched for the films Shen Yue acted in the past out of curiosity, and immediately understood.

This doesn't even need to look at the plot in detail, just looking at the name is almost knowing what kind of film it is.

*Horror Overtime Day*, *Soul Eater: Death Appointment*, *Let's Love Again*...

Look at the score, all below 4 points...

To be honest, it is not easy for a film to be below 4 points. In contrast, it is easier to film a 5-7 point one.

Lu Yanhe suddenly understood Shen Yue's emotion.

"These films of yours, what were you thinking at the beginning?" Li Yuefeng also used his mobile phone to search for the films Shen Yue filmed, "This name, it doesn't look reliable at first glance."

Shen Yue: "There was no play to film at that time, so I could only film these. It's not that I can have a play to film as soon as I come up, I also have to support myself."

Li Yuefeng: "Not easy."

Li Yuefeng pointed to Lu Yanhe and said: "The thigh is here, you try hard to hug it."

Lu Yanhe waved his hand with a smile, "I am not any thigh."

Shen Yue rolled her eyes at Li Yuefeng: "If there is a script I want to act in, I will definitely fight for it with Yanhe, no need for you to say."

"Is there something wrong with Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue?"

During action learning, Chen Bige asked Lu Yanhe gossipingly.

"Ah?"

Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Bige in surprise while following the instructor to learn movements.

"Don't you think they have that meaning between them?" Chen Bige squeezed her eyes at Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"Sister, you are too gossipy."

"That filming, there are only so many people and things, how can it not be gossipy," Chen Bige said. "I am also strange, why hasn't your girlfriend come to visit the set? Generally, if a male actor has an object, the object will definitely come to the crew to visit."

Lu Yanhe: "She is busy preparing for an international film critic film festival recently, busier than me, let's wait for me to wrap up and go find her."

Chen Bige: "You two are young and gather less and part more."

"Can't say gather less—" Lu Yanhe said, "Except for joining the crew to film, we all live together now, not as miserable as you said."

Chen Bige: "Yo, living together at a young age?"

Her eyes changed immediately, and she looked at Lu Yanhe with a very "auntie smile," "You kid are quite capable."

Lu Yanhe said awkwardly: "How is this quite capable?"

Chen Bige: "Knowing how to make your girlfriend feel at ease, this is of course quite capable. In your situation, there are quite a few women throwing themselves at you, right?"

Lu Yanhe: "Really not many, I basically don't go to that kind of occasion, Sister Ziyan helps me block people very far away."

"You don't have the thought of stealing fish? This enters the crew, and you can't go back for a month or two." The smile on Chen Bige's face became "auntie" again.

Lu Yanhe was so embarrassed that his ears turned red.

He said: "Sister, can you train well and don't always tease me?"

He said again: "And, how could I betray my girlfriend."

"Yo," Chen Bige nodded, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

The longer he knew Chen Bige, the more Lu Yanhe could see that side of Chen Bige's past—he had only heard before that Chen Bige was a person who could toss when she was young, and not a very easy artist to lead. In Chen Ziyan's words, she was very restless and belonged to the kind of "three days without beating, going to the house to uncover the tiles."

But after knowing Chen Bige, Lu Yanhe basically only saw her goddess, atmospheric, and heroic side. It is hard to imagine her restless appearance.

Now, she is slowly seeing a little bit.

Teasing him, teasing him flying.

But after Chen Bige told Lu Yanhe about Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, Lu Yanhe also kept an eye on it and paid attention.

With this attention, Lu Yanhe found that they were really a bit wrong—

The two often bickered, able to argue over both big and small things, but it wasn't the kind of bickering between enemies.

This is really on the eye.

So, one noon, when Lu Yanhe was eating with Li Yuefeng, he asked him if he liked Shen Yue.

Li Yuefeng widened his eyes and looked at Lu Yanhe with full disbelief.

"How is it possible! Go."

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe laughed.

"Just ask, you are so excited."

Li Yuefeng: "Nonsense, this is not excited, you are spreading rumors."

"What rumors did Yanhe spread?" Chen Bige walked over with the script, sat down, and asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng immediately said: "Nothing."

He warned Lu Yanhe with his eyes at the same time, meaning "not allowed to say."

Li Yuefeng is afraid that this "rumor" will spread.

Lu Yanhe laughed.

He really wanted to say that this so-called "rumor" started from Chen Bige.

Seeing the eyebrow official between Li Yuefeng and Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige teased Li Yuefeng, "Oh? Are you talking about the little secrets between men?"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

He suddenly had a bad premonition.

The next second, Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng and asked: "Wouldn't it be talking about Shen Yue?"

Li Yuefeng was like a cat stepped on its foot, instantly exploded.

"Why are we talking about Shen Yue when we are talking well?"

The teasing color on Chen Bige's face became stronger.

"How do I know." She deliberately made a look of "I don't know anything."

However, the more she was like this, the more uncomfortable Li Yuefeng was, as if a cat's claw was scratching his heart.

"Sister Bige, what do you want to say?"

Chen Bige shrugged her shoulders, "I don't want to say anything, just curious."

Lu Yanhe covered his face and wanted to leave.

Li Yuefeng looked at him sideways.

"Is it you?"

"What is it me?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Why would Sister Bige ask if we were talking about Shen Yue?"

Lu Yanhe: "How do I know why she would ask that, you and Shen Yue might have a play, she told me, I asked you."

Li Yuefeng looked at Chen Bige in disbelief.

"Sister Bige, it's actually you?!"

Chen Bige: "I—my lines haven't been memorized yet, I have to go memorize lines."

She got up and left immediately.

She turned back to look at them halfway.

"Lu Yanhe, you actually sold me! You wait!"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

When Lu Yanhe was filming on the crew, Chen Siqi was also busy.

To organize an activity, from nothing to something, it is no exaggeration to say that it is as painful as scraping a layer of skin.

Chen Siqi and the others were also doing this for the first time, without experience, and they could only pay more.

Even if this activity is not made into that kind of particularly large ceremony, according to their ideas, it is to invite a dozen or twenty famous film critics to talk about films together, which is not a simple thing.

Without inviting stars, this film festival is difficult to pull sponsorship. Without sponsorship, all the budgets can only be paid by their *Jump Up* themselves, and they don't want to lose money and shout.

Constantly designing plans and overturning them according to reality.

Just the venue for this film festival has been changed several times.

And besides these big tasks that Chen Siqi has to promote, there is another key task, which is to fix the film screening copyright.

If the film festival wants to screen some films, it must obtain authorization from the film copyright party.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Siqi held several meetings with Lin Yu and others before deciding on a film list, and then talked to them one by one. If there are acquaintances abroad, it is easy to say, if not, they have to send emails officially, and the communication cost is very high.

But no matter how high the cost is, it must be done.

It really lived up to the saying that everything is difficult at the beginning.

The news that their *Jump Up* is doing this film festival has also slowly spread.

Many people in the circle are paying attention.

However, there are not many who are optimistic.

Because the "Green Onion Plan" that Chen Siqi did before to dig for new directors failed.

This time, she came to fiddle with the film festival again.

You know, in China, very few people or institutions can organize a film festival.

Although, those film festivals that were successfully organized were also organized in a way that is hard to say.

These voices, of course, also reached Chen Siqi's ears, and she turned a deaf ear to them.

She knew what she was doing.

There are successes and failures, but it is not because of one failure that she will not try new things in the future.

This international film critic film festival is also a key action for the magazine *Jump Up* to launch a film version.

When some elders in the circle knew that the direction of the film festival she specifically wanted to do was not film directors and stars, but film critics, they were quite incomprehensible and asked her why she wanted to do such a thankless thing.

That's right, in the eyes of many people, organizing such an activity is even a thankless behavior.

No starlight, no attention, maybe even no splash.

Chen Siqi didn't explain to many people why she wanted to do it this way. It was only when Director Wang Zhong asked curiously that she explained it.

"Because there is no money, this is the most critical point. If there is a sufficient budget, of course I also want to invite some big directors and big stars to come over, so that this film festival looks glamorous, with a lot of media reports, and a red carpet," Chen Siqi said helplessly. "But the reality only allows us to do such a simple form first. Of course, I don't think this form is really low-level. Now there are not many film festivals in the world with film critics as protagonists, and the international online forum activity for film critics we did last year had quite good repercussions in the world film circle. We are also because of this, thinking about continuing to do it."

"This film festival is quite meaningful." Wang Zhong was just curious why Chen Siqi would think of doing this, but didn't think this film was not worth doing, "Which film critics have you invited to come over now?"

"There are nine who have promised to come, all of them are well-known film critics from world-class film media, and they are also acquaintances before, everyone is willing to come to help station, Lin Yu has a very good personal relationship with them," Chen Siqi said. "However, the film copyright is very difficult to handle now, especially the copyright of foreign films. Foreign film companies are quite suspicious of the film festival we organized. Two-thirds of the copyright of the films we want to screen have not been handled yet."

"Are you going to open these films for public ticket sales? Or just organize them to watch?" Wang Zhong asked.

Chen Siqi: "This hasn't been thought about yet."

Wang Zhong: "No wonder so many films didn't agree to authorize you. Whether you will have commercial behavior is what they value very much, because if you conduct public ticket sales, that is another matter, you have to pay deposits and commissions. And if it is just a small-scale screening, not for public sale, this is another mode. Of course, this premise depends on what kind of film festival you hope to make, whether it is to pull these film critics to do a small-scale forum, or to say, like some film festivals in the world, let those movie fans join in, watch movies together, and then listen to them talk about movies, different forms, different practices."

Chen Siqi asked: "Director, what suggestions do you have?"

Wang Zhong: "I suggest that since this is your first time, the simpler the better, just like you said, the more simple, the more pure, just a group of you sitting together watching movies, talking about movies, it's quite good, the commercial atmosphere is not so strong. After doing it once, the effect is good, then continue to do the second and third sessions, and then do it bigger little by little, adding more content."

"Well, Director, I think so too. We are indeed inexperienced, crossing the river by feeling the stones, and we don't understand anything."

Wang Zhong asked: "For the film copyright matter, you confirm it first, whether you really don't intend to make commercial arrangements. If so, give me a list of films you want to handle and haven't handled yet. I still have some friends in various places overseas, maybe I can help you."

"Ah—" Chen Siqi let out a surprised scream, "Director, really? Ah ah ah ah ah ah—great, Director! I love you—"

Chen Siqi's scream on the flat ground scared Wang Zhong, and his ears were also exploded, and he quickly took away the mobile phone.

He smiled.

"Your idea of doing this film festival is particularly good. I watched your international film critic online forum last year. It is rare to be able to invite these people together to talk about films seriously. Although the attention is not as big as those activities attended by stars, the more it is like this, the more pure movie fans are attracted, and the quality is high," Wang Zhong said. "I know how difficult it is for you to organize such a film festival, work hard, strive to organize it, and if you need help, call me."

"Director, I am so moved now, you are the first person to tell me that what we are doing is very meaningful."

"In fact, everyone knows it is meaningful, but everyone knows how difficult it is to organize it successfully," Wang Zhong said. "Siqi, I hope you can persist in your ideas, don't organize it into that kind of film festival where people are invited to walk around and then pat their butts and leave. That is meaningless, just earning shouts and heat. Look at why those top film festivals in the world can have their current reputation and status, because a consensus has been formed in everyone's hearts, not only are their films very good, but that is a place where you can really talk about films. Now there are too few such places in our country."

Chen Siqi: "Director, don't worry, I will definitely do it well."

"Then if I appear, is it appropriate?"

After hearing Chen Siqi finish the film festival plan, Lu Yanhe asked immediately.

Because Chen Siqi has made up her mind that for the first film festival, she does not intend to invite any stars.

Chen Siqi said: "This is also what I want to ask you. For the formal part of the film festival, I don't intend to invite stars, but they come from abroad, and your relationship with *Jump Up* is well known. If you don't show up, it will more or less seem to neglect them. I am thinking, why don't you hold a welcome dinner in your personal name and invite some friends. In this way, it will not affect the public positioning of our film festival this year, and it will still allow them to know our domestic filmmakers."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "This is no problem."

Chen Siqi: "It's just that even if it's a dinner, I still hope it's a bit private, small-scale, and don't make it that kind of large-scale gathering where people bring people."

"Understand, still hope the whole atmosphere can be relaxed and happy."

"Yes," Chen Siqi nodded. "I don't want to make those film critics feel that our film festival activity is very vanity fair."

This feeling is actually positioning.

What kind of film festival do you hope they feel.

After hearing Chen Siqi talk about Director Wang Zhong's active call to her and wanting to help her contact overseas film copyright parties, Lu Yanhe said: "Director is really good."

"Yes, so I have two ideas now, you listen to see which idea is better," Chen Siqi said. "Director Wang is willing to help, and I heard what he meant, he actually very much hopes that this film festival can be successful. I thought about it, a film festival, in fact, if you can invite a world-class big director as an honorary consultant, it is also an addition to the reputation of the film festival. But if you invite Director Wang to be an honorary consultant, you feel that we can't give him anything, and just occupy a name, which is pushing the inch."

"I was thinking, maybe I can hold a retrospective exhibition of Director Wang Zhong's works," Chen Siqi said. "Then, hold a discussion meeting on Director Wang Zhong's works."

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said: "Holding a discussion meeting on Director Wang Zhong's works will definitely appear many not-so-positive evaluations. You know, Director Wang Zhong's works have always been somewhat polarized in the critical circle. Are you sure Director Wang will be willing to see such a scene?"

Chen Siqi was stunned.

This is what she hadn't thought about before.

"However, if you're going to hold a film festival, especially a critics' film festival, this kind of scene is inevitable. If everyone sits together and just says insincere nice things, then the film festival is a waste of time. If you really want to achieve quality, you have to make everyone willing to speak the truth, and speak the kind of truth that hits the nail on the head." Lu Yanhe said, "I can't offer any advice on this point. You have to think clearly about what the positioning of this film festival is and what it can achieve, then talk openly and honestly with Director Wang Zhong or others to see if they can accept it. Not many people can accept their work suddenly being analyzed and evaluated by a group of people in such a serious manner. Most filmmakers don't have a very good relationship with critics; some even openly argue and bicker with each other."

Lu Yanhe's words made Chen Siqi fall into deep thought.

She suddenly realized another problem.

Organizing this film critic film festival may allow *Jump Up*'s influence in the film criticism circle to expand, but will it also make other filmmakers dissatisfied with *Jump Up* in some sense?

Especially the works that are negatively evaluated at this film festival.

But just as Lu Yanhe said, if you can't let film critics say their real feelings at this time, what is the significance of organizing this film festival?

How can influence be established?

Chen Siqi asked: "Yanhe, will organizing this film festival bring you some trouble?"

"I don't know, but I don't care," Lu Yanhe said. "You don't have to consider me, and as an actor, I am actually looking forward to this film festival. Just as Director Wang Zhong said, there are really not many places in our country where we can really talk about films. And these film critics we invited, we all know them. Whether they are talking about things or talking nonsense, we all know. As long as this film festival is really talking about films in the end, even if there are people dissatisfied and scolding in a short time, but doing it session by session, it will definitely form its unique reputation and influence."

Lu Yanhe's words gave Chen Siqi another strong injection of confidence.

Since Director Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe really recognize this matter so much, what is she afraid of.

Do it! -

Lu Yanhe hung up the phone, rested in the car for a while, and then got off the car and walked to the studio.

On the way, he met Yan Zhimeng walking out.

"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe saw Yan Zhimeng's makeup removed, "Are you off work today?"

Yan Zhimeng nodded and said with a smile: "There is no scene for me later, I will go back to rest first."

Lu Yanhe: "Envy."

He said goodbye to Yan Zhimeng and continued to walk inside, suddenly hearing an angry scolding from inside.

"Late again! How many times has he been late?!"

It was Lian Bei's voice.

Lu Yanhe was startled. At that moment, he thought it was himself who was late, and Lian Bei was scolding him.

He ran over for the first time, raised his hand and said: "Director Director, I'm here! Sorry, I'm late!"

He bowed and apologized to Lian Bei as soon as he entered.

As a result, Lian Bei looked at him with full disbelief, and the angry expression on his face cracked in surprise.

People next to him said with a laugh: "Teacher Lu, Director is not scolding you, where are you late, you have never been late..."

Lu Yanhe said "Ah" awkwardly, and looked at Lian Bei blankly.

Lian Bei was also amused, lowered his head and smiled, then walked to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother, can you not be like this? You bow to me like this, I have to return you three bows."

Lu Yanhe: "Brother, you are my brother. If you bow to me three times, I have to kneel down to you."

The two lifted each other.

Seeing the scene eased, Lu Yanhe asked: "Director, who is late? I rarely see you get so angry."

"Sigh, a relationship household, the son of a leader, forced into the play to act a role, there are only eight shots in total, this is already the third time late." Lian Bei sighed.

Lu Yanhe heard this and was a little surprised, asked: "Who is it?"

Lian Bei waved his hand and said: "You probably don't know him, you don't have a scene in the same frame as him."

Just as he was talking, a young, very handsome boy came over, "Director, I'm here."

Lu Yanhe turned his head and glanced at him.

The latter also looked at him straight. ===== CHAPTER 533 =====