Chapter 567: Response

Before the official recording of the second episode of "Birth of an Actor" began, Lu Yanhe was inexplicably nervous.

This nervousness mainly came from the fact that too many unexpected things happened in the first episode.

Too much drama.

Although the more drama this program has, the more topics it has. However, Lu Yanhe still hopes that the original intention of this program—the discussion about acting—will not be overshadowed by these topics.

Lu Yanhe has always felt that the reason why the program "Birth of an Actor" could achieve such success in the original world was because it happened to catch up with the phenomenon of traffic actors without acting skills that appeared due to the rise of the traffic era—at that time, for two or three years, almost everyone was sighing, why are there no plays for good actors to act, why are the plays appearing in front of everyone so rotten.

Thus, the discussion about what is a good performance came into being.

Coincidentally, at this time, this program came.

The most critical point is that this program really brought many refreshing good actors to everyone. Almost every episode, one or two actors who were not paid attention to before would suddenly become the object of everyone's pursuit, and their popularity would soar, receiving huge attention as if they were an idol star.

For example, Zhou Yiwei, Shu Chang, Xin Zhilei, for example, Ling Xiaosu and Lan Yingying, for example, Liu Mintao, Peng Yuchang...

This program of course also contributed many variety show famous scenes unrelated to the performance itself, such as Ms. Zhang throwing big leather shoes, such as ant race, such as Haiwa.

However, setting these aside, this program could let so many acting schools enter the public eye, which shows that this program was watched by the audience in terms of content.

Lu Yanhe hopes that this program can achieve this point.

The recording of the second episode was ultimately not as dramatic as the first episode.

Overall, it was recorded very steadily, and things like He Sha withdrawing from the competition did not happen.

However, there was still a group of actors who had conflicts and contradictions due to cooperation problems. After the performance, the two sides directly accused each other on stage, making everyone feel big-headed.

These two actors both belong to those who have some fame, have fans, but are not very popular first-tier.

The two of them accused each other like this, making Chen Lingling lose her temper on the spot.

"You must always remember, you can argue, and you can have conflicts, but don't put it on this stage! You can fight backstage! Because this is where you face the audience, you must respect the audience!"

In fact, in the previous episode, Chen Lingling also lost her temper for similar problems.

Chen Lingling seems to care very much about not letting the audience see things behind the scenes.

Of course, Chen Lingling also explained later.

"The audience has no obligation to understand why your performance has problems. When your program has problems, your approach is to find each other's problems and shirk responsibility. I don't care who is right and who is wrong between you. Now you are standing here, you all have to admit your mistakes to the audience. Why? It's enough that your performance caused harm to the audience. Now, because of the broken things between you two, you are causing secondary harm to the audience. Who cares about your little things? Everyone is here to watch the performance, not to watch you argue."

Chen Lingling's very severe tone made the faces of the two actors very ugly.

Even Zhou Zifang, who advanced later, did not show a very happy look because he advanced.

After the recording of the second episode ended, the director team went to communicate with the three mentors and the guest mentor of this episode, Li Songfan, about the short film they and the advanced contestants would shoot.

Lu Yanhe did not participate in this link and went backstage to prepare to rest.

Short film shooting was set aside for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

The contestants who advanced in the first episode and the second episode shoot together.

Chen Lingling will direct the shooting of three of the short films, and the other groups of short films will be directed by other directors found by the program team.

Because of the design of these links, the production cost of this program, in terms of personnel remuneration, is almost several times that of other variety shows.

Too many people are involved.

Others may be able to finish recording one episode in one day, but they need at least three days here.

Moreover, the big names they invited are at least twice as many as other programs.

Just the five people, the three mentors plus Peng Zhixing and Lu Yanhe, and the guest mentor of each episode, six people, is already the top configuration of an S-level program of other programs.

It can be said that the production funds required to record one episode of "Birth of an Actor" are two or three times that of other programs.

Fortunately, because it is jointly invested by Yuehu Station, Beijiguang Video, Linghe, and Chen Ziyan's Shihuo, and because the program is popular enough, the brand naming and implantation income are high enough, so this program can be done.

Lu Yanhe saw several contestants who performed on stage today recording interviews backstage.

A very strange scene is that among the three people recording interviews, two have red eyes, looking like they just cried.

This program... is it so capable of making people cry?

Lu Yanhe felt exhausted.

Just like what Peng Zhixing told him before, if it weren't for this program, he might really have a hard time meeting so many... how to describe it? So many people who "know how to act"? Can't say that either, it seems like he thought they were too scheming—

People who like emotional expression too much.

Let's describe it this way.

The crew he was in before was indeed people who had been screened many times.

The actors who can enter these crews are all outstanding people who have gone through many rounds of auditions and interviews.

However, in this program, what he saw was the normalized environment of the entertainment industry.

Not everyone will focus on performance, nor does every actor respect their opponents and understand the truth that if their opponents are good enough, they can be good enough.

Even more, not every actor knows that they should not guide others' performances on the spot unless others take the initiative to ask for your opinion.

Therefore, in the cooperation of these performance segments, you can see all kinds of friction and conflicts.

Everyone is not a newcomer, they all came from this line of work. Their purposes for participating in this program are different, their plans are different, and what they want to express is also different. There are many distracting thoughts, and too little about the original intention of performance. No one is willing to obey anyone. If it weren't for Chen Lingling and the three of them sitting under the stage, this group of people, I guess they wouldn't honestly stand on the stage and be scolded.

Fortunately, Chen Lingling was invited.

This person not only has strength, but also has fame and qualifications.

Really, if it were Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige who opened this mouth, it wouldn't be appropriate.

They are not old enough.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

Making such a program is really much more tiring than filming.

However, Lu Yanhe has no thoughts of regret.

Especially after going to the Oscars and experiencing Harvey's incident this time, Lu Yanhe realized more and more that in this era, if you want to make good film and television projects, and want to stand firm in this environment where all kinds of malice can emerge at any time, you must get the recognition of the industry.

Lu Yanhe thought, the most direct contribution he can make to this industry in the near future is if this program can really become a stage for good actors to stand out. If this program can bring more changes to this industry, that would of course be better.

"Birth of an Actor" was the first episode aired in early March. This program did not experience any questioning or lack of optimism. Just like the topic storm it set off in the early stage, after the first episode aired, in the next two days, almost all major social media were discussions about this program.

From the performance itself, to the various things caused by the competition actors, to the evaluation of the mentors... there are too many topics.

This program lived up to expectations and exploded. The only thing that made Lu Yanhe a little nervous and worried was in what direction this program would explode.

Fortunately, although there are many topic heats, the actors' performances have also received a lot of attention.

Liu Zhiyin participated in the program as a popular idol, but was directly eliminated. This matter was used by many of Liu Zhiyin's black fans to make articles, mocking and mocking, and even being blacked on the hot search. Of course, in fact, when Liu Zhiyin decided to participate in this program, she had already expected that this scene might happen.

She didn't take it to heart herself, knowing that such blackness wouldn't last for a few days.

She is not a professional actor herself, and she said it very clearly on the program, just to see her possibilities.

And under the intentional guidance of the program team, the audience who really watched the program also realized that Liu Zhiyin, as a non-professional actor, had already shown a surprising performance attitude and quality.

Just look at the evaluation of several mentors.

Everyone is mainly encouraging and praising.

When Liu Zhiyin was blackened very badly, her competition opponent Zhang Pingqing posted an article, telling about the Liu Zhiyin he knew in this cooperation, from the perspective of an opponent and collaborator, telling about the efforts behind a newcomer actor who is not familiar with acting but is very serious about acting.

Lu Yanhe was originally prepared to speak out himself, but after reading Zhang Pingqing's post, he felt that there was no need for him to say more, and directly forwarded Zhang Pingqing's post, only saying one sentence—

Sister Zhiyin is the most adventurous person I know. She is willing to come to this program as a popular idol and PK with other actors as an ordinary contestant. I believe that what she cares about is definitely not winning or losing—if she cares, she can completely not come. The program's PK system is just to make the program more competitive, but the actors who participate in this program must have things they care about more than winning or losing, such as exploring the boundaries of the acting stage.

Liu Zhiyin also responded generously: I am very happy that Director Chen Lingling recognized me through this program. I have received the script, I will continue to work hard, come on, let's continue to meet as actors in the future! Newcomer actor Liu Zhiyin is here!

Compared with the time when she just returned to China, Liu Zhiyin is undoubtedly more familiar with the entertainment circle environment in China now, no longer so stubborn and striving for the first, and knows how to use the way the audience likes to respond to some things.

No matter how fierce the black people jump, she didn't break the defense, generous, admitted her shortcomings, and then expressed continued hard work.

Such a posture, and her own performance in the program, won the love and support of many people.

And besides this pair, another actor who made everyone's eyes shine was Wang Dashan.

This newcomer actor who became famous in "Lost on Journey", on this stage, played a mentally retarded younger brother. In just over ten minutes, whether it was physical control or performance investment, he killed Liu Yu, another actor who was actually very mature.

Did Liu Yu act badly? Did Liu Yu act wrong?

No, everything is very good.

But in front of Wang Dashan's performance that was so simple that it was almost returning to the truth, no matter how deep the skill was, it was not as good as the touching of the destruction under emotional resonance.

Chen Lingling's comment on Liu Yu was praised by the audience as hitting the nail on the head—

You are good everywhere, but you don't have the power to hit people's hearts. This is the difference between an ordinary good actor and a great actor. Liu Yu, if you cross over, you have taken this step towards a great actor. If you don't cross over, you will always be just an ordinary good actor in your life.

Liu Yu's face turned red on the spot.

Chen Lingling said this, he could not refute at all.

However, although Chen Lingling criticized him very severely, in the short film she directed later, she found him to act as an opponent for the advanced actors.

Other advanced actors have Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige to act as opponents and PK, but the advanced actors who choose her can only be chosen by her to PK with them.

Chen Lingling found Liu Yu to be the PK actor for two of the groups.

Its intention can also be seen.

Compared with these two groups, the controversy storm set off by the other two groups was even greater.

He Sha and Cheng Hai, Liu Zhiyao and Zhen Hongyu.

The former had been discussed for a long time, the latter, Zhen Hongyu relied on audience voting to advance, while Liu Zhiyao was eliminated because of this, and the insinuating speeches of the two on stage were interpreted a lot.

However, Jiang Yuqian finally used her resurrection right on Liu Zhiyao.

This made a group of competitions that might have been controversial land safely.

It's just that many people are still saying that the reason why Zhen Hongyu was able to get higher audience votes in such an evenly matched duel is because she is more popular and has higher popularity.

There are also many people running to Lu Yanhe's Weibo comment area, asking how they choose the audience for this program? Can't you choose some fairer audience?

Lu Yanhe thought about it and decided to send a Weibo as a response to what he had wanted to say but hadn't said:

As the producer of the program, what kind of fairness do we need to ensure? We need to ensure that no one wins by "going through the back door" because of human feelings, interests, or other factors. We need to ensure that the program will not maliciously edit the competition actors, cut all high-light shots for A, and cut all garbage shots for B. As for some people being popular, some not being popular, some have been acting for these years, some have not acted for a long time, some have better audience edge, some have very average audience edge, for these questions, I want to ask, so what? Actors are people who rely on their faces to eat, let actors wear masks to perform? Do we need to find two hundred audiences who don't usually watch film and television dramas and don't know any actors to vote? Is this absolutely fair? What is the meaning of the actors chosen by such an audience? Performance is the thing that can't be fair. You have performed 100% skill, it may not be as good as another person's true feelings. Acting is a profession that is hard to buy audience love. This is my understanding.

Naturally, what Lu Yanhe said, some people still refuted, some people picked thorns, and found logical loopholes.

Lu Yanhe did not explain again.

Many words, said out, really just for "those who understand understand".

In early March, according to the practice, Chen Ziyan held a small meeting with Lu Yanhe and told him his main itinerary for this month in advance. Wang Biao, as Lu Yanhe's current executive agent, began to become the main person in charge of this link,

"This month you have to go to Thailand to participate in one of their film festival activities. Besides that, the main itinerary for this month is the recording of 'Birth of an Actor', and then you have to go to Malaysia to attend one of their film award activities, and by the way, have dinner with Director Huang Tianlin to talk about the filming of the movie 'Tropical Rainy Season'."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Overall, this month is still a busy month.

But it's relatively okay, relatively regular.

The itineraries of Thailand and Malaysia are just the time before and after, go out for a week, and get it done at once.

"This time out, I estimate that the media in these two places will still pay attention to the Oscar award ceremony, so this time in these two places, I refused the arrangement of media interviews." Chen Ziyan said, "You also try not to mention this matter again, the heat is finally down, so as not to stir-fry the leftovers again."

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded.

"This time in these two places, Linyu will go with you, I won't accompany you, Wang Biao will be responsible for the docking of work." Chen Ziyan said, "You can contact their young directors more, see if there are any good works at their two film festivals. If there are, you can communicate and invite them to China. The film environment in Thailand and Malaysia is very average. If suitable, you can sign a few young directors with potential to Linghe."

Lu Yanhe said okay.

Wang Biao was a bit confused and asked: "Sign them, is it to let them come to our China to film movies?"

"They can come to film suitable Chinese films, or they can film their own films." Chen Ziyan said, "They film movies in Malaysia and Thailand, the production cost is much lower than our Chinese movies, and the funds needed to support them are not large. Moreover, our Linghe now really needs to cultivate some young directors to film some movies with light volume and themes. The film directors in these two places are very good at filming this kind of movies, family, ethics, love and funny... In this regard, our domestic commercial film market tends to film movies with large box office volume, and most of the movies of this type are literary films."

Lu Yanhe understood Chen Ziyan's meaning.

Indeed, in Southeast Asia, because their domestic box office market is not large, they cannot make special effects blockbusters like Hollywood, they can only work hard on the script, but one side of the water and soil raises one side of the movie, which indeed makes them have the characteristics of Southeast Asian movies.

From "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" to "Ilo Ilo", from "The Medium" to "How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies".

This kind of movie, except for the youth romance theme that has become a disaster area for rotten films like "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", others are themes rarely seen in domestic commercial films.

That is the so-called 100-300 million box office range movie—

Domestic film companies all want to film movies with a box office volume of 1 billion or several billion, and are not interested in this little box office, which leads to the blank of this type of theme.

Lu Yanhe said to Chen Ziyan: "I will pay attention."

Linghe should indeed sign more directors.

Of course, according to their plan, they can only produce low-to-medium cost movies in the first few years. Large investment and large cost films, their capital turnover cannot come over, even if it is a loan from a bank, or pulling investment from outside, once the box office fails, it will lead to the collapse of the entire Linghe.

Therefore, steady and steady, start from these small-volume movies.

The most critical point is that if it can really reach the ideal state and cultivate some young directors, they will practice their hands through these small-volume movies, have experience, Linghe develops, their director ability is also exercised, and in the future, if there is a really suitable big project, of course, they can try a bigger adventure.

After all, before Guo Fan filmed "The Wandering Earth", he also filmed a "My Old Classmate" first, achieved success at the box office, and then had the possibility of filming "The Wandering Earth"—everyone just said that Guo Fan filmed this movie very hard, very not easy, but if there was no box office success of "My Old Classmate", he might not even be able to take the first step of "The Wandering Earth". ===== CHAPTER 568 =====

Lu Yanhe said to Chen Ziyan, "I will keep an eye on it."

Linghe really should sign more directors.

Of course, according to their plan, for the first few years they can only produce low-to-medium budget films; for big-investment, high-cost films, their capital turnover wouldn't be able to handle it, and even if they took out bank loans or brought in outside investment, once a film failed at the box office, it would cause Linghe to collapse entirely.

Therefore, steady and solid, start by making these small-scale films first.

The most critical thing is that if they can truly reach the ideal state and cultivate some young directors, they will have practiced their skills through these small-scale films and gained experience; once Linghe develops and their directing abilities are honed, if there are truly suitable big projects in the future, they can of course attempt slightly bigger risks.

After all, before Guo Fan filmed "The Wandering Earth," he also first filmed "My Old Classmate," which achieved box office success, and only then did the possibility of filming "The Wandering Earth" exist—everyone only talks about how strenuous and difficult it was for Guo Fan to film this movie, but if not for the box office success of "My Old Classmate," he might not have even been able to take the first step toward "The Wandering Earth."