Chapter 576: Signing

"You've made progress. I thought you were going to have a fight with Liu Manbo."

Lin Suyang smiled at Li Zhibai.

Li Zhibai: "Why would I have a fight with him?"

"If you had a disagreement with someone before, wouldn't you have fought with them long ago? You really made me look at you with new eyes this time." Lin Suyang said, "You were actually able to suppress your temper and not have a conflict with Liu Manbo."

"Sigh, he doesn't have any background or right to speak in the crew anyway. If I still have a conflict with him, how can he convince the public in the crew." Li Zhibai was very irritable, "Then I can only be more tolerant."

"You've really grown up." Lin Suyang praised.

Li Zhibai smiled, the corners of his mouth curled up.

Lin Suyang: "Zhibai, after doing 'Nineteen Years' this time, will you still be a producer for your dramas later?"

Li Zhibai would have refused without hesitation if he had encountered such a question before.

But this time he hesitated.

After a while, he said: "I don't know, it depends on the situation."

Perhaps it is "it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality". Li Zhibai thought again, if he acts in a drama later, especially a drama he stars in, will he be able to control himself and only stick to an actor's duty, not interfering with other things in the crew?

In an ideal state, the operation of a crew is of course each performing its own duties and each in its own place. However, in reality, the mentality of more people is "just get the job done". Many times, it's not that every actor changes the script to add scenes for himself, but the script is really rotten. It's not that every actor wants to overstep his authority and manage too much, but others do it too poorly. If you don't intervene, this drama can only go to the fate of flopping.

Li Zhibai has never participated in the production of a film and television drama so deeply. After participating, knowing that the operation of a drama involves so many intricate and difficult-to-control links, it is very difficult for him to turn a blind eye to all this and only focus on his actor part.

Conflicts with others will also be more and more in the future.

This is almost predictable.

However, at the same time, what a drama can be made into, he is no longer so passive.

This feeling makes him a bit addicted.

"Power." Lin Suyang smiled slightly and told him firmly that this is the desire for power.

Li Zhibai frowned and asked: "Do I have a desire for power?"

"What do you think power is?" Lin Suyang asked.

"Manage... others? Rule others?" Li Zhibai asked tentatively.

"No, it's letting things move in the direction you hope." Lin Suyang said.

Li Zhibai thought thoughtfully.

On the day Lu Yan He left Malaysia, many fans came to the scene to see him off.

He signed many photos and posters on the spot and took group photos with many fans.

The enthusiasm of these fans is no less than that of Lu Yan He's fans in China.

Although some unpleasant things happened, Lu Yan He's fans are still a very large group and support him extremely.

Lu Yan He returned to China. After landing, he didn't rush home, but went to Shi Huo first to sign his contract with Shi Huo.

His agency contract with Star Entertainment is about to end soon, and next, Shi Huo will be responsible for his agency work.

At the same time, he also signed his agency contract in Europe and America to the Williams Agency.

In this way, he won't need people from China to be responsible for his work in Europe and America in the future.

Darren Wilson is obviously very enthusiastic about Lu Yan He.

He brought Lu Yan He three Asia-Pacific regional endorsement contracts in one breath—all of which are long-term cooperation contracts that will be upgraded to global endorsements in two years.

People's attitude and sincerity are given enough.

The first message released by the studio established by Shi Huo for Lu Yan He was these two signing messages.

From now on, Lu Yan He has nothing to do with Star Entertainment.

This can be considered a friendly breakup.

This also surprised the industry. With Lu Yan He's current status and commercial value, Star Entertainment could let him go so easily?

At the same time, the news that Lu Yan He signed with the Williams Agency also made everyone realize that Lu Yan He really intends to enter overseas in the future.

"Lu Yan He won't shift his focus of filming to overseas in the future, right?"

"It is also possible that like those top actors in South Korea, they all start to cooperate with streaming media."

"Lu Yan He definitely still wants to film theatrical movies. His first English film had a global box office of 200 million. If he just wants to get results on streaming media, the dramas he filmed himself are already enough."

"Yes, he has several dramas like 'Squid Game' and 'Friends' in his hands. If he just wants to get production funds from streaming media and film some dramas that go online on streaming media, he doesn't need to specifically sign an overseas agency company."

Regarding Lu Yan He's future development, there is a lot of discussion.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi went to Luo Yuzhong's house for dinner together, and Luo Yuzhong also asked curiously and suspiciously.

"Are you planning to venture overseas in the future?"

"Mainly to facilitate contact with some overseas film projects." Lu Yan He said straight, "'The Mist' was more successful than expected, but because I don't stay overseas all year round, and there is no work relationship there, many projects came to find me, but there was no channel. Signing an overseas agency company with more strength can help me agent many things."

Luo Yuzhong nodded, "I thought you were planning to develop overseas all year round."

"I won't do that. I still have so many dramas to do myself." Lu Yan He said with a smile, "Teacher, actually I have something to tell you."

Luo Yuzhong asked: "What is it?"

Lu Yan He took out a thick script from his bag. He said: "I wrote a script and want to invite you to be the director."

Luo Yuzhong showed surprise.

"The drama you have on hand has already been filmed, and there are no other projects later, right?" Lu Yan He knows Luo Yuzhong's recent situation very well. He smiled, "You may have heard of it too. This is a script I wrote for Li Zhibai, myself, and Yan Liang, a fairy tale drama, 'Chinese Paladin'."

Luo Yuzhong showed shock, "Fairy tale drama? You let me be the director?"

"Teacher, read the script first. This is different from the fairy tale dramas popular in the market. It is closer to the fairy tale strange stories in our traditional culture."

The unbelievable look on Luo Yuzhong's face still hasn't faded.

He: "I say, you kid are so busy you don't even have time to touch the ground, so why are you bringing Siqi to see me today? You call it coming over for a free meal, but in reality, you have ulterior motives."

Lu Yan He: "I have something to find Teacher."

"Chinese Paladin" is a drama that Lu Yan He attaches great importance to, and it is also a gift he gave to the three of them.

The three of them have never filmed a drama together, so Lu Yan He has always hoped that there could be a drama that films what they look like now.

However, the difficulty of filming such a drama is also very great, and the requirements are also very high.

Whether it is the difficulty of filming or the difficulty of later production, it is like this.

When Lu Yan He first watched "Chinese Paladin", he was in elementary school. At that time, he thought it was quite good-looking, and didn't feel that this drama was roughly made—however, later when he was in high school, he accidentally saw some pictures in the drama again, and realized that this drama was actually roughly made—at that time, Lu Yan He was also thinking, if this drama could be filmed with higher quality, it would be good.

To say how profound this drama is and how much cultural thickness it has, it actually doesn't have it. But it just happens to fit the age of the three of them now, and it is also the youthful blood and chivalry that can only be acted out at this age.

Therefore, Lu Yan He hopes to find Luo Yuzhong to be the director.

"Fairy tale dramas are very popular, but fairy tale dramas are difficult to produce boutique. I hope to invite Teacher to film it into a boutique." Lu Yan He said straight, putting forward the reason why he would find Luo Yuzhong to direct this drama.

Luo Yuzhong is very concerned about Lu Yan He, but this does not mean that he will accept Lu Yan He's request.

Especially this kind of thing.

"I want to see the script." He said.

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded with a smile, "Thank you, Teacher."

After eating dinner together, Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi didn't rush to leave, sat on the sofa with Luo Yuzhong's family, watched TV, and chatted.

"Qiqi, how is the overseas film critic film festival you guys are doing?" Luo Yuzhong asked.

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Chen Siqi said with a smile: "It's almost done. We are preparing to hold it in June. The weather is better, comfortable, and it can also stagger the time with the more popular film festivals internationally."

Luo Yuzhong nodded.

"I saw your Moments before, 'Jump Up' released Japanese and English versions?"

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "Yes, but currently these two versions have only released one issue, and the sales are not very good. The publisher doesn't want to release the second issue."

"Then will you continue to release it later?" Luo Yuzhong asked.

"Release, of course release." Chen Siqi said, "We are contacting other publishers and media. Whether it is electronic publishing or physical book publishing, I still hope that the brand 'Jump Up' can make a name for itself overseas."

Luo Yuzhong nodded.

"You two are quite amazing now. One is doing content, one is doing publicity. When the two join forces, everyone has to avoid the edge." He joked, "I hope Chinese film and television dramas can reach a higher height in your hands."

Lu Yan He hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Teacher, this hat of yours is worn, scaring us so much that we don't dare to speak. How can there be such a high ambition."

"Why are you being humble at this time? I'm telling you seriously." Luo Yuzhong said seriously, "I have attended several high-standard meetings in the past six months. The General Administration is very satisfied with the dramas you have achieved good broadcast results overseas. It is rare that Chinese dramas have really spread out and gained the love of the audience. Especially 'Friends', everyone thinks that this drama reflects the life outlook of contemporary urban young people in our country, effectively countering those rumors that overseas media deliberately smeared our country as underdeveloped and falsely prosperous."

Lu Yan He: "... These words are set after set, Teacher, which leader's speech draft did you hear from?"

"You just be poor." Luo Yuzhong laughed, "Anyway, you know what I mean. Haven't you discovered that in the past year or two, as long as it is your drama, whether it is filming or censorship, to the later broadcast, it is basically smooth sailing, without encountering any obstacles? Your drama is registered with many leaders."

Luo Yuzhong also said to Chen Siqi, "'Jump Up' is also, you guys have this idea to sell the magazine overseas. Although it hasn't succeeded for the time being, it is definitely supported. The things you do are the directions that the top is vigorously advocating now. So, to be honest, I really hope you can take our Chinese film and television dramas to the world stage to shine. I have never felt that our film and television drama art is worse than others,

Lu Yan He: "How could that be? You are still the top dog. *Chinese Paladin* is a very difficult drama to shoot. The only person I can think of who can film this drama to the quality I imagine is you."

Luo Yuzhong: "You told me not to butter you up, yet you turned around and put a hat on me yourself."

"It's the truth. Nowadays, if you want to make a xianxia drama look particularly good, with particularly good special effects, many people can actually do it. But if you want to film a xianxia drama with a realistic texture and true, hot-blooded chivalry, the list of directors I know is truly very short," Lu Yan He said. "It's even harder to find a director for a good-looking xianxia drama that has the texture of a serious drama. In any case, you're the only one I know who can do it."

Luo Yuzhong: "With you saying that, what will you do if I don't plan on taking on this drama of yours later?"

"Then I'll just keep visiting your thatched cottage three times to lobby you and persuade you." Lu Yan He put on a shameless expression.

Luo Yuzhong: "..."

After leaving Luo Yuzhong's house, Chen Siqi said to Lu Yan He: "I feel like Teacher Luo was completely shocked by your thick skin just now."

Lu Yan He laughed.

"In front of a teacher, it doesn't matter how thick your skin is."

"However, I really didn't expect that you would want to find Teacher Luo to be the director of *Chinese Paladin*." Chen Siqi asked, "How did you think of Teacher Luo?"

"Because the period dramas the teacher directs all have excellent texture," Lu Yan He said. "If *Chinese Paladin* can be filmed with a very high-quality costume, makeup, and prop presentation, it will definitely be good."

"That is indeed true. Nowadays, ninety-nine percent of xianxia dramas are basically idol dramas wearing a xianxia skin. They are all the same. It's quite refreshing to have a drama like this come out," Chen Siqi said. "Ten or twenty years ago, there were actually quite a lot of this type of xianxia drama."

Lu Yan He: "Actually, it's just that homogenization is becoming more and more serious. Then, after a genre has been filmed to death and no one watches it anymore, ten or twenty years pass, and when it's dug up again, it becomes fresh."

Chen Siqi: "If Teacher Luo is willing to direct *Chinese Paladin*, the cost of the four of your salaries alone will be very high. Plus, the special effects and post-production for this drama also cost money... You aren't planning on doing an all-star cast again, are you?"

Lu Yan He said: "I do need to control the costs. Let's wait until the teacher agrees to direct it first. If the teacher really doesn't want to be the director in the end, then it will have to be a different way of filming."