Chapter 583: Early April (9,000-word update!)

March just passed, and once April arrived, the Hexi Film Festival announced the films shortlisted for this year's main competition unit.

The Chinese films *Love Letter* and *Can't Even Fake Death* were both shortlisted.

Not only that, but three other films were shortlisted for other units.

This made the presence of Chinese films at this Hexi Film Festival suddenly increase.

That *Love Letter* would be shortlisted was something Lu Yan He had known for a long time. In a sense, he enjoyed "direct line" treatment, having received a promise that it could be shortlisted for the main competition unit early on—of course, the Hexi Film Festival gave this promise to prevent *Love Letter* from being snatched away by other film festivals.

*Can't Even Fake Death* was the same situation.

Director Liu Bige's second film after *Late Spring*—although it is a romantic comedy film, this genre has always been a frequent visitor to film festivals.

For a director whose first work won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, it is not strange for his second work to have such treatment.

This also means that two Chinese films will have to fight in the main competition unit of this Hexi Film Festival.

In media commentary, Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai will engage in a fierce competition for the Best Actor award at this Hexi Film Festival.

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry.

He knew that his performance in *Love Letter* was basically unrelated to Best Actor.

That was completely a symbolic role.

He himself had watched the film countless times, and he was very satisfied with his performance in the film. With so many dramas he had acted in, he could still appear in the film in such a youthful, clean, and slightly green state; even he himself couldn't imagine it.

The purer and cleaner the state, the harder it is to act. But that is not the difficulty in performance. Lu Yan He felt that if a vote for the audience's favorite character were held, the male Huaijingshu he played might win in this selection, but to say that he is competing for Best Actor in performance, there is almost no possibility, no chance.

In fact, the film *Love Letter* is not a film that wins on performance. Even Chen Bige's playing two roles is not the kind of performance that can win acting awards. It is just a very special film. Comparing art and depth, there is no way to compare, but because it filmed the emotions of secret love and life regrets to the extreme, it became a classic in the hearts of the audience.

It seems that the two films will be opponents at this film festival, but in fact, neither film is a popular candidate for awards. Lu Yan He felt that *Love Letter* might be able to compete for the Audience Choice Award or Best Screenplay Award—unfortunately, the Hexi Film Festival does not evaluate other technical departments except for the Best Cinematography Award, otherwise, the Best Score Award should also be able to compete for it.

And *Can't Even Fake Death*, Lu Yan He hadn't watched the film yet, and didn't know what style this film presented. He also didn't know whether Liu Bige treated it more commercially or with more personal style. He had to watch the film to know if it had any hope of competing for awards.

"The pressure is quite high. Both films were shortlisted for the main competition unit. Now everyone has high hopes for us. If neither of us wins an award, they will probably be very disappointed."

Lu Yan He said with a smile when meeting Liu Bige.

Liu Bige said: "*Love Letter* should still have hope of winning an award, right? I like this film very much."

"Don't know, who knows." Lu Yan He shook his head. "Although it was filmed very artistically, actually I also know that what it talks about is not the kind of proposition that film festivals favor most."

The value expression of *Love Letter* is too shallow, not deep enough.

Liu Bige: "The Hexi Film Festival is voted by the audience. Judging from the results of each year, *Love Letter* still has hope of winning an award."

"Not necessarily, I don't think the audience in Europe and America can accept the style of this film," Lu Yan He said. "However, regardless of whether they accept it or not, anyway, this film is like this, and I am very satisfied with it myself, that is enough."

"When is this film of yours going to be released?" Liu Bige asked.

"Probably in July, or on Valentine's Day in August," Lu Yan He said. "Because the box office of this film is expected to be between 100 million and 300 million, not a large-volume box office, our range of choices for the release date is still relatively large."

"Your box office estimate for *Love Letter* is so low?"

Liu Bige was very surprised.

After all, the actor lineup of this film is very gorgeous. Lu Yan He and Chen Bige star, and many powerful actors such as Wan Xin and Li Songfan joined. The cast list is hung out, which is a very shocking lineup.

Lu Yan He: "This film is not that kind of commercial style, it is relatively introverted. With the current market situation, being able to get 100 to 300 million is already an optimistic estimate. The theme and style determine the box office ceiling of this film. But I believe this film will bring a steady stream of copyright income through video websites and other authorizations over time."

Especially five years later, ten years later, as this film becomes a symbol of secret love and regret in everyone's hearts, and then re-screened in cinemas, maybe the re-screening box office will be even higher.

These are all achievements obtained by the original film.

"Moreover, if this film can get a box office of 100 million, it can also start to make a profit." When Lu Yan He filmed *Love Letter*, because he was worried that he would film it badly, he controlled the cost very much.

Many people think that with the appeal of Lu Yan He and Chen Bige, this film can definitely impact a very high box office. Only Lu Yan He himself is very calm and clear, always controlling the production of this film with the worst result, just to not give himself too much pressure later.

And precisely because of this, Lu Yan He could completely edit this film according to the original appearance of *Love Letter* in the later stage, without making any commercial adjustments, restoring the original appearance of this film to the greatest extent.

Of course, Lu Yan He's films are indeed different from other Chinese films.

His films have many profit channels and do not rely solely on domestic cinema box office income. His films, just the overseas copyright alone, can reach an eight-figure US dollar income—this does not count subsequent income.

And the basic income of his film's overseas copyright can reach such a high level, not only because of his own popularity and appeal—in fact, film stars with this kind of appeal can be counted on one hand globally.

This number can be achieved, the main reason is the sales channels that Lu Yan He's Linghe Film and Television Production Company has established around the world in recent years, and the friendly cooperative relations maintained, plus the fact that *Love Letter* was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Hexi Film Festival, allowing it to achieve such basic returns.

To put it bluntly, *Love Letter* is a good commodity that is popular before it is released, and a large group of audiences have been waiting to buy it. And Linghe has a sales channel that basically covers the world. Although it does not have its own distribution network like Hollywood film companies, they can at least connect to many distribution companies and sell *Love Letter*.

Why do Chinese films mostly only rely on domestic cinema box office? The most important point is that they actually don't have much contact with overseas distributors. Even if there are good works, in most cases, it is difficult to promote them on a large scale, only screened in a few markets—the conditions and results of the screening are also very average. Even if sold, the price cannot be sold high.

In fact, must film and television works filmed very well in China be sold?

The actual situation is not like this either.

Take an example, in the eyes of many people, Tangren, which has already been thrown far behind, the film and television dramas produced in recent years have basically been big flops, but they may not have really lost money. Relying on the advantages established in the early years, no matter how big the flops are in China, they can still be sold to many overseas TV stations and websites to broadcast.

Take Jia Kezhang again, if his films really relied on domestic cinema box office to break even, he would have lost his bottom line long ago. In fact, relying on the fame accumulated at international film festivals and the contacts of distributors in various countries accumulated over so many years, his films don't need to be screened in China at all. Just relying on this overseas sales is enough to make him earn a lot of money, not missing this income at all.

Lu Yan He's films are now in the same situation.

Three streaming media, Maxine, HP, and Parameter, all launched bidding for *Love Letter*.

Generally speaking, the price of other copyrights of a film is often determined based on its cinema box office performance, and the differences will be very large.

However, with the rise of streaming media, more and more films do not go to cinemas and are directly screened globally on streaming media, and the copyright pricing of streaming media has therefore entered a new stage.

Lu Yan He's *Love Letter* will definitely be screened in cinemas in Asia. As for Europe and America, whether it is screened in cinemas is not forced. Unless *Love Letter* can win an award at the Hexi Film Festival or obtain huge topic discussion, in this case, relying on the momentum of the Hexi Film Festival, *Love Letter* might be able to get a box office of several million US dollars in Europe and America. Otherwise, with the theme and style of this film, it is difficult to achieve relatively good box office results.

Maxine wants to directly take down the global distribution rights except for mainland China and screen it globally on Maxine. For this reason, they also took out a high buyout fee, which is a very attractive number, 30 million US dollars, buying out the exclusive broadcast rights for five years outside mainland China.

This number is actually already very high. Of course, if *Love Letter* explodes in word-of-mouth at the Hexi Film Festival, that's another matter. Maxine is now giving this price, actually also taking advantage of the fact that this big hit doesn't know what the situation will be at the Hexi Film Festival, wanting to take action first and snatch it into their own bowl.

Lu Yan He held a meeting with people from the company to discuss it and rejected Maxine's current offer.

They all agreed that they could wait until the film had its global premiere at the Hexi Film Festival to see the media's evaluation before deciding whether this film would be screened globally on streaming media or sell the distribution rights separately.

The special thing about *Love Letter* is that everyone thinks that this film can achieve good box office results in several major Asian ticket warehouses such as Japan and South Korea, because the theme of youth romance has always been popular in these two countries. And Lu Yan He himself knows very well that *Love Letter* will definitely have a good box office in Japan. After all, the original version was a Japanese film and achieved great success.

Plus, although *Love Letter* is not a mainstream commercial film, if it can gain something at the Hexi Film Festival, relying on the influence of the Hexi Film Festival, it is not difficult to let it obtain a box office of tens of millions of US dollars in Europe and America. In recent years, big hits at international four major film festivals, even art films, can basically obtain tens of millions of US dollars in box office globally, and high ones can even break 100 million.

*Rouge* relied on word-of-mouth and winning awards at the Hexi Film Festival, and also took tens of millions of US dollars in box office overseas, especially in South Korea, where it obtained a box office result of over 5 million US dollars in this market alone. Otherwise, TVN would not have wanted to remake this film into a Korean drama so quickly.

Maxine also didn't expect that they had offered a high price of 30 million US dollars, and Lu Yan He and the others rejected it.

After hearing this, Tom White immediately realized that Lu Yan He and the others were definitely not dissatisfied with this price. 30 million US dollars is already a very high price for a non-commercial film. Is it the cooperation model? Tom White has always understood Lu Yan He's ideas better than Zhong Benshuo. He soon realized that Lu Yan He himself should still hope that *Love Letter* can be screened in cinemas.

Generally, film creators with a little pursuit still hope that the film can be screened in cinemas. This is because so far, no film exclusively screened on streaming media has formed super high influence and achieved cultural influence that surpasses cinema films. Even if many filmmakers can get a salary twice as high as their usual salary from a streaming media film, they will still choose films from traditional film studios, which is based on this consideration.

Whether it is media evaluation, audience impression, or mainstream awards, a film that has achieved a box office of over 100 million US dollars is definitely more additive to a creator than a popular film that has won a weekly championship on streaming media.

It is not surprising that Lu Yan He has such an idea.

Tom White thought for a while and decided to give up exclusivity, only wanting the streaming media broadcast rights globally except for mainland China. Of course, in this way, the price they gave would be much lower. However, Tom White believed that Lu Yan He and the others would agree to this condition. Sure enough, for Tom White's proposal, Lu Yan He did not refuse at the first time, only saying that he would talk about specific details after the film was screened at the Hexi Film Festival.

This means there is something to talk about.

For current streaming media, the pattern has basically been formed, and the strategies of major streaming media have also entered the next stage from throwing money to grab the market. And the Asian region is a new growth point for their users. How to expand the Asian market as much as possible is what they have been working hard on for these few years.

HP is not doing as well as Maxine in this regard. *The Silent River*, *Friends*, *Seventeen Layers*, *Squid Game*, and several other Chinese dramas that performed well in the Asian market were all included in Maxine's bag, plus Zhong Benshuo's matchmaking, almost gathering the first-tier creative talents in the Korean film and television industry. In these few years, Maxine's market share in the Asian region has always been the highest.

Of course, this cannot blame Tom White. HP itself entered the Asian market later than Maxine. When Tom White came to be responsible for the Asian market, Zhong Benshuo had already been operating here for several years.

In fact, under Maxine's offensive, HP can still maintain its current market share, which has already proven Tom White's ability in it.

*Seventeen Layers* and *Friends* were not collaborations reached by Lu Yan He and Maxine. When Lu Yan He did these dramas before, his right to speak was not as high as it is now; they were all decisions of Beijing TV and Arctic Light.

The few new dramas Lu Yan He is doing now, because of the relationship between Tom White and Lu Yan He, are basically chatted more deeply with HP. Whether it is *Chinese Paladin* that Lu Yan He is preparing to develop, or the film *Burning Fire* starring Lu Yan He, they were all contacted by Tom White early and reached a preliminary intention of cooperation.

Tom White is not only interested in Lu Yan He's projects. Since *Gold Rush* recommended by Lu Yan He to HP achieved good results, Tom White bought *Wase* starring Li Zhibai, which also broadcast quite well. After that, Tom White signed a cooperation agreement with Lu Yan He, and Lu Yan He became HP's recommender—recommending suitable film and television dramas to HP.

When these dramas are on the shelves on HP, the promotion pictures will be marked with very eye-catching big characters: Lu Yan He recommends.

On HP, there is also a search tag called "Lu Yan He Recommends," which has become a choice tag for HP users to watch dramas.

Basically, film and television dramas purchased by HP after being recommended by Lu Yan He can achieve quite good results on HP.

The overseas broadcast rights of *The Summit* were also taken down by HP. This drama mainly has Yan Liang in it, and he still has a certain influence and popularity among overseas streaming media users. Several dramas hung behind his name, letting everyone hear the dramas he starred in even if they don't know who he is.

*The Summit* was put on the shelves on HP seamlessly just after it was broadcast in mainland China.

HP still attaches great importance to this drama and specially made a series of broadcast promotions.

This includes the main creators of *Friends* and *Gold Rush* recording videos to recommend *The Summit* to everyone.

Zhong Benshuo was very unhappy to see that the main creators of *Friends* actually recorded recommendation videos for *The Summit* collectively.

However, it was impossible for him to lose his temper or anything because of this.

These two dramas still have quite a few loyal drama fans overseas. The two promotion videos came out, and immediately attracted quite a bit of attention for *The Summit*.

And HP was also very fierce, announcing that for the first three days of the broadcast, *The Summit* would not need an HP membership, but would be broadcast for free to global audiences.

It was clear that they wanted to use this free broadcast to attract registered users.

Of course, they could do a three-day free broadcast for *The Summit* because the procurement cost of *The Summit* was much lower than other self-made dramas, so it could be used for such a commercial attempt. And *The Summit* itself had a certain volume, with Yan Liang starring, being the hottest drama in China this year, and recommendations from the main creators of *Friends* and *Gold Rush*, which was enough to set off a certain volume and attract a batch of audiences to watch this drama.

And the three-day free broadcast brought "5 million global viewers in the first 24 hours of the premiere" for *The Summit*.

This drama reached the fourth position on the HP global popular weekly list in just three days.

After three days, *The Summit* turned into a subscription membership to watch.

According to HP's backend data, *The Summit* also brought more than 200,000 new subscription members on the first day of turning into a paid service—these 200,000+ new subscription members were users who had not recharged their subscription on HP before. HP's standard membership is 12.99 US dollars a month, which means *The Summit* brought more than 2.5 million US dollars in revenue to HP on this day alone. Not to mention, there were many audiences who were originally subscription members and potential users who could be converted into subscription users later.

Even, because of the popularity of *The Summit*, another drama starring Yan Liang on HP, *Gold Rush*, also followed the data and started to rise. Many audiences clicked on *Gold Rush* because of the protagonist Yan Liang after watching *The Summit*.

Compared with the procurement price of *The Summit*, HP's return on *The Summit* can be said to be very considerable.

Returning to Yan Liang, whether it is *The Summit* or *Gold Rush*, in the range of global film and television dramas, they can be described as boutique dramas that are popular in a small range. Although there is no global big hit, they have also accumulated loyal drama fans.

Zhou Ping'an unceremoniously crowned him with the adjective of internationally famous actor in the press release about Yan Liang.

"The few of them bundled together, it is really not to be underestimated, even Yan Liang was pushed to such a high position."

In the circle of agents, the life-saving trend of *The Summit* and Yan Liang's luck of having several dramas explode in a row have become content they envy and discuss hotly.

"We are all fighting alone, afraid of being taken advantage of by others. Alas, how can we compete with them." Liu Zefan's agent Li Xia was very helpless. "They support each other, push each other, this is too ruthless, there is no comparison at all."

In fact, Liu Zefan, who became popular again relying on *Squid Game*, does not have lower popularity and fame overseas than Yan Liang, because the role of the young policeman played by Liu Zefan is indeed too popular, basically the most popular role besides the male lead.

However, despite this, the limitations of an actor are reflected at this moment. No one pushes, no one connects, Liu Zefan, who is detached from *Squid Game*, is not in the eyes of those streaming media for other dramas he starred in. Other dramas starring Liu Zefan are of course still snatched by major platforms in China, because Liu Zefan is indeed very popular, but compared with Yan Liang's situation, it is a big cut weaker.

Whether it is *Gold Rush* or *The Summit*, they were all favored by HP because of Lu Yan He's recommendation, and relied on HP's importance and effective promotion to broadcast effectively on HP. No matter how others discuss that Yan Liang is completely relying on Lu Yan He to get to where he is today, at least, now, Yan Liang has several popular dramas in hand, and his fame, popularity, and influence are all solidly landed on him.

Originally, it was Lu Yan He who was far ahead, leaving male actors of the same age behind. Now, it is not just him alone. Yan Liang actually stood firm in the drama circle after three consecutive explosions, faintly having the momentum of a top young actor in the drama circle. Compared with Lu Yan He, his drama circle results seem to have a comparison.

Especially the overseas fame and influence that domestic actors are very lacking now.

These effective broadcasts of Yan Liang made him throw other domestic male actors of the same age a cut away.

"Zhou Ping'an's eyebrows are almost flying to the sky recently."

"How can his luck be so good?" Another agent was puzzled and depressed. "One by one, one left, another rose, endless. Did he worship which Bodhisattva to give him such a good life?"

Li Xia's face darkened immediately.

Meng Li was her artist before, but was dug away by Zhou Ping'an.

Although Meng Li was not a fuel-efficient lamp in her hands, she was a first-tier actress, and the income she brought her every year was seven figures. Was the artist Zhou Ping'an dug away? No, it was her property!

Li Xia took a deep breath.

"Actually, Sister Xia, your luck is very good. Zefan participated in *Squid Game*, and so many people died in the first season, but Zefan's role is still alive. It is clear that he will have heavier scenes in the second season. It is really enviable."

Li Xia waved her hand immediately. "That is also Zefan's own striving, the role he auditioned for. Fortunately, Li Yuefeng gave up the audition himself at the beginning, otherwise this role might not necessarily be Zefan's."

"I heard that Li Yuefeng has a quite good relationship with Lu Yan He now. Maybe Lu Yan He will write another role for Li Yuefeng in the second season."

"This is really uncertain. However, in this way, he clashes with Zefan's type. Will Zefan's scenes in the second season be weakened?"

Li Xia: "This can only depend on Lu Yan He's arrangement. What other opinions can we have? Who else dares to have opinions on the scripts written by Lu Yan He?"

"Don't say that either, what should be fought for should still be fought for. Zefan's role popularity is so high. If I were you, I would definitely make a request to increase Zefan's scenes in the second season. This itself is also a reasonable demand."

"Then if Lu Yan He doesn't add it for you, what do you do?"

"If he doesn't add it, then he doesn't add it. Of course, there is no way, but maybe he added it? He also hopes that the sequel of *Squid Game* will be more popular, right?"

Li Xia smiled and didn't take what this person said to heart at all.

She would be crazy to be instigated by this kind of thing.

However, based on the attitude Lu Yan He is showing now, as long as Liu Zefan doesn't stab him in the back and cooperates well, Lu Yan He will definitely not treat Liu Zefan badly.

They should also show more sincerity.

After being reminded, Li Xia immediately contacted Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi took the mobile phone screen to Lu Yan He and showed it to him.

"What?" Lu Yan He was watching the latest issue of *Jump Up*. Suddenly, a mobile phone screen appeared in front of him, and he looked down.

Chen Siqi said: "Liu Zefan's agent Li Xia sent me a message, asking if Jump Up Theater has any dramas that need Liu Zefan to act. If there is a need, before August this year, their schedule can be coordinated, and they can come to film at any time. The salary can be whatever we open."

Lu Yan He was somewhat surprised and said: "Did she send this voluntarily?"

"Hmm." Chen Siqi nodded. "I didn't expect that she would voluntarily send such a message."

Lu Yan He said: "Liu Zefan is quite popular now, right? Should not lack dramas to act?"

Chen Siqi said: "Of course, he is much more popular than you now. You are popular, but the number of serious fans may not be as many as his. His girlfriend fans are very exaggerated. You go to his Weibo and you will know, every forward and comment count exceeds one million."

Lu Yan He: "Then why did Li Xia put her posture so low, wanting Liu Zefan to act in Jump Up's drama?"

Chen Siqi rolled her eyes at him.

"Are you stupid? People are wanting to return the favor to you and express gratitude to us."

Lu Yan He came back to his senses and said ah.

He didn't think in this direction. The main reason was because he didn't feel that Liu Zefan needed to express gratitude to him.

Liu Zefan came to act in *Squid Game* and also passed the audition properly, didn't go through the back door, didn't go through connections, and in the filming process, also worked diligently and very hard.

He chose Liu Zefan at the beginning because Liu Zefan was the best choice. Moreover, Liu Zefan was not a newcomer at that time; people were already the male lead of a popular Xianxia drama. It was a mutual selection and mutual benefit cooperation.

What's more, Liu Zefan is going to film the second season.

At that time, Lu Yan He greeted Liu Zefan's agent Li Xia before starting to write the script for the second season, asking them to reserve the schedule.

At this time, Liu Zefan really didn't need to do these things to express gratitude. They still have to continue to cooperate later.

Unexpectedly, Li Xia did it at this time.

Lu Yan He: "Then see if there is a script suitable for Liu Zefan and send a script to him."

"You just accepted it so readily?" Chen Siqi asked. She was a bit surprised, feeling that it was not Lu Yan He's usual style. Lu Yan He is the one who least likes to be thanked by others, and even less likes to take advantage of people at this time.

"What accepted it so readily?" Lu Yan He said. "Li Xia might feel that letting Liu Zefan act in Jump Up Theater is to express gratitude to me, but I don't feel that way. The scripts that come out of Jump Up Theater now, all those that pass the review, are of good quality, otherwise they wouldn't pass our three-party evaluation. He is willing to act, it is a win-win."

Now Jump Up Theater has not officially opened, so it is still an unknown in many people's hearts. Only Lu Yan He knows what a great thing Jump Up Theater is doing—

Although the investment in this theater's dramas is not high at present, and they cannot be filmed into big dramas with particularly exquisite and high-end costumes and props, at the script level, the requirements are very high.

Every script that enters filming needs to be evaluated by Yuehu TV, Arctic Light Video, and Jump Up. Otherwise, either the script is sent back for modification, or a new screenwriter is found to re-adapt it.

Jump Up Theater's emphasis on scripts is far higher than the industry average.

Lu Yan He neither feels that Jump Up Theater finding Liu Zefan to act is taking advantage of him, nor feels that Liu Zefan coming to act in Jump Up Theater is his luck. Lu Yan He feels that such a cooperative relationship is very good. Under such circumstances, there is really no need to talk about returning the favor.

This day, Lu Yan He made an appointment to meet Luo Yuzhong, preparing to hurry up and get the casting of *Chinese Paladin* done before the Hexi Film Festival in May. After all, if *Chinese Paladin* needs to start filming in the second half of this year, the preparation work must be done quickly.

They had already decided in the early stage that because of the salary budget, the three main female roles of *Chinese Paladin*, Ling'er, Yue Ru, and A'nu, would all use newcomers.

Unexpectedly, Luo Yuzhong proposed wanting to see the heroine of *Late Spring*, Yan Lingyu.

He felt that Yan Lingyu's temperament was quite suitable for Ling'er.

Lu Yan He was a bit confused for a while and didn't react.

For the role of Ling'er, Lu Yan He originally felt it was the most difficult to find an actor. After all, it is the classic role of the fairy sister. To find a face and temperament that can rival the fairy sister, the original time and space took twenty years to find a second one, which shows the difficulty. Who knew that Luo Yuzhong already had a candidate in his heart.

However, Yan Lingyu?

When Lu Yan He filmed *Late Spring*, Yan Lingyu's acting was the most ordinary one among several actors. She completely relied on her image and temperament being naturally close to Yin Yue in the story, so she was favored by Liu Bige and let her act in her true colors.

He subconsciously didn't want to cooperate with an actor with average acting skills again.

But the person who proposed this idea was Luo Yuzhong, his teacher, and also a director he respected from the bottom of his heart. Lu Yan He naturally couldn't refuse at this time, so he sent a message to Yan Lingyu, asking when she was free.

Yan Lingyu is one grade lower than him and just graduated this year.

Since *Late Spring*, she acted in two more films, but there was no sound, and the evaluation was not very good, including her acting, which was criticized by many people. Don't know if it was because of this reason, Yan Lingyu only acted in these two films in the past few years.

Yan Lingyu replied to Lu Yan He quite quickly, saying she was in Yuming, but she didn't want to be an actor anymore, which made Lu Yan He confused.

Lu Yan He hurriedly called her and asked what was going on, how could she suddenly not want to be an actor?

Yan Lingyu said: "I might really not be very good at acting, not suitable for this profession."

Lu Yan He: "..."

At this moment, Lu Yan He suddenly felt a bit guilty, guilty for his previous dislike of Yan Lingyu's poor acting.

"You just graduated from acting school, there will be many opportunities to improve your acting in the future, how can you say give up so early." Lu Yan He persuaded, "Luo Dao wants to see you because I have a drama to cooperate with Luo Dao, and there is a role in it that he feels your image is very suitable for, wanting to talk to you in person."

Yan Lingyu said very dejectedly: "Yan He, you help me say thank you to Luo Dao, but I really don't want to be an actor anymore."

Lu Yan He was really bewildered.

This was something he hadn't thought of at all before. ===== CHAPTER 584 =====

This was something he had not expected at all before.