Chapter 612

By the fourth day Lu Yan He joined the crew, he finally had a sense of immersion in the role of the older brother he was playing.

It's not to say that he wasn't immersed and was just acting hard when he was acting before. It's just that as an actor, truly entering a role and becoming one with it requires time and a process of familiarity.

For this play and this role, Lu Yan He actually didn't do too much preparation in advance.

On one hand, of course, it's because he had been very busy recently and didn't have much time to prepare. On the other hand, it's also because this role actually wasn't highly difficult and wasn't that complex, so it didn't require him to do any preparation in advance.

For such a role that actually doesn't have much depth and complexity, with Lu Yan He's current performance ability, if he prepared too much, he would instead lose the explosive power of the role itself.

There is a very subtle balance point between advance design and on-site performance.

In fact, good actors often rely more on their performance at that moment on set when they are completely empathetic with the character. That cannot be designed in advance—of course, this doesn't mean that actors don't need to do their homework in advance. It's about finishing all the homework that should be done, and then forgetting it and handing it over to sensibility and intuition.

Lu Yan He felt he was immersed only on the fourth day, referring to the environment of this set and this group of actors.

He began to establish a sense of familiarity with the world in front of the camera and a sense of familiarity with this group of people.

After Huang Feng also became familiar with him, he began to expand the scope of his mischief to him.

Basically, as long as they weren't filming, Huang Feng wouldn't be idle on set. His mouth could chatter, and he was like a monkey, jumping up and down, and he would also pull people to accompany him to play all kinds of small games.

Before, this kind of thing wouldn't find its way to Lu Yan He, but now that he was probably familiar with Lu Yan He, Huang Feng pestered him.

Huang Feng didn't know where he learned a game Lu Yan He played when he was a child.

One person puts their palm on another person's palm, and the hand underneath has to flip over to hit the back of the hand that is on top.

It's actually just a competition of who has faster reflexes.

Huang Feng prided himself on being a master of this game, having defeated everyone on the crew.

Lu Yan He was thus targeted by him.

Lu Yan He nodded and agreed immediately.

As a result, no matter what, Huang Feng couldn't hit the back of Lu Yan He's hand, while Lu Yan He was always able to hit the back of Huang Feng's hand.

After more than ten times in a row, Huang Feng was so angry that his eyes turned red, watery, and he was almost about to shed tears.

Lu Yan He laughed loudly and deliberately ridiculed: "No way? You're shedding tears already?"

Huang Feng screamed in anger.

His mother heard the commotion and hurried over. Seeing her son screaming angrily at Lu Yan He, her expression changed immediately, and she wanted to step forward to grab Huang Feng away.

Lu Yan He noticed Huang Feng's mother coming over and immediately gave a look, signaling that it was fine.

Only then did Huang Feng's mother feel relieved.

She was truly worried that her mischievous son would offend Lu Yan He.

Huang Feng walked away angrily by himself.

Lu Yan He couldn't be bothered to coax him.

A while later, when filming, Huang Tianlin was so happy he slapped his thigh. The look of childish hatred Huang Feng had for Lu Yan He in the lens didn't even need to be acted; the emotion was ready to burst out, and it was captured by the lens, feeling particularly special.

At lunchtime, Wang Biao brought over lunch and whispered to Lu Yan He with a smile: "That kid Huang Feng was probably scared by you. Just now, he insisted on pulling people to play that hand-hitting game, and others told him to go find you again, saying they couldn't beat him and he had to challenge himself and work hard to beat you. Huang Feng wouldn't take the bait no matter what, and refused to come find you."

Lu Yan He: "Kids are all like this; I was like this when I was a child."

Wang Biao: "I was like this when I was a child too! However, Little Brother Lu, were you like this when you were a child? It's hard to imagine; I feel you should have been that kind of obedient and self-disciplined child since you were little."

"How could that be." Lu Yan He smiled, "Huang Feng is quite interesting. This kid, look at his temper, he's usually not quiet either, and it seems like he has an insensitive personality. However, when he starts acting, his emotions are very accurate. In the play, especially the scene he acted with me the night before last, he wanted to reconcile with me and wanted to climb onto my bed. He slowly moved over to approach me like a little animal, rubbing over bit by bit. Huang Tianlin didn't teach him to act like that; he was born with the ability to empathize with different emotions."

Wang Biao: "Little Brother Lu, that's not necessarily true; Huang Feng might not be as restless as he usually looks."

"Mm?" Lu Yan He was a bit puzzled and asked: "Why do you say that?"

Wang Biao: "He told me that he lost his father when he was a child, and it was his mother and his uncle who brought him up. For a child growing up in this kind of environment, if you say he isn't sensitive at all, I think it's also unlikely. He was often bullied by classmates when he was a child, just because he didn't have a father, but he seems to have never shown it on set."

Lu Yan He revealed an expression of surprise.

The reason Lu Yan He was surprised wasn't because of this matter, but because he really hadn't seen this point from Huang Feng at all these past few days.

The feeling Huang Feng gave him was that of a little brat who had been well-protected by his family since he was little and was therefore carefree, and could also be innocent, lively, and mischievous on the shooting set.

The reality, however, was not like this.

After learning about Huang Feng's situation from Wang Biao, Lu Yan He suddenly felt a bit of sympathy when he saw Huang Feng again.

He immediately realized that his psychology was wrong.

Children, especially children of this age, need sympathy the least.

Cruelty and indifference will stab a person's heart, and sympathy will too. Sometimes, the former is a hard knife, and the latter is a soft knife; both hurt bloodily, without discrimination.

Lu Yan He took the initiative to call Huang Feng over.

"Do you want to play the hand-hitting game or not?" Lu Yan He looked at him with a smile.

Huang Feng: "..."

He looked at him vigilantly and guardedly, asking: "What do you want to do?"

"I want to see if you've made progress," Lu Yan He said.

Huang Feng's eyes rolled, "I haven't made progress, I won't play with you, go find someone else to play with."

After saying that, he ran away.

Lu Yan He: "..."

"This kid, really crafty," Qin Shulan, who played their mother in the film, sighed with emotion, "This is actually his first time acting."

"His acting talent is very outstanding," Lu Yan He said.

Qin Shulan nodded, "Yes, if he were in China, or in Europe or America, he would have such talent, he might have become a child star."

Qin Shulan's tone was not without regret.

Hearing this, Lu Yan He's gaze flickered slightly.

"You want to sign Huang Feng to your company?" Huang Tianlin looked at Lu Yan He in surprise.

"Not my company, although I have a small share, strictly speaking, that is my agent's company," Lu Yan He said, "However, it is very powerful in China, and it is a good company. Huang Feng has a lot of acting talent; it's a pity if he doesn't become an actor. If you are willing, I hope I can bring him along in the future."

Huang Tianlin looked at Lu Yan He in shock and didn't speak for a long time.

"I have to discuss this matter with his mother."

"Mm," Lu Yan He nodded.

"But what are you thinking? He lives in Malaysia, not in China," Huang Tianlin was very puzzled, "You want to bring him along, do you want to take him to China?"

"Malaysia is fine, China is fine, both are fine," Lu Yan He said, "He is still a child, and it's impossible for him to be a full-time actor. He should go to school when he should. It's just that during winter or summer vacation, if there is a suitable opportunity and a suitable role, he can be allowed to come to China to film."

Huang Tianlin actually knew himself that Lu Yan He was providing a good opportunity for Huang Feng.

"Why are you so attentive to him? I thought you didn't like him," Huang said, "You don't seem to have taken much care of him on set."

"Care?" Lu Yan He said, "I feel he doesn't lack my care. But I like him; he is very interesting."

Huang Tianlin: "This is a big matter; I have to consider it carefully. Moreover, this has to depend on his own thoughts and his mother's opinion. Signing to your company, being a child star—"

Huang Tianlin's face was full of surprise and concern.

Lu Yan He understood very well.

He nodded.

"You guys discuss it first."

Regarding Lu Yan He wanting to sign the child Huang Feng, Chen Ziyan was very supportive.

Shi Huo had already decided to make this company the first company in China to open brokerage services to artists from all over the world.

The first foreign artist Shi Huo signed before was the Thai actor Caina.

If Huang Feng signed over, it would be signing a Malaysian actor.

"By the way, what about the other actors in this play of yours? I heard from Wang Biao that the actress Qin Shulan who acts opposite you also has very good acting skills and is also a very famous actress in Malaysia."

"Yes, however, she should already have a brokerage company and an agent here," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Ziyan said: "That's only in Malaysia. We can act as an agent for her overseas brokerage business. Several actors in this play of yours can speak Chinese and can completely come to the country to film without obstacles. Moreover, they are all ethnic Chinese and are people of the same root and origin. If we can gather a group of ethnic Chinese actors and deepen their exchanges with the country, this is also very in line with the current orientation from above."

Hearing this, Lu Yan He said, "Then I'll ask her?"

"Don't ask; when you are about to wrap up, I will come over and talk about things together," Chen Ziyan said, "I had long thought about signing the brokerage contract of Huang Tianlin other than film and television. As a director, he will definitely have a bright future."

Lu Yan He: "Won't Producer Yuan have any opinions?"

"The relationship between his company and Huang Tianlin is itself a cooperative relationship for film and television production and doesn't involve anything else," Chen Ziyan said, "I had already probed when I chatted with him before."

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

"Yuan Hai himself also has ideas and wants to take his production company to the country to see if there are any opportunities for project cooperation. The Malaysian market is still too small. Although international streaming media is hot, they almost can't grab any cooperation opportunities. In the Asian market, production business is basically divided by South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and India. Now there are still a few Chinese-language dramas launched on streaming media in the form of copyright cooperation every year, while the market for Chinese-language film and television dramas is basically occupied by us."

Lu Yan He said: "I know this; he took the initiative to find Siqi, wanting to cooperate on *Jump Up* Theater."

"Moving fast enough," Chen Ziyan smiled, "He is quite motivated and has ideas. If it weren't for the fact that the Malaysian market itself is too small, his production company would definitely be more than its current scale."

"I don't know how Siqi's visit to his company is going," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Siqi went to visit Yuan Hai's company in the afternoon, met with several producers in his company, chatted, and had dinner together, having a bit of an idea in her heart.

She returned to the hotel and called Lu Yan He.

"Are you done for the day?"

"I don't have any scenes tonight," Lu Yan He said, "Just got in the car, preparing to go to a restaurant nearby with Brother Dong, Wang Biao, and the others to eat some local food. What do you think of the producers on Yuan Hai's side? Can they cooperate?"

"Yes," Chen Siqi said, "I looked at the things they shot in the past few years and chatted with them for a long time. Their production foundation and ability are still there. Their shortcoming is that they don't have experience in doing big projects. The projects they did in the past were also mainly those of life and emotional types. Simply put, they are experienced in doing small-subject, small-scene scenes, and their level is also okay, but if they want to do big productions and big projects, they might not have that ability for the time being. However, this fits the needs of our *Jump Up* Theater quite well."

"That's quite good."

"Mm," Chen Siqi said, "This afternoon, Aurora Video also sent a message. After *Jump Up* Theater went online, six scenes have been launched so far, and it has brought in more than 7 million new members for them in total."

Lu Yan He was pleasantly surprised, "This data is very beautiful."

"Yes, it's just that I don't know if this data can be stabilized."

The number of new members for video platforms, simply put, is how many people opened a membership while watching this drama. Monthly, quarterly, and annual memberships all count.

Now, the proportion of annual members among members on domestic video websites is still relatively small; it's mainly monthly members. If there is a drama or variety show they want to watch this month, they need a membership to watch it, so they open it, and once they finish watching, they don't continue to recharge.

Therefore, there is the data that the number of new members for the six scenes of *Jump Up* Theater exceeded 7 million. It's not that they had never watched dramas on Aurora Video before, nor had they recharged memberships on Aurora.

For video websites, the commercial value of a drama is mainly reflected in several aspects:

1. New member acquisition.

2. Pre-roll advertising.

3. Play count.

*Jump Up* Theater actually doesn't do very high in the latter two aspects, but relative to its cost, the results are outstanding. However, in terms of new member acquisition, being able to reach a breakthrough of 7 million people in just over a month is enough to rival the results of a hit drama—

But the purchase price of Aurora Video for these six dramas is much lower than the purchase price of a hit drama.

If it is a big drama led by a first-tier star and rated A or above, the average price per episode can generally reach more than 6 million yuan. This is just the general price. In the case where the drama itself has a certain popularity or the main creators are currently popular, this number can float up quite a bit.

And for *Jump Up* Theater scenes, each one is only two to three episodes, and because it is premiered on Yuehu TV, there is an exclusive window period. Aurora Video is only the online exclusive platform. For scenes like *Girl's Adventure* where the director and actors are all newcomers, the purchase price is even less than 1 million per episode. And for dramas like *Intern* led by popular actors like Yan Liang, the average per episode is only 5 million.

In short, the revenue brought by *Jump Up* Theater to Aurora Video is far higher than the cost.

Of course, this is also a good signal for *Jump Up* Theater. With the popularity of the previous six dramas, the purchase price of *Jump Up* Theater scenes later will inevitably rise.

"When are you going back?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Siqi: "I'm taking the flight back to the country tomorrow morning. What about you? How many more days do you have to shoot here?"

"I don't know for the time being. After Huang Tianlin knew that I wasn't in a hurry to leave after the seven days agreed in the contract, he shoots very slowly every day and picks at details very ruthlessly," Lu Yan He was a bit helpless, "Maybe I'll have to shoot for a few more days. Whatever, as long as he doesn't drag me for ten days or half a month, it's fine. After all, *Love Letter* is about to start promotion soon, and the promotion of this film is handed over to you."

Chen Siqi: "Don't worry, we already have a promotion idea. Your directorial debut won an award at the Hexi Film Festival; we will only go all out to let everyone see this film."

Lu Yan He: "Then don't work too hard. Whether the box office is good or not, the film has already made a profit through overseas copyright sales anyway, and there is no pressure for domestic release. Don't work overtime for this."

"Work is work. Since we took the order and are doing the promotion for *Love Letter*, we have to do it to the extreme," Chen Siqi said bluntly, "Otherwise, we made other people's scenes popular, but we made your scene mediocre; how can there be such a reason."

Last time, Chen Siqi's team used fan fiction promotion as an opportunity to open the topic of *The Summit*, bringing this good-word-of-mouth drama that had encountered a cold reception back to life, shocking the entire industry.

Afterwards, Chen Siqi's team took on the promotion of several more scenes and also achieved some eye-catching results. They charge high prices, and there aren't many projects they truly cooperate with—it's not that there are so many projects that can afford this promotion fee.

*Love Letter* also had enough funds to pay Chen Siqi's team an eight-figure promotion fee because of its battle record at the Hexi Film Festival, winning a considerable bonus, and selling very well overseas.

Otherwise, according to the funding pressure of Linghe currently operating *Jump Up* Theater and preparing for *Chinese Paladin* at the same time, either Lu Yan He pays out of his own pocket, or Chen Siqi's team provides friendly service. Otherwise, it would definitely be impossible to pay Chen Siqi's team's promotion service normally.

For Lu Yan He, of course, he hopes that these things at work should be as they should be. Friends have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention between lovers.

Anyone who does things to the end is no longer just one person.

The promotion work for *Love Letter* is not done by Chen Siqi alone. If Chen Siqi provides friendly service to Lu Yan He and she doesn't take money, what about the people on her team? People invest capital, time, and energy, but can't get project bonuses. What are they after? Are they after a good impression from Chen Siqi and Lu Yan He?

This is why the more it involves multiple people, the more there must be a clear account.

Because it's no longer a matter between the two of them.

In *Tropical Rainy Season*, Lu Yan He has two very important lines.

One line is the line between him and his family.

The other line is his emotional line with a woman.

Of course, this scene won't let him shoot naked; the focus of this film is not on this. The plot is that when his relationship with his family is getting worse and worse, a beautiful woman whose husband died moved upstairs, and he was attracted to her.

As a result, the relationship between the two of them was discovered by the younger brother. This matter caused a huge uproar. This matter also became a climax point of the whole film, and the scandal entered this home. He had a fierce quarrel with his mother, and the younger brother cried loudly. The next day, he left this home.

This film didn't end with him, but his character stopped here and disappeared from the film.

For this film, he is a symbol in the growth of the younger brother character, a very important symbol.

His departure is an important change that happened in the younger brother's life.

Having acted in so many scenes, including *Golden Age* and *Phoenix Terrace*, in every scene Lu Yan He was in, as long as he appeared, as long as it was a scene he was in, he had a very protagonist perspective. Only in *Tropical Rainy Season* is he a true supporting role. Both the story and the rhythm actually didn't revolve around him but focused on the younger brother.

This actually gave Lu Yan He a quite different actor perspective. Including the design of the rival scenes between himself and that widow, if it were in the past, he wouldn't care at all whether he was a supporting role and would definitely treat every scene as a protagonist to act. But in this film, Lu Yan He himself realized that every time he appeared, he couldn't be too "heavy-handed" and couldn't steal the show, disturbing the overall rhythm of this film.

Therefore, Lu Yan He made two distinctions for himself. In the scenes at home, the scenes with his mother and younger brother, his emotional color and character arc are very heavy and also very eye-catching, and will definitely not be suppressed—his functionality in this family scene is also reflected here.

However, in the other character line, which is his emotional line, he made the presence of his character not so prominent, and he tried his best to use an "attitude of escape" to highlight the bond that is "difficult to escape."

For example, the first time he met that woman, Lu Yan He designed it for himself. On one hand, he was attracted to her and took the initiative to help. On the other hand, he was always paying attention to the situation downstairs—he was paying attention to the movements in his home, afraid that his act of showing such courtesy would be discovered by his mother and younger brother.

The actress who acted opposite him is named Han Yu Jiang, an ethnic Chinese who grew up in Malaysia. She hadn't acted much in film and television dramas and was a local stage play actor before. She was also a friend of Huang Tianlin and was pulled over by him to act in this film.

She is very beautiful.

The first rival scene Han Yu Jiang acted with Lu Yan He was her moving, and Lu Yan He coming to help.

After she finished acting, she was a bit strange and asked: "Yan He, why do I feel that you have been a bit absent-minded when you were acting?"

Han Yu Jiang could see it, let alone Huang Tianlin.

Huang Tianlin asked Lu Yan He very angrily why he wanted to act like that.

Lu Yan He explained his understanding of this scene.

Huang Tianlin said directly: "When a man is attracted to a woman, he won't have other things on his mind; he won't be absent-minded."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Han Yu Jiang also said: "I thought it was because my attraction to you wasn't enough."

If Lu Yan He is a tool-type character in this film, then Han Yu Jiang is not even a tool-type character; she is a pure tool.

Lu Yan He thought about it seriously. Did he think wrong?

Lu Yan He didn't insist either and said: "Then I'll act it again."

But after acting it, Lu Yan He shook his head.

"No, it's not right," he said to Huang, "This is not in another place; this is upstairs in my home. Downstairs is my home. My mother and my younger brother are both there. In this spatial position relationship, you say I am completely attracted to her and won't be distracted? I don't think it's realistic."

Huang: "If you mind this matter, you wouldn't come up to help at all."

Lu Yan He shook his head, "But I am a man, and a man in the prime of life. I see a woman who makes my heart move. She attracted my attention as soon as she appeared. I can't be indifferent, but this is a kind of contradiction. I should have this kind of contradiction."

He turned his head to look at Han Yu Jiang: "You put yourself in my shoes. If your family is downstairs, and you secretly come upstairs to contact a man who makes your heart move, can you do it without being distracted?"

Han Yu Jiang hesitated for a moment, "More or less, I will care a little in my heart."

Lu Yan He nodded and looked at Huang Tianlin.

Huang Tianlin took a deep breath.

Lu Yan He: "Of course, I know you hope to shoot the feeling of me falling for her at first sight and falling into it in this scene. I can act it out, Director. You believe me, we try a few more times, we find a performance method that both you and I can agree on, okay?"

Having cooperated with Huang Tianlin for a few days, Lu Yan He could be considered to have figured out Huang Tianlin's style.

This person is a director with very heavy self-esteem.

He definitely needs others to respect him, trust him, and not provoke his authority.

Although Lu Yan He couldn't listen to him 100% and didn't want to do so, within the scope of the rules, he was willing to give Huang Tianlin, as a director, such a sense of authority on set.

He had already taken a step back.

Huang Tianlin took a deep breath and said expressionlessly: "Then let's try it."

However, when Lu Yan He was gradually entering the state and found a character state that both he and Huang Tianlin could accept, Han Yu Jiang was a bit broken.

The place where she broke down wasn't anything else; it was that she found she couldn't catch Lu Yan He's scenes at all.

When she got the script, she felt that acting this role was easy for her, and it didn't require high acting skills. As long as she was beautiful, had temptation, and had a kind of sexiness between maturity and innocence, it was enough.

This is a trait she herself has.

But she found that when she stood with Lu Yan He, in every shot, Lu Yan He's physical details, the look in his eyes when looking at her, and his expressions would have slight changes, gradually becoming a teenager who was truly seventeen or eighteen years old, in the prime of life, and fell in love with a woman at first sight.

And some distraction and trance that occasionally appeared in his expression made him have a few more story senses that couldn't be guessed, making her subconsciously forget that she was acting and want to explore his past life.

After she came back to her senses, in Lu Yan He's eyes, she inexplicably felt that she was very shallow.

Suddenly, she couldn't tell whether she felt her acting was shallow or the character she was playing was shallow.

This made her self-confidence collapse a bit.

She couldn't act anymore.

Huang Tianlin was the first to discover Han Yu Jiang's problem.

He looked at Lu Yan He speechlessly and pulled Han Yu Jiang to the side.

"Little Jiang, don't be led by the nose by him."

Han Yu Jiang's face was very pale, greatly hit, and said: "Director, I feel like I'm a paralyzed face."

Huang Tianlin: "Don't think like that; you've already acted very well."

Han Yu Jiang asked incredulously: "Really?"

"Really," Huang said, "You can't think of comparing with Lu Yan He. Among the younger generation of actors, how many can act better than him? You have to look at yourself, look at your role. You have already very well completed the feeling that your role needs to present."

Lu Yan He, who was just about to come over to ask what was wrong, suddenly heard this sentence from Huang Tianlin and was stunned.

Huh?

—Among the younger generation of actors, how many can act better than him?

So it turns out that in Huang Tianlin's mouth, one can also hear words of praise for him?

Lu Yan He smiled, stopped his steps, and didn't go forward anymore.

At this time, it's better to let Huang Tianlin do Han Yu Jiang's work.

Lu Yan He went to his rest chair and sat down.

Wang Biao brought the phone to him.

"Did anyone call?"

"No," Wang Biao shook his head.

Lu Yan He opened his phone and replied to some messages.

One of the messages was sent by Zhou Mukai. He asked him if he could spare a day next month. Xiao Jing, who went to the UK for exchange, is coming back next month.

At that time, before Xiao Jing went abroad, they had all said together that when he came back, they would all give him a welcome party.

Lu Yan He said: I will return to the country after filming *Tropical Rainy Season*. I can spare time. Next month, the film *Love Letter* that I directed is about to start promotion, and there will be some advance screenings. I plan to hold a screening in Zhenhua. Why don't you guys come together to help me stand on the stage?

Apart from Lu Yan He, Mao Jiayang and Zhou Mukai both chose to study for a master's degree. After Xiao Jing returned to the country, he delayed graduation for a year and would most likely choose to study for a master's degree as well, all staying in Yuming.

Since Lu Yan He graduated, his contact with them has become less. It's not that they are estranged, it's just that they used to meet from time to time, and now it's hard to meet. Plus, Lu Yan He's work is now very busy. Lu Yan He sees Zhou Mukai the most, and that's because Zhou Mukai is a part-time editor for *Jump Up* magazine. When Lu Yan He goes to the *Jump Up* editorial department, he sometimes runs into him.

Zhou Mukai said: Alright, why don't you ask them in the group later?

Lu Yan He: Good.

I don't know how Huang Tianlin talked to Han Yu Jiang. Half an hour later, they continued shooting, and Han Yu Jiang's situation was much better.

Then, Lu Yan He discovered that Huang Tianlin said something different to the two of them—

Huang Tianlin would tell him that the next shot is for him, and let Han Yu Jiang act with him, but Han Yu Jiang's performance wouldn't be shot.

In fact, there was a camera secretly shooting Han Yu Jiang. It's just that Han Yu Jiang herself didn't know there was a camera shooting her, so she relaxed instead, very naturally showing her body, releasing a kind of beauty of female body curves in front of the camera, without being pretentious, a natural temptation.

Huang Tianlin was capturing Han Yu Jiang's best state in this way.

Lu Yan He saw through it but didn't say it.

In the evening, Lu Yan He had to film with Qin Shulan and Huang Feng again.

In these scenes, he basically became a background board.

Many times, after a scene, he only had one or two lines, mainly to act with them.

At such times, if you want to stand out, there is actually no opportunity to stand out.

Even if your acting skills are up to the sky, you are just a background board that the light doesn't hit.

Lu Yan He has acted in so many scenes; this is his first time having such a performance experience.

He had never acted in a scene where he was a background board so many times.

Three supporting roles, *Golden Age*, *Phoenix Terrace*, and *Three Mountains*. In the scenes he appeared in, he was the protagonist of that line.

Comparing it with his previous performance experience, Lu Yan He was quite emotional and thought about many things.

As a result, after he finished acting, the people on the crew looked at him with admiration.

He was still puzzled, and Wang Biao solved his puzzle.

"Everyone admires you very much. Even if you only have one or two lines, you have been acting all the time, in your state, without stopping. Every moment you have a reaction," Wang Biao said, "Even the photographer specially captured some close-up shots of your reactions. The director didn't ask for them; they shot them themselves, feeling that in a few shots, your reactions were too good, praising you for your professional spirit."

Lu Yan He didn't expect that this could also become a reason to be praised.

Professional spirit... also became a reason for an actor to be praised.

Huang Tianlin sat in the editing room, looking at some footage that had already been shot.

This is something he does every day after wrapping up, ensuring that the footage shot every day is OK and there are no problems.

Many times, problems with the shot footage can only be discovered at the editing table.

But often when discovered at this time, it's too late, unless reshot, otherwise it can only be adjusted through technical means—

Once adjusted, the quality will be discounted.

Therefore, Huang Tianlin hopes that if there are really problems, he can discover them as soon as possible, so that he can arrange reshoots while the crew is still there and the actors are still there.

Of course, with the number of takes he shoots for every scene, in fact, if he doesn't pursue a long take without cutting, he can always find usable shots.

Yuan Hai knocked on the door and brought in coffee.

"Don't rest early? It's already eleven o'clock. Don't go to sleep, still staying here."

Huang: "I can't keep dragging Lu Yan He and let him stay on the crew without leaving. I'll review the films shot, so I don't have to beg him to come back for reshoots later."

Yuan Hai was too familiar with Huang Tianlin.

Upon hearing Huang Tianlin's tone, Yuan Hai knew that Huang Tianlin's attitude toward Lu Yan He had changed.

"How is it? Are you satisfied with Lu Yan He's shots?"

Huang didn't speak, only looking at the screen.

After a few seconds, he said: "It's okay."

Yuan Hai: "Do you know what the people on the crew are saying?"

"Saying what?"

"They are saying, does this film have hope to participate in top-tier film festivals," Yuan Hai smiled, "They are also thinking, can this film win a big award back, so almost everyone has brought out their best state to work, and I don't even need to stare at them from time to time."

Huang Tianlin curled his lips.

Yuan Hai said: "Today I also chatted with the selector of the Venice International Film Festival about the situation of our film. He wants to see the footage we have already shot, so I sent the segment you edited before to him."

"What did he say?"

"He is very interested and wants to see the finished film, or a rough cut is also fine."

Film festival selectors often don't wait until the finished film to send an invitation to a film.

Many times, they have already started paying attention from the shooting stage.

Especially films with popular actors like Lu Yan He participating, or young directors like Huang Tianlin who once gained a good reputation in the international film scene with their debut, are all focused on.

Huang: "Lu Yan He didn't need to act in this film."

"Mm?" Yuan Hai asked, "It's already this time, why are you still saying this?"

"No, I mean, him coming to act in this role is a bit of a waste," Huang Tianlin sighed, "Basically, as long as there is his shot, it is amazing. He is too good at acting. Even if there are no lines, only a face not in focus, it is hard to ignore his existence."

Yuan Hai: "You think how he achieved such high achievements at a young age."

Huang Tianlin pursed his lips.

"Actually, I chatted with him. Putting aside the various reasons he mentioned before, why he is willing to come and act in such a supporting role," Yuan Hai said, "He is a person who truly loves the film industry. He said if his participation can help a good film get more attention, then acting as a supporting role is also fine. He doesn't care about things like protagonist or supporting role. I was worried at first that your attitude would anger him, but he wasn't angered at all; he has been tolerating you."

Huang Tianlin was expressionless.

The light from the screen reflected on his face, a bit cold.

"And he tolerates you because he feels that your creative talent is worth his help," Yuan Hai looked at Huang Tianlin tolerantly, "Don't worry that he will steal your glory as a director. You saw his situation on set these past few days; he truly appreciates you, so don't be too stingy. You are a director who will represent Malaysian film in the future; be more generous."

Yuan Hai patted Huang Tianlin on the shoulder, encouraging him.

Huang Tianlin was silent for a long time and asked: "Brother Yuan, you say, if I ask him to act in my other script, will he agree to act?"

Yuan Hai was stunned.

"You mean the *Ferris Wheel* script?"

"Right," Huang said, "After filming *Tropical Rainy Season*, I am ready to shoot this film."

Yuan Hai said: "However, is there a role suitable for him in *Ferris Wheel*? I remember it's a girl's story, right?"

"If he is willing to act, I am willing to modify this script according to him," Huang said, "Change it to the boyfriend of the current protagonist as the protagonist, and rewrite this script."

Yuan Hai: "I don't know if he will agree to act; you can communicate with him."

Huang Tianlin nodded.

Yuan Hai looked at Huang with a complex expression: "I thought you would at least wait until the film festival to loosen your mouth and correct your attitude toward him."

Huang Tianlin muttered: "I'm not blind."

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