Chapter 658

"Why wouldn't she?"

Lu Yan He was a bit puzzled.

Chen Ziyan said: "Because she is still Muken Zorge's wife. She arranges such things, Muken might not necessarily want to see it."

Lu Yan He: "However, perhaps Muken himself has also participated in such gatherings."

"Of course, I dare say, almost everyone in Hollywood has definitely participated in such parties. Sex, drugs, all kinds of things."

Chen Ziyan winked at Lu Yan He and said: "But participating is one thing, enjoying is one thing, and organizing is another. I know Hua Ruzhen is a very tough woman, but I previously thought she was a woman who would keep her hands a bit cleaner. Even if the media won't report it, the reputation will still spread."

Lu Yan He: "If this is the norm, will her organizing such things make her reputation bad?"

"If she wasn't Muken's wife, no. But her behavior will affect Muken's reputation and career. Just like those young people who just went in, they will be checked all over before entering, and will not be allowed to bring in any equipment that might be stolen or recorded. However, this does not mean that all dangers are eliminated."

Chen Ziyan said: "If one day, I organize such things, even if you have never appeared, you say, will such things be directly linked to you by many people? You are the most powerful actor under my banner. Don't you give me a protective umbrella? Isn't your power becoming my weapon?"

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

"People can accept capitalists pimping, even everyone follows the rules, as long as it's willing, it's nothing strange," Chen Ziyan further said. "But if you are not just a capitalist, you are a director, a star, a person who holds power but not that kind of power, okay, once the reputation spreads, your work will inevitably be smashed. No one is willing to accept a creator's moral corruption emotionally—"

"Corruption?"

"Yes," Chen Ziyan nodded. "Don't think that Europeans and Americans don't think this is a moral corruption. They just established a small circle, locking these things in a small circle. Usually, after leaving this small circle, they are still dreamers who pursue true love, pay attention to equality for all, and call for love and dreams."

Lu Yan He hissed.

"No, I can't take it anymore," he shook his head.

Chen Ziyan: "Do you know why I told you so much?"

"Tell me the truth of how this world runs."

"I'm sick to tell you the truth of how this world runs, I know a fart, I just know the tip of the iceberg," Chen Ziyan scolded with a smile. "I'm watching you get closer and closer to Hua Ruzhen. Of course, I'm not saying you can't get close to her, but in everything, you must keep a distance in your heart. Don't just call her sister sweetly, and then really treat her as a sister to be close to."

Lu Yan He scratched his head.

"She is close to you, I won't say 100%, but your own value is the main component. If she really thought for you, these people shouldn't have come to this party tonight. She should know that such things, even if the rumors spread to China, with the public opinion environment in China, it's enough for those black fans to black you for a while. They won't care if you left or when you left."

Lu Yan He: "Also, I reacted."

"But don't go up to the line and draw a clear line with Hua Ruzhen. Compared to the actions of Zhong Benshuo and Liu Zhen, this really doesn't count as anything. People didn't mean to harm you, this is purely a very common arrangement."

Lu Yan He: "Got it."

"She is still very valuable to you," Chen Ziyan said. "Whether it is the contact circle of her husband director Muken, the fund investment she manages, or the Asian circle she manages in Los Angeles, it will be of great help to you next."

"Okay, okay, I will honestly maintain a friendly friendship with her, that's enough, right?"

"Hmm," Chen Ziyan nodded. "Don't say, maybe this time our purpose of coming to Los Angeles, finally there might be a place where we need her help."

"Hmm?"

"The reason Chen Pinhe was able to get the *Doomsday* project is because his wife Zhang Yuezhen has a good relationship with the wife of the Parameter executive in charge of this project. I don't know what kind of transaction was made privately, and finally Chen Pinhe was decided."

Lu Yan He asked: "Does Hua Ruzhen know the wife of this Parameter executive?"

"Yes, I know," Chen Ziyan nodded.

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

Lune Reese, a famous director.

The films he filmed in the past are basically this kind of sci-fi + big scene subject matter. Although he is not a director sought after by film festivals and mainstream awards, he has a very loud name in the field of sci-fi films.

If it corresponds, it is similar to the director Duncan Jones who filmed *Moon* and *Source Code* that Lu Yan He is relatively familiar with.

Like such a director, the right to speak for his own film is actually very large.

Including casting.

Lu Yan He took the initiative to meet Lune Reese this time, and Lune Reese did not decline, and agreed immediately.

"I like the films you filmed before very much. Actually, I am a loyal sci-fi fan," Lu Yan He said with a smile.

Lune Reese heard this, a bit surprised, and said: "Do you like sci-fi films? I see you acted in so many films, and wrote so many scripts, none of which have anything to do with sci-fi."

"That's because filming sci-fi films requires a certain industrial foundation of film, and also requires a certain cost," Lu Yan He said. "And, to tell the truth, the sci-fi film genre is not mature in China, unlike other subject matters that have mature directors and filming foundations."

Lune Reese nodded.

"Actually, at first I also had a film I wanted to collaborate with you," he said bluntly. "However, I heard that your schedule for next year is very full, and Parameter recommended another male actor."

"I have already heard," Lu Yan He said. "Thank you for thinking of me at first."

"So, you really don't have a schedule next year, right?"

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded. "It's a pity, otherwise I would definitely take the initiative to fight for acting in this film."

Lune Reese smiled.

"Although I know this is just polite words, I am still very happy to hear it."

"Lune, but I came here this time, wanting to meet you, the purpose is indeed not very pure," Lu Yan He said bluntly.

Lune Reese was a bit surprised.

"Hmm?"

Lu Yan He asked: "Have you seen *Squid Game*?"

"Oh, I watched a few episodes, didn't finish it," Lune Reese said. "The setting of this show is quite interesting, but many of its game settings make me feel a bit childish. I hope you won't mind me saying so."

"I don't mind," Lu Yan He nodded. "I actually quite agree with what you said. Then what do you think of the actors who acted in this show?"

"Actors?" Lune Reese suddenly realized, "Oh, are you here to fight for the role of *Doomsday* for Jiang Yuqian?"

He didn't wait for Lu Yan He to answer and said immediately: "Actually, I watched *Squid Game* and felt she was very suitable for my film, so I invited her to audition."

"I know, *Doomsday* is a dual male lead film, one American, one Chinese, and an Asian girl who grew up in the United States," Lu Yan He said. "I came here this time to recommend the lead of *Squid Game*, Jiang Jun, to you. I know you already have an intended actor for *Doomsday*, but I think if there is a more suitable actor, in the case where the contract has not been signed, perhaps you would be willing to consider it." Lune Reese looked at Lu Yan He in surprise.

He didn't expect at all that Lu Yan He's goal was still that Asian male lead.

"Why would you help someone else fight for this role?" Lune Reese asked.

Lu Yan He said bluntly: "Because Jiang Jun is a very good actor, and for a director like you, scripts with an Asian male as the lead are few and far between. I hope to fight for this opportunity for a suitable good actor, who is also my friend."

Lune Reese: "I really didn't expect that you seeing me today is such a matter."

Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan looked at each other.

Chen Ziyan opened her mouth happily.

"Lune, Yan He actually has another matter to find you, it's another collaboration, perhaps you will be interested," Chen Ziyan said. "However, he hopes to tell you about Jiang Jun first, because he doesn't want you to have any misunderstanding, feeling that this is a transaction."

"Transaction?" Lune Reese showed a look of confusion.

Chen Ziyan took out a bound script from her bag.

"This is a script, a sci-fi subject script," she said. "It was written by Yan He. He has always liked you and was inspired by many of your films. He created this script and wants to ask you to take a look, whether you are interested."

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Lune Reese showed a look of surprise.

"I think you know, besides being an actor, Yan He is also a screenwriter. *Friends*, *Squid Game*, *Rouge*, *Love Letter* are all his screenwriter works," Chen Ziyan said. "To tell the truth, when he told me he wrote a sci-fi subject script, I was very shocked, because this subject matter is completely unrelated to the subject matter he created before. But he told me he was inspired by seeing your film, so he thought of this story."

Lune Reese looked at the two of them in surprise, and didn't reach out to take the script for a while.

"Actually, he came here this time, the main purpose is not for the actor matter of *Doomsday*, mainly because of this script matter. He hopes to hear your opinion. Of course, if you are interested in directing, then it belongs to you," Chen Ziyan smiled. "He is still an impulsive young man. Knowing that he was originally favored by a director he liked and admired very much, and had a chance to collaborate, but was snatched away by someone else, he is very angry."

Lune Reese showed a bit of embarrassment.

"I think if it wasn't because he liked your film too much, he wouldn't be so angry. I didn't even expect that he actually wrote a script because of this. To tell the truth, directors who can make him like to this extent are few and far between," Chen Ziyan said. "He acted in a suspense crime drama *Silent River* by Maxine before. They offered a high price to find him to write the script for the second season, and he hasn't written it yet."

Lune Reese looked at Lu Yan He and asked: "This script, was it really written because you were inspired by watching my film?"

"Hmm," Lu Yan He nodded. "I actually don't know how to write hard sci-fi, so I used a sci-fi concept, but what I actually wrote is still a thriller crime story, but it can be considered an attempt. Many sci-fi films blindly pursue grand narratives and big scenes, but your film has very human details and the pursuit of story logic. Your film is a true story that happens under a sci-fi background. I like this texture, it gives me a feeling that it will truly happen in the future. *Source Code* is a story created under this idea."

Lune Reese nodded, "Can you tell me, what kind of story is it?"

"Of course..."

Lu Yan He showed a smile, took out the rhetoric he had carefully prepared, and began to tell this infinite flow story about a man constantly returning to 8 minutes before the explosion to find the cause of the explosion and stop the explosion.

"Lu Yan He went to Los Angeles."

As soon as Chen Pinhe entered the door, he heard Zhang Yuezhen say this.

His action of taking off his shoes paused.

Then, he had to immediately pretend to be very normal, said oh, and asked: "Why are you paying attention to him going to Los Angeles?"

"At this node, he suddenly went to Los Angeles with Chen Ziyan, and he went to see Lune Reese. You say should I pay attention?" As soon as Zhang Yuezhen finished speaking, Chen Pinhe's expression immediately changed.

"He went to see Lune Reese?"

"Yes," Zhang Yuezhen nodded.

Chen Pinhe hesitated for a long time and asked: "He went to see Lune Reese, could it be for *Doomsday*?"

"Eight or nine out of ten," Zhang Yuezhen nodded. "Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence? It is estimated that someone leaked the news of this film to him. With the internationalization route he is clearly going to take now, he must be determined to win this film."

Chen Pinhe: "This film should have been negotiated, right? I have to go and ask about the progress of the contract."

"Rest assured, the contract has been signed. I have been watching them sign the contract long ago," Zhang Yuezhen smiled beautifully. "Otherwise, so many actresses received audition invitations, once the news spreads on a large scale, I don't know how many people will stare at this role. If the contract is not signed for one day, you have the risk of being replaced for one day."

Chen Pinhe sneered.

"Didn't expect that after filming for so many years, I still have to worry about such things."

"Who let this film... have such a large production scale," Zhang Yuezhen said. "If it was just an ordinary B-grade film, with your status and reputation, you definitely wouldn't have to face such competition. However, you know, in front of the best projects, no matter who you are, you have to accept the threat of being challenged. After all, that is Hollywood, and it is not a place we are familiar with."

Zhang Yuezhen also had a sentence hidden in her heart that she didn't say.

——After all, in the past few years, besides *White Pearl*, you have no other works that can be taken out. In the industry, you have status, fame, and works and fans accumulated over so many years, but compared to the currently popular Lu Yan He, your actual value has been too inferior.

"Chen Pinhe was really at his peak back then. Besides not being a director and screenwriter like you, as an actor, the speed at which he won awards was even more exaggerated than you."

Chen Ziyan talked to Lu Yan He about Chen Pinhe's past achievements, and had to sigh that it was also an existence against the sky.

"For several years, he was just like you now, filming whatever was popular. Even failed works were the number one in ratings for the same period. His only opponent was his past achievements."

"However, later his output decreased, basically filming only one play a year. It's strange to say, he used to film three or four plays a year, and these plays were all successful without exception. After he reduced the frequency of filming, the results fluctuated. After flopping several works, he was more cautious in taking plays."

"His powerful place is that his acting skills are really awesome. Even for flopped works, no one blamed his acting skills. So, he is indeed respected in the industry and has obtained his current status by relying on his business ability," Chen Ziyan said. "Actually, reaching his level, even if he continues to flop for three or five years later, it won't affect his current status at all. Unlike actors in the rising period, at his age level, basically, his opponents in the same period have been knocked down by him. No matter how powerful you are, you are not on the same track as him, not a competitor."

"In the traditional track, maybe not. However, it's different now," Lu Yan He said. "I have an idea now."

"What idea?"

"I want to constantly find trouble for him, I want to make him unable to return to the level he was before."

"Do you mean that from now on, as long as it is his play, his role, you have to snatch it?"

"Hmm, snatching his role is one thing. If I can't snatch it, I will make a play to compete with him and let him lose," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Ziyan: "... Although this sentence of yours sounds arrogant, why do I feel that you can actually achieve this?"

Lu Yan He said very firmly: "Sister Ziyan, I can achieve it. I feel I was slack before, now that I have this goal, I suddenly have new motivation, really."

"Do you think I don't believe in your ability?" Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes. "I don't understand, in the situation where you film three to four plays a year, not including the works you wrote, how can you have the nerve to say you feel you were slack before?"

In Chen Ziyan's eyes, it was full of questioning like "Are you kidding me?", speechless questioning.

No eye-rolling, better than eye-rolling.

Lu Yan He: "... I'm talking about a psychological state."

"Hmm, you can make so many things in a slack psychological state, I want to see what kind of flowers you can make when you are injected with chicken blood," Chen Ziyan said.

Recommend the old entertainment-themed book *I Became the Protagonist of a Scandal Overnight* (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 659 =====