Chapter 706

Distribution requires cost.

Simply understood, distribution = scheduling rate + screening time.

In other words, it is a supermarket shelf. Some goods are put on the shelves, placed at the entrance, placed in seven or eight rows, and even directly made into a wall for you, while some goods can only pick those corners to stay.

Generally, large distribution companies go to talk to theaters. Although there are differences in various countries, to put it bluntly, the truth is the same.

Pay better conditions to let your goods get better display racks.

If Green Valley wants to agree to Long Yan's conditions, it means that Green Valley has to pay not only the payment for the distribution rights of these 5 million, but also the expenses to realize these terms.

If the box office of "Burning Fire" is not good and the audience doesn't buy it, then Green Valley will lose more than just these 5 million.

The things inside are of course more complicated, with various more detailed constraints and interest distribution conditions, roughly meaning this meaning.

Green Valley is now willing to pay for Lu Yan He's films and be a distributor because they have already made many films starring Lu Yan He and have formed something similar to a "fixed industrial chain."

In the market, films starring Lu Yan He also have a group of fixed audiences—

This is the reason why Green Valley continues to take distribution rights.

However, in the final analysis, Lu Yan He has not yet become a first-line big star in commercial box office.

Moreover, the film "Burning Fire" is also a thorough Chinese film.

Can North American audiences buy it?

Can audiences in other regions buy it?

This is not the field of art films where the European and American markets are more familiar with Lu Yan He, but a special effects blockbuster.

From a realistic point of view, this is the same as Chinese audiences hearing that South Korea or Thailand has made a special effects blockbuster, or even a Russian special effects blockbuster. Audiences in Europe and America must have doubts about this special effect in their hearts.

Nothing else, Hollywood has indeed ruled in this regard for too many years. Everyone has basically formed a basic impression.

Not to mention abroad, even in China, for many years, when everyone hears about domestic special effects blockbusters, the first thought that comes to mind is "five-cent special effects."

This doesn't even need to be cited, it's too numerous to enumerate.

Lu Yan He still remembers which film changed his impression of the special effects of domestic blockbusters.

"The Wandering Earth."

That was really a shocking film. He went to watch the movie with friends and chose this film. At that time, the reputation had not fermented on a large scale, and the box office had not reached the level of more than 4 billion.

But it was precisely in that situation of no expectations, as Liu Qi and a group of people came out from underground, and the scene on the surface appeared on the big screen, the kind of wide-eyed shock and disbelief is a feeling that still spreads along the spinal cord when thinking back to this day.

Lu Yan He is very clear about Green Valley's doubts.

He did not intervene in this matter.

Long Yan also hoped that he would communicate with Green Valley. After all, everyone knows that the cooperative relationship between Lu Yan He and Green Valley has been for a long time.

Even a Chinese film with a subject like "Love Letter" sold more than 8 million US dollars at the box office in North America.

Lu Yan He didn't speak, and Wang Biao, who was beside him, understood, and said in a joking tone: "Huang Zong, Little Brother Lu is just an actor. At the beginning, you were even calculating the salary, not willing to give a little more. Now you don't have to let Little Brother Lu do the producer's work, right?"

Lu Yan He glanced at Wang Biao.

Wang Biao silently showed an expression of "I'm straight-spoken, I'm wrong."

Lu Yan He said: "Huang Zong, if there is a chance later, I will tell them about the excellence of this film. However, what conditions they can give is indeed not something I can control. You also know that Green Valley bought the distribution rights of my previous films, and the conditions given were not very good."

Huang Zong thought: Still not good? Green Valley bought your "Love Letter," and the North American distribution rights alone cost 6 million US dollars. Now "Burning Fire" is the global distribution rights outside mainland China for only 5 million!

However, this is really nothing to say.

"Love Letter" took the film festival route, with the blessing of the Hexi Film Festival Best Screenplay Award and Best Cinematography Award. People giving this price is truly the market price. People don't rely on theater box office to recover costs. North America selling more than 8 million is an unexpected joy.

"Burning Fire" does not have the blessing of the award-winning works of the main competition unit of the Hexi Film Festival, which means that many TV station broadcast rights, art film market leasing/DVD, streaming media point screening, etc., have no innate foundation. People only offer you 5 million US dollars, all because they see that Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou have a certain fan base and market, so they are willing to do this distribution.

Otherwise, people are too lazy to do your distribution. Now the distribution of Chinese films overseas is mostly done by China's own distribution company. Basically, in North America, you can only get the conditions for two or three million theater screenings, which cannot guarantee scheduling at all, let alone provide promotion conditions like Green Valley such as premieres, media hype, and first-line program interviews.

Lu Yan He said: "Huang Zong, since 'Burning Fire' is going to be a series of films, and the feedback of our first part is quite good now, why not make more concessions in the first part, first strive to be able to release it on a large scale, and try to open up the reputation. In this way, earn the money back in the sequel film. Otherwise, in fact, if the first part of 'Burning Fire' cannot open the situation, the sequel film will be even harder to quote."

Huang Zong said: "We also want to ensure that we can achieve large-scale release."

"If this is the case, why let Green Valley, a company, do overseas distribution? It can be dismantled and handed over to film merchants in different regions," Lu Yan He said. "Green Valley does distribution in places outside North America, and also relies on local distribution companies. Under layer-by-layer agency, there are many uncontrollable factors," Lu Yan He said. "If you dismantle and find distributors, the price of each company may be much lower, but the screening conditions they can guarantee must be better."

"If we don't want to give the global distribution rights outside mainland China to Green Valley, Green Valley won't even guarantee 500 theaters in North America. They are willing to offer 5 million US dollars plus 500 theaters bottom line now, with additional conditions."

"Then it depends on how to talk," Lu Yan He said. "Now the reputation of 'Burning Fire' after screening at the Hexi Film Festival is quite good. I believe you have more than one choice."

Lu Yan He has dealt with film merchants in various places too much in recent years, and his mentality has changed a lot.

It may also be related to his films not worrying about selling.

He knows that no matter what his films are, someone will always buy them, so he is not in a hurry to respond to the conditions proposed by each family, but will definitely let the bullets fly for a while first.

Because, many times, the other party's quotation is also a test to see your reaction.

Even if he has had a cooperative relationship with Green Valley for so long, involving cooperation in new projects, Green Valley will definitely try to win his films with the lowest cost.

People are not doing charity, people also want to make more money. If you spend a little less here, you will earn more later.

Therefore, get as much information as possible when negotiating. After the contract is signed, if you find that people have fooled you in some places later—although it is not good to say so, you can only recognize it, and then learn from it.

However, Lu Yan He feels that although Long Yan has been distributing films overseas all these years, it seems that it has not set foot in real "commercial distribution," so their past negotiation experience and understanding of overseas distribution, Lu Yan He always feels a bit "not keeping up with the other party's playing rhythm."

Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yan He: "This is something that can't be helped, and it's not that Long Yan and the others are not good. If they are not good, then no one in Chinese film is good. It's just that in the past, those film companies, especially Hollywood first-line film companies like Green Valley, had a deep-rooted concept that Chinese films don't make money, so they didn't pay attention to Chinese films at all. Long Yan didn't have the opportunity for in-depth negotiations with them. Even if there were one or two films that were truly interested, it was an attitude of 'if you want to sell to me, sell it, if you don't want to sell, pull it down.' You can see from the box office performance of Chinese films in European and American theaters in recent years. It can only be said that if we didn't have an overseas distribution company in China doing the distribution of Chinese films and trying hard to open up the situation, the situation in the past ten years would be even worse."

Lu Yan He nodded: "I know."

"We can open up the situation, really because we rubbed the light of international film festivals. What kind of market 'Burning Fire' is, there is no reference example in recent years, but the films of the four major international main competition units, award-winning films, and films with good reputation, the transaction prices are very obvious, so it is not easy to be fooled. We relied on 'Road to Glory' to get on the line with Green Valley, and relied on 'Rouge Button,' 'Love Letter,' and 'Late Spring' to slowly figure out some ways. We have enough films, contact enough film merchants, and get enough quotations and conditions, so we can explore some laws. These things are our own company secrets. Others can't touch them, so naturally, they can't keep up with the rhythm."

Lu Yan He said: "I am really afraid that Long Yan and the others will be fooled, but they really made me a little unhappy this time. Inviting Yang Zhoujin didn't say hello to me in advance, and tried to pull him to say hello to me. Don't they know the conflict between me and Yang Zhoujin before? Now the negotiation with Green Valley is not going well, and they want Green Valley to distribute, so they come directly to me, wanting me to communicate with Green Valley. I am not unable to communicate, but things are not done like this. Thanks to Wang Biao being smart, he immediately played the black face and helped me block the words back."

Chen Ziyan said: "Being fooled is not the case. Even if Long Yan and the others are not clear about the routine for a while, you have said those words to them. If they can't figure it out, it's their problem. You have already reminded what you should remind. But 'Burning Fire' is not a film you produced. You are just an actor. The more you say, the more mistakes you make. Don't do bad things with good intentions."

Lu Yan He nodded.

He knew that what Chen Ziyan said was right.

The next day, it was the media press conference, and the Photocall link, which were some film promotion and exchange activities organized by the official.

Lu Yan He and everyone attended together.

Media from all over the world are gathered here. This is something that only top film festivals can do. This is also the reason why the film box office market is actually not very large, but every country attaches so much importance to it. It is one of the easiest art forms to communicate with each other in the world today.

Politics, geography, ideology... Under various intricate situations, film has always entered the eyes of audiences in various countries and regions in various forms.

Lu Yan He has participated in film festivals so many times with films, and has accepted media interviews so many times. Although individual reporters will occasionally raise some targeted and sensitive questions, it is generally still a normal film exchange environment.

Lu Yan He feels that this is the most worthy fertile soil to be protected by these top film festivals. He also feels that this is a very important reason why these top film festivals can continue to this day. They have always been working hard to improve their influence while ensuring that their film festivals reduce political influence as much as possible. Of course, it is impossible to do 100%, it can only be said, as much as possible.

A Korean reporter asked: "The film 'Burning Fire' shows an extraordinary Eastern fantasy world. Can you introduce it to us? Is this film trying to create a Chinese blockbuster series?"

Wan Renhai replied: "Actually, our original intention of filming this film is not to make a blockbuster, but to present a Chinese fantasy world that has not been presented before. In traditional Chinese culture, there are myths and legends, and there are strange novels, which have rich elements that can be adapted. For example, the film 'Burning Fire' is based on spells, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements to do a college design, so as to show a fantasy world. To say it is a blockbuster, its greatness is actually rooted in the foundation of this worldview, but the story is actually very small. We still hope to tell the story of a group of flesh and blood people down-to-earth."

"Previously, American media reported that Lu Yan He, you will participate in a film 'No God' by Green Valley, which is a fantasy film with a European mythological background. Do you have any feelings you can share with us about appearing in this type of film, including the same type of film in different countries?"

Lu Yan He said with a smile: "To talk about feelings, in fact, the biggest feeling is the shock I saw when I sat in the screening hall last night and watched 'Burning Fire.' As an actor, when we film this kind of film, we don't actually know what the film will look like in the end. However, this is also the lucky part of us as actors in this era. With such technology, while broadening the boundaries of film, it also broadens the boundaries of our actors' performance."

"As for 'No God,' because I haven't filmed it yet, I don't know what the difference between the two is. However, I think, just like films about youth, there are both 'Late Spring' and 'Love Letter.' Themes are always just themes. Films are specific people, specific things, and specific, unrepeatable unique emotional experiences."

After the exchange session, Lu Yan He said goodbye to everyone and returned to the hotel with Wang Biao.

Wang Biao said: "Just now when you answered the question about 'Burning Fire' and 'No God,' Long Yan's promotion director complained, saying that you shouldn't respond to questions unrelated to 'Burning Fire' on this occasion."

Lu Yan He: "Let him say it, he doesn't dare to say it in front of me."

Wang Biao: "I just feel that Long Yan is such a big company, how come there are so many unpleasant places in this cooperation."

"Too normal, treat it with a normal heart. Some companies you look at cooperate very happily, without any problems. There is only one reason, people are begging me, so everything is based on my needs, based on my mood," Lu Yan He said. "However, you see, as long as it is a platform with a little more strength and a little bigger, such as Jingtai, such as Long Yan, I am very popular and can bring them great benefits, but without me, they can still have many projects to make profits. There is no need to cater to me in everything."

"Arctic Light and Ice Field cooperate with us quite well."

"That's because we have a bigger interest foundation," Lu Yan He said. "If 'Burning Fire' is a project I brought to Long Yan, then their attitude towards me would be absolutely different. The problem now is that in their eyes, I and them are a very neutral cooperative relationship, mutually beneficial and win-win. Only Long Yan can do projects like 'Burning Fire.' For me, they are also scarce cooperators."

Wang Biao: "This is not a reason for them not to respect you, right?"

"Are you talking about Yang Zhoujin?" Lu Yan He asked.

Wang Biao nodded, "And what their promotion director said just now, such a small thing, still complaining about you."

"Because it's a small thing, just complaining," Lu Yan He said. "I said, they don't dare to say it in front of me, it just happened to be heard by you, or they just want to say it to me through your mouth, reminding me. These are all trivial little things. They also know that these little things will not affect our subsequent cooperation."

"As for Yang Zhoujin—"

Now Lu Yan He has also figured it out.

"The Shijin Group wants to enter the entertainment industry and bought 'Little Eyes.' It must have ideas about the film industry. The capital magnitude behind Shijin, once it enters the market, for Long Yan, is very likely to be an upward point of a turning point in fate. In this case, say hello to me in advance. Knowing that I will definitely not be happy, it is better to pretend to be confused, want to whitewash the peace, and carry water on both sides. Not only did they sell Yang Zhoujin's face, but they also have room for maneuver with me. At this stage, I can't point to their noses and scold them for being excessive."

"Sounds so aggrieved."

"Nothing aggrieved, it's just that people clearly only have core interests that have not been shaken. These small things are all details that will not affect cooperation," although Lu Yan He said so, his eyes were cold, saying: "It's just that, as you said, we don't need to suffer."

Wang Biao was stunned.

"Little Brother Lu?"

"You go tell Long Yan, the subsequent promotion itinerary of 'Burning Fire' in Hexi, I won't participate," Lu Yan He said. "It is indeed an obligation for actors not to mention other films in the promotion itinerary. However, according to the contract, I have no obligation to cooperate with Long Yan for so much promotion. If just a few simple responses to reporters can make them dissatisfied, then everything will be done according to the contract later, whatever it should be."

Wang Biao's eyes lit up instantly.

"Good!"

"In addition, Wang Biao, the negotiation for the sequel of 'Burning Fire,' you are responsible. Sister Ziyan said that you can also try to take over this piece. I have no other requirements. You just discuss it with Sister Ziyan. Just one point, drag it, don't sign," Lu Yan He said. "If Yang Zhoujin enters the production of the sequel with funds, we will not renew the contract. You don't need to tell them this point, we just know it ourselves."

Wang Biao was even more excited when he heard that he was responsible for the negotiation of Lu Yan He's blockbuster, and nodded like pounding garlic.

Within an hour, Long Yan began to find Lu Yan He to apologize.

Lu Yan He looked at the messages sent and the calls made with indifference, and while silent, he also felt helpless and sad.

Despite being so unwilling, he eventually became a "difficult" big name.

That evening, Shijin Night.

Lu Yan He will not attend.

Except for him, other Chinese filmmakers who came to Hexi basically went.

A very grand event.

At this time, Lu Yan He was having dinner with the director of the shortlisted film "The Journey of Duowannuo" in the main competition unit this year.

The director of "The Journey of Duowannuo," Tim Verick, is British.

Lu Yan He had met him twice during the North American awards season before and communicated.

Sitting together for dinner, this is the first time.

Tim Verick regretted that when Lu Yan He came here this time, he missed the screening of "The Journey of Duowannuo."

The media evaluation of this film is relatively positive, although he encountered the "nitpicking" problem that veteran directors will encounter. Everyone always uses higher standards to look at his new work.

Tim Verick said: "Isn't there a very grand event for you Chinese filmmakers tonight? Why didn't you go to participate?"

This dinner was initiated by Lu Yan He to Tim Verick.

Lu Yan He smiled and said: "That kind of occasion is too lively, I don't like it. I prefer to be like this now, I can eat and chat quietly."

Tim Verick: "Completely understandable. In the last year or two, even if you haven't been active in Europe and America, I often read news about you. You are too popular."

Lu Yan He waved his hand, "If possible, I would rather rest for a period of time, film a play, let myself have a more comfortable rhythm, instead of being like a work machine, working non-stop."

Tim Verick: "Indeed, the number of works you have filmed in the past few years is worth the amount of an ordinary actor for ten years. Why do you take so many plays in one breath?"

"Because I am a person who is very afraid of missing opportunities," Lu Yan He said helplessly, "I know that some actors will be more relaxed, filming a play in one or two years, or even two or three years, but I seem to be unable to do this."

Tim Verick: "You can slow down completely now, and, as a person who has come over, although I know that you are still creating very good works, if you stop for a period of time and then create, you will have very different feelings. This different feeling will give you a new understanding of creation."

Lu Yan He nodded, "I will try my best to slow down the rhythm a little bit."

Tim Verick asked at this time: "However, you asked me out for dinner tonight, is there a script you want to cooperate with me? If so, I don't mind you being busy for a while longer."

He was half-joking.

Lu Yan He smiled and shook his head, "Tim, you are too much."

Tim Verick said: "As a director, wanting to cooperate with a screenwriter like you is the most normal thing."

"I thought you wanted to say that wanting to cooperate with an actor like me is the most normal thing."

"Of course it is, but there must be a suitable role," Tim Verick said, "Actually, there are several actors in China that I really want to cooperate with, but I think there is no need to cooperate for the sake of cooperation. Such cooperation actually can't produce good works."

Lu Yan He nodded, agreeing.

He said: "But I asked you out for dinner this time, and I really didn't prepare a script. I just knew you were here, so I wanted to meet you. I like your director style very much. Almost all films have a sense of freshness, which is rare. I don't know if you agree, many art films, everyone subconsciously films them very heavily."

"Serious art films are often closely related to grand themes such as history, culture, and human destiny, and cannot be not heavy. It's just that I prefer to express a kind of lightness of youth," Tim Verick said, "Most of the films I filmed are actually memories and copies of my youth."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"I can feel it, this feeling is very strong."

Tim Verick said: "I watched your 'Love Letter' last year. You don't know how much I like that film. I watched it three times."

Lu Yan He showed surprise.

Tim Verick: "I am very surprised that you will film a film with two heroines. This is your first work as a director. Generally speaking, everyone's first film as a director is related to themselves, from their own perspective. Your appearance time in it is not much."

Lu Yan He smiled.

He asked: "But that story is indeed the story I wanted to tell most at that time, and because it is simple, I think it is suitable for my first time as a director to film."

Tim Verick: "What is your next work as a director?"

Lu Yan He shook his head.

"Not for the time being, and there is no such plan," Lu Yan He said, "My desire to express is actually not in the position of director. I still prefer to write and act."

Tim Verick: "Your script is indeed good. Actually, I even thought about remaking 'Love Letter' and filming this film in English. However, I gave up this idea for the time being."

Lu Yan He smiled and asked: "Why?"

"On the one hand, because in this film, there are many places that move me, all belonging to your Eastern culture. Putting it into our Western culture is a bit strange. On the other hand, I didn't think of a better way to remake it, so forget it," Tim Verick said.

Lu Yan He nodded suddenly.

Tim Verick said again: "I saw the news saying that you have several script cooperations with Hollywood later, basically commercial films."

Lu Yan He nodded, "Yes."

"I hope you will create more real film scripts in the future."

Lu Yan He smiled, "Tim, I have never thought about writing a story without creativity. For me, whether it is a commercial film or an art film, it is the same. The story written must be what I want to write."

Must be good-looking.

Tim Verick clearly disagreed and shrugged his shoulders.

"You will understand what I am talking about later."

Regarding this, Lu Yan He is also very used to it.

Some directors—especially some directors from more traditional, typical academic backgrounds, always have this or that view on commercial films.

At first, Lu Yan He felt that they were biased.

However, later Lu Yan He also accepted one thing.

Every creator has his own preferences and limitations, especially those most talented creators, because they clearly know what "good" is, so they pursue this "good" more paranoidly.

Whether you say they are stubborn, paranoid, or arrogant, perhaps this is one of the reasons why they can reach the peak in their fields of expertise.

Lu Yan He really just asked Tim Verick out for a meal, without any purposeful thoughts.

However, when the dinner between the two of them ended and they were about to separate, Tim Verick found that Lu Yan He really had nothing to find him for, and the disappointment he showed made Lu Yan He feel strange and embarrassed.

Maybe like this, suddenly asking a director out for dinner, the other party came with expectations.

And as soon as the two of them came out of the restaurant, they were recognized by some people, who took out their mobile phones to film the two of them.

Lu Yan He shook hands with Tim Verick and said: "Tim, I hope we can find a suitable project to cooperate later."

Tim Verick smiled and nodded, "I am also looking forward to such a suitable project."

Lu Yan He got in the car and returned to the hotel.

As soon as the car started, Wang Biao looked at Lu Yan He with an excited expression of "guess what happened."

Seeing this, Lu Yan He was a little puzzled and asked: "Did something happen?"

Wang Biao nodded.

He said: "Tonight, Shijin Night, the person who appeared on the scene representing the Shijin Group was not Yang Zhoujin, but Yang Zhouli."

Lu Yan He was stunned, "Ah?"

Wang Biao said: "The internet is wonderful. Many people are saying now that this is the struggle between the two heirs of the Yang family. Do you know what the most wonderful thing is?"

"Hmm?"

"Someone filmed Yang Zhoujin being forcibly taken away from the hotel by several bodyguards, taken into a car, and it is said that he was directly 'escorted' back to the country," Wang Biao said, "Now the whole internet is discussing this matter, and the heat of Shijin Night has been suppressed."

Lu Yan He clicked his tongue, "Fortunately, we didn't get involved in tonight's affairs."

"Isn't it? Originally everyone was asking why the Chinese filmmakers in Hexi all went to Shijin Night, but you didn't go. After this matter was exposed, everyone praised you, saying that only you have the most well-informed news, knowing that tonight is not so simple, so you simply didn't go and avoided their internal struggle in Shijin."

Lu Yan He: "Who can reason with this? It's not like that at all."

"But everyone thinks it is like this," Wang Biao said, "However, something interesting happened on the scene."

"What happened?"

"Originally Chen Pinhe had already arrived at the scene, but after Yang Zhouli appeared, he left," Wang Biao said, "This is what people on the scene told me."

Lu Yan He frowned in surprise.

"What is the situation?"

"Don't know, so everyone is puzzled and discussing," Wang Biao said.

He had a regret of "it's a pity that I didn't eat melon on the scene today."

Lu Yan He laughed.

"Don't always think about eating melon, we avoided a storm," Lu Yan He said, "The internet says I avoided a storm."

"That's true," Wang Biao nodded, "I have seen so many dramas about wealthy family struggles in film and television dramas before. Now I have seen it for the first time around me, not around me, but people I know in reality... it's really dog-blooded."

Lu Yan He smiled.

Wang Biao: "The Shijin Group is so big, aren't their brothers enough to divide? Fighting for this one-acre-three-centimeters of land in the entertainment industry, how come it feels unnecessary."

Lu Yan He: "How can we understand the thoughts of the rich second generation? The growth environment is different, so don't expect to figure out what they are thinking."

Wang Biao: "That's true."

The next day, Lu Yan He went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. As soon as he sat down with his tray, he saw Yang Zhouli walking over with the assistant.

Lu Yan He looked at him in surprise.

Yang Zhouli looked at him with a smile and asked: "Can I sit here?"

Lu Yan He nodded.

Yang Zhouli sat down.

"Yang Zong, your sudden appearance gave us a huge surprise," Lu Yan He said.

Yang Zhouli: "I hope it didn't give you a fright."

"That won't happen," Lu Yan He said with a smile, "Before going to bed last night, I ate melon on the internet all night. I was too obsessed with eating melon and slept late. Can I ask, where is Yang Zhoujin now?"

"He should be on the plane now," Yang Zhouli said, "After he gets off the plane, someone will pick him up and go back. The child is too naughty, and the elderly can't indulge him blindly."

Lu Yan He shook his eyebrows lightly and nodded noncommittally.

Yang Zhouli's secretary brought a tray and put it in front of Yang Zhouli.

Lu Yan He took a look, oh, he eats healthier than him, a star.

Can go directly to the Green Grassland to settle down.

Lu Yan He went straight to the point.

"Yang Zong came to find me, is there anything?"

Yang Zhouli shook his head and said: "No specific thing, but I want to get to know you better."

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He looked at Yang Zhouli in shock, "You say this very easily makes people misunderstand."

Yang Zhouli obviously stuttered for a moment.

He took a helpless deep breath.

"You should know, I didn't mean that."

"Uh, I don't know," Lu Yan He said, "You are not more familiar to me than Yang Zhoujin, and I don't know what your situation is."

The veins on Yang Zhouli's forehead popped out.

This conversation was completely beyond his expectations.

It wasn't even a "god development."

In fact, except for Lu Yan He, no one has ever said such things in front of Yang Zhouli in such a teasing and indifferent way.

Yang Zhouli: "Shijin wants to do the entertainment industry, and I want to find an opportunity to cooperate with you."

Lu Yan He nodded, "I know this."

"Then what do you think?"

"No thoughts for the time being," Lu Yan He said, "Tell the truth."

"Can I ask the reason?"

"I have no interest in getting involved in your internal struggle," Lu Yan He said, "Judging from the situation you have presented recently, it is completely chaotic. Whoever cooperates with you will be involved in the internal struggle of your Shijin Group. I don't know how many innocent disasters will happen later."

Yang Zhouli nodded.

He really likes dealing with Lu Yan He.

Because Lu Yan He really has a very peculiar style of saying what he can say directly. This kind of person is the best to deal with. Even if nothing is negotiated in the end, the process of conversation is comfortable.

Yang Zhouli obviously also knows what his situation is here.

Lu Yan He said it so directly, and he couldn't say with a thick face that these were not problems.

Yang Zhouli said: "What if I don't invest in some of your projects in the name of Shijin, but in my personal name? Believe it or not, apart from business cooperation, I actually want to make you a friend."

"After making friends, I can't talk about business in business, right?" Lu Yan He asked very sharply.

Yang Zhouli smiled and said: "No matter what, the initiative has always been in your hands, not in mine. I can't force you to do anything."

"You businessmen are cunning," Lu Yan He sighed.

Yang Zhouli smiled without saying a word.

Lu Yan He's last job at the Hexi Film Festival was to present the Best Actress award at the closing ceremony.

It is a pity that the film starring Meng Li and Ji Miao did not receive an invitation to recall, which also means that the film has no relationship with the award.

Except for Lu Yan He, other Chinese actors did not attend the closing ceremony—

Rubbing the red carpet is not like this.

The whole awards ceremony has nothing to do with you, what are you doing sitting there.

However, Yang Zhouli attended.

And his seat was actually next to him.

Lu Yan He: "..."

He didn't believe this was a coincidence.

As for how Yang Zhouli did it, he was too lazy to ask.

For Yang Zhouli, this is just a small matter.

Then, throughout the awards ceremony, every time a winner or presenter went up, Yang Zhouli would find one or two topics about them and chat with Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He: "..."

At first, he was quite impatient, but as they chatted, Lu Yan He really chatted into it.

Yang Zhouli didn't memorize some materials to chat with him about seven or eight, he really understood many things in the film industry.

There are even some that Lu Yan He doesn't know.

How should I say it?

Sometimes, you know that someone has an attempt and purpose to contact you, but you see the efforts he made, see his ability, or talent, as long as you don't have any deep hatred for him, you will more or less give birth to a little appreciation.

Convinced.

Lu Yan He didn't say anything, but whether it was the previous contact, or the posture of Yang Zhouli generously asking him to have breakfast together this morning, or the various things at the closing ceremony, all made Lu Yan He very clear—

No matter what purpose Yang Zhouli has, at this moment, Lu Yan He sincerely believes that compared to that idiot Yang Zhoujin, Yang Zhouli is really much more admirable.