Chapter 710: Can't let heaven have its way (6400 words)

Lu Yan He used to be someone who would subconsciously be a little nervous, or even worried about messing up his performance, until the actual start of filming.

It wasn't that he lacked confidence, but a kind of fear of the unknown.

Because acting is really something where until the very moment you perform it, you don't know how you will act—

Lu Yan He is that kind of actor.

Many actors have done a lot of preparation and design before performing. When they arrive at the scene, they already know very clearly how they are going to act. Then, the more powerful the actor, the more they can perform exactly what they thought.

Lu Yan He also tried his best to do this for a long time in the past.

Now Lu Yan He has gradually changed his mind.

His idea has become—

Make the most sufficient preparation, and then leave everything to the feeling of the scene.

This is an experience *Friends* gave him.

Acting must be moved along with it, not immutable. Even the change in the direction of a breeze will bring slight changes to him. Actors, on the scene, must form a real interactive relationship with everyone and everything on the scene. The scene is not dead, it is alive—

Thus, you are not an actor who accidentally entered it, you are one of them.

In the camera lens, originally, Mukan was looking at the picture of the camera filming downstairs, because the beginning of this scene was first the confrontation between the ghost-catching team and the ghost played by Lean.

There is no lens of Lu Yan He here.

However, Mukan subconsciously glanced at Lu Yan He's camera position.

He was stunned.

In that camera position, Lu Yan He stood at the top of the stairs, not indifferent.

Lu Yan He stood in the dim, unlit stairwell with only natural light, like a real ghost, looking downstairs with a casual, corpse-like look—

Actually, from this angle, he could only see the wall next to the stairs.

However, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the wall and see the situation downstairs.

And, he was not motionless.

His head and hands were swaying gently at a slow rhythm, as if flowing with the wind.

Mukan was completely attracted by Lu Yan He.

The result was—

Reshoot.

He didn't notice the performance downstairs at all.

This time, Mukan let himself stop looking at the lens of Lu Yan He's camera position.

However, after seeing that scene of Lu Yan He just now, looking at the ghost played by Lean again, clearly he is another style of ghost, a cruel, bloody murderous ghost, but when he appeared in the lens with a ferocious face, Mukan always felt that something was missing.

The shape is very similar, but the soul is not.

On Lean, there is nothing that can grab the eyeballs.

Because it is a key scene, this scene is very important.

Regardless of whether it is for Lu Yan He or Lean.

By comparison, in this scene, the people of the ghost-catching team are all background boards, and the focus is on the duel between the two ghosts.

Mukan originally wanted to say that after the two people are put together, the aura on Lu Yan He completely crushed Lean, which would cause the imbalance of the picture.

But thinking that the two of them are not evenly matched in the script, he didn't care about this matter.

D19.

Publicity Director Elena Green accompanied CEO Scott Harris to a wine party.

On the way back to the company, Elena Green asked: "Scott, you said that after the sequel to *The Mist* is released, you want to do PR for Lu Yan He for the Oscars of that year. Is this true?"

Scott Harris said: "The film has just started filming, what do you think?"

"However, it is not the promotion period of the film now, why start building momentum now?" This is the point Elena Green doesn't understand.

Scott Harris said: "Many people in Hollywood are staring at Lu Yan He now."

Elena Green was a bit surprised. "Is this to let the outside world know that our relationship with Lu Yan He is very close?"

She hesitated for a moment, thinking, is this necessary?

What Elena Green thought was not anything else, but that although Lu Yan He is popular in Hollywood now, he is far from the A-list position.

Counting it all up, if it weren't for his special Asian identity, plus the bonus of the critics, he is actually just an actor who has just become popular for a short time.

For D19, does he have such a heavy weight that it is worth specifically letting others think that he and D19 have a very close relationship?

Elena Green's doubt was seen by Scott Harris.

Scott Harris didn't make any further explanation.

Some things, if you don't reach a certain position, you can't feel it.

Over the past half year, Lu Yan He suddenly "exploded" in Hollywood. This "explosion" is all-round, from actor, to screenwriter (producer), and even to the awards season.

An actor who originally only relied on *The Mist* to start becoming popular in a real sense, suddenly seemed to have a foundation in Hollywood, suddenly, had multiple collaborations with Green Valley, Parameter, and their D19, and was even able to influence many Asian members, and performed in the awards season—

Does this mean that Lu Yan He already has a certain right to speak in Hollywood? Scott couldn't draw a conclusion for the time being.

However, Scott had already keenly realized—

Lu Yan He is different from those other popular actors.

He D19 certainly has to show something. D19 is not a big film production company in Hollywood, just a company that started with independent films and genre films, but because of the high success rate, it has gained something in box office, directors, and awards in recent years, and is highly anticipated.

Scott was indeed shocked by Lu Yan He's move of having several projects with Green Valley and Parameter in a row.

His subconscious reaction was, did he really misread it? Missed *Buried*, and didn't see the value in Lu Yan He? -

"Yes, Lu Yan He's performance in the sequel to *The Mist* is great!" Mukan Zorge received a call from a friend—it was actually asking about Lu Yan He's performance in the sequel to *The Mist*. Although he was suspicious, he still told the truth.

"I thought Scott was deliberately exaggerating."

"Scott? What did he say?"

"He said Lu Yan He's performance in the sequel to *The Mist* is very good, and D19 is preparing to do PR for his role for the Oscars."

"..." Mukan's first reaction was "that's bullshit."

It's not that he thinks Lu Yan He's acting is bad, nor does he think that in the horror film genre, Lu Yan He definitely has no hope. But, first, this film has just started filming, Scott can't see any material, how can he know anything?

Second, how can you shout about Oscar impact before the film is even edited?

Any film impacting the Oscars, any filmmaker impacting the Oscars, basically waits until the first screening and the first round of reviews come out before they know the market.

This kind of statement is not even a question of professionalism.

Mukan was speechless.

Even, such a statement might affect everyone's evaluation of Lu Yan He.

Mukan thought about it and decided to have a good chat with Scott about this matter.

"You are making everyone's expectations too high, which instead raised everyone's threshold. When they watch the film later, everyone will be more likely to feel disappointed," Mukan said on the phone. "Scott, why did you say that when the film just started filming?"

Scott: "Mukan, this is just something I said in a small circle at a private party, not something I said to others publicly. It won't have the impact you said. Just rest assured and film."

Mukan: "But even my friends have heard it and turned around to tell me."

"That's just spreading in a small circle. Isn't such spreading better?" Scott said. "For the outside world, it is our private conversation, very recognized for Lu Yan He's performance in the sequel to *The Mist*, which will keep the industry looking forward to this sequel. Generally speaking, you also know the situation of the 'sequel curse'."

The so-called "sequel curse" is that sequels generally don't have as good word-of-mouth as the first work.

There are very few series that can break the "sequel curse."

Especially horror films.

Mukan was a bit unbelievable and asked: "You wouldn't be saying that to people just to break the so-called 'sequel curse', right?"

"Of course not," Scott denied immediately.

Mukan was half-believing.

The reason why there is still "half-belief" is because in the previous cooperation with D19, Scott indeed didn't leave him with such an impression.

D19 is still a film company that is relatively respectful of creators.

This has a lot to do with Scott's business philosophy.

Lu Yan He didn't know about these things yet.

This is his disadvantage in Hollywood.

If it were in China, if there were such rumors, even if no one told him, someone would have told Chen Ziyan.

How important information is, there is no need to repeat. Lu Yan He basically has no information advantage in Hollywood now.

A scene of walking down the stairs, Lu Yan He passed after filming twice.

However, the scene downstairs with the ghost-catching team and the other ghost played by Lean was filmed for a whole day and was not finished.

The problem was not on Lu Yan He.

It was Mukan who didn't know what was going on, and was nitpicking about everyone's performance.

After NG several times and Mukan raised opinions several times, everyone realized it.

Mukan felt that they were completely suppressed by Lu Yan He's aura.

Actually, if Lu Yan He was just acting, acting as a ghost that was not so powerful, it might not have formed such an obvious suppression force.

The problem is that he happened to play a character who was in a suppression position as soon as he appeared.

Under the blessing of the character, his aura was fully opened, and the slow and methodical energy on him that seemed to see through everything and didn't put everything in his eyes was crushing other characters in the same frame.

In this case, Mukan couldn't believe that the ghost-catching team would have the guts to screw Lu Yan He later.

Actually, this is not a problem of the actors.

It seems to be a problem of imbalance between actors and characters on the film screen, but in fact, the script itself has a logical weakness, which makes Mukan unable to convince himself.

Generally speaking, the film has started filming, and this is not completely illogical. Even if a problem is found, it has to be filmed with a hard scalp. Mukan is pondering, if it is filmed like this, it must be a point to be scolded.

The more horror films, the more they need to be done solidly on a key logic, so that they can truly make the audience feel fear in the scary places. Otherwise, many horror films are just gloomy soundtracks, and the editing likes to give you a sudden scary lens. This kind of "sudden" sensory stimulation, if there is too much, it is meaningless—

For audiences who really like horror films, everyone actually prefers various thriller methods combined. There must be that kind of "sudden" scare, there must also be that kind of detailed fear, and there must be that kind of "I rely on, the scary thing is coming, I rely on, I rely on—rely on!!!" constructive fear.

As a sequel, the existence of this ghost of Lu Yan He is already very clear to everyone, which is equal to a congenital horror element on him—unknown, is eliminated.

Then can the second part still maintain the thriller part?

They only have one way to go, and that is to put the thriller part on other characters to bear—

This is why the script arranged for the ghost-catching team to be "saved", and then, when Lu Yan He was unprepared, caught him—

This length, occupying a quarter of the film's content, is actually to create horror and thriller effects by showing the transformation of some people in the ghost-catching team and showing some human evil. Just like in the first part of *The Purge*.

If Lu Yan He's appearance in the early stage is too "strong", then where did the guts of the ghost-catching team come from later?

If this logical problem is not solved, there will be an abruptness of "forced transition."

When Mukan requested a reshoot again, Erin Wallace cursed "Fuck" with dissatisfaction.

The faces of other actors were not very good either. However, only she dared to show it.

Actually, this can't blame the actors for losing their temper.

Mukan NG again and again, requested a reshoot, but the reasons given were always vague, which naturally made the actors unhappy and impatient.

You know, actors like Erin Wallace are very confident that their acting is fine. Actors who have become famous like her cannot accompany you to toss yourself again and again.

Mukan's face was a bit ugly.

It's just that he didn't know what to say.

At this time, Lu Yan He took the initiative to raise it.

"Mukan, I think this scene is a bit unfilmable, the script has a bit of a problem."

Mukan looked at Lu Yan He with some surprise.

Others were the same.

Lu Yan He said: "Every person in the ghost-catching team is too afraid of me now. If they are all people with such small guts, how can there be someone who is greedy for money and wants to catch me to sell for money later?"

Erin Wallace hugged her chest with both hands, curled her lips, and asked: "Do you mean we acted too scared?"

"It is the current script that requires you to be so scared, but if I restrain my terribleness, it is even more wrong," Lu Yan He said to Mukan. "I don't think what is filmed now is wrong, but maybe adding some foreshadowing lenses is more conducive to the promotion of the plot later. For example, when I go downstairs, her vigilant, nervous, uneasy look can have a bit of calculation and greed, which is also the background color of her character."

"Do you want to point fingers at my character?" Erin asked in disbelief.

"I am a screenwriter who has won the Best Screenwriter and Best Script at the Xitu'er Film Festival and Golden Globe Awards. From the script perspective, I put forward my suggestions," Lu Yan He looked at Erin with a calm expression. "So, when I make suggestions for your character, I also suggest you don't listen with resistance, because I am helping to enrich your character."

Erin curled her lips, "Really take yourself seriously."

Lu Yan He smiled and looked at Mukan.

"Mukan, you can consider my suggestion," he said. "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't accept it. This is your film, this point is beyond doubt, I hope you won't think I want to modify your script."

Mukan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind.

Erin Wallace went to her lounge with a cold face.

Lu Yan He found that he didn't care.

Bai Yu knocked on the door and walked into Chen Siqi's office.

Chen Siqi picked up the resignation report in her hand and asked: "Bai Yu, did you write this?"

"Yes," Bai Yu nodded and said, "I wrote it, I put it."

"Why?" Chen Siqi frowned slightly and asked.

Bai Yu said: "I want to do a pure literary magazine. This time, they gave me the opportunity to be the editor-in-chief."

Chen Siqi was silent for a moment and asked: "Who are they? Xin Zixing, or who?"

"It's not Xin Zixing, it's Yang Zhouli," Bai Yu said bluntly. "They are preparing to run a paper magazine, contacted me, and invited me to be the editor-in-chief."

Chen Siqi heard this, and many words were blocked in her throat, unable to say.

She couldn't persuade Bai Yu to refuse and stay.

This clearly was a better opportunity for Bai Yu. Anyone would probably go.

Finally, Chen Siqi only asked one question.

"Is there anything we can do now to make you stay in *Jump Up*?"

"Siqi," Bai Yu sighed lightly. "The opportunity Yang Zhouli can give me, *Jump Up* can't give me. And, even if I leave *Jump Up*, it won't affect anything in *Jump Up*. This is already a very mature magazine, it is already very good."

"This is the magazine we made together."

"I understand," Bai Yu said. "If *Jump Up* was not developing very well now, I might be embarrassed to mention to you that I want to resign, but now, this is an opportunity I might never encounter again in my life."

"Yes," Chen Siqi nodded. "Then—maybe we will become competitors?"

"The magazine I want to do will not be a competitor to *Jump Up*," Bai Yu said. "If the magazine I want to do was a magazine with the same style as *Jump Up*, I wouldn't have left."

Chen Siqi nodded.

"I know," she nodded and said. "Although I am very reluctant to give up, and I very much hope you stay, it seems you have made up your mind, and it is not something I can persuade. However, I can't approve it for the time being. When you joined *Jump Up* at the beginning, it was Lu Yan He who invited you. I have to tell Yan He about this first."

Bai Yu: "Okay, I will complete and hand over the work on hand, you don't have to worry about work."

"Bai Yu, you are the one who really made the magazine with me. At the beginning in Jiangguang, only you were there," Chen Siqi said. "You should know that actually the text authors of the entire *Jump Up* magazine are all responsible by you and Zijun. If you leave, it's not as simple as you said, it has no impact on *Jump Up*."

"Siqi, I will minimize the impact," Bai Yu said. "And, Zhou Mukai has also been working part-time in our *Jump Up* for a long time, and he is also a high-achieving student at Zhenhua University. He will graduate soon, and he can completely take over my work."

Chen Siqi nodded.

Everything that should be said and can be said has been said, and there is nothing to say.

"Yang Zhouli is poaching people, why does he keep staring at us?"

Lu Yan He was a bit annoyed on the phone.

"People go to higher places, water flows to lower places, these are all normal things," Chen Siqi said. "Yang Zhouli knows very well what they really want, and the price offered is also what we can't afford for the time being. People poach openly and honestly, and we have nothing to say."

"Nothing to say doesn't mean we have no temper," Lu Yan He said. "If Yang Zhouli continues to stare at Linghe, Jump Up, and Huohuo to poach people, this is not a normal, natural flow of personnel. He is doing this on purpose."

"I have already made an appointment with him for dinner on Friday night through his secretary," Chen Siqi said. "You don't show up for the time being, I will go and talk to him. In addition, Bai Yu, although I see that she has made up her mind to leave, she is your classmate, and over the years, *Jump Up* has been made from scratch, and she has made a great contribution. You also know that no matter what, your attitude must always be expressed. You call her."

"Okay," Lu Yan He asked. "Then after she leaves, are you okay here?"

"Hmm," Chen Siqi said. "It's just that suddenly I feel like I've lost something. The one who really accompanied me through the most difficult time at the beginning was her. At that time, only she was also in Jiangguang. I thought, no matter what, there was something different. I knew Yang Zhouli would definitely want to poach people from us, but I didn't expect that the first person he poached was Bai Yu."

Lu Yan He: "Bai Yu is both the text director of *Jump Up* and an author who already has fame. It is not surprising that Yang Zhouli poached her."

Chen Siqi: "I don't know who is next."

Lu Yan He: "We will encounter such things sooner or later, right?"

"Hmm," Chen Siqi sighed. "You are right."

If no one comes to poach the people in your company, it means that your company is really doing quite poorly.

"But Bai Yu is different, right?"

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded. "However, the fact is already like this, so we can only part on good terms."

Chen Siqi: "How is your crew?"

"Still the same," Lu Yan He said. "However, how to film is how to film, nothing."

"How come I feel that we two have been so unlucky recently?" Chen Siqi joked with bitterness.

"Maybe heaven saw that we were too smooth before, so we have to find some bitterness for us."

"Then if so, we can't let heaven have its way."

Lu Yan He smiled.

"Alright, I won't disturb your filming, I'll hang up first."

"Bye-bye."

At the same time, at the filming site, Erin Wallace's lounge.

Erin Wallace said very angrily: "Why should I make concessions? Why should he point fingers at my character? Why should he guide me on how to act?"

Her agent came over and persuaded her helplessly.

"Such a modification can obviously make your character richer and make your scene richer," the agent said. "The suggestions he put forward are completely beneficial to you."

Erin Wallace was annoyed.

"Whose agent are you?"

The agent was speechless.

"Erin, please, be reasonable. You are such a great actor, can't you see that this modification of the script is good?"

Erin Wallace didn't speak and didn't accept anything the agent said at all.

The agent had to say: "Erin, you are the female lead of this film. We have made great efforts to win this role for you. If you can't change your temper and want to go against Mukan and Lu Yan He, and refuse to admit defeat, I don't know what will happen next." ===== CHAPTER 711 =====