Chapter 745: Linghe

*After winning the Oscar, Lu Yan He is suspected to be starting a new cooperation with Xin Zixing! *

Such a report headline, it looks like it really has no explosive points.

However, not long after it was released by a media outlet, it was forwarded by dozens of media accounts with over a million fans, and under natural heat, it rushed to the hot search.

In fact, in this report, it only shot photos of Lu Yan He and Xin Zixing and several other people in the same frame, as well as a video.

Besides that, there was no information content at all.

But it couldn't stop everyone from caring about Lu Yan He's movements.

Before, when Xin Zixing left Lu Yan He's capital camp and returned to Ye Mai Net, she was scolded by some of Lu Yan He's fans as a "white-eyed wolf," scolding her for betraying Lu Yan He.

At that time, neither Xin Zixing nor Lu Yan He actually responded to anything, and everyone really thought they had fallen out.

However, later, after Xin Zixing returned, Ye Mai Net resumed cooperation with Linghe, Shi Huo, and "Jump Up," which made everyone realize that there was actually no problem between them at all.

It's just that many fans didn't admit it.

Now, in the same frame again, they are talking and laughing in the photos, and no estrangement can be seen at all, which has already explained everything.

As for the new cooperation project between Lu Yan He and Xin Zixing—

It was also inquired about by many people.

Not for anything else, just wanting to stuff people in.

Regarding the inquiries from various media, Chen Ziyan and Lu Yan He and the others temporarily did not make any response.

Ye Mai Net is the same.

After Lu Yan He rested for a period of time, he came to Linghe to watch the finished films of *Those Years* and *Oh My Sea*, discuss the follow-up plan for *2 Broke Girls*, and the follow-up of the sitcom *Roommates*.

"*Oh My Sea* and *Those Years, We Were Chasing After That Girl* are both considering going to the Hexi Film Festival for screening," Chen Yin introduced. "However, because both films are by the same director, and the subject matter is relatively close, if they are screened at the same film festival, they will inevitably be compared by everyone, forming a result of one rising and the other falling."

Lu Yan He nodded, "I think so too. *Those Years* is not a film suitable for a film festival."

*Those Years* has almost no authorial expression. When it was a hit back then, besides the story itself being moving, the actors being chosen accurately, and the sense of substitution being strong, a very important point was that this story was adapted from the real experience of the director/screenwriter Giddens. Even the person Shen Jiayi has a prototype—

At that time, this story was hyped up, and people who were moved and regretted in the movie theater, after coming out of the cinema, knew that this regrettable story was actually true and had a prototype. At that moment, the embodiment and reality of emotion were fermented to the peak.

But if anyone says that this film is very artistic and very suitable for a film festival—

How should I put it, I guess even Giddens himself would say "Don't praise me to death."

"Send *Oh My Sea* for screening, see if it can enter the screening unit," Lu Yan He said. "Its style is very distinct, and it has a special comic sense, which is very different from literary films of the same type. Screening in Hexi should cause quite a bit of discussion."

For such a low-budget film, being able to cause quite a bit of topic discussion at a top international film festival may lead to the attention of some foreign film merchants.

Otherwise, even if this film is produced by Linghe, the production of a newcomer director and newcomer actors will almost not be looked at by foreign film merchants. Even if they look at it, the purchase price given will definitely be very low.

What kind of film to send to what kind of film festival is also a business.

"The actress of *Oh My Sea*, Jiang Yue, she also passed the audition for another film we are going to produce, playing the first lead," Chen Yin introduced to Lu Yan He. "Director He Songyan's *There's a Strange Woman in the Building*."

Lu Yan He nodded.

He still has quite an impression of Jiang Yue.

At that time, they met on the high-speed rail, had dealings, and later saw each other on the set. She is a girl with full energy, even a bit chuunibyou.

Lu Yan He asked, "Where did you find the script for *There's a Strange Woman in the Building*?"

"Found the script at a domestic venture capital meeting," Chen Yin said. "At first, I thought it was a suspense film, but later I found out it was a youth genre film that is very difficult to classify. A chuunibyou girl moves into a building and does some strange things in the building every day, causing doubts and discussions among neighbors. In fact, this girl is a special agent who came to catch spies hiding in this building, while also protecting the safety of others. This story looks very ridiculous at first glance, just the chuunibyou, youth fantasy style. If written into a story, it is estimated that many people will scold it as stupid, but the script is written with special vitality and energy, just like an adult watching a good fairy tale. You know it's fake, but you will also finish watching it with a curled corner of your mouth."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"After hearing you finish, I am looking forward to this film," Lu Yan He laughed. "However, can this story be shot for one million?"

"Yes," Chen Yin nodded. "We made a budget, it only takes seventeen days to finish shooting. All the actors used are unknown actors, and the total salary does not exceed 100,000. All other expenses are used in production. The quality of the film is definitely not particularly high, but it is enough to shoot this story. He Songyan is the director, screenwriter, and photographer in one, saving a lot of funds. We also noted in the contract signed with He Songyan that if he can finish shooting this film on time within the budget, we will add 1 percentage point to his profit share of the film."

Lu Yan He nodded.

Chen Yin said, "This year, besides *There's a Strange Woman in the Building*, we are also preparing to invest in a low-budget film. A project that Yuan Hai took the initiative to find is another Malaysian Chinese director, Zhang Zheyi."

Lu Yan He nodded: "You can make this decision yourself."

Lu Yan He gave Xu Tianming and Chen Yin a certain "investment autonomy," and there is a certain amount of capital autonomy every year.

This is also a method Lu Yan He formulated to "de-Lu Yan He-ize" the company's business segments and revenue sources.

Linghe is surnamed Lu, but there is no need for every project of Linghe to be surnamed Lu.

A person can work until death, and at most become the Himalayas, but without the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau supporting it, the Himalayas cannot stand.

That's all for the film side.

On the drama side, it is Linghe's current focus.

It is also the main source of revenue for film and television.

"The post-production of *Chinese Paladin* has been made almost finished, and it should be able to catch up with this year's summer file for broadcast," Chen Yin said. "Besides *Chinese Paladin*, we will also broadcast the third quarter of *Roommates* this summer file."

Lu Yan He was surprised and asked, "Has *Roommates* already been broadcast to the third season?"

Chen Yin nodded: "Yes, the word-of-mouth of the first two seasons is quite good, but because the heat has not been up, the results are not particularly good."

Lu Yan He asked, "Then how is the result of the second season compared to the first season?"

"It has risen," Chen Yin said.

"As long as the production team of *Roommates* is still willing to continue doing it, and it doesn't lose money, then just continue doing it," Lu Yan He said. "I remember the production team of this project is basically Linghe's personnel, right?"

"Yes," Chen Yin nodded.

Lu Yan He said, "Then even if this project cannot make money for Linghe, it can let many people in Linghe eat, which is quite good."

Chen Yin really didn't expect that under the situation where the results of the second season of *Roommates* still didn't have much improvement, Lu Yan He still had no complaints.

"In addition, if the word-of-mouth of this season of *Roommates* is still good, promotional marketing expenses can be invested a little more," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Yin nodded and said okay.

Besides *Roommates*, it is *2 Broke Girls*.

Chen Yin said, "Because there are *Chinese Paladin* and *Roommates* in the summer, and *Friends* and *My Own Swordsman* in the winter, we plan to let *2 Broke Girls* broadcast in the autumn." "Can, but *My Own Swordsman* should be the final season next year, right?" Lu Yan He only wrote more than 60 episodes for *My Own Swordsman* at that time, divided into two shootings, broadcast in four seasons, and the third season was just broadcast during the Chinese New Year this year.

Chen Yin nodded and said yes.

He also said, "Arctic Light Video is also communicating with us, asking if *My Own Swordsman* can continue to be written."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said, "Although *My Own Swordsman* is a unit drama, what I want to write has already been written. If they want to continue to develop the story of *My Own Swordsman*, they can do the planning. If there are good ideas, we can authorize them to do it."

Chen Yin nodded.

Xu Tianming suddenly interjected at this time and said, "I want to cooperate with the final season next year to make a set of *My Own Swordsman* peripherals."

"Peripherals? For example?"

"For example, dolls and figurines created based on characters, *My Own Swordsman* setting collection, etc." Xu.

Lu Yan He thought about it seriously and said, "Currently, these peripherals are relatively ordinary, and there is no difference from the peripheral products of other film and television dramas. Will the audience of *My Own Swordsman* be willing to buy these character image dolls and figurines?"

Lu Yan He thought about it and felt it was a bit unrealistic.

Because although *My Own Swordsman* is indeed a fan-oriented drama, it is not that kind of "fan-oriented."

Just like the stationery peripherals that *My Own Swordsman* tried with Bai Xing before, the market response was very cold—everyone originally thought that *My Own Swordsman* had many student group audiences, and stationery peripherals should be very popular.

How should the peripherals of *My Own Swordsman* be done, and what to do?

Lu Yan He said, "Mr. Xu, should we do a questionnaire survey for the audience of *My Own Swordsman* regarding what kind of peripherals they want? Then we will look at what we can do based on the results of the questionnaire survey?"

Xu: "We have actually done many questionnaire surveys, but because the sample representativeness is insufficient, many ideas that are very popular in the questionnaire survey are far from expected after being actually made."

Lu Yan He: "If the questionnaire survey results are also useless, then you can actually ask Jiang Zhi's side, what type of things are most popular and sell best in their real-life scenic spots."

In the Seven Heroes Town scenic spot on Jiang Zhi's side, besides real-life buildings and real-life performances, Jiang Zhi Culture and Tourism also made many peripheral products that are only provided locally, including the doll tools that Xu just mentioned.

That is unique. According to the cooperation agreement with Linghe, those products can only be sold in the local Seven Heroes Town scenic spot. This is both to ensure the uniqueness of the local scenic spot and to protect the exclusive development rights of Linghe's *My Own Swordsman* peripherals.

However, the peripheral sales of the Seven Heroes Town scenic spot must have reference significance for the consumer group of *My Own Swordsman* peripherals.

Xu Tianming nodded, "I will go to dock with them and discuss it."

After discussing the peripheral matters, Lu Yan He suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Mr. Xu, regarding the matter that Mr. Li Luzhi wanted to develop this peripheral market with us before, have you docked with him?"

Xu Tianming nodded and said, "We have already conducted a round of contact, and the creative teams on both sides are organizing some directions that can be cooperated in the future based on the situation of the first contact."

Lu Yan He nodded.

After discussing the peripheral matters, return to the main topic.

Chen Yin continued, "Although *2 Broke Girls* has not been broadcast yet, HP has already proposed that they want to sign the overseas streaming rights for the second season with us. I am not sure about this matter, I have to listen to your meaning."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said, "Wait until the first season is broadcast before talking. We will definitely prioritize signing with HP. I still hold the same point of view: don't let a series that could have been very popular be cut off halfway and give up halfway because of the change of platform. However, *2 Broke Girls* is different from *Squid Game*. Now none of us know what kind of results the first season will broadcast. If it is good enough, signing the second season contract now, we suffer. If it is not good enough, they suffer. Neither will be happy."

Chen Yin: "Okay, I understand. Then I will communicate with HP according to this meaning. In addition, HP also proposed that they hope to win the overseas streaming exclusive rights for the two films *Those Years* and *Oh My Sea*."

Lu Yan He said, "The overseas streaming exclusive rights for our films are basically given to HP. As long as they offer a fair price and the conditions are suitable, prioritize giving it to them."

Lu Yan He firmly believes that you cannot put all your eggs in one basket. In the situation where Maxine already has so many of his projects, both publicly and privately, he wants to have a more solid cooperative relationship with HP.

Only in this way will Maxine never be at ease and always come to strive for cooperation with him.

Chen Yin said again, "HP also wants to come and buy the English drama remake rights for *Home Alone*. They want to adapt it into an English drama based on this film."

Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "This... let them come up with a relatively specific remake plan first, and then we will talk."

Chen Yin said, "Regarding this point, I actually have an idea."

"Hmm?"

"I am thinking, can we wait until this series ends, and develop derivative films around the stupid thieves played by Teacher Liu Teli and Luo Weida? It may be too early to talk about this now, but *Home Alone* plans to shoot only three parts. I hope to be able to continue this series," Chen Yin said.

Strictly speaking, Macaulay's *Home Alone* only has two parts. The third part changed actors, and after changing actors, the box office result of the third part dropped a lot.

Originally, Lu Yan He only wanted to write the script for two parts, but Lu Yan He later felt that this series doesn't need him to be the screenwriter all the time. For such an idea, different screenwriters must also have different ideas and creativity.

Just like the original third part, although the box office result dropped a lot, the content itself is very good to watch. If it weren't for the fact that Macaulay grew up and had to change actors, Lu Yan He felt that the box office might not have failed.

Therefore, in the end, Lu Yan He transplanted the plot of the third part back into the plot and characters of the first and second parts, and wrote the script for the third part.

Lu Yan He himself does not want such a series to end so quickly.

The idea proposed by Chen Yin is indeed a good way of thinking.

Chen Yin said, "If this idea is feasible, I want to start looking for screenwriters to try the draft as soon as possible, don't wait until all three *Home Alone* films are released, and this derivative film series cannot be started."

Lu Yan He said, "If there can be good creativity and ideas, I support developing derivative films. Of course, the premise is that Teacher Liu Teli is still willing to continue acting."

Chen Yin said with a smile, "The film *Home Alone* is a hit globally, and the stupid thief character played by Teacher Liu Teli is also very popular. I communicated with Teacher Liu Teli about the follow-up appearance, and he did not refuse."

Lu Yan He nodded and said, "That's fine."

Chen Yin said again, "By the way, Korea's TVN contacted us again. They want to obtain authorization again to shoot the second season of *Rouge*."

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned, a bit surprised.

"The Korean drama version of *Rouge* has good broadcast results and is also quite popular on streaming media, so they want to follow the concept of human-ghost love, create an original script themselves, and shoot the second season," Chen Yin said. "Because it still has to use the name *Rouge*, and the creative theme comes from *Rouge*, it needs our authorization to shoot."

Lu Yan He thought about it, nodded, and said, "You go and evaluate it. If the project is reliable, the script is good, and the team is good, then authorize it. If it might be ruined, then no. We must ensure the image of these IPs in our hands cannot be messed up by others."

Chen Yin nodded and said okay.

"Then how is the drama version of *Rouge* remade by Ice Field Video?" Lu Yan He asked.

"Still doing post-production. According to the current post-production progress, it should not be able to be broadcast this year," Chen Yin said. "Ice Field Video attaches great importance to this drama. Just the reshooting was done twice."

Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

Generally speaking, the drama side would rather broadcast the plot incompletely than do reshooting.

Because reshooting once requires additional reshooting funds, the minimum is millions.

From this move of Ice Field Video, it can indeed be said that they attach great importance to this drama. ===== CHAPTER 746 =====