Chapter 814: Such a film, such a lineup

No wonder Sister Ziyan had to specifically agree with him that he should pick himself out of this matter.

Whether it is head-on with Zhang Yuezhen or seeking skin with a tiger with Yang Zhouli, it is not a good thing.

Chen Ziyan said: "You must not have psychological burden at this time. You have to know, so many of us, from Shi Huo, Linghe to Jump Up, although they are all doing well now, we can improve at such a fast speed that completely exceeds the laws of company development because you are here. You have to be clear about one point: you are here, the country is here. You are preserved, the country can be preserved. It is not that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, it is that the driving force cannot be burned as coal."

Chen Ziyan's description made Lu Yan He cry and laugh.

"I know."

What Chen Ziyan gives him is always the care like an elder sister.

Other words don't need to be said.

Lu Yan He said to Chen Ziyan: "Just wait and see when Chen Pinhe and Zhang Yuezhen can eat their own evil results and let us have no future troubles."

Chen Ziyan said: "No way, we live in a society ruled by law now, and we can't be like in film and television dramas, buying a killer to assassinate them, otherwise it would be simple."

Lu Yan He: "..."

He was really shocked by such a shocking statement from Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan saw the shock on Lu Yan He's face and laughed, "Just kidding, can you not have an expression of taking it seriously?"

Lu Yan He: "Mainly, Sister Ziyan, I feel that if you can do this, you really intend to do so."

Chen Ziyan pondered for a moment.

"I don't deny this point."

"..."

"I hate people like Chen Pinhe more than you."

The screening day of *The Pianist* at the Venice International Film Festival is scheduled for the fifth day of the first week.

This screening order belongs to the middle-front position in the entire main competition unit, which is also a good position.

Because the Venice International Film Festival generally enters the second half, media and stars will leave some to catch the Toronto International Film Festival.

After the screening of *The Pianist* ended, Lu Yan He also searched for evaluations about this film on the internet for the first time.

Many media people and critics he was familiar with went to watch this premiere.

Guan Su Chen said: *The Pianist* is a film that is very in line with the aesthetics of awards, even making me feel that it is an award-rushing film tailored for the international film festival. Chen Pinhe's acting is of course very good, even so good that every breath of the whole film follows his performance, reaching the peak of perfection. However, I am sorry, the whole film is written with the desire of "I want to win an award," making this world of the pianist, which should have been pure, difficult for people to enter.

Zhou Chen said: Chen Pinhe is still Chen Pinhe. Unfortunately, the director's ability is limited, making this film too mediocre, with deliberately poetic tone and incompatible pseudo-documentary feeling.

Basically, Chen Pinhe's performance is unanimously praised.

But the film itself has been criticized a lot.

This made Lu Yan He quietly breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't completely let go of this breath.

If the performance is outstanding enough, even if the film quality is average, it can still win performance awards.

What if Chen Pinhe really wins an award...

Actually, it's nothing if he wins an award.

What else can happen? Can he still stop Chen Pinhe from winning an award for a lifetime? -

Chen Siqi is the one who understands what Lu Yan He is thinking most.

As soon as she saw these comments, she knew that Lu Yan He's mood was probably not very good.

In the evening, she returned to Ziyuanqiao, carrying the roast goose that Lu Yan He usually likes to eat, and specifically went to the cold dish shop at the gate of Zhenhua University that Lu Yan He likes to eat, and packed a portion.

When Lu Yan He arrived home, he saw Chen Siqi wearing an apron, busy in the kitchen.

Lu Yan He was surprised.

Chen Siqi rarely enters the kitchen—

Mainly because her cooking skills are really average, except for special times, she won't "feed poison" to Lu Yan He to play a "virtuous wife and mother."

However, Chen Siqi has practiced a few dishes.

"This is?" Lu Yan He came to Chen Siqi's back in surprise.

"This is the squab soup I packed from Juntian. Didn't you like to drink it when we went last time? I'll heat it up." Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It's good that Chen Siqi is not pondering her cooking skills herself.

He swore that he still likes Chen Siqi and hasn't changed his heart, but he really can't drink salty things as light like in film and television dramas because he loves someone.

"Go wash your hands, we can eat immediately." Chen Siqi said.

"Okay."

Lu Yan He went to wash his hands.

"Drink a little?" Lu Yan He asked, "Are you going back to Lingyang District tonight?"

Chen Siqi: "Okay, not going back, sleep here today."

Lu Yan He went to open a bottle of champagne.

"If Chen Pinhe really wins the Best Actor award at the Venice International Film Festival this year, the momentum will rise—"

"Can't rise." Chen Ziyan shook her head.

Lu Qingzhen showed surprise.

"Why?"

"The Venice International Film Festival Best Actor award will at most let Chen Pinhe reach the top in China again, but it has little significance for his status internationally." Chen Ziyan said, "It's not as significant as *Death Stranding* to him, unless he is prepared to devote himself to art films in Europe and America, and not focus on China in the next few years. He thinks he can copy Yan He's path, but unfortunately, he is just an actor, and he can't walk both domestic and foreign roads at the same time."

Lu Qingzhen: "He has already reached the top in China, does he still need to walk this domestic road?"

"He has status in China, but his commercial value has declined very seriously. Unfortunately, the Venice International Film Festival Best Actor award is the one that can't bring him commercial value." Chen Ziyan said, "Not to mention, middle-aged and elderly male actors like Liu Teli, Jiang Jun, Jiang Mingzheng, Li Songfan, etc., have all become popular one after another. If we really talk about their market appeal in this age group, Chen Pinhe is really considered to have retreated to the second line."

Just like Yu Huatian in another parallel time and space.

The status is of course that status, but top-tier film and television projects are hard to prioritize him again.

A group of actors of the same age have already occupied the ecological niche of the market.

On the contrary, the Mingxue leader who came out of the same generation, although his reputation is sometimes good and sometimes bad, he just doesn't get off the table, so he occasionally explodes a good work, proving his market appeal.

Chen Ziyan: "Of course, saying a thousand words and ten thousand words, this is also self-comfort. Being able to win an international four major Best Actor award, even if it is a false name, can let Chen Pinhe stand more firmly in the ranks of top Chinese male actors. As long as he no longer insists on playing the number one male lead, all top projects will open their doors to him."

"Chen Pinhe has lost his ecological niche now, or it was too lying flat in the domestic entertainment circle before. The awards he won in his early years and the accumulated works are enough for him to eat comfortably until retirement. It can't be said that he shouldn't. Who could have thought..." Lu Qingzhen smiled, it was a cold smile, "A Lu Yan He came, turning the entire entertainment circle upside down, ecological reorganization, awards, commercial value, business ability, audience edge... tsk tsk, actually it's not impossible for Chen Pinhe to continue lying flat like this. If he hadn't intercepted *Doomsday* at the beginning, and was counter-intercepted by us in the end, who would care about him."

Chen Ziyan: "When you are mixed to this extent, who will sit and wait for death."

"Is the performance of *Storm Calmer No. 1* overseas this year within your expectation?" Chen Siqi asked with a smile.

Her smile under the candlelight floated with a layer of oil painting-like gentle glaze feeling.

Very beautiful.

Lu Yan He shook his head, "However, the success of *Storm Calmer No. 1* also made me realize once again why Sister Ziyan told me early on that I must act in big productions, and constantly improve my popularity globally, especially fan stickiness. If it weren't for the accumulation before, *Storm Calmer No. 1* should not have been able to achieve such results."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded.

"If it weren't for your box office results in the past few years being good enough, even if *Storm Calmer No. 1* had the ability to get the current box office, it would not have been able to prove that it could get so much box office because theaters everywhere didn't believe it enough and didn't give screenings." Chen Siqi said, "Are you a bit anxious today?"

"Anxious about what?" Lu Yan He asked.

"Chen Pinhe." Chen Siqi said, "*The Pianist* premiered in Venice today."

"Oh, I paid attention." Lu Yan He hesitated for a moment and said: "However, anxious? Why do you say that?"

Chen Siqi smiled.

"Stop pretending."

Lu Yan He also smiled.

"Not pretending."

Chen Siqi: "It doesn't matter if he wins an award. We have everything, we are not missing anything, and we don't need to worry about anything."

This sentence, Chen Siqi said inexplicably. Lu Yan He understood it, and also understood it clearly.

"Why do you think he has been holding on for so many years, and suddenly started filming movies and TV shows again." Chen Siqi squeezed her eyes at Lu Yan He, her eyes very charming, "Because he is afraid."

What is Chen Pinhe afraid of?

Zhang Yuezhen knows very well.

Zhang Yuezhen is also afraid.

What if, what if one day the relationship between Chen Pinhe and Lu Yan He is exposed, what will be destroyed will definitely not be Lu Yan He.

Why is Chen Pinhe now rushing for awards and opening up resources internationally?

Why does Zhang Yuezhen want to open a company herself, and actively expand her network and accumulate resources by relying on Chen Pinhe's power in the domestic entertainment circle?

Zhang Yuezhen knows very well in her heart that although she and Chen Pinhe have never communicated about this matter, they are both preparing for the worst.

Lu Yan He was conceived before Chen Pinhe and Zhang Yuezhen were together.

Zhang Yuezhen knows this point very well.

Later, in order to be with her, Chen Pinhe drove away Lu Yan He's mother and ended the relationship between the two.

Chen Pinhe thought she didn't know anything.

How could she not know anything.

Before she married him, of course she would investigate everything around him clearly.

However, having a child...

This was something she learned later.

If she had known earlier.

If she had known earlier, she would definitely not have let this child be born.

Zhang Yuezhen frowned tightly.

She took a deep breath.

After a while, she took off her sunglasses, got out of the car, and walked towards Chen Pinhe who was shooting a magazine on the streets of Venice.

"For the film *The Boat*, invite Luo Dao to direct, how about it?" Lu Yan He asked.

Yu Mengling showed surprise.

"Luo Dao Yuzhong?"

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Luo Dao... has he never directed a movie?"

"Yes." Lu Yan He nodded, "But his artistic aesthetics are completely sufficient. He directs TV dramas, and many lenses and many segments are also filmed in the way of movies."

Yu Mengling hesitated for a moment and said: "This film doesn't have much budget. If Luo Dao comes to film, the salary will be very high, right?"

"I can add a part of the investment to cover Luo Dao's salary." Lu Yan He said, "Sister Mengling, Luo Dao is my teacher, but I don't want to invite him to be the director because of this point. I'll say it first. This film, you are the producer. Many decisions of the final film, I definitely believe in you and support your decision. Therefore, if you finally think Luo Dao is not suitable, I will definitely respect your opinion."

When Lu Yan He said this, Yu Mengling quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"And the reason I thought of inviting Luo Dao to direct this film is precisely because of this subject matter." Lu Yan He said, "Actually, *The Boat* and *Raise the Red Lantern* are both films with solid text and focus on character relationships. This film, lens language and aesthetics must stand back. Its core lies in whether it can capture the subtle details of the 'surface and inside' between characters, right?"

"Yes." Yu Mengling nodded, "We are filming a family that looks mutually caring, natural, and harmonious but is actually not."

"This complex family ethics and character relationships happen to be what Luo Dao is best at." Lu Yan He said, "And, this film has dramatic tension inside. It is a dramatic tension that opposes dramatic tension. It looks like a daily record, but in fact, there is no link that is redundant, all have their implied side. Such delicacy must be invited to an experienced big director to hold the lens, otherwise it cannot be controlled. Even Director Liu Bige cannot do it with ease. This requires life experience."

Yu Mengling fell into deep thought.

The preparation of any film is full of arguments and back-and-forth communication in the early stage.

Lu Yan He and Yu Mengling respect and recognize each other, so Lu Yan He can speak directly.

He clearly stated his opinion, and then it depends on whether Yu Mengling accepts it.

If Yu Mengling finally doesn't accept it, then there is no way.

Lu Yan He cannot forcefully require Yu Mengling to accept his opinion.

Lu Yan He also doesn't think his opinion is necessarily the most correct.

Perhaps, Yu Mengling can find a more suitable director.

Lu Yan He does not deny this point.

In this world, it is definitely not that only one person can do this thing.

"Then... is Luo Dao willing to direct this film?" Yu Mengling asked after pondering for a while.

Lu Yan He shook his head.

"He is my teacher. If I invite him in advance and you are not willing in the end, and then say sorry to him, it's very bad. So, I have to ask your opinion first, you have to agree."

Yu Mengling said: "I want to talk to Luo Dao and see his understanding of this film."

"Yan He, I am also worried that such a big director will change the script in the end and change the original intention of this film."

This is the one thing Yu Mengling is most worried about.

Lu Yan He understands.

This script is the posthumous work of Yu Mengling's teacher and is a long-cherished wish.

Yu Mengling does not want this film script to be changed beyond recognition—even if it is better because of it.

Lu Yan He said: "Of course, Sister Mengling, on this matter, my opinion must be consistent with yours."

After receiving Lu Yan He's call, Luo Yuzhong's first reaction was very surprised.

Ask him to direct a movie?

Luo Yuzhong had never directed a movie before and had always been doing dramas.

Subsequently, Lu Yan He sent the script to Luo Yuzhong.

"Teacher, after I read this script and decided to star, I thought for a long time, and thought about it, and felt that you are the most suitable director to direct. You look at the script first. If you are not interested, then forget it."

When Lu Yan He said this, Luo Yuzhong temporarily took back other words into his stomach.

Actually, about the script of *The Boat* and the story behind it, Luo Yuzhong had heard of it long ago.

When the news came out that Lu Yan He was going to act, Luo Yuzhong was quite surprised.

Because the film *The Boat* is very inconsistent with the direction of Lu Yan He's acting in the past few years.

For this reason, Luo Yuzhong specifically asked people for the script of *The Boat*.

So, what kind of script *The Boat* is, Luo Yuzhong already knew.

Directors like Luo Yuzhong have seen countless scripts in their lives.

It can be said that he reads scripts every day.

For a script like *The Boat* that has a "prototype story" or "inspiration source," it is very attractive to Luo Yuzhong.

Where one's aesthetics are, what kind of subject matter one prefers to shoot, is closely related to a person's growth, education, and career.

*Chinese Paladin* exploded, and major companies in the industry discovered that a director like Luo Yuzhong who is keen on shooting serious themes can also shoot youth-oriented and fantasy-oriented film and television dramas. A large number of similar types of themes were found.

But Luo Yuzhong still plunged into the themes and fields he liked to shoot most.

Realistic, serious, talking about characters, and filming life solidly.

The story type and character relationships of *The Boat* fit Luo Yuzhong's aesthetics.

This is also one of the themes Luo Yuzhong is most interested in.

"The role of the father in *The Boat*, Wen Shengming, Liu Teli, Li Songfan..."

Lu Yan He said to Yu Mengling.

"These few, I think all are okay."

Yu Mengling asked in surprise: "Can they be invited? Their salaries are not low. Even if both of us have lowered our salaries, the budget is still very tight."

Lu Yan He said: "If you think these few are okay, then I will go talk to them? Actually, the salary is easy to talk about. These actors are not taking salary as the first standard for acting. I can lower my salary again, or even directly take out my salary. I won't take salary, just take the investment dividend."

Lu Yan He's attitude made Yu Mengling very surprised.

Yu Mengling filmed the drama version of *Rouge*, and the salary was far higher than the salary of her filming movies.

At that time, someone told her that it was Lu Yan He who proposed that the salary could not be given at the price of Yu Mengling filming movies—

Basically, the filming time of one *Rouge* is the filming time of Yu Mengling's two movies.

However, the salary of Yu Mengling filming two movies added together might not be as high as the salary of Yu Mengling filming four episodes of TV dramas.

At that time, Yu Mengling felt that Lu Yan He was a person who cared about market prices.

That's why he specifically helped her fight for the price of the TV drama market—

Actually, there was no price standard, and she had not starred in TV dramas at that time, and there was no so-called market price.

"This is not good." Yu Mengling instinctively felt so, "How can I let you suffer."

"Not suffering." Lu Yan He shook his head, "Sister Mengling, salary is really just a number. What I care about now is wanting to make a good work."

Yu Mengling was filled with emotion.

Lu Yan He said: "And, since this film is already starred by you and me as sister and brother, in this case, we must find an actor of equivalent level to play our father. In terms of perception, it can suppress us. I know that good actors actually have no distinction of level. However, the presentation of perception is objective. A big star appears in a movie, and it will unfairly pull away everyone's attention."

Yu Mengling nodded.

"I understand."

Yu Mengling herself was an actor whose starlight was not so strong before.

Such a situation, she had encountered many times long ago.

Later, winning awards in China and winning awards internationally, little by little, she accumulated her starlight.

"Unknowingly, I have become strong." Lu Yan He sighed to Chen Siqi himself, "Although this is not my movie, I have already been unable to help but express my thoughts on every choice, and I will try my best to make the thoughts become reality."

"All like this, all people who have talent, strength and success, more or less, have such desire for control." Chen Siqi was not surprised, "You have already manipulated so many film and television drama projects, and you already have a set of your own thinking logic, knowing what kind of choice is best for the project."

"And, Yu Mengling herself has never put forward any ideas." Chen Siqi said, "The key to this matter is if she has her own choices, the two of you will have conflicts. Under the conflict, how do you choose. You two have no conflicts now, you are a bit strong, and there is no problem."

Lu Yan He: "I'm just afraid that Sister Mengling has her own choices, just embarrassed to tell me."

"Then you can't close your mouth and say nothing because you are worried about such a situation." Chen Siqi said, "You have already told her that you are just making suggestions. If she has different opinions, you will take hers as the standard."

Lu Yan He: "Yes."