Chapter 876: Acting, step by step, slowly filming

A week later, the news that "The Boat" won an award at the Xitu'er International Film Festival came back.

It won the Jury Grand Prize of the main competition unit of this Xitu'er International Film Festival, which is the "second place" in the conventional sense.

The highest award went to an Italian film.

The president of the jury for this session is an Italian director, also a famous director.

Upon learning this news, although Lu Yan He felt regretful, he could only accept this point and celebrate this award with everyone.

"The Boat" was quickly scheduled for release in China, and it will be released during the Qingming Festival in April.

This time, Green Valley is not planning to arrange for "The Boat" to be released in the United States simultaneously.

It is preparing to let "The Boat" follow the rules of general awards-rushing films, starting small-scale screenings in September, and then large-scale screenings in November.

The Jury Grand Prize of the Xitu'er International Film Festival has already won a ticket for "The Boat" for the North American awards season in the second half of the year.

If the distributor is willing to make relevant plans for this film—

And Green Valley will of course do it. Awards season films themselves are already a familiar industrial chain, not to mention that Green Valley has been doing Lu Yan He's awards season films for many years, and they know very well the commercial value of the awards season for an art film. They will not let go of this "gilding" opportunity.

However, there is one thing—

Schmidt Lauli asked him a question when he met Lu Yan He in Xitu'er.

"Lu, if the film 'The Original Father' is also released this year and joins the battle of the awards season, will you support 'The Boat' more, or support 'The Original Father' more?"

Green Valley is also the distributor of "The Original Father".

Lu Yan He has been keeping this in mind.

Because he needs to have a good chat with Huang Tianlin about this.

"Which film festival do you want to send 'The Original Father' to?" Lu Yan He asked.

Huang Tianlin shook his head and said: "I haven't thought about this question yet, what's wrong? Did the selectors of those film festivals also come to you?"

"No, I'm just worried that 'The Original Father' will collide with 'The Boat', and they will fight each other at the end of the year," Lu Yan He said, "'The Boat' will participate in the North American awards season at the end of this year."

Huang Tianlin nodded upon hearing this.

"Actually, I have also considered this question. Both of these films are Chinese-language films. For those people in the West, they are similar in themselves," Huang Tianlin showed an unsurprised look at this, "Actually, I am more inclined to go to Xitu'er. Among the four major international film festivals, the one with the highest status is Xitu'er, and 'Tropical Rainy Season' was also noticed here. It would be better for my next work to be sent to Xitu'er, which can also give me more sufficient time to edit this film."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"If this is the case, it couldn't be better," Lu Yan He sighed, "For an actor, the most feared thing is that two works he starred in are released at the same time. To be honest, both the palm and the back of the hand are meat."

Huang Tianlin: "With your current high-yield speed, haven't you encountered a situation where works fight?"

"Relatively rare," Lu Yan He shook his head, "And, my high output is mainly concentrated in genre films, commercial films, and works where I serve as a screenwriter. I star in relatively few art films and serious films, and the output is not that high."

Huang Tianlin: "When you talk about output, you separated commercial films and art films again."

Lu Yan He laughed.

"Because I have to admit that for several films, the purpose of my taking them is very utilitarian, because it is a blockbuster, it faces most of the audience in the world. My appearance in such a film can allow me to be recognized by the public with its help, and it will make my name move from the film field to the public field."

Huang Tianlin nodded.

"Even if you win the Oscar for Best Actor, you can't make the global public recognize you."

"That's right," Lu Yan He nodded, "To say something embarrassing, perhaps among the people who know me, the film with the largest number of viewers is 'Hurricane 2'."

This is really possible.

Huang Tianlin nodded.

"Understand," he also laughed, "Actually, you doing this is good for everyone who cooperates with you. Both I and 'Tropical Rainy Season' have benefited. If you were not a superstar with real popularity in the public field, perhaps these films would not be valued by film companies."

Lu Yan He: "It can allow me to get more chips. Of course, as you said, it can make film companies, distributors, and theater managers have more confidence in me. This is beyond doubt."

"However, you are already a superstar now. Even if you don't appear in those dazzling blockbusters, your films will still be paid for by many people," Huang Tianlin was a bit puzzled, "Actually, I have always wanted to ask a question. Like 'Men in Black', a film that is completely based on commercial comedy and action elements, it is not even like 'Burning Fire', which has its legend and epic sense. Why do you still star in it?"

Lu Yan He: "Because it is the first blockbuster script I wrote in Hollywood. I need it to succeed, and I also hope it succeeds. Putting these aside, although I told you before that there are some films that I participate in for very utilitarian purposes, it does not mean that I have no creative desire for these so-called commercial films. Actually, I have many commercial films and blockbusters that I like, including genre films with strong commercial nature. One film type I particularly like is crime and thriller. 'Flypaper', which I wrote before, from the perspective of film art, it may not be worth studying, but I like it. Including a film that will be released later, 'Speed of Life and Death', that is a script I wrote, starring Yan Liang. I have already watched the first cut version, and it is also a typical crime and action film, but it is the kind of film I like very much."

Huang Tianlin asked with a smile: "If it wasn't your film, and you were a judge, would you vote for it in the awards?"

Lu Yan He said: "That depends on what kind of award it is, but I understand what you mean. What I want to say is that the standard for measuring whether a film is a good film and whether it will become a classic in film history is definitely not just awards. In fact, because of the concepts accumulated over so many years, including our cognition of film, awards have become exclusive to artistry. Even the Oscars, which have done relatively well in popularization, are still based on artistry. Therefore, the word 'award' has long been linked to artistry. If it weren't for this, I would be very willing to vote for this film."

Huang Tianlin nodded.

"I understand."

Lu Yan He asked with a smile: "What about you? Do you usually like to watch such films?"

"I like to watch all films, but I don't like to use sound effects, special effects, and some very impersonal ways to package a film and make it look just dazzling," Huang, "What I always care about is whether I am moved by it after watching a film, and I mean at the spiritual and soul level."

Huang Tianlin's concept did not surprise Lu Yan He.

In fact, Lu Yan He has always believed that everyone is paranoid, and no one can appreciate everything in this world.

Lu Yan He calmly accepted this point.

As long as Huang Tianlin is not the kind of paranoid who "must destroy what I don't like", Lu Yan He doesn't think this is a terrible thing.

Since some people are born to like excitement and adrenaline spikes, they must allow some people to enjoy that kind of spiritual and soul communication more.

Lu Yan He knows that fortunately, as an actor, his aesthetic preferences are relatively broad and not so narrow, so he can truly and sincerely like different subject types and different characters.

Filming with Huang Tianlin is one experience, and filming with Wan Renhai is another experience.

In China, "My Sassy Girl" was released. Lu Yan He recorded a VCR to recommend this film to the audience.

Li Yuefeng and Xiao Yun also added horsepower to cooperate with the film's promotion, leaving almost all the schedules of the past week to this film.

As a result, the film's box office performance was somewhat unsatisfactory.

It's not that it's bad, but it's not good enough.

On the day of the premiere, the box office was 46 million, and in the following two days of the weekend, Saturday was 51.98 million, and Sunday was only 32 million. The first weekend broke 100 million, but it was only 100 million.

This made everyone in Linghe feel at a loss.

Everyone is used to achieving expected good results or unexpectedly good results after each work is released.

"My Sassy Girl" is a bit cold.

Why is this?

People in Linghe studied the reasons behind it under pressure and a bad atmosphere.

Chen Yin also rarely felt the pressure of not knowing how to explain to Lu Yan He.

After all, this is a script written by Lu Yan He.

There must be no problem with the script written by Lu Yan He.

Then if the box office is not as expected, it must be a problem with the production.

However, when Chen Yin called Lu Yan He to explain that the film's box office was somewhat less than expected, Lu Yan He said: "But the result is not bad, is it?"

In the first three days of the weekend, the box office broke 100 million, and the film directly returned to cost, which is of course not bad.

But compared with "Love is Not Blind" and "The Classic", it is much worse.

"'Love is Not Blind' has Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian, so it can attract enough audiences to this romance film at the beginning. 'The Classic' goes without saying, it happened to meet Yan Lingyu's popularity explosion, plus follow-up topic marketing, and the sinking market opened up, so it could have such a high box office," Lu Yan He said, "I have always been very clear that the box office volume of a pure romance film is indeed not that large. Li Yuefeng and Xiao Yun being able to take this film to achieve so much box office in the first weekend is already very rare. Let's not be dazzled by the beautiful numbers in front."

Chen Yin was stunned when he heard Lu Yan He's words.

Lu Yan He said: "In fact, my box office expectation for this film was only 200-300 million from the beginning. Anything more is either good luck or topic operation driving more audiences into the cinema to watch it."

Chen Yin felt a sense of comfort and consolation in his heart.

"Actually, after I finished writing this script, I was also a bit worried. Such a pure love script that purely talks about love, it is even more pure love than 'Love is Not Blind'. Will it be a bit outdated, and the audience won't buy it," Lu Yan He said with a smile, "How is the feedback from the audience?"

"Everyone still likes it very much, especially the heroine played by Xiao Yun, many people like this character very much."

"That's enough. Box office is something that can't be forced. We can't ask the god of luck to stand on our side every time. What's more, isn't this film going to be released in many markets overseas next? Maybe it won't be bright in the East, but it will be bright in the West," Lu Yan He said with a smile, "As long as the film itself is not bad and the audience's reputation is good, maybe the copyright fee will be earned a lot in the future."

……

In fact, the box office performance of "My Sassy Girl" did not explode, which made Lu Yan He breathe a sigh of relief.

It's a lot of pressure to explode every time.

It makes it seem like he controls the cost every time just to make more money, stingy.

Now finally there is a film that only got a "so-so", "normal" box office.

Judging from the current data trend, the final box office of this film is very likely to be only 300 million.

At this time, it can be said that fortunately, he has always strictly required the company to control the budget for every film, and absolutely cannot start to be loose because other projects explode and make a lot of money.

Making a film is something where the budget can easily double if you are a little loose.

Like this scene, because renting a better one, the rent directly doubles.

Like this character, you can invite a certain actor to play, and the salary will be at least two digits even if you only talk about the friendship price.

For Lu Yan He, it is either completely necessary, or it can become a highlight of the film if used, which can help increase the box office. Otherwise, if you spend 100 yuan and spend 50 yuan, it just makes the fake flowers in a scene in the film become real flowers, and it looks exactly the same from the screen, with no difference, he absolutely refuses to spend this money.

Speaking of which, it's not wrong, he is indeed stingy.

However, the stinginess is exchanged for the fact that the film's return pressure does not have to be that great, and the company's cash flow can have an extra part, which can be used to produce another film.

Now Linghe can start so many projects at the same time in a year, the core reason is that almost all of its projects have production costs controlled within 30 million yuan.

Those that burn money for special effects, those that have to run to seven or eight places to film... Linghe is not doing any of these projects now.

In Lu Yan He's words, um, still accumulating original capital.

Although in the eyes of many film companies, if they hear this sentence, they will only curse "Pah!"

Haven't you accumulated enough over the years?

Just the "Home Alone" series alone has made you at least 1 billion, right?

What Lu Yan He thinks in his heart is, you know a fart.

If you really transform to make a blockbuster, one blockbuster can make you lose 1 billion.

Linghe still does not accept capital injection, investment, or financing, and is completely controlled by Lu Yan He, so it is better to be safe and cautious.

He doesn't count on Linghe to become the richest man in the world.

Money, enough is enough.

Acting, step by step, slowly filming. ===== CHAPTER 877 =====