Chapter 886: A gesture

On the day Yu Mengling came to the crew for a cameo, Lu Yan He specially prepared a small chair with her name on it for her, so that she could sit on set and rest—

Most importantly, to let the crew know that he values this actress very much.

So, don't have any blind people do anything that makes Yu Mengling unhappy.

Every crew member, when signing their work agreement, has several prohibitive clauses regarding racial discrimination, political attitudes, etc.

This is a clause that Lu Yan He requires the other party to sign for every job in Hollywood—especially for projects like *Men in Black*, not only does the agreement between Soren and Lu Yan He need to be signed, but every participant in this project must sign it. Otherwise, who knows which big idiot will have a brain cramp later and say something speechless.

However, even so, some people will still express their contempt for you Asians outside the agreement, for example, with a look or a gesture.

Lu Yan He has not encountered it, but some people in Lu Yan He's team have.

You don't have evidence yet, and you can't do anything about them—this is the most disgusting thing.

In this case, Lu Yan He certainly cannot fire people for other excuses.

This will cause an investigation by the union.

Without evidence, the one at a disadvantage is Lu Yan He.

Yu Mengling has been in New York for almost ten days.

Shooting magazines, shooting advertisements, and resting by the way.

The role Lu Yan He let Yu Mengling cameo in is a role with only two lines.

So, Lu Yan He told Fu Kai that the styling must be beautiful, the kind that is breathtakingly beautiful at first glance and leaves a deep impression.

It can't be an ineffective cameo.

Yu Mengling herself is not the kind of big beauty with a glamorous appearance; she is more inclined to be the kind of beauty with temperament and atmosphere.

The character Fu Kai designed for Yu Mengling is an Oriental woman disguised as an alien. This is a character not in the original version, which will appear in the scene where James, played by Lu Yan He, walks into the Interstellar Immigration Bureau for the first time.

Use her character to show Lu Yan He the real existence of aliens.

One second she smiles and greets Lu Yan He as a highly intelligent and sexy woman, and the next second she reveals her face and reveals the true appearance of the alien inside.

After hearing the content of the role she undertook, Yu Mengling showed an unbelievable expression.

"Ah?"

Lu Yan He and Fu Kai want to form a sense of contrast and astonishment through such a change in image before and after, which is also the effect needed for this scene.

"Alright, although I don't quite understand this shot... but since you think this will be a wonderful shot, then let's shoot it like this." Yu Mengling said.

Lu Yan He noticed that Yu Mengling actually didn't understand the filming of this shot.

However, Yu Mengling still nodded and agreed, without asking anything more.

She was taken to do styling.

The crew had already designed several styles for her in advance, and she needed to try them on.

Although this shot might be less than a minute in the movie, accurately speaking, the real frontal effective shot is only ten seconds or so, but in terms of visual effects, this shot is very important.

Therefore, all three styles of Yu Mengling were actually shot.

Just this shot of hers took a full day to film.

After filming, Lu Yan He said to her: "Because this shot still needs post-production special effects, I don't know what it will look like yet. If there are problems, I may have to ask you to come back for reshoots."

Yu Mengling nodded readily.

"No problem, I haven't accepted any plays next, and my time is very relaxed." She said.

This time Yu Mengling came for a cameo, and Yu Mengling didn't mention the cameo fee from beginning to end.

However, Lu Yan He's own movies give cameo fees to people, not to mention Soren paying the bill.

At this time, a Best Actress honor from the Karlovy Vary Film Festival is very useful and can name a price.

"She is a top actress in China. Although she is only cameo in one shot, just putting her name in the movie can play a big role in publicity."

Therefore, Yu Mengling's cameo in *Men in Black*, with less than a minute of scenes, received a cameo fee of 150,000 US dollars.

For a Hollywood blockbuster with a production budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, such a cameo fee can almost be ignored. However, the reason why Lu Yan He wants to help Yu Mengling fight for a number of the same magnitude as Hollywood stars in the cameo fee is that the money actually received is secondary; the key is to report it through the media. Just like when those American media reported his cameo fee for *Hurricane 2*—

This is a conceptual issue.

Chinese actors are also valuable. It's not just Lu Yan He, Jiang Yuqian, and Jiang Jun who are valuable in Hollywood. Actors like Yu Mengling who have never filmed a movie in Hollywood are also valuable. Because she relies on the Chinese market, because she is a representative figure of Chinese cinema. Such a film muse goddess is willing to lower her status to film a commercial movie, which is worth the film merchant paying for her.

Yu Mengling only knew that she had such a high cameo fee after filming.

She called Lu Yan He in surprise for the first time, telling him not to do this.

She subconsciously thought that *Men in Black* was Lu Yan He's movie, and felt that she was just a cameo, how could she get such a high cameo fee, which was almost higher than her normal cameo fee for a low-cost art film.

Lu Yan He explained: "Sister Mengling, this is a movie produced by Soren. They are paying you the fee, not me. Even if it were me, according to Hollywood's market, I should also pay you this much. It's not anything else. Friendship is friendship, but if one day I really want to make an art film, an art film that might really not make money, I will ask you for a favor, but this is a commercial film. If you cameo for zero fee, this is fraud."

Yu Mengling was left between laughter and tears.

"Moreover, I don't want Hollywood to form an impression that Chinese actors are very cheap. The Chinese film market is not mature enough, so in terms of salary, it is indeed not as high as Hollywood, but that is not because our value is not enough." Lu Yan He said, "The cameo fee of 150,000 US dollars is indeed not low, but for a large-scale commercial movie of the size of *Men in Black*, it is the market price given by this market, and it is also a standard that actors like you who have achieved influence and honor in China in the future can refer to when coming to Hollywood to film."

Yu Mengling then understood Lu Yan He's intention.

"Okay, I understand what you mean, thank you."

Lu Yan He said with a smile: "Let's not be polite between us. If you think 150,000 US dollars is too much, just dig and support more scripts like *The Boat*."

Yu Mengling said with a smile: "I will return to the country next week to participate in a domestic investment and financing conference. Because of the movie *The Boat*, no investment and financing conference has ever looked for me before, but suddenly they contacted me too."

"How good." Lu Yan He said, "If there is a good script, Sister Mengling, if your energy is limited, you can recommend it to our Linghe."

"Okay."

Yu Mengling's cameo fee, under the reports of some media, indeed attracted a lot of attention.

This kind of thing, no matter how many people have heard of the name Yu Mengling, it is definitely eye-catching.

This can also be regarded as an official announcement of Yu Mengling's cameo in the movie *Men in Black*.

Besides Yu Mengling, Yan Liang will also cameo. This news was also reported—actor Yan Liang, who became famous internationally because of his appearance in *Flypaper*, is about to join the crew of *Men in Black*. It is reported that his cameo scenes are not few, and it is a very wonderful scene.

These news were naturally released by Lu Yan He and the crew.

It is publicity.

The filming of any blockbuster, from before filming to release, the publicity in between will be released one after another, not letting it leave the sight of the audience.

Hang the expectations of all audiences, let everyone brew for a long time in their hearts, and when it is time to buy tickets, all hesitations have been hesitated, just need to decisively buy tickets and walk into the movie to watch this movie.

A Korean media specially made a report, sorting out how many Chinese actors Lu Yan He directly promoted to become famous in Hollywood.

Not counting directors, screenwriters, and other production talents, just listing actors.

From Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian in *Doomsday*, Li Zhibai in *Buried*, Yan Liang in *Flypaper*, to Huang Feng, Liu Teli, and Luo Weida in *Home Alone*, and Wen Shengming in *Storm Calmer No. 1*.

Including Wen Minglan in *Source Code* which has already been filmed, and Yu Mengling who just cameoed in *Men in Black*...

This report finally said a bit ironically: It feels like Lu Yan He wants to move the entire Chinese entertainment industry to Hollywood.

As a result, this report was not scolded abroad, but it was scolded very miserably in Korea—Korean netizens said that the lines of this report were full of the taste of sour cucumbers.

In fact, Lu Yan He has never denied this point.

When Lu Yan He was interviewed by *Variety*, he said with a smile: "To be honest, most of the actors cited in that report are very famous and very good actors in China. Now, in order to highlight globalization, many film and television works in Hollywood need actors of various skin colors, countries, and regions. As one of the largest markets in the world, even without my recommendation, would these Hollywood companies not come to find Chinese actors? To be realistic, are there fewer roles for Korean actors in Hollywood companies? It's just because projects like *Flypaper*, *Home Alone*, *Buried*, and *Doomsday* have achieved great success, so they are particularly eye-catching."

"I even feel that they don't film enough in Hollywood. I film movies one after another very hard. These friends of mine are all people who cherish their feathers and love their country's film and television art very much. No matter how famous or popular they are overseas, they always remember to cooperate with domestic creators. Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian, these two, were able to accept the romantic theme movie *Love is Not Blind*, which was not favored by many people. Teacher Liu Teli still went to film a work by a new director after *Home Alone* exploded... To be honest, some people write articles to enumerate some examples and make a topic that seems to have a gimmick. It is better to truly understand the experience of every actor, understand what we are doing, is it only me doing this, or is it actually that everyone will do this."

"I will indeed recommend the actors I like, know, and respect to various suitable projects, but who wouldn't? I have many projects in Hollywood now, so naturally I recommend more to Hollywood. In the future, when I film movies in Europe, maybe I will recommend more to Europe. If one day I go to film in Korea, don't forget, I am also a very familiar friend with Director Jin Yanshu of Korea TVN. She will also recommend some scripts, projects, and creators to me. Then should I not recommend good Chinese actors to contact Korean film and television projects because of this article?"

Jin Yanshu, who was watching the news, suddenly saw her name, and her eyes paused.

For a time, she was both proud and somewhat depressed.

What she was proud of was that Lu Yan He publicly said she was his friend, and it was in an interview with a globally influential media like *Variety*.

With Lu Yan He's current popularity and influence in the world, he can say so, which makes people happy no matter what.

However, this interview was a response to that blind troublemaking reporter in Korea. As a Korean, she was somewhat embarrassed.

After hesitating again and again, Jin Yanshu decided to let TVN broadcast the movie *Classic*, which was written by Lu Yan He and was very popular in Korea, tonight.

It can be considered a gesture. ===== CHAPTER 887 =====