Chapter 904: Sealing the Mouth

The day of the closing ceremony of the Hexi Film Festival.

Jiang Yuqian did not receive the notification of returning to the stage, knowing in her heart that there was indeed no hope of winning the award this time.

Although she had expected it, she was still a little disappointed.

"Let's make persistent efforts next time," she said to Li Zhibai.

Li Zhibai nodded.

He said: "In the awards season at the end of the year, *Window Sill* should perform well. Don't rush for this one award, and there is already a harvest, isn't there? Now everyone is full of expectations for your next work."

Jiang Yuqian smiled and nodded.

"It's a pity that my next work is *Doomsday 2*."

"With the long post-production of *Doomsday 2*, your next work to meet the audience may not necessarily be *Doomsday 2*," Li Zhibai said, "I believe there will be more good scripts coming to find you next."

A good performance can not only let Jiang Yuqian be seen by the media and the critical circle, but also let her be seen by more good directors and good producers.

In the end, the Best Actress award at this Hexi Film Festival went to Qin Shulan, and the Best Actor award went to the British male actor Johnny Haynes of *Window Sill*.

Actors are like this.

Before the premiere of *Window Sill*, no one's attention was on a male supporting role in the film *Window Sill*, but after the premiere of the film, everything changed.

Possessing strong acting ability and encountering a role that allows you to play, even if it is a big heroine film, it cannot stop you from being seen by the world.

Johnny Haynes seriously thanked Sia Wei and Jiang Yuqian during his acceptance speech.

When Qin Shulan delivered her acceptance speech, she also mentioned that she didn't expect the award to be given to her when there were so many excellent actresses this year, including Jiang Yuqian. She liked the work *Window Sill* very much, which was the first work she saw after coming to the Hexi Film Festival.

Jiang Yuqian expressed her congratulations to them and other winners on her social media.

Finally, she also seriously @Sia Wei, saying: The praise, applause, and encouragement I received at this Hexi Film Festival almost entirely came from you. I know that if I say this, many people will think that what I want to express is your choice of me and guidance on performance, but you know, it is far more than that. You let me see my limitless state, thank you.

Sia Wei actually left a message in the comment section: Then are you willing to explore with me again?

Jiang Yuqian screamed directly the moment she saw the message.

She immediately called Sia Wei.

"Sia, are you serious?"

Sia Wei smiled and said: "Serious, I enjoy the process of collaborating with you very much. When I write a new script, I always substitute your appearance into my heroine. You have many moments that you don't realize yourself that are very attractive."

Jiang Yuqian screamed directly on the phone.

"Great! Sia, I love you!"

As the Hexi Film Festival came to an end, various follow-up news were also released one after another.

Green Valley announced that it had won the global distribution rights for *Grandma's Legacy* and would lobby for Qin Shulan for this year's awards season and Oscar Best Actress.

Solon announced that it would lobby for *The Notebook* for this year's awards season and all Oscar awards.

The *Seventeen Layers* spin-off film *Seventeen Layers: Magic Cube* was officially announced, produced and presented by Linghe, Green Valley, and HP, starring Jiang Jun, returning with Lin Chan, directed by Lian Bei, script written by Feng Qiyue, and Lu Yan He serving as producer.

I don't know when it started, but everyone has slowly become accustomed to seeing more and more Chinese-language films and Chinese-language filmmakers in international film information.

When Green Valley announced that it would lobby for Qin Shulan for this year's Oscar Best Actress, even some European and American media laughed at Green Valley for wanting to transform into a Chinese-language film distribution company.

Green Valley has indeed done a lot.

The collaboration with Lu Yan He opened a door for Green Valley.

Green Valley doesn't care about the sarcasm of these people at all.

For Green Valley, in recent years, the revenue brought by distributing Chinese-language films has already accounted for more than 15% of the company's revenue.

Not to mention, because Green Valley has been lobbying for Chinese-language films for Oscar awards in recent years, many big-name directors and stars in Hollywood are more favored by Green Valley's projects—

To put it plainly, they all hope to maintain a good relationship with Green Valley. At critical moments, whether it is a film with hope of winning an award or needing to lobby for votes, Green Valley can prioritize them.

Just when Lu Yan He's *Men in Black* was about to be wrapped up, the people from D19 came over again.

This time it was D19's CEO Scott Harris who brought people over in person.

He continued to lobby Lu Yan He to star in *Mist 3*.

This horror film series that made a lot of money now has its focus entirely on Lu Yan He.

When the audience mentions this film series, the first thing they think of is absolutely the Asian ghost played by Lu Yan He.

Therefore, if D19 wants to continue the life of the *Mist* series, it cannot bypass Lu Yan He.

Unless they change their tune, change a male lead.

For example, using the same worldview, but changing some characters, and then connecting some supporting roles from the first two films to the third film.

Doing this is not impossible, but the *Mist* IP is really not classic to the extent that changing the lead still has a large number of fans.

Lu Yan He said bluntly: "Scott, I have also seen some of your ideas about *Mist 3* before. To be honest, compared to the first two, there is not much breakthrough. For me, it is not particularly attractive."

Scott Harris said: "This time we came, we not only invite you to continue to star in this film, but also invite you to serve as a screenwriter. You can write this story completely according to your wishes."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

"As long as you agree, we can offer you a salary of 20 million and a manuscript fee of 10 million, plus 5% of the global box office revenue, and 28% of the revenue share of your character derivatives." The string of numbers reported by Scott Harris completely stunned Lu Yan He.

So quickly, he stepped into the 20 million dollar salary club?

Huh?

Lu Yan He has received no less than 20 million dollars in income from the actual revenue of many films. But that was all added up through box office dividends, derivative revenue sharing, etc. Directly paying a salary of 20 million dollars—

This is the first time Lu Yan He has received such conditions from a mainstream film.

It can be said that before him, no Asian actor had ever received such a salary.

Never.

This is a salary that only top Hollywood superstars can get.

Even in the streaming media era, they advocate "one-time payment," allowing the salaries of several actors to even soar to 30 million dollars or even 40 million dollars, but the standard of 20 million dollars is still the exclusive property of superstars.

Lu Yan He was moved.

What moved him was the significance symbolized by this 20 million dollar salary.

From then on, Asian actors also broke through the ceiling of the 20 million dollar salary.

You know, even at the peak of Jackie Chan in Hollywood—the *Rush Hour* trilogy, his highest peak salary was 15 million dollars plus box office dividends.

This is already a ceiling.

Lu Yan He fell into deep thought.

"We know that you are a very thoughtful film creator, lead, screenwriter, and producer," Scott Harris said. "We will give you unprecedented production rights and decision-making power. Lu, *Mist* is a film series worth doing. It can enter the ranks of classics. We don't want to let it end here. We also don't want to change a lead casually, make a film that looks okay, and then let this series with good reputation enter the ranks of unfinished endings. If you don't return, Muken is not willing to continue to direct, this series may really come to an end from now on."

Lu Yan He was silent for a moment and said: "Scott, thank you for coming to find me specially today. You must know that it is not that I don't cherish the friendship between you and me, especially the help you provided when I impacted the Oscar acting award twice, I remember them all. I just don't want to repeat it again and again."

Scott Harris said: "As long as you are willing, you can completely not repeat. In what direction this story develops, you can completely be the master."

Lu Yan He smiled helplessly.

"Scott, I promise you, I will think about this matter seriously, okay?"

Lu Yan He said: "Actually, you don't need to come to me. When I finish filming *Men in Black*, I will also go to you. After *Mist* and *Get Out*, I have other ideas, wanting to collaborate with you."

Scott Harris's eyes lit up.

"My phone is waiting for your call 24 hours a day, Lu, you can call me at any time. I know you have the habit of writing scripts in the early morning, but you can call me at any time."

Lu Yan He nodded with a smile.

"Okay, I know."

And in this mid-May, in China, the divorce between Yin Xincheng and Huang Yunlan was finally negotiated.

Throughout the whole process—throughout the whole process, Yin Xincheng did not meet Huang Yunlan once.

Handled entirely by lawyers.

During this period, Huang Yunlan wanted to find him many times, but Yin Xincheng always closed the door and did not see her.

Not only that, even if Huang Yunlan sent him a message, wanting to open a live broadcast to accuse him, he ignored it.

In fact, Huang Yunlan's approach was completely counterproductive. The thing she should not have done most was to threaten Yin Xincheng. Because Yin Xincheng purely out of his face as a star and a man, chose to swallow his anger under the premise that he was clearly at a loss.

This matter, from beginning to end, his biggest mistake was not doing protective measures, and was directly treated as a "receiver." This is also the reason why Yin Xincheng has not been willing to let the public know about this matter until now.

Shameful.

Yin Xincheng hasn't worked much in the past few months.

Everyone just thought he was enjoying his newlywed life, but the real situation was only known to a few people who were close.

When Yan Liang was filming the spin-off film of *Gold Rush*, Yin Xincheng even flew to the crew and visited the class for three days. This was not publicly reported, so no one knew.

Yan Liang was also very helpless. He didn't understand why Yin Xincheng was depressed and ran over to find him to relieve the knot in his heart.

After Yin Xincheng left, just after Yan Liang breathed a sigh of relief, Bo Jin sent a message: Speechless, Yin Xincheng came to me.

Yan Liang: "..."

Because Bo Jin is going to study in the UK at the end of the year, in order to thank the company for its support, she took on a romantic comedy film participated by the company.

Filming well, Yin Xincheng came to visit the class.

Still alone, his famous new wife was not by his side.

When people in the crew saw it, they would definitely discuss it.

But Yin Xincheng looked like an injured puppy in front of her, making Bo Jin really embarrassed to drive him away.

As a friend, at this time, I can only endure it silently.

Who let them be the few people who knew about Yin Xincheng's wedding farce—

Only in front of them, Yin Xincheng didn't need to explain anything.

Fortunately, they finally divorced.

Huang Yunlan took a not-small sealing fee and signed a high confidentiality agreement—

Once the truth was leaked, Huang Yunlan would face a huge compensation lawsuit. ===== CHAPTER 905 =====