Chapter 914: I Will Always Watch You

Doing publicity is something Lu Yan He is already familiar with.

However, the high exposure and intensive interviews brought by the concentrated publicity period will also rapidly hollow out a person.

Most importantly, film and television works really have a lag.

The time when Lu Yan He felt most strongly about this movie must be the shooting period and the week after the wrap.

If there were interviews at that time, Lu Yan He might be able to talk for a long time.

But often when this movie starts publicity, it has been a long time since the wrap.

Many of Lu Yan He's feelings at that time are actually gone.

The things he can recall are limited, and naturally, the things he can say are also limited.

Saying so many words over and over again is actually the same thing, and it even makes people have the tired thought of "is there any need to continue saying it."

Fortunately, Lu Yan He is already an experienced celebrity artist.

He knows how to maintain his rhythm in a high-frequency publicity rhythm.

And the movie's lead—17 years old, no, 19 years old this year, Ivan Patterson, because it was his first time participating in movie publicity, he was like he had been injected with chicken blood throughout the whole process, without any fatigue.

Sometimes when Lu Yan He saw his excited state and his immature appearance in front of the media, he wanted to laugh, and at the same time, he saw his former self in him.

Ivan Patterson didn't take any other movies after filming *Godless*.

Generally speaking, in Hollywood, young people like Ivan Patterson, if they become the lead of a big production, they often won't take any other movies to appear in advance before this movie is released.

Now it has been almost two years since *Godless* finished filming.

According to Hollywood's construction period, this actually belongs to the post-production being done for a particularly long time.

But for a blockbuster of this production scale, such post-production time is not exaggeratedly long.

Ivan Patterson's changes are relatively not very big.

The difference between 17 and 19 years old is just the removal of some immaturity in temperament, and the body shape and facial contours are actually fine.

Global audiences are unfamiliar with him.

The media is too.

But everyone's attitude toward him is enthusiastic.

Everyone knows that this is a rising star.

What surprised Lu Yan He more is that Ivan Patterson's university major is not acting, but literature.

It is the same choice as his.

This is what Ivan Patterson said in an interview.

"Lu Yan He is my idol." When Ivan Patterson accepted this interview, Lu Yan He was not by his side. Lu Yan He watched it on his mobile phone after Wang Biao's reminder, "I want to become an actor like him. At that time, when choosing a university major, I referred to the major he studied in university."

The content of this interview, what surprised Lu Yan He most was not that Ivan said his university major was the same as his, but that Ivan said he was the actor he wanted to become.

Ivan Patterson is a native American actor.

Under normal circumstances, his idol shouldn't be an Asian actor.

Almost all Americans—even if you delete the word "almost," the actors they consider the greatest are either American or British, very few mention European ones, and never mention Asian ones.

They will appreciate Asian actors, but in their hearts, the best and greatest are all there.

This is the first time Lu Yan He heard that he was the kind of actor someone wanted to become.

He was inexplicably a bit... moved.

Lu Yan He found that after Ivan finished saying this, when he saw him again, he was still secretly observing his reaction, as if he wanted to know if Lu Yan He had heard about it.

Ivan is actually not a very handsome male actor. Of course, he is definitely not ugly. Hollywood would definitely not use an ugly male actor as the lead of such a mainstream blockbuster.

He is a bit like Tobey Maguire in the first version of *Spider-Man*, looking for a plain American teenager. His appearance is slightly better than the average teenager, but definitely doesn't have that kind of handsome handsomeness that amazes everyone at first sight, like Leonardo in *Titanic*.

However, there is a simple affinity in Ivan, which is a bit similar to the simple feeling of Matt Damon, even if he goes to play a farmer, it is not inconsistent.

Lu Yan He asked Ivan: "After *Godless*, did your agent help you take other plays?"

Ivan Patterson said: "No, he said everything will be decided after *Godless* is released."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"How about I write a script for you later?"

Ivan's eyes lit up instantly.

"Really?" He was full of excitement.

Lu Yan He said with a smile: "You told others that I am your idol, can't I express the meaning of an idol?"

Ivan grinned, laughing very happily.

Lu Yan He also shook his head with a smile, "Don't laugh as if you picked up a big bargain. You are the male lead of *Godless*. After the movie is released, there will be plenty of scripts looking for you. My script looking for you to act, it may not be that you took advantage, maybe it's me."

Ivan: "Lu, don't think I'm lying to me just because I just started acting in movies. Several people have told me that your movie scripts are being competed for by all first-tier actors in Hollywood, and you are a top screenwriter that all actors hope to grab cooperation with."

Lu Yan He was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Who told you this? It's so exaggerated?"

"My mom, and my agent, especially my agent." Ivan didn't mean to hide it either, and told Lu Yan He directly, "In fact, when I gathered with friends who knew *Godless*, they were all saying, if only someone could become your friend."

"Huh?"

"The media says that if you become your friend, you don't have to worry about not having good scripts." Ivan said a bit embarrassedly.

It seemed that saying this was a bit embarrassing for him.

In fact, not to mention Ivan said it, even Lu Yan He felt a bit embarrassed when he heard it.

He couldn't accept that people he was familiar with praised him in such an admiring tone.

It's weird.

Lu Yan He hesitated for a moment and said: "Ivan, when you become a popular actor—you will definitely become one, and you have already started to become such an actor, many people will say similar things to you, for example, as long as you join a movie, the box office will definitely not be bad, for example, you are the most talented actor and can win an Oscar sooner or later, etc. Just listen to these words, don't take them seriously."

Ivan looked at him confusedly.

Lu Yan He said: "In Hollywood, if you search for past news, you will find that there are many talented actors who were highly anticipated and praised as if their future was limitless and Oscar statuettes were within reach. They seemed to have a brilliant future, but after a few years, either they lost their fighting spirit because of the failure of a few movies, or they were polluted by the surrounding environment and lost their ideals early, or they were too arrogant and self-destructive. You must always hold your bottom line and never forget your original intention."

Ivan nodded hesitantly.

"Mom and my agent have also told me this."

"It's secondary that others have told you. You must realize this point yourself and firmly defend it. You can be internally inflated—you will inevitably be internally inflated in the near future, this is unstoppable, every popular star must face this matter. It doesn't matter if you are inflated for two or three years, don't be afraid. You can also fall into a chaotic time because of the surrounding flattery and high pay, spending money lavishly, or something else. However, you must know what the bottom line is that you cannot do, and what the crisis is that will prevent you from becoming a good actor." Lu Yan He said, "Don't be afraid of going downhill, and don't be afraid that the movies you act in don't sell. If one day no other company asks you to film just because of failure, I will always have scripts for you here."

Ivan showed a look of surprise.

"Of course, I know, it's useless for me to say more to you now, all this must be experienced by yourself, the temptations and challenges you have to face are far from what I can explain in a few words, but I hope that when you are really confused or at a loss, you can remember these things I said today. If you need my help, need my advice, you know my mobile phone number and email address, you can contact me at any time." Lu Yan He said.

Ivan suddenly hugged Lu Yan He tightly.

Lu Yan He was stunned, surprised.

Ivan said: "Thank you, Lu, you are so good to me."

Well, Westerners who are not ashamed to express their emotions directly.

Lu Yan He laughed.

He said the sentence Wen Shengming said to him back then.

"I will always watch you." ===== CHAPTER 915 =====