Chapter 920: No one will dislike the number of successes 1

"Next, I will write a movie series script for Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, and Sister Yuqian, all aimed at the global market."

As soon as Yan He opened his mouth, he shocked Chen Ziyan.

Which screenwriter starts by talking about several movie series?

If someone dares to say this, no one dares to believe it.

Yan He: "I won't act in these series movies myself, I can't handle it, I'll let everyone act in them. Theirs are all blockbusters. Besides that, I also plan to continue making low-budget movies, especially horror and thriller series. I communicated with D19, and I will cooperate with them on a series."

Chen Ziyan pondered for a moment and said: "Yan He, are you pushing yourself too hard?"

Yan He shook his head, "Sister Ziyan, believe me, writing scripts is not pushing myself."

"Although you say so, Yan He, scripts are not that easy to write, I know very well," Chen Ziyan said, "You want to write so many scripts in one breath, it's definitely not as simple as you say."

Yan He didn't expect Chen Ziyan to be so serious.

He also couldn't tell Chen Ziyan why writing these scripts was very simple for him.

He had to make up for it by saying: "I just have such a plan for the time being, of course it's impossible to finish them all in one breath. I mean, in the future, as an actor, I want to reduce production as much as possible, don't film several dramas a year like now. I've already established a foothold, at least before *Men in Black*, *Godless*, and *Moon Legion* are all released, I don't need to take on any so-called blockbusters—I mean, taking on blockbusters just for the sake of taking on blockbusters."

At that time, *Godless* was actually based on such considerations.

Chen Ziyan nodded: "That's right, it should indeed be like this, you don't need to fight for quantity anymore."

"Hmm," Yan He said, "And, I also hope more that it's not just me, a Chinese actor, who achieves such results. I think others can do it too."

"How to put it, everything you have achieved now is rare in Hollywood. And if you really want to talk about the achievements of Chinese actors, you have already made many achievements, from Chen Bige to Jiang Yuqian, from Jiang Jun to Yan Liang and Li Zhibai, you have already done too much."

"I don't treat it as a responsibility, but I want to do such things," Yan He said, "Therefore, how much I have done, and what progress I have made compared to before, will not make me feel that what I am doing now is enough. Those who do cultural content cannot be proud of their own culture, and cannot feel satisfied just because they have made some progress. The distribution channels established by Hollywood in the global market are the world's number one, which does not affect their continued desire to gain a larger market share. European art films occupy the leading position in the four major international film festivals, which does not affect their desire to achieve better performance in commercial films. South Korea has such a small market, yet their film and television dramas have the ambition to attack cities and land in the whole world, so why should Chinese film and television dramas feel satisfied because of the current little achievements? Of course, these are secondary. For me, it's actually a very pure idea. I hope that I, I hope that Chinese film and television dramas, I hope that the Chinese film and television talents I admire, can all gain greater attention and support domestically, and all have the opportunity to go to a broader stage and gain more audience and recognition."

Chen Ziyan: "I understand your idea, and I support you. I mean, don't put too much pressure on yourself, although you don't admit you have pressure, and don't give yourself too strong a sense of responsibility, although you don't admit you have this kind of responsibility."

Yan He nodded and said: "I will definitely not push myself, don't worry."

*Cloud 3* was also released simultaneously in more than sixty markets globally.

This top-tier IP had a North American opening weekend box office of as high as 120 million USD, and the global box office directly exceeded 300 million USD—

Just three days, a very terrifying opening weekend result.

In fact, this has little to do with Yan He. This is entirely because the *Cloud* series accumulated a large viewing base in the first two parts.

Just like the Marvel Universe, they find Oscar-winning actors and actresses, and first-tier big names to star in their movies, which actually exerts a 1+1>2 effect—

But it certainly wouldn't be said that the box office results are mainly attributed to these first-tier big names.

However, perhaps because the results Yan He achieved at the box office were truly too dazzling, or perhaps because the promotion of *Cloud 3* put a large part of it on Yan He, almost all major media attributed the opening weekend box office results of *Cloud 3* to Yan He.

At least, Yan He had a share of the credit.

Just like the grand occasion when *Sanshan* was released domestically back then—

Yan He was just a cameo character who appeared for fifteen minutes, but everyone believed that the box office miracle of *Sanshan* came from Yan He.

For Yan He, this is of course a good thing.

No actor would dislike such a thing.

No one would dislike the number of successes +1.

Darren Wilson called Yan He to tell him about the current situation in Hollywood.

"Almost all blockbuster projects are trying to add an Asian role to them, wanting to invite you to participate. In the past two months, my phone has almost been blown up. No matter where I go, everyone is asking about your situation, asking when you will return to Hollywood. I estimate that the bosses of all film companies are letting their company's legal departments tailor a cooperation contract for you, wanting to have long-term cooperation with you."

Yan He: "It seems that the box office results of several movies this year have indeed shocked them."

"More than just shocked," Darren Wilson said, "You have to know, one or two super-selling movies can be said to be luck, or it can be said to be good vision and talent. However, a filmmaker like you who has never failed since your debut, up to now, can almost be said to have never appeared. Your production is still so high, several a year, completely not the kind of actor who strictly controls production to protect their own halo of success."

Yan He: "Thank you, such praise sounds really cool."

"Yan, is Linghe planning a new cooperation with D19? You created a script for a thriller and horror theme?" Darren asked.

Yan He said: "You can say that, although my script hasn't been given to them yet."

"Do you think thriller and horror scripts can continue to sell well? Generally speaking, the box office ceiling for this genre is limited, and it's a very good result if the global box office can sell for 100 million USD."

"It may not necessarily continue to sell well, but its production cost is the easiest to control among all genres, I think," Yan He said. "And, this genre, you know, has a very fixed audience. Unlike the romance genre, no one will specifically go to watch a movie just for the word 'romance', but many viewers will go to watch a movie just for the words 'horror' and 'thriller', even if it's a bad movie. Although blockbusters are indeed very profitable, they are also very money-burning. I hope Linghe won't always just produce the same type of movies. Horror and thriller themes, as long as they are done well, can also continuously create good results."

"So, can I understand that you will have long-term, stable cooperation with D19 in the future?"

"Perhaps, if my cooperation with them doesn't have any unpleasant things," Yan He said. "After all, they are still trying hard to persuade me to return to *The Mist 3*, aren't they?"

"Indeed," Darren Wilson said. "The game adapted from the movie *The Mist* is very popular. Since it went on the market in March this year, sales have exceeded 1.3 billion USD. D19 of course hopes to continue the *The Mist* IP."

The game Darren Wilson mentioned is a single-player role-playing game adapted from *The Mist*.

It took 2 years to develop and produce, and after it went online, it was very popular.

The development and production cost of this game was only 200 million USD—

Even more profitable than movie box office revenue.

Yan He said: "Cooperating with D19 can also let Linghe learn a lot in this regard. Linghe has always attached great importance to IP peripheral derivatives."

The movie *Corpse Phase* will be adapted into a game.

Yan He has always believed that as a film company, one must learn from those Hollywood companies. Especially learning how they operate and maintain the long-term value of an IP.

In this regard, the ones in this world that truly do well are American and Japanese companies.

They have all accumulated many years of experience in this area.

Darren Wilson said: "D19 offered me a very tempting position, and I am considering whether to accept it."

Yan He was stunned, "Ah? D19?"

Darren Wilson said: "I don't want to be an agent forever. From an agent to becoming an executive of a first-tier company, this is my goal."

Yan He actually understands Darren Wilson's thoughts.

"Then why don't you consider coming to Linghe?"

"Yan, if I come to Linghe now, the help I can provide to you and Linghe won't be greater than me continuing to be your agent or going to D19," Darren Wilson said. "Wan Qingqing is actually doing an excellent job. If I go over, who has the final say in Europe and America is also a problem that will inevitably arise. I know very well that for you, Wan Qingqing is someone you cultivated yourself, I don't want to compete with your confidant."

Yan He was stunned.

He didn't expect that in Darren Wilson's eyes, Wan Qingqing was actually his confidant.

Although he himself knows very well that his support for Wan Qingqing is indeed big enough in the eyes of others, and some people even think there is some kind of ambiguous relationship between them.

Yan He didn't explain this to Darren Wilson, but was considering what it would mean for him if Darren Wilson really went to D19 as an executive. ===== CHAPTER 921 =====