Chapter 955: Highlight Me

What surprised Lu Yan He was that Huang Fenglian didn't call again, but Huang Tianlin called instead.

"Yan He, sorry," Huang Tianlin said full of indebtedness. "I've troubled you with Huang Feng's affairs."

Lu Yan He was a bit puzzled and asked: "Did Huang Fenglian go to you to ask for guilt?"

"She was afraid of poverty before, and I was just an unknown small director before," Huang Tianlin avoided Lu Yan He's question. "So, Xiaofeng can have such achievements today, she hopes to grasp this opportunity tightly. Actors, you never know when you won't be popular and outdated. I also emphasized to her that you are for Xiaofeng's good. I am quite glad now that Xiaofeng signed to your company, otherwise, with her current ideas, I might really not be able to twist it."

"Can she accept it?"

"She has to accept it even if she can't accept it. I told her very clearly that the contract is here, in black and white, and she has no other way."

"Sigh," Lu Yan He said. "How is Xiaofeng now?"

"Xiaofeng doesn't know about these things. His mother is at least clear about this point and didn't say these things in front of Xiaofeng."

"That's good," Lu Yan He said. "This really shouldn't be something Xiaofeng should face now."

"He is already in junior high school now," Huang Tianlin said with a smile. "I guess puberty has arrived. He quarrels with his mother all day long. As soon as he quarrels, he calls me and asks me to take him back to Malaysia."

"Ah?"

"I said you are returning to Malaysia, your guardian is your mother, your mother will also return to Malaysia with you, and he said he wants to live on campus."

Lu Yan He didn't expect these things.

Huang Feng usually doesn't contact him either.

Huang: "This kid, anyway, is held like stars holding the moon, his temper is very bad."

"How is his relationship with his classmates?"

"It's okay, can't say good, can't say bad," Huang. "Originally we were all worried that he would be treated differently by classmates because of his identity as an actor, no matter what kind of difference is not good. Later, we learned about it privately. Because he attends an international middle school, his classmates are either rich or expensive, and they just look at him, the big star, a few more times. There is no one who likes him particularly, and no one who can't look at him and wants to bully him."

Lu Yan He: "School is a small world, so you still have to pay attention. When I debuted before, there were artists who debuted at the same age of fifteen or sixteen around me who were squeezed out in school."

Huang Tianlin: "Hmm, his mother also pays great attention to this point."

"Actually, relying on the *Home Alone* quartet, Huang Feng can live very well just by eating copyright fees for the rest of his life. His mother doesn't need to worry about Huang Feng's popularity not being there in the future," Lu Yan He was a bit helpless. "Don't talk about this, how is *The Original Father* cut?"

"It has been finalized, and Xitu'er has also seen it," Huang. "Entering the main competition unit should be no problem."

"Okay, then look forward to *The Original Father* being released in Xitu'er," Lu Yan He said.

Huang Tianlin: "I watched *The Boat* in the United States two days ago. This movie is filmed really well, better than *The Original Father*."

"You are humble."

"It's true, *The Boat*'s photography, lines, including its overall structure, is the type of movie I appreciate most," Huang Tianlin said to Lu Yan He. "But such movies, fewer and fewer people are filming. I heard that its box office in China is not very high."

"It's okay. The so-called not high is just that they compare it with other works I starred in. But this genre, from the beginning, it was destined not to be very high," Lu Yan He said. "But you are right, fewer and fewer people are filming movies like *The Boat* now. Many talented filmmakers, even if they have investment, are not necessarily willing to spend time and energy to film such a movie, not to mention that most of the time, investment is a huge problem."

"*The Original Father* has stronger commerciality."

"Actually, the story is stronger, and it is also more friendly to the audience," Lu Yan He said with a smile. "My agent watched the first cut of the movie and told me that the movie highlights my performance very much, and the rendering and emotional driving force are very strong."

*The Boat* belongs to being too stable and too flat, which easily makes everyone look sleepy.

Huang: "But I am really surprised that you can be willing to let this movie not highlight you so much."

"Saying it doesn't highlight me, but everyone says so, actually it also highlights me very much," Lu Yan He laughed. "Media interviews always ask me this question."

Huang Tianlin: "Whoever finishes watching this movie will be puzzled. Under normal circumstances, how could an actor like you be willing to play a green-leaf-like role in a movie."

Lu Yan He said: "Okay, actually I don't feel I am a green leaf, it's just that my performance is not the focus of this movie. But if another actor came to play, I don't feel this movie could still be what it is now. My identity as a famous actor and the mediocre appearance of this role itself is a deconstruction relationship."

Huang Tianlin: "That's what you say, but how many famous actors are willing to appear in this movie for this deconstruction relationship."

"I don't feel I lost out by appearing in this movie. In my view, the movie *The Boat* will definitely become a classic work, and I am the lead actor of this classic work, an important part of its classic. This is my biggest harvest."

"Are there few classic movies you starred in?"

"Classic movies that can be praised to this extent by an artist like you are really not many."

Huang Tianlin didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lu Yan He laughed.

"Don't say, I found that the art films I starred in have achieved quite good results," Lu Yan He said.

"That's of course. As long as you don't pick the wrong eye, the three words 'starred by you' are enough to make the whole world look at this film with higher regard, and will give the best support in all aspects. It's hard to film it badly," Huang. "And, you yourself also have a very critical and unique aesthetic eye. If the movie really has any problems, you also have the ability to make up for these problems."

Lu Yan He: "You praised me so much that I don't know what to say. After you finish filming *The Original Father*, are you preparing any new script now?"

"Wrote several scripts, but didn't think about which one to film," Huang. "I am also thinking, for the next project, whether to continue to ask you to star, or change to someone else, breathe some fresh air."

Lu Yan He laughed.

"Isn't this up to you?"

Huang Tianlin: "If you don't star, investment is hard to find."

"I will invest for you," Lu Yan He said generously. "If your movie can't find investment, come find me."

Huang Tianlin: "Aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"For ordinary companies, it may be easy to lose money. For Linghe, if a new work by a director who has won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film cannot operate profitably, then these years have been in vain," Lu Yan He laughed. "My company is very strong, don't worry."

Huang: "Then I will take it seriously."

"You take it seriously, do I still lie to you?" Lu Yan He said. "I myself invest in dozens of movies every year. Some invest a little, some lack funds, I invest a little more, not to mention Linghe."

"Dozens?" Huang Tianlin was shocked. "You have such a big hand?"

"Hmm," Lu Yan He said. "Usually earn a lot of money, and have nowhere to spend, so just use it to support the industry I like."

"No wonder your Chinese movies have produced quite a few art film masterpieces in the past few years and won so many awards at international film festivals."

"That has nothing to do with me. Many movies don't have my investment," Lu Yan He laughed. "My eye is not that good."

Once October arrived, the National Day file officially started.

No one expected that the dark horse running out this time in the National Day file was *Scumbag, Stay Away from Me! *, starring Ma Zhiyuan and written by Yu Jiang. *The Lion*, a war-themed blockbuster that claimed to have invested hundreds of millions, relied on the first-day box office of more than 80 million to firmly occupy the champion throne.

*Scumbag, Stay Away from Me! * relied on a box office of 45 million to jump to the second place in the daily box office list.

Shocked the industry.

This was also the best first-day box office performance of Yu Jiang's works.

The performance of *Corpse Phase 2* was satisfactory, with 37.5 million on the first day, ranking third.

*A Little Bit of Ease*, starring Jia Long and Wang Dashan, was not as expected on the first day, with only over 32 million, ranking fourth.

Among them, the movie with the highest topic degree was *Scumbag, Stay Away from Me! *.

Ma Zhiyuan was reported by major media and marketing accounts, combing through his encounters over the past few years.

The story of his past life was what the media liked most.

Once popular, career fell into a low valley, and now returned to the top of the mountain in style.

The number of the theatrical box office was clearly branded on him.

Yu Jiang announced that day that this movie was going to hold a celebration banquet.

To some extent, the first-day box office of this movie had already reached their internal real expectation for the total box office.

The first-day box office started to make a profit directly.

"This really caught the wind, pigs can fly to the sky, chose the right theme, Ma Zhiyuan can also turn over."

For the success of the movie *Scumbag, Stay Away from Me! *, Chen Ziyan was very unhappy.

But there was no way.

Lu Yan He said helplessly: "This theme hit the market's demand, it is normal for everyone to want to see it."

Chen Ziyan said: "Have you seen that movie? It's filmed so badly, so badly! No logic at all, dog shit doesn't pass."

"This kind of movie itself is emotion-led, logic or not, it is not the focus of everyone's attention," Lu Yan He said. "When you go to eat spicy hot pot, you won't be particular about whether it is clean and hygienic."

Chen Ziyan: "Whose side are you on?"

Lu Yan He: "...... Bad movie!"

Chen Ziyan: "That's about right."

Lu Yan He said: "It's just that I thought you had already anticipated that this movie would be successful."

"You felt it long ago?"

"Ma Zhiyuan plays a scumbag, and Yu Jiang writes the script. She is best at this kind of dog-blood love story of puberty, which has always been effective, so the box office will definitely not be bad. It's just that I didn't expect it to be so good," Lu Yan He said. "Topic movie."

"This movie might film a second part," Chen Ziyan said. "Although Yu Jiang's movies rarely film a second part."

"This kind of love story is also difficult to film a second part, right?" Lu Yan He said. "The second part can often only be more dog-blood, and then the reputation will be ruined."

"As long as the box office is good."

"Box office is king."

Chen Ziyan suddenly thought of something and asked: "Isn't Li Yuefeng going to be angry? His *Corpse Phase 2* was surpassed by Ma Zhiyuan's movie."

Lu Yan He said: "Li Yuefeng has been sending out drafts recently. He learned Chen Yin's set very smoothly. Now his team has begun to package him as a 'small and beautiful' dark horse male lead. In the media drafts, he has been shaped into a male actor who is willing to star in low-cost genre films, and is also the only one among the current first-tier male actors who is rooted in this track."

"You know this too?"

"He told me himself."

"So honest?"

"Hmm," Lu Yan He nodded. "He is also preparing to take action against Ma Zhiyuan. Many black drafts have been arranged."

"He told you this too?"

"Hmm," Lu Yan He said. "To be precise, he greeted the publicity side of *Corpse Phase 2*, let the publicity of *Corpse Phase 2* have a preparation, and then told me by the way that he was going to fire at Ma Zhiyuan."

"This——" Chen Ziyan said. "Okay, he must also know that you and Ma Zhiyuan are not right."

"Hmm."

"Know that you won't stop him."

"Perhaps so," Lu Yan He said. "Actually, to tell the truth, Li Yuefeng is willing to take action, I am very happy."

"Happy?" For this statement of Lu Yan He, Chen Ziyan was indeed a bit surprised. "You don't have moral cleanliness now?"

Li Yuefeng's move was not that Ma Zhiyuan took action against him first, and he fought back.

It was completely because the movie starring Ma Zhiyuan had better results than Li Yuefeng, so Li Yuefeng took the initiative to take action in order to consolidate his position and not be attacked by Ma Zhiyuan to pull down his status.

Could Lu Yan He accept this kind of thing in the past?

Should not accept it.

At least he wouldn't use happy to describe his mood.

Lu Yan He said: "I have changed."

Chen Ziyan: "I am very happy."

Lu Yan He laughed.

Chen Ziyan said: "For former enemies, never be soft-hearted. Actors, without a sense of competition, will only be eliminated."

Lu Yan He: "Okay, okay, don't give me a lecture."

Chen Ziyan: "This friend Li Yuefeng is worth making. What you can't do, he can do."

Lu Yan He, hearing this, couldn't laugh or cry.

"Can't let Ma Zhiyuan really turn over," Chen Ziyan said. "His fan base is very strong. He has the capital to start over. Filming a web movie *Scandal*, exploded, filming a theatrical movie, became a dark horse in this year's National Day file. If you don't prevent it, maybe he will really turn over." ===== CHAPTER 956 =====