Chapter 966: Who Are They Guarding Against?

Linghe's films are often re-screened or have special screenings.

This point, especially with *Rouge* and *Love Letter*, has been re-screened several times.

Every re-screening has a box office of at least several million, and at most tens of millions.

Among them, many are audiences who have already watched this film. When they reach a certain specific period, they want to re-brush it again. For example, *Love Letter* for Valentine's Day, for winter, for example, *Rouge* for Ghost Festival.

In this regard, Linghe has unique conditions.

Because Linghe has always supported holding special screening activities with various cinemas. Basically, as long as the cinema sends an email application, as long as it is a regular, non-leek-cutting screening activity, Linghe will agree.

The income obtained from such authorization is not much, however, this is like retail, one is that such "special screenings" can be long-term—becoming a long-term sale; the second is to accumulate small amounts into a lot, a long stream of water.

The most critical point is that the cooperative relationship established directly with cinemas in this way can make up for Linghe's current shortcomings in the industry chain as a production company as much as possible—

Distribution.

Scheduling.

Many of Linghe's films are entirely supported by the company's past achievements to support the cinema's support for them.

Otherwise, in fact, as far as the film market itself is concerned, many of Linghe's films, if Lu Yan He were not the screenwriter, but projects like *Oh My Sea* or *Horror at Summer Night Villa* which are not first-tier directors, screenwriters, and actors, it is very difficult to get a certain proportion of scheduling rate.

Many good films, not only good in terms of artistic composition, but also many good films with commercial potential in the market, all because they don't have big-name main creators, don't even have the opportunity to meet everyone in the market—

Would you choose to go to a cinema that takes more than half an hour to travel to watch a film that is not so attractive to you?

No.

And the establishment of this relationship network can help Linghe do "point screenings" in the true sense in many cinemas.

For example, Linghe and *Jump Up* both have their own "film lover" organizations.

They can do real point screenings among this group of film lovers and cinemas, and establish the initial popularity of the film fan group.

And generally speaking, film companies almost never spend effort in this regard.

Linghe is different.

Linghe even launches "test screenings," sending invitations to the list of film lovers they hold, inviting them as film fans to watch a new film when they don't know the situation of the film at all, and then scoring and giving opinions.

The results of this link are even applied to the company's own evaluation of the film and the final editing—

Even, there will be re-filming.

Therefore, about the re-screening of *Love Letter*, Lu Yan He is not echoing Li Zhibai's words, he really feels that this may not be a new re-screening opportunity for *Love Letter*.

If *The Hundred Dollar Coffee Shop* is popular enough, the discussion degree caused by the part he guest-starred in is high enough, perhaps it can also attract a group of new audiences who haven't watched the film *Love Letter* to walk into the cinema and watch this film.

A work, there are always people who haven't watched it, there are always people who are fresh.

After guest-starring in *The Hundred Dollar Coffee Shop*, Lu Yan He flew to the United States.

There are two jobs over there.

One is the Oscar Governors Awards ceremony, and the other is the activity of the brand he endorses.

Both activities are activities with very high specifications and high exposure.

Since Lu Yan He is impacting the North American awards season with works again this year, these two activities are inevitably "must attend if invited."

Both activities only invited Lu Yan He to attend.

Including Wen Shengming, Jiang Yuqian, Qin Shulan, and others who have become members of the Oscar Academy and have voting qualifications, none received invitations.

Lu Yan He attending this activity is nothing else, for him, this is an official social field.

Walk the red carpet, chat and communicate with these influential Oscar Academy members in the inner field.

Of course, after everyone sees him, they inevitably talk about the film *The Boat*.

After more than fifty days of small-scale screening, the box office of this film in North America has accumulated to more than 8 million USD.

And compared with this box office figure, Green Valley has already spent nearly 3 million USD in public relations for this film.

The production company of Yu Mengling and Luo Yuzhong also invested a lot of funds. After all, the copyright of *The Boat* is still in their hands.

In comparison, Lu Yan He and Linghe just meant it.

He basically gave up publicizing his personal performance award for this session—because there is really not much hope. Even if the Gotham Awards gave him a nomination, the Gotham Awards can give nominations, on one hand, because it only faces independent films, so those big factories, big production films are not in the scope of this nomination; on the other hand, it is also because many media now mention one thing in unison, Lu Yan He's performance in *The Boat* is very good, it is just hindered by the film's presentation form, unlike Wen Shengming, who was given enough lens space to show the highlights of acting skills.

In a sense, this is also a signal sent by the Gotham Awards to the outside world.

They will not miss a good performance.

But in the second half of the competition, which is more intense, it is almost impossible for Lu Yan He to get an Oscar nomination relying on this film.

So, public relations?

Not worth the loss.

Not much meaning.

In comparison, Jiang Yuqian increasing public relations for the film *Windowsill* further, even if she can't get an Oscar nomination in the end, the meaning is very great.

Because this film will be the first time Jiang Yuqian proves to others that besides being able to act in commercial films and genre films, she can also control rich and complex characters, presenting multi-layered performance details.

Once this impression is formed, for Jiang Yuqian, it is a huge plus.

And Lu Yan He no longer has this need.

Besides these two jobs, there are actually two jobs that have sent invitations.

One is the conversation link organized by *Variety*.

Every year, *Variety* magazine will divide the actors with the strongest momentum and highest calls in the awards season this year into two groups of male actors and female actors, and organize one-on-one conversations.

Another is the Hollywood awards season cover shoot organized by *Vanity Fair*.

It is also generally divided into male and female magazines.

Lu Yan He took them all.

Helping *The Boat* build momentum requires these.

Hollywood recognizes these.

The situation of *The Boat* in this year's Hollywood awards season is much better than last year's *Storm Calmer No. 1*.

One is that after Wen Shengming got the first Oscar nomination last year, for Hollywood, he is no longer a mysterious and strange "unknown person."

He himself, relying on his exquisite acting skills, has received a lot of attention from media and critics, including some loyal film fans.

Second is Yu Mengling as the female lead, her few lens moments in the film are also very popular on social media, and the topic degree is high.

Plus the true story behind this film itself, making this film have sufficient topic discussion degree. Lu Yan He and the others only need to use their influence to keep the film *The Boat* always in everyone's sight, and not be squeezed off the stage by the public relations of other films.

Therefore, during this period, besides Lu Yan He, Luo Yuzhong, Wen Shengming, and Yu Mengling all have a consensus to appear in some public activities as much as possible to "brush their faces."

People from Green Valley have repeatedly emphasized to them that the "artist attribute" set doesn't work well in the Hollywood awards season. Exposure, discussion, attention... these are the magic weapons of the awards season.

In fact, this year's *The Boat*'s prospects are very good.

Best Film, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor/Best Supporting Actor (will decide which category to declare for Wen Shengming according to the awards season situation and competition intensity) all have hope of getting nominations.

Although it is difficult for Yu Mengling to impact Best Supporting Actress, following this film for a round of promotion, her overseas popularity will also be improved to a certain extent, which is a good thing in itself.

Plus, she is the true producer of this film.

It is a matter of course for her to do promotion for the film.

Before returning to the country, Lu Yan He discussed the film *Fast and Furious* with Parameters.

Parameters is the company that contacted the *Fast and Furious* project most enthusiastically in the early stage.

Therefore, in some early communications, Lu Yan He contacted Zebby Doyle the most.

Although up to now, Lu Yan He has not directly decided to let Parameters do this project, he also has a seven or eight-eight meaning. 【966

Zebby Doyle suggested, could they invite Yu Mengling to play one of the female roles in the movie?

Lu Yan He declined directly.

Yu Mengling's temperament was very unsuited for the movie *The Fast and the Furious*.

Yu Mengling should really be following the path of an art-house film actor.

She could act in commercial films, but they had to be the kind that fit her own temperament perfectly; otherwise, it was very easy for her to appear out of place.

Moreover, Yu Mengling herself wasn't that willing to act in commercial films. She had very high standards for herself.

What Lu Yan He didn't expect was that this matter was turned around and reported by a tabloid.

"Lu Yan He Disagrees with Yu Mengling Starring in His New Screenplay."

It sounded quite serious.

It was even an American media outlet.

Zebby Doyle called Lu Yan He immediately and said, "Lu, someone in the company accidentally let it slip, and it was spread with added embellishments. I've already fired that person. I'm sorry."

He admitted the mistake immediately and apologized to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He said, "Zebby, I didn't expect such a thing to happen."

Zebby Doyle: "Sorry, this matter was indeed me failing to manage my subordinates well."

"What exactly is the situation?"

Zebby Doyle hesitated for a moment. "To be honest with you, there are people in the company who want to sabotage this collaboration between you and me; someone wants to snatch this project away."

"Who?" Lu Yan He asked.

"River Wenduo," Zebby Doyle said. "A very annoying guy in the company who often competes with me."

Lu Yan He didn't know this person, but he had heard the name.

"He planted a mole by my side," Zebby Doyle said, somewhat annoyed.

Lu Yan He: "There's actually such a thing."

"I'm telling you the truth, you have to believe me."

Lu Yan He didn't doubt the authenticity of this matter.

Zebby Doyle had been working with him for more than a year or two. Lu Yan He knew what kind of person he was.

"Oh, by the way, he is currently preparing a film project, and there is a role he plans to find Chen Pinhe to play. I'm telling you in advance so you don't misunderstand that this has anything to do with me."

Lu Yan He's heart stirred.

"By the way, Zebby, there is one thing I forgot to ask you," Lu Yan He said. "Back then, for the project *Doomsday*, why did Parameters think of collaborating with Chen Pinhe?"

At that time, Chen Pinhe hadn't yet started walking the international path so clearly as he did now.

For a project of this level, suddenly casting one of the two male leads on Chen Pinhe was indeed a bit strange.

Zebby Doyle said, "It was Bowie who personally handpicked him. He seems to be a fan of Chen Pinhe and has seen his movies."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

"Of course, there is another very direct reason. Bowie's wife and Chen Pinhe's wife, Zhang Yuezhen, right? They are friends."

Lu Yan He suddenly understood.

Bowie Glenwell, the executive CEO of Parameters.

High-ranking and powerful.

Lu Yan He: "Then after the movie *Doomsday* changed course and became starred by Jiang Jun, didn't they look for other film projects to collaborate on? Until this time?"

Zebby Doyle: "I haven't heard of it. I only know that at the time, Chen Pinhe voluntarily withdrew from the *Doomsday* project, which made quite a few people in the company very dissatisfied. When he withdrew, it happened to be the most dangerous time for the project."

Lu Yan He: "Okay, I understand, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yan He sent the information he had obtained to Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan replied: Do you remember I told you before that Zhang Yuezhen used quite a few dishonorable methods in the past to help Chen Pinhe fight for resources?

Lu Yan He: I remember, does this still have anything to do with Bowie?

Chen Ziyan: According to information I found by having people investigate over there, Zhang Yuezhen is not just close to Bowie's wife; she was once seen by a waiter entering and leaving Bowie's room alone.

Lu Yan He: No way?

Using her own body to sleep with another man to help her own man gain resources?

Isn't that a bit far-fetched?

Chen Ziyan: I don't think it's necessarily what you think, but the relationship between Zhang Yuezhen and Bowie is definitely not as simple as just connecting through Bowie's wife.

Lu Yan He: How many secrets is she hiding?

Chen Ziyan: It's hard to say, but she has been living abroad for a long time now and doesn't return to the country. I don't know if she has sensed something.

Lu Yan He: Do we have any moves on our side?

Chen Ziyan: What she is guarding against may not be us.