Situr is in the southern hemisphere.

In February, when the Northern Hemisphere is basking in the tail of winter, it is summer.

It was the first time he went abroad to participate in an international film festival, and it was also the Situr International Film Festival, and Lu Yanhe was more or less excited in his heart.

Of course, just like going to South Korea not long ago, this time he came to Xitur, and Lu Yanhe was also a pure newcomer.

No one knew him.

Therefore, it is rare that Lu Yanhe does not need to be recognized from time to time after going out.

This time, in addition to Zou Dong, there was also Chen Ziyan, who arrived a little later.

"At the festival, there are a lot of opportunities." Chen Ziyan said, "I have to be here." ”

After they arrived at the hotel, they first met with director Wang.

Wang Chong came over this time, and the itinerary was much more tense than Lu Yanhe.

He has a lot of qualifications, and even in the international film industry, there are many people who know him.

Therefore, this time he came to the Seat Tur Film Festival with his new work, and received interview applications from film magazines and related media from various countries early.

In addition, many events organized by the official and sponsor organizations of the Setul Film Festival have also invited Wang Chong.

This director, who has never achieved any significant results at the box office, has a pivotal position in the film industry, and this status has also affected everyone's definition of him.

When Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan went to meet him, he was still being interviewed by a foreign reporter.

They waited next to them for about ten minutes.

Chen Ling, the producer that Wang Chong has worked with all the year round, was waiting with them.

Chen Ling said with a smile: "Every time I come to the film festival, Director Wang will receive a lot of media interview applications, and I don't know why, obviously the box office is not high, but it seems that everyone who comes to the film festival has seen his movies and likes them very much." ”

Lu Yanhe said: "Because it's a film festival, the people who come here are more or less in love with movies. ”

Chen Ling turned his head to look at Lu Yanhe and said with a smile: "I heard that you are also writing movie scripts?" ”

"Yes." Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, "Uncle Ling, are you interested?" ”

Chen Ling: "Who isn't interested in the script you wrote now?" Ha ha. ”

Although he said this, he didn't ask Lu Yanhe for the script any further.

Lu Yanhe also knew that people were just polite and polite on face.

Of course, even if Chen Ling really wanted it, Lu Yanhe couldn't take it out.

The movie scripts he has already written have been given.

Chen Ling said: "Actually, you are really talented in acting, don't always act in TV series, act in more movies, although "Six" is popular, it is not a real performance." ”

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Six" has been on the air for so long, and it is the first time that someone has told him in front of him that his performance there is not a real performance.

Chen Ling: "Maybe you don't like to listen to it, but I'm serious, sitcom, it's hard to have real characters." ”

Lu Yanhe pondered silently for a moment, and said: "Uncle Ling, it's just a different style, a different form of expression, if you say the difficulty of the performance, it is indeed much lower, but I don't think it's a real performance, as long as you can create a three-dimensional and complete character, even if he doesn't have a deeper and more complex life experience like the protagonist of the movie, I think that's enough." ”

Chen Ling: "You are still very young, and you only have some intuitive understanding of acting. ”

"Well, that's true."

"When you really understand what acting is all about, you'll know what I'm talking about."

Lu Yanhe was silent and did not argue with Chen Ling again.

He realized that there was no point in arguing with Chen Ling about these things.

Because it is impossible for him to convince Chen Ling, and it is impossible for Chen Ling to convince him.

Lu Yanhe really doesn't know much about performing arts, let alone say one, two, three, four seriously.

However, Lu Yanhe has always had a very simple idea, that is, nothing can be compared to what the audience likes.

Some dramas can win temporary likes, some dramas can win long-term likes, and some dramas have mediocre reviews in the year of release, but they can be liked for a period of time.

Aesthetic things are nothing more than private and popular, and as for whether they can enter the classics, it is a matter of doing their best to obey the destiny of God.

Lu Yanhe clearly knows that some sitcoms have been prosperous for thirty or forty years.

With the advent of the Internet age, the distance between the audience and the work is only their subjective will, rather than deciding whether the audience can see it or not through the medium of TV station.

A good sitcom will also leave a trace in the minds of generations of audiences for a lifetime.

Lu Yanhe knew this, so he didn't agree with Chen Ling's statement.

It's just that Chen Ling is obviously a person who has come from the glory era of film, and has experienced a long period of time, and film is the most advanced in media art. Their concept has been deeply rooted, and it is not something that Lu Yanhe can explain clearly in a few words.

Lu Yanhe also knows that in the current era, the chain of contempt that movies are higher than TV series and variety shows still exists and has not changed.

After Wang Chong finished the interview, they sent off the media reporters before they had time to have a good chat with Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.

Wang Zhong sat them down and asked, "When did you arrive?" ”

Lu Yanhe said: "I arrived last night, and Sister Ziyan only arrived this morning. ”

Wang nodded emphatically, "This time you come over, do you have any other work arrangements?" ”

Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan shook her head and said: "We are here to attend the premiere of "Three Mountains" this time, there is no other work arrangement, this is Xiao Lu's first time to come to the film festival, I hope he can feel the atmosphere of the film festival more." ”

"Well, the Siturle Film Festival is almost one of the best in the world, and everybody here talks about cinema, it's like a mecca for cinema, and I love the atmosphere." Wang Zhong said, "I think you will definitely like it here." ”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Wang Chong: "Before too many people know you now, take a good stroll, and after the release of "Three Mountains", the ten minutes you appear in the movie will make most people know you at this film festival." ”

Lu Yanhe showed a surprised expression.

Wang Chong's words made Lu Yanhe overwhelmed and flattered, and even had a kind of uneasiness of "am I worthy of such a high evaluation".

Acting in this movie is just one night.

Will his performance be so good?

Chen Ziyan smiled at Lu Yanhe and said, "Director Wang told me that you must come to the film festival this time, otherwise many people will be disappointed." ”

Lu Yanhe has mentioned their shock at "Three Mountains" from many people before.

Especially because many people watched his performance in "Three Mountains", they have the saying that "Lu Yanhe is a genius".

Wang Zhong said: "Your scene is the finishing touch, especially when it is cut out and put on the big screen, the feeling of life dreamy and ghostly in the whole movie I want to express has been laid by your scene, Chen Jiang, Sui Fangran and several of them are becoming more and more unclear about reality and fantasy in the later stage, and they are on the verge of collapse. ”

When Lu Yanhe heard Wang Zhong say this, he was extremely itchy in his heart, and wanted to see this movie quickly and see his performance in this movie.

The movie hasn't been released yet, but many people have already seen it at the inside viewing party.

The feedback given by everyone was too exaggerated and made Lu Yanhe feel distorted, as if he was just saying some cheering scenes, but as more and more people said such things, Lu Yanhe gradually sprouted more realistic expectations in his heart.

Now Wang Chong said such things to him with such a solemn attitude, which made Lu Yanhe look forward to it even more.

"When are you leaving?" Wang asked again.

Lu Yanhe said: "Two days later. ”

The premiere of the movie is tomorrow, and after the premiere, there will be press conferences, photocalls, etc., which will be a very tiring day.

The day after tomorrow, Lu Yanhe has two domestic media initiated work.

Then Lu Yanhe went back.

Because he came to participate in the Sytul Film Festival, Lu Yanhe had to ask for leave from school.

This is even the first time that Lu Yanhe has asked the teacher for leave since he entered the school.

No matter how busy the work was, I had never asked for it before.

Fortunately, because of the filming of "Twilight Spring", he didn't choose many courses at the beginning of this semester, and he didn't miss too many courses in the past few days.

When Wang Chong heard this, he was a little disappointed, "Leaving so early?" ”

Lu Yanhe said: "I took five days off from the school, and it was difficult to ask for it again, and there were a lot of classes this semester. ”

Chen Ziyan asked: "Director, is there anything Yan He needs to do?" ”

"No, it's that in a few days, they are going to do a Chinese movie night here, because they don't have Yan He's contact information, so let me ask Yan He if he can participate."

This kind of event usually brings together a very large number of Chinese filmmakers, and at the same time, they will also invite internationally renowned filmmakers to attend through their own channels, of course, for many purposes, and in general, to increase their influence.

Ruyi is one of the largest film companies in China, and the film "Nineteen Years of Crime" was developed by them.

Lu Yanhe was also unfortunate and could not participate.

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Although only "Three Mountains" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Situr Film Festival, there are really many Chinese filmmakers who come here.

Lu Yanhe unexpectedly ran into Jia Long on the road.

When he first encountered it, Lu Yanhe thought he was wrong.

It was Jia Long who shouted at him first.

"Teacher Jia!" Lu Yanhe didn't expect it to be Jia Long, and waved his hand in surprise.

They met by chance on the path by the river.

Jia Long was on his own.

"Are you hanging out here?" Jia Long asked Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I don't have a job today." ”

Jia Long: "I'll go shopping by myself, let's go together." ”

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Seeing this, Zou Long took a few steps away at the right time.

Jia Long said: "Tomorrow is the premiere of "Three Mountains", right? ”

"Yes, Mr. Jia, will you come?"

"Well, Director Wang has already greeted me, we are the only Chinese film shortlisted this year, I will definitely support it." Jia Long smiled and said, "This time, I was still thinking about when I would ask you out for a meal." ”

Lu Yanhe said: "I have just arrived. ”

Jia Long: "I came here with the play "Searchlight", and they wanted to find international buyers here, and arranged some promotional activities. ”

"Is this movie also a comedy movie?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"It's black humor, a crime comedy." Jia Long explained, "In addition, I still have a job here, and there will be a movie night event at Ruyi Films, and they will officially announce a movie between me and them at this event, and I have to be there." ”

"I'm looking forward to it." Lu Yanhe immediately said, "I like to watch your movies very much." ”

Jia Long finally mentioned "People in Embarrassment".

"I didn't expect that everyone was basically not optimistic about this script." He was a little helpless, "It's not that no one wants to vote, but they can't get the budget I want to get." ”

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he was stunned.

"Huh?"

He didn't expect this to happen.

In his impression, the box office of this movie was very good, so there was a second sequel that broke the box office record.

And now starring Mr. Jia Long, how can he not find investment?

Could it be that the script is rotten?

"Is it a script problem?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Jia Long shook his head and sighed with a wry smile, "Speaking of the script, they all said that it was well written, very good-looking, and there were a lot of laughs, but they were mainly not optimistic about the background of this story, and they felt ...... It's a bit earthy, unlike the high-grossing comedy movies in recent years, which are relatively foreign. They were afraid that the film would be perceived by the audience as a township theme and would not be willing to watch it. ”

Lu Yanhe looked at Jia Long dumbfounded.

At this moment, he didn't even know what to say.

"Huh?"

Jia Long: "I didn't expect it, so many film companies are willing to invest money, but they are only willing to make it into a low-budget small film, and they are not willing to make it with a big budget." ”

Lu Yanhe thought for a while and asked, "Does this movie require a high budget?" ”

"There is a low-cost shooting method at low cost, and there is a high-cost shooting method at high cost, this script is so good, if you can do it, you won't compromise, shoot it well, I think it will be a classic." Jia Long said.

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he was silent for a while and asked, "Is this movie unsuccessful?" ”

Jia Long: "Then don't be so discouraged, it really can't meet my expectations, I'll lower my expectations and talk slowly." ”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He said: "I really can't do it, so I will invest in the money and shoot it myself." ”

Jia Long was stunned.

"Huh?" He looked at Lu Yanhe incredulously.

After Lu Yanhe realized what he had said, he reacted and immediately said, "I'm not ashamed to say it, I don't have that much money at all." ”

He didn't know what was wrong with him, just because he made nearly 20 million from the drama "Six", he swelled up to the point that he felt that he could afford to shoot a movie?

Jia Long laughed.

He patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder and said: "Yanhe, don't worry, a movie has gone through ten years from preparation to shooting, this is a good time, place and people, a good meal is not afraid of being late, since it is a good script, we must have the patience to wait." ”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"I see, Mr. Jia."

Jia Long glanced at him and said, "However, if you are willing to disclose now that you are the screenwriter of the movie "People in Embarrassment", with the success of "Six People", I think there will be several film companies that are willing to change their minds." ”

It was Chen Ziyan who proposed it before, and did not disclose the identity of Lu Yanhe's screenwriter first.

Lu Yanhe said: "In fact, there is nothing public, we didn't make it public before, but we were worried that my identity would have a negative impact on this movie, after all, I am not a professional screenwriter, and now there is "Six", if the disclosure that I am the screenwriter can promote the filming of this movie, I am willing." ”

"Then I know what to do, and I'll talk to them when I get back from Situr." Jia Long asked Lu Yanhe, "Are you ready to invest in this movie yourself?" ”

"If you can vote, of course." Lu Yanhe thought to himself, a movie with a successful box office precedent, he now has some money on hand, why not invest it.

Jia Long said: "I talked to those film companies about giving you a 5% revenue share, even if you don't invest, you can still get a share. ”

Lu Yanhe smiled and said: "Actually, I don't doubt that this movie will make money at all, it's just a matter of making more money and making less, if it weren't for my own money being too little and I couldn't make it myself, I even wanted to shoot it myself." ”

In fact, Lu Yanhe felt as soon as he said it, and it was a bit fake.

But Garon was empathetic but silent.

"We'll see later if we can get better conditions," he said. ”

After walking around with Jia Long, he sat down at a corner coffee shop and had a cup of coffee.

They chatted together about the creation of sitcoms and about the projects behind Lu Yanhe.

Jia Long was a little surprised when he knew that Lu Yanhe was still preparing another sitcom.

He also asked: "Is it still a seasonal short drama like "Six"? ”

"Not necessarily, it could be a sitcom in the framework of a long-form series." Lu Yanhe said, "It is a completely different style and story from "Six", and it cannot be said to be completely different, it is a story about a group of people who get together and finally become best friends in this life." ”

Jia Long: "I chased the episode of "Six" from beginning to end, and I didn't hide it from you, when I first started watching it, I didn't understand why such a simple drama, just some dialogues between several people and changes in the relationship between characters, can attract so much attention, and there are so many discussions, until I saw what many people said on the Internet, I didn't know what I underestimated. ”

"Huh?" Lu Yanhe looked at Jia Long in surprise.

"It's not just me, but many people don't realize why this show is so popular." Jia Long said, "Just because it's simple enough, there are only six people, each of them is too simple and natural, and without all kinds of complex characters in current film and television dramas, it is easy to enter their world." At the beginning of this play, a few of them sit in a café and chat, and the dialogue is like a conversation that will appear around us, and then in this daily scene, there are dramatic conflicts from time to time, making it easier for everyone to substitute for their own lives. ”

"Why do you see so many people on the Internet discussing this drama, and even analyzing the choices and attitudes of each character?" Jia Long said with praise on his face, "Just because of their different choices, different attitudes, including the different words that everyone says, they all seem to be born out of our lives, funny and relaxed at the same time, but also like knocking on a wooden fish from time to time, knocking into our memory, evoking some similar emotional experiences for us." So, later, I went to someone to ask for the original script you wrote to read, and I found out why it was so good. ”

"What I'm most afraid of is the kind of script that is very realistically written and has to explain everything to you." Jia Long said, "In your script, there is basically only dialogue, but just by relying on dialogue, people can fully understand what the whole story is about, this ability is not possessed by many screenwriters, and your words are shallow, white, and not bad, this is the most rare, really belongs to the language of a sitcom, it's really good." ”

Lu Yanhe was almost blushing when he was praised by Jia Long's words. During this time, including the audience who likes this drama, they actually don't think that this is a very good drama in terms of quality, everyone thinks that the drama is good-looking, but when it comes to the so-called literature, characters, and artistry, they are all mediocre.

Lu Yanhe has wanted to justify this story too many times, and this drama is not that simple at all. But as a screenwriter, it is not so simple to explain this story, it is too "Wang Po sells melons and boasts".

Jia Long suddenly said these words today, which made Lu Yanhe feel moved by "there are still people who understand".

Strictly speaking, the story of "Six" is not original by Lu Yanhe, but he typed it out word by word, and he can't rely on his golden finger to copy the script 100%, when writing this script, in addition to trying to dig out more content from memory, he also has to rely on his own ability to organize these fragmented memories into a complete story, or even a good-looking story.

He is like a small landowner who owns a gold mine, which is dug up, but has to be refined to turn it into gold of high purity.

Lu Yanhe said to Jia Long: "Teacher Jia, for so many days, you are the first person to praise this script like this. ”

Jia Long: "There are only a few people who really create comedy and understand comedy, and the others just seem to understand it and watch "Six" with other types of standards. ”

Jia Long's words made Lu Yanhe smile very brightly.

"My mood suddenly improved, Mr. Jia."

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Obviously, the top priority of coming to the Setul Film Festival this time is "Three Mountains", but after meeting Jia Long, Lu Yanhe returned to the hotel, but he couldn't hold back, found the script of "Six People" from his laptop, and read it again from beginning to end.

The more Lu Yanhe reads, the more he feels pity and anger.

If it weren't for Jingtai doing so many disgusting things, he would have been able to write the script smoothly.

Instead of holding your breath like you are now, never being able to return to the series.

I really hope that one day a film company will buy the film adaptation rights of this drama, so that the movie has nothing to do with Beijing and Taiwan, so that he can continue to be the screenwriter of the movie and tell the stories behind well.

But that can only be thought about, even if it is really adapted into a big movie one day, Lu Yanhe doesn't know how to write the script of this big movie, and there is no precedent to refer to at all.

And today, Lu Yanhe also clearly knows the fact that the movie is not a TV series that has enough material for two hours, and there are some very obvious differences between the two things.

Lu Yanhe could only turn off the script of "Six People" in anger, open the document of "Wulin Gaiden", and start writing the main points and outline of the story.

This time, no matter what, the copyright of "Wulin Gaiden" must be firmly in your own hands, and it can't be like "Six People", because the copyright is in the hands of others, and once you break up, you won't have your own share.

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The premiere of "Three Mountains" was at half past two in the afternoon.

In the morning, Lu Yanhe was interviewed by two domestic film media under the arrangement of Chen Ziyan.

This interview is his own.

After the interview, I had a quick bite to eat at the hotel, served lunch, and then changed into a dress, ready to leave for the premiere.

He first joined all the main creators of the crew.

This time, Chen Jiang, Sui Fangran, and Wang Lu all came, and the starring film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Seturi Film Festival, which was like winning the lottery for them.

Departure, on the red carpet, and then into the screening hall, the whole process was noisy, Lu Yanhe felt that his brain and ears had not been quiet, it seemed that someone was talking to him every moment, or someone was greeting him and calling his name.

Most of them are domestic filmmakers and media personnel.

This feeling is very different from attending a film awards ceremony in China.

To be honest, the domestic film awards ceremony is still a little grander, and the ceremony is more solemn.

It's really a film festival here.

All the way over, getting on the bus, to getting off the bus, there were people everywhere, and there seemed to be no separation, including after getting off the bus, they were also surrounded by the crowd for the first time.

There were a lot of fans at the scene, including many Chinese.

There are security guards in control of the field, and some separation belts or something are placed, but the distance between them is almost equal to nothing.

After Lu Yanhe got out of the car, he had to walk a distance to the red carpet area. Along the way, too many people were holding cameras and mobile phones to film them, and they kept asking questions and chatting with them, just like being chased by a group of fans at the airport.

It wasn't until they entered the red carpet waiting area that people without passes were stopped outside.

As the main creators of "Three Mountains", as soon as they appeared on the scene, they attracted the attention of photographers, and even many photographers abandoned the guests who were on the red carpet and aimed their cameras at them who were still waiting.

Of course, they are mainly here for Director Wang Chong.

The media at the film festival are just as eager for stars, but for a well-known director like Wang Chong, they are also flocking to it.

Lu Yanhe, but not many people paid attention to them.

Those who pay attention to Lu Yanhe are all fans who shout his name around.

When they are on the red carpet, this phenomenon is even more obvious.

Lu Yanhe heard a photographer calling his name and asked him to look at them. But more often than not, photographers from different countries shout Wang Zhong in broken Chinese pronunciation. Lu Yanhe was surprised, and he had walked the red carpet many times, but it was the first time that so many photographers paid attention to the situation of a director.

Moreover, these photographers are basically dressed in leather shoes, dressed very formally - at this moment, Lu Yanhe suddenly realized the importance of a sense of ceremony, in a sense, it is everyone's solemn treatment and presentation of these details that gives this scene a serious and high-end feeling.

Being in the middle of it will give people the impression that they are participating in a very grand and beautiful ceremony.

The premiere of "Three Mountains" was supported by Wintour Robbe, the artistic director of the Setur Film Festival.

The art director is the one who selects the films for the film festival, and under normal circumstances, he decides which films are selected for the main competition unit each year, and he is a powerful figure in the film industry - however, no one usually calls him such a person, and this statement often happens to the giants of the film company, not the art director of a film festival. But that's exactly what happened.

Wintour Robey did not support "Three Mountains" alone, he will appear at the premiere of all the films shortlisted for the main competition unit to show that the festival values and cherishes them.

Lu Yanhe met this famous figure in the film industry for the first time.

What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that after seeing him, he took the initiative to call out his name: "Yanhe, our rising star, welcome to Wintour." ”

Lu Yanhe looked at the famous art director in flattery, "Hello, Mr. Robbe. ”

Wintour Robey held Wang Chong's arm in his hand and said with a smile: "Your film has brought us four outstanding young people, I hope we can continue to see you in Wintour in the future, and I will continue to bring your works in the future." ”

Chen Jiang and the others were nervous and excited.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said okay.

After a simple greeting, the film screening is about to begin.

Everyone sat down and waited for the lights in the screening room to dim and the movie to play.

Lu Yanhe sat in his seat, holding his breath and waiting for the movie to start.

It was the first time he had seen the film, and he hadn't even seen a clip of it before.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

Nervousness finally and inevitably crept out of my heart.

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Domestic.

Chen Siqi came out of the dormitory and called Bai Yu.

"Bai Yu, how is the manuscript about Yan He written?" She asked.

Bai Yu said: "It's been written, and the version is arranged, just wait for when you say you can send it, we will send it." ”

Chen Siqi said: "Sister Ziyan told me that if nothing else, Yan He's performance in "Three Mountains" will get a wave of praise, and I want us to make good use of this popularity to re-strengthen the impression that Yan He is a talented acting school. ”

Bai Yu: "Don't worry, in "Golden Age" and "Phoenix Terrace", I specially made GIFs for the highlight moments of Yan He's performances and put them in the article, but are you sure you posted them on our own account? Everyone knows that one of the bosses of this number is Yan He, don't be said to be a princess selling melons and boasting about herself. ”

"It's okay, this article is either Yan He's performance in the new film has been widely praised at the Sytur Film Festival, looking back on the highlight moments of his acting skills, or it won't be posted." Chen Siqi said, "It won't be Wang Po selling melons." (End of chapter)