Become famous another day.

Humans are truly emotional animals.

Lu Yanhe had never thought much about China before, nor did he feel much loneliness in a "foreign country".

Yan Liang suddenly mentioned "The Days of Youth". When Lu Yanhe thought of the scenes of playing with everyone, he suddenly felt melancholy.

At this moment, the cell phone suddenly rang.

He looked and saw that it was Arne Bogut calling.

Lu Yanhe answered the phone in confusion.

Arne Bogut had asked him out to the bar for a drink.

"Simon, Lily and I are here. Do you want to come with us?"

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "I'm a little tired, Arne, I won't go, you guys have fun."

Arne Bogut seemed a little disappointed, muttered something like "OK", and hung up the phone.

"He's not coming?" Simon Schmid guessed the result of the call as soon as he saw Arne Bogut's expression. He curled his lips and showed an expression that he had known it for a long time. "I told you a long time ago that he would definitely not come out. Why are you wasting time making this call? Those Asians are different from us."

Arne Bogut looked at Simon suspiciously and said, "Simon, why do I feel that you are hostile to Lu? Is there any conflict between you two?"

Simon Schmid: "I just don't like him, there is no conflict."

"Why don't you like him?" Lily Williams asked puzzledly.

"No reason. Do I need a reason to dislike him?" Simon Schmid shrugged. "Let's go. Let's go directly."

So Simon Schmid drove the car and took the two people with him.
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Lu Yanhe was not unsociable or unwilling to drink, but he was almost cheated when he was taken to the second floor of Liu Zhen's house by Zhong Benshuo in Korea.

Therefore, in an unfamiliar environment, he would rather be cautious. Otherwise, if they go to a bar together late at night, if something happens, they will be in trouble because they are unfamiliar with the place.

However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that his concerns would turn out to be correct.

The next day, he went to the crew to do special effects makeup in the morning. As soon as he entered his lounge, he saw the makeup artist and her assistant discussing something with serious expressions.

Lu Yanhe asked what happened, and the makeup artist said that Simon Schmid was caught by the local police last night for drunk driving and is still in custody. Also in the car were Arne Bogut and Lily Williams.

This matter was not concealed at all and was reported on the headlines of local tabloids early in the morning.

The title also directly uses the Hollywood film crew.

Although there is no such thing as a foreign film being shelved or unable to be released simply because of the use of an artist with a bad record, scandals are always bad.

Drunk driving is not a big deal in foreign countries, but it is not a small deal either.

Lu Yanhe sighed.

He didn't quite understand. They were all artists. Why didn't they ask a driver to pick them up after drinking? Why did they have to drive themselves?
This time we caught one and it was a sure thing.

When Lu Yanhe was halfway through his special effects makeup, someone came in to talk to him and said that the filming time would be advanced a little.

Because Simon can't shoot today.

The makeup artists were all whispering, curious about how this matter would turn out.

Simon isn't a very famous actor, and if the public outcry over a drunk driving scandal continues for too long, the crew might just fire him.

After Lu Yanhe finished his special effects makeup and walked out of the dressing room, he found that the atmosphere on the scene was also very strange.

Everyone was in a state of whispering and speaking cautiously.

Everyone was pretending nothing had happened, and conveying the atmosphere of "this is going to be something interesting" both tacitly and explicitly.

Arne and Lily, who were in the same car with Simon last night, were not detained. They were just drunk passengers and no matter how hard they tried, they could not be arrested.

However, at this moment, they were like headless flies, restless and even though they were on the set, it was obvious that their hearts were not here.

Lu Yanhe thought about it and took the initiative to go over and say hello to them.

"Hey, are you guys okay?"

The moment Arne saw Lu Yanhe, his expression looked a little unnatural.

Last night, Lu Yanhe was almost in that car.

"You're so lucky that you didn't go with us yesterday." Lily looked up at Lu Yanhe, almost making Lu Yanhe think that she was being sarcastic, but Lily's frustrated tone showed that she didn't actually mean that.

Lu Yanhe asked: "You guys were drunk, why did Simon drive himself?"

Lily said: "We also persuaded him not to drive by himself, but he insisted that it was okay, saying that this place is very remote and there would be no police to investigate."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

Lily added: "If only we had persisted a little longer yesterday, it would have been better."
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Because of Simon's accident, the atmosphere on the set today was a bit low, and director Muken was also in a bad mood.

It was not until the evening, when work was about to end, that news came that Simon had finally been taken out of the police station by his agent.

Xin Nalin also disappeared for the whole day today, and was busy with this matter.

The next morning, Simon made a public apology outside the studio, admitted that he was driving under the influence of alcohol, accepted all criticisms, and promised to correct himself in the future.

His attitude was very correct. Plus, Simon was actually a recent debutant and had some fame but was not a well-known star, so this incident did not cause much waves. After publicly apologizing, Simon returned to the crew and continued filming.

However, this incident obviously dealt him a bit of a blow.

He is usually very active and talkative on the set, but suddenly he became much quieter.

Moreover, Lu Yanhe didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Simon seemed a little awkward with him, as if he was taking his anger out on him for his drunk driving.

This feeling stood between them, making their already distant relationship even more distant.

Fortunately, no matter what happens in private, they can still play opposite each other normally during filming.

In fact, Lu Yanhe and other actors in the play are in a relationship of avenger and avenged, so there is no need for them to have a good relationship with others in the movie. Their relationship in real life is not very good, which is actually a help to their acting. It seems a bit unkind to say this, but it is the fact.

However, no one expected that when the filming of this movie was almost halfway done, Simon would get into trouble again.

This time it wasn’t drunk driving, but a fight, a fight with someone in a bar.

The fight started when Simon fell in love with a girl and tried to chat her up. It turned out that the girl came with her boyfriend. When her boyfriend saw his girlfriend being chatted up, he spoke rudely and said some dirty words to Simon. Simon was in a bad mood and had drunk a lot of wine, so he started to argue with the other party. The two of them got so angry that they started fighting.

Others scored twice on the football field, but Simon scored twice in the midst of scandal.

This time, the news about Simon's fight made much more headlines than the last time he drove under the influence.

We can tolerate people making mistakes, but if they make mistakes repeatedly in a short period of time and show no sincerity in repentance, it will disappoint everyone to some extent, and they may even feel that their previous tolerance has been betrayed and let down, so their anger and annoyance towards this person will become even stronger.

Simon became a hot topic.

He is not very famous, so many media introduce him as the leading actor in the new film by horror film director Muken.

"The Mist" became known to many people in a way that they did not want.

Xin Nalin looked very unhappy, and she took Simon to record another apology video.

But this time the public was not very convinced.

Simon was scolded harshly.

The crew of "The Mist" was also criticized.
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"I didn't expect that I would encounter such a situation on my first trip abroad to shoot a film." Lu Yanhe was also helpless on the phone, "Besides, this is not a three-no production. After all, it is director Mu Ken's new film, but I encountered such a situation."

Chen Siqi: "It's OK. You should be thankful that Simon is not a good person in the movie. This way, when the audience sees the movie, they won't feel uncomfortable."

"After all these incidents, I don't know how many audiences are willing to go to the cinema." Lu Yanhe sighed helplessly, "It's quite passive. I don't know how the crew will solve this matter."

"The simplest and crudest way is to fire Simon and replace him with another actor." Chen Siqi said, "But this way, many scenes will have to be reshot, and your movie may be ruined. After all, not everyone of you has a free schedule to accompany the crew to reshoot the scenes."

Lu Yanhe: "I don't think the crew will fire Simon. These two things are big and small. Overseas, unlike in China, once an actor breaks the law, it is basically difficult for him to perform in public. Although everyone scolds Simon fiercely, compared with the cost of changing actors and reshooting, the risks and losses of the former may be bearable."

Chen Siqi: "Yeah, that's right."

If a movie that has already been filmed halfway suddenly changes cast and reshoots it, it is very likely that the movie will have to add several million dollars to the budget.

Then the pressure on this movie to make a profit will be great.

"Knock knock." Someone suddenly knocked on the door of Lu Yanhe's lounge.

Wang Biao went to open the door.

Someone came to remind him that Lu Yanhe was about to start shooting his next scene and he needed to go over.

Lu Yanhe had no choice but to say goodbye to Chen Siqi and hung up the phone first.
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After finishing the phone call with Lu Yanhe, Chen Siqi thought seriously about what kind of breakthrough could be found for the current situation faced by the movie "The Mist".

Of course, she didn't want to see Lu Yanhe's first English film fail.

As she was thinking, Lin Yu knocked on the door and entered her office.

"Siqi, this is the plan I made." Lin Yu handed the "Jump Up International Film Critics Film Festival" plan she drafted to Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi came to his senses and took it.

This is an idea that Lin Yu expanded upon based on last year’s online forum of international film critics.

With their current strength, it is actually unrealistic to hold a proper film festival. First, they lack money; second, they lack people; and third, they lack connections.

If you want to organize an international film festival yourself, the above three points are indispensable.

But if we want to develop step by step and make the movie version of "Jump Up", we don't know how long we have to wait.

Therefore, Linyu and Chen Siqi discussed it and decided to continue with the format of last year's online forum for film critics, doing what they wanted to do as much as possible with the lowest cost.

Lin Yu said to Chen Siqi: "We can invite film critics from all over the world to come to China to talk about movies, the latest award winners, the most popular movies in recent years, and classics. Then, we can set aside a day to watch the Chinese-language movies we have selected, and after watching the movies, we can talk about Chinese-language movies together."

For an event like this, there is no need for a star-studded red carpet, organizing various celebrities, or going to the trouble of contacting major film crews to attend.

They just need to find a venue that can accommodate film critics from all over the world to stay together, a cinema where they can sit together and watch movies, and then have a fund to pay for the transportation and accommodation of these invited film critics, and to hold a few lively parties where they can drink and chat happily.

Maybe if you calculate it this way, it would only cost one to two million.

For the current "Jump Up", they can afford this amount of money even if they don't seek sponsorship and just pay for it themselves.

Not to mention, this activity can actually be financed by purchasing broadcast rights through Linyu and Yuehu TV's TV drama review column or video platform, or even directly looking for brands to sponsor it. Chen Siqi spent 20 minutes reading Linyu's proposal, nodded, and said, "No problem, let's do it. There is only one thing, Linyu, this is our first time, I suggest we control the scale, only invite the film critics we want to invite, and don't accept other people's applications. Do it once first to accumulate experience for us, and then slowly expand the scale later."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu agreed, nodded and said okay.

"So this film festival really won't invite any actors?" Chen Siqi asked curiously.

Lin Yu said: "My idea is to either make it more star-studded, or simply not invite anyone and only invite film critics. In this way, we can ensure the style of this film festival. Although the actual situation is that we don't have that much money to hold a bigger film festival, we can't say that. It's better to make this film festival niche, but with clear characteristics. This is a film festival for film critics."

"Okay." Chen Siqi also agreed with Linyu's idea.

Linyu told Chen Siqi about this matter, but did not leave immediately.

"Is there anything else?" Chen Siqi asked.

Lin Yu said, "When I came in just now, I saw you frowning. Have you encountered any problems? If you can, you can tell me. Maybe I can help you out with some ideas."

"It's not me. I didn't encounter any difficulties. It's the drama that Yan He is currently filming." Chen Siqi briefly told Lin Yu about the problems that the crew of "The Mist" where Lu Yan He was working was currently facing.

Lin Yu pondered for a while and said, "Although this move is a bit damaging, if Simon accepts it, it may not be impossible to turn the crisis into an opportunity."

"Ah?" Chen Siqi didn't expect Lin Yu to have an idea so quickly.

"Didn't you tell me before that the crew wanted to use the rumor that Yan He was possessed by a ghost to attract attention?" Lin Yu said, "The same is true for Simon."

"You mean to say that the crew marketed Simon as being possessed by a ghost, which is why he did so many outrageous things?"

"Of course not. At this time, few people would believe in the existence of ghosts." Lin Yu laughed, "We are not fools. Can we be fooled by such a reason?"

Chen Siqi also laughed.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Isn't Simon a man who did bad things in this movie and was avenged by ghosts?" Lin Yu said, "If the crew can use the image of Simon that has happened to him to further ferment the rumor that Simon teamed up with Arne and Lily to isolate and exclude Yan He, an Asian actor, to portray their racial discrimination, and then slowly release some of the story outline and character situations of the movie to stir up the public's emotions towards the movie and these actors, making everyone disgusted and hate Simon and sympathize with Yan He, then when the movie is released, who wouldn't want to see the three actors headed by Simon being hunted down and avenged by the Asian ghost played by Yan He? The box office will naturally explode."

"How could Simon agree to this kind of publicity that damages him? He won't cooperate, and his agency will come out and deny it immediately."

"If Simon hadn't drunk driving or fought with others, he really wouldn't have done that. But now these two things have caused huge damage to his acting career. If he wants to reverse this situation, he can only throw in the scandal of ostracizing Lu Yanhe, and make it seem like all his actions were arranged by the crew for the sake of promoting the movie." Lin Yu said, "The movie got box office, the producer stood up to explain the marketing plan, and Simon's team used this to whitewash him. It's a win-win situation."

Chen Siqi suddenly realized and looked at Linyu in surprise.

"Wow!"

Lin Yu: "It's true that Arne and Lily may not be willing to cooperate. This matter itself has nothing to do with them."

"Actually, we don't need their cooperation." Chen Siqi said, "As long as Simon doesn't deny it, no one will believe them even if they both come out to deny it."

Lin Yu: "Yes, but this method is indeed not very glorious."

Chen Siqi thought for a moment and said, "We give them this idea. It's up to them to decide whether to do it or not. Whether it's glorious or not, they will bear the consequences themselves."

Lin Yu: "You have to be careful about this matter. You are Yan He's girlfriend. If you say something, if someone knows about it and exposes it, the nature of this matter will change."

Chen Siqi: "Don't worry, this matter will definitely not have anything to do with us."
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Simon's agent took the initiative to find Xin Nalin.

When Xin Nalin heard this solution from Simon's agent, she was actually shocked.

This risky approach could put Simon in a worse situation if he is not careful. If he fails to whitewash himself, he will also be stained with the stain of racial discrimination.

But Xin Nalin discovered that Simon's agent was determined to do this.

In fact, when Xin Nalin heard this plan for the first time, her eyes lit up and she was moved by it.

Xin Nalin is a producer.

A producer's first priority is to make a movie that makes money, not a movie that loses money.

This is especially true for horror films.

At least few people who make horror films would say that they are not making this film to make money, but to pursue art.

Therefore, if there is a good marketing method that can make "The Mist" a popular movie before it is released, relying on its extremely high popularity to grab the audience's attention, she will definitely promote it.

Xin Nalin is not so pretentious.

Her boyfriend Wendy even had a fight with the director over the character's modeling. She could fire him just for the sake of the stability of the crew and smooth filming, and of course she would not consider the specific impact of such a marketing method on the actors of this movie.

So, according to this consensus, Simon, who had just gotten into trouble twice, became the protagonist of racial discrimination this time.

Similarly, Lu Yanhe was completely kept in the dark and had no idea what was going on. It was because of his image as an innocent victim that he became known to many people following this incident.

Of course, the Chinese audience were most shocked by this incident.
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"Lu Yanhe actually starred in a horror movie?!"

"He was bullied by foreign actors in a foreign crew? They excluded him? What a bunch of shit!"

"I don't understand. Lu Yanhe is already such a big star, why does he have to go abroad and suffer like this? Are foreign movies so popular? Isn't it better to film in China?"

"Isn't it said that Lu Yanhe has a great influence internationally? He has good relations with top international film festivals. Why did he go abroad to shoot horror films instead of art films? It's really disappointing!"

"Don't think horror movies are bad, okay? Please look carefully. The director of The Mist is Muken Sorge, and his previous two films were huge box office successes! He is a very famous horror film director in Europe and the United States!"

"That's right, which famous foreign actor hasn't acted in a horror movie? You're making it sound like horror movies are cheap. Arne Bogut, Simon Schmid and Lily Williams are all rising stars in the United States. This movie also stars the famous British actor Jamie Wilson. It's a really awesome production, but you're making it sound like a bad movie."

"Have you understood the main point? The problem now is that Lu Yanhe was bullied by someone in a foreign crew! Damn, these white pigs!"

"I'm so angry. Lu Yanhe is such an excellent actor. We cherish him so much, but the crew of The Mist didn't protect him and let him get bullied. I will never buy movie tickets for The Mist!"

"Where is Lu Yanhe's agent? What does he do for a living?"

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The shock this incident caused in China was even greater than that caused in foreign countries.

This meant that soon, Lu Yanhe's army of fans went over the wall and came to overseas social media, indignantly condemning the crew of "The Mist" and Simon Schmid.

Simon Schmid's social media was flooded with comments in all sections within one day, and there was almost no comment other than insults against him.

Arne Bogut and Lily Williams didn't even make it through the first day and directly posted photos of themselves with Lu Yanhe on the set, expressing that they have a good relationship with Lu Yanhe.

After Lu Yanhe learned what had happened, he was stunned.

What the hell?
He was acting well on the set, so why was he "racially discriminated against"?

He really wasn't racially discriminated against on this set.

Apart from Wendy, he really hasn't met another person who doesn't take him seriously - Wendy doesn't take him seriously either, she is so kind to the director, how could Lu Yanhe have the nerve to attribute it to racial discrimination.

On the set, Simon kept his head down with a blank expression.

Seeing him like this, Lu Yanhe thought to himself, no one did anything to him, they just didn't talk much. Arne and Lily usually talked and laughed with him at the scene, so how come the report said Simon teamed up with Arne and Lily to exclude him?
Lu Yanhe wondered whether he should speak up to explain.

He also noticed that his fans are now fighting everywhere to vent their anger for him.

Lu Yanhe didn't want them to be misled by false information.

"I'll explain it later, Simon." Lu Yanhe took the initiative to tell him, "Although we don't talk much, you are not like what the media reported."

Simon looked at him in surprise.

Lu Yanhe thought Simon was surprised that others were so nice.

Who knew, Simon laughed sarcastically.

"Don't you know anything?"

Lu Yanhe was stunned and looked at him in surprise.

"What should I know?"

Ten minutes later, after learning that all this was actually a play directed and performed by Simon and the crew, Lu Yanhe was speechless and stunned for a moment.

He also didn't expect that after Xin Nalin tried to market the "possession" to him to no avail, she took advantage of Simon's recent events and played the "racial discrimination" card.

As long as she can market it to good box office, it seems that Xin Nalin can do anything.

Lu Yanhe was a little disillusioned, but he also felt that everything made sense.

Sure enough, a day later, insiders began to reveal what kind of story "The Mist" tells.

This is not just a simple horror film. It is also a story about an Asian ghost who returns to hunt and seek revenge after his entire family was burned to death by three white people.

——Don’t you want to see a racist like Simon being hunted down and avenged by an Asian like Lu Yanhe on the big screen?
The theme of the movie "The Mist" suddenly seemed to have hit the main artery of online emotions. Various data indicators skyrocketed, and the number of searches for the movie skyrocketed overnight.

For several days, while everyone was paying attention to the incident between Lu Yanhe and Simon, they also started discussing the movie "The Mist".

Amidst such discussions, the filming of "The Mist" also came to an end.

Outside the studio, a group of paparazzi and self-media bloggers suddenly began to gather.

Lu Yanhe was almost hit in the face with a cell phone by someone, and was asked: "Were you really discriminated against because of your Asian identity in the crew of "The Mist"? "

Lu Yanhe left without saying a word.

The entire crew was keeping the secret, so he certainly couldn't be the one to expose it.

He was not willing to just lie to cooperate with this marketing. If Simon really did this, he would be happy to see it happen, or even add insult to injury. But he didn't.

This surprised Muken.

"In fact, if he cooperated at this time, even played a pitiful role, relying on such a large amount of attention, he might have become famous in Europe and the United States." Muken said, "Other actors who encountered such a godsend opportunity would definitely climb up the ladder."

He heard his wife say confidently: "That's because they firmly grasp every opportunity to become famous, no matter what kind of opportunity it is. But Lu Yanhe doesn't need to rely on this method to be known by everyone. He can be known by everyone and become famous in an upright manner."

Muken looked at his wife in surprise and asked, "Do you have so much confidence in him?"

Hua Ruzhen said: "You are the director. You have seen Lu Yanhe's performance in "The Mist". Don't you have this confidence?"

"I admit that his performance was indeed outstanding, but I have also seen too many actors with great acting skills who were not recognized."

"That's someone else." Hua Ruzhen said, "Dear, don't use your Hollywood mindset to look at an actor like Lu Yanhe. He is not a newcomer to the film industry. He has achieved outstanding results in China and at international film festivals. Just wait and see. The movie "The Mist" will bring him huge attention in Europe and the United States. He will be the key to your movie's success."
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