Become famous another day.

Sometimes, the way a story is told is more important than the story itself.

This is a deep realization that Lu Yanhe gained after becoming a screenwriter.

Looking back at many of the movies he once liked very much, even those regarded as masterpieces by many people, he actually achieved an unexpected effect through a dislocated perspective or missing pieces of the puzzle.

Liu Zhiyin's face turned pale.

"You really scared me."

"It's like a nightmare story." Qin Zhibai also said, "I can't even imagine such a scene."

"Indeed, it's scary."

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded. "From the perspective of the play, I think this is a point that can be developed further. In a mother-son relationship, there is naturally a father. If the murderer is a stranger, even a neighbor, it is unlikely to shock us based on emotional logic. I have always felt that for a story to have a good twist, it must be both unexpected and reasonable. In such a relationship, the appearance of the father is natural, and the father killing the mother is unexpected."

"Moreover, the father-son relationship can also solve what I just said, the disparity between a strange adult murderer and an underage child. If it is a disparity, even if I try my best to make all the processes logical and reasonable, everyone will still think based on their own cognition that a child can fight with a vicious adult for so long and finally escape alive. It is a movie, not reality."

Lu Yanhe said, "But if this relationship is put between a father and a son, it won't be surprising at all. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. This is everyone's natural understanding of the father-son relationship. On the one hand, the father may want to kill his son to silence him, but on the other hand, he can't bear to do it, which gives my child room to toss around - and the audience won't think it's a golden finger. Later in the movie, we can explore why the father wants to kill the mother - oh, no, in fact, we can add a premise to this story, the father didn't know his child was at home! The child should have been at school, or somewhere else, but because of an accident, he stayed at home and played hide-and-seek with his mother, and the mother didn't tell the father that the child was at home."

"In this way, the movie can also expand on the plot, that is, the father cleaned up all the traces and pretended nothing happened." Lu Yanhe said, "I want to hide it from him and not let him find out that I saw him kill my mother."

"Oh my god." Qin Zhibai looked at Lu Yanhe in shock.

"But there is also a problem to be solved, which is why I chose to pretend that I didn't notice anything, instead of exposing the truth immediately." Lu Yanhe said, "Otherwise the logic doesn't make sense. I could choose to call the police, tell the teacher, or any other way."

He was lost in thought.

Li Zhibai said: "How about a plot where he goes to the police but the police think he is playing a prank?"

"That's too cliché. There are too many plots like this." Lu Yanhe said, "Why not add a scene where he is really going to call the police, or ask for help, for example - I've got it! He sneaks out and wants to borrow a phone from his neighbor to call his grandparents, or wants to tell them what happened. But before he opens his mouth, his father sees him through the window, and before he opens his mouth, he shows up in time and takes him home. In this case, he has to pretend he knows nothing."

"But isn't this too strange?" Yan Liang raised his doubts. "Although it's normal for him to be scared because he saw his mother being killed by his father, how come he knew to pretend that he knew nothing? A child who plays hide-and-seek with his mother should be around seven or eight years old. At this age, I don't think he can think so thoroughly. Why is his first reaction to call the police?"

"It doesn't necessarily have to be calling the police, it could be calling grandparents," Lu Yanhe said. "Add another premise, his father is a domestic abuser, often beating him and his mother, so he has been afraid of and disgusted with his father since he was a child. Every time his father beat his mother, he would secretly go to the neighbor's house to call his grandparents. You can even put this scene at the beginning of the movie, and his subsequent behavior will have a logical basis."

“That does provide some explanation.”

"I'm impressed, Yan He. You came up with so many things in such a short time. No wonder you wrote the script so quickly."

"It's not even mature yet, and we don't know how the story will end." Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hands, "But this is a good training for thinking."

Xiao Yun was extremely shocked throughout the whole process.

She may have never seen how a story is derived.

The process is actually a process of disenchantment. Often, what people see are finished products that have already been polished, so once they come across something they like, they will use all kinds of language to praise it. However, in reality, many works are not that good at the beginning, and can even be described as bad. When the audience sees how bad the works they think are great are at the beginning, the feeling is like discovering that gods also ascended from humans - not so great anymore.

But for some people, knowing the process, especially knowing how bad it was at the beginning, they will have more admiration for the work and the creator.

Being able to transform something from ordinary, common, or even trash into a soul-stirring creation is like seeing a beggar ascend to heaven and become a god. This is not just the inspiration of a carp leaping over the dragon gate, but an extraordinary evolution.

"I suddenly feel that it's no wonder that Yan He is so good at choosing scripts." Xiao Yun hugged Su Xiao and sighed, "He really understands scripts, but I can't. I only get a script and think it's good or bad after reading it, but I always have only one feeling and can't analyze it."

Peng Zhixing said: "In fact, actors are mainly based on feelings, and they don't have to be able to analyze completely. I also know some actors. When you listen to them analyzing the role, you really think they are very good actors. They have clear layers and rigorous logic, but they are exposed as soon as they act. The theoretical knowledge is very solid, but the practical level is very poor."

"Who are you talking about?" Xiao Yun asked immediately with shining eyes.

Peng Zhixing just threw a pillow over.

Everyone laughed.

Qin Zhibai raised his hand and asked, "Is there any other turtle soup? I want to continue playing."

"I have one." Song Linxin raised her hand immediately.

Lu Yanhe stood up and said, "You guys play first, I'm going to the bathroom."

He went to the bathroom with a smile on his face, and then he entered the only place in the house without cameras. The smile on his face slowly faded.

At that moment just now, he was not prepared, but he said those words somehow.

He knew that someone would definitely see it, and if he saw it, he would probably not be able to sleep well, right?
He took out his cell phone and sent a message to Chen Ziyan: Sister Ziyan, are you free to come over tomorrow? I have something to tell you in person. Maybe I've gotten into trouble again.

Chen Ziyan replied immediately:...

Lu Yanhe: Don’t be in a hurry. It’s not like there will be trouble soon.

Chen Ziyan: Are you sending me a warning letter?

Lu Yanhe: No, it’s not a preview. The trouble has already been made, but it won’t be seen by anyone right away. I’ll tell you tomorrow.

Chen Ziyan: How can I sleep tonight?
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The next day, Chen Ziyan came early in the morning and went to a breakfast shop near the filming of the show with Lu Yanhe to have breakfast.

Lu Yanhe asked the program crew to temporarily stop filming him.

After Chen Ziyan knew what he said in front of the camera last night, her face changed.

——I found out that the person who killed my mother was actually my father.

To others, this is just a turtle soup game, and this sentence is just a possible continuation of this story proposed by Lu Yanhe.

However, for some people, this is a hint and a hidden direction.

Chen Ziyan didn't expect that Lu Yanhe had always kept this matter in his heart and never let it go.

When they knew who that person might be, they actually let go of everything temporarily.

Because they haven't figured out how to deal with this matter.

Lu Yanhe suddenly said this at this time -

Moreover, he knew exactly what he was doing.

"He will definitely hear what you said." Chen Ziyan said, "He will also think more and think whether you are hinting at something. Maybe, he will contact you actively. Yan He, in fact, this matter has been suspended for a long time. With your current achievements and status, I believe those people dare not do anything to you anymore. It is foreseeable that in the next period of time, if you do not reveal this matter, perhaps, this matter will become a past event, a secret, and pass forever. Have you seriously thought about whether you want to reveal this matter?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I don't know, Sister Zi Yan, if I think it through, I will tell you what I will do."

"Last night..." Lu Yanhe paused before saying, "Last night this thought suddenly popped up in my mind. I wanted to see what he would think if he saw me saying this. I thought I really didn't care about him -"

What Lu Yanhe was thinking was that this was actually the original body's business. As a time traveler, he actually had no emotional relationship with that person.

But for some reason, maybe he really put himself in Lu Yanhe's shoes, or he had completely and fully accepted his existence as Lu Yanhe, so, unknowingly, Chen Pinhe was no longer a simple symbol to him, but also became a kind of heart disease.

In particular, with what he had experienced in the past few years, while he had forged an increasingly strong heart, he also slowly dared to release his stress response.

Before that, he had always been cautious and remained constant in the face of ever-changing circumstances.

So, last night, when Lu Yanhe found himself suddenly developing a vengeful mentality in his heart, "Why was he allowed to hide behind so safely?", he did not find it strange at all.

Chen Ziyan said: "So, to put it bluntly, you just want to test his attitude?"

Lu Yanhe shook his head. "No, I didn't think that much. I just wanted to...provoke him a little."

Chen Ziyan was silent for a while, then said, "Have you ever thought about how he would respond?"

"There won't be any response." Lu Yanhe said, "He may not know it yet, but I have already guessed it was him."

Chen Ziyan: "Then you are undoubtedly making it clear by doing this."

"Sister Zi Yan, do you think I can make it clear?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"You can do whatever you want now." Chen Ziyan said bluntly, "But you must think it through and don't act rashly."

Lu Yanhe: "Then was I a little blind last night?"

"It's nothing. No one would think too much about it except those who know the inside story." Chen Ziyan said, "What you said was also under the guise of making up a story."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"But if he comes to you later, for example, he wants to confess the truth to you and acknowledge you as his son, or he continues to play dead like a jerk and does nothing, you have to think clearly about his possible reactions and how you will deal with them." Chen Ziyan said, "You already have enough capital, you can do whatever you want, but no matter what, you must plan before you act."

Lu Yanhe nodded thoughtfully.
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After Lu Yanhe finished chatting with Chen Ziyan, he packed some breakfast to take back.

Mainly steamed dumplings, corn and other foods that can be stored in large quantities.

When he returned, Yan Liang was the only one who had gotten up. But he was not in the room anymore, and had gone for a morning run.

After hearing what the photographer said, Lu Yanhe put his things down, went upstairs and knocked on Li Zhibai's door to wake him up.

"Yan Liang is going for a morning run, why aren't you going?"

In the dark room, Li Zhibai muttered, "No."

"Didn't you say you would keep exercising?"

Li Zhibai pretended to be dead and remained silent.

Lu Yanhe actually did it on purpose.

The program needs materials, and some interactions between artists are the best materials.

And the material in which he squeezed Li Zhibai is definitely one of the best.

This is the awareness of being an artist - Chen Ziyan has reminded him many times that when recording variety shows, either don't record them, or don't act pretentiously when recording them, especially slow-life variety shows like "Young Days".

Don't start pretending in front of the camera just because you are an actor or a big star.

Lu Yanhe understood Chen Ziyan's meaning very well and agreed with it very much.

Either don’t record, or if you do, of course you have to cooperate with the program team to provide some reactions and materials, otherwise why would we invite you here.

Lu Yanhe knew that if he really followed his usual living habits, the camera might not be able to capture much usable material in a day, because there would really be no program effect.

He is not Li Zhibai, and any words or reactions he makes are all natural effects.

Master of show effects.

For example, he is now pretending to be dead and not responding.

This was different from Lu Yanhe deliberately asking him to go jogging. Li Zhibai's reaction was instinctive and absolutely without thinking, but he was born with good material.

Lu Yanhe could even imagine how this segment would be edited later in the show.

"You're up so early?"

Peng Zhixing came over from the other end of the corridor in slippers, his hair was messy and uncombed.

Well, based on Lu Yanhe's understanding of him, he deliberately did not tidy up and walked out with this image specifically for the camera.

Peng Zhixing is a very particular person. If it weren't for the show, he probably wouldn't appear in public so sloppily when living with so many people.

"Young Days" has been recorded for four years, and everyone has become more and more familiar with what state to present in the program and how to strike a balance between reality and show.

Lu Yanhe said, "I bought you breakfast. It's downstairs."

"So kind." Peng Zhixing nodded, "Then I can be lazy this morning."

"No, I didn't buy much. I only bought steamed dumplings and corn for those who want to lose weight. I want to eat scallion oil noodles." Lu Yanhe smiled at Peng Zhixing, "Please, Brother Zhixing."

Scallion oil noodles are Peng Zhixing’s specialty.

In this show, everyone loves the scallion oil noodles he makes.

Peng Zhixing usually prepares everyone's breakfast, and the most popular breakfast is scallion oil noodles.

"Then wake everyone up and eat the noodles as soon as they are cooked."

"Okay, I'll call right away." Lu Yanhe immediately accepted the task.

Lu Yanhe's way of waking everyone up was also unique.

He found everyone's black history video on the Internet, then opened the door, stood at the door, found a loudspeaker, clicked on the video and played it.

Screams came and went.

The director team all laughed out loud.

Lu Yanhe's behavior is so interesting that even the screenwriter couldn't have come up with it.

A group of people came downstairs with sleepy eyes and droopy eyelids, and collapsed on the sofa.

Basically, none of them have a good image.

"Lu Yanhe, when did you become so wicked?" Song Linxin asked weakly.

"Yes, if it was Li Zhibai who did this, it would be fine, but I really didn't expect you to do such a thing." Qin Zhibai also said.

Li Zhibai snorted and said dissatisfiedly, "I have never been so wicked."

Yan Liang: "I learned all this from you."

"That's also the case of a disciple surpassing his master." Li Zhibai snorted, "I don't know how long he has kept those videos in his phone."

"You should ask me how long I will keep it." Lu Yanhe smiled, "The answer is forever."

Li Zhibai: "Fuck."

Xiao Yun sighed, "A good Lu Yanhe ended up becoming Li Zhibai."

"It has nothing to do with me." Li Zhibai was dissatisfied.

"The disciple is better than the master. You said it yourself. He is born out of your relationship." Xiao Yun said.

Li Zhibai: "Fuck you."

Everyone's cursing finally stopped with the aroma of scallion oil.

"Have you brushed your teeth? Have you washed your face?" Peng Zhixing asked from the kitchen. "The scallion oil noodles will be ready soon. Hurry up."

The crowd scattered like birds and beasts.

Lu Yanhe went to the kitchen very actively and brought his own portion of scallion oil noodles.

"Brother Zhixing, you see, they are all a group of people who are not active in eating and have problems with their thinking. I am the only one who truly loves your scallion oil noodles."

"Come on, you just love to eat, and you want to criticize us for your love of eating." Li Zhibai was the first to finish washing up and came down. He complained, "Even so, they actually think you learned it from me? I won't do anything to criticize others."

Lu Yanhe: "That's right. After all, in your heart, you are already the most handsome, awesomest, and best man in the world. No one can compare to you."

Li Zhibai: "..."

Peng Zhixing smiled as he handed Li Zhibai his portion. "Eat quickly. Stop talking. It's making my ears hurt so much this early in the morning."
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Lu Yanhe was also surprised. He originally thought that his mood would drop because he suddenly thought of Chen Pinhe, and he would be in a bad mood for a long time. However, he did not expect that he overestimated the influence of Chen Pinhe on him and underestimated his current ability to adjust his emotions.

In other words, the program "Young Days" also allowed him to change his emotions in time, which he had not expected before.

This season of "Young Days" is still recorded in several stages.

Everyone is really too busy. With so many popular stars, it is difficult to spare such a long time to be together at the same time without doing other work in between.

That's fine too.

Because in this way, they will not do it once a year. In fact, such recording will be spread over the three months from August to October.

The first phase of recording only took four days.

After finally getting together, we have to separate again four days later.

It’s actually quite good. If you stay together for too long, you might get tired of each other. This way, if you separate again soon after reuniting, at least everyone is looking forward to the next recording.

Lu Yanhe had just come out of the show and had not yet had time to return to Ziyuan Bridge when he received a call from Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan said that the Venice International Film Festival invited him as a guest to hold a special screening of his works in Venice.

Lu Yanhe looked confused, "What?"

Chen Ziyan said: "To put it simply, they want you to appear at the Venice Film Festival - you are one of the most popular movie stars, they want to get you there to add star power to the film festival, but you don't have any works shortlisted, so they want to use this event to officially invite you there."

Lu Yanhe was shocked.

"Isn't this too exaggerated?"

"It's no exaggeration. In terms of the quality of your works, you are no worse than others." Chen Ziyan said, "The only problem now is that at that time, we were originally scheduled to record the third phase of "Young Days". We have already signed a contract with the program team."

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. Although I am quite proud of having such a special screening of my work."

"This is good for your career and a great honor," Chen Ziyan said. "It's rare for a top international film festival to hold a special screening for a filmmaker. To be honest, I think it will cause a lot of controversy if they hold this special screening for you. After all, you are still so young and have little experience. Generally, those who hold special screenings or retrospectives of personal works are basically world-famous celebrities. Compared with them, you are indeed a little behind. But who cares? It's not like you are deliberately trying to take advantage of it. They are doing it for you seriously. The more this happens, the more you are different. This will be of great benefit to further increase your popularity in the international film industry."

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I am also moved."

"Then I'll go and talk to Li Zhenzhen. This is indeed a rare opportunity for you. Let's ask for leave from the program crew." Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yanhe sighed. "I said before that I would definitely finish recording every episode of this season this year."

Chen Ziyan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said, "Maybe we can think of a way to allow you to go to Venice and record the show at the same time."

"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.

Chen Ziyan: "It depends on whether the production team is willing to invest big and increase the budget."
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"The artists in 'Young Days' are basically all famous. In previous shows, we only showed their ordinary private sides. If we can go to Venice together this time, we can focus on their side as popular stars in a concentrated and real way."

Chen Ziyan said to Li Zhenzhen in no uncertain terms: "The show has been on the air for so many seasons, it's time to find a new hot topic to make the show explosively influential, right? What could be more attractive than eight artists attending the Venice International Film Festival together to show the artists' behind-the-scenes content at top events?"

Li Zhenzhen was very confused and shocked.

"Will the Venice International Film Festival allow us to record the show?"

"I'll go negotiate," Chen Ziyan said. "Of course, I know that the temporary decision to move the third phase to Venice will definitely bring many difficulties and troubles, especially the production budget will definitely be increased, and this depends on you, but as for the communication with the film festival, including what activities the artists will participate in, etc., you can make plans and I will help you realize it."

Li Zhenzhen didn't hesitate for long, her eyes immediately lit up and she nodded excitedly.

"it is good!"

How could the show "Young Days" be short of production funds! Besides, with so many variety shows in the country, no show has been able to film such a theme so far.

Chen Ziyan did what she said and immediately contacted the Venice International Film Festival.

"Yan He is very grateful for your idea and your recognition of him. However, Yan He has already signed a contract with one of the most popular shows in China. At that time, he needed to cooperate with the recording of that show, so there was a schedule conflict."

"However, I have communicated with the production team and they are willing to take the program to Venice for filming. The eight stars of this program are now the most popular stars in China and even Asia."

When Chen Ziyan exaggerates, she dares to say anything.

"Li Zhibai is one of the most popular male stars in China. He is also the male lead of the next film by Liu Bige, the director of Late Spring. Yan Liang is the male lead of the recently popular Gold Rush on HP and the lead actor of Friends. I'm sure you know him. I won't introduce the others one by one, but they are all the most popular stars in China. If they come to the Venice International Film Festival together, I think it will definitely bring the Venice International Film Festival the most attention and popularity in China in the past decade."

"If you are willing to authorize the program team to film at the film festival and coordinate some things for us, Yan He will definitely be very willing to come to Venice to hold a special screening of his work here." Chen Ziyan said, "In fact, these young stars will all be big names in Chinese films in the future. If they can get connected with Venice so early, I think their feelings towards Venice will definitely be different."

……

So, before the fifth season of "Young Days" was aired, a piece of news suddenly spread like wildfire, saying that the fifth season this year might be recorded in Venice, shooting the stars in the show and real star activities on location.

This news has ignited a new round of expectations for this program.

But for people in the film industry, they are a little depressed that no Chinese-language films were shortlisted for this year's Venice International Film Festival.

After all, Chinese-language films have won many awards at international film festivals in recent years, and everyone feels that this momentum will continue.

The fact that their shortlisted works received zero awards dealt them a heavy blow.

Who knew that not long after, the Venice International Film Festival officially announced: This year's Venice International Film Festival will hold a screening of the works of actor/screenwriter Lu Yanhe. The specific works to be screened will be jointly determined by the Venice International Film Festival's artistic director Picalogchi and Lu Yanhe.

And just as Chen Ziyan said, this news has caused some controversy around the world.

Hold a special screening of Lu Yanhe's personal works?

Someone asked questions directly at the press conference and raised questions to Bicalochi.

Bicalochi said: "We invited Lu Yanhe to hold this special screening because he is the most impressive new star in the film industry in recent years. Even in the world, there is no other young person like him who has produced so many excellent works in just a few years. "Late Spring", "Three Mountains", "Rouge Button"... His acting resume is very brilliant. The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival, but we always hope that more fresh blood will flow into our film industry. Lu Yanhe is the most eye-catching fresh blood. We hold a screening of his works. Is there any problem?"

Bicalochi's words shut up the reporters.

However, the mouths of the people at the scene were blocked, but the mouths of some people could not be blocked.

For example, Japanese film critic Nagayama Kazuzo said that this was a way for the Venice International Film Festival to maintain the attention of the film festival in China when there were no Chinese-language films shortlisted. It was too low for a top film festival to do such a tasteless thing for a little attention.

Then, the film festival did not tolerate him and directly cancelled Nagayama Kazuo's pass to the Venice International Film Festival on the grounds that "biased film critics are not welcome". He will not be able to enter any officially organized events, including the premiere of every film.

Yongshan Hesan was so angry that he cursed the Venice International Film Festival for being petty on his social media platform.

Of course, almost no one paid any attention to him.
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When Lu Yanhe was selecting his own works, he was a little worried.

Because there aren't really that many of his works.

Especially for movies, there are basically only a few of them. Apart from that, there is only one "Lost on Journey", which is not suitable for screening at a film festival.

After thinking about it, Lu Yanhe communicated with Bikalochi: "Can I add two dramas? Edit a relatively complete segment from them and make a special screening?"

Bicalochi was very surprised and thought that Lu Yanhe was talking about "Squid Game". After all, the drama he wrote was indeed very popular.

In fact, it is not uncommon to screen TV series at film festivals. As long as you are a big director or a big star, everything is possible.

Lu Yanhe was not talking about "Squid Game", but "The Golden Age" and "River of Silence".

Lu Yanhe said: "'The Golden Age' is my first drama and it has a different meaning for me. The character I played in this drama actually has very few scenes and a very complete plot line. I hope to edit this part separately as a special screening version, which is also a meaningful version."

After a moment's hesitation, Picardi agreed.

After all, it is a screening of Lu Yanhe's works. His debut work has special significance in all aspects and is in line with the theme of this screening event.

“I don’t know yet whether Maxine will agree to authorize the screening of “River of Silence” at the film festival.”

Lu Yanhe is very confident about the drama "The Golden Age" and director Luo Yuzhong will definitely agree to it.

But the copyright of "River of Silence" is in Maxine's hands, so they may not agree.

Bicalochi said: "If you think that "River of Silence" is worthy of being included in this list, I can help you communicate and negotiate with Maxine's people."

As the artistic director of the Venice International Film Festival, he certainly has a close relationship with Maxine.

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "No need, Mr. Picardi, I will negotiate with them myself. If they don't agree, then forget it. Five works are enough."

"I hope you can make more films in the future and bring more of your films to Venice," Picaro said. "I heard that your first directorial work, Love Letter, is going to be exhibited at the Jose-La-Señora Film Festival?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "Its style is not very suitable for Venice, but more suitable for Jose."

"Okay." Bikaloqi said with a disappointed tone, "I hope you can contact me for your next play."

Lu Yanhe: "I will, Mr. Bicalochi."

Next movie?
Lu Yanhe smiled.

His next movie is a spy film directed by Liu Bige.

He still doesn't know what kind of film Liu Bige wants to make. If it is commercial in nature, he will probably take the initiative to contact Bicalochi, and Bicalochi will only be willing to put it in the screening unit.

The artistic directors of these film festivals always put on a very humble attitude when they ask you for your films, as if they will give the best treatment to these films as long as you are willing to give them.

But if the film doesn't meet their expectations, then sorry, you have to make way for other films.

Lu Yanhe is very clear about this, so he would not have any unrealistic fantasies - such as opening a back door and allowing the film to enter the main competition unit just because he is the leading actor.

In fact, there is really no need.

If a film of poor quality insists on entering the main competition unit, it will only invite criticism.

Still being scolded by thousands of people.
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When Lu Yanhe went to communicate with Luo Yuzhong and wanted to customize a special screening version of "The Golden Age", Luo Yuzhong agreed immediately.

"Oh, that's great. We can bring this drama to the international stage." Luo Yuzhong teased with a smile.

Lu Yanhe said: "This is the first time I have held a special screening of my work. The Golden Age is the most special one for me."

Luo Yuzhong nodded.

"Your performance in it is quite good, not shabby." He said, "I will also watch the unreleased material and edit a version for you. When do you want it?"

"It has to be completed by September 2nd at the latest," said Lu Yanhe.

Luo Yuzhong nodded, "Okay, that's enough. You have to come back to do some dubbing when the time comes. Oh, yes, you have to call Jiang Yuqian back as well."

"I'll talk to Sister Yuqian." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Teacher, are you free in early September? If you are free, please help me stand on the stage. I'll also ask Sister Yuqian. The play "The Golden Age" means a lot to me. You are the first director to guide my acting, and Sister Yuqian is the first actor to play opposite me. I'd be very happy if you two could come together."

Luo Yuzhong said: "I am a TV drama director, why should I join in the fun at a film festival?"

"Then I'll just go and show the TV series clips." Lu Yanhe said, "Teacher, please go with me."

Luo Yuzhong sighed, "Let's talk about it later."

Jiang Yuqian, who was very busy and unwilling to miss any opportunity after her career finally came back to life, said immediately after receiving Lu Yanhe's call: "I'll try to make time even if I don't have it. I'll try to adjust it and see if I can find time."

There is definitely no time now. Jiang Yuqian is too popular. After a role brought her career back to life, her team took advantage of the situation and did a solid job in all aspects, making Jiang Yuqian the biggest beneficiary of the profits from "Squid Game".

And this is the appearance at the Venice International Film Festival——

Jiang Yuqian agreed to this level of activity immediately because of her personal relationship with Lu Yanhe, and her team was also happy about it.

Finally, Huang Kairen heard the news and called.

"Damn, there's a special screening of The Golden Age, and I'm the only one you're not looking for, right?"

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "When I appeared, you didn't appear, so there was no shot of you."

Huang Kairen: "Then why don't you show Rouge?"

"Of course there is "Rouge", but I can't invite actors from every play," said Lu Yanhe.

There is no such a big budget.

It costs money for so many celebrities to go to Venice.

Lu Yanhe was prepared to pay for Luo Yuzhong and Jiang Yuqian's travel expenses himself, but no one else paid for it.

Huang Kairen said: "I'm going to go anyway, so count me in. Otherwise, you'll be alone in the Rouge show, how lonely it will be."

"I have a whole team for Young Days, so I won't be alone—" Lu Yanhe refuted him first, then asked, "Brother Kairen, do you have any work to do in Venice this time?"

"Well, a brand I endorse has an event there." Huang Kairen said, "I'm going there myself."

"Okay, then there's one more person to support me."

Huang Kairen smiled and said, "You have to include me in The Golden Age! Even if there are no scenes of me in the version that is screened, I will still appear."

Lu Yanhe: "You are so annoying. You come to steal my limelight even though there are no shots for you."

"It's you who's stealing the limelight."

Lu Yanhe smiled.
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Here, in addition to the things in Venice, Lu Yanhe is also busy preparing for another thing, which is the show "The Birth of the Actors".

Lu Yanhe was not responsible for program production and coordination. After he wrote the planning plan for the entire program, he just recruited people.

Lu Yanhe immediately went to find Chen Bige and Shang Yongzhou. Chen Bige was quite surprised to know that he was going to make such a program, but she was quite interested in the format and theme of the program.

Be a mentor?
This is a very novel experience.

Chen Bige does not feel at all that she is not qualified to be a mentor.

However, Shang Yongzhou was a little hesitant and even a little resistant.

It's nothing else, he feels that sitting in the mentor's seat and commenting on other people's acting skills -

so awkward.

It is not surprising that Shang Yongzhou would have such thoughts.

Lu Yanhe had expected this long ago; Shang Yongzhou was just that kind of person.

But Lu Yanhe had already prepared his speech.

"Brother, you have been acting in movies, but not every audience likes to watch movies. Many audiences like to watch TV series. This program will also have some places for you to perform. Many audiences can see your performance through this program." Lu Yanhe said, "This will allow more people to see your acting."

Movie fans do have this shortcoming:

Even though movie stars have a higher status in the contempt chain, in fact, in terms of audience range, TV actors have a larger range.

This is an undisputed fact.

Look at our four leading ladies. No matter how international, famous, grand slam-winning and superstar Ms. Zhang is, even her fans won't make a fuss about her national popularity.

There is no way around it, movie stars are naturally lacking in national popularity - no matter how popular a movie is, you still have to pay to watch it in the cinema, so the coverage is ultimately limited.

Unlike Xiaoyanzi's "My Fair Princess", whose popularity is so high that it can last for thirty years.

Of course, I am not comparing them, but stating an objective fact.

Lu Yanhe said to Shang Yongzhou, "Brother, you are a very good actor. I think this is a good platform for everyone to hear your understanding of acting and see your acting level. Also, you are the leader among male actors. If you don't come to this acting program for actors in the industry, who can sit in that seat? If you don't come, I won't have the face to continue doing this program."

Shang Yongzhou: “…”

“Why don’t you be a mentor yourself?”

"What kind of mentor am I?" Lu Yanhe said, "Only you can be a mentor. If you are a mentor, those famous actors will dare to come and be willing to accept your comments. Only if you say something will they be convinced."

Lu Yanhe persuaded Shang Yongzhou for three days and finally got him to agree.

Shang Yongzhou: "You are also quite annoying."

Lu Yanhe shamelessly said, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

For the last mentor, Lu Yanhe thought for a long time whether to continue choosing an actor or a director.

After much thought, Lu Yanhe decided that he had to ask his teacher for help.

As a result, his teacher said directly: "I don't have time. After returning from Venice, I have two dramas in preparation. Both are scheduled to start shooting next year. I have no time at all."

The timing was not right, and Lu Yanhe could not force anyone to do anything, so he gave up his hassle and immediately contacted director Chen Lingling.

"Director, Maxine is going too far." Lu Yanhe complained right away, "I originally wanted to include "River of Silence" as one of my films in Venice, but they refused to grant permission."

Chen Lingling: "You want me to go talk to them?"

"That's not necessary." Lu Yanhe immediately shook his head, "I'm just very angry because this drama is obviously a very representative one."

Chen Lingling: "It's not as representative as you say."

Chen Lingling is still the same Chen Lingling who speaks the truth and often leaves people at a loss for how to respond.

"Hey, director, how about you help me make another representative thing?" Lu Yanhe said, "Only if you come, I can feel at ease."

Chen Lingling asked: "What? You wrote a good script and want me to direct it?"

"How can that be possible? I haven't even finished writing the script for the second season of River of Silence." Lu Yanhe laughed, "I want to make a show and invite you to be my mentor. How about you see when you are free and I'll treat you to a meal? We can talk about it in person?"

Chen Lingling: "I'm not interested. Go find someone else."

Just hung up.

No matter how famous and influential a star you are now, Lu Yanhe, in front of Chen Lingling, a director with a weird personality and who doesn't really listen to others, the only treatment you get is the hang-up.

Lu Yanhe didn't expect that he would be rejected twice in one breath by the two TV drama directors he trusted most.

Somewhat depressed.

Should we look for Director Wang Zhong?
It’s not that Lu Yanhe looked down on Wang Zhong - what a joke! Who would dare to look down on the best director at the Xitul Film Festival?

But he is really not the kind of director who is good at teaching actors how to act.

He is the type who will spend a lot of effort in finding actors, and once they are found, you have to figure it out on your own.

This was the case when Lu Yanhe filmed "Three Mountains" and later when Wang Zhong filmed "Rouge".

Lu Yanhe felt that Wang Zhong might not be suitable for a program like "The Birth of the Actors" which required a lot of technical skills.

The most important thing is that Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bi have both agreed to come, so the remaining person must not be weaker than them, otherwise there will be an imbalance between the mentors.

The disputes between the mentors are also a major highlight of the show.

If the difference is huge, who would dare to argue? It would be boring to just keep saying “I particularly agree with XXX’s opinion”.

Lu Yanhe thought about it and counted all the directors and actors he had worked with, but he couldn't find anyone else who could match the status of Chen Bige and Shang Yongzhou.

Lu Yanhe closed his eyes and thought for five minutes. Then, with a smile on his face, he called Huang Cheng, Chen Lingling's long-term producer.

As soon as the phone was connected, Lu Yanhe started crying.

"Brother Cheng, you have to help me!"

Huang Cheng was so frightened that he nearly dropped his phone.

He: "If you have something to say, please talk to me nicely. Are you trying to give me a heart attack by doing this? Is there anything I can do to help you? Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Lu Yanhe said firmly: "Yes! Director Lingling rejected me! Brother Huang, only you can convince her to change her mind."
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I continue to recommend my old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight", which has been increasing from 7 orders to over orders per day. (End of this chapter)