Become famous another day.

Lu Yanhe seemed to be thinking about something.

Wang Biao really has a big heart. I have been to so many places and so many occasions with him, and I have never seen him get nervous.

Chen Ziyan smiled.

"This is very important, especially in the entertainment industry," Chen Ziyan said. "Sometimes, we can even say that we are not afraid of you being too proud, but we are afraid of you being timid and not daring to do anything. Song Jiang and Wan Qingqing actually had this problem before. When they graduated from school, their first reaction to any event or opportunity was always 'Can I do it?' instead of 'Why can't I?' Wang Biao has this point, so his love of learning and diligence can be put to good use. Otherwise, the internal friction just on this matter will consume one-third of your life."

Chen Ziyan's words convinced Lu Yanhe.

Because he immediately thought of Xiao Yun and Su Xiao. The difference between the two of them is actually what Chen Ziyan said. Xiao Yun never questioned "Can I do it?" She always struggled with why she was not as good as others, and then worked hard to improve herself. Su Xiao, on the other hand, had the mentality of "Others are better than me, can I really do it?" Even in the program "Young Days", she always put herself aside——

In fact, everyone has noticed this, but from their own standpoints, it is difficult to say, "Don't put yourself so far aside."

It can only push her forward more in practice.

And pushing this process actually explains a lot of things.

Indeed, the so-called "big heart" is more important than hard work, diligence, studiousness, or even talent and intelligence for someone who needs to move forward.

Lu Yanhe was deeply touched.

It's not like Wang Po selling melons or boasting about herself.

Lu Yanhe laughed, "Sister Zi Yan, I don't remember telling you that I didn't. At that time, Zhou Ping'an wanted to ruin my chance to star in The Golden Age. He deliberately quoted a high price that the crew couldn't accept. Director Luo was very angry. At that time, I felt that I was quite socially anxious, but I took the initiative to send a message to Director Luo, clarifying what happened, and then tried to fight for The Golden Age again. In fact, I didn't hold out any hope, but I didn't expect Director Luo to really give me another chance."

Chen Ziyan also smiled.

“The first play is always the hardest.”

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe said, "In fact, it seems that every drama I starred in later was not that difficult. For my first drama, including Phoenix Terrace at that time, I didn't encounter any difficulty in getting the role, not to mention the later ones. The one that really went from auditioning and almost failing to successfully playing the role was actually The Golden Era."

Chen Ziyan said: "We have to admit that you are actually very lucky in acting."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He himself admitted it, indeed.

Chen Ziyan said: "After you join the crew and finish filming the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor", I will prepare a movie for you."

"What movie?" Lu Yanhe asked curiously.

"A new film by Malaysian Chinese director Huang Tianlin." Chen Ziyan asked, "Do you know him?"

Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I don't know him."

Chen Ziyan: "He only made one movie, which was shortlisted for the Toronto Film Festival that year. Although it was not one of the four major international film festivals, it had a great influence in Europe and the United States. At that time, the movie received very good audience reputation in Toronto, but it did not win an award in the end. His second movie tells the story of Malaysian Chinese. I contacted his producer to see if there was a role suitable for you. Seeing that I was interested, he talked to me about the script very enthusiastically. However, the protagonist of his script is a twelve-year-old boy. The only role suitable for you is his very bad brother. You don't have many scenes, only five or six scenes. Every time you appear, he is very bad, without any reversal. He is the kind of bad from beginning to end. The good thing is that he is not a bad guy, just a bad guy and a slacker."

"Sister Zi Yan, do you think I can play this role?"

"To be honest, I didn't fancy this role, I fancy Huang Tianlin." Chen Ziyan said, "This is also something I want to tell you, Yan He, during this period of time, I have been seriously thinking about your future career plan. I have been thinking about it for a long time and have made a lot of comparisons. Now I have an idea, and I want to discuss it with you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe also sat up straight.

"Sister Zi Yan, go ahead."

Chen Ziyan: "I hope you can work with famous directors from all over the world, but I hope that the projects you work with them on will only take one to two months to shoot and will not affect your focus. This idea is very utilitarian. I won't hide it from you. I want to shape your image in the world film industry so that when you have a lot of commercial and genre films coming out in the next three to five years, people will not think that you don't want to make more artistic and serious films. And I hope you are not limited to working with these domestic directors. I want you to expand your territory in the world as much as possible. If one day, the projects you participate in cover more than a dozen countries and regions, your influence in the international film industry will definitely reach a special height."

After listening to Chen Ziyan's words, Lu Yanhe fell into deep thought.

Special height?
"What is a special height?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Ziyan said: "No one has participated in more international collaborations than you. I have carefully counted and found that there are very few actors in the world who have participated in projects in more than ten different countries. I must admit that this is very utilitarian, but I think it is feasible."

Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.

He thought about it carefully.

"Sister Zi Yan, do you have any goals to achieve?" he asked.

"No." Chen Ziyan shook her head. "The prerequisite for this is that the quality must be high enough. Huang Tianlin has a successful work, so I took the initiative to contact him. As for whether you are willing to play this script and role, I will not judge for you. You can decide for yourself."

Lu Yanhe said: "In fact, I can play a role with few scenes and a less positive image, but my premise is that the movie itself is a good movie. I am willing to play such a role for a good movie and to work with a director I like. But if the premise is gone, I don't think it's necessary."

"So you accept my idea?" Chen Ziyan asked.

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded. "That's good. Actually, you said that your idea is very utilitarian, but from what I heard, I am actually willing to cooperate, because I really want to work with directors from different countries, regions and cultural backgrounds. You see, I made a horror movie with Director Muken, and I had a lot of new feelings. I need some fresh stimulation. Sister Zi Yan, although I still love acting very much, I must say that it was from the movie "Burning Fire" that I began to neglect some roles. I didn't mean to do that. I realized later that the scenes like this in my mind were no longer difficult for me. Don't say that having confidence is a good thing. It's not the same thing."

Chen Ziyan: "Then we are in sync?"

She smiled broadly.

Lu Yanhe: "It's resonance at the same frequency."
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In the next two weeks, Lu Yanhe had dinner with director Chen Lingling twice to discuss the show "The Birth of the Actors" and the script for the second season of "The River of Silence".

Director Chen Lingling hinted that she disliked him for seeking outside help as lobbyists.

Lu Yanhe was thick-skinned and pretended not to understand.

Anyway, Chen Lingling has this temper, she always grumbles and doesn't like anyone.

All her professionalism, calmness and restraint (of course, once she loses control, she becomes even more explosive) are only retained on the set.

Lu Yanhe really likes this director. She is one of the few directors who can show her emotions so openly. Her likes and dislikes are written on her face.

During the dinner, Chen Lingling also received a call from He Yingzi. It seemed that He Yingzi had set her sights on the second season of "River of Silence" and wanted to find a role for Lang Xia in the second season.

Chen Lingling said rudely: "The script hasn't been written yet. I've told you three times, wait until the script is out before we talk."

Lu Yanhe didn't know what He Yingzi said, but he immediately saw Chen Lingling raise her eyebrows and said sarcastically, "Do you think I can tailor a role for him? Sure, I can tailor it for him. I'll give him a corpse and you can let him play the role!"

Chen Lingling hung up the phone immediately.

"How fucking annoying!" The director, who had a bad temper and personality, rolled his eyes and looked at Lu Yanhe. "If you can find no role suitable for Lang Xia in the script for the second season, I'll treat you to a meal."

Lu Yanhe: "...Don't trick me. I don't want to be bothered by He Yingzi. You are just trying to divert the conflict."

Chen Lingling rolled her eyes again.

This time it was Lu Yanhe who was overturned.

In addition to Chen Lingling, Lu Yanhe also met Jia Long, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Lu Yanhe has submitted the script for Lost in Thailand. He emphasized once again: "Teacher Jia, if you want to make a third or fourth part of the Lost in Thailand series, I will not be involved in the script. I have already written all my ideas for the series and can't think of anything new. I have to find another director to see if he can come up with some good ideas."

Mainly the third movie, Lu Yanhe really has no interest in remaking it——

Although Lost in Hong Kong also made over 1 billion yuan at the box office, Lu Yanhe thought it was really not good. He didn't want to ruin his reputation.

Jia Long said to Lu Yanhe: "When will you make a comedy movie with me? Not Lost on Journey."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and said, "Okay, but, Brother Long, do you have a suitable script?"

Jia Long shook his head, "No, I just suddenly thought that you haven't acted in a comedy yourself, if Friends doesn't count."

Lu Yanhe said: "I don't think I've ever acted in a comedy movie."

"At first I thought you were too positive and not suitable for comedy, but after watching you in 'Young Days', I found that you actually do have a comedic side in front of the camera. The rhythm of your reactions and your breathing are so accurate, and you learn them by yourself. Comedians who don't have this talent need to work on the stage for more than ten years to develop such reactions," said Jia Long.

"Ah? Is it because of 'Young Days' that you think I can act in comedy?" Lu Yanhe said immediately, "That's bad."

"Bad? What's wrong?"

"I was able to act like that in 'Young Days' because I'm so familiar with those people, so I know exactly what they will say. Basically, before they open their mouths, my words are already waiting for them, so you think my tone and rhythm are good." Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hands, "If it's acting, it's definitely a different rhythm."

Jia Long was a little surprised when he heard this, "Is that so?"

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Jia Long: "It's okay. If I really come across a role that suits you, I'll show it to you first. We can try it out and see the effect. If it doesn't work, then forget it."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded. Jia Long is really the leader in comedy performances.

The so-called leader of comedy performances basically doesn't need to speak or make any expression. Just by standing there, you can't help but laugh.

There are only a few people with this kind of skill in each era.

If you don't have that ability, even if you are as good as Daniel Day-Lewis who has won three Oscars for Best Actor, you won't be able to act out that feeling.

Comedy is not something that can be performed just by having good acting skills.

It relies too much on the actors' own feelings.

Lu Yanhe also didn't try this type of thing much because of this.

Otherwise, comedy itself is one of the easiest subjects to copy, so why wouldn't he copy it.

"Charlotte's Troubles" is such a classic film, but let those who have not traveled through time think about it, who can replace Shen Teng and Ma Li? The irreplaceability of the two of them is much stronger than that of many movie kings and queens. If two people were to play the same script and the same lines, who could perform as well as them?
Lu Yanhe knows himself well.

Some plays can be copied, but some cannot.

He actually has a clear idea in his mind of what roles he can and cannot play, what challenges he can and cannot take.

But it's still possible to try.

Maybe it will work.
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After resting for two months, Lu Yanhe joined the crew of the second season of "Seventeenth Floor" and started filming the show.

Like the first season, this season is still a closed challenge location, but this time it has changed from a building to a cruise ship.

The script is still written by Teacher Feng Qiyue, and it is still a level-breaking mode.

Of course, there are a few more main characters in this season.

Because this season has turned into a two-team confrontation mode.

The two teams compete, and only the winner can get off the cruise ship alive.

"This is a good approach." Lu Yanhe said very directly during the script reading, "I was worried at first that the story of the second season would directly become a rebellion against the organizers behind this life-and-death game, losing the feeling of breaking through levels in the first season. But if it is exactly the same as the first season, it will be repetitive and the audience will get tired of it. The addition of the two-team confrontation mode not only retains the level-breaking mode, but also makes the second season more exciting, especially the final reversal, which leads to a counterattack against the organizers behind the scenes-"

Lu Yanhe exclaimed in amazement, "In this way, the third season can follow this plot line and naturally become a counterattack against the organizers behind the scenes. The main line is very clear and smooth. This script really taught me a lot."

Feng Qiyue smiled and said, "You, who won the Lingyun Award for Best Screenplay, told me, who has never won the Lingyun Award for Best Screenplay, that you have learned a lot. I am a little flattered."

Lu Yanhe: "Teacher Feng, I've only won one Best Screenplay Award. If I remember correctly, you've won 15 or 16 Best Screenplay and Best Writer Awards combined, right? I remember reading an interview article with you, and it said that."

The others all exclaimed "Wow".

Chen Bige nodded and said, "I also like Teacher Feng's script. I couldn't stop reading after I opened the first page. I kept reading to see how it would end. Just like what Yan He said, the twist at the end was amazing. When the show airs to this point, it will definitely be a hit."

The final twist is that they actually knew that there would be a two-team life-and-death competition on the cruise ship. The reason why their team, who had escaped in the first season, was caught on the cruise ship again in the second season and forced to play the life-and-death game again was that they were caught on purpose.

The team that was competing against them also had the same goal as them - to find out the organizers behind this game and catch them all in one fell swoop.

During the early stages of the game, every person who died was actually faking their death in order to deceive the live camera so that when the organizers sent people to secretly collect their "corpses", they could attack back, disguise themselves as their people, and infiltrate them.

By the last episode, all the organizers behind the cruise ship were killed by them, and clues about the organizers were successfully found, thus bringing out the theme of the third season.

A very smooth main line design.

Only Jiang Lan raised some objections, worrying that the counter-killing scene was too exaggerated and not suitable for broadcast on TV.

Lian Bei said directly: "Just delete all the bloody and horrific scenes. It doesn't affect the plot anyway. It just lacks the thrill of the anti-killing. Just broadcast the full version on Maxine."

When Jiang Lan heard this, she no longer objected.

Maxine was also very satisfied with such a story.

Zhong Benshuo was very excited. After reading the story outline, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Many sequels are just poor imitations, but the original cast of "The Seventeenth Floor" returned, both in front of the stage and behind the scenes, and tried their best to keep the original flavor of the first season. Now it seems that it was all worth it.

It’s a pity that “The Seventeenth Floor” didn’t become as big a global hit as “Squidward Gaming”.

Zhong Benshuo was also thinking that maybe the performance of the second season would be even better?

When the first season of "The Seventeenth Floor" was broadcast, Lu Yanhe did not have the international influence he has now, and "Squid Game" had not yet made Jiang Jun famous.

Now, the lineup of "The Seventeenth Floor" Season 2 is a completely different situation.

Zhong Benshuo was calculating how much publicity money would be appropriate for this drama.

After "Squid Game" achieved such a great success, Jong Ben-suk is even more looking forward to the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor" with the same theme. After all, the first season was also very successful and received very good reviews from the audience.
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After the opening ceremony, everyone shot the first shot of this season, which was the scene on the cruise ship.

How expensive is the production of the second season?

Jingtai actually found them a real cruise ship so that they could shoot the exterior scenes of the cruise ship.

Of course, indoor scenes are still shot in a studio.

After two years, they returned to the world view and characters of "The Seventeenth Floor", but they did not feel unfamiliar at all.

Lu Yanhe originally thought that he just needed to find the feeling, but he didn't expect that the feeling would come immediately after the character modeling was done.

The first scene is a big one, and it’s also a group scene.

Three cameras filmed simultaneously, and two took it straight through.

Everyone is in great shape.

Lian Bei was shocked.

"Are you so well prepared?"

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Director, we can't wait to return to "The Seventeenth Floor". We are all excited now that filming has started."

Although he was laughing, Lu Yanhe was actually extremely shocked. It was really unbelievable——

This was the first time he played the same role again after two years. This feeling was not unfamiliar, but also gave him an inexplicable excitement. In front of the camera, he was at ease and confident, and he knew very clearly what he was doing.

Is it so cool to act in a sequel?
Lu Yanhe was surprised.

Because the first scene went so smoothly, the crew had lunch early.

The actors' meals are prepared individually. In this play, no one can appear to be "too well-nourished", so their meals are low in oil, salt and fat. They cannot be said to be unpalatable, but they are definitely not delicious.

No way.

If a group of people who are on the brink of life and death all day long look too comfortable, it will distract the audience.

They couldn't stand the director and his group eating so happily, so they all went to the other side to eat, huddled together for warmth, and didn't allow anyone who was eating a normal lunch to get close to them.

The temptation is too great.

Li Yuefeng said: "I can foresee how thin I will be after filming this movie."

I do strenuous exercise every day while filming and I eat very little, so it would be strange if I didn’t lose weight.

Lu Yanhe laughed and said, "Isn't that a bit exaggerated? Today is only the first day of filming."

Li Yuefeng: "But I have been eating chicken breast for a month. I started to train my body for this drama a month ago."

"Oh, yes, you are playing a sports student, haha." Lu Yanhe reacted and realized that Li Yuefeng's body requirements were different from theirs and were higher.

"Both brothers are athletes, tsk tsk." Chen Bige said, "Your alternative way of returning is too lacking in sincerity. At least make a difference in your image from the character in the first season."

"That won't work." Lu Yanhe laughed. "Look at the few of us in our drama. I'm a high-IQ, lonely academic master, Teacher Jiang is a middle-aged man, and although Yan Zhimeng is handsome, his image in the play is also a weirdo. Li Yuefeng must take on the role of a normal, mainstream handsome man."

Li Yuefeng raised the corner of his mouth, "Why do I like to hear this so much?"
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Recommend old books. (End of this chapter)