Become famous another day.

"The Liulide Film Festival would like to invite you to serve as a judge for the main competition next year."

The day after talking about the play directed by Gong Jiang, Chen Ziyan brought another piece of news.

“The Liulide Film Festival?”

Lu Yanhe had never participated in this film festival, but he had heard of it and knew that it was a relatively famous independent film festival in the United States.

Chen Ziyan said, "Do you want to go?"

Lu Yanhe said: "When next year?"

"It will probably be around October, right after Venice and Toronto," Chen Ziyan said, "You don't have any plans for that time at the moment."

Lu Yanhe: "Then let's go. We're already going to the National Film Festival, so why not go to Liu Lai De?"

It is a famous film festival after all.

Chen Ziyan was a little hesitant.

"what happened?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. This is your first time as a judge at an international film festival. If your starting point is not high enough, will it lower your impression in everyone's mind?"

"That shouldn't be the case, right? Weren't there any big names who served as judges at the Liulide Film Festival before?"

"This film festival didn't have a competition unit before, and it was only established in the past two years." Chen Ziyan said, "The judges they invited in the past two years are indeed quite ordinary."

"So what's the reputation of the films that came out of this film festival?"

"That's pretty good. The Liulide Film Festival is a top-tier film festival in the United States. It has produced many good works. In the past two years, some of its award-winning works have been nominated for Oscars."

"That's fine, let's go." After listening to a brief introduction to the film festival, Lu Yanhe nodded, "As long as the film festival itself has a good reputation, I'll be fine going. I'll just treat it as going to see a movie."

Chen Ziyan nodded when she heard Lu Yanhe say this.

"Okay, since you said so, then I'll agree to them."

Chen Ziyan said: "One more thing, the film "Call" is about to start shooting."

"Oh?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised. "When?"

"It should be next month, if nothing unexpected happens."

"Finally."

"Yes, finally." Chen Ziyan nodded.

Chen Ziyan had just finished talking to him during the day when Jiang Yuqian called him in the evening and told him that the film "The Call" was about to start shooting.

"We are going to start filming next month." Jiang Yuqian is currently attending a fashion week event and is not in China. "Yan He, do you have time to come and see it?"

"I'm still filming the second season of "Seventeen Floors". I'll go over and take a look after it's finished," said Lu Yanhe.

"Row."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Sister Yuqian, when will you return home?"

"It will probably take another week before I can get back. What's wrong?"

"Just curious, I noticed you've been abroad recently." Lu Yanhe said, "I heard that a play that wanted to invite you to act in was snatched away by someone else in the company?"

"That's not the case. I turned it down myself and gave it to someone else. It was Fuli, right?" Jiang Yuqian said, "Zhou Ping'an and she both came to me and told me about it. I didn't have any time to act, so I gave it to her."

"Is that so? That's good. I thought you were staying abroad for a long time and your backyard was on fire."

"That's not impossible over time." Jiang Yuqian smiled, "The company has had a lot of changes recently, but Yan He, you won't renew your contract with Star Entertainment, right?"

"Yes, I won't renew it. Now I'm just waiting for the contract to expire." Lu Yanhe said, "There's still more than half a year left."

Jiang Yuqian: "Very good."

"Sister Yuqian, what about you? You have been with Star Entertainment for so many years. Now that Sui Xiaodie's contract has expired and she has left, will you renew your contract with Star Entertainment?"

"I haven't considered it yet. Star Entertainment can't help me much in my current career."

Jiang Yuqian was also ready to leave.

However, Lu Yanhe was not surprised by this.

To put it bluntly, Star Entertainment's resources and what it can do for them are no longer suitable for their current stage.

Lu Yanhe remained relatively restrained and did not shift all his work focus overseas at once.

Jiang Yuqian, however, had no scruples at all.

"I'm going to hand over my overseas agency contract to Williams Agency." Jiang Yuqian added, "They took the initiative to contact me and want to be my agent for overseas agency affairs. Do you have an agency overseas?"

"not yet."

"I wanted to ask your opinion."

"I don't have any advice worth your reference." Lu Yanhe said, "I may need to learn from you later."

Jiang Yuqian: "Don't give me that. I'm going all out. I want to take advantage of the momentum of Squid Game and charge forward in one go. You have a much stronger foundation than me, so you can take it step by step."

Jiang Yuqian smiled.

"Yan He, don't follow my lead. I have considered my own situation. I want to reach a higher level within three to five years. I can only go international to overtake others. Otherwise, I will keep fighting with Zhang Lan and his people without making any major breakthroughs. We have limited talent. We are not like you and Chen Bige who have such good acting skills. The more we learn, the more we understand the importance of talent. If I want to break out and take the lead, I can only strive for something else. You don't have to do this."

For some actors, their resumes are mostly filled with glittering works.

But for some actors, their resumes are just gold diggers.

This certainly does not mean that the latter is worse than the former.

Sometimes, when you look back at the end of your life, the former may fail in just ten or twenty years, while the latter may stand for decades and become a legend.

Jiang Yuqian’s plan for herself is to realize that she cannot take the route of “movie queen”, but only the route of “superstar”.

Lu Yanhe: "Wait for you to take me flying."

Jiang Yuqian laughed.

"Row."
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After Lu Yanhe hung up the phone, he searched the Internet for Jiang Yuqian's work activities in the past few months. This search revealed that what Lu Yanhe said about her almost permanent residence abroad was not an exaggeration at all.

Jiang Yuqian is working at the intensity of a person who has just debuted and is in her rising stage. She is flying all over the world to fashion events, business dinners, and movie events. Relying on the popularity of her role in "Squid Game", she has been frantically showing her face and gaining exposure in front of the global media, which has indeed made her very popular during this period.

Especially in such an entertainment environment in China, Jiang Yuqian is now a rare star that has blossomed internationally, and is still quite popular.

There is no way. The domestic competition is too fierce. If you want to stand out and create a gap with others, you must have something that others don’t have.

Jiang Yuqian now has a unique advantage in "internationalization", and she is constantly consolidating and expanding this advantage.
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Halfway through the filming of the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor", Jong Ben-suk suddenly showed up again.

This time, he came with a Korean actor.

Lu Yanhe also knew him.

The host of Lu Yanhe's Asian Television Festival was Kong Lingfan.

There was some unpleasantness between the two people at that time.

Later, TVN’s management directly kicked Kong Lingfan out of the cooperative project because of this incident.

This time, Kong Lingfan came with Zhong Benshuo to visit the set, and his attitude was very good.

As they walked along, they met Chen Bige, Jiang Jun and the others, and bowed to them one by one. Lu Yanhe came out of his lounge later.

Zhong Benshuo immediately greeted Lu Yanhe.

The moment Lu Yanhe saw the two of them, a moment of alertness clearly appeared on his face, and then he smiled politely.

"Mr. Zhong."

Zhong Benshuo introduced enthusiastically: "Yan He, you should have met Ling Fan, right? He is a fan of your "Seventeenth Floor" and has always wanted to come to the scene to observe and learn about the filming of the second season, especially you - he told me that he is a fan of yours."

Lu Yanhe could only show a surprised expression in a social way and said, "Really? Thank you."

Kong Lingfan seemed to have forgotten the trouble he had caused Lu Yanhe before, and greeted Lu Yanhe very proactively and enthusiastically.

"Teacher Lu, we meet again. It's really nice to see you."

His English pronunciation was not very authentic, and it took Lu Yanhe a while to understand what Kong Lingfan was saying.

"Hello."

The two sides chatted awkwardly for a while, and Lu Yanhe went to prepare for his next scene.

The actors were discussing the matter privately.

Li Yuefeng was very surprised and asked, "Didn't he come here not long ago? Why is he here again? And he brought someone with him."

"He is one of the investors and broadcasters of our drama. Isn't it normal for him to come and visit us?" Yan Zhimeng said.

"How can he have so much free time when he is in charge of such a large area as Asia?"

Li Yuefeng seemed to care a lot and was very sharp.

"He brought that Kong Lingfan here, who knows what he's planning."

Li Yuefeng's words served as a reminder to everyone present.

"Kong Lingfan is quite famous in Korea, right?"

"I can't say he's very famous, but he did become popular because of a TV series two years ago," Lin Chan said. "I've watched that TV series, and he also received a lot of attention in China at the time."

Li Yuefeng: "Our drama is not so popular that a famous Korean star would come to visit the set."

"What do you want to say?" Chen Bige glanced at Li Yuefeng with a smile.

"I think Zhong Benshuo might want Kong Lingfan to play a cameo role in our show," Li Yuefeng said, "and then he can be included in the main cast of the third season."

Everyone looked at each other.

Lu Yanhe originally wanted to say that although Maxine had invested in this drama, the copyright was in the hands of Jingtai after all, and they had no say in who was included.

Then I thought, given the nature of Beijing and Taiwan and their past actions, if the two sides reached some exchange of interests, it might not be impossible to come true.

Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige looked at each other.

Seeing this, Chen Bige asked Lu Yanhe: "Do you think what Li Yuefeng said could come true?"

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It may not be impossible."
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Zhong Benshuo actually had this in mind.

He has more than just a third season on his mind, though.

He has already negotiated with Beijing and Taiwan that after the "Seventeenth Floor" trilogy, Maxine will obtain the copyright and adapt a spin-off series.

Zhong Benshuo's idea is to create a Korean version of "The Seventeenth Floor" through the guest role of Kong Lingfan in "The Seventeenth Floor".

And Zhong Benshuo has no plans to let Kong Lingfan make a guest appearance in the second season.

He just brought him here to familiarize himself with the route ahead of time. In the third season, Kong Lingfan will become one of the main characters.
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Kong Lingfan was a little uneasy. After leaving the crew of "Seventeen Floors", he had been a little dazed and worried.

Seeing this, Zhong Benshuo asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Kong Lingfan said, "Brother, I offended Lu Yanhe before. Do you think he won't stop me from participating in the third season?"

Zhong Benshuo: "Don't worry, I have already made an agreement with Beijing and Taiwan in China. This drama is a drama of Beijing and Taiwan, not Lu Yanhe's drama."

Kong Lingfan said, "But I heard that Lu Yanhe has a lot of say in China. What if he is determined to stop me from participating in this drama?"

"You don't know that the relationship between Lu Yanhe and Jingtai has long been delicate." Zhong Benshuo shook his head. "The third season of "The Seventeenth Floor" will be his last collaboration with Jingtai. Under such circumstances, how can Jingtai care about his opinion?"

Kong Lingfan was a little surprised when he heard this, "Has he been banned in Beijing and Taiwan?"

"It's more like he banned Beijing and Taiwan." Zhong Benshuo smiled, "The film and television environment in China is still different from our South Korea. The TV stations are not so strong now. You should also try your best to ease the relationship with him. If you hadn't told me that you had a bad relationship with him, I would have found a way to let you play in the sequel of "Squid Game"."

Kong Lingfan sighed.

"I was too impulsive."

At that time, I just wanted to get some popularity, but I didn't expect to end up hurting myself.

Zhong Benshuo: "But it's okay. There's an old Chinese saying that things will change over time. Lu Yanhe has such a stubborn temper, so he'll suffer a loss one day."

Kong Lingfan glanced at Zhong Benshuo with some surprise.

He didn't expect that Zhong Benshuo also had a grudge against Lu Yanhe?
He thought Zhong Benshuo and Lu Yanhe had a good relationship.

After all, the two have collaborated so many times.

Zhong Benshuo didn't say much. In fact, he couldn't tell others that there were still frictions in his cooperation with Lu Yanhe when Lu Yanhe was at the peak of his career.

To the outside world, he also had to create the impression that he and Lu Yanhe had a close cooperative relationship.
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"Look at you, you're worrying too much."

Shen Yue said to Li Yuefeng, "Isn't he staying to make a guest appearance?"

Li Yuefeng shrugged.

"I also said at the time, it's just a possibility."

Lu Yanhe also found it quite interesting. On this matter, everyone's attitude was surprisingly consistent. No one wanted Kong Lingfan to make a guest appearance.

It may also be that the tone from the very beginning was created as "unwelcome" by Li Yuefeng's camp.

"The Seventeenth Floor series is a very popular one," Li Yuefeng added. "Even if Kong Lingfan doesn't make a cameo appearance this time, I don't believe that we won't develop other spin-off series after we finish filming the trilogy. This is such a good subject to develop. Even if we replace all the actors and restart the story, it will still be very interesting."

"That depends on how Beijing and Taiwan arrange it." Jiang Jun smiled.

Li Yuefeng said: "Do you think Beijing and Taiwan will develop spin-off series for our individual characters? Just like American TV series."

"It's not necessarily true for popular characters." Lu Yanhe said, "For example, your character."

Li Yuefeng: "My most popular character has died, and I don't know what the audience thinks of my current character."

Talking about this, he felt a little depressed.

He is the only one among the main actors in the second season who has to worry about whether the audience will continue to accept him.

"Sister Bi Ge, if your role was given a spin-off series, would you be willing to act in it?" Shen Yue asked.

Chen Bige shook his head.

"I've already acted in three movies. Do I want to continue? I'm afraid people will get tired of it." Chen Bi Ge said, "I'm not considering continuing to act in this series in the short term."

Shen Yue: "In fact, it would be great if this theme could be developed into a movie. I think it would be great if it were developed into a movie."

"Beijing and Taiwan have no experience or channels in making movies. Unless they cooperate with others, it is difficult," said Chen Bige. "Movies and TV series are completely two different systems with deep barriers."
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I drank too much. That's all for today. (End of this chapter)