Become famous another day.

The barrier between TV series and movies is not just the actors - although this is the aspect that is often talked about.

In fact, the real barrier lies in the fact that the industrial systems of the two are different.

To be precise, those who control the theaters and those who control the broadcasting platforms are actually two different groups of people.

The two gangs each occupied a territory.

Sometimes we will cooperate, but more often than not, you stay out of my business and I won’t meddle in yours.

After all, once you get involved, you're here to grab the cake.

If Beijing and Taiwan want to develop a movie based on "The Seventeenth Floor", that's fine, but they must find partners, especially distributors.

To some extent, whether the distributor supports the film or not even determines whether the film can be successful.

Just because your drama is extremely popular doesn’t mean you can ignore its distribution and sell it in theaters.

Sometimes, the cinema deliberately puts you in a bad showtime so that you can't even sell your ticket. That also happens -

Of course, unless the market is bleak at the time and your film is the only way to save the market, the theater manager will not destroy his own job.

But the current film market is no longer like the era of more than a decade ago when one film occupied an entire schedule.

Distribution is becoming increasingly important.

"Putting all this aside, if there is a plan to make a movie of "Seventeen Floors" one day, will you act in it?" Shen Yue asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng: "Of course I will act in it. This drama is the best drama I have ever filmed. It has become my masterpiece."

Shen Yue smiled.

"Seventeen Floors" is indeed in the first tier in terms of both word of mouth and ratings. For Li Yuefeng, a popular young actor who mainly filmed modern and ancient idol dramas in the past, this is not only a very different genre, but also a rare drama that has gained a good reputation on a large scale.

Shen Yue was a little surprised and asked, "You didn't even hesitate?"

"Are you still hesitating?"

"What if Director Lian Bei and Teacher Feng Qiyue don't return, and just use the banner of "Seventeenth Floor" to make a movie, and the script is terrible, will you shoot it?"

"Then we won't shoot." Li Yuefeng answered without hesitation again, "I think the premise of your asking this is that the original cast is still here."

Shen Yue: "I thought so."

Li Yuefeng turned and looked at Lu Yanhe.

"Yan He, I'll find you when the time comes. Will you take the photo?"

Lu Yanhe: "If you all return, I will shoot. If you change people, I won't shoot. It's meaningless."

Li Yuefeng smiled with satisfaction.

"You see, I'm the same as Yan He."

Shen Yue sighed softly, "I don't know when we can shoot the movie."

"You can't make a movie now?" Li Yuefeng was a little surprised, "Not really?"

Shen Yue: "I'm talking about the real kind of movies."

Li Yuefeng asked in return: "What is a real movie?"

Shen Yue: "Anyway, I don't think those that I've played are true."

Hearing this, Lu Yanhe curiously searched for the movies that Shen Yue had acted in in the past, and immediately understood.

You don't even need to look at the plot in detail, you can tell what kind of movie it is just by looking at the name.

"Overtime", "Soul Eater: Death Date", "Let's Fall in Love Again"...

When I looked at the ratings, they were all below 4 points...

To be honest, it's not easy for a movie to get a score below 4. In comparison, it's easier to get a score of 5-7.

Lu Yanhe suddenly understood Shen Yue's feelings.

"What were your thoughts on these movies?" Li Yuefeng also searched for movies directed by Shen Yue on his phone. "The names don't look very plausible."

Shen Yue: "There were no movies to shoot at the time, so I could only shoot these. It's not like I could get movies right away, and I have to support myself."

Li Yuefeng: "It's not easy."

Li Yuefeng pointed at Lu Yanhe and said, "The thigh is here, try your best to hug it."

Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hands, "I'm not a big shot."

Shen Yue rolled her eyes at Li Yuefeng and said, "If there is a script I want to act in, I will definitely fight with Yan He for it. It's up to you to decide."
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"Is there something wrong with Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue?"

While learning the movements, Chen Bige asked Lu Yanhe with a gossipy look on her face.

"what?"

While Lu Yanhe was learning the movements from his instructor, he glanced at Chen Bige in surprise.

"Don't you think there's something going on between them?" Chen Bige winked at Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Sister, you are too gossipy."

"There are so few people and things during filming, how can there not be gossip?" Chen Bige said, "I'm also wondering why your girlfriend has never come to visit you on set. Generally, if a male actor has a partner, that partner will definitely come to visit the crew."

Lu Yanhe: "She's been busy preparing for an international film critics' festival recently. She's much busier than me. I'd better wait until I finish filming and then go find her."

Chen Bige: "You two are so young and yet you spend so little time together."

"It's not like we spend less time together—" Lu Yanhe said, "Except when we're filming, we live together now. It's not as bad as you say."

Chen Bige: "Oh, you're living together at such a young age?"

Her expression immediately changed, and she looked at Lu Yanhe with a very "auntie smile", "You are quite capable."

Lu Yanhe said awkwardly: "How can this be considered a good skill?"

Chen Bige: "You know how to make your girlfriend feel at ease, which is of course quite good. With your situation, there must be a lot of women throwing themselves at you, right?"

Lu Yanhe: "Not many, really. I basically never go to that kind of occasion. Sister Zi Yan helped me keep people far away."

"You don't have any thoughts of cheating? Once you join the group, you can't go back for a month or two." The smile on Chen Bige's face became "auntie" again.

Lu Yanhe's ears turned red with embarrassment.

He said, "Sis, can you please train well and stop teasing me all the time?"

He added: "Besides, how could I possibly betray my girlfriend."

"Oh." Chen Bige nodded, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

The longer he knew Chen Bigue, the more Lu Yanhe could see the past side of Chen Bigue - he had only heard before that when Chen Bigue was young, he was a very troublesome person and not an easy artist to manage. In the words of Chen Ziyan, he was very restless, the type who would "fall off the roof if not punished for three days."

But after getting to know Chen Bige, Lu Yanhe basically only saw her goddess-like, generous and magnanimous side. It was hard for him to imagine that she was not so content.

Now I am slowly beginning to understand a little bit.

Start teasing him, and tease him to great lengths.
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But after Chen Bige told Lu Yanhe about Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, Lu Yanhe became cautious and paid attention.

After paying attention, Lu Yanhe discovered that there was something wrong with the two of them——

The two of them often argue with each other, about big and small things, but it's not the kind of thing where enemies argue with each other.

This is really a perfect match.

So, one day at noon, when Lu Yanhe was having lunch with Li Yuefeng, he asked him if he liked Shen Yue.

Li Yuefeng widened his eyes and looked at Lu Yanhe in disbelief.

"How is that possible! I'll go."

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Just asking, you're so excited."

Li Yuefeng: "Nonsense, you are not excited, you are spreading rumors."

"What rumor did Yan He spread?" Chen Bige walked over with the script, sat down, and asked curiously.

Li Yuefeng immediately said, "Nothing."

At the same time, he warned Lu Yanhe with his eyes, meaning "Don't say it."

Li Yuefeng is afraid that this "rumor" will spread.

Lu Yanhe smiled.

He really wanted to say that this so-called "rumor" started with Chen Bige.

Seeing the eye contact between Li Yuefeng and Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng teasingly, "Oh? Are you talking about your little secrets between men?"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

The next second, Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng and asked, "Are you talking about Shen Yue?"

Li Yuefeng was like a cat being stepped on, and he exploded instantly.

"Why are we talking about Shen Yue?"

The mocking look on Chen Bige's face became even more intense.

"How should I know?" She deliberately acted as if she knew nothing.

However, the more she acted like this, the more uncomfortable Li Yuefeng felt, as if a cat's claws were scratching his heart.

"Sister Bi Ge, what do you want to say?"

Chen Bige shrugged. "I don't have anything to say. I'm just curious."

Lu Yanhe covered his face and wanted to leave.

Li Yuefeng glanced at him sideways.

"is that you?"

"What do you mean, is it me?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Why did Sister Bi Ge ask us if we were talking about Shen Yue?"

Lu Yanhe: "How would I know why she asked that? Maybe there's something going on between you and Shen Yue. She told me about it, so I asked you that."

Li Yuefeng looked at Chen Bige in disbelief. "Sister Bige, it's you?!"

Chen Bige: "I—I haven't finished memorizing my lines yet. I have to go and memorize them."

She immediately got up and left.

Halfway through the walk, he turned back to look at them.

"Lu Yanhe, you actually sold me out! Just wait!"

Lu Yanhe: "..."
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While Lu Yanhe was filming on the set, Chen Siqi was also very busy.

To organize an event from scratch is, without exaggeration, as painful as scraping off a layer of skin.

Chen Siqi and the others were doing this for the first time and had no experience, so they had to pay more.

Even if this event is not a particularly large-scale ceremony, according to their idea, inviting a dozen or twenty famous film critics to talk about the movie together is not a simple matter.

Without inviting stars, it would be difficult for the film festival to attract sponsorship. Without sponsorship, the entire budget would have to be paid by "Jump Up" themselves, and they don't want to lose money to gain publicity.

Constantly design plans, and then overturn them and start over again based on the actual situation.

The venue for this film festival alone has changed several times.

In addition to these tasks that the big guys are pushing forward, Chen Siqi also has a very critical task, which is to secure the film screening rights.

If a film festival wants to screen some movies, it must obtain authorization from the copyright holder of the movie.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Siqi and Lin Yu held several meetings before they decided on a list of films. Then they went to negotiate with each company one by one. If they knew someone abroad, it would be easy to talk to them. But if they didn't, they had to send emails in a formal manner, and the communication cost was very high.

But we have to do it no matter how high the cost is.

It really is true that the beginning is always the hardest.

The news that they were going to "Jump Up" to participate in this film festival gradually spread.

Many people in the circle are paying attention.

However, not many people are optimistic.

Because Chen Siqi’s previous “Green Plan” to discover new directors failed.

This time I’m here to tinker with the film festival again.

You know, in China, it is rare for a single person or organization to organize a film festival.

Despite this, the success of those film festivals is still difficult to describe.

Of course, some of these voices reached Chen Siqi's ears, but she turned a deaf ear to them.

She knew what she was doing.

There are successes and failures, but you should never stop trying new things just because of one failure.

This International Critics Film Festival is also a key move for the magazine "Jump Up" to launch the film version.

When some seniors in the circle found out that the specific direction she wanted to work in at the film festival was not as a film director or star, but as a film critic, they were quite confused and asked her why she wanted to do such a thankless job.

That’s right, in the eyes of many people, holding such an event is even a thankless task.

No star power, no attention, and maybe even no splash.

Chen Siqi did not explain to many people why she did this. It was only when director Wang Zhong asked her out of curiosity that she explained it.

"Because we don't have money, this is the most important thing. If we had enough budget, I would definitely like to invite some big directors and big stars to come and make this film festival look glamorous, with a lot of media coverage and a red carpet." Chen Siqi said helplessly, "But the reality only allows us to do this somewhat simple format first. Of course, I don't think this format is really low-level. There are not many film festivals in the world that feature film critics as the protagonists. In addition, the international online forum for film critics that we held last year received a very good response in the film industry around the world. That's why we want to continue doing it."

"This film festival is quite meaningful." Wang Zhong was just curious about why Chen Siqi wanted to do this, but he didn't think this movie was not worth making. "Which film critics have you invited now?"

"There are nine people who have agreed to come. They are all well-known film critics from the world's top film media. We have known each other before and are willing to come to help. Lin Yu has a very good personal relationship with them." Chen Siqi said, "It's just that it's very difficult to get film copyrights now, especially the copyrights of foreign films. Foreign film companies are quite skeptical about the film festival we hold. We haven't got the copyrights for two-thirds of the films we want to screen yet."

"Are you going to sell tickets to the public for these movies? Or are you just going to organize the screenings yourself?" Wang Zhong asked.

Chen Siqi: “I haven’t thought about this yet.”

Wang Zhong: "No wonder so many film companies have not agreed to license you. Whether you will have commercial behavior is very important to them. Because if you sell tickets publicly, that's another matter. You have to pay a deposit and share. If it's just a small-scale screening without public sales, that's another model. Of course, this premise depends on what you want the film festival to look like. Do you want to invite these film critics to hold a small-scale forum, or do you want to let those fans join in, watch movies together, and then listen to them talk about movies like some film festivals in the world? Different forms, different practices."

Chen Siqi asked: "Director, what suggestions do you have?"

Wang Zhong: "I suggest that since this is your first time, the simpler the better. Just like you said, the simpler and purer it is, it would be good for a group of you to sit together and watch movies and talk about movies. The commercial atmosphere is not so strong. After doing it once and the effect is good, you can do the second and third sessions, and then expand it little by little and add more content."

"Yes, Director, I think so too. We are indeed inexperienced and we are crossing the river by feeling the stones. We don't know anything."

Wang Zhong asked, "Regarding the film copyright issue, please confirm whether you really do not intend to make commercial arrangements. If so, please give me a list of the films you want to get but have not yet gotten. I have some friends in various places overseas who may be able to help you."

“Ah——” Chen Siqi let out a surprised scream, “Director, really? Ahhhhhhhh——That’s great, Director! I love you——”

Chen Siqi's surprised scream was like thunder out of nowhere, and it frightened Wang Zhong so much that his ears seemed to explode, and he quickly put away the phone.

He smiled.

"Your idea of ​​organizing this film festival is really great. I watched your online forum for international film critics last year. It's rare to get these people together to discuss movies seriously. Although the attention is not as great as those events attended by celebrities, the more it is, the more pure fans it attracts, and the quality is very high." Wang Zhong said, "I know how difficult it is for you to organize a film festival like this. Work hard and try to make it happen. If you need any help, just call me."

"Director, I am so touched now. You are the first one to tell me that what we are doing is very meaningful."

"In fact, everyone knows that it is meaningful, but everyone knows how difficult it is to make it a success." Wang Zhong said, "Siqi, I hope you can stick to your idea and don't make it the kind of film festival that invites people over, takes a quick look, and then leaves. That is meaningless and just makes a lot of noise. You see why the top international film festivals have the current reputation and status, because everyone has reached a consensus that not only are their films good, but also that they are places where people can really talk about films. There are too few such places in our country now."

Chen Siqi: "Director, don't worry, I will do my best."
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"Then if I show up, is that appropriate?"

After listening to Chen Siqi's plan for the film festival, Lu Yanhe immediately asked.

Because Chen Siqi has made up her mind not to invite any celebrity artists to the first film festival.

Chen Siqi said, "That's what I want to ask you. I don't plan to invite celebrities to the official part of the film festival, but they are from abroad, and your relationship with Jump Up is well known. If you don't show up, it will seem like you are neglecting them. I was thinking, why don't you hold a welcome dinner for them in your personal name and invite some friends. This way, it will not affect the public positioning of our film festival this time, and it will still allow them to get to know our domestic filmmakers."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "That's no problem."

Chen Siqi: "Even if it's a dinner party, I hope it's still private and small-scale, not a large-scale gathering with people."

"I understand. I still hope the whole atmosphere can be more relaxed and cheerful."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded. "I don't want those film critics to feel that our film festival is a Vanity Fair event."

This feeling is actually positioning.

What kind of film festival do you want them to experience?

After hearing Chen Siqi talk about how Director Wang Zhong took the initiative to call her and offered to help her contact the overseas film copyright holders, Lu Yanhe said, "The director is such a nice guy."

"Yes, so I have two ideas now. Let me know which one is better." Chen Siqi said, "Director Wang is willing to help, and from what I heard from him, he really hopes that this film festival can be a success. I thought about it, if a film festival can invite a world-class director as an honorary consultant, it will also be a blessing for the reputation of the film festival. But if we invite Director Wang to be an honorary consultant, it feels like we can't give him anything, and we are just taking up a title for nothing, which is asking for too much."

"I was thinking, maybe we can hold a retrospective of Director Wang Zhong's works," Chen Siqi said, "and then hold a discussion meeting on Director Wang Zhong's works."

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "If we hold a discussion meeting on Director Wang Zhong's works, there will definitely be a lot of not-so-positive comments. As you know, Director Wang Zhong's works have always been somewhat polarized in the critics' circles. Are you sure Director Wang would like to see such a scene?"

Chen Siqi was stunned.

This was something she had not thought of before.

"However, if you hold a film festival, especially a film critics' film festival, this kind of scene is inevitable. If everyone sits together and says something nice against their will, then the film festival will be in vain. If you want to really hold a high-quality festival, you have to make everyone willing to tell the truth, and tell the truth directly." Lu Yanhe said, "I can't offer any advice on this point. You have to think clearly about the positioning of this film festival and to what extent it can be achieved, and then talk to Director Wang Zhong or other people openly to see if they can accept it. Not many people can accept that their works are suddenly analyzed and evaluated by a group of people in a serious manner. Most filmmakers don't have a good relationship with film critics, and some even openly curse at each other."

Lu Yanhe's words made Chen Siqi fall into deep thought.

She suddenly realized another problem.

Holding this critics' film festival may help expand the influence of "Jump" in the film review circle, but in a sense, will it also make other filmmakers dissatisfied with "Jump"?

Especially the works that received negative reviews at this film festival.

But as Lu Yanhe said, if film critics cannot express their true feelings at this time, then what is the point of holding this film festival?

How to establish influence?

Chen Siqi asked: "Yan He, will my hosting of this film festival cause you some trouble?"

"I don't know, but I don't care." Lu Yanhe said, "You don't have to consider me. Besides, as an actor, I'm actually looking forward to this film festival. Just like Director Wang Zhong said, there aren't many places in our country where you can really talk about movies. Besides, we're familiar with the film critics we invited. We know whether they're talking about the facts or talking nonsense. As long as this film festival is really about talking about movies, even if some people are dissatisfied or scold it in the short term, it will definitely have its own unique reputation and influence if it continues for many years."

Lu Yanhe's words gave Chen Siqi another strong shot of confidence.

Since Director Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe both really agree with this matter, what is there for her to be afraid of?

Do!-
Lu Yanhe hung up the phone, rested in the car for a while, then got out and walked towards the studio.

On the way, he met Yan Zhimeng who was walking out.

"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe saw Yan Zhimeng had taken off all her makeup, "Have you finished work today?"

Yan Zhimeng nodded and said with a smile: "There will be no scenes for me later, I will go back and rest first."

Lu Yanhe: "I'm so jealous."

He said goodbye to Yan Zhimeng and continued walking inside. Suddenly, he heard an angry curse coming from inside.

"Late again! How many times has he been late?!"

It was Lian Bei's voice.

Lu Yanhe was startled. At that moment, he thought he was late and Lian Bei was scolding him.

He ran over immediately, raised his hand and said, "Director, I'm here! Sorry, I'm late!"

As soon as he entered, he bowed and apologized to Lian Bei.

As a result, Lian Bei looked at him in disbelief, and the angry expression on his face broke out in surprise.

The people next to him said with a smile: "Teacher Xiao Lu, the director is scolding you, how can you be late? You have never been late before..."

Lu Yanhe uttered an awkward sound and looked at Lian Bei in bewilderment.

Lian Bei was amused, smiled with his head down, then walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother, can you please stop doing this? You bowed to me once, and I have to bow to you three times in return."

Lu Yanhe: "Brother, you are my brother. If you bow to me three times, then I will kneel down for you."

Two people lift each other.

Seeing that the situation had calmed down, Lu Yanhe asked, "Director, who is late? I rarely see you get so angry."

"Alas, a relative of a certain leader's son was forced to play a role. There were only eight shoots in total, and this is the third time he was late." Lian Bei sighed.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Who is it?"

Lian Bei waved his hands and said, "You probably don't know him either. You didn't have any scenes with him."

As he was talking, a young, handsome boy came over and said, "Director, I'm here."

Lu Yanhe turned his head and glanced at him.

The latter also stared at him blankly.
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There is one more chapter, I will continue to write it. You don’t have to wait, you will see it when you wake up tomorrow morning! (End of this chapter)