Become famous another day.

By the way, it took almost a whole morning, close to noon, for both parties to sort out some previous controversial points and reach a solution.

During the entire process, Lu Yanhe, Chen Ziyan, and Hong Qi were present, so that if any problems arose, they could communicate directly on the spot and reach an agreement.

When the contract period expired, Lu Yanhe's agency contract with Xingyu was automatically terminated.

Chen Ziyan also had an appointment with someone from work to have lunch at noon.

Lu Yanhe did not go with her. He had no time in the afternoon and planned to go to the "Jump Up" company in Lingyang District to see Chen Siqi.

He was waiting for Zou Dong to drive over at the company's garden coffee shop. He used to come to this place often, but he hadn't been here for a while recently. The people who made coffee at the bar had changed, and he didn't recognize any of them.

There is a rule in the company that no matter which star comes, you cannot take photos, disturb them, ask for autographs or take photos. Although some people still take photos secretly, at least no one dares to violate this rule. Once violated, the bonus will be deducted at the least, and if it causes serious consequences, you will be fired directly.

So, Lu Yanhe was drinking coffee in the small garden, feeling very comfortable. He took a magazine they provided and looked through it, which contained Huang Kairen's latest interview.

Lu Yanhe saw Huang Kairen mentioned his feelings about the filming of "Wulin Waijia" in an interview.

"This role is beyond my comfort zone. The preparations I had to make for this drama were not as much as the ones I had to make for the role of Twelve Young Master in Rouge. Because it has the style of My Own Swordsman, I have to magnify the parts of myself that are similar to this style and hide the parts that are not suitable for the style of this drama, so it takes a lot of effort."

Huang Kairen mentioned: "For this play, we had to rehearse almost every scene two or three times before the official shooting. Although it may seem like a very relaxing sitcom, in fact, if you think about the lines in it, and the tone and rhythm of each of our actors, you will find that each of us has designed a special speaking style specifically for this play and this role, which is different from our usual speaking rhythm. This is a test of our skills - there was even a period of time when I was not confident enough to ask an acting teacher to help me with the lines."

Lu Yanhe was deeply moved when he saw this interview with Huang Kairen.

When he was writing scripts like "Wulin Waijiao" in the past, he was always worried that the script was too stylized and might not be as good as the original if it was copied and performed by a different group of actors.

In fact, as long as you work with good actors and good actors with ideas, even if you change a group of actors, they will not disappoint the role. A good play always leaves the audience with a filter, and they feel that it will not be the same if a different actor plays it. In fact, the actors themselves know that there is no role that must be played by them.

All classics that are considered irreplaceable are so only because they have, within their scope, performed an extreme that is difficult to surpass - forming a classic memory.

But if there wasn’t such a classic memory and such a filter added, would other actors be unable to portray this role?
not like this.

Lu Yanhe once again reaffirmed his thoughts.

No matter what kind of play you are doing, you must work with capable and talented people, because they are not here to take away from you, they are here to add to you.

Fortunately, he met many outstanding people, and with these people, his "miracle of success" was able to continue again and again.

Lu Yanhe took a photo of the interview page, sent it to Huang Kairen, and sent him a message: I saw your interview.

Huang Kairen replied: We are still on the filming site.

"Wulin Waijia" has not been completed yet and is still being filmed.

They want to finish filming all of "Wulin Waijia" in one go.

Lu Yanhe: Is everything going well?

Huang Kairen: It went quite smoothly. The popularity of "Friends" has made us all very excited. We are wondering if the second and third seasons will be even more popular than the first season.

Lu Yanhe: Yes.

"Wulin Waijia" has already laid a solid foundation with the first season, and the next two seasons will definitely be even more popular.

Broadcasting a drama in seasons is not only a matter of effectively controlling production costs and reducing risks, but also can extend the drama's run time.

A drama is always most popular before it ends.

Because everyone is looking forward to an unknown ending.

Every year new audiences join in and look forward to the final ending together.

"Excuse me, can I sit down?" A voice suddenly sounded beside Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe raised his head and saw someone who surprised him a little.

Rich pear.

This female star, whom he had never really dealt with but had actually heard of and seen, was standing next to his table with a smile on her face, looking at him with a questioning look.

Lu Yanhe nodded hesitantly.

Fuli sat down and said with a smile: "Thank you for letting me sit down, otherwise I would have to embarrass myself in front of so many people."

There are other people drinking coffee in the small garden.

As Fu Li sat down at Lu Yanhe's place, the table, which had already been the focus of many curious gazes, now attracted even more attention from all directions.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Do you have anything to tell me?"

"Yes." Fu Li nodded, her eyes showing a serious and determined look, "I auditioned for the show "The Birth of an Actor" before, but I was rejected in the end. I heard that it was because of some slanders against me before."

Lu Yanhe knew about this.

He said: "I don't manage the specific things."

"But you can make them change their minds." Fuli said, "Yanhe, I really need this opportunity. I have wasted a lot of time. The best time for an actress is only a few years. I don't want to be eliminated from this industry before I even become popular."

Lu Yanhe didn't expect Fu Li to say this to him so directly.

"Your agent is Zhou Ping'an. As long as he wants, he can make you famous at any time." Lu Yanhe said.

"If he could make me famous, he would have done it long ago." Fuli bit her lips gently, revealing a pitiful look, "Besides, he has signed Mengli now, how could he still care about me."

Lu Yanhe: "Fuli, it's not that I don't want to help you, but every project I work on is based on strict auditions and interviews to determine the candidates. I can't change everyone's decision because of my personal opinion."

"It would be fine if it was because I was not suitable for this program, but I was rejected because of a trumped-up charge." Fu Li said aggrievedly, "I know that I have been dragged into the list of tainted artists by many people because some time ago someone slandered me, saying that I was a student of school bullying, but later it was clarified that it was not the case at all. It was... Zhang Lan who did not want me to play the second female role in "The Flowing Light", so he deliberately made up such news to get me out."

This surprised Lu Yanhe.

It turns out that Fuli knows everything.

"I hope to have a fair chance to compete," Fuli said.

At this moment, Fuli was not acting, this was her true emotions.

She had done that in the past, but so what? Who in this world has not hurt others? Why did it become so serious when it happened to her? Don’t those famous stars have any secrets that they don’t want to see the light of day?
No, it’s just that they became famous, so someone helped cover it up for them.

Why should her acting career be aborted before she even becomes famous?

Why would she be able to act in an online movie with this image?!

Fuli was unwilling to accept this.

She knew that as long as Lu Yanhe's attitude softened, her chance would come.

At this moment, Fu Li looked at Lu Yanhe, who was handsome and thinking silently in front of him, and suddenly another idea came to his mind.

It would be great if Lu Yanhe was her boyfriend.

If Lu Yanhe was her boyfriend, she wouldn't have to beg so desperately for a chance to be on the show.

Fuli knew from a young age that she was a very beautiful girl. Over the years, there was no shortage of men who expressed and hinted at something to her. However, Fuli never thought she needed them. She knew very early that her beauty was her best card and could not be played casually. Cards that could be played casually were cheap and would be looked down upon.

But if it was Lu Yanhe, Fuli thought it was worth it.

Fu Li's gaze fell on Lu Yanhe, and his gaze changed slightly at this moment.

Lu Yanhe noticed it almost at that moment.

As an actor, Lu Yanhe is very sensitive and rarely misses subtle changes.

It's just that sometimes he's not sure what this subtle change means.

But from the change in Fuli's eyes just now, Lu Yanhe clearly felt an intuition -

He seemed to be being targeted.

Lu Yanhe looked at Fu Li in confusion, not knowing what she was planning.

"I can't help you with this." Lu Yanhe said bluntly, "Although I really want to help you, I can't affect fairness. At present, all the candidates for "The Birth of the Actors" have been confirmed. If I help you at this time, it means that another person will leave."

Fuli sighed and showed a disappointed expression.

"OK then."

After that thought came to Fuli's mind just now, she no longer had that obsession with "The Birth of an Actor".

If you can’t get in, you can’t get in.

If she could really get Lu Yanhe down, why would she care about "The Birth of an Actor".

At this time, Zou Dong sent a message to Lu Yanhe, saying that he had arrived downstairs.

Lu Yanhe: "I have to go."

Fuli took the initiative to ask: "Can I add you as a friend?"

She tried to make her smile innocent and harmless, "I hope that if there is a role suitable for me in the future, you can consider me, no matter how small the role is."

Because they were both artists and had met each other several times at Star Entertainment, Lu Yanhe took out his phone and added Fu Li as a friend.

At this moment, Fu Li’s thought was: The first step has been taken.
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It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when Lu Yanhe arrived at Lingyang District.

Chen Siqi and the others are taking a lunch break.

Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong first went to a nearby hot pot restaurant and had something to eat to fill their stomachs.

It was snowing heavily, and Lingyang District was unlike the urban area, so it was sparsely populated.

Looking out from the hot pot restaurant, except for a few buildings, most of the environment is natural, covered with snow, and looks a bit desolate and cold. However, the headquarters of "Jump Up" is very beautiful.

Entering from the door, there is a small courtyard. In spring and summer, flowers and plants decorate the courtyard, making it look like a small garden. Everyone can come out from their workstation and find a place to work in the courtyard.

In winter, this small courtyard is also plain.

There is a glass room with constant temperature - this is the place that Chen Siqi and her friends insisted on building.

Everyone said that when working at Jump Up, there must be a place where everyone can escape from their workstations.

They all accept the fact that "work is meant to make people unhappy". Therefore, they try their best to create some conditions that make everyone relatively happy. Of course, in fact, working in "Jump Up" is definitely happy most of the time -

Especially those who work at the headquarters are mostly editors responsible for content. Only the nature of their work requires a fixed office location. Whether it is a magazine, new media, or other platform content managers, their main job every day is to get the content they want.

The salary for this job is definitely not comparable to other positions - whether it is film and television marketing or marketing, the bonus is much higher than that of a content editor.

Therefore, people who generally come to do this job are those who are interested in this kind of work content.

Lu Yanhe has been here several times and is deeply impressed by the working atmosphere here - he even yearns for the working atmosphere here.

Sure enough, when he passed the large cubicle of the editorial office in the corridor, he once again saw everyone staying in their own little nests, reading books, magazines, and looking at computers... Although Lu Yanhe knew that their work content was definitely not as easy as it looked, this scene made Lu Yanhe very envious.

Maybe it’s because he always needs to travel frequently to various places, which makes him inexplicably envious of this kind of job that allows him to sit in one place and not move.
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"Then I'll prepare a studio for you here. If you want a studio with a good environment to write scripts, come here and write." Chen Siqi said with a smile.

What Lu Yanhe said was that if he wrote the script here, his thoughts would definitely flow more freely.

"Forget it. It takes almost three hours to get here and back." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "Aren't you tired of driving back and forth every day?"

Chen Siqi said: "I don't go back and forth every day. I basically only stay here two or three days a week to concentrate on dealing with related matters. Most of the time, I am still in the city, living in Ziyuan Bridge. There are dormitories here, and if it's too late, I will sleep here."

Lu Yanhe: "This place is quite suitable for vacation."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded. "Mingyin came here to live for a while before. She was finishing a novel and needed a place to concentrate and isolate herself, so she came to our place."

"Is it the novel that she finished serializing in "Jump Up"? " Lu Yanhe asked.

"It's not that book, it's another one." Chen Siqi said, "I'm about to start a new series in Jump Up. The previous series, Shadow Dancer, has been sent to the printer and will be on the market soon. Yuehutai has also bought the TV drama rights for this novel and is preparing to adapt it into a TV series."

After Yuehutai started working with Lu Yanhe and "Jump Up", they started in-depth cooperation in many aspects.

For example, for the book "Shadow Dancer" written by Mingyin, Yuehutai came to negotiate the purchase of the film and television rights when the novel was still in the serialization stage.

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Lu Yanhe has been following the serialization of this novel.

This novel has some changes in style and theme compared to Mingyin's previous novels. It tells a suspenseful story about workplace elites. It begins with the accidental death of a person and tells the story of the survival struggle within a foreign trade company.

Because the subject matter of the novel was somewhat different from Mingyin's previous works, it caused some controversy when it was serialized.

But Lu Yanhe really likes this novel.

Chen Siqi said: "We have also reached an agreement with Yuehu TV. They will work with us to develop a short story adaptation program. Yuehu TV will select some stories from our story library and make them into high-quality short dramas."

Chen Siqi had always wanted to adapt the short stories published in "Jump Up" into film and television dramas - to create a "Jump Up Theater."

The previous “Green Project” was actually a product of this theater, but it was not successful.

As a first-tier TV station, Yuehu TV has a rich reserve of production talents. Now that "Jump Up" can reach such a cooperation agreement with them to build a "Jump Up Theater", it completely makes up for the shortcomings of "Jump Up".

Lu Yanhe looked at the cooperation plan they had previously reached in Chen Siqi's office.

Yuehutai plans to turn "Jumping Theater" into a short play mode.

Because they are all adapted from short stories, they are basically the size of a movie. They are broadcast every Sunday night between 7:30 and 10:30.

In the past, Sunday nights were used to broadcast variety shows. However, with the impact of video websites, the ratings of this prime time for variety shows have gradually dropped, and many variety shows that were broadcast on Sundays have also been cancelled.

Yuehu TV decided on this time point in order to create a habit of watching dramas: on the last night before work, watch a movie, go straight to the end of the story, and then go to bed peacefully, without having to go through the torment of chasing after the latest episodes, or worrying about the number of episodes being too long and unable to resist staying up late to watch them.

"Jump Up Theater" is divided into three themes: "Youth", "Suspense" and "Career" according to the main themes of the novels currently published by "Jump Up".

This kind of theater model has never appeared on TV stations before. Video websites have launched some XX theaters in recent years, but they are just given a name and there is no real connection between them.

"Jumping Theater" is really building a brand.

Lu Yanhe was very surprised after reading the plan.

Chen Siqi is finally going to accomplish what she has always wanted to do.

"Nowadays, TV series are all about creating high-quality works to achieve the quality of movies," said Chen Siqi. "But most of the content provided by our theater will definitely not pursue that kind of quality."

Lu Yanhe said: "One play a week, this is quite a large scale. Can you handle such a production scale?"

"We decided to adopt the production model of your "Friends"." Chen Siqi said, "Each play takes about a week to shoot. We will not choose plays that are particularly difficult to shoot, nor do we need to do any special effects in post-production. Yuehutai still has a lot of production talent reserves. I heard that they have already found four or five filming teams for this theater to communicate."

"It takes about a week to shoot a play..." Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "Where are the actors?"

"Each film will invite one or two stars to play one of the main roles." Chen Siqi said, "However, the shooting mode of this theater is different from the conventional situation in the current market. We are not using the conventional shooting mode. We don't know what the broadcast effect will be. We can only give it a try first."

“Has the online broadcast platform been determined?”

"Northern Lights Video is here to broadcast it," said Chen Siqi. "They are very interested in this theater. A new movie is released every week. For them, it is similar to online movies. However, the production quality is definitely better than online movies, and it also has the popularity of the original work and the attention brought by different stars."

Unlike traditional TV stations, video websites now have their own basic traffic. In addition, they also attach great importance to online topics. Especially now that video websites are increasingly relying on members to attract new members, it is crucial to continuously upload new content. For Northern Lights Video, the frequency of releasing a new play a week, such as "Jumping Theater", can be said to be a perfect match for their needs.

"Once this theater is launched, it will probably cause a big stir in the industry." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "There are 52 weeks in a year, which means 52 films need to be shot in a year. How many production staff and actors are needed for 52 films? If it can really be done, such a big piece of cake, I dare not imagine how much impact it will have."

This means that the production of more than fifty plays will be increased each year on the existing basis.

What we can foresee now is that the demand for production talents and actors will increase a lot.

Chen Siqi said: "Yuehutai also said that if a film gets a good response and the audience likes it, they can continue to develop a sequel or even make a long drama."

Lu Yanhe: "Isn't this similar to the pilot episode in the United States?"

In the United States, many projects will allocate a budget and shoot a pilot episode before officially starting filming, and then release it to the market to see the response. If the response is good and the data is good, they will get the green light and officially start filming.

This is also a way to reduce risk.

Chen Siqi: "Yes, but the difference from the pilot program over there is that even if there is no sequel, our story is still a complete one."

Lu Yanhe: "This move is too big. How many scripts have been released now?"

"Yuehutai has initially selected eight novels to adapt into scripts," Chen Siqi said. "They have found a screenwriter and are working on it, but it hasn't been finalized yet."

"In fact, it's better to combine it with "The Birth of the Actors." Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of this and said, "Anyway, the program "The Birth of the Actors" is also broadcast on Yuehu TV and Northern Lights Video. The actors from this program can be asked to play these stories."

Chen Siqi: "I have the same idea as you. As long as there is a suitable role, the actors from "The Birth of the Actors" can be invited to play. They can also advertise for the Jump Up Theater in this program."

"It's very difficult to shoot a play in a week, even if it's only the length of a movie. In this case, we have to find a group of actors who can act, and we can't waste time on the set." Lu Yanhe said, "If the Jump Up Theater can really be successful, it will be a good thing for the entertainment industry. How many directors, screenwriters and actors can be trained?"

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded. "The overall environment is not very good now. Everyone is trying to reduce costs and increase efficiency. If this approach, which focuses on telling a good story and does not add any extra ingredients, succeeds, it will definitely promote some changes in the entire industry."

Just like in the past few years, there are basically no longer any long dramas with more than 40 episodes in China.

Even major platforms are specifically making a batch of high-quality short dramas in an attempt to replicate the success of "The Gold Rush", "The Seventeenth Floor", "River of Silence" and "Friends".

They also found that if a large-scale drama with dozens of episodes does not perform well, it will be a real shame.

In the past era of television, long dramas could retain audiences and maintain ratings.

In this day and age, audiences are not willing to watch long dramas.

Each platform also needs more content, more fresh content to attract public attention and grab traffic.

The gameplay is different.

From "The Golden Age" and "Phoenix Tower" to "River of Silence" and "Seventeenth Floor", Lu Yanhe just caught up with the stage when the industry was developing from long dramas to short dramas.

Even Lu Yanhe was an important driving force behind this change.

If it weren't for the fact that so many of his short dramas brought about explosive success, the industry would not have suddenly firmly believed that short dramas were a viable path.

Now, the jumping theater is even more exaggerated.

Just started making TV movies directly.

Of course, they don't call this a TV movie, but a TV series, except that this TV series only has two or three episodes and will be broadcast in one night.

Lu Yanhe really wanted to see what kind of impact this new way of playing could have on the industry.

Lu Yanhe said: "If there is a script that suits me, you can also find me."

"Yes." Chen Siqi nodded. "Yes, although we cannot make every drama into a high-quality drama, time and budget do not allow it, but we will launch one or two benchmark works at some key time points to build momentum for our Jump Up Theater."

After hearing this plan, Lu Yanhe, who was originally feeling tired from working non-stop, suddenly disappeared.

He himself was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and began to rub his hands in anticipation.

Everyone was running forward, no one stopped.

So does he.

How could he stop? (End of this chapter)