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Chapter 572 Don’t Do Bad Things with Good Intentions
"In fact, this is quite risky. If the show fails in the end and Liu Manbo fails to support the crew, all the risks will fall on Li Zhibai alone."

"Alas, Li Zhibai is too anxious right now. When I mentioned Liu Manbo to him, he immediately asked if he could come to the crew right away." Lu Yanhe said to Chen Ziyan, "He said that the crew is in chaos right now, and if they don't find a director right away to straighten things out, the crew will be disbanded right here. So, I wanted to advise him not to rush in the next one or two days, but after hearing what he said, I didn't know what to say."

Chen Ziyan: "I'm just worried that Dengta Video is not happy with Li Zhibai's approach. Think about it, the biggest investor hasn't agreed yet, but you took the initiative to bring a director into the crew and let him direct the show. No matter how urgent the show is now, in the eyes of Dengta Video, you are overstepping your authority. I can only say that it's fortunate that the person who did this was Li Zhibai, and Dengta will not think about the matter to a deeper level of complexity. But if there are any problems with the show later, Li Zhibai will be held accountable for this action."

Lu Yanhe nodded, understanding what Chen Ziyan meant.

As he was speaking, Lu Yanhe's phone suddenly vibrated twice.

Li Zhibai sent a message: Liu Manbo got into the role very quickly and had just finished filming the first scene smoothly.

Lu Yanhe's worried heart suddenly settled down.

He showed Chen Ziyan the message sent by Li Zhibai and said that at present, the situation was relatively good.

Chen Ziyan: "I have no doubt about Liu Manbo's ability and talent. I have never worried about this. You should remind Li Zhibai to ask Dengta whether he agrees to let Liu Manbo be the director of this drama. Liu Manbo is just here to help in name only. Let Li Zhibai show his attitude to Dengta and stop putting him on a pedestal."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said yes.

He immediately told Li Zhibai what Chen Ziyan had told him.

Li Zhibai: It’s amazing. Just five minutes ago, Lin Suyang said exactly the same thing to me. He asked us to bring the footage of the scene that Liu Manbo just shot to Dengta.

Lu Yanhe understood why Chen Ziyan and Lin Suyang said that.

To put it bluntly, the biggest problem in this matter is that Li Zhibaiyu was acting on someone else's behalf. He did not have the power to decide the director (even though Dengta Video respected his opinion from the beginning). At this time, he directly pushed Liu Manbo to the position of director without the permission of Dengta Video, which was a taboo.

Although the problem could not be solved, Li Zhibai took the materials shot by Liu Manbo and took the initiative to ask Dengta whether he should continue to keep Liu Manbo. Ultimately, this was a disguised statement, a gesture of transferring power back.

If Dengta didn't really have any objections to Liu Manbo and didn't agree with him being the director, then for the sake of the crew being able to continue filming, Dengta would usually have just gone along with it and let it go.
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At this moment, Lu Yanhe has arrived in Thailand.

This time, Lu Yanhe was invited by Thailand as an Asian superstar.

He was also quite confused when he saw that the film festival promoted him as an Asian superstar.

However, people took it seriously and gave us a high-level reception.

Since he arrived in Thailand, he had a special person to accompany him throughout his journey, and he was also provided with a car and a driver.

Lu Yanhe had only met actress Cai Na once in Thailand.

However, during this conflict between Lu Yanhe and Harvey, Cai Na was one of the first Asian stars to express her support for Lu Yanhe on her social media.

After he arrived in Thailand, he wanted to go out for a walk.

Chen Ziyan had no time to accompany him at all, as she was about to transfer to the United States - she was now on her way to meet a producer in Thailand to discuss a collaboration with Wen Minglan.

Thailand's film and television market is not large, but both Thai dramas and Thai movies have achieved outstanding results compared to the country's market size.

Especially for Thai dramas, Lu Yanhe knew that there were a large number of loyal viewers in China, even though he himself did not like to watch them.

The Thai producer that Chen Ziyan wanted to meet was a film producer, quite experienced, and two of the films he produced had been released in China.

Because Chen Ziyan came here to discuss cooperation with Wen Minglan, Lu Yanhe did not go with her. Otherwise, people's attention might have been directly on Lu Yanhe.

Led by the local guide, Lu Yanhe and his party visited the local market and took a look around the surrounding areas.

When he returned to the hotel, the head of the local tourism management department was there and waiting for him in the lobby.

They came here specifically to express their welcome to him.

Lu Yanhe was surprised.

Because this is not a recording show.

Sometimes when recording a program, the program team will have some foreign affairs media activities. Because the program is influential and popular, they will also arrange similar activities to promote publicity and tourism economy.

But since Lu Yanhe was only here to attend the film festival, there was no official itinerary for tourism officials to visit him.

It was a completely unexpected private trip - of course, it can’t be said to be a real private trip, because he was brought here by a relevant management of the film festival, who came specifically to welcome him.

Not only did they send him a greeting gift, they also expressed their hope that he would have a good time in Thailand and sincerely invited him to visit Thailand in the future.

Afterwards, he was invited to attend a high-end dinner party in the evening hosted by a local tycoon.

Lu Yanhe declined directly.

Everyone was very puzzled and didn't know why Lu Yanhe would decline the invitation. He also emphasized that he was one of the richest men in Thailand and was very powerful. Few people could get an invitation to his dinner party.

Lu Yanhe smiled and declined.

He seldom attends dinners hosted by wealthy Chinese people, let alone those hosted by wealthy foreigners.

First, this kind of occasion has little to do with his work, and getting to know someone would only cause him all kinds of trouble. Second, no one knows who will be in this kind of occasion. What if there are some unsafe and dangerous people in it, and he doesn’t know about it, and he inexplicably takes the same frame with people, or even takes a group photo with them. When he later finds out, he will be splashed with dirty water and can’t wash it off. Lu Yanhe plans to attend the film festival activities tomorrow, complete a shoot the day after tomorrow, finish his work, meet with a few directors he contacted in advance, have a chat, and then fly to Malaysia.

As for activities outside of work, try to have as few as possible.
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However, Lu Yanhe did underestimate his current influence.

"The Mist", a hit horror film with a global box office of over 2 million US dollars, not only brought him a box office hit, but also increased Lu Yanhe's global fame when D19 promoted the film worldwide.

This is why Chen Ziyan said that there must be a few commercial blockbusters that everyone can recognize as soon as they hear them.

As an actor, if you want to become a movie star, unless you are like Meryl Streep, who is already tied to the honors of Hollywood and the Oscars and has relied on the power of the entire industry to push her audience popularity to this level, more than 90% of actors must have established their fame with a few globally popular works.

A Thai movie channel found Chen Ziyan through the relationship of Yuehu TV (the two parties had cooperated before), and Chen Ziyan gave it to Wang Biao. At seven o'clock in the evening, Lu Yanhe had to sit in the hotel restaurant and accept an interview with this movie channel.

Fortunately, it was a recorded broadcast, not a live broadcast——

Lu Yanhe also doesn't speak Thai, and if he speaks English, not many people can understand him.

Based on the principle of "make the best of it", he accepted the interview job and wanted to make the best use of it to achieve the greatest effect.

Therefore, he mentioned almost all the works in which he starred.

Anyway, his works can be watched on streaming media, and Thai audiences can also see them.

The host asked a routine question, "Are there any directors or actors in Thailand that you like and would like to work with?"

Lu Yanhe said: "Cai Na, actually Cai Na has already started cooperation. I invited her to participate in the production of a program in China called "The Birth of an Actor". I wonder if there are any viewers watching this program in Thailand."

"Caina? Oh, by the way, I saw a report saying that Caina might appear in the second season of Squidward Games, is that right?"

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"The second season of Squidward is still in preparation and the script has not been released yet. However, if there is a suitable role, Cai Na is an actress I really want to work with." He also said politely, "I am a fan of Cai Na and I have watched many movies starring her."

The host's smile immediately became even brighter.
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The next day, Lu Yanhe attended the red carpet event of the film festival and presented a "potential award" to a Thai newcomer -

This is not a major award in an awards ceremony, but a major award set up to encourage young filmmakers. A separate awards ceremony is held for this award every year.

Every year, the film festival invites an influential filmmaker to present awards to the winners.

This event has also become a regular event of the film festival.

Although it was not an award ceremony, the chairman of the executive committee and the chairman of the jury of this year's film festival were present.

Before the award ceremony, a special session was arranged to briefly introduce Lu Yanhe's achievements.

The Chairman of the Executive Committee introduced: "He is a legendary young actor and a young legendary actor."

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he waved his hands, saying, "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it."
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"Lighthouse Video has agreed." Lin Suyang called Li Zhibai immediately, "However, they have lowered Liu Manbo's salary to only one tenth of Lu Daobo's."

Pathbo was the director before "19 Years of Crime".

Li Zhibai: "Have they not communicated this matter with Liu Manbo yet?"

"They have made up their minds. Liu Manbo will shoot here even if he doesn't want any money. Even if they only give him one tenth of it, he will definitely accept it."

"They are so stingy." Li Zhibai was very disgusted. "Director Liu saved the situation and they are still stingy in this regard."

"It's normal, after all, he's a new director who has never directed a feature film before." Lin Suyang said, "For Liu Manbo, this opportunity is much more important than the salary."

"These are all excuses to squeeze out the income you deserve." Li Zhibai said bluntly, "What do you mean by because the opportunity is more important, so they squeeze out the income you deserve? If Director Liu doesn't accept this condition and stops directing, he'll lose more. You know what Director Liu did on the set these two days, and you've seen the footage he shot, which is insanely good. Although it's still a little different from what we imagined at the beginning, it's possible that it was shot like this in such a short time. To be honest, the entire crew is convinced."

Liu Manbo knew very clearly what he wanted the film to look like and how to shoot it, and he would not give random requests that were impossible to achieve - of course, he actually had a lot of requirements and ideas, and a lot of the early designs and preparations were changed at his request - however, with so many changes, there was not a single one that was impossible or forced to be done.

So, although he worked overtime and many people complained about it, the final product and the shots he produced were completely presentable and presentable. There was no sense of panic or panic at the last minute. Only at this time can the truth be seen. Seeing that he was getting more and more in control of the whole situation and could shoot this drama well, the crew members also had more and more trust in him.

The authority of a director was established by himself at such an urgent and critical moment.

Li Zhibai: "I invited Liu Manbo here, Brother Su Yang, I can't let him suffer too much, especially since he helped us so much in this drama."

Lin Suyang: "Zhi Bai, I'll be honest. Based on my observation and understanding of Liu Manbo over the past few days, if you try to help him get a higher salary at this time, he may not be willing to do so."

"Ah?" Li Zhibai asked, "Why are you so reluctant?"

Lin Suyang said: "Because he cares about this opportunity, he cares about this opportunity even more. He definitely doesn't want to have any twists and turns because of the salary issue after getting the opportunity to direct. If he didn't care about this opportunity, he wouldn't come here to do this without any agreement. Do you understand what I mean? A person has self-esteem. If a crew doesn't promise you anything and asks you to act in a play, how would you feel? Are you willing to act? But since he came here in this situation, you can understand how important this opportunity is to him."

Li Zhibai was silent.

Lin Suyang's words touched his heart. He felt that Lin Suyang was right and he was convinced.

"Why don't you talk to him directly about this matter and let him make his own decision on whether to fight for it or not. Forget it." Lin Suyang said, "Don't do bad things with good intentions."
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I've been a bit busy these days, so I can only keep up with the basic updates.

(End of this chapter)