Become famous another day.

"'Housemates' is indeed different from other projects of our company. This is the only project that our company solely invests in. Other projects basically have investments from Northern Lights, just a little more or a little less."

After Hu Siwei came to report the relevant situation to Chen Ziyan, Chen Ziyan discussed it with Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe himself supports letting the drama "Men and Women Living Together" follow the "guaranteed minimum + profit sharing" model of Northern Lights Video.

But Chen Ziyan disagrees.

"Yan He, Hu Siwei only used 1200 million to produce this drama in the beginning in order to reduce the risk of losses. This drama has a completely new cast, without any well-known big stars. The actors' salary budget does not even account for one-sixth of the budget for this drama."

Chen Ziyan went on to say: "In this case, if "Housemates" is allowed to adapt to the new model of Northern Lights at the risk of losses, the subsequent bonuses of the entire project team of "Housemates" will be greatly unstable. You know, the most critical point about this drama for us in Linghe is that we have pulled out a crew ourselves and made it completely by ourselves. If the broadcast performance of this drama is not ideal and the expected profit is not achieved, even if it is a little bit of profit, but not that much, the subsequent bonuses of the key technical departments of the entire crew will not be paid. We can either pay for it ourselves or let them suffer losses. Then how many people can stay in the first crew of Linghe to continue working on the second project?"

Lu Yanhe immediately came to his senses and understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

Chen Ziyan asked: "Do you want the company to pay for it? To bear the risk of having to pay more money after this project is not profitable?"

Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Even if he didn't understand the company or finance, he knew that this was not a healthy practice.

"So, I understand Hu Siwei's concerns." Chen Ziyan said, "I will ask Chen Yin and Hu Siwei to seriously study the market prospects of "Housemates", and then connect with Bingyuan Video and Dengta Video to see what price they offer, even including traditional TV stations. In fact, based on my positioning of this drama, I will be very satisfied as long as it does not lose money. If it weren't for Bai Jingnian as the director, the production cost of this drama might not even be half of what it is now. And we need Bai Jingnian to be the director, just to let him, a senior director, bring us a filming team not only for the drama itself."

"As long as we don't lose money, we're making money. We gained experience in producing our first wholly-owned project and cultivated a production team that belongs to Linghe. More importantly, with the basic results of the first season, our costs for the second season can be lower, and this project can continue to support the team."

"Also, don't forget, if 'Housemates' can't be sold before the third quarter and we can't get a refund, it will affect the production of our next project, 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy'."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"It's not that we can't find projects to cooperate with the model of Northern Lights Video, but it's not a new project like 'Housemates'," said Chen Ziyan. "Our long-term cooperation relationship with Northern Lights Video is actually the agreement you signed with Northern Lights. 'Housemates' is not your project. You are just a producer in name only. We don't necessarily have to broadcast 'Housemates' on Northern Lights Video."

Chen Ziyan's words made Lu Yanhe suddenly enlightened.
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Hu Siwei did not expect that Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe would take the initiative to suggest that "Men and Women Housemates" could find another broadcasting platform, and he did not expect that they would be so tolerant of this project and suggested that as long as there was no loss, they could develop a second season.

This immediately relieved Hu Siwei's mood, which had been tangled for several days.

However, a romantic comedy without any well-known stars in the lead roles, even if it is under the name of Linghe Production Company and has Lu Yanhe as the producer, Lu Yanhe does not direct, write or act in the film, and the "Lu content" is too low, so this project still cannot be taken seriously.

The only selling point of "Housemates" in the eyes of the film producers is the director Bai Jingnian.

The director of "Friends" and "Wulin Waijia".

This makes it difficult to sell "Housemates" on other platforms. Bingyuan Video is still willing to pay 2 million per episode for the cooperation with Linghe, but the requirement is that it must be broadcast exclusively, not just exclusively on the entire network, but exclusively in the entire Chinese mainland. This means that if it is sold to Bingyuan, the show can no longer be sold to TV stations.

Two million per episode is not a low price. It has already met Hu Siwei's expectations and is higher than the 150 million that Northern Lights Video originally intended. In addition, there are several advertisements embedded in the show, so it is not difficult for "Housemates" to make a profit.

However, Bingyuan Video did not intend to give "Housemates" A-level promotional resources, and hoped to have the priority purchasing rights for the development of the second part of "Housemates", which made Hu Siwei feel hesitant.

The main problem is the former: this drama itself has no stars, and now there is no good publicity, how can the performance be good? -
While Hu Siwei was communicating with various platforms, Lu Yanhe also joined the crew of the play "Silent Stairs" of Jump Up Theater.

This is a play he agreed to star in last month, which is also adapted from Liu Jiazhen's short story.

At present, Jump Up Theater is advancing various projects in an orderly manner.

Because Lu Yanhe was the lead actor in "Silent Stairs", the production budget of this drama was much more sufficient. When the plan of the Jump Up Theater was announced, many advertisers approached Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video, wanting to be the title sponsor of this drama.

Everyone knows that although the Jumping Theater is a new thing, the performance of the play starring Lu Yanhe will definitely be good.

The Jumping Theatre may flop, but The Silent Stairs certainly won’t.

The director of "Silent Stairs" is An Jian. He is not a new director. He has directed two dramas before. However, both dramas were well received but not popular. Although they had good reputations, few people watched them. As a result, he has not directed a work for five or six years.

This time, when the Jump Up Theater was just being prepared, Luo Yuzhong recommended An Jian.

After several discussions, it was finally decided that An Jian would be the director of the project "Silent Stairs". Later, Lu Yanhe decided to act in this drama. Strictly speaking, An Jian is already a senior director, but because of the commercial failure of the previous two dramas, he only has this title.

An Jian did not expect that, with Luo Yuzhong's recommendation, he would not only have the opportunity to be a director again, but also have the opportunity to film with Lu Yanhe.

Great joy from heaven.

"Hello, Yan He." An Jian is in his forties and is already a middle-aged director. It's not to say that he has been struggling financially in recent years, but he does not live as well as ordinary directors, and he does not look too calm.

Lu Yanhe didn't know much about him before meeting him, but he watched two episodes of the drama he directed. In short, he felt that An Jian should be a director who cares a lot about his own ideas, and his style is very "authorial" and "literary", so the drama is not very good to watch, and it is too focused on the word "deep meaning".

It is no wonder that TV series like this have high reputation but poor ratings. Until now, not many people have watched these two dramas, and they rarely appear in the collections of those "niche word-of-mouth dramas".

However, this style is quite suitable for the subject of "Silent Stairs".

The story itself is about a turmoil caused by murder in a small family.

The chaotic relationships and secrets between the characters are a major highlight of this suspenseful story.

The characteristics of different characters and different aspects of human nature are well captured, and with the original story as a foundation, it is not that difficult to see.

Moreover, Lu Yanhe noticed that the director contract signed between Jump Up Theater and An Jian did not give him the right to edit.

Generally speaking, editing rights are a standard accord for directors.

What Jumping Up Theater needs from An Jian is actually that the shooting subjects and techniques he is good at are suitable for "Silent Stairs".

However, they also did not want An Jian to edit "Silent Stairs" into a long and boring human dissection film, so the final editing rights were in their own hands.

"Hello, Director An."

After the two met, Lu Yanhe greeted An Jian politely.

An Jian also politely called him Mr. Lu.

Lu Yanhe said: "Director An, you can just call me Yanhe or Xiaolu."

An Jian said: "When I took over the directorship of this play, I didn't expect that you would be invited to act in this play. This really surprised me."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

“I’m glad we can work together.”
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After exchanging pleasantries with An Jian, Lu Yanhe went to the lounge to prepare and memorize the script. An hour later, everyone would have a meeting together to study the script and listen to An Jian sort out his ideas for the filming.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

Wang Biao went to open the door. Standing outside was an actress from the Silent Stairs, named Peng Yufen, who played the role of the elder sister in the family. This role was chosen by An Jian after an audition.

"Hello, is Yan He here?" Peng Yufen was holding a paper bag and smiling kindly, "I'm one of the actors in this drama, Peng Yufen. I heard that Yan He is here, so I came to pay him a visit."

Wang Biao smiled at her and said, "Hello, Brother Lu is reading the script."

"Oh, sorry, am I disturbing you? I'll visit you again during the meeting later. These are some cookies I baked myself, please try them." Peng Yufen smiled and handed the paper bag in her hand to Wang Biao.

Wang Biao: "Give it to Brother Lu in person later. What I mean is - please wait a moment."

He smiled at Peng Yufen, turned around and went in to talk to Lu Yanhe before inviting Peng Yufen in.

Lu Yanhe's lounge is divided into two rooms, inner and outer rooms. Lu Yanhe sat in the inner room, and he was the only one there.

Only then did Peng Yufen understand what Wang Biao meant by "please wait a moment".

Their lounges are all single rooms for one person, and everyone inside knows who is coming. That's why when Peng Yufen heard Wang Biao say "Lu Yanhe is reading the script", she subconsciously reacted that Lu Yanhe didn't want to see her at the moment.

When Peng Yufen came in, Lu Yanhe had already stood up.

"Hello, Sister Yufen." Lu Yanhe shook hands with her.

"Oh, you actually recognized me?" Peng Yufen asked in surprise.

"Director An Jian has just introduced everyone to me." Lu Yanhe smiled and asked Peng Yufen to sit down. "Because I have been busy with other work in the early stage, I didn't rehearse with everyone in advance. I feel very sorry."

"Your acting is so good, why do you need to waste time rehearsing with us? We just need to not hold you back." Peng Yufen waved her hands cheerfully, "We are all envied by our friends in the industry for being able to act with you."

"I don't deserve it." Lu Yanhe quickly shook his hand, "Sister Yufen, when did you start rehearsing together?"

"We met for the first time half a month in advance and rehearsed three times afterwards," said Peng Yufen.

After a short while of greeting, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Wang Biao went to open the door, and it turned out to be another main actor in "Silent Stairs", Zhang Yuan, who played the role of the father of the family.

He was also here to visit Lu Yanhe, and he was also carrying a small bag in his hand.

Wang Biao explained with a smile that Peng Yufen was still inside.

Zhang Yuan said in surprise, "Yufen is here too."

Just as Wang Biao was about to say "Please wait a moment", Zhang Yuan walked in with something in his hand, smiling, "That's perfect, what a coincidence."

Wang Biao was stunned and looked at Zhang Yuan in surprise as he walked past him.

This is... uninvited entry?
Wang Biao has been with Lu Yanhe for such a long time, and except for some crazy paparazzi and fans, he has never encountered a situation like Zhang Yuan.

"Teacher Zhang." Wang Biao's face darkened and he called out.

Zhang Yuan turned around, with a bright and friendly smile on his face, and pointed at the half-open door inside, "Are they in there?"

Wang Biao: "Please wait a moment, I'll go in and say hello first."

Zhang Yuan: "Oh, no need to bother you, I'll just go in and say hello."

He patted Wang Biao on the shoulder in a very familiar manner and walked inside without saying anything.

What Wang Biao was thinking at this moment was "If I lose face and stop him now, will it affect the normal filming later?"

How could he have thought of these things in the past.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Yuan walked in quickly.

"..."Wang Biao couldn't catch up with him.

He stood behind Zhang Yuan with full of resentment and glanced at Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe indicated that everything was fine.

Zhang Yuan showed great concern for Lu Yanhe and asked him about his well-being.

"You must be very busy recently, right? As early as when I knew you would star in the drama "Silent Stairs", I wanted to ask Songfan to introduce you, but seeing that you have a lot of things to do recently, forget it. I won't bother you. Anyway, we can meet each other when we are filming." Zhang Yuan smiled, "But I didn't expect that you are still not as fast as Yufen."

Lu Yanhe said politely, "Teacher Zhang, you are too polite." Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan angrily, "I came to visit Yanhe, but you have to be quick and slow. How can you be so thoughtful?"

Zhang Yuan: "I hope Yan He doesn't mind and think that I don't respect him."

"How could that be?" Lu Yanhe said.

Peng Yufen: "That's why I said you are thoughtful. How could Yan He care about such a small matter? Do you think he is like you, so petty?"

Zhang Yuan: "You should be responsible for what you say. How can I be so petty?"

"Yesterday I suggested changing a few lines of lyrics, and you felt that you were missing two lines. You have been sulking all day. You are quite petty, aren't you?" Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan and said to Lu Yanhe, "Yanhe, I'm leaving first. See you later."

Zhang Yuan: "You are an interesting person. You just left after saying that. Are you feeling guilty?"

"I just don't want to disturb Yan He's rest. You knew that Yan He had worked hard, but now you want to quarrel in front of him, right?" Peng Yufen rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan for the third time, "You are such an interesting person."

Peng Yufen is gone.

Zhang Yuan stood there awkwardly for a few seconds before he said to Lu Yanhe awkwardly, "Yanhe, don't listen to her nonsense. I won't disturb your rest. I'm leaving now. See you at the meeting later."

"Okay, see you later." Lu Yanhe smiled and saw the guest off.

Wang Biao walked in.

"It seems like neither of them is easy to deal with." Wang Biao sighed, "But that Zhang Yuan was really too much. He rushed in without even saying hello. He has no manners at all."

Lu Yanhe smiled, remained silent for a moment, and said, "As long as it doesn't affect the normal filming, let them quarrel as they please."

He has been in many crews, and the relationship between most crew members is quite harmonious. If there are undercurrents and private conflicts, there are quite a lot of them. However, it is rare for them to directly quarrel like Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen. Lu Yanhe has learned one thing, not to meddle in other people's affairs, especially disputes, because such things are most likely to get him involved.

For Lu Yanhe, he was even more afraid of being involved in such things. Because he didn't know when it started, once everyone had a dispute, they began to want to see his opinion. His opinion suddenly became the key evidence for Bao Gong's judgment.

Wang Biao said worriedly, "Brother Lu, why do I feel like the filming for the next week won't be peaceful?"

Lu Yanhe: "Relax, it won't be a big problem."

At the meeting afterwards, just as Lu Yanhe had expected, although there were some undercurrents between everyone, on the surface they were still able to remain harmonious and cooperate and communicate normally.

Especially between Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen, there was no tension or intention of fighting at all, they just exchanged a few words occasionally.

Wang Biao was quite confused. He had thought that the atmosphere at the scene would definitely not be very harmonious.

Afterwards, Wang Biao asked Lu Yanhe, "Little Brother Lu, why are you so sure that they won't cause any big problems? It's clear that Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen both parted on bad terms."

"Didn't you notice that the two of them were about to quarrel, Peng Yufen left immediately, and Zhang Yuan didn't get upset and kept pestering me?" Lu Yanhe smiled, "Zhang Yuan rushed in to find me because he was worried that Peng Yufen would blame him for their quarrel in front of me. The two of them deliberately quarreled in front of me to see my opinion."

Wang Biao suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

Lu Yanhe: "I didn't express any opinions. I just said I didn't want to get involved, and they withdrew. We are all in the same boat when we make a drama, and we all hope that the drama can be well made and broadcast well, and help their careers. We all have the same goal, and they generally won't give up before the filming is completed."

Wang Biao seemed to be thinking about something.
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“The creative atmosphere of the crew of Silent Stairs is quite good, but Director An Jian cares too much about my opinion and asks me about everything.”

When talking to Chen Siqi on the phone, Lu Yanhe was a little helpless. "Although I know he respects me, if he has to listen to my opinions on everything, I might as well be the director myself."

Chen Siqi: "Let me ask someone to talk to him."

"Forget it. I'm just complaining to you. If you find someone to talk to him, the situation will be a bit awkward." Lu Yanhe said bluntly, "It's better for me to communicate with him myself. He may be a little hesitant because his previous two dramas failed commercially and he doesn't trust his own judgment."

Chen Siqi: "That was in front of you. He is a director with very positive ideas. According to the information we learned earlier, he has the opportunity to continue to be a director in the past few years, but his communication with the film and television companies is not very pleasant. You can see from the two movies he shot before that what he wants to shoot is completely different from what the film and television companies want to shoot and what is popular in the market."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Why did you choose him to film "Silent Stairs"? "

"Because we have carefully watched his previous works, we think that his dramas are good in all aspects, but the editing is too dull." Chen Siqi said, "So, we reserved the final editing rights. If we are not satisfied with the feature film he finally edited, we will re-edit it. To be honest, our communication with him is not very smooth. He is a bit cynical and sneers at many popular dramas on the market. Although he praised your drama in front of us, we don't know what he really thinks behind the scenes."

"It's okay. Since he was recommended by the teacher, at least his character must be acceptable. It doesn't matter if he is cynical or feels that his talent is not appreciated. Everyone has some problems." Lu Yanhe said, "As long as he can make "Silent Stairs" well, it's fine."

"That's true." Chen Siqi smiled. "There's one more thing. Did you know that he wants to sign with Linghe and become Linghe's contracted director?"

Lu Yanhe was stunned and a little surprised, "I don't know, no one told me."

Chen Siqi: "When he was chatting with us, he mentioned that among the current film and television companies, he only wanted to work with Linghe. He hoped that this time he could make "Silent Stairs" well, and he would have the opportunity to join this company in the future."

"I met him today, and apart from being more attentive, he never expressed such an intention."

Chen Siqi: "Then they would never tell you they want to join your company on the first day."

The two of them were talking and laughing.

He didn't know that at this moment, Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen suddenly bumped into him in the corridor outside his room.

The two looked at each other, and for a moment, no one spoke.

The crew arranged a luxury suite for Lu Yanhe, so at the end of this floor, the two rooms next to this suite are Wang Biao and Zou Dong's rooms.

Apart from these three people, the crew did not arrange anyone else on this floor.

Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen looked at each other.

At this time, they knew what the other party was doing without asking each other.

But no one said anything.

"You come here so late, aren't you afraid of being seen and causing a scandal?" Zhang Yuan was the first to speak, "Don't cause trouble for Lu Yanhe."

Peng Yufen rolled her eyes. "Do you have any shame? Why don't you say that if you enter Lu Yanhe's room late at night, people will still spread rumors about you?"

Zhang Yuan: "...You are so unreasonable."

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to." Peng Yufen looked at Zhang Yuan, "Your contract should be expiring soon, right?"

Zhang Yuan looked surprised.

"how do you know?"

Peng Yufen: "You made such a big move to change agencies, asking around for good ones and asking people for recommendations, who wouldn't know about that?"

Zhang Yuan: “…”

Peng Yufen: "Do you want to follow Jiang Jun's path?"

Zhang Yuan was silent again.

Every word Peng Yufen said was like a sharp arrow piercing his heart.

Zhang Yuan: "What about you? Why did you come to see him so late?"

"Oh, it's none of your business." Peng Yufen retorted bluntly.

Zhang Yuan: "You have such a bad temper, no wonder you have never become popular."

"So how good-tempered and red are you?"

Zhang Yuan: “…”

He found that he really couldn't talk to Peng Yufen properly.

Just then, a person suddenly came from the other end of the corridor.

Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen turned around and took a look.

The other party also looked at them with confusion.

They don’t know each other.

The person who came was actually Hu Siwei.

Hu Siwei had made an appointment with Lu Yanhe and came to talk to Lu Yanhe about "Men and Women Living Together".

I didn't know who the man and woman in front of me were. They were standing near the door of Lu Yanhe's room and didn't look very friendly.

A couple living on the same floor had a fight?
Hu Siwei looked at them with some confusion.

Without stopping, he took out his cell phone and sent a message to Lu Yanhe: Yanhe, I'm here, but there seems to be a couple arguing at the door of your room.

Less than half a minute later, Lu Yanhe came over and opened the door.

He: "Brother Siwei."

After saying hello, Lu Yanhe noticed Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen who were also looking at him with confusion and curiosity.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Peng, why are you here? Are you here to see me?"

Zhang Yuan and Peng Yufen saw Lu Yanhe and knew that they had guests.

The two of them immediately shook their heads in unison.

"I was just strolling around the hotel to help digest my food," Peng Yufen explained first. "And then I saw Zhang Yuan sneaking around the door of your room. I was curious, so I came over to take a look."

She sold Zhang Yuan without hesitation.

Zhang Yuan widened his eyes and looked at Peng Yufen in disbelief.

Peng Yufen turned her head and looked to the other side, ignoring his accusatory gaze.

Zhang Yuan's face darkened: "...I wanted to talk to you about the script, but it looks like you already have an appointment, so I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Lu Yanhe nodded and smiled, "Okay."

Hu Siwei looked at them thoughtfully and went into the room with Lu Yanhe.

The door closed again.

Zhang Yuan glared at Peng Yufen angrily.

Peng Yufen turned around and left, still ignoring him.
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I recommend a new book called "The Demon-catching Sword" which may not be finished, cannot be updated daily, and is purely for changing the experience. (This chapter is finished)